Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Numerical Ability

Topic

Boats and Streams

Question:

The length of a river is 21 km. Speed of boat in still water is 5 km/h boat takes 10 hours to go and come back. Find the speed of stream.

Options:

1 km/hr

2 km/hr

3 km/hr

4 km/hr

Correct Answer:

2 km/hr

Explanation:

Let V=  speed of current

Speed of boat in downstream = 5 + v

Speed of boat in upstream = 5 - v

ATQ,

\(\frac{21}{5 + v}\) + \(\frac{21}{5 - v}\) = 10

Now check options.

V = 2km/hr