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

A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

• 1]

  20 days

• 2]

  22 1/2 day

• 3]

  25 days

• 4]

  30 days

12 monkeys can eat 12 bananas in 12 minutes. In how many minutes can 4 monkeys eat 4 bananas ?

• 1] 4 minutes
• 2] 10 minutes
• 3] 12 minutes
• 4] 8 minutes

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

A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. How many boys must assist one man and one woman to do the work in 1 day ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 9
• 4] 13

Three taps A, B and C together can fill an empty cistern in 10 minutes. The tap A alone can fill it in 30 minutes and the tap B alone in 40 minutes. How long will the tap C alone take to fill it?

• 1] 16 minutes
• 2] 24 minutes
• 3] 32 minutes
• 4] 40 minutes

If m men can do a work in r days, then the number of days taken by (m + n) men to do it is :

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}{{{ \text{mn}}}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}{{{ \text{mr}}}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{mr}}}}{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{{ \text{r}}\left( {{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}} \right)}}{{{ \text{mn}}}}\)

A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A works twice as efficiently as he actually did and B works \(\frac{1}{3}\) of actual efficiency, the work would have been completed in 3 days. Find the for A to complete the job alone.

• 1]

  \(6\frac{1}{2}\)

• 2]

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

• 3]

  \(6\frac{3}{4}\)

• 4]

  \(12\frac{1}{2}\)

• 5]

  None of these

If 28 men complete \(\frac{7}{8}\) of a piece of work in a week, then the number of men, who must be engaged to get the remaining work completed in another week, is = ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 4
• 4] 3

A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning, then the work will be completed in:

• 1] 9 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 11 days
• 4] 12 days