1. If the speed of a swimmer is 9 km/hr in still water 7. A boat moves downstream at the rate of 1 km in 7.

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and the speed of stream is 5 km/ hr then find the minutes and upstream at the rate of 5 km an hour.
speed of swimmer against the stream and along What is the speed of the boat in the still water?
the stream. (a) 2 km/hr (b) 6.5 km/hr
(a) 4 km/hr, 10 km/hr (c) 4 km/hr (d) 3.5 km/hr
(b) 4 km/hr, 14 km/hr
(c) 14 km/hr, 16 km/hr 8. A boat goes downstream in one third the time it
(d) 14 km/hr, 18 km/hr takes to go upstream. Then, the ratio between the
speed of boat in still water and that of the stream
2. The speed of a boat when travelling downstream is is:
32 km/hr, whereas when travelling upstream it is (a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 3
28 km/hr. What is the speed of the boat in still (c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1
water and the speed of the stream?
(a) 29 km/hr, 3 km/hr 9. If the speed of flow of river is 4 km/hr and the
(b) 30 km/hr, 2 km/hr speed of boat along the stream is 3 times of the
(c) 30 km/hr, 8 km/hr speed against the stream. Then what will be the
(d) 31 km/hr, 1 km/hr speed of boat?
(a) 12 km/hr (b) 16 km/hr
3. A boat takes 48 minutes to cover 12 km against the (c) 8 km/hr (d) 10 km/hr
steam, if the speed of stream is 2 km/hr then what
will be the speed of the boat in still water? 10. The speed of boat in still water is thrice the speed
(a) 17 km/hr (b) 15 km/hr of stream. If takes 6 hours to go 48 km against the
(c) 13 km/hr (d) 1.25 km/hr steam, then what is the speed of boat is still water
in kilometres per hour?
4. A boat while travelling in the direction of stream (a) 10 (b) 8
take 5 hours for 90 km, while covering the same (c) 12 (d) 14
distance in the opposite direction of stream, it
takes 6 hours then the speed of stream is: 11. A man takes 2.2 times as long to row a distance in
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 2.5 km/hr upstream as to row the same distance in
(c) 1.5 km/hr (d) 1 km/hr downstream. If he can row 55 km downstream in 2
hours 30 minutes, what is the speed of the boat in
5. A man rows down a river 15 km in 3 hours with the still water?
stream and returns in 7.5 hours. The rate at which (a) 40 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr
he rows in still water is: (c) 16 km/hr (d) 24 km/hr
(a) 2.5 km/hr (b) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 3.5 km/hr (d) 4.5 km/hr 1
12. The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr. It is
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found that the boat takes thrice as much time to
6. A swimmer walks 30 km along the flow of river in 3 row up than it does to row down the same distance
hours 45 minutes and walks 15 km against the in the river stream. Find the speed of the river
flow in 2 hours 30 minutes. Find the speed of boat stream.
in still water and the speed of the flow (in km/hr). 23 22
(a) 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 (b) 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠
(a) 8 and 1 (b) 7 and 8 27 27
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(c) 7 and 1 (d) 9 and 10 (c) 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 (d) 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠
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13. A swimmer run 3 km/hr against the stream and to row to a place and back, how far off is the place
goes 1 km in 10 minutes along the stream, then in (consider up to two decimals)?
how much time will be taken to cover 5 km in still (a) 5
5
(b) 5
2
27 5
water? 5 5
1 (c) 4 (d) 3
(a) 1 hour (b) 1 hours 27 27
10
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(c) 1 hours (d) 40 minutes 20. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and comes
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back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km
14. A swimmer can swim 2 km in 15 minutes in a lake with the stream at the same time as 3 km against
in still water and he can swim 4 km along the flow the stream. The speed of the stream is:
of the river in 20 minutes. If a paper boat is but into (a) 1.5 km/h (b) 3.5 km/h
the river, then how far will it float in 2.5 hours? (c) 1.8 km/h (d) 1 km/h
(a) 18 km (b) 12 km
(c) 8 km (d) 10 km 21. A boat can travel with a speed of 19 km/ h in still
water. If the speed of the stream is 3 km/h, then
15. A man goes downstream with a boat to some what will be the total time (in hours) taken by the
destination and returns upstream to his original boat to go 88 km downstream and 24 km
place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still upstream?
water and the stream are 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr (a) 4.5 (b) 5
respectively, the distance of the destination from (c) 4 (d) 5.5
the starting place is:
(a) 16 km (b) 18 km 22. Ravi can row a boat in still water in the speed of 14
(c) 21 km (d) 25 km km/h. If a river is flowing at the speed of 2 km/h
and Ravi takes 3 hours to cover a certain distance
16. Speed of a boat is 5 km/hr in still water and the upstream, then how much time will he take to
speed of the stream is 3 km/hr. If the boat takes 3 cover the same distance downstream?
hours to go a place and come back, the distance (a) 2 hr 20 min (b) 2 hr
of the place is: (c) 2 hr 15 min (d) 2 hr 30 min
(a) 3.75 km (b) 4 km
(c) 4.8 km (d) 4.25 km 23. Sunil can row a boat 20 km upstream in 1 hour 15
minutes. If the speed of the current of the river is 2
17. The speed of the current is 5 km/hr. A motorboat km/h, then how much time will he take to row the
goes 10 km upstream and back again to starting boat 30 km downstream?
point in 50 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the (a) 1 hour 10 minutes
motorboat in still water is: (b) 1 hour 45 minutes
(a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 1 hour 30 minutes
(c) 25 (d) 28 (d) 1 hour 20 minutes

18. The speed of a boat in still water is thrice the 24. Two boats A and B start towards each other from
speed of the stream. If the boat takes15.5 sec to two places, 100 km apart. Speed of the boat A and
go to a certain place downstream, then find the B in still water are 13 km/hr and 12 km/hr
additional time required to cover the same respectively. If A proceeds down and B up the
distance travelling upstream. stream, they will meet after.
(a) 15.5 sec (b) 29 sec (a) 6 hours (b) 5 hours
(c) 31 sec (d) 35 sec (c) 4 hours (d) None of these

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19. A boat racer can row 21 km/h in still water. If the
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speed of river is 12.5 km/h, it takes him 40 minutes upstream in 2 h. It can go 20 km downstream and
12km upstream in 2 h 50 m. What is the speed in
km/h of the boat while going downstream?
 (a) 16 (b) 15 What is the speed (in km/h) of the boat in still
(c) 20 (d) 18 water?
(a) 6 (b) 12
26. The speed of a boat downstream is 150% more (c) 9 (d) 15
than its speed upstream. If the time taken by the
boat for going 80 km downstream and 50 km 32. A boat covers a round-trip journey between two
upstream is 8.2 hours, then what is speed (in points A and B in a river in 𝑇𝑇 hours. If its speed in
km/h) of the boat downstream? 80
still water becomes 2 times, it would 𝑇𝑇 hours
161
(a) 16 (b) 30 for the same journey. Find the ratio of its speed in
(c) 24 (d) 25 still water to the speed of the river.
(a) 11 : 1 (b) 161 : 40
27. A person rows upstream a distance of 55 km in 5 (c) 1 : 11 (d) 2 : 1
hours and rows downstream a distance of 75 km
in 3 hours. How much time will he take to too a 33. Abhi rows upstream a distance of 28 km in 4 hours
distance of 96 km in still wates? and rows downstream a distance of 50 km in 2
(a) 4 hours 40 minutes hours. To row a distance of 44.8 km in still water,
(b) 5 hours 20 minutes he will take:
(c) 6 hours 10 minutes (a) 2.8 hours (b) 3.2 hours
(d) 5 hours 45 minutes (c) 2.4 hours (d) 2.2 hours

28. X, Y are two points in a river. Points P and Q divide 34. The speed of boat in still water is 18 km/ h and the
the straight line XY into three equal parts. The river speed of the current is 6 km/ h. In how much time
flows along XY and the time taken by a boat to row (in hours) will the boat travel a distance of 90 km
from X to Q and from Y to Q are in the ratio 4 : 5. upstream and the same distance downstream?
The ratio of the speed of the boat downstream that 1
(a) 9.5 (b) 11
of the river current is equal to: 4
(a) 3 : 10 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 12 (d) 10
(c) 10 : 3 (d) 4 : 3
35. A boat can go 5 km upstream and 7.5 km
29. A boat moves 25km upstream and 39km downstream in 452 minutes. It can also go 5 km
downstream in 8 hours. It travels 35km upstream downstream and 2.5 km upstream in 25 minutes.
and 52km downstream in 11 hours. What is the How much time (in minutes) will it take to go 6 km
speed of the stream if it travels at a uniform upstream?
speed? (a) 30 (b) 24
(a) 4 km/h (b) 5 km/h (c) 36 (d) 32
(c) 6 km/h (d) 3 km/h
36. A swimmer swims from a point P against the
30. A boat covers a certain distance against the current for 6 min and then swims back along the
stream in 9 hours 36 min and it covers the same current for next 6 min and reaches at a point Q. If
distance along the stream in 6 hours. What is the the distance between P and Q is 120 m then the
ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to that speed of the current (in km/h) is:
of the stream? (a) 0.4 (b) 0.2
(a) 13 : 3 (b) 9 : 2 (c) 1 (d) 0.6
(c) 11 : 6 (d) 8 : 5
37. A boat can go 2.4 km upstream in 16 minutes. The
31. A boat can go 40 km downstream and 25 km ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to the
upstream in 7 hours 30 minutes. It can go48 km speed of the stream is 8 : 3. How much time (in
downstream and 36 km upstream in 10 hours. hours) will the boat take to go 21.6 km in still water
and 33 km downstream?
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(a) (b)
2 6
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(c) (d)
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