1. A boat goes 75 km upstream in 3 hours and 60 km downstream in 1.5 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is ?

32.5 kmph

30 kmph

65 kmph

60 kmph

Answer: 32.5 kmph

Explanation:


2. In a fixed time, a boy swims double the distance along the current that he swims against the current. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, the speed of the boy in still water is ?

6 km/hr

9 km/hr

10 km/hr

12 km/hr

Answer: 9 km/hr

Explanation:


3. The speed of the current is 5 km/hour. A motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 50 minutes. The speed (in km/hour) of the motorboat in still water is ?

20

26

25

28

Answer: 25

Explanation:


4. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. It covers (upstream) a distance of 45 km in 6 hours. The speed (in km/hr) of the stream is ?

2.5

3

3.5

4

Answer: 2.5

Explanation:


5. A man rows a boat 18 kilometres in 4 hours downstream and returns upstream in 12 hours. The speed of the stream (in km per hour) is ?

1

1.5

2

1.75

Answer: 1.5

Explanation:


6. A man can swim 3 km/hr. in still water. If the velocity of the stream is 2 km/hr., the time taken by him to swim to a place 10 km upstream and back is ?

9 hr 40 min

10 hr.

12 hr.

8 hr 40 min

Answer: 12 hr.

Explanation:


7. A sailor goes 12 km downstream in 48 minutes and returns in 1 hour 20 minutes. The speed of the sailor in still water is ?

12 km/hr

12.5 km/ hr

13 km/hr

15 km/hr

Answer: 12 km/hr

Explanation:


8. Speed of a boat along and against the current are 12 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively. Then the speed of the current in km/hr is ?

5

4

3

2

Answer: 2

Explanation:


9. 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 ?

2 : 1

1 : 2

4 : 3

3 : 1

Answer: 3 : 1

Explanation:


10. A man can row upstream at 12 km/hr and downstream at 18 km/hr. The man’s rowing speed in still water is ?

15 km/hr

5 km/hr

3 km/hr

10 km/hr

Answer: 15 km/hr

Explanation: