Quiz Discussion

Speed of a along and against the current are 14 kms/hr and 8 kms/hr respectively. The speed of the current is?

• 1] 11 km/hr
• 2] 6 km/hr
• 3] 5.5 km/hr
• 4] 3 km/hr

A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 5 km/hr
• 3] 6 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

P, Q and R are three towns on a river which flows uniformly. Q is equidistant from P and R. I row from P to Q and back in 10 hours and I can row from P to R in 4 hours. Compare the speed of my boat in still water with that of the river.

• 1] 4 : 3
• 2] 5 : 3
• 3] 6 : 5
• 4] 7 : 3

A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in \(6\frac{1}{2}\) 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

The speed of a boat along the stream is 12 km/hr and against the stream is 8 km/hr. The time taken by the boat to sail 24 km in still water is?

• 1] 2 hrs
• 2] 3 hrs
• 3] 2.4 hrs
• 4] 1.2 hrs

A man can row three quarters of a kilometers against the stream in 11 1/4 minutes and return in 7 1/2​ minutes.The speed of the man in still water is

• 1]

  2 km/h

• 2]

  3 km/h

• 3]

  4 km/h

• 4]

  5 km/h

A man can row at 8 kmph in still water. If the river is running at 2 kmph, it takes him 48 minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?

• 1]

  1 Km

• 2]

  2 Km

• 3]

  3 Km

• 4]

  4 Km

A boat while dowenstream in a reiver converd a distance of 50 miles at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. While returning , because of the water resistance , it took 1 hour 15 minutes to cover the same distance What was the average speed during the whole journey?

• 1] 40 mph
• 2] 48 mph
• 3] 50 mph
• 4] 55 mph

A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 36 miles downstream than to travel the same distance upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 10 mph, the speed of the stream is:

• 1] 2 mph
• 2] 2.5 mph
• 3] 3 mph
• 4] 4 mph
• 5] None of these

A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is:

• 1] 1 km/hr
• 2] 1.5 km/hr
• 3] 2 km/hr
• 4] 2.5 km/hr