BOAT & STREAM

Q1. The speed of a boat in still water is 30 km/h Q6. Time taken by boat to cover a distance of x km
and the speed of the stream is 7.5 km/h. What is upstream is 3 hours more than the time taken by
the time in hours taken by the boat in the stream the boat to cover the same distance downstream.
to go from point A to B and then back to A Speed of the boat upstream is 8 km/hr. Which of
covering a total distance of 90 km ? the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) 3.2 (b) 2.8 (c) 3.4 (d) 3.0 I. If the value of x is 48 km, then the speed of the
boat in downstream is 16 km/hr.
Q2. A boat takes 20 hours for travelling II. If the speed of boat in downstream is 12 km/hr,
downstream from point A to point B and comes then the value of x is 48 km.
back to a midpoint C between A and B. The speed (a) Neither I nor II (b) Only II (c) Only I
of the stream is 5 km/h and the speed of the boat (d) Both I and II
in still water is 10 km/h. Find the distance
between A and B (in km). Q7. A man can swim at a speed of 14 km/hr in still
(a) 100 (b) 120 (c) 150 (d) 75 water. If he takes twice as long to swim opposite
the flow of the river than with the flow of the
Q3. A boat takes 11 hours to travel a distance river, find the rate of stream
14 11 11 14
upstream and takes 5 hours to travel the same (a) km/hr (b) km/hr (c) km/hr (d) km/hr
5 5 4 3
distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in
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still water is 2 m/sec, then the speed of the Q8. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water
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stream (in km/h) is to the speed of the stream is 8 : 3 and the boat
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4 can travel 22 km downstream in 24 minutes. Then,
how much time will the boat take to cover 50 km
Q4. A boat can go 60 km downstream and 40 km upstream?
upstream in 12 hours 30minutes. It can go 84 km (a) 3 hrs (b) 4 hrs (c) 2.5 hrs (d) 2 hrs
downstream and 63 km upstream in 18 hours 54
minutes. What is the speed (in km/h, to the Q9. A man can row a distance of 8 km
nearest integer) of the boat in still water? downstream in a certain time and can row 6 km
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10 upstream in the same time. If he rows 24 km
upstream and the same distance downstream in
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Q5. The speed of a boat in upstream is 8 km/hr 1 hours, then the speed (in km/h) of the current
4
and the speed of stream is 4 km/hr. The boat is:
covers a distance of x km in upstream and x km in (a) 4 (b) 4.5 (c) 3 (d) 2.5
downstream. If the total time taken by the boat is
9 hours, then what is the value of x? (in km) Q10. X, Y are two points in a river. Points P and Q
(a) 60 (b) 72 (c) 48 (d) 36 divide the straight line XY into three equal parts.
The river flows along XY and the time taken by a
boat to row from X to Q and from Y to Q are in the
ratio 4 : 5. The ratio of the speed of the boat
downstream to that of the river current is equal
to:
(a) 3 : 10 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 10 : 3 (d) 4 : 3

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Q11. A man can row a boat in still water at a Q17. A boat is moving 3 km against the current of
speed of 5 m/s. He covers a stretch of 200 m in a the stream in 1 hour and moves 1 km in the
river downstream during high and low tides in 10 s direction of the current in 12 minutes. How long
and 25 s respectively. What is the ratio of the will it take the boat to go 6 km in stationary
speed (in m/s) of the water flowing in the river water?
during high and low tides? (a) 1 hour and 25 minutes
(a) 5 : 3 (b) 5 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 4 : 3 (b) 1 hour and 15 minutes
(c) 1 hour and 30 minutes
Q12. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/h. (d) 1 hour and 20 minutes
Time taken by the boat to cover a certain distance
upstream is 3 hours more than the time taken to Q18. The speed of a boat in still water is 20 km/h,
cover the same distance downstream. If the speed while the river is flowing at a speed of 8 km/h and
of the stream is 2 km/h, then what is the total the time taken to cover a certain distance
distance, upstream and downstream, covered by upstream is 6 h more than the time taken to cover
the boat? the same distance downstream. Find the distance.
(a) 72 km (b) 24 km (c) 48 km (d) 36 km (a) 126 km (b) 125 km (c) 120 km (d) 336 km

Q13. A boat can travel 60 km in 3 hours while Q19. The speed of a boat in standing water is 6
going downstream. It can travel 90 km in 5 hours km/h and the speed of the stream is 2.5 km/h. A
while going upstream. What is the ratio of the man rows to a place at a distance of 59.5
speed of the boat in still water to the speed of the kilometers and comes back to the starting point.
stream? The total time taken by him is:
(a) 6 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 19 : 1 (d) 10 : 9 (a) 22 hours (b) 18 hours (c) 16 hours (d) 24 hours

Q14. A person can row a distance of 4 km Q20. A boat covers a distance of 72 km

upstream in 1 hour 20 minutes and can row back downstream in 6 hours, while it takes 12 hours to
to the starting point in just 24 minutes. How much cover the same distance upstream. What is the
time (in hours) will he take to row 13 km in still speed of the boat in still water ?
water? (a) 10 km/h (b) 9 km/h (c) 6 km/h (d) 8 km/h
(a) 2 (b) 3.5 (c) 3 (d) 2.5
Q21. The upstream speed of a boat is 8 km/h and
Q15. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/h. If the downstream is 15 km/h. What is the speed of
it takes four times more time to go against the the boat in still water and the speed of the stream
current than to go in the direction of the current, (in km/h), respectively ?
what will be the speed of the current? (a) 11.5 and 3.5 (b) 3.5 and 11.5 (c) 3 and 11
(a) 2.5 km/h (b) 5 km/h (c) 4.2 km/h (d) 3.6 km/h (d) 11 and 3

Q16. A boat can go 30 km downstream and 24 km Q22. A sailor rows a boat 36 km downstream and
upstream in 2 hours 27 minutes. Also, it can go 10 24 km upstream in 6 hours. When it rows 24 km
km downstream and 4 km upstream in 37 downstream and 36 km upstream the sailor takes
minutes. What is the speed of the boat upstream 6 and half hours. Then the speed of the current is:
(in km/h)? (a) 1.5 km/h (b) 4 km/h (c) 3 km/h (d) 2 km/h
(a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 20

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Q23. A boatman goes 6 km against the current of Q29. A ship goes at 18 km/h downstream and at
the stream in 2 hours and goes 1.5 km along the 16 km/h upstream. What will be the speed of the
current in 7.5 minutes. How long will (in hours) it ship in still water?
take to go 30 km in still water? (a) 14 km/h (b) 17 km/h (c) 16 km/h (d) 15 km/h
(a) 2.5 (b) 3.5 (c) 3.0 (d) 4.0
Q30. A boat can move upstream at 25 km/h and
Q24. A motorboat can row 12 km/h in still water. If downstream at 35 km/h. What is the speed of the
the speed of the current is 2 km h. it takes 1.5 current ?
hours more in covering some distance upstream (a) 10 km/h (b) 15 km/h (c) 5 km/h (d) 22.5 km/h
than it does downstream for covering the same
distance. The one-side distance is: Q31. A motorboat, whose speed is 20 km/h in still
(a) 52.5 km (b) 50 km (c) 51.5 km (d) 53 km water takes 3 hours to cover a distance of 22.5 km
upstream and then comes back to its starting
Q25. The time taken by a boat to cover a distance point. The speed of the stream (in km/h) is:
of x km upstream is double the time taken by the (a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 11
boat to cover the same distance downstream. The
sum of the speeds of the boat and the stream is Q32. Sanjana can row a boat at 9 km/h in the still
90 km/h. The speed of the stream is _______ water. It takes her twice as long to row up a
km/h. certain distance as to row down the same distance
(a) 22.5 (b) 37.5 (c) 27.5 (d) 33.5 in the river. What is the rate of the stream
(in km/h)?
Q26. A boat travels upstream from B to A and (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of
the boat in still water is 9 km/h and the speed of Q33. A man takes 15 minutes to row 16 km
the current is 3.5 km/h, the distance between A downstream, which is 25% less than the time he
and B is: (correct up to two decimal places) takes to row the same distance upstream. How
(a) 14.46 km (b) 13.46 km (c) 12.46 km many kilometers can the man row in an hour in
(d) 11.46 km still water?
(a) 56 (b) 60 (c) 58 (d) 54
Q27. A motorboat traveling at some speed can
cover 28 km upstream and 40 km downstream in Q34. The speed of boat down the stream is 125%
11 hours. At the same speed it can travel 30 km of the speed in still water. If the boat takes 30
downstream and 16 km upstream in 7 hours, then minutes to cover 20 km in still water, then how
the speed of the stream is: much time (in hours) will it take to cover 15 km
(a) 2 km/h (b) 4 km/h (c) 3 km/h (d) 1 km/h upstream?
3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
4 2 4
Q28. A boat goes 10 km upstream in 50 minutes,
and the speed of the stream is 3 kmph. Find the
speed of the boat in still water (in kmph).
(a) 15 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 12

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Q35. A boat's speed in still water is 45 km/h, while Q41. Two boats go downstream in a river at a
the river is flowing at a speed of 15 km/h. The speed of 35 km/hr and 25 km/hr. The speed of the
time taken to cover a certain distance upstream is stream is 4 km/hr. The distance between both
9 h more than the time taken to cover the same boats initially is 60 km. In how much time will they
distance downstream. Find the distance (in km). meet if the boats are going downstream?
(a) 540 (b) 320 (c) 480 (d) 450 (a) 10 hours (b) 13 hours (c) 6 hours (d) 8 hours

Q36. The ratio of the speed of a motorboat to that Q42. A boatman rows 15 km in 15 minutes, along
of the current of water is 31 : 6. The motorboat the stream and 10 km in 1 hour against the
starts from a point and covers a certain distance stream. Find the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in
along the current in 4 h 10 min. Find the time still water.
taken by the motorboat to come back to its initial (a) 33 (b) 35 (c) 26 (d) 40
point.
(a) 4 h 10 min (b) 5 h 10 min (c) 5 h 50 min Q43. Ankit went to Manali, for river rafting. He
(d) 6 h 10 min rows at the rate of 12 km/h in still water. To cover
the same distance, it takes him twice as long to
Q37. A boat can cover 120 km upstream and back row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of
in a total of 30 hours, and 25 km upstream and 40 flow of the river.
km downstream in a total of 7 hours. How much (a) 6 km/h (b) 4 km/h (c) 8 km/h (d) 2 km/h
distance will the boat cover in 16 hours in still
water? Q44. A man can row 10 km/h in still water. When
(a) 200 km (b) 180 km (c) 175 km (d) 225 km the river is running at a speed of 4.5 km/h, then it
takes him 2 h to row to a place and comes back to
Q38. Dharmendra can row 80 km upstream and the initial point. How far is the place (in km)
110 km downstream in 13 hours. Also, he can row (rounded off to two decimal places)?
60 km upstream and 88 km downstream in 10 (a) 5.50 (b) 8.98 (c) 7.98 (d) 6.25
hours. What is the speed (in km/h) of the current?
(a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 12 Q45. A swimmer swims from a point P against the
current for 6 min and then swims back along the
Q39. A boat running upstream takes 10 hours to current for next 6 min and reaches at a point Q . If
cover a certain distance, while it takes 7 hours to the distance between P and Q is 120 m then the
cover the same distance running downstream. speed of the current (in km/h) is:
What is the ratio between the speed of the boat (a) 0.4 (b) 0.2 (c) 1 (d) 0.6
and that of the water current, respectively?
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(a) 17 : 5 (b) 3 : 17 (c) 2 : 17 (d) 17 : 3 Q46. The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/h.
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It is found that the boat takes thrice as much time
Q40. Ajay can row his boat in still water, at a speed to row up than it does to row down the same
of 11 km/hr. If the speed of the stream is 7 km/hr, distance in the river stream. Find the speed of the
how long will it take to a distance of 54 km river stream.
downstream? 23 22 20 19
(a) m/sec (b) m/sec (c) m/sec (d) m/sec
(a) 4 hours (b) 2 hours (c) 2.5 hours (d) 3 hours 27 27 27 27

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Q47. A boat racer can row 21 km/h in still water. Q53. A man rows from J and K (upstream) and
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If the speed of river is 12.5 km/hr, it takes him 40 back from K and J (downstream) in a total time of
minutes to row to a place and back, how far off is 15 hours. The distance between J and K is 300 km.
the place ? The time taken by the man to row 9 km
5 2 5 5 downstream is identical to the time taken by him
(a) 5 km (b) 5 km (c) 4 km (d) 3 km
27 5 27 27 to row 3 km upstream. What is the approximate
speed of the boat in still water?(in km/h)
Q48. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and (a) 51.33 (b) 47.67 (c) 53.33 (d) 43.67
comes back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row
4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km Q54. A boat can travel 5 km upstream in 15
against the stream. The speed of the stream is: minutes. If the ratio of the speed of the boat in
(a) 1.5 km/h (b) 3.5 km/h (c) 1.8 km/h (d) 1 km/h still water to the speed of the stream is 6 : 1, then
how much time will the boat take to cover 19.6
Q49 A boat can go 40 km downstream and 25 km km downstream?(in min)
upstream in 7 hours 30 minutes. It can go 48 km (a) 54 (b) 26 (c) 42 (d) 31
downstream and 36 km upstream in 10 hours.
What is the speed (in km/h) of the boat in still Q55. A man can row 5 km/h in still water. If the
water? speed of the current is 2.5 km/h, it takes 4 hours
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 15 more in upstream than in the downstream for the
same distance. The distance is :
Q50. The speed of a boat in still water is thrice the (a) 10.5 km (b) 15 km (c) 7.5 km (d) 12 km
speed of the stream. If the boat takes 15.5 sec to
go to a certain place downstream, then find the Q56. A motorboat whose speed is 20 km/h in still
additional time required to cover the same water takes 30 minutes more to go 24 km
distance traveling upstream. upstream than to cover the same distance
(a) 15.5 sec (b) 29 sec (c) 31 sec (d) 35 sec downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water
is increased by 2 km/h, then how much time will it
Q51. A person can row downstream 49 km in 7 take to go 39 km downstream and 30 km
hours and upstream 36 km in 9 hours. What is the upstream?
speed of the current? (a) 2 hrs 40 m (b) 3 hrs 10 m (c) 3 hrs 40 m
(a) 1.5 km/h (b) 2 km/h (c) 2.5 km/h (d) 3 km/h (d) 4 hrs 50 m

Q52. The speed of a boat in still water is 16 km/h. Q57. A boat can cover a distance of 56 km
The time taken by the boat to cover a distance of downstream in 3.5 hours. The ratio of the boat in
18 km upstream is equal to the time taken by the still water and the speed of the stream is
boat to travel 30 km downstream. What is the 3 : 1. How much time will it take to cover a
speed of the stream?(in km/h) distance of 41.6 km downstream?
(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 6 (a) 2.1 (b) 1.5 (c) 2.6 (d) 1.8

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Q58. A boat sails downstream from a point P to Q63. A boat can go 5 km upstream and 7 km
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point Q, which is 24 km away from P, and then downstream in 45 minutes. It can also go 5km
returns to P. If the actual speed of the boat(in still downstream and 2.5km upstream in 25 minutes.
water) is 6 km/h, the entire trip from P to Q takes How much time (in minutes) will it take to go 6 km
3 hours less than that from Q to P. What should be upstream ?
the actual speed (in km/h) of the boat to sail from (a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 32
P to Q in 2 hours?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 22 Q64. The time taken by a boat to travel 13 km
downstream is the same as time taken by it to
Q59. A boat goes 27 km upstream and 33 travel 7 km upstream. If the speed of the stream is
downstream in 6 hours. In the same time it can go 3 km/hr, then how much time (in hours) will it
36 km upstream and 22 downstream. How much take to travel a distance of 44.8 km in still water?
time will it take to go 36 km upstream and 44 km 12 3 2 13
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 5 (d) 4
downstream? 25 5 5 25

(a) 8 h (b) 8 h 10 m (c) 7 h 50 m (d) 8 h 30 m

Q65. The distance between two places A and B is
Q60. A boat covers a round trip journey between 14 km. A boat travels from A to B downstream and
two points A and B in a river in T hours. If its speed then returns from B to A upstream. It takes a total
80 of 3 hours 44 minutes for the entire journey. If the
in still water becomes 2 times, it would take T
161 speed of the current is 2 km/h, what is the speed
hours for the same journey. Find the ratio of its of the boat in still water (km/hr)?
speed in still water to the speed of the river. (a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 7.5 (d) 6.5
(a) 11 : 1 (b) 161 : 40 (c) 1 : 11 (d) 2 : 1
Q66. The speed of the boat in still water is 18
Q61. Ravi can row a boat in still water at the speed km/h and the speed of the current is 6 km/h. In
of 14 km/h. If a river is flowing at the speed of how much time (in hours) will the boat travel a
2km/h and Ravi takes 3 hours to cover a certain distance of 90 km upstream and the same
distance upstream, then how much time will he distance downstream ?
take to cover the same distance downstream? 1 1
(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 10
(a) 2h 20m (b) 2h (c) 2h 15m (d) 2h 30m 2 4

Q62. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/h, Q67. The speed of a boat in still water is 8 km/h. If
the speed of the current is 2 km/h, then what
and the speed of the current is 5 km/h, in how
distance will this boat cover in 2 hours going
much time (in hours) will the boat travel a
upstream?
distance of 60 km upstream and the same
(a) 16 km (b) 14 km (c) 20 km (d) 12 km
distance downstream?
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 20

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1.(a) 2.(b) 3.(b) 4.(c) 5.(c)

6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(d) 9.(a) 10.(c)
11.(b) 12.(c) 13.(c) 14.(a) 15.(d)
16.(d) 17.(c) 18.(a) 19.(d) 20.(b)
21.(a) 22.(d) 23.(d) 24.(a) 25.(a)
26.(d) 27.(c) 28.(a) 29.(b) 30.(c)
31.(a) 32.(c) 33.(a) 34.(b) 35.(a)
36.(d) 37.(a) 38.(a) 39.(d) 40.(d)
41.(c) 42.(b) 43.(b) 44.(c) 45.(d)
46.(c) 47.(a) 48.(d) 49.(c) 50.(a)
51.(a) 52.(a) 53.(c) 54.(c) 55.(b)
56.(b) 57.(c) 58.(c) 59.(a) 60.(a)
61.(c) 62.(b) 63.(c) 64.(a) 65.(a)
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