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BOAT and STREAM

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TYPE-I
1. A man rows a boat 18 kilometres in 4 hours downstream and returns upstream in 12
hours. The speed of the stream (in km per hour) is:

2. 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:

3. A boat running downstream covers a distance of 20km in 2 hrs while it covers the same
distance upstream in 5 hrs. Then speed of the boat in still water is

4. A boatman rows 1 km in 5 minutes, along the stream and 6 km in 1 hour against the
stream. The speed of the stream is

5. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km

𝟏
upstream and 24 km downstream in 𝟔 hours. The speed of the current is
𝟐

6. 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

7. A man rows 40 km upstream in 8 hours and a distance of 36 km downstream in 6 hours.

Then speed of stream is

8. 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

9. If a boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours and 75 km upstream in 15 hours, then the
speed of the stream is

10. A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km downstream in 3 hours, while it covers 36 km

𝟏
upstream and 24 km downstream in 𝟔 hours. What is the speed of the current?
𝟐

11. A boy can swim in still water at a speed of 10 km/hr. If the speed of the current would
have been 5 kmph, then the boy could swim 60km

12. 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

13. Speed of a boat along and against the current are 12 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively.
Then the speed of the current in km/hr is

14. A man can swim 3 km/hr. in still water. If the velocity of the stream is 2 km/hr., the
time taken by him to swim to a place 10 km upstream and back is:

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15. 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:

16. A person can row a distance of one km upstream in ten minutes and downstream in four
minutes. What is the speed of the stream?

17. A boat goes 20 km downstream in one hour and the same distance upstream in two
hours. The speed of the boat in still water is
𝟏
18. A man rows 750 m in 675 seconds against the stream and returns in 𝟕 minutes. Find
𝟐
his rowing speed in still water.

19. A boat goes 40 km upstream in 8 hours and 36 km downstream in 6 hours. The speed of
the boat in still water is:

20. 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 (in km/hr) of the boat in still water is

21. The speed of the current is 5 km/hour. A motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back again
to the starting point in 50 minutes. The speed (in km/hour) of the motorboat in still water is

22. A man can row 15km/hr downstream and 9 km/hr upstream. The speed of the boat in
still water is

23. 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:

24. The current of a stream runs at the rate of 4 km 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

25. A man swims downstream a distance of 15 km in 1 hour. If the speed of the current is 5
km/hour, the time taken by the man to swim the same distance upstream is

26. The speed of a stream is 3 km/hr. and the speed of a man in still water is 5 km/hr. The
time taken by the man to swim 26 km downstream is:
𝟏
27. A man rows down a river 15 km in 3 hrs. with the stream and returns in 𝟕 hrs, The rate
𝟐
at which he rows in still water is

28. 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 current is

29. A man rows upstream 36 km and downstream 48 km taking 6 hours each time. The speed
of the current is

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𝟏
30. A man rows 750 m in 600 seconds against the stream and returns in 𝟕 minutes. Its
𝟐
rowing speed in still water is (in km/hr).
𝟏
31. A boat moves downstream at the rate of 1 km in 𝟕 minutes and upstream at the rate of
𝟐
5 km an hour. What is the speed of the boat in the still water?

32. 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:

33. 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 time as he can row 4 km against the stream.
Find the rate of flow of the stream.:

34. A man can row upstream at 12 km/hr and downstream at 18 km/hr. The man’s rowing
speed in still water is

35. A boat moves downstream at the rate of 8 km per hour and upstream at 4 km per hour.
The speed of the boat in still waters is:

TYPE-II
1. A boat goes 6 km an hour in still water, but takes thrice as much time in going the same
distance against the current. The speed of the current (in km/hour) is:

2. In a fixed time, a boy swims double the distance along the current that he swims against
the current. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, the speed of the boy in still water is

3. A man can row 30 km downstream and return in a total of 8 hours. If the speed of the boat
in still water is four times the speed of the current, then the speed of the current is
𝟏
4. A person can row 𝟕 km an hour in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long
𝟐
to row up as to row down the river. The speed of the stream is:
𝟏
5. A man can row at a speed of 𝟒 km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as long to row a
𝟐
distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream, then, the speed of stream (in
km/hr) is

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

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 by him is:

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8. A motor boat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 3 hours. It covers the
same distance upstream in 3 hours and a half. If the speed of water is 1.5 km/h, then the
speed of the boat in still water is :

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?

2. 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

3. A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his
original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 km/hr
and 4 km/hr respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is

4. Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places, 108 km apart. Speed of the
boat A and B in still water are 12km/hr and 15km/hr respectively. If A proceeds down and B
up the stream, they will meet after.

5. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2 km/h, it takes 3
hours more in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is

6. Speed of motorboat in still water is 45kmph. If the motorboat travels 80 km along the
stream in 1 hour 20 minutes, then the time taken by it to cover the same distance against
the stream will be

7. Speed of a boat is 5 km per hour in still water and the speed of the stream is 3 km per
hour. If the boat takes 3 hours to go to a place and come back, the distance of the place is:

8. The speed of a boat along the stream is 12 km/h and against the stream is 8 km/h. The
time taken by the boat to sail 24 km in still water is

9. On a river, Q is the mid-point 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 minutes. How
long would it take to go from R to P?

10. A boat goes at 14 kmph along the stream and 8 kmph against the stream. The speed of
the boat (in kmph) in still water is:

11. Speed of a boat along and against the current are 14 kms/hr and 8 kms/hr respectively.
The speed of the current is

12. If the speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/hr and the speed of the current is 5 km/hr,
then the time taken by the boat to travel 100 km with the current is:

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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
upstream and 24 km downstream in 𝟔 hours. What is the speed of the current?
𝟐

2. 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?

3. 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 current?

4. 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?

5. River is running at 2 kmph. It took a 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:
𝟏
6. A person can row a boat d km upstream and 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

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