Quiz Discussion

A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the current is 2 km/hr he takes 4 hours more in upstream than the downstream. The distance is?

• 1] 30 km
• 2] 24 km
• 3] 20 km
• 4] 32 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 man takes 2.2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream. If he can row 55 km downstream in 2 hour 30 minutes, what is the speed of the boat in the still water?

• 1] 40 km/h
• 2] 8 km/h
• 3] 16 km/h
• 4] 24 km/h

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

• 1] 3 kmph
• 2] 5 kmph
• 3] 8 kmph
• 4] 9 kmphr

A man rows 12 km in 5 hours against the stream and the speed of current being 4 kmph. What time will be taken by him to row 15 km with the stream?

• 1]

  1 hour \({ \text{27}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

• 2]

  1 hour \({ \text{24}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

• 3]

  1 hour \({ \text{25}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

• 4]

  1 hour \({ \text{26}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

If the speed of a boat in still water is 20km/hr and the speed of the current is 5km, then the time taken by the boat to travel 100 km with the current is?

• 1] 2 hours
• 2] 3 hours
• 3] 4 hours
• 4] 7 hours

A man row to a place 48 km distant and back on 14 hours text. 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] 1.8 km/hr
• 4] 3.5 km/hr

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:

• 1]

  8.5 km/hr

• 2]

  9 km/hr

• 3]

  10 km/hr

• 4]

  12.5 km/hr

A boatman goes 2 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 5 km in stationary water?

• 1] 40 minutes
• 2] 1 hour
• 3] 1 hr 15 min
• 4] 1 hr 30 min

A boat moves downstream at the rate of 1 km in \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}\) minutes and upstream at the rate of 5 km an hour. What is the speed of the boat in the still water?

• 1]

  8 km/hour

• 2]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{2}\) km/hour

• 3]

  4 km/hour

• 4]

  \({ \text{3}}\frac{1}{2}\) km/hour