TIME and WORK – IBPS RRB PRELIMS

1) A alone completes the work in 30 days. Efficiency of B is 50% more than the efficiency of A. If A and
B together can starts the work, after 8 days A and B left the work, then C alone complete the remaining
work in 4 days. If they gets the wages for the whole work is Rs.9000, then find the C’s wages share?
a. Rs.3300 b. Rs.3600 c. Rs.2700 d. Rs.3000 e. Rs.4200

2) A can complete 60% of the work in 9 days and A and B together can complete half of the work in 4.5
days. If A, B and C together can complete 40% of the work in 3 days and they are gets the total wages is
1200, then what is the wage of B?
a. Rs.200 b. Rs.360 c. Rs.280 d. Rs.400 e. Rs.380

3) A&B can do a piece of work in 60, 70 days respectively and worked for (x+2), (x+13) days. If 10% of
the work is pending which is completed by C, find the time taken by D to complete the work, if D takes
(x+6) to complete the work?
a. 30 days b. 20 days c. 25 days d. 24 days e. 28 days

4) A can do a piece of work in (x) days . B can do the same work in (x+16) days. A,B together can do the
same work in 6 days . Find the time taken by C to complete the work if all the three working together to
complete half work in 1 day?
a. 4 days b. 5 days c. 3 days d. 6 days e. 4.5 days

5) A alone can complete the work in 15 days. Time taken by A in completing 60% of work is equal to the
time taken by B in completing 90% of the work. In how many days A and B together can complete the
work?
a. 4 days b. 6 days c. 5 days d. 8 days e. 10 days

6) A complete one-third of the work in 20 days and B complete half of the work in 15 days. In how many
days required to A and B together can complete the work?
a. 10 days b. 15 days c. 18 days d. 20 days e. None of these

7) A and B together can complete the work in 30 days. If B alone completes 20% of the work in 16 days.
In how many days A alone completes 75% of the work?
a. 40 days b. 36 days c. 32 days d. 28 days e. None of these

8) A can finish work in 18 days. The efficiency of B is 3/4 of the efficiency of A. Find the time taken by A
and B together to complete twice the work?
a. 134/7 b. 154/7 c. 124/7 d. 144/7 e. None of the above

9) Adhi is five times as efficient as Mahi and Suhail is thrice as efficient as Mahi. Find the ratio of
number of days taken by Adhi, Mahi and Suhail, if they work independently?
a. 3: 15: 5 b. 5: 15: 3 c. 15: 3: 5 d. 3: 5: 15 e. None of these

10) Arul, Banu and Chinu alone can complete the work in 20 days, 30 days and 12 days respectively. In
how many days Arul, Banu and Chinu together can complete half of the work?
a. 4 days b. 6 days c. 3 days d. 5 days e. None of these
11) A and B together can complete the work in 16 days. If the ratio of the time taken by A and B is 2: 1
and the ratio of the time taken by complete the work by A and C is 3: 2. In how many days A, B and C
together can complete the three-fourth of the work?
a. 3 days b. 6 days c. 8 days d. 12 days e. None of these
12) 25 men can complete a piece of work in 40 days. If the ratio of the efficiency of a man to a woman is
2:1, then in how many days 32 women complete the work?
a. 62.5 days b. 80 days c. 56 days d. 96 days e. None of these
13) 36 men complete a work in 8 days and 20 women complete the work in 30 days. What is the ratio of
the amount of work done by 24 men in 1 day to the amount of work done by 24 women in 1 day?
a. 25: 12 b. 5: 4 c. 12: 25 d. 4: 5 e. None of these
14) Aman and Suman can separately do a piece of work in 20 days and 32 days respectively. They
worked together for 4 days, after that Suman was replaced by Raman. If the remaining work was
finished in next 6 days, then find the time taken by Aman is how much percentage more or less than the
time taken by Raman?
a. 16% less b. 28% more c. 20% less d. 25% more e. None of these
15) A alone completes the work in 16 days and the efficiency of A is 25% more than B. In how many
days they can complete 90% of the work together?
a. 8 days b. 10 days c. 6 days d. 12 days e. 9 days
16) The ratio of the efficiency of A, B and C is 2:4:3 and B alone can complete the work in 18 days. If A,
B and C together started the work and after 4 days, C left the work, then in how many days A and B
together complete the work?
a. 15 days b. 10 days c. 18 days d. 12 days e. 6 days
17) The ratio of the efficiency of A, B and C is 2:3:5. A and B will work on alternative days and C will
work for all the days. If the work will be completed in 10 days and they get the total amount is Rs.9000,
then find the amount received by B?
a. Rs.1500 b. Rs.1800 c. Rs.2000 d. Rs.1200 e. None of these
18) 8 children can complete a piece of work in 140 days and 14 men can complete the same work in 50
days. If 12 women can complete the same work in 65 days then in how many days 20 men, 26 women
and 21 children together can complete the same work?
a. 3360/271 days b. 3160/271 days c. 3360/277 days d. 3160/277 days e. 3260/277 days
19) x men can complete a work in 6 days and 6x/5 women can complete the same work in 8 days and
3x/5 children can complete the same work in 8 days. 15 men, 16 women and 4 children together can
complete the work in 2 days. Find the time taken by one man to complete the work?
a. 60 days b. 96 days c. 48 days d. 72 days e. None of these
20) 10 men complete the work in 6 days and 15 women complete the work in 8 days. In how many days
12 men and 8 women together can complete the work?
a. 5(3/4) days b. 4(3/4) days c. 2(3/4) days d. 3(3/4) days e. None of these

21) 12 men can complete the piece of work in 20 days and 9 women can complete the same work in 30
days. Find the time taken by 16 men and 2 women together to complete the same work?
a. 10 days b. 12 days c. 13.5 days d. 18 days e. None of these
22) 24 men were appointed to complete the work in 40 days. But after 20 days, it was found that only one
third of the work was completed. In how many extra men needed to complete the work in time?
a. 20 b. 22 c. 24 d. 28 e. None of these
23) A can do the piece of the work in 20 days and B can do the piece of the work in 30 days. A and B
started the work and B left the work in 5 days before completion of the work. In how many days the
total work is completed?
a. 12 days b. 14 days c. 16 days d. 18 days e. None of these

24) 20 men in 6 hours complete the work in 3 days and 25 women in 6 hours complete the same work in
4 days. In how many days 4 men and 20 women are working together can complete the work in 1 hour?
a. 18.5 b. 20.5 c. 22.5 d. 24.5 e. 25.5

25) 15 Women are working for four hours a day completed a work in 12 days. If 5 more women joined
and all women are working for three hours a day, then in how many days the work will be completed?
a. 12 days b. 14 days c. 16 days d. 18 days e. 20 days

26) Ramya and Ramu together can complete the work in 8 days and Ramya and Ravi together can
complete the work in (48/5) days. If the ratio of the efficiency of Ravi to Ramu is 3:4, then how many
days Ramya alone complete the work?
a. 30 days b. 36 days c. 24 days d. 18 days e. None of these

27) The efficiency of A is 33.33% less than that of B and the efficiency of C is double the efficiency of A.
If the difference between the time taken by B and C alone to complete the work is 6 days, then in how
many days A alone complete the work?
a. 36 days b. 18 days c. 24 days d. 48 days e. None of these

28) A and B together can complete the work in 2 days and C and D together can complete the work in 4
days. The efficiency of D is 25% less than the efficiency of C and the efficiency of A is 200% more than
the efficiency of C. If B increased his efficiency in 100% , in how many days B alone completes the
work?
a. 12 days b. 7 days c. 14 days d. 18 days e. None of these

29) A, B and C together can complete the work in 8(2/11) days. The efficiency of A is double of B and the
efficiency of B is 50% more than that of C. If the efficiency of C is decreased by 50%, in how many days
C alone complete the half of the work?
a. 18.5 days b. 20.5 days c. 22.5 days d. 45 days e. None of these

30) 8 children can complete a piece of work in 140 days and 14 men can complete the same work in 50
days. If 12 women can complete the same work in 65 days then in how many days 20 men, 26 women
and 21 children together can complete the same work?
a. 3360/271 days b. 3160/271 days c. 3360/277 days d. 3160/277 days e. 3260/277 days

31) Four man, five woman and seven children can complete a job together in 21 days. A woman can do
300% work of a man in one day and a man can do 200% of a children in one day. Find time taken by 14
woman to complete the same job?
a. 11.25 days b. 14.25 days c. 16.25 days d. 17.25 days e. None of these

32) A and B together can complete the work in 12 days, B and C together can complete the work in
17(1/7) days and A and C together can complete the work in 13(1/3) days. In how many days A alone
complete the work?
a. 15 days b. 10 days c. 20 days d. 25 days e. None of these

33) A and B together can complete the work in 30 days. Efficiency of A is 50% more than the efficiency
of B. If B and C together can complete the work in 33(1/3) days, in how many days A and C together can
complete the work?
a. 23(3/11) days b. 24(3/11) days c. 27(3/11) days d. 29(3/11) days e. None of these
34) To complete a work Jeba takes 50% more time than Josh. If together they take 21 days to complete
the work, how much time shall Josh take to do it alone?
a. 45 days b. 40 days c. 30 days d. 35 days e. 25 days
35) A, B and C together can complete the work in 24 days. Efficiency of A is thrice of B and efficiency of
C is 50% of A and B together. In how many days B alone completes the work?
a. 136 days b. 140 days c. 144 days d. 148 days e. None of these
36) 900 person working 14 hours per day complete 1/3 of a work in 6 days. The number of additional
persons, working 12 hours per day, required to complete the remaining work in 7 days is ____?
a. 900 b. 1250 c. 675 d. 1800 e. 1500

37) Ani can complete the work in 12 days working 5 hours a day, Anu can complete the same work in 25
days working 3 hours a day, Anish can destroy the same work in 15 days working 6 hours a day, find the
total time taken by them (in hours) to complete/destroy the same work together?
a. 52 15/17 hours b. 52 14/17 hours c. 52 16/19 hours d. 52 16/17 hours e. None of these
38) n men complete the work in 40 days and n women complete the same work in 80 days. If 18 men and
28 women together can complete the work in 42.5 days, then find the value of n?
a. 21 b. 34 c. 42 d. 27 e. None of these

39) A certain men can complete the work in 50 days. They started the work together and after 25 days, 4
men left the work and the remaining men complete the remaining work. If the total work completed in
60 days, then how many days 25 men complete the same work?
a. 35 days b. 20 days c. 40 days d. 28 days e. None of these

40) Anderia alone complete the 80% of work in 20 days and Diya alone complete the 60% of work in 12
days. If Anderia and Diya started the work and After 5 days Anderia left the work and Diya left the
work 3 days before completion of work, then Chaitra alone complete the remaining work in 4 days. In
how many days Chaitra alone complete the whole work?
a. 18 days b. 20 days c. 24 days d. 28 days e. Cannot be determined

41) A takes 14 days to complete a piece of work. The efficiency of B is 40% more than the efficiency of A.
A started the work alone and then B joined with A 5 days before completion of the work. For how many
days A worked alone?
a. 2 days b. 3 days c. 4 days d. 7 days e. None of these
42) A and B can do a work in 8 and 12 days respectively. They worked together for 2 days and then they
started to work alternatively. In how many days they will complete the work if A starts the work?
a. 5(3/5) days b. 7(1/2) days c. 3(4/7) days d. 4(5/6) days e. 4(3/5) days

43) Person P is 50% more efficient than Q, both started working alternatively, starting with P and
completed 50% of work in 24 days, if R alone can complete the work in 80 days, then find the time taken
by P and R together to complete 75% of work?
a. 12days b. 18 days c. 24 days d. 16 days e. 20 days

44) A can complete half of the work in 4 days and B can complete 75% of the work in 18 days. In how
many days A and B together can complete the same work?
a. 5 days b. 4 days c. 9 days d. 6 days e. None of these
45) Anju, Banu and Kavin complete a work in 5 days for which they are paid a sum of Rs.1200. What is
the daily wage of Kavin, if the efficiency of Anju, Banu and Kavin are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5?
a. Rs.50 b. Rs.100 c. Rs.150 d. Rs.200 e. None of these