Quiz Discussion

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A ?

• 1] Rs. 600
• 2] Rs. 750
• 3] Rs. 800
• 4] Rs. 900

If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days and 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days then the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys to do the same type of work will be

• 1]

  5 days

• 2]

  4 days

• 3]

  6 days

• 4]

  7 days

A does half as much work as B in one-sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days to complete a work. How much time shall B alone take to do it ?

• 1] 30 days
• 2] 40 days
• 3] 50 days
• 4] 70 days

An employee pays Rs. 26 for each day a worker and forfeits Rs. 7 for each day he idle. At the end of 56 days, if the worker got Rs. 829, for how many days did the worker remain idle?

• 1] 21
• 2] 15
• 3] 19
• 4] 13
• 5] 17

There is provision of food in fort for 1200 soldiers for 60 days. After 15 days, 200 soldiers leave the fort. Remaining food will last for how many days?

• 1] 56 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 54 days
• 4] 48 days

A man and a boy can do a piece of work in 24 days. If the man works alone for the last 6 days, it is completed in 26 days. How long would the boy take to do it alone ?

• 1] 20 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 36 days
• 4] 72 days

45 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days. Four days they started working , 36 more men joined them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?

• 1]

  6 days

• 2]

  8 days

• 3]

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

• 4]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{3}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

60 men could complete a piece of work in 250 days. They worked together for 200 days. After that work had to be stopped for 10 days due to bad weather. How many more men should be engaged to complete the work in time ?

• 1] 10
• 2] 15
• 3] 18
• 4] 20

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

A and B can do a job in 7 days. A is \({ \text{1}}\frac{3}{4}\) times as efficient as B. The same job can be done by A alone in?

• 1]

  \(9\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  11 days

• 3]

  \(12\frac{1}{4}{ \text{days}}\)

• 4]

  \(16\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)