Quiz Discussion

A single person takes 10 minutes to stitch a bag. If from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1245 bags are to be stitched how many persons should be employed on this job?

• 1]

  81

• 2]

  82

• 3]

  83

• 4]

  84

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

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 take to do it alone?

• 1] 13.33 days
• 2] 20 days
• 3] 30 days
• 4] 40 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

Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 1400. The first man alone can do this work in 7 days while the second man alone can do this work in 8 days. If they working together complete this work in 3 days with the help of a boy, how should the money be divided ?

• 1] Rs. 600, Rs. 550, Rs. 250
• 2] Rs. 600, Rs. 525, Rs. 275
• 3] Rs. 600, Rs. 500, Rs. 300
• 4] Rs. 500, Rs. 525, Rs. 375

A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :

• 1]

  4 days

• 2]

  6 days

• 3]

  8 days

• 4]

  12 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 labourer was appointed by a contractor on the condition he would be paid Rs. 75 for each day of his work but would be, fined at the rate of Rs. 15 per day for his absent. After 20 days, the contractor paid the labourer Rs. 1140. The number of days the labourer absented from work was ?

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

Ganga and Saraswati, working separately can mow field in 8 and 12 hours respectively. If they work in stretches of one hour alternately. Ganga is beginning at 9 a.m., when will the moving be completed?

• 1] 6:20 PM
• 2] 6:30 PM
• 3] 6:36 PM
• 4] 6:42 PM

A contractor undertakes to make a road in 40 days and employs 25 men. After 24 days, he finds that only one-third of the road is made. How many extra men should he employ so that he is able to complete the work 4 days earlier ?

• 1] 100
• 2] 60
• 3] 75
• 4] None of these