TIME AND WORK (Practice Handout)

1) If 8 men make 8 chairs in 8 days, then 1 man

will make 1 chair in how many days?
a) 1 days b) 8 days c) 4 days d) 2 days

2) If 12 men can do a piece of work in 15 days
working for 6 hours a day, In how many days
will 18 men can do the same work, working 3
hours a day?

a) 16 days b) 12 days c) 10 days d) 20 days

3) 12 men can build a wall 100 meters long, 3
meters high and 0.5 metres thick in 25 days.
In how many days will 20 men build wall
60 metres long, 4 metres high and 0.25 metres
thick?
a) 3 days b) 12 days c) 6 days d) 8 days

4) If two men or three women can do a work in
28 days, in how many days will 1 man and 9
women can do that work?
a) 10 days b) 9 days c) 7 days d) 8 days

5) If two men or three women or six children can
do a work in 32 days, in how many days will
two men and two women and two children do
that work?
a) 16 days b) 15 days c) 7 days d) 8 days

6) Amit is 30 % more efficient than Girish, If
Girish can complete a task in 39 days. In how
many days can Amit complete the same task?
a) 36 days b) 39 days c) 30 days d) 42 days

7) A hotel has provisions for 250 persons for 50
days. If after 8 days, 50 more persons joined
the hotel, how long will the food last at the
same rate?
a) 30 days b) 32 days c)
3
1
33
days d) 35 days
8) A man engaged 10 workers to print 320 books
in 5 days. After 3 days he found that only 120
books were printed. How many additional men
he should engaged to finish the remaining in
time?
a) 15 b) 20 c) 25 d) 30

9) In a fort, ration for 800 people was sufficient
for 30 days, after 12 days, more people came
and the food lasted for only 12 more days. How
many people came in the fort?
a) 200 b) 300 c) 400 d) 150





10) A father can do a job as fast as his two sons
working together. If one son does the job in 3
hours and the other in 6 hours, how many
hours does it take the father to do the job?
a) 2 hours b) 3 hours
c) 1.5 hours d) 4 hours

11) Jatin and Hari undertook a piece of work for
Rs.2000. Jatin alone can do it 24 days while
Hari alone can do it in 30 days. With the help
of Suresh, they finish the work in 12 days. How
much should Suresh get for his work?
a) Rs.400 b) Rs.200
c) Rs.250 d) Rs.1800

12) Harish and Jeetu can do a piece of work in 18
days, Jeetu and Mohan in 15 days, Mohan and
Harish in 10 days. How long would all take to
finish the work together?
a) 9 days b) 11 days c) 20 days d) 18 days

13) In the above question, who among the
following is most efficient?
a) Harish b) Jeetu c) Mohan d) None

14) A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. B
and C together do it in 15 days. If A is twice as
efficient as C. In how many days will B alone
can do the work?
a) 15 days b) 20 days c) 16 days d) 60 days

15) A, B and C can do a job in 24 days, 15 days and
60 days respectively working alone. They start
working together. A left after 6 days and B left
after working for 8 days of the initial day. How
many more days are required to complete the
whole work?
a) 5 days b) 15 days
c) 8 days d) 10 days

16) Farooq and Ahmed can do the work in 45 days
and 40 days respectively. They began the work
together but Farooq left after some days and
Ahmed finished the remaining work in 23 days.
After how many days did Farooq leave?
a) 7 days b) 8 days
c) 9 days d) 11 days

17) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24, 30 and
40 days respectively. They start to work
together but C leaves 4 days before the
completion of the work. In how many days is
the work done?
a) 7 days b) 11 days c) 20 days d) 18 days





18) A and B together can do a piece of work in
7 days. If A alone does twice as much work as
B in a given time, find how long A alone would
take to do the work?
a) 10 days b) 8 days
c) 9 days d) 21 days

19) Amit can finish a piece of work in 5 days
whereas Farooq can finish the same work in 20
days, if they start working on alternate days
starting with Amit, then In how many days
they can complete the work?
a) 8 days b) 4 days c) 6 days d) 10 days

20) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 11 days,
20 days and 55 days respectively, working
alone. How soon can the work be done if A is
assisted by B and C on every alternate day?
a) 8 days b) 4 days c) 6 days d) 10 days

21) A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54
days and C in 72 days. All the three began the
work together but A left after 8 days and B left
11 days before the completion of the work.
How many days in all did C put in the entire
work was finished?

a) 10 days b) 29 days c) 30 days d) 28 days

22) Machines A and B produce 1200 clips in 4 and
6 hours respectively. If they work alternately
for 1 hour, A starting first, then 4800 clips will
be produced in :
a) 18 hours b) 19 hours
c) 30 hours d) 20 hours

23) A can do a piece of work in 25 days which B
alone can do in 20 days. A started the work
and was joined by B after 10 days. Find the
time taken to finish the work.
a)
3
2
6
days b)
3
2
18
days
c) 16 days d)
3
2
16
days
24) A, B and C together earn Rs. 300 per day, while
A and C together earn Rs. 188 and B and C
together earn Rs. 152. The daily earning of C
is?

a) Rs.50 b) Rs.60
c) Rs.45 d) Rs.40

25) A alone can do a work for 12 days. Along with
B, he finishes the work and earns Rs.2800 and
If B earns Rs.4200 for himself. What is the
daily wage of B?
a) Rs.425 b) Rs.525
c) Rs.450 d) Rs.550





26) Two men and three boys can do a piece of
work in 8 days and three men and two boys
can do it in 7 days. If the daily wages of a boy
be Rs. 9 what will be the daily wages of a man?

a) Rs.40 b) Rs.15 c) Rs.18 d) Rs.63


27) Three labourers A, B, C were given a contract
of Rs. 750 for doing a certain piece of work. All
the three together can finish this work in 8
days. A and C together can do it in 12 days,
while A and B together can do it in 16 days.
What is the share given to C?
a) Rs.375 b) Rs.300
c) Rs.250 d) Rs.125

28) A can lay railway track between two given
stations in 16 days and B can do the same job
in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4
days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:.
a)
5
1
9
days b)
5
2
9
days
c) 10 days d)
5
3
9
days
29) A is thrice as efficient B and therefore is able
to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working
together, they can do it in:
a)
2
1
22
days b) 20 days
c) 21 days d) 19 days

30) A machine A can print one lakh books in
15 hours, machine B can print the same
number of books in 10 hours while machine C
can print them in 12 hours. All the machines
are started at 9 A.M. while machine C is closed
at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines
complete work. At what time will the work (to
print one lakh books) be finished.
a) 1:30 A.M. b) 12 noon
c) 2:00 P.M. d) 1:00 P.M.





KEY

1 B 6 C 11 B 16 C 21 B 26 C
2 D 7 D 12 A 17 B 22 B 27 A
3 C 8 A 13 C 18 A 23 D 28 D
4 D 9 C 14 B 19 A 24 D 29 A
5 A 10 A 15 A 20 A 25 B 30 C