Time and Work

1) A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they

work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the
work that is left is ?
2) A can lay railway track between two given stations
in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With
help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C
alone can do the job in?
3) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60
days respectively. In how many days can A do the
work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
4) A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is
able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working
together, they can do it in?
5) A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B
alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs.
3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in
3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
6) A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B
and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days.
How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
7) A fort had provision of food for 150 men for 45 days.
After 10 days, 25 men left the fort. The number of days for
which the remaining food will last, is?
8) If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days
while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the
time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type
of work will be?
9) A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked
together for 20 days and then B left. After another 20 days,
A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone
can finish the work?
 Pipes and Cisterns
1) Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours
respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the
three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be
filled in?
2) A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of
a leak, it took 2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all
the water of the tank in?
3) Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes
respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per
minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the
tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is?
4) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes
and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are
opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is
turned off. What is the total time required to fill
the tank?
 Probability
1) Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and
then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the
probability that the ticket drawn has a number
which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
2) In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green
balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is
the probability that it is neither red nor green?
3) What is the probability of getting a sum 9
from two throws of a dice?
4) Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the
probability of getting at most two heads?
5) A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability
of getting a queen of club or a king of heart is?
6) A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three
balls are drawn at random from the bag. The probability
that all of them are red, is?
7)A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls
are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of
the balls drawn is blue?
 Permutation & Combination
1) From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five
persons are to be selected to form a committee
so that at least 3 men are there on the
committee. In how many ways can it be done?
2) In how many different ways can the letters of
the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way
that the vowels always come together?
3) In how many ways can the letters of the word
'LEADER' be arranged?
4) In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to
be selected. In how many different ways can they be
selected such that at least one boy should be there?
5) How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from
the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5
and none of the digits is repeated?
6) In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5
men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10
women?
7) A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and
4 red balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be
drawn from the box, if at least one black ball is
to be included in the draw?
8) In how many different ways can the letters of
the word 'DETAIL' be arranged in such a way that
the vowels occupy only the odd positions?