Quiz Discussion

Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in 12 day. The original number of carpenters was ?

• 1] 24
• 2] 20
• 3] 16
• 4] 18

A man is twice as fast as a women and a woman is twice as fast as a boy in doing a work. If all of them, a man , a woman and a boy can finish the work in 7 days, a boy will do it alone ?

• 1] 49 days
• 2] 7 days
• 3] 6 days
• 4] 42 days

A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. They started the work together. But A left the work 5 days before its completion. B also left the work 2 days after A left. In how many days was the work completed ?

• 1] 4
• 2] 5
• 3] 7
• 4] 8

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 completed \(\frac{7}{{10}} \)of work in 15 days, then he completed the remaining work with the help of B in 4 days. In how many days A and B can complete the entire work together?

• 1]

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

• 2]

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

• 3]

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

• 4]

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

A can do a certain job in 12 days and B is 60% more efficient than A. The B can do the same piece of work in ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{8 days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{6 days}}\)

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 minutes, C is also opened. The tank filled up in:

• 1] 39 min.
• 2] 46 min
• 3] 40 min.
• 4] 45 min.

A can do a bit of work in 8 hours while B along can do it in 12 hours. Both A and B cooperating can complete the work in:

• 1]

  10 hours

• 2]

  4 hours

• 3]

  21/4 hours

• 4]

  24/5 hours

A and B together can finish a bit of work in 12 days, B and C can do it in 20 days and C and A do it 15 days. A, B and C together can finish it in

• 1]

  6 days

• 2]

  9 days

• 3]

  10 days

• 4]

  21/2 days

Two men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone, would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone, would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone. How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all asked together?

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 2 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 4 hours
• 5] 5 hours