Quiz Discussion

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

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 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 labourer was appointed by a contractor on the condition he would be paid Rs. 75 for each day of his work but would be, fined at the rate of Rs. 15 per day for his absent. After 20 days, the contractor paid the labourer Rs. 1140. The number of days the labourer absented from work was ?

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

Three pipes A,B and C attached to a cistern. A can fill it in 10 min, B in 15 min, C is a waste pipe for emptying it. After opening both the pipes A and B, a man leaves the cistern and returns when the cistern should have been just full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe had left open, he closes it and the cistern now gets filled in 2 min. In how much time the pipe C, if opened alone, empty the full cistern?

• 1] 12 min
• 2] 16 min
• 3] 18 min
• 4] 15 min
• 5] None of these

A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. The whole work was completed in:

• 1]

  8 days

• 2]

  10 days

• 3]

  12 days

• 4]

  15 days

If 10 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, the time taken by 12 men to do the same piece of work will be:

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 9 days
• 4] 8 days

40 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days. Eight days after they started working together, 10 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work ?

• 1] 6 days
• 2] 8 days
• 3] 10 days
• 4] 12 days

X can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had worked for 4 days, Y joined him. If complete work was finished in 16 days, Y can alone finish that work in ?

• 1] 27 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 42 days
• 4] 18 days

Working together, Asha and Sudha can complete an assigned task in 20 days. However, if Asha worked alone and completed half the work and then Sudha takes over the task and completes the second half of the task, the task will be completed in 45 days. How long will Asha take to complete the if she worked alone ? Assume that Sudha is more efficient than Asha.

• 1] 25 days
• 2] 30 days
• 3] 60 days
• 4] 65 days