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Cloud Affairs - Time and Work
However, if P works
alone and completes half the job and then Q takes over and completes the remaining
half alone, they will be able to complete the job in 20 days. How long will Q alone
take to do the job if P is more efficient than Q?
Among four persons Anuj, Bhim, Carl and Dinesh. Anuj takes thrice as much time as
Bhim to complete a piece of work. Bhim takes thrice as much time as Carl and Carl
takes thrice as much time as Dinesh to complete the same work. If all together they
take 3 days to complete the work. Find the time taken by Bhim alone to complete the
work alone.
A and B can do a piece of work in 20 and 25 days respectively. They began to work
together but A leaves after some days and B completed the remaining work in 12
days. Number of days after which A left the job-
A factory produces nuts and bolts. A machine in it produces only nuts while another
produces only bolts. The machine producing only nuts produces 500 nuts per minute
and need to be cleared for 10 minutes after production of 2000 nuts. The machine
producing only bolts produces 600 bolts per minute and needs to be cleared for 15
minutes after production of 3000 bolts. Find the minimum time required to produce
6000 pairs of bolts and nuts if both machines are operated simultaneously.
A piece of work has to be completed in 50 days, a number of men are employed but it
is found that only half of the work is done in 30 days, then an additional 20 men
were joined to complete the work on time. How many men initially put to work?
a) 30 b) 35 c) 40
d) 45 e) None of these
A and B together can do a piece of work in 24 days, which B and C together can do it
in 32 days. After A has been working at it for 10 days and B for 14 days, C finishes it
in 26 days. In how many days C alone will do the work?
a) 32 b) 36 c) 44
d) 48 e) None of these
50 men could complete a work in 200 days. They worked together for 150 days, after
that due to bad weather the work is stopped for 25 days. How many more workers
should be employed so as to complete the work in time?
a) 25 b) 35 c) 50
d) 60 e) None of these
A and B can do a piece of work in 24 and 30 days respectively. Both started the work
and worked for 6 days. Then B leaves the work and C joins and the remaining work is
completed by A and C together in 11 days. Find the days in which C alone can do the
work
a) 80 b) 100 c) 120
d) 130 e) None of these
P and Q can do a piece of work in 10 days and 20 days respectively. Both of them
start the work but P leaves the work 5 days before its completion. Find the time in
which work is completed
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20
d) 25 e) None of these
Ram and shyam can do a piece of work in 5 and 7 days respectively. They start
working alternatively starting from shyam, then in how many days the work is
completed
P, Q and R can do a piece of work in 16, 24 and 30 days respectively. They started
the work simultaneously but P stops the work after 4 days and Q called off the work
2 days before the completion. In what time the work is finished?
If P can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days and Q can do 1/4 of the work in 6 days, then
how much money will Q get if they were paid a total of 390 rupee?
a) 30 b) 35 c) 40
d) 45 e) None of these
A does half as much work as B in one third of the time taken by B. If together they
take 20 days to finish the work then what will be the share of A if 1000 rupees is
given for the whole work?
A does half as much work as B does in one sixth of the time. If together they take 20
days to complete the work, then what is the time taken by A to complete the work
independently.
P can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days and Q can do 4/5 of the work in 16 days. If both
of them start working together then the time in which the work can be done?
A does half as much work as B does in one sixth of the time. If together they take 20
days to complete the work, then what is the time taken by B to complete the work
independently.
a) 80 days b) 100 days c) 120 days
d) 140 days e) None of these
50 men could complete a work in 200 days. They worked together for 150 days, after
that due to bad weather the work is stopped for 25 days. How many more workers
should be employed so as to complete the work in time?
a) 25 b) 35 c) 50
d) 60 e) None of these
A can do a work in 32 days. P who is 60 percent more efficient than A. Find how
much time they will take together to do the same work?
P does half as much work as Q in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 24
days to complete the work, how much time shall P take to complete the work?
Neha takes 5 hours to type 40 pages while sunil takes 6 hours to type 60 pages. How
much time will they take working together on different computer to type an
assignment of 180 pages.
P and Q together can complete a job in 90days, Q and R takes 60 days to complete
the same work and P and R will take 45 days to complete the same work. How much
time will P, Q and R will take to complete the work together.
A piece of work has to be completed in 50 days, a number of men are employed but it
is found that only half of the work is done in 30 days, then an additional 20 men
were joined to complete the work on time. How many men initially put to work?
a) 30 b) 35 c) 40
d) 45 e)None of these
P does half as much work as Q in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 36
days to complete the work, then the time taken by Q alone to do the work.
a) 50 b) 55 c) 60
d) 65 e)None of these
If 20 women and 10 boys can reap a field in 30 days, then in how many days 15
women and 30 boys will reap the field. It is given that work done by 4 women is
equal to work done by 3 boys.
a) 210/11 days b) 200/9 days c) 200/11 days
d) 210/13 days e)None of these
If P can do a work in 6 days and Q can do the same work in 8 days. If R who can do
the same work in 12 days, joins them, then the work will be completed in how many
days?
A, B and C are three friends that take 20 days to finish a work. The time taken by B is
twice the time taken by A and C together and time taken by C to do the work is thrice
the time taken by A and B together. How much time will be taken by A alone to do
the work.
If 4 boys or 5 women can reap a field in 20 days. Then what will be the time taken by
6 boys and 8 women to reap the field.
5 men and 10 boys can do a piece of work in 30 days and 8 men and 12 boys can do
the work in 20 days then the ratio of daily work done by a man to that of boy.
A certain number of men take 45 days to complete a work. If there are 10 men less
then they will take 60 days to complete the work. Find the original number of men.
a) 30 b) 40 c) 50
d) 60 e) None of these
Prakash is twice as fast as sumit and therefore Prakash is able to finish the work in
30 days less than sumit. Find the time in which they can complete the work when
both are working together?
4 women and 5 men working together can do 3 times the work done by 2 women and
one man together. Calculate the work of a man to that of woman.
A and B alone can do a piece of wok in 8 and 18 days respectively. In how many days
the work will be completed if they both work on alternate days starting with B?
A, B and C can all together do piece of work in 10 days, in which B takes three times
as long as A and C together do the work and C takes twice as long as A and B
together take to do the work. In how many days B can alone do the work?
20 men can complete a piece of work in 14 days. 7 men started the work and after
20 days, 7 more men joined the work. In how many days the remaining work will be
completed?
20 men can complete a work in 14 days and 20 women can complete the same work
in 18 days. 7 men and 9 women started the work. After working for some days, they
were replaced by 10 men and 10 women who complete the remaining work in 9
days. How much work was completed by initially employed men and women?
A) 2/5 B) 3/7 C) 4/7
D) 3/8 E) None of these
A, B and C can alone complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A and C
started the work and after working for 4 days, A left and B joined. In how many days
the total work was completed?
A, B and C can alone complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. All started
the work but B left the work 3 days before completion. How much work was then
done by A and B together in the total work?
A) 2/3 B) ¾ C) 1/3
D) 3/5 E) 2/5
2 men and 3 women can together complete a piece of work in 4 days and 3 men and
2 women together can complete work in 3 days. In how many days 10 women will
complete this work?
A alone can complete a work in 5 days more than A+B together and B alone can
complete a work in 45 days more than A+B together. Then in how many days A and B
together can complete the work?
20 men can complete a work in 14 days and 20 women can complete the same work
in 18 days. 8 men start the work and after working for 21 days, they are replaced by
x women. If the remaining work is to be completed by x women in 9 days, then how
many women should be employed?
A) 18 B) 24 C) 20
D) 16 E) 15
A alone can complete a work in 21 days. If B is 40% more efficient than A, then in
how many days A and B together can complete the work?
20 men can complete a piece of work in 15days and 12 women can complete the
same piece of work in 24 days. What is the ratio of amount of work done by 30 men
in oneday to the amount of work done by 16 women in 1 day ?
X alone can do a piece of work in 5 days. Y can do the same piece of work in 4 days.
X and Y are assigned to do the work for Rs.5000.They complete the work in 2 days
with the help of Z. How much is to be paid to Z ?
9 men and 12 women can complete the job in 12 days.In how many days can 3 men
and 4 women finish the same job working together ?
If X, Y and Z can complete a work in 6 days. If X can work twice faster than Y and
thrice faster than Z, then the no of days Z alone can complete the work is
If 20 men can do a piece of work in 42days working 8 hours per day then how many
men are required to complete the work, working 5 hours per day in 33 days ?
Three men, four women and six children can complete a work in 7 days. A
woman does double the work a man does and a child does half the work a man does.
How many women alone can complete this work in 7 days ?
If A can complete a work in 30 days, B can do the same work in 36 days, If after
doing 5 days, leaves the work.Find in how many days B will do the remaining work ?
P is 20 % more efficient than Q, how much time will they working together take to
complete a job which P alone could have done in 20 days ?
A total of 960 rupees is given to three people A, B and C. A and B together can
complete 7/12 and C and B together can complete 5/12. So, how much amount
should be given to A.
Three printing press P, Q and R can print 1 lack books in 5 hrs, 15 hrs and 10 hrs
respectively. If all the press starts at 10 am and press R is stopped after 2 hrs then
at what time work will be complete.
a) 12 pm b) 1 pm c) 2pm
d) 3pm
Arun can do a piece of work in 30 days. Rohan who is 40% more efficient than arun
can finish the work in how many days.
3 men and 4 women can complete a piece of work in 12 while the same is finished by
2 men and one woman in 15 days. A boy who is 25% less efficient than that of man
can complete the piece of work in how many days.
A can finish a work in 15 days and B can finish the work in 25 days. Both of them
start working together but B leaves the work 3 days prior to the completion. After
how many days B quit the work.
a) 7.5 b) 8 c) 8.5 d) 9
a) 15 b) 20 c) 25 d) 40
P, Q and R can complete a piece of work in 9, 18 and 27 days respectively. After 1/3
work is completed P left the work and the remaining work is completed by Q and R
together. Find the days required to complete the remaining work.
P does half as much work as Q does in 1/5 of the time. Both working together can
take 20 days to complete the work. No of days P take to complete the work alone.
a) 28 b) 32 c) 34 d) 35
A is 25% more efficient than B. C does half the work done by A & B together. If C
alone does the work n 30 days, then A alone can do the work in
4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 20 women complete it?
30 men can complete a work in 16 days. Six days after they started working, so 20
more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the
remaining work?
A takes twice as much time as B and thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of
work. Working together they can finish the work in 6 days. C can do the work alone
in ?
If 36 men completed the work in 35 days working 7 hours a day. How many more
men should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 28 days working 5 hours a
day?
Rakesh and Ezhil are working on an assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type 36
pages on a computer, while Ezhil takes 5 hours to type 25 pages. How much time will
they take, working together on two different computers to type an assignment of
110 pages?
3 men and 6 women can do a piece of work in 16days, then 12 men and 8 women can
do the same work in how many days ?
15 men or 30 women can do a piece of work in 25 days. In how many days will 34
men and 27 women do double the work ?
Siva can complete the job in 12hrs. Aswin can complete the job in 8 hrs. If Siva
worked for 6hrs then quit. How many hours will Aswin alone take to complete the
remaining work ?
6 men and 5 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 20men and 45 boys can do
the same in 2 days, how much time taken by 13 men and 25 boys in doing the same
work ?
P and Q Working separately can do a piece of work in 6 days and 11 days, if they
work alternately beginning with P then the work will be completed in how many days
?
If 12 persons can complete 3/5 of a work in 10 days, then find the number of
persons required to complete the remaining work in 10days ?
P can complete the work in 16 days. P and Q can complete the work in 12days. In
how many days Q alone can complete the same work ?
A can complete a piece of work in 8 days and B can complete the work in 10 days and
C in 12 days. B and C together worked for 3 days, then C left the work and A replaced
him. In how many days will the remaining work be completed ?
A can finish a piece of work in 24 days. B is 20% more efficient than A and C is 25%
more efficient than B. Find the time B and C will take to finish the work?
Seven men can complete a work in 10 days. They started the work and after 5 days,
two men left. In how many days will the work be completed by the remaining men ?
18 Women can complete a work in 10 days. 16 men complete the work in 12 days.
The ratio of working capacity of man to that of a woman is
If 10 Carpenters working 4hours a day can make 320 chairs in 200 days, then no. Of
chairs made by 16 carpenters in 32 days each working 6hours in a day
6 men or 10 women can do a piece of work in 24 days.How long will 12men and 20
women take to finish the work?
A and B together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. If A alone can complete the
work in 10 days.In how many days B alone can complete that work ?
A can do a certain job in 14 days. B is 40% more efficient than A. How many days
does B alone take to do the same job ?
X and Y can do a piece of work in 18 days and 14 days..X started the work alone,
after 3 days Y joined till the completion of work. How long they did the work
?(approximately)
4 men and 6 women can complete the work in 8days. While 3 men and 7 women can
complete the work in 10 days.In how many days 10 women will complete the work ?
A ,B and C together earn Rs.320 per day.A and C together earn Rs.125 and B and C
together earn Rs. 150.The daily earning of C is
A can do a job in 4 days and B can do the same job in 6 days. If A’s efficiency
increases to 4/3 times, then by how many times B has to reduce his efficiency so
that the work can be completed by both of them in two days?
A and B together can complete a piece of work in 8 days. B and C together can
complete the same work in 12 days. C and A together can complete the same work in
16 days. A and B began the work together and left after some days. C finished the
remaining work. If it took a total of 74 days to complete the entire work, for how
many days did A and B work together?
Work done by P in one day is double the work done by Q in one day and work done
by Q in one day is thrice the work done by R in one day. If P, Q and R together can
complete the work in 30 days then in how many days P alone can do the work?
A can do a certain work in 24 days whereas B can do the same work in 32 days. They
took the help of C and together completed the same work in 12 days. If they received
Rs.2112 for doing the work, what is C’ s share?
P and Q can complete a job in 20 days working together. P and R can complete it in
30 days working together. Q and R can complete it in 40 days working together. Find
the time taken by P, Q and R to complete it working together.
A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to
do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much
is to be paid to C?
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many
days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete it in 20 days.
If B does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together
will complete the work?
If A can do 1/4 of a work in 3 days and B can do 1/6 of the same work in 4 days,
how much will A get if both work together and are paid Rs. 180 in all?
P and Q together can complete a work in 6 days. Q and R together can complete the
same work in 15 days. P and R together can complete the work in 20/3 days. What is
the ratio of number of days that Q alone takes to complete the work to the number of
days that R alone takes to complete the work?
A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days, B and C together can
complete the work in 20 days. A and C together can complete the work in 30 days.
What is the ratio of number of days A alone takes to do the work to the number of
days C alone takes to do the work?
1:1:6 2:1:3 3:2:3
4:3:2 5 : None of these
Two boys can do a piece of work in ten days. Three girls can do the same work in five
days. In how many days can a boy and a girl together do the work?
Four men can complete a work in 5 days which 20 women take 20 days to complete.
How many days will 6 men and 40 women together take to complete the work?
A and B can complete a work in 20 days and 30 days respectively. Both of them
started doing the work and A left after six days. In how many more days can B
complete the remaining work?
1 : 20 2 : 10 3 : 15
4 : 12 5 : None of these
A takes ten days more than B to complete a piece of work. If both of them can
complete the work in 6(2/3 )days, in how many days can A alone complete the
work?
1:8 2 : 12 3 : 10
4 : 20 5 : None of these
Four men and six women together can complete a work in nine days, while six men
and three women can complete the work in nine days. In how many days can two
men and three women complete the work?
A tank of capacity 600 litres is attached with two pipes P1 and P2 at the top and
another pipe P3 at the bottom of the tank. P1 and P2 fill the tank at the rate of four
litres per minute and six litres per minute respectively while P3 empties the full tank
in five hours. All the three pipes are opened when the tank is empty. In how much
time will the tank be filled?
Four men can complete a work in six days where as five women can complete the
same work in eight days. In how many days will six men and five women together
complete the work?
Work done by P in one day is double the work done by Q in one day and work done
by Q in one day is thrice the work done by R in one day. If P, Q and R together can
complete the work in 30 days then in how many days P alone can do the work?