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

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 km/hr

• 2]

  5 km/hr

• 3]

  8 km/hr

• 4]

  9 km/hr

A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively?

• 1]

  2:1

• 2]

  3:2

• 3]

  8:3

• 4]

  None Of These

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

A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 5 km/hr
• 3] 6 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

The speed of a boat in still water in 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is:

• 1] 1.2 km
• 2] 1.8 km
• 3] 2.4 km
• 4] 3.6 km
• 5] None of these

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

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

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 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