P SUCCESS MANTRA
BOAT AND STREAM
1-A man rows a boat 18 kilo metres in 4 hours downstream and returns upstream in 12 hours. The speed of the stream
(in km per hour) is :
(1) 1 (2) 1.5 (3) 2 (4) 1.75
2-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
(1) 7 km/hr (2) 8 km/hr (3) 9 km/hr (4) 10 Km/Hr
3- 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
(1), 3 kmph (2) 6 kmph (3) 10 kmph (4) 12 kmph
4-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
(1) 2.5 (2) 3 (3) 3.5 (4) 4
5- A man rows 40 km upstream in 8 hours and a distance of 36 km downstream in 6 hours. Then speed of stream is
(1) 0.5 km/hr (2) 1.5 km/hr (3) 1 km/hr (4) 3 km/hr
6- 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
(1) 4 kmph and 3 kmph (2) 4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph (3) 4 kmph and 2 kmph (4) 5 kmph and 2 kmph
7- If a boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours and 75 km upstream in 15 hours, then the speed of the stream is
(1) 2 km/hour (2) 2•5 km/hour (3) 3 km/hour (4) 3•5 km/hour
8- A man can swim at the rate km/hr in still water. If the sp of the water is 2 km/hr, then time taken by him to swim 10)
upstream is
(1) 27 hrs (2) 32 hrs (3) 5 hrs (4) 4 hrs
9- 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
(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 2
10- A man can swim 3 km/hr. in still water. If the velocity of t stream is 2 km/hr., the time taken by him to swim to a
place10 km upstream and back is :
(1) 9 1/3 hr (2) 10 hr. (3) 12 hr (4) 8 1/3 hr
11- 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 ?
(1) 4.5 km/h (2) 4 km/h (3) 9 km/h (4) 5.6 km/h
12. 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) 15 km/hr. (2) 10 km/hr. (3) 5 km/hr. (4) 7.5 km/hr.
13- A man rows 750 m in 675 seconds against the stream and returns in 7 ½ minutes. Find his
rowing speed in still water.
(1) 3 kmph (3) 5 kmph (2) 4 kmph (4) 6 kmph
14-. A man can row 15km/ hr downstream and 9 km/hr upstream. The speed of the boat in still water is
(1) 8 km/hr. (2) 10 km/hr. (3) 15 km/hr. (4) 12 km/ hr.
15-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 :
(1) 12 km/hr (2) 12.5 km/ hr (3) 13 km/hr (4) 15 km/hr
16- 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
(1) 1 hour 30 minutes (2) 45 minutes (3) 2 hours 30 minutes (4) 3 hours
17. 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)8 2/3hrs. (2)3 ¼ hrs.(3) 13 hrs.(4) 5 1/5hrs.
18- A man rows down a river 15 km in 3 hrs. with the stream and returns in 7 ½ hrs, The rate at which he rows in still
water is
(1) 2.5 km/hr (2) 1.5 km/hr (3) 3.5 km/hr (4) 4.5 km/hr
19. A man rows upstream 36 km and downstream 48 km taking 6 hours each time. The speed of the current is
(1) 0.5 kmph (2) 2 kmph（3） 1 kmph (4) 1.5 kmph
20. A man rows 750 m in 600 seconds against the stream and returns in 7 ½ minutes. Its rowing speed in still water is (in
km/ hr).
(1) 5.5 (3) 5 (2) 5.75 (4) 5.25
21-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 :
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 2
22- 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
(1) 6 km/hr (2) 9 km/hr (3) 10 km/hr (4) 12 km/hr
23-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) 1 km/hour (2) 2 km/hour (3) 4 km/hour (4) 3 km/hour
24-A person can row 7 ½ km an hour in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up as to row down
the river. The speed of the stream is :
(1) 2 km/hr (2) 3 km/hr(3) 2 ½ km/hr (4) 3 ½ km/h
25. A man can row at a speed of 4 ½ km/hr in still water. If he takes 2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row
the same distance downstrear, then, the speed of stream (in km/hr) is (
1) 1 (2) 1.5 (3) 2 (4) 2.5
26. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of steam is 4 km/hr in the same direction, time
taken by boat tr, go 63 km in opposite direction is
(1) 9 hr (2) 4 hrs (3) 7 hrs (4) 3 9/17 hrs
27-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 :
(1) 10 hours (2) 4 hours 10 minutes (3) 6 hours 10 minutes (4) 8 hours
28-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
(1) 17 km/h (2) 19.5 km/h(3)17.5 km/h (4) 19 km/h
29-A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstréam and 24 km
downstream in 6 ½ hours. The speed of the current is
(1), 1 km/hr (2) 2 km/hr (3) 1.5 km/hr (4) 2.5 km/hr
30- A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km downstream in 3 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km
downstream in 6 ½ hours. What is the speed of the current ?
(1) 1.5 km/hr (2) 1 km/hr (3) 2 km/hr (4) 2.5 km/hr
31-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
(1) 12 (3) 8 (2) 9 (4) 6
32-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
(1) 20 (2) 26 (3) 25 (4) 28
