Quiz Discussion

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?

• 1]

  3 : 4

• 2]

  4 : 3

• 3]

  5 : 3

• 4]

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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 can complete a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work the work together but A left 8 days before the completion of the work and B 12 days before the completion of work. Only C worked up to the end. In how many days was the work completed?

• 1] 24 days
• 2] 25 days
• 3] 27 days
• 4] 30 days

A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days. They work for 5 days. The rest of the work was finished by C in 2 days. If they get Rs. 1500 for the whole work, the daily wages of B and C are ?

• 1] Rs. 150
• 2] Rs. 225
• 3] Rs. 250
• 4] Rs. 300

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 and B together can do a job in 2 days; B and C can do it in 4 days; A and C in \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\) days. The number of days required for A to do the job alone is = ?

• 1] 1
• 2] 3
• 3] 6
• 4] 12

A work could be completed in 100 days by some workers. However, due to the absence of 10 workers, it was completed in 110 days. The original number of workers was ?

• 1] 100
• 2] 110
• 3] 55
• 4] 50

Three pipes A,B and C attached to a cistern. A can fill it in 10 min, B in 15 min, C is a waste pipe for emptying it. After opening both the pipes A and B, a man leaves the cistern and returns when the cistern should have been just full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe had left open, he closes it and the cistern now gets filled in 2 min. In how much time the pipe C, if opened alone, empty the full cistern?

• 1] 12 min
• 2] 16 min
• 3] 18 min
• 4] 15 min
• 5] None of these

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 15 days
• 3] 16 days
• 4] 18 days

A can do a piece of work in 15 days, which B can do it in 10 days. B worked at it for 8 days. A can finish the remaining work in?

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