Practice test-5 (TIME& work)

QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON
1.A cistern is filled by pipe A in 8 minutes and can be leaked out by a waste pipe B in 10 minutes. If
both the pipes are opened,
Quantity A : Time taken to fill the cistern
Quantity B : 40

2.30 men working 7 hours a day can do a piece of work in 18 days. If in x number of days 21 men
working 8 hours a day take to do the same piece of work.
Quantity A : x Quantity B : 24

3.A man is twice as fast as a woman and a woman is twice as fast as a boy in doing a work. If all of
them i.e., a man, a woman, and a boy can finish together in 7 days, In x days a boy will do it alone?
Quantity A : x Quantity B : 10
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS – SELECT ONE ANSWER CHOICE

4. Joe can wash his car in 4 hours. Backer can do the same job in 5 hours. How long will it
taken them if they work together?
A) hrs B) hrs C) hrs D) hrs E) hrs

5.Three machines, individually, can do a certain Job in 6, 7 and 8 hours, respectively. What is
the greatest part of the job that can be done in one hour by two of the machines working
together at their respective rate?

A) B) C) D) E)
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS – SELECT ONE ANSWER CHOICE

6.If 5 machines produce 5 cars in 5 days. In how many days 10 machines with same rate could
produce 10 cars?
A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D)20 E)25

7.A company has two types of machines, type R and type S. Operating at a constant rate, a
machine of type R does a certain job in 36 hours and a machine of type S does the same job
in 18 hours. If the company used the same number of each type of machines to do the job in
2 hours, how many machines of type R were used?
A)3 B) 4 C) 6 D)9 E)12
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS – SELECT ONE OR MORE CHOICES

8.A and B can do a piece of work in 8 and 10 days working alone. If they work alternately to
each other the in how many days work can be completed.
A)8 B) 9 C) D) E)

9.20 Men can able to complete a work in 30 days working 6 hours per day and whose
efficiency will vary from 25 percent to 70 percent more than offers. In how many days will 30
men can able to complete the same work if they work 8 hours per day?
A)10 B) 12 C) 18 D)20 E)26
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10. A man takes 24 days to do a piece of work while a woman takes 72 days to do the same. If
a contractor engages men and women to do the same work in 4 days, then how many
members does the contractor need?
A)9 B) 10 C) 13 D)16 E)20

11.Three men or eight women can paint 4 houses in 9 days. A builder hires men and women
to paint 6 houses in 3 days, then how many members does the builder need?
A)15 B) 16 C) 18 D)26 E)32
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NUMERIC ENTRY QUESTIONS

12.If 12 men or 15 women can complete a piece of work in 14 days. 3 men and 5 women will take how many days?

13.A can do a certain job in 16days. B is 60% more efficient than A. The number of days, it takes B to do the same piece of work is

14. Three men and four boys can do a work in 6 days while four men and eight boys do the same work in 4 days. The number of
days it takes two men and eight boys to complete the same work is

15.James and Ghansu can do a piece of work in 9 days by working together. Their skills of doing work are in the ratio 3:5. In how
many days James will take to complete the work if he is engaged alone.
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1.C 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.A

6.A 7.C 8.B,D 9.D,E 10.B,D

11.B,D 12.24 13.10 14.6 15.24