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Boats and Streams problems


  • 1. A boy can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is ?

  • Options
  • A. 1.8 kmph
  • B. 2 kmph
  • C. 2.2 kmph
  • D. 1.5 kmph
  • Discuss
  • 2. A man goes down stream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the strean are 10km/hr and 14km/hr respectively, the distance of the destination from the string place is

  • Options
  • A. 16 km
  • B. 18 km
  • C. 21 km
  • D. 25 km
  • Discuss
  • 3. A man rows his boat 60 km downstream and 30 km upstream taking 3 hrs each time. Find the speed of the stream ?

  • Options
  • A. 5 kmph
  • B. 10 kmph
  • C. 15 kmph
  • D. 45 kmph
  • Discuss
  • 4. A boatman can row 3 km against the stream in 20 minutes and return in 18 minutes. Find the rate of current ?

  • Options
  • A. 1/3 kmph
  • B. 2/3 kmph
  • C. 1/4 kmph
  • D. 1/2 kmph
  • Discuss
  • 5. A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and back. What is the total distance traveled by the man ?

  • Options
  • A. 4.58 kms
  • B. 6.35 kms
  • C. 5.76 kms
  • D. 5.24 kms
  • Discuss
  • 6. 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?

  • Options
  • A. 7:4
  • B. 11:4
  • C. 4:7
  • D. 8:3
  • Discuss
  • 7. A boat whose speed in still water is 9 kmph, goes 12 km downstream and comes back in 3 hrs. Find the speed of the stream?

  • Options
  • A. 1 kmph
  • B. 3 kmph
  • C. 5 kmph
  • D. 4 kmph
  • Discuss
  • 8. A man can row 8 kmh in still water. If the river is running at 2 kmh, it takes 4 hrs more upstream than to go downstream for the same distance. Then the distance is given by

  • Options
  • A. 54 kms
  • B. 32 kms
  • C. 45 kms
  • D. 60 kms
  • Discuss
  • 9. A motorboat can go 10 miles downstream on a river in 20 min. It takes 30 min for this boat to go back at the same 10 miles. Find the speed of the current ?

  • Options
  • A. 8 m/h
  • B. 5 m/h
  • C. 7 m/h
  • D. 6 m/h
  • Discuss
  • 10. In one hour, a boat goes 12 km/hr along the stream and 6 km/hr against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is:

  • Options
  • A. 9
  • B. 8
  • C. 7
  • D. 7.5
  • Discuss

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