Boat and stream questions and answers mcq
A boat may sail 40 km upstream in 5 hours and the same distance downstream in 3 hours. What is the boat’s speed on calm water?
A) 12 km/h
B) 15 km/h
C) 16 km/h
D) 20 km/h
Answer: C) 16 km/h
A boat can go at a speed of 12 km/h in still water. If it takes 4 hours to travel upstream and 2 hours to travel downstream to cover the same distance, what is the speed of the stream?
A) 3 km/h
B) 4 km/h
C) 5 km/h
D) 6 km/h
Answer: A) 3 km/h
A boat can travel 24 km upstream in 6 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 8 km /h. What is the speed of the stream ?
A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: A) 2 km/h
A boat can travel 48 km downstream in 4 hours.The boat moves at a 15 km/h speed on calm water. How fast is the stream?
B) 4 km/h
C) 5 km/h
D) 6 km/h
Answer: C) 5 km/h
A boat moves at a speed of 12 km/h on still water. Traveling upstream from B to A takes four hours, but travelling downstream from A takes three. How quickly is the stream moving?
A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: B) 3 km/h
In calm water, a boat is capable of travelling at a speed of 10 km/h. What is the speed of the stream if the same distance can be covered in 2 hours going upstream and 1 hour going downstream?
A) 3 km/h
B) 4 km/h
C) 5 km/h
D) 6 km/h
Answer: C) 5 km/h
A boat can travel 32 km downstream in 4 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 8 km/h . What is the speed of the stream?
A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: A) 2 km/h
A boat can travel 30 km upstream in 5 hours.The boat’s top speed in calm water is 6 km/h. What is the flow rate?
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: C) 4 km/h
In 4 hours, a boat can sail 24 kilometres upstream. In calm water, the boat travels at a speed of 8 km/h. What is the stream’s speed?A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: A) 2 km/h
The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km /h. What is the stream’ s speed if it takes 3 hours to go upstream and 2 hours to go downstream to cover the same distance ?
A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: D) 5 km/h
A boat takes 6 hours to travel 60 km upstream and 4 hours to travel the same distance downstream . What is the boat’s speed on calm water?
A) 10 km/h
B) 12 km/h
C) 15 km/h
D) 18 km/h
Answer: A) 10 km/h
The speed of a boat in still water is 20 km per hour . If it takes 2 hours to travel upstream and 1 hour to travel downstream to cover the same distance, what is the speed of the stream?
A) 5 km/h
B) 10 km/h
C) 15 km/h
D) 20 km/h
Answer: A) 5 km/h
A boat can travel 36 km downstream in 3 hours.The boat moves at a speed of 12 km/h in calm water. How fast is the stream?
A) 4 km/h
B) 6 km/h
C) 8 km/h
D) 10 km/h
Answer: B) 6 km/h
A boat can travel 48 km upstream in 6 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 8 km/h . What is the speed of the stream ?
A) 4 km/h
B) 6 km/h
C) 8 km/h
D) 10 km/h
Answer: A) 4 km/h
A boat travels at a speed of 16 km/h , in still water. It takes 2 hours to travel downstream from point A to point B , and it takes 3 hours to travel upstream, from point B to point A . What is the speed of the stream ?
A) 4 km/h
B) 6 km/h
C) 8 km/h
D) 10 km/h
Answer: A) 4 km/h
A boat can go at a speed of 14 km/h in still water. What is the stream’s speed if it travels a certain distance in an hour upstream and two hours downstream?
A) 2 km/h
B) 4 km/h
C) 6 km/h
D) 8 km/h
Answer: C) 6 km/h
A boat can travel 30 km downstream in 5 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 6 km/h. What is the speed of the stream?
A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: D) 5 km/h
A boat can travel 40 km upstream in 4 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 10 km /h, What is the speed of the stream ?
A) 2 km/h
B) 3 km/h
C) 4 km/h
D) 5 km/h
Answer: A) 2 km/h
A boat can travel 54 km upstream in 6 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 9 km /h. What is the speed of the stream?
A) 3 km/h
B) 4 km/h
C) 5 km/h
D) 6 km/h
Answer: B) 4 km/h
A boat can go at a speed of 18 km/h in still water. If it takes 2 hours to travel upstream and 1 hour to travel downstream to cover the same distance, what is the speed of the stream?
A) 6 km/h
B) 8 km/h
C) 10 km/h
D) 12 km/h
Answer: A) 6 km/h
A boat takes 4 hours to travel 32 km upstream and 2 hours to travel the same distance downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A) 8 km/h
B) 10 km/h
C) 12 km/h
D) 16 km/h
Answer: B) 10 km/h
A boat can go at a speed of 22 km/h in still water. If it takes 3 hours to travel upstream and 2 hours to travel downstream to cover the same distance, what is the speed of the stream?
A) 4 km/h
B) 6 km/h
C) 8 km/h
D) 12 km/h
Answer: A) 4 km/h
A boat can travel 45 km downstream in 5 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 9 km /h. What is the speed of the stream?
A) 3 km/h
B) 4 km/h
C) 5 km/h
D) 6 km/h
Answer: C) 5 km/h
A boat can travel 64 km upstream in 8 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is 8 km /h . What is the speed of the stream?
A) 4 km/h
B) 6 km/h
C) 8 km/h
D) 10 km/h
Answer: B) 6 km/h
A boat moves at a speed of 20 km/h on still water. Traveling upstream from B to A takes four hours, but travelling downstream from A takes three. How quickly is the stream moving?
A) 4 km/h
B) 6 km/h
C) 8 km/h
D) 10 km/h
Answer: C) 8 km/h