Practice Boats and streams Questions and Answers

• Speed of a Motorboat in still water is 75kmph. If the motorboat travels 150 km along the stream in 1 hour 40 minutes, then the time taken by it to cover th...
• A boat goes 60 km upstream in 4 hours and 50 km downstream in 2 hours, then the speed of the boat in still water is
• A car has to cover a distance of 240 km in 30 hours. If it covers half of the journey in 3/5 th of the time, the speed to cover the remaining distance in ...
• A swimmer swims from a point A against a current for 12 minutes and then swims backwards in favour of the current for next 12 minutes and comes to the...
• Motor boat covers a certain distance downstream in 5 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 7(1/2) hour. If the speed of the water is 4.5 km/hr, th...
• A Motorboat takes 24 hours for travelling downstream from a point A to point B and coming back to point C, which is 1/3rd of distance between A and B. if t...
• A man rows a certain distance downstream in 5 hours and back to the same point in 8 hours. If the speed of the stream is 4.5 km/hr then what is the speed o...
• A man can row upstream at 18 km/hr and downstream at 24 km/hr. Find the man’s rate in still water and the rate of the current.       ...
• Motor boat covers a certain distance downstream  in 10 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 15 hours. If the speed of the water is 9 km/hr, then...
• A man can row at 36 km/hr in still water. In a stream which is flowing at 12 km/hr, it takes him 3 hrs to a place and back. How far is the place?
• Speed of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr. It goes 12 km downstream and comes back to the starting point in three hours. What is the speed of water in the ...
• A man can go on a motor boat with a speed of 15 km/hour in still water, he goes to a certain distance upstream and come back to the starting point in a riv...
• A Boy can swim 12 km/hr in still water. If the velocity of the stream is 6 km/hr, the time taken by him to swim a place 28 km upstream and back is
• Motor boat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 20 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 30 hours. If the speed of the water is 12 k...
• (√3364+ √484) – √2916÷ √1296  × √36  ÷ √64 = ?
• The speed of boat in still water is 48 kmph. If it takes 5 hour to go upstream 40 kms, in what time approximately will it return same distance downstream? ...
• A man can row 32 km/hr in still water. It takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of the current.    
• Ricky can go on a motor boat with a speed of 15 km/hour in still water to a certain upstream point and come back to the starting point in a river which flo...
• The speed of a motorboat in still water is 50 km/hr. If the motorboat travels 120 km along the stream in 1 hour 30 minutes, then the time taken by it to co...
• A boat covers 12 km upstream and 20km downstream in 4 hours while it covers 20km upstream and 12 km downstream in 4*1/2 hours. What is the velocity of curr...
• If a man rows 8km downstream in 6 hours and 4km upstream in 4 hours, then how long will it take him to cover 14km in still water?
• A man can row one quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 30/4 minutes and return in 5/2 minutes. The speed of the man in still water is:
• A man can row 25/2 km an hour in still water and he finds that it takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the river. The rate of stream is:
• A boat running downstream covers a distance of 50 km in 2(1/2) hrs and the same distance upstream in 10 hrs. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
• A man can row upstream at 18 km/hr and downstream at 24 km/hr. Find the man’s rate in still water and the rate of the current.     &nb...
• If Boat goes 80 km upstream in 4 hours and 60 km downstream in 2 hours, then the speed of the boat in still water is
• A man rows to a place 42 km away and comes back to the starting point. If the speed of the stream is 2 km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 5 ...
• A man can go on a motor boat with a speed of 15 km/hour in still water to a certain upstream point and come back to the starting point in a river which flo...
• A motor boat goes downstream from point A to B ,which is 36 km away from point A, and then returns to A. If actual speed of the boat in still water is 7km/...
• A boat can row to a place of 60km away and come back in  hours. The time to row 12 km  with the stream is same as the time to row 8km against the stream....
• A man can row at 36 km/hr in still water. In a stream which is flowing at 12 km/hr, it takes him 3 hrs to a place and back. How far is the place?
• The speed of a boat in still water is 32km/hr and the speed of the current is 8km/hr. It takes a total of 15hours to row to upstream from Point A to B and ...
• A motor boat goes downstream from point A to B ,which is 36 km away from point A, and then returns to A.If actual speed of the boat in still water is 7km/h...
• A boat covers 32 km upstream and 40km downstream in 8 hours while it covers 40km upstream and 32 km downstream in 8.5 hours. What is the velocity of curren...
• A boat takes 1/4th time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water and that of current is?
• A Boat travel 80 km distance in downstream and 48 km upstream and the total time taken is 20 hours. The same boat travels 30 km distance in downstream as m...
• A man can go on a motor boat with a speed of 15 km/hour in still water, he goes to a certain distance upstream and come back to the starting point in a riv...
• Motor boat covers a certain distance downstream in a river in 5 hours. It covers the same distance upstream in 7 and half an hour. If the speed of the wate...
• A man can go on a motor boat with a speed of 25 km/hour in still water to a certain upstream point and come back to the starting point in a river which flo...
• A Passenger boat  started its journey from point A to B .After sometime when it is 156 km away from point B it is started to get sinking and passengers fo...