Quiz Discussion

Two men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone, would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone, would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone. How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all asked together?

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 2 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 4 hours
• 5] 5 hours

Shashi can do piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sashi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is = ?

• 1] 15
• 2] 25
• 3] 18
• 4] 16

A pipe can fill a tank in 0.9 hours and another pipe can empty in 0.7 hours. If tank is completely filled and both pipes are opened simultaneously then 450 liters of water is removed from the tank is 2.5 hours. What is the capacity of the tank?

• 1] 200 liters
• 2] 350 liters
• 3] 456 liters
• 4] 567 liters
• 5] None of these

An employee pays Rs. 26 for each day a worker and forfeits Rs. 7 for each day he idle. At the end of 56 days, if the worker got Rs. 829, for how many days did the worker remain idle?

• 1] 21
• 2] 15
• 3] 19
• 4] 13
• 5] 17

If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days, then 20 person with twice the efficiency can do the same job in:

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 40 days
• 3] 10 days
• 4] 20 days

Five men are working to complete a work in 15 days. After five days 10 women are accompanied by them to complete the work in next 5 days. If the work is to be done by women only, then in how many days could the work be over if 10 women have started it ?

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 15 days
• 4] 18 days

A boy and a girl together fill a cistern with water. The boy pours 4 liters of water every 3 minutes and girl pours 3 litres every 4 minutes. How much time will it take to fill 100 litres of water in the cistern?

• 1] 36 minute
• 2] 42 minutes
• 3] 48 minutes
• 4] 44 minutes

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 single person takes 10 minutes to stitch a bag. If from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1245 bags are to be stitched how many persons should be employed on this job?

• 1]

  81

• 2]

  82

• 3]

  83

• 4]

  84

A does half as much work as B in one-sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days to complete a work. How much time shall B alone take to do it ?

• 1] 30 days
• 2] 40 days
• 3] 50 days
• 4] 70 days