TIME AND WORK

Total work= efficiency * time

Efficiency is inversely propotional to time
Ex: if efficiency increases time is decreases
If efficiency decreases time is increases
The work is directly propotional to time
Ex: if work increases time also increases
If work decreases time also decreses

Basic concept

Q1. If A will do a job in 36 days , B can do the same job in 12 days , in

how many days working together they will complete the work?
a) 8 days b) 4 days c) 9 days d) 12 days

Q2. If A will do a job in 12 days , B can do the same job in 4 days , in how
many days working together they will complete the work?
a) 2 days b) 3 days c) 4 days d) 12 days

Q 3.A can do a piece of work in 200 days and B can do the same piece of
work in 30 days. Find in how many days both can do the work?
a)28 days b)20 days c)34 days d)12 days

Q4. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B can do it in

12 days. C can do the join in 15 days .if they are working
together means how many days it will take to complete the
entire work?
a)10 days b)20 days c)5 days d)2 days

Q 5. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B can do the same piece of

work in 20 days, C can do the same work in 12 days, Find in how many
days they completet the work if they are working together ?
a)18 days b)20 days c)5 days d)12 days
Individual work

Q6. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, A and B can do the same piece of
work in 5 days. How many days B will take to complete the work ?
a)10 days b)20 days c)5 days d)12 days

Q7.A can do a piece of work in 24 days, while B can do it in

30 days. With the help of C they can finish the whole work
in 12 days.
How much time is required by C to complete the work, alone ?
a) 100 days b) 120 days c) 150 days d) 115 days

Remining work

Q8.A can complete a work in 35 days and B can do the same work in
28 days. If A after doing 10 days, leaves the
work, find in how many days B will do the
remaining work?
a)25 days b) 20 days c)27 days d) 24 days

working on alternate days

Q9. A can do the work in 10 days ,B can do the same work in 15 days ,if
they are working on alternate days means, how many days it will take to
finish the work?
a) 10 days b)12 days c) 15 days d) 16 days

Q10. A can complete a work in 16 days and B in 12 days. Starting with A,

they work on alternate days. The total work will be complete in how many
days.
 a) 14 days b)12 days c) 13.7 days d) 13.25 days

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Q11. A machine P can print books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the
same books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hour. All the
machine are started at 9 A.M. while machine P s closed at 11.A.M . and the
remaining two machine complete work. Approximately at what time will
the work (to print on lakh books) be finished
a) 11.30AM b)around 1PM c) 12.30 PM D) 1.00PM

Based on indirect data

Q12.A is twice as good as B and therefore able to finish a piece of work in

30 days less than B. in how many days they can complete the whole
work,working together?
a) 14 days b)20 days c) 30 days d) 60 days

Q13.A is thrice as good as B and therefore able to finish a piece of work in

60 days less than B. in how many days they can complete the whole
work,working together?
a) 20 days b)22 ½ days c)25 days d) 30 days
Problems based on salary
Q14.A can do a piece of work in 48 days and B in 72 days .the total
payment
of them is for one day is 30000. then find the total salary of A for one day .
a) 25000
b) 10000
c) 20000
d) 27000
 Pipes and cistans

Q15.Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30

minutes, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. When the tank is
empty, all the three pipes are opened ,how many hours it will take to fill
the tank
a) 20 min b)5.45 min c)10 min d) 6.25 min

Q16.A Tank has two pipes. The first pipe can fill it in 4
hours and the second can empty it in 16 hours. If two pipes
be opened together at a time then the tank will be filled in
a) 5 1/2 hours(b) 6hours (c) 10hours (d) 5 1/3 hours

Q17. Pipe A can fill the tank in 12 hours & pipe B can fill the tank in 8
hours and pipe C can empty the tank in 15 hours . if all pipes are opened
together then after 5 hours at what portion of the tank will be filled
a) 17/24 b)24/17 c)17/23 d) 1/3

Q18. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours.

Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank. The
leak can drain all the water of the tank in:
A.7 B.14 C.21 D.28

Person and days concept

P1 ×D1 ×H1 P2×D2×H2
=
W1 W2

P1- Person 1 P2- Person 2

D1- day 1 D2- Day 2
H1- Hour 1 H2- Hour 2
W1- work 1 W2- work 2

Q18. If 24 men can do a piece of work in 40 days working 12 hours a day,

then how many men are required to complete the double work working 6
hours in 20 days?
a) 185
b) 187
c) 192
d) 170
Q19. If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours day.
How many more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 6
days working 9 hours a day?
a) 34
b) 68
c) 102
d) None.
Q20. 50 hens lay 200 eggs in 2 days and 20 hens lay 400 eggs in how many
days?
A)5
B)15
C) 10
D)20
Q21.4 men can do a work in 7 days. How many men required to do it in 4
days?
A) 7
B)8
C)9
D)10
E)4

Assignment question
1. An air container can cool the hall in 40 minutes while another takes 45
minutes to cool under similar conditions. If both air conditioners are
switched on at same instance, then how long will it take to cool the room?
A)About 22 minutes
B)About 20 minutes
C)About 30 minutes
D)About 25 minutes

2. Jagdish can build a wall in 10 days. Narender can build the same wall in
12 days while Sumit takes 15 days to do the same job.Which two of them
should be employed to finish the job in 6 days?
A)Jagdish and Narender
B) Jagdish and Sumit
C)Sumit and Narender
D)None of the above

3. Mary and John can do a piece of work in 24 days; John and Vino in 30
days; Vino and Mary in 40 days. If Mary, John and Vino work together
they will complete the work in :
A)10 days
B)20 days
C)17 days
D)15 days

4. A can do a piece of work in 100 days, B and C together can do the same
work in 20 days. If B can do the work in same time as that of C and A
together then how long C alone can do the same work?
A)100 days
B)50 days
C)25 days
D)20 days

5. A man can complete a job in 12 days and his wife can complete the
same job in 15 days. How long will they take to complete the job if they
work together?
A)6 2/3
B)6 ½
C)10 1/2
D)10 2/3

6. A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together

finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do
the whole work
? A)23
B)27
C)71/2
D)40

7. Ronald and Elan are working on an assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to

type 32 pages on a computer, while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages.
How much time will they take, working together on two different
computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
A)7hr 30min
B)7hr
C)8hr 15min
D)8hr

8. If 15 oxen or 20 cows can eat the grass of a field in 80 days, then in how
many days will 6 oxen and 2 cows eat the same grass?
A)40
B)60
C)100
D)160

9. Two pipes A & B can separately fill a cistern in 220 minutes and 330
minutes. Together they can fill the cistern in
A)1 hour 32 minutes
B)1 hour
C)2 hour 12 minutes
D)2 hours
E)none of the above
10. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how
many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work ?
A)10
B)13
C)14
D)15
11.Faiza and Fida finish a piece of work in 30 days, Fida and Fiza take 40
days for the same while Fiza and Faiza complete it in 60 days. How long
will they take to finish it together? (capgimini question)
a) 20.3 days
b) 21 days
c) 26.6 days
d) 21.3 days