Quiz Discussion

A and B can separately complete a piece of work in 20 days and 30 days respectively. They worked together for some time. Then B left the work. If A completed the rest of the work in 10 days, then B worked for

• 1]

  6 days

• 2]

  8 days

• 3]

  12 days

• 4]

  16 days

A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. How many boys must assist one man and one woman to do the work in 1 day ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 9
• 4] 13

A road of 5 m length will be constructed in 100 days. So, 280 workers were employed. But after 80 days it was found that only \({ \text{3}}\frac{1}{2}\) km road was completed. Now, how many more people were needed to finish the work in the specified time?

• 1] 480
• 2] 80
• 3] 200
• 4] 100

Dinesh and Rakesh are working on an Assignment, Dinesh takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Rakesh takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 page ?

• 1] 7 hours, 30 minutes
• 2] 8 hours
• 3] 8 hours, 15 minutes
• 4] 8 hours, 25 minutes

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

25 men with 10 boys can do in 6 days as much work as 21 men with 30 boys can do in days. How many boys must help 40 men to do the same work in 4 days ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 10
• 3] 20
• 4] 40

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

A can do \(\frac{1}{3}\) rd of work in 5 days and B can do the do \(\frac{2}{5}\)th of this work in 10 days. Both A and B, together can do the work in?

• 1]

  \({ \text{ 7}}\frac{3}{8}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{8}}\frac{4}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{9}}\frac{3}{8}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  10 days

A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

• 1]

  20 days

• 2]

  22 1/2 day

• 3]

  25 days

• 4]

  30 days

There is provision of food in fort for 1200 soldiers for 60 days. After 15 days, 200 soldiers leave the fort. Remaining food will last for how many days?

• 1] 56 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 54 days
• 4] 48 days