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Boat and stream questions and answers

Q1.  A man rows 24 km upstream in 6 hours and a distance of 35 km downstream in 7 hours. Then the speed of the man in still water is

A. 4.5 km/hr 

B. 4 km/hr

C. 5 km/hr

D. 5.5 km/hr

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Q2.  A man can row upstream at 8 kmph and downstream at 13 kmph. The speed of the stream is:

A.  2.5 km/hr           

B. 4.2 km/hr                   

C. 5 km/hr                   

D. 10.5 km/hr 

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Q3.  In one hour, a boat goes 11 km along the stream and 5 km against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is:                                                                                                                [SSC 2000]

A. 3                     

B. 5                   

C. 8             

D. 9   

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Q4.  A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream. If he takes 6 hours to cover each distance, then the velocity (in kmph) of the current is:
A. 1/2     
B. 1                       
C. 1(1/2)                   
D. 2

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Q5.  A certain boat downstream covers a distance of 16 km in 2 hours downstream while covering the same distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?     [SBI. 2002]

A) 4 km/hr 

B) 6 km/hr 

C) 8 km/hr 

D) 5km/hr

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Q6.  A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre in 11(1/4) minutes while rowing against the stream same distance in 7(1/2) minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water will be?   [LICAAO, 2003]

A) 2.                     

B) 3.                         

C) 4.                           

D) 5.

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Q7. A man’s speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man’s speed against the current is:

A) 9 km/hr

B) 12.5 km/hr

C) 8.5 km/hr

D) 10 km/hr.

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Q8. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr. in still water. If the speed of the current is 4 km/hr. find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream. 

A. 2 hours 

B. 3 hours 

C. 4 hour

D. 5 hours 

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Q9. If a man rows at the rate of 5 km/hr in still water and his rate against the current is 3.5 km/hr, then the man’s speed along with the current is :

A) 4.25 km/hr. 

B) 6.5 km/hr. 

C) 6 km/hr. 

D) 8.5 km/hr.

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Q10. If a boat goes 7 km upstream in 42 minutes and the speed of the stream is 3 km/hr, then the speed of the boat in still water is:

A) 4.2 km/hr 

B) 9 km/hr 

C) 13 km/hr  

D) 21 km/hr 

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