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Quantitative Ability – 7
Time and Work
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Quantitative Ability – 7
Time and Work
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Ten men can complete a work in 18 days. After 6 days, 5 more men joined. In how many

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days will the remaining work be completed?

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6 days

8 days
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10 days

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Question – 1
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To complete a task in 45 days, a contractor employ 45 people. Upon reviewing the work

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after 30 days, he notices that only half the task is complete. In order to meet the deadline
of 45 days, how many more people must he employ now?

(a) 25

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(c) 60
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(d) 45

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Question – 2
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Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 12 min and 15 min respectively. If both are opened and

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A is closed after 3 min, then how long will it take for B to fill the rest of the tank?

(a)

(c)
7 min 45 sec

8 min 5 sec
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(d)C 7 min 15 sec

8 min 15 sec

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Question – 3
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A, B and C together can complete a job in 15 days. After working with B and C for 5 days,

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A leaves and then B and C take 20 days more to finish that job. In how many days can A
complete the job alone?

(a) 25

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(b) C 27

(c) 32
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(d) None of these

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Question – 4
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A fort had provisions for 150 men for 45 days. After 10 days, 25 men left. How long will the

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food last at the same rate?

(a)

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29 days

30 days
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(d)C 42 days

35 days

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Question – 5
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A is thrice as efficient as B, and B is twice as efficient as C. If A, B and C work together,

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then how long will they take to complete a job which B takes 10 days to complete?

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(c) 3 days (d) None of these

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Question – 6
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Twenty men can complete a piece of work in 18 days, working 6 hrs a day. How many men

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are needed to complete another work that is twice as great as first one, and needs to be
finished in 24 days, working 9 hrs per day?

(a) 20 men

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(c) 25 men
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(d) 27 men

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Question – 7
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Two inlet pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 min and 20 min respectively. A leak in the pipe

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can empty the tank in 15 min. Initially pipe A is opened for 5 minutes. Then, pipe B is also
opened. How much time will it take to fill the tank?

(a) 10 mins

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(c) 20 mins
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(d) 25 mins

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Question – 8
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A man travels 360 km in 4 hours, partly by air and partly by train. Had he travelled all the

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at his destination 2 hours early. Find the distance he travelled by air and the time he spent

(a) 90 kms, 2 hrs 30 min

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(b) 270 kms, 2 hrs 30 min

(c) 90 kms, 1 hr 30 min

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Question – 9
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If a man can walk to a place in 4 hours at 3 km per hour, then how long would it take

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km per hour to reach there and return to his place?

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Question – 10
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Sandeep alone can complete a piece of work in 80 days. He works for 10 days and then

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Pradeep alone finishes the remaining work in 42 days. How many days will both of them
take to finish the work, working together?

(a) 30 days

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(c) 122 days

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(d) 32 days

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Question – 11
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Mahesh and Umesh can complete a work in 10 days and 15 days respectively. Umesh

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starts the work and after 5 days, Mahesh also joins him. In how many days would the work
be completed?

(a) 4 days

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(c) 8 days
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(d) 13 days

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Question – 12
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Amit can complete a piece of work in 24 days while Bijoy alone can complete it in 16 days.

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With the help of Chandan, they all finish the same work in 8 days. In how many days can
Chandan alone complete the work?

(a) 40 days

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(c) 32 days
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(d) 24 days

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Question – 13
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4 men and 8 boys complete a work in 6 days. In how many days will 2 men and 4 boys will

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finish the same work?

(a)

(c)
16 days

15 days
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Cannot be determined

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Question – 14
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Twenty men and 30 women take 5 days to complete a piece of work. It takes 20 days for

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the same work to be completed by 6 men and 5 women. How many days will it take for 40
men to complete the same work?

(a) 2 days (b)

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(c) 4 days
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(d) 6 days

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Question – 15
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A works twice as fast as B and three times as fast as C. If C can complete a job in 12 hr,

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then what part of the job can B complete in 1 hr?

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Question – 16
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A and B can mow a field in 3 days, A and C in 4 days, B and C in 5 days. If all are
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working together, in how much time they can mow the complete field?
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Question – 17
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A tap can fill an empty tank completely in 10 hr while another tap can empty the full tank in

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20 hr. If both the taps are kept open, in how much time would an empty tank gets filled?

(a)

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15 hr

10 hr
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40 hr

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Question – 18
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A can copy 100 pages in 5 hr. A and B together can copy 100 pages in 4 hr. In what time

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can B copy 20 pages?

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3 hr

5 hr
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Question – 19
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Six men earn as much as 8 women, 2 women earn as much as 3 boys and 4 boys can

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earn as much as 5 girls. If a girl earns Rs. 50 a day, then each man earns

(a)

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Rs. 115

Rs. 125
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Rs. 150

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Question – 20
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A team of labourers promises to complete a piece of work in 10 days, but 5 of them did not

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turn up. If the rest of the team takes 12 days to complete the work, find the original number
of labourers.

(a) 32

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(c) 35
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Question – 21
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Harish, Ramesh and Suresh can finish a project in 22 days, 33 days and 44 days

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respectively. How soon can they finish the project if they work jointly?

(a) 10
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Question – 22
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A, B and C can complete a assigned work in 8 days, 16 days and 24 days respectively.

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They all begin together. A continues to work till it is finished, C leaves 2 days before its
completion and B leaves one day before its completion. In what time will the work gets
finished?

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Question – 23
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An amount of Rs. 99 is paid for a task which A can complete in 32 days, B in 20 days, C in

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12 days and D in 24 days. If A, B, C and D work together, how much money should each
receive?

(a) Rs. 15, Rs. 24, Rs. 40, Rs. 20

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Rs. 15, Rs. 20, Rs. 12, Rs. 50

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Question – 24
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x is 3 times as fast as y and is able to complete the work in 40 days less than y. Then the

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time in which they can complete the work together is:

(a) 15 days

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Question – 25