Q31.

3 Typists A, B, C can type 900 pages

in 20 days working 8 hours a day. The
number of pages typed by A in 4 hours is
equal the number of pages typed by C in
1 hour. If in one day B types as many
pages more than A as C types more than
B. Then how many pages does C type in 1
hour ?
3 A, B C

A
C
B A
C B C1

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3.5

Q32. A can finish a work in the
same time as taken by B and C
together. If A and B can finish it in
10 days and C in 50 days then
what time will B alone take to
finish it ?
A
B C
A B
C
B

(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 15

Q33. In a factory there are three shifts of
work in a day each comprising eight
hours. During the three shifts the average
work efficiencies of workers are 80%,
70% and 50% respectively. A work is
completed in the first shift in 60 days. If
the work is done in all the shifts then
how many less days are required to
complete the work ?

(a) 36 (b) 60 (c) 45 (d) 115

Q34. A finishes 6/7th of work in 2
Z hours, B works twice as fast and
finishes the remaining work. For
how long did B work ?

A 2Z
B, A B

𝟐 𝟔 𝟑 𝟓
(a) Z (b) Z (c) Z (d) Z
𝟑 𝟕 𝟏𝟖 𝟔
Q35. A and B can finish a work in
36 days working together. But the
work was finished in 40 days as A
had to work alone in last 10 days.
In what time can B alone finish the
work ?
A B
A

(a) 60 (b) 36 (c) 90 (d) 72

Q36. B + C take 50% more time then
A + B + C to finish a work if all three
work together then B gets 120 Rs. out
of the total wages of 450 Rs. In how
many days will all 3 finish the work if
A + B take 8/3 days more than A+B+C.
B+C A+B+C

B
A+
B, A+B+C

(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 4/3 (d) 6

Q37. B takes Three time taken by
A and C together to finish a work.
C takes twice the time taken by A
and B together to finish it. All
three can finish it in 10 days. In
what time A alone finish it ?
B A C
C A B

(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 24 (d) 60

Q38. In 3/4 time A can complete
only half of B’s work. If both can
finish a work in 20 days then what
time will A take to finish the work.

A B

(a) 50 (b) 30 (c) 100/3 (d) 90

Q39. A can make a building in 20 days. B
can make the same building in 30 days
working together, they take 15 days to
build it as they put 10 bricks less a day.
Find the total number of bricks required
to make the building ?

A B

(a) 250 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) 500

Q40. A and B can finish a work in
10 and 12 days respectively. They
work an alternative days starting
with B. How many days will they
take.

A B

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 9

Q41. A and B can finish a work in 6&
10 hours respectively. At 8 AM the
work is started. Find the earliest time
by which the work will get completed
if they work on alternate hours.

A B

(a) 3:20 PM (b) 4:40 PM

(c) 2:30 PM (d) 3:00 PM
Q42. A, B and C can complete a
work in 10, 20 and 40 days
respectively. They work on
alternate days in the order A, B
and C. In how many days will the
work get completed ?
A, B C

A, B, C

𝟏 𝟐
(a) 16 (b) 15 (C) 17 (d) 16
𝟐 𝟑
Q43. A and B work on alternate days
to finish a work. If A starts the work it
is finished in 17 days and if B starts
𝟐
the work it is finished in 17 days In
𝟑
how many days can A and B together
finish the work ?
A B
A
𝟐
B 17
𝟑
A B

𝟑 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
(a) 8 (b) 8 (c) 8 (d) 8
𝟕 𝟓 𝟓 𝟒
Q44. P, Q and R can finish a work in 15,
20 and 30 days respectively. Only two of
these three work on any given day. But
the same two persons do not work for
any two consequtive days. What is the
least number of days in which the work
can be completed ?

P, Q and R

𝟓 𝟏 𝟔 𝟖
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 4
𝟔 𝟔 𝟕 𝟏𝟑
Q45. A, B and C can complete a work in
15 days. Their efficiencies are in the
rating 1:2:3. After 1/3rd work is finished,
one of them has to be withdrawn due to
budget constraints. If their wages are in
the ratio of 3:5:6. Find the number of
days in which the remaining two persons
can complete the work (at optimal cost).
A, B C

(A) 12 (B) 20 (C) 15 (D) 10

Q46. 20 Men can make 40 toys in
24 days if they work 18 hours a
day. In how many days can 36 men
make 48 toys if they work 16
hours a day.

(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 24

Q47. 60 men finish a work in 25
days working 12 hours a day. In
how many days will 50 men finish
double work working 15 hours a
day? If 3 men do the same work in
2 hours as 4 men do in 3 hours.
Q48. If a family of 9 men in Indore
spends Rs. 16380 in a year, what
must be the expenses of 8 men in
Calcutta who live in the same style
for 7 months assuming that the prices
at Calcutta are 3/5th of what they are
in Indore?

(A) Rs. 5096 (B) Rs. 5460

(C) Rs. 4879 (D) Rs. 5224
Q49. A contractor employed 60
men to finish a work in 75 days
but after 25 days only 1/4th work
was finished. How many more
men are required so that the work
is finished in given time?

(A) 90 (B) 25 (C) 30 (D) 40

Q50. In a camp 95 men had
provisions for 200 days. After 5
days, 30 men left the camp. For
how many days will the remaining
food last now?

(A) 285 days (B) 270 days

(C) 300 days (D) 250 days
Q51. A garrison of 3300 men had
provisions for 32 days, when given at the
rate of 850 gms. per head per day. At the
end of 7 days, a reinforcement arrives
and it was found that the provisions will
last for 17 days more, when given at the
rate of 825 gms per head per day. What is
the strength of the reinforcement?

(A) 1500 (B) 1700 (C) 1800 (D) 2000

Q52. 40 men can do a piece of
work in 20 days. After how many
days 8 men left the work that
work should be done in 24 days?

(A) 8 days (B) 12 days

(C) 6 days (D) 4 days
Q53. One hundred men in 10 days do a third
of a piece of work. The work is then required
to be completed in another 13 days. On the
next day (the eleventh day) 50 more men are
employed and on the day after that, another
50. How many men must be discharged at the
end of the 18th day so that the rest of the
men, working for the remaining time, will just
complete the work?

(A) 100 (B) 105 (C) 110 (D) 115

(E) None of these
Q54. 150 workers were engaged to finish a
piece of work in certain number of days. Four
workers dropped the second day, four
workers dropped the third day and so on. It
takes 8 more days to finish the work now.
Find the number of days in which the work
was copleted?

(A) 24 days (B) 40 days

(C) 17days (D) 25 days