Time and Work - 1

1. A can do a work in 36 days and B in 32 days. If they work on it together for 12 days, then what fraction of work is left?

(a) 7/24 (b) 9/32 (c) 11/36 (d) 14/72

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2. P can do   th of work in 10 days, Q can do 40% of work in 15 days and R can do   rd of work in 13 days and S can do 37.5% of work in 17 days. Who is less efficient?
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(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) S

3. A can paint a house in 55 days and B can do it in 66 days. Along with C, they did the job in 12 days only, Then, C alone can do the job in how many days?

(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

4. A would have taken 12 hours less than what B would have taken to complete a task if each of them worked alone. Working together they can complete the task in 17.5 hours. How
many hours would B take to do 50% of the task?

(a) 18 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 16

5. A can do one-third of a work in 15days, B can do 75% of the same work in 18days and C can do the same work in 36days. B and C work together for 8days. In how many days will A
alone complete the remaining work?

(a) 24 days (b) 16 days (c) 18 days (d) 20 days

6. A can do 40% of a work in 12 days, whereas B can do 60% of the same work in 15 days. Both work together for 10 days. C completes the remaining work alone in 4 days. A, B and C
together will complete 28% of the same work in:

1 1
(a) 3 days (b) 2 days (c) 1 days (d) 2 days
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7. A do of a work in 9 days, then B joined him and they together completed the remaining work in 6 days. B alone can finish the whole work in
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(a) 16 days (b) 18 days (c) 10 days (d) 18 days
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8. A, B, and C can individually complete a task in 24 days, 20 days and 18 days, respectively: B and C start the task, and they work for 6 days and leave. The number of days required by
A alone to finish the remaining task, is:

1 4 2
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days (c) 8 days (d) 15 days
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9. Piece of work in 40 days. B is 25% more efficient than A and C is 28% more efficient than B. they work together for 5 days. The remaining work will be completed by B alone, in:-

3 1 3 1
(a) 16 days (b) 20 days (c) 20 days (d) 16 days
5 2 4 5

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10. A can complete one-third of a work in 10 days and B can do th of the same work in 24 days. They worked together for 10 days. The remaining work was completed by C alone in 15
5
2
days. In how many days can C alone do rd of the same work?
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(a) 27 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) 32

11. A works thrice as fast as B and B works 50% more fast as C does. All three working together can finish a task in 8 days with the help of D. If D alone can finish the same task in 24
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days, then in how many days will A and D together finish 71 % of the same task?
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(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7.5

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12. To do a certain work, the ratio of efficiency of A to that of B is 3 : 7. Working together, they can complete the work in 10 days. They work together for 8 days. 60% of the remaining
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work will be completed by A alone in:

1 1
(a) 6 days (b) 5 days (c) 5 days (d) 4 days
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13. The ratio of the efficiencies of A, B and C is 4 : 5 : 3. Working together, they can complete that work in 25 days. A and C together will complete 35% of that work in:

(a) 12 days (b) 10 days (c) 18 days (d) 15 days

14. To do a certain work, the ratio of the efficiencies of A, B and C is 7 : 5 : 6. Working together, they can complete the same work in 35 days. B and C work together for 21 days. The
remaining work will be completed by A alone in:

(a) 60 days (b) 57 days (c) 54 days (d) 50 days

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15. John does piece of work in 3 hours. Joe does of the remaining work in 1 hour and George finishes remaining work in 5 hours. How long would it have taken the three working
2 4
together to do the work?

1 1 8 8
(a) 2 hours (b) 3 hours (c) 3 hours (d) 2 hours
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16. Three men A, B and C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in 1 hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. Then
A and B together can do the job in

2 1 3 4
(a) hours (b) hours (c) hours (d) hours
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17. A do th as much work as B in five-sixth of time. If B take 87 days to complete a work alone, how much time shall A and B take together to do it?
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(a) 58days (b) 60days (c) 64 days (d) 50 days

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18. A do th as much work as B in th of time. If they together take 27 days to complete a work, how much time shall B take alone to do it?
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(a) 57 (b) 38 (c) 46 (d) 54

19. A and B, working together, can complete a work in d days, working alone A takes (8+d) days and B takes (18+d) days to complete the same work. A works for 4 days. The remaining
work will be completed by b alone is:-
 (a) 24 days (b) 16 days (c) 18 days (d) 20 days

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20. A can complete a work in 10 more days than A and B working together, while B take 12.5 days more to complete a work alone than A and B working together. How much time B
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alone can do it?

1 3 1 1
(a) 22 days (b) 23 days (c) 24 days (d) 21 days
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21. A alone would take 32 hours more to complete a work than A and B together. B takes 18 hours more to complete a work alone than A and B work together. In 9 days how much %
work A and B can complete working together?

(a) 40% (b) 37.5% (c) 36.36% (d) 42.5%

22. A can complete a work in 11 more days than B, while A does the same work in 36 days more than C. A+ B can complete the whole work in same time in which C alone does the whole
work. In how many days A alone could complete the same work?

(a) 63 (b) 72 (c) 61 (d) 66

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23. Two workers undertake to do a job. The second worker started working 2 hours after the first. Five hours after the second worker has begun working there is still of the work to be
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done. When the assignment is completed, it turns out that first worker has done 60% of the work, while second worker has done rest of the work. How many hours would it take each
one to do the whole job individually?

(a) 10 hours and 12 hours (b) 15 hours and 10 hours

(c) 20 hours and 25 hours (d) 18 hours and 20 hours

Time and Work - 2

1. In the beginning, Rohan works at the rate such that he can finish a piece of work in 32 hrs, but he only works at this rate for 26 hrs. After that, he works at a rate such that he can do the
whole work in 24 hrs. If Rohan is to finish this work at a stretch, how many hours will he take to finish this work?
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(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 33 (d) 29
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2. A is thrice as efficient as B. A started working alone and after 4 days he was replaced by B. B, then worked for 15 days and left. If A and B together finished 75 % of the total work,
then in how many days B alone can finish the whole work?

(a) 27days (b) 36days (c) 45days (d) 42days

3. At their usual efficiency levels, A and B together finish a task in 12 days. If A had worked half as efficiently as she usually does, and B had worked thrice as efficiently as he usually
does, the task would have been completed in 9 days. How many days would A take to finish the task if she works alone at her usual efficiency?

(a) 18 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) 24

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4. Working together B and C take 50% more number of days than A, B and C together take and A and B working together, take more number of days than A, B and C take together. If
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A, B and C all have work together till the completion of the work and B has received Rs. 120 out of the total earning of Rs. 450, then in how many days did A, B and C together
complete the whole work?

(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12

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5. B and C together takes 33 % more time as compared to the time taken by A, B, C working together to finish a piece of work. C gets Rs. 700 out of the Rs.1750 they get in total as pay.
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In how many days C alone will finish the work if A, B takes 24 days more than all working together?

(a) 72 days (b) 90 days (c) 84 days (d) 66 days

6. A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days which B and C together do in 16 days. If A works for 5 days, B works for 7 days than C completes the remaining work in 13 days.
In how much time B alone does the whole work.

(a) 48 days (b) 24 days (c) 16 days (d) 12 days

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7. P and Q together can do a job in 6 days. Q and R can finish the same job in days. P started the work and worked for 3 days, Q and R continued for 6 days. Then, the difference of
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days in which R and P can complete the job is
 (a) 15 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 12

8. When they work alone, B needs 25% more time to finish a job than A does. They two finish the job in 13 days in the following manner: A works alone till half the job is done, then A
and B work together for four days, and finally B works alone to complete the remaining 5% of the job. In how many days can B alone finish the entire job?

(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 18

9. Vivek can complete a definite work in 14 days. Vishal is 75% more efficient than Vivek. In how many days, can Vishal complete this work alone?

(a) 8 days (b) 6 days (c) 9 days (d) 10 days

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10. Giri does piece of work in 10 days. Ankit does of the remaining work in 15 days and Gaurav finishes remaining work in x days. If they can do whole work in 10 days working
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together, then find the value of x?

(a) 8 days (b) 7 days (c) 9 days (d) 8.6 days

11. Vaibhav can complete a work in 60 days. He works for 15 days, after that the remaining work is completed by Sandeep in 30 days. In how many days, Vaibhav and Sandeep can
complete the total work working together?

(a) 22 days (b) 18 days (c) 20 days (d) 24 days

12. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days resepctively. They began the work together but A left after some days and B finishsed the remaining work in 23 days. A left after?

(a) 6 days (b) 9 days (c) 12 days (d) 5 days

13. A and B started working together but after some days, A left the work and the whole work will complete in 24 days. Find after how many days A left. If A and B complete the work in
25 and 40 days respectively.

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 16

14. A and B together can complete a work in 40 days. They start work together and after 31 days B left the work and whole work complete in 46 days. Find the time in which A alone can
complete 50% of work?
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(a) 66 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) 37.5
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15. A and B can together complete a task in 18 hours. After 6 hours A leaves, B takes 36 hours to finish rest of the task. How many hours would A have taken to do the task if he worked
alone?

(a) 54 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) 27

16. A started a work and left working after 9 days. Now B finished the remaining work in 24 days. Had A left the work after working for 13 days then B would have finished the remaining
work in next 18 days. Then, find in how many days A and B together can complete the work.

(a) 12 days (b) 15 days (c) 16 days (d) 18 days

17. A can do a work in 16 days, B can do it in 36 days and C can do it in 48 days. A, B and C start working together, after working 4 days A left. Then, after 5 days B also left. In how
many days C will complete the remaining work?

(a) 15 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 17

18. A can complete a work in 32 days. B can do in 36 days and C in 46 days. All of them start the work together. A leave after 8 days, B leaves after one more day. in how many days C
will complete the remaining work?

(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 15

19. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24, 30 and 40 days respectively. They began the work together but C left 4 days before completion of the work In how many days was the work
done?

(a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 11

20. A, B and C can do a work separately in 24, 36 and 48 days respectively. B leaves 7 days before completion and A left 3 days before completion. work will finish in how many days?

5 9 7 8
(a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 12 (d) 14
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21. A, B & C can do a work in 15 h, 12 hr & 20 hr respectively. At 4:00 pm, A, B & C start together. After working together 2 hr, A left and B left 2 hr before the completion of the work.
In what time the whole work will be completed?
 (a) 11:45 pm (b) 12:00 am (c) 12:45 am (d) 10:45 pm

22. Somesh, Tarun and Nikhil can complete a work separately in 45, 60 and 75 days. They started the work together but Nikhil left after 5 days of start and Somesh left 2 days before the
completion of the work. In how many days will the work be completed?

1 1 5 5
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 35 (d) 40
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23. A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively They started the work together But A left work before 5 days of its completion. B also left the work 2 days after A
left. In how many days was the work completed?

(a) 4 days (b) 5 days (c) 7 days (d) 8 days

24. A, B and C can do a work separately in 18,24 and 27 days respectively. They started the work together but C left after 7 days and B four days before the completion of the work. In
what time is the work finished?

1 2 4 5
(a) 9 days (b) 8 days (c) 10 days (d) 7 days
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25. Anil alone can do a job in 20 days while Sunil alone can do it in 40 days. Anil starts the job, and after 3 days, Sunil joins him. Again, after a few more days, Bimal joins them and they
together finish the job. If Bimal has done 10% of the job, then in how many days was the job done?

(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 15

26. A, B and C alone complete a piece of work respectively in 40, 50 and 60 days. They together start the work, after 5 days A left the work. B left 3 days before completion of the work.
They get Rs.48000 for whole work, find share of C?

(a) Rs.21000 (b) Rs.20000 (c) Rs.18000 (d) Rs.20400

27. A, B and C can do a work separately in 16, 32 and 48 days respectively. They started the work together but B left after 8 days and C six days before the completion of the work. In what
time is the work finished?

(a) 10 days (b) 9 days (c) 12 days (d) 14 days

28. If A, B and C together do a job in 4 days, A and C together do the job in 4.5 days and B and C together do the job in 12 days, then in how many days can C alone do the job?
 (a) 36 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 12

29. A piece of work can be done by A and B in 10 days by B and C in 15 days and by C and A in 20 days. All three worked for 6 days and then A withdrew. B and C worked for another 4
days and then B stopped working. How many more days will C take to complete the remaining work?

(a) 12 (b) 12.5 (c) 10.33 (d) 10

30. A, B and C together can finish a work in 30 days. A and B take 9 days less to complete the same work than that of B and C. C and A together can complete the work in 60 days. In how
many days can A alone finish the same work?

(a) 80 days (b) 72 days (c) 90 days (d) 108 days

31. A is as efficient as B and C together. Working together A and B can complete a work in 36days and C alone can complete it in 60days. A and C work together for 10days. B alone will
complete the remaining work in:

(a) 88 days (b) 84 days (c) 110 days (d) 90 days

32. A and B together can finish a work in 15 days. A and C take 2 days more to complete the same work than that of B and C. A, B and C together complete the work in 8 days. In how
many days will A finish it separately?

(a) 40 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) 45

Time and Work - 3

1. P and Q can complete a piece of work, working together in 16 days. If P work for 4.5days and Q work for 11.5days then 62.5% of the whole work is still pending in how much time Q
alone can do 50% of total work?

1 1 3
(a) 37 (b) 32 (c) 33 (d) 31
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2. 15 men can do a piece of work in ‘X’ days. 21 women can do a piece of work in ‘(X-4)’ days. 35 men can do same piece of work in ‘Y’ days and 63 women can do a piece of work in
‘(Y-4)’ days. Find the value of ‘X’?
 (a) 21 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 32

3. A takes three times as long as B and C together to do a job. B takes four times as long as A and C together to do the work. If all the three, working together can complete the job in 24
days, then the number of days, A alone will take to finish the job is

(a) 100 (b) 96 (c) 95 (d) 90

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4. A can work as fast as B and C together. A and B together can work 40% faster than C. If all three of them complete a job in 28 days, how long would B take to complete the same
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work last?

(a) 192 days (b) 196 days (c) 144 days (d) 120 days

5. A, B and C together can complete a work in 40 days. (A + B) can complete this work in 33.33% lesser time than C. While B can complete the same work in 33.33%% more time than
(A+C). Find the time taken by B + C to complete the work?

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(a) 54 (b) 58 (c) 60 (d) 48
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6. To do a piece of work 7 children take 11/4 times as long as 11 men and 9 women together but 9 women takes 4/3 more times as long as 11 men and 7 children together take. If 22 men
and 18 women and 14 children can complete the work in 36 days then in how many days 10 women can complete the whole work?

(a) 192 days (b) 216 days (c) 270 days (d) 168 days

7. A and B working together, can complete a work in 16 days, C and A together can complete it in 32 days, B and C together can complete it in 24 days. They worked together for 12
days. In how many days C alone complete the remaining work?

(a) 40 (b) 36 (c) 45 (d) 32

8. X and Y can complete a work in 12 days together. After working 4 days together, Y left the job and a third person Z, whose efficiency is 5/3 of efficiency of X, joins the work. The
whole work is completed in 8 days. In how many days, Y can complete the whole work alone?

(a) 36 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 18

9. X and Y can complete a work in 12 days together. After working 4 days together, Y left the job and a third person Z, whose efficiency is 5/3 of efficiency of X, joins the work. The
whole work is completed in 8 days. In how many days, Y can complete the whole work alone?

(a) 36 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 18

10. One man, three women and four children does a work in 96 hours while two men and eight children can complete the same work in 120 hours.. Find in how much time will 5 men and
12 women complete the work.

1 7 7
(a) 39 hours (b) 42 hours (c) 43 hours (d) 44 hours
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11. 55 men can complete a work in 40 days. 132 women can complete the same work in 30 days. 30 men started working and after 20 days, 5 men left and 15 women joined them. How
many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?

(a) 2 days (b) 5 days (c) 8 days (d) 10 days

12. 16 men and 14 women can complete a work in 15 days. In how many days 40 men and 35 women can complete the same work?

(a) 37.5 days (b) 12 days (c) 6 days (d) CND

13. 14 men and 18 women can complete a work in 7 days while 32 men and 19 women can complete the same work in 4 days. In how many days 5 men and 2 women can complete 75% of
work. If each man and each woman is working with 87.5% of original efficiency.

(a) 18 days (b) 24 days (c) 36 days (d) 16 days

14. 12 men and 10 women can complete a work in 14 days while 49 men and 56 women can complete the same work in 3 days. Then, in how many days 42 men and 35 women can
complete the same work?

(a) 3 days (b) 4 days (c) 7 days (d) 8 days

15. 8 men and 6 women can complete a work in 9 days while 6 men and 8 women can complete the same work in 12 days. In how many days 16 men and 21 women can complete the same
work?

(a) 5 (b) 4.5 (c) 8 (d) 6.5

16. 4 men and 5 women can complete a work in 15 days, whereas 9 men and 6 women can do it in 10 days. To complete the same work in 7 days, how many women should assist 4 men?

(a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 12

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17. Four men and 6 women can complete a certain piece of a work in 5 days where as three man and 4 women can complete it in 7 days how many men assist 25 women to complete 2
2
times the same work in 5days?

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 5

18. Sixteen men can finish a work in 8 days. Eight men and nine women working together can finish the same work in 10 days. In how many days will twenty women finish the same
work?

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 13

19. 8 men or 17 women can paint a house in 33 days. The number of days required by 12 men and 24 women to paint such three houses at the same rate is:

(a) 44 (b) 43 (c) 34 (d) 66

20. 16 men or 21 women or 18 children can complete a work in 93 days. In how many days 32 men, 35 women and 27 children working together complete the whole work?

(a) 18 days (b) 24days (c) 36 days (d) 16 days

21. 63 men can complete a work in 34 days and 51 women can complete the same work in 84 days. If 36 men and 47 women undertake to complete the work then how many days will they
take to complete the work?

(a) 32 days (b) 36 days (c) 34 days (d) 42 days

22. 16 men can complete a piece of work in 29 days, 20 women can complete the same piece of work in 58 days. 8 men and 20 women work together for 20 days. If only women were to
complete the remaining in 5 days. How many women would be required?

(a) 70 (b) 71 (c) 72 (d) 73

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23. I can finish a work in 8 days working 18 hours a day. You can finish it in 16 days working 15 hrs a day. Find, in how many hours we can finish rd work together, if we work 10 hrs
3 3
a day?

1 9 8 3
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
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24. A and B are two persons, but when they worked together, they complete in 20 days. Had A worked at half of his efficiency and B at 6 times of his efficiency, it would have taken them
to finish the job in
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33 % of the scheduled time. In how many days A can complete the job?
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1 2 2
(a) 33 days (b) 33 days (c) 36 days (d) 40 days
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25. Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 8 days. If A had worked with twice efficiency as he actually did, B had worked with 60% of efficiency as he actually did.
The work would have been completed in 6 days. To complete the job alone, B would require how many days?

4 3 1 2
(a) 16 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 15
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26. There was a leakage in the container of the refined oil. If 11kg oil is leaked out per day then it would have lasted for 50 days, if the leakage was 15 kg per day, then it would have lasted
for only 45 days. For how many days would the oil have lasted, If there was no leakage and it was completely used for eating purpose?

(a) 80 days (b) 72 days (c) 100 days (d) 120 days

27. In a fort there was sufficient food for 760 soldiers for 44 days. After 31 days 240 soldiers left the fort. For how many extra days will the rest of the food last for the remaining soldiers?

(a) 19 days (b) 13days (c) 23 days (d) 6 days

28. There is sufficient food for 2400 soldiers for 60 days and each soldier eats 750 grams everyday after 43 days 900 soldiers left the camp. Now for how many days rest of the food lasted
for the rest of the soldiers if each ate 850gram food everyday.

(a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 32

29. There is sufficient food for 4000 soldiers for 40 days and each soldier eats 1250 grams food daily after 22 days 1600 soldiers left the camp and some soldierrs joined the camp where
each new soldier eats 1000 gram daily. Now the whole food lasted for 37 days then find the number of soldiers who joined the camp.

(a) 2500 (b) 3000 (c) 4000 (d) 2750

30. There are sufficient food for certain number of soldiers for certain number of days. After 25 days 62.5% soldiers left the camp and the rest of the food will last for 10 days more than
the expected days.find the number of days in the starting?

(a) 46 (b) 31 (c) 39 (d) 28

31. A contractor undertook to finish a road in 60 days and he employ 150 men. After 45 days he employed 130 more men, the work finished on time. Then find if more men were not
employed then work will complete how much late?

(a) 13 days (b) 10 days (c) 15 days (d) 23 days

32. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 108 days. If, however there were 28 men less, it would take another 24 days to finish the work. How many men were there
originally?

(a) 140 (b) 154 (c) 168 (d) 112

33. Eight persons can finish a work in 20 days. After 5 days they were request to complete the working the next 8 days. How many more persons should join the group to fulfill the
requirement?

(a) 23 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 7

34. 30 men can complete a job in 40 days. However, after 24 days some men out of the assigned 30 left the job. The remaining people took another 40 days to complete the job. The
number of men who left the job is

(a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 6

35. 25 persons can complete a work in 60 days. They started the work. 10 persons left the work after x days. If the whole work was completed in 80 days, then what is the value of x?

(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 12 (d) 24

36. Twenty workers can finish a piece of work in 30 days. After how many days should 5 workers leave the job so that the work is completed in 35 days?
 (a) 5 days (b) 10 days (c) 15 days (d) 20 days

37. 18 men can complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 5 days, 6 more join them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work?

1 1
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 3
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38. If 18 men can cut a field in 35 days, then in how many days can 21 men cut the same field?

(a) 32 (b) 30 (c) 27 (d) 28

39. If 45 persons can complete a work in 18 days, working 8 hours a day, then how many persons are required to complete two-thirds of the same work in 20days, working 9 hours a day?

(a) 36 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 24

40. Working 7 hours a day, 18 persons can complete a certain work in 32 days. In how many days would 14 persons complete the same work, working 8 hours a day?

(a) 35 (b) 30 (c) 42 (d) 36

41. If 10 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days by working 7 hours a day, then in how many days can 14 men do the same work by working 6 hours day?

(a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 15

42. A certain number of persons can complete a work in 34 days working 9h a day. If the number of persons is decreased by 40%, then how many hours a day should the remaining persons
work to complete the work in 51 days?

(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 9

43. If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can make 460 chairs in 240 days, then number of chairis made by 18 carpenters in 360 days each working 8 hours a day.

(a) 1320 (b) 1380 (c) 1260 (d) 920

44. The ratio of the amount of work done by (x – 1) labours in (x + 1) days and that done by (x + 1) labours is (x + 2) days is 5: 6. Then the value of x is?

(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14

45. If 6 burners burn 6 hours daily, the cost of gas for 8 days comes to Rs 450, then how many burners can be burned up to 5 hours a day for 10 days in 625 rupees?

(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 8

46. 12 men and 18 boys work 7.5 hours a day to complete any work within 60 days, if two men works equal to three boys, So how many boys will need 22 men to complete double work in
9 hours a day in 50 days?

(a) 52 (b) 78 (c) 39 (d) 65

47. If 90 men can do a certain job in 16 days, working 12 hours per day, the part of that work which can be completed by 70 men in 24 days, working 8 hours per day is:

1 2 7 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 9 8

48. 40 men working 8 hours a day can do a piece of work in 15 days. Find the number of days in which 60 men working 4 hours a day can do twice the work. Assume that 3 men of the
first group do as much as work in 2 hours as 4 men of the second group do in 3 hours.

(a) 70 days (b) 80 days (c) 100 days (d) 75 days

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49. A contractor undertook to finish a work in 92 days and employed 110 men. After 48 days, he found that he had already done part of the work, the number of men he can withdraw so
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that his work may still be finished in time is:

(a) 45 (b) 40 (c) 35 (d) 30

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50. A contract is to be completed in 75 days and 187 men are to work 15 hours per day. After 65 days, of the work is completed, how many additional men may be employed, so that the
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work may be completed in time, each man now working 17 hours per day?

(a) 514 (b) 532 (c) 528 (d) 495

51. A contractor agreed to finish a work completely in 150 days, he employed 75 men each working 8 hours daily. After 90 days, only 2/7 of the work was completed. How many workers
he should increase so that the work can be completed on time if each working now work for 10 hours a day.

(a) 150 (b) 225 (c) 200 (d) 125

52. A contractor employees 245 men who finish the 7/11th of total work in 54 days. Due to rain the work will stopped for 11days and 40% work also destroyed. After rain 41 people falls
sick and were not able to do the work. In how many days the work will completed?

(a) 121 (b) 128 (c) 123 (d) 130

53. A contractor employed 180 men to build a building 300m high. They have made 132m tall building in just 64 days due to rain the work was stopped. Now government restricted the
construction of the building to 275 m high. After raining 30 men did not come on work. In how many days the whole work will be completed?

(a) 147.2 days (b) 138.2 days (c) 153.2 days (d) 126.2 days

54. A contractor undertakes to make a road in 180 days of 32.8 km long and employes 210 men. After 90 days he finds that only 12.3 km long road is made. How many extra men should
he employee so that he is able to complete the work 6 days earlier (it is given that each new man is 50% more efficient than contractor had already hired).

(a) 108 (b) 110 (c) 112 (d) 115

55. Few men can do a piece of work in 8 day. Then start the work but every day 10 men left the work the work will be completed in 12 days. Find the number of men at the starting.

(a) 175 (b) 165 (c) 185 (d) 195

56. 150 workers were engaged to finish a piece of work in a certain number of days. Four workers dropped on the second day, four more workers dropped on third day and so on. It takes 8
more days to finish the work now. Find the number of days in which the work was completed?

(a) 28 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) 30

Time and Work - 4

1. A takes 4 hours to plough as much field as B in 3 hours, while C takes 6 hours to plough as much B in 5 hours. they all can plough a field in 44 hours working together, in what time B
and C together can plough the field?

(a) 93 (b) 66 (c) 62 (d) 74

2. 2 men can build a wall in 15 and 20 hours respectively but, if they work together, they use 280 less bricks per hour and build a wall in 12 hours. Find the number of bricks in the wall.

(a) 8400 (b) 2800 (c) 4200 (d) 16800

3. A and B under took a work for Rs. 880. A got Rs. 240 more than B When the work together, B takes 12 days more than A, when they work individually. In how many days A and B
working together can do the whole work?

2 2 2 2
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 12
11 11 11 11

4. A labourer was appointed by a contractor on the condition he would be paid Rs.75 for each day of his work but would be fined at the rate of Rs.15 per day for his absent. After 20 days
the contractor paid the labourer Rs.1140. the number of days the labourer absented from work was.

(a) 3 days (b) 5 days (c) 4 days (d) 2 days

5. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 32 days, 48days, and 29days, respectively. They work together for 4 days, then A left the work. After this B and C worked for 2 days and then B
left the work and the remaining work was done by C. If they got Rs. 6840 for whole work, then find the share of C ?

(a) Rs. 5860 (b) Rs. 5130 (c) Rs. 3420 (d) Rs. 4840

6. Ajay, Vijay and Sanjay are employed to do a piece of work for Rs. 5290. Ajay and Vijay together are supposed to do 19/23 of the work and Vijay and Sanjay together 8/23 of the work.
How much should Ajay be paid?

(a) Rs. 4250 (b) Rs. 1950 (c) Rs. 2290 (d) Rs. 3450

7. The daily wages of A and B respectively are Rs.3.50 and Rs. 2.50. when A finishes a certain work, he gets a total wage Rs.63. when B does the same work, he gets a total wage Rs.75.
if both of them do it together what is the cost of the work?

(a) 67.50 (b) 27.50 (c) 60.50 (d) 70.50

8. If A had worked alone, he would have taken 63 hours to do the task. What is B's share, if A and B together on a task finishing it in 36 hours and they get paid Rs. 5,950 for it?

(a) 3400 (b) 3600 (c) 2550 (d) 2750

9. A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days and 8 days, respectively. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days and earned Rs.1,848. What was the share of C?

(a) Rs.924 (b) Rs.693 (c) Rs.462 (d) Rs.231

10. Three persons undertake a piece of work for Rs. 7500. First person can do it in 75 days alone, second person in 40 days while third person can do it in 60 days working alone. They did
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the complete work with the help of fourth person in just 13 days. Find the amount received by the fourth person.
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(a) 1600 (b) 2000 (c) 2500 (d) 2400

11. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 32 days, 48 days and 24 days respectively. They work together for 4 days, then A left the work. After this B and C worked for 2 days and then B
left the work and the remaining work was done by C. If they got Rs. 6840 for whole work, then find the share of C.

(a) Rs. 4860 (b) Rs. 4820 (c) Rs. 4800 (d) Rs. 4840

12. S, T and U complete one task in 40, 48 and 60 days respectively. To complete the work, they get Rs. 10800. they started the work together, but T left the work 2 days before the
completion of work and U left 5 days before the completion of the work. S has completed the rest of the work. What is the share of S (in rupees) from total money?

(a) 4000 (b) 4320 (c) 4500 (d) 4860

13. A, B and C can independently do a work in 15 days, 20 days and 30 days, respectively. They work together for some time after which C leaves. A total of Rs. 18000 is paid for the
work and B gets Rs. 6000 more than C. For how many days did A work?

(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12

14. A skilled, a half skilled and an unskilled labourer work for 7, 8 and 10 days respectively and they work together get Rs.369 for their work. if the ratio of their each day’s work is
1 1 1
: : , then how much does the trained labourer get (in Rs.)
3 4 6

(a) 164 (b) 102.5 (c) 201.5 (d) 143.5

15. The ratio of the efficiencies of P, Q and R is 3:5:9. The total wages of P, Q, R working for 13, 15 and 19 days respectively are Rs. 8550. Find the total wages of the three, when P works
for 7 days, Q for 13 days and R for 11 days.

(a) Rs. 4500 (b) Rs. 5550 (c) Rs. 6560 (d) Rs. 7550

16. A man is 80% more efficient than a woman. A child does two fifth of work in a day as a woman. If a man hires 84 people (men, women and children) in the ratio 8:7:6 and pays them
in all Rs.2499 at the end of the work, what must be the daily wages of a child, If the wages are proportional to work done.
 (a) Rs.10.5 (b) Rs. 7 (c) Rs. 9 (d) Rs. 14

17. A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively. A begins to do the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be
completed in

1 1 1 1
(a) 14 days (b) 15 days (c) 16 days (d) 18 days
3 3 3 3

18. A can do a piece of work in 30 days, B in 50 days and C in 40 days. If A assisted by B on one day and by C on the next alternatively. The work will be completed in:

32 2 31 1
(a) 17 days (b) 19 days (c) 16 days (d) 18 days
35 3 37 3

19. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 33 days, 18 days and 55 days respectively, working alone. How soon can the work be done if A assisted by C and B on alternate-days?

59 59 11 11
(a) 14 days (b) 15 days (c) 14 days (d) 15 days
85 11 85 85

20. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30 days, 45 days and 90 days, respectively. A starts the work and he is assisted by B and C together on every third day. In how many days will the
work be completed?

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(a) 23 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) 22
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21. A can do a piece of work in 60 days, B in 40 days, and C in 12 days. They work for a day each in turn, that is, first day A does it alone, second day B does it alone, and third day C does
it alone. After that the, cycle is repeated till the work is finished. They get Rs. 270 for this job. If the wages are divided in proportion to the work each had done, find the amount A will
get.

(a) 14 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 27

22. C is twice efficient as A, B takes thrice as many days as C.A takes 12 days to finish the work alone. If they work in pairs (i.e. AB, BC, CA) starting with AB on the first day then BC on
the second day and AC on the third day and so on, then how many days are required to finish the work?
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(a) 6 days (b) 4.5 days (c) 5 days (d) 8 days
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23. Ram, Ravi and Ratan can alone finish an assignment in 9 days, 12 days and 15 days respectively. They decide to complete a work by working in turns. Ram works alone on Monday,
Ravi does the work alone on Tuesday, followed by Ratan working alone on Wednesday and so on. What proportion of the complete work is done by Ravi?

(a) 2/9 (b) 12/47 (c) 1/3 (d) 4/9

24. Brajen can paint a wall red in 10 hours while Ballari can whitewash the wall completely in 12 hours. If Brajen and Ballari work alternatively for an hour each starting when the wall has
just cement on it till when it is completely painted red, how many hours will it take to paint the entire wall red?

(a) 120 (b) 108 (c) 110 (d) 109

25. When working alone A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 8, 12 and 30 days respectively. At the most only two people can work on each day and nobody works for more than
two consecutive days. What is the minimum number of days that they will take to finish the work?

4 4 6 4
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 6 (d) 7
25 25 29 25

26. Efficiency of B is two times more than efficiency of A. both started working alternatively, starting with B and completed the work in total 37 days. if C alone complete the same work
in 50 days then find in how many days A and C together will complete the work?

(a) 24days (b) 32days (c) 36days (d) 30days

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27. A and B can finish a work, working on alternate days, in 17 days, where A works on the first day, similarly they can finish the work, working on alternate days, in 17 days, where B
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work on the first day. C working alone, can complete the work in 35 days. In how many days can the work be completed when A, B and C work together?

2 2
(a) 6days (b) 7days (c) 7 days (d) 6 days
5 5
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28. To do a certain work, A and B work on alternate days, with B beginning the work on the first day. A can finish the work alone in 48 days. If the work gets completed in 11 days, then
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B alone can finish
4 times the same work in:

(a) 24 days (b) 32 days (c) 27 days (d) 30 days