Quiz Discussion

A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men that should be appointed so that the whole work will be finished in time is = ?

• 1] 75
• 2] 100
• 3] 125
• 4] 50

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

A can do a certain job in 12 days and B is 60% more efficient than A. The B can do the same piece of work in ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{8 days}}\)

• 2]

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

• 3]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{6 days}}\)

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

A tank can be filled with water by two pipes A and B together in 36 minutes. If the pipe B was stopped after 30 minutes, the tank is filled in 40 minutes. The pipe B can alone fill the tank in:

• 1] 45 minutes
• 2] 60 minutes
• 3] 75 minutes
• 4] 90 minutes

Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in 12 day. The original number of carpenters was ?

• 1] 24
• 2] 20
• 3] 16
• 4] 18

A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:

• 1]

  \(9\frac{1}{5}\) days

• 2]

  \(9\frac{2}{7}\) days

• 3]

  \(9\frac{3}{5}\) days

• 4]

  10

X alone can complete a piece of work in 40 days. He worked for 8 days and left. Y alone completed the remaining work in 16 days. How long would X and Y together take to complete the work ?

• 1]

  \(13\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  14 days

• 3]

  15 days

• 4]

  \(16\frac{2}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

A contractor undertook to do a certain piece of work in 9 days. He employed certain number of men, but 6 of them being absent from the very first day, the rest could finish the work in 15 days. The number of men originally employed were

• 1]

  12

• 2]

  15

• 3]

  18

• 4]

  24

If 10 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, the time taken by 12 men to do the same piece of work will be:

• 1] 12 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 9 days
• 4] 8 days