A father can do a job in a certain number of hours. His son takes twice as long to do the job. Working together, they can do the job in 6 hours. How many hours does it take the father to do the job alone ?
9 hrs
18 hrs
24 hrs
27 hrs
One printing press can print a daily newspaper in 12 hours, while another press can print it in 18 hours. How long will the job take if both presses work simultaneously ?
7 hours, 12 minutes
11 hours, 30 minutes
13 hours, 45 minutes
13 hours
A gas tank is empty. When full, the tank holds 18 litres. How many litres are there in the tank now ?
7
9
11
12
A is twice as good as a workman B, And together, they finish a piece of work in 14 days. In how many days, can it be done by each separately ?
A - 14 days, B - 28 days
A - 24 days, B - 42 days
A - 21 days, B - 42 days
None of these
Savita left her home at 11 a.m., travelling along Route 1 at 30 kmph. At 1 p.m., her brother Rohan left home and started after her on the same road at 45 kmph. At what time did Rohan catch up to Savita ?
3:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
At the rate of m metres per s seconds, how many metres does a cyclist travel in x minutes ?
A certain copy machine produces 13 copies in every 10 seconds. If the machine operates without interruption, how many copies will it produce in an hour ?
78
4680
1800
2808
The earth travels around the sun at a speed of approximately 18.5 kilometres per second. This approximate speed is how many kilometres per hour ?
1,080
54,700
64,800
66,600
Twelve women complete a work in 20 days. If only 8 women are employed, the time required to complete the same work is -
30 days
32 days
35 days
40 days
If 3 miles are equivalent to 4.83 kilometers, then 11.27 kilometers are equivalent to how many miles ?
11.7 miles
13.4 miles
7.0 miles
9.2 miles