Quiz Discussion

A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water and that of the current is?

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

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

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

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

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 kmph
• 2] 5 kmph
• 3] 8 kmph
• 4] 9 kmphr

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

Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is:

• 1] 16 hours
• 2] 18 hours
• 3] 20 hours
• 4] 24 hours

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

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 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