Sample Question with Solution

If Reshma can do a work in 10 days, Rahim can do same work in 6 days and Irfan can do same
piece of work in 15 days. If they work together, in how many days can they finish the work?
(I) 1 day
(II) 2 days
(III) 3 days
(IV) 4 days
(V) 5 days
Ans: - (III)
Solution:
Reshma, Rahim and Irfan take 10, 6 and 15 days respectively to finish the entire work.
∴ Part of work done by Reshma in 1 day = 1/10
∴ Part of work done by Rahim in 1 day = 1/6
and part of work done by Irfan in 1 day = 1/15
1 1 1
When they work together, part of work finished by all three in one day ¿ + +
10 6 15
Let’s assume that they together can finish the entire work in x days.
∴x (1 1 1
+ +
10 6 15 ) =1

⇒x ( 3+5+2
30 )=1

10 x
⇒ =1
30
⇒x=3
∴ together they’ll finish the work in 3 days.

Questions for Solution Writing:

1. A shopkeeper buys 25 bags for Rs. 4000. Out of these, 5 bags are bigger than the rest. At
what price should he sell the bigger bags so as to earn a profit of 20% if he sells the rest
at 3/4th of this price?
(I) Rs. 240
(II) Rs. 140
(III) Rs. 270
(IV) Rs. 150
Ans: (I)
Solution
 2. Four trucks are hired at the rate of Rs. 6/km plus the cost of diesel at Rs. 40/L. In this
context, consider the details given in the following table.

Trucks Mileage Hours Total Payment (in Rs.)

(in km/L)
A 8 20 2120
B 10 25 1950
C 9 24 2064
D 11 22 1812

Which truck maintained the maximum average speed?

(I) Truck A
(II) Truck B
(III) Truck C
(IV) Truck D
Ans: (I)
Solution:

3. If a team of 4 persons is to be selected from 8 males and 8 females, then in how many
ways can the selections be made to include at least 1 female.
(I) 3500
(II) 1875
(III) 1750
(IV) None of these
Answer: (III)
Solution:

4. Aisha and Palak can do a piece of work in 25 and 20 days respectively. They began the
work together but Palak left after some days and Aisha completed the rest of the work
in 16 days. After how many days did Palak leave?
(I) 7 days
(II) 4 days
(III) 9 days
(IV) 12 days
Ans: (II)
Solution:

5. A company made a profit and decided to share it amongst the directors. At the same
time, 3 efficient employees were promoted to director’s post and became eligible to
share the profit. In this case, the profit earned by each eligible one was 4 rupees less.
The company made an additional profit of Rs. 90 which too was shared and the profit
earned by each director in this case was Rs. 25. How many directors received the share
of profit?
(I) 29
(II) 21
(III) 15
(IV) 18
(V) None of these
Ans: (IV)
Solution: