Quiz Discussion

A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40, 000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply fails in 90 days. If 32, 000 litres of petrol used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the supply ever failing?

• 1] 64000 litres
• 2] 56000 litres
• 3] 60000 litres
• 4] 78000 litres
• 5] None of these

X takes 4 days to complete one-third of a job. Y takes 3 days to complete one-sixth of the job and Z takes 5 days to complete half the job. If all of them work together for 3 days and X and Z quit, how long will it take for Y to complete the remaining work done.

• 1] 6 days
• 2] 8.1 days
• 3] 5.1 days
• 4] 7 days
• 5] None of these

A can build a wall in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together can do it. If A and B together could do it in 25 days and C alone in 35 days, in what time could B alone do it ?

• 1] 91 days
• 2] 100 days
• 3] 175 days
• 4] None of these

A and B together can do a job in 2 days; B and C can do it in 4 days; A and C in \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\) days. The number of days required for A to do the job alone is = ?

• 1] 1
• 2] 3
• 3] 6
• 4] 12

A, B and C can separately do a work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. They started to work together but C left after 2 days. The remaining work will be finished in = ?

• 1] 4 days
• 2] 5 days
• 3] 6 days
• 4] 15 days

If 3 men or 9 boys can finish a piece of work in 21 days, in how many days can 5 men and 6 boys together do the same piece of work ?

• 1] 8 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 14 days
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

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

Two men can do a piece of work in x days. But y women can do that in 3 days. Then the ratio of the work done by 1 man and 1 woman is ?

• 1] 3y : 2x
• 2] 2x : 3y
• 3] x : y
• 4] 2y : 3x

P is thrice as good a workman as Q and together they finish a piece of work in 24 days. The number of days taken by P alone to finish the work is:

• 1]

  25 days

• 2]

  22 days

• 3]

  32 days

• 4]

  34 days

If the expenditure of gas on burning 6 burners for 6 hours a day for 8 days is Rs. 450, then how many burners can be used for 10 days at 5 hours a day for Rs. 625 ?

• 1] 12
• 2] 16
• 3] 4
• 4] 8