Pinnacle Day: 61st Boat and Stream Pinnacle Day: 61st Boat and Stream

XY and the time taken by a boat to row (in minutes) will it take to go 6 km total time (in hours) taken by the boat to SSC CHSL 2020
BOAT & STREAM from X to Q and from Y to Q are in the Q7. A man can row a boat in still water downstream? go 88 km downstream and 24 km
ratio 4 : 5. The ratio of the speed of the at a speed of 5 m/s. He covers a stretch CGL 20/8/2021 (Afternoon) upstream? Q24. A boat covered a distance of 15 km
Important Terms boat downstream to that of the river of 200 m in a river downstream during (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 12 (a) 4.5 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 5.5 upstream in 5 hours and a distance of 42
1). Still Water Speed: Speed of a thing in current is equal to: high and low tides in 10 s and 25 s km downstream in 6 hours. The speed of
water which is not flowing. CGL 13/8/2021 (Morning) respectively. What is the ratio of the Q13. A boat goes 30 km upstream in 3 Q19. Ravi can row a boat in still water at the stream in km/h is:
2). Speed of Current: The speed at which (a) 3 : 10 (b) 3 : 4 speed (in m/s) of the water flowing in hours and downstream in 1 hour. How the speed of 14km/h. If a river is flowing CHSL 14-10-2020 (Morning shift)
water is flowing. (c) 10 : 3 (d) 4 : 3 much time (in hours) will this boat take
the river during high and low tides?| at the speed of 2km/h and Ravi takes 3 (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 2.5 (d) 1.5
3). Downstream speed: Speed of a thing, SSC MTS 16 August 2019 (Morning) to cover 60 km in still water?
moving in the same direction as that of hours to cover a certain distance
Q2. A man can row a distance of 8 km (a)5 : 3 (b)5 : 1 CGL 20/8/2021 (Evening) upstream, then how much time will he Q.25. A motorboat goes 24 km in 2 hour
the current.
downstream in a certain time and can (c)3 : 2 (d)4 : 3 (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2 take to cover the same distance along the stream and 10 km in 1 hour
Downstream speed = Still water +Speed
row 6 km upstream in the same time. If downstream? against the stream. The speed of the
of current
he rows 24 km upstream and the same Q8. A person can row a distance of 4 km Q.14 A boat covers a round trip journey CHSL 6/8/2021 (Morning) motorboat in Kilometers per hour, is:
3 upstream in 1 hour 20 minutes and can between two points A and B in a river in (a) 2h 20m (b) 2h CHSL 19-03-2020 (Morning shift)
4). Upstream Speed: Speed of a thing, distance downstream in 1 hours, then
moving in opposite direction as that of 4 row back to the starting point in just 24 T hours. If its speed in still water (c) 2h 15m (d) 2h 30m (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12
the current. the speed (in km/h) of the current is: minutes. How much time (in hours) will 80
becomes 2 times, it would take T
Upstream speed = Still water -Speed of CGL 17/8/2021 (Evening) he take to row 13 km in still water?SSC 161 Q20. Sunil can row a boat 20 km
(a) 4 (b) 4.5 (c) 3 (d) 2.5
SSC CGL 2020
current CGL 7 June 2019 (Afternoon) hours for the same journey. Find the upstream in 1 hour 15 minutes. If the
Let’s take an example: (a) 2 (b) 3.5 (c) 3 (d) 2.5 ratio of its speed in still water to the speed of the current of the river is 2
Q.3 The distance between two places A speed of the river. Q26. A boat can go 3 km upstream and 5
A man can swim at 20 km/h in still kmph, then how much time will it take
water. He is swimming in a river flowing and B is 14 km. A boat travels from A to Q9. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 CGL 23/8/2021 (Morning) km downstream in 55 minutes. It can
to row the boat 30 km downstream?
at 10 km/h. B downstream and then returns from B km/h. If it takes four times more time to (a) 11 : 1(b) 161 : 40 also go 4 km upstream and 9 km
CHSL 10/8/2021 (Morning)
Here, Speed of current is = 10 km/h to A upstream. It takes a total of 3 hours go against the current than to go in the (c) 1 : 11(d) 2 : 1 downstream in 1 hour 25 minutes. In
(a) 1 h 10 m (b) 1 h 45 m
If the man swims downstream i.e. with 44 minutes for the entire journey. If the direction of the current, what will be the how much time (in hours) will it go 43.2
(c) 1 h 30 m (d) 1 h 20 m
the flow of the river , his speed = 20 + speed of the current is 2 km/h, what is speed of the current? SSC CPO 14 March Q.15. The speed of a motorboat in still km downstream?
10 = 30 km/h the speed of the boat in still water 2019 (Evening) water is 20km/h. It travels 150 km SSC CGL 4 March 2020 (Morning)
Q.21. A boat can go 15 km downstream
If the man swims upstream i.e. against (km/hr) ? (a) 2.5 km/h (b) 5 km/h downstream and then returns to the (a) 4.8 (b) 5.4 (c) 3.6 (d) 4.4
and 8 km upstream in 2 hours. It can go
the flow of the river his speed = 20 – 10 CPO 2019 11-12-19(Evening) (c) 4.2 km/h (d) 3.6 km/h starting point. If the round trip takes a
= 10 km/h 20 km downstream and 12 km upstream
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 7.5 (d) 6.5 total of 16 hours, what is the speed (in Q27. The time taken by a boat to travel
Remember in 2 hours 50 mins. What is the speed (in
Q10. A boat can go 30 km downstream km/h) of the flow of the river? 13 km downstream is the same as time
kmph) of the boat while going
1). 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 Q4. A boat can travel 60 km in 3 hours CGL 24/8/2021 (Evening) taken by it to travel 7 km upstream. If
and 24 km upstream in 2 hours 27 downstream?
=
𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑+𝑈𝑝𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 while going downstream. It can travel 90 minutes. Also, it can go 10 km (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 5 the speed of the stream is 3 km/hr, then
2 CHSL 12/8/2021 (Morning)
km in 5 hours while going upstream. downstream and 4 km upstream in 37 how much time(in hours) will it take to
2). Speed of the current (a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 18
What is the ratio of the speed of the boat minutes. What is the speed of the boat SSC CHSL 2021 travel a distance of 44.8 km in still
𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑−𝑈𝑝𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
= in still water to the speed of the stream? upstream (in km/h)? water?
2 SSC CPO 2020 SSC CGL 4 March 2020 (Afternoon)
Let’s verify in the given example: SSC MTS 2 August 2019 (Evening) SSC CPO 12 March 2019 (Evening) Q.16 The speed of a boat downstream is
(a)6 : 1 (b)4 : 1 (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 20 12 3
Still water speed of the man = 150% more than its speed upstream. If Q22. The speed of a boat in still water is (a) 4 (b) 5
(c)19 : 1 (d)10 : 9 25 5
30+10 40 the time taken by the boat for going 800 15 km/h, and the speed of the current is
= =20 𝑘𝑚/ℎ 2 13
2 2 Practice Questions km downstream and 50 km upstream is 5 km/h, in how much time (in hours) (c) 5
5
(d) 4
25
Q5. The speed of a boat in still water is 8 8.2 hours, then what is the speed (in
30−10 20 will the boat travel a distance of 60 km
Speed of the current = = = km/h. If the speed of the current is 2 km/h) of the boat downstream?
2 2 SSC CGL 2021 upstream and the same distance
km/h, then what distance this boat will CHSL 15/4/2021 (Morning) Q28. A boat can go 3.6 km upstream and
10 𝑘𝑚/ℎ downstream?
cover in 2 hours going upstream? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 24 (d) 25 5.4 km downstream in 54 minutes, while
Note: Changing 𝑘𝑚/ℎ to 𝑚/𝑠 Q11. A boat goes 27 km upstream and CPO 25-11-2020 (Evening shift)
SSC MTS 2 August 2019 (Afternoon) it can go 5.4 km upstream and 3.6 km
𝑘𝑚 1000 𝑚 5 𝑚 33 downstream in 6 hours. In the same (a) 12 (b) 9 (c)10 (d) 20
= = (a) 16 km (b) 14 km Q.17. A person rows upstream a distance downstream in 58.5 minutes. The time
ℎ 3600 𝑠 18 𝑠 time it can go 36 km upstream and 22
(c) 20 km (d) 12 km of 55 km in 5 hours and rows (in minutes) taken by the boat in going
∴ To change 𝑘𝑚/ℎ to 𝑚/𝑠, multiply it downstream. How much time will it take SSC CGL 2020 Tier 2 10 km downstream is:
5 downstream a distance of 75 km in 3
by . Q6. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 to go 36 km upstream and 44 km SSC CGL 5 March 2020 (Afternoon)
18 hours. How much time will he take to
km/h. Time taken by the boat to cover a downstream? Q23. A boat can go 5km upstream and 7 (a) 48 (b) 54 (c) 50 (d) 45
To change 𝑚/𝑠 to 𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟, multiply it by row a distance of 96 km in still water?
certain distance upstream is 3 hours CGL 16/8/2021 (Evening) 1
18 CHSL 16/4/2021 (Morning) km downstream in 45 minutes. It can
. (a) 8 h (b) 8 h 10 m 2 Q29. In a stream running at 3 km/h, a
5 more than the time taken to cover the (a) 4 hours 40 minutes
(c) 7 h 50 m (d) 8 h 30 m also go 5km downstream and 2.5km motorboat goes 12 km upstream and
same distance downstream. If the speed (b) 5 hours 20 minutes
of the stream is 2 km/h, then what is the (c) 6 hours 20 minutes upstream in 25minutes. How much time back to the starting point in 60 min. Find
Variety Questions total distance, upstream and
Q12. A boat can go 5 km upstream and
(d) 5 hours 45 minutes (in minutes) will it take to go 6 km the speed of the motorboat in still water.
7.5 km downstream in 45 minutes. It can upstream ? (in km/h)
downstream, covered by the boat?
Q.1 X, Y are two points in a river. Points also go 5 km downstream and 2.5 km CGL 2019 Tier-II (18-11-2020 ) SSC CGL 7 March 2020 (Evening)
SSC MTS 8 August 2019 (Morning) Q18. A boat can travel with a speed of
P and Q divide the straight line XY into upstream in 25 minutes. How much time (a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 32
(a) 72 km (b) 24 km 19 km/h in still water. If the speed of the (a) 2(2+ 17) (b) 3(4+ 17)
three equal parts. The river flows along (c) 48 km (d) 36 km stream is 3 km/h, then what will be the

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(c) 2(4+ 15) (d) 3(2+ 17) SSC MTS 2019 Q42. A boat can go 10 km upstream and (a)1.5 (b)1 (c)2 (d)2.5 2(x+y) = 5(x-y) Speed of the current = 2 km/h
20 km downstream in 7 hours. It can go x = 3.5 and y = 1.5 Speed of the boat against the current =
SSC CPO 2019 Q35. The downstream speed of a boat is 20 km upstream and 10 km downstream Q48. A boat can go 30 km downstream Ratio of downstream and current = 5 : 8-2 = 6 km/h
14 km/h. The upstream speed of this in 11 hours. What is the speed of this and 24 km upstream in 2 hours 27 1.5 = 10 : 3 Required distance = 6 x 2 = 12 km
boat is 10 km/h. In what time it can boat in still water ? minutes.Also, it can go 20km
3
Q30. A person rows a distance of 3 cover a distance of 72 km in still water ? SSC MTS 19 August 2019 (Afternoon) downstream and 8 km upstream in 74 Sol:2.(a) Sol 6.. (c)
4
SSC MTS 6 August 2019 (Morning) (a) 2 km/h (b) 8 km/h minutes. What is the speed of the boat in Let the downstream = x + y The speed of a boat in still water = 6
1 (c) 6 km/h (d) 4 km/h
km upstream in 1 hours and a (a) 8 Hours (b) 6 Hours still water in km/h? And the upstream = x - y km/h
2
(c) 4 Hours (d) 12 Hours SSC CPO 12 March 2019 (Morning) If the time is same then the ratio of the the speed of the stream = 2 km/h
distance of 13 km downstream in 2 Q43. A boat takes 45 minutes to go 3 (a)18 (b)20 (c)24 (d)22 speed and the distance is same Downstream speed = 6+2 = 8 km/h
hours. How much time ( in hours ) will 1
Q36. A boat covers 64 km upstream in 8 km upstream and 4 2 km downstream while 𝑥+𝑦 8 Upstream speed = 6-2 = 4 km/h
the person take to row a distance of 90 Q49.A boat can go 20 km downstream
=
hours and 120 km downstream in 12 𝑥−𝑦 6 Let the time taken to cover the distance
km in still water? it covers a distance of 3.6 km upstream
hours. What is the speed (in m/s) of the and 30 km upstream in 2 hours 20 X = 7unit and y = 1 unit downstream = t hours.
CPO 2019 12/12/2019(Morning) and 2.4 km downstream in 39 minutes. The
boat in still water? minutes. Also, it can go 10 km According to the question According to the question
(a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 15 speed ( km/h ) of this boat in downstream is :
SSC MTS 7 August 2019 (Morning) downstream and 8 km upstream in 49 24 24 7 8 x t = 4 (t+3)
(a) 2.5 (b) 2
SSC MTS 20 August 2019 (Morning)
minutes. What is the speed of the boat 𝑥+𝑦
+ 𝑥−𝑦 = 4 ⇒4t = 12
Q.31 A boat takes 4 hours to travel from (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 9 (d) 10
(c) 3.5 (d) 3 downstream in km/h? 24 24 7 ⇒t = 3 hours
a place to X to Y downstream and back SSC CPO 13 March 2019 (Morning) 8𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡
+ 6 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 4 One side distance = 8 x 3 = 4 x (3+3) =
from Y to X upstream. If the distance Q44. The speed of a boat in still water is
Q37. The speed of a boat in still water is (a)18 (b)20 7 7 24 km
from X to Y is 10.5 km and the speed of 15 km/h. The speed of the current is 3 =
30 km/hr. If the boat covers 60 km (c)16 (d)24 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 4 Total distance covered = 24+24 = 48 km
the current is 9 km/hr, then the speed of km/h. In how much time (in hours) will
downstream in 1 hour 30 minutes, then the boat travel a distance of 54 km 1 unit = 4km/he so the speed of the
the boat in still water, in km/hr:
CPO 2019 13/12/2019(Morning)
what is the time taken by the boat to upstream and the same distance Answer current is 4km/hr Sol 7. (b)
cover 60 km upstream? downstream? Speed of boat in still water = 5 m/s
(a) 10.5 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 12.5 1.(c) 2.(a) 3.(a) 4.(c)
SSC MTS 7 August 2019 (Evening) SSC MTS 22 August 2019 (Afternoon) Sol 3.(a) Distance = 200 m
(a)3 hours (b)5 hours 1 1 5.(d) 6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(a) Let the speed of the boat in still water be 200
SSC CGL Tier 2019 II (c)4 hours (d)1 hour (a) 7 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 6 x
Upstream speed in high tide =
10
= 20
2 2
9.(d) 10.(d) 11.(a) 12.(d) ATQ, m/s
Q32. Abhi rows upstream a distance of Q38. If the speed of the stream is 20% of 14 14 56 200
Q45. A boat goes a distance of 4 km + = Downstream speed in low tide = =
28 km in 4 hours and rows downstream a the speed of the boat in still water and it 13.(b) 14.(a) 15.(d) 16.(d) 𝑥−2 𝑥+2 15 25
upstream in 2 hours and the same
distance of 50 km in 2 hours. To row a covers 120 km upstream in 150 minutes, 2𝑥 4
distance downstream in 20 minutes. 8 m/s
distance of 44.8 km in still water, he will then what is the downstream speed of
17.(b) 18.(d) 19.(c) 20.(c) 2 = 15
1 𝑥 −4 Stream speed in high tide = 20-5 = 15
take : How long will it take to go 10 km in
the boat? 2
21.(b) 22.(b) 23.(c) 24.(d) m/s
𝑥 2
CGL TIER II (11 September 2019) SSC MTS 9 August 2019 (Afternoon) still water? 2 = 15 Stream speed in low tide = 8-5 = 3 m/s
(a) 2.8 hours (b) 3.2 hours (a)75 km/hr (b)72 km/hr SSC MTS 22 August 2019 (Evening) 25.(c) 26.(c) 27.(a) 28.(c) 𝑥 −4
Required ratio = 15 : 3
(c) 2.4 hours (d) 2.2 hours (c)80 km/hr (d)64 km/hr 1 2
(a) 1 hours (b) 48 minutes 15x = 2𝑥 -8 =5:1
2 29.(b) 30.(a) 31.(c) 32.(a)
2
Q33. The speed of boat in still water is Q39. A boat takes 80 minutes to 12 km 1 2𝑥 - 8 - 15x = 0
(c) 1 hours (d) 1 hour 33.(d) 34.(c) 35.(d) 36.(a) Sol 8. (a)
18 km/h and the speed of the current is 6 upstream and 60 minutes to row 15 km 4 1
x= 8, - Let the speed of boat = b km/h
km/h. In how much time (in hours) will downstream. How long will it take to 2
37.(a) 38.(b) 39.(b) 40.(a) And speed of stream = s km/h
the boat travel a distance of 90 km row a distance of 36 km in still water? SSC CGL 2019 Speed of boat = 8 kmph 4
upstream and the same distance SSC MTS 13 August 2019 (Afternoon) 41.(c) 42.(c) 43.(a) 44.(a) Upstream speed (b-s) = = 3 km/h
4/3
downstream ? (a) 2 hours (b) 3 hours Q46. A boat can cover a distance of 7.2 Sol 4. (c) ……(1)
CGL TIER II (12 September 2019) (c) 4 hours (d) 2.5 hours 45.(a) 46.(a) 47.(c) 48.(d)
km downstream and 3.2 km upstream in 60 4
1 1 Downstream speed of the boat = = Downstream speed (b+s) = = 10
(a) 9 (b) 11 2 hours. It can also cover 1.5 km 49.(d) 3 24/60
2 4 Q40. In one hour, a man rows his canoe downstream and 0.6 km upstream in 24 20 km/h km/h ..….(2)
(c) 12 (d) 10 against the stream at 11 km/h and along minutes. What is the speed of the boat 90 Add (1) and (2)
the stream at 23 km/h. What is the speed when going downstream (in km/h) ? Solutions:- Upstream speed of the boat =
5
= 18
(b-s)+(b+s) = 3+10
Q34. A man can row a distance of 900 (in km/h) of the stream? SSC CGL 7 June 2019 (Morning) Sol:1..(c) km/h 2b = 13
meters against the stream in 12 minutes SSC MTS 14 August 2019 (Evening) (a) 6 (b) 4.5 (c) 5 (d) 7.5 Let each equal distance be 1 Unit
Speed of the boat in still water = ⇒b = 6.5 km/h
and returns to the starting point in 9 (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) 16 So, the time taken for 2 units
20+18 13
minutes. What is the speed (in km/h) of SSC CPO 2019 Tier 1 (March) downstream is 4 and 1 unit is 2 = 19 km/h Time taken to travel the distance =
2 6.5
the man in still water ? Q41. A boat goes at 20 km/h upstream And time taken for 1 unit upstream is 5
20−18 =2h
CGL TIER II (13 September 2019) and at 30 km/h down the stream. What is Q47. A boat can go 10 km downstream Speed of the boat = x and speed of the Speed of the current = = 1 km/h
1 the speed of this boat in still water ? and 8 km upstream in 49 minutes. Also 2
(a) 4 (b) 6 current = y
2 SSC MTS 16 August 2019 (Evening) it can go 12 km downstream and 4 km Downstream speed = x + y Desired ratio = 19 : 1
Sol 9. (d) Let the speed of stream be a.
1 (a) 26 km/h (b) 24 km/h upstream in 42 minutes. What is the Upstream speed = x-y
(c) 5 (d) 5 Given, Upstream : Downstream
4 (c) 25 km/h (d) 22.50 km/h speed of the stream in km/h? According to the question Sol 5. (d)
Time= 4 : 1
SSC CPO 13 March 2019 (Evening) Speed of the boat = 8 km/h

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