Quiz Discussion

A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which A alone could have done in 23 days?

• 1]

  11 days

• 2]

  13 days

• 3]

  20 3/17 days

• 4]

  None of these

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work but A left 8 days before the completion of the work while B left 12 days before completion. The number of days for which C worked is

• 1]

  4

• 2]

  8

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  24

A can do a piece of work in 5 days less than the time taken by B to do it. If both of them together take \({ \text{11}}\frac{1}{9}\) days, then the time taken by B alone to do the same work (in days ) is?

• 1] 15 days
• 2] 20 days
• 3] 25 days
• 4] 30 days

The time taken by 4 men to complete a job is double the time taken by 5 children to complete the same job. Each man is twice as fast as a woman. How long will 12 men, 10 children and 8 women take to complete a job, given that a child would finish the job in 20 days ?

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

The charges per hour of internet surfing is increased by 25% then find the percentage decrease in the time period of surfing user (a net savy) who can afford only 10% increase in expenditure:

• 1] 22%
• 2] 12%
• 3] 15%
• 4] 9.09%

Three friends Anne, Bob and Chris work together to do a certain job. Time it takes them to do the work together to do a certain job. The it takes them to do the work together is 6 hours less than Anne would have take alone, 1 hour less than Bob would have taken alone and half the time Chris would have taken working alone text. How long did it take them to complete the job, working together ?

• 1] 20 minutes
• 2] 30 minutes
• 3] 40 minutes
• 4] 50 minutes

A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start together but after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is completed after two more days, B alone could do the work in

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 9 days
• 4] 10 days

Five men are working to complete a work in 15 days. After five days 10 women are accompanied by them to complete the work in next 5 days. If the work is to be done by women only, then in how many days could the work be over if 10 women have started it ?

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 15 days
• 4] 18 days

A and B together can finish a bit of work in 12 days, B and C can do it in 20 days and C and A do it 15 days. A, B and C together can finish it in

• 1]

  6 days

• 2]

  9 days

• 3]

  10 days

• 4]

  21/2 days

A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A left the work 5 days before the work was completed and B left 2 days after A had left. Number of days required to complete the whole work was ?

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 8 days
• 4] 7 days