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Time and work level-I are needed to do the same job in 20 days?
1. A and B together can do a job in 15 days. If B can do a. 25 b. 30 c. 22 d. 32
the same job in 20 days how long will A take to do it 12. 12 stenographers can type 100 pages in 5 hours. In
alone? how many hours 18 stenographers can type 200 pages?
a. 60 days b. 30 days c. 40 days d. 20 days 2
2. Avi and Puneet can do a work in 10 days. Avi alone a. 6 hr b. 8hr c. 6hr d. 7hr
3
can do the same work in 30 days. How many days can
13. Avi can do a work in 6 days and Puneet in 9 days. How
Puneet alone do this work?
many days will both take together to complete the work.
a. 15 days b. 20 days c. 25 days d. 30 days
a. 15 days b. 54 days c. 36 days d. 3 days
3. 4 men or 16 boys can do a piece of work in 40 days. In
14. Mohan can cut 20 trees in 10 days working 8 hours per
how many days will 3 men and 20 boys do this work?
day. In how many days can he cut 30 trees working 10
a. 20 days b. 30 days c. 40 days d. 35 days
hours per day?
4. 4 men or 5 women can do a certain piece of work in 40
a. 12 days b. 16 days c. 15 days d. 10 days
days. How many days will 8 men and 15 women take to
15. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more effi-
do the same work, when working together?
cient that A. In how many days can B do the same
a. 8 days b. 12 days c. 10 days d. 14 days
work?
5. A can finish a work in 10 days working 6 hours a day.
B can do it in 15 days working 8 hours a day. In how 1
a. 7 days b. 10 days
many days can they finish the same job, working to- 2
gether 10 hours a day? c. 9 days d. 12 days
a. 4 days b. 7 days c. 6 days d. 8 days 16. 6 men and 8 women can do a job in 10 days. In how
6. 12 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many many days 5 men and 9 women do the same job?
men would be required to do the same work in 8 days? a. 20 days b. 32 days
(SBI PO-2008) c. 30 days d. Can’t be determined
a. 14 b. 18 c. 16 d. 15 men 17. If 8 women collect 200 kg of tea leaves in 10 hours.
7. A complete a work. A takes 50% more time than B. If How many more (in kg) of tea leaves will 12 women
together they take 18 days to complete the work. How collect in 8 hours.
much time shall B take to do it. a. 24 kg b. 40 kg c. 50 kg d. 100 kg
(SSC – 2007) 18. A is twice as efficient as B, as a workman. If A can
a. 30 days b. 35 days c. 40 days d. 45 days finish a work in 18 days, in how many days can A and
8. Avneesh and Anjali together can complete a work in B together complete the work?
10 days. Avneesh alone can complete the same work a. 12 days b. 15 days c. 24 days d. 36 days
in 15 days. In how many days will Anjali alone complete 19. Bhavana can eat 8 mangoes in 2 days. Ravi can eat 6
the work? mangoes in 3 days. In how many days can both eat 66
a. 25 b. 5 c. 30 d. 60 mangoes?
9. If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 12 days. a. 12 b. 10 c. 11 d. 13
How many days will be taken by 2 men and 4 women to 20. X men can complete a work in 120 days. If there were
do the same work? 10 men more, the work would be completed in 20 days
1 less. Find the value of X.
a. 15 days b. 13 days a. 75 b. 50 c. 90 d. 60
2
21. Avi and Anjali can do a work in 10 days and 15 days
1 respectively. They earned Rs 450 for completing work.
c. 17 days d. 13 days
3 What is the share of Avi?
a. 270 b. 225 c. 180 d. 250
10. 15 women can complete a work in 4 days. How long 20 22. 18 men can do a piece of work in 22 days working 7
women will take to complete the work? hours a day. In how many days can 14 men complete
the work, working 6 hours a day?
1
a. 2 days b. 2 days a. 22 b. 38 c. 28 d. 33
2 23. A & B can do a work in 15 days, B & C in 20 days, C &
1 A in 12 days. In how many days can they complete it if
c. 3 days d. 3 days they are working together?
2
11. 10 persons can do a job in 50 days. How many persons a. 10 days b. 12 days c. 30 days d. 24 days

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24. Avneesh, Naresh and Dinesh can do a work in 4, 5 & 6 a. 60 days b. 120 days c. 80 days c. 30 days
days respectively. How long will they take to do the 32. 12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have
same job if they work together? worked for 6 days, 6 more men join them. How many
23 24 days will they take to complete the remaining work?
a. 1 days b. 2 days a. 2 days b. 3 days c. 4 days d. 5 days
37 37
33. A certain no. of men can complete a job in 30 days. If
22 21 there were 5 men more, it could be completed in 10 day
c. 1 days d. 1 days less. How many men were in the beginning?
37 37
25. Avneesh can do a work in 10 days and Dinesh can do (SSC CGL 2000)
a work in 12 days. How many days will they take to do a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25
the same work if both work together? 34. Puneet can do a piece of work in 12 days. Avneesh can
do the same work in 24 days. In how many day work
5 5 will be completed if they work together with half of
a. 5 days b. 4 days
11 11 their efficiency?
3 5 a. 8 days b. 10 days c. 12 days d. 16 days
c. 3 days d. 2 days 35. A & B can do a piece of work in 16 days. If A can do the
11 11
same work in 24days, in how many days B alone can
26. Naresh can do a piece of work in 20 days and Dinesh
finish the work?
can do a piece of work in 30 days. They work together
a. 48 days b. 24 days c. 32 days d. N.O.T
for 10 days. After that Dinesh leaves & the rest of the
36. A can complete a job in 9 days, B in 10 days, C in 15
work is completed by Naresh alone? How long does it
days. B & C start the work and are joined to leave after
take Naresh to finish the remaining work?
2 days. In how many, can A finish the remaining work?
1 1 a. 6 days b. 8 days c. 10 days d. 15 days
a. 3 days b. 2 days
3 3 37. 6 boys & 8 women finish a job in 6 days and 14 boys &
10 women finish the same job in 4 days. In how many
1
c. 4 days d. N.O.T days working together 1 boy & 1 woman can finish the
3 work?
27. A is twice as good as B and is therefore able to finish
4 3
a certain piece of work in 20 days less than B. Find in a. 44 days b. 42 days
how many days A & B can do it alone? 7 7
a. 40 days, 20 days b. 30days, 20 days 5
c. 40 days, 15 days d. N.O.T c. 41 days d. N.O.T
7
28. A can finish a work in 10 days working 6 hours a day.
38. Sharma is 20% less efficient than Kulkarni who can do
B can do it in 15 days working 8 hours a day. In how
a piece of work in 24 days. The number of days required
many days can they finish the same job, working to-
by Sharma to complete the same work alone?
gether 10 hours a day?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 28.8 d. N.O.T
a. 4 days b. 5 days c. 6 days d. 3 days
39. Two pipes can independently fill an empty tank in 20
29. Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Vimal is 50% more
min & 30 min respectively. An emptying pipe can empty
efficient than Kamal. The number of days, Vimal will
a full tank in 10 minutes. In how many minutes will the
take to do the same piece of work is
full tank become empty if all the three pipes are opened
(SSC CPO SI 2006)
simultaneously?
1
a. 14 b. 12 c. 10 d. 10 5
2 a. 60 b. 45 c. 5 d. C.B.D.
4
30. Naresh & Dinesh together can do a piece of work in 4
40. If 4 men or 6 boys complete a piece of work in 20 days.
days. If Naresh alone can do in 6 days. In how many
Then 6 men and 11 boys together complete the work in
days Dinesh can alone complete the same piece of
how many days ? [SSC Main Exam, 2003]
work?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10
(CLERK 2005)
41. 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys complete a work in 44
a. 12 b. 8 c. 9 d. 16
days. 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy together complete the
31. Avneesh & Dinesh can do a piece of work in 10 days,
same work in how many days ?
Dinesh & Naresh in 15 days. Naresh & Avneesh in 20
[SSC Main Exam, 2003]
days, Naresh alone can do the work in
a. 20 b. 24 c. 48 d. 40

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42. If a tap A can fill a cistern in 40 minutes, then 5 pipes, (UCO – 2006)
each of 50% efficiency of A, can fill the tank in a. 4 b. 5 c. 7 d. 8
a. 20 min b. 15 min c. 12 min d. 16 min 2. A does half as much as B in one sixth of the time. If
43. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 12, 24 and together they take 10 days to complete a work. How
36 days respectively. In how many days will they much time shall B take to do it alone?
together complete the same work? [SSC LDC. 2012] a. 70 days b. 40 days c. 30 days d. 50 days
3. 12 men or 18 women can reap a field in 14 days. How
6 6
a. 5 b. 4 c. 6 d. 6 many days 8 men and 16 women take to reap it?
11 11 a. 9 days b. 10 days c. 8 days d. 12 days
44. 30 men can repair a road in 18 days. They are joined 4. P is more efficient then Q and is therefore able to finish
by 6 more workers. Now the road can be repaired in a piece of work in 60 days less than Q. Find the time in
[SSC LDC. 2012] which ‘P’ and ‘Q’ can complete the work individually.
a. 14 days b. 15 days a. 30 days, 90 days b. 25 days, 100 days
c. 16 days d. 17 days c. 20 days, 40 days d. 45 days, 120 days
45. Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two 5. Efficiency of Asha is 25% more than Usha. Asha and
times the number of such persons will do half of the Usha takes 25 days to complete a piece of work. Asha
work in [SSC GD 2012] started a work alone and then Usha joined her 5 days
a. 9 days b. 6 days before actual completion of the work, for how many
c. 5 days d. 3 days days Asha worked alone?
46. B and C can complete a piece of work in 12 days, C a. 9 b. 11 c. 10 d. 15
and A can do it in 8 days. All the three can do it in 6 6. Fatima and Zahira can do a piece of work in 12 days
days. A and B together can complete it in: and 15 days respectively. If they work for alternate
[SSC LDC 2011] day and Fatima starts the work first, then in how many
a. 4 days b. 6 days days the work will be completed?
c. 8 days d. 10 days
47. A can do a work in 21 days. B is 40% more efficient 1 1
a. 12 days b. 13 days
than A. The number of days required for B to finish 5 4
the same work alone is [SSC LDC 2011] 1
a. 10 b. 12 c. 15 d. 18 c. 13 days d. 15 days
5
48. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5
7. In the previous question (Q. No. 6) If Zahira starts first
of them were absent and remaining men did the job in
then in how many days, the work will be completed?
12 days. The original number of carpenter was
[FCI Asst. Grad. III 2012] 1
a. 14 days b. 14 days
a. 24 b.20 c. 16 d. 18 5
49. A can do a work in 12 days. When he had worked for
1 2
3 days, B joined him. If they complete the work in 3 c. 13 days d. 13 days
more days, in how many days can B alone finish the 5 5
work? [SSC CGL 2011] 8. There was a provision for a garrison of 1500 men for 54
a. 6 days b. 12 days days. After some days, 200 men left the garrison. If the
c. 4 days d. 8 days entire provision lasted 60 days, after how many days
50. While working 7 hours a day, A alone can complete a did the 200 men leave?
piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. In what a. 11 b. 15 c. 16 d. 18
time would they complete it together, working 8 hours 9. X and Y can do a piece of work in 12 days and 18 days
a day? [SSC CGL 2008] respectively. If they work on alternate day, starting
a. 3 days b. 4 days with X. How many days will they take to finish the
c. 2.5 days d. 3.6 days job?
1 1
Time and work level-II a. 14 days b. 14 days
2 3
1. A, B & C can complete a work in 10, 12 & 15 days
respectively. They started the work together. But A 1 1
c. 15 days d. 15 days
left the work before 5 days of its completion. B also left 3 2
the work 2 days after A left. In how many days was the 10. There are M men in a group. Each of them can complete
work completed? a job in 10 days. One of them started it. After each day

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of work, one man join the group. Find the time taken to 3 times of the original work?
complete the job (in days). a. 6 b. 10 c. 12 d. 15
a. 4 b. 3 c. 3.5 d. 4.5 19. Mr. Naresh can copy 40 pages in 10 minutes. Mr.
Dinesh & Mr. Naresh both working together can copy
2
11. Dinesh can cultivate of field in 6 days & Naresh 250 pages in 25 minutes. In how many minutes. Mr.
5th Dinesh can copy 36 pages?
1 a. 5 min b. 6 min c. 3 min d. 12 min
cultivate of the same field in 10 days. Working 20. A team of 1000 men can construct a wall of length 2000
3rd
3
4 m in 30 days. In how many days can of the team
together Dinesh & Naresh can cultivate of the field 5th
5
in 1
(CGL 2002) construct a wall of length 2500m working more
4th
a. 4 days b. 5 days c. 8 days d. 10 days time a day?
12. A is twice as good a workman as B and is therefore a. 40 b. 45 c. 50 d. 48
able to finish a piece of work in 30 days less than B. In
how many days they can complete the whole work, 2
21. X and Y can complete a job in 6 days. X & Z can
working together? 3
a. 20 days b. 30 days c. 40 days d. 25 days 1
13. A is thrice as efficient as B & C is twice as efficient as complete it in 7 days. Y & Z can complete it in 12
2
B. What is the ratio of no. of days taken by A, B & C,
when they work individually? days. Which of the following can be concluded?
a. 2:6:3 b. 2:3:6 c. 1:2:3 d. 3:1:2 a. Y is less efficient than X
14. A & B can complete a task in 30 days, when working b. Y is more efficient than Z
together. After A & B have been working together for c. Both a & b
11 days, B is called away & A all by himself complete d. Neither a nor b
the task in the next 28 days. Had A been working alone, 22. A can do a piece of work in 25 days, B in 40 days and
the number of days taken by him to complete the task C in 60 days. All three done the work for 5 days, after
would have been? that A leaves the work. B leaves before 10 days from
completion of work. Calculate the time taken to
3 6 4 complete the total work
a. 33 b. 19 c. 44 d. N.O.T
19 25 19
1 1
15. The no. of days required by A, B & C to work a. 15 days b. 25 days
5 5
individually is 6, 12 & 8 respectively. They started a
work doing it alternately. If A has started then followed 1 2
by B and so on, how many days are needed to complete c. 20 days d. 20 days
5 5
the whole work? 23. 25 men can do a piece of work in 10 days and 20 children
a. 8 b. 7.5 c. 8.5 d. 9.5 can complete it in 50 days and 5 men starts the work.
16. A contractor undertook to complete the work in 40 After 10 days how many more children should join to
days & he deployed 20 men for his work. 8 days before complete the remaining work in 20 days.
1 a. 20 b. 15 c. 25 d. 30
the scheduled time, he realized that of the work
3rd 24. A and B can complete a piece of work in 40 days but
was still to be done. How many more men were required after completing 10 days C also joins & all 3 complete
to complete the work in stipulated time? the work in next 20 days. If work done by B in 3 days is
a. 16 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25 equal to work done by A in 2 days, then A alone can
17. If one pipe A can fill a tank in 20 min, then 5 pipes, each complete the work in how many days ?
of 20% efficiency of A, can fill the tank in 2
a. 80 min b. 100 min c. 20 min d. 25 min a. 100 days b. 66 days c. 80 days d. 50 days
3
18. Eklavya can do 6 times the actual work in 36 days,
25. A can do a piece of work in 24 days. B and C can
1 complete the same work in 32 days and 64 days
while Faizal can do of the original work in 3 days.
4th respectively. They together started the work. A leaves
In how many days will both working together complete the work after 6 days and B leaves the work before 6

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days from completion of work. The whole work would 3
be completed in how many days? 32. A completes part of work in 12 days and complete
10
[Assistant Grade Main Exam, 1994]
a. 14 b. 20 c. 15 d. 25 the remaining work with the help of B in 7 days. Whole
26. X can complete a piece of work in 8 days & Y in 12 work can be completed by B alone in how many days?
days. If Z joins them, they complete the work in 3 days. [L.D.C Main Exam, 2002]
If total wage for the work is Rs. 400. What amount 1 1
does X gets in the whole work ? a. 13 b. 10 c. 20 d. 13
3 2
a. 150 b. 50 c. 100 d. 200 33. 2 men and 7 boys together can complete a piece of
[Assistant Grade Main Exam, 1997] work in 16 days, while 3 men and 8 boys complete the
27. A piece of work is completed by 3 men in a day. The same work in 12 days. 8 men and 8 boys together com-
3 plete twice the work in how many days ?
same work is completed by 8 women in days or the [SSC Main Exam, 2003]
4
a. 10 b. 14 c. 16 d. 12
1 34. A man, a woman and a boy can complete a piece of
same work is completed by 18 children in day. If 3
2 work in 3 days, 4 days and 12 days respectively. With
women and 3 children are made to work in a day then one man and one woman, how many boys should be
for how many days and how many men should be included, so that together they all complete the work
employed to complete the remaining work. in one day ?
[Assistant Grade Main Exam, 1998] [SSC Main Exam, 2003]
1 1 a. 6 b. 5 c. 7 d. 8
a. 1 man in day b. 2 men in day 35. If 10 men and 15 boys together can complete work in
3 3
15 hours. So believing this if 3 men can complete the
1 1 same amount of work in 2 hours which would be com-
c. 1 man in day d. 2 man in day pleted by 5 boys in 3 hours. How much time in hours
2 2
28. If 8 men and 12 boys complete a piece of work in 12 will 16 men and 20 boys would take to complete three
days; then 40 men and 45 boys complete thrice the times of that work ?
work in how many days, when 16 men completes the [SSC Main Exam, 2003]
works in 8 hours which 12 boys can do in 24 hours ? a. 80 b. 20 c. 60 d. 30
[SSC Main Exam, 1999-2000] 36. A takes 10 days to complete a piece of work and B
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 7 takes 20 days. They together start the work, but A
29. If 4 men and 6 boys earn Rs. 1600 in 5 days and 3 men leaves 2 days before the completion of work. The work
and 7 boys earn Rs. 1740 in 6 days. Then 7 men and 6 will be completed in how many days ?
boys earn Rs. 3760 in how many days ? [SSC Main Exam, 2004]
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 15 a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12
30. A and B together can complete the work in 12 days 37. 10 men start work, but after some days 4 men leaves
the work. As a result, the work that would be completed
2 in 40 days, completed in 50 days. After how many days
and B and C together complete the same work in 6
3 of work, 4 men left the work ?
days. After A’s 3 days work and B’s 4 days work, C a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30
completes the work in 7 days. A alone can complete 38. A is twice efficient than B & together they complete a
the work in how many days ? piece of work in 14 days. The same work can be com-
[SSC Main Exam, 2000] pleted by A in how many days ?
a. 30 b. 20 c. 10 d. N.O.T [Tax Assistant Exam, 2004]
31. A and B takes contract to complete a piece of work in a. 42 b. 21 c. 7 d. 14
the amount of Rs. 4800. A alone completes work in 5 39. A can complete a piece of work in 10 days, B in 12 days
days & B alone in 8 days. But with the help of C and D, and C in 15 days. All together start the work but after 2
they together complete the work in 3 days. If work days A leaves & B leaves before 3 days from comple-
done by C is twice the work done by D. Calculate the tion of the work. The whole work gets completed in
amount received by D. how many days ?
a. 40 b. 80 c. 90 d. 100 [Tax Assistant Exam, 2005]
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10

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40. A can complet a piece of work in 9 days, B in 10 days,
1 2
C in 15 days. B and C together start the work but leave 49. A can do of a work in 5 days and B can do of the
the work after 2 days. How many days does A take to 6 5
complete the remaining work ? work in 8 days. In how many days can both A and B
[Tax Assistant Exam, 2005] together do the work? [SSC GD 2012]
a. 9 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5 a. 12 days b. 13 days
41. 15 men can complete a piece of work in 21 days work- c. 15 days d. 20 days
ing 8 hours a day. In how many days 14 men can com- 50. 5 men and 2 women working together can do four
times as much work per hour as a man and a woman
1 together. The work done by a man and a woman should
plete 1 times of the work working 6 hours a day ?
2 be in the ratio: [SSC LDC 2012]
[SSC Main Exam, 2006] a. 1 : 2 b. 2 : 1 c. 1: 3 d. 4 : 1
a. 21 b. 42 c. 45 d. 40 51. A is 30% more efficient than B, and can alone do a
42. Some persons can complete a piece of work in 100 work in 23 days. The number of days, in which A and
days. If 10 persons are less, then 10 days are more B, working together can finish the job is
required to complete the work. How many persons are [SSC GD 2012]
there at the starting of the work ? a. 10 b. 13 c. 20 d. 21
[SSC Main Exam, 2006] 52. Either 8 men or 17 women can paint a house in 33
a. 100 b. 110 c. 105 d. 115 days. The number of days required to paint three such
43. A and B can complete a piece of work in 8 days. B and houses by 12 men and 24 women working at the same
C complete the same work in 12 days. C and A com- rate is: [SSC LDC 2011]
plete the same work in 15 days. C alone can complete a. 44 b. 43 c. 34 d. 66
the work in how many days ? 53. A man and a woman working together can do a certain
[SSC Main Exam, 2006] work in 18 days. Their skills in doing the work are in
a. 40 b. 80 c. 60 d. 45 the ratio 3 : 2. How many days will a woman take to
44. Hariram is three times more efficient than Kamal & takes finish the work alone? [SSC LDC 2011]
10 days less than Kamal. Kamal complete the work in a. 45 b. 36 c. 27 d. 30
how many days ? 54. 2 men and 3 women can do a piece of work in 10 days
[Tax Assistant Exam, 2006] while 3 men and 2 women can do the same work in 8
a. 15 b. 30 c. 25 d. 10 days. Then, 2 men and 1 woman can do the same work
45. A pipe A can fill a tank in 27 min. Due to a hole in the in [SSC LDC 2011]
1 1
bottom of the tank of the water filled by pipe A a. 12 days b. 12 days
10 2
leaks out. Find the time when the tank will be full.
1
a. 32 min. b. 34 min. c. 36 min. d. 30 min. c. 13 days d. 13
46. Each child from a certain school can make 5 items in a 2
day. If 1125 handicrafts items are to be displayed in an 55. Working 8 hours a day, Anu can copy a book in 18
exhibition then in how many days can 25 children make days. How many hours a day should she work so as
these items? to finish the work in 12 days? [SSC GD 2011]
[Corporate Bank PO- 2006] a. 12 hrs. b. 10 hrs.
a. 6 b. 9 c. 8 d. 7 c. 11 hrs. d. 13 hrs.
47. A alone can do a piece of work in 20 days and B alone 56. 2 men and 3 women together or 4 men together can
in 30 days. They begin to work together. They will complete a piece of work in 20 days. 3 men and 3
finish half of the work in : [SSC LDC 2012] women will complete the same work in
a. 8 days b. 9 days [SSC LDC 2010]
c. 12 days d. 6 days a. 12 days b. 16 days
48. A can do a work in 20 days and B in 40 days. If they c. 18 days d. 19 days
work on it together for 5 days, then the fraction of the 57. 20 women together can complete a work in 16 days. 16
work that is left is: [SSC LDC 2012] men together can complete the same work in 15 days.
The ratio of the working capacity of a man to that of a
5 8 7 1 woman is: [SSC LDC 2010]
a. b. c. d.
8 15 15 10 a. 3 : 4 b. 4 : 3

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c. 5 : 3 d. 4 : 5 45 45
58. A takes twice as much time as B and thrice as much as c. 5 days d. 6 days
47 47
C to complete a piece of work. They together complete
the work in1 day. In what time, will A alone complete 7
the work. [SSC 2008] 5. Naresh completes of a work in 15 days, then he
10
a. 9 days b. 5 days completes the remaining work with the help of Dinesh
c. 6 days d. 4 days in 4 days. The time required for Naresh & Dinesh
together to complete the work is:
59. A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a
1 2
1 a. 10 days b. 12 days
piece of work in 7 hrs, then B can do it in 2 3
2
1 1
[SSC CPO 2006] c. 13 days d. 8 days
3 4
1 6. A & B can do a certain piece of work in 10 days, B & C
a. 6 hrs. b. 6 hrs.
2 in 12 days, C & A in 20 days. In how many days can
1 each of them alone do the same work?
c. 5 hrs d. 5 hrs. a. 30, 15, 60 b. 15, 40, 60
2
c. 20, 30, 50 d. 60, 15, 20
60. If 6 monkey can eat 6 banana in 6 days, then in how
7. A garrison of 2000 men had enough food to last for 30
many days will 7 monkey take to eat 7 banana?
days. After 10 days 500 more men joined them. How
a. 7 days b. 5 days
long did the food last then?
c. 6 days d. 8 days
a. 12 days b. 20 days
c. 15 days d. 16 days
Time and work level-III
8. When 20 litres of water is filled in a tank by a pipe, the
1. P, Q and R can complete a job in 20 days, 30 days and
rd th
40 days respectively. All of them started it. After 6 1 5
water level rises from to part of the tank. What
days, P left. Q and R completed the remaining part of 3 6
the job. The total amount to be distributed was Rs. is the capacity of the tank (in litres)?
1000. Find Q’s share. a. 40 ltr. b. 60 ltr. c. 80 ltr. d. N.O.T.
a. 360 b. 500 c. 450 d. 400 9. X & Y are filling pipes. Z is a drain pipe. The time X &
2. 32 men and 32 boys can do a certain piece of work in 3 Y would take to fill a tank are 8 hours & 12 hours
days. 6 men & 24 boys can do this work in 8 days. In respectively. All the pipes were opened at 12:00 noon.
how many days can 16 men & 20 boys, finish the same At 4:00 pm on the same day, Z was closed. The tank
work? was filled by 8 p.m. on the same day. Find the time that
7 6 Z would take to empty the full tank (in hours).
a. 5 days b. 4 days a. 9 b. 6 c. 12 d. 8
13 13
10. A is 40% more efficient than B and B is 20% less
7 efficient than C. A takes 9 days less than C then B
c. 3 days d. N.O.T
13 complete the work in how many days?
3. Ram & Mohan can do a piece of job separately in 10 a. 95 b. 100 c. 105 d. 110
days & 8 days respectively. On 1st January Ram start 11. 2 persons agreed to complete a work at cost of Rs.
the job, then they work on alternate days. When will 4800. First person, can complete the work alone in 5
the work be finished? days and second person can complete the work alone
a. 9 Jan b. 10 Jan c. 12 Jan d. 15 Jan in 8 days. With the help of a boy and a girl, they can
4. A, B & C can do a piece of work in 6, 8 & 10 days complete the work in 3 days. If the work done by girl is
respectively. They start the work together. B & C leave twice the work done by boy. What is the amount of
the work 2 days & 3 days respectively before completion wage received by girl?
while A works till the end. What time is the work a. 40 b. 80 c. 50 d. 60
finished? 12. One contractor undertook a work which has to be
completed in 90 days and for this he employed some
45 45
a. 3 days b. 4 days workers who work 6 hours a day. But after 60 days the
47 47 workers went on strike & thus the work stopped for 10

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days. After that contractor undertook 4 additional many days does C takes to complete the remaining
worker and increases the time period of work to 2 hours work?
daily. Calculate the number of workers employed at a. 12 b. 20 c. 15 d. 30
the starting. 19. If 2 men and 3 boys can complete a piece of work in 8
a. 30 b. 31 c. 32 d. 35 days. 3 men and 2 boys can complete the same work in
13. A completes a work in 120 days, B completes the same 7 days. Then 5 men and 4 boys complete the work in
work in 150 days. Both work for 20 days and then B how many days ? [SSC Main Exam, 2006]
leaves the work and A continues the work. After 12 a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
days C joins. A and C completed in 48 days. If C alone 20. A contractor takes a contract to complete a piece of
works, then calculate the number of days in which C work in 45 days & employed 15 persons. At the end of
completes the work. 36 days, only half work is completed. To complete the
a. 240 b. 120 c. 150 d. 300 work within the time, how many more persons must be
14. A man has three sons. Work done by man is twice of employed ?
his sons. First and second son can complete the work [SSC Main Exam, 2007]
in 24 days and 36 days respectively. If man can a. 60 b. 30 c. 45 d. 50
3 21. A contractor takes contract to complete a piece of work
completes the work in 3 days, then find in how in 90 days & employed some workers. After 24 days,
11
many days will the third son complete the work ? 2
he finds that only times of work is completed. He
a. 12 days b. 10 days 7
c. 15 days d. 20 days removed 2 workers & work completed on time. How
many workers he employed at the starting ?
15. A contractor estimated that his one worker out of 2 [SSC Main Exam, 2009]
can complete a wall in 9 hours and second can complete a. 11 b. 22 c. 20 d. 24
it in 10 hours. According to his experience, if both 22. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B and C
workers start the work together, then they placed 10 together in 8 days. If all of them start the work together
bricks less per hour. They take 5 hours to complete the and A left after 4 days, B left after 6 days and C finished
wall together. How many bricks does the wall has ? it working for 11 days, then in how many days could C
[Assistant Grade Main Exam, 1998] do the work alone?
a. 900 b. 1000 c. 950 d. 800 a. 28 b. 30 c. 36 d. 48
16. A contractor takes a contract to complete a work in 150 23. R takes twice the number of days to do a piece of work
days. He employed 20 men, 30 women and 75 children. than P takes. P and Q together can do it in 6 days while
But after 60 days he finds that only one-fourth part of Q and R can do it in 10 days. In how many days P alone
the work is completed. Seeing this, he removed all can do the work?
women and 50 children and emloyed some more men. a. 60 b. 30 c. 6 d. 7.5
In this manner work completed before 5 days from the 24. 2 men and 3 women finish 25% of the work in 4 days,
required time. Knowing that 3 men, done the work equal while 6 men and 14 women can finish the whole work
to work done by 5 women and 2 women done the work in 5 days. In how many days will 20 women finish it?
equal to work done by 3 children. Calculate the num- a. 20 b. 25 c. 24 d. 88
ber of additional men required by contractor. 25. P is thrice as good a workman as Q and therefore
[SSC Main Exam, 1999-2000] became able to finish a job in 48 days less than Q.
a. 114 b. 144 c. 85 d. 160 Working together, they can do it in: [SSC LDC 2012]
17. For completing a piece of work X, Y and Z takes 8, 12 & a. 18 days b. 24 days
16 days respectively. If initially X starts working for 2 c. 30 days d. 12 days
days, after that Y works for days till 25% work remains 26. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30, 20 and 10
for Z. If Z completes the work. Calculate total time to days respectively. A is assisted by B on one day and
complete the work? by C on the next day, alternately. How long would the
a. 10 days b. 12 days c. 15 days d. 8 days work take to finish? [SSC Grad. 2012]
18. A takes 30 days to complete the work. B and |C together
3 3
complete the same work in 20 days. A and B start a. 9 days b. 4 days
8 8
2
working & completes part of work in 12 days. How
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4 9 3
c. 8 d. 3 days 33. Jyoti can do th of a job in 12 days. Mala is twice as
13 13 4
27. A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient as Jyoti. In how many days will Mala finish
efficient than A. How many days will B and A together the job? [SSC CPO 2008]
take to do the same job? [SSC Grad. 2012] a. 6 b. 8 c. 12 d. 16
34. A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A
80 70
a. b. alone can complete in 20 days. If B does the work only
13 13 half a day daily, then in how many days A and B
75 60 together will complete the work?
c. d. [FCI Asst. Grad. III 2012]
13 13
a. 10 days b. 20 days
28. If the work done by (x-1) men in (x + 1) days is to the c. 11 days d. 15 days
work done by (x + 2) men in (x - 1) days are in the ratio 35. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in
9 : 10, then the value of x is equal to:[SSC LDC 2012] 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work for a day
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 alternately with A beginning, the work would be
29. 45 men can complete a work in 16 days. Four days completed in [SSC CGL 2011]
after they started working, 36 more men joined them.
How many days will they now take to complete the 2 1
a. 10 days b. 10 days
remaining work? [SSC GD 2012] 3 2
a. 6 days b. 8 days
1 1
2 3 c. 10 days d. 10 days
c. 6 d. 7 4 3
3 4 36. A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20
30. A does half as much work as B in one-third of the time days and C in 30 days. B and C together start the work
taken by B. If together they take 10 days to complete and are forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by
a work, then the time taken by B alone to do it would A alone to complete the remaining work is
have been [SSC LDC 2011] [SSC CGL 2010]
a. 30 days b. 25 days a. 10 days b. 12 days
c. 6 days d. 12 days c. 15 days d. 16 days
1 37. A road of 5 km length will be constructed in 100 days.
31. P can complete of a work in 10 days, Q can complete So 280 workers were employed. But after 80 days it
2
1
1 was found that only 3 km road was completed. Now
40% of the same work in 15 days, R can complete of 2
3
how many more people were needed to finish the work
1 in the specified time? [SSC CPO 2009]
the work in 13 days and Scan complete of the work a. 480 b. 80 c. 200 d. 100
6
in 7 days. Who will be able to complete the work first? 7
38. If 28 men complete of a piece of work in a week,
8
[SSC LDC 2010] then the number of men, who must be engaged to get
a. P b. Q c. R d. S the remaining work completed in another week, is
32. X alone can complete a piece of work in 40 days. He [SSC CGL 2008]
worked for 8 days and left. Y alone completed the a. 5 b. 6 c. 4 d. 3
remaining work in 16 days. How long would X and Y 39. If P men working P hrs per day for P days produce P
together take to complete the work? [SSC LDC 2010] units of work, then the units of work produced by n
1 men working n hrs. a day for n days is
a. 13 days b. 14 days [SSC CGL 2008]
3
p2 p3
2 a. b.
c. 15 days d. 16 days n2 n2
3

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2 3 work in 33 days. Their work efficiencies respectively
n n
c. p 2 d. p 2 are in the ratio of 14 : 11. A woman can alone complete
the work in how many days ?
40. Ganga and Saraswati, working separately can mow a [Tax Assistant Exam, 2009]
field in 8 and 12 hours respectively. If they work in a. 60 b. 45 c. 75 d. 90
stretches of one hour alternately, Ganga beginning at 7. Time taken by B to complete a piece of work is 4 times
9 a.m., when will the mowing be completed? that taken by A and C together. Time taken by C to
[SSC CGL 2008] complete the work is 3 times than taken by A and B
a. 6 p.m. b. 6.30 p.m. together. They together completed the work in 12 days.
c. 5 p.m. d. 5.30 p.m. Calculate the time taken by A alone to complete the
Time and work level-IV work.
9 9
1. A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But a. 21 days b. 20 days
11 11
since 20 men dropped out every day. the job completed
at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at 8
the beginning? c. 22 days d. N.O.T
11
a. 240 b. 140 c. 280 d. 150 8. 100 men in 10 days complete one third piece of work.
2. A, B, C and D can complete a work in 24, 16, 32 and 12 The work is then required to be completed in another
days respectively. A starts the work and after one day 13 days. On the next day (the eleventh day) 50 more
B and C also join the work. After 2 days A leaves the men are employed, and on the day after that, another
work, at same time D joins the work. B and C also 50 men. How many men must be relieved at the end of
leaves the work before 2 days and 4 days respectively the 18th day so that the rest of the men, working for
from the completion of work. D completes the remaining remaining time, will just complete the work?
work. Calculate for how many days does D works ? a. 100 b. 110 c. 120 d. 125
9. A, B and C can do a work in 8, 12 and 16 days
5 6 5 6 respectively. They start the work together. B and C
a. 5 b. 5 c. 6 d. 6 leave the work 3 and 5 days before completion of the
17 17 17 17
3. A and B can complete a work in 16 days, while B and C work, while A works till the end. In what time work
can complete a work in 24 days. A and B start work for finished?
4 days and 7 days respectively. When A leaves the 1 10 10
work then C joins the work and completes the work in a. 5 b. 6 c. 5 d. 8
13 13 13
23 days. C alone can complete the work in how many
10. Vijay can do a work in 20 days. He started the work and
days?
left after some days, when 25% work was completed.
a. 30 days b. 31 days c. 32 days d. 35 days
After it Sonu joined and completed it working 10 days.
4. A and B together complete a piece of work in 30 days.
In how many days Sonu and Vijay can complete the
After 10 days of work, C helps them and work gets
work working together?
completed in 10 days. The amount of work done by B
in 3 days is equal to that of done by C in 2 days. Then 1
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 10
A alone can complete the work in how many days ? 7
[SSC Main Exam, 2004] 11. Veeru and Gauti under took a work for Rs. 350. Veeru
a. 90 b. 45 c. 60 d. 75 got Rs. 150 more than Gauti, when they work together.
5. A and B takes 8 days and 10 days respectively to Gauti takes 9 days more than Veeru, when they work
complete a piece of work. A starts the work & then individually. In how many days Veeru and Gauti
they works alternatively. Calculate the time taken to working together can do the whole work.
complete the work.
[SSC Main Exam, 2008] 4 5 2
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 4
7 7 7
4 4
a. 7 days b. 8 days 12. 5 men can complete a work working 8 hr daily in 14
5 5
days. But 2 men having some time problem can work
4 3 for 6 hours daily. 2 other have some medical problem
c. 9 days d. 8 days can work 4hr daily. Calculate days in which the work
5 5
112. A man and a woman together can complete a piece of will be completed by these 5 men.

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20. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours and 10
2 1
a. 22 b. 20 c. 20 d. 20 hours respectively. Both taps are opened and after 2
7 7 hours it is noticed that their was a leakage. Leakage is
13. Ram, Laxman and Sita are deployed for a task. Ram and repaired immediately. It takes 24 min extra time for cistern
Laxman together do 70% of the work and Laxman and to fill than normal. If cistern is full, how much time
Sita together do 50% of the work. Who is most leakage would take to empty the cistern.
efficient? a. 30 hrs. b. 20 hrs. c. 10 hrs. d. 15 hrs.
a. Ram b. Laxman 21. Amitabh, Dharmendra and Jitendra three binders have
c. Sita d. Can’t be determined to supply an order of 100 books. Amitabh can bind 1
14. Jethalal, Hathi, Popat started a work together for book in 2 hr, Dharmendra can bind 1 book in 3 hours
19 and Jitendra can bind 1 book in 4 hours. It is known
Rs. 1073. Jethalal and Hathi, did of the total work, that even being a joint contract each one binds his
29
own book completely. In how many hours they will
21 complete the order ?
while Hathi and Popat did of the total work. What
29 4
is the amount received by the most efficient person? a. 93 hrs. b. 100 hrs. c. 92 hrs. d. 94 hrs.
13
a. 370 b. 296
22. Manish and Shivam can complete a work in 12 and 15
c. 407 d. Data inadequate
days respectively. Manish works only on Monday,
15. 3 men and 2 women can do a piece of work in 4 days,
Wednesday and Friday. Shivam works only on
while 2 men and 3 women can do the same work in 5
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Manish and Shivam
days. Rs. 100 is given to a woman for her contribution
works on 50% efficency on their last day of week. If
towards work per day. What is the amount received by
Manish started work on 1st October 2012 which falls
a man per day?
on Monday followed by Shivam on the next day and
4 continues work on alternate days except Sunday, then
a. 250 b. 350 c. 400 d. 28 on which day work will be completed?
7
16. 43 men can do a work in 30 days. If 55 men started the a. Tuesday b. Wednesday
job together and after every day of the work, one c. Thursday d. Friday
person leaves. What is the maximum number of days 23. A water tank has three taps A, B and C. A fills 4 buckets
required to complete the whole work? in 24 min., B fills 8 buckets in 1 hour and C fills 2 buckets
a. 21 b. 20 in 20 min. If all the taps are opened together, a full tank
c. 25 d. None of these is emptied in 2 hours. If a bucket can hold 5 ltr. of water
17. C is twice efficient as A. B takes thrice as many days as what is the capacity of the tank.
C. A takes 12 days to finish the work alone. If they a. 129 ltr. b. 240 ltr. c. 180 ltr. d. 60 ltr.
work in pairs (i.e. AB, BC, CA) starting with AB on the 24. A can complete a piece of work in 4 days. B takes
first day then BC on the second and AC on the third double the time taken by A, C takes double that of B,
day and so on, then how many days are required to and D takes double that of C to complete the same
finish the work? task. They are paired in groups of two each. One pair
takes two third the time needed by the second pair to
1 1 complete the work. Which is the first pair ?
a. 6 day b. 4.5 day c. 5 day d. 8 days
5 9 [CAT 2001]
18. There was a leakage in the container of Mustard oil. If a. A, B b. A, C c. B, C d. A, D
6 ltr oil is leaked per day then it would have lasted for 25. A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and
30 days, if the leakage was 12 ltr per day, then it would C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A
have lasted for 24 days. For how many days would the and C together can complete the same task in 40 days.
oil have lasted, if there was no leakage and it was What is the respective ratio of the number of days
completely used for eating? taken by A when completing the same task alone to
a. 32 days b. 36 days c. 40 days d. 50 days the number of days taken by C when completing the
19. Tap A fills a tank in 10 hours and B can fill it in 15 same task alone?
hours. Both are opened simultaneously. Sometime later [IBPS PO- 2012]
tap B was closed, then it takes total 8 hours to fill up a. 2 : 5 b. 2 : 7 c. 1 : 5 d. 3 : 5
the whole tank. After how many hours B was closed? 26. 9 Children can complete a piece of work in 360 days, 18
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 4 men can complete the same piece of work in 72 days

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and 12 women can complete the piece of work in 162 a. It will always be empty
days. In how many days can 4 men, 12 women and 10 b. The cistern will always hold some water
children together complete the piece of work ? c. It will be empty if m is odd
[Corporate Bank PO- 2006] d. It will be empty if m is even
[SSC CGL - 2013] 33. Tap Afills a tank with water in 8 hrs. tap B fills the same tank
a. 124 b. 81 c. 68 d. 96 with milk in 10 hrs. A man who wanted to fill the tank with
27. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 15 the mixture, starts tap A first in a tank containing milk upto
women can complete the same work in 4 days. 6 men 5% of its capacity initially. After 4 hrs, he also starts tap B
start working on the job and after working for two till the tank gets filled completely. In what proportion should
days, all of them stopped working. How many women he mix this solution with the other one containing water
should be put on the job to complete the remaining and milk in the ratio 1 : 3, so that the new solution will
work in 3 days. contain half milk and half water?
[SBI PO- 2000] a. 1 : 1 b. 1 : 2 c. 2 : 1 d. 1 : 3
a. 15 b. 20 c. 18 d. 22 34. The capacity of tank B is 1.5 times the capacity of tank
28. 12 men take 36 days to do a work while 12 women A. One tap fills the tank A in 9 hrs and other tap fills the
tank B in 11 hrs. Both the taps are started at the same
3
complete th of the same work in 36 days, in how time initially. After 7 hrs, both of them are closed. Then
4 remaining part of tank B is filled with the water taken
many days 10 men and 8 women together will complete from tank A. After this, how much time will it take to fill
the same work ? tank A with its tap (Approx.)?
[BSRB Bank PO- 2000] a. 9 hrs. b. 7 hrs. c. 11 hrs. d. 2 hrs.
a. 6 b. 27 35. Sharat, Chandra and Mayank completed a job in 10 days.
c. 12 d. None of these They worked together for 3 days in which they completed
29. 3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12 37% of the total work. But due to unavoidable
days. 4 men and 3 boys can do the same work in 10 circumstances, Sharat quits the job at this point. Work
days. Then 2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in done by Chandra in 4 days is equal to the work done by
number of days is [SSC Grad. 2012] Mayank in 5 days. What is the time taken by the fastest
1 5 worker to complete the whole work alone ?
a. 17 b. 5 c. 8 d. 22 a. 20 b. 25
2 11
30. A 10 hectare field is reaped by 2 men. 3 women and 4 c. 30 d. None of these
children together in 10 days. If working capabilities of 36. Ajay can complete a work in 32 days. Bhanu can
a man, a woman and a child are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 2, complete the same work in half the time taken by Ajay.
then a 16 hectare field will be reaped by 6 men, 4 women Chandu completes the work in half the time taken by
and 7 children in [SSC CPO 2008] Bhanu. Dinesh completes the work in half the time
a. 5 days b. 6 days taken by Chandu. They are paired into groups of two
c. 7 days d. 8 days 2
31. A task is assigned to a group of 18 people consisting of 6 each. If one group takes times the time taken by the
3
male adults, 6 femals adults and 6 children, each person other group, to complete the work, which is the second
having a different capacity to work. Everyday a subgroup group?
of 3 persons consisting of 1 male adult, 1 female adult and a. Ajay and Chandu b. Bhanu and Chandu
1 child work together, such that no subgroup with the c. Ajay and Dinesh d. Bhanu and Dinesh
same combination works for more than one day. In this 37. A, B and C can independently do a work in 15 days, 20
way, the entire work is completed in exactly 216 days. Find days and 30 days respectively. They work together for
what fraction of the total work is completed, if all the 18 some time after which C leaves. A total of 18,000 is
people work together for a single day. paid for the work and B gets 6,000 more than C. For
how many days did A work?
1 1 1 1 a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
a. b. c. d.
12 72 216 36 38. Two taps started pouring in pure water and pure alcohol
32. Pipe P is as big as pipe Q and they are attached to a into an empty tank at the rate of 2 L/min and 3L/min
cistern with pipe P working as inlet and pipe Q working respectively. When the tank was half full, a third tap was
as outlet. They are opened at alternate hours with Pipe opened, which pours in pure water only. The tank contained
P being open in the first hour. What will be status of 45% alcohol when it was full. What was the concentration
the cistern after m hours if it was empty initially?

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of alcohol when the tank was three-fourth full? start together?
a. 48% b. 50% c. 60% d. 52.5% a. 6.5 hours b. 7.25 hours
39. A and B work for m and n hours per day respectively. c. 7.5 hours d. 8.75 hours
They complete the work independently in a, b days 44. A tank has two compartments, I and II. Two taps X and
respectively. If each of them reduces his working hours Y, whose filling rates are in ratio of 2 : 1, are used to fill
per day by 4 hrs, each would take 5 days more to finish the tank. The ratio of the times taken by tap X to fill
the job. If they worked together at their original work compartment I and tap Y to fill compartment II is 16 :
hours, the job gets done in [where a, b, m, n are distinct 25. Find the ratio of the times taken by tap X to fill
natural numbers and m, n < 16] : compartment II and tap Y to fill compartment I.
a. 25 : 64 b. 5 : 4 c. 4 : 5 d. 25 : 16
10
a. days b. 4 days 45. The daily work of two men is equal to that of three
3 women or that of four youngster. By employing 14
c. 5 days d. Can’t be determined men, 12 women and twelve youngsters a certain work
40. P, Q and R can complete a work in 12, 15 and 20 days can be finished in 24 days. If it is required to finish it in
respectively. If on any given day only two of them
work and the same two people do not work on any two 14 days and as additional labour only men are available,
consecutive days, find the minimum number of days how many more of them will be required?
in which the work is done. a. 20 men b. 18 men c. 48 men d. 28 men
46. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 mins and 30 mins
8 4 2
a. 8 b. 8 c. 9 d. 7 respectively. A carries milk and B carries water. At 12
9 9 3 noon they simultaneously started filling water and milk
41. BMC (Bhopal Municipal Corporation) employs trucks together but unfortunately a leak in the form of a circular
to shift garbage to the dumping site in M.P. Nagar. The
job of shifting the garbage is intended to be completed hole occured at 12 : 06 p.m. The size of the leak is such
by employing 100 trucks for 80 days. The contractor that it can evacuate the tank within 20 min. At 12 : 12
begins the job by employing 50 trucks for 20 days and the area of the circular hole doubled. What will be the
on additional 30 trucks for another 20 days. This results ratio of milk and water at 12 : 18, if milkman with
in shifting 800 tons of biodegradable (class A) and 500 impatience suddenly fills up the rest of the tank by
tons of plastic (class B) waste which is non- water at 12 : l 8 ?
biodegradable. A survey after 40 days identifies, 400
tons of class A waste and 1600 tons of class B waste is a. 9 : 16 b. 11 : 17
remaining to be shifted. One ton of class B waste c. Data insufficient d. None of these
requires twice as much time as is required in handing 47. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 10 min. and 40 min.
one ton of class A waste. How many more trucks must respectively. The tank also has two holes, one at half
be employed to complete the job on time? (Approx.) the height and the second at 2/3rd the height which
a. 55 b. 45 c. 30 d. 50 can empty the tank (if they were at the bottom of the
42. A group of three tractor owners Hasan, Malik and tank) in 60 min. and 120 min. respectively. If the two
Sardar - working separately on different tractors - pipes A and B are opened simultaneously, in how much
ploughs 12 acres of land per day. A farmer engaged the time will the tank be full?
group to plough his farm of total area of 72 acres.
Initially, Hasan had to work alone on the job till Malik 21 29
a. 6 min. b. 9 min.
and Sardar return and took over the execution of the 23 37
job from Hasan who immediately left to attend the
wedding . Taking some more days, Malik and Sardar 34
c. 8 min.
completed the job, working together. If it took a total 39
of 12 days to complete the job, for how many days did d. The tank will never be full
Hasan work alone (It is given that Hasan is 40% more 48. Two taps A and B fill a tank separately in 24 min. and 40
efficient than Malik and Sardar combined)?
min. respectively and a waste pipe C releases 30 ltr. per
a. 4 days b. 5 days c. 6 days d. 8 days
min. If the pipes are opened, the tank is filled in one
43. There are two cooks Nakul and Bheema working in a
hour. The capacity of the tank is :
mess. Nakul makes only rotis at a rate of 90 rotis per
a. 450 ltr. b. 900 ltr.
hour whereas Bheema makes only naans at a rate of 75
naans per hour. Nakul rests for 10 minutes after making c. 600 ltr. d. None of these
every 45 rotis while Bheema rests for 15 minutes after 49. A and B can complete a piece of work in 6 days. A and
making every 75 naans. The two are assigned a job of 1
making 450 rotis and 450 naans. What is the time C and complete the same work in 2 days less than
2
required by them to complete the assignment, if they

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that taken by B and C. All of them can complete the
work in 5 days. How many days will be taken
respectively by each of them to complete the same
work?
a. 8, 24, 30 b. 15, 10, 30
c. 10, 15, 30 d. 8, 15, 30
50. A and B can finish a work, working on alternate days,
in 17 days, where A works on the first day. Similarly
they can finish the work, working on alternate days, in
2
17 days, where B work on the first day. C working
3
alone, can complete the work in 35 days. In how many
days can the work be completed when A, B and C work
together?
a. 6 days b. 7 days
2 2
c. 7 days d. 6 days
5 5

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