Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A boat takes 16 minutes and 24 minutes to cover a certain distance downstream and upstream, respectively. If the speed of the boat in still water is 15 km/h, find the speed of the stream.

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

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
    Wrong
  • 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"

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

Q:

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
    Wrong
  • 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 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
    Wrong
  • 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 goes downstream in one-third the time it takes to go upstream. Then the ratio between the speed of boat in still water and speed of the stream is

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    1 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    2 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5 : 1
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 : 2
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "2 : 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
    Wrong
  • 2
    17: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    19: 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4: 19
    Correct
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Answer : 4. "4: 19 "

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