Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer
8 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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62fb455d047feb07925cf495- 11 : 2false
- 22 : 1true
- 35 : 1false
- 43 : 2false
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Answer : 2. "2 : 1"
Q: A boat goes from A to B in upstream and come back from B to A downstream taking a total time of 3.5 hours. If the speed of boat in still water is 7 km/hr and the speed of stream is 5 km/hr. Find the distance between A and B.
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605a95cf281aeb2a4f44a1cf- 14 kmfalse
- 26 kmtrue
- 35 kmfalse
- 47.5 kmfalse
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Answer : 2. "6 km"
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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64f1eeeaa1e68c7201a2488a- 11 km/hrtrue
- 22 km/hrfalse
- 32.5 km/hrfalse
- 44 km/hrfalse
- 55 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 1. "1 km/hr"
Q: The speed of a boat in still water 11 km/hr. It can go 12 km upstream and return downstream to the engine point in 2hr 45min. What is the speed of stream?
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60ba11fb02ea6c40949f4b73- 13 km/hr.false
- 22 km/hrfalse
- 35 km/hrtrue
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Answer : 3. "5 km/hr"
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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5f23e0653494c5438aa7fd32- 13.5 km/hfalse
- 24 km/hfalse
- 32.5 km/htrue
- 43 km/hfalse
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Answer : 3. "2.5 km/h "
Q: A boat starts travelling from point P, travels to point Q then returns to point P. The boat takes 12 hours to complete the journey. The speed of the stream is 5 km/hour and the speed of the boat in still water is 10 km/hour. What is the distance between P and Q?
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64e760cc2e7e7af712bc88cc- 145true
- 225false
- 335false
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Answer : 1. "45"
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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62fb44efd30c675eef59f092- 13 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 2. "5 km/hr"
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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5f23d4823494c5438aa7c492- 14 km/hourfalse
- 23 km/hourfalse
- 38 km/hourfalse
- 4$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hourtrue
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