Quiz Discussion

Find in what ratio will the total wages of the workers of a factory be increased or decreased if there is a reduction in the number of workers in the ratio 13 : 10 and an increment in their wages in the ratio 15: 26.

• 1]

  6/5

• 2]

  1/5

• 3]

  3/5

• 4]

  7/6

A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 4 days, what fraction of the work will be left ? 

• 1]

  1/13

• 2]

  6/11

• 3]

  9/17

• 4]

  8/15

Two workers A and B are engaged to do a work. A working alone takes 8 hours more to complete the job than if both worked together. If B worked alone, he would need 41/2 hours more to complete the job than they both working together. What time would they take to do the work together ?

• 1] 4 hours
• 2] 5 hours
• 3] 6 hours
• 4] 7 hours

If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days, A and C together in 12 days, and B and C together in 9 days, then B alone can do the work in:

• 1] 18 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 30 days
• 4] 40 days

4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days ?

• 1] 4
• 2] 8
• 3] 12
• 4] 16

Two pipes can fill an empty tank separately in 24 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and a third pipe can empty 30 gallons of water per minute. If all three pipes are open, empty tanks become full in one hour. The capacity of the tank (in gallons) is:

• 1] 800 gallons
• 2] 600 gallons
• 3] 500 gallons
• 4] 400 gallons

Two men can do a piece of work in x days. But y women can do that in 3 days. Then the ratio of the work done by 1 man and 1 woman is ?

• 1] 3y : 2x
• 2] 2x : 3y
• 3] x : y
• 4] 2y : 3x

There is provision of food in fort for 1200 soldiers for 60 days. After 15 days, 200 soldiers leave the fort. Remaining food will last for how many days?

• 1] 56 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 54 days
• 4] 48 days

A is twice as good as B and together they finish a piece of work in 16 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is = ?

• 1] 20 days
• 2] 21 days
• 3] 22 days
• 4] 24 days

There is a group of 5 boys and 2 girls. The two groups working together can do four times as much work as a boy and a girl. Ratio of working capacities of a boy and a girl is:

• 1] 2 : 1
• 2] 2 : 3
• 3] 1 : 3
• 4] 1 : 2