Quiz Discussion

If two persons, with equal abilities, can do two jobs in two days then 100 persons with equal abilities can do 100 similar jobs in = ?

• 1] 100 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 5 days
• 4] 2 days

A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :

• 1]

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

• 2]

  \(\frac{1}{{10}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{7}{{15}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{8}{{15}}\)

A road of 5 m length will be constructed in 100 days. So, 280 workers were employed. But after 80 days it was found that only \({ \text{3}}\frac{1}{2}\) km road was completed. Now, how many more people were needed to finish the work in the specified time?

• 1] 480
• 2] 80
• 3] 200
• 4] 100

18 men or 36 boys working 6 hours a day can plough a field in 24 days. In how many days will 24 men and 24 boys working 9 hours a day plough the same field ?

• 1] 9 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 6 days
• 4] 8 days

A and B together can complete a particular task in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same task in 12 days. How many days will B take to complete the task if he works alone?

• 1]

  9 days

• 2]

  7 days

• 3]

  5 days

• 4]

  3 days

• 5]

  None of these

A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20 days and C in 30 days, B and C together start the work and forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is:

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 15 days
• 4] 16 days

A group of workers was put on a job. From second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage, the group would have finished the job in 55% of the time. How many workers were there in the group?

• 1] 15
• 2] 14
• 3] 12
• 4] 10
• 5] 8

A job can be complete by 12 men in 12 days. How many extra days will be needed to complete the job if 6 men leave after working for 6 days ?

• 1] 3 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 12 days
• 4] 24 days

If 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days, then 10 women complete it in ?

• 1] 35 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 45 days
• 4] 40 days

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