Boat and Stream Practice Question and Answer
7 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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Answer : 4. "$$6{1\over 2}$$ km/hour "
Q: A boat covers a certain distance against the stream in 9 hours 36 min and it covers the same distance along the stream in 6 hours. What is the ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to that of the stream?
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647f54cb23e51f477702a0c5- 113 : 3true
- 29 : 2false
- 311 : 6false
- 48 : 5false
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Answer : 1. "13 : 3"
Q: On a river, Q is the mid-point between two points P and R on the same bank of the river. A boat can go from P to Q and back in 12 hours, and from P to R in 16 hours 40 min. How long would it take to go from R to P?
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64083abda37bb1a5e169cbdc- 1$$3{3\over7}hr$$false
- 2$$7{4\over3}hr$$false
- 3$$6{2\over3}hr$$false
- 4$$7{1\over3}hr$$true
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Answer : 4. "$$7{1\over3}hr$$"
Q: If the speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5km / hr, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100km with the current is
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640839783218fd8d147b6397- 12 hrfalse
- 23 hrfalse
- 34 hrtrue
- 47 hrfalse
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Answer : 3. "4 hr "
Q: A man can row upstream at 12 km/hr and dowstream at 18 km/hr. The man's rowing speed in still water is:
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64083a423218fd8d147b6785- 115 km / hrtrue
- 25 km /hrfalse
- 33 km /hrfalse
- 410 km /hrfalse
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Answer : 1. "15 km / hr"
Q: The water in a river is flowing at the rate of 4 km/hr. If the width and depth of the river is 8m and 4m respectively, then how much water will enter the sea in 15 minutes.
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640836aa36c856ead7981490- 1$$60000 m^3 $$false
- 2$$18000 m^3 $$false
- 3$$288000 m^3 $$false
- 4$$32000 m^3 $$true
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Answer : 4. "$$32000 m^3 $$"
Q: Speed of a along and against the current are 14 km / hr and 8 kms/hr respectively. The speed of the current is:
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640838b1a37bb1a5e169be56- 111km/hrfalse
- 26 km/hrfalse
- 31.33 km/hrfalse
- 43 km/hrtrue
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