BOATS AND STREAMS – I

1. A boat goes 8 km in one hour along the stream and 2 km 1

12. A man can row 9 kmph in still water and finds that it
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in one hour against the stream. The speed in km/hr of
takes him thrice as much time to row up than as to row
the stream is
down the same distance in the river. The speed of the
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
current is?
2. In one hour, a boat goes 11 km along the stream and 5
(a) 4 2/3km/hr (b) 8 km/hr (c) 2. 75 (d) 3.5
km against the stream. The speed of the boat in still
13. In a stream running at 2 km/hr, a motor boat goes 5 km
water (in km/hr) is
upstream and back again to the starting point in 1 h 20
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 9
min. Find the speed of the motor boat in still water?
3. A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream. If
(a) 4 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr
he takes 6 hours to cover each distance, then the velocity
(c) 10 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
(in kmph) of the current is
1 1 14. A motor boat takes 12 hours to go downstream and it
(a) (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2 takes 24 hours to return the same distance. What is the
2 2
4. A boatmen rows 1 km in 5 minutes, along the stream time taken by boat in still water?
and 6 km in 1 hour against the stream. The speed of the (a) 15 h (b) 16 h
stream is (c) 8 h (d) 20 h
(a) 3 kmph (b) 6 kmph (c) 10 kmph (d)12kmph 15. If the man’s rate of rowing in still water is 5km/hr and
5. A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance the speed of stream is 10 km/hr. The distance given is
downstream than upstream. What is the ratio between 15 km. find the time taken to row downstream?
the rate in still water and the rate of current? (a) 1 hr (b) 2 hr (c) 3 hr (d) 4hr
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c)1 :3 (d)3:1 16. The stream runs at 2 km/hr, a motor boat goes 70 km
6. If a man goes 18 km downstream in 4 hours and returns upstream and back again to the starting point after 12
against the stream in 12 hours, then the speed of the hours. What is the speed of the motor boat in still water?
stream in km/hr is (a) 12 km/hr (b) 7 km/hr (c) 11 km/hr (d) 10 km/hr
(a) 1 (b) 1.5 (c) 1.75 (d) 3 17. Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the
7. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place
in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10 minutes. at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting
How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water? point. The total time taken by him is?
(a) 1 hour (b) 75 min (c) 45 min (d) 30 min (a) 22 hours (b) 27 hours (c) 20 hours (d) 24 hours
8. A man takes 3 hours 45 minutes to row a boat 15 km 18. A man can row 9km/hr in still water and the river
downstream of a river and 2 hours 30 minutes to cover running at 4 km/hr. if it takes 6 hours more to upstream
a distance of 5 km upstream. Find the speed of the river than to go downstream for the same distance, how far is
current in km/hr. the place?
(a) 1 kmph (b) 2 kmph (c) 1.5 kmph (a) 48.75 km (b) 47.85 km
(d) 3 kmph (c) 75.48 km (d) 45.78 km
9. A man can row upstream at 10 kmph and downstream at 19. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the rate
18 kmph. Find the man’s rate in still water? of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled down steam
(a) 14 kmph (b) 4 kmph (c) 12 kmph in 12 minutes is?
(d) 10 kmph (a) 3.3 km (b) 2.9 km (c) 2.4 km (d) 3.6 km
10. A motorboat, whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 20. A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km
30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours downstream and it takes 6 hours to travel the same
30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is? distance against the current. The speed of the boat in still
(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 11 water and that of the current (in km/h) respectively are:
11. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. When the river is (a) 6, 5 (b) 3, 1.5 (c) 8, 5 (d) 9, 3
running at 4 km/h, it takes him 2 h 15 min to row to a
place and back. How far is the place?
(a) 3. 75 (b) 2. 75 (c) 3.5 (d) None of these

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21. A boat which sails at 10 km/h in still water starts downstream in 10 hours. What is the speed of Mallesh
chasing, from 10 km behind, another one which sails at in still water?
4 km/h in the upstream direction. After how long will it (a) 6 km/h (b) 12 km/h (c) 3 km/h (d) 8 km/h
catch up if the stream is flowing at 2 km/h: 25. The speed of Boat in Still water is 40 Km/hr and speed
(a) 4h (b) 2.5 h (c) 2 h (d) 3.5 h of the stream is 20 Km/hr. The distance between Point
22. A boat sails 15 km of a river towards upstream in 5 A and Point B is 480 Km. The boat started traveling
hours. How long will it take to cover the same distance downstream from A to B, in the midway, it is powered
downstream, if the speed of current is one-fourth the by an Engine due to which speed of the Boat increased.
speed of the boat in still water: Now Boat reached Point B and started back to point A
(a) 1.8 h (b) 3 h (c) 4 h (d) 5 h with help of the same engine. It took 19 hours for the
23. A boat takes 7 hours to go from P to R, through a entire journey. Then with the help of the engine, the
midpoint Q, but it takes 8 hours to go from P to Q and speed of the boat increased by how many Km/hr?
then return from Q to P. How long it would take to go (a) 10 Km/hr (b) 15 Km/hr
from R to P? (c) 20 Km/hr (d) 24 Km/hr
(a) 7 h (b) 8 h (c) 9 h (d) None of these
24. Mallesh can row 40 km upstream and 55 km
downstream in 13 h and 30 km upstream and 44 km

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Answer key

1 b 6 b 11 a 16 a 21 b
2 c 7 b 12 a 17 d 22 b
3 c 8 a 13 b 18 a 23 c
4 a 9 a 14 b 19 d 24 d
5 d 10 b 15 a 20 b 25 c

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