Quiz Discussion

A is twice as good a workman as B. If they work together, they can complete a job in 18 days. If A alone does the job, in how many days he will complete the job ?

• 1] 27 days
• 2] 36 days
• 3] 40 days
• 4] 54 days

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

A can build up a wall in 8 days while B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4 days and then B joined to work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A alone build up the remaining part of the wall ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  7 days

• 3]

  \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

If 20 women can lay a road of length 100m in 10 days. 10 women can lay the same road of length 50m in = ?

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 15 days
• 3] 10 days
• 4] 20 days

A completed \(\frac{7}{{10}} \)of work in 15 days, then he completed the remaining work with the help of B in 4 days. In how many days A and B can complete the entire work together?

• 1]

  \(10\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  \(12\frac{2}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

• 3]

  \(13\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

• 4]

  \(8\frac{1}{4}{ \text{days}}\)

A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone?

• 1]

  2:5

• 2]

  2:7

• 3]

  3:7

• 4]

  1:5

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

While working 7 hour a day, A alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. In what time would they complete it together, 8 hour a day?

• 1] 3 days
• 2] 4 days
• 3] 2.1 days
• 4] 3.6 days

12 men can do a piece of work in 15 days and 20 women can do the same work in 12 days. In how many days can 5 men and 5 women complete the same work ?

• 1]

  \({ \text{20}}\frac{4}{7}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 2]

  \({ \text{2}}\frac{4}{7}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 3]

  \({ \text{20}}\frac{3}{7}{ \text{ days}}\)

• 4]

  18 days

Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in 12 day. The original number of carpenters was ?

• 1] 24
• 2] 20
• 3] 16
• 4] 18