Quiz Discussion

12 monkeys can eat 12 bananas in 12 minutes. In how many minutes can 4 monkeys eat 4 bananas ?

• 1] 4 minutes
• 2] 10 minutes
• 3] 12 minutes
• 4] 8 minutes

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

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

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 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

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A ?

• 1] Rs. 600
• 2] Rs. 750
• 3] Rs. 800
• 4] Rs. 900

If p men working p hours per day for p days produce p units of work, then the units of work produced by n men working n hours a day for days is = ?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

• 2]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{3}}}}}{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

• 3]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

• 4]

  \(\frac{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{3}}}}}{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively. A begins to do the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be completed in ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{14}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{15}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{16}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{18}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

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 takes 10 days less than the time taken by B to finish a piece of work. If both A and B can do it in 12 days, then the time taken by B alone to finish the work is = ?

• 1] 30 days
• 2] 27 days
• 3] 20 days
• 4] 25 days