Quiz Discussion

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

A completes \(\frac{7}{{10}}\) of the work 15 days. Then he completes the remaining work the help of B in 4 days. The time required for A and B together to complete the entire work is = ?

• 1]

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

• 2]

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

• 3]

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

• 4]

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

A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days. They work for 5 days. The rest of the work was finished by C in 2 days. If they get Rs. 1500 for the whole work, the daily wages of B and C are ?

• 1] Rs. 150
• 2] Rs. 225
• 3] Rs. 250
• 4] Rs. 300

A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:

• 1]

  \(9\frac{1}{5}\) days

• 2]

  \(9\frac{2}{7}\) days

• 3]

  \(9\frac{3}{5}\) days

• 4]

  10

The daily wages of A and B respectively are Rs. 3.50 and Rs. 2.50. When A finishes a certain work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When B does the same work, he gets a total wage Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is cost of the work ?

• 1] Rs. 67.50
• 2] Rs. 27.50
• 3] Rs. 60.50
• 4] Rs. 70.50

A group of workers was put on a job. From second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage, the group would have finished the job in 55% of the time. How many workers were there in the group?

• 1] 15
• 2] 14
• 3] 12
• 4] 10
• 5] 8

A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. How many boys must assist one man and one woman to do the work in 1 day ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 9
• 4] 13

If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be:

• 1] 4 days
• 2] 5 days
• 3] 6 days
• 4] 7 days

Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will Q fill the cistern?

• 1]

  7 minutes

• 2]

  \(7\frac{1}{2}\) minutes

• 3]

  8 minutes

• 4]

  \(8\frac{1}{4}\) minutes

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 1/2 day

• 3]

  25 days

• 4]

  30 days