Quiz Discussion

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 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

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

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 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 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 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] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

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

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

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