Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/hr and speed of the current is 2 km/hr. If boat takes four hours more in upstream than in the downstream to cover ‘D’ km, then find time take by boat to cover ‘D’ km in still water?

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    5 hours 30 minutes
    Correct
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  • 2
    5 hours 45 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 hours 10 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours 20 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 20 minutes"

Q:

A man can row 10 km/h in still water. When the river is running at a speed of 4.5 km/h, then it takes him 2 h to row to a place and comes back to the initial point . How far is the place (in km) (rounded off to two decimal places)?

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    5.50
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    8.98
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    7.98
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    6.25
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "7.98 "

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A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. what is the ratio between the rate in still water and the rate of current? 

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    2 : 1
    Correct
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  • 2
    3 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1 : 3
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "3 : 1"

Q:

A boat running upstream takes 7 hours and 40 minutes to cover a certain distance while it takes 5 hours to cover the same distance downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the current and speed of the boat respectively? 

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    13: 4
    Correct
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  • 2
    17: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    19: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4: 19
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "4: 19 "

Q:

A motorboat can travel at 10 km/hr. in still water it travelled 91 km downstream in a river and then returned taking at together 20 hours. Find the rate of flow of the river 

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    5 km/hr
    Correct
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  • 2
    8 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    3 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    6 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "3 km/hr"

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Answer : 3. "53.33 km/h"

Q:

A boat moves 25km upstream and 39km downstream in 8 hours. It travels 35km upstream and 52km downstream in 11 hours. What is the speed of the stream if it travels at a uniform speed?

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    5 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    4 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    6 km/h
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 km/h
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "4 km/h "

Q:

A boat covers 48 km. upstream and 72 km. downstream in 12 hours, while it covers 72 km. upstream and 48 km. downstream is 13 hours. The speed of stream is -

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    2.5 kmph
    Correct
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  • 2
    4 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 kmph
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    2.2 kmph
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "2 kmph"

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