Quiz Discussion

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 min and 16 min respectively. Both the pipes are opened together for a certain time but due to some obstruction, the flow of water was restricted to \(\frac{7}{8}\) of full flow in pipe A and \(\frac{5}{6}\) of full in pipe B. This obstruction is removed after some time and the tank are now filled in 3 min from that moment. How long was it before the full flow?

• 1] 8 min
• 2] 3 min
• 3] 5.6 min
• 4] 4.5 min
• 5] None of these

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

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

X can copy 80 pages in 20 hours, x and y together can copy 135 pages in 27 hours. Then y can copy 20 pages in ?

• 1] 20 hours
• 2] 24 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 12 hours

Two workers A and B are engaged to do a piece of work. A working alone would take 8 hours more to complete the work that when work together. If B worked alone, would take \({ \text{4}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours more than when working together. The time required to finish the work together is =?

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 8 houras
• 3] 4 hours
• 4] 6 hours

A is twice as good a workman as B. If they work together, they can complete a job in 18 days. If A alone does the job, in how many days he will complete the job ?

• 1] 27 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 40 days
• 4] 54 days

A contractor undertakes to make a road in 40 days and employs 25 men. After 24 days, he finds that only one-third of the road is made. How many extra men should he employ so that he is able to complete the work 4 days earlier ?

• 1] 100
• 2] 60
• 3] 75
• 4] 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

12 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. How many days are needed to complete the work, if 8 men do this work ?

• 1] 28 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 48 days
• 4] 52 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