1. A motorboat in still water travels at a speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be ?

2 hours 25 minutes

3 hours

1 hour 24 minutes

2 hours 21 minutes

Answer: 1 hour 24 minutes

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2. A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km downstream in 3 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 6.5 hours. What is the speed of the current ?

1.5 km/hr

1 km/hr

2 km/hr

2.5 km/hr

Answer: 2 km/hr

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3. A man rows his boat 60 km downstream and 30 km upstream taking 3 hrs each time. Find the speed of the stream ?

5 kmph

10 kmph

15 kmph

45 kmph

Answer: 5 kmph

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4. In one hour, a boat goes 12 km/hr along the stream and 6 km/hr against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is ?

9

8

7

7.5

Answer: 9

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5. A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6 hours and 20 km downstream in 4 hours. Then the speed of boat in still water and the speed of water current are respectively ?

4 kmph and 3 kmph

4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph

4 kmph and 2 kmph

5 kmph and 2 kmph

Answer: 4.5 kmph and 0.5 kmph

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6. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 22.5 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is ?

10 hours

4 hours 10 minutes

6 hours 10 minutes

8 hours

Answer: 8 hours

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7. A swimmer swims from a point A against a current for 5 minutes and then swims backwards in favour of the current for next 5 minutes and comes to the point B. If AB is 100 metres, the speed of the current (in km per hour) is ?

0.4

0.2

1

0.6

Answer: 0.6

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8. The current of a stream at 1 kmph. A motor boat goes 35 km upstream and back to the starting point in 12 hours. The speed of the motor boat in still water is ?

8 kmph

6 kmph

7.5 kmph

5.5 kmph

Answer: 6 kmph

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9. A boatman can row 3 km against the stream in 20 minutes and return in 18 minutes. Find the rate of current ?

1/3 kmph

2/3 kmph

1/4 kmph

1/2 kmph

Answer: 1/2 kmph

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10. A motor boat takes 12 hours to go downstream and it takes 24 hours to return the same distance. what is the time taken by boat in still water ?

15 h

16 h

8 h

20 h

Answer: 16 h

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