Quiz Discussion

At a Tech Pvt Ltd. there are some engineering students employed as trainee engineers, belong to two eminent institutions of India. One group belongs to IIT and another to NIT. Each student of IIT works for 10 hours a day till 60 days and each student of NIT works for 8 hours a day till 80 days on the two same project. The ratio of students of IIT and that of NIT is 4:5 respectively. Students of which institution is slower in work and by how much?

• 1] IITian is 20% less efficient
• 2] NITian is 33.33% less efficien
• 3] NIT is 25% less efficient
• 4] IIT is 33.33% less efficient
• 5] Cannot be determined

Two workers A and B are engaged to do a work. A working alone takes 8 hours more to complete the job than if both worked together. If B worked alone, he would need 41/2 hours more to complete the job than they both working together. What time would they take to do the work together ?

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

A job can be complete by 12 men in 12 days. How many extra days will be needed to complete the job if 6 men leave after working for 6 days ?

• 1] 3 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 12 days
• 4] 24 days

The daily wages of A and B respectively are Rs. 3.50 and Rs. 2.50. When A finishes a certain work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When B does the same work, he gets a total wage Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is cost of the work ?

• 1] Rs. 67.50
• 2] Rs. 27.50
• 3] Rs. 60.50
• 4] Rs. 70.50

16 men can finish a piece of work in 49 days. 14 men started working and 8 days they could finish certain amount of work. If it is required to finish the remaining work in 24 days. How many more men should be added to the existing workforce ?

• 1] 21
• 2] 28
• 3] 16
• 4] 14

A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20 days and C in 30 days, B and C together start the work and forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is:

• 1] 10 days
• 2] 12 days
• 3] 15 days
• 4] 16 days

A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning, then the work will be completed in:

• 1] 9 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 11 days
• 4] 12 days

Two typists of varying skills can do a job in 6 minutes if they work together. If the first typist typed alone for 4 minutes and then the second typist typed alone for 6 minutes, they would be left with \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the whole work. How many minutes would it take the slower typist to complete the typing job working alone?

• 1] 10 minutes
• 2] 15 minutes
• 3] 12 minutes
• 4] 20 minutes
• 5] 17 minutes

If 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days, then 10 women complete it in ?

• 1] 35 days
• 2] 50 days
• 3] 45 days
• 4] 40 days

A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively. A begins to do the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be completed in ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{14}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{15}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{16}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{18}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)