Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A Man rows to a place 63 km far and comes back in 16 hours. He finds that he can row 18 km with the flow in the same time taken to row 14 km against the flow. What is the speed of the stream?

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    1 km/hr
    Correct
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  • 2
    2 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2.5 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    4 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    5 km/hr
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "1 km/hr"

Q:

The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/h. The speed of the stream is 2 km/h. What is the total distance that the boat will travel if it is rowed for 4 hours upstream and 3 hours downstream?

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    70 km
    Correct
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  • 2
    72 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    64 km
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    68 km
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "68 km"

Q:

A boat moves downstream at the rate of 1 km in $$7{1\over 2}$$ minutes and upstream at the rate of 5 km an hour. What is the speed of the boat in the still water?  

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    4 km/hour
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  • 2
    3 km/hour
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    8 km/hour
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour "

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
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  • 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 goes 10kms an hour in still water, but takes twice as much time in going the same distance against the current. The speed of the current (in km/hr) is 

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

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
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  • 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 man can row downstream at a speed of 15 km/h and upstream at 11 km/h. Find his speed in still water and the speed of the current, respectively. [Give both your answers in km/h]

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    13 ; 5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    11 ; 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    13 ; 2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    13 ; 6
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Answer : 3. "13 ; 2 "

Q:

The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. It covers (upstream) a distance of 45 km in 6 hours. The speed (in km/hr) of the stream is : 

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

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