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BOAT AND STREAM

Type I

1. A boat running downstream covers a

distance of 20 km in 2 hrd while it covers the

same distance uptream in 5 hrd .Then speed of

the boat in still water is

A. 7km /hr

B. 8km/hr

C. 9km/hr

D. 10 km /hr

Answer: A

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2. A man rows 750 m in 675 seconds against
1
the stream and returns in7 minutes .Find his
2

rowing speed in still water .

A. 3 kmph

B. 4 kmph

C. 5 kmph

D. 6kmph

Answer: C

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3. A boat goes 12 km downstream and comes

back to the starting point in 3 hours .If the

speed of the current is 3 km /hr , then the

speed (inkm/hr) of the boat in still water is

A. 12

B. 9

C. 8

D. 6

Answer: B

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4. The speed of the current is 5 km/h. A

motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back

again to the starting point in 50 min. The

speed, (in km/h) of the motorboat in still

water is

A. 20

B. 26

C. 25

D. 28
Answer: C

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5. A sailor goes 12 km downstream in 48

minutes and returns in 1 hour 20 minutes .The

speed of the sailor in still water is :

A. 12 km/hr

B. 12.5 km/hr

C. 13 km/hr

D. 15 km/hr
Answer: A

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6. The current of a stream runs at the rate of

4km an hour . A boat goes 6 km and comes

back to the starting point in 2 hours .The

speed of the boat in still water is

A. 6 km/ hr

B. 8 km/hr

C. 7.5 km/hr
 D. 6.8 km/hr

Answer: B

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7. A man rows 750 m in 675 sec - onds against

1
the stream and returns in7 minutes .Find his
2

rowing speed in still water .

A. 5.5

B. 5.75
 C. 5

D. 5.25

Answer: D

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8. A boat goes 75 km upstream in 3 hours and

60 km downstream in 1.5 hours .The speed of

the boat in still water is :

A. 32 . 5 kmph
 B. 30 kmph

C. 65 kmph

D. 60 kmph

Answer: A

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9. A boat moves downstream at the rate of 8

km per hour and up - stream at 4 km per hour

.the speed of the boat in still waters is :

 A. 4.5 km per hour

B. 5 km per hour

C. 6 km per hour

D. 6.4 km per hour

Answer: C

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10. A boy can cover double distance when

swimming with the stream in a definite time

period than against the stream. If speed of

stream is 3 km./hr., what will be speed of boy

in still water-

A. 6 km /hr

B. 9 km/hr

C. 10 km/hr

D. 12 km /hr

Answer: B

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11. A boat goes a certain distance at 30 km/hr

and comes back the same distance at 60 km/hr

.what is the average speed (in km /hr for the

total journey ?

A. 45

B. 50

C. 40

D. 35

Answer: C
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12. A boat travesl 32 km downstream in 4

hours and 24 km upstream in 6 hours .What is

the speed (in km/hr) of boat in still water ?

A. 2

B. 4

C. 6

D. 8

Answer: C
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13. A boat can row 35 km .upstream in 7 hours

and the same distance downstream in 5 hours

.What is the speed (in km/hr)of the boat in still

water ?

A. 5

B. 7

C. 9

D. 6
Answer: D

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14. The speed of a stream is 3 km/ hr . A boat

goes 24 km and comes back to the starting

point in 6 hours . What is the speed (in km/hr.)

of the boat in still water ?

A. 4

B. 9

C. 8
 D. 12

Answer: B

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15. A boat goes 8 km upstream and 12 km

downstream in 7 hours . It goes 9 km

upstream and 18 km downstream in 9 hours

.What is the speed (in km/h) of the boat in still

water ?

A. 5
 B. 4

C. 2

D. 3

Answer: D

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16. A boat covers 143 km upstream in 13 hourse

and the same distance downstream in 11

hours. What is the speed (in km /hr ) of the

boat in still water ?

 A. 10

B. 12

C. 14

D. 8

Answer: B

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17. If a boat goes upstream at a speed of 24

km/hr and comes back the same distance at

40 km/hr. What is the average speed (in

km/hr) for the total journey.

A. 32

B. 30

C. 31

D. 33

Answer: B

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18. A boat can go 30 km downstream and 24

km upstream in 2 hours 27 minutes. Also, it

can go 20 km downstream and 8 km upstream

in 74 minutes. What is the speed of the boat

in still water in km/h ?

A. 18

B. 20

C. 24

D. 22

Answer: D
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Type Ii

1. A man rows a boat 18 kilometres in 4 hours

down - stream and returns upstream in 12

hours . The speed of the stram (in km per

hour) is :

A. 1

B. 1.5
 C. 2

D. 1.75

Answer: B

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2. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km

downstream in 6 hours while it covers 36 km

1
upstream and 24 km down - stream in 6
2

hours .The speed of the current is

 A. 1 km/hr

B. 2 km/hr

C. 1.5 km/hr

D. 2.5 km/hr

Answer: B

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3. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km

/hr .It covers (upstream) a distance of 45 km in

6 hours. The speed (in km/hr)of the stream is

 A. 2.5

B. 3

C. 3.5

D. 4

Answer: A

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4. A swimmer swims from a point A against a

current for 5 minutes and then swims

backwards in favour of the current for next 5

minutes and comes to the point B.If AB is 100

metres , the speed of the current (in km per

hour) is :

A. 0.4

B. 0.2

C. 1

D. 0.6

Answer: D

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5. A man rows upstrean 36 km and

downstream 48 km taking 6 hours each time

.The speed of the current is

A. 0.5 kmph

B. 2 kmph

C. 1 kmph

D. 1.5 kmph

Answer: C

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6. A man rows to a place 35 km in distant and

back in 10 hours 30 minutes .He found that he

could row 5 km with the stream in the same

times as he can row 4 km against the stream

.Find the rate of flow of the stream :

A. 1km /hr

B. 0.5 km/hr

C. 0.75 km/hr

D. `1.5 km /hr

Answer: C
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7. A boat goes 6 km an hour in still water, but

takes thrice as much time in going the same

distance against the stream. The speed of the

stream (in km/hr.) is :

A. 4

B. 5

C. 3

D. 2
Answer: A

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8. A man can row at a speed of 4 km /hr in
2

still water . If he takes 2 times as long to row a

distance upstream as to row the same

distance downstream . Then , the speed of

stream (in km/hr) is

A. 1

B. 1.5
 C. 2

D. 2.5

Answer: B

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9. Speed of a boat along and against the

current are 14 km/h and 8

km/h,respectively.The speed of the current is

(A) 11 km/h (B) 6 km/h (C) 5.5 km/h (D) 3 km/h.

 A. 11 km/hr

B. 6 km/hr

C. 5.5 km/hr

D. 3 km/hr

Answer: D

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10. A boat travels 60 kilometres downstream

and 20 kilometers upstream in 4 hours .The

same boat travels 40 kilometres down stream

and 40 kilometres up- stream in 6 hours .What

is the speed (in km/hr)of the stream ?

A. 24

B. 16

C. 18

D. 20

Answer: B

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11. Speeds of a boat along the current and

against the current are 10 km/hr and 8 km /hr

respectively . What is the speed (in km/hr ) of

the current ?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 9

Answer: A
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12. A boat goes 15 km upstream and 22 km

downstream in 5 hours . It goes 20 km

55 13
upstream and km downstream in
2 2

hours . What is the speed (in km /hr )of stream

A. 3

B. 5

C. 8

D. 11
Answer: A

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13. Speeds of a boat along the current and

against the current are 14 km/hr and 7 km/hr

respectively .What is the speed (in km/ hr ) of

the current ?

A. 3.5

B. 1.5

C. 2.5
 D. 3

Answer: A

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14. A boat can go 20 km downstream and 30

km upstream in 2 hours 20 minutes. Also, it

can go 10 km downstream and 8 km upstream

in 49 minutes. What is the speed of boat

downstream in km/h?

एक नाव 2 घंटे 20 मिनट में 20 किमी धारा के अनुकू ल और

30 किमी धारा के प्रतिकू ल जा सकती है | साथ ही, यह 49

मिनट में 10 किमी धारा के अनुकू ल और 8 किमी धारा के

प्रतिकू ल जा सकती है | धारा के अनुकू ल नाव की चाल (

किमी/घंटा में) ज्ञात करें |

A. 18

B. 20

C. 16

D. 24

Answer: D

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Type Iii

1. 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. 2.5 km

B. 3 km

C. 2.4 km

D. 3.6 km
Answer: C

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2. A man can row 6km/h in still water. If the

speed of the current is 2km/h,it takes 3 h more

in upstream than in the downstream for the

same distance. The distance is

A. 30 km

B. 24 km

C. 20 km
 D. 32 km

Answer: B

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3. Two boats are travelling with speed of 36 km

/hr and 54 km / hr respectively towards each

other .Wha is the distance (in metres) between

the two boats one second before they collide ?

A. 10
 B. 15

C. 25

D. 5

Answer: C

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Type Iv

1. A motorboat in still water travels at a speed

of 36 kmph . It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour

45 minutes .The time taken by it to cover the

same distance down the stream will be :

A. 2 hours 25 minutes

B. 3 hours

C. 1 hours 24 minutes

D. 2 hours 21 minutes

Answer: C

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2. A boy can swim in still water at a speed of

the 10 km/hr . If the speed of the current

would have been 5 kmph , then the boy could

swim 60 km

A. upstream in 4 hour

B. downstream in 12 hours

C. upstream in 6 hours

D. downstream in 4 hours

Answer: D
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3. A man can swim at the rate of 4 km/hr in

still water . If the speed of the water is 2 km/hr

, then the time taken by him to swim 10 km

upstream is

1
A. 2 hrs
2

1
B. 3 hrs
2

C. 5 hrs

D. 4 hrs
Answer: C

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4. A man swims downstream a distance of 15

km in 1 hour . If the speed of the current is

5km/hour by the man to swim the same

distance up - stream is

A. 1 hours 30 minutes

B. 45 minutes

C. 2 hours 30 minutes
 D. 3 hours

Answer: D

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5. The speed of a stream is 3 km / hr and the

speed of man in still water is 5 km /hr .The

time taken by the man to swim 26 km

downstream is :

2
A. 8 hrs .
3
 1
B. 3 hrs
4

C. 13 hrs .

1
D. 5 hrs
5

Answer: B

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6. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in

still water . If the speed of stream is 4 km /hr

in the same direction , time taken by boat to

go 63 km in opposite direction is
 A. 9 hrs

B. 4 hrs

C. 7 hrs

9
D. 3 hrs
17

Answer: C

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7. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 kmph

and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph .A

man rows to a place at a distance of 22. 5 km

and comes back to the starting point . The

total time taken him is :

A. 10 hours

B. 4 hours 10 minutes

C. 6 hours 10 minutes

D. 8 hours

Answer: D

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8. The speed of a motor - boat is that of the

current of water as 36 : 5 . The boat goes

along with the current in 5 hours 10 minutes .

It will come back in

A. 5 hours 50 minutes

B. 6 hours

C. 6 hours

D. 6 hours 50 minnutes

Answer: C
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9. Two boats A and B start towards each other

from two places , 108 km apart .Speed of the

boa A and B in still water are 12 km /hr and 15

km /hr respectively . If A proceeds down and B

up the stream , they will meet after .

A. 4.5 hours

B. 4 hours

C. 5.4 hours

D. 6 hours
Answer: B

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10. Speed of motor boat in still water is 45

km/h. If the motor boat travels 80km along the

stream in 1h 20min ,then the time taken by it

to cover the same distance against the stream

will be

A. 3 hours

B. 1 hours 20 minutes
 C. 2 hours 40 minutes

D. 2 hours 55 minutes

Answer: C

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11. the speed of a boat along the stream is 12

km /h and againts the stream is 8 km /h .The

time taken by the boat to sail 24 km in still

water is
 A. 2 hours

B. 3 hours

C. 2.4 hours

D. 1.2 hours

Answer: C

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12. On a river, Q is the midpoint between two

points P and R on the same bank of the river. A

boat can go from P to Q and back in 12 hours,

and from P to R in 16 hours 40 min. How long

would it take to go from R to P ?

1
A. 3 hours
3

B. 5 hours

2
C. 6 hours
3

1
D. 7 hours
3

Answer: D

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13. If the speed of a boat in still water is 20

km/hr and the spedd of the current is 5 km /hr

, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100

km with the current is :

A. 2 hours

B. 3 hours

C. 4 hours

D. 7 hours

Answer: C
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Type V

1. A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours

and 20 km downstream in 4 hours . Then the

speed of boat in still water and the speed of

water/current are respectively

A. 4 kmph and 3 kmph

B. 4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph

C. 4 kmph and 2 kmph

 D. 5 kmph and 2 kmph

Answer: B

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2. A boat takes half time in moving a certain

distance downstream than upstream. The

ratio of the speed of the boat in still water

and that of the stream is :

A. 2 : 1
 B. 1 : 2

C. 4 : 3

D. 3 : 1

Answer: D

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Test Yourself

1. A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km

downstream in 3 hours ,, while it covers 36 km

 1
up stream and 24 km downstream in 6
2

hours . What is the speed of the current ?

A. 1 . 5 km /hr

B. 1 km / hr

C. 2 km/hr

D. 2.5 km/hr

Answer: C

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2. A boat covers 20 km in 4 hours along the

current and 9 km in 3 hours against the

current .What is the speed of the curent ?

A. 2 kmph

B. 1 kmph

C. 1.5 kmph

D. 1.75 kmph

Answer: B

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3. A boat running down stream 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 kmph

B. 6 kmph

C. 8 kmph

D. Data inadequate

Answer: B

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4. River is running at 2 kmph . It took man

twice as long to row up as to row down the

river .The rate (in km .ph) of the man in still

water is :

A. 8

B. 10

C. 4

D. 6
Answer: A

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5. A boat running downstream covers a

distance of 30 km in 2 hours . While coming

back the boat takes 6 hours to cover the same

distance . If the speed of the current is half of

that of the boat then what is the speed of the

boat in kmph ?

A. 15 kmph
 B. 5 kmph

C. 10 kmph

D. cannot be determined

Answer: C

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6. A person can row a boat d km upstream and

1
the same distance downstream in 5 hours
4

.Also he can row the boat 2d km upstream in 7

hours. He will row the same distance

downstream in

1
A. 3 hours
2

1
B. 3 hours
4

1
C. 4 hours
4

D. 4 hours

Answer: A

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7. A boat takes 6 hours to travel from place M

to N downstram and back from N to M

upstream .If the speed of the boat in still

water is 4 km/hr , what is the distance

between the two places ?

A. 8 kms

B. 12 kms

C. 6 kms

D. Data inadequate

Answer: D
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8. A boat running at the speed 34 kmph

downstream covers a distance of 4.8 km in 8

minutes .The same boat while running

upstream at same speed covers the same

distance in 9 minutes What is the speed of the

current ?

A. 2.4 kmph

B. 3 kmph

C. 2 kmph
 D. 3.2 kmph

Answer: C

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9. The speed of the boat in still water is 24

km\h and the speed of the stream is 4 km/h

.The time taken by the boat to travel from A to

B downstream is 36 minutes less than the time

taken by the same boat to travel from B to C

upstream .If the distance between A and B is 4

km more than the distance between B and C ,

what is the distance between A and B ?

A. 112 km

B. 140 km

C. 56 km

D. 84 km

Answer: C

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10. A boat takes 5 hours more while going back

in upstream than in downstream if the

distance between two places is 24 km and the

speed of boat in still water be 5.5 km/h what

must be the speed of boat in still water so

that it can row downstream 24 km in 4 hours?

A. 20 km/h

B. 10 km /h

C. 12 km /h

D. 14 km/h
Answer: C

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