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Boat & Streams

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.

a)

2 hours

b)

3 hours

c)

5 hours

d)

4 hours

2.

A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man's speed against the current is:

a)

8.5 km/hr

b)

9 km/hr

c)

10 km/hr

d)

12.5 km/hr

3.

A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

10

4.

The speed of a boat in still water in 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is:

a)

1.2 km

b)

1.8 km

c)

2.4 km

d)

3.6 km

5.

The velocity of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr, and the speed of the stream is 2.5 km/hr. How much time will the boat take to go 9.1 km against the stream?

a)

1 hr. 20min

b)

2hr. 40min

c)

1hr. 24min

d)

2hr. 48min

6.

A man covers a distance of 36 km in 6 hours downstream and a distance of 40 km upstream in 8 hours. What is his speed in still water?

a)

5.5km/hr

b)

8km/hr

c)

7km/hr

d)

None of these

7.

A boat travels upstream from Q to P and downstream from P to Q in 3 hours. If the distance between P to Q is 4km and the speed of the stream is 1kmph, then what is the velocity of the boat in still water?

a)

3kmph

b)

4kmph

c)

5kmph

d)

7.2kmph

8.

A boat travels from A to B along the stream and from B to A against the stream in 3 hours. If the velocity of the boat in still water is 4 km/hr, what is the distance between A and B?

a)

8 km

b)

10 km

c)

12 km

d)

Data insufficient

9.

Bunty is going up the escalator. It takes Bunty 80 seconds to walk up the escalator which is moving upwards and 120 seconds to walk up the escalator which is moving downwards. Calculate the time taken by Bunty to climb the escalator which is stationary.

a)

120 seconds.

b)

100 seconds.

c)

80 seconds.

d)

96 seconds

10.

At his usual rowing rate, Rahul can travel 12 miles downstream in a certain river in 6 hours less than it takes him to travel the same distance upstream. But if he could double his usual rowing rate for his 24 mile round trip, the downstream 12 miles would then take only one hour less than the upstream 12 miles. What is the speed of the current in miles per hour?

a)

4 2/3 mph

b)

6 2/3 mph

c)

3 1/3 mph

d)

2 2/3 mph

11.

A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is :

a)

1 km/hr

b)

1.5 km/hr

c)

2 km/hr

d)

2.5 km/hr

12.

A motor covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and 24km downstream in 6 1/2 hours. The velocity of the stream is :

a)

1 km/hr

b)

2 km/hr

c)

1.5 km/hr

d)

2.5 km/hr

13.

A speedboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. What is the speed of the stream in km/hr?

a)

2.5 km/hr

b)

3.5 km/hr

c)

4 km/hr

d)

5 km/hr

14.

A woman can row upstream at 16 km/hr and downstream at 26 km/hr. What is the speed of the stream?

a)

5 km/hr

b)

2 km/hr

c)

4.5 km/hr

d)

21 km/hr

15.

In one hour, a boat goes 13 km/hr in the direction of the stream and 7 km/hr against the direction of the stream. What will be the speed of the boat in still water?

a)

8 km/hr

b)

10 km/hr

c)

14 km/hr

d)

6 km/hr

16.

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 ?

a)

8 kmph

b)

6 kmph

c)

7.5 kmph

d)

5.5 kmph

17.

A motor boat having a leak which admits 30 tonnes of water in 10 mins, is 200 km away from the shore. 400 tonnes of water is sufficient to sink the boat , but the pump can throw 100 tonnes per hour . The average rate of sailing that the boat just reach the shore as it begins to sink is :

a)

35 Km/hr

b)

40 km/hr

c)

20 Km/hr

d)

30 Km/hr

18.

A man’s speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man’s speed against the current is:

a)

8.5 km/hr

b)

9 km/hr

c)

10 km/hr

d)

12.5 km/hr

19.

A boat whose speed in 20 km/hr in still water goes 40 km downstream and comes back in a total of 5 hours. The approx. speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

a)

6 km/hr

b)

9 km/hr

c)

12 km/hr

d)

16 km/hr

20.

In one hour, a boat goes 13 km/hr in the direction of the stream and 7 km/hr against the direction of the stream. What will be the speed of the boat in still water?

a)

8 km/hr

b)

10 km/hr

c)

14 km/hr

d)

6 km/hr