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 1. P works thrice as fast as Q, whereas P and Q together can work four times as fast as R. If P, Q and R
together work on a job, in what ratio should they share the earnings? (2017)
a. 3 : 1 : 1
b. 3 : 2 : 4
c. 4 : 3 : 4
d. 3 : 1 : 4 l.co
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 2. A person X can complete 20% of work in 8 days and another person y can complete 25% of the same
work in 6 days. If they work together, in how many days will 40% of the work be completed? (2020)
a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
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 3. A man completes 7/8 of a job in 21 days. How many more days will it take him to finish the job if
quantum of work is further increased by 50%? (2021)
a. 24
b. 21
c. 18
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 4. 24 men and 12 women can do a piece of work in 30 days. In how many days can 12 men and 24
women do the same piece of work? (2022)
a. 30 days
b. More than 30 days
c. Less than 30 days or more than 30 days
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 5. Ajay can do a piece of work in 25 days, while Binay can do the same piece of work in 20 days. Ajay is
joined by Binay after 10 days of working alone. What is the total number of days in which the work must
have been completed?
(a) 16.33 days
(b) 15 days
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 6. Work done by (x + 8) men in (x + 10) days is equal to the work done by (x - 10) men in (x + 40) days.
Find the value of x.
(a) 40
(b) 60
(c) 25
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 7. A and B working together can complete a work in 36 days. Their efficiency is in the ratio of 3:2. How
many days will A take to finish the work, if he decides to complete it single handedly?
(a) 45 days
(b) 90 days
(c) 60 days
(d) 30 days l.co
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 8. A and B, working separately can do a work in 8 hours and 12 hours respectively. If they work in
stretches of one hour alternately (starting with A), beginning at 9 a.m., then when will the work get
completed?
(a) 6 p.m
(b) 6:30 p.m
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 9. B and C are equally efficient, but the efficiency of A is half of each B and C. A and B started a work, and
after 3 days they were joined by C. If A alone can do the work in 14 days, then in how many more days
will the work get completed?
(a) 1 day
(b) 2 days
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 10. A and B are employed for planting trees in a field. A is thrice as efficient as B. Working together they
can plant the trees in 3 days. If B takes 8 days more than A, then what must be the number of days taken
by B alone to plant the trees in the field?
(a) 4 days
(b) 2 days
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 11. Each of the two software experts X and Y can update a programme in 29 hours. X takes a rest of one
hour after working every 4 hours, and Y takes a rest of one hour after working every 5 hours. If X and Y
starts working together, then the programme will be updated in how many hours?
(a) 15 hours
(b) 16 hours
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 12. Two milk processing units (of factory A) each working 12 hours per day for 8 days, process 9000 litres
of milk each with an efficiency of 90%. Three other milk processing units (of factory B) work at an
efficiency of 80% and each of them process 12000 litre of milk in 6 days.
How many hours per day should these three other milk processing units work, so that the output of both
the factories is the same?
(a) 12 hrs/day
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 13. A can do a job in 10 days, while B can do it in 12 days, and C can do it in 15 days. All begin working
together but A leaves the work after 2 days, and B leaves 3 days before the work is finished. How long did
the work last?
(a) 5 days
(b) 9 days
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 14. 13 men and 24 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days, while 12 men and 16 boys can do the same in 5
days. What is the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that done by a boy?
(a) 3 : 2
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 4 : 7
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 15. A and B working separately can finish a work in 50 days and 40 days respectively. They begin the work
together and after 10 days, B goes away. In how many more days will the remaining work be completed
now?
(a) 27 days
(b) 28 days
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