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Boats and Streams


1.

A boatman goes 2 km upstream in 1 hour and goes 1 km downstream in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in still water ?

40 minutes

1 hour

1 hr 15 min

1 hr 30 min


2.

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: 

4

5

6

10


3.

A man can row 6 km/ hr in still water. If it takes him twice as long to row up, as to row down the river, then the rate of current in the stream is:

4 km/hr

6 km/hr

3 km/hr

2 km/hr


4.

A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back upstream in 1 1/2 hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?  

12 kmph

13 kmph

14 kmph

15 kmph


5.

A person can row with the stream at 8 km/hr and against the stream at 6 km/hr. The speed of the current is:

1 km/hr

2 km/hr

4 km/hr

5 km/hr


6.

A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 24 km downstream than to travel the same distance upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 12 km/h, the speed of the stream is:

4 km/h

5 km/h

6 km/h

Can't be determined


7.

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:

3 km/hr

5 km/hr

8 km/hr

9 km/hr


8.

The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is:

1.2 km

1.8 km

2.4 km

3.6 km


9.

A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water. If the river is running at 1 km/hr, it takes him 75 min to row to a place and come back. How far is the place ? 

2.5 km

3 km

4 km

5 km


10.

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:

8.5 km/hr

9 km/hr

10 km/hr

12.5 km/hr