Quiz Discussion

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 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

The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. If it can travel 26 km downstream and 14 km upstream at the same time, the speed of the stream is-

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

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 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 covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in \(1\frac{1}{2}\) hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?

• 1] 12 kmph
• 2] 13 kmph
• 3] 14 kmph
• 4] 15 kmph
• 5] None of these

The speed of the boat in still water is 5 times that of current, it takes 1.1 hour to row to point B from point A downstream. The distance between point A and point B is 13.2 km. How much distance (in km) will it cover in 312 minutes upstrem?

• 1] 43.2
• 2] 48
• 3] 41.6
• 4] 44.8

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 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

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