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Topic: Boat & Stream
1. A man rows to a place 40 km distant and come back in 9 hours. He finds that he can row 5 km with the stream in the same
time as 4 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is: [Affairscloud.com] (Same as 9 number)
A.1 km/hr B.1.5 km/hr C.2 km/hr D.2.5 km/hr Ans: A
2. A river is flowing at a speed of 5 km/h in a particular direction. A man, who can swim at a speed of 20 km/h in still water,
starts swimming along the direction of flow of the river from point A and reaches another point B which is at a distance of
30 km from the starting point A. On reaching point B, the man turns back and starts swimming against the direction of
flow of the river and stops after reaching point A. The total time taken by the man to complete his journey is
[Competoid.com] Ans: 3 hrs 12min
3. A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. It takes him twice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of
stream. [Aggarwal(Exm)-4] Ans: 2km/hr
4. A boat takes 8 hours to cover a distance while travelling upstream, whereas while travelling downstream it takes 6 hours.
If the speed of the current is 4 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water? [Aggarwal-22]
(a) 12 kmph (b) 16 kmph (c) 28 kmph (d) None of these Ans: c
5. A Boat going upstream takes 8 hours 24 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 5 hours to cover 5/7 of the same
distance running downstream. Then what is the ratio of the speed of boat to speed of water current? [Affairscloud.com]
a. 6:5 b. 11:5 c. 11:6 d. 11:1 Ans: d
6. A man can row 7.5 kmph in still water. If in a river running at 1.5 km an hour, it takes him 50 minutes to row to a place
and back, how far off is the place? [Aggarwal(Exm)-6]
7. A Boat takes 128 min less to travel to 48 Km downstream than to travel the same distance upstream. If the speed of the
stream is 3 Km/hr. Then Speed of Boat in still water is? [Affairscloud.com]
a. 6 Km/hr b. 9 Km/hr c. 12 Km/hr d. 15 Km/hr Ans: c
8. A Boat covers upstream in 12 Hours 48 minutes to travel distance from Point A to B, while it takes 6 hours to cover 3/4th
of the same distance running downstream. The speed of the current is 15 Km/hr. The boat covered both forward distance
from A to B and backward distance from B to A. Then what is the distance between A and B? [Affairscloud.com]
a. 360 Km b. 480 Km c. 540 Km d. 640 Km Ans: d
9. A boatman rows to a place 45 km distant and back in 20 hours. He finds that he can row 12km with the stream in the
same time as 4 km against the stream. Find the speed of the stream. Com SO (8Banks)-2018 (Written)]+ [Aggarwal(Exm)-8] = 3
10. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours While it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream
1
in 6 hours. The velocity of the current is [Aggarwal-27]
2
(a) 1 km/hr (6) 1.5 km/hr (c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr Ans: c
1
11. A man swimming in a stream which flows 1 finds that in a given time he can swim twice as far with the stream as he can
2
against it. At what rate does he swim? [Aggarwal-10]
1 1 1
(a) 4 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr (c) 7 km/hr (d) None of these Ans: a
2 2 2
12. A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 Minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to the same distance
running downstream. What mile ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively?
[Aggarwal-11]
(a) 2:1 (b)3:2 (c)8:3 (d)55 mph Ans: c
13. A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and
come back, how far is the place? [Aggarwal-18]
(a) 2.4 km (b) 2.5 km (c) 3 km (d) 3.6 km Ans: a
14. A boat takes 19 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to a 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? [Sonali Bank-(off:Cash))-2019-( FF-quota)] + [Aggarwal-19]
(a) 160 km (b) 180 km (c) 200 km (d) 220 km Ans: b
15. A boat takes 28 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 6km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr, what is the distance
between A and B? [Affairscloud.com]
A.115 km B.120 km C.140 km D.165 km Ans: B
16. The speed of Boat in Still water is 40 Km/hr and speed of the stream is 20 Km/hr. The distance between Point A and Point
B is 480 Km. The boat started traveling downstream from A to B, in the midway, it is powered by an Engine due to which
speed of the Boat increased. Now Boat reached Point B and started back to point A with help of the same engine. It took
19 hours for the entire journey. Then with the help of the engine, the speed of the boat increased by how many Km/hr?
[Affairscloud.com] a. 10 Km/hr b. 15 Km/hr c. 20 Km/hr d. 24 Km/hr Ans: c
17. A Boat takes total 10 hours for traveling downstream from point A to point B and coming back point C which is
somewhere between A and B. The speed of the Boat in Still water is 9 Km/hr and rate of Stream is 3 Km/hr, then what is
the distance between A and B if the ratio of distance between A to C and distance between B to C is 2:1?
a. 54 Km b. 66 Km c. 72 Km d. 84 Km Ans: c
18. A river is flowing with a steady speed of 4 km/h. One rows his boat downstream in the river and then returns by rowing
upstream in the same river. When he returns to the starting point, the total distance covered by him is 42 km. If the return
journey takes 2 h more than his outward journey, then the speed of his rowing in still water must be [Competoid.com]
a. 10 Km/hr b. 15 Km/hr c. 20 Km/hr d. 24 Km/hr Ans: a
19. A motor boat can travel at 10 km/ hr in still water. It travelled 91 km downstream in a river a then returned taking
altogether 20 hours. Find the rate of flow of the river. [Aggarwal-23]
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 5 km/hr (c) 6 km/hr (d) 8 km/hr Ans: a
20. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km / hr. If it can travel 26 km downstream and 14 km upstream in the same time,
the speed of the stream is : [Aggarwal-24]
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 2.5 km/hr (c) 3 km/hr (d) 4 km/hr Ans: c
21. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km upstream and 55 km
downstream. The speed of the boat in still water is [Aggarwal-28]
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr (c) 8 km/hr (d) None of these Ans: c
22. A man takes 2.2 times as long to row a distance upstream as to row the same distance downstream. If he can row 55 km
downstream in 2 hours 30 minutes, what is the speed of the boat in still water? [Aggarwal-33]
(a) 40 km/h (b) 8 km/h (c) 16 km/h (d) 24 km/h Ans: c
23. Boat A travels downstream from Point X to Point Y in 3 hours less than the time taken by Boat B to travel upstream from
Point Y to Point Z. The distance between X and Y is 20 km, which is half of the distance between Y and Z. The speed of
Boat B in still water is 10 km/h and the speed of Boat A in still water is equal to the speed of Boat B upstream. What is the
speed of Boat A in still water? [Aggarwal-34]
(a) 10 km/h (b) 16 km/h (c) 12 km/h (d) 8 km/h Ans: d

24. The speed of the boat in still water is 5 times that of the current, it takes 1.1 hours to row to point B form point A
downstream. The distance between point A and point B is 13.2km. How much distance (in km) will it cover in 312 minutes
upstream? [Aggarwal-35]
(a) 43.2 (b) 48 (c) 41.6 (d) 44.8 Ans: c
25. A man went downstream for 28 km in a motor boat and immediately returned. It took the man twice as long to make the
return trip. If the speed of the river flow were twice as high, the trip downstream and back would take 672 minutes. Find
the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the river flow. [Combined-2 bank-(Off)-2018-(Written)]+ [Combined 4 Bank-
(Officer)-2019(Written)] Ans: 9km/hr and 3km/hr
26. A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hrs. It is also known that he can row 40 km upstream and
55 km downstream in 13 hrs. Find the speed of the man in still water and speed of the stream? [Combined 3 banks (officer –
cash)-2018 (Written)]+ [Aggarwal(Exm)-9]
27. Two boats on opposite banks of a river start moving towards each other. They first pass each other 1400 meters from one
bank. They each continue to the opposite bank, immediately turn around and start back to the other bank. When they
pass each other a second time, they are 600 meters from the other bank. We assume that each boat travels at a constant
speed all along the journey. What's the width of the river? [BSC-Combined exam-(SO-3Banks)-2018-(Written)] Ans: 3600 meters