Boat & Stream

Q1. A boatman rows to a place 30 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 10 km with the stream at
the same time as 4 km against the stream. Find the speed (in km/h) of the stream.
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Q2. A boat can travel 78 km upstream and back in a total of 32 hours. It can travel 15 km upstream and 52 km
downstream in a total of 9 hours. How much distance will the boat cover in 12 hours in still water?
Ans . 96 km
Q3. A man can row a distance of 6 km in 1 hour in still water. He can row the same distance in 45 minutes with the
current. Find the total time taken by him to row a distance of 16 km with the current and to return to the starting
point.
Ans . 6 hours
Q4. A motorboat travelling at some speed can cover 24 km upstream and 40 km downstream in 17 hours. At the same
speed it can travel 32 km downstream and 12 km upstream in 10 hours. The speed of the stream is:
Ans . 3 km/h
Q5. A boat can go 54 km upstream in 6 hours. If the speed of the stream is 4.8 km/h, then how much time (in hours)
will the boat take to cover a distance of 279 km downstream?
Ans . 15
Q6. A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/h in still water goes 50 km downstream and comes back in a total of 7 hours
30minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/h) is:
Ans . 5
Q7. A motorboat takes 18 hours to go downstream, and it takes 36 hours to return the same distance. Find the ratio of
the speed of the boat in still water to the speed of the stream.
Ans . 3 : 1
Q8. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along with the current in
10minutes. How long will it take to go 6 km in stationary water?
Ans . 1 hr 30 min
Q9. The speed of a boat in still water is 18 km/h and the speed of the stream is 3 km/h. How much time (in hours) will
it take to cover a distance of 105 km in downstream and in coming back?
Ans . 12
Q10. A boat covers a distance of 55 km downstream in 5 hours while it takes 11 hours to cover the same distance
upstream. What is the speed of the boat?
Ans . 8 km/h
Q11. The ratio of the speeds of a boat while going upstream and going downstream is 2 : 3 and the sum of
these two speeds is 15 km/h. What is the speed of the stream?
Ans . 1.5 km/h
Q12. A man can row 18 km/h in still water. It takes him two times as long to row up as to row down the river.
Find the rate of the stream.
Ans . 6 km/h
Q13. A man can row a boat at speed 8 km/h in still water. It takes thrice as long to row upstream as it does to
row downstream. Find the speed of the stream (in km/h).
Ans . 4
Q14. A boat can travel 60km downstream in 4 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 13 km/h, then in
what time will it cover 30 km upstream?
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Q15. If the speed of a boat in still water is 3 km/h and if its speed upstream is 1 km/h, find the speed of the
stream.
Ans . 2 km/h
Q16.

Ans . 8 hours
Q17. A man rows 48 km and back in 48 hours. He can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the
stream. The speed of the stream (in km/h) is:
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Q18. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 10 hours, and 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream
in 12 hours. The speed of the current is:
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Q19. A man’s speed in still water is 4 km/h more than the speed of the current. If the man takes a total of 10 h to
cover 45 km downstream and 35 km upstream, then the speed of the man in still water is:
Ans . 20 km/h
Q20. The ratio of the speed of a boat to that of the current water is 35 : 8. The boat goes along with the currenti n 5
hours 10 minutes. What will be the time taken by the boat to come back?
Ans . 8 hours 13 minutes 48 seconds
Q21. A boat can travel 16.9 km downstream in 52 min. If the speed of the current is 3 km/h, then how much time (in
hours) will the boat take to travel 84 km upstream?
Ans . 6.22
Q22. A man wishes to cover 1 km distance in river water. In still water he takes 12 minutes to cover it, but in the
flowing river he takes 13 minutes. The speed of the flowing water of the river is:
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Q23. Ashu can row 7.5 km an hour in still water. He finds that it takes four times as much time to row upstream, as it
takes to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:
Ans . 4.5 km/h
Q24. A boatman rows 2 km in 10 mins, along the stream and 12 km in 2 hours against the stream. What is the speed
of the stream?
Ans . 3 km/h
Q25. The speed of a boat when travelling downstream is 33 km/h, whereas when travelling upstream it is 27km/h.
What is the speed of the boat in still water?
Ans . 30 km/h
Q26. Let the speed of the boat in still water be 17 km/h and let the speed of the stream be 5 km/h. What is the time
taken by the boat to go 110 km downstream?
Ans . 5 hours
Q27. The speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/h, while the river is flowing at a speed of 8 km/h and the time taken to
cover a certain distance upstream is 6 h more than the time taken to cover the same distance downstream. Find the
distance.
Ans . 126 km
Q28. A speedboat, whose speed in 20 km/h in still water, goes 35 km downstream and comes back in a total of 8
hours. What is the speed of the stream?
Ans . 15 km/h
Q29. A boat covers a distance of 72 km downstream in 6 hours, while it takes 12 hours to cover the same distance
upstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
Ans . 9 km/h
Q30. The speed of a boat in standing water is 6 km/h and the speed of the stream is 2.5 km/h. A man rows to a place
at a distance of 59.5 kilometres and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is:
Ans . 24 hrs
Q31.
Ans . 15
Q32.

Ans . 3
Q33.
Ans . 17 km/h
Q34.
Ans . 5 km/h
Q35. A man takes 15 minutes to row 16 km downstream, which is 25% less than the time he takes to row the same
distance upstream. How many kilometres can the man row in an hour in still water? (Rounded off to nearest whole
number)
Ans . 56
Q36. To go a distance of 144 km upstream, a rower takes 12 hours while it takes her only 9 hours to row the same
distance downstream. What is the speed of the stream?
Ans . 2 km/h
Q37. The speed of boat a down the stream is 125% of the speed in still water. If the boat takes 30 minutes to cover 20
km in still water, then how much time (in hours) will it take to cover 15 km upstream?
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Q38. A boat can go 60 km downstream and 40 km upstream in 12 hours 30 minutes. It can go 84 km downstream and
63 km upstream in 18 hours 54 minutes. What is the speed (in km/h, to the nearest integer) of the boat in still water?
Ans . 9
Q39. The ratio of the speed of a motorboat to that of the current of water is 31 : 6. The motorboat starts from a point
and covers a certain distance along the current in 4 h 10 min. Find the time taken by the motorboat to come back to
its initial point.
Ans . 6 h 10 min

Q40. A boat’s speed in still water is 45 km/h, while the river is flowing at a speed of 15 km/h. The time taken to
cover a certain distance upstream is 9 h more than the time taken to cover the same distance downstream. Find the
distance (in km).
Ans . 540
Q41.

Ans . 120
Q42.
Ans . 2 km/h
Q43.
Ans . 4
Q44.

Ans . 3.2
Q45.
Ans . 80 km
Q46.
Ans . 9 km/h
Q47.

Ans . 26 km/h
Q48.

Ans . 6 km/h
Q49. A motorboat, whose speed is 15 km/h in still water goes 20 km downstream and comes back in a total of
4 hours. The speed of the stream (in km/h) is:
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Q50. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/h and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/h. In going from point
A to point B and returning to A, the boatman takes 2 hours 40 min. Find the distance between points A and B.
Ans . 7.5 km
Q51. A man can row 9 km/h in still water. If the river is running at 4 km/h, it takes 8 hours more in upstream
than to go downstream for the same distance. How far is the place?
Ans . 65 km
Q52.

Ans . 27 km/h
Q53. Q1. The upstream speed of a boat is 8 km/h and the downstream is 15 km/h. What is the speed of the boat in
still water and the speed of the stream (in km/h), respectively?
Ans – 11.5 and 3.5
Q54. Nikunj goes 4 kilometres against the current of a stream in 1 hour, and 2 kilometres along the current in 15
minutes. How long will it take him to go 7 kilometres in stationary water?
Ans - 1 hour 10 minutes
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Q58. A boat can cover 120 km upstream and back in a total of 30 hours, and 25 km upstream and 40 km downstream
in a total of 7 hours. How much distance will the boat cover in 16 hours in still water?
Ans - 200 km
Q59. A boat covers a distance of 80 km downstream in 8 h while it takes 10 h to cover the same distance upstream.
What is the speed (in km/h) of the boat in still water?
Ans - 9
Q60. Dharmendra can row 80 km upstream and 110 km downstream in 13 hours. Also, he can row 60 km upstream
and 88 km downstream in 10 hours. What is the speed (in km/h) of the current?
Ans - 6
Q61. A boat covers a distance of 12 km in 1 hour upstream and in 45 minutes downstream. Find the speed of the boat
and the stream (in km/h).
Ans - 14; 2
Q62. A boat running upstream takes 10 hours to cover a certain distance, while it takes 7 hours to cover the same
distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and that of the water current,
respectively?
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Q63. The effective speed of a boat is 15.2 km/h against the stream and 20.8 km/h along the stream. Find the speed of
the stream.
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Q64. A boat goes 20 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 8 hours. In 5 hours, it goes 15 km upstream and 22 km
downstream. Determine the speed of the boat in still water.
Ans - 8 km/h

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Ans . 24 hours