Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer
8 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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63d0d9e55392140e28ef4c90- 15 hours 30 minutesfalse
- 25 hours 45 minutesfalse
- 35 hours 10 minutesfalse
- 45 hours 20 minutestrue
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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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64953b8acae316dfef75c0ad- 15.50false
- 28.98false
- 37.98true
- 46.25false
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Answer : 3. "7.98 "
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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5f238d92e007d6124d78cc0c- 12 : 1false
- 23 : 1true
- 31 : 2false
- 41 : 3false
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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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60f7d8563ca0726dff350803- 113: 4false
- 217: 4false
- 319: 4false
- 44: 19true
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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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5f23912be007d6124d78df39- 15 km/hrfalse
- 28 km/hrfalse
- 33 km/hrtrue
- 46 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 3. "3 km/hr"
Q: A man rows from J to K (upstream) and back from K to J (downstream) in a total time of 15 hours. The distance between J and K is 300 km. The time taken by the man to row 9 km downstream is identical to the time taken by him to row 3 km upstream. What is the approximate speed of the boat in still water?
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643d1b1332185cce373ef571- 151.33 km/hfalse
- 247.67 km/hfalse
- 353.33 km/htrue
- 443.67 km/hfalse
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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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647f302fa33e0f47b76f02dd- 15 km/hfalse
- 24 km/htrue
- 36 km/hfalse
- 43 km/hfalse
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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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60f7d5753ca0726dff34f9e6- 12.5 kmphfalse
- 24 kmphfalse
- 32 kmphtrue
- 42.2 kmphfalse
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