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Boat and Stream
Class Study Sheet by Aditya Patel Sir
The speed of the boat is 50 km /h in
down stream and 35 km / h in upstream.
If this boat is run in another river, the
km/h. speed of which is double the speed of
km the current of this river, how much
distance will the boat travel in 2 hours in
km up stream in the second river?
A boat covers 55 km in static water in 10 (a) 50 km (b) 55 km
hours. If the boat is to be driven in a river (c) 45 km (d) 42 km
whose current is 2 km / h, then how long
will it take to go 45 km in the
downstream and 28 km in the up
stream?
(a) 14 hours (b) 15 hours
(c) 13 hours (d) 16 hours km/h.
km/h.
The distance between the two places is
km/h. 108 km. The two boats from each place
start moving towards each other. They
run in a down stream and in an upstream
A boat travels 400 km downstream in 10
at the speed of 15 km/h and 12 km/h
hours. If the speed of the current is 8 km
respectively. Then how much time both
/ h, how many minutes will it take to
will be meet?
cover 24 km in the static water?
(a) 4 hours (b) 3 hours
(a) 42 minutes (b) 40 minutes
(c) 2 hours (d) 5 hours
(c) 41 minutes (d) 45 minutes
km/h.
km/h. km/h.
2.5
A boat covers a distance in 2 hours and
The speed of the boat in the downstream the same distance in upstream in 3
is 40 km/h and the speed of the boat in hours. If the speed of the current is 4 km
upstream is 28 km /h, then how much / h, then what is the speed of the boat?
distance will the boat cover in 2.5 hours (a) 20 km/h. (b) 21 km/h.
in static water? (c) 22 km/h. (d) 23 km/h.
(a) 82 km (b) 84 km
(c) 85 km (d) 80 km
km/h. km/h.
km/h. A boat goes upstream in 3.5 hours and
down stream in 3 hours. If the speed of
the current is 1.5 km/h, then what is the
speed of the boat?
(a) 20 km/h. (b) 19.5 km/h.
(c) 21 km/h. (d) 22 km/h.
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km/h. km
44 km
40 km
55 km
The speed of the boat in static water is
15 km/ h. If the time taken by the boat to (km/h. )
cover a distance in upstream is 3 times A man can row 30 km upstream and 44
the time taken in the downstream. Find km downstream in 10 hrs. Also, he can
the speed of the current? row 40 km upstream and 55 km
(a) 7.5 km/h. (b) 7 km/h. downstream in 13 hrs. Find the rate of
(c) 8 km/h. (d) 6 km/h. the current and the speed of the man in
still water?
(a) 3 km/hr, 8 km/hr
(b) 5 km/hr, 7 km/hr
(c) 4 km/hr, 7 km/hr
(d) 4 km/hr, 6 km/hr
𝟑 𝟏
The ratio of the speed of a boat and a
𝟏𝟏
𝟒 𝟒
stream in river is 8:1. The boat takes 5 𝟏
𝟕
hours to go 36 km in down stream and 𝟐
42 km in up stream, find the speed of the
boat?
(a) 13 km/h. (b) 15 km/h. A man can row three quarters of kilo-
(c) 14 km/h. (d) 16 km/h. 𝟏
meter against the stream in 𝟏𝟏 𝟒 mins
𝟏
and returns in 𝟕 mins he speed of the
𝟐
man in still water?
%
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 3 km/hr
(c) 4 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr
The speed of the boat in static water is 𝟏
50% more than the speed of the stream. 𝟏 km/hr
𝟐
If the boat takes total 5 hours to go 30
km downstream and 9 km in upstream.
Find the speed of the boat?
(a) 10 km/h (b) 12 km/h.
(c) 9 km/h. (d) 11 km/h. A man swimming in a stream which
𝟏
flows 𝟏 𝟐 km/hr, finds that in a given time
he can swim twice as far with the stream
as he can against it. At what rate does
he swim?
𝟏 𝟏
(a) 𝟒 km/hr (b) 𝟓 km/hr
𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
(c) 𝟔 km/hr (d) 𝟕 km/hr
𝟐 𝟐
If a boat goes 24 km downstream and 36
km upstream, it takes 9 hours. If it goes
36 km downstream and 24 km in 1 km/hr
upstream and it takes 8.5 hours. Find the 35 km
speed of the boat?
(a) 7 km/h. (b) 10 km/h.
(c) 6 km/h. (d) 8 km/h.
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The current of the stream is 1km/hr. A A boat goes 12 km downstream and
boat goes 35 km upstream and gets comes back to the starting point in 3
back to the starting point in 12 hrs. The hours if the speed of the current is 3
speed of the motorboat in still water is? km/hr. then the speed (in km/hr) of the
(a) 6 km/hr (b) 7 km/hr boat in still water is?
(c) 8.5 km/hr (d) 8 km/hr (a) 12 km/hr (b) 9 km/hr
(c) 8 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
6 km/hr.
2 km/hr.
A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. If
the speed of the current is 2 km/hr, its A boat goes 2 km upstream and 3 km
takes 3 hrs more in upstream than in the downstream in 20 minutes. It goes 7 km
downstream for the same distance. The upstream and 2 km downstream in 53
distance is? minutes. What is speed (in km/h) of the
(a) 30 km (b) 24 km boat in still water?
(c) 20 km (d) 32 km (a) 57/7 (b) 120/7
(c) 135/7 (d) 150/7
km/hr. km
A motor boat can travel at 10 km/hr in
still water. It travelled 91 km aTwo boat are travelling with speed of 36
downstream in a river and then km/hr and 54 km/hr. respectively
returned, taking altogether 20 hrs. Find towards each other. What is the
the rate of the flow of the river? distance (in meters) between the two
(a) 6 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr boats one second before they collide?
(c) 8 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr (a) 10 (b) 15
(c) 25 (d) 5
A boat rows downstream covers a
distance of 20 km in 2 hrs while it covers
the same distance upstream in 5 hrs. Speed of boat in upstream is 54km/h and
Then speed of the boat in still water is? the speed of boat in still water is 300%
(a) 7 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr more than speed of boat in upstream,
(c) 9 km/hr (d) 10 km/hr find the time taken by the boat to cover
945 meters downstream (in seconds)?
A. 8 sec B. 10 sec
C. 12 sec D. 9 sec
E. None of these
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A boy can cover double distance when
swimming with the stream in a definite
A boat covers 36 km upstream in 2 time period than against the stream. If
hours and 66 km downstream in 3 hours. speed of stream is 3 km/hr. what will be
What is the speed of the boat in still speed of boy in still water?
water? (a) 6 km/hr. (b) 9 km/hr.
A. 18 km/hr B. 19 km/hr (c) 10 km/hr. (d) 12 km/hr.
C. 20 km/hr D. 21 km/hr
E. None of these
A motorboat travels with a speed of 36
km/hr. in still water. It takes 1 hour 45
A boatman goes 30 km along the stream min. in travelling 56 km upstream and
in 2 hours and goes 15 km against the what time will it take to travel same
stream in 5 hours. Find the speed of distance downstream?
boatman in still water? (a) 2 hours 25 minutes
(a) 8 kmph (b) 9 kmph (b) 3 hours
(c) 10 kmph (d) 11 kmph (c) 1 hours 24 minute
(d) 2 hours 21 minute
A fisherman rows a boat a distance of 2
km. in 20 min. against the stream and
returns in 15 min. Accordingly, what is
the speed of stream?
(a) 3 km/hr. (b) 4 km/hr.
(c) 1 km/hr. (d) 2 km/hr. A boat covers 45 km distance in
downstream and 16 km distance in
upstream, takes total 9 hours. If the
same boat covers 18 km distance in
downstream in as much time, it covers 8
km distance in upstream. Then find the
speed of boat in still water?
(a) 5.5 km/hr. (b) 7.5 km/hr.
A motorboat travels 10 km. upstream in (c) 6.5 km/hr. (d) 9.5 km/hr.
the stream which is following at a speed
of 2 km./hr. and returns to starting point
in 55 min. What is the speed of
motorboat in still water?
(a) 24 km/hr. (b) 22 km/hr.
(c) 32 km/hr. (d) 28 km/hr.
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 stream
is?
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 3 : 1
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out 12 tons of water per hour. Find at
what speed it should move such that
when it beings to sink a rescue ship
moves with 6 km/hr. escapes the
% passengers of the ship if 69 ton of water
is enough to sink?
(a) 7 km/hr. (b) 8 km/hr.
(c) 17/2 km/hr. (d) 19/2 km/hr.
A boat take 60% more time to cover a
certain distance in upstream than
downstream. If speed of stream is 9
km/hr. Then in how much time it will
cover 504 km in downstream?
(a) 10 hr. (b) 12 hr.
𝟏 𝟏
(c) 𝟏𝟎 hr. (d) 𝟏𝟐 hr.
𝟐 𝟐
A B
A B
am
B A
pm Narendra starts journey on boat. When
wind flows his cap falls and start
floating downstream in opposite
direction of boat. (before Narendra find
out) Boat continuously going upstream
for 12 min and comes in downstream.
The distance between A & B is 211 km. When cap reaches starting point,
One boat starts moving from point A Narendra catches it. If cap of Narendra
towards B in downstream at 7:45 am has fall 3 km. away from starting point,
After one hour, another boat starts from find speed of river flow?
the point B towards A. At 12:45 pm both (a) 5 km/hr. (b) 6 km/hr.
boats will meet. If speed of boat first and (c) 7.5 km/hr.
second is 26 km/hr. and 18 km/hr. (d) Cannot be calculated
respectively in still water. Then find the
speed of stream.
(a) 9 km/hr. (b) 6 km/hr.
(c) 10 km/hr. (d) 12 km/hr.
𝟏 𝟏
𝟓 𝟐 A man rows to a place 35 km in distance
𝟐 𝟒
and back in 10 hours 30 minutes. He
found that he can 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?
(a) 1 km/hr. (b) 0.75 km/hr.
(c) 1.33 km/hr. (d) 1.5 km/hr.
A ship is 77 km from the store, springs P R Q
a leak which admits2 ton of water in P Q
every 5 min. An outlet tank can throw P
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R
R P
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 min. How long would it take to A boat takes 42.86% time less in moving
go from R to P? a certain distance downstream than
𝟑 upstream. The ratio of the speed of the
(a) 𝟑 𝒉𝒓. (b) 5 𝒉𝒓. boat in still water and that of the current
𝟕
𝟐 𝟏
(c) 𝟔 𝒉𝒓. (d) 𝟕 𝒉𝒓. is?
𝟑 𝟑
(a) 13 : 3 (b) 11 : 3
(c) 14 : 5 (d) 13 : 5
%
7 hours 12
minutes
Manish can row at a speed of 4.5 km/hr. in still
water and rows to a certain upstream point and
back to the starting point in a river which flows at
1.5 km/hr. Find his average speed for total
journey? Speed of a boat in downstream is 37.5%
(a) 3 km/hr. (b) 2 km/hr. more than speed of boat in still water. If
(c) 5 km/hr. (d) 4 km/hr.
the boat can travel a distance of 144 km
in upstream in 7 hours and 12 minutes,
A then find the total time taken by the boat
to travel 288 km in still water and 220km
B in downstream?
AB (a) 6.5 hours (b) 7 hours
(c) 7.5 hours (d) 14 hours
(e) None of these
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 meters, the
speed of the current (in km per hour) is?
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.2
(c) 1 (d) 0.6
The speed of the boat in still water is 21
km/h and the speed of the stream is 6
km/h. A boat goes 108 km with its usual
speed downstream and in returning he
doubled the speed of boat. Find the total
time taken by boat to cover the whole
Speed of motorboat in still water in 45 kmph.
distance?
If the motorboat travels 80 km along the
stream in 1 hours 20 minutes, then the time (a) 7 hours (b) 3.5 hours
taken by it to cover the same distance (c) 3 hours (d) 5 hours
against the stream will be? (e) None of these
(a)3 hrs. (b) 1 hrs. 20 min
(c) 2 hrs. 40 min (d) 2 hrs. 55 min
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The speed of a boat in still water is 20%
more than that of the current. After travelling
for 4 hour in downstream, it travelled for 4
hours in upstream with increasing the speed
of boat by 15 km/hr. The distance covered
by the boat in downstream is 175% more
than that in upstream, Find the speed of the
boat in still water?
(a) 75 km/hr. (b) 30 km/hr. (c) 55 km/hr.
(d) 40 km/hr. (e) 65 km/hr.
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