Boats and Streams MCQs for Entry Test with Answers and Explanations [PDF]

A steamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 hours, it covers the same distance upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2km/hr,the distance between the two parts is_______?

Option A: 50km

Option B: 60km

Option C: 70km

Option D: 80 km

Correct Answer: 80 km ✔

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The speed of a motor boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the current in 5 hours 10 min, it will come back in_______?

Option A: 5 hours 50 min

Option B: 6 hours

Option C: 6 hours 50 min

Option D: 12 hours 10 min

Correct Answer: 6 hours ✔

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The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr, it can go 30km upstream and return downstream to the original point in 4 hours 30 min. The speed of the stream is_______?

Option A: 5km/hr

Option B: 8 km/hr

Option C: 10 km/hr

Option D: 15 km/hr

Correct Answer: 5km/hr ✔

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A boat covers a distance of 30 km in 2 ½ hours running downstream while returning it covers the same distance in 3 ¾ hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

Option A: 8km/hr

Option B: 12km/hr

Option C: 14 km/hr

Option D: 15 km/hr

Correct Answer: None of these ✔

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A boat goes 24 km downstream in 10 hours, it takes 2 hours more to cover the same distance against the stream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

Option A: 2km/hr

Option B: 2.8 km/hr

Option C: 4 km/hr

Option D: 4.2 km/hr

Correct Answer: None of these ✔

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A boat running downstream covers 24 km’s in 4 hours while for covering the same distance upstream it takes 6 hours whats the speed of the boat in still water?

Option A: 3.5km/hr

Option B: 5.5 km/hr

Option C: 6 km/hr

Option D: Data Inadequate

Correct Answer: None of these ✔

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A person can row at 9 kmph and still water. He takes 4 1/2 hours to row from A to B and back. What is the distance between A and B if the speed of the stream is 1 kmph?

Option A: 32 km

Option B: 25 km

Option C: 28 km

Option D: 24 km

Correct Answer: None of these ✔

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The speed at which a man can row a boat in still water is 15 kmph. If he rows downstream, where the speed of current is 3 kmph, what time will he take to cover 60 metres?

Option A: 10 seconds

Option B: 15 seconds

Option C: 20 seconds

Option D: 12 seconds

Correct Answer: 12 seconds ✔

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A boat is rowed downstream at 15.5km/hr and upstream at 8.5 km/hr. The speed of the stream is________?

Option A: 3.5km/hr

Option B: 5.75km/hr

Option C: 6.5km/hr

Option D: 7km/hr

Correct Answer: 3.5km/hr ✔

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A man can row downstream at 18 kmph and upstream at 10 kmph. Find the speed of the man in still water and the speed of stream respectively?

Option A: 13, 3

Option B: 12, 6

Option C: 15, 3

Option D: 14, 4

Correct Answer: 14, 4 ✔

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A man can row 30 km downstream and 20 km upstream in 4 hours. He can row 45 km downstream and 40 km upstream in 7 hours. Find the speed of man in still water?

Option A: 15 kmph

Option B: 10 kmph

Option C: 12 kmph

Option D: 12.5 kmph

Correct Answer: 12.5 kmph ✔

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The time taken by a man to row his boat upstream is twice the time taken by him to row the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 42 kmph, find the speed of the stream?

Option A: 12 kmph

Option B: 13 kmph

Option C: 14 kmph

Option D: 15 kmph

Correct Answer: 14 kmph ✔

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A man can row a boat at 20 kmph in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 kmph, what is the time taken to row a distance of 60 km downstream?

Option A: 20/6 hours

Option B: 27/2 hours

Option C: 30 hours

Option D: 30/13 hours

Correct Answer: 30/13 hours ✔

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A man rows his boat 85 km downstream and 45 km upstream, taking 2 1/2 hours each time. Find the speed of the stream?

Option A: 5 kmph

Option B: 6 kmph

Option C: 7 kmph

Option D: 8 kmph

Correct Answer: 8 kmph ✔

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The speed of a boat in upstream is 60 kmph and the speed of the boat downstream is 80 kmph. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream?

Option A: 70, 10 kmph

Option B: 35, 27 kmph

Option C: 50, 60 kmph

Option D: 45, 55 kmph

Correct Answer: 70, 10 kmph ✔

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The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream?

Option A: 35, 25 kmph

Option B: 80, 40 kmph

Option C: 40, 60 kmph

Option D: 50, 55 kmph

Correct Answer: 80, 40 kmph ✔

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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_________?

Option A: 6 kmph

Option B: 7 kmph

Option C: 8.5 kmph

Option D: 8 kmph

Correct Answer: 6 kmph ✔

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A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey?

Option A: 8 kmph

Option B: 4 kmph

Option C: 2 kmph

Option D: 10 kmph

Correct Answer: 4 kmph ✔

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The current of a stream runs at the rate of 4 kmph. A boat goes 6 km and back to the starting point in 2 hours, then find the speed of the boat in still water?

Option A: 10 kmph

Option B: 21 kmph

Option C: 8 kmph

Option D: 12 kmph

Correct Answer: 8 kmph ✔

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A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and black. What is the total distance traveled by the man?

Option A: 6.24 km

Option B: 6 km

Option C: 5.76 km

Option D: 5.66 km

Correct Answer: 6 km ✔

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A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and black. How far is the place?

Option A: 3.12 km

Option B: 2.88 km

Option C: 3 km

Option D: 2 km

Correct Answer: 2.88 km ✔

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A man swims downstream 72 km and upstream 45 km taking 9 hours each time; what is the speed of the current?

Option A: 3 kmph

Option B: 1.5 kmph

Option C: 13 kmph

Option D: 6.5 kmph

Correct Answer: 1.5 kmph ✔

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A man swims downstream 30 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time, what is the speed of the man in still water?

Option A: 2 kmph

Option B: 8 kmph

Option C: 16 kmph

Option D: 4 kmph

Correct Answer: 8 kmph ✔

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A boat can move upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, then the speed of the current is_________?

Option A: 5 kmph

Option B: 10 kmph

Option C: 30 kmph

Option D: 15 kmph

Correct Answer: 5 kmph ✔

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A man can row upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, and then find the speed of the man in still water?

Option A: 60 kmph

Option B: 10 kmph

Option C: 30 kmph

Option D: 5 kmph

Correct Answer: 30 kmph ✔

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A man can row with a speed of 15 kmph in still water. If the stream flows at 5 kmph, then the speed in downstream is________?

Option A: 10 kmph

Option B: 5 kmph

Option C: 20 kmph

Option D: 22 kmph

Correct Answer: 20 kmph ✔

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A man can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is_________?

Option A: 3

Option B: 7.5

Option C: 2.25

Option D: 1.5

Correct Answer: 1.5 ✔

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A man can row his boat with the stream at 6 km/h and against the stream in 4 km/h. The man’s rate is________?

Option A: 1 kmph

Option B: 5 kmph

Option C: 8 kmph

Option D: 3 kmph

Correct Answer: 1 kmph ✔

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A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of the stream is________?

Option A: 7 km/h

Option B: 5 km/h

Option C: 3 km/h

Option D: 2 (1/2) km/h

Correct Answer: 2 (1/2) km/h ✔

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A person can swim in still water at 4 km/h. If the speed of water 2 km/h, how many hours will the man take to swim back against the current for 6km?

Option A: 3

Option B: 4

Option C: 4 (1/2)

Option D: Insufficient data

Correct Answer: 3 ✔

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If a man rows at the rate of 5 kmph in still water and his rate against the current is 3.5 kmph. then the man’s rate along the current is__________?

Option A: 4.25 kmph

Option B: 6 kmph

Option C: 6.5 kmph

Option D: 8.5 kmph

Correct Answer: 6.5 kmph ✔

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A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is________?

Option A: 2 : 1

Option B: 3 : 1

Option C: 3 : 2

Option D: 4 : 3

Correct Answer: 3 : 1 ✔

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Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is_________?

Option A: 16 hours

Option B: 18 hours

Option C: 20 hours

Option D: 24 hours

Correct Answer: 24 hours ✔

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A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 minutes and down the stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:_________?

Option A: 2

Option B: 3

Option C: 4

Option D: 5

Correct Answer: 5 ✔

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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 it take to go 5 km in stationary water?

Option A: 40 minutes

Option B: 1 hour

Option C: 1 hr 15 min

Option D: 1 hr 30 min

Correct Answer: 1 hr 15 min ✔

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A man can row 9 1/3 km/hr in still water and he finds that is thrice as much time to row u p than as to row down the same distance in river. The speed of the current is:________?

Option A: 3 1/3 km/hr

Option B: 3 1/9 km/hr

Option C: 1 ¼ km/hr

Option D: 4 2/3 km/hr

Correct Answer: 4 2/3 km/hr ✔

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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:_______?

Option A: 4km

Option B: 6 km

Option C: 8 km

Option D: 12 km

Correct Answer: 12 km ✔

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The speed of a boat in still water is 2km/hr. If its speed upstream be 1km/hr then speed of the stream is________?

Option A: 1.5km/hr

Option B: 3km/hr

Option C: 1km/hr

Option D: none

Correct Answer: 1km/hr ✔

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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?

Option A: 1 : 2

Option B: 3 : 1

Option C: 2 : 1

Option D: 1 : 3

Correct Answer: 3 : 1 ✔

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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?

Option A: 40 Minutes

Option B: 1 Hour

Option C: 1 hr 15 Min

Option D: 1 Hr 30 Min

Correct Answer: 1 hr 15 Min ✔

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A man can row 7 ½ 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

Option A: 2.4km/hr

Option B: 2.5 km/hr

Option C: 3.4km/hr

Option D: 3.5km/hr

Correct Answer: 2.5 km/hr ✔

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A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 11 ¼ minutes and return in 7 ½ minutes. The speed of the man in still water is________?

Option A: 2km/hr

Option B: 3km/hr

Option C: 4 km/hr

Option D: 5 km/hr

Correct Answer: 5 km/hr ✔

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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_______?

Option A: 2 km/hr

Option B: 3km/hr

Option C: 4km/hr

Option D: 5 km/hr

Correct Answer: 4km/hr ✔

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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?

Option A: 2 : 1

Option B: 3 : 1

Option C: 8 : 3

Option D: Cannot be determined

Correct Answer: 8 : 3 ✔

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In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the speed of the current?

Option A: 2km/hr

Option B: 4km/hr

Option C: 6km/hr

Option D: 9km/hr

Correct Answer: 2km/hr ✔

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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?

Option A: 2.5km

Option B: 3km

Option C: 4 km

Option D: 5 km

Correct Answer: 3km ✔

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