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Boats and Streams

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions related to boat speed and river currents. The questions involve calculating boat speed in still water, with and against the current, and time taken to travel distances downstream and upstream given speed of boat and current. The solutions provided are: 1) C, 2) C, 3) C, 4) B, 5) C, 6) B, 7) D, 8) A, 9) A, 10) D, 11) C, 12) D, 13) D, 14) B, 15) A.

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Boats and Streams

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions related to boat speed and river currents. The questions involve calculating boat speed in still water, with and against the current, and time taken to travel distances downstream and upstream given speed of boat and current. The solutions provided are: 1) C, 2) C, 3) C, 4) B, 5) C, 6) B, 7) D, 8) A, 9) A, 10) D, 11) C, 12) D, 13) D, 14) B, 15) A.

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1. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water.

If the speed of the stream is


4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.
A. 2 hours

B. 3 hours

C. 4 hours

D. 5 hours
2. A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr.
The man's speed against the current is:
A. 8.5 km/hr

B. 9 km/hr

C. 10 km/hr

D. 12.5 km/hr
3. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while
it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio
between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively?
A. 2 : 1

B. 3 : 2

C. 8 : 3

D. Cannot be determined

E. None of these
4. A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and
comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 10

5. In one hour, a boat goes 11 km/hr along the stream and 5 km/hr against the stream.
The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is:
A. 3 km/hr
B. 5 km/hr

C. 8 km/hr

D. 9 km/hr
6. A boat running downstream covers a distance of 16 km in 2 hours while for covering
the same distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still
water?
A. 4 km/hr

B. 6 km/hr

C. 8 km/hr

D. Data inadequate

7. The speed of a boat in still water in 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The
distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is:
A. 1.2 km

B. 1.8 km

C. 2.4 km

D. 3.6 km

8. A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 36 miles downstream than to travel the same
distance upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 10 mph, the speed of the
stream is:
A. 2 mph

B. 2.5 mph

C. 3 mph

D. 4 mph
9. A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes
him 1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place?
A. 2.4 km

B. 2.5 km

C. 3 km
D. 3.6 km
10. A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1
hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still
water?
A. 12 kmph

B. 13 kmph

C. 14 kmph

D. 15 kmph

E. None of these
11. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km
along the current in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water?
A. 40 minutes

B. 1 hour

C. 1 hr 15 min

D. 1 hr 30 min

12. A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 minutes and
down the stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:
A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5
13. Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5
kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting
point. The total time taken by him is:
A. 16 hours

B. 18 hours

C. 20 hours

D. 24 hours
14. A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the
same distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still
water) and the stream is:
A. 2 : 1

B. 3 : 1

C. 3 : 2

D. 4 : 3
15. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come back in 14 hours. He finds that he
can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of
the stream is:
A. 1 km/hr

B. 1.5 km/hr

C. 2 km/hr

D. 2.5 km/hr

SOLUTIONS

1. C
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. A

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