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20 Aug 2022 · Shift 2
Adda247
Q-BOAT-13Q.62
A boat travels in upstream. If the speed of boat in upstream is decreased by 40% then it is equal to the speed of current and speed of boat in still water is given as 240 km/hr, then find upstream speed of boat? (In km/hr).
(a) 120
(b) 180
(c) 150
(d) 210
(e) 125
20 Aug 2022 · Shift 3
Adda247
Q-BOAT-14Q.76
A boat covers 192 km in upstream in 6 hours. If speed of boat in still water is 200% more than speed of stream, then find time taken by boat to cover 240 km in downstream.
(a) 3 hours 45 minutes
(b) 3 hours 15 minutes
(c) 4 hours 45 minutes
(d) 4 hours 15 minutes
(e) 5 hours 45 minutes
20 Aug 2022 · Shift 4
Adda247
Q-BOAT-15Q.73
Speed of boat in still water is twice the speed of stream and difference between upstream and downstream speed of boat is 8 km/hours. Find total time taken by boat to cover 48 km distance in downstream and 32 km distance in upstream?
(a) 10 hours
(b) 12 hours
(c) 16 hours
(d) 18 hours
(e) 20 hours
20 Aug 2022 · shift not stated
Bankersadda/Adda247
Q-BOAT-16Q.80
Speed of a motor boat in still water is 18 kmph. If the motor boat travels 90 km along the stream in 3 hours, then find the time taken by the motor boat to cover the same distance against the stream?
(a) 18 hours
(b) 15 hours
(c) 16 hours
(d) 17 hours
(e) 19 hours
21 Aug 2022 · Shift 1
Adda247
Q-BOAT-17Q.51
Upstream speed of a boat is 62 ½ % of downstream speed of that boat and boat takes 1.5 hours more to cover a distance of 65 km in upstream than that in still water. Find speed of stream?
(a) 6 km/hr
(b) 3 km/hr
(c) 5 km/hr
(d) 4 km/hr
(e) 3.5 km/hr
21 Aug 2022 · Shift 2
Adda247
Q-BOAT-18Q.42
Speed of a boat in still water is 3.5 km/hr. If the time taken by boat to cover a certain distance in upstream is 250% of the same distance cover in downstream, then find the speed of the stream?
(a) 5/2 km/hr
(b) 3/2 km/hr
(c) 3 km/hr
(d) 5/4 km/hr
(e) 1.75 km/hr
Note: options transcribed from images in source
21 Aug 2022 · Shift 3
Adda247
Q-BOAT-19Q.56
Ratio between time taken to cover same distance in upstream to downstream is 2 : 1. If speed of stream is
4 km/hr, then find time taken to cover 48km in upstream?
(a) 8 hours
(b) 4 hours
(c) 6 hours
(d) 3 hours
(e) 1.5 hours
21 Aug 2022 · Shift 4
Adda247
Q-BOAT-20Q.54
A boat takes 1/120 D hours more to cover a certain distance in upstream than in downstream. If speed of boat in downstream in 30 km/h. Find speed of boat in upstream?
D =Distance in upstream =Distance in downstream
(a) 24 km/h
(b) 27 km/h
(c) 20 km/h
(d) 25 km/h
(e) 18 km/h
Note: fraction 1/120 transcribed from inline image in source