Q 1: Determine the time taken by the girl to cross the wide river using the shortest path

if the swimming and flowing rate of the girl and the river are and
respectively.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (c)

Explanation
The time taken to cross the river using the shortest path is,

Hence, option (c) is correct.

Q 2: Find the angle at which swimmer swims if the speed of river and man is
respectively.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:
The angle at which swimmer swims is,
Hence, option (a) is correct.

Q 3: Determine the direction in which swimmer should swim along the shortest possible path
to cross a river having water current ,if the speed of swimmer is .
(a) At an angle to water current
(b) At an angle to water current
(c) At an angle to water current
(d) None of these

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:
Consider the following figure:

The direction is,

Hence, option (a) is correct.

Q 4: A river flows with a speed more than the maximum speed with which a person can
swim in still water. He intends to cross the river by the shortest possible path then which of
the following is correct.
(a) He ought to begin normally, at the riverbank.
(b) He should start in such a way that he moves normal to the bank, relative to the bank
(c) He should begin by establishing an acute angle with the direction of the water
movement.
(d) The man cannot cross the river in that way

CORRECT OPTION: (d)

Explanation:
It is understood that to cross the river by the shortest path,

But which is not possible

Hence, option (d) is correct.
Q 5: What would be shortest possible time to cross the wide river having speed
if swimmers relative speed relative to the water is .

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (c)

Explanation:
The shortest time is,

Hence, option (c) is correct.

Q 6: The minimum time taken by man to cross the river using boat is with a drift of
. What would be velocity of boat if the man taken to cross river using shortest
route.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:

Case I:
If the man wants to cross the river quickly, he should travel normal to the bank or
perpendicular to the flow of the water.

Suppose and
Time to cross the river,

And the drifting is,

Case 2: The drift should be zero if the man follows the shortest path across the river. then it is
time to cross the river,

Hence, option (a) is correct.

Q 7: What would be river’s velocity relative to water if the time taken by swimmer to cross
the wide river along the line having speed is seconds by forming an angle of
with the flowing direction.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
CORRECT OPTION: (b)

Explanation:

Time taken to cross river

Suppose the component of the velocity of man with respect to river is .

Since, the velocity of man with respect to ground makes an angle of with river flow.

component of the velocity of man with respect to ground component of the velocity of
man with respect to ground. So,

So, man’s velocity with respect to water is

Hence, option (b) is correct.

Q 8: East to west is the direction of a river. On the river's south side, a man intends to swim
across in the smallest amount of time. The speed of the river is slower than the speed of man.
In which direction should the man should swim?
(a) Due north
(b) Due north-east
(c) Due north east with double speed of river
(d) None of these

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:
Consider the following figure:
Due to the river's velocity, the swimmer should swim along AB for the minimum amount of
time to get to point C. There is no north-south component to the river's velocity, which is east
to west. He should therefore swim northward.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

Q 9: What would be water’s speed in stream if the swimmer having speed wishes
to reach exactly opposite point on the bank of a stream by making an angle of with the
direction of river.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:
Consider the following figure:

The speed of water is,

Hence, option (b) is correct.

Q 10: When someone crosses a river at the same angle as downstream and upstream then the
ratio of distance that the water current carries them downstream is .The ratio of the speed
of a person to the water current cannot be less than

(a)

(b)
 (c)
(d) None of these

CORRECT OPTION: (b)

Explanation:

Consider the following figure:

Case I: The motion of the person making an angle with the downstream.

The time taken to cross the river

The distance carries away downstream in the same time

Case II: The motion of the person making an angle with the upstream.

The time taken to cross the river

Distance carried away downstream in the same time,

It is understood that

From the equation (3),

Hence, option (b) is correct.

Q 11: There is wide river and the man swims from a point A on one bank of a river.
The man reaches the other bank downstream on swimming perpendicular to the water
current. Determine the angle at which he should swims to reach exactly at point B.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of these

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:

Consider the following figure:

Consider the following figure:

So, it is upstream.
Hence, option (a) is correct.

Q 12: A boy who can swim two swims 120 degrees to the direction of the river's
current to cross it to a point exactly the opposite shore. The rate of water current of
movement is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of these

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:
Consider the following figure:

Suppose the current speed is

For net velocity of man to be normal to the river flow.

Hence, option (a) is correct.

Q 13: A swimmer can swim in . What should be the river’s velocity if the
swimmer takes to cross the wide river using shortest route?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of these

CORRECT OPTION: (b)

Explanation:
The velocity of the swimmer is,

And the velocity of river is,

Hence, option (b) is correct.

Q 14: A swimmer has capability to swim . To cross a river, he takes with a
drift of What should be the width of the river if he takes to cross it using
shortest path.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (d)

Explanation:
The velocity of the river is,

The time taken to cross the river using shortest path is,

Hence, option (d) is correct.

Q 15: A person makes a angle with the downstream as they row a boat across a river.
Calculate the amount of time he would have saved if he had crossed the river as quickly as
possible.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

CORRECT OPTION: (a)

Explanation:

Let be the velocity of the boat is the width of the river.

is the component of velocity that runs perpendicular to the direction of the current in
the water. Now, if the person 's time to cross the river is , then

If he had crossed the river as quickly as feasible, his direction should always be perpendicular
to the river's flow, and the corresponding time would have been,

So, the percentage time saved is,

Hence, option (a) is correct.