Quiz Discussion

Find in what ratio will the total wages of the workers of a factory be increased or decreased if there is a reduction in the number of workers in the ratio 13 : 10 and an increment in their wages in the ratio 15: 26.

• 1]

  6/5

• 2]

  1/5

• 3]

  3/5

• 4]

  7/6

If 72 men can build a wall of 280 m length in 21 days, how many men could take 18 days to build a similar type of wall of length 100 m ?

• 1] 30
• 2] 10
• 3] 18
• 4] 28

A and B can compete a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 12 days and then A left. B alone finished the work in 15 days. If Rs. 1500 be paid for the work then A's share is:

• 1] Rs. 750
• 2] Rs. 800
• 3] Rs. 600
• 4] Rs. 900

Three friends Anne, Bob and Chris work together to do a certain job. Time it takes them to do the work together to do a certain job. The it takes them to do the work together is 6 hours less than Anne would have take alone, 1 hour less than Bob would have taken alone and half the time Chris would have taken working alone text. How long did it take them to complete the job, working together ?

• 1] 20 minutes
• 2] 30 minutes
• 3] 40 minutes
• 4] 50 minutes

Two pipes can fill an empty tank separately in 24 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and a third pipe can empty 30 gallons of water per minute. If all three pipes are open, empty tanks become full in one hour. The capacity of the tank (in gallons) is:

• 1] 800 gallons
• 2] 600 gallons
• 3] 500 gallons
• 4] 400 gallons

A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. How many boys must assist one man and one woman to do the work in 1 day ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 9
• 4] 13

If m men can do a work in r days, then the number of days taken by (m + n) men to do it is :

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}{{{ \text{mn}}}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}{{{ \text{mr}}}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{mr}}}}{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{r}}\left( {{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}} \right)}}{{{ \text{mn}}}}\)

4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days ?

• 1] 4
• 2] 8
• 3] 12
• 4] 16

Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will Q fill the cistern?

• 1]

  7 minutes

• 2]

  \(7\frac{1}{2}\) minutes

• 3]

  8 minutes

• 4]

  \(8\frac{1}{4}\) minutes

A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But since 20 men dropped out every day, the job completed at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at the beginning?

• 1] 240
• 2] 140
• 3] 280
• 4] 150
• 5] None of these