Time and Work

1. Amit and Sujit together can complete an assignment of data 8. M and N can do a work in 10 days and 15 days respectively.
entry in 5 days. Sujit’s speed is 80 % of Amit’s speed and If M starts on the work and both work alternately day after
the total key depressions in the assignment are 5,76,000. day. in how many days will the work be completed ?
What is Amit’s speed in key depressions per hour If they (1) 10 (2) 12
work for 8 hours a day ? (3) 8 (4) 9
(1) 4800 (2) 6400 (5) None of these
(3) 8000 (4) 7200 9. 6 women and 6 men together can complete a piece of work
(5) None of these in 6 days. In how many days can 15 men alone complete
2. 4 men can complete a piece of work in 2 days. 4 women the piece of work if 9 women alone can complete the work
can complete the same piece of work in 4 days whereas in 10 days?
5 children can complete the same piece of work in 4 days. (1) 6 (2) 5
If , 2 men, 4 women and 10 children work together, in how (3) 7.2 (4) Cannot be determined
many days can the work be completed?
(5) None of these
(1) 1 day (2) 3 days
10. Four examiners can examine a certain number of answer
(3) 2 days (4) 4 days papers in 10 days by working for 5 hours a day. For how
(5) None of these many hours in a day would 2 examiners have to work in
3. A and B together complete a piece of work in T days. If order to examine twice the number of answerpapers in 20
A alone complete the work in T + 3 days and B alone days ?
completes the piece of work in T + 12 days, what is T ?
(1) 3 days (2) 12 days 1
(1) 8 hours (2) 7 hours
(3) 9 days (4) Cannot be determined 2
(5) None of these 1
(3) 10 hours (4) 8 hours
4. 12 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many men 2
would be required to do the same work in 8 days ? (5) None of these
(1) 14 (2) 18 11. Two men alone or three women alone can complete a piece
(3) 16 (4) 12 of work in 4 days. In how many days can 1 woman and
(5) None of these one man together complete the same piece of work ?
5. ‘A’ can complete a piece of work in 12 days. ‘A’ and ‘B’ 24
(1) 6 days (2) days
together can complete the same piece of work in 8 days. 5
In how many days can ‘B’ alone complete the same piece
of work? 12
(3) days (4) Cannot be determined
(1) 15 days (2) 18 days 1.75
(3) 24 days (4) 28 days (5) None of these
(5) None of these 12. 4 girls can do a piece of work in 8 days, 3 boys can do
6. 12 men take 36 days to do a work while 12 women the same piece of work in 9 days, 7 men do the same piece
3 of work in 2 days and 5 women can do the same piece of
complete th of the same work in 36 days. In how many work in 4 days. Who in least efficient ?
4
days 10 men and 8 women together will compelete the (1) Boys (2) Girls
same work? (3) Women (4) Men
(1) 6 (2) 27 (5) Boys and Men both
(3) 12 (4) Data inadequate 13. 2 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. 2 women
(5) None of these can complete the same piece of work in 9 days, whereas
7. Three men, four women and six children can complete a 3 children can complete the same piece of work in 8 days.
work in 7 days. A woman does double the work a man does 3 women and 4 children worked together for 1 day. If only
and a child does half the work a man does. How many men were to finish the remaining work in 1 day, how many
women Alone can complete this work in 7 days ? total men would be required ?
(1) 8 (2) 7 (1) 4 (2) 8
(3) 12 (4) Cannot be determined (3) 6 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these (5) None of these

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14. 8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8 women (3) 48 (4) 24
can complete the same work in 32 days. In how many days (5) None of these
will 5 men and 8 women together compelete the same 18. 42 women can do a piece of work in 18 days. How many
work? women would be required to do the same work in 21 days?
15. 3 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. 5 women (1) 36 (2) 24
can complete the same work in 18 days. In how many days (3) 30 (4) 44
will 4 men and 10 women together complete the same (5) None of these
work? 19. Fifty six men can complete a piece of work in 24 days. In
(1) 3 days (2) 5 days how many days can 42 men complete the same piece of
(3) 2 days (4) 4 days work ?
(5) None of these (1) 18 (2) 32
16. 6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 8 women (3) 98 (4) 48
can complete the same piece of work in 18 days whereas (5) None of these
18 children can complete the piece of work in 10 days. 4 20. 8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work
men, 12 women and 20 children work together for 2 days. in 6 days. Work done by a man in one day is double the
If only men were to complete the remaining work in 1 day work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4 women
how many men would be required totally ? started working and after 2 days. 4 men left and 4 new
(1) 36 (2) 24 women joined, in how many more days will the work be
(3) 18 (4) Cannot be determined completed?
(5) None of these (1) 5 days (2) 8 days
17. 30 men can do a piece of work in 16 days. How many men (3) 6 days (4) 4 days
would be required to do the same work in 20 days ? (5) 9 days
(1) 12 (2) 36

HINTS & SOLUTIONS

.ANSWER KEY.
1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (5) 4. (5) 5. (3) 6. (2)

7. (2) 8. (2) 9. (5) 10. (3) 11. (2) 12. (2)

13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (1) 16. (1) 17. (4) 18. (1)
19. (2) 20. (1)

1. (3) Let Amit’s speed be x key depressions per day. 1

4x 3. (5) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work =
T
\ Sujit’s speed key depressions per day
5
1
4x A’s 1 day’s work =
T+3
\ 5x + 5 × = 576000
5
1
Þ 9x = 576000 B’s 1 day’s work 1 =
T + 12
576000
Þ x= = 64000 1 1 1
9 \ + =
( T + 3) ( T + 12 ) T
64000
\ Amit’s speed per hour = = 8000 T + 12 + T + 3 1
8 Þ =
2. (1) 4 × 2 men º 4 × 4 women = 20 children ( T + 3)( T + 12 ) T
Þ 2 men º 4 women º 5 children
\ 2 men + 4 women + 10 children = 20 children 2T + 15 1
Þ =
\ M1D1 = M2D2 T 2 + 15T + 36 T
Þ 5 × 4 = 20 × D2 Þ D2 = 1 day Þ 2T2 + 15T = T2 + 15 T + 36
Þ T2 = 36 Þ 6 days

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4. (5) Days Men 1 1

10 12 8. (2) Work done in 1st two days = +
10 15
8 x
Where x = number of men 3+ 2 1
= =
\ 8 : 10 :: 12 : x 30 6
Þ 8 × x = 10 × 12 \ Number of days = 12
10 + 12 M1D1 M 2 D 2 6´6 9 ´ 10
Þ x= = 15 9. (5) = Þ =
8 W1 W2 W1 1
1
5. (3) A’s 1 day’s work = 6´6 2
12 Þ W1 = =
9 ´ 10 5
1
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 2
8 \ Part of work done by 6 women in 6 days =
5
1 1 3- 2 1
\ B’s 1 day’s work = – = = 2 3
8 12 24 24 \ Part of work done by 6 men in 6 days = 1 – =
5 5
\ B alone can do the work in 24 days.
6. (2) In 36 days 12 men can do 1 complete work. M1D1 M 2 D 2 6 ´ 6 15 ´ D2
\ = Þ =
3 W1 W2 3 1
In 36 days 12 women can do th of the work 5
4
Since time and the no, of persons in the same is both 6´6´5
casses, Þ 15 × D2 = = 60
3
3
1 woman’s daily work th of 1 man’s daily work 60
4 Þ D2 = 4 day
15
3
8 woman’s daily work = × 8 = 6 meri’s daily work 10. (3) Work Days Hours / day
4 1
4 10 5
(10 men + 8 womens daily work) 2 2 20 x
= (10 men + 6 men)
= 16 men’s daily work. 2:4 ü
12 men can do the work is 36 days \ ï
1: 2 ý : : 5 : x
\ 16 men can do the work is 36 ×
12
= 27 days. 20 :10ïþ
16
7. (2) 2 men = 1 woman Þ 2 × 20 × x = 4 × 10 × 5 × 2

1 4 ´ 10 ´ 5 ´ 2
\ 1 man = women Þ x= = 10 hours
2 2 ´ 20
11. (2) 2 men = 3 women
3
\ 3 men = women æ3 ö 5
2 1 men + 1 women = ç + 1÷ women = women
è2 ø 2
1
Again, 2 children = 1 man = women 5
2
\ M1D1 = M2D2 Þ 3 × 4 = × D2
2
1
\ 1 child = women 3 ´ 4 ´ 2 24
4 Þ D2 = = days
5 5
6 3 12. (2) 4 × 8 girls = 3 × 9 boys
\ 6 children = = women
4 2 = 7 × 2 men = 5 × 4 = women
Now, three men, four women and six children Þ 32 girls = 27 boys = 14 men = 20 women
13. (2) 2 × 6 men º 18 women º 24 children
3 3 3 women = + 4 children º 4 men
= +4+
2 2
1
= 7 women part of work done in 1 day by 4 men =
3
Hence, 7 women complete the work in 7 days

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2 17. (4) Days Men

\ Remaining work will be finished by 8 men in 1 16 30
3
day. 20 x
Hence, 8 men would be required. \ 20 : 16 = 30 : x
14. (1) 8 × 20 men º 8 × 32 women Þ 20 × x = 16 × 30
Þ 5 men º 8 women 30 ´ 16
5 men + 8 women º 16 women Þ x= = 24
20
M1D1 = M2D2 Þ 8 × 32 = 16 × D2
18 (1) Days Men
8 ´ 32 18 42
Þ D2 = = 16 days
16 21 x
15. (1) 18 man = 5 × 18 º 90 women
42 ´ 18
\ 1 man º 5 women \ 21 : 18 : : 42 : x Þ x = = 36
20
\ 4 men + 10 women = 30 women
19. (2) Q M1 D1 = M2 D2
\ M1D1 = M2D2 Þ 5 × 18 = 30 D2 \ 56 × 24 = 42 × D2
5 ´ 18 56 ´ 24
Þ D2 = = 3 days
30 Þ D2 = = 32 days
42
16. (1) 72 men º 144 women = 180 children 20. (1) According to the question,
2 men º 4 women º 5 children 1 man = 2 women
4 men + 12 womena + 20 children \ 8 men + 4 women = (16 + 4) women = 20 women
= 4 men + 6 men+ 8 = 18 men 4 men + 8 women = 16 women
When 6 men do 1 work in 12 days, 2 1
18 men will do the same in 4 days. 20 women‘s 2 days’ work = = part
6 3
1
\ Remaining work = 1 2
2 Remaining work = 1 – =
3 3
M1D1 M 2 D2 Q 20 women complete 1 work in 6 days.
\ =
W1 W2
2
\ 16 women will do work in
1 3
Þ × 6 × 12 = 1 × M2
2 20 × 6 2
Þ M2 = 36 = Number of men = ´ = 5 days
16 3

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