SMAQ - 01936827500

Time & Work

Group: General

1) Six men can complete a work in 5 days if they work for 8 hours per day. How many days will 4 men take
to do the same work if they work only 5 hours per day?

2) 50 men can do a piece of work in 12 days working 6 hours a day. How many hours a day would 60 men
have to work in order to do another piece of work twice as great in 16 days?

3) ‣`wbK 9 N›U KvR K‡i 5 Rb k«wgK 3 w`‡b 9 wU ev· evbv‡Z cv‡i| ‣`wbK 10 N›Uv KvR K‡i 8 Rb k«wgK 6 w`‡b GKB iK‡gi
KZwU ev· evbv‡Z cvi‡e ? [BADC – Comp. Operator – 2018]

4) ‣`wbK 8 N›Uv KvR K‡i 47 Rb K…lK 54 w`‡b 32 weNv Rwgi avb KvU‡Z cv‡i| ‣`wbK KZ N›Uv KvR Ki‡j 141 Rb K…lK
48 w`‡b 96 weNv Rwgi avb KvU‡Z cvi‡e?

5) If 18 pumps can raise 2170 tons of water in 10 days working 7 hours a day, in how many days will 16
pumps raise 1736 tons of water, working 9 hours a day? [BB - AD – 2014]

6) If 18 pumps of 25 watts can raise 250 tonnes of water to a height of 15 mts in 10 days working 7 hours a
day, how many pumps of 40 wtts will be required to raise 200 tonnes of water to a height of 12 mts in 14
days, working 9 hours a day?

7) 5 press compositors can set 625 pages of a manuscript in 16 days of 10.5 hours each. Each page has 60
lines and each line has 40 letters. In how many days of 8 hours each, will 10 compositors set 1000 pages
of a manuscript, each page having 45 lines with 50 letters in each line?

8) If a typist can type 125 page, 36 lines each, 11 words to each line in 5 day, how many pages of 30 lines
each and 12 words to each line can he type in 6 days?

9) A computer typist types a page with 20 lines in 10 minutes but he leaves 8% margin on the left side of the
page. Now he has to type 23 pages with 40 lines on each page which he leaves 25% more margin than
before. How much time is now required to type these 23 pages?

10) A book consists of 30 pages, 25 lines on each page and 35 characters on each line. If this content is to be
written in another note book consisting of 30 lines and 28 characters per line, then the required no. of
pages will how much percent greater than the previous pages?

11) 64 persons can dig a trench 50 m long 2 m wide and 2 m deep in 5 days working 12 hours daily. In how
many days, working 8 hours daily will 80 persons dig another trench 75 m long, 4 m wide and 3 m deep?

12) If it takes 10 days to dig a trench 100 m long, 50 m broad and 10 m deep, what length of trench, 25 m
broad and 15 m deep can be dug in 30 days?

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13) If 80 lamps can be lighted 5 hours per day for 10 days for Tk.21.25, then the number of lamps which can
be lighted 4 hours daily for 30 days for Tk.76.50 is:

14) One robot, working independently at a constant rate, can assemble a doghouse in 12 minutes. What’s the
maximum number of complete doghouses can be assembled by 10 such robots, each working on separate
doghouse at the same rate for 2.5 hours?

15) 20 carpets are to weave by 40 women in 50 days working 8 hours per day. After 20 days, order of 6 more
carpets came. To complete the total work on time, how many more hours per day they will have to work?

16) ‡Kvb `~‡M© 1000 Rb ‣mwb‡Ki 70 w`‡bi Lv`¨ Av‡Q| 10 w`b ci H `y‡M© Av‡iv 200 Rb ‣mwbK Avm‡j evwK Lv`¨ Avi KZ
w`b Pj‡e?

17) A garrison of 500 men had provisions for 27 days. After 3 days a reinforcement of 300 men arrived. How
many more days will the remaining food last now? (GKwU `~‡M© 500 Rb ‡jv‡Ki 27 w`‡bi Lvevi gRy` wQj| 3
w`b ci AwZwi³ 300 Rb ‡jvK Avm‡j Aewkó Lv‡`¨ me ‡jv‡Ki Avi KZ w`b Pj‡e? ) [BHBFC-Officer – 2017]

18) In a barrack of soldiers there was stock of food for 190 days for 4000 soldiers. After 30 days 800 soldiers
left the barrack. For how many days shall the leftover food last for the remaining soldiers? [Aggarwal]

19) A garrison had provision for a certain number of days. After 10 days 1/5th of the men desert and it is found
that the provisions will now last just as long as before. How long was that?

20) A garrison of 2000 man has provision of ration for 66 days. At the end of the fortnight a reinforcements
arrived and it is found that ration will last only for 20 days more. The strength of the reinforcements is -

21) A garrison of 3300 men had provisions for 32 days, when given at the rate of 850 gms per head. At the
end of 7 days a reinforcements arrives and it was found that the provisions will last 17 days more, when
given at the rate of 825 gms per head. What is the strength of the reinforcement?

22) GKRb wVKv`vi 50 w`‡b GKwU KvR mgvavb Ki‡e e‡j Pyw³ Kij Ges 20 Rb k«wgK wb‡qvM Kij| 20 w`b ci ‡`Lv ‡Mj
KvRwUi gvÎ 1/4 Ask m¤úbœ n‡q‡Q| wba©vwiZ mg‡q KvRwU ‡kl Ki‡Z n‡j AwZwi³ Avi KZRb k«wgK wbhy³ Ki‡Z n‡e?
[13 BCS, written]

23) A project manager hired 16 men to complete a project in 38 days. However, after 30 days, he realized that
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only /9 of the work is completed. How many more men does he need to hire to complete the project on
time?

24) A contract is to be completed in 46 days and 117 men were set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After
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33 days, /7 of the work is completed. How many additional men have to be employed so that the work
may be completed in time, each man now working 9 hours a day? [Probashi Kalyan Bank: SO – 2014]

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25) A contract is to be completed in 56 days and 104 men were set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After
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30 days, /5 of the work is completed. How many additional men are to be employed, so that the work may
be completed in time if each man works 9 hours a day? [AI-Arafah – 2011]

26) Mr. X signed a contract for building a road of 1920 meters long within 120 days. He employed 160
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workers for this task. But after 24 days he found that only /8 of the task has been finished. If Mr. X wants
to finish the road in time how many additional workers he has to employ? [BADC (AO) -2017]

27) A building contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 62 days and employed 60 workers. After 32
days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many workers can be discharged now, so
that the work is finished in time?

28) A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he
found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharged so that the work may
finish in time?

29) A contractor undertook to complete a piece of work in 120 Days and employed 140 men upon it. At the
end of 66 days only half of the work was done, so he put on 25 extra men. By how much time did he
exceed the specific time?

30) A builder engages 25 men working 8 hours a day and they can finish it in 4 weeks. At the end of the 12
days he finds that only one-fourth of the work is done. How many more men should he engage so that all
men working 10 hours a day may complete the apartment in the stipulated time?

31) A time study specialist has set the production rate for each worker on a certain job at 22 units every three
hours. At this rate what is the minimum number of workers that should be put on the job at least 90 units
are to be produced per hour?

(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 30

32) An engineer undertake a project to build a road 15 km long in 300 days and employs 45 men for the
purpose. After 100 days, he finds 2.5 km of the road has been completed. Find the number of extra men he
must employ to finish the work in time. [Combined 8 Banks & FT’s (SO) -2019 - Cancelled (AUST)]

33) A job is to be finished in 60 days. 40 men start the work, each working 8 hours a day. After 20 days, just
1
/4 of the work is finished. How many additional men need to be engaged to complete the work on time, if
all of them have now been asked to work for 10 hours a day?

34) A contractor undertakes to complete a work in 130 days. He employs 150 men for 25 days and they
complete 1/4 of the work. He then reduces the number of men to 100, who work for 60 days. After that
there are 10 holidays. How many men must be employed for the remaining period to finish the work?

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35) If a certain number of workmen can do a piece of work in 25 days, in which time will another set of an
equal number of men do a piece of work twice as great, supposing that 2 men of the first set can do as
much work in an hour as 3 men of the second set can do in an hour?

36) If 6 men build a wall in 10 days, how many women will build a wall twice as high in 15 days, provided
that each woman turns out half the work of a man?

37) Fifteen men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hours each would 21
women take, if 3 women do as much work as 2 men do? [BB-AD – 2016; MBA-IBA: 54th intake; Jun-2015]

38) A piece of work can be done by 16 men in 8 days working 12 hours a day. How many men are needed to
complete another work, which is three times the first one, in 24 days working 8 hours a day, the efficiency
of the second group being half that of the first group?

39) Working 11 hours/day, 24 men and 33 women can complete the construction of a road in 78 days. The
working capacity of 3 women equals to that of 1 man. Now, the authority decides that the road is to be
constructed in 55 days by working 13 hours/day. If there are only 27 women present how many men will
be needed? [MBA - IBA: 60th Batch; May-2018]

40) If 9 engines consume 24 metric tons of coal, when each is working 8 hours a day, how much coal will be
required for 8 engines, each running 13 hours a day, it being given that 3 engines of former type consume
as much as 4 engines of latter type ? [BB – Officer (Cash) – 2017]

41) If 30 men working 7 hours a day can make 12 tables in 18 days, how many days will 45 women working 9
hours a day take to make 32 chairs? Given, 4 men can make 3 tables in the same time as 3 women can
make 4 chairs.

42) For making a table it needs human labour 3 times the labour needed to make a bench. 6 workers can make
36 benches and 5 tables in 12 days. How many days will 10 worker need to make 61 benches and 8 table?

43) Helpers are needed to prepare for the fete. Each helper can make either 2 large cakes per hour or 35 small
cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours and 20 large cakes and 700 small cakes are needed.
How many helpers are required?

44) In a factory, one worker can produce one piece of m in 15 minutes and one piece of n in 20 minutes. How
many workers are needed to produce 200 units of m and 300 units of n in exactly 10 hours?
[MBA-IBA: 55th intake; Dec-2015]

45) The daily wages of a worker is Tk.100. Five workers can do a work in 10 days. If you pay Tk.20 more
daily, they agree to do 25% more work daily. If the proposal is accepted, then the total amount that could
be saved is –

46) 20 men can finish a work in 30 days. After how many days should 5 men leave the work so that the work
may be finished in 35 days?

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47) 10 persons begin to work together on a job but after some days 4 persons leave. As a result, the job which
could have been completed in 40 days is completed in 50 days. How many days after the commencement
of the work did the 4 persons leave?

48) A group of workers can do a piece of work in 24 days. However, as 7 of them were absent, it took 30 days
to complete the work. How many people actually worked on the job to complete it? [IBBL-AO – 2012]

49) K‡qKRb k«wgK GKwU KvR 18 w`‡b K‡i †`‡e e‡j wVK K‡i| wKš‘ Zv‡`i g‡a¨ 9 Rb Abycw¯’Z _vKvq KvRwU 36 w`‡b m¤úbœ
n‡jv| 36 Rb k«wgK wbhy³ n‡j KZw`‡b KvRwU m¤úbœ n‡Zv ? [23 BCS, written]

50) 30 Rb †jvK GKwU KvR 30 w`‡b Ki‡Z cv‡i| hw` c«wZ 10 w`b ci 5 Rb K‡i †jvK P‡j hvq, Z‡e KZ w`‡b KvRwU †kl n‡e?

51) A group of men decided to do a job in 8 days. But since 10 men dropped out every day, the job got
completed at the end of the 12th day. How many men were there at the beginning?

52) 50 daily workers can complete a dam project in 40 days. If 30 of them work daily and the rest work in
every alternative day, how many more days will be required to complete the project? [BB-AD - 2018]

53) Ten men working together can do a certain job in 56 days. If on the first day, one man starts the work; on
the second day, two men join him; on the third day, three men join, and so on, with exactly n men joining
the work on the nth day, find the number of days in which the work would be completed?

54) A contractor employed 20 men to do a piece of work in 40 days. After 15 days he employed 5 more men
and the work was finished one day earlier. How many days he would have been behind, if he had not
employed additional men?

55) A contractor undertakes to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the beginning and 100
more after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not engaged the additional men,
how many days behind schedule would it be finished? [Janata Bank – EO – 2017]

56) A contractor employed 30 men to do a piece of work in 38 days. After 25 days he employed 5 men more
and the work was finished one day earlier. How many days he would have been behind, if he had not
employed additional men? [Pubali Bank – 2014]

57) John appointed 25 persons to complete a small bridge in 40 days. After 20 days he appointed 15 more
workers and the bridge was completed 5 days earlier. If he had not appointed additional workers by how
many days he would have been behind the scheduled time? [IBA MBA-59th intake – Dec-2017]

58) 30 workers need to complete a work within 20 days. After 10 days the work stopped for 6 days due to bad
weather. How many extra workers will be needed to finish the work on time?

59) 60 men could complete a piece of work in 250 days. They worked together for 200 days. After that the
work had to be stopped for 10 days due to bad weather. How many more men should be engaged to
complete the work in time? [Combined 5 Banks (Officer Cash) – 2019 (AUST)]

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60) 300 workers are set to build a dam in 21 weeks they have done 60% of the work, but subsequent rains
lasting 4 weeks washed away 25% of what they had done. The job is resumed by 200 workers. What is the
additional time it will take to complete the work?

61) A contractor employed 200 workers. They finished 5/6 of the work in 100 days. Due to rain the work
stopped for 20 days and also destroyed 2/5 of the work. After rain 150 workers came to the work. In how
many days the work was completed?

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62) A contractor employs 200 men to build a bund. They finish /6 of the work in 10 weeks. Then rain sets in
and not only does the work remain suspended for 4 weeks but also half of the work already done is
washed away. After the rain, when the work is resumed, only 140 men turn up. The total time in which the
contractor is able to complete the work, assuming that there are no further disruptions in the schedule is –

63) Four persons, each of whom works at the same rate, were to complete a job according to a schedule.
However, because of an argument, two of the 4 quit after working for 1 day. The remaining persons
finished the job, but it required 2 more days than what had originally been scheduled. How many days
were originally scheduled for completion of the job?

64) A work is done by 30 workers not all of them have the same capacity to work. Every day exactly 2
workers, do the work with no pair of workers working together twice. Even after all possible pairs have
worked once, all the workers together works for six more days to finish the work. Find the number of days
in which all the workers together will finish the work?

65) A group of workers can complete a piece of work in 50 days, when they are working individually. On the
first day one person works, on the second day another person joins him, on the third day one person joins
them and this process continues till the work is completed. How many approximate days are needed to
complete the work?

Group: OR-AND

66) Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days.
The ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman is –

67) 5 boys or 4 men can finish a work in 12 days. 2 boys and 8 men together can finish the same work in how
many days?

68) If 5 men or 9 women can do a piece of work in 19 days, then in how many days will 3 men and 6 women
do the same work?

69) 2 men or 3 women can survive with some food for 10 days. 4 men and 3 women together can survive with
the same food for how many days?

70) 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many
days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?

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71) If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, working 7 hours a day; how many days will it take
to complete a piece of work twice as large with 6 men and 2 boys working together for 8 hours a day?

72) One man or two women or three boys can do a piece of work in 88 days. One man, one woman and one
boy will do it in –

73) If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 52 days, then in how many days 1 man, 1
woman and 1 boy complete the work?

74) If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 17 days, then 5 man, 5 woman and 6 boy,
working together can do it in –

57) If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, working 7 hours a day; how many days will it take
to complete a piece of work twice as large with 6 men and 2 boys working together for 8 hours a day?

57) If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, working 7 hours daily, how many days will it take to
complete a piece of work half the earlier with 6 men and 2 boys working together for 8 hours a day?

75) If 20 men or 24 women or 40 boys can do a job in 12 days working for 8 hours a day, how many men
working with 6 women and 2 boys take to do a job four times as big working for 5 hours a day for 12
days? [IBBL – 2012]

76) 12 men or 18 women or 24 boys can complete a work in 15 days. 10 men and 20 boys started the work
and after five days six women joined them. In how many days can the remaining work be completed?

77) The daily work of two men is equal to that of three women or that of four youngsters. By employing 14
men, 12 women and 12 youngsters, a certain work can be finished in 24 days. If it is required to finish it in
14 days and only men are available as additional labor, how many of them will be required?

Group: AND-AND

78) `yB Rb cyi‚l Ges `yB Rb evjK ‡h KvR Qq w`‡b m¤úbœ Ki‡Z cv‡i, wZb Rb cyi‚l Ges AvU Rb evjK Zv wZb w`‡b m¤úb
Ki‡Z cv‡i| GKRb evjK GKv H KvR KZ w`‡b m¤úb Ki‡Z cvi‡e? [24 BCS, written]

79) 4 Rb cyi‚l Ges 4 Rb evjK ‡h KvR 3 w`‡b m¤úbœ Ki‡Z cv‡i, 2 Rb cyi‚l Ges 7 Rb evj‡Ki ‡mB KvR Ki‡Z 4 w`b
jv‡M| 1 Rb cyi‚‡li GKv H KvR Ki‡Z KZw`b jvM‡e? [25 BCS, written]

80) A man and a boy together can complete a job in 81 days. Two men and 3 boys together can complete the
same job in 36 days. In how many days can four men together complete the same job?

81) 6 men and 8 boys can finish a work in 10 days, while 26 men and 48 boys can do same work in 2 days.
How many days will 15 men and 20 boys take in completing the same work? [IBA-BBA-2013-14]

(A) 4 days (B) 5 days (C) 6 days (D) 7 days (E) None of these
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82) 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?

83) Three men, four women and six children can complete a work in 7 days. A woman does double the work a
man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can complete this work in 7
days?

84) 4 men and 3 women finish a work in 8 days. 2 men and 4 women finish the same work in 10 days. In how
many days can 3 men and 1 woman finish the work?

85) 2 large and 1 small pumps can fill a water tank in 4 hours. 1 large and 3 small pump can also fill the same
water tank in 4 hours. How many hours will it take for 3 large and 4 small pumps to fill the tank?

86) 25 men with 10 boys can do in 6 days as much work as 21 men with 30 boys can do in 5 days. How many
boys must help 40 men to do the same work in 4 days?

87) 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, while 3 men and 2 boys can do the same work in 8
days. In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work?
[RAKUB: SO-2016; JBL AEO-2015; PBL-2014]

88) 2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 14 days; 3 men and 8 boys can do the same work in 11 days.
Then, 8 men and 6 boys can do three times the amount of this work in – [Uttara Bank-PO - 2017]

(A) 18 days (B) 21 days (C) 24 days (D) 30 days

89) A team of 2 men and 5 women completed 1/4 th of a job in 3 days. After that another man joined them and
they all completed another 1/4 th of the job in 2 days. How many men can complete the whole job in 4
days? [BB – AD - 2014; Pubali Bank – 2013]

90) 4 men and 10 women were put on a work. They completed 1/3 of the work in 4 days. After this 2 men and
2 women were increased. They completed 2/9 more of the work in 2 days. If the remaining work is to be
completed in 3 days, then how many more women must be increased?

91) If 5 men and 3 women can reap 18 acre of crop in 4 days, 3 men and 2 women can reap 22 acre of crop in
8 days, then how many men are required to join 21 women to reap 54 acre of crop in 6 days?

92) If 5 men with 7 boys can earn Tk.3825 in 6 days and 2 men with 3 boys can earn Tk.1050 in 4 days, in
what time will 7 men with 6 boys earn Tk.22500?

93) 4 men and 6 women get Tk.1600 by doing a piece of work in 5 days. 3 men and 7 women get Tk.1740 by
doing the same work in 6 days. In how many days, 7 men and 6 women can complete the same work
getting Tk.3760?

94) Three men and two women can do a work in 4 days, while three women and two men can do the same
work in 5 days. Tk.44 is given to a woman for her day work. What amount is required for three men and
two women?
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95) Assume that 20 cows and 40 goats can be kept for 10 days for Tk.460. If the cost of keeping 5 goats is the
same as the cost of keeping 1 cow, what will be the cost for keeping 50 cows and 30 goats for 12 days?

57) 9 children can complete a piece of work in 360 days. 18 men can complete same work in 72 days and 12
women can complete it in 162 days. In how many days can 4 men 12 women 10 children together
complete the piece of work?

96) 24 men can complete a work in 16 days. 32 women can complete the same work in 24 days. 16 men and
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? [PBL Senior Officer/Officer-2017; Aggarwal-118]

(A) 16 (B) 24 (C) 36 (D) 48

97) 12 children take 16 days to complete a work, which can be completed by 8 adults in 12 days. 16 adults
started working and after 3 day's 10 adults left and 4 children joined them. How many days will it take
them to complete the remaining work?

98) 12 men can complete a work in 8 days. 16 women can complete the same work in 12 days. 8 men and 8
women started working and worked for 6 days. How many more men are to be added to complete the
remaining work in 1 day?

99) 16 men can complete a work in 12 days. 24 children can complete the same work in 18 days. 12 men and
8 children started working and after 8 days three more children joined them. How many days will they
now take to complete the remaining work?

100) 12 men can complete a piece of work in 36 days. 18 women can complete the same piece of work in 60
days. 8 men and 20 women work together for 20 days. If only women were to complete the remaining
work in 4 days, how many women would be required? [Sonali Bank - Officer (FF) – 2019 (AUST)]

101) 16 women take 12 days to complete a work which can be completed by 12 men in 8 days. 16 men started
working and after 3 days 10 men left and 4 women joined them. How many days will they take to
complete the remaining work? [Janata Bank (AEO Teller) – 2020, AUST]

102) The work done by a woman in 8 h is equal to the work done by a man in 6 h and a boy in 12 h. If working
6 h per day 9 men can complete a work in 6 days, then in how many days can 12 men, 12 women and 12
boys together finish the same working 8 h per day?

103) 15 men can finish a piece of work in 8 days while 18 women can finish the same piece of work in 12 days
and 16 children can finish it in 20 days. 12 women and 8 children started working together and worked for
10 days. If the remaining works need to be finished in 2 days, how many men should be added to the
existing number of workers?

104) 6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 8 women can complete the same work in 18 days whereas
18 children can complete it in 10 days. 4 men, 12 women and 20 children work together for 2 days. If only
men were to complete the remaining work in 1 day how many men would be required (totally)?
[Combined 4 Banks – 2019; Sonali Bank SO (FF) – 2019 (AUST)]
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105) 10 men can finish a piece of work in 15 days. 8 women can finish the same piece of work in 25 days. Only
10 women started working and in a few days completed a certain amount of work. After that 3 men joined
them. The remaining work was completed by 10 women and 3 men together in 5 days. After how many
days did 3 men join 10 women?

106) 20 men can complete a work in 14 days and 20 women can complete the same work in 18 days. 7 men and
9 women started the work. After working for some days, they were replaced by 10 men and 10 women
who complete the remaining work in 9 days. How much work was completed by initially employed men
and women?

107) A sum of Tk.3240 was fixed to complete a work. 54 workers completed the work in 8 days and the sum
was divided equally among the workers. If the work was to be completed in 3 days then how much less
money each worker would receive compared to when the work was completed in 8 days?
[8 Bank - (SO) – 2019 (re-take)]

108) 4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate, how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-
weavers in 8 days? [Pubali Bank - Officer – 2014]

109) If 10 persons can clean 10 floors by 10 mops in 10 days, in how many days can 8 persons clean 8 floors
by 8 mops?
(A) 12(1/2) days (B) 8 days (C) 10 days (D) 8(1/3) days

110) 45 cows can graze a field in 12 days. How many cows will graze the same field in 9 days?

111) 100 cows can graze a field completely in 15 days, while 60 cows can do it in 30 days. How many cows are
needed to do it in 10 days?

112) 10 cows can graze in a field for 16 days and 16 cows can graze in the same field for 8 days. For how many
days can 8 cows graze in the field?

113) In a pasture, grass grows at a uniform rate per day. If 40 goats graze, the grass is exhausted in 6 days, if 20
goats graze; the grass is exhausted in 16 days. If the grass is exhausted in 12 days, find the number of
goats grazing.

114) The grass in a field increases at a constant rate. 17 cows can eat up all grass in 30 days whereas it takes 24
days for 19 cows. 4 cows were sold from a herd after the herd had eaten grass for 6 days. It took 2 more
days for the herd to eat up the grass. How many cows were in that herd initially? (GKwU gv‡V a«~e nv‡i Nvm e…w×
cvq| 17 wU Mi‚ 30 w`‡b me Nvm ‡L‡q ‡dj‡Z cv‡i| Z‡e 19 wU Mi‚i jv‡M 24 w`b| GK`j Mi‚ 6 w`b Nvm LvIqvi ci
4 wU Mi‚ weµq Kiv n‡j Nvm LvIqv ‡kl Ki‡Z AviI 2 w`b jvM‡jv| `jwU‡Z ïi‚‡Z KZ¸‡jv Mi‚ wQj?

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Individual Work

115) A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work together
but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. How many days did it take to
complete the whole work? [Sonali Bank Officer-2018]

116) A can do a work in 14 days and B can do it in 28 days. They started to do the work together and after a
few days A left the work unfinished. B completed the rest of the work in 7 days. How many days it took to
finish the work? (GKwU KvR K 14 w`‡b Ges L 28 w`‡b Ki‡Z cv‡i| Zviv GK‡Î KvRwU Avi¤¢ K‡i K‡qK w`b ci K
KvRwU Amgvß ‡i‡L P‡j ‡Mj Ges L evKx KvR 7 w`‡b m¤úbœ Kij| m¤ú~Y© KvRwU KZ w`‡b m¤úbœ n‡qwQj?)
[40 BCS, written]

117) A alone can reap a certain field in 15 days and B in 12 days. If A begins alone and after a certain interval
B joins him, the field is reaped in 7.5 days. How long did A and B work together? [GKwU Rwgi avb KvU‡Z A
GKvKx 15 w`b Ges B GKvKx 12 w`b mgq †bq| hw` A GKvKx avb KvUv ïiæ K‡i Ges wKQzw`b ci B Zvi mv‡_ †hvM
†`q, Gi d‡j †gvU 7.5 w`‡b m¤ú~Y© Rwgi avb KvUv †kl n‡jv| A I B GKmv‡_ KZw`b KvR K‡iwQj?]
[PKB (SEO) – 2018 (AUST)]

118) A can complete a project in 20 days and B can complete the same project in 30 days. A and B start
working on the project together but A quits before 10 days of completion of the project. How many days
in total will the project take to complete?
Vs
A can complete a project in 20 days and B can complete the same project in 30 days. A and B start
working on the project together but A quits 10 days before the expected (scheduled) time to complete the
project. How many days in total will the project take to complete? [JBL AEO(RC)-2017]

119) Abir can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works for 10 days and then Basher alone finishes the rest of
the work in 42 days. How much time would it take for the two of them together to complete the whole
work? [BB: AD – 2006]

120) Raj can do a piece of work in 20 days. He started the work and left after some days, when 25% work was
done. After it Abhijit joined and completed it working for 10 days. In how many days Raj and Abhijit can
do the complete work, working together?

121) A can finish one-third of a work in 5 days, B can finish of the same work in 10 days and C can finish 75%
of the same work In 15 days. They work together for 6 days. The remaining work will be finished by B
alone in?

(A) 1(1/2) days (B) 5 days (C) 2 days (D) 3 days

122) A, B and C do a job alone in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the job if he is
assisted by B and C? [BB: AD – 2013]

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123) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 12, 18 and 24 days respectively. They all begin together. A work
continuously till it is finished, B leaves the work 2 days before its completion and C leaves the work 4
days before its completion. In what approximate time is the work finished?
[8 Bank - (SO) - 2019 (re-take)]

124) A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 16, 32 and 48 days respectively. They started working
together but C left after working 4 days and B, 2 days before the completion of the work. How many days
it took in total to complete the work?
[National Bank – PO – 2017; SIBL – PO – 2017; SJIBL – MTO – 2011]

125) A can complete a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work
the work together but A left 8 days before the completion of the work and B 12 days before the
completion of work. Only C worked up to the end. In how many days was the work completed?

126) A, B and C can complete a work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work together. But A
left the work 12 days before its completion. B also left the work 8 days after A left. In how many days
was the work completed?

127) A, B and C together can complete a piece of work in 10 days. All the three started working at it together
and after 4 days A left. Then B and C together completed the work in 10 more days. A alone could
complete the work in:

(A) 15 days (B) 16 days (C) 25 days (D) 50 days

128) Rafiq, Shafiq and Arif can alone complete a project in 10 days, 20 days, and 10 days respectively. Rafiq
started working on the project alone. Shafiq joined the project after 2 days. After working together for 4
days both Rafiq and Shafiq left the project and Arif got in. How many days it took to complete the entire
project? [BKB - Officer - 2017]

129) A can do a piece of work in 120 days and B can do it in 150 days. They work together for 20 days then B
leaves and A continues the work alone. 12 days after, C joins A and the work is completed in 48 days
more. In how many days can C do it if he works alone?
A GKwU KvR 120 w`‡b Ges B H KvRwU 150 w`‡b Ki‡Z cv‡i| Zviv GK‡Î 20 w`b KvR Kivi ci B P‡j †Mj Ges A
GKvKx KvR Ki‡Z _vK‡jv| 12 w`b ci C H KvRwU‡Z †hvM w`j| Ges Av‡iv 48 w`‡b m¤ú~Y© KvRwU †kl n‡jv| C
GKvKx m¤ú~Y© KvRwU KZw`‡b Ki‡Z cvi‡e? [Combined 3 Banks (SO) – 2018 (AUST)]

130) A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can
finish it in 6 days. A and C will do it in - [Probashi Kalyan Bank – EO (Cash) – 2014, MCQ]

131) A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and C can do it in 24 days, A and C can do it in 36 days. In
how many days will A, B and C finish it, working together and separately? [BB: AD – 2017]

132) 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? [PKB-EO (Cash) – 2019; Combined 3 Banks – Officer (Cash) – 2018]

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133) Ka and Kha can do a work in 10 days, Kha and Ga can do it in 15 days, and Ka and Ga can to it in 25
days. They started working together. After 4 days Ka left. After another 4 days Kha left. In how many
days Ga can finish the remaining work? [Karma Shangsthan Bank – 2011]

134) A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, which B and C together can do in 16 days. After A
has been working at it for 5 days and B for 7 days C finishes in 13 days. In how many days C alone will
do the work?

135) X and Y together can do a piece of work in 30 days. Y and Z together can do the work in 20 days. X starts
the work and works for 15 days then Y takes that work and works for 27 days. Finally Z finishes the
remaining work in 9 days. In how many days Y alone can complete the entire work?

(A) 45 days (B) 50 days (C) 60 days (D) 65 days

136) (A+B) can do a piece of work in 12 days. (B+C) can do the same work in 6(2/3) days. A works for 3 days,
B works for 4 days and C completed the remaining work in 7 days. In how many days will A, B and C do
the work alone?

137) A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, which B and C together can do in 15 days. If A is
twice as good a workman as C, in what time B alone can do the work?

138) Minhaz and Alam can complete a work in 18 days. After working together for 12 days, Minhaz stops and
Alam completes the remaining work in 8 days. In how many days can Minhaz complete the work if he
works alone?

(A) 32 (B) 48 (C) 56 (D) 72 (E) None

139) A started a work and left after working for 2 days. Then B was called and he finished the work in 9 days.
Had A left the work after working 3 days, B would have finished the remaining work in 6 days. In how
many days can each of them, working alone, finish the whole work?

140) John can finish a certain job in 10 days if Dave helps for 6 days. The same work can be done by Dave in
12 days if John helps for 6 days. If they work together, how long will it take for them to do the job?

141) A can do as much work in 4 days as B can do in 5, and B can do as much work in 6 days as C in 7 days. In
what time will C do a piece of work which A can do in 12 days?

142) A does 33.33% as much work as B in five-ninth of the time. They together do it in 15 days. C is 75% as
efficient as B. A, B and C together can do the work in?

143) 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 as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have been completed in 3
days. A alone could complete the work in –

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144) A can do a piece of work in 16 days. Due to some problem, his efficiency reduces to 40%. B’s efficiency
also reduces to two-third his original efficiency. Now they can finish the work in 20 days. Then in how
many days can A and B together finish the work at 100% efficiency?

145) Anuj and Manoj can together paint their house in 30 days. After working for 20 days, Anuj has to go out
and Manoj finishes the remaining work in 30 days. If Manoj had gone away after 20 days instead of Anuj,
then Anuj would have completed the remaining work in –

146) Ramah and Ganesh can together complete a work in 16 days. After seven days of working together,
Ramah got sick and his efficiency fell by 30%. As a result they completed the work in 17 days instead of
16 days. If Ganesh had worked alone after Ramah got sick, in how many days would he have completed
the remaining work?

147) To do a piece of work B takes 3 times as long as A and C together, and C twice as long as A and B
together. If A, B and C together can complete the work in 10 days. How long would A take alone to
complete it?

148) The ratio of efficiency of A to C is 5:3. The ratio of number of days taken by B to C is 2:3. A takes 6 days
less than C, when A and C completes the work individually. B and C started the work and left after 2 days.
The number of days taken by A to finish the remaining work is:

149) A is 20% more efficient than B and takes 40 days less than B to complete a job. B is 50% more efficient
than C. On this job, A works for 50 days and quits. Then B takes over and works for 120 days and quits. C
completed the remaining work. The no. of days worked by C is –

150) B is 20% more efficient than A. B started the work and did it for x days. And then B is replaced by A.
Now A completed the remaining work in (x+8) days. Ratio of work done by B and A is 2:3. In how many
days A and B working together can complete the whole work?

151) A can do a piece of work in 40 days B can do the same piece of work in 60 days. A and B started the work
together. In the first 10 days A worked with 50% of his efficiency, in the next l5 days B worked with 50%
of his efficiency. Now in how many days does the remaining work will be completed if both of them work
with their full efficiencies?

152) When they work alone, B needs 25% more time to finish a job than A does. They two finish the job in 13
days in the following manner: A works alone till half the job is done, then A and B work together for four
days, and finally B works alone to complete the remaining 5% of the job. In how many days can B alone
finish the entire job? [CAT – 2018, India]
(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) None of these

153) Two men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with
the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone,
would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone,
would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone.
How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all worked together?

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154) A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work for a day
alternately, with A beginning, in how many days, the work will be completed?

155) A can build an entire wall alone in 10 days. B can demolish the same wall in 15 days when working alone.
If A and B work on alternate days, with A building part of the wall on the first day and B demolishing part
of the wall the next day, in how many days will the complete wall be built for the first time?
(A) 28 (B) 30 (C) 55 (D) 60 (E) None of these

156) A can build a wall in 10 days, working alone, B can build the same wall in 20 days, working alone and C
can break the entire built wall in 8 days, working alone. The three of them work alone on the wall on
successive days with A working on first day, B on second day and C on third day and the cycle then
repeats. In how many days will the wall be built for the first time?

157) Kvgvj GKwU KvR K w`‡b Ges Rvgvj H KvRwU L w`‡b Ki‡Z cv‡i| Zviv KvRwU Ggb fv‡e K‡i ‡h, GKv GKRb KvRwU 2 w`b
Kivi ci Aci Rb GKv 2 w`b K‡i Ges Gfv‡e cvjvµ‡g Zviv KvRwU ‡kl K‡i| hw` Kvgvj c«_‡g ïiæ K‡i, Zvn‡j KvRwU 10
w`‡b ‡kl nq| Avi Rvgvj c«_‡g ïiæ Ki‡j KvRwU 11 w`‡b ‡kl nq| Zviv GK‡Î ïiæ ‡_‡K GKmv‡_ KvR Ki‡j KZ w`‡b
KvRwU ‡kl n‡Zv? [Auditor, written – 2019]

158) A, B and C can complete a work in 12, 15 and 25 days respectively. A and B started working together,
whereas C worked with them in every third day. Find the number of days required to complete the work.
[BHBFC–SO – 2018]

159) A, B and C together can complete a work in 36, 18 and 12 days respectively. If in every second day B and
every third day C help A in doing the work, how many days will be needed to complete the whole work?

160) A alone can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B alone can do it in 15 days and C alone can do it in 10
days. If in every second day B and in every third day C help A in doing the work, how many days will be
required to complete the whole work? [Agrani Bank - (SO) – 2017; BKB (SO) - 2015]

Three workers A, B, C working individually can complete a task in 30 days, 15 days and 10 days
respectively. If A starts the task alone and B and C help A in every 2nd and 3rd day respectively, on which
day will the task be completed? [MBA - IBA: 60th Batch; May-2018]

161) A alone can do a piece of work in 20 days, while B alone can do it in 30 days and C alone can do it in 60
days. If in every third day B and in every fourth day C help A in doing the work, how many days will be
required to complete the whole work? (GKwU KvR K 20 w`‡b, L 30 w`‡b Ges M 60 w`‡b Ki‡Z cv‡i| c«_g w`b n‡Z
c«wZ Z…Zxq w`‡b L Ges c«wZ PZy_© w`‡b M, K-‡K mvnvh¨ Ki‡j IB KvRwU KZ w`‡b m¤úbœ n‡e ?)
[AwWUi, cwi`k©b I wbix¶v Awa`ßi - 2020, wjwLZ; 34, 32 BCS written]

162) A and B can finish a work, working on alternate days, in 19 days when A works on the first day. However,
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they can finish the work, working on alternate days, in 19( /6) days when B works on the first day. How
many days does A alone take to finish the work?

163) A can do a piece of work in 12 days, while B alone can do it in 15 days, with the help of C they can finish
it in 5 days. If they are paid Tk.960 for the whole work, what is the share of A?
[JBL-RBL – Officer - 2020 (AUST)]
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164) Abdul alone can finish a work in 6 days and Bakul alone in 8 days. Abdul and Bakul undertook to do it for
Tk.3200. With the help of Chinu, they completed the work in 3 days. If the money is to be distributed
among them according to the work they have done, how much is to be paid to Chinu?
[BASIC Bank-2014; NBL-2012; SBAC MTO-2014]

165) Two men undertake to do a piece of work Tk.1400 .the first man do in 7 days second man do in 8 days.
Working together they complete this work in 3 days with the help of a boy. How should the money be
divided?

166) A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B alone can do it in 15 days. They worked together for 5 days
and the rest of the work was done by C in 2 days. If they get Tk.4500 for the whole work, how should they
divide the money? [RAKUB: Off-2016; BB-AD: (FF) – 2015; BASIC Bank – 2014]

167) A can do a piece of work in 10 days, while B can do it in 15 days. They work for 5 days and leave the rest
of the work on C alone, who completes it in 2 days. If they get Tk.1500 for the whole work, then what is
the sum of daily wages of B and C?

168) A does some work in 5 days for which B takes only 4 day. C does the same work in 3 days for which B
takes only 2 days. If all of them complete the job working together and Tk.740 is the daily wages for their
combined work, then find A's share.

169) A does a work in 45 days whereas B does the same work in 36 days. A start the work and was joined by B
after 18 days. If A gets total Tk.2350 as his wage, find the money B will get?

170) The number of days in which A and B can finish a work is 12 days less than the time taken by A alone and
27 days less than the time taken by B alone. If A and B can finish the work in 15 days with the help of C
and if the total compensation of the work is TK.3000, find the share of C.

171) The daily wages of A and B respectively are Tk.3.50 and Tk.2.50. When A finishes a certain work, he gets
a total wage of Tk.63. When B does the same work, he gets a total wage Tk.75. If both of them do it
together what is cost of the work?

172) A man can build a hut in 9 days; a woman can build the same hut in 12 days and a boy can build that hut
in 18 days. After working together for 2 days, the man left and the woman and the boy continued the work
for 2 days. After that the woman left too and the boy finished the rest of the work. If the total wage for this
work is BDT 7910, how much the boy should receive based on the number of days worked?
[MBA - IBA: 60th Batch; May-2018]

173) A, B and C can independently do a work in 15 days, 20 days and 30 days respectively. They work together
for sometime after which C leaves. A total of Tk.18000 is paid for the work and B gets Tk.6000 more than
C. For how many days did A work?

174) A can do a piece of work in 90 days, B in 40 days and C in 12 days. They work for a day each in turn i. e.,
first day A does it alone, B does it the second day and C the third day. After that A does it for another day,
and so on. After finishing the work they get Tk.240. If the wages are divided in proportion to the work
done by them, find what each will get.
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175) If Dave works alone he will take 20 more hours to complete a task than if he worked with Diana to
complete the task. If Diana works alone she will take 5 more hours to complete the task than if she worked
with Dave to complete the task. What is ratio of time taken by Dave to that taken by Diana if each of them
worked alone to complete the task?

176) Machines A and B, working together, take t minutes to complete a particular work. Machine A, working
alone, takes 64 minutes more than t to complete the same work. Machine B, working alone, takes 25
minutes more than t to complete the same work. What is the ratio of the time taken by machine A to the
time taken by machine B to complete this work?

177) 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 along, he would need 4.5 hours more to complete the job than
they both working together. What time would they take to do the work together? [BB-AD - 2014(MCQ)]

178) B takes 12 more hours than A to complete a task. If they work together, they take 16 fewer hours than B
would take to complete the task. How long will it take A and B together to complete a task twice as
difficult as the first one?

179) Abhishek starts to paint a fence on one day. On the second day, two more friend of Abhishek joins him.
On the third day 3 more friends of him join him and so on. If the fence is completely painted this way in
exactly 20 days, then find the number of days in which 10 girls painting together can paint the fence
completely, given that every girl can paint twice as fast as Abhishek and his friends (Boys)? (Assume that
the friends of Abhishek are all boys).

180) If A and B work together, they will complete a job in 7.5 days. However, if A works alone and completes
half the job and then B takes over and completes the remaining half alone, they will be able to complete
the job in 20 days. How long will B alone take to do the job if A is more efficient than B?

181) Working together, Jose and Jane can complete an assigned task in 20 days. However, if Jose worked alone
and complete half the work and then Jane takes over the task and completes the second half of the task, the
task will be completed in 45 days. How long will Jose take to complete the task if he worked alone?
Assume that Jane is more efficient than Jose.

182) P, Q and R are three typists who working simultaneously can type 216 pages in 4 hours. In one hour, R
can type as many pages more than Q as Q can type more than P. During a period of five hours, R can type
as many pages as P can during seven hours. How many pages does each of them type per hour?

183) Sumon had to type 80 pages per day to complete an assignment. He could type only 60 pages per day and
is left with 2000 pages to type in the last 10 days. For how many days has Sumon been typing?

184) Bob and David are two typists. One afternoon, they were each given 40 pages for typing. They divided the
work equally but David finished 20 minutes before Bob who took 2 hours for the same. The next
afternoon, they were again given 77 pages to type. However, this time they decided to divide the work
such that they finished typing simultaneously. How many pages did Bob have to type?

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185) Ronald and Elan are working on an assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer,
while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two
different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?

186) A, B and C have to read a document of seventy eight pages and make a presentation next day. They
realize that the article is difficult to understand and they would require team work to finish the assignment.
A can read a page in two minutes, B in 3 minutes and C in 4 minutes. If they divide the article in to 3 parts
so that all three of them spend the equal amount of time on the article, the number of pages that B should
read is –

187) A manufacturing company uses two machines A and B with different production capacities. When
working alone, machine A can produce a production lot in 5 hours and machine B can produce the same
lot in X hour. When the two machines operate simultaneously to produce the same production lot, it takes
them 2 hours to complete the job. How many hours will the machine B take to produce the production lot
alone? GKwU Drc`vbKvix cÖwZôv‡bi `ywU ‡gwkb A Ges B wfbœ wfbœ Drcv`b ÿgZv m¤úbœ| †gwkb A, 5 N›Uvq hv
Drcv`b Ki‡Z cv‡i, Zv Drcv`b Ki‡Z †gwkb B - Gi x N›Uv mgq jv‡M| hLb `ywU ‡gwkb GK‡Î KvR K‡i ZLb GKB
cY¨ Drcv`b Ki‡Z 2 N›Uv mgq jv‡M| ‡gwkb B GKvKx KvR Ki‡j Zv Drcv`b Ki‡Z KZ N›Uv mgq jvM‡e?
[Combined 3 Banks (SO) – 2018 (AUST); Janata Bank: IT Officer-2016]

188) Machine A, working alone at its constant rate, produces x pounds of peanut butter in 12 minutes. Machine
B, working alone at its constant rate, produces x pounds of peanut butter in 18 minutes. How many
minutes will it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to
produce x pounds of peanut butter? [†gwkb A 12 wgwb‡U x cvDÛ ev`v‡gi gvLb •Zix Ki‡Z cv‡i| mgcwigvY
ev`v‡gi gvLb •Zix Ki‡Z †gwkb B Gi 18 wgwbU mgq jv‡M| ‡gwkb A Ges †gwkb B GK‡Î KvR Ki‡j x cvDÛ
ev`v‡gi gvLb •Zix Ki‡Z KZ mgq †b‡e?] [Sonali Bank (Officer-Cash) – 2019 (AUST)]

189) A machine P/X can print one lakh books in 8 hours; machine Q/Y can print the same number of books in
10 hours while machine R/Z can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 a.m. while
machine P/X is closed at 11 a.m. and the remaining two machines complete the work. Approximately at
what time will the work be finished?
[Combined 2 Banks Officer IT – 2019; Combined 2 Banks Officer – 2018; Janata Bank AEO – 2015]

190) Three men A, B and C working together can do a work in 30 days. They start the work together and A
works for one day and takes rest on the 2nd day, B works for 2 days and takes rest on the next two days
and C works for 3 days and takes rest on the next three days. In how many days will the work be
completed, if A, B, C all works at the same rate?

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