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This section includes 176 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
Speed of a boat in still water is 8 kmph and speed of stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 61.75 km and come back to starting point. The total time taken by him. |
| A. | 6 hrs |
| B. | 8 hrs |
| C. | 16 hrs |
| D. | 22 hrs |
| Answer» D. 22 hrs | |
| 102. |
A man’s downstream speed is 7 kmph and speed of current is 1 kmph, the upstream speed of the man is– |
| A. | 2 kmph |
| B. | 3 kmph |
| C. | 5 kmph |
| D. | 7 kmph |
| Answer» D. 7 kmph | |
| 103. |
A boat travel with a speed of 10 kmph in still water. If the speed of the stream is 3 kmph then find time taken by boat to travel 52 km down stream. |
| A. | 2 hrs |
| B. | 4 hrs |
| C. | 6 hrs |
| D. | 9 hrs |
| Answer» C. 6 hrs | |
| 104. |
A man takes 3 hours 45 minutes to row a boat 22.5 km downstream of a river and 2 hours 30 minutes to cover a distance of 10 km up stream. Find the speed of the river current in km/hr. |
| A. | 1 km/hr |
| B. | 2 km/hr |
| C. | 3 km/hr |
| D. | 4 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 2 km/hr | |
| 105. |
Speeds of a boat along and against the current are 12 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively. Then the speed of the current in km/hr is |
| A. | 5 km/hr |
| B. | 4 km/hr |
| C. | 3 km/hr |
| D. | 2 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 106. |
A man can row 5 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 1 km/h, it takes 3h more in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is: |
| A. | 36 km |
| B. | 24 km |
| C. | 20 km |
| D. | 32 km |
| Answer» B. 24 km | |
| 107. |
A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 h and goes 1 km along the current in 10 min. How long will he take to go 5 km in stationary water? |
| A. | 1 h 30 min |
| B. | 1 h 15 min |
| C. | 1 h |
| D. | 40 min |
| Answer» C. 1 h | |
| 108. |
The speed of a boat when travelling downstream is 32 kmph whereas when travelling upstream it is 28 kmph. What is the speed of the boat in still water? |
| A. | 27 kmph |
| B. | 29 kmph |
| C. | 31 kmph |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 109. |
If downstream speed of a boat is 16 kmph and its upstream speed is 11 kmph, what is the speed of stream? |
| A. | 1.5 kmph |
| B. | 2 kmph |
| C. | 3 kmph |
| D. | 2.5 kmph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 110. |
A man rows 8 km/h in still water. If the river is running at 2 km/h, it takes 32 min to row to a place and back. How far is the place? |
| A. | 1.5 km |
| B. | 2.5 km |
| C. | 2 km |
| D. | 3 km |
| Answer» D. 3 km | |
| 111. |
A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of stream is 4 km/hr in the same direction, time taken by boat to go 63 km in opposite direction is: |
| A. | 8 hrs |
| B. | 4 hrs |
| C. | 7 hrs |
| D. | 9 hrs |
| Answer» D. 9 hrs | |
| 112. |
A sailor sails a distance of 48 km along the flow of a river in 8 h. If it takes 12 h to return the same distance, then the speed of the flow of the river is |
| A. | 0.5 km/hr |
| B. | 1 km/hr |
| C. | 1.5 km/hr |
| D. | 1.5 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 1.5 km/hr | |
| 113. |
A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream, and he takes 6 hours to cover each distance. What is speed of the current? |
| A. | 0.5 km/hr |
| B. | 1 km/hr |
| C. | 1.5 km/hr |
| D. | 2 km/hr |
| Answer» D. 2 km/hr | |
| 114. |
A man can row at 10 kmph in still water. If it takes a total of 5 hours four him to go to a place 24 km away and return, then the speed of the water current is : |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» B. 5 | |
| 115. |
A boat covers a distance of 30 km downstream in 2 hours while it take 6 hours to cover the same distance upstream. If the speed of the current is half of the speed of the boat then what is the speed o |
| A. | 15 kmph |
| B. | 5 kmph |
| C. | 10 kmph |
| D. | Data inadequate |
| Answer» D. Data inadequate | |
| 116. |
Muskan can row 16 kmph in still water. It takes her thrice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the difference between her speed in still water and that of the stream. |
| A. | 8 kmph |
| B. | 16 kmph |
| C. | 24 kmph |
| D. | 12 kmph |
| Answer» B. 16 kmph | |
| 117. |
A boat running downstream covers a distance of 30km in 2hours. While coming back the boat takes 6 hours to cover the same distance. If the speed of the current is half that of the boat, what is the sp |
| A. | 15 Km/hr |
| B. | 5 Km/hr |
| C. | 10 Km/hr |
| D. | 20 Km/hr |
| Answer» D. 20 Km/hr | |
| 118. |
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 stream is 2 Km/hr, the distance between the ports is |
| A. | 50km |
| B. | 60km |
| C. | 70km |
| D. | 80km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 119. |
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 minutes |
| B. | 6 hours |
| C. | 6 hours 50 minutes |
| D. | 12 hours 10 minutes |
| Answer» D. 12 hours 10 minutes | |
| 120. |
A motorboat in still water travels at a speed of 36 km/hr. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be |
| A. | 2 hour 25 minutes |
| B. | 3 hours |
| C. | 1 hour 24 minutes |
| D. | 2 hour 21 minutes |
| Answer» D. 2 hour 21 minutes | |
| 121. |
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 |
| A. | 5:8 |
| B. | 3:8 |
| C. | 8:5 |
| D. | 8:3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 122. |
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. | 2.4 km |
| C. | 3.6 km |
| D. | 4.8 km |
| Answer» D. 4.8 km | |
| 123. |
A boat takes 6 hours to travel from place M to N downstream and back from N to M upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 4 Km/hr, what is the distance between the two places ? |
| A. | 6 km |
| B. | 8 km |
| C. | 10 km |
| D. | cannot be determined |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
A man speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man speed against the current is |
| A. | 7 km/hr |
| B. | 8 km/hr |
| C. | 9 km/hr |
| D. | 10 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 125. |
A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1 hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 km/hr, what is the speed of the boat in still water? |
| A. | 12 km/hr |
| B. | 13 km/hr |
| C. | 14 km/hr |
| D. | 15 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 126. |
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. | 2:3 |
| D. | 3:2 |
| Answer» C. 2:3 | |
| 127. |
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 |
| A. | 12 hours |
| B. | 16 hours |
| C. | 20 hours |
| D. | 24 hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 128. |
A boat goes 20 Km downstream in one hour and the same distance upstream in 2 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is |
| A. | 15 Km/hr |
| B. | 10 Km/hr |
| C. | 5 Km/hr |
| D. | 7.5 Km/hr |
| Answer» B. 10 Km/hr | |
| 129. |
A boat takes 4 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to pint A upstream. If the velocity of the stream is 2 Km/hr and the speed of the boat in still water is 4 Km/hr. |
| A. | 6 Km |
| B. | 7 Km |
| C. | 9 Km |
| D. | 8 Km |
| Answer» D. 8 Km | |
| 130. |
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 |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» C. 6 | |
| 131. |
A person can swim at 15/2 Km/hr in stagnant water. In a river with 1.5 Km/hr current, the person swims to a certain distance and comes back within 50 minutes. What is the distance between the two poin |
| A. | 1 km |
| B. | 2 km |
| C. | 3 km |
| D. | 4 km |
| Answer» D. 4 km | |
| 132. |
A boat takes 9 hours to travel a distance upstream and takes 3 hours to travel the same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 4 Km/hr, What is the velocity of the stream ? |
| A. | 2 Km/hr |
| B. | 4 Km/hr |
| C. | 3 Km/hr |
| D. | 6 Km/hr |
| Answer» B. 4 Km/hr | |
| 133. |
A boat running downstream covers a distance of 16 Km in 2 hours, while covering the same distance upstream it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water ? |
| A. | 3 Km/hr |
| B. | 4 Km/hr |
| C. | 5 Km/hr |
| D. | 6 Km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 134. |
A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 km/hr and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place? |
| A. | 2 km |
| B. | 2.4 km |
| C. | 2.4 km |
| D. | 4 km |
| Answer» C. 2.4 km | |
| 135. |
A boat man goes 4 Km against the current of the stream in 1hour and goes 2 Km along the current in 5 minutes. How long will it take to go 21 Km in stationary water? |
| A. | 1 Hour |
| B. | 1 Hour 15 Minutes |
| C. | 1 Hour 30 Minutes |
| D. | 1 Horr 45 Minutes |
| Answer» C. 1 Hour 30 Minutes | |
| 136. |
In an hour a boat goes 10 Km along the stream and 4 Km against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in Kmph) is: |
| A. | 7 Kmph |
| B. | 8 Kmph |
| C. | 6 Kmph |
| D. | 10 Kmph |
| Answer» B. 8 Kmph | |
| 137. |
A boat can travel 8 Km an hour in still water, but it takes thrice as much time for travelling the same distance against the current. The speed of the current (in Kmph) is: |
| A. | 29 |
| B. | 21 |
| C. | 41 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» D. 30 | |
| 138. |
A man can row 8 Kmph in still water. If the velocity of the current is 2 Kmph and it takes him 2 hours to row to a place and come back. How far is the place? |
| A. | 6.5 km |
| B. | 7.5 km |
| C. | 7.4 km |
| D. | 6.4 km |
| Answer» C. 7.4 km | |
| 139. |
A man rows to a place 48 Km distance and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 Km with the stream in the same time 3 Km against the stream. The rate off the stream is? |
| A. | 1 kmph |
| B. | 2 kmph |
| C. | 1.5 kmph |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. 2 kmph | |
| 140. |
In a stream running at 2 Kmph, a motor boat goes 10 Km upstream and back again to the starting point in 55 minutes. Find the speed of motor boat in still water? |
| A. | 18 kmph |
| B. | 22 kmph |
| C. | 16 kmph |
| D. | 20 kmph |
| Answer» C. 16 kmph | |
| 141. |
A man can row 24 kmph in still water. It takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the river. Find the rate of the stream? |
| A. | 4 kmph |
| B. | 12 kmph |
| C. | 6 kmph |
| D. | 1 kmph |
| Answer» C. 6 kmph | |
| 142. |
A man can row downstream at the rate of 24 Kmph and upstream at 7 Kmph. Find the man’s rate in still water and rate of current? |
| A. | 15.5 Kmph, 8.5 Kmph |
| B. | 17 Kmph, 8.5 Kmph |
| C. | 814 Kmph, 7 Kmph |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 17 Kmph, 8.5 Kmph | |
| 143. |
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? |
| A. | 10 seconds |
| B. | 15 seconds |
| C. | 20 seconds |
| D. | 12 seconds |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
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? |
| A. | 32 km |
| B. | 25 km |
| C. | 28 km |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 145. |
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? |
| A. | 13, 3 |
| B. | 12, 6 |
| C. | 15, 3 |
| D. | 14, 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
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? |
| A. | 15 kmph |
| B. | 10 kmph |
| C. | 12 kmph |
| D. | 12.5 kmph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 147. |
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 | |
| 148. |
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? |
| A. | 0/6 hours |
| B. | 27/2 hours |
| C. | 30 hours |
| D. | 30/13 hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 11⁄2 hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water? |
| A. | 14 kmph |
| B. | 15 kmph |
| C. | 13 kmph |
| D. | 12 kmph |
| Answer» C. 13 kmph | |
| 150. |
The speed of a boat in still water in 22 km/hr and the rate of current is 4 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 24 minutes is: |
| A. | 9.4 km |
| B. | 10.2 km |
| C. | 10.4 km |
| D. | 9.2 km |
| Answer» D. 9.2 km | |