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Boat and Stream

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions about boats traveling at various speeds upstream and downstream in rivers. It provides information about distances, times, and speeds to calculate additional values. The questions cover topics like speed of boats relative to river currents, time taken to travel certain distances in different directions, and calculating speeds from given time and distance values.

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Boat and Stream

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions about boats traveling at various speeds upstream and downstream in rivers. It provides information about distances, times, and speeds to calculate additional values. The questions cover topics like speed of boats relative to river currents, time taken to travel certain distances in different directions, and calculating speeds from given time and distance values.

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1.

A swimmer can swim 2 km in 15


minutes in a lake in still water and he
can swim 4 km along the flow of river
in 20 minutes. if a paper boat is put
into river, then how far will it float in
2½ hours?
A) 18 km

B) 12 km

C) 8 km

D) 10 km
2. Speed of a boat in standing water is
14 kmph and the speed of the stream is
1.2 kmph. A man rows to a place at a
distance of 4864 km and comes back to
the starting point. The total time taken
by him is:
A) 1400 hours

B) 700 hours

C) 350 hours

D) 1010 hours
3. Two boats A and B start towards each
other from two places, 108 km apart.
Speed of the boat A and B in still water
are 12 km/hr. and 15 km/hr.
respectively. If A proceeds downstream
and B up the stream, they will meet
after :
A) 4.5 hrs

B) 4.0 hrs

C) 5.4 hrs

D) 6.0 hrs
4. A boat has to travel a distance of 12
km starting from point P to point Q. It
covers 8 km downstream from point P
in 20 min and remaining 4 km
upstream to reach the point Q. If the
downstream speed was twice the
upstream speed, what is the average
speed of boat throughout the journey?
A) 16 km/hr.

B) 15 km/hr.

C) 18 km/hr.

D) 20 km/hr.
5. A boat can travel with a speed of 19
km/h in still water. If the speed of the
stream is 3 km/h, then what will be the
total time (in hours) taken by the boat
to go 88 km downstream and 24 km
upstream?
A) 4.5

B) 5

C) 4

D) 5.5
6. A boat while travelling in the
direction of stream take 5 hours for 90
km, while covering the same distance
in the opposite direction of stream, it
takes 6 hours then the speed of stream
is :
A) 2 km/hr.

B) 2.5 km/hr.

C) 1.5 km/hr.

D) 1 km/hr.
7. A man rows down a river 15 km in 3
hours with the stream and returns in
7½ hours. The rate at which he rows in
still water is :

A) 2.5 km/hr.

B) 1.5 km/hr.

C) 3.5 km/hr.

D) 4.5 km/hr.
8. The ratio of speed of motorboat to
that of current water is 13 : 4. If boat
takes 4hr 32 min against the current, it
will come back in :
A) 2 hr. 24 min

B) 2 hr. 28 min

C) 2 hr. 58 min

D) 3 hr. 16 min
9. A swimmer while covering a certain
distance in the direction of stream,
takes some time while covering the
same distance in the opposite direction
of stream it takes thrice of the previous
time. If the speed of swimmer in the
still water is 9(1/3) km/hr., the speed
of stream is :
𝟐
A) 𝟒 km/hr.
𝟑

𝟏
B) 𝟒 km/hr.
𝟑

C) 8 km/hr.

D) 5 km/hr.
10. 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) 8:3

B) 5:6

C) 3:8

D) 6:5
11. Ravi can row a boat in still water in
the speed of 14 km/h. If a river is
flowing at the speed of 2 km/h and
Ravi takes 3 hours to cover a certain
distance upstream, then how much
time will he take to cover the same
distance downstream?

A) 2 hr. 20 min

B) 2 hr.

C) 2 hr. 15 min

D) 3 hr. 30 min
12. Sunil can row a boat 20 km
upstream in 1 hour 15 minutes. If the
speed of the current of the river is 2
km/h, then how much time will he take
to row the boat 30 km downstream?

A) 1 hr. 10 min

B) 1 hr. 45 min

C) 1 hr. 30 min

D) 1 hr. 20 min
13. A boat can go 15 km downstream
and 8km upstream in 2 h. It can go 20
km downstream and 12km upstream in
2 h 50 m. What is the speed in km/h of
the boat while going downstream?

A) 16

B) 15

C) 20

D) 18
14. The speed of a boat downstream is
150% more than its speed upstream. If
the time taken by the boat for going 80
km downstream and 50 km upstream is
8.2 hours, then what is speed (in km/h)
of the boat downstream?
A) 16

B) 30

C) 24

D) 25
15. A person rows upstream a distance
of 55 km in 5 hours and rows
downstream a distance of 75 km in 3
hours. How much time will he take to
too a distance of 96 km in still water?

A) 4 hr. 40 min

B) 5 hr. 20 min

C) 6 hr. 10 min

D) 5 hr. 45 min

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