TIME AND WORK
Q.1 A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, B and C can do it
in 20 days and C and A can do it in 15 days. A, B and C together can complete it
in?
(a) 6 days (b) 9 days (c) 10 days (d) 11 days
Q.2 A and B can complete a work in 8 days, working together. B alone can do it in
12 days. B started alone and after working for 4 days, B left the work. How many
days will a take to complete the remaining work?
(a) 16 days (b) 18 days (c) 20 days (d) 22 days
Q.3 A and B undertook to do a piece of work for Rs. 4500, alone could do it in 8
days and B alone in 12 days. With the assistance of C, they finished the work in 4
days. C’s share of money is?
(a) Rs. 375 (b) Rs. 750 (c) Rs. 1500 (d) Rs. 2250
Q.4 6 men or 10 women can do a piece of work in 24 days. How long will 12 men
and 10 women take to finish the work?
(a) 8 days (b) 7 days (c) 17 days (d) 5 days
Q.5 10 women can complete a piece of work in 8 days and 10 children take 12
days to complete it. How many days will 6 women and 3 children together take to
complete the work?
(a) 9 days (b) 12 days (c) 7 days (d) None of these
Q.6 50 men or 80 women can finish a job in 50 days. A contractor deploys 40 men
and 48 women for this work, but after every duration of 10 days, 5 men and 8
women are removed till the work is completed. The work is completed in?
(a) 45 days (b) 50 days (c) 54 days (d) 62 days
Q.7 If one man or two women or three boys can finish a work in 88 days, then how
many days will one man, one woman and one boy together take to finish the same
work?
(a) 46 days (b) 54 days (c) 48 days (d) 44 days
Q.8 A tank can be filled by a tap in 20 minutes and by another tap in 60 minutes.
Both the taps are kept open for 10 minutes and then the first tap is shut off. After
this, the tank will be completely filled in?
(a) 10 min. (b) 12 min. (c) 15 min. (d) 20 min.
Q.9 25 men can reap a field in 20 days. After how many days from the beginning
should 15 men leave the work if the remaining field is to be reaped in 40 days after
they leave the work?
(a) 3 days (b) 4 days (c) 5 days (d) 6 days
Q.10 Twelve men can complete a work in 8 days. Three days after they started the
work, 3 more men joined them. In how many days will all of them together
complete the remaining work?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Q.11 Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs.400. One alone can do it in
6 days, the other in 8 days. With the help of a boy, they finish it in 3 days. The
boy's share is
(a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.50 (c) Rs.60 (d) Rs.80
Q.12A cistern has three pipes A, B and C. Pipes A and B can fill it in 3 and 4
hours, respectively, while pipe C can empty the completely filled cistern in 1 hour.
If the pipes are opened in order at 3 pm, 4 pm and 5 pm, respectively, at what time
will the cistern be empty?
(a) 6:15 pm (b) 7:12 pm (c) 8:12 pm (d) 8:35 pm
Q.13 Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 min. and 20 min. respectively. Both
the pipes are opened together. But, after 4 min., pipe A is turned off. What is the
total time required to fill the tank?
(a) 10 min. 20 sec. (b) 11 min. 45 sec.
(c) 12 min. 30 sec. (d) 14 min. 40 sec.
Q.14 4 men and 6 women get Rs. 1600 by doing a piece of work in 5 days. 3 men
and 7 women get Rs. 1740 by doing the same work in 6 days. In how many days, 7
men and 6 women can complete the same work getting Rs. 3760?
(a) 6 days (b) 8 days (c) 10 days (d) 12 days
Q.15 A can do a piece of work in 60 days while B alone can do it in 90 days. They
begin together but 15 days before the completion of the work, B leaves off. Find
the total number of days for the work to be completed?
(a) 42 days (b) 32 days (c) 35 days (d) 39 days
Q.16 A tap having diameter‘d’ can empty a tank in 40 minutes. How long another
tap having diameter ‘2d’ take to empty the same tank?
(a) 5 min. (b) 20 min. (c) 10 min. (d) 40 min.
Q.17 Water is filled in a container in such a manner that its volume doubles after
every five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the container to be full, in how much
time will it be one fourth full?
(a) 7.5 min. (b) 10 min. (c) 20 min. (d) 25 min.
Q.18 A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 30
days less than B. How many days will they take to finish the job working together?
(a) 10.25 (b) 11.75 (c) 11.25 (d) 11.50
Q.19 If 15 men or 24 women or 36 boys can do a piece of work in 12 days,
working 8 hours per day, how many men must be associated with 12 women and 6
boys to do another piece of work 9/4 times as great in 30 days working 6 hours a
day?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 10
Q.20 X is 3 times as fast as Y and is able to complete the work in 40 days less than
Y. Then the time in which they can complete the work together is?
(a) 7.5 days (b) 10 days (c) 15 days (d) 5 days
