Quiz Discussion

If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats in 20 days, then how many mats will be made by 8 men and 4 boys in 20 days?

• 1] 260
• 2] 240
• 3] 280
• 4] 520

A and B together can do a job in 2 days; B and C can do it in 4 days; A and C in \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\) days. The number of days required for A to do the job alone is = ?

• 1] 1
• 2] 3
• 3] 6
• 4] 12

8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8 women can complete the same work in 32 days. In how many days will 5 men and 8 women together complete the same work ?

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 14 days
• 4] 16 days
• 5] None of these

If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days, A and C together in 12 days, and B and C together in 9 days, then B alone can do the work in:

• 1] 18 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 30 days
• 4] 40 days

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 contractor was engaged to construct a road in 16 days. After working for 12 days with 20 labours it was found that only \({\frac{5}{8}}\) th of the road had been constructed. To complete the work in stipulated time the number of extra labours required are ?

• 1] 16
• 2] 12
• 3] 10
• 4] 18

A pipe can fill a tank in 0.9 hours and another pipe can empty in 0.7 hours. If tank is completely filled and both pipes are opened simultaneously then 450 liters of water is removed from the tank is 2.5 hours. What is the capacity of the tank?

• 1] 200 liters
• 2] 350 liters
• 3] 456 liters
• 4] 567 liters
• 5] None of these

A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A works twice as efficiently as he actually did and B works \(\frac{1}{3}\) of actual efficiency, the work would have been completed in 3 days. Find the for A to complete the job alone.

• 1]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\)

• 2]

  \(6\frac{1}{4}\)

• 3]

  \(6\frac{3}{4}\)

• 4]

  \(12\frac{1}{2}\)

• 5]

  None of these

A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

• 1] Rs. 375
• 2] Rs. 400
• 3] Rs. 600
• 4] Rs. 800

A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient then A. Then the number of days taken by B to do the same work is = ?

• 1] 40 dayd
• 2] 60 days
• 3] 50 days
• 4] 45 days