1. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come 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. What is the rate of the stream ?
2. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and
the rest milk. The second contains 50% water. How much milk should
he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that
the ratio of water to milk is 3 : 5?
3. A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem
in the engine and speed became 4/5 of its original speed. As a result, the
car reached point B 45 minutes late. If the engine had developed the
same problem after traveling 30 km from A, then it would have reached
B only 36 minutes late. The original speed of the car (in km per hour)
and the distance between the points A and B (in km.) is?
4. 13. A, B and C individually can finish a work in 6, 8 and 15 hours
respectively. They started the work together and after completing the
work got Rs.94.60 in all. When they divide the money among
themselves, A, B and C will respectively get Rs.
5. Every day Neeras brother meets her at the city railway station at 6.00
p.m. and drives her to their residence. One day she left early from the
office and reached the railway station at 5.00 p.m. She started walking
towards her home, met her brother coming from their residence on the
way and they reached home 10 minutes earlier than the usual time. For
how long did she walk?
6. In Sivakasi, each boys quota of match sticks to fill into boxes is not
more than 200 per session. If he reduces the number of sticks per box by
25, he can fill 3 more boxes with the total number of sticks assigned to
him. Which of the following is the possible number of sticks assigned to
each boy?

7. John bought five mangoes and ten oranges together for forty rupees.
Subsequently, he returned one mango and got two oranges in exchange.
The price of an orange would be ?

8. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes 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 speed
of the water current respectively?
9. 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?

10. A boat takes 38 hours for travelling downstream from point A to

point B and coming back to point C midway between A and B. If the
velocity of the stream is 4 kmph and the speed of the boat in still water
is 14 kmph, what is the distance between A and B?
11. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts
of syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with
water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?
12. Gopi went to a fruit market with certain amount of money. With this
money he can buy either 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 10% of
the money for taxi fare. If he buys 20 mangoes, then the number of
oranges he can buy is?

13. A man starting at a point walks one km east, then two km north,
then one km east, then one km north, then one km east and then one km

north to arrive at the destination. What is the shortest distance from the
starting point to the destination?
14. An outgoing batch of students wants to gift PA system worth
Rs.4200 to their school. If the teachers offer to pay 50% more than the
students, and an external benefactor gives three times teachers
contribution, how much should the teachers donate?
15. 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. What is
the speed of the stream (in km/hr) ?