Quiz Discussion

To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C will take :

• 1] 7 Days
• 2] 7.5 Days
• 3] 8 Days
• 4] 8.5 Days

A can do a piece of work in 6 days. B is 25% more efficient than A. How long would B alone take to finish this work ?

• 1]

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

• 2]

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

• 3]

  \({ \text{ 5}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

Two persons having different productivity of labour, working together can reap a field in 2 days. If one-third of the field was reaped by the first man and rest by the other one working alternatively took 4 days. How long did it take for the faster person to reap the whole field working alone?

• 1] 3
• 2] 6
• 3] 8
• 4] 12
• 5] None of these

40 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days. 20 more men joined them after 5 days they start doing work. How many days will be required by them to finish the remaining work ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

6 women can complete a piece of work in 10 days, whereas 10 children alone take 15 days to complete the same piece of work. How many days will 6 women and 10 children together take to complete the piece of work?

• 1]

  7

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  4

A started a ,work and left after working for 2 days. Then B was called and he finished the work in 9 days. had A left the work after working for 3 days, B would have finished the remaining work in 6 days. In how many days can each of them, working alone, finish the whole work ?

• 1] 2.5 days, 7.5 days
• 2] 5 days, 8.5 days
• 3] 5 days, 15 days
• 4] None of these

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

A contractor undertakes to make a road in 40 days and employs 25 men. After 24 days, he finds that only one-third of the road is made. How many extra men should he employ so that he is able to complete the work 4 days earlier ?

• 1] 100
• 2] 60
• 3] 75
• 4] None of these

A single person takes 10 minutes to stitch a bag. If from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1245 bags are to be stitched how many persons should be employed on this job?

• 1]

  81

• 2]

  82

• 3]

  83

• 4]

  84

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