BOAT AND STREAM

(uko vkSj /kjk)

;g fo"k; ewy :i ls ikuh ds çokg ds lkFk ;k foijhr
DEFINITION & FORMULAE fn'kk esa cgus ij ikuh esa fdlh Hkh pht dh xfr dh x.kuk
There are a variety of subconcepts that are djus ls lacaf/r gSA
related to answering questions based on boat and
streams concept. Given below are the four terms Important Formulae : egRoiw.kZ lw=k
which are important for a candidate to know to
Given below are a few important formulas
understand the concept of streams.
with the help of which you can solve the
uko vkSj /kjkvksa dh vo/kj.kk ij vk/kfjr ç'uksads
questions based on boat and streams.
mÙkj nsus ls lacaf/r fofHkUu mi&vo/kj.kk,a gSaA uhps pkjuhps 'kCndqN egRoiw.kZ lw=k fn, x, gSa ftudh lgk;rk ls
fn, x, gSa tks ,d ijh{kkFkhZ ds fy, /kjkvksa dh vo/kj.kkvki
dksuko vkSj ty/kjk ij vk/kfjr ç'uksa dks gy dj ldrs gSaA

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le>us ds fy, egRoiw.kZ gSaA Candidates must learn these formulas by

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 Stream : The moving water in a river is heart to ensure they are able to answer the simple
called a stream. formula based questions correctly and do not end
/kjk %unh esa cgrs ty dks /kjk dgrs gSaA
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Upstream : If the boat is flowing in the
up losing marks for direct questions.
mEehnokjksa dks bu lw=kksa dks fny ls lh•uk pkfg, rkfd

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opposite direction to the stream, it is ;g lqfuf'pr gks lds fd os ljy lw=k vk/kfjr ç'uksa dk lgh
called upstream. In this case, the net speed mÙkj nsus esa l{ke gSa vkSj lh/s ç'uksa ds fy, vad ugha xaokrs g
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of boat is called upstream speed. Speed of boat in still water = B
R s
ÅèoZizokg
;fn%uko /kjk ds foijhr fn'kk esa cg jgh 'kkar ty esa uko dh pky
gS] rks bls ÅèoZizokg dgk tkrk gSA bl fLFkfr esaSpeed
uko dhof the stream = S
a th

dqy xfr dks ÅèoZizokg xfr dgrs gSaA /kjk dh pky

 Downstream : If the boat is flowing along 1. Downstream Speed of boat = (B + S)
the direction of the stream, it is called
uko dh vuqizokg pky
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downstream. In this case, the net speed of

boat is called downtream speed. 2. Upstream Speed of boat = (B – S)
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% ;fn uko /kjk ds fn'kk esa cg jgh gS] rks bls uko dh ÅèoZizokg pky
vuqizokg
vuqizokg dgk tkrk gSA bl fLFkfr esa uko dh dqy3.xfr Speed of boat in still water
dks vuqizokg xfr dgrs gSaA 'kkar ty esa uko dh pky
 Still Water : Under this circumstance the 1
water is considered to be stationary and = (Downstream speed + Upstream speed)
2
the speed of the water is zero. 4. Speed of the stream//kjk dh pky
'kkar ty % ,slh fLFkfr esa ty dks fLFkj ekuk tkrk gS 1
vkSj ty dh xfr 'kwU; gksrh gSA =
2
(Downstream speed – Upstream speed)
The questions from this topic may seem to
be confusing until a candidate is aware of the Points to Remember/Lej.kh; rF;
above-mentioned terms and how they may be
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1. If the total time taken by the boat to row a

used for answering the questions. distance of D and reach back to its initial
bl fo"k; ds ç'u rc rd Hkzfer djus okys çrhr gks position is T then,
ldrs gSa tc rd fd dksbZ mEehnokj mi;ZqÙkQ 'krks± ls voxr ;fnu uko }kjk D dh nwjh r; djus vkSj viuh çkjafHkd
gks vkSj ç'uksa dk mÙkj nsus ds fy, mudk mi;ksx dSls fd;k tkfLFkfr esa okil vkus esa fy;k x;k dqy le;
T gS] rks
ldrk gSA (a) Distance between the two places is
This topic basically deals with calculating nks LFkkuksa ds chp dh nwjh
the speed of anything in the water when it flows
along with the flow of water or in the opposite T B 2 – S 2 
D=
direction. 2B

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– S2  okil vkrh gS
(b) Average speed of the boat = Then, speed of man in Still water
2B
uko dh vkSlr pky rks] fLFkj ty esa euq"; dh xfr
2. If it takes T hours more to go to a point
S  T2 + T1 
upstream than downstream for the same =
distance. Then,  T2 – T1 
;fn leku nwjh ds fy, /kjk ds çfrdwy fdlh fcanq ij 4. If the time taken by the boat to row same
tkus esa /kjk ds vuqdwy tkus dh rqyuk
T ?kaVs
esa vf/d distance in downstream is T 1 and in
yxrs gSa] rks upstream is T2.
;fn uko }kjk vuqçokg esa leku nwjh dks ikj djus esa
T B 2 – S 2  fy;k x;k le; T1 gS vkSj /kjk ds çfrdwy TesagSA
Distance/nwjh
= 2
2S Then, the ratio of speed of the boat to the
3. If a boat travels a distance downstream in speed of stream
T1 hours and returns the same distance rks] uko dh xfr dk /kjk dh xfr ls vuqikr
upstream in T2 hours.
;fn ,d uko /kjk ds vuqdwy ,d nwjhT1 ?kaVs esa r; B  T2 + T1 

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= S= T –T
djrh gS vkSj leku nwjh /kjk ds çfrdwy
T2 ?kaVs esa  2 1

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3. A boat takes 48 minutes to cover 12 km
SOME BASIC QUESTIONS against the steam, if the speed of stream
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is 2 km/hr then what will be the speed of
1. If the speed of a swimmer is 9 km/hr in
the boat in still water?
a th

still water and the speed of stream is 5 km/

hr then find the speed of swimmer against ,d uko /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 48 feuV esa 12
the stream and along the stream. fdeh dh nwjh r; djrh gS] ;fn /kjk dh xfr 2
;fn 'kkar ty esa fdlh rSjkd dh pky 9 fdeh@#?kaVk fdeh@?kaVk gks rks 'kkar ty esa uko dh xfr fdruh
ty a

o /kjk dh pky 5 fdeh@?kaVk gS rks /kjk ds izfrdwy gksaxh\

o /kjk ds vuqdwy rSjrs le; rSjkd dh pky Kkr (a) 17 km/h (b) 15 km/h
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(c) 13 km/h (d) 1.25 km/h

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4. A boat goes 15 km upstream in 80 minutes.
(a) 4km/hr, 10 km/hr
The speed of the stream is 5 km/hr. the
(b) 4km/hr, 14 km/hr speed of the boat in still water is :
(c) 14km/hr, 16 km/hr
,d uko /kjk ds fo#¼ 15 fdeh- dh nwjh 80 feuV
(d) 14km/hr, 18 km/hr
esa tkrh gSA /kjk dh pky 5 fdeh@?kaVk gSA uko dh
2. The speed fo a boat when travelling
downstream is 32 km/hr, whereas when
'kkar ty esa pky D;k gS\
travelling upstream it is 28 km/hr. What (a) 15.25 km/hr (b) 16.25 km/hr
is the speed of the boat in still water and (c) 15 km/hr (d) 17 km/hr
the speed of the stream? 5. A boat while travelling in the direction of
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/kjk dh fn'kk esa tkrs gq, uko dh pky 32 fdeh@?kaVk stream take 5 hours for 90 km, while
covering the same distance in the opposite
gS tcfd /kjk ds foijhr uko dh pky 28 fdeh@?kaVk direction of stream, it takes 6 hours then
gSA uko dh pky 'kkar ty esa vkSj /kjk dh pky D;k the speed of stream is :
gS\ ,d uko /kjk dh fn'kk esa 90 fdehdh nwjh 5 ?kaVs esa
(a) 29 km/hr, 3 km/hr r; djrh gS tcfd /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa ;gh nwjh
(b) 30 km/hr, 2 km/hr 6 ?kaVs esa r; djrh gS] rks /kjk dh pky gS %
(c) 30 km/hr, 8 km/hr (a) 2 km/hr (b) 2.5 km/hr
(d) 31 km/hr, 1 km/hr (c) 1.5 km/hr (d) 1 km/hr

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Type-1 (a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 3
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
6. A man rows down a river 15 km in 3 hers 11. The ratio of speed of motorboat to that of
1 current water is 13 : 4. If boat takes 4hr
with the stream and returns in 7 hres.
2 32 min against the current, it will come
The rate at which he rows in still water is : back in :
,d O;fDr unh dh /kjk dh fn'kk esa 15 fdeh nwjh 3 eksVjcksV dh xfr dk] /kjk dh xfr ls vuqikr 13 % 4
1
?kaVs esa r; djrk gS rFkk
7 ?kaVs esa og okil vk gSA ;fn uko dks /kjk ds izfrdwy ;k=kk djus esa 4 ?kaVs
2
tkrk gS] rks 'kkar ty esa mldh xfr D;k gksxh\ 32 feuV dk le; yxrk gS rks bls okil ykSVus esa
(a) 2.5 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr
fdruk le; yxsxk\
(a) 2 hr 24 min (b) 2 hr 28 min
(c) 3.5 km/hr (d) 4.5 km/hr
7. A boat goes 75 km upstream in 3 hours and (c) 2 hr 58 min (d) 3 hr 16 min
60 km downstream in 1.5 hours. Then the
speed of the boat in still water is : Type-2
,d uko ikuh esa /kjk ds foijhr fn'kk esa 3 ?kaVs esa
12.75If the speed of flow of river is 4 km/hr and
fdeh vkSj /kjk ds vuqdwy 1-5 ?kaVs esa 60 fdeeh tkrhthe speed of boat along the stream is 3

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gSA 'kkar ty esa uko dh pky D;k gksxh\ times of the speed against the stream. Then

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what will be the speed of boat?
(a) 32.5 km/hr (b) 30 km/hr
(c) 1 km/hr (d) 1.5 km/hr
;fn unh dk cgko 4 fdeh@?kaVk gS vkSj uko /kjk ds
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A swimmer walks 30 km along the flow of
river in 3 hours 45 minutes and walks 15
cgko ds foijhr fn'kk dh vis{kk /kjk ds lkFk rhu
xquh jÝrkj ls tkrh gS rks uiko dh pky D;k gksxh\

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km against the flow in 2 hours 30 minutes (a) 12 km/hr (b) 16 km/hr
find the speed of boat in still water and the (c) 8 km/hr (d) 10 km/hr
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speed of flow (in km/hr).
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13. A swimmer while covering a certain
,d ukfod unh esa cgko dh vksj 3 ?kaVs 45 feuV esa distance in the direction of stream, takes
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30 fdeh uko pykrk gS rFkk cgko ds fo:¼ 2 ?kaVs some time while covering the same
30 feuV esa 15 fdeh- uko pykrk gS] fLFkj ikuh esadistance in the oposite direction of stream
it takes thrice of the previous time. If the
uko dh xfr rFkk izokg dh xfr Kkr dhft,A 1
ty a

(a) 8 and 1 (b) 7 and 8 speed of swimmer in the still water is 9

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(c) 7 and 1 (d) 9 and 10 km/hr, the speed of stream is :
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9. A boat moves downstream at the rate of 1 ,d rSjkd /kjk dh fn'kk esa ,d fuf'pr nwjh dqN
km in 7½ minutes and upstream at the rate le; esa r; djrk gS tcfd ;gh nwjh /kjk dh foijhr
of 5 km an hour. What is the speed of the
boat in the still water?
fn'kk esa pydj rhu xqus le; esa r; djrk gSA ;fn
1
,d uko 7 feuV esa 1 fdeh dh nj ls vuqçokg esa fLFkj ty esa rSjkd dh pky9 fdeh@?kaVk gS rks
3
pyrh gS vkSj 5 fdeh@?kaVk dh nj ls ÅèoZ çokg esaèkkjk dh pky gS %
pyrh gSA fLFkj ikuh esa uko dh xfr Kkr djsa\ 2 1
1 (a) 4 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr
3 3
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 6 km/hr
2 (c) 8 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr
1 14. The speed of boat in still water is thrice the
(c) 4 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr speed of stream. If takes 6 hours to go 48
2
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10. A boat goes downstream in one third the km against the steam then what is the
time it takes to go upstream. Then, the speed of boat is still water in kilometer per
ratio between the speed of boat in still hour?
water and that of the stream is : 'kkar ty esa uko dh pky] /kjk dh pky dk rhu xquk
,d uko ,d fuf'pr nwjh /kjk ds çfrdwy r; djus gSA ;fn /kjk ds foijhr 48 fdeh tkus esa uko dks 6
esa fy, x, le; dh rqyuk esa /kjk ds vuqdwy leku ?kaVs yxrs gksa] rks 'kkar ty esa uko dh pky (fdyksehVj
nwjh r; djus esa ,d frgkbZ le; ysrh gSA rks] fLFkj izfr ?kaVk) D;k gS\
ikuh esa uko dh xfr vkSj /kjk dh xfr ds chp dk (a) 10 (b) 8
vuqikr Kkr djsaA (c) 12 (d) 14

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15. If the speed of streamer is 'a' km/hr and Type-3
the time taken by a boat or a swimmer in
upstream is 'n' times than the time taken 19. A swimmer run 3 km/hr against the stream
in downstream for the same distance. Then and goes 1 km in 10 minutes along the
the speed of boat in still water is : stream, then in how much time will be take
;fn /kjk dh pky a fdeh@?kaVk gS rFkk fdlh uko to cover 5 km in still water ?
vFkok rSjkd dh ÅèoZizokg tkus esa vuqizokg tkus ds ,d ukfod /kjk ds foijhr 3 fdyksehVj ,d ?kaVs esa
le; dk n xquk le; yxrk gS (leku nwjh ds fy,) tkrk gS rFkk /kjk dh fn'kk esa 1 fdyksehVj 10 feuV
esa tkrk gS] rks fLFkj ikuh esa 5 fdyksehVj fdruh nsj
rks 'kkar ty esa uko dh pky fdeh@?kaVk esa Kkr djsaA
an esa tk,xk\
a(n +1)
(a) (b) (n +1)
n –1 1
(a) 1 hours (b) 1 hours
an 2 10
a(n – 1)
(c) (d)
n +1 (n2 – 1) 1
(c) 1 hours (d) 40 minutes
16. A man takes 2.2 times as long to row a 9
distance in upstream as to row the same 20. A swimmer can swim 2 km in 15 minute
distance in downstream. If he can row 55
in a lake in still water and he can swim 4
km downstream in 2 hours 30 minutes,
km along the flow of river in 20 minutes.
what is the speed of the boat in still water?
if a paper boat is put into river, then how
,d O;fDr /kjk ds fo#¼ tkus esa] /kjk ds lkFk tkus 1
ls 2-2 xquk le; ysrk gSA ;fn og 55 fdeh /kjk ds far will it float in 2
2
hours?
lkFk 2 ?kaVs 30 feuV esa uko pyk ldrk gS] rks 'kkar,d rSjkd >hy esa 'kkar ty esa 15 feuV esa 2 fdeh
ty esa uko dh pky D;k gS\ rd rSjdj tk ldrk gS rFkk og ,d unh esa /kjk ds
(a) 40 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr
lkFk 20 feuV esa 4 fdeh dh nwjh rd rSj ldrk gSA
(c) 16 km/hr (d) 24 km/hr
;fn ml unh esa ,d dkxt dh uko j[k nh tk,] rks
1
17. A man can row at a speed of 4 km/hr in 1
2 og 2 ?kaVs esa fdruh nwj rd cgdj pyh tk,xh\
still water. If he takes twice the time to row 2
a distance upstream as to row the same (a) 18 km
distance downstream, then the speed of (b) 12 km
stream (in km/hr) is : (c) 8 km
,d vkneh fLFkj ikuh esa 4 fdeh@?kaVk dh xfr ls uko (d) 10 km
pyk ldrk gSA ;fn mls leku nwjh dks vuqçokg esa r;
djus dh rqyuk esa mlh nwjh dks Å?oZ çokg esa r;Type-4
djus
esa nksxquk le; yxrk gS] rks /kjk dh xfr (fdeh@?kaVk
21. A man goes downstream with a boat to
esa) Kkr djsaA some destination and returns upstream to
(a) 1 (b) 1.5 his original place in 5 hours. If the speed
(c) 2 (d) 2.5 of the boat in still water and the stream are
18. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively, the
minutes to cover a certain distance, while distance of the destination from the
it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance starting place is
running downstream. What is the ratio
,d vkneh uko ls fdlh xarO; rd tkus vkSj vius
between the speed of the boat and speed
of the water current respectively? ewy LFkku ij okil vkus esa 5 ?kaVs dk le; ysrk gSA
/kjk ds izfrdwy ;k=kk djus ij fdlh uko dks ,d ;fn fLFkj ikuh esa uko dh xfr vkSj /kjk dh xfr
fuf'pr nwjh r; djus esa 8 ?kaVs 48 feuV dk le; Øe'k% 10 fdeh@?kaVk vkSj ”4 fdeh@?kaVk gS] rks çkjaf
yxrk gS tcfd /kjk ds vuqdwy ;k=kk djus ij leku LFkku ls xarO; dh nwjh Kkr djsaA
nwjh dks r; djuss esa 4 ?kaVs dk le; yxrk gSA uko dh(a) 16 km
xfr vkSj /kjk dh xfr ds eè; Øe'k% vuqikr D;k gS\ (b) 18 km
(a) 8 : 3 (b) 5 : 6 (c) 21 km
(c) 3 : 8 (d) 6 : 5 (d) 25 km

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22. Speed of a boat is 5 km/hr in still water 26. The ratio of speed of a boat in still water
and the speed of the stream is 3 km/hr. If and speed of stream is 5 : 1. It takes 7
the boat takes 3 hours to go a place and hours to travel 54 km in downstream and
come back, the distance of the place is: 48 km in upstream. What is the speed (in
,d uko dh xfr fLFkj ikuh esa 5 fdeh@?kaVk gS vkSjkm) of stream?
'kkar ty esa ,d uko dh pky vkSj /kjk dh pky esa
èkkjk dh xfr 3 fdeh@?kaVk gSA ;fn uko dks ,d L?Fkku
ij tkus vkSj okil vkus esa 3 ?kaVs yxrs gSa] rks ml5 % 1 dk vuqikr gSA /kjk ds vuqdwy 54 fdeh rd
LFkku dh nwjh Kkr djsaA rFkk /kjk ds izfrdwy 48 fdeh d tkus esa mls 7 ?kaVs
(a) 3.75 km (b) 4 km yxrs gSaA /kjk dh pky (fdeh@?kaVk esa) D;k gS\
(c) 4.8 km (d) 4.25 km (a) 2.5
23. The speed of the current is 5 km/hr. A (b) 3
motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back (c) 4
again to starting point in 50 minutes. The (d) 2
speed (in km/hr) of the motorboat in still 27. Two boats A and B start towards each other
water is from two places, 108 km apart. Speed of
/kjk dh xfr 5 fdeh@?kaVk gSA ,d eksVj cksV 10 fdehthe boat A and B in still water are 12 km/

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Å?oZ çokg esa tkus vkSj çkjafHkd fcanq ij okil vkushr and 15 km/hr respectively. If A proceeds
esa 50 feuV dk le; ysrh gSA fLFkj ikuh esa eksVj cksV
down stream and B up the stream, they wil

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meet after :
dh xfr (fdeh@?kaVk esa) Kkr djsaA
nks ukoA rFkkB vyx txgksa ls ,d&nwljs dh rjiQ
(a) 20
(c) 25 an by(b) 26
(d) 28 pyrs gSaA nksuksa txgksa ds chp dh nwjh 108 fdeh gS
'kkar ty esa ukoA rFkk B dh xfr Øe'k% 12

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24. Speed of a boat in standing water is 14
kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.2 fdeh@?kaVk rFkk 15 fdeh@?kaVkA gSA /kjk dh
;fn
fn'kk rFkkB /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa vkxs c<+rs gSa]
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kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance
R s
of 4864 km and comes back to the starting rks os fdruh nsj ckn feysaxs\
point. The total time taken by him is:
a th

(a) 4.5 hrs

'kkar ty esa ,d uko dh xfr 14 fdeh@?kaVk vkSj /kjk
(b) 4 hrs
dh xfr 1-2 fdeh@?kaqVk gSA ,d O;fDr 4864 fdeh dh (c) 5.4 hrs
nwjh ij ,d LFkku rd rSjrk gS vkSj 'kq:vkrh fcUnq ij (d) 6 hrs
ty a

okil ykSVrk gSA mlds }kjk fy;k x;k dqy le; gS %28. Manish rows in still water with a speed of
(a) 1400 hours 4.5 km/hr to go a cartain place and to
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(b) 700 hours come back. Find his average speed for the
(c) 350 hours whole journey, if river is flowing with a
(d) 1010 hours spedd of 1.5 km/hr.
euh"k 'kkar ty esa 4-5 fdeh@?kaVk dh pky ls ,d
MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS fuf'pr LFkku ij tkrk gS rFkk okil iqu% ykSV vkrk
gSA iwjh ;k=kk ds fy, vkSlr pky fdruh gS\ ;fn unh
25. A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. If dh pky 1-5 fdeh@?kaVk gks
the speed of the current is 2 km/hr, it
(a) 6 km/h
takes 4 hours more upstream than in the
downstream for the same distance. The (b) 4 km/h
distance is: (c) 5 km/h
,d vkneh fLFkj ikuh esa 6 fdeh@?kaVk dh xfr? ls (d) 7 km/h
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uko pyk ldrk gSA ;fn /kjk dh xfr 2 fdeh@?kaVk 29. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km
downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36
gS] rks bls leku nwjh ds fy, vuqçokg esa tkus dh km upstream and 24 km downstream in
rqyuk esa /kjk ds çfrdwy tkus esa 4 ?kaVs vf/d le; 1
6
yxrk gSA nwjh Kkr djsaA 2
hours, then speed of the current is ?
(a) 30 km (a) 1 km/hr
(b) 24 km (b) 2 km/hr
(c) 20 km (c) 1.5 km/hr
(d) 32 km (d) 2.5 km/hr

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30. A boatman goes 44 km downstream and 30 (a) 1 km/hr (b) 0.5 km/hr
km upstream and takes 10 hrs. While it (c) 0.75 km/hr (d) 1.5 km/hr
takes 13 hrs. to go 55 km downstream and 34. A boat has to travel a distance of 12 km
40 km upstream. Find the speed of boat starting from point P to point Q. It covers
and stream. 8 km downstream from point P in 20 min
,d ukfod 44 fdeh /kjk ds vuqdwy vkSj 30 fdeh and remaining 4 km upstream to reach the
/kjk ds çfrdwy tkrk gS vkSj blesa 10 ?kaVs ysrk gSA
point Q. If the downstream speed was twice
the upstream speed, what is the average
tcfd bls 55 fdeh /kjk ds vuqdwy vkSj 40 fdeh
speed of boat throughout the journey?
èkkjk ds çfrdwy tkus esa 13 ?kaVs yxrs gSaA uko vkSj
,d uko fcanqP ls 'kq: djrs gq, fcanqQ rd 12
èkkjk dh xfr Kkr dhft,A
fdeh dh nwjh r; djrh gSA ;g 20 feuV esa fcanq
P ls
(a) 8 km/hr, 3 km/hr
8 fdeh /kjk ds vuqdwy r; djrh gS vkSj fcanq Q
(b) 6 km/hr, 2 km/hr
(c) 4 km/hr, 2 km/hr
rd igqapus ds fy, 'ks"k 4 fdeh /kjk ds çfrdwy r;
(d) 5 km/hr, 3 km/hr djrh gSA ;fn /kjk ds vuqdwy xfr /kjk ds çfrdwy
31. A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km xfr ls nksxquh Fkh] rks lexz ;k=kk esa uko dh vkSlr
downstream in 3 hours, while it covers 36 xfr D;k gS\

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km upstream and 24 km downstream in (a) 16 km/hr (b) 15 km/hr

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1 (c) 18 km/hr (d) 20 km/hr
6 hours. What is the speed of the
2 35. A boatman goes 39 km downstream and 25
current?
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,d uko 12 fdeh /kjk ds çfrdwy vkSj 18 fdeh
km upstream and takes 8 hrs. While it
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èkkjk ds vuqdwy r; djus esa 3 ?kaVs ysrh gS] tcfd ;g 30 km upstream. Find the speed of boat.
36 fdeh /kjk ds çfrdwy rFkk 24 fdeh /kjk ds vuqdwy ,d uko okyk 39 fdeh /kjk ds vuqdwy vkSj 25
ja
r; djus esa 6 ?kaVs ysrh gSA /kjk dh xfr Kkr djsa\ fdeh /kjk ds çfrdwy tkus esa 8 ?kaVs dk le; ysrk gSA
R s
(a) 1.5 km/hr (b) 1 km/hr tcfd bls 52 fdeh /kjk ds vuqdwy vkSj 30 fdeh
a th

(c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr èkkjk ds çfrdwy tku esa 10 ?kaVs yxrs gSaA uko dh xfr
32. A swimmer swims from a point A against a Kkr dhft,A
current for 5 minutes and then swims (a) 9 km/hr
backwards in favour of the current for next
ty a

(b) 4 km/hr
5 minutes and comes to the point B. If AB (c) 6 km/hr
is 100 metres, the speed of the current (in
di M

(d) 8 km/hr
km/hr) is:
36. A boat sails downstream from point A to
,d rSjkd ,d fcanq A ls 5 feuV ds fy, /kjk ds point B, which is 20 km away from A, and
foijhr rSjrk gS vkSj fiQj vxys 5 feuV ds fy, /kjk then returns to A. If the actual speed of
ds vuqdwy ihNs dh vksj rSjrk gS vkSjB fcanqij boat (in still water) is 3 km/hr then the trip
vkrk gSA ;fnAB 100 ehVj gS] rks /kjk dh xfr from A to B takes 16 hrs less than that
from B to A. What must be the speed of the
(fdeh@?kaVk esa) Kkr djsaA boat for the trip to take exactly 80 minutes
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.2 in travelling from A to B.
(c) 1 (d) 0.6 ,d uko fcanqA ls fcanqB rd /kjk ds vuqdwy tkrh
33. A man rows to a place 35 km in distance
gS] tksA ls 20 fdeh nwj gS vkSj fiQjA ij okil
and comes back in 10 hours 30 minutes.
ykSVrh gSA ;fn uko dh okLrfod xfr (fLFkj ikuh esa)
A

He found that he could row 5 km with the

stream in the same time as he can row 4 3 fdeh@?kaVk gS B ls
rksA dh ;k=kk dh rqyuk esa
A
km against the stream. find the rate of flow ls B dh ;k=kk esa 16 ?kaVs de yxrs A ls
gSaA
B rd
of the stream. ;k=kk djus esa ;k=kk ds fy, uko dh xfr Bhd 80
,d vkneh uko }kjk 35 fdeh dh nwjh tkus vkSj vkus feuV gksuh pkfg,A
esa 10 ?kaVs 30 feuV dk le; ysrh gSA mlus ik;k fd (a) 12 km/hr
og /kjk ds çfrdwy 4 fdeh dh nwjh r; djus dh (b) 13 km/hr
rqyuk esa leku le; esa /kjk ds vuqdwy 5 fdeh dh (c) 10 km/hr
nwjh r; djrk gSA /kjk ds çokg dh nj Kkr dhft,A (d) 9 km/hr

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37. A boat went downstream for 160 km and SSC CHSL 2020 (Tier-I)
returned immediately. It took the boat 20 (a) 1 hr 10 min (b) 1 hr 45 min
hr. to complete the round trip. If the speed (c) 1 hr 30 min (d) 1 hr 20 min
of the river were twice as high, the trip to
41. A boat can go 15 km downstream and 8km
downstream and back would take 32 hours.
upstream in 2 h. It can go 20 km
What is the speed of boat in still water?
downstreamand 12km upstream in 2 h 50
,d uko 160 fdeh rd /kjk ds vuqdwy tkrh gS vkSj m. What is the speed in km/h of the boat
rqjar okil ykSVrh gSA uko dks jkmaM fVªi iwjh djus esa going downstream?
while
20 ?kaVs yxrs gSaA ;fn unh dh xfr nksxquh gksrh] rks
dksbZ uko 2 ?kaVs esa /kjk dh fn'kk esa 15 fdeh vkSj /
èkkjk ds vuqdwy vkSj /kjk ds çfrdwy ;k=kk esa 32 ?kaVs
yxrsA fLFkj ikuh esa uko dh xfr D;k gS\ kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 8 fdeh dh nwjh r; dj ldrh
(a) 15 km/hr (b) 16 km/hr gSA ;g 2 ?kaVs 50 feuV esa /kjk dh fn'kk esa 20 fdeh
(c) 14 km/hr (d) 18 km/hr vkSj /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 12 fdeh dh nwjh r;
38. A boat can travel with a speed of 19 km/h dj ldrh gSA /kjk dh fn'kk esa tkrs le; uko dh
in still water. If the speed of the stream is pky (fdeh@?kaVk esa) Kkr djsaA
3 km/h, then what will be the total time

r
SSC CHSL 2020 (Tier-I)
(in hours) taken by the boat to go 88 km
downstream and 24 km upsteam ? (a) 16 (b) 15

si
(c) 20 (d) 18
,d uko fLFkj ty esa 19 fdeh@?kaVk dh pky ls py
42. The speed of a boat downstream is 150%
an by
ldrh gSA ;fn /kjk dh pky 3 fdeh@?kaVk gS rks uko
more than its speed upstream. If the time
}kjk 88 fdeh /kjk dh fn'kk esa vkSj 24 fdeh /kjk taken by the boat for going 80 km

n
dh foijhr fn'kk esa tkus esa dqy fdruk le; (?kaVs downstream and 50 km upstream is 8.2
esa) yxsxk\ hours,then what is speed (in km/h) of
ja theboat downstream ?
R s
SSC CHSL 2020 (Tier-I)
(a) 4.5 (b) 5 /kjk dh fn'kk esa] fdlh uko dh pky /kjk dh foijhr
a th

(c) 4 (d) 5.5 fn'kk dh bldh pky ls 150» vf/d gSA ;fn /kjk
39. Ravi can row a boat in still water in the dh fn'kk esa 80 fdeh vkSj /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa
speed of 14 km/h. If a river is flowing at 50 fdeh dh nwjh r; djus esa yxk le; 8-2 ?kaVk gS]
ty a

the speed of 2 km/h and Ravi takes 3 hours rks /kjk dh fn'kk esa uko dhpky (fdeh@?kaVk esa) Kkr
to cover a certain distance upstrain, then
how much time will he take to cover the
dhft,A
di M

same distance downstream ? SSC CHSL 2020 (Tier-I)

jfo fLFkj ty esa ,d uko dks 14 fdeh@?kaVk dh pky (a) 16

ls ys tk ldrk gSA ;fn unh 2 fdeh@?kaVk dh pky ls (b) 30
(c) 24
izokfgr gS vkSj ujfo dks mlesa /kjk ds foijhr ,d
(d) 25
fuf'pr nwjh r; djus esa 3 ?kaVs yxrs gSa rks mls /kjk
43. A person rows upstream a distance of 55
dh fn'kk esa mruh gh nwjh r; djus esa fdruk le; km in 5 hours and rows downstream a
yxsxk\ distance of 75 km in 3 hours. How much
SSC CHSL 2020 (Tier-I) time will he take to too a distance of 96
(a) 2 hr 20 min (b) 2 hr km in still wates ?
(c) 2 hr 15 min (d) 2 hr 30 min dksbZ o;fDr /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 55 fdeh dh
A

40. Sunil can row a boat 20 km upstream in 1 nwjh 5 ?kaVs esa r; djrk gS vkSj /kjk dh fn'kk esa 75
hour 15 minutes. If the speed of the fdeh dh nwjh 3 ?kaVs esa r; djrk gSA mls fLFkj ty esa
current of the river is 2 km/h, then how 96 fdeh dh nwjh r; djus esa fdruk le; yxsxk\
much time will he take to row the baot 30
SSC CHSL 2020 (Tier-I)
km downstream ?
(a) 4 hours 40 minutes
lquhy] uko dh /kjk ds foijhr 1 ?kaVs 15 feuV esa 20
(b) 5 hours 20 minutes
fdeh rd ys tk ldrk gSA ;fn unh dh /kjk dh pky
(c) 6 hours 10 minutes
2 fdeh@?kaaVk gS rks /kjk dh fn'kk esa uko dks 30 fdeh
(d) 5 hours 45 minutes
ys tkus esa mls dqy fdruk le; yxsxk\
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44. X, Y are two points in a river. Points P and SSC CGL 2020 (Tier-I)
Q divide the straight line XY into three
1
equal parts. The river flows along XY and (a) 4 (b) 4
the time taken by a boat to row from X to 2
Q and from Y to Q are in the ratio 4 : 5. 1
(c) 3 (d) 2
The ratio of the speed of the boat 2
downstream that of the river current is 47. A boat covers a round trip journey between
equal to: two points A and B in a river in T hours. If
X vkSjY fdlh unh ij nks fcUnq gSaA P fcUnq
vkSjQ its speed in still water becomes 2 times, it
lh/h js[kkXY dks rhu cjkcj Hkkxksa esa foHkkftr djrs would take 80 T hours for the same
gSaA unhXY ds lekukarj cgrh gS vkSj fdlh uko }kjk 161
journey. Find the ratio of its speed in still
X ls Q rd vkSj Q dh ;k=kk esa yxus okys le; dk water to the speed of the river
vuqikr 4 % 5 gSA /kjk dh fn'kk esa uko dh pky dksbZ uko fdlh unh esa nks fcUnqvksa A vkSjB ds chp
vkSjunh dh /kjk dh pky dk vuqikr Kkr djsaA jkmaM&fVªi ;k=kk okyh nwjhT ?kaVs
dksesa r; djrh
gSA
SSC CGL 2020 (Tier-I) ;fn fLFkj ty esa bldh pky nqxquh gks tkrh gS] rks
(a) 3 : 10 80
(b) 3 : 4 bls mlh nwjh dks r; djus esa T ?kaVs yxsaxsA fLFkj
161
(c) 10 : 3 ty esa bldh pky dk] unh dh pky ls vuqikr Kkr
(d) 4 : 3 djsaA
45. A boat goes 27 km upstream and 33 km SSC CGL 2020 (Tier-I)
downstream in 6 hours. In the same time (a) 11 : 1
it can go 36 km upstream and 22 km
(b) 161 : 40
downstream. How much time will it take to
go 36 km upstream and 44 km downstream? (c) 1 : 11
(d) 2 : 1
dksbZ uko 6 ?kaVs esa /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 27 fdeh
48. Abhi rows upstream a distance of 28 km in
dh nwjh vkSj /kjk dh fn'kk esa 33 fdeh dh nwjh r; 4 hours and rows downstream a distance of
djrh gSA brus gh le; esa] ;g uko /kjk dh foijhr 50 km in 2 hours. To row a distance of
fn'kk esa 36 fdeh dh nwjh vkSj /kjk dh fn'kk esa 22 44.8 km in still water, he will take :
fdeh dh nwjh r; dj ldrh gSA ;g uko /kjk dh vfHk /kjk ds izfrdwy 28 fdeh 4 ?kaVs esa tkrk gS rFkk
foijhr fn'kk esa 36 fdeh dh nwjh vkSj /kjk dh fn'kk /kjk ds vuqdwy 50 fdeh 2 ?kaVs esa r; djrk gSA fLFkj
esa 44 fdeh dh nwjh fdrus le; esa r; djsxh\ ty esa 44-8 fdeh dh nwjh r; djus esa mls fdruk
SSC CGL 2020 (Tier-I) le; yxsxk\
(a) 8 hrs SSC CGL Tier-II (11 September 2019)
(b) 8 hrs 10 minutes (a) 2.8 hours
(c) 7 hrs 50 minutes (b) 3.2 hours
(d) 8 hrs 30 minutes (c) 2.4 hours
46. A man can row a distance of 8 km (d) 2.2 hours
downstream in a certain time and can row 49. The speed of boat in still water is 18 km/h
6 km upstream in the same time. If he rows and the speed of the current is 6 km/h. In
24 km upstream and the same distance how much time (in hours) will the boat
3 travel a distance of 90 km upstream and
downstream in 1 then the speed (in km/h)
4 the same distance downstream ?
of the current is:
fLFkj ty esa ,d uko dh pky 18 fdeh@?kaVk gS rFkk
,d vkneh /kjk dh fn'kk esa 8 fdeh dh nwjh ,d /kjk dh pky 6 fdeh@?kaVk gSA ;g uko /kjk ds izfrdwy
fuf'pr le; esa r; dj ldrk gS vkSj mrus gh le; 90 fdeh rFkk bruh gh nwjh /kjk ds vuqdwy fdrus
esa /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 6 fdeh dh nwjh r; dj le; (?kaVk esa) esa r; djsxh\
ldrk gSA ;fn og /kjk dh foijhr fn'kk esa 24 fdeh SSC CGL Tier-II (12 September 2019)
3
dh nwjh vkSj /kjk dh fn'kk esa mruh gh
1 nwjh
?kaVk 1 1
4 (a) 9 (b) 11
esa r; djrk gS] rks /kjk dh pky (fdeh@?kaVk esa) Kkr 2 4
djsaA (c) 12 (d) 10

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 1 rks vkneh }kjk leku nwjh /kjk ds çfrdwy rSj dj r;
50. A boat can go 5 km upstream 7 km
2 esa fy;k x;k le; Kkr djsaA
downstream in 45 2 minutes. It can also go
(a) 1 hr 30 min
5 km downstream and 2.5km upstream in
25 minutes. How much time (in minutes) (b) 45 min
will it take to go 6 km upstream ? (c) 2 hr 30 min
1 (d) 3 hr
,d uko 5 fdeh ÅèoZizokg vkSj7 fdeh vuqizokg 52. A boat covers a certain distance upstream
2
45 feuV esa tk ldrh gSA og 25 feuV esa 5 fdeh in 45 hours. It covers the same distance
downstream in 36 hours. If the speed of
vuqizokg vkSj 2-5 fdeh ÅèoZizokg ij Hkh tk ldrh boat is 36 km/hr. Find the difference
gSA 6 fdeh ÅèoZizokg tkus esa fdruk le; (feuVksa esa)
between speed of boat in still water and the
yxsxk\ speed of stream?
SSC CGL Tier-II (18/11/2020) ,d uko /kjk ds izfrdwy 45 ?kaVs esa ,d fuf'pr nwjh
(a) 30 (b) 24 rd ;k=kk djrh gSA ;g /kjk ds vuqdwy 36 ?kaVs esa
(c) 36 (d) 32 leku nwjh dh ;k=kk djrh gSA ;fn uko dh xfr 36
51. A man swims downstream a distance of 15 fdeh@?kaVk gS rks 'kkar ty esa uko dh xfr vkSj /kjk
km in 1 hour. If the speed of the current dh xfr ds chp varj Kkr dhft;sA
is 5 km/hour, the time taken by the man (a) 30 km/hr
to swim the same distance upstream is : (b) 32 km/hr
,d O;fÙkQ 1 ?kaVs esa 15 fdeh dh nwjh vuqçokg esa(c)
rSj36 km/hr
dj r; djrk gSA ;fn /kjk dh xfr 5 fdeh@?kaVk gS] (d) 48 km/hr

Answer Key
1.(b) 2.(b) 3.(a) 4.(b) 5.(c) 6.(c) 7.(a) 8.(c) 9.(b) 10.(d)

11.(a) 12.(c) 13.(a) 14.(c) 15.(a) 16.(c) 17.(b) 18.(a) 19.(c) 20.(d)

21.(c) 22.(c) 23.(c) 24.(b) 25.(d) 26.(b) 27.(b) 28.(b) 29.(a) 30.(a)

31.(c) 32.(d) 33.(c) 34.(c) 35.(a) 36.(b) 37.(d) 38.(d) 39.(c) 40.(c)

41.(b) 42.(d) 43.(b) 44.(c) 45.(a) 46.(a) 47.(a) 48.(a) 49.(b) 50.(c)

51.(d) 52.(b)

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