Quiz Discussion

A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient then A. Then the number of days taken by B to do the same work is = ?

• 1] 40 dayd
• 2] 60 days
• 3] 50 days
• 4] 45 days

A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :

• 1]

  4 days

• 2]

  6 days

• 3]

  8 days

• 4]

  12 days

A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A left the work 5 days before the work was completed and B left 2 days after A had left. Number of days required to complete the whole work was ?

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 8 days
• 4] 7 days

A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours, then B can do it in?

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 4 hours
• 3] 6 hours
• 4] 7 hours

A and B work together to complete the rest of a job in 7 days. However,\(\frac{{37}}{{100}}\) the job was already done. Also, the work done by A in 5 days is equal to the work done by B in 4 days. How many days would be required by the fastest worker to complete the entire work?

• 1] 20
• 2] 25
• 3] 30
• 4] 10

Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:

• 1] 7.5 hr
• 2] 8 hr
• 3] 8.5 hr
• 4] 10 hr

A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:

• 1]

  4 days

• 2]

  6 days

• 3]

  8 days

• 4]

  12 days

A can do a bit of work in 8 hours while B along can do it in 12 hours. Both A and B cooperating can complete the work in:

• 1]

  10 hours

• 2]

  4 hours

• 3]

  21/4 hours

• 4]

  24/5 hours

A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:

• 1]

  \(9\frac{1}{5}\) days

• 2]

  \(9\frac{2}{7}\) days

• 3]

  \(9\frac{3}{5}\) days

• 4]

  10

A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the completion of the work. A leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{3}{5}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{2}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{10}}\frac{1}{5}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{2}\)