Quiz Discussion

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. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:

• 1] 4 km/hr
• 2] 5 km/hr
• 3] 6 km/hr
• 4] 10 km/hr

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?

• 1] 2 : 1
• 2] 3 : 2
• 3] 8 : 3
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

A man row to a place 48 km distant and back on 14 hours text. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is?

• 1] 1 km/hr
• 2] 1.5 km/hr
• 3] 1.8 km/hr
• 4] 3.5 km/hr

A boat can tarvel 36 km upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2.4 kmph, how much time will the boat take to cover a distance of 78 km downstream?(in hours)

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 6.5 hours
• 3] 5.5 hours
• 4] 8 hours

P, Q and R are three towns on a river which flows uniformly. Q is equidistant from P and R. I row from P to Q and back in 10 hours and I can row from P to R in 4 hours. Compare the speed of my boat in still water with that of the river.

• 1] 4 : 3
• 2] 5 : 3
• 3] 6 : 5
• 4] 7 : 3