UGC NET Boats and streams Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 6 previous-year questions on Boats and streams from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 5 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2025). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Boats and streams
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Speed of boat from a time ratio | 1 |
| Solving for speed in still water | 1 |
| Solving for total time | 1 |
| Equal-time upstream and downstream | 1 |
| Two equations in upstream and downstream speeds | 1 |
| Upstream and downstream ratio | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Boats and streams appears in 5 of 87 papers (6%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
The speed of a boat in still water is 10 Km/hr (10 Kmph). If it can travel 26 Km downstream and 14 Km upstream in the same time, the speed of the stream is:
Suppose a man swims 12 km upstream and 20 km down stream in a river in 4 hours. If he swims 18 km upstream and 10 km downstream also in 4 hours, then the speed at which he swims in the still water is.
A boat takes an hour to cover a certain distance downstream in a river. It takes 1(1/2) hour to cover the same distance upstream. Assuming that the speed of boat is same in both downstream and upstream directions, what is the ratio of speed of boat to that…
A motor boat covers certain distance downstream in 5 h but takes 6 h to return upstream to the starting point. If the speed of the stream be 4 km/h, then what is the speed of the motor boat in still water ?
Speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1 km/hr. A man rows to a place at a distance of 24 km and comes back to the starting point. Find the total time taken by him.
Time taken by a motor boat moving downstream in a river to cover a distance and time taken by the motor boat to cover the same distance upstream are in the ratio of 3:5. If speed of stream is 10 km/hr, what is the speed of boat?
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