Quiz Discussion

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

A company employed 200 workers to complete a certain work in 150 days. If only \(\frac{1}{4}\) th of the work had been done in 50 days, then in order to complete the whole work in time, the number of additional workers to be employed were?

• 1] 100
• 2] 600
• 3] 300
• 4] 200

A can build a wall in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together can do it. If A and B together could do it in 25 days and C alone in 35 days, in what time could B alone do it ?

• 1] 91 days
• 2] 100 days
• 3] 175 days
• 4] None of these

A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours, then B can do it in?

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

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

A contractor was engaged to construct a road in 16 days. After working for 12 days with 20 labours it was found that only \({\frac{5}{8}}\) th of the road had been constructed. To complete the work in stipulated time the number of extra labours required are ?

• 1] 16
• 2] 12
• 3] 10
• 4] 18

A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning, then the work will be completed in:

• 1] 9 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 11 days
• 4] 12 days

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

Amit, Bhawana and Chandan can do a piece of work, working together in one day only. Amit is 5 times efficient than Bhawna and Chandan takes half of the number of days taken by Bhawna to do the same work. What is the difference between the number of days taken by Amit and Chandan when they work alone ?

• 1]

  4

• 2]

  5

• 3]

  3

• 4]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\)

A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 15 days. With help of C, they finish the work in 5 days. In how many days C alone can do the same work ?

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 10 days
• 4] 12 days