Quiz Discussion

A company employed 200 workers to complete a certain work in 150 days. If only \(\frac{1}{4}\) th of the work had been done in 50 days, then in order to complete the whole work in time, the number of additional workers to be employed were?

• 1] 100
• 2] 600
• 3] 300
• 4] 200

18 women can complete a work in 12 days and 12 men can complete the same work in 9 days. In how many days will 8 men and 8 women complete that work?

• 1]

  9

• 2]

  6

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  18

A can do a certain job in 12 days and B is 60% more efficient than A. The B can do the same piece of work in ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{8 days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{6 days}}\)

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

If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats in 20 days, then how many mats will be made by 8 men and 4 boys in 20 days?

• 1] 260
• 2] 240
• 3] 280
• 4] 520

A is 60% more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B working together complete a piece of work which A alone takes 15 days to finish?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{124}}{{13}}\) days

• 2]

  \(\frac{{113}}{{13}}\) days

• 3]

  \(\frac{{108}}{{13}}\) days

• 4]

  \(\frac{{131}}{{13}}\) days

• 5]

  \(\frac{{120}}{{13}}\) days

A and B undertake a piece of work for Rs. 250. A alone can do that work in 5 days and B alone can do that work in 15 days. With the help of C, they finish the work in 3 days. If every one gets paid in proportion to work done by them, the amount C will get is ?

• 1] Rs. 50
• 2] Rs. 100
• 3] Rs. 150
• 4] Rs. 200

A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 5 days, and remaining work is completed by C in 3 days, then in how many days can C do the same work alone ?

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 9 days
• 3] 12 days
• 4] 15 days

A can complete a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days and C in 20 days. A and C together for 2 days and A was replaced by B. In how many days, altogether, was the work complete ?

• 1] 6 days
• 2] 8 days
• 3] 15 days
• 4] 16 days

40 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days. 20 more men joined them after 5 days they start doing work. How many days will be required by them to finish the remaining work ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)