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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Speed downstream = (13 + 4) km/hr = 17 km/hr.
Time taken to travel 68 km downstream 68
= 17 hrs = 4 hrs.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Man's rate in still water = (15 - 2.5) km/hr = 12.5 km/hr.
Man's rate against the current = (12.5 - 2.5) km/hr = 10 km/hr.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Let the man's rate upstream be x kmph and that downstream be y kmph.
Then, distance covered upstream in 8 hrs 48 min = Distance covered downstream
in 4 hrs.
x x 4
= (y x 4)
8 5
44 x =4
5 y
11
y = x.
5
y + y -
Required ratio = x : x
2 2
16 6
x x 1 x x 1
:
=
5 2 5 2
8 3
:
= 5 5
= 8 : 3.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Let the speed of the stream be x km/hr. Then,
Speed downstream = (15 + x) km/hr,
Speed upstream = (15 - x) km/hr.
30 30 1
+ =4
(15 + x) (15 - x) 2
900 9
=
225 - x2 2
9x2 = 225
x2 = 25
x = 5 km/hr.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Speed in still water 1
(11 + 5) kmph = 8 kmph.
= 2
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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
16
Rate downstream =
2 kmph = 8 kmph.
Rate upstream 16
= 4 kmph = 4 kmph.
1
Speed in still water = (8 + 4) kmph = 6 kmph.
2
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Speed downstream = (15 + 3) kmph = 18 kmph.
Distance travelled 12
18 x
= 60 km = 3.6 km.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Let the speed of the stream x mph. Then,
Speed downstream = (10 + x) mph,
Speed upstream = (10 - x) mph.
36 36 90
- =
(10 - x) (10 + x) 60
72x x 60 = 90 (100 - x2)
x2 + 48x - 100 = 0
(x+ 50)(x - 2) = 0
x = 2 mph.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Speed downstream = (5 + 1) kmph = 6 kmph.
Speed upstream = (5 - 1) kmph = 4 kmph.
Let the required distance be x km.
Then x x
+ =1
, 6 4
2x + 3x = 12
5x = 12
x = 2.4 km.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Let the speed of the boat in still water be x kmph. Then,
Speed downstream = (x + 3) kmph,
Speed upstream = (x - 3) kmph.
3
(x + 3) x 1 = (x - 3) x
2
2x + 6 = 3x - 9
x = 15 kmph.
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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
1
Rate downstream = x 60
10 km/hr = 6 km/hr.
Rate upstream = 2 km/hr.
1
Speed in still water = (6 + 2) km/hr = 4 km/hr.
2
5 1
Required time = hrs = 1 hr 15 min.
4 hrs = 1 4
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
We can write three-quarters of a kilometre as 750 metres,
and 11 minutes as 675 seconds.
Rate upstream 750 10
= m/sec.
= 675 m/sec 9
75
0 5
Rate downstream = =
m/sec.
45 m/sec 3
0
1 10 5
Rate in still water = +
2 9 3 m/sec
25 m/sec
= 18
25 18
x
= 18 5 km/hr
= 5 km/hr.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Speed upstream = 7.5 kmph.
Speed downstream = 10.5 kmph.
105 105
Total time taken = +
7.5 10.5 hours = 24 hours.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Let man's rate upstream be x kmph.
Then, his rate downstream = 2x kmph.
2x + 2x -
(Speed in still water) : (Speed of stream) = x : x
2 2
3
x : x
=
2 2
= 3 : 1.
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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
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Suppose he move 4 km downstream in x hours. Then,
Speed downstream 4
km/hr.
= x
Speed upstream 3
km/hr.
= x
48 48 = 14 1
+ .
(4/x) (3/x) or x =
2
So, Speed downstream = 8 km/hr, Speed upstream = 6 km/hr.
1
Rate of the stream = (8 - 6) km/hr = 1 km/hr.
2
