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MCQ: 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?

1. 2.5km
2. 3km
3. 4 km
4. 5 km

MCQ: In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the speed of the current?

1. 2km/hr
2. 4km/hr
3. 6km/hr
4. 9km/hr

MCQ: 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?

1. 2 : 1
2. 3 : 1
3. 8 : 3
4. Cannot be determined

MCQ: 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_______?

1. 2 km/hr
2. 3km/hr
3. 4km/hr
4. 5 km/hr

MCQ: 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________?

1. 2km/hr
2. 3km/hr
3. 4 km/hr
4. 5 km/hr

MCQ: 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

1. 2.4km/hr
2. 2.5 km/hr
3. 3.4km/hr
4. 3.5km/hr

MCQ: A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10 minutes. How long will he take to go 5km in stationery water?

1. 40 Minutes
2. 1 Hour
3. 1 hr 15 Min
4. 1 Hr 30 Min

MCQ: 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?

1. 1 : 2
2. 3 : 1
3. 2 : 1
4. 1 : 3

MCQ: The speed of a boat in still water is 2km/hr. If its speed upstream be 1km/hr then speed of the stream is________?

1. 1.5km/hr
2. 3km/hr
3. 1km/hr
4. none

MCQ: 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:_______?

1. 4km
2. 6 km
3. 8 km
4. 12 km