NEET UG 2019 · Physics · Question 32
NEET 2019 Physics, question 32
Question 32 of the NEET 2019 paper (code P1) is a Physics question from Motion in a Plane. Its idea, Relative Velocity and River-Boat Problems, was asked only this once in NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 1.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q32 · Physics
The speed of a swimmer in still water is 20 m/s. The speed of river water is 10 m/s and is flowing due east. If he is standing on the south bank and wishes to cross the river along the shortest path, the angle at which he should make his strokes w.r.t. north is given by :
- 130° westOfficial answer
- 20°
- 360° west
- 445° west
Official answer: option 1 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
The only question on Relative Velocity and River-Boat Problems
No other NEET paper from 2017–2026 tested this exact idea.
Relative Velocity and River-Boat Problems: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Motion in a Plane in ten years of NEET
6 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 5 of 10 papers, about 0.6 a paper. Vector Algebra alone had 1.