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The document presents a series of problems related to the speed of boats in still water and their interaction with river currents. Each problem provides a scenario involving distances traveled upstream and downstream, along with multiple-choice answers for the speed of the stream or the boat. The problems require calculations based on the given speeds and times to determine the correct answers.

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Boat and Stream(22)

The document presents a series of problems related to the speed of boats in still water and their interaction with river currents. Each problem provides a scenario involving distances traveled upstream and downstream, along with multiple-choice answers for the speed of the stream or the boat. The problems require calculations based on the given speeds and times to determine the correct answers.

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Boat And Stream

1. A driver rowing at the speed of 3 km/h still water takes double the time going 50 km
upstream compared to going 50 km downstream. The speed of the stream is:
(a) 4/3 km/h (b) 3 km/ h (c) 7/3 km/h (d) 1km h
Answer:

2. The speed of a boat in still water is 14 km/h. It goes 28 km downstream in 1h 45min.


Find the speed of the stream.
(a) 2 km/h (b) 7km/h (c) 12km/h (d) 16km/h
Answer:

3.A motor boat, whose speed is 11 km/h in still water, goes 28 km downstream in 2 h
20 min. Find the speed of the stream.
(a) 12 km/h (b) 10 km/h (c) 1 km/h (d) 11 km/h
Answer:

4.In still water the speed of a boat is 11 km/hr. If the boat covers 19 km in 2 hours in
upstream. Find the speed of the stream.
(a) 20.5 km/h. (b) 11.5 km/h. (c) 1.5 km/h. (d) 3 km/h.
Answer:

5. Suresh covers a distance of 34 km in the direction of a river in 4 hours 15 minutes


by a luxury boat and 19 kilometers in the opposite direction of a river in 3 hours 10
minutes. As present what is the speed of the flow of river?
(a) 3 km/hr. (b) 2 km/hr. (c) 1 km/hr. (d) 5 km/hr
Answer:

6. A sailor travels a distance of 24 km in the upstream and 36 km in the downstream


and takes 6 hours each time. Find the speed of the stream.
(a) 2 km/hr. (b) 4 km/hr. (c) 1 km/hr. (d) 3 km/hr.
Answer:

7. A boat takes 2 hours to travel 16 km in the downstream and 4 hours to cover the
same distance in the upstream. Find the speed of the current.
(a) 12 km/hr. (b) 2 km/hr. (c) 4 km/hr. (d) 6 km/hr.
Answer:

8. A boat, whose speed in still water is 15 km/hr goes 30 km in the downstream in 4.5
hours and returns in the upstream. Find the speed of the stream.
(a) 4 km/hr. (b) 5 km/hr. (c) 10 km/hr. (d) 6 km/hr.
Answer:

9. 15 hours is taken by a boat to reach its destination in still water and return to its
starting point from there. The same journey requires 16 hours if the river flows. The
difference between the speed of boat and the river is 15 km/hr. Find the speed of the
flow of river.
(a) 10 km/hr. (b) 6 km/hr. (c) 4 km/hr. (d) 5 km/hr
Answer:

10. In stagnant water the speed of a boat is 20 km/hr. The boat travels 364 kilometers
down the stream and then travels in the opposite direction to its begining point. Time
taken by the journey is 40 hours. What is the speed of the current ?
(a) 10 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr (c) 4 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
Answer:

11. Every 5 hours a person swims 4 km upstream and 16 km in the downstream. Find
the speed of stream.
(a) 2.2 km/h (b) 3.2 km/h (c) 1.2 km/h (d) 1.5 km/h
Answer:

12. A person travels a distance of 16 km in two hours in the downstream. If he travels


half the distance in the upstream in the same time, then find the speed of the stream.
(a) 4 km/hr. (b) 2 km/hr. (c) 3 km/hr. (d) 1 km/hr.
Answer:

13. Raju travels 150 km in 7.5 hours moving downstream. The speed of the stream is 5
km h. Find the speed with which Raju should row the boat to reach back in the same
time.
(a) 10 km/h (b) 18 km/h (c) 25 km/h (d) 7.5 km/h
Answer:

14. A man's speed in the downstream in 15 km/hr. and the speed of the stream is 2.5
km/hr. Find his speed upstream.
(a) 10 km/hr. (b) 9 km/hr. (c) 12.5 km/hr. (d) 8.5 km/hr.
Answer:

15. It takes 8 hours for a rower to cover a distance of 60 km upstream of a river while it
takes 5 hours to cover the same distance downstream. What will be the speed of the
rower in stagnant water.
(a) 9.25 km/h (b) 9.80 km/h (c) 9.75 km/h (d) 9.5 km/h
Answer:

16. A boat covers a distance of 12 km. The distance of first 4 km in the downstream is
covered in 15 minutes. The next 8 km is travelled in upstream. The speed of the boat in
the downstream is twice the speed of the boat in the upstream. Find the average speed
of journey.
(a) 11.6 km/hr. (b) 9.6 km/hr. (c) 10 km/hr. (d) 10.4 km/hr.
Answer:

17. A boat moves from the city x to city 'y' in the upstream and then returns from city
'y' to city 'x' in the downstream. If in still water the speed is 40 km/hr. and the speed of
stream is 10 km/hr. then what is the average speed of the total journey?
(a) 36.5 km/hr. (b) 34.5 km/hr. (c) 37.5 km/hr. (d) 33.33 km/hr.
Answer:

18. A boat moving in the upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a distance, while
it takes 4 hours to return to the starting point in the downstream. Find the ratio of the
speed of the boat to the stream in still water.
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 8 : 3 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 2 : 1
Answer:

19. A man take twice the time to ride the boat in upstream as compared to ride the boat
in the downstream. Find the ratio of the boat to the stream in current water.
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 3 : 1
Answer:

20. A boat takes 7 hours to move 63 km downstream and 30 km upstream. The boat
takes 6 hours to move 28 km downstream and 48 km upstream. How much time will it
take to move 35 km downstream and 27 km upstream?
(a) 5 hours 20 min (b) 5 hours (c) 4 hours 50 min (d) 4 hours 45 min.
Answer:

21. It takes 12 hours for a boat to travel a certain distance in the downstream and it
takes 24 hours to return. How long will it take for the boat to cover the same distance
in still water?
(a) 15 Hrs (b) 10 Hrs (c) 18 Hrs (d) 16 Hrs
Answer:

22. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 km/hr. and the speed of stream is 3 km/hr. A
person goes 135 km in the upstream by boat and returns to the starting point by
walking in the downstream. Find the time taken to cover the total journey in hours.
(a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) 30
Answer:

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