ASO TEST SERIES
TOPIC:-BOAT & STREAM SET:-C
FULL MARKS:-35
TIME:-45MINUTES
1.A boat takes 28 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and
coming back to point C midway between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is
6km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr, what is the distance
between A and B?
A. 115 kms
B. 120 kms
C. 140 kms
D. 165 kms
Answer: B. 120 kms
Explanation:
Downstream speed = 9+6 = 15
Upstream speed = 9-6 = 3
Now total time is 28 hours
If distance between A and B is d, then distance BC = d/2
Now distance/speed = time, so
d/15 + (d/2)/3= 28
Solve, d = 120 kms
2.Speed of a man in still water is 5 km/hr and the river is running at 3km/hr. The
total time taken to go to a place and come back is 10 hours. What is the distance
travelled?
A. 10 kms
B. 16 kms
C. 24 kms
D. 32 kms
Answer: D. 32 kms
Explanation:
Down speed= 5+3= 8
Up speed= 5-3=2
Let distance travelled = X
(X/8)+(X/2)= 10
X = 16 kms
Total distance is 16+16 = 32 kms
3.A boat running upstream takes 9 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance,
while it takes 7 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is
the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current
respectively?
A. 5:2
B. 7:4
C. 6:1
D. 8:3
Answer: C. 6:1
Explanation:
Distance covered upstream in 9 hrs 48 min = Distance covered downstream
in 7 hrs
(X-Y) 49/5 = (X+Y) 7
X/Y = 1/6
4.A boat can travel 20 km downstream in 24 min. The ratio of the speed of the
boat in still water to the speed of the stream is 4 : 1. How much time will the boat
take to cover 15 km upstream?
A. 20 mins
B. 22 mins
C. 25 mins
D. 30 mins
Answer: D. 30 mins
Explanation:
Down speed =20/24*60=50km/hr
4:1 =4x:x
Downstream speed = 4x+x=5x
Upstream speed = 4x-x=3x
5x= 50; x=10
so up speed 3*10=30
Time = 15/30*60= 30 mins
5.A boat whose speed in 20 km/hr in still water goes 40 km downstream and
comes back in a total of 5 hours. The approx. speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
A. 6 km/hr
B. 9 km/hr
C. 12 km/hr
D. 16 km/hr
Answer: B. 9 km/hr
Explanation:
Let the speed of the stream be x km/hr. Then,
Speed downstream = (20 + x) km/hr,
Speed upstream = (20 – x) km/hr.
40/20+x + 40/20-x = 5
X = 9 km/hr appx.
6.A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 2 hour, while it comes back in 2
1/2 hours. If the speed of the stream be 5 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in
still water?
A. 40 kmph
B. 30 kmph
C. 35 kmph
D. 45 kmph
Answer: D. 45 kmph
Explanation:
Let the speed of the boat in still water be x kmph. Then,
Speed downstream = (x + 5) kmph,
Speed upstream = (x – 5) kmph.
(x + 5)*2 = (x – 5)*5/2
X = 45 kmph
7.A boat running downstream covers a distance of 40 km in 5 hrs and for
covering the same distance upstream it takes 10 hrs. What is the speed of the
stream?
A. 5 km/hr
B. 2 km/hr
C. 6 km/hr
D. 4 km/hr
Answer: B. 2 km/hr
Explanation:
Downstream speed = 40/5 = 8 km/hr
Upstream speed = 40/10 = 4 km/hr
So speed of stream = 1/2*(8-4)
8.A boat goes 4 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km
along the current in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 15 km in stationary
water?
A. 2 hours
B. 2 hours 15 mins
C. 3 hours
D. 3 hours 30 mins
Answer: C. 3 hours
Explanation:
Rate downstream = 1/10 * 60 = 6kmph
Rate upstream = 4 km/hr.
Speed in still water = ½ * 10 = 5 kmph
Required time = 15/5 = 3 hours
9.A man rows to a place 40 km distant and come back in 9 hours. He finds that he
can row 5 km with the stream in the same time as 4 km against the stream. The
rate of the stream is:
A. 1 km/hr
B. 1.5 km/hr
C. 2 km/hr
D. 2.5 km/hr
Answer: A. 1 km/hr
Explanation:
Speed downstream = 5/x
Speed upstream = 4/x
40/(5/x) + 40/(4/x) = 9
X=½
So, Speed downstream = 10 km/hr, Speed upstream = 8 km/hr
Rate of the stream = 1/2 * 2 = 1 km/hr
10.A man went downstream for 28 km in a motor boat and immediately returned. It
took the man twice as long to make the return trip. If the speed of the river flow
were twice as high, the trip downstream and back would take 672 minutes. Find the
speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the river flow.
A.12 km/hr, 3 km/h
B) 9 km/hr, 3 km/hr
C) 8 km/hr, 2 km/hr
D) 9 km/hr, 6 km/hr
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: B) 9 km/hr, 3 km/hr
Explanation:
Let the speed of the boat = p kmph
Let the speed of the river flow = q kmph
From the given data,
2 x 28/p + q = 28/p − q
=> 56p - 56q -28p - 28q = 0
=> 28p = 84q
=> p = 3q.
Now, given that if
(28/3q + 2q) + (28/3q − 2q )= 67260=> 28/5q + 28/q = 672/60=> q = 3 kmph=> x =3q
= 9 kmph
Hence, the speed of the boat = p kmph = 9 kmph and the speed of the river flow =
q kmph = 3 kmph.
11.
The current of a stream at 1 kmph. A motor boat goes 35 km upstream and back to
the starting point in 12 hours. The speed of the motor boat in still water is ?
A) 8 kmph B) 6 kmph
C) 7.5 kmph D) 5.5 kmph
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: B) 6 kmph
Explanation:
Speed of the stream = 1
Motor boat speed in still water be = x kmph
Down Stream = x + 1 kmph
Up Stream = x - 1 kmph
[35/(x + 1)] + [35/(x - 1)] = 12
x = 6 kmph
12.A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it
takes him 1 hour to row to a place and back. What is the total distance traveled by
the man ?
A) 4.58 kms B) 6.35 kms
C) 5.76 kms D) 5.24 kms
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: C) 5.76 kms
Explanation:
Speed in still water = 6 kmph
Stream speed = 1.2 kmph
Down stream = 7.2 kmph
Up Stream = 4.8 kmph
x/7.2 + x/4.8 = 1
x = 2.88
Total Distance = 2.88 x 2 = 5.76 kms
13. A boat sails 15 km of a river towards upstream in 5 hours. How long will it take
to cover the same distance downstream, if the speed of current is one-fourth the
speed of the boat in still water:
A) 1.8h B) 3h
C) 4h D) 5h
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: B) 3h
Explanation:
Upstream speed = B-S
Downstream speed = B+s
B-S = 15/5 = 3 km/h
Again B= 4S
Therefore B-S = 3= 3S
=> S = 1 and B= 4 km/h
Therefore B+S = 5km/h
Therefore, Time during downstream = 15/5 = 3h
14.A boat takes 19 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and
coming back to a point C which is at midway between A and B. If the velocity of the
stream is 4 kmph and the speed of the boat in still water is 14 kmph, what is the
distance between A and B ?
A) 180 km B) 160 km
C) 140 km D) 120 km
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: A) 180 km
Explanation:
Speed in downstream = (14 + 4) km/hr = 18 km/hr;
Speed in upstream = (14 – 4) km/hr = 10 km/hr.
Let the distance between A and B be x km. Then,
x/18 + (x/2)/10 = 19 ⇔ x/18 + x/20 = 19 ⇒ x = 180 km.
15. A motor boat takes 12 hours to go downstream and it takes 24 hours to return
the same distance. what is the time taken by boat in still water?
A) 15 h B) 16 h
C) 8 h D) 20 h
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: B) 16 h
Explanation:
If t1 and t2 are the upstream and down stream times. Then time taken in still water
is given by
2×t1×t2/t1+t2=2×12×24/36=16h
16. A boatman can row 96 km downstream in 8 hr. If the speed of the current is 4
km/hr, then find in what time he will be able to cover 8 km upstream ?
A) 1.5 hrs B) 1 hrs
C) 2.5 hrs D) 2 hrs
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: D) 2 hrs
Explanation:
Speed in downstream = 96/8 = 12 kmph
Speed of current = 4 km/hr
Speed of the boatman in still water = 12 – 4 = 8 kmph
Speed in upstream = 8 – 4 = 4 kmph
Time taken to cover 8 km upstream = 8/4 = 2 hours.
17. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes
4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed
of the boat and speed of the water current respectively?
A) 7:4 B) 11:4
C) 4:7 D) 8:3
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: D) 8:3
Explanation:
Let the speed of the boat upstream be p kmph and that of downstream be q kmph
Time for upstream = 8 hrs 48 min = 845hrs
Time for downstream = 4 hrs
Distance in both the cases is same.
=> p x 845= q x 4
=> 44p/5 = 4q
=> q = 11p/5
Now, the required ratio of Speed of boat : Speed of water current
= q+p2:q−p2
=> (11p/5 + p)/2 : (11p/5 - p)/2
=> 8 : 3
18. A man can row 8 kmh in still water. If the river is running at 2 kmh, it takes 4 hrs more
upstream than to go downstream for the same distance. Then the distance is given by
A) 54 kms B) 32 kms
C) 45 kms D) 60 kms
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: D) 60 kms
Explanation:
Let the distance be d.
d/8−2−d/8+2 = 4
=> 2d = 120
=> d = 60 kms.
19. A boat travels 72 km downstream in 8 hours and 84 km upstream in 12 hours. Find the
speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current ?
A) 9 and 3 kmph B) 6 and 7 kmph
C) 8 and 1 kmph D) 7 and 2 kmph
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: C) 8 and 1 kmph
Explanation:
Downstream speed = 72km/8hrs = 9 kmph
upstream speed = 84km/12hrs = 7 kmph
speed of boat = avg of downstream and upstream speeds
speed of boat = (9+7)/2kmph = 8 kmph.
current speed = half of the difference of downstream and upstream speeds
currend speed = (9-7)/2kmph = 1 kmph
20. Amith can row a boat d km upstream and the same distance downstream in 5 hours 15
minutes. Also, he can row the boat 2d km upstream in 7 hours. How long will it take to row the
same distance 2d km downstream for Amith ?
A) 4 hrs 10 min B) 3 hrs 15 min
C) 3 hrs 30 min D) 4 hrs 1 min
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: C) 3 hrs 30 min
Explanation:
Let the speed of boat and stream be x and y kmph respectively.
According to question
d/x+y + d/x-y = 5h 15m or 21/4 hrs ......(i)
and 2d/x-y = 7...... (ii)
From eq. (i) and (ii)
2d/x+y = 7/2
Hence, Amith will take to row 2d km distance downstream in 7/2 hrs
= 3.5 hrs
= 3 hrs 30 min.
21. A man goes down stream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his
original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the strean are 10km/hr and
14km/hr respectively, the distance of the destination from the string place is
A) 16 km B) 18 km
C) 21 km D) 25 km
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: C) 21 km
Explanation:
Let the distance covered be D km.
D/10+4+ D/10−4 = 5
D/14+D/6=5
10D = 42 x 5 = 210
=> D = 21 km
22. If sum of upstream and downstream speed of a boat is 82 kmph, and the boat travels 105
km. upstream in 3 hr, Find the time taken by boat to cover 126 km downstream.
A) 2.8 hrs B) 2.7 hrs
C) 2.6 hrs D) 2.5 hrs
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: B) 2.7 hrs
Explanation:
Let Speed of boat in still water = b
Let Speed of still water = w
Then we know that,
Speed of Upstream = U = boat - water
Speed of Downstream = D = boat + water
Given, U + D = 82
b - w + b + w = 82
2b = 82
=> b = 41 kmph
From the given data,
41 - w = 105/3 = 35
w = 6 kmph
Now,
b + w = 126/t
=> 41 + 6 = 126/t
=> t = 126/47 = 2.68 hrs.
23. A man can row against the current three fourth of a kilometer in 15 min and returns same
distance in 10 min, then ratio of his speed to that of current?
A) 5:1 B) 3:1
C) 4:1 D) 2:1
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: A) 5:1
Explanation:
Let the speed of the man in still water = p kmph
Speed of the current = s kmph
Now, according to the questions
(p + s) x 10 = (p - s) x 15
2p + 2s = 3p - 3s
=> p : s = 5 : 1
Hence, ratio of his speed to that of current = 5:1.
24. A motorboat goes 8 km an hour in still water, but takes thrice as much time in going the
same distance against the current than going with the current. Then find the speed of the
current?
A) 4 kmph B) 6 kmph
C) 3 kmph D) 2 kmph
Answer & ExplanationAnswer: A) 4 kmph
Explanation:
Let the speed of current = 'C' km/hr
Given the speed of boat in still water = 6 kmph
Let 'd' kms be the distance it covers.
According to the given data,
Boat takes thrice as much time in going the same distance against the current than going with
the current
i.e, d/8 − C = 3 × d/8 + C
⇒ 24 − 3C = 8 + C⇒ 4C = 16⇒ C = 4 kmph
25. A boat can cover a distance of 7.2 km downstream and 3.2 km upstream in 2 hours. It can
also cover 1.5 km downstream and 0.6 km upstream in 24 minutes. What is the speed of the
boat when going downstream (in km/h)?
A) 4.5 B) 6
C) 5 D) 7.5
Answer: B) 6
26. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2 km/h, it takes 3 h more
in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is
A). 30 km
B). 24 km
C). 20 km
D). 32km
Correct Answer: 24 km
Let total distance be x km.
According to the question,
x/6+2+(3)=x/6−2
x/8+3=>x/4=x/4−x/8=3
2x−x/8=3
x=8×3=24
27. . A boat goes 48 km downstream in 20 h. It takes 4 h more to cover the same distance
against the stream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A). 2.2 km/h
B). 2 km/h
C). 4 km/h
D). 4.2 km/h
Correct Answer: 2.2 km/h
Speed downstream = 4820 = 2.4 km/h
Speed upstream = 4824 = 2 km/h
Therefore, Speed of boat in still water
= 12(2.4+2)=4.42 = 2.2 km/h
28. Sameer can row a certain distance downstream in 24 h and can come back covering the
same distance in 36 h. If the stream flows at the rate of 12 km/h, find the speed of Sameer in
still water.
A). 30 km/h
B). 15 km/h
C). 40 km/h
D). 60 km/h
Correct Answer: 60 km/h
Let the speed of Sameer in Still water be x km/h.
Sameer's speed downstream = (x + 12) km/h
Sameer's speed upstream = (x - 12) km/h
According to the question,
24(x+12)=36(x−12)
= 2x+24=3x−36
=> x= 36+24 = 60 km/h
29. A sailor sails a distance of 48 km along the flow of a river in 8 h. If It takes 12 h to return the
same distance, then the speed of the flow of the river is
A). 0.5 km/h
B). 1 km/h
C). 1.5 km/h
D). 2 km/h
Correct Answer: 1 km/h
Let speed of the flow of water be x km/h
and rate of sailing of sailor be y km/h,
Downstream speed (x + y) = 48/8
x + y = 6 ...(i)
and upstream Speed x - y = 48/12
x - y = 4 ...(ii)
On solving Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
y = 1 km/h
30. Speed of motorboat in still water is 45 km/h. If the motorboat travels 80 km along the
stream in 1 h 20 min, then the time taken by it to cover the same distance against the stream
will be
A). 4 h 20 min
B). 3 h 40 min
C). 2 h 40 min
D). 2 h 55 min
Correct Answer: 2 h 40 min
Let speed of stream be x km/h.
Given Speed of motorboat in still water = 45 km/h
Therefore, Speed of boat along stream = (45 + x) km/h
According to the question,
45 + x = 80/(1 1/3)
= 45 + x = 80×3/4
= x = 60 - 45 = 1 5
= Speed of boat against stream
= 45 - 15 = 30 km/h
Hence, required time = Distance/Speed
= 80/30=8/3×60=160min = 2 h 40 min
31. A boat has to travel upstream 20 km distance from point X of a river to point Y. The total
time taken by boat in travelling from point X to Y and Y to X is 41 min 40 s. What is the speed
of the boat?
A). 66 km/h
B). 72 km/h
C). 48 km/h
D). Cannot be determined
Correct Answer: Cannot be determined
Let x be the speed of the boat and y be the speed of the current.
Speed upstream = (x - y) km/h
Speed downstream = (x + y) km/h
According to the question,
20/x−y+20/x+y=2536
In this equation, there are two variables but only one equation.
So, the value of x cannot be determined.
32. A boat's speed in still water is 5 km/h. While river is flowing with a speed of 2 km/h and
time taken to cover a certain distance upstream is 2 h more than time taken to cover the same
distance downstream. Find the distance.
A). 10.5 km
B). 11 km
C). 10.9 km
D). 15 km
Correct Answer: 10.5 km
Let the distance be x km.
Speed downstream = (5 + 2) = 7 km/h
and speed upstream = (5 - 2) = 3 km/h
According to the question,
x/3−x/7=2=7x−3x=21×2
Therefore, x=21×24 = 10.5 km/h
33. A boat takes 9 h to travel a distance upstream and takes 3 h to travel the Same distance
downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 4 km/h. then what is the velocity of the
stream?
A). 4 km/h
B). 3 km/h
C). 6 km/h
D). 2 km/h
Correct Answer: 2 km/h
Let velocity of the stream be x km/h.
Therefore, Velocity of the boat downstream
= (4 + x) km/h
and velocity of the boat upstream
= (4 - x) km/h
According to the question,
3(4+x)=9(4−x)
=> 12+3x=36−9x
=> 12x = 24
Therefore, x =2 km/h
34. A boat running upstream distance of 10 km in 30 min and while running downstream, it
covers the same distance in 25 min. What is the speed of the river current (in km/h)?
A). 20
B). 2.2
C). 2
D). Couldn't be determined
Correct Answer: 2
Speed upstream = 10/30/60=10×60/30
= 20 km/h
Speed downstream = 10/25/60=10×60/25
= 24 km/h
Therefore, Speed of the river's current
= 1/2(24−20)=4/2 = 2 km/h
35. A steamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 h. It covers the same distance
upstream in 5 h. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/h, then find the distance between the two
ports.
A). 50 km
B). 60 km
C). 70 km
D). 80 km
Correct Answer: 80 km
Let the distance between the two ports be x km.
Then, speed downstream = x/4
And speed upstream = x/5
Therefore, Speed of the stream = 1/2 [speed downstream + Speed upstream]
= 12(x/4−x/5)
12(5x−4x)/20=2
x/40=2 = 80 km
