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Boats and Streams problems


  • 1. 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
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  • 2. 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
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  • 3. 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
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  • 4. 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
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  • 5. 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
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  • 6. 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
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  • 7. If sum of upstream and downstream speed of a boat is 82 kmph, and the boat travels 105 km. upstream in 3 hr, Find the time taken by boat to cover 126 km downstream.

  • Options
  • A. 2.8 hrs
  • B. 2.7 hrs
  • C. 2.6 hrs
  • D. 2.5 hrs
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  • 8. A boat travels 72 km downstream in 8 hours and 84 km upstream in 12 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current ?

  • Options
  • A. 9 and 3 kmph
  • B. 6 and 7 kmph
  • C. 8 and 1 kmph
  • D. 7 and 2 kmph
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  • 9. A boatman can row 96 km downstream in 8 hr. If the speed of the current is 4 km/hr, then find in what time he will be able to cover 8 km upstream ?

  • Options
  • A. 1.5 hrs
  • B. 1 hrs
  • C. 2.5 hrs
  • D. 2 hrs
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  • 10. Rajesh rows in still water with a speed of 4.5 kmph to go to a certain place and comes back. Find his average speed for the whole journey, if the river is flowing with a speed of 1.5 kmph?

  • Options
  • A. 2 kmph
  • B. 4 kmph
  • C. 6 kmph
  • D. 8 kmph
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