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BOATS AND STREAMS – EM

1. A boat can row 10 km/hr with the stream and 8 km/hr 16. A boat goes 39 km upstream and 116 km downs
against the stream. Find the speed of the boat? stream and 116km down stream in 7 hrs. The boat
2. A boat goes against the stream 18 km/hr and down- travels 65 km up stream and 87 km down stream in 8
stream 32 km/hr. Then find speed of the boat and river? hrs then find speed of boat in still water?
3. A boat goes against the stream 28 km/hr and speed of 17. A man takes twice as long to row a distance against
the flow is 8 km/hr. Then find speed of the boat in still the stream as to row the same distance in favour of

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water ? the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still
4. A boat goes 36kms downstream in 6 hrs. and 40kms water) and the stream is
against stream in 8hrs. Find the speed of flow?
A) 2:1 B) 3:1 C) 3:2 D) 4:3
5. A boat goes 30kms downstream in 25 mins. and 9kms
against stream in 15 min. Find the speed of flow? 18. A man can row 9 1/3kmph in still water and finds that
6. A boat rows 12 km/hr in still water when a river is it takes him thrice as much time to row up than as to
row down the same distance in the river. The speed of

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running at 4 km/hr. It takes him 2 hrs to row a place
the current is
and back How far is the place?
7. A boat speed is 12 km/hr in still water when a river is A) 3 1/3 km/hr B) 3 1/9 km/hr
running at 4 km/hr. The boat takes 2hrs more time in C) 4 2/3 km/hr D) 4 1/2 km/hr
return journey. How far is the place?
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19. A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream.
8. A man can row 45 kms downstream and return in a If he takes 6 hours to cover each distance, then the
total of 9hrs of the speed of the boat in still water is velocity (in kmph) of the current is
2 1/3 times the speed of the current. Then the speed A) 1/2 B) 1 C) 1 1/2 D) 2
of the current is ?
9. A boat can row in still water 40 km/hr. It goes 70kms 20. A man takes twice as long to row a distance against
in 1 hour 45 min. The time taken by it to cover the the stream as to row the same distance in favour of
the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still
same distance down the stream will be?
water) and the stream is
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10. The ratio of speeds of a boat and stream is 25:12.

The boat goes with the water in 2hr 10 min. Then find A) 2:1 B) 3:1 C) 3:2 D) 4:3
the time taken to comeback to starting place. 21. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to
11. A boat goes in still water 40 km/hr. The boat travels cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover
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100km in 1hr 40 min with the stream, then find the the same distance running downstram. What is the ratio
time taken to travel the same distance against the between the speed of the boat and speed of the water
stream? current respectively?
12. A boat goes 15 kms/hr. In still water but takes thrice A) 2:1 B) 3:2 C) 8:3
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as much time in going the same distance against the D) Cannot be determined E) None of these
stream. The speed of the flow is
22. A man’s speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the
13. A boat takes 60% more time to cover a certain dis-
speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man’s speed
tance in up stream than down stream of speed of cur-
against the current is
rent is 15 km/hr. Then find the time required to travel
640kms along the stream. A) 8.5 km/hr B) 9 km/hr
14. A boat takes 1/5 time in traveling certain distance down C) 10 km/hr D) 12.5 km/hr
stream than upstream. The speed of the boat in still 23. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still
water is how much % more than the speed of the flow? water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the
15. A boat can row in still water 6 km/hr more than the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.
speed of current of a boat takes total 10hrs to cover A) 2 hours B) 3 hours
80 km downstram and 48 km upstream. Then find the
speed of the boat in sitll water? C) 4 hours D) 5 hours

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24. A boat takes 19 hours for travelling downstream from 32. If boat whose speed in still water is 9 km/h covers a
point A to point B and coming back to a point C mid- distance of 12 km and comes back in total 3 hours
way between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is then what is the speed of the stream?
4 kmph and the speed of the boat in still water is 14 A) 1.5 km/h B) 2 km/h
kmph, what is the distance between A and B ?
C) 2.5 km/h D) 3 km/h
A) 160 km B) 180 km
33. A boat covers 30 km upstream and 45 km downstram
C) 200 km D) 220 km
in 10 hours. The same boat takes 13 hours to cover
25. A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 36 miles down- 40 km upstram and 55 km downstream. What is the
stream then to travel the same distance upstream. If speed of the boat in still water/
the speed of the boat in still water is 10 mph, the speed
A) 8 km/h B) 6 km/h
of the stream is
A) 2 mph B) 2.5 mph C) 11 km/h D) 5 km/h

C) 3 mph D) 4 mph 34. A motor car does a journey in 10 hours, the first half
at 21 km per hour, and the rest at 24 km per hour.

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26. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 Find the distnace.
hours. He finds that the can row 4 km with the stream
in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate A) 45 km B) 47 km
of the stream is C) 46 km D) 48 km
A) 1 km/hr B) 1.5 km/hr

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C) 1.8 km/hr D) 3.5 km/hr
27. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km down-
stream in 6 hours while it covers 36 km upstream and
24 km downstream in 6 1/2 hours. The volocity of
the current is
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A) 1 km/hr B) 1.5 km/hr
C) 2 km/hr D) 2.5 km/hr
28. In a river, the ratio of the speed of stream and speed
of a boat in still water is 2 : 5. Again, ratio of the speed
of stream and speed of an another boat in still water is
3 : 4. What is the ratio of the speeds of the first boat to
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the second boat in still water?

A) 10:7 B) 15:8 C) 4:3 D) 5:4
29. A motorboat travelling at the some speed, can cover
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25 km upstream and 39 km downstream in 8 h. At the

same speed, it can travel 35 km upstream and 52 km
downstream in 11 h. The speed of the stream is
A) 2 km/h B) 3 km/h
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C) 4 km/h D) 5 km/h
30. A boat running upstram takes 528 min to cover a cer-
tain distance, while it takes 240 min to cover the same
distance running downstream. What is the ratio be-
tween the speed of the boat and speed of the water
current, respectively?
A) 2:1 B) 3:2
C) 8:3 D) Couldn’t be determined
31. A boat covers 20 km downstram in one hour and cov-
ers the same distance upstream in 2 hours then what is
the speed of the boat in still water?

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