Quiz Discussion

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work but A left 8 days before the completion of the work while B left 12 days before completion. The number of days for which C worked is

• 1]

  4

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  24

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 can do a piece of work in 6 days. B is 25% more efficient than A. How long would B alone take to finish this work ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{ 4}}\frac{4}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

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

• 3]

  \({ \text{ 5}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

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

A can do a piece of work in 4 hours, B and C together in 3 hours, and A and C together in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it ?

• 1] 8 hours
• 2] 10 hours
• 3] 12 hours
• 4] 24 hours

6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days, 8 women can complete the same piece of work in 18 days and 18 children can do it in 10 days. 4 men, 12 women and 20 children do the work for 2 days. If the remaining work be completed by men only in 1 day, how many men will be required ?

• 1] 36
• 2] 24
• 3] 18
• 4] Cannot be determined

If the work done by (x - 1) men in (x + 1) days and the work done by (x + 2) men in (x - 1) days are in the ratio 9 : 10, then the value of x is equal to ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 7
• 4] 8

40 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days. 20 more men joined them after 5 days they start doing work. How many days will be required by them to finish the remaining work ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

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

• 4]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 12 days working 7 hours a day, how many days will it take to complete a work twice as large with 10 men and 3 women working together 8 hours a day ?

• 1] 6 days
• 2] 7 days
• 3] 8 days
• 4] 10 days

18 men can complete a piece of work in 63 days. 9 women take 189 days to complete the same piece of work. How many days will 4 men, 9 women and 12 children together take to complete the piece of work if 7 children alone can complete the piece of work in 486 days ?

• 1] 54 days
• 2] 63 days
• 3] 76 days
• 4] 81 days
• 5] None of these

A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  5 1/2

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  8