Quiz Discussion

If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can make 460 chairs in 240 days, then number of chairs made by 18 carpenters in 360 days each working 8 hours a day ?

• 1] 1320
• 2] 1380
• 3] 1260
• 4] 920

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

639 persons can repair a road in 12 days working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons working 6 hours a day complete the work ?

• 1] 210 days
• 2] 213 days
• 3] 214 days
• 4] 215 days

A cistern can be filled by two pipes in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened, when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 10 minutes more.

• 1] After 10 minutes
• 2] After 12 minutes
• 3] After 20 minutes
• 4] After 8 minutes

To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?

• 1] 30 days
• 2] 35 days
• 3] 40 days
• 4] 45 days

A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and B left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the job ?

• 1] 40 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 54 days
• 4] 60 days

A can do a piece of work in 15 days, which B can do it in 10 days. B worked at it for 8 days. A can finish the remaining work in?

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

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 can do half of a piece of work in 1 day,where B can do full. B can do half the work as C in 1 day. The ratio of their efficiencies of work is = ?

• 1] 1 : 2 : 4
• 2] 2 : 1 : 4
• 3] 4 : 2 : 1
• 4] 2 : 4 : 1

A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:

• 1] 15 days
• 2] 16 days
• 3] 18 days
• 4] 20 days