Quiz Discussion

A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. They started the work together. But A left the work 5 days before its completion. B also left the work 2 days after A left. In how many days was the work completed ?

• 1] 4
• 2] 5
• 3] 7
• 4] 8

Three pipes A,B and C attached to a cistern. A can fill it in 10 min, B in 15 min, C is a waste pipe for emptying it. After opening both the pipes A and B, a man leaves the cistern and returns when the cistern should have been just full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe had left open, he closes it and the cistern now gets filled in 2 min. In how much time the pipe C, if opened alone, empty the full cistern?

• 1] 12 min
• 2] 16 min
• 3] 18 min
• 4] 15 min
• 5] None of these

Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:

• 1] 7.5 hr
• 2] 8 hr
• 3] 8.5 hr
• 4] 10 hr

18 women can complete a work in 12 days and 12 men can complete the same work in 9 days. In how many days will 8 men and 8 women complete that work?

• 1]

  9

• 2]

  6

• 3]

  12

• 4]

  18

To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?

• 1] 30 days
• 2] 35 days
• 3] 40 days
• 4] 45 days

A can do a piece of work in 15 days, which B can do it in 10 days. B worked at it for 8 days. A can finish the remaining work in?

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

A, B and C can separately do a work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. They started to work together but C left after 2 days. The remaining work will be finished in = ?

• 1] 4 days
• 2] 5 days
• 3] 6 days
• 4] 15 days

3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the work ?

• 1] 20 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 4 days
• 4] 15 days

A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours, then B can do it in?

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 4 hours
• 3] 6 hours
• 4] 7 hours

A does half as much work as B in one-sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days to complete a work. How much time shall B alone take to do it ?

• 1] 30 days
• 2] 40 days
• 3] 50 days
• 4] 70 days