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351.

8 people do one job in 25 days, then in how many days will 10 people do the same work?

A. 15
B. 18
C. 20
D. 21
Answer» D. 21
352.

A tap fills a cistern in 8 minutes and another tap empties it in 16 minutes. If both the taps are opened, then the time taken to fill it will be

A. 12 minutes
B. 16 minutes
C. 10 minutes
D. None of the above
Answer» C. 10 minutes
353.

9 men and 12 women can complete a work in 4 days, whereas 3 men and 6 women can complete it in 10 days. The number of days in which 15 women will complete the work is:

A. 9
B. 10
C. 12
D. 8
Answer» E.
354.

A can do a piece of work in 96 days. If B is 50% more efficient than A, then in how many days can B do the same work?

A. 48
B. 32
C. 24
D. 64
Answer» E.
355.

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30 and 20 minutes, respectively. There is also an emptying pipe C attached to the tank. If all the three pipes are opened together, the tank is filled in 15 minutes. If the tank is one-third empty, then C alone will empty the tank completely in:

A. 20 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 40 minutes
D. 60 minutes
Answer» D. 60 minutes
356.

A, B and C together can complete a work in 15 days. B and C can complete the same work in 20 days. In how many days A alone can complete the same work?

A. 40
B. 45
C. 60
D. 75
Answer» D. 75
357.

A, B and C together earn Rs. 150 per day while A and C together Rs. 94, B and C together earn Rs. 76. The daily earning of 'C' is

A. Rs. 20
B. Rs. 56
C. Rs. 34
D. Rs. 75
Answer» B. Rs. 56
358.

A can complete a piece of work in 15 days working 8 hours a day. B can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If A and B work together, working 6 hour a day, then the work will be completed in:

A. 12 days
B. 6 days
C. 9 days
D. 8 days
Answer» E.
359.

Anil can do a piece of work in 16 days which Shashi can finish in 24 days. If they work on alternate days with Anil starting. In how many days the work will be finished?

A. 15 days
B. 17 days
C. 18 days
D. 19 days
Answer» E.
360.

A water tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes X, Y and Z the pipe Z is thrice as fast as Y and Y is twice as fast as X. How much time will pipe X along take to fill the water tank?

A. 60 hrs
B. 45 hrs
C. 40 hrs
D. 35 hrs
Answer» C. 40 hrs
361.

Pipe V1 can fill an empty tank in 8 hours. Pipe V2 can fill the same tank in 16 hours. Pipe V3 can empty the same, completely filled, tank in 12 hours. If three pipes are opened simultaneously, then in how much time will the tank get completely filled?

A. 41/3 hours
B. 42/11 hours
C. 38/5 hours
D. 48/5 hours
Answer» E.
362.

In a computer game, a builder can build a wall in ten hours while a destroyer can demolish such a wall completely in fourteen hours. Both the builder and the destroyer were initially set to work together on the ground level, but, after 7 hours, the destroyer was taken out. What was the total time (in hours) taken to build the wall?

A. 15
B. 17
C. 24
D. 35
Answer» B. 17
363.

If 10 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days by working 7 hours a day, then in how many days can 14 men do the same work by working 6 hours a day?

A. 12
B. 15
C. 16
D. 10
Answer» E.
364.

If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, in how many days 7 men and 5 women can plough the same field?

A. 18 days
B. 10 days
C. 12 days
D. 15 days
Answer» D. 15 days
365.

12 men can complete a work in 10 days. 25 women can complete the same work in 6 days. In how many days 8 men and 4 women can complete the same work, working together?

A. \(10 \dfrac{5}{7}\ \rm days\)
B. \(2 \dfrac{3}{7}\ \rm days\)
C. \(4 \dfrac{3}{7}\ \rm days\)
D. \(8 \dfrac{5}{7}\ \rm days\)
Answer» B. \(2 \dfrac{3}{7}\ \rm days\)
366.

P, Q and R together can complete a work in 10 days. P alone can complete the work in 30 days. In how many days Q and R together can complete the same work?

A. 15
B. 13
C. 20
D. 18
Answer» B. 13
367.

A and B do (3/5)th part of a work and the rest of the work is completed by C. If A, B and C take the same work for Rs. 5000, then what is the share of C (in Rs.)?

A. 3000
B. 2500
C. 2000
D. 1500
Answer» D. 1500
368.

Antony and Vikash together can complete a piece of work in 20 days and Vikash alone can complete it in 25 days. In how many days can Antony alone complete the same work?

A. 110 days
B. 80 days
C. 100 days
D. 90 days
Answer» D. 90 days
369.

A B and C together can complete a piece of work in 30 minutes. A and B together can complete the same work in 50 min C alone can complete the work in

A. 60 min
B. 75 min
C. 80 min
D. 150 min
Answer» C. 80 min
370.

A can do a work in 6 days. B takes 8 days to complete the work. C takes the time equal to the time taken by A and B to work together to complete that task. If B and C work together, how much time will they take to complete the work?

A. \(\frac{{13}}{5}\) days
B. \(\frac{{14}}{5}\) days
C. \(\frac{{12}}{5}\) days
D. \(\frac{{11}}{5}\) days
Answer» D. \(\frac{{11}}{5}\) days
371.

If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 43 days, then the number of days in which the field can be reaped by 7 men and 5 women is:

A. 12
B. 10
C. 15
D. 14
Answer» B. 10
372.

A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, While B alone can finish it in 30 days. A alone can finish the work in how many days?

A. 25 days
B. 15 days
C. 20 days
D. 18 days
Answer» D. 18 days
373.

M can do a work in 5 days. R can do the same work in 20 days. In how many days will they finish the same work together?A. 4 daysB. 3 daysC. 2 daysD. 1 days

A. D
B. C
C. A
D. B
Answer» D. B
374.

If 24 men and 6 women can complete a work in 10 days while 6 men and 6 women can complete the same work in 12 days. In how many days 4 men and 1 women will complete the work?

A. 45 days
B. 18 days
C. 60 days
D. 48 days
Answer» D. 48 days
375.

Pipes A, B and C are attached to an empty cistern. While the first two can fill the cistern in 4 and 10 hours, respectively, the third can drain the cistern, when filled, in 6 hours. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously when the cistern is half-full, how many hours will be needed to fill the cistern?

A. 30/11
B. 60/11
C. 120/11
D. 90/11
Answer» B. 60/11
376.

A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C. All these together, with the help of D. finish a piece of work in 2 days. D alone takes 12 days to complete the same work. B and C starts the work and leave after 2 days. The remaining work will be finished by A in:

A. \(2\dfrac{1}{3}\) days
B. 1 day
C. \(2\dfrac{2}{3}\) days
D. 2 days
Answer» D. 2 days
377.

A is as efficient as B and C together. Working together A and B can complete a work in 36 days and C alone can complete it in 60 days. A and C work together for 10 days. B alone will complete the remaining work in:

A. 88 days
B. 110 days
C. 84 days
D. 90 days
Answer» C. 84 days
378.

44 cows can graze a field in 9 days. How many less / more cows will graze the same field in 12 days?

A. 15 cows more
B. 11 cows more
C. 11 cows less
D. 15 cows less
Answer» D. 15 cows less
379.

If A had worked alone he would have taken 63 hours to do the task. What is B's share, if A and B work together on a task finishing it in 36 hours and they get paid Rs. 5,950 for it?

A. 3400
B. 3600
C. 2550
D. 2750
Answer» D. 2750
380.

Pipes A and B together can fill a tank in 16 hours, whereas pipe C alone can empty the full tank in 24 hours. A and B were opened together for 10 hours and then closed. Pipe C was then opened. The tank will now be emptied by C in:

A. 18 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 10 hours
D. 15 hours
Answer» E.
381.

A can complete one-third of a work in 5 days and B can complete 40% of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can complete the work?

A. \(\frac{81}{7}\) days
B. \(\frac{29}{4}\) days
C. \(\frac{75}{8}\) days
D. 10 days
Answer» D. 10 days
382.

A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B can do it in \(22\frac{1}{2}\) days. They worked together for 6 days and the remaining work was complete by C alone in 6 days. A, B and C together will do the same work in:

A. 8 days
B. 12 days
C. 10 days
D. 6 days
Answer» E.
383.

40 persons consume 200 kg of rice in 30 days. In how many days will 30 persons consume 500 kg of rice?

A. 120
B. 80
C. 90
D. 100
Answer» E.
384.

Anshu takes twice as much time as Bablu and thrice as much time as Chandu to finish a piece of work. Together it takes 3 days to finish the work. What is the time taken by Anshu to finish the work?

A. 24 days
B. 18 days
C. 3 days
D. 12 days
Answer» C. 3 days
385.

25 women can do a piece of work in 60 days. After how many days from the start of the work, should 15 more women join them so that the work is done in 45 days?

A. 18
B. 20
C. 25
D. 15
Answer» C. 25
386.

If 5 boys write 5 pages in 5 minutes, then 3 boys will write 3 pages in

A. 1 minute
B. 3 minute
C. 5 minute
D. 9 minute
Answer» D. 9 minute
387.

A can do \(\frac{1}{3}\) of a work in 30 days. B can do \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the same work in 24 days. They worked together for 20 days. C completed the remaining work in 8 days. Working together A, B and C will complete the same work in:

A. 15 days
B. 10 days
C. 18 days
D. 12 days
Answer» E.
388.

Manju takes 16 days to complete a work. If she works with her friend Jenny they complete it in 12 days. How many days will it take for Jenny to complete the work alone?

A. 48
B. 32
C. 36
D. 24
Answer» B. 32
389.

A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do the same piece of work in 30 days. They start working together and work for 5 days and then both leave the work. C alone finishes the remaining work in 14 days. In how many days will C alone finish the whole work?

A. 24
B. 18
C. 36
D. 42
Answer» B. 18
390.

One of the two inlet pipes works twice as efficiently as the other. The two can fill the empty cistern in 12 hours. A drain pipe can empty a cistern all by itself in 12 hours. How many hours will the more efficient inlet pipe take to fill the empty cistern by itself?

A. 9
B. 15
C. 12
D. 18
Answer» E.
391.

15 persons can complete a work in 60 days. If the number of persons is increased by 5, how many days earlier will the work get completed?

A. 20 days
B. 10 days
C. 15 days
D. 45 days
Answer» D. 45 days
392.

A pipe can fill a tank with water in 3 hours. Due to leakage in the bottom of the tank it takes \(3{1 \over 2}\) hours to fill it. In what time will the leakage empty the fully filled tank?

A. 2 hours
B. 15 hours
C. 18 hours
D. 21 hours
Answer» E.
393.

A can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works on it for 5 days and then B alone finishes the remaining work in 21 days. Working together, A and B could have completed the work in:

A. 12 days
B. 15 days
C. 18 days
D. 24 days
Answer» C. 18 days
394.

A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 4, 20 and 60 days respectively. Working together, they can complete the one third of the same work in how many days?

A. \(2\frac{1}{{19}}\)
B. \(1\frac{3}{{19}}\)
C. \(\frac{3}{{19}}\)
D. \(1\frac{1}{{19}}\)
Answer» E.
395.

A can do 4/5 of a work in 20 days and B can do 3/4 of the same work in 15 days. They work together for 10 days. C alone completes the remaining work in 1 day. B and C together can complete 3/4 the same work in:

A. 5 days
B. 6 days
C. 4 days
D. 8 days
Answer» B. 6 days
396.

Amin, Basha and Chaz can do a piece of work in 90, 40 and 12 days respectively. But they decide to work one at a time each day and receive Rs.240 towards their remuneration. Find the amount each person gets?

A. Rs.34, Rs.64, Rs.142
B. Rs.24, Rs.74, Rs.142
C. Rs.24, Rs.54, Rs.162
D. Rs.14, Rs.64, Rs.162
Answer» D. Rs.14, Rs.64, Rs.162
397.

Girish can paint a picture in 4 days when he works for 8 hours per day. Due to illness, he could work for only 6 hours per day and was required to finish painting 7 such pictures. How many days would Girish take to finish the work?

A. 28
B. \(37\frac{1}{3}\)
C. \(39\frac{2}{5}\)
D. 32
Answer» C. \(39\frac{2}{5}\)
398.

If 4/5th of a cistern is filled in 20 minutes, then what is the time (in minutes) needed to fill the remaining part?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 25
D. 15
Answer» B. 10
399.

P is twice as efficient as Q. Q takes 12 days to complete a job. If both of them work together, how much time will they take to complete the job?

A. 6 days
B. 5 days
C. 4 days
D. 3 days
Answer» D. 3 days
400.

Either 4 men or 12 women can complete a job in 15 days. Find the number of days in which 11 men and 27 women can complete it.

A. 1.5
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4.5
Answer» D. 4.5