Quiz Discussion

A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 5 days, and remaining work is completed by C in 3 days, then in how many days can C do the same work alone ?

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 9 days
• 3] 12 days
• 4] 15 days

A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

• 1]

  30 days

• 2]

  40 days

• 3]

  60 days

• 4]

  70 days

A cistern can be filled by two pipes in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened, when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 10 minutes more.

• 1] After 10 minutes
• 2] After 12 minutes
• 3] After 20 minutes
• 4] After 8 minutes

A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men that should be appointed so that the whole work will be finished in time is = ?

• 1] 75
• 2] 100
• 3] 125
• 4] 50

Madhu takes twice as much time as Uma to complete a work and Rahul does it in the same time as Madhu and Uma together. If all three working together can finish the work in 6 days, then the time taken by Madhu to finish the work is = ?

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 14 days
• 3] 36 days
• 4] 40 days

A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and B left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the job ?

• 1] 40 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 54 days
• 4] 60 days

The charges per hour of internet surfing is increased by 25% then find the percentage decrease in the time period of surfing user (a net savy) who can afford only 10% increase in expenditure:

• 1] 22%
• 2] 12%
• 3] 15%
• 4] 9.09%

If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can make 460 chairs in 240 days, then number of chairs made by 18 carpenters in 360 days each working 8 hours a day ?

• 1] 1320
• 2] 1380
• 3] 1260
• 4] 920

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

If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 52 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in:

• 1] 48 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 45 days
• 4] 50 days