Boat, Stream & Speed

1) A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still 7) The speed of a boat in still water in 15 km/hr and
water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance
the time taken by the boat to go 68 km travelled downstream in 12 minutes is:
downstream. A. 1.2 km
A. 2 hours B. 1.8 km
B. 3 hours C. 2.4 km
C. 4 hours D. 3.6 km
D. 5 hours 8) A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 36 miles
2) A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and downstream than to travel the same distance
the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man's upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is
speed against the current is: 10 mph, the speed of the stream is:
A. 8.5 km/hr A. 2 mph
B. 9 km/hr B. 2.5 mph
C. 10 km/hr C. 3 mph
D. 12.5 km/hr D. 4 mph
3) A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 9) A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the
minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1
4 hours to cover the same distance running hour to row to a place and come back, how far is
downstream. What is the ratio between the speed the place?
of the boat and speed of the water current A. 2.4 km
respectively? B. 2.5 km
A. 2 : 1 C. 3 km
B. 3 : 2 D. 3.6 km
C. 8 : 3 10) A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1
D. Cannot be determined hour, while it comes back in 1 hours. If the speed
E. None of these of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the
4) A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still boat in still water?
water goes 30 km downstream and comes back A. 12 kmph
in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the B. 13 kmph
stream (in km/hr) is: C. 14 kmph
A. 4 D. 15 kmph
B. 5 E. None of these
C. 6 11) A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the
D. 10 stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current
5) In one hour, a boat goes 11 km/hr along the in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in
stream and 5 km/hr against the stream. The stationary water?
speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is: A. 40 minutes
A. 3 km/hr B. 1 hour
B. 5 km/hr C. 1 hr 15 min
C. 8 km/hr D. 1 hr 30 min
D. 9 km/hr 12) A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre
6) A boat running downstream covers a distance of against the stream in 11 minutes and down the
16 km in 2 hours while for covering the same stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the
distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the man in still water is:
speed of the boat in still water? A. 2
A. 4 km/hr B. 3
B. 6 km/hr C. 4
C. 8 km/hr D. 5
D. Data inadequate

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13) Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and A. 2 : 1
the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows B. 3 : 1
to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes C. 3 : 2
back to the starting point. The total time taken by D. 4 : 3
him is: 15) A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come
A. 16 hours back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km
B. 18 hours with the stream in the same time as 3 km against
C. 20 hours the stream. The rate of the stream is:
D. 24 hours A. 1 km/hr
14) A man takes twice as long to row a distance B. 1.5 km/hr
against the stream as to row the same distance in C. 2 km/hr
favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the D. 2.5 km/hr
boat (in still water) and the stream is:
Answers:

1) C 4) B 7) D 10) D 13) D
2) C 5) C 8) A 11) C 14) B
3) C 6) B 9) A 12) D 15) A
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1) A man can row upstream 10 kmph and D. 5 km/hr

downstream 20 kmph. Find the man rate in 5) If Rahul rows 15 km upstream in 3 hours and
still water and rate of the stream. 21 km downstream in 3 hours, then the speed
A. 0.5 of the stream is
B. 5.5 A. 5 km/hr
C. 15.5 B. 4 km/hr
D. 10.5 C. 2 km/hr
2) A man takes 3 hours 45 minutes to row a boat D. 1 km/hr
15 km downstream of a river and 2 hours 30 6) A man can row 9⅓ kmph in still water and
minutes to cover a distance of 5 km upstream. finds that it takes him thrice as much time to
Find the speed of the current. row up than as to row, down the same
A. 1 km/hr distance in the river. The speed of the current
B. 2 km/hr is.
C. 3 km/hr A. 3⅔kmph
D. 4 km/hr B. 4⅔kmph
3) In one hour, a boat goes 11km along the C. 5⅔kmph
stream and 5 km against it. Find the speed of D. 6⅔kmph
the boat in still water 7) A man rows 750 m in 675 seconds against
A. 6 the stream and returns in 7 and half minutes.
B. 7 His rowing speed in still water is
C. 8 A. 4 kmph
D. 9 B. 5 kmph
4) A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still C. 6 kmph
water goes 30 km downstream and comes D. 7 kmph
back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The 8) If a boat goes 7 km upstream in 42 minutes
speed of the stream (in km/hr) is and the speed of the stream is 3 kmph, then
A. 2 km/hr the speed of the boat in still water is
B. 3 km/hr A. 12 kmph
C. 4 km/hr B. 13 kmph

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C. 14 kmph D. 7 hours
D. 15 kmph 12) A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the
9) A man takes twice as long to row a distance velocity of the current is 1 kmph and it takes
against the stream as to row the same him 1 hour to row to a place and come back.
distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of how far is that place.
the speed of the boat in still water and stream A. .4 km
is B. 1.4 km
A. 3:1 C. 2.4 km
B. 1:3 D. 3.4 km
C. 2:4 13) The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr
D. 4:2 and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The
10) A man's speed with the current is 20 kmph distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes
and speed of the current is 3 kmph. The is
Man's speed against the current will be A. 1.6 km
A. 11 kmph B. 2 km
B. 12 kmph C. 3.6 km
C. 14 kmph D. 4 km
D. 17 kmph 14) Sahil can row 3 km against the stream in 20
11) A boat can travel with a speed of 16 km/hr in minutes and he can return in 18 minutes.
still water. If the rate of stream is 5 km/hr, What is rate of current?
then find the time taken by the boat to cover A. 1/2 km/hr
distance of 84 km downstream. B. 1/3 km/hr
A. 4 hours C. 2 km/hr
B. 5 hours D. 4 km/hr
C. 6 hours
Answer:

1) C 4) D 7) B 10) C 13) C
2) A 5) D 8) B 11) A 14) A
3) C 6) B 9) A 12) C
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1) A boat sails 15 km of a river towards upstream in 5 3) A motor boat takes 12 hours to go downstream and it
hours. How long will it take to cover the same distance takes 24 hours to return the same distance. what is the
downstream, if the speed of current is one-fourth the time taken by boat in still water?
speed of the boat in still water: A. 15 h
A. 1.8h B. 16 h
B. 3h C. 8 h
C. 4h D. 20 h
D. 5h 4) The current of a stream at 1 kmph. A motor boat goes
2) A man goes down stream with a boat to some 35 km upstream and back to the starting point in 12
destination and returns upstream to his original place hours. The speed of the motor boat in still water is ?
in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and A. 8 kmph
the strean are 10km/hr and 14km/hr respectively, the B. 6 kmph
distance of the destination from the string place is C. 7.5 kmph
A. 16 km D. 5.5 kmph
B. 18 km 5) A boat takes 19 hours for travelling downstream from
C. 21 km point A to point B and coming back to a point C which
D. 25 km is at midway between A and B. If the velocity of the

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stream is 4 kmph and the speed of the boat in still B. 10 kmph
water is 14 kmph, what is the distance between A and C. 15 kmph
B? D. 45 kmph
A. 180 km 7) A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river
B. 160 km is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a
C. 140 km place and back. What is the total distance traveled by
D. 120 km the man?
6) A man rows his boat 60 km downstream and 30 km A. 4.58 kms
upstream taking 3 hrs each time. Find the speed of the B. 6.35 kms
stream ? C. 5.76 kms
A. 5 kmph D. 5.24 kms
Answer

1) B) 3h 3) B) 16 h 5) A) 180 km 7) C) 5.76 kms

2) C) 21 km 4) B) 6 kmph 6) A) 5 kmph

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