a) 10 days b) 11 days c) 9 days d) 12 days Answer: d Explanation: 3 men or 4 ...
View QuestionTwo men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone, would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone, would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone. How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all asked together?
a) 2 hours b) 1 hour c) 3 hours d) 4 hours Answer: b Explanation: Difference in times required ...
View QuestionIf 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 52 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in:
a) 48 days b) 36 days c) 45 days d) 50 days Answer: a Explanation: Work done by 2 ...
View QuestionIf 10 persons can do a job in 20 days, then 20 person with twice the efficiency can do the same job in:
a) 5 days b) 40 days c) 10 days d) 20 days Answer: a Explanation: By work equivalence method, man ...
View QuestionIf m men can do a work in r days, then the number of days taken by (m + n) men to do it is :
a) $$\frac{{{\text{m}} + {\text{n}}}}{{{\text{mn}}}}$$ b) $$\frac{{{\text{r}}\left( {{\text{m}} + {\text{n}}} \right)}}{{{\text{mn}}}}$$ c) $$\frac{{{\text{m}} + {\text{n}}}}{{{\text{mr}}}}$$ d) $$\frac{{{\text{mr}}}}{{{\text{m}} + ...
View QuestionTwo persons having different productivity of labour, working together can reap a field in 2 days. If one-third of the field was reaped by the first man and rest by the other one working alternatively took 4 days. How long did it take for the faster person to reap the whole field working alone?
a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12 Answer: a Explanation: Total efficiency of two persons = 50% [As ...
View QuestionTwo typist 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 1/5 of the whole work. How many minutes would it take the slower typist to complete the typing job working alone ?
Two typist of varying skills can do a job in 6 minutes if they work together. If the ...
View QuestionA group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But since 20 men dropped out every day, the job completed at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at the beginning?
a) 240 b) 280 c) 140 d) 150 Answer: c Explanation: Let X be the ...
View QuestionTwo 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:
a) 8 hr b) 7.5 hr c) 8.5 hr d) 10 hr Answer: b Explanation: Work done by all ...
View QuestionA is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in :
a) 15 days b) 16 days c) 18 days d) 20 days Answer: a Explanation: A is thrice good ...
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