Example-9: A can do a piece of work in 10 days.

B PRACTICE QUESTION
can do this work in 15 days alone. They both work
alternately starting with A on the first day. In how LEVEL – 1
many days will be the work is completed.
Q.1 A can complete one-third of a piece of work
1
Solution: 1st day A worked of the total work in 3 days and B can complete one-six of the
10 same work in 3 days. If they start working
1
2nd day B worked of the total work. together, in how many days will the work be
15 completed?
1 1 A. 8 days B. 7 days
It means ( + ) is the work of two days
10 15 C. 6 days D. 5 days
1 1 11
= + =
Q.2 Ram can complete a piece of work in 20
10 15 60
11 hours. Ram and Shyam working together
is the work done by A and B in a can complete the same work in 12 hours.
60
11 How much time will Shyam take to complete
( )×5 the work on his own?
16
55 A. 25 hours B. 40 hours
=( ) work will be completed. C. 15 hours D. 30 hours
60
55 5 1 Q.3 Ram and Shyam, both can complete a
Remaining work = 1 - ( )= =
60 60 12 piece of work in 100 days. They start
=12 days working together but Shyam leaves after 20
days In how many days will Ram complete
Example-10: If 36 men can do a certain piece of the remaining work?
work in 25 days, I n how many days’ will 15 men do A. 50 days B. 60 days
it? C. 40 days D. 70 days
𝑚1 𝑑1 ℎ1 𝑚2 𝑑2 ℎ2
Solution: = = Q.4 A can build a wall in 8 days. A works for 4
𝑤1 𝑤2
days and leaves. After that, B comes and
only man & days are given completes the remaining work in 4 days. If
so we use m1d1 = m2d2 they work together, in how many days will
= 36×25 = 15×d2 the work be completed?
Required number of days = 60 A 8 days B. 4 days
C. 6 days D. 5 days
Example-11: If 20 men can do a certain piece of
work in 25 days, by working 6 hrs per day. In how Q.5 A and B working together can complete a
piece a work in 10 days. A, B and C working
many will 15 men do it, by working 8 hrs per day?
together can complete the same piece of
𝑚1 𝑑1 ℎ1 𝑚2 𝑑2 ℎ2
Solution: = = work in 5 days. How much time by C will
𝑤1 𝑤2 take to complete the work alone?
=(20 × 25 × 6) = (15 × X × 8) A. 12 days B. 14 day
= X = 25 days. C. 10 days D. 8 day

Q.6 A, B and C working together can complete a

piece of work in 10 days. C works for 5 days
and then goes away. If C alone can
complete the work in 25 days in how many
days will A and B complete the remaining
work?
A. 9 days B. 10 days
25
C. days D. 11 days
3

Q.7 X Y and Z can complete place of work in 12

days, 15 days and 20 days respectively.
 They started the work but Z left alter 2 days days of which B has been destroying. How
In how many days will the remaining work be many days must A now work alone to
completed by C ? complete the work?
A. 3 days B. 4 days 1
1 A. 7 days B. 7 days
3
C. 8 days D. 11 days 2
3 C. 7 days D. 8 days
3
Q.8 A, B and C can complete a piece of work in
2 Q.15 A and B can complete a piece of work in 9
26 days. A and B can complete the work in
3 days and 18 days respectively. They start
30 days. How many days will C take to working together, but A leaves 3 days before
complete the work alone? completion of work. The work lasts for:
A. 120 days B. 240 days
A. 6 days B. 8 days
C. 360 days D. 60 days
C.12 days D. None
Q.9 X and Y can complete a piece of work in 15 Q.16 Ram and Shyam can complete a piece of
days and 18 days respectively. But with the work in 4 days. Shyam and Mohan can
help of Z, they can complete the work in 6
complete the same work in 8 day and all of
days. In how many days Z alone Welcome
them together can complete the same work
the work?
in 3 days. In how many days can Ram and
A. 20 days B. 25 days
1 1
Mohan complete work?
C. 22 days D. 37 days 24 48
2 2 A. days B. days
7 7
C. 7 days D. 6 days
Q.10 A and B together can repair and service in 4
days. If A alone can complete the work in 6
Q.17 A and B can complete a piece of work in 24
days: In how many days will B complete the
days. B and C complete the same work in 36
same work
days and A, B and C together complete it in
A. 24 days B 12 days
18 days. In how many days’ will
C. 6 days D. 8 days
1. A alone 2. B alone
3. A and C together, complete the
Q.11 A and B Can complete a certain work 15
work?
days and 20 days respectively. But with the
A. 36 days, 72 days, 24 days
help of C, they can complete same work in 5
B. 21 days, 45 days, 34 days
days. How long will C alone take to complete
C. 35 days, 25 days, 56 days
the work?
D. 23 days, 45 days, 30 days
A. 8 days B. 10 days
C. 2 days D. 14 days
Q.18 A and B can complete a certain piece of
work in 10 days and 15 days respectively. A
Q.12 A and B together can do a piece of work in 8
work together for 4 days and then leaves.
days, B and C together in 10 days, while C
How many more days will B take to
and A together in 6 days, if they all work
complete the remaining work?
together the work will be completed in:
3 3
A. 3 days B. 4 days
A. 3 days B. 3 days C. 5 days D. 6 days
4 7
5 4
C. 5 days D. 4 days Q.19 A can complete a piece of work in 40 days at
47 9
work for days and have come 21 days they
Q.13 A is thrice as fast as B. If A lakes 60 days work together, in how many days with the
less than B to complete the same work, then work be completed?
in how many days can they complete the A. 12 days B. 10 days
work together? C. 15 days D. 25 days
A. 20 days B. 10 days
C. 22.5 days D. 40 days Q.20 A man, a woman and a boy can complete
piece of work in 6 hours, 8 hours and 12
Q.14 A can do a piece of work in 8 days which B hours respectively. If a man, two women and
can destroy in 3 days. A has worked for 6
 the 3 boys had been working at it for 1 hour, the work. Approximately at what the work be
the remaining work is: finished?
1 1 A. 11:30am B. 12 noon
A. days B. days
3 2 C. 12:30pm D. 11:30pm
2 1
C. days D. days
3 4 Q.27 The work done by a man, a woman and a
child is in the ratio of 3: 2:1. There are 20
Q.21 A, B and C can complete a work in 15 days, men, 30 women and Rs.840, which is
20 days and 12 days respectively. They divided in the ratio of work done by the men,
started working together but C left after 2 women and children. What will be the wages
days. In how much time will the remaining of 15 men, 21 women and 30 children for 2
work be complete? weeks?
1 A. Rs.585 B. Rs.292.5
A. 5 days B. 5 days
7 C. Rs 1170 D. Rs 900
2
C. 5 days D. 7 days
7 Q.28 A work could be completed in 100 days by
some workers. However, due to the absence
Q.22 A and B can complete a work in 20 days and of 10 workers, it was completed in 110 days.
15 days respectively. They worked together The original number of workers was:
for six days which C replaced B. If the A. 100 B. 110
remaining work was complete in 4 days, in C. 55 D. 50
how many days can C alone complete the
work? A. 18 days Q.29 A can do a work in 12 days. When he had
B. 24 days worked for 3 days B joined him. If they
C. 40 days D. 60 days complete me work in 3 more days, in how
many days can B alone the work?
Q.23 A man and his wife undertake to complete a A. 6 days B. 12 days
work for Rs.180. The man and woman alone C. 4 days D. 8 days
can complete the work in 6 days and 9 days
respectively. If with the assistance of their Q.30 A is thrice as good a workman as B,
child, they can complete the work in 3 days. therefore. A is able to finish a piece of work
Then how much is their child’s they can in 60 days less that B. The time (in day) in
share in the income? which they can do it working together is:
A. Rs.25 B. Rs.30 1
C. Rs.20 D. Rs.45 A. 22 days B. 22 days
2
1
C. 23 days D. 23 days
4
Q.24 A and B can complete work in 12 days. B
and C can complete the same work in 15
days. If A is twice as good a workman as C,
how many days will B alone take to ANSWER
complete the work?
A. 20 days B. 16 days
C. 24 days D. 25 days
Q.1C Q.6C Q.11C Q.16A Q.21C Q.26D
Q.25 24 man working 8 hours a day can finish a
work in 10 days. Find the number of men Q.2D Q.7B Q.12C Q.17A Q.22C Q.27C
required to finish the same work in 6 days
working 5 hours a day? Q.3B Q.8B Q.13C Q.18C Q.23B Q.28B
A. 60 days B. 64 days
C. 80 days D. 72 days Q.4B Q.9C Q.14B Q.19C Q.24A Q.29A
Q.26 Machine A can print one thousand books in
10 hours, machine B can print the same Q.5C Q.10B Q.15C Q.20A Q.25B Q.30B
number of books in 12 hours while machine
c print them in 15 hours. All the machines
are started at 9am while machine complete
X = 37.5 minutes. So the leak will empty the full tank Q.4 A pipe can empty a lank in 15 hrs and
in 37.5 minutes. another pipe can empty it in 10 hrs. If both
the pipes are opened simultaneously find
Example-3: Pipe A can fill a tank in 2 hours.B can fill the time in which a full tank is emptied.
this tank in 3 hours. And pipe C can empty the tank A.8 hours B. 6 hours
C.4 hours D. 5 hours
in 4 hours. How much time is required to make the
tank full? Q.5 Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30
Sol. Net part filled in 1 hour. = 1/2+ 1/3-1/4=7/12 minutes and 15minutes respectively. If both
So, the tank will be full in 12/7hours. the pipes are opened simultaneously, how
much time will be taken to fill the tank?
Example-4: Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 A.10 minutes B.12 minutes
and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipe are C. 8 minutes D.9 minutes
open simultaneously .After how much time should B
be closed, so the tank is full in 15 minutes. Q.6 There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern.
When the cistern is thoroughly repaired it
Sol. Let the pipe B is closed after x minutes. So we
would be filled in 12 minutes. Now takes 18
can write 15/20+x/30 =1 =≫ X= 7.5 min minutes longer. If the cistern is full, how long
would the leak take to empty the cistern?
Example-5: Two pipes A and B can fill, the reservoir A.20 minutes B.24 minutes
in 6 hours. If pipe A fills the reservoir 5 hour. Faster C.26 minutes D.30 minutes
than the other. How many hours does the faster pipe
take to fill the reservoir? Q.7 Tap A can fill a water tank in 25 minutes, tap
Sol. If A fills the reservoir in X hours. Then B fill the B can fill the same tank in 40 minutes and
tap C can empty the tank in30 minutes. If all
reservoir in X + 5 hrs.so we can write 1/x + 1/(x+5) =
the three taps are opened together, in how
1/6 and we get x= 10, so A can fill it in 10 hours. And many minutes will the tank be completely
B can fill it in 15 hours filled up or emptied?
2 31
A. 13 B. 11
19 19
PRACTICE QUESTION 11 11
C. 19 D. 31
31 19
LEVEL - 1
Q.8 Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12
Q.1 A pipe can fill a cistern in 25 hours. Find the minutes and 15minutes respectively. There
part of tank filled in 5 hours. is also a pipe C. If all the three pipes are
1 1 opened together, the tank is full in 10
A. B.
25 5 minutes.
1 1 How much time will be taken by C to empty
C. D.
10 15 the full tank?
A.10 min B. 20 min
Q.2 A pipe can empty a cistern in 27 hours. Find C.15 min D. adequate
2
the time in which part of the cistern will be
3 Q.9 Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24
emptied. minutes and 30minutes respectively. There
A. 19 hours B. 12 hours is also an outlet C. If all thethree pipes are
C: 15 hours D. 18 hours opened together the tank is full in
20minutes. How much time will be taken by
Q.3 A cistern which could be filled in 9 hours C to empty the full tank?
takes one hour more to be filled owing to a A 30 min B. 40 min
leak in its bottom. If the cisterns full, in what C.45 min D. 1 hour
time will the leak empty it?
A. 80 hours B. 85 hours Q.10 Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12
C. 90 hours D. 95 hours minutes and 16minutes respectively. If both
the pipes are opened simultaneously, after
 how much time should B be closed so that 3
Q.18 Pipes A and B can fill a tank in and 1
the tank is full in 9 minutes? 2
A. 8 min B. 6 min hours respectively. Pipe C can empty in 30
C. 4 min D. 10 min minute. If all the three pipes are opened
together, then the tank will be empty in
Q.11 Two pipes A and B can fil a tank in 36 A.3 hrs B.4 hrs
minutes and 48minutes respectively if both C.2 hrs D.1 hrs
the pipes are opened simultaneously, after
how much time that are closed so that the Q.19 Two A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes
tank a full in 27 minutes? and 20 respectively both the pipes are
A. 10 min B.12 min opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe B
C 14 min D.16min is turned off. What is the total time required
to fill the tank?
Q.12 Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hour, pipe In 10 A 12 min B.10 mins
hours and pipe in 30 hours. If all he pipes C.8 min D.7 mins
are opened together. Then the tank will be
filled in Q.20 A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours.
A.12 hour B.5 hrs Because of a leak, it took 2.5 hours to fill the
C.3 hrs D.4 hrs tank. The leak can drain all the water of the
tank in
Q.13 A tank can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while A. 9 hrs B. 8 hrs
it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. C. 7 hrs D.10 hrs
If both the taps are opened simultaneously
then after how much it will the cistern get ANSWER
filled?
A.7 hrs B.5 hrs Q.1B Q.6A Q.11B Q.16C
C.15 hrs D.7.2 hrs
Q.2D Q.7D Q.12C Q.17B
Q.14 Pipes A and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and
20 hours respectively A in open all the time
Q.3C Q.8B Q.13D Q.18A
and B and C are open for one hour each
alternately, the tank will be full in
A.5 hrs B.6 hrs Q.4B Q.9B Q.14D Q.19C
C.8 hrs D.7 hrs
Q.5A Q.10C Q.15D Q.20D
Q.15 Two pipes can filla tank in 10 hours and 12
hours respectively, while the third com ply in
20 hours. If the pipes are opened together,
then the lank will be filed in
A.9 hrs B.8 hrs
EXPLANATION
C.6 hrs D.7.5 hrs
5 1
Q.16 A tap can l a cistern in 8 hour and another 1. Required part = =
25 5
can empty it in 16 hour both the taps are
opened simultaneously, the time to fill the 2
cistern will be 2. Required Time =27× = 18
3
A.20 hrs B.8 hrs
C.16 hrs D.24 hrs 3. P1→9 10

Q.17 Two pipes can f the tank in 12 hours and 15 90P2→10 9

hours respectively A third pipe can empty it
in 20 hours. If the tank is empty and at the Efficiency of leak = 10-9=1
three pipes are opened, then the tank will be
full (in hour) 90
So, required time = = 90ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
A 12 hrs B.10 hrs 1
C 15hrs D.8 hrs