Quiz Discussion

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A worked 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. 600
• 2] Rs. 750
• 3] Rs. 800
• 4] Rs. 900

If 72 men can build a wall of 280 m length in 21 days, how many men could take 18 days to build a similar type of wall of length 100 m ?

• 1] 30
• 2] 10
• 3] 18
• 4] 28

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

Shashi can do piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sashi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is = ?

• 1] 15
• 2] 25
• 3] 18
• 4] 16

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 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

If 5 men and 3 women can reap 18 acre of crop in 4 days, 3 men and 2 women can reap 22 acre of crop in 8 days, then how many men are required to join 21 women to reap 54 acre of crop in 6 days ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 10
• 4] 12

Madhu takes twice as much time as Uma to complete a work and Rahul does it in the same time as Madhu and Uma together. If all three working together can finish the work in 6 days, then the time taken by Madhu to finish the work is = ?

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 14 days
• 3] 36 days
• 4] 40 days

A and B together can complete a job in 8 days. Both B and C, working alone can finish the same job in 12 days, A and B commence work on the job, and work for 4 days, where upon A leaves, B continues for 2 more days, and then he leaves too, C now starts working, and finishes the job. How many days will C require to finish the remaining work ?

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

If 3 men or 9 boys can finish a piece of work in 21 days, in how many days can 5 men and 6 boys together do the same piece of work ?

• 1] 8 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 14 days
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these