Quiz Discussion

If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days and 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days then the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys to do the same type of work will be

• 1]

  5 days

• 2]

  4 days

• 3]

  6 days

• 4]

  7 days

16 men can finish a piece of work in 49 days. 14 men started working and 8 days they could finish certain amount of work. If it is required to finish the remaining work in 24 days. How many more men should be added to the existing workforce ?

• 1] 21
• 2] 28
• 3] 16
• 4] 14

A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 4 days, what fraction of the work will be left ? 

• 1]

  1/13

• 2]

  6/11

• 3]

  9/17

• 4]

  8/15

X can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had worked for 4 days, Y joined him. If complete work was finished in 16 days, Y can alone finish that work in ?

• 1] 27 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 42 days
• 4] 18 days

Two typists of varying skills can do a job in 6 minutes if they work together. If the first typist typed alone for 4 minutes and then the second typist typed alone for 6 minutes, they would be left with \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the whole work. How many minutes would it take the slower typist to complete the typing job working alone?

• 1] 10 minutes
• 2] 15 minutes
• 3] 12 minutes
• 4] 20 minutes
• 5] 17 minutes

The laborer's A, B, C were given a contract of Rs. 750 for doing a certain piece of work. All the three together can finish the work in 8 days, A and C together can do it in 12 days, while A and B together can do it in \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{3}\) days. The money will be divided in the ratio?

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

X can copy 80 pages in 20 hours, x and y together can copy 135 pages in 27 hours. Then y can copy 20 pages in ?

• 1] 20 hours
• 2] 24 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 12 hours

A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start together but after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is completed after two more days, B alone could do the work in

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 9 days
• 4] 10 days

A can build up a wall in 8 days while B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4 days and then B joined to work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A alone build up the remaining part of the wall ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  7 days

• 3]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A work for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A?

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