Quiz Discussion

Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will Q fill the cistern?

• 1]

  7 minutes

• 2]

  \(7\frac{1}{2}\) minutes

• 3]

  8 minutes

• 4]

  \(8\frac{1}{4}\) minutes

If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it?

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

P is thrice as good a workman as Q and therefore able to finish a job in 48 days less than Q. Working together, they can do it in ?

• 1] 18 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 30 days
• 4] 12 days

While working 7 hour a day, A alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. In what time would they complete it together, 8 hour a day?

• 1] 3 days
• 2] 4 days
• 3] 2.1 days
• 4] 3.6 days

A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in :

• 1]

  4 days

• 2]

  6 days

• 3]

  8 days

• 4]

  18 days

A and B can together do a piece of work it in 6 days and A alone can do it in 9 days. The number of days B will take to do it alone is ?

• 1] 18 days
• 2] 24 days
• 3] 9 days
• 4] 12 days

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, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. They started the work together. But A left the work 5 days before its completion. B also left the work 2 days after A left. In how many days was the work completed ?

• 1] 4
• 2] 5
• 3] 7
• 4] 8

A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40, 000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply fails in 90 days. If 32, 000 litres of petrol used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the supply ever failing?

• 1] 64000 litres
• 2] 56000 litres
• 3] 60000 litres
• 4] 78000 litres
• 5] None of these

A group of workers was put on a job. From second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage, the group would have finished the job in 55% of the time. How many workers were there in the group?

• 1] 15
• 2] 14
• 3] 12
• 4] 10
• 5] 8