Quiz Discussion

A completed \(\frac{7}{{10}} \)of work in 15 days, then he completed the remaining work with the help of B in 4 days. In how many days A and B can complete the entire work together?

• 1]

  \(10\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  \(12\frac{2}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

• 3]

  \(13\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

• 4]

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

Amit, Bhawana and Chandan can do a piece of work, working together in one day only. Amit is 5 times efficient than Bhawna and Chandan takes half of the number of days taken by Bhawna to do the same work. What is the difference between the number of days taken by Amit and Chandan when they work alone ?

• 1]

  4

• 2]

  5

• 3]

  3

• 4]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\)

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

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

A man and a boy received Rs. 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they did together. The man's efficiency in the work was thrice times that of the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?

• 1] Rs. 76
• 2] Rs. 56
• 3] Rs. 44
• 4] Rs. 40

Working together B and C take 50% more number of days than A, B and C together take and A and B working together, take \(\frac{8}{3} \)more number of days than A, B and C take together. If A, B, and C all have worked together till the completion of the work and B has received Rs. 120 out of total earnings of Rs. 450, then in how many days did A, B and C together complete the whole work?

• 1] 2 days
• 2] 4 days
• 3] 6 days
• 4] 8 days
• 5] 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]

  \(22\frac{1}{2}\) days

• 3]

  25 days

• 4]

  30 days

A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40, 000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply fails in 90 days. If 32, 000 litres of petrol used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the supply ever failing?

• 1] 64000 litres
• 2] 56000 litres
• 3] 60000 litres
• 4] 78000 litres
• 5] None of these

16 men can finish a work in 24 days and 48 boys can finish the same work in 16 days. 12 men started the work and after 4 days 12 boys joined them. In how many days can they finish the remaining work ?

• 1] 6
• 2] 12
• 3] 16
• 4] None of these

Two men can do a piece of work in x days. But y women can do that in 3 days. Then the ratio of the work done by 1 man and 1 woman is ?

• 1] 3y : 2x
• 2] 2x : 3y
• 3] x : y
• 4] 2y : 3x