Boat and stream (b) 7 km/h

(c) 8 km/h
(d) 9 km/h
1.A boat covers a certain distance
downstream with speed 33 km/hr. 5. The speed of boat in upstream is
and upstream at 14 km/hr. Then 30.6 km/hr. but the speed of
find the speed of Boat in still water current is 4.5 m/sec. Then find the
and also find the speed of current. time taken by boat to cover a
distance of 210 km downstream.
a) 9.5 km/hr and 23.5 km/hr
b) 23.5 km/hr and 9.5 km/hr (a) 3 hours 20 minutes
c) 28.5 km/hr and 4.5 km/hr (b) 3 hours 40 minutes
d) 4.5 km/hr and 28.5 km/hr (c) 3 hours 30 minutes
(d) 3 hours 45 minutes
2.A boat moves downstream at the
rate of 1 km in 7 ½ minutes and 6. The speed of boat in still water is
upstream at the rate of 5 km an 25 km/hr. and the speed of current
hour. What is the speed of the boat is 7 km/hr. If a boat goes from place
in the still water? A to place B and return from B to A
and it takes 6 hours 40 minutes in
(a) 8 km/hour total. Find the time taken by boat to
(b) 6.5 km/hour cover twice the distance of AB
(c) 4 km/hour downstream
(d) 3 km/hour
a) 3 hours 36 minutes
3. A boat covers 93 km downstream b) 4 hours 16 minutes
in 4.5 hr. whereas 105 km upstream c) 5 hours 12 minutes
in 6 hrs. 18 min. Find the speed of d) 4 hours 48 minutes
current.
7. The distance between AB is 174
(a) 2.5 km/hr km. Two boats start moving towards
(b) 2 km/hr each other at the same time at point
(c) 1.5 km/hr A & B respectively. One in upstream
(d) 3km/hr and other in downstream. If their
speed in still water is 9.6 km/hr.
4.The speed of a boat in still water is and 19.4 km/hr. respectively. Then
27 km/hr. It covers (upstream) a in how much time they will meet
distance of 85 km in 4 hours 15
minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of (a) 9 hr
the stream is: (b) 7 hr
(c) 4.5 hr
(a) 6 km/h (d) 6 hr
 9 hours. If the speed of the boat in
8. The distance between A & B is still water is 2 1/3 times the speed
211 km. One boat starts moving of the current, then the speed of the
from point A towards B in current is:
downstream at 7:45 am. After one
hour, another boat starts from the (a) 4 ½ km/hr
point B towards A. At 12:45 pm (b) 6 ¾ km/hr
both boats will meet. If speed of boat (c) 5 ¼ km/hr
first and second is 26 km/hr. and (d) 4 ¾ km/hr
18 km/hr. respectively in still water.
Then find the speed of current. 12. A motorboat in still water travels
at a speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56
(a) 9 km/hr km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes.
(b) 6 km/hr The time taken by it to cover the
(c) 10 km/hr same distance down the stream will
(d) 12 km/hr be:

9. The ratio of speed of a motorboat (a) 2 hours 25 minutes

to that of the current of water is 55: (b) 3 hours
7. The boat goes along with the (c) 1 hour 24 minutes
current in 6 hours 24 minutes. It (d) 2 hours 21 minutes
will come back in: 13. A boat goes 6 km an hour in still
water, but takes thrice as much
(a) 8 hr 47 min time in going the same distance
(b) 7 hr 14 min against the current. The speed of
(c) 8 hr 16 min the current (in km/hour) is;
(d) 7 hr 45 min
(a) 4
10. Speed of motorboat in still water (b) 5
is 45 kmph, If the motorboat travels (c) 3
80 km along the stream in 1 hour (d) 2
20 minutes, then the time taken by
it to cover the same distance against 14. A boat takes 60% more time to
the stream will be: cover a certain distance in upstream
than downstream. If speed of
(a) 3 hrs current is 9 km/hr. Then in how
(b) 1 hrs 20 min much time it will cover 504 km in
(c) 2 hrs 40 min downstream
(d) 2 hrs 55 min
(a) 10 hr
11. A man can row 45 km (b) 10.5 hr
downstream and return in a total of (c) 12 hr
(d) 12.5 hr 18. The speed of boat in still water
is 6 km/hr more than the speed of
15. A boat takes one fourth time in current. If a boat takes total 8 hr to
moving a certain distance cover 44 km is downstream and 36
downstream than upstream. The km in upstream. Then find the
speed of the boat in still water is speed of boat in still water.
how much percentage more than the
speed of current? (a) 12 km/hr
(b) 14 km/hr
(a) 40% (c) 11 km/hr
(b) 66.66% (d) 15 km/hr
(c) 60%
(d) 75% 19. A man rows to a place 35 km in
distance and back in 10 hours 30
16. A boat covers a certain distance minutes. He found that he can row
downstream in 1 hr. 48 min. and 5 km with the stream in the same
covers twice the distance upstream time as he can row 4 km against the
in 5 hr. 20 min. If speed of current stream. Find the rate of flow of the
is 5.2 km/hr. Then how much time stream.
it will take to go 86.4 km
downstream and return upstream. (a) 1 km/hr
(b) 0.75 km/hr
(a) 6 hours 21 minutes (c) 1.33 km/hr
(b) 6 hours 42 minutes (d) 1.5km/hr,
(c) 5 hours 36 minutes
(d) 5 hours 48 minutes 20. A boat takes total 10 hr. to cover
102 km in downstream and 63 km
17. The speed of boat in still water in upstream. The time spent to
is 75% more than the speed of cover 34 km in downstream is equal
current. If a boat takes total 8 hr to to the time taken to cover 24 km in
cover 132 km distance in still water. Speed of boat in
downstream and 60 km in upstream is how much greater than
upstream. Then speed of boat in the speed of current.
upstream is how much less than
speed of downstream. (a) 4 km/hr
(b) 3 km/hr
(a) 28 km/hr (c) 4.5 km/hr
(b) 24 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr
(c) 36 km/hr
(d) 32 km/hr 21. A man goes downstream with a
boat to some destination and
returns upstream to his original
place in 4 hours 54 minutes. If the in 11.5 hours. If the speed of the
speed of the boat in still water and current is 9 km/hr, then the speed
the stream are 31.85 km/hr and (in km/hr) of the boat in still water
13.65 km/hr respectively, the is:
distance of the destination from the
starting place is: (a) 17 km/h
(b) 19 km/h
(a) 54.6 km (c) 29 km/h
(b) 63.7 km (d) 23 km/h
(c) 69.8km
(d) 64.75 km 25. The speed of boat in still water
is 20 km/hr. A boat covers 120 km
22. A man can row 14 km/h in still and return to its initial position in
water. If the speed of the current is total 12.5 hr. Find the speed of
6 km/h, it takes 7.5 hours more in current.
upstream than in the downstream
for the same distance. The distance (a) 5 km/hr.
is? (b) 4 km/hr.
(c) 3 km/hr.
(a) 80 km (d) 2 km/hr.
(b) 150 km
(c) 100 km Answer key
(d) 120 km
1.b 2.b 3.b 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.d 8.a 9.c 10.c
23. Two ghats are located on a river 11.c 12.c 13.a 14.b 15.b 16.b 17.d 18.b
bank. Leaving one of the ghats for 19.b 20.b 21.b 22.c 23.b 24.d 25.b
the other downstream, a motorboat
returns to the first ghat upstream
and it takes 2 hours 40 minutes less
time in downstream than upstream.
The speed of motorboat in still water
is 22.5 km/hr while the speed of
river is 9 km/hr. Then find distance
between these two ghats?

a) 56 km
b) 63 km
d) 70 km
d) 77 km

24. A boat goes 112 km downstream

and comes back to the starting point