Quiz Discussion

A can build up a wall in 8 days while B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4 days and then B joined to work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A alone build up the remaining part of the wall ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  7 days

• 3]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

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

A's 2 days work is equal to B's 3 days work. If A can complete the work in 8 days, then to complete the work B will take ?

• 1] 15 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 16 days
• 4] 14 days

A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient then A. How many days will B and A together take to do the same job?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{80}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{70}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{75}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{60}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

A and B can together finish a piece of work in 30 days. They worked on it 20 days and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 days. A alone can finish the work in = ?

• 1] 60 days
• 2] 54 days
• 3] 48 days
• 4] 50 days

A and B together can finish a work in 9 days. A alone can finish the work in 12 days. In how many days will B alone finish the work?

• 1]

  24

• 2]

  28

• 3]

  32

• 4]

  36

20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 3 days, then 5 men joined. In how many days is the remaining work completed ?

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

Two workers A and B are engaged to do a piece of work. A working alone would take 8 hours more to complete the work that when work together. If B worked alone, would take \({ \text{4}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours more than when working together. The time required to finish the work together is =?

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 8 houras
• 3] 4 hours
• 4] 6 hours

There are three boats A, B and C, working together they carry 60 people in each trip. One day an early morning A carried 50 people in few trips alone. When it stopped carrying the passengers B and C started carrying the people together. It took a total of 10 trips to carry 300 people by A, B and C. It is known that each day on an average 300 people cross the river using only one of the 3 boats A, B and C. How many trips it would take to A to carry 150 passengers alone?

• 1] 15
• 2] 30
• 3] 25
• 4] 10
• 5] None of these

A and B can together do a piece of work it in 6 days and A alone can do it in 9 days. The number of days B will take to do it alone is ?

• 1] 18 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 9 days
• 4] 12 days

The laborer's A, B, C were given a contract of Rs. 750 for doing a certain piece of work. All the three together can finish the work in 8 days, A and C together can do it in 12 days, while A and B together can do it in \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{3}\) days. The money will be divided in the ratio?

• 1] 4 : 5 : 6
• 2] 4 : 7 : 5
• 3] 5 : 7 : 4
• 4] 5 : 6 : 8