Quiz Discussion

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 group of 12 men can do a piece of work in 14 days and other group of 12 women can do the same work in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the completion of work, man's group leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is:

• 1]

  \(\frac{{65}}{4}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{93}}{3}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{51}}{5}\)

• 4]

  60

20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 3 days, then 5 men joined. In how many days is the remaining work completed ?

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 14 days
• 3] 13 days
• 4] 15 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

6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days, 8 women can complete the same piece of work in 18 days and 18 children can do it in 10 days. 4 men, 12 women and 20 children do the work for 2 days. If the remaining work be completed by men only in 1 day, how many men will be required ?

• 1] 36
• 2] 24
• 3] 18
• 4] Cannot be determined

4 men and 10 women were put on work. They completed \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the work in 4 days. After this 2 men and 2 women were increased. They completed \(\frac{2}{9}\) more of the work in 2 days. If the remaining work is to be completed in 3 days, then how many more women must be increased?

• 1] 8
• 2] 32
• 3] 50
• 4] 55

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

A cistern can be filled by two pipes in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened, when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 10 minutes more.

• 1] After 10 minutes
• 2] After 12 minutes
• 3] After 20 minutes
• 4] After 8 minutes

A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:

• 1] 15 days
• 2] 16 days
• 3] 18 days
• 4] 20 days

If p men working p hours per day for p days produce p units of work, then the units of work produced by n men working n hours a day for days is = ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{3}}}}}{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{3}}}}}{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)