Quiz Discussion

A man can row at 8 kmph in still water. If the river is running at 2 kmph, it takes him 48 minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?

• 1]

  1 Km

• 2]

  2 Km

• 3]

  3 Km

• 4]

  4 Km

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

• 2]

  5

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  10

A man rows 12 km in 5 hours against the stream and the speed of current being 4 kmph. What time will be taken by him to row 15 km with the stream?

• 1]

  1 hour \({ \text{27}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

• 2]

  1 hour \({ \text{24}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

• 3]

  1 hour \({ \text{25}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

• 4]

  1 hour \({ \text{26}}\frac{7}{{13}}\) minutes

a man can row 8 km/hr in still water and he find that it takes thrice as long to row upstream as to row downstream to the same point. What is the speed of the current?

• 1]

  1 kmph

• 2]

  2 kmph

• 3]

  3 kmph

• 4]

  4 kmph

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 moves downstream at the rate of 1 km in \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}\) minutes and upstream at the rate of 5 km an hour. What is the speed of the boat in the still water?

• 1]

  8 km/hour

• 2]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{2}\) km/hour

• 3]

  4 km/hour

• 4]

  \({ \text{3}}\frac{1}{2}\) km/hour

The speed of the boat in still water is 5 times that of current, it takes 1.1 hour to row to point B from point A downstream. The distance between point A and point B is 13.2 km. How much distance (in km) will it cover in 312 minutes upstrem?

• 1] 43.2
• 2] 48
• 3] 41.6
• 4] 44.8

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 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
• 5] None of these

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