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1. distance covered by the boat in 6
% hours in downstream and 8 hours in
upstream?
(a) 192 km (b) 188 km
(c) 208 km (d) 175 km
If the upstream speed of a boat is 50% 4. A B P
less than the downstream speed of
Q
the boat and if a object is thrown in
the river it covers 100m in 50 sec, A Q
then how much distance boat can
cover in still water in 5 hours? B P
(a) 900 km (b) 100 km
(c) 120 km (d) 108 km A B
A B
2.
Two boats A and B start from two
points P and Q respectively in a river.
Boat A has speed 10 kmph and goes
downstream to reach Q while B has
speed 12 kmph and goes upstream to
reach P. If ratio of time A and B took
is 5:6, find the ratio of time taken by
A and B for the return trip.
A steamer can go 12 km in still water
(a) 6 : 5 (b) 7 : 4
in 25 minutes. One day, it went 11.25
(c) 7 : 3 (d) 8 : 5
km upstream and returned the same
distance in downstream. If the
5. P
difference between the time taken to
travel upstream and downstream was
12.5 minutes, then what was the Q
speed of stream in km per hour?
(a) 7.2 (b) 5.4
(c) 6.3 (d) 4.5 P
3.
Engine of a steamer is off and it is in
the middle of a river at point P. It
flows with river and reach to a point
@ Q in an hour. The person in the
steamer then starts the engine and
travels it back to P in half an hour.
The ratio of the time taken by a boat Find the ratio of still water speed of
to go a certain distance upstream and the steamer and the stream speed of
return downstream halfway of the the river.
same distance is 18 : 5. If the speed (a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
of stream is 4km/h what is the (c) 1 : 3 (d) 2 : 1

6. A
B
Boat A in still water with speed of 12
% kmph starts from a fixed point in a
% river. After 12 minutes, boat B left the
same point to catch boat-A. Both are
moving in upstream direction and
speed of stream is 2 kmph. Boat-B
catches boat-A after chasing for 6
The time taken by a boat to go a km. What is the Speed of boat-B?
certain distance downstream is (a) 14 kmph (b) 17 kmph
33.33% less than that taken during (c) 20 kmph (d) 21 kmph
upstream. If the still water speed of
the boat decreases by 40%, it will 9.
take 2 hrs more to travel a distance of
30km. How much distance will it
cover in 5hrs going downstream?
(a) 36 km (b) 48 km
(c) 60 km (d) 45 km
7. 𝒙𝒙 +
𝒙𝒙
%
A boat goes downstream and
𝒙𝒙 + reaches a fixed point in a river in 40
𝒙𝒙 minutes, turns back and again sails
Time taken by a boatman to travel (x upstream to reach the starting point.
+ 40) km downstream and (x – 40) km The speed of stream is constant all
upstream is 20 hours. The the time and is 1/5 times the speed of
downstream speed is 50% more than the boat. By what percent the speed
the upstream speed. If boatman can of the boat should be increased in
travel (x + 40) km in 12 hours in still upstream so that it takes same time
water, then find the value of x. to reach the starting point as it took
(a) 140 (b) 160 in downstream?
(c) 180 (d) 200 (a) 10% (b) 20%
(c) 30% (d) 40%
(e) None of these
8. A
10. A B
B A
A P
B Q
B,
A
B

P Q A
B X Y
Two boats A and B have speeds 10
kmph and 14 kmph respectively in A
still water. Boat A is at point-P and B
boat B is at point-Q in a river. They
start moving simultaneously to meet
Two motorboats A and B started
each other at some point such that
simultaneously travel towards each
boat A is going downstream while B
is going upstream. They meet at the other from the point X and point Y in
upstream and downstream
mid point of P and Q after sailing for
equal number of hours. Find the respectively and meet each other in
15 hours. The speed of the motorboat
speed of the stream:
A in still water is twice of the speed of
(a) 2 kmph (b) 4 kmph
the motorboat B in still water. What is
(c) Data insufficient (d) 6 kmph
the distance between point X and
point Y? (It is given that the
11. P Q /
difference between the speed of
A motorboat A in still water and the
B P Q speed of the motorboat B in still
A water is 15 km per hour)
B (a) 630 km (b) 650 km
P Q (c) 675 km (d) 700 km
B Q
13. D
A
Two boats A and B are travelling

towards each other from points P and
Q, respectively in a river in which
water flows from P to Q at a speed of
4 km/hr. The speed of boat A in still
water is 10 km less than the speed of %
boat B in still water and the distance
between point P and point Q is 259
km. Both start at the same time and
the boat B meets boat A 133 km away The distance between two points on
from point Q. Find the time taken by a river is D km. A man rowing a boat
both boats to meet each other. along the stream finds that the
(a) 3.5 hours (b) 4 hours distance of rowing along the stream
(c) 2.5 hours (d) 3 hours is 30 times the total distance and
when he started rowing against the
12. A B stream the distance he rowed was
found 4 times of total distance. The
X Y
total time taken against the stream is
10% more than that along the stream.
If the boat cover 135 km along the

stream in 9 hours. What is the speed B
of stream?
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 3.25 km/hr A
(c) 3.5 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
B
(e) 6.59 km/hr
14. / The speed of boat A is 2 km/hr less

than the speed of boat B. The time
A X Y
taken by boat A to cover a distance of
B 20 Km downstream is 30 min more
Y X than the time taken by B to cover the
A same distance downstream. If the
/ speed of the current is one-third of
B the speed of boat A, what is the speed
A of boat B?
A
(c) 7 kmph (d) 6 kmph
B
B 16.
%
X
Y
A river is flowing at the speed of 2
km/hr. Boat A is running from point X
to point Y against the river and B is
moving from point Y to point X in the
direction of flow of the river. The
speed of boat A in still water is 14 Speed of the boat in still water is 8
km/hr and the ratio of the speed of kmph and speed of the stream is 2
boat A while travelling upstream to kmph. The boat is rowing in
speed of boat B while travelling downstream after travelling a certain
downstream in the river is 3 : 4 distance, the speed of the stream
respectively. Boat A and Boat B start increases by 2 kmph, and hence the
from their respective sources boat reaches the destination earlier
simultaneously but after 4 hours 24 by 10 minutes. If the distance that the
minutes due to technical problem boat covered is 15 km, then after
speed of boat B reduces by 25%. If travelling how much distance did the
both cases cross each other in 6 speed of the stream change?
hours from the start then, find the (a) 4.5 km (b) 5.5 km
distance between X and Y. (c) 3 km (d) 4 km
(a) 161.6 km (b) 178.2 km (e) 5 km
(c) 164.4 km (d) 171.8 km
17.
15. A B /
/ A / 𝒙𝒙 +
𝒚𝒚+

A B
𝒙𝒙+
y+
A boat requires sails downstream
[(𝒙𝒙+2)/2] from point A to point B, which is 10
km away from A, and then returns to
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 A. If the actual speed of the boat (in
%
𝟑𝟑 still water) is 3 km/h, the trip from A
The speed of boat downstream and to B takes 8 hours less than that from
upstream is 30 km/hr and 18 km/hr B to A. What must the actual speed of
respectively. Time taken to travel a
the boat for the trip from A to B to
distance of (x + 40) km downstream
take exactly 100 minutes ?
and (y + 60) km upstream is 42 hours,
and time taken to travel (x + 40) km (a) 1 km/h (b) 2 km/h
upstream and (y + 60) km (c) 3 km/h (d) 4 km/h
downstream is 38 hours. Find the
time taken by the boat to travel a 20.
distance [(x+y)/2] km upstream with
speed 100/3% more than the normal
stream speed.
(a) 16 hours (b) 21 hours
(c) 25 hours (d) 30 hours
18.
P R Q
P Q A motorboat went downstream for 28
P R km and immedaiately returned. It
took the boat twice as long to make
R P
the return trip. If the speed of the river
flow were twice as high, the trip
On a river, Q is the mid-point between
downstream and back would take 672
two points P and R on the same bank
mintues. Find the speed of the boat in
of the river. A boat can go from P to
still water and the speed of the river
Q and back in 12 hours and from P to
flow.
R in 16 hours 40 min. How long would
(a) 9 km/h, 3 km/h (b) 9 km/h, 6 km/h
it take to go from R to P ?
𝟑𝟑 (c) 8 km/h, 2 km/h (d) 12 km/h, 3 km/h
(a) 3 hr. (b) 5 hr.
𝟕𝟕
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
(c) 6 hr. (d) 7 hr. 21. /
𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑
19. A B
A
A
A man rows 6 km/h in still water. If the
/ A B river is running at 3 km per hour, it
B A

takes him 45 minutes to row to a (a) 10.4 km/h (b) 12.5 km/h
place and back. How far is the place? (c) 22.5 km/h (d) 11.5 km/h
(a) 1.12 km (b) 1.25 km
(c) 1.6875 km (d) 2.5 km 24. X, Y Z
22. A B / Y, X Z
A B
A Y
/ Z
X
A B
X
B Z
V
Two points A and B are located 48 km Z
apart on the riverfront. A motorboat
must go from A to B and return to A Three ghats X, Y and Z on the
as soon as possible. The river flows Yamuna in Delhi are located on the
at 6 km/h. What must be the least river bank. The spped of the river flow
speed of the motorboat in still water is 8 km/h in the direction of its flow,
for the trip from A to B and back again Ghat Y being located midway
to be completed in not more than six between X and Z. A raft and a launch
hours (assume that the motorboat leave Y at the same time, the raft
does not stop at B)? travelling down the river to Z and the
(a) 18 km/h (b) 16 km/h launch travelling to X . The speed of
(c) 25 km/h (d) 46 km/h the launch in still water is 5 km/h.
Having reached X, the lanch reveres
23. its direction and starts to Z. Find the
range of values of V for which the
lauch arrives at Z later than the raft.
(a) 8 < V < 24 km/h (b) 8 < V < 16 km/h
(c) 8 < V < 20 km/h (d) 12 < V < 24
/ km/h
Two ghats are located on a riverbank 25.

and are 21 km apart. Leaving one of
the ghats for the other, a motorboat
returns to the first ghat in 270
minutes, spending 40 min of that time
in taking the passangers at the
second ghat. Find the speed of the %
boat in still water if the speed of the
river flow is 2.5 km/h ?

27. ,d uko /kkjk dh fn'kk esa
On the banks of the river Ganges

there are two bathing points in
Varanasi and Patna. A diya left in the
river at Varanasi reaches Patna in 24
hours. However, a motorboat covers
the whole way to and fro in exactly 10
hours. If the speed of the motorboat A boat went down the river for a
in still water is increasedd by 40%, distance of 20 km. It then turned back
then it takes the motorboat 7 hours to and returned to its starting point,
cover the same way (from Varanasi to having travelled a total of 7 hours. On
Patna and back again). Find the time its return trip, at a distance of 12 km
necessary for the motorboat to sail from the starting point, it
from Varanasi to Patna when its encountered a log, which had passed
speed in still water is not increased. the starting point at the moment at
(a) 3 hours (b) 4 hours which the boat had started
(c) 4.8 hours (d) None of these downstream. The downstream speed
of the boat is
26. X Y (a) 7 kmph (b) 13 kmph
X Y (c) 16 kmph (d) 10 kmph
28. A B
A B
Y X %
Two boats go downstream from point

X to point Y. The faster boat covers
the distance from X to Y 1.5 times as A motorboat moves from point A to
fast as the slower boat. It is known point B and back again, both points
that for every hour the slower boat being located on the river bank. If the
legs behind the faster boat by 8 km. speed of the boat in still water is
However, if they go upstream, then doubled, then the trip from A to B and
the faster boat covers the distance back again would take 20% of the
from Y to X in half the time as the time that the motorboat usually
slower boat. Find the speed of the spends in the journey. How many
faster boat in still water. times is the actual speed of the
(a) 12 kmph (b) 20 kmph launch higher than the speed of the
(c) 24 kmph (d) 25 kmph river flow ?

𝟑𝟑 √𝟑𝟑
(a) � (b)
𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑
𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑
(c) (d)
𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟐
If the ratio of the speed of a boat in
29. / upstream and the speed of the
stream is 8 : 1. If the boat can travel
500 km downstream in 20 hours then
find the total distance travelled by the
boat in still water in the same time?
(a) 425 km (b) 459 km
(c) 441 km (d) 450 km
(e) None of these
The speed of current is 5 km/h. What
will be the respective downstream
32.
speed and upstream speed of a boy
rowing a boat, if one third of the
distance covered going downstream /
in a certain time is equal to the
distance covered going upstream in A boat goes 360 km upstream and
the same time. returns to the same point in 35 hours.
(a) 15 kmph, 5 kmph If the speed of current is 3 km/h, how
(b) 20 kmph, 10 kmph much distance boat will cover in still
(c) 18 kmph, 8 kmph water in 6 hours?
(d) 24 kmph, 14 kmph (a) 126 km (b) 144 km
(e) None of these (c) 114 km (d) 132 km
(e) None of these
30.
33. P1 P2
P1
P2
Rohit can row a boat 65 km upstream

and 130 km downstream in 23 hours,
whereas he can swim 45 km A ferry takes 96 minutes to row to
upstream and 104 km downstream in place P1 from another place P2 along
17 hours. Find the speed of boat in the stream. The distance between
still water and the speed of stream. place P1 and place P2 is 19.2 km. If the
(a) 4 km/h, 9 km/h (b) 8 km/h, 5 km/h speed of the ferry in still water is four
(c) 9 km/h, 4 km/h (d) 5 km/h, 8 km/h times more than that of the stream,
(e) 10 km/h, 3 km/h
then how much distance will the ferry
cover in 5.2 hours against the
31.
stream?
(a) 38.4 km (b) 41.6 km

(c) 55.5 km (d) 60 km 36.
(e) None of these
/
34.
%
A boat goes 204 km upstream and
%
266 km downstream in 13 hrs, when
the speed of stream is 2 km/h. What
Jay rows a boat 216 km upstream and will be the distance (in km) covered
rows same distance downstream in a by boat going downstream for 8 hrs
total of 30 hrs without any break. The when the speed of stream is 3 km/h?
speed in downstream is 20% more (a) 340 (b) 336
than the speed of boat in still water (c) 312 (d) 296
and the speed in upstream is 66.67% (e) None of these
of the downstream speed. What is the
speed of boat in still water? 37.
(a) 21 km/h (b) 14 km/h
(c) 15 km/h (d) 18 km/h
(e) None of these
35.
%
The ratio of time taken by Hunny and

Bunny to swim a certain distance
downstream in a river is 3:4
respectively. The time taken by
Bunny to cover a certain distance
upstream is 50% more than the time
taken by him to cover the same
A boat goes upstream a distance 24 distance downstream. What is ratio
km and while returning to the initial of speed of Hunny to that of Bunny?
point in the river it decreases its (a) 7 : 6 (b) 5 : 7
speed such that it took same time (c) 7 : 5 (d) 6 : 7
downstream that it took upstream. If (e) None of these
the speed of stream was 3 kmph, then
what was the difference of the boat’s 38.
speed in still water when it was going
upstream and downstream?
(c) Data Insufficient (d) 6 kmph
(e) None of these

speed of the stream in upstream
travel is 4km/h and in downstream it
A boat running upstream takes 10 is 5km/h. How much distance boat
hours to cover a certain distance, will cover in 7 hrs in still water?
while it takes 6 hours 40 minutes to (a) 147 km (b) 105 km
cover the same distance running (c) 210 km (d) 140 km
downstream. What is the ratio (e) None of these
between the speed of the boat in
41.
upstream to the speed of the boat in
still water respectively?
(a) 5 : 3 (b) 3 : 5
(c) 5 : 4 (d) 4 : 5 %
(e) None of these
A boat goes 288 km downstream and
39. 352 upstream in 34 hrs. The speed of
current is 20% of the still water speed
of boat. How much distance boat will
travel in 8hrs in still water?
(a) 168 km (b) 160 km
(c) 144 km (d) 176 km
(e) None of these
A fisherman swims to catch fishes
and he on an average travelled 42.
around 40 km against the current and
64 km with the current in 6 hours.
Also at the same time he can cover 80
km against the current and 96 km The speed of motorboat in still water
with the current together in 11 hours. is 35 km/hr. It takes 6 hours to go 180
Determine the speed with which the km upstream. Find the time taken by
current is flowing? the motorboat to return the same
(a) 10 km/hr. (b) 21 km/hr. distance.
(c) 32 km/hr. (d) 11 km/hr. (a) 3.5 hr. (b) 2.5 hr.
(e) None of these (c) 4 hr. (d) 4.5 hr.
(e) None of these
40.
43. /
/
/
/
Radha can row upstream at 20 km/hr

A boat goes 80km upstream and then and downstream at 24 km/hr. Find the
200km downstream in 13hrs. The

average of Speed of Radha’s boat in A motor boat covers a certain
still water and speed of current. distance downstream in a river in 3
(a) 11 km/hr (b) 14 km/hr hours. It covers the same distance
(c) 16 km/hr (d) 12 km/hr upstream in three and half an hour. If
(e) 18 km/hr the speed of the water is 1.5 km/hr.,
then the speed of the boat in still
𝟏𝟏
44. water is :
𝟐𝟐
(a) 17 km/hr (b) 17.5 km/hr
(c) 19.5 km/hr (d) 19 km/hr
47.
𝟏𝟏
A person can row 7 km an hour in stil 𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝟐
water and he finds that it takes him 𝟐𝟐
twice as long to row up as to row
down the river. The speed of the
stream is :
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 3 km/hr A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 km downstream in 6 hours, while it
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
covers 36 km upstream and 24 km
𝟏𝟏
45. downstream in 6 hours. The speed
𝟐𝟐
of the current is :
(a) 1 km/hr (b) 2 km/hr
(c) 1.5 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
𝟏𝟏
48.
𝟐𝟐
A man goes downstream with a boat

to some destination and returns
upstream to his original place in 5 A boat moves downstream at the rate
hours. If the speed of the boat in still 𝟏𝟏
of 1 km in 7 minutes and upstream at
water and the stream are 10 km/hr 𝟐𝟐
the rate of 5 km an hour. What is the
and 4 km/hr respectively, the
speed of the boat in the still water ?
distance of the destination from the 𝟏𝟏
starting place is : (a) 8 km/hr (b) 6 km/hr
𝟐𝟐
𝟏𝟏
(a) 16 km (b) 18 km (c) 4 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
𝟐𝟐
(c) 21 km (d) 25 km
49.
46.
𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐

A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18

km downstream in 3 hours, while it
covers 36 km upstream and 24 km
𝟏𝟏
downstream in 6 hours. What is the
𝟐𝟐
speed of the current ?
(a) 1.5 km/hr (b) 1 km/hr
(c) 2 km/hr (d) 2.5 km/hr
50. P Q R
Q P R
P R
Q
P
There are 3 points P, Q and R in a

straight line, such that point Q is
equidistant from points P and R. A
man can swim from point P to R
downstream in 24 hours and from Q
to P upstream in 16 hours. Find the
ratio of speed of man in still water to
speed of stream?
(a) 5 : 1 (b) 6 : 1
(c) 5 : 3 (d) 7 : 1
(e) None of these

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)
6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (e) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (e) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (b)
26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (c)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (d)
36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (d)
41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (c)
46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. (c) 50. (d)

Solutions 3. Let the speed of boat = b and current = c

Speed downstream = b+c, Speed
upstream = b – c
1. Let the speed of boat in still water be s
Let the distance boat goes upstream = 2d
m/sec
and returns downstream is d
As the object covers 100m in 50 sec, so
𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺 𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅 𝑻𝑻 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖
the distance travelled by the object will be = ×
𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺 𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖 𝑻𝑻 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
with the help of the speed of the stream 𝒅𝒅 𝑻𝑻 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅

= � � � �
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝑻𝑻 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖
only.
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = × = 𝟗𝟗/𝟓𝟓
Speed of stream = = 𝟐𝟐 𝒎𝒎/𝒔𝒔 𝟐𝟐 𝟓𝟓
𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
𝑺𝑺 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝟗𝟗
Given that, =
𝑺𝑺 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖 𝟓𝟓
(s – 2) = (s + 2) – 50 (s + 2)/100 S down = b + c, S up = b – c
(s – 2) = (s + 2)(1 – 1/2) (𝒃𝒃+𝒄𝒄) 𝟗𝟗
=
(𝒃𝒃−𝒄𝒄) 𝟓𝟓
s = 6 m/sec
𝒃𝒃 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟔𝟔 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 =
𝒄𝒄 𝟒𝟒
s= = 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
𝟓𝟓 𝟓𝟓
c = 4 km/h so, b = 14 km/h
Distance covered by the boat in still water
Speed down = 14 + 4 = 18 km/h, Speed up
in 5 hours
= 14 – 4 = 10 km/h
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= × 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌
𝟓𝟓 Distance covered = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟔𝟔 + 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟖𝟖 =
Hence, option D is correct. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌
Hence, option B is correct.
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
2. In still water, the speed of steamer =
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐×𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
m/s = 8 meters per second 4. Let the stream speed be r kmph.
Let the speed of stream = v m/sec Since the distance between P and Q is
In upstream, the speed of steamer = (8 – constant, we have the below equation
v) m/sec according to the given information

(𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟐−𝒓𝒓) 𝟓𝟓
In downstream, the speed of steamer = (8 =
(𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏+𝒓𝒓) 𝟔𝟔
+ v) m/sec r=2
According to the question, In return trip, speed of A = 10 – 2 = 8 kmph
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
– = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟓 × 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 = Speed of B = 12 + 2 = 14 kmph
𝟖𝟖−𝒗𝒗 𝟖𝟖+𝒗𝒗
𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 Ratio of time taken by A to B = 14 : 8 = 7 :

By solving, v = 2 meters per second 4
𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 Hence, option B is correct.
= = 𝟕𝟕. 𝟐𝟐 km per hour
𝟓𝟓
Hence, option A is correct.

5. Let the length between P and Q be PQ km, 7. Let, the speed of boatman in still water
and the speed of river’s current is ‘v’ and stream speed = ‘B’ km/hr and ‘s’
kmph and that of streamer in still water is km/hr respectively
‘u’ kmph. According to the question,
𝑷𝑷𝑷𝑷 𝑷𝑷𝑷𝑷 𝟏𝟏 (B + s) = 1.5 (B – s)
Then, we have = 1 hour and =
𝒗𝒗 (𝒖𝒖−𝒗𝒗) 𝟐𝟐
2.5s = 0.5B
hour
B = 5s
Divide these expressions to get
𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒙𝒙−𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
(𝒖𝒖−𝒗𝒗) 𝒖𝒖 Also, + = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
= 2 or 3v = u or =3 𝑩𝑩+𝒔𝒔 𝑩𝑩−𝒔𝒔
𝒗𝒗 𝒗𝒗
(𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) (𝑩𝑩 – 𝒔𝒔) + (𝒙𝒙 – 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) (𝑩𝑩 + 𝒔𝒔)
Thus ratio is 3 : 1.
= 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 (𝑩𝑩 + 𝒔𝒔) (𝑩𝑩 – 𝒔𝒔)
B = 5s
(𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟎𝟎) (𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) + (𝒙𝒙 – 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) (𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔) =
6. Sb = Speed of boat in still water, Sc =
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 (𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔) (𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)
speed of current
𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝟐𝟐 Also, = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= 𝑩𝑩
𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻𝑻 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖 𝟑𝟑
𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 = 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
𝑺𝑺 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝟑𝟑
So, = (𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)(𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) (𝒙𝒙−𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)(𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) 𝟖𝟖(𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)(𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)
𝑺𝑺 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖 𝟐𝟐 + =
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 𝟓𝟓
=
𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 𝟏𝟏 𝟒𝟒(𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟔𝟔 (𝒙𝒙 – 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) (𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) =
Let the still water speed of boat = 5k 𝟖𝟖 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)𝟐𝟐
If the still water speed decreases by 40% 𝟔𝟔 (𝒙𝒙 – 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) (𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒) = 𝟒𝟒 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒)𝟐𝟐
it becomes 3k 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 – 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖
As the speed decreases in the ratio 5 : 3, 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 – 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖
So time taken will increase in the ratio 3 :
𝒙𝒙 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
5
Hence, option D is correct.
Let the original time be 3t and new be 5t
→ 5t – 3t = 2t = 2 hrs
8. Time taken by boat A to cover distance 6
So, original time = 3t = 3hrs for distance
km
of 30km 𝟔𝟔
= = 𝟎𝟎. 𝟔𝟔 hour
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏−𝟐𝟐
So speed in still water 5k = = 10 km/h
𝟑𝟑 Boat B starts chasing boat-A after 12
Sc = 1k = 2 km/h
minutes
Downstream speed = 12 km/h 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= hours = 0.2 hours,
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
Distance covered in 5 hrs = 12 × 5 = 60 km
means, boat-B has travelled 0.2 hours
Hence, option C is correct.
less than boat-A, therefore
if speed of boat-B is v kmph, then

Time taken by boat B to cover distance 6 𝑺𝑺 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒%
km Option (D) is correct.
𝟔𝟔
= = 6 = (0.6 – 0.2) hour = 0.4 hour
𝒗𝒗−𝟐𝟐
10. Smart Approach:-
0.4 (v – 2) = 6
We can see in the question that both meet
0.4v = 6.8
at mid point i.e they travel for equal
v = 17
distance and in the question it is
Speed of boat B is 17 kmph.
mentioned that they travel for equal time
as well.
So we can say that downstream speed of
9. Let the speed of the boat be ‘5b’ kmph
A = upstream speed of B
and that of the stream be ‘b’ kmph, and
or, 10 + v = 14 - v
the distance it travels in one direction is
or, v = 2
‘y’, then
Hence option A is correct.
while going downstream, we have
𝒚𝒚 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟐𝟐 Traditional Approach:-
= = hours
(𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓+𝒃𝒃) 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟑𝟑
Let the speed of the stream be v kmph,
𝒚𝒚 𝟐𝟐
= hours ……. (i) then
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟑𝟑
Now, it increases the speed of the boat by Speed of boat A in the river = (10 + v)
S%, then the new speed while returning kmph
back would be = (𝟏𝟏 + 𝑺𝑺/𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏) 5b kmph Speed of boat B in the river = (14 – v)
We now can write kmph

𝒚𝒚 𝟒𝟒𝟎𝟎 Both meet at the midpoint, let the
𝑺𝑺 =
{�𝟏𝟏+ �𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓−𝒃𝒃} 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 distance between P and Q is ‘2d km’, so
𝟐𝟐
= hours ...... (ii) distance that each of the boat travelled =
𝟑𝟑
Equating (i) and (ii), we get d km

𝒚𝒚 𝒚𝒚 Time the boat A took would be tA =
=
(𝟏𝟏 + 𝐒𝐒 / 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏)𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 – 𝐛𝐛) 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
𝒅𝒅
𝑺𝑺
hours
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏+𝒗𝒗
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 = 𝒚𝒚𝒚𝒚 ��𝟏𝟏 + � 𝟓𝟓 − 𝟏𝟏�
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒅𝒅
𝑺𝑺
Time the boat B took would be tB =
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏−𝒗𝒗
𝟔𝟔 = �𝟏𝟏 + � 𝟓𝟓 − 𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
hours
𝑺𝑺
𝟕𝟕 = �𝟏𝟏 + � 𝟓𝟓 But tA = tB, so we have
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟕𝟕 𝑺𝑺 𝒅𝒅 𝒅𝒅
= 𝟏𝟏 + =
𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏−𝒗𝒗 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏+𝒗𝒗
𝑺𝑺 (10 + v) = (14 – v)
𝟏𝟏. 𝟒𝟒 = 𝟏𝟏 +
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑺𝑺 2v = 4
= 𝟎𝟎. 𝟒𝟒
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
v = 2 kmph

Hence, option A is correct. 𝟏𝟏.𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 ×𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟒𝟒
=
𝒙𝒙+𝒚𝒚 𝒙𝒙−𝒚𝒚
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 (𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) = 𝟒𝟒 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚)

11. Let, the speed of boat B = ‘𝒙𝒙’ km/h
As, 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
Then, the speed of boat A = (𝒙𝒙 – 10) km/h
So,
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
So, = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 (𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) = 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝒙𝒙−𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏+𝟒𝟒 𝒙𝒙−𝟒𝟒
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 – 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 – 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔

𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚 =
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 – 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 – 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
On solving, we get, y = km/hr = 6.59
𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 ; 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 km/hr
Reqd. time = = 3.5 hours
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒−𝟒𝟒
Hence, option E is correct.
14. Speed of river = 2 km/hr

12. Let the speed of the motorboat B in still
Speed of boat A in still water = 14 km/hr
water = u km per hr then according to the
Since, boat A is travelling against the
question, the speed of the motorboat A in
river
still water = 2u km per hour and let the
So, speed of boat A while moving
speed of the stream = v km per hour
upstream is (14 – 2) = 12 km/hr
And, 2u – u = 15 km/hr
Speed of boat B while going downstream
u = 15 km per hour
𝟒𝟒
= × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 km/hr
When motorboat A and B travel towards 𝟑𝟑
each other then the relative speed = (2u – So, relative speed = 16 + 12 = 28 km/hr
v) + (u + v) = 3u km per hour Hence, distance between X and Y
We know that, Distance = speed × time = = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟒𝟒. 𝟒𝟒 + (𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝟎𝟎. 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏) × (𝟔𝟔 – 𝟒𝟒. 𝟒𝟒)
3u × 15 = 45u km = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟏. 𝟔𝟔 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟔𝟔 km.

Put the value of u = 15 then the total Hence, option A is correct.
distance = 45 × 15 = 675 km
Hence, option C is correct. 15. Let speed of Boat B = 𝒙𝒙 kmph
and speed of boat A = (𝒙𝒙 – 𝟐𝟐) kmph
𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐
13. Let 𝒙𝒙 and 𝒚𝒚 be the speed of boat and So, speed of current = � � kmph
𝟑𝟑
stream respectively
Now according to the question
Given, 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐 = 𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐 +
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 (𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐)+ 𝒙𝒙+ 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
= 𝟗𝟗 𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑
𝒙𝒙+𝒚𝒚
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏
𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = +
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑−𝟔𝟔+𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑+𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟏𝟏
Also, − =
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒−𝟖𝟖 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒−𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐

𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏 𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒚𝒚+𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
− = Also, + = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐−𝟏𝟏 𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑−𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏−𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑+𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
=
𝟏𝟏 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
(𝒙𝒙−𝟐𝟐)(𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐+𝟏𝟏) 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗
𝟐𝟐𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 − 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 − 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 = 𝟎𝟎 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 + 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝒙𝒙 = 𝟖𝟖, − So, from 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂𝒂 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 +
𝟐𝟐
So, speed of boat B is 8 kmph 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑,

Hence, option (B) is correct. we get 𝒙𝒙 = 320 and 𝒚𝒚 = 480
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
Therefore, reqd. time = 𝟐𝟐
𝟒𝟒 = = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐−𝟔𝟔× 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
16. Initial speed of the boat downstream = 8 + 𝟑𝟑
2 = 10 kmph hours
Let after travelling a distance of ‘d’ the Hence, option C is correct.
speed of the stream increased by 2 kmph.

Now the speed of the boat downstream = 18. (d)
8 + 4 = 12 kmph
According to the question,
𝒅𝒅 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏−𝒅𝒅 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
+ + =
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟔𝟔 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
∵ time required travelled from P to R = 16
𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
⇒ 𝒅𝒅 � − �
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 − �𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝟔𝟔�
h 40 m
𝟔𝟔−𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏+𝟐𝟐
⇒d� �= − � � ∵ PQ = QR (∵ Q is midpoint)
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟏𝟏
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 Required time to travel PQ = (16 h, 40 m)
⇒d= = 𝟓𝟓 km 𝟐𝟐
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= 8 h, 20 min
Hence, option (E) is correct.
Total required time from P to Q + Q to P =
12 h
17. Let, the boat’s speed and stream’s speed
= 8 h 20 m + Q to P = 12 h
be B km/hr and s km/hr
∴ time Q to P = 12 h – 8 h 20 m
B + s = 30 km/hr
= 3 h 40 m
B – s = 18 km/hr 𝟏𝟏
∵ ��⃗
𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸 = 𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹��⃗ (distance)
Adding both the equations, we get, 𝟐𝟐
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑+𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 ��⃗
∴ Required time to 𝑹𝑹𝑹𝑹
=B= = 24 km/hr
𝟐𝟐
��⃗]
= 2 × [𝑸𝑸𝑸𝑸
Also, s = 30 – 24 = 6 km/hr
= 2 [3 h 40 m]
According to question,
𝒙𝒙+𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒚𝒚+𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 = 7 h 20 min
+ = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
= 7 hr.
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 + 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑
= 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑

19. In order to solve this, you first need to 𝒙𝒙 𝒙𝒙 𝟑𝟑

21. + =
𝟗𝟗 𝟑𝟑 𝟒𝟒
think of the speed of the river flow (if 𝒙𝒙 𝟑𝟑
⇒4 =
𝟗𝟗 𝟒𝟒
the speed of the boat in still water is 3
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
kmph). If we take the speed of the river ⇒ 𝒙𝒙 = km.
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
flow as s, we get downstream speed = 1.6875 km.

as 3 + s and upstream as 3 – s.
10/(3 – s) – 10 (3 + s) = 8 hours  s = 2 22. Solve through options. At 18 kmph the
kmph. motorboat would take exactly 6 hours.
Note: It is obvious that since the
difference between the downstream 23. Check through options. Option (d) will
time and the upstream time is 8 hours, give us 14 kmph and 9 kmph as the
the upstream and downstream speed downstream and upstream speeds.
would both be factors of 10. The only This would mean that the total travel
value of s such that both 3 + s and 3 – time would be 1.5 hours and 2.33
s are factors of 10 is s = 2. hours downstream and upstream
If the boats needs to reach 10 km respectively.
downstream in 100 minutes (1.66
hours) it means : 10/1.66 = 6 kmph is 24. (a)
the downstream speed. 8 < V < 24 km/h
Since, the speed of the stream is 2
kmph, the required speed of the boat 25. (b)
= 4 kmph. 4 hours
20. From the situation described in the 26. (b) 20 kmph

first condition itself we can see that Let water = 𝒌𝒌
the speed of coming back has to be Speed of Fast Boat = 𝒇𝒇
double the speed of going Slow Boat = 𝒔𝒔
downstream. Checking the options, 𝟑𝟑
× (𝒔𝒔 + 𝒌𝒌) = (𝒇𝒇 + 𝒌𝒌)
𝟐𝟐
only option (a) fits this condition i.e.
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
Downstream speed = 2 × Upstream
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 − 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝒌𝒌 ……. (1)
speed.
𝟏𝟏
Hence, option (a) is correct speed. (𝒔𝒔 − 𝒌𝒌) = (𝒇𝒇 − 𝒌𝒌) ×
𝟐𝟐

𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝒇𝒇 − 𝒌𝒌 𝒔𝒔 𝟑𝟑
=�
𝒙𝒙 𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 − 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝒇𝒇 − 𝒌𝒌
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 − 𝒇𝒇 = 𝒌𝒌 ……. (2)
29. Let the speed of boy in still water be 𝒙𝒙 km/h
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 − 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 = 𝟎𝟎
and the speed of current is given = 𝟓𝟓 km/h
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
Downstream speed = (𝑿𝑿 + 𝟓𝟓) 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
𝒇𝒇 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓
= Upstream speed = (𝑿𝑿 – 𝟓𝟓) 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
𝒔𝒔 𝟑𝟑𝒛𝒛
𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 − 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟖𝟖 Let time be ‘t’ hours.

𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌 (𝐗𝐗+𝟓𝟓)𝐭𝐭
𝒛𝒛 = = 𝟒𝟒 ⇒ = (𝑿𝑿 − 𝟓𝟓) 𝒕𝒕
𝟑𝟑
𝟐𝟐 𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌 ⇒ 𝑿𝑿 + 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 – 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟓
𝒇𝒇 = 𝟓𝟓 × 𝟒𝟒 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 ⇒ 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
⇒ 𝑿𝑿 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
27. In the time taken by the boat in Downstream speed = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 + 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
travelling d + (d – 12) kms, the log Upstream speed = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏– 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟓𝟓 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
travels 12 km. Let, SB be the speed of Hence, option A is correct.
the boat is still water and Ss be the
speed of the stream. 30. Upstream, U = Speed of boat – speed of
Then, stream
𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟖𝟖 Downstream, D = Speed of boat + speed
= + (1)
𝑺𝑺𝒔𝒔 (𝑺𝑺𝒔𝒔 + 𝑺𝑺𝑩𝑩 ) (𝑺𝑺𝑩𝑩 − 𝑺𝑺𝒔𝒔 ) of stream
It is also known that, 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
+
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝑼𝑼 𝑫𝑫
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
+ = 7 hours (2) 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
(𝑺𝑺𝒔𝒔 + 𝑺𝑺𝑩𝑩 ) (𝑺𝑺𝑩𝑩 − 𝑺𝑺𝒔𝒔 ) + = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝑼𝑼 𝑫𝑫
Solve through options. On solving the above two equations, we
will get
𝑫𝑫
28. 𝑺𝑺 = 𝑫𝑫 = 𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺 U = Speed of boat – speed of stream = 5
𝑻𝑻
𝟏𝟏 𝑫𝑫 𝑫𝑫 𝑫𝑫 𝑫𝑫
D = Speed of boat + speed of stream = 13
� + �=� + �
𝟓𝟓 (𝑺𝑺+𝒙𝒙) 𝑺𝑺−𝒙𝒙 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐+𝒙𝒙 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐−𝒙𝒙 Thus, Speed of boat = 9 and speed of
𝑺𝑺+𝒙𝒙+𝒔𝒔−𝒙𝒙 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐+𝒙𝒙+𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐−𝒙𝒙 stream = 4
= 𝟓𝟓 � �
𝒔𝒔𝟐𝟐 −𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝟒𝟒𝒔𝒔𝟐𝟐 −𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐 𝟓𝟓×𝟒𝟒
=
𝒔𝒔𝟐𝟐 −𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟐𝟐 −𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟐 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟐𝟐 − 𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 31. Let the speed of boat in upstream =
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟐𝟐 =𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟐𝟐 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉

𝒔𝒔𝟐𝟐 𝟗𝟗 And the speed of the stream = 𝒙𝒙 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
=
𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝟔𝟔

𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 Upstream speed = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 = 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟐𝟐 =
Speed of boat in downstream = =
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
Distance travelled = 𝟓𝟓. 𝟐𝟐 × 𝟖𝟖 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒. 𝟔𝟔 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌
Let the speed of boat in still water =
𝒑𝒑 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
Then, 𝒑𝒑 + 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 ..........(i)
34. Let speed of boat in still water =
𝑷𝑷 – 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 , 𝒑𝒑 = 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 ...........(ii)
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
Put the value of 𝒑𝒑 in the equation (i)
Then downstream speed = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐, 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟐𝟐. 𝟓𝟓
𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 and upstream speed = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
From the equation (ii) speed of boat in still 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
+ = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
water = 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 = 𝟗𝟗 × 𝟐𝟐. 𝟓𝟓 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐. 𝟓𝟓 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖
𝟑𝟑
The total distance travelled by the boat in 𝒌𝒌 =
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
still water in 20 hours = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌 Speed of boat in still water = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
Hence, option D is correct. Hence, option C is correct.
32. Let the still water speed of boat = 𝒃𝒃 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉 35. Let the speed of the boat in still water be
𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
+ = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 ‘𝒗𝒗’ kmph when going upstream and ‘𝒖𝒖’
(𝐛𝐛+𝟑𝟑) (𝐛𝐛−𝟑𝟑)
kmph while it goes downstream, then
𝒃𝒃 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
Upstream speed in the river =
Distance covered by boat in still water in
(𝒗𝒗 – 𝟑𝟑) 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌
6 hours = 𝟔𝟔 × 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌
Downstream speed in the river = (𝒖𝒖 +
𝟑𝟑) 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒉𝒉
33. Let the speed of the stream be 'M' km/h These two speeds must be equal since the
boat took equal time and travelled equal
Speed of the ferry in still water = (𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 +
distance in both the cases, thus
𝑴𝑴) = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
𝒗𝒗 – 𝟑𝟑 = 𝒖𝒖 + 𝟑𝟑
Downstream speed = (𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 + 𝑴𝑴) =
𝒗𝒗 – 𝒖𝒖 = 𝟔𝟔
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
Upstream speed = (𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 – 𝑴𝑴) = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/
𝒉𝒉
36. Let the speed of boat in still water =
Acc. to the question,
𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝑩𝑩 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 × 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 + = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝑩𝑩−𝟐𝟐 𝑩𝑩+𝟐𝟐
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟐 = 𝟗𝟗. 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
Required distance = (𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟑𝟑) × 𝟖𝟖
𝑴𝑴 = 𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
= 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌

37. Let, speed of Hunny by a, speed of Bunny 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗
+ = 𝟔𝟔 and + = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝒂𝒂−𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂+𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂−𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂+𝒃𝒃
be b and speed of stream be r According 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
Let = 𝒙𝒙 and = 𝒚𝒚
to question 𝒂𝒂−𝒃𝒃 𝒂𝒂+𝒃𝒃
𝑫𝑫 𝑫𝑫 𝟑𝟑 Therefore,
: =
𝐚𝐚 + 𝐫𝐫 𝐛𝐛 + 𝐫𝐫 𝟒𝟒
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 + 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 = 𝟔𝟔
𝐛𝐛 + 𝐫𝐫 𝟑𝟑
Or, = .............(i) 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 + 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝐚𝐚 + 𝐫𝐫 𝟒𝟒
Also. For distance D1. On solving, we get,

𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫 𝟑𝟑 𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏
= � � 𝒚𝒚 = ;×
𝐛𝐛 − 𝐫𝐫 𝟐𝟐 𝐛𝐛 + 𝐫𝐫 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎
Or, 2b + 2r = 3b – 3r So 𝒂𝒂 – 𝒃𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 and 𝒂𝒂 + 𝒃𝒃 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑

Or, b = 5r On solving, we get
Putting this in (i) 𝒂𝒂 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 and 𝒃𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟑𝟑 Hence, option D is correct.
=
𝐚𝐚 + 𝐫𝐫 𝟒𝟒
Or, 3a + 3r = 24r
40. Let the speed of boat in still water be B
Or, a = 7r
km/h
Ratio of their speed= 7r : 5r = 7 : 5 Hence,
𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
option (C) is correct. + = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
(𝐁𝐁−𝟒𝟒) (𝐁𝐁+𝟓𝟓)
Solving we get 𝑩𝑩 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐

38. Let the speed of the boat in still water = 𝒙𝒙 Distance covered in 7 hrs in still water =
km/h 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟕𝟕 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
And the speed of the stream = 𝒚𝒚 km/h Hence, option D is correct.
According to the question
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
(𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚) × �𝟔𝟔 + � 41. Let speed of boat = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓, so speed of
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 current = 𝒌𝒌
⇒ (𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) × 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 = (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚) ×
𝟑𝟑
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
⇒ 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 – 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 + = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
𝒙𝒙 𝟓𝟓
⇒ = 𝒌𝒌 = 𝟒𝟒
𝒚𝒚 𝟏𝟏
𝐱𝐱 – 𝐲𝐲 𝟓𝟓 – 𝟏𝟏 𝑺𝑺 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉
Required ratio = = =4:5
𝒙𝒙 𝟓𝟓
Distance covered in 8hrs in still water =
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟖𝟖 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌
39. Let a be the speed of fisherman
Let b be the speed of stream
42. Let the speed of stream = x km/hr
Upstream speed = 𝒂𝒂 – 𝒃𝒃
The speed of the motorboat in upstream =
Downstream speed = 𝒂𝒂 + 𝒃𝒃
(35 – x) km/hr
According to the question,
We know that distance = speed × time

180 = (35 – x) × 6 45. (c) Speed of the boat in still water, = 10
By solving, x = 5 km/hr km/h
While returning the motorboat will go in Speed of the stream = 4 km/h
downstream ∴ Downstream speed = 14 km/h
The speed of the motorboat in Upstream speed = 6 km/h
downstream = (35 + 5) km/hr Let Distance = M km.
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝑴𝑴 𝑴𝑴
The required time taken = = 𝟒𝟒. 𝟓𝟓 + = 5 hours
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟔𝟔
hours 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕

=5
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒
10M = 42 × 5
𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 × 𝟓𝟓
M= = 21 km.
43. Upstream speed = 𝑺𝑺𝒖𝒖 and Downstream = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝑺𝑺𝒅𝒅
(𝑺𝑺𝒖𝒖 + 𝑺𝑺𝒅𝒅 ) 46. (c)
Speed of boat 𝑺𝑺𝒃𝒃 =
𝟐𝟐
ATQ
(𝑺𝑺𝒅𝒅 − 𝑺𝑺𝒖𝒖 )
Speed of current = Downstream speed
𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐+𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒅𝒅
𝑺𝑺𝒃𝒃 = = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 = 𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐 𝒅𝒅 = 𝟑𝟑 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚) ……. (i)
𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐−𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒅𝒅 × 𝟐𝟐
𝑺𝑺𝑺𝑺 = = 𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 Upstream speed = 𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚 =
𝟐𝟐 𝟕𝟕
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟕𝟕
Average = = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉 or 𝒅𝒅 = (𝒙𝒙 − 𝒚𝒚) ……… (ii)
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
Hence, option D is correct. Compare both the distance

𝟕𝟕
𝟑𝟑 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚) = (𝒙𝒙 − 𝒚𝒚)
44. (c) 𝟐𝟐
𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 + 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔 = 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 − 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕
Speed of person in still water
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
= km/h
𝟐𝟐
Hence, 𝒚𝒚 = Speed of current
Let the speed of current / stream
= 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟓 km/hr
= y km/h
𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟓
ATQ Upstream time
𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟓 km/hr
= 2 × (Downstream time)
(Speed of boat in still water)
𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫
𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬
𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫 47. (b)
=2×
𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
Let speed of boat in still water = 𝒙𝒙 km/hr
= 𝟐𝟐 ×
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 − 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝟓𝟓 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 Speed of stream current = 𝒚𝒚 km/hr
𝟏𝟏
On solving 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐 km/h ATQ
𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑
+ = 𝟔𝟔 𝒉𝒉 ……. (i)
𝐱𝐱 – 𝐲𝐲 𝐱𝐱 + 𝐲𝐲

𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 Downstream distance :-
+ = 𝒉𝒉 ……. (i)
𝐱𝐱 – 𝐲𝐲 𝐱𝐱 + 𝐲𝐲 𝟐𝟐
In these type of Questions, make factor of

24 and 36 and choose the common values
which satisfy the above equations.
24 = 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, (12) Upstream distance :-
36 = 3, 4, 9, (12)
Choose the common factor i.e. Put this
value in equation (i)
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 On
+ = 𝟔𝟔
𝐱𝐱 – 𝐲𝐲 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
Putting 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
+ 𝟑𝟑 = 𝟔𝟔
𝐱𝐱 – 𝐲𝐲 and 𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟖𝟖,
𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟖𝟖 both the equation are satisfied.
𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏−𝟖𝟖 𝟒𝟒
Therefore, 𝒚𝒚 = = = 𝟐𝟐 km/hr.
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
∴ 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
∴ 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏, 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐
50. Let speed of man in still water = 𝒙𝒙 km/h
∴ Speed of current, 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐 km/hr.
Speed of current = 𝒚𝒚 km/h
Downstream speed = (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚) km/h
48. (b)
Upstream speed = (𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) km/h
Let PQ = QR = A and PR = 2A
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐
So, = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 and A = 16
𝒙𝒙+𝒚𝒚
𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚 𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚
By dividing both equations-
Speed of boat in still water ⇒ 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 (𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝑨𝑨 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚) 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
(𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃𝐃 + 𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔𝐔)
= ⇒ 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 – 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 + 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 ⇒ 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟕𝟕 𝒚𝒚 𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝟐
𝟖𝟖 + 𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏 Required ratio = Speed of man in still water
= = = 6 km/h
𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐
: Speed of current ⇒ 7 : 1
49. (c) ATQ
𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
+ = 𝟑𝟑 ……. (i)
𝐱𝐱 + 𝐲𝐲 𝐱𝐱 − 𝐲𝐲
𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏
+ = ……. (ii)
𝐱𝐱 + 𝐲𝐲 𝐱𝐱 − 𝐲𝐲 𝟐𝟐
Note : In such type of Question, take

common values of same types of distance
and satisfy the given equation.

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14. / The speed of boat A is 2 km/hr less

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Two ghats are located on a riverbank 25.

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On the banks of the river Ganges

Two boats go downstream from point

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Rohit can row a boat 65 km upstream

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The ratio of time taken by Hunny and

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Radha can row upstream at 20 km/hr

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A man goes downstream with a boat

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A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18

There are 3 points P, Q and R in a

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1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)

6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (a)

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Solutions 3. Let the speed of boat = b and current = c

with the help of the speed of the stream 𝒅𝒅 𝑻𝑻 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅

m/s = 8 meters per second 4. Let the stream speed be r kmph.

In upstream, the speed of steamer = (8 – constant, we have the below equation

v) m/sec according to the given information

𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 Ratio of time taken by A to B = 14 : 8 = 7 :

Hence, option A is correct.

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We now can write kmph

Equating (i) and (ii), we get d km

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𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 (𝒙𝒙 – 𝒚𝒚) = 𝟒𝟒 (𝒙𝒙 + 𝒚𝒚)

𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 – 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 – 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔

14. Speed of river = 2 km/hr

3u × 15 = 45u km = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟐 + 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 × 𝟏𝟏. 𝟔𝟔 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟔𝟔 km.

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So, speed of boat B is 8 kmph 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑,

Let after travelling a distance of ‘d’ the Hence, option C is correct.

speed of the stream increased by 2 kmph.

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19. In order to solve this, you first need to 𝒙𝒙 𝒙𝒙 𝟑𝟑

flow as s, we get downstream speed = 1.6875 km.

20. From the situation described in the 26. (b) 20 kmph

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𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 − 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 = 𝟖𝟖 Let time be ‘t’ hours.

𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟐𝟐 =𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟐𝟐 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌/𝒉𝒉𝒉𝒉

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Also. For distance D1. On solving, we get,

Or, 2b + 2r = 3b – 3r So 𝒂𝒂 – 𝒃𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 and 𝒂𝒂 + 𝒃𝒃 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑