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  • Question
  • A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharge now, so that the work finish in time?


  • Options
  • A. 40
  • B. 50
  • C. 48
  • D. 56

  • Correct Answer
  • 56 

    Explanation

    Given, M1 = 120, M2 = 120 - n, D1 = 64, D2 = 60
    W1= 2/3 and W2 = 1/3
    According to the formula,
    (M1D1) / W1 = (M2D2) / W2
    ? [120 x (64/2)] / 3 = [(120 - n) x 60] / (1/3)
    ? (120 x 64) / (2 x 60) = (120 - n)
    ? (120 - n) = 64
    ? n = 120 - 64 = 56
    Now, 56 men can be discharged to finish the work in time.


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    • 1. 
      3 women and 18 children together take 2 days to complete a piece of work. How many days will 9 children alone take to complete the piece of work, if 6 women alone can complete the piece of work in 3 days?

    • Options
    • A. 9
    • B. 7
    • C. 5
    • D. 6
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      In a factory, there are equal number of women and children. Women work for 6 h a days and children for 4 h a day. During festival time, the work load goes up by 50%. The government rule does not allow children to work for more then 6 h a day. If they are equally efficient and the extra work is done by women, then extra hours of work put in by women everyday are?

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 3
    • C. 4
    • D. 9
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      If 14 men and 12 boys can finish work in 4 days, while 8 men and 16 boys can finish the same work in 5 days. Compare the 1 days work of 1 man and 1 boy.

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 11/2
    • C. 1/2
    • D. 3
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      A contract is to be complete in 50 days and 105 men were set to work, each working 8 h a day. After 25 days, 2/5th of the work is finished. How many additional men be employed, so that the work may be completed on time, each man now working 9 h a day?

    • Options
    • A. 34
    • B. 36
    • C. 35
    • D. 37
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      5 men started working to complete a work in 15 days. After 5 days, 10 women are accompanied by to them to complete the work in next 5 days. If the work is to be done by women only, when could the work be over, if 10 women have started it?

    • Options
    • A. 10 days
    • B. 18 days
    • C. 15 days
    • D. 12 days
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      A contract is to be complete in 92 days and 234 men were set to work, each working 16 h a days. After 66 days, 4/7 of the work is completed. How many addition men may be employed, so that the work may be completed in time, each man now working 18 h a day?

    • Options
    • A. 162
    • B. 234
    • C. 262
    • D. 81
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      A, B and C can do a piece of work in 16, 32 and 48 days, respectively. They all begin together. A work continuously till it is finished, C leaves the work 2 days before its completion and B leaves the work in 1 days before its complete. In what time is the work finished?

    • Options
    • A. 10 days
    • B. 20 days
    • C. 15 days
    • D. 30 days
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Rashmi can do a piece of work in 16 days. Ravina can do the same work in 12 4/ 5 days, while Gitika can do it in 32 days. All of them started to work together but Rashmi leaves after 4 days. Ravina leaves the job 3 days before the completion of the work. How long would the work last?

    • Options
    • A. 9 days
    • B. 6 days
    • C. 18 days
    • D. 5 days
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Pipe A can fill a tank in 45 hrs and pipe B can fill it in 36 hrs. If both the pipes are opened in the empty tank. In how many hours will it be full?

    • Options
    • A. 10 hr
    • B. 15 hr
    • C. 20 hr
    • D. 28 hr
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      If a pipe fills a tank in 6 h, then what part of the tank will the pipe fill in 1 h?

    • Options
    • A. 1/3
    • B. 1/6
    • C. 1/4
    • D. 1/5
    • Discuss


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