1.

A can do a piece of work in 6 days and B

can do the same work in 9 days. How
many days will both take together to
complete the same work?
(a) 7.5 days (b) 3.6 days
(c) 5.4 days (d) 3 days
2. A and B can complete a work in 30 days
and 20 days respectively. In how many
days they together complete the work.
(a) 12 days (b) 5 days
(c) 15 days (d) 10 days
3. A and B together can do a piece of work
in 10 days. A alone can do the same
work in 30 days. The time in which B
alone can do it is?
(a) 10 days (b) 15 days
(c) 12 days (d)20 days
4. A can do a work in 10 days B can do the
same work in 12 days and C can do the
same work in 15 days. If they all work
together in how many days they will
complete the same work?
(a) 8 days (b) 10 days
(c) 4 days (d) 6 days
5. A can do 2/5 of a work in 6 days and B
can do 1/3 of same work in 10 days.
Working together A and B can do 4/5 of
the work in :
(a) 4 days (b) 8 days
(c) 5 days (d) 10 days
6. A can complete 50% of a job in 9 days
and B can complete 25% of the job in 9
days if they worked alone. If they worked
together how much of the job (in %) can
they complete in 9 days?
(a) 80 (b) 90
(c) 75 (d) 100
7. A does 4/5 of a piece of work in 20 days;
he then calls in B and they finish the
remaining work in 3 days. How long B
alone will take to do whole work?
(a) 75/2 days (b) 40 days
(c) 37 days (d) 23 days
8. A can complete a work in 6 days and B
can do the same work in 12 days. If they
work together and complete it, the
portion of the work done by A is:
(a) 1/3 (b) ¼
(c) 2/3 (d) 1/2
9. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and
B in 20 days. If they together work for 4
days then the fraction of the work that is
left is:
(a) 8/15 (b) ¼
(c)7/15 (d)1/10
10. A and B can do a work in 18 and 24 days
respectively. They worked together for 8
days and then A left. The remaining
work was finished by B in :
(a) 5 days (b) 8 days
(c)16/3 days (d)10 days
11. A & B complete a piece of work in 10
and 15 days respectively. A and B start
work together and after 2 days A left the
work then calculate in how many days
work will be completed ?
(a) 12 days (b) 5 days
(c) 15 days (d) 10 days
12. A and B can do a piece of work in 6 and
12 days respectively. They began the
work together but A leaves after 3 days.
Then the total no. of days needed for the
completion of the work is:
(a) 4 days (c) 6 days
(c) 5 days (d) 9 days
13. A and B can complete a work in 10 days
and 15 days respectively. A and B
started working together but after some
time A left the work and the whole work
will complete in 9 days. Then calculate
after how much time A left the work?
(a) 12 days (b) 4 days
(c) 15 days (d) 10 days
14. A and B can do a piece of work in 28
days and 35 days respectively. If they
began to work together but A leaves
after sometime and B completed the
remaining work in 17 days. After how
many days did A leave?
(a) 72/5 days (b) 8 days
(c) 9 days (d) 68/9 days
15. A and B alone can complete a work in 9
days and 18 days respectively. They
started working together but A left the
work 3 days before completion of the
work. In how many days was the work
completed?
(a) 13 days (b) 6 days
(c) 8 days (d) 5 days
16. A can complete a work in 10 days, B in
15 days and C in 20 days, A and C
worked together for 2 days and then A
was replaced by B. In how many days,
altogether, was the work completed?
(a) 12 days (b) 6 days
(b) 10 days (d) 8 days
17. A and B together can complete a work in
12 days. A alone can complete in 20
days. If B does the work only half a day
daily, then in how many days A and B will
complete the work together?
(a) 10 days (b) 11 days
(c) 20 days (d) 15 days
18. A and B can do a work in 20 and 30 days
respectively. They worked together for 7
days then both of them left the work.
Then C alone completed the remaining
work in 10 days. In how many days will C
alone complete the whole work?
(a) 25 days (b) 24 days
(c) 30 days (d) 20 days
19. A, B and C can do a work in 16, 32 and
48 days respectively. They started the
work together but B left off 8 days and C
6 days before completion of the work. In
what time is the work finished?
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days
(c) 9 days (d) 14 days
20. A and B working together can a piece of
work in 10 days B and C can do the same
work in 15 days while C and A can do the
same work in 20 days. In how many days
C alone will complete the work?
(a) 60 days (b) 80 days
(c) 120 days (d) 30 days
21. A and B can do a work in 72 days. B and
C can do it in 120 days, A and C can do it
in 90 days. In how many days all the
three together can complete the work?
(a) 80 days (b) 60 days
(c) 100 days (d) 150 days
22. A and B together can complete the work
in 8 days B and C can do the same work
in 12 days. All of them together can
complete the work in 6 days. In how
many days A and C together can
complete the work?
(a) 8 days (b) 12 days
(b) 10 days (d) 20 days
23. A and B can do a piece of work in 30
days while B and C can do the same
work in 24 days and C and A in 20 days.
They all work together for 10 days when
B and C leave. How many days more will
A take to finish the work?
(a) 18 days (b) 30 days
(c) 24 days (d) 36 days
24. A and B and B and C can do a work in 12
days and 16 days respectively. If A work
for 5 days and B work for 7 days on that
work then C complete the remaining
work in next 13 days. Then calculate in
how much time C would complete the
whole work?
(a) 10 days (b) 24 days
(c) 4 4/5 days (d) 5 2/9 days
25. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20,
30, 60 days respectively. In how many
days can A do the work if he is assisted
by B and C on every third day?
(a) 10 days (b) 15 days
(c) 12 days (d) 20 days
26. A, B and C can do a work in 12, 15 and
20 days respectively. If they work on
alternate days starting with A, in how
many days the work will be completed?
(a) 12 days (b) 10 days
(c) 15 days (d) 9 days
27. A and B can complete a work in 12 and
15 days. They started the work
alternatively for 1 day each & A started
the work first. In how much time the
whole work will be completed?
(a) 14 1/4 days (b) 13 1/4 days
(c) 15 1/4 days (d) 18 days
28. A and B can complete a piece of work in
12 days and 18 days respectively. A
begins to the work and they work
alternatively one at a time for one day
each. The work will be completed in:
(a) 43/3 days (b) 49/3 days
(c) 47/3 days (d) 56/3 days
29. A can do a piece of work in 10 days B
can do the same work in 20 days and C
can demolish the work in 30 days. If they
all work together in how many days the
work will be completed?
(a) 60/7 days (b) 40/7 days
(c) 50/7 days (d) none
30. A can build a wall in 30 days. B can
demolish that wall in 60 days. If A and B
work on alternate days and A started the
work, when will the wall be completed
for first time?
(a) 120 days (b) 119 days
(c) 118 days (d) 117 days
31. A can do a work in 6 days and B can do
the same work in 5 days. The contract
for the work is of Rs. 220. How much
shall B get if both of them work
together?
(a) Rs. 180 (b) Rs. 120
(c) Rs. 100 (d) Rs. 150
32. A, B and C can do a work in 6, 8 and 12
days respectively. Doing that work
together they get an amount of Rs. 1350.
What is the share of B in that amount?
(a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 550
(c) Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 640
33. A man and a boy received Rs 800 as
wages for 5 days for the work they did
together. The man’s efficiency in the
work was three times that of the boy.
What are the daily wages of the boy?
(a) Rs 76 (b) Rs 44
(c) Rs 56 (d) Rs 40
34. A, B and C completed a work costing Rs
1800. A worked for 6 days B for 4 days
and c for 9 days. If their daily wages are
in the ratio of 5:6:4. How much amount
will be received by A?
(a) Rs 800 (b) Rs 900
(c) Rs 600 (d) Rs 750
35. A, B and C are employed to do a work for
Rs 575. A and C are supposed to finish
19/23 of the work together. Amount
which is paid to B is?
(a) Rs 210 (b) Rs 200
(c) Rs 100 (d) Rs 475
36. While working 7 hours a day A can
complete a piece of work in 6 days and
B can complete the same work in 8 days.
In what time would they complete it
together working 8 hours a day?
(a) 3 days (b) 2.5 days
(c) 4 days (d) 3.6 days
37. Babu and asha can do a job together in 7
days. Asha is 7/4 times as efficient as
babu. The same job can be done by asha
alone in:
(a) 49/4 days (b) 11 days
(c) 49/3 days (d) 28/3 days
38. Jetha is twice as fast as babita. If both
of them together complete a work in 12
days, jetha alone can complete it in:
(a) 15 days (b) 20 days
(c) 18 days (d) 24 days
39. Tiwari is thrice as good a workman as
Vibhuti is, therefore, able to finish a
piece of work in 60 days less than
vibhuti. In how many days both of them
together can do the same work working
together?
(a) 22 days (b) 23 days
(c) 22.5 days (d) 93/4 days
40. A takes 10 days less than the time taken
by B to finish a piece of work. If both A
and B working together can do it in 12
days, then find the time taken by B alone
to complete the work?
(a) 30 days (b) 20 days
(c) 27 days (d) 25 days
41. A alone takes 16 days more than A and B
together take to complete a work. B
takes 9 days more than A and B
together. In how many days A alone will
complete the same work?
(a) 12 days (b) 28 days
(c) 21 days (d) data insufficient
42. A’s 2 day’s work is equal to B’s 3 day’s
work. If A can complete the work in 8
days then to complete the work B will
take:
(a) 14 days (b) 15 days
(c) 12 days (d) 16 days
43. A is twice as good a workman as B and B
is twice as good a workman as C. If A
and B can together finish a work in 4
days, in how many days C can finish the
work alone?
(a) 6 days (b) 24 days
(c) 8 days (d) 12 days
44. A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of
the work done by A and B together. If C
alone does the work in 20 days, then A,
B and C together can do the same work
in?
(a) 17/3 days (b) 6 days
(c) 20/3 days (d) 7 days
45. If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of
work in 16 days. In how many days can
12 men and 8 women do the same piece
of work?
(a) 4 days (b) 3 days
(c) 5 days (d) 2 days
46. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field
in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5
women take to plough it?
(a) 10 days (b) 9 days
(c) 11 days (d) 12 days
47. 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days
while 10 women can do it in 5 days. In
how many days can 5 women and 3 men
do it?
(a) 4 days (b) 6 days
(c) 5 days (d) 8 days
48. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of
work in 10 days and 26 men and 48 boys
can do the same work in 2 days, then the
time taken by 15 men and 20 boys to do
the same type of work will be:
(a) 5 days (b) 6 days
(c) 4 days (d) 7 days
49. If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats
in 20 days, then how many mats will be
made by 8 men and 4 boys in 20 days?
(a) 260 (b) 280
(c) 240 (d) 520
50. If 72 men can build a wall of 280 m
length in 21 days, how many men could
take 18 days to build a similar type of
wall of length 100 m?
(a) 30 (b) 18
(c) 10 (d)28
51. A wall of 100 m can be built by 7 men or
10 women in 10 days. How many days
will 14 men and 20 women take to build a
wall of 600 m?
(a) 15 (b) 20
(c) 25 (d) 30
52. Some carpenters promised to do a job in
9 days but 5 of them were absent and
remaining men did the job in 12 days.
The original no of carpenters was:
(a) 24 (b) 16
(c) 20 (d) 18
53. X no of men can finish a piece of work in
30 days. If there were 6 men more, the
work could be finished in 10 days less.
The original number of men is:
(a) 6 (b) 12
(c) 10 (d) 15
54. If 10 men can do a work in 12 days. How
many men will be required to complete
double the work in 8 days?
(a) 30 (b) 10
(c) 20 (d) 15
55. A contractor undertook to finish a work
in 92 days and employed 110 men. After
48 days, he found that he had already
done 3/5 part of the work, the number of
men he can withdraw so that the work
may still be finished in time is:
(a) 45 (b) 35
(b) 40 (d) 30
56. A contractor undertook to finish a road
in 40 days & he employs 100 men. After
35 days he employed 100 more men, the
work finished on time. Then calculate if
more men were not employed then work
will complete how much late ?
(a) 3 days (b) 7 days
(c) 1 days (d) 5 days
57. If 42 persons consume 144 kg of wheat
in 15 days, then in how many days will 30
persons consume 48 kg of wheat?
(a) 8 days (b) 12 days
(c) 7 days (d) 6 days
58. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days,
then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how
many days?
(a) 4 days (b) 40 days
(c) 3 days (d) 100 days