Quiz Discussion

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

639 persons can repair a road in 12 days working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons working 6 hours a day complete the work ?

• 1] 210 days
• 2] 213 days
• 3] 214 days
• 4] 215 days

If 5 men and 3 women can reap 18 acre of crop in 4 days, 3 men and 2 women can reap 22 acre of crop in 8 days, then how many men are required to join 21 women to reap 54 acre of crop in 6 days ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 10
• 4] 12

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

A is thrice as good a workman as B and so takes 60 days less than B for doing a job. The time in which they can do the job together is = ?

• 1]

  \(22\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  30 days

• 3]

  45 days

• 4]

  60 days

Madhu takes twice as much time as Uma to complete a work and Rahul does it in the same time as Madhu and Uma together. If all three working together can finish the work in 6 days, then the time taken by Madhu to finish the work is = ?

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 14 days
• 3] 36 days
• 4] 40 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

10 men working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the same work in 12 days ?

• 1] 6 hours/day
• 2] 10 hours/day
• 3] 12 hours/day
• 4] 15 hours/day

A and B can compete a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 12 days and then A left. B alone finished the work in 15 days. If Rs. 1500 be paid for the work then A's share is:

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

Vimal can do a piece of work in 20 days, Vimal and Kamal together can do in 12 days. If Kamal does the work only for half a day daily then in how many days the work will be completed ?

• 1] 14
• 2] 17
• 3] 12
• 4] 15