Quiz Discussion

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

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

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 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

A motorboat in still water travels at a speed of 36 km/hr. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 monutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be-

• 1] 1 hour 24 minutes
• 2] 2 hour 21 minutes
• 3] 2 hour 25 minutes
• 4] 3 hour

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

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 travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours and 20 km downstream in 4 hours. Then the speed of boat in still water and the speed of current are respectively.

• 1] 4 kmph and 3 kmph
• 2] 4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph
• 3] 4 kmph and 2 kmph
• 4] 5 kmph and 2 kmph

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 takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is:

• 1] 2 : 1
• 2] 3 : 1
• 3] 3 : 2
• 4] 4 : 3