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

40 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days. Eight days after they started working together, 10 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work ?

• 1] 6 days
• 2] 8 days
• 3] 10 days
• 4] 12 days

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

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

If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days, then 20 person with twice the efficiency can do the same job in:

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 40 days
• 3] 10 days
• 4] 20 days

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

Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will Q fill the cistern?

• 1]

  7 minutes

• 2]

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

• 3]

  8 minutes

• 4]

  \(8\frac{1}{4}\) minutes

A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days, B and C together can do it in 20 days, A starts the work and works on it for 5 days, B takes up and work for 15 days. Finally C finishes the work in 18 days. The number of days in which C alone can do the work where doing it separately is = ?

• 1] 120 days
• 2] 40 days
• 3] 60 days
• 4] 24 days

A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours. If the son works alone then he do the work in ?

• 1] 60 hours
• 2] 50 hours
• 3] 25 hours
• 4] 10 hours

A and B can together finish a piece of work in 30 days. They worked on it 20 days and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 days. A alone can finish the work in = ?

• 1] 60 days
• 2] 54 days
• 3] 48 days
• 4] 50 days