Time and work

1) A farmer has sufficient fodder to feed 50 cows for 10days. How many days would fodder last if he had 10 cows less? (a) 11days (b) 11.5 days (c)12.5 days (d)none of these 2) Venkat and suraj together can finish a piece of work in 8 days, both started the work together. After 3 days venkat fell ill. Suraj alone finished the remaining work in 15 days. How many days would venkat take to finish the work alone? (a) 5 (b)18 (c)12 (d)10 3) A man works twice as fast as a woman. A woman works twice as fast as a child. If 16 men complete a job in 12days then how many days would be required for 32 women and 64 children together to complete the same job? (a)2 days (b)3 days (c)4days (d)6days 4) Two girls dd and kk can do a work in 8hrs and 12hrs respectively. If they work on alternative hours starting with dd at 10am, when will the work be finished? (a)7.30pm (b)5.30pm (c)7pm (d)none of these

5) Three pipes A, B & C can fill a cistern in 15, 20 &30 mins respectively. They were all turned on at the same time. After 5 mins, the 1st two pipes were turned off. In what time will the cistern be filled? (a)17.5mins (b)5mins (c)13mins (d)12.5mins

6) Yashwanth builds 1/8th part of wall every day, out of the length of the wall built per day, 20%falls off at the end of the day till the wall is completely built. In how many days can he complete the construction of the wall? (a)8 (b)10 c)9 1/5 (d)9 4/5

7) Vignesh starts working on a job and works on it for 12 days & completes 40% of the work. To help him complete the work he employs simbhu and together they work for another 12 days and the work gets completed. How much more efficient is vignesh than simbhu? (a)50% (b)200% (c)60% (d)80%

8)An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 6hrs and an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 4hrs. when tank is fill and both the pipes are open, find the net part emptied in 1hr. (a)1/10 (b)1/12 (c)1/15 (d)1/14

9)12 men can complete a piece of work in 9 days. After 3 days 6 men joined to replace 2 men. How many days would be required to complete the remaining work? (a)42/5days (b)32/5days (c)21/2days (d)11/2days

10) 4 men & 3 women can do a job in 6 days. When 5 men& 6 women work on the same job, the work gets completed in 4 days. How long will a woman take to do the job, if she works alone on it? (a)18days (b)36days (c)54days (d)none of these

11)Working as a pair PQ, QR and RP can complete a job in 24days, 20days and 30days respectively. Find the respective times taken by P,Q&R individually to complete the same job(in days). (a)48,80,240/7 (b)80,48,240/7 (c)80,240/7,48 (d)48,240/7,80

12) Yaadav can begin a work at his maximum rate; but afterwards, the rate at which he works follows a cyclic pattern. Every two hours it reduces by half but after 8 hrs, it comes back to the maximum level. He can complete a job in 151 hrs at his maximum rate. How many hours would he take to complete the job if his rate follows the cyclic pattern? (a)301 (b)601 (c)641 (d)321

13)25 persons start a job of digging over an area of 330m^2. From the second day a new person joins the group an each day. Each person digs 1m^2 per day. Find the time taken to complete the job(in days). (a)9 (b)10 (c)11 (d)12

14) Beginning with the second day, the amount of work sugan can do per day keeps doubling every day she works. Sharan can always do the work done by sugan in 40%less time. Owing to the increasing ability, sugan and sharan complete the job together in 2 days. How many days would it have taken if their efficiencies had remained constant. (a)4 (b)6 (c)5 (d)3

15) Had there been one man less, then the number of days reqd to do a piece of work would have been one more. If the number of man days reqd to complete the work is 56, how many workers were there? (a)6 (b)8 (c)9 (d)14

Compiled by Yaadav G.G