1.

A can do a certain work in 15 days,

while B can do the same work in 21
days. If they work together, then in
how many days will the same work be
completed?
(a) 31/4 (b) 39/4 (c) 27/4 (d) 35/410.

2. James can do a work in 5 days,

William in 8 days and peter in 12
days. Find the time taken in days by
james, William and peter to do work if
they work together.
(a) 71/49 (b) 123/49 (c) 120/49 (d)
121/49

3.One boy and one girl together can

complete a price of work in 12 days. A
boy alone can complete the work in
15 days . In how many days can one
girl alone complete the work ?

(a) 70 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 44

4. If A alone can do a job in 72 days
then, in how many days can B alone
do job if together they can do the job
in 40 days ?

(a) 90 (b) 108 (c) 80 (d) 120

5. P can do 1/4th of work in 10 days ,

Q can do 40% of work in 15 days and
R can do 1/3rd of work in 15 days and
S can do 37.5% of work in 17 days.
Who is less efficient ?
a) P ( b ) Q (C) R (d) S

6. A can do a work in 36 days and B

in 32 days. If they work on it together
for 12 days then what fraction of work
is left?

(a)7/24 (b) 9/32 (c)11/36 (d) 14/72

7. A can do ¼ part of a work in 9

days. B can do 2/3 part of the same
work in 28 day .working together , in
how many day can A and B complete
the whole work?

(a) 261/15days (b) 198/17days

(c) 262/11days (d) 252/13days

8. A can do three-seventh of a work in

15 days and B can do tow –fifth of the
same work together , then how long
( in days ) will they take to complete
the work ?

(a) 61/4 (b) 63/4 (c) 73/4 (d) 35/2

9.A and B can print the walls of a
building in 25 days, ‘A’ alone can do
1/3rd of this job in 15 days. In how
many days can ‘B’ alone paint the
walls of the building ?

(a) 56 (b)56 1/2 (c) 56 ½ (d) 56 ¾

10. A and B working together can do

30% of the work in 6 days . B alone
can do the same work in 25days .
How long will A alone take to
complete the same work?

(a) 75 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d)100

11. A can paint a house in 55 days

and B can do it n 66 days . along with
c, they did the job in 12 days
only ,then ,C alone can todo the job in
how many days?

(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

12. A and B can complete a work in
80 days and 96 days .respectively .
they completed the work in 32 days
with the help of C. How many days
will C take to completed the entire
work alone ?

(a) 108 (b) 92 (c) 120 (d) 84

13. Working together A and B can do

a job in 40 days all three
59.A takes twice as much time as B
and
thrice as much time as C to finalise a
task .
Working together, they can complete
the
task in 8 days. The time (in days)
taken by
A, B and C, respectively, to complete
the
task is:
(a)42, 21, 14 (b)60, 30, 20 (c)54, 27,
18
(d)48, 24, 16
60. A and B can do a piece of work in
36days. B
and C can do the same work in 60
days. A and
C can do the same work in 45 days. In
how
many days can B alone complete the
same
work?
(a) 45 (b) 60 (c) 90 (d) 120
61. A and B can do a work in 80/3
days. B
and C together can complete the
same work
in 48 days, while A and C together
can
complete the same work in 30 days.
How
long (in days) will A alone take to
complete
60% of the work?
(a) 20 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d)36
62. A and B can do a piece of work in
18 days.
B and C together can do it in 30 days.
If A is
twice as good a workman as C, find in
how
many days B alone can do the work?
(a) 80 days (b) 100 days (c) 75 days
(d) 90
days
63. To do a certain work, the ratio of
the
efficiencies of A and B is 7: 5. Working
together,
they can complete the same work in
35/2 days.
A alone will complete 60% of the
same work in:
(a) 16 days (b) 18 days(c) 21 days (d)
15 days
64. To do a certain work, the ratio of
efficiency
of A to that of B is 3 : 7. Working
together, they
can complete the work in 21/2 days.
They work
together for 8 days. 60% of the
remaining work
will be completed by A alone in:
(a) 13/2 days (b) 11/2 days (c) 5 days
(d) 4 days
65. A can complete a work in 23/2
days. B is
25% more efficient than A and C is
50%
efficient than B. Working together A. B
and
C will complete the same work
(a)8 days (b)4 days (c)3 days (d)5
days
66. A can do a piece of work in 15
days. B is 25%
more efficient than A, and C is 40%
more efficient
than B. A and C work together for 3
days and
then C leaves. A and B together will
complete the
remaining work in:
(a) 5/2 days (b) days (c) days (d) 3
days
67. The ratio of the efficiencies of A, B
and C is
4 : 5 : 3. Working together, they can
complete
that work in 25 days. A and C
together will
complete 35% of that work in:
(a) 12 days (b) 10 days (c) 18 days (d)
15 days
68. To do a certain work, A is 60%
more efficient
than B, and B is 10% less efficient
than C. C alone
can complete the same work in 36
hours. A and
B work together for 5 hours. How
much time (in
hours) will C alone take to complete
the
remaining work?
A) 24.3 B) 25.2 C) 24.8 D) 23.8
69. To do a certain work, the ratio of
efficienc
69. To do a certain work, the ratio of
efficiencies
of X and Y is 5 : 7. Working together,
X and Y can
complete the same work in 70 days. X
alone
started the work and left after 42
days. Y alone
will complete the remaining work in:
(a) 90 days (b) 96 days (c) 80 days (d)
72 days
70. To complete a certain task, X is
30% more
efficient than Y, and Z is 20% less
efficient than Y.
working together, they can complete
the task in
44 days. Y and Z together worked for
70 days. The
remaining work will be complete by X
alone is:
a) 7 days b) 5 days c) 9 days d) 8
days
71. A can finish a piece of work in a
certain
number of days. B takes 45% more
number of
days to finish the same work
independently.
They worked together for 58 days and
then the
remaining work was done by B alone
in 29
days. In how many days could A have
completed the work, had he worked
alone?
(a) 116 days (b) 118 days (c) 98 days
(d) 120
days
72. A can complete a work in 45 days.
B is 80%
more efficient than A, and C is 25%
less efficient
than B. B and C worked together for
10 days. Now
in how many days only A can
complete the
remaining work?
A) 27/2days B) 12 days C) 25 daysD)
15 days
73. The ratio of efficiency of A & B is
9:7.
Working together, they can complete
a certain
work in 21/4 days. A alone completed
3/7
of the work and B alone completed
the
remaining work. The total number of
days in
which the entire work got completed
is?
a) 145/14 b) 129/14 c) 76/7 d) 91/7
74. To complete a certain work, A
takes the
same time that B and C together take.
A and B
working together can complete the
same work
in 20 days and C alone can complete
it in 30
days. B and C together work for 8
days. In how
many days can A alone complete the
remaining
work?
A)20 B)16 C)12 D)15

75. Working together, A and B can do

a certain
work in 45 days. They work together
for 10
days. They complete the remaining
work in 28
days with the assistance of C. The
worked by C
in 3 days is equal to the work done by
B in 2
days. A and C together can complete
70% of the
original work in?
A)36 days B)35 days C)40 days D)30
days
76. P is four times as good a workman
as Q,
and therefore is able to finish a task in
36days less than Q. Working together,
both
can finish the work in:
(a) days (b) days (c) 48 days (d)
12 days
77. A can do as much work as B and C
together
can do. A and B can together do a
piece of work
in 9 hours 36 mintues and C can do it
in 48
hours. the time (in hrs) that B needs
to do the
work alone is :
(a)18 (b)24 (c)30 (d)12
78. A works thrice as fast as B and B
works 50%
more fast as C does. All three working
together
can finish a task in 8 days with the
help of D. If D
alone can finish the same task in 24
days, then in
how many days will A and D together
finish
71(3/7)% of the same task?
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7.5
79. Two workers A and B working
together
completed a job in 8 days. If A had
worked with
twice efficiency as he actually did, B
had worked
with 60% of efficiency as he actually
did. The
work would have been completed in 6
days. To
complete the job alone, B would
require how
many days?
a) 84/5 b) 73/5 c) 86/5 d) 77/5
80. Pratap and Raju can together
complete a work
in 16 days. After seven days of
working together.
Pratap got sick and his efficiency fell
by 30%. As a
result, they completed the work in 17
days
instead of 16 days. If Raju had worked
alone after
Pratap got sick, in how many days
would be have
completed the remaining work?
A)13.5 B)11 C)12 D)14.5
81. A can work as fast as B and C
together. A
and B together can work 40% faster
than C. If all
three of them complete a job in 28
days, how
long would B take to complete the
same work
last?
(a)192 days (b)196 days (c)144 days
(d)120 days
82. A is as efficient as B and C
together. Working
together A and B can complete a work
in 36days
and C alone can complete it in
60days. A and C
work together for 10days. B alone will
complete
the remaining work in:
(a) 88 days (b) 84 days (c) 110 days
(d) 90 days
83. A and B together can do a
certain work in x
days. Working alone, A and B can
do the same
work in (x+8) and (x+18) days,
respectively. A
and B together will complete of
the same
work in:
(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12
84. A can complete a work in
81/8more
days than A and B working
together, while
B take 12.5 days more to
complete a work
alone than A and B working
together. How
much time B alone can do it?
a) 89/4days b) 95/4days c)
49/2days d)
169/8days
85. A can complete a work in 11
more
days than B, while A does the
same work
in 36 days more than C. A+ B can
complete the whole work in same
time in
which C alone does the whole
work. In
how many days A alone could
complete
the same work?
a) 63 b) 72 c) 61 d) 66
86. P and Q together can
complete a certain
work in (x 2) days. Working alone,
P and Q
can do the same work in (x + 2.5)
days and
(x + 6) days respectively. Then P
and Q
together will complete of the
same
work in?
A) 6 days C) 3 days B) 4 days D) 5
days
87. If A had worked alone, he
would
have taken 63 hours to do the
task.
What is B's share, if A and B
together
on a task finishing it in 36 hours
and
they get paid Rs. 5,950 for it?
(a) 3400 (b) 3600 (c) 2550 (d)
2750
88. A can do a work in 8 days, B
can do the
same work in 10 days and C can
do the
same work in 12 days. If all three
of them
do the same work together and
they are
paid Rs7400, then what is the
share (in Rs)
of B?
(a) 2600 (b) 3000 (c) 2400 (d)
2000
89. Three persons undertake a
piece of
work for Rs. 7500. First person
can do it in
75 days alone, second person in
40 days
while third person can do it in 60
days
working alone. They did the
complete work
with the help of fourth person in
just 40/3
days. Find the amount received by
the
fourth person.
a) 1600 b) 2000 c) 2500 d) 2400
90. A and B together completed a
piece of
work costing Rs. 1,900. A worked
for 5
days, B for 6 days. If the daily
wages of A
and B are in the ratio of 4 : 3
respectively,
then how much amount will be
received by
A?
(a) Rs. 800 (b) Rs. 900(c) Rs.
1,000 (d) Rs.
1,100
91. A can complete a task in 24
days and B
can complete the same task in 36
days.
They start working together but A
works
only for 4 days. The remaining
work is
completed by B. If the contract to
complete
the work is for Rs.4,800, then
what is B's
share (in Rs.)?
(a) 3,600 (b) 4,400(c) 2,400 (d)
4,000
92. A and B undertake a contract of a
task
for Rs.7,500. A can do complete the
task all
alone in 50 days and B can complete
the
same task all by himself in 60 days.
However,
and complete the entire work in 20
days.
What is the difference (in Rs
completing the task?
(a)(a)2,000 (b)250 (c) 500 (d) 1,500
93. A, B and C can do a piece of work
in 32
days, 48days, and 29days,
respectively.
They work together for 4 days, then A
left
the work. After this B and C worked
for 8
days and then B left the work and the
remaining work was done by C. If they
got
Rs. 6840 for whole work, then find the
share of C ?
(a)Rs. 4275 B) Rs. 5130 C) Rs. 4400
D) Rs.
3420
94. A alone can complete a work
in 15
days and B alone in 20 days.
Starting
with A, they work on alternate
days.
The total work will be completed
in:
(a)17 days (b)9 days (c)

107.Eight persons can finish a work in

20
days. After 5 days they were request
to
complete the working the next 8 days.
How many more persons should join
the
group to fulfill the requirement?
(A) 23 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 7
108. A certain number of workers
agree
to finish a work in 30 days. 10
workers
do not cometo work, the rest
finished
the work in 50 days. Find the
number of
workers who originally agreed to
work.
(a)20 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 22
109. 25 persons can complete a work
in 60
days. They started the work. 10
persons left
the work after x days. If the whole
work was
completed in 80 days, then what is
the value
of x?
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 12 (d) 24
110. Twenty workers can finish a
piece of
work in 30 days. After how many days
should 5 workers leave the job so that
the
work is completed in 35 days?
(a) 5 days (b) 10 days (c) 15 days (d)
20
days
111. 18 men can complete a work
in 9
days. After they have worked for 5
days,
6 more join them. How many days
will
they take to complete the
remaining
work?
A) 3 B) 5/2 C) 2 D) 7/2
112. Working 7 hours a day, 18
persons
can complete a certain work in 32
days.
In how many days would 14
persons
complete the same work, working
8
hours a day?
(a) 35 (b) 30
(c) 42 (d) 36
113. How many men will be required
to
plough 50 acres of land in 10 days if
15
men required 6 days to plough 10
acres of
land?
(a) 45 (b) 40
(c) 55 (d) 50
114. A certain number of persons can
complete a work in 34 days working
9h a day.
If the number of persons is decreased
by
40%, then how many hours a day
should the
remaining persons work to complete
the
work in 51 days?
(a) 12 (b) 10
(c) 8 (d) 9
115. 15 men take 6 days to
complete a job
working 5 hours a day. How many
hours a
dayshould 18 men take to
complete the job
in 6 days?
(a) 13/6 (b) (c) (d) 19/6
116. If 90 men can do a certain
job in 16
days, working 12 hours per day,
the part
of that work which can be
completed by
70 men in 24 days, working 8
hours per
day is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
117. I can finish a work in 25/3
days
working 18 hours a day. You can
finish it
in 16 days working 15 hrs a day.
Find, in
how many hours we can finish
work together, if we work 10 hrs a
day?
b) 27/13c) 60/13 d) 68/13
118. In a fort there was sufficient
food
for 760 soldiers for 44 days. After
31 days
240 soldiers left the fort. For how
many
extra days will the rest of the food
last
for the remaining soldiers?
(a)19 days (b)13days
(c)23 days (d)6 days
119. There is sufficient food for
2400
soldiers for 60 days and each
soldier eats
750 grams everyday after 43 days
900
soldiers left the camp. Now for
how
many days rest of the food lasted
for the
rest of the soldiers if each ate
850gram
food everyday.
a) 18 b)28 c)24 d)32
120. There is sufficient food for 4000
soldiers
for 40 days and each soldier eats
1250 grams
food daily after 22 days 1600 soldiers
left the
camp and some soldierrs joined the
camp
where each new soldier eats 1000
gram daily.
Now the whole food lasted for 37 days
then
find the number of soldiers who
joined the camp.
a)2500 b)3000 c)4000 d)2750
121. A contractor undertook to
finish a
work in 92 days and employed
110 men.
After 48 days, he found that he
had
already done part of the work, the
number of men he can withdraw
so that
his work may still be finished in
time is:
a) 45 b) 40 C) 35 D) 30
122. A contract is to be completed in
75
days and 187 men are to work
15vhours per
day. After 65 days, of the work is
completed, how many additional men
may
be employed, so that the work may
be
completed in time, each man now
working
17 hours per day?
a) 514 b) 532 c) 528 d) 495
123. A contractor agreed to finish a
work
completely in 150 days, he employed
75 men
each working 8 hours daily. After 90
days,
only 2/7 of the work was completed.
How
many workers he should increase so
that the
work can be completed on time if
each
working now work for 10 hours a day.
a) 150 b) 225 c) 200 d) 125
124. A contractor agreed to construct
a6
km road in 200 days. He employed
140
persons for the work. After 60 days ,
he
realized that only 1.5 km road has
been
completed. How many additional
people
would he need to employ in order to
finish
the work exactly on time?
125. Few men can do a piece of work
in 8 day.
Then start the work but every day 10
men left
the work the work will be completed
in 12
days. Find the number of men at the
starting.
a) 175 b) 165 c) 185 d) 195

126. 60 men can complete a work

in 40
days. They start work together but
after
every 10 day, 5 men leave the
work. In
how many days will the work be
completed?
(a) 47.5 (b) 49.5 (c)42.5 (d) 45.5