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TIME –WORK
1.​ A can do the given work in 10 days.
B can do the same work in 15 days.
C can do the same work in 20 days.
a.​ If they work together, in how many days, they can complete the work?
b.​ If they start work together. A left after 2days of starting of work.B left 1 day
before completion of work. Find the total time in which work is done?
c.​ If They started work together. A left after 2 days of starting of work. B left after 1
day, leaving of 1. What is the total time in which work is done?
2 .How much time taken by C to do remaining work?
d.​ A started working alone. B joined after 2days. C joined them after 1day of B
joining. Find the total time taken by them to complete the work?
2.​ A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone finishes
the remaining work in 42 days. The two together could complete the work in?
(A) 24days (B) 25days (C) 30days (D) 35days
3.​ 12 men complete a work in 18 days. 6 days after they had started working, 4 men join
them. How many more days will all of them take to complete the remaining work?
a) 10 days b) 12 days c) 15 days d) 9 days
4.​ A complete 7/10 of a work in 30 days, then he completes the remaining work with the
help of B in 8 days. Find in how much time A and B can complete the whole work.
ANS: 80/3 DAYS
5.​ 40 men can complete a work on 30 days.They start work together and after every 10 days
5 men left the work in how much time work will be completed?ANSWER: 36 DAYS
6.​ 33 men can do a job in 30 days. If 44 men started the work together and after every day
person leave the work then what is minimum number of days required to complete the
Whole work.? ANSWER: 44 DAYS
7.​A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days but 20 men dropped out every day,the job
was completed at the end of 7th day.Find the men who are in the work initially?ANS: 140
8.​ Two workers A and B are engaged to do a work. A working alone takes 8 hours more to
complete the job than if both worked together. If B worked alone, he would need 4 ½
hours more to complete the job than they both working together. What time would they
take to do work together?(A) 4 hrs (B) 5hrs (C) 6hrs (D) 7 hrs
9.​ 20 men can make 200 chairs, working 8 hours per day in 25days.
40 men will take how many days in making 1000 chains, working 10 hrs per day?

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10.​10 horses & 15 cows eat grass of 5 acres in a certain time.How many acres will feed 15
horses &10cows for the same time,supposing a horse eats as much as 2 cows?
Ans:40/7 Acres
11.​If 5 engines consume 6 tones of coal when each runs 9 hours/day, how much coal will be
needed for 8 engines, each running 10 hours/day, it being given that 3 engines of the
former type consume as much as 4 engines of latter type?ANS: 8 TONNES
12.​AB Company undertook to dig a canal of 120km long in 350 days and employed 45 men.
After 200 days only 45km work was completed. How many more men should he employ to
complete the whole work on time? ​ ​ ​ ANS: 55 MEN
13.​A contractor employed 200 men for a work. They finish 5/6 of the total work in10
days,due to rain.The work was stopped and 2/5 of the work was destroyed. After rain only
150 men come on work.In how many days the whole work will be completed.
ANS: 136/15 DAYS
14.​Two persons A & B work together, takes 10 days to complete work.
B & C work together, takes 15 days to complete work.
C & A work together, takes 20 days to complete work.
If A, B & C work together what is the total time taken?
If A alone did then what is the total time taken?
If B alone did then what is the total time taken?
If C alone did then what is the total time taken?
15.​A can do the given work in 10 days.
B can do the same work in 15 days.
C can do the same work in 20 days.
Now A, B, C works together and for the whole work they got 5,200/-.
What is A’s share? What is B’s share? What is C’s share?
16.​A can do the given work in 10 days. B can do the same work in 20 days.
With the help of C they have done the work in 5 days.
They have got 20,000/- as total wages. What is the C’s share?
17.​The daily wages of a worker is Rs 100/- five workers can do work in 10 days. If you pay Rs
20/- more daily, they agree to do 25% more work daily. If the proposal is accepted the
total amount could be saved is? (A) 500 (B) 30 (C) 250 (D) 200
18.​A, B, & Care employed to do piece of work for Rs 529/- A and B together are supposed to
do 19/23 of the work and B and C together 8/23 of the work. What amount should A be
paid? (A) Rs.315 (B) Rs. 345 (C) Rs. 355 (D) Rs.375

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19.​Suhani can do a piece of work in 12 days. Suhani and Somya complete the work together
and were paid Rs 54 and Rs 81 respectively. How many days must they have taken to
complete the work together? a) 4 days b) 4.5 days c) 4.8 days d) 5 days
20.​Enough food is available for 200 soldiers for 50 days. After 20 days 50 soldiers left. Now
for how many days remaining food will remain?
21.​There is sufficient food for certain number of soldiers for certain number of days. After 20
days 1/4th soldiers left the camp and the rest of the food will last for the same Number of
days that are in starting. Find the number of days in the starting?Ans:80days
22.​A contractor employed 30 men to do a work in 38 days. After 25days, 5more men were
employed on work due to which the work is completed 1 day earlier. How many days
would it been delay if 5 more men were not employed.ANS: 1 DAY
23.​A contractor under took to finish a road in 40 days and he employed 100 men, after 35
days he employed 100 more men .The work finished on time. Then find if more men were
not employed then work complete how much late. ANS: 5 DAYS
24.​A is twice as fast as B.B is thrice as fast as C. Together they take 30 days to do a work.
What is the time taken by A alone to do work?
What is the time taken by B alone to do same work?
What is the time taken by C alone to do same work?
25.​Anil is thrice as good a workman as Vishnu and therefore is able to finish the job in 60
days less than Vishnu. In how many days will they finish the job working together?
1 1
a) 22 2 days b) 25 days c) 27 2 days d) 30 days

26.​Manju takes Twice as much time as Anju and Thrice as much as Veenu to finish a piece of
work. Together they finish the work in 1 day. What is the time taken by Manju to finish
the work?a) 6 days b) 3 days c) 2 days d) 4 days
27.​In a factory, there are equal number of women and children. Women work for 6 hours a
day and children for 4 hours a day. During festival time, the work load goes up by 50%.
The government rule does not allow children to work for more than 6 hours a day. If they
are equally efficient and the extra work is done by women, then extra hours of work put
in by women every day are a) 5 b) 3 c) 4 d) 9
28.​A is thrice as good as work man as B. Together they can do a job in 15 days. In how many
days will B finish the work? (A) 55 days (B) 52day (C) 54 days (D) 60days
29.​If machine A can produce 1,000 packs in 4 hours and machine B can produce 1,000 packs
in 5 hours. In how many hours Can machine A & B working together at these constant
rates, produce 1,000 packs?
(A) 2hrs (B) more than 2 hrs (C) less than 2hrs (D) data inadequate

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30.​One man works for 5 hours a day for 10 days and completes pieces of work. One boy
works for 8 hours for 20 days to complete the same job. Compare their
efficiency?Ans:16/5
31.​Abu and babu together can complete a work in 6 days. In how many days they alone do
the same Work. If Abu and chintu can complete the same work in5 /2 days lesser than
babu and chintu.They all together complete the work in 5 days.ANS:10DAYS, 15DAYS
32.​Abu does half as much work as babu in 3/4th time babu takes. If they work together, they
can do it in 36days.Then how much time shall babu take to do it.ANS: 60 DAYS
33.​Abu can complete 3/4th work of in 5/6th times than babu takes. If the whole work
completes in 10 days by working together. Then abu alone complete the work in how
many days?
34.​Abu and babu can build a wall in 15 and 20 hours respectively. But if they work together
they use 560 less bricks per hour and build a wall in 12hrs.Find the number of bricks in
the wall. ANS: 16800 BRICKS
35.​A can do the given work in 10 days.
B can do the same work in 15 days.
C can do the same work in 20 days.
If A, B, C, working in alternative days, (in the sequence of A, B, C) what is the total time
taken by A, B, C to complete the work.
36.​3 men or 5 boys can do work in 20 days .what is the time taken by 2 men or 2 boys to do
same work?
37.​5 men or 4 boys or 3 girls can do the work in 10 days. What is the time taken by 1 man
and 2 boys and 2 girls to do the same work?
38.​10 men and 12 boys take 5 days to do a work.
6 men and 4 boys take 10 days to do the same work.
5 men and 3 boys together take, how much time to do the same work?
39.​24 men can complete a work in 16 days. 32 women can complete the same work in 24
days. 16 men & 16 women started working and worked for 12 days. How many more men
are to be added to complete the remaining work in 2 days?
(A) 48 (B) 36 (C) 24 (D) 16
40.​10 men can do a work in 200 days. They started it, after 20 days, 10men joined with triple
capacity. What is the total time taken?
41.​Abu & Babu started working together but after some days Abu left the work and the
whole work will complete in 18 days. Find after how many days Abu left, if Abu & Babu
complete the work in 20 & 30 days respectively? ANSWER: 8 days

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42.​A and B, B and C can do a work in 12 & 16 days. If A work for 5 days and B work for 7 days
and C complete the remaining work in 13 days. Then in how many days C will complete
the work alone?​ ​ ​ ​ ANS: 24 days
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43.​ (A+B) can do a work in 12 days while B+C can do the same work in 6 3
days. If the work

is completed by A, B & C by working 3,4 & 7 days. Find in how many days A alone would
complete the whole work?​ ANS: 30days
44.​One man, three women & 4 children does a work in 48 hours while 2 men & 8 children
can complete the same work in 40 hours & 2 men & 3 women can complete the same
work in 60 hours. Find in how much time 10 men & 5 women to complete the same
work? ANS: 18 days
45.​A, B & C can complete a work in 30 days working together. A & C together are twice
efficient than B & A and B is thrice efficient than C. Find in how many days A alone can
complete the work?ANS: 72 days
46.​A & B can complete a work in half of the time taken by C. while B & C can complete the
same work in one-third of time than A. If they together complete the work in 20 days, in
how many days they alone can do the work?ANS: 80,48,60 days
47.​A & B can complete a work in 40% lesser the time taken by C, while B & C can complete
the same work in 60% lesser time than A, if they together can complete the whole work
in 20 days ,then in how many days will they alone complete the same work?
ANS: 160/3 days
48.​A takes as much time as B+C took to finish a job, A+B finish the same job in 10 days , C
alone do the same job in 15 days. In how many days does B alone can do the same job?
ANS: 60 days
49.​Abu and babu working together can complete a job on 5 days.If Abu work twice as
efficiency as he actually did and babu work 1/3 efficently as he actually did,then the work
would have been completed in 3days.Then Abu can complete the work in how many
days?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ANS: 25/4 days
50.​Abu started working alone and worked for 4days,babu finished the remaining work in
next 18 days working alone. Had Abu left the work after working of 6days alone then
babu would take 12days to finish the remaining work. Then how many days will be taken
by Abu to complete the work alone?​ ANS: 10 days
51.​Pipe A can fill the tank in 10hrs.
Pipe B can fill the tank in 15hrs.
Pipe C can EMPTY the tank in 20hrs.
If all three pipes are opened together, how much time tank filled?

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52.​They are opened together.tap B was closed after 3hrs,tap C was closed after 2hrs of
B.What is the total time taken by them to fill the tank.?
Pipe A can fill the tank in 4hrs.
Pipe B can fill the tank in 5hrs.
Pipe C can EMPTY the tank in 6hrs.
53.​Tap A was opened at 6.00AM, Tap B was opened at 7.00AM, Tap C was opened at
8.00AM, At what time the tank will filled?
54.​Pipe A can fill the tank in 10hrs.
Pipe B can fill the tank in 15hrs.
Tap C can empty the tank.
If they work together, tank was filled in 8hrs and emptying tap C, it empties 15L of water
per min, what is the capacity of tank?
55.​Pipe A can fill the tank in 10hrs.
Pipe B can fill the tank in 12hrs.
Pipe C can EMPTY the tank in 20hrs.
If all three are opened together alternatively in pattern of A, B; C.what is the total time
taken to fill the tank?
56.​Ratio of diameter of three pipes is given as 1:2:3.if tap with maximum diameter fill the
tank in 10hrs, then what is the time taken by tap with minimum diameter to fill it?
57.​Pipe A fills the cistern in half an hour and pipe B in 40 minutes, but owing to crack in the
bottom of the cistern it is found that pipe A now takes 40 minutes to fill the cistern. How
along will B takes mow to fill it?(A) 60 min (B) 40 min (C) 80 min (D) 50min
58.​Two pipes can fill in 14 hours and 16 hours respectively. The pipe is opened
simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bottom, 32 minutes extra are
taken for the cistern to be filled up. When the cistern is filling, in what time will the leak
empty it? (A) 10 hrs (B) 112hrs (C) 116hrs (D) 120 hrs
59.​A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating
simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the by the
third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than first pipe and 4 hours
slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is?
(A) 30hrs (B) 15 hrs (C) 10 hrs (D) 6hrs
60.​A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes
respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used
for half the time and A & B fill it together for other half?
(A) 30min B) 27.5min (C) 20 min (D) 15 min

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61.​A cisterns can be filled by two taps A and B In 12 minutes and 14 minutes respectively and
can be emptied by a third 8 minutes if all the taps are turned on the same moment, what
part of the taps will remain unfilled at the end of 7 minutes?ANS: 19/24 PART
62.​X and Y are filling pipes, Z is a drain pipe. The times that X and Y would take to fill a tank
are 8 hours and 12 hours respectively. All the pipes were opened at 12p.m. At 4 p.m, Z
was closed. The tank was filled by 8 p.m. Find the time that Z would take to empty the full
tank (in hours). a)9 b) 6 c) 12 d) 18
63.​There are two taps operating together to fill the tank. One fill the empty tank in 10 hours
and Second one can empty the full tank in 12 hours. When the second tap is put on after
2 hours of the starting of the first tap, what is the total time taken to fill the empty tank
(in hours). a) 40 b) 50 c) 35 d) 18
64.​30 men can do a work, in 25 days, working at 80% of efficiency.
50 men will take how many days, working at 100% efficiency?
65.​A man can take 25 days when he works at 80% efficiency. How much time will be taken
by him, when he works 100 % efficiency?
66.​A & B can do a piece of work in 15 days, B & C in 20 days, C & A in 25 days. In how many
days, will they finish it together?
(A) 15Days (B) 14.5 Days (C) 14 Days (D) 600/7 Days
67.​A & B working separately can finish a work in 8 and 12 days respectively. If they work for a
day alternatively (beginning with A), in how many days will the work be completed?
(A) 9Days (B) 9.5 Days (C) 10Days (D) 9.8 Days
68.​Ram can do a piece of work in 20 days which sham can do in 30 days. They begin together
but ram fall ill and leave the job 3 days before the completion of the work. Find the total
number of days required to complete the work?
(A) 15 Days (B) 15.5 Days (C) 16 Days (D) NONE
69.​1 man & 5 women are able to complete a piece of work in 20 days. Same amount of work
is completed by 4 men in 8 days. Find the number of days required by 5 men & 1 woman
to complete the same work?
(A) 7.5 Days (B) 5.5 Days (C) 6 Days (D) 6.25DAYS
70.​A, B, C, are pipes attached to certain. A and B can fill it in 20 and 30 minutes respectively.
While C can be empty in 15 minutes. If A, B, C, be kept open successively for 1 minutes
each, how soon will the cistern be filled?
(A) 180min (B) 170min (C) 169.5 min (D) 100min
71.​If 3 men & 4 women can reap a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men & 5 women take to
reap it? (A) 12days (B) 15 days (C) 10days (D) 8 days

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72.​12 men & 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days, and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4
days, how long will 7 men and 10 boys take to do it?
(A) 25/3 days(B) 30/7 days (C) 31/3 days (D) 17/2 days
73.​A certain number of men can do a work in 60 days, if there were 8 men more, it could be
finished in 10 days less. How many men are there?
(A) 30 (B) 50 (C) 40 (D) 42
74.​Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 & 15 minutes rpc, both are opened together, but
at the end of 3 minutes the first is turned off. How much longer will the cistern take to
fill? (A) 8.25 min (B) 10 min (C) 9 min (D) 8.5min
75.​There is a leak in bottom of certain. When the cistern is in thorough repair, it would be fill
in 3 ½ hours. It now takes half an hour longer. If the cisterns ill fill, how long would be
leaking itself empty?
(A) 28hrs (B) 35hrs (C) 21 hrs (D) 29hrs
76.​ Two pipes can separately fill cisterns in 8 and 12 hours, and an escape can empty it in 6
hours. The 3 pipes are opened at 1pm, 2pm, & 3pm respectively. When will The Cistern
full? (A) 7AM next day (B) 9AM next day (C) 11pm same day (D) none
77.​If 8 men, working 9hrs/day can build a wall 18 meters long, 2 meters wide and 12 meters
high in 10 days, how many men will be required to build a wall 32 meters long, 3 meters
wide and 9 meters high by working 6 hours a day in 8 days?
(A) 30 men (B) 24 men (C) 21 men (D) 22 men
78.​If 60 guns firing 5 rounds in 6 minute. Kill 350 men in 1 ¼ hours, how many guns firing 7
rounds in 9 minute will kill 980 men in 25 minute at the same rate?
A)​ 540guns (B) 580 guns (C) 270 guns (D) 240guns
79.​A contractor under took to do a certain work in 80 days and employed 72 men to do it,
after 20 days he found that 1 /3 rd of the work has been finished. How many men should
he dismiss in order that work is finished on the date agreed up on?
(A) 28men (B) 36 men (C) 35 men (D) 24 men
80.​A builder engages 25 men, working 8 hours a day to build an apartment in 4 weeks. At the
end of 12 days he finds that only ¼ of the work is done. How many more men should he
engage so that all the men working 10hours a day may complete the apartment in the
stipulated time?
(A) 15men (B) 20men (C) 25men (D) 40 men
81.​Atul & Manish can complete a job in 16 days. Atul alone can do it in 24 days. How long
will Manish alone take to finish the whole work?
(A) 16 days (B) 48days (C) 24 days (D) 32days

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82.​Satish can do a job in 10 days ashish in 20 days. They work together, but 4 days before the
job is to be finished, ashish leaves for the UK. Find the total time needed to finish the
work? (A) 6days (B) 7 days (C) 8 days (D) 9 days
83.​Bhavika alone would take 8 hours more to complete the job than when bhavika and Rita
would together. If Rita worked alone, she would take 4 ½ more to complete the job than
when bhavika and Rita worked together. What time would they take if both bhavika and
Rita worked together?
(A) 3 days (B) 4 days (C) 5days (D) 6days
84.​10 men can finish a piece of work in 10 days, where as it takes 12 women to finish it in 10
days. If 15 men and 6 women undertake the work, how many days will they take to
complete it?
(A) 4days (B) 5 days (C) 4 1/2 days (D) 6 days
85.​If 3 men and 5 women can do a piece of work in 8 days and 2 men and 7 boys can do the
same work in 12 days? Find the number of boys the work done by whom can equate the
work done by 10 women?
(A) 19 Boys (B) 21Boys (C) 23Boys (D) 15Boys
86.​A does half as much work as B in 3/4 of the time of together they take 18 days to
complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?
(A) 30days (B) 35 days (C) 40days (D) 45 days
87.​X can do a piece of work in 12 days and Y in 10 days, but with the help of Z they can finish
the work in 4 days. Z alone can do the work in how many days?
(A) 10days (B) 12days (C) 15days (D) 19days
88.​X can do as much work in 3 days as Z in 5 days. Y Can do as much work in 3 days as Z can
do in 2 days. What time would Y required to do a work if X takes 24 days to finish it?
(A) 50 days (B) 60days (C) 10 days (D) 80 days
89.​A booster pump can be used for filling as well as for emptying the tank. the capacity of
the tank is 2400m3,the emptying capacity of the tank is 10m3 per minute higher than its
filling capacity and the pump needs & minutes lesser to empty the tank than it needs to
fill it. What is the filling capacity of the pump?
(A) 50m3/min (B) 60m3/min (C) 72m3/min (D) 100m3/min
90.​Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 5 days, if A worked twice as
efficiently as he actually did, and B worked 1/3 efficiently as he actually did, the work
would be completed in 3 days. A alone could complete the work in?
(A) 5 1/4 days (B) 6 1/4days (C) 7 1/2days (D) 8 1/2days

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91.​A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours; machine Q can print the same number
of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are
started at 9 am, while machine P is closed at 11 am and the remaining two machines
complete the work. Approximately at what time will the work be finished?
(A) 11:30 am (B) 12.30 pm (C) 1pm (D) 12noon
92.​If 12 men & 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days, 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4
days, then the ratio of the daily work done by a men to that a boy is?
(A) 2:1 (B) 3:1 (C) 3:2 (D) 5:4
93.​A group of USA planes can completely destroyed Baghdad in 7days; however 12 planes
develop technical faults. The remaining now can do the job in 10 days. Find the original
group strength?ANS:40
94.​If 6 BSF (or) 10 CRPF companies can demolish a terrorist out fit in Kashmir in 2 days. Find
how long will 4 BSF and 9 CRPF companies take to do same?ANS: 60/47 DAYS
95.​5 men & 6 boys finish a piece of work in 4 days, 4 men and 3 boys in 6 days. In how many
days would 3 men and 6 boys finish the same work? ANS: 5 1/7 DAYS
96.​A, B, & C can do a piece of work in 12, 15 & 20 days respectively. They work together, but
B and C are called off 2 and 1 day respectively, before the completion of work. In what
time was the work finished? ANS: 71/12 DAYS
97.​A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B in 20 days. They finished the work with the
assistance of C in 5 days and got 45/- as their wages. Find the share of each?
ANS: 15, 11.25, 18.75
98.​A vessel can be filled by one pipe A in 10 minutes, by a second pipe B in 15 minutes. It can
be emptied by a waste pipe C in 9 minutes. In what time will the vessel be filled if all the
three were turned on at once? ANS: 18 MIN
99.​Three pipes A, B, & C can fill a cistern in 15, 20, & 30 minutes respectively. They were all
turned on at the same times. After 5 minutes the first two pipes were turned off. In what
time will the cisterns be filled? ANS:12.5 MIN
100.​ Two pipes A & B can fill cisterns in 6 and 8minutes respectively. If they are turned on
alternatively for one minute each. How long will it take the cisterns fill?ANS: 6 ¾ MIN
101.​ 10 men can clean 2 acres of lawn in 12 days, how many men can clean 3 acres of lawn
in 6 days? ​ ​ ​ ​ ANS: 30
102.​ If 8 boys and 12 women can do a piece of work in 25 days. In how many days can the
work be done by 6 boys and 11 women working together?
a) 15 days b) 10 days c) 12 days d) Can’t be determined

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103.​ If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can
do it in 4 days, Compare the daily work done by a man with that done by a boy?
a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 3 c) 2 : 1 d) 3 : 1
104.​ A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 20 and 30 days respectively, when they work
individually. All the three started simultaneously. After 3 days A left. After two more days
B left and C completed the remaining work alone. If the total work is for Rs 6000, find the
amount received by the C (in Rs).
a) 1500 b) 1800 c) 2500 d) 2700
105.​ X can complete a job in 8 days. Y can complete it in 12 days. They worked together for
4 days. The remaining part of job was completed by Z in 3 days. The wage paid to the
three to complete job was Rs 8400. Find Z’s share (in Rs).
a) 560 b) 2800 c) 1400 d) 980
106.​ P, Q and R can complete a job in 20 days, 30 days and 40 days respectively. All of them
started it. After 6 days, P left, Q and R completed the remaining part of the job. The total
wage paid to them to complete the job was Rs 1000. Find Q’s share (in Rs).
a) 360 b) 500 c) 450 d) 400
107.​ Ajay and Vijay can do a piece of work in 12 days. Vijay and Manoj together do it in 15
days. If Ajay is twice as good a workman as Manoj, in how much time will Vijay alone can
do the work?
a) 15 days b) 20 days c) 25 days d) 35 days
108.​ 12 men complete a work in 18 days. 6 days after they had started working, 4 men join
them. How many more days will all of them take to complete the remaining work?
a) 10 days b) 12 days c) 15 days d) 9 days
109.​ A cistern is normally filled in 6 hours but takes 4 hours longer to fill because of a leak
in its bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in how much time?
a) 15 hrs b) 16 hrs c) 20 hrs d) None
110.​ A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men.
2
After 64 days, he found that he had already done 3
of the work. How many men can be

discharged now, so that the work may finish in time? a) 40 b) 50 c) 48 d) 56

111.​ A can build up a structure in 8 days and B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4
days and then B joined to work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A
alone build up the remaining part of the structure?
a) 10 days b) 9 days c) 12 days d) 13 days e) None

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112.​ A & B can complete a work in 10 and 12 days respectively. A & B start working
together and after 3 days A left the work, find in how many days the work will be
completed?​ ANS: 8.4 days
113.​ Three men A, B & C completes a work in 10, 12 & 15 days respectively. They started
working together, after 2 days of starting of the work, A left & 2 days after leaving of A, C
also left. Then find in how many days the whole work will be completed?​
ANS: 6.4 days
114.​ Three men A, B & C completes a work in 10, 12 &15 days respectively. If A left the
work 2 days before the completion of the work & B left the work 3 days before the
completion of the work, find that in how many days the work will complete?
ANS:5.8 days
115.​ If A, B & C are 3 persons doing a work? A+B, B+C, & C+A can complete a work in 10,
12 & 20 days respectively. In how much time they alone can do the work & if they do
together, then how much time they take to complete the work?ANS: 60/7 days
116.​ A does half as much as work done by B. C does half as much as done by A & B
together in same time. If C alone can complete the work in 40 days. Then in how many
days they all together can complete the work?ANS: 40/3 days
117.​ A, B, C can complete a work on 10,12,15 days respectively.If they start work together
till the whole work complete.find the share of wages of A,B,C out of the total wages of 75
rupees.ANS: 200
118.​ A& B complete a work in 12 and15 days.They started the work alternatively for 1 day
each &A started the work first.In how much time 60% of work will be completed.ANS: 8
days
119.​ Three typists working together 8hrs per day can type 1800 pages in 20 days. The
number of pages typed by A in 4 hours equal to the number of pages typed by C in one
hour. How many pages typed by C in 1hr.If in a day B types as many pages more than A as
C types as many pages more than B.ANS: 6 pages
120.​ Abu and babu can complete a work on 30 days working together. They start work
together and after 23 days Babu left the work and whole work complete on 33 days. Find
the time in which Abu alone can complete the work.ANS:300/7 days
121.​ Abu and Babu can complete a work in 24 days. In how many days Abu alone can do
the total work if they start working together after 20 days Abu left the work,work is
completed in 26 days.ANS: 72 days

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122.​ Abu and Babu Takes 10days to complete a working together. If Abu works for 2.5 days
and Babu for 8.5 days, they finish half work. In how much time Abu alone complete the
work. ANS:120/7 days
123.​ Abu and Babu can complete a work in 12 days.Abu alone works for 8 days and Babu
completes the work in 20 days by doing alone.In how much time Babu alone takes to
complete the workANS: 36 days
124.​ Abu alone would take 27hours more to complete a work than time taken byAbu and
Babu together.Babu takes 3hrs more to complete a work alone than abu and babu
together.In how many days abu alone can do it.ANS: 12 hrs
125.​ Abu can complete a work in 5 more days than Babu while Abu does the same work in
9 more days than chintu .If Abu and Babu can complete the whole work in same time in
which chintu alone does the whole work. In how many days Abu could complete the
same workANS: 15 days
126.​ 3 men A,B,C working together can do a job 6hrs less time than A alone did 1hr les
time than B alone and half the time needed by C.In how many days will A finish the work
alone?
127.​ 3 men and 4 women can complete a work in 16 days while 4 men and 3 women can
complete the same work in 12 days. Then find 7men and 7 women can complete the
same work in how many days. ANS: 48/7 DAYS
128.​ Abu ,Babu,chintu have to supply an order of 100 pens.Abu,babu,chintu make a pen in
2,3,4 hrs respectively.In how many days they will complete the work if each one make a
complete pen himself without the help of other.ANS: 100 PENS
129.​ 40 men can complete a work on 30 days.They start work together and after every 10
days 5 men left the work in how much time work will be completed.ANS: 36 DAYS
130.​ 60 men can complete a work in 40 days.They start work together but after every 10
days, 5men leave the work.In how much time the work will be completed.
ANS:47.5 DAYS
131.​ 33 men can do a job in 30 days.If 44 men started the work together and after every
day 1 person leave the work then what is minimum number of days required to complete
the whole work.ANS: 45 DAYS
132.​ A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days but 20 men dropped out every day,the
job was completed at the end of 7th day.Find the men who are in the work initially?ANS:
140

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133.​ Abu and babu can complete a work in 6 days.In how many days they alone do the
same work. if Abu and chintu can complete the same work in5 /2 days lesser than babu
and chintu.They together complete the work in 5 days.ANS: 15DAYS,30DAYS
134.​ 4 men can do a piece of work in 6 days while 3 women can complete the same work
in 16 days.In how many days 1men and 2 women can complete the work.?
ANS:12 DAYS
135.​ 2 men can complete a work in 3 days,while 3 women can complete the same work in
4days and 4 children can complete the same work in 6 days. In how many days
1men+2children can complete the same work.ANS: 4 DAYS
136.​ 6 men and 8 women complete a work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 women in 2
days.In how many days 7men and 3 women will complete the work ANS: 200/17 DAYS
137.​ 12men+18women can complete a work on 10 days while 3men+18women can
complete the same work in 12 days. In how many days 2men+3women will complete the
work?ANS: 60 DAYS
138.​ 2 men can complete a piece of work in 3 days while 3 women can complete the same
work in 4 days and 4 children can co,plete the same work in 6 days.Then find in how many
days 1men+1woman+2children can complete the same work.ANS: 3 DAYS
139.​ There is sufficient food for 400 soldiers for 31 days.After 28 days 280 soldiers left the
camp.How many days will the rest of the food lasts for the rest of soldiers.
ANS: 10 DAYS
140.​ There is sufficient food for 1600 soldiers for 50days and each person eat 450 gms
food everyday. After 40 days, 400 soldiers left the camp. Now for how many days will the
rest of the food lasted for the rest of the soldiers if each soldiers ate 500gms food every
day. ANS: 12 DAYS
141.​ There is sufficient food for certain number of soldiers for certain number of days.
After 20 days 1/4th soldiers left the camp and the rest of the food will l last for the same
number of days that are in starting. Find the number of days in the starting?
ANS: 80 DAYS
142.​ 5 women can prepare 10 toys in 6 days working 6 hrs per day.IN HOW MANY DAYS
CAN 12 WOMEN PREPARE 16 TOYS WORKING 8hrs per day.ANS: 3 DAYS
143.​ 8 women working 9hrs per day complete a work in 20 days. In how many days can 7
women working 10hrs a day complete the same work?ANS: 144/7 DAYS
144.​ A custom cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 4hrs and 6hrs respectively.
When full the tank can be emptied by a third pipe C in 0.8hours.if all taps be turned on at
the time, the cistern will be full in-------hrs.​ ANS: 24/7 hrs

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145.​ A tank is filled by pipe A takes to fill fully in 32min and pipe B in 36 mins. When full, it
can emptied by a pipe C in 20min.if all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, half of
the tank will be filled in ------- min?​ ​ ​ ANS:720/13 min
146.​ If two pipes functions simultaneously. Reservoir will be filled in 6hrs .one pipe fills the
reservoir 5hrs faster than the other. How many hours does the faster pipe takes to fill the
reservoir ANS:10
147.​ The three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working at it together for
2 hours, C is closed and A&B can fill it in 7hrs. The time taken by C alone to fill the cistern
------- hrs?ANS: 14hrs
148.​ Pipe A can fill a tank in 36mins and pipe B can fill it in 45mins. If both pipes are
opened to fill an empty tank how many minutes will it be full?​ ANS: 20min
149.​ Tap A can fill the empty tank in 12hrs but due to a leak in the bottom, it is filled in
15hrs. If the tank is full and then tap A is closed then in how many hours leak can empty
it? ANS: 60hrs
150.​ Pipe A&B can fill a cistern in 10hrs & 15hrs respectively. When a third pipe C which
works as an outlet pipe also open, when the cistern can be filled in 18hrs. The outlet pipe
can empty a full cistern in​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ANS: 9hrs
151.​ A cistern has a leak which would empty it in 6hours. A tap is turned on which fills the
cistern at 10litres per hour and then it is emptied in 16hours. What is the capacity of the
cistern a) 100L B. 166.6L C. 60.66L D. None
152.​ Tap A fills a tank in 10hrs and B can fill in 15hrs. Both are opened simultaneously,
sometimes later tap B was closed. Then it takes 8hrs to fill up the whole. After how many
hours B was closed? A) 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
153.​ Tap A can fill a tank in 20hrs, B in 25hrs but C can empty a full tank in 30hrs. Starting
with A followed by B and C each tap opens alternatively one hour period till the tank Gets
filled up completely. In how many hours the tank will be filled up completely? A. 51 11/16
B. 52 2/3 C. 24 4/11 D. None
154.​ If one pipe A can fill a tank in 20min, then 5 pipes, each of 20% efficiency of A can fill
the tank in? a) 80min B. 100min C. 20min D. 25min
155.​ A cistern has a leak which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which admits
6L a minute into the cistern and it is now emptied in 12hrs. How many liters does the
cistern can hold? ANS:8640 liters
156.​ Two taps can separately fill a cistern in 10minutes and 15mins respectively. And when
the waste pipe is open, they together fill it in 18mins. The waste pipe can empty the full
cistern in min?ANS: 9min

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157.​ A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 4hrs and 6hrs respectively. When the
tank can be emptied by a third pipe in 8hours. If all the taps be turned on at the same
time, the cistern will be full in​ ​ ​ ​ ANSWER: 24/7 hrs
158.​ A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12mins 15mins respectively. There is also a waste
pipe to the cistern. When all the pipes are opened to empty cistern, if full in 20min. How
long will waste pipe take to empty a full cistern?​​ ANSWER: 10min
159.​ A tank can be filled by one tap in 20min and by another in 25min. Both the taps are
kept opens for 5min and then the second is to turn off. In how many minutes more will
the tap tanks be completely filled?​ ​ ​ ANSWER: 11 more minutes
160.​ A cistern is normally filled in 8hrs but takes two hours longer to fill because of leak in
its bottom. If the cistern is full, leak will empty it in hrs?ANS: 40hrs
161.​ Two pipes X and Y can fill a cistern in 24min and 32mins respectively. If both the pipes
opened together, then after how much time should Y be closed so that tank is full in 18
minutes? ANS: after 8 min
162.​ A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6hrs. And inlet pipe fills
water at the rate of 4 litres per minute. When the tank is fill, the inlet is opened and due
to the leak the tank is emptied in 8hrs. The capacity of the tank liters.ANS: 5760 liters
163.​ A can do 1/3RD of a work in B 5days and B can do 2/5th of the work in 10 days . In how
many days both A and B together can do the work?
164.​ A is thrice as fast as B and is therefore able to finish a work in 60days less than B. find
the time in Which they can do it working together?

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