1. A boatman rows 1 km in 5 minutes, along the stream and 6 km in 1 hour against the stream. The speed of the stream is ?

3 kmph

6 kmph

10 kmph

12 kmph

Answer: 3 kmph

Explanation:


2. A man rows 40 km upstream in 8 hours and a distance of 36 km downstream in 6 hours. Then speed of stream is ?

0.5 km/hr

1.5 km/hr

1 km/hr

3 km/hr

Answer: 0.5 km/hr

Explanation:


3. A boy can swim in still water at a speed of 10 km/hr. If the speed of the current would have been 5 kmph, then the boy could swim 60 km ?

upstream in 4 hour

downstream in 12 hours

upstream in 6 hours

downstream in 4 hours

Answer: downstream in 4 hours

Explanation:


4. A person can row a distance of one km upstream in ten minutes and downstream in four minutes. What is the speed of the stream ?

4.5 km/h

4 km/h

9 km/h

5.6 km/h

Answer: 4.5 km/h

Explanation:


5. A boat sails 15 km of a river towards upstream in 5 hours. How long will it take to cover the same distance downstream, if the speed of current is one-fourth the speed of the boat in still water ?

1.8 h

3 h

4 h

5 h

Answer: 3h

Explanation:


6. A man can row 8 kmh in still water. If the river is running at 2 kmh, it takes 4 hrs more upstream than to go downstream for the same distance. Then the distance is given by ?

54 kms

32 kms

45 kms

60 kms

Answer: 60 kms

Explanation:


7. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 6.5 hours. The speed of the current is ?

1 km/hr

2 km/hr

1.5 km/hr

2.5 km/hr

Answer: 2 km/hr

Explanation:


8. A man can swim at the rate of 4 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the water is 2 km/hr, then the time taken by him to swim 10 km upstream is ?

2.5 hrs

3.5 hrs

5 hrs

4 hrs

Answer: 5 hrs

Explanation:


9. A boat goes 12 km downstream and comes back to the starting point in 3 hours. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, then the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water is ?

12

9

8

6

Answer: 9

Explanation:


10. The current of a stream runs at the rate of 4 km an hour. A boat goes 6 km and comes back to the starting point in 2 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is ?

6 km/hour

8 km/hour

7.5 km/hour

6·8 km/hour

Answer: 8 km/hour

Explanation: