Quiz Discussion

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work but A left 8 days before the completion of the work while B left 12 days before completion. The number of days for which C worked is

• 1]

  4

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  24

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

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 min and 16 min respectively. Both the pipes are opened together for a certain time but due to some obstruction, the flow of water was restricted to \(\frac{7}{8}\) of full flow in pipe A and \(\frac{5}{6}\) of full in pipe B. This obstruction is removed after some time and the tank are now filled in 3 min from that moment. How long was it before the full flow?

• 1] 8 min
• 2] 3 min
• 3] 5.6 min
• 4] 4.5 min
• 5] None of these

If 28 men complete \(\frac{7}{8}\) of a piece of work in a week, then the number of men, who must be engaged to get the remaining work completed in another week, is = ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 4
• 4] 3

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 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

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]

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

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

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

16 women take 12 days to complete a work which can be completed by 12 men in 8 days. 16 men started working and after 3 days 10 men left and 4 women joined them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?

• 1] 4 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 8 days
• 4] 10 days