Time - Work

TIME AND WORK
1. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do (a)12 days (b) 15 days
same work in 30 days. They start the work to-
(c)10 days (d) 20 days
gether. In how many days, the work will be com-
pleted? 5. Ram can do a piece of work in 10 days and mohan
can do the same piece of work in 15 days. They
A B started the work together but after 3 days, Ram
left the work. In how many days, the total work
got completed?
(a)12 days (b) 15 days

(c)18 days (d) 20 days
2. A can do a piece of work in 45 days and B can do
same work in 60 days. In how many days will
A&B do this work together?
1 1
A B (a) 10 days (b) 8 days
2 3
1 1
(c) 9 days (d) 7 days
4 2
5 5
(a) 35 days (b) 25 days 6. Raju can do a piece of work in 15 days while
7 7 Rinki can do the same piece of work in 25 days.
They started the work together but after 5 days,
5 15 Rinki has to leave the work, in how many days,
7 17 Raju can do the double of the remaining work?
3. 'A' can complete a work in 30 days. B can com-

plete the same work in 36 days while C can
complete it in 45 days. In how many days A, B
and C together can complete it.
A 30 B 36
C 45 A, B C (a) 14 days (b) 7 days
(A) 10 days (B) 12 days 7. 'A' can complete a work in 30 days. B can com-
(C) 15 days (D) 18 days plete the same work in 36 days, while C can
complete it in 45 days. They together started
4. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do the work but after 9 days. A left the work in
the same work in 30 days. They start the work how many days remaining work will be com-
together, but after 8 days, A left the work. In pleted.
how many days, B will complete the remaining A B
work?
C
A B A
A (A) 3 days (B) 5 days

(C) 6 days (D) 8 days
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8. A can complete a work in 30 days. B can com- how many days the work was finished.
plete it in 36 days while C can finish it in 45
days, A and B started the work together but A B
after 9 days A left and C joined in how many C A, B C
days the work was finished. C
A 30 B 36
C 45 A B (A) 12 days (B) 15 days
9 A C (C) 16 days (D) 18 days
13. A can complete a work in 60 days. B can com-
(A) 12 days (B) 12 days pleted it in 72 days while C can finish it in 90
days. A, B and C started the work together but
A left the work before 5 days of completion in
9. A can do a piece of work in 18 days while B can how many days work was finished.
do the same piece o f work in 24 days, they started
A 60 B 72
the work together, but before 4 days of comple-
tion the work, B left and A completes the remain-
C 90 A, B C
ing work. In how many days the total work com- A
pleted?
A B (A) 20 days (B) 24 days

B 14. A can complete a work in 80 days. B can com-
A
B and C left the work before 5 days of comple-
tion in how many days work was finished.
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days
A 80 B
C A, B C
10. A can do a piece of work in 16 days and B can do B C
the same piece of work in 12 days. A had to left
the work before 5 days of completion the work.
How many days, they worked together?
(A) 32 days (B) 35 days
A B
A (C) 38 days (D) 40 days
15. A can complete a work in 30 days. B can finish
it in 36 days while C can finish it in 45 days.
They started the work together A left the work
(a) 4 days (b) 5 days 5 days before the work was completed B left 2
days after A had left. Number of days required
(c) 8 days (d) 7 days to complete the whole work.
11. A can do a piece of work in 21 days and B can do
A 30 B 36
the same piece of work in 28 days, 'A' left the
C 45
work before 7 days of completion the work, In
how many days, the total work completed? A
B, A
A B
A
16. A can complete a work in 36 days, B in 45
(c) 15 days (d) 20 days days and C in 60 days. They started the work
together but A left the work 5 days before the
12. A can complete work in 36 days. B can com-
work was completed and B left 1 day before A
plete it in 45 days and C can finish it in 60
had left. How many days required to complete
days A, B and C started the work together but
the work?
C left the work before 4 days of completion in
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A 36 B 45 3
C 60 (A) 19 days (B) 22 days
7
A
B, A 4
9
1 5 it in 72 days while C can finish it in 90 days.
9 2 A, B and C started the work together but B left
after 8 days from beginning and C left before 9
1 1 days of completion. In how many days the work
2 2 was finished.
17. A, B and C are able to complete a piece of work A 60 B 72
in 12 days,15 days,18 days respectively. They C 90 A, B C
all start the work together but after 2 days from
C 9
begning A left and B left the work before 3 days
B
of completion. In how many days, whole work
will be completed?
A, B C 3
10
A 3 4
B 5 11
5 5 days. A, B and C started the work together but
(a) 8 days (b) 9 days A left the work before 10 days of completion
11 11
and C left 15 days after beginning the work. In
(c) 11 days (d) 8 days how many days the work was finished.
18. A can complete a work in 30 days. B can com- A 80 B 96
plete it in 36 days, while C can finish it in 45 C 120 A, B C
A 10
A left before 5 days of completion and B left 6
days after beginning the work in how many C
days the work was finished.
A 30 B 36 3 7
C 45 A, B C 7 11
A 5
4 3
B (C) 45 days (D) 46 days
9 10
(A) 12 days (B) 15 days it in 45 days. In how many days the work was
(C) 16 days (D) 18 days finished if A and B work at alternate days re-
spectively?
plete it in 45 days and C can finish it in 60 A 36 B 45
days. A, B and C started the work together but A, B
B left before 12 days of completion and C left
after 10 days from beginning the work in how
many days the work was finished. (A) 30 days (B) 35 days
A 36 B 45 (C) 36 days (D) 40 days
C 60 A, B C 23. A can do a certain piece of work in 18 days, B
B 12 can do the same work in 24 days and C do the
C same work in 36 days. In how many days the
work was finished if A, B and C work at alter-
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nate days respectively? 4 3
A 18 B 24 9 7
C 36 A B 5 3
C (C) 25 days (D) 21 days
9 7
27. A + B together can complete a work in 30 days
B + C together finish it in 36 days while C + A
together finish it in 45 days. In how many days
(C) 30 days (D) 28 days A, B and C together can finish it
24. A can do a certain piece of work in 18 days, B A B B C

can do the same work in 24 days and C do the C A
same work in 36 days. A works all the time and B A, B C
and C helps A in alternative days, starting with
B, then in how many days the work got com-
pleted? (A) 20 days (B) 15 days
A 18 B 24
28. A and B together can complete a work in 36
C 36 A days B and C together can finish it in 45 days
B C while C and A together can finish it in 60 days.
If A work half efficiency and C work twice effi-
ciency. A, B and C started the work together
(A) 15 days (B) 11 days but A left before 4 days of completion and C
left 3 days after A had left. Find number of
(C) 12 days (D) 13 days days required to complete the work?
25. A can complete 5/8 in 50 days. B can com- A B B C
1 C A
plete of work in 8 days while C can finish
12 A
3 C
of work in 45 days. In how many days work A, B C A
8
will be finished if B work per day while A and C C A
assist him at every alternate days respectively.
A B (A) 31 days (B) 32 days

1 3 (C) 33 days (D) 34 days
C
12 8 29. A men can complete a work in 8 days, 3 women
B can do it in 16 days while 12 boys can finish it
A C in 8 days. 3 men 4 women and 5 boys started
the work together but after 3 days men left
and 2 more boys joined. In how many days re-
(A) 45 days (B) 48 days maining work will be finished?
26. A can complete 4/9 of work in 16 days B can
complete 3/5 of work in 27 days while C can
finish 11/15 of work in 44 days. In how many
days the work will be finished if B work per
days while A and C assist him at every alter-
nate days respectively
A B
C
B 30. 16 men can do a work in 5 days, 12 women
can do it in 8 days while 20 boys can finish it
A C in 6 days. 5 men, 6 women and 10 boys started
work together but after 3 days men and women
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left how many more boys are needed to finish 2
remaining workin 3/4 of a day A 5 14
5
B 6 15
1
C 7 17
7
(A) 60 Boys (B) 55 Boys (A) days (B) 5 days

(C) 50 Boys (D) 45 Boys (C) days (D) 7 days
31. A man, a woman and a boy can complete a job
in 3 days, 4 days and 12 days respectively. 3
34. A can complete a work in 11 days working 7
How many boys must assist 1 man and 1 7
woman to complete the job in 1/4 of day.
1
hrs per day. B can complete it in 19 days
5
working 5 hrs per day while C can finish it in
1
13 days working 9 hrs per day. In how many
3
(A) 5 boys (B) 15 boys days together they finish it if they work 8 hr
per day.
(C) 41 boys (D) 48 boys
3
2 A 7 11
32. A can complete a work in 6 days working 9 7
3
hrs per day. B can complete it in 15 days 1
B 5 19
working 8 hrs per day. C can complete it in 5
1 1
22 days working 4 hrs per day. In how many C 9 13
7 3
days they can finish it together if they work 9
hrs a day.
2 (A) 4 days (B) 3 days

A 9 6
3
B 8 15 (C) 5 days (D) 2 days
1 35. 1 Man, 3 Women and 4 boys can do a work in

C 4 22 96 hrs, 2 men and 8 boys can do it in 80 hrs.
2
While 2 men and 3 women can do it in 120 hr.
In how many hours can it be done by 5 men
and 12 boys.
3 1
13 13
5 3
11 13
2 5 7
33. A can complete a work in 14 days working 5 (A) 41 hrs. (B) 48 hrs.
5
11 11
hrs per day. B can complete it in 15 days
working 6 hrs per day while C can finish it in 7 7
1 (C) 43 hrs. (D) 42 hrs.
17 days working 7 hrs per day. In how many 11 11
7
36. The ratio of the efficiencies of A, B and C is 2 : 5
days together they finish it if they work 6 hr
: 3. Working together, they can complete a work
per day.
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4 A B B C
in 27 days. B and C together can complete th A,B C
9
part of the work in : [CGL Pre 2017] 16 B
A, B C 2:5:3
B
4
C,
9 41. A is twice as fast as B and thrice as fast as C.
They working together complete a work in 15
days. In how many days B and C together can
(a) 27 days (b) 15 days finish it.
1 A B C A
(c) 17 days (d) 24 days ,B C 15
7
B C
: 3. Working together, they can complete that work
in 25 days. A and C together will complete 35% of
that work in: [CGL Pre 2017]
A, B C 4:5:3
42. Man is twice as fast as a woman, and thrice as
A C 35% fast as a boy. If 1 man, 2 women and 3 boys
together can finish it in 3 days. In how many
days 1 boy alone can finish it.
1 2 3
: 4. Working together, they can finish a work in 3 1
35 days. A and B work together for 28 days. The
remaining work will be completed (in days) by C
alone: [CGL Pre 2017] (a) 18 days (b) 24 days
A, B C 7:5:4 (c) 25 days (d) 27 day

43. B takes twice the time that of A and thrice
A B the time that of C to finish the work. Working
C together they finish it in 24 days. In how many
days A and B together can finish it.
(a) 56 (b) 63
(c) 49 (d) 60 B A C
24
39. The efficiencies of A, B and C are in the ratio 5 :
3 : 8. Working together they can complete a work A B
in 30 days. A and B worked together for 20 days.
The remaining work will be completed by C alone
is: [CGL Pre 2017] (a) 48 days (b) 45 days
A, B C 5:3:8 (c) 72 days (d) 66 days

44. A takes twice the time to finish a work that of
A B B and C together. While B takes thrice the time
C that of A and C together. Working together they
finish it in 15 days. In how many days C alone
(a) 40 days (b) 36 days can finish it.
A B C
40. A is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as B, A C
C. A, B and C working together can complete a
work in 16 days. In how many days B alone
can complete it. 15 C
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48. A and B together can finish a work in 24 days
they started the work together but after 21
(a) 24 days (b) 30 days days B left and A finish the remaining work in
(c) 36 days (d) 45 days 5 days. In how many days B alone can finish
at.
45. A and B can complete a work in 1/3rd time
that of C while B and C complete the work in A B 24
1/4th time that of A. They together completer 21
a work in 22 days. In how many days B alone B A, 5
can finish it.
B
A B C 1/3
B C A 1/4
22 B (c) 75 days (d) 90 days

49. A man and his son together can complete a
work in 24 days. They started the work
(a) 35 days (b) 40 days together if last 6 days man work alone then
(c) 44 days (d) 48 days work finished in 26 days. In how many days
son alone can finish it
46. A and B can complete a work in 5/8 time that
of C. While B can finish it in 11/9 time that of 24
A and C together working together they finish
it in 43 days. In how many days A alone can 6 26
finish it.
A B C 5/8
B A C
11/9
43 A (c) 72 days (d) 96 days
50. A started a work and left after working for 4
days then B was called and he finished it in 18
days. If a left after working for 6 days B would
(c) 260 days (d) 275 days finish it in 12 days. In how many days A alone
47. A and B together takes 50% of time that of C can finish it.
1 A 4
while B and C together takes 33 % of time that
3 B 18
of A. If B work per day while A and C A 6 B
respectively assist him at alternate days then
12 A
7
work is finished in 18 days. In how many
8
days B alone can finish it.
A B C 50%
1 51. A and B together can complete a work in 8
B C A 33 % days. If A work twice as efficiently & B work
3
1/3 as efficiently as actually they did, then
B A C work finished in 6 days. In how many days B
7 alone finish it.
18
8 A B 8
B A B
1/3 6
(a) 35 days (b) 32 days B

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1 56. A and B together complete a work in 12 days
(a) 13 days (b) 15 days B and C together complete it in 16 days. If A
3
work for 5 days, B for 7 days and C complete
(c) 18 days (d) 20 days the remaining work in 13 days. Then find C
would complete the work in how many days.
52. To do a certain work, A and B work on alternate
days, with B beginning the work on the first day. A B 12
A can finish the work alone in 48 days. If the
B C 16
1
work gets completed in 11 days, then B alone A 5 B7 C
3
can finish 4 times the same work in: 13 C
A B
B (a) 24 days (b) 21 days
A 48 (c) 20 days (d) 18 days
1
11 B 57. A and B together complete a work in 16 days,
3
B and C together complete it in 20 days. If A
4 work for 6 days, B for 16 days and C complete
[CGL (Pre) 2018] the remaining work in 15 days. In how many
days C alone can finish it.
A B 16
B C 20
53. A is thrice as good as workman as B and A 6 B 16 C
therefore able to finish a job in 60 days less
15 C
than B. In how many days A and B together
can do it
A B A B (a) 35 days (b) 40 days
60 A B (c) 42 days (d) 45 days
58. A alone would takes 9 days more to complete
1 a work than A and B together, B takes 4 days
(a) 20 days (b) 22 days more to complete a work alone that of A and B
2
together. In how many days they together do
(c) 25 days (d) 30 days it.
54. A is four times good as B therefore able to finish A A B 9
a job in 45 days less than B. In how many days
B, A B
A and B together can do it.
4 A
A B A B B
45 A B
(c) 8 days (d) 9 day
59. A and B together can complete a work in 'D'
days. If A work alone it takes (D + 18) days and
55. A is 5/3 times good as B therefore able to if B work alone it takes (D + 8) days. What is
finish a job in 20 days less than B. In how many the value of 'D'?
days A and B together can do it.
A B D
A B A B A (D+18) B
20 A B (D+8) D
(a) 37/2 days (b) 75/4 days (a) 8 days (b) 12 days
(c) 75/2 days (d) 75 days (c) 15 days (d) 18 day
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60. A takes 5 days more than B to complete a work 64. A and B together can complete a work in 100/
and 9 days more than C. A and B together can 9 days. If A work alone it takes 5 days more
do the same work in same time as C. How many that of B alone. In how many days B alone can
days A would take to do it? do it.
A B 5 C 9 A B 100/9
A B A B 5
C A B
(a) 16 days (b) 10 days (c) 30 days (d) 40 day
3
61. Three men A, B and C working together can 65. A and B together can complete a work in 9
5
do a work in 6 hrs less than that of A alone do,
days. If A work alone it takes 8 days more that
1 hrs less time than B alone and half the time
of B alone. In how many days B alone can do
needed by C. In how many days will A and B
it.
together can finish it?
A, B C A 3
A B 9
6 B 1 C 5
A B A B 8
B
2 4
(a) days (b) days (c) 18 days (d) 24 day
3 3
66. 40 men can complete a piece of work in 40
5 7 days. They started the work together but at
(c) days (d) days
3 3 the end of each 10th day 5 men left the job. In
how many days work would hav e been
62. A and B together can complete a work in 12 completed.
days. If A work alone it takes 10 days more
that of B alone. In how many days B alone can 40 40
do it. 10
A B 12 5
A B 10
B
2 2
(a) 20 days (b) 30 days 3 3
(c) 35 days (d) 45 day
1 1
1 3 3
63. A and B together can complete a work in 7
5 67. 33 men can do a job in 30 days. If 44 men
days. If A work alone it takes 6 days more that started the work together and after every day
of B alone. In how many days B alone can do one person leave the work. Find the minimum
it. number of days required to complete the work.
1 33 30 44
A B 7
5
A B 6
B
(a) 12 days (b) 18 days (a) 35 days (b) 40 days
(c) 15 days (d) 20 day (c) 45 days (d) 44 day
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68. A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days, B A 25%
but 20 men dropped out everyday. The job was 13
completed at the end of 7th day. Find the men
who are in the work initially. A
A B 4
4
5% B
20
7
(a) 16(b) 18
(a) 125 men (b) 135 men (c) 20(d) 22
(c) 140 men (d) 150 men 72. Ram and Shyam together take an arsignment.
Ram takes 6 hours to type 32 pages while Shyam
69. A group of worker can completed a piece of takes 5hrs. to type 40 pages. How much time
work in 50 days when they are working they should take to type an arisgment of 110
individually. On the first day one person work, pages if they work together?
on the second day another person join him, on
the third day one more person join them and 6
th is pr ocess cont inue ti ll the work is 32 5 40
completed. How many approx. days are needed 110
to complete the work.
1 1
4 4
1 3
4 4
73. Three cooks have to make 80 golgappe. They
are known to make 20 pieces every minute
(a) 8 days (b) 9 days working together. The first cook began working
(c) 10 days (d) 11 day alone and made 20 piece having worked for
so me ti mes mor e than 3 minutes. The
70. A, B and C finished a work in 10 days. Initially remaining part of work was done by second
they started the work together but C work only and third cook together. It took total 8 minute
for 3 days when 37/100 of job was done. Work to complete 80 golgappe. How many minute
done by A in 5 days equals the work done by B would it take the first cook alone to cook 80
in 4 days. How many days required to fasted golgappe.
person to complete entire work.
80
A, B C 10
C 20 3
37/100
B 4 A 5 8 80
80
(a) 20 days (b) 25 days (a) 18 min. (b) 12 min.

(c) 30 days (d) 40 day (c) 16 min. (d) 20 min
71. B needs 25% more time than A, when they work 74. 25 men can complete a work in 42 days. How
alone. They two finish the job in 13 days in the many additional men are needed to finish the
following manner: A works alone till half of the work in 7 days earlier.
job is done, then A and B work together for four
days, B work alone to complete remaining 5% of 25 42
the job. In how many days B alone finish the en-
tire job? 7
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(a) 3 men (b) 5 men 80. If the work done by (x–1) men in (x+1) days is
to the work done by (x+2) men in (x–1) days
(c) 8 men (d) 10 men are in the ratio 9 : 10, then the value of x is
75. A certain number of engineers can develop a equal to:
design in 40 days. If there were 5 more (x–1) (x+1)
engineers it could be finished 10 days earlier. (x+2) (x–1)
How many engineers were there in the
9:10 x
beginning.
(A) 5 (B) 6
40 5
10 (C) 7 (D) 8
81. If 90 men can do a certain job in 16 days, work-
ing 12 hours per day, then the part of that
(a) 18 (b) 20 work which can be completed by 70 men in 24
(c) 15 (d) 25 days, working 8 hours per day is
76. A job was assigned to a group of men to do it

in 20 days. But 12 men did not turn up for job
and remaining men did the job in 32 days. The
original number of men in group was
(A) 1/3 (B) 2/3
20 (C) 7/9 (D) 5/8
12
82. If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can
32 make 460 chairs in 240 days, then the num-
ber of chairs made by 18 carpenters in 36 days
each working 8 hours a day is
(a) 40 (b) 36
(c) 34 (d) 32
77. If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1
spider will make 1 web in how many days?
(A) 92 (B) 132
(C) 138 (D) 126
83. If 36 Men can dig a trench 200 mt. long 3 mt.
(A) 1 (B) 7/2 wide and 2 mt deep in 6 days working 10 hrs.
(C) 7 (D) 49 per day. In how many days working 8 hrs. per
day will 10 men dig a trench 100 mt. long 4
78. If 72 men can build a wall fo 280 m length in
mt. wide and 3 mt. deep.
21 days, how many men could take 18 days to
build a similar type of wall of length 100 m? 36 200 3 2
10 6
8 10
100 4 3
(A) 30 (B) 10
(C) 18 (D) 28 (a) 27 days (b) 24 days
79. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days work- (c) 21 days (d) 18 days
ing 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30
persons working 6 hours a day complete the 84. 'X' Men can complete 'X' unit work in 'X' days
work? working 'X' hours per day. How many unit work
can be done by 'Y' men, 'Y' days working 'Y'
hours per days.
X X X X
Y Y Y
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find the ration b/w efficiency of 1 man and 1
X2
(a) Y (b) woman.
Y
2 X Y
X3 Y3 3 1 1
(c) 2 (d) 2
Y X
85. 15 Men finish 6/7th or work in '2d' days (a) 2 : 3 (b) 2Y : 3X

working 3 hrs. per day. 14 Men working 5 hrs.
per day finish the remaining work. For how (c) 3Y : 2X (d) 2Y : X
long did they work? 89. 2 coal loading machines each working 12 hr.
15 6/7th per day for 8 days handle 9000 tonnes of coal
with an efficiency of 90% while 3 other coal
2d 14 loading machines at an efficiency of 80% are
set to handle 12000 tonnes of coal in 6 days.
Find how many hr. per day each should work.
5d 3d
(a) days (b) days
14 14
9d 11
(c) days (d) day
14 7
86. A contractor undertakes to dig a canal in 48 (a) 9 hr. (b) 12 hr.

days and employ 96 men. But after 12 days 2/
7 work has been completed. How many men (c) 16 hr. (d) 20 hr
he can withdraw from work to finish the work 90. If 9 men working 7 ½ hr. per day can finish a
in time. work in 20 days then in how many days will be
taken by 12 Men working 6 hr. per day to finish
48
the same work. If it is being given that 2 Men
96 of latter type work in 2 hr. as much as 3 men
12 2/7 of former type in 1.
9 7½
(a) 12 men (b) 15 men

(c) 16 men (d) 20 me 2 2
87. An engineer undertake a project to build a road 3
12 km long in 350 days and employ 45 men. (a) 25 days (b) 27 days
After 200 days he finds that only 4.5 km of
road has been completed. Find the number of (c) 30 days (d) 35 days
extra men he must employ to finish the work 91. In a fort there was sufficient food for 200
in time. soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days 120 soldiers
left the fort. For how many extra days will the
rest of food last for remaining soldiers.
350 45
200 200 31
27 120
(a) 45 men (b) 55 men (a) 6 days (b) 8 days

(c) 65 men (d) 75 me (c) 10 days (d) 12 days
88. 2 men can complete a work in X days while Y 92. A builder decided to build a farmhouse in 40
women can complete the same work in 3 days days. He employed 100 Men in the beginning
12 Adutiya Sir
and 100 more after 35 days and completed the 95. A does half as much work as B in three-fourth
work in stipulated time. If he had not employed of the time. If together they take 18 days to
the additional men, how many days behind complete a work, how much time shall B take
schedule would it have been finished? to do it alone?
A, B
40
B
100
35
(C) 40 dyas (D) 45 days
96. A does half as much work as B in one-third of
the time taken by B. If together they take 10
(a) 5 days (b) 6 days days to complete a work, then the time taken
by B alone to do it would have been
A, B
93. A manufacturing job was wrongly estimated to
B
be completed in 10 days by x machines. By
deploying 3 extra machines the job was
completed in 12 days. If only one additional (A) 30 days (B) 25 days
machine was used, how many days more than (C) 6 days (D) 12 days
that estimated would it have taken to complete
the job. 97. A can do one and a half as much of a work
which B can do in one day. B alone can do a
x piece of work in 18 days. They together can
finish that work in
A, B A
B
1 1
2x  26 2x  32 (A) 10 days (B) 11 days
(a) (b) 5 5
x 1 x 1
1 1
2x  26 2x  32 (C) 5 days (D) 7 days
(c) (d) 5 5
x 1 x 1
98. 3 Men or 4 Boys can complete a work in 43
94. Alford got an order from a garment manufacturer days. 7 Men and 5 boys together complete it?
for 480 Denim Shirts. He brought 12 sewing ma-
chines and appointed some expert tailors to do 3 4 43
the job. However, many didn't report to duty. As 7 5
a result, each of those who did, had to stitch 32
more shirts than originally planned by Alford,
with equal distribution of work. How many tai- (a) 12 days (b) 15 days
lors had been appointed earlier and how many
had not reported for work?
99. 5 Men or 9 Women can finish a work in 19
days. In how many days 3 men and 6 women
can complete 3/5 of work.
5 9 19
3 6
(a) 12,4 (b) 10,3 (a) 7 days (b) 8 days

(c) 10,4 (d) None of these (c) 9 days (d) 6 days
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100. 1 Man or 2 Women or 3 boy can complete a 3 4 16
work in 44 days. In how many days 1 Man, 1 4 3 12
Woman and 1 boy together finish it
1 1
1 2 3 44
1 1 1 (a) 24 days (b) 32 days
(a) 12 days (b) 18 days 105. 4 Men and 6 Women can complete 5/4 of work
(c) 24 days (d) 30 days in 10 days while 3 Men and 7 Women can
complete 7/5 of work in 14 days. In how many
101. 2 men or 3 Women or 4 Boys can complete a days 10 Women can finish 7/8 of the work.
3/7 of work in 46 days. In how many days 1
Man, 2 Woman and 3 Boys together can 4 6 10
complete 3/4 of work. 3 7
2 3 4 14
46 1 2 3 10
(a) 35 days (b) 42 days 106. A, B and C can complete a work in 18 days, 24
days, 36 days respectively. Doing work
(c) 49 days (d) 50 days together they get an amount of 135000. What
102. 2 Men and 3 boys can complete a work in 10 is the share of B in that amount.
days while 3 Men and 2 Boys can complete the A, B C 18 24 36
same work in 8 days. In how many days 2 Men
and 1 Boy can finish it.
135000 B
2 3 10
3 2 8
(a) 35000 (b) 40000
2 1
(c) 45000 (d) 37500
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days 107. A, B and C can do a work in 12 days, 18 days
and 30 days respectively. They finish the work
1 1 together and earn 31000. What is the share of
(c) 12 days (d) 13 day A.
2 3
103. 4 Men and 3 Women finish a job in 6 days A, B C 12 18 30

while 5 Men and 7 Women can do same job in
4 days. How long will 1 Man and 1 Women take 31000 A
to the work?
4 3 6 (a) 15000 (b) 10000
5 7 4 (c) 6000 (d) 12000
1 1
108. Two men undertake to do a piece of work for
200000. One alone can do it in 36 days the
2 1 other in 48 days. With the assistance of a boy
(a) 22 days (b) 25 days they finish it in 18 days. How much money
7 2
should be given to boy.
1 7
(c) 5 days (d) 12 day 200000
7 22
36
104. 3 Men and 4 Boys can complete a work in 16 48
days while 4 Men and 3 Boys can complete it
18
in 12 days. In how many days 1 Man and 1 Boy
finish it.
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(a) 65000 (b) 45000 10 5 125000
(c) 25000 (d) 20000 2 160000
8
109. A and B contract to do a work together for
1,50,000. A alone can do it in 48 days. B alone (a) 8 men (b) 7 men
can do it in 32 days. But with help of C they
finish it in 16 days. Find share of C. (c) 5 men (d) 4 men
114. 5 men and 5 women earn 66000 in 3 days.
A B 1,50,0000
While 10 men and 20 women earn 350000 in
A 48 5 days. In how many days 6 men and 4 women
B, 32 C ear 106000.
16 C
5 5 3 66000
10 20 5
(a) 15000 (b) 30000 350000 6 4 106000
(c) 50000 (d) 25000
110. A, B and C contract to do a work for 57500. A (a) 5 days (b) 6 days
and B together complete 17/23 of work while (c) 7 days (d) 8 days
B and C together complete 15/23 work. How
much should B get. 115. 4 men and 6 boys earn 160000 in 5 days while
3 men and 7 boys earn 174000 in 6 days. In
A, B C 57500 how many days will 7 men and 6 boys earn
A B 17/23 376000.
B C 15/23
4 6 5 160000
B
3 7 6
(a) 20000 (b) 22500 174000 7 6 376000
(c) 17500 (d) 24500
111. A and B together can complete 7/12 of work (a) 6 days (b) 8 days
while B and C together complete 5/8 work. If (c) 9 days (d) 10 days
they contract to do work together for 120000.
What is the share of B. 116. A skilled, a half skilled and an unskilled
labourer work for 7, 8 and 10 days respectively
A B 7/12 B C and they together get Rs. 369 for their work.
5/8 1 1 1
: : ,
If the ratio of their each day's work is
120000 3 4 6
B then how much does the trained labourer get
(in rupees)?
(a) 22500 (b) 24000
(c) 23500 (d) 25000
112. Wages of 20 women for 15 days is 9 lakh. If 1 1 1
daily wages of a man is one and half times that : :
3 4 6
of a woman. How many men must work for 30
days to earn 13.5 lakh.
(A) 164 (B) 102.50
20 15 9
1.5 13.5 (C) 201.50 (D) 143.50
30 117. If a man earns Rs. 2000 for his first 50 hours
of work in a week and is then paid one and a
(a) 10 men (b) 12 men half times his regular hourly rate for any addi-
(c) 15 men (d) 16 men tional hours, then the hours must he work to
make Rs. 2300 in a week is
113. Wages of 10 boys for 5 days is 125000. The
daily wages of man is twice that of boy. How
many men must work for 8 days to earn 160000.
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(A) 6 hours (B) 4 hours QUESTIONS
(C) 7 hours (D) 5 hours
118. A labourer was appointed by a contractor on
121. Working together A and B can do a job in 40
the condition that he would be paid Rs. 75 for
each day of his work but would be fined at the days, B and C in 36 days and all three together
rate of Rs. 15 per day for his absence, apart in 24 days. In how many days can B alone do
for losing his wages, After 20 days, the con- the job?
tractor paid the labourer Rs. 1140. The num- A B 40
ber of days the labourer abstained from work
was B C 36
24 B
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(A) 60 (B) 90
(C) 72 (D) 120
122. A, B and C can do a job working alone in 50, 75
(A) 3 (B) 5 and 20 respectively. They all work together for
(C) 4 (D) 2 4 days, then c quits. How many days will A and
B take to finish the rest of the job?
119. The daily wages of A and B respectively are
Rs. 3.50 and Rs. 2.50. When A finishes a cer- A, B C
tain work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When 50, 75 20
B does the same work, he gets a total wage of C
Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is
the cost of the work? A B
A B
A CGL Mains 2018
B (A) 20 (B) 30
(C) 18 (D) 24
123. A can do 50% of the job in 16 days, B can do 1/
(A) Rs. 67.50 (B) Rs. 27.50 4th of the job in 24 days. In how many days can
they do 3/4th of the job working together?
(C) Rs. 60.50 (D) Rs. 70.50
120. S, T and U can complete a work in 40, 48 and A 50% 16
60 days respectively. They received Rs. 10800 B 1/4 24
to complete the work. They begin the work 3/4
together but T left 2 days before the comple-
tion of the work and U left 5 days before the
completion of the work. S has completed the CGL Mains 2018
remaining work alone. What is the share of S
(in Rs.) from total money? (A) 24 (B) 9
(C) 21 (D) 18
S, T U 40, 48 60
124. A and B can together complete a task in 18
T hours. After 6 hours A leaves. B takes 36 hours
U5 S to finish rest of the task. How many hours
would A have taken to do the task if he worked
alone?
(A) 4000 (B) 4320
A B 18 6
(C) 4500 (D) 4860 A
B 36 A
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A, B C
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A
(A) 54 (B) 45
B C
(C) 21 (D) 27
125. A can do a work in 36 days and B in 12 days. If
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they work on it together for 3 days, then what
fraction of work is left? (A) 3 (B) 4
A 36 B, 12 (C) 5 (D) 6
3 129. A is thrice as productive as C. Together they
can complete a job in 22.5 days. If B joins them
after they have worked for 15 days then in how
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many days can they finish the rest of the job if
B alone can do the job in 15 days?
2 1
(A) (B)
3 3 A C
22.5
1 1 15 B
(C) (D)
4 5
B 15
126. A can paint a house in 45 days and B can do it
in 15 days. Along with C, they did the job in 5 CGL Mains 2018
days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how
(A) 6 (B) 3
many days?
(C) 9 (D) 2
A 45 B
15 C 130. If A, B and C can do a job working alone in 12,
18 and 36 days respectively. They all work to-
5 C
gether for 2 day, then B quits. How many days
will A and C take to finish rest of the job?
CGL Mains 2018 A, B C 12, 18 36
(A) 12 (B) 9 2
(C) 15 (D) 8 B
A C
127. A, B and C together can finish a task in 7.5
days. C is thrice as productive as A and B alone CGL Mains 2018
can do the task in 15 days. In how many days
(A) 9 (B) 6
can A and C do the job if B goes on leave?
(C) 3 (D) 4
A, B C 7.5
C A 131. If A, B and C together do a job in 4 days, A and
C together do the job in 4.5 days and B and C
B 15
together do the job in 12 days then in how many
B A C days can C along do the job?
A, B C 4 A
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(A) 30 (B) 10 B C 12 C
(C) 20 (D) 15
128. A, B and C can do job in 9, 12 and 36 respec- CGL Mains 2018
tively if they worked alone. A leaves after they (A) 36 (B) 6
have worked together for 3 days. In how many
days can B can C do the rest of the job? (C) 18 (D) 12
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132. If A alone can do a job in 40 days then, in how (A) 22 (B) 44
many days can B alone do the job if together
(C) 20 (D) 40
they can do the job in 8 days?
136. B would have taken 10 hours more than what
A 40 B A would have taken to complete a task if each
of them worked alone. Working together they
8 can complete the task in 12 hours. How many
hours would B take to do 50% of the task?
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B A 10
(A) 15 (B) 10
(C) 20 (D) 25
133. Working alone A can do the task in 27 hours 12 B
and B can do it in 54 hours. Find C’s share (in 50%
Rs.) if A, B and C get paid Rs. 4,320 for com-
pleting a task in 12 hours on which they worked CGL Mains 2018
together? (A) 30 (B) 15
A 27 (C) 20 (D) 10
B 54 C 137. A can do a work in 21 days and B in 42 days. If
A, B C 12 they work on it together for 7 days, then what
4,320 fraction of work is left?
A 21 B 42
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(A) 1440 (B) 960
(C) 1920 (D) 1280 CGL Mains 2018
134. If A had worked alone he would have taken 63 1 1

hours to do the task. What is B’s share, if A (A) (B)
and B work together on a task finishing it in 3 4
36 hours and they get paid Rs. 5,950 for it?
2 1
A (C) (D)
3 2
63 B A
B 36 138. A can paint a house in 55 days and B can do it
in 66 days. Along with C, they did the job in 12
5,950
days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how
CGL Mains 2018 many days?
(A) 3400 (B) 3600 A 55 B
(C) 2550 (D) 2750 66 C
12 C
135. Working together A, B and C can complete a
task in 12 days. A and B can do the task in 55
days and 66 days respectively if they worked CGL Mains 2018
alone. In how many days can C do the task if
he worked alone? (A) 24 (B) 44
(C) 33 (D) 20
A, B C 12
139. A, B and C together can finish a task in 12
A B 55 66 days. A is twic as productive as B and C alone
can do the task in 36 days. In how many days
C
can A and B do the task if C goes on leave?
A, B C 12
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B A
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C 36 143. C is 5 times as productive as B. A takes 60
C A B days to complete a task. If A, B and C work
together they can complete the task in 12 days.
In how many days can B complete the task if
CGL Mains 2018 he worked alone?
(A) 10 (B) 20 C, B 5 A
60 A, B C
(C) 15 (D) 18
12
140. A, B and C can together do a job in 9 days. C
B
alone can do the job in 36 days. In how many
days can A and B do 50% of the job working
together?
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A, B C 9 (A) 18 (B) 27
C 36 A
(C) 90 (D) 72
B 50%
144. A can complete 50% of a job in 9 days and B
can complete 25% of the job in 9 days if they
CGL Mains 2018 worked alone. If they worked together how
much of the job (in %) can they complete in 9
(A) 6 (B) 12
days?
(C) 9 (D) 15
A9 50% B9
141. A can do a work in 72 days and B in 90 days. If 25%
they work on it together for 10 days, then what
fraction of work is left?
9 %
A 72 B 90
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10
(A) 80 (B) 90
CGL Mains 2018 (C) 75 (D) 100

145. To do a certain work, the ratio of efficiency of
3 1 A to that of B is 3 : 7. Working together, they
(A) (B)
4 4 1
can complete the work in 10 days. They work
2
4 5
(C) (D) together for 8 days. 60% of the remaining work
5 6 will be completed by A alone in:
142. A is thrice as good a workman as B. C alone A B
takes 48 days to paint a house. All three A, B 3 : 7
and C working together take 16 days to paint
the house. It will take how many days for B 1
alone to paint the house? 10
2
A, B C 8
48 60% A
A, B C
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16
B 1
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(A) 32 (B) 64 1
(C) 96 (D) 72 (C) 4 days (D) 5
2
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146. A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days and 8 X Y
days, respectively. With the help of C, they com- 5 : 4
pleted the work in 3 days and earned Rs. 1,848.
10 Y
What was the share of C?
5
A B 6 8 X
C 3
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1848 C
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150. A can do one-third of a work in 15 days, B can
(A) Rs. 462 (B) Rs. 693 do 75% of the same work in 18 days and C can
do the same work in 36 days. B and C work
(C) Rs. 231 (D) Rs. 924
together for 8 days. In how many days will A
147. A can do 40% of a work in 12 days, whereas B alone complete the remaining work?
can do 60% of the same work in 15 days. Both
A 15
work together for 10 days. C completes the
remaining work alone in 4 days. A, B and C B 75% 18 C
together will complete 28% of the same work 36 B C, 8
in: A
A 40% 12
B 60% 15 CGL Mains 2019
10 C 4 (A) 18 days (B) 20 days
A, B C (C) 16 days (D) 24 days
28% 151. A is as efficient as B and C together. Working
CGL Mains 2019 together A and B can complete a work in 36
days and C alone can complete it in 60 days. A
1 and C work together for 10 days. B alone will
(A) 2 days (B) 2 days complete the remaining work in:
2
A B C,
1
(C) 1 days (D) 3 days A B 36
2
C 60
148. 4 men and 5 women can complete a work in 15 A C 10
days, whereas 9 men and women can do it in B
10 days. To complete the same work in 7 days,
how many women should assist 4 men?
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4 5 15
9 6 10
7 (C) 84 days (D) 88 days
4 152. 25 persons can complete a work in 60 days.
They started the work. 10 persons left the work
after x days. If the whole work was completed
CGL Mains 2019 in 80 days, then what is the value of x?
(A) 14 (B) 11 25 60
(C) 13 (D) 12 x 10
80
149. To do a certain work, the ratio of the efficien-
x
cies of X and Y is 5 : 4. Working together, they
can complete the same work in 10 days. Y alone CGL Mains 2019
starts the work and leaves after 5 days. The (A) 12 (B) 9
remaining work will be completed by X alone
in: (C) 15 (D) 8
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ANSWER KEY
1. (a) 18. (d) 35. (c) 52. (c) 69. (c) 86. (c) 103. (a) 120.(d) 137.(d)
2. (b) 19. (b) 36. (b) 53. (b) 70. (a) 87. (b) 104. (d) 121.(b) 138.(d)
3. (b) 20. (c) 37. (d) 54. (b) 71. (c) 88. (c) 105. (a) 122.(a) 139.(d)
4. (c) 21. (b) 38. (a) 55. (b) 72. (c) 89. (c) 106. (c) 123.(d) 140.(a)
5. (d) 22. (d) 39. (a) 56. (a) 73. (c) 90. (a) 107. (a) 124.(d) 141.(a)
6. (a) 23. (a) 40. (c) 57. (b) 74. (b) 91. (a) 108. (c) 125.(a) 142. (c)
7. (b) 24. (b) 41. (b) 58. (b) 75. (c) 92. (a) 109. (d) 126.(b) 143. (c)
8. (d) 25. (b) 42. (d) 59. (b) 76. (d) 93. (a) 110. (b) 127.(d) 144. (c)
9. (b) 26. (a) 43. (a) 60. (c) 77. (a) 94. (c) 111. (d) 128.(a) 145. (*)
10. (a) 27. (d) 44. (c) 61. (b) 78. (a) 95. (a) 112. (a) 129.(b) 146. (c)
11. (c) 28. (a) 45. (b) 62. (a) 79. (b) 96. (b) 113. (d) 130.(b) 147.(a)
12. (c) 29. (b) 46. (c) 63. (a) 80. (d) 97. (d) 114. (a) 131. (c) 148. (c)
13. (c) 30. (c) 47. (b) 64. (a) 81. (c) 98. (a) 115. (b) 132.(b) 149.(a)
14. (b) 31. (c) 48. (b) 65. (b) 82. (c) 99. (c) 116. (d) 133.(a) 150.(b)
15. (c) 32. (b) 49. (c) 66. (a) 83. (a) 100. (c) 117.(d) 134. (c) 151.(a)
16. (c) 33. (b) 50. (a) 67. (d) 84. (d) 101. (b) 118. (c) 135. (c) 152. (*)
17. (a) 34. (a) 51. (d) 68. (c) 85. (b) 102. (c) 119. (*) 136.(b)
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(a)12 days (b) 15 days

3. 'A' can complete a work in 30 days. B can com-

A (A) 3 days (B) 5 days

A B (A) 20 days (B) 24 days

24. A can do a certain piece of work in 18 days, B A B B C

A B (A) 31 days (B) 32 days

(A) 60 Boys (B) 55 Boys (A) days (B) 5 days

2 (A) 4 days (B) 3 days

1 35. 1 Man, 3 Women and 4 boys can do a work in

A, B C 7:5:4 (c) 25 days (d) 27 day

A, B C 5:3:8 (c) 72 days (d) 66 days

22 B (c) 75 days (d) 90 days

(c) 33 days (d) 34 days

(c) 15 days (d) 20 day (c) 45 days (d) 44 day

(a) 125 men (b) 135 men (c) 20(d) 22

(a) 20 days (b) 25 days (a) 18 min. (b) 12 min.

76. A job was assigned to a group of men to do it

85. 15 Men finish 6/7th or work in '2d' days (a) 2 : 3 (b) 2Y : 3X

86. A contractor undertakes to dig a canal in 48 (a) 9 hr. (b) 12 hr.

(a) 12 men (b) 15 men

(a) 45 men (b) 55 men (a) 6 days (b) 8 days

(a) 12,4 (b) 10,3 (a) 7 days (b) 8 days

103. 4 Men and 3 Women finish a job in 6 days A, B C 12 18 30

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134. If A had worked alone he would have taken 63 1 1

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