Work & Time

1. If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 52 days, how long will 7 men and 8 women take to reap it?
A.15 days b. 12 days c. 18 days d. 22 days

2. A, B and C can do a piece of 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. 400 b. Rs. 450 c. RS.500 d. RS.550

3. A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more, it could have finished in 10 days
less. How many men were there initially?
a. 20 b. 30 c.40 d. 50

4. Two pipes 'A' & 'B' can fill a tank in 24 and 32 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, after
how many minutes should 'B' be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
a. 6 min b. 3 min c. 8 min d. 5 min

5. If 'X' men can do 'X' units of work, working 'X' hrs/day in 'X' days, then 'Y' men, working 'Y' hrs/day for 'Y' days will
be able to complete, how many units of work?
X2 X3 X2 Y3
2 2 3 2
a. Y b. Y c. Y d. X

6. A monkey tries to climb a pole of 20-metre height. He climbs 2 metre in 1 st minute and drops by 1 metre in next
minute. After how many minutes, will he be able to reach to the top?
a. 40 min b. 20 min c. 39 min d. 37 min

7. ‘A’ & ‘B’ can do a piece of work in 12 days, ‘B’ & ‘C’ in 15 days, ‘c’ & ‘A’ in 20 days. In how many days will they
finish it together?
a. 10 days b. 15 days c. 20 days d. None

8. A cistern has a leak, which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on, which admits 6 litres per minute into the
cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hours. How many litres does the cistern hold?
a. 1440 liters b. 6840 liters c. 8640 liters d. 10000 liters

9. ‘A’ is thrice as efficient as ‘B’ and twice as ‘C’. If A, B and C work together, how long would they take to complete a
job that ‘B’ takes 30 days to complete?
a. 60/11 days b. 50/11 days c. 62/11 days d. 70/11 days

10. Pipe ‘A’ can fill the tank in 10 hours. Pipe ‘B’ can empty it in 15 hours. If both the pipes work alternatively every
hour, where ‘A’ starts the work, then ‘B’ works and then ‘A’ works and so on. In how many hours can the tank be filled?
a. 52 days b. 55 days c. 65 days d. 66 days

11. A and B working together can finish a job in T days. If A works alone and completes the job, he will take T + 5 days.
If B works alone and completes the same job, he will take T + 45 days. What is T?
a. 25 b. 60 c. 15 d. None

12. A team of 30 men is supposed to do a work in 38 days. After 25 days, 5 more men were employed and the work was
finished one day earlier. How many days would it have been delayed if 5 more men were not employed?
a. 1 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2

13. ‘A’ takes twice as long as ‘B & C’ together take to do a piece of work, and ‘B’ takes thrice as long as ‘A & C’
together. However, the three men together can complete the work in 60 days. How long would ‘c’ alone take to do the
work?
A.100 days b. 125 days c. 144 days d. 150 days
14. A dangerous leak is suddenly detected in a ship which has 208 km travel to reach the shore. It found that due to the
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leak 4 3 of water enters the ship in 13 min. but the ship has pumps to pump out the water at the rate of 15 T in one
hour. It is also found that 85 T would be enough to sink the ship. Find the required arranged speed (km/hr) so that the ship
may reach the shore just before it begins to sink.
a. 16 b. 4/15 c. 17 d. 18

15. Ten men working together can complete a work in 14 days but two of them will work only half time and quarter time
due to their illness respectively. How long will it take them to complete the work?
a. 17.5 b. 18 c. 16 d. 19.5