Time and Work Assignments

1. ​ A , B and C contract a work for RS. 550,together.. A and B are

supposed to do 7/11 of the work. How much did C get?
A. RS. 100
B. RS. 200
C. RS. 300
D. RS. 400

2. ​ Agyan is twice good as workman as Adroit. Together they can do a

work in 14 days, if Agyan not keeping well and adroit did alone in how
many day he complete?
A. 40 days
B. 41 days
C. 42 days
D. 43 days

3. ​ 12 men or 15 women can reap a field in 14 days. How many days

will 7 men and 5 women reap the field?
A. 16.22
B. 14.27
C. 15.27
D. 17.27

4. ​ Kushal and nikil while working together can complete a piece of

work in 64 hours while nikil alone can do it in 96 hours. How long will
kushal alone complete the work?
A. 183 hours
B. 192 hours
C. 216 hours
D. 174 hours

5.​ A does half as much work as B in three - fourth of time . if

together they take 18 days to complete a work how much time shall B
take to do it ?
A. 30 days
B. 35 days
C. 40 days
D. NOT

6. ​ A tap can fill a tank in 32 min and another can empty it in 16 min.
if the tank already half full and both the taps are opened together, the
tank will be.
A. Filled in 4 min
B. emptied in 18 min
C. filled in 12 min
D. emptied in 16 min

7. ​ A works twice as fast as B. if B can complete a work in 12 days

independently, the number of days in which A and B together finish
work in:
A. 18 days
B. 8 days
C. 6 days
D. 4 days
8. ​ 13 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is
51 liters. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the
capacity of each bucket is 17 liters?
A. 33
B. 29
C. 39
D. 42

9. ​ A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A

and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they
completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
A. Rs. 375
B. Rs. 400
C. Rs. 600
D. Rs. 800

10. ​ A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15
days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone
can finish the remaining work?
A. 5
B. 5 ½
C. 6
D. 8

11.​ P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can

complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and
Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they
complete the work?
A. 5 ​5/11
B. 5 ​6/11
C. 6 ​5/11
D. 6 ​6/11

12.​ 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. 18days
B. 24 days
C. 30 days
D. 36 days

13.​ Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can
complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the
capacity of a man and a woman?
A. 3 : 4
B. 4 : 3
C. 5 : 3
D. Data inadequate

14. ​ A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and

C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work
was done by A in:
A. 5 days
B. 6 days
C. 10 days
D. 10 ½ days
15.​ A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 ¾ times as efficient
as B. The same job can be done by A alone in :
A. 9 1/3 days
B. 11days
C. 12 ¼ days
D. 16 1/3 days

16.​ A fort had provision of food for 150 men for 45 days. After 10
days, 25 men left the fort. Again days after 10 days, 25 men more left
the fort. The number of days for which the remaining food will last, is:
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60

17.​ 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In

how many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the
work?
A. 10
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
E. none of these

18.​ 15 men can dig a pit of 35cu units in 7 days. How many men can
dig a pit of 65cu units in 5 days?
A. 19
B. 29
C. 39
D. 49

19.​ If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26

men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men
and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be:
A. 4 days
B. 5 days
C. 6 days
D. 7 days
E. none of these

20. ​ 25 men can complete a work in 8 days. 15 women can complete the
same piece of work in 20 days and 9 children can complete it in 40 days.
In how many days can one man, one woman and one child together
complete the work?
A. 60 days
B. 75 days
C. 90 days
D. 96 days
E. 120 days

21.​ 7 girls can do a piece of work in 13 days, 6 boys can do the same
work in 12 days, 9 men can do it 9 days and 6 women can do the same
work in 14 days. Who are most efficient?
A. Boys
B. Girls
C. Women
D. Men
E. Both men and women
22. ​ 3 pumps working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How
many hours a day must 4 pumps work to empty a tank in 1 day?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
E. None of these

23. ​ Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a
waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working
together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the is:
A. 60 gallons
B. 100 gallons
C. 120 gallons
D. 180 gallons
E. None of these

24. ​ Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C
can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then
the tank will be filled in:
A. 1 hours
B. 2 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 4 ½ hours
E. none of these

25.​ Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at
it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining
part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is:
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16
E. none of these

26. ​ Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both
the pipes are used together, then how long it to take to fill the tank?
A. 12 min
B. 15 min
C. 25 min
D. 50 min
None of these