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BOAT & STREAM

Down Stream 2. A boat covers 12 km upstream (c) upstream in 6 hours

and 18 km downstream in 3 (d) downstream in 4 hours
When the Boat moves along the hours, while it covers 36 km
Stream of river then it is called upstream and 24 km down- Sol. (d) According to the question,
Down Stream. Speed of boy in still water = 10
1
If speed of boat in still water stream in 6 hours. What is km/hr.
2
= x km/hr the speed of the current? Speed of current = 5 km/hr.
Speed of stream = y km/hr (a) 1.5 km/hr (b) 1 km/hr U = 5 km/hr.
Then down stream = (x+y)km/hr (c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr D = 15 km/hr.
Up-Stream: when the boat moves 60
1 tU = = 12 hr.
against the stream of water then it Sol. (c) Let, the upstream be U = 5
is called up-stream x
1 60
Up stream = (x–y) km./hr. tD = = 4 hr.
the downstream be D = y 15
 Speed of Boat 4. A swimmer swims from a point
According to question,
Down stream+up stream A against a current for 5 min-
= 12 18 utes and then swims back-
2 + =3
U D wards in favour of the current
 Speed of stream for next 5 minutes and comes
12x + 18y = 3 ...(i)
Down stream–up stream to the point B. If AB is 100
= 36 24 13 metres, the speed of the cur-
2 + =
U D 2 rent (in km per hour) is:
TYPE – I (a) 0.4 (b) 0.2
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Example 36x + 24y = ...(ii) (c) 1 (d) 0.6
2
Sol. (d) According to question,
1. A boatman rows 1 km in 5 min- eq. (i) × 3 – eq. (ii),we get
utes, along the stream and 6 Let the x = speed of water in
km in 1 hour against the 13 still water
stream. The speed of the 54y – 24y = 9 – y = speed of the current.
2
stream is favour
(a) 3 kmph (b) 6 kmph 5 min
5
30y = O A 100 m B
(c) 10 kmph (d) 12 kmph 2 5 min
against
Sol. (a) Boatman moves 1 km in 5
min, along the stream 1 1 OA
y= ,x= Upstream = × 60
12 8 5
1km
\ Downstream = D = 12 km/hr U = 8 km/hr = 12 × OA = x – y
5
hr.
60 1 OB
Speed of the current = Downstream = × 60
= 12 km/hr. 2 5
(12 – 8) = 2 km/hr. = 12 × OB = x + y
6
and upstream = = 6 km/hr. 3. A boy can swim in still water
1 OB – OA = 100 m
at a speed of 10 km/hr. If the
Hence, the speed of stream x + y – x + y = 1200 m/hr.
speed of the current would
have been 5 kmph, then the 2y = 1200 m/hr.
= down stream – upstream
2 boy could swim 60 km y = 600 m/hr
(a) upstream in 4 hours 600
12 – 6
= = 3 km/hr. (b) downstream in 12 hours = = 0.6 km/hr
2 1000
 current is 3 km/hr, the speed 8. The speed of a boat in still wa-
of the boy in still water is ter is 6 kmph and the speed of
(a) 6 km/hr (b) 9 km/hr the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man
rows to a place at a distance of
(c) 10 km/hr (d) 12 km/hr
22.5 km and comes back to the
Sol. (b) According to the question,
starting point. The total time
Let the speed of the boy in still taken by him is:
water be x
(a) 10 hours
5. The speed of the current is 5 2d (b) 4 hours 10 minutes
km/hour. A motorboat goes 10 Downstream = = x + 3 ...(i)
t (c) 6 hours 10 minutes
km upstream and back again to
the starting point in 50 minutes. d (d) 8 hours
Upstream = =x– 3 ...(ii)
The speed (in km/hour) of the t Sol. (d) According to the question,
motorboat in still water is On dividing Downstream = 6 + 1.5 = 7.5 kmph
(a) 20 (b) 26 2 x 3 Upstream = 6 – 1.5 = 4.5 kmph
=
(c) 25 (d) 28 1 x –3 tD = Distance × speed of Down-
Sol. (c) Let the speed of the boat in Apply C & D we get, stream
still water = x
3 x 22.5
D=5+x U=x–5 = = = 3hr.
1 3 7.5
According to the question,
x = 9 km/hr.
10 10 50 5 22.5
+ = = 1 tU = = 5 hr.
5x x –5 60 6 7. A man can row at a speed of 4 4.5
2
check it by option, Total time tD + tU = 3 + 5 = 8 hr.
km/hr in still water. I f he
takes 2 times as long to row a 9. The speed of a motor-boat to
10 10 5 that of the current of water is
+ = distance upstream as to row
25  5 25 – 5 6 36 : 5. The boat goes along the
the same distance in down-
stream, then, the speed of current in 5 hours 10 minutes.
10 10 5 It will come back in
+ = stream (in km/hr) is
30 20 6 (a) 5 hours 50 minutes
(a) 1 (b) 1.5
1 1 5 (c) 2 (d) 2.5 (b) 6 hours
+ =
3 2 6 Sol. (b) Let the distance be d (c) 6 hours 50 minutes
and Time = t (d) 12 hours 10 minutes
Alternate
According to the question, Sol. (c) Let the speed of motor boat
2xD d in still water = 36x
Use formula TU + TD = Upstream =
x 2 – y2 2t and Speed of current = 5x
x = Speed in still water d \ Upstream = 36x – 5x = 31x
Downstream =
y = speed of current t Downstream = 36x + 5x = 41x
D = Distance. 9 10
Speed in still water  km/hr Distance  41x × 5
2 60
50 2x 10
= 2 1 d d
60 x – 25 =  +  41
2 
 t 2t  = × 31x
6
1 x 9 1 3 d 3 d
= 2 = × = D 41×31
24 x – 25 2 2 2 t 4 t tU = =
Uspeed 6
x2 – 24x – 25 = 0 d 31
= 6 km/hr.
x = 25, –1 t 41 5
\ D = 6 km/hr. = =6
x = 25 km/hr. 6 6
U = 3 km/hr.
6. In a fixed time, a boy swims Alternate
Speed of stream
double the distance along the
current that he swims against 1
1 V
the current. If the speed of the = × (6 – 3) = 1.5 km/hr. T
2
 Sol. (b) Speed of upstream, Since Boat A is moving
downstream with 12 km/h
40
U = = 5 km/h Speed of boat A = (12 + y) km/h
8
Speed of Downstream, Since Boat is moving upstream
with 15 km/h
36
D = = 6 km/h Speed of boat B = (15 – y) km/h
6
Speed of boat in still water, x  Both the boats are moving in
opposite direction,
V1 T1 D U
=  Relative speed of A and B =
V2 T2 2
12+y +15–y = 27 km/h
36  5 x 5  6 11 Distance 108
= = = = 5.5 km/h. Time = = = 4 hours
36 – 5 31 2 2 Relative speed 27

6 12. A motorboat in still water travels

1
at a speed of 36 kmph. It goes 14. A person can row 7 km an
41 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 2
 = 6 hr. 50 min.
6 minutes. The time taken by it to hour in still water and he finds
10. The speed of a motorboat in cover the same distance down the that it takes him twice as long
still water is 45 kmph. If the stream will be: to row up as to row down the
motorboat travels 80 km along (a) 2 hrs 25 min. r i ver . The speed of the
the stream in 1 hours 20 (b) 3 hrs stream is :
minutes, then the time taken (c) 1 hrs 24 min. (a) 2 km/hr (b) 3 km/hr
by it to cover the same distance
(d) 2 hrs 21 min
against the stream will be 1 1
Sol. (c) Speed of motor boat in still (c) 2 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
(a) 3 hours water, x = 36 km/h 2 2
(b) 1 hours 20 minutes Speed of upstream, U Sol. (c) Speed of person in still water
(c) 2 hours 40 minutes
56 km 56  4 15
(d) 2 hours 55 minutes    32 km/hr
3 7 = km/h
Sol. (c) According to the question. 1 2
4
Let the speed of current/stream
80 km 80 According to the question,
= y km/h
Downstream = 1 20 = 1 1 x–y=U
60 3 36 – y = 32 According to the question,
y = 4 km/h. Upstream time
80 3 Speed of Downstream , D = x + y
= = 60 kmph. = 2×(Downstream time)
4 = 36 + 4
Speed of motorboat in still wa- = 40 km/h Distance
upstream speed
1 Time taken to cover the
ter = (D + U)
2 56 Distance
distance downstream =  2
40 Downstream speed
45 × 2 = 60 + U
U = 30 kmph. 2 2 2
= 1 h = 1 hours 24 minutes
time taken by it to cover 5 15 – 2y = 2× 15  2y
against the stream = 13. Two boats A and B start towards
On solving y
each other from two places, 108
8 2
=2 km apart. Speed of the boat A 1
3 3 and B in still water are 12 km/ = 2 km/h.
2
2 hr. 40 min. hr and 15 km/hr respectively.
11. A boat goes 40 km up stream in If A proceeds down and B up the Alternate
8 hours and 36 km downstream stream, they will meet after.  TU = 2 × TD
in 6 hours. The speed of the boat (a) 4.5 hours (b) 4 hours
in still water is: (c) 5.4 hours (d) 6 hours  D:U=2:1
(a) 6.5 km/hour  x : y = (2 + 1) : (2 – 1) = 3 : 1
Sol. (b) 108 km
(b) 5.5 km/hour 1
(c) 6 km/hour A (12 + y) (15 – y) B x 7 1
y= = 2 = 2 km/hr.
(d) 5 km/hour Let the speed of stream = y km/h 3 3 2
 Speed of stream=1 × 0.75 cover a certain distance, while
= 0.75 km/hr. it takes 3 hours to cover the
same distance down stream.
16. A motor boat covers a certain
What is the ratio between the
distance downstream in a river in
3 hours. It covers the same speed of the boat and speed of
distance upstream in 3 hours and the water current respectively?
half. If the speed of the water is (a) 13 : 4 (b) 20 : 1
1.5 km/h, then the speed of the
15. A man rows to a place 35 km boat in still water is: (c) 19 : 2 (d) 1 : 19
in distance and back in 10 (a) 17 km/h (b) 17.5 km/h Sol. (a) Let speed of Boat is V and
hours 30 mintues. He found stream is 'U'
that he can row 5 km with the (c) 19.5 km/h (d) 19 km/h
up stream Down stream
stream in the same time as he Sol. (c) According to the question,
can row 4 km against the Time  5×60+40 3×60
stream. Find the rate of flow of d 340 180
Downstream speed x + y =
the stream. 3 17 9
or d = 3(x + y) ..........(i)
(a) 1 km/hrs, (b) 0.75 km/hrs, Speed  9 17
(c) 1.33 km/hrs, d×2
Upstream speed = x – y = V+U 17
(d) 1.5 km/hrs,
7 =
V–U 9
Sol. (b) Let speed of man and 7 then, by C & D, We get
or d = (x – y) ................(ii)
stream is 'V', 'U' 2 V 17+9 26 13
Compare both the distance = = =
5 4 U 17–9 8 4
The =
V+U V–U 18. The water in a river is flowing
7
[Travelling distance in same 3(x + y) = (x – y) at the rate of 4 km/hr. If the
2 width and depth of the river is
time]
5V – 5U = 4V + 4U 6x + 6y = 7x – 7y 8m and 4m respectively, then
how much water will enter the
v 9 x = 13y sea in 15 minutes.
V = 9u  =
u 1 Hence, y = Speed of current (a) 60000 m3 (b) 18000 m3
3
Let u = x, v = 9x = 1.5 km/h (c) 28800 m (d) 32000 m3
35  1 1  21 Sol. (d) If flows at 4km/h.
x = 13 × 1.5
  = So in 15 minutes it travels  1 km.
2x  5 4  2 x = 19.5 km/h (speed of boat in
So vol. of water entering the
5 9 still water )
 × =3 sea in 15 minutes
x 20 17. A boat running upstream takes = 8 × 4 × 1000
3 5 hours and 40 minutes to = 32000 m³
x= = 0.75
4
 Exercise

8. A boat travels upstream from B turned. It took the boat twice as

to A and downstream from A to long to make the return trip. If
B in 3 hours. If the speed of the the speed of the river flow were
1. The speed of a boat in still wa-
boat in still water is 9 km/hr twice as high, the trip down-
ter is 2 km/hr. If its speed up-
and the speed of the current is stream and back would take 672
stream be 1 km/hr, then speed
3 km/hr, the distance between minutes. Find the speed of the
of the stream is
A and B (in km) is boat in still water and the speed
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 3 km/hr
(a) 4 (b) 6 of the river flow :
(c) 1 km/hr (d) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 8 (d) 12 (a) 9 km/h, 3 km/h
2. The speed of a boat in still wa-
9. In a stream running at 2 km/ (b) 9 km/h, 6 km/h
ter is 10 km/hr. If its speed
hr, a motorboat goes 12 km up- (c) 8 km/h, 2 km/h
downstream be 13 km/hr, then
stream and back again to the
speed of the stream is: (d) 12 km/h, 3 km/h
starting point in 2.5 hours. Find
(a) 1.5 km/hr (b) 3 km/hr the speed of the motorboat in 14. A boat sails downstream from
(c) 11.5 km/hr (d) 5.75km/hr still water. point A to point B, which is 10
3. A boat moves with a speed of (a) 15 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr km away from A, and then re-
11 km/hr along the stream and turns to A. If the actual speed
(c) 10 km/hr (d) 9 km/hr
7 km/hr. against the stream. of the boat (in still water) is 3
10. A man can row 45 km upstream
The rate of the stream is– km/h, the trip from A to B
and 66 km downstream in 15
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr takes 8 hours less than that
hrs. Also, he can row 65 km up-
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr from B to A. What must be the
stream and 77 km downstream
actual speed of the boat for the
4. A man rows upstream 11 and in 20 hrs. Find the speed of the
trip from A to B to take exactly
downstream 26 km taking 5 man in still water and rate of the
current.
100 minutes?
hours each time. The velocity
of the current is– (a) 8 km/hr, 3 km/hr (a) 1 km/h (b) 2 km/h
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 1.3 km/hr (b) 11 km/hr, 3 km/hr (c) 3 km/h (d) 4 km/h
(c) 1.5 km/hr (d) 25 km/hr (c) 11 km/hr, 8 km/hr 15. In a stream, B lies in between
5. A man can row 4.5 km/hr in A and C such that it is equidis-
(d) 9 km/hr, 2 km/hr
still water and he finds that it tant from both A and C. A boat
11. Two boats A and B start towards
takes him twice as long river. can go from A to B and back in 6
each other from two places 108
Find the rate of stream. h 30 minutes while it goes from
km apart. Speed of the boat A
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr A to C in 9h. How long would it
and B in still water 12 km/hr.
and 15 km/hr respectively. If take to go from C to A?
(c) 2.5 km/hr (d) 1.75 km/hr
A proceeds down and B up the (a) 3.75 h (b) 4 h
6. The speed of a boat in still wa-
ter is 15 km/hr and the rate of stream they will meet after. (c) 4.25 h (d) 4.5 h
current is 3 km/hr. The dis- (a) 4.5 hours (b) 4 hours 16. P, Q and R are the three towns
tance travelled downstream in (c) 5.4 hours (d) 6 hours on a river which flows uni-
12 minutes is 12. A man goes downstream with formly. Q is equidistant from P
(a) 3.6 km (b) 2.4 km a boat to some destination and and R. Rakesh Yadav can row
(c) 1.2 km (d) 1.8 returns upstream to his origi- from P to Q and back in 10
nal place in 5 hours If the speed hours and he can row from P to
7. Speed of a boat in still water is
of the boat in still water and R in 4 hours. Compare the
7 km/hr and the speed of the
the speed of stream are 10 km/ speed of his boat in still water
stream is 1.5 km/hr. A dis-
hr and 4 km/hr respectively. with that of the river ?
tance of 7.7 km, going up-
The distance of the destination (a) 5 : 3 (b) 4 : 3
stream is covered in
from the starting place is: (c) 6 : 5 (d) 7 : 3
(a) 1 hr 15 min
(a) 16 km (b) 18 km 17. Two swimmers started simul-
(b) 1 hr 12 min
(c) 21 km (d) 25 km taneously from the beach, one
(c) 1 hr 24 min
13. A motorboat went downstream to the south and the other to
(d) 2 hr 6 min for 28 km and immediately re- the East. Two hours later, the
 is increased by 40% then it boat. What is the time taken by
takes the motorboat 7 hours to him to cross the river
cover the same way (from downstream by steamer and
Varanasi to Patna and back then return to same place by
again). Find the time neces- boat half the way and by
sary for the motorboat to sail steamer the rest of the way ?
from Varanasi to Patna when (a) 85 min (b) 115 min
its speed in still water is not in- (c) 120 min (d) 125 min
distance between them turned creased : 24. Two boats start at the same
out to be 100 km. Find the (a) 3 hours (b) 4 hours instant to cross a river W metre
speed of the faster swimmer, (c) 4.8 hours wide. The faster boat reaches
knowing that the speed of one (d) None of these the other bank and returns
of them was 75 % of the speed 21. A motorboat moves from point A immediately. What are the
of the other: to point B and back again, both distances travelled by them
(a) 30 kmph (b) 40 kmph points being located on the when they meet,the speeds of
(c) 45 kmph (d) 60 kmph riverbank. If the speed of the these boats are b1 & b2 ?
18. Two ghats are located on a boat in still water is doubled,
riverbank and are 21 km apart. then the trip from A to B and 2W 2W
Leaving one of the ghats for the back again would take 20% of (a) b b  , b –b 
1 2 1 2
other, a motorboat returns to the time that the motorboat
the first ghat in 270 minutes, usually spends in the journey. 2W 2W
spending 40 min of that time How many times is their actual (b) b b b1 and b  b b2
in taking the passengers at the
1 2  1 2
speed of the motorboat higher
second ghat. Find the speed of than the speed of the river flow ? 2W
the boat in still water if the (c) b b b2
1 2
speed of the river flow is 2.5 3 2
(a) (b) (d) data insufficient
km/h? 2 3
(a) 10.4 km/h 25. Bhuvnesh was travelling in his
(b) 12.5 km/h 2 3 boat when the wind blew his hat
(c) (d)
(c) 22.5 km/h 3 2 off and the hat started floating
(d) 11.5 km/h 22. The normal speed of a boat in back downstream. The boat
19. Two friends A and B, on their last still water is 4 times the speed continued to travel upstream for
day in college, decided to meet of the river. The boat goes up- twelve more minutes before
after 20 years on a river. A had to stream and takes 2 hrs to Bhuvnesh realized that his hat
sail 42 km to the meeting place reach B from A. By what per- had fallen off and truned back
5 cent should the boat increase/ downstream. He caught up with
and B had to sail 35 percent decrease its speed if it is re-
7 that as soon as it reached the
less to arrive at the meeting quired to reach A from B in ex-
starting point. Find the speed of
place at the same time as his actly 1 hr 30 minutes ?
the river if Bhuvnesh’s hat flew
friend B, A started at the same (a) increase by 20 %
off exactly 3 km from where he
time as B and sailed with the (b) increae by 25 %
started:
speed exceeding by 5 km/h the (c) decrease by 20 %
(a) 5 km/h (b) 6 km/h
speed of B. Find the speed of A : (d) decrease by 25%
(c) 7.5 km/h
(a) 10 kmph (b) 14 kmph 23. Rakesh Yadav can cross a
downstream river by steamer (d) can’t be determied
(c) 9 kmph
(d) Both b and c in 40 minutes and same by 26. Two men P and Q start swim-
20. On the banks of the river boat in 1 hour. If the time of ming towards each other from
Yamuna there are two bathing crossing the river in upstream the deep end and shallow end re-
points in Varanasi and Patna. direction by steamer is 50% spectively of a swimming pool in
A diya left in the river at more than dowstream time by funcity. They start their swim-
Varanasi reaches Patna in 24 the steamer and the time ming simultaneously in the
hours. However, a motorboat required by boat to cross the length of 300 m pool. The ratio
covers the whole way to and fro same river by boat in upstream of their speeds is 1 : 2 respec-
in exactly 10 hours. If the speed is 50% more than the time tively. Each swimmer rests for
of the motorboat in still water required in downstream by 6 seconds once he reaches the
 (c) 17 km/h, 9 km/h tance between two points is 80
(d) none of these km. A boat which rows at 13
km/h in still water goes from
30. The ratio of time taken by a
the first point to the second and
boat to row a certain distance
returns to starting point in 13
downstream and upstream is 3
hours. Then what is the speed
: 5. If the speed of the current of the current?
other end and starts swimming 3 (a) 5 km/hr (b) 2 km/hr
is 3 km/hr then what is the
back.Where will they meet for 4
(c) 3 km/hr
the second time in the still wa- speed of boat in still water ?
ter of swimming pool? (d) none of these
(a) 15 km/h (b) 9 km/hr
(a) 30 m from the shallow end 34. A boat can row 66 km down-
(c) 25 km/hr
(b) at the shallow end stream and 56 upstream in 7
(d) none of these hours. And it can row 88 km
(c) at the deep end
31. A boat goes 60 km and back to downstream and 28 km up-
(d) can’t be determined
starting point in 10 hours. The stream in 6 hours. Then find the
27. A boat rows downstream 7 km
time taken by the boat to row 3 time taken by boat to row 72 km
in 35 minutes and upstream 2
km downstream is equal to the in still water, and also find if a
km in 30 minutes. What is the
time taken by the boat to row 2 paper boat put in the stream,
speed of boat in still water and
km upstream. Find the speed of then how far away it will be after
also find the speed of stream?
boat in still water and the rate 1 hour 30 minutes?
(a) 8 km/h, 4 km/h
of current :
(b) 12 km/h, 4 km/h (a) 4 hrs, 6 km
(a) 12.5 km/hr, 2.5 km/hr
(c) 8 km/h, 6 km/h (b) 12 hrs, 4 km
(b) 15 km/hr, 10 km/hr
(d) none of these (c) 16 hrs, 25 km
(c) 15 km/hr, 12 km/hr
28. The speed of a boat in still wa-
(d) none of these (d) none of these
ter is 9 km/h. A boat goes 72
km and back to its starting 32. A sailor in river takes a boat 35. The speed of 20 m long motor
point in 18 hours. Find the from place A to place B, and re- boat in still water is 40 km/h.
speed of the stream ? turns to A. Place A and B are This motor boat is moving in
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr 21 km apart. And he takes 10 the river whose speed is 4 km/
hours to go and return. The h. Travelling in the upstream
(c) 5 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
time taken by the boat to row 7 it crosses a temple situated at
29. A boat rows downstream 68 km
km downstream is equal to the bank of the river in 10 seconds.
and upstream 45 km in 9 hours.
time taken by the boat to row 3 Then find the length of the
The same boat rows 51 km down-
km upstream. Then what is temple :
stream and 72 km upstream
takes 2 hours more. Find the the speed of the current?
(a) 80 m
rate of current and the speed of (a) 5 km/hr (b) 2 km/hr
the boat in still water : (b) 100 m
(c) 7.5 km/hr
(a) 13 km/h, 4 km/h (d) none of these (c) 160 m
(b) 12 km/h, 4 km/h 33. In the river Yamuna the dis- (d) 220 m

AN S W E R K E Y

1. (c) 5. (b) 9. (c) 13. (a) 17. (b) 21. (a) 25. (c) 29. (a) 33. (c)
2. (b) 6. (a) 10. (a) 14. (d) 18. (d) 22. (c) 26. (b) 30. (a) 34. (a)
3. (c) 7. (c) 11. (b) 15. (b) 19. (b) 23. (b) 27. (a) 31. (a) 35. (a)
4. (c) 8. (d) 12. (c) 16. (a) 20. (b) 24. (b) 28. (a) 32. (b)
 Solution

1. (c) According to the question, Velocity of the stream  VS Also,

SB = 2 km/hr = 3 km/hr 65 77
SB – VS = 1 km/hr Down stream speed = SB + VS = SB – VS SB  VS = 20 hrs.
+
18 km/hr
Hence we get, 1
Distance travelled in 12 minutes Now suppose
2 – VS = 1  B – VS  = a
S
Vs = 1 km/hr. 18
in Downstream = ×12 1
60 and S  V = b
2. (b) SB = 10 km/hr B S
= 3.6 km
SB + VS = 13 km/hr then
7. (c) According to the quesiton, 45a + 66b = 15 -------(i)
VS = 13 – 10 = 3 km/hr
SB = 7 km/hr 65a + 77b = 20 ---------(ii)
3. (c) According to the questions
VS = 1.5 km/hr Solving the two equation s we get
Down stream speed (SB + VS) Upstream speed = 7 – 1.5 = 5.5
= 11 km/hr km/hr 1
a=  SB–Vs = 5 km/hr
and Now, the required time to cover the 5
Up stream speed (SB – VS) = 7 km/hr Distance of 7.7 km in upstream
1
SB = 9 km/hr 7.7 7 b=  SB + Vs = 11 km/hr
= = hr. 11
5.5 5
11 – 7 4 11  5
VS = = = 2 km/hr. Now, SB = = 8km/hr.
2 2 7 2
 ×60  84 min
4. (c) According to the question, 5
11 – 5
 1 hr. 24 min Vs = = 3 km/hr.
11 2
upstream  SB – VS = km/hr 8. (d) According to the question,
5 Note: If you go through the options you
Downstream speed = 9 + 3
= 2.2 km/hr can solve the Question easily.
= 12 km/hr.
Downstream  SB + VS 11. (b)According to the question
Upstream speed = 9 – 3 = 6 km/hr
Let the speed of stream
26 Now, Here we have
= km/hr  5.2 km/hr =x km/hr
5 D D Since Boat A is moving downstream
 =3
12 6 with 12km/hr.
5.2 – 2.2 3
VS = = = 1.5 km/hr Now, Speed of boat A = (12 + x) km/hr.
2 2
Since Boat B is moving upstream
5. (b) DS US D  2D with 15 km/h.
=3
Time 1 : 2 12 Speed of boat B = (15 – x) km
Speed 2 : 1 D = 12 km Relative speed of A and B
Therefore 9. (c) Given Information = 12 + x + 15 – x = 27km/hr.
SB VB VS = 2 km/h Distance 108
D = 12 km Time = Speed = 27
2 1 (2 – 1) T = 2.5 hrs.
: = 4 hour.
2 2 According to the question 12. (c) According to the question
 3:1 Speed of the Boat in still water
12 12
= 10km/hr
4.5
Hence V =
3 a  2 a – 2 = 2.5
+
Speed of stream = 4 km/hr.
S 1
Solving above equation, we get downstream speed = 10+4 = 14 km/hr.
4.5 1 SB = 10 km/hr. & upstream speed = 10 – 4 = 6 km/hr.
 VS = = 1.5 km/hr.
3 10. (a) According to the question Let Distance D km
6. (a) According to the question, 45 66 D D
Speed of boat  SB = 15 km/hr SB – VS  SB  VS  = 15 hrs.
+
14
+
6
= 5hr.
 Let the speed of stream returning from Q to P
3D  7D
=5 = y km/h = (10–2) = 8 hours
42
Now from question, downstream time = 2 hours
10D = 5× 42
upstream time = 8 hours
5  42 10 10
D = = 21 Condition (i), 3 – y – 3 y 8  downstream speed
10 = 8 km/hr
D = 21 km 10 3  y – 3  y  upstream speed = 2 km/hr
Alternate 9 –y 2
=8 speed of boat in still water
2x D 1
T = x 2 – y2  20y = 72 – 8y2 as speed 
8y2 + 20y – 72 = 0 time
2 2
(10 – 4 ) 5 84  5 after solving y = 2 km/h 1
D= = = (8+2) = 5 km/hr
2 10 2 10 Condition (ii) : Now to complete trip 2
= 21 km from A to B in 100 minutes
1
10 speed of current = (8–2)
13. (a) A B (x + y) = × 60 = 6 km/h 2
100
28 km = 3 km/hr
motorboat x + 2 = 6  x = 4 km/h
x km/h Ratio = 5 : 3
stream 2x
y km/h 15. (b) x x 17. (b)The following figure gives the
B C
movements the two swimmers.
Let the speed of motorboat and A
stream is x km/h and y km/h re- Let the total distance between A and The faster swimmer must have
spectively. C is 2x km, and B is the mid point of travelled 80 km in 2 hours and
A and C. hence speed(S)
from question,
Condition(i), So AB = BC = x km
80
From question : (i) Time taken = = 40 km/h
2
 28  28 from A to C (2x km)
2  (Use right triangle concept)
x y x –y 2x = 9 hours
2x – 2y = x + y  x = 4 hours 30 mins
x = 3y (ii) Time taken from A to B and re- 80 100
Condition(ii) turn to A (2x km) = 6 hours 30
mi ns
When the speed of the stream is
doubled from (i)- Time taken in return 60
Alternate
28 28 672 1 1
  = 6 – 4 = 2 hours Speed of faster swimmer
x  2y x – 2y 60 2 2
= x km/hr
[put x = 3y] Time taken to return from C to speed of slower swimmer
28 28 672 A
  = 2 × 2 = 4 hours 3
5y y 60 = x km/hr
16. 4
1 1 24 distance covered by faster
  (a)
5y y 60 P Q R swimmer = 2x
Rakesh Yadav distance covered by slower
15 2
According to the question,
5y = 5 = y = 3km/h 3
PQ = QR swimmer = x
x = 9 km/h 2
time taken by Rakesh Yadav to
Alternate row from P to R According to the question,
Check condition (i) and we get x = = 4 hours 9
3y. Then the speed of motorboat is time taken by Rakesh Yadav to 4x ²  x ² = 100
4
thrice the speed of stream. Then row from P to Q
check options and hence option (a) x = 40 km/hr
is correct. 4 18. (d) 21 km
= =2 hours
10km 2
14. (d) A B
A B x km/h
Boat
time taken by Rakesh Yadav in Boat
 Let the speed of the boat is x Condition : (iii) : 22. (c) River : Boat
km/h in still water. When speed of boat increases 40% Speed  v : 4v
from question : upstream speed = (4v – v) = 3v
24y 24y = 7....(iii) distance = t × v = 3v × 2 = 6v km
21 21 230  
  7 7 Downstream speed = 5v
x  2.5  x – 2.5  60 x y x –y
5 5 downstream Speed to reach
Now help from option put x After solving equation (ii) & (iii) we from A to B = Distance
= 11.5 km/h, then both sides will get x = 5y Time
be equal so option (d) is correct. Now time taken to sail from 6v
Speed of the boat in still water Varanasi to Patna. = = 4v km/h
 1
= 1.5 km/h 1  2 
 
24y
19. (b) Let the speed of B = x km/h t = 6y = 4 hours Initial downst-
:
final downst-
ream speed ream speed
Then the speed of A = (x + 5v 4v
5)km/h t = 4 hours
–1
 Distance travelled by A to meet 21. (a)
A B
his friend = 42 km 5v – 4v
d km % decreament= ×100
from question- 5v
Let the distance between two points A
= 20%
Distance travelled by B and B be d km. And the speed of the
 He should decrease his speed
motorboat in still water be x km/h and
5 by 20%
= 35 %less the speed of stream be y km/h.
7 23. (b) Downstream (steamer) = 40
From question : min
5  250 5 d d Downstream (Boat) = 60 min
=
14 7100 14  Condition (i) : x  y   x – y  5 ....(i ) Upstream (Steamer)

1
150
A : B   = 40 × = 60 min
Distance
14 : 9  20%  5  100
travelled  
×3 (14–5=9) original time  5 
×3  new time  1  150
  Upstream (Boat) = 60 ×
Given 42km : 27 km   100
Condition (ii) :
Now from question  Time is = 90 min
When speed of boat is doubled
given equal- Required time = 40 + 45 + 30
d d
 1 = 115min.
42 27 2x y  2x – y  .... (ii)
  .... (i) 24. (b)
x 5 x Now from equation (i) & (ii) :
W
Now help from option, From (i) : d[x + y + x – y] = 5 (x2 – y2)
A C B
x = 9 km/h 5 x 2 – y2  Boat A b1
Speed of A = 9 + 5 = 14 km/h d= Boat B b2
2x
d km Let AB is river which is W metre
20. (b) From (ii) d[2x + y + 2x – y] = 4x2 – y2
Varanasi Patna wide and b1 and b2 are the speeds
Let the distance betwen 4x 2 – y 2 of the boat A and boat B respec-
d= .... (iv)
Varanasi and Patna be d km, 4x tively. C is a point where both the
and the speed of the boat in still Distance would be equal in both boats meet.
water is x km/h and the speed the cases : then total time
of stream is y km/h.
From question,
 

5 x 2 – y 2 4x 2 – y 2 Total distance 2W
2x 4x = Relative Speed = b  b
Condition : (i) : Diya will move at a 1 2
speed of stream. 10x2 – 10y2 = 4x2 – y2 Distance travelled by the boat A (d1)
6x2 = 9 y2
d  2W 
24 = y  d = 24 y km....(i) x2 9 x2 3 =  b  b  b1
    1 2
y2 6 y2 2
Distance travelled by the boat B (d2)
24y 24y
Condition : (ii) : x y  x – y 10 ....(ii) x

3  2W 
y 2 =  b  b b 2
 1 2
25. (c) Let the speed of the boat be 28. (a) Let the speed of stream = x 30. (a) from question,
x km/hr and the speed of the km/h Downstream Upstream
river be y km/hr.
Speed of boat in still water = 9
Downstream speed = (x + y) Time 3k : 5k
km/h(given)
Upstream speed = (x – y) Speed 5k : 3k
In 12 minutes the distance between D
We know  T = 1
boat and hat V Time  T  
Speed
= 12(x – y) + 12y = 12x
72 72 1
The speed of hat is y because it from question  + Speed of current =
9 x 9– x 2
doesn't have its on speed, it travels
with the speed of current. = 18 ....(i) [downstream speed – upstream speed]
Now time taken by boat to reach to Note: (i) (9 + x) shows the down- 1
stream speed = [5 – 3]K = 1k (unit)
12x 2
the hat = (9 – x) shows the upstream
x y  – y speed Speed of Boat in still water

= 12 min Note : (ii) In such equations take 1

help from options or other way = [5 + 3]K = 4k (units)
Total time = 12 + 12 = 24 min 2
is to make two factors of
According to the question, 15
from question, 1k 
In 24 minutes hat flown off 12 9 4
= 3km
72 × × whose sum 15 15
6 8 k  , then 4k = 4 ×
(I)
4 4
3 (I)
Speed of river (y) = × 60 = 15 km/h
24 is so (I) is correct and (II) is 31. (a) Speed of boat in still water =
= 7.5km/h wrong. To make satisfy equa- x km/h and current = y km/h
tion (i) we need x = 3 so speed of downstream speed
300m
26. (b) stream = 3 km/h
A B = (x + y) km/h,
29. (a) Let speed of boat in still wa- upstream speed (x – y) km/h
Deep Shallow
end end ter = x km/h
x 2x 60 60
P Q Let speed of current/stream Condition (i) :  = 10
x y x –y
time taken by P to reach B = y km/h
....(i)
Downstream speed
300 3 2
= +6 = (x + y)km/h,
x Condition (ii) :, x y  x – y
Upstream speed = (x – y)km/h
Since both rest for 6 seconds so when
Q is just about to start the journey P 68 45  3(x – y) = 2(x + y)
reaches there at the shallow end so From question, x  y  x – y = 9 ....(i)
they will meet at the shallow end. x y 3
27. (a) Downstream speed (u) 51 72  x –y =
 2
D 7 x  y x – y = 11 ....(ii)
= = ×60 = 12 km/h assume (x + y) = 3k, (x – y) =2k
T 35 [ 2 hours more = 2 + 9
put values in equation (i)
= 11 hours]
D 60 60
upstream speed (v) = Note : first way to solve question is  = 10
T 3k 2k
use options to save your valu-
able time or in other way take  k = 5 then x + y = 15, (x – y)
2
= ×60 = 4 km/h = 10
30 common values in (68, 51)
speed of boat in still water =
Speed of boat in still water
17 1
1 1 and (45, (15+10)
= (u+v)= (12 + 4)=8 km/h 72) is as possible 2
2 2
9 = 12.5 km/h
1
Speed of stream = (u–v) which can satisfy the equation,
2 1
put x + y = 17 and speed of current = (15 – 10)
2
1 x – y = 9 then x = 13 km/h,
= (12 –4) = 4 km/h = 2.5 km/h
2 y = 4 km/h.
32. (b) Let speed of boat = x km./hr Upstream speed = (13 – y) 72
speed of current = y km/hr km in still water = = 4 h
From question, 18
Downstream speed = (x + y), 80 80 (ii) A paper boat is put in stream
 13 ....(i)
upstream speed = (x – y) 13 y 13 – y then we should know paper
21 21 Note : Take help from options. boat don’t have its own speed it
Condition (i) : x y + x – y Choose the option which satisfy will move by the speed of
the equation (i). put y = 3
stream. Distance travelled by
=10 ....(i) so, speed of stream/current
3
= 3 km/h boat in (1 h + 30 min) = 4×
7 3 2
 34. (a) Let speed of boat is still wa- = 6 km
Condition (ii) :
x y x –y ter = x km/h, speed of stream
35. (a) Length of temple = l m
= y km/h
x y 7
 x – y = , assume x + y = 7 downstream speed = (x + y) km/ Length of boat = 20 m
3 h, upstream speed Speed of boat in still water
k, (x – y) = 3k, put values in eq. = (x – y)km/h
(i) = 40 km/h
66 56
then, k = 1, x + y = 7, x – y = 3 from question - x  y  x – y  7 Speed of stream
7 3 ....(i) = 4km/h (Given)
Speed of boat = = 5 km/h
2 Upstream speed = (40 – 4)
88 28
  6 ....(ii)
7 –3 x y x –y = 36 km/h
Speed of current = = 2
2
(i) & (ii)  see common factor D
km/h from question, t =  10 =
Note : I have explained the way how V
80 km to check common factor in ear- l  20 18
33. (c) lier questions.
A B 365
x + y = 22, l + 20 = 100  l = 80 m
Let speed of current = y km/h,
x – y = 14
Speed of boat in still water Note: To cross the temple the boat
from equation, x = 18 km/h, y
= 13 km/h (given) will travel the distance = length
= 4 km/h
Downstream speed = (13 + y), of boat + length of temple
(i) Time taken by boat to travel 72