Boats And Streams Mcqs
Q.1: A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water, if the river is running at 1 km/hr it takes him 75 minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?
A. 2.5km
B. 3km
C. 4 km
D. 5 km
Q.2: In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the speed of the current?n
A. 2km/hr
B. 4km/hr
C. 6km/hr
D. 9km/hr
Q.3: A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 min 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 the speed of water current respectively?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 1
C. 8 : 3
D. Cannot be determined
Q.4: A boat goes 6 km in an hour in still water. It takes thrice as much time in covering the same distance against the current. Speed of the current is_______?
A. 2 km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 4km/hr
D. 5 km/hr
Q.5: A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 11 minutes and return in 7 minutes. The speed of the man in still water is________?
A. 2km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 4 km/hr
D. 5 km/hr
Q.6: A man can row 7 kms on hour in still water and he finds that it takes hi twice as long to row down the river. The rate of stream is
A. 2.4km/hr
B. 2.5 km/hr
C. 3.4km/hr
D. 3.5km/hr
Q.7: 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 he take to go 5km in stationery water?
A. 40 Minutes
B. 1 Hour
C. 1 hr 15 Min
D. 1 Hr 30 Min
Q.8: A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is the ratio between the rate in still water and rate of current?
A. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 1
C. 2 : 1
D. 1 : 3
Q.9: The speed of a boat in still water is 2km/hr. If its speed upstream be 1km/hr then speed of the stream is________?r
A. 1.5km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 1km/hr
D. none
Q.10: A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9km/hr and the speed of the current is 3km/hr, the distance A and B is:_______?
A. 4km
B. 6 km
C. 8 km
D. 12 km