Quiz Discussion

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

A contractor undertake to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the beginning and 100 more after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not engaged the work in men, how many days behind the scheduled the work should have been finished ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 7
• 4] 8

A and B together can complete a job in 8 days. Both B and C, working alone can finish the same job in 12 days, A and B commence work on the job, and work for 4 days, where upon A leaves, B continues for 2 more days, and then he leaves too, C now starts working, and finishes the job. How many days will C require to finish the remaining work ?

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

A can do three times the work done by B in one day. They together finish \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the work in 9 days. The number of days by which B can do the work alone is?

• 1] 120 days
• 2] 100 days
• 3] 30 days
• 4] 90 days

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

A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone?

• 1]

  2:5

• 2]

  2:7

• 3]

  3:7

• 4]

  1:5

An employee pays Rs. 26 for each day a worker and forfeits Rs. 7 for each day he idle. At the end of 56 days, if the worker got Rs. 829, for how many days did the worker remain idle?

• 1] 21
• 2] 15
• 3] 19
• 4] 13
• 5] 17

Two forest officials in their respective division were involved in the harvesting of tendu leave. One division had an average output of 21 tons from a hectares and other division, which had 12 hectares of land less, dedicated to tendu leaves, got 25 tons of tendu from a hectare. As a result, the second division harvested 300 tons of tendu leaves more than the first. How many tons of tendu leaves did the first division harvest.

• 1] 3150
• 2] 3450
• 3] 3500
• 4] 3600
• 5] None of these

A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:

• 1] 15 days
• 2] 16 days
• 3] 18 days
• 4] 20 days

A boy and a girl together fill a cistern with water. The boy pours 4 liters of water every 3 minutes and girl pours 3 litres every 4 minutes. How much time will it take to fill 100 litres of water in the cistern?

• 1] 36 minute
• 2] 42 minutes
• 3] 48 minutes
• 4] 44 minutes