Quiz Discussion

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 can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place?

• 1] 2.4 km
• 2] 2.5 km
• 3] 3 km
• 4] 3.6 km
• 5] None of these

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.

• 1]

  2 hours

• 2]

  3 hours

• 3]

  4 hours 

• 4]

  5 hours