Quiz Discussion

Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

• 1]

  15

• 2]

  16

• 3]

  18

• 4]

  25

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

There are three boats A, B and C, working together they carry 60 people in each trip. One day an early morning A carried 50 people in few trips alone. When it stopped carrying the passengers B and C started carrying the people together. It took a total of 10 trips to carry 300 people by A, B and C. It is known that each day on an average 300 people cross the river using only one of the 3 boats A, B and C. How many trips it would take to A to carry 150 passengers alone?

• 1] 15
• 2] 30
• 3] 25
• 4] 10
• 5] None of these

A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:

• 1]

  4 days

• 2]

  6 days

• 3]

  8 days

• 4]

  12 days

Working efficiencies of P and Q for completing a piece of working are in the ratio 3 : 4. The number of days to be taken by them to complete the work will be in the ratio ?

• 1] 3 : 2
• 2] 2 : 3
• 3] 3 : 4
• 4] 4 : 3

A takes three times as long as B and C together to do a job. B takes four times as long as A and C together to do the work. If all the three, working together can complete the job in 24 days, then the number of days, A alone will take to finish the job is = ?

• 1] 100 days
• 2] 96 days
• 3] 95 days
• 4] 90 days

If 5 men and 3 women can reap 18 acre of crop in 4 days, 3 men and 2 women can reap 22 acre of crop in 8 days, then how many men are required to join 21 women to reap 54 acre of crop in 6 days ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 10
• 4] 12

A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in = ?

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

If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days, A and C together in 12 days, and B and C together in 9 days, then B alone can do the work in:

• 1] 18 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 30 days
• 4] 40 days