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This section includes 18 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mathematics Quizzes knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
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? |
| A. | 12 kmph |
| B. | 13 kmph |
| C. | 14 kmph |
| D. | 15 kmph |
| Answer» D. 15 kmph | |
| 2. |
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_______? |
| A. | 5 hours 50 min |
| B. | 6 hours |
| C. | 6 hours 50 min |
| D. | 12 hours 10 min |
| Answer» D. 12 hours 10 min | |
| 3. |
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? |
| A. | 70, 10 kmph |
| B. | 35, 27 kmph |
| C. | 50, 60 kmph |
| D. | 45, 55 kmph |
| Answer» B. 35, 27 kmph | |
| 4. |
The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream? |
| A. | 35, 25 kmph |
| B. | 80, 40 kmph |
| C. | 40, 60 kmph |
| D. | 50, 55 kmph |
| Answer» C. 40, 60 kmph | |
| 5. |
In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the speed of the current? |
| A. | 2km/hr |
| B. | 4km/hr |
| C. | 6km/hr |
| D. | 9km/hr |
| Answer» B. 4km/hr | |
| 6. |
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________? |
| A. | 2 : 1 |
| B. | 3 : 1 |
| C. | 3 : 2 |
| D. | 4 : 3 |
| Answer» C. 3 : 2 | |
| 7. |
A man swims downstream 72 km and upstream 45 km taking 9 hours each time; what is the speed of the current? |
| A. | 3 kmph |
| B. | 1.5 kmph |
| C. | 13 kmph |
| D. | 6.5 kmph |
| Answer» C. 13 kmph | |
| 8. |
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________? |
| A. | 10 kmph |
| B. | 5 kmph |
| C. | 20 kmph |
| D. | 22 kmph |
| Answer» D. 22 kmph | |
| 9. |
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________? |
| A. | 2km/hr |
| B. | 3km/hr |
| C. | 4 km/hr |
| D. | 5 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
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? |
| A. | 2.5km |
| B. | 3km |
| C. | 4 km |
| D. | 5 km |
| Answer» C. 4 km | |
| 11. |
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 |
| A. | 2.4km/hr |
| B. | 2.5 km/hr |
| C. | 3.4km/hr |
| D. | 3.5km/hr |
| Answer» C. 3.4km/hr | |
| 12. |
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? |
| A. | 3.5km/hr |
| B. | 5.5 km/hr |
| C. | 6 km/hr |
| D. | Data Inadequate |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 13. |
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:_______? |
| A. | 4km |
| B. | 6 km |
| C. | 8 km |
| D. | 12 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
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? |
| A. | 1 : 2 |
| B. | 3 : 1 |
| C. | 2 : 1 |
| D. | 1 : 3 |
| Answer» C. 2 : 1 | |
| 15. |
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? |
| A. | 2 : 1 |
| B. | 3 : 1 |
| C. | 8 : 3 |
| D. | Cannot be determined |
| Answer» D. Cannot be determined | |
| 16. |
A boat is rowed downstream at 15.5km/hr and upstream at 8.5 km/hr. The speed of the stream is________? |
| A. | 3.5km/hr |
| B. | 5.75km/hr |
| C. | 6.5km/hr |
| D. | 7km/hr |
| Answer» B. 5.75km/hr | |
| 17. |
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_______? |
| A. | 2 km/hr |
| B. | 3km/hr |
| C. | 4km/hr |
| D. | 5 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 5 km/hr | |
| 18. |
A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of the stream is________? |
| A. | 7 km/h |
| B. | 5 km/h |
| C. | 3 km/h |
| D. | 2 (1/2) km/h |
| Answer» E. | |