ASSIGNMENT: Time & Work

Question: A can do a certain work in 16 days and B can do the same work in 8 days. In how
many days A & B together can complete the whole work?

Question: A can do a certain work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 12 days. They
started work together but after 5 days A left and B finished the remaining work. In how
many days B can complete the remaining work?

Question: Amit can do a work in 12 days and Sagar in 15 days. If they work on it together
for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is:
A. 3/20 B. 3/5 C. 2/5 D. 2/20

Question: A and B working respectively, can do a piece of work in 6 and 9 days. They work
on alternate days starting with A on the first day. In how many days will the work be
completed?

Question: Ram and Raju working separately can construct a wall in 20 and 24 days. They
work on alternate days starting with Raju on first day. In how many days will the wall will be
completed?

Question: Aditya, Vedus and Yuvraj alone can do a job in 6 weeks, 9 weeks and 12 weeks
respectively. They work together for 2 weeks. Then Aditya leaves the job. Vedus leaves the
job after one more week. The job would be completed in:
A. 4 weeks B. 5 weeks C. 7 weeks D. None of the
above

Question: A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 15 and 20 days respectively. They started
doing the work together but after 2 days C had to leave the job, A and B work for 2 more
days before A also left the job and B alone completed the remaining work. The work was
completed in how many days?
Question: Stuart, Jack and Leo are colleagues working in a plant. Stuart and Jack can do a
work in 10days, Jack and Leo can do the same work in 15 days while Stuart and Leo can do
it in 12days. All of them started the work together. How many days will they take to finish
the the work?
A.9 B. 12 C. 8 D. 7.5

Question: A and B can do a piece of work in 21 and 24 days respectively. They start the
work together and after some days A leaves the work and B completes the remaining work
in 9 days. After how many days did A leave?
A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 6

Question: B is twice efficient as A and A can do a piece of work in 15 days. A started the
work and after a few days B joined him. They completed the work in 11 days, from the
starting. For how many days did they work together?
A. 1 day B. 2 days C. days D. 5 days

Question: A built 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. None of the above

Question: A contract is to be completed in 50 days and 105 men were set to work, each
working 8 hours a day. After 25 days, 2/5th of the work is finished, how many additional
men be employed so that the work may be completed on time, each man now working 9
hours a day?
A. 34 B. 36 C. 35 D. 37

Question: A contract is to be completed in 56 days and 104 men are set to work, each
working 8hours a day. After 30 days, 2/5th of the work is finished. How many additional
men may be employed so that work may be completed on time, each man now working 9
hours per day?
A. 56 men B. 65 men C. 46 men D. None of the above
Question: Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of
180 bottles per hour. How many bottles could 15 such machines produce in 30 minutes?
A. 225 B. 300 C. 250 D. 350

Question: A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18
days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?

Question: A men and 3 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. If women can do 50% of
the work that a man can do, in how many days a women will do the job when doing it
alone?

Question: Four men and three women can do a job in 6 days. When 5 men and 6 women
work on the same job, the work gets completed in 4 days. How long will 2 women and 3
men take to do the job?
A. 18 B. 10 C. 8.3 D. 12

Question: . In the marketing management course of an MBA programme, you and your
roommate can complete an assignment in 30 days. If you are twice as efficient as your
roommate, the time complete required by each to complete the assignment individually is:
A. 45 days and 90 days B. 40 days and 120 days C. 30 days and 60 days D. 45 days
and 135 days

Question: Ram completes 60% of a task in 15 days and then takes the help of Rahim and
Rachel. Rahim is 50% as efficient as Ram is and Rachel is 50% as efficient as Rahim is. In how
many more days will they complete the work?
A. 121/3 B. 51/7 C . 40/7 D. 65/7

Question: The digging work of the DMRC on the Adchini-Andheriamore stretch requires
twenty-four men to complete the work in sixteen days. As a part of the task if DMRC were
to hire thirty two women, they can complete the same work in twenty four days. Sixteen
men and sixteen women started working. Find in how many days the work will be finished?
A. 48 B. 24 C. 36 D. 16
Question: 12 men can complete a work in ten days. 20 women can complete the same work
in twelve days. 8 men and 4 women started working and after nine days 10 more women
joined them. How many days will they new take to complete the remaining work?
A. 2 days B. 5 days C. 8 days D. 10 days

Question: In a camp, there is ration for 500 men for 40 days. After 10 days, 250 more men
joined. Find in how many days, remaining ration would last?

Question: Three carpenters P,Q and R are entrusted with office furniture work. P can do a
job in 42 days. If Q is 26% more efficient than P and R is 50% more efficient than Q, then Q
and R together can finish the job in approximately:
A. 11 days B. 13 days C. 15 days D. 17 days

Question: Three Professors Dr. Gupta, Dr. Sharma and Dr. Singh are evaluating answer
scripts of subject, Dr. Gupta is 40% more efficient than Dr. Sharma. Dr. Gupta takes 10 days
less than Dr. Sharma & Dr. Singh takes 42 days to complete the evaluation work alone. Dr.
Gupta starts the evaluation work and works for 10 days and then Dr. Sharma takes over. Dr.
Sharma evaluates for next 15 days and then stops. In how many days, Dr. Singh can
complete the remaining evaluation work.
A. 72 days B. 9.5 days C. 11.5 days D. None of these

Question: Mohit, Mahesh & Chetan can completely finish a task in 4 days. Mohit & Chetan
take 15 days less than Mahesh working alone. Mahesh works on the problem for first 2
days and then Mohit & Chetan join him. After another two days, Mahesh quits. In how
many days is the problem actually solved?
A. 8 days B. 12 days C. 6 days D. 4 days