Quiz Discussion

To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C will take :

• 1] 7 Days
• 2] 7.5 Days
• 3] 8 Days
• 4] 8.5 Days

Three men A, B, C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in one hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. Then A and B together can do the job in:

• 1]

  \(\frac{2}{3}\) hours

• 2]

  \(\frac{3}{4}\) hours

• 3]

  \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours

• 4]

  \(\frac{4}{3}\) hours

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

A contractor undertake to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the beginning and 100 more after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not engaged the work in men, how many days behind the scheduled the work should have been finished ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 7
• 4] 8

42 women can do a piece of work in 18 days, How many women would be required do the same work in 21 days.

• 1] 35
• 2] 36
• 3] 37
• 4] 38

There are three boats A, B and C, working together they carry 60 people in each trip. One day an early morning A carried 50 people in few trips alone. When it stopped carrying the passengers B and C started carrying the people together. It took a total of 10 trips to carry 300 people by A, B and C. It is known that each day on an average 300 people cross the river using only one of the 3 boats A, B and C. How many trips it would take to A to carry 150 passengers alone?

• 1] 15
• 2] 30
• 3] 25
• 4] 10
• 5] None of these

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

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

Ganga and Saraswati, working separately can mow field in 8 and 12 hours respectively. If they work in stretches of one hour alternately. Ganga is beginning at 9 a.m., when will the moving be completed?

• 1] 6:20 PM
• 2] 6:30 PM
• 3] 6:36 PM
• 4] 6:42 PM

Two persons having different productivity of labour, working together can reap a field in 2 days. If one-third of the field was reaped by the first man and rest by the other one working alternatively took 4 days. How long did it take for the faster person to reap the whole field working alone?

• 1] 3
• 2] 6
• 3] 8
• 4] 12
• 5] None of these