Quiz Discussion

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 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 can tarvel 36 km upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2.4 kmph, how much time will the boat take to cover a distance of 78 km downstream?(in hours)

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 6.5 hours
• 3] 5.5 hours
• 4] 8 hours

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

There is a road beside a river. Two friends started from a place A moved to a temple situated at another place B and then returned to A again. One of them moves on a cycle at a speed of 12 km/hr, while the other sails at a speed of 10km/hr. If the river flows at a speed of 4km/hr, which of the two friends will return to place A first.

• 1]

  7.4 km/h

• 2]

  8.4 km/h

• 3]

  2.3 km/h

• 4]

  8.6 km/h

On a river , Q is the mid - point between two points P and R on the same bank of the river. A boat can go from P to Q and back in 12 hours, and from P to R in 16 hours 40 minutes. How long would it take to go from R to P?

• 1]

  \({ \text{3}}\frac{3}{7}\) hr

• 2]

  5 hr

• 3]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}\) hr

• 4]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{3}\) hr

The speed of a boat downstream is 15 km/hr and the speed of current is 3 km/hr. Find the total time taken by the boat to cover 15 km upstream and 15 km downstream.

• 1] 2 hours 40 minutes
• 2] 2 hours 42 minutes
• 3] 2 hours 10 minutes
• 4] 2 hours 30 minutes

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
• 5] None of these

A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in \(11\frac{1}{4}\) minutes and down the stream in \(7\frac{1}{2}\) minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:

• 1] 2
• 2] 3
• 3] 4
• 4] 5

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