Quiz Discussion

A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?

• 1]

  5

• 2]

  5 1/2

• 3]

  6

• 4]

  8

A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20 days and C in 30 days, B and C together start the work and forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is:

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 15 days
• 4] 16 days

A is 60% more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B working together complete a piece of work which A alone takes 15 days to finish?

• 1]

  \(\frac{{124}}{{13}}\) days

• 2]

  \(\frac{{113}}{{13}}\) days

• 3]

  \(\frac{{108}}{{13}}\) days

• 4]

  \(\frac{{131}}{{13}}\) days

• 5]

  \(\frac{{120}}{{13}}\) 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

If one pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes, then 5 pipes, each of 20% efficiency of A, can fill the tank in:

• 1] 80 min
• 2] 100 min
• 3] 20 min
• 4] 25 min

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

A is twice as good a workman as B. If they work together, they can complete a job in 18 days. If A alone does the job, in how many days he will complete the job ?

• 1] 27 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 40 days
• 4] 54 days

A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But since 20 men dropped out every day, the job completed at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at the beginning?

• 1] 240
• 2] 140
• 3] 280
• 4] 150
• 5] None of these

A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:

• 1] 15 days
• 2] 16 days
• 3] 18 days
• 4] 20 days

Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is 50% more efficient then Kamal. The number of days, Bimal will take to do the same piece of work, is = ?

• 1]

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

• 2]

  10

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  14