TIME & WORK

TIME &DIST
PROBLEM ON TRAIN
1.A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24,
6 and 12 days respectively. Working together,
they will complete the same work in :
1) ¼ days
2) 7/24 days
3) 3 3/7 days
4) 4 days
2.A and B together can complete a work in 8
days and B and C together in 12 days. All of
them together can complete the work in 6
days. In how much time will A and C together
complete the work?
1) 8 days
2) 10 days
3) 12 days
4) 20 days
3.A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days. B
and C can do it in 12 days. C and A in 15 days.
In how many days will C finish it alone?
1) 24 days
2) 30 days
3) 40 days
4) 60 days
4.A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 15
days. They work together for 5 days and then
B left. The days taken by A to finish the
remaining work is:
1) 5 days
2) 3 days
3) 12 days
4) 10 days
A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls B
and they together finish the remaining work in
3 days. How long B alone would take to do the
whole work.
1) 23 days
2) 37 days
3) 37 ½ days
4) 40 days
Shashu can do a piece of work in 20 days. Pavi is
25% more efficient than Shashu. The number
of days taken by Pavi to do the same piece of
work in :
1) 15 days
2) 16 days
3) 18 days
4) 20 days
A , B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 24 and 30
days respectively. They started the work together
after 4 days, A leave the work and B left the work
6 days before completion of work. C alone can do
the remaining work. What is the required days to
complete the whole work?
1) 10 days
2) 16 days
3) 14 days
4) 20 days
A and B undertook to do a piece of work for
Rs.4500. A 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. Then C’s share of
the money is:
1) Rs.2250
2) Rs.1500
3) Rs.750
4) Rs.375
1. If 80 persons can finish a work within 16 days
by working 6 hours a day, the number of
hours a day, should 64 persons work to finish
that very job within 15 days is :
1) 5 hrs
2) 6 hrs
3) 7 hrs
4) 8 hrs
Contractor Nesamani was engaged to white wash a
building in 16 days, After working for 12 days
with 20 labours it was found that only 5/8th of the
work is completed. To complete the work in
stipulated time the number of extra apprentice
required is :
1) 18
2) 10
3) 12
4) 16
A contractor employee 200 persons for a certain
work at 25 days, they working 8 hours per day .
After 15 days he noticed that only 2/5th of the
work was completed, so how many extra persons
required to complete the work in remaining days:
1) 200
2) 250
3) 300
4) 350
20 men or 24 women can complete a piece of
work in 20 days. If 30 men and 12 women
undertake to complete the work, the work will
be completed in :
1) 10 days
2) 14 days
3) 15 days
4) 16 days
• 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in
8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will
10 women complete it?
• 42
• 40
• 48
• 44
By walking at ¾ of his usual speed, a man
reaches his office 20 minutes later than his
usual time. The usual time taken by him to
reach his office is:
1) 75 minutes
2) 70 minutes
3) 60 minutes
4) 50 minutes
Walking 6/7th of usual speed , a man is 12
minutes late. The usual time taken by him to
cover that distance?
1) 1 hr
2) 1 hr 20 min
3) 1 hr 12 min
4) 1 hr 15 min
A man goes from A to B at a uniform speed of 12
kmph and returns with a uniform speed of 4
kmph. His average speed (in kmph) for the
whole journey is :
1) 8
2) 7
3) 6
4) 7.5
A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/hr and
the remaining half at 3 km/hr. his average
speed is :
1) 9 km/hr
2) 6 km/hr
3) 4 km/hr
4) 6.5 km/hr
If a man walks 20 km at 4 km/hr, he will be late
by 40 minutes, if he walks at 8 km/hr, how
early from the fixed time will he reach?
1) 15 minutes
2) 25 minutes
3) 50 minutes
4) 100 minutes
A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9
km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36
minutes more than B, the distance traveled by
each is ?
1) 48 km
2) 54 km
3) 60 km
4) 66 km
A constable chases a thief who is 200m ahead of
the constable. If the constable and the thief
runs at speeds of 8 km/hr and 7 km/hr
respectively, the constable would catch the
thief in :
1) 13 mins
2) 14 mins
3) 12 mins
4) 16 mins
A thief spots a policeman 100m away takes to his
heels. If the policeman gives a chase immediately,
then how far would the thief have run before he
is caught, the speed of the thief and the
policeman are 8 kmph and 10 kmph?
1) 600m
2) 500m
3) 400m
4) 300m
The distance between two cities A and B is 330
km. A bus starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels
towards B at 60 km/hr. Another bus starts
from B at 9 a.m. and travel towards A at 75
km/hr. what time do they meet?
1) 10 am
2) 11 am
3) 12 am
4) 10.30 am
A man rides at the rate of 18 km/hr, but stops
for 6 mins, to change horses at the end of
every 7th kilometer. The time that he will take
to cover a distance of 90 km is :
1) 6 hrs
2) 6 hr 12 mins
3) 6 hr 18 mins
4) 6 hr 24 mins
A car driver leaves Bangalore at 8.30 a.m. and
expects to reach a place 300 km from Bangalore
at 12.30 p.m. At 10.30 he finds that he has
covered only 40% of the distance. By how much
he has to increase the speed of the car in order to
keep up his schedule ?
1) 45 km/hr
2) 40 km/hr
3) 35 km/hr
4) 30 km/hr
A boy goes to school from his house at a speed
of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr.
if he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the
distance between his house and school is:
1) 6 km
2) 5 km
3) 5.5 km
4) 6.5 km
A train 150m long, takes 30 seconds to cross a
bridge of 500m long. How much time will the
train take to cross a platform of 370m?
1) 20 sec
2) 24 sec
3) 28 sec
4) 22 sec
A train 180 m long moving at the speed of 20
m/sec, over-takes a man moving at a speed of
10 m/sec in the same direction. The train
passes the man in :
1) 6 sec
2) 9 sec
3) 18 sec
4) 27 sec
1. Two trains 105 meters and 90 meters long,
runs at the speed of 45 km/hr and 72 km/hr
respectively, in opposite directions on
parallel tracks. The time which they take to
cross each other is :
1) 5 seconds
2) 6 seconds
3) 7 seconds
4) 8 seconds
Two trains start from stations A and B and travel
towards each other at speed of 50 km/hr and 60
km/hr respectively. At the time of their meeting,
the second train has travelled 120 km more than
the first. The distance between A and B is :
1) 1200 km
2) 1320 km
3) 1440 km
4) 1500 km
Two trains start from station A and B and travel
towards each other at speed of 16 miles/hour
and 21 miles/hour respectively. At the time of
their meeting, the second train has travelled 60
miles more than the first. The distance between A
and B ( in miles).
1) 444
2) 333
3) 222
4) 111