Model 7 Working with individual wages Section-Wise Topic Notes With Detailed Explanation And Example Questions

Question : 1

Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of such persons will do half of the work in

a) 3 days

b) 5 days

c) 9 days

d) 6 days

Question : 2

4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days ?

a) 16

b) 12

c) 4

d) 8

Question : 3

A wall of 100 metres can be built by 7 men or 10 women in 10 days. How many days will 14 men and 20 women take to build a wall of 600 metres ?

a) 30

b) 25

c) 15

d) 20

Question : 4

Seventy-five men are employed to lay down a railway line in 3 months. Due to certain emergency conditions, the work was to be finished in 18 days. How many more men should be employed to complete the work in the desired time ?

a) 375

b) 350

c) 300

d) 325

Question : 5

If 7 men working 7 hrs a day for each of 7 days produce 7 units of work, then the units of work produced by 5 men working 5 hrs a day for each of 5 days is

a) $343/25$

b) $49/125$

c) $25/343$

d) $125/49$

Question : 6

If x men can do a piece of work in x days, then the number of days in which y men can do the same work is

a) $x^2y$ days

b) $x^2/y$ days

c) xy days

d) $y^2/x$ days