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  • A contractor undertook to complete a piece of work in 120 Days and employed 140 men upon it. At the end of 66 days only half of the work was done,so he put on 25 extra men. By how much time did he exceed the specific time ?


  • Options
  • A. 2 days
  • B. 3 days
  • C. 4 days
  • D. 5 days

  • Correct Answer
  • 2 days 

    Explanation

    work done=total number of person x number of days;
    half of work done = 140 x 66;
    For half of remaining work 25 extra men are added.
    Therefore, total men for half work remaining = 140 + 25 = 165;
    Let 2nd half work will be completed in K days;
    140 x 66 = 165 x K
    K = 122;
    Hence, extra days => 122-120 = 2days.

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    • Options
    • A. 3 days
    • B. 2 days
    • C. 6 days
    • D. 12 days
    • Discuss
    • 2. A woman fills a bucket in 6 minutes. 1845 buckets have to be filled from 8 am. to 9:30 am. How many woman employees should be employed for this task?

    • Options
    • A. 111
    • B. 117
    • C. 123
    • D. 139
    • Discuss
    • 3. 9 girls working 7 hours a day can complete a piece of work in 15 day. In how many days can 6 girls working for 9 hours a day, complete the same piece of work?

    • Options
    • A. 35/4 days
    • B. 17.5 days
    • C. 19 3/4 days
    • D. 37/3 days
    • Discuss
    • 4. A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40,000 liters of petrol is used daily, the suply fails in 90 days.If 32,000 liters of petrol is used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily with out the supply ever failing?

    • Options
    • A. 64000 liters
    • B. 56000 liters
    • C. 78000 liters
    • D. 60000 liters
    • Discuss
    • 5. Meghana alone would take 32 hours more to complete a job than both Meghana and Ganesh together. If Ganesh worked alone, he took 12 1/2 hours more to complete it than both Meghana and Ganesh worked together. What time would they take if both Meghana and Ganesh worked together?

    • Options
    • A. 20 hrs
    • B. 18 hrs
    • C. 22 hrs
    • D. 20.5 hrs
    • Discuss
    • 6. A garrison of 2000 men has provisions for 54 days. At the end of 15 days, a reinforcement arrives, and it is now found that the provisions will last only for 20 days more. What is the reinforcement ?

    • Options
    • A. 1900
    • B. 2100
    • C. 1700
    • D. 2000
    • Discuss
    • 7. A mother can do a certain job in x hours. Her daughter takes twice as long to do the job. Working together, they can do the job in 6 hours. How many hours does the mother take to do the job ?

    • Options
    • A. 3
    • B. 6
    • C. 9
    • D. 12
    • Discuss
    • 8. Raghu can do a job in 12 days alone and Sam can do the same job in 15 days alone. A third person Aru whose efficiency is two-third of efficiency of both Ram and Shyam together, can do the same job in how many days alone?

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 12
    • C. 13
    • D. 15
    • Discuss
    • 9. A can finish a work in 15 days and B can do the same work in 12 days . B worked for 8 days and left the job .In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?

    • Options
    • A. 6 days
    • B. 5 days
    • C. 4 days
    • D. 3 days
    • Discuss
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    • Options
    • A. 4:1
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    • D. 1:16
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