Quiz Discussion

P is thrice as good a workman as Q and together they finish a piece of work in 24 days. The number of days taken by P alone to finish the work is:

• 1]

  25 days

• 2]

  22 days

• 3]

  32 days

• 4]

  34 days

Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 1400. The first man alone can do this work in 7 days while the second man alone can do this work in 8 days. If they working together complete this work in 3 days with the help of a boy, how should the money be divided ?

• 1] Rs. 600, Rs. 550, Rs. 250
• 2] Rs. 600, Rs. 525, Rs. 275
• 3] Rs. 600, Rs. 500, Rs. 300
• 4] Rs. 500, Rs. 525, Rs. 375

A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men that should be appointed so that the whole work will be finished in time is = ?

• 1] 75
• 2] 100
• 3] 125
• 4] 50

Two men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone, would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone, would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone. How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all asked together?

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 2 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 4 hours
• 5] 5 hours

A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning, then the work will be completed in:

• 1] 9 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 11 days
• 4] 12 days

Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:

• 1] 7.5 hr
• 2] 8 hr
• 3] 8.5 hr
• 4] 10 hr

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

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 sum of money is sufficient to pay A's wages for 21 days and B's wages for 28 days. The same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for ?

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 13 days
• 3] 14 days
• 4] 15 days

There is a group of 5 boys and 2 girls. The two groups working together can do four times as much work as a boy and a girl. Ratio of working capacities of a boy and a girl is:

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