TIME AND WORK
1. A and B can complete a work in 30 days and 20 days respectively. In how
many days they together complete the work?
12 days (b) 5 days (c) 15 days (d) 10 days
2. Working 5 hours a day, A can complete a task in 8 days and working 6
hours a day, B can finish the same task in 10 days, working 8 hours a day,
they can jointly complete the task in ________
[A] 5 days [B] 3 days [C] 4.5 days [D] 6 days
3. A, B and C can complete a work in 10 days, 20 days and 30 days respectively. They
start work together and work for 4 days. After 4 days, A starts working with double
efficiency and C starts working with half of his efficiency. In how many days’ works
will be completed?
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Type – 02
4. A & B can complete a piece of work in 10 and 12 days respectively. A and B start
work together and after 3 days A left the work then calculate in how many days work
will be completed.
(a) 8.4 days (b) 5 days (c) 15 days (d) 10 days
5. A & B complete a piece of work in 10 and 15 days respectively. A and B start work
together and after 2 days A left the work then calculate in how many days work will
be completed?
(a) 12 days (b) 5 days (c) 15 days (d) 10 days
6. A and B can complete a work in 10 days and 15 days respectively. A and B started
working together but after some time A left the work and the whole work will
complete in 9 days. Then calculate after how much time A left the work.
(a) 12 days (b) 4 days (c) 15 days (d) 10 days
7. Three men A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. If A, B
and C starts work together but after 3 days C left the work next after one day A also
left the work. Then in how much time the whole work will complete.
(a) 8 days (b) 7 days (c) 4.8days (d) 6 days
8. Three men A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A, B
and C start work together but after 3 days A left the work and B left the work 4 days
before the complete of work then in how much time the whole work will complete.
(a) 8 days (b) 6 8/9days (c) 4 4/5days (d) 5 2/9days
TIME AND WORK
9. A, B and C can do a work separately in 18, 36 and 54 days, respectively. They started
the work together, but B and C left 5 days and 10 days, respectively, before the
completion of the work. In how many days was the work finished?
(a) 15 days (b) 13 days (c) 14 days (d) 12 days
10. A can do ¼ part of a work in 9 days. B can do 2/3 part of the same work in 28 days.
Working together, in how many days can A and B complete the whole work?
(a) 252/13 (b)261/15 (c)262/11 (d)198/14
11. A can do a work in 2 hrs, B do the three times of this work in 8 hrs and C in 8 hrs, if
they work together then in how much time the work will be complete?
(a) 1 hr (b) 2 hr (c) 3 hr (d) 4 hr
Type – 04
12. A can build a wall in 10 days and B can build it in 5 days, while C can destroy it in 20
days. If they start working together then, in how many days will the work be
completed?
(a) 6 days (b) 4 days (c) 8 days (d) 2 days
13. A can build a wall in 16 days while B can destroy it in 8 days. A worked for 5 days.
Then B joined with A for the next 2 days. Find in how many days could A build the
remaining wall?
(a) 12 days (b) 14 days (c) 13 days (d) 16 days
14. A can do a piece of work in 8 days which B can destroy in 3 days. A has worked for 6
days, during the last 2 days of which B has been destroying. How many days must A
now work alone to complete the work?
(a) 7 days (b) 7 1/3 days (c) 7 2/3 days (d) 8 days
Type – 05
15. A + B, B + C and C+A can complete a work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. In how
much time they together complete the whole work
(a) 10 days (b) 6 8/9days (c) 4 4/5days (d) 5 2/9days
16. P and Q can do a job in 24 days, Q and R can do it in 30 days, while P and R can do it
in 40 days. X is four times as efficient as P, Y is half as efficient as Q, and Z is 2.5 times
as efficient as R. Determine the number of days required to complete the same job if
X, Y and Z work together.
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 10
17. A can complete a piece of work in 14 days, while A and B together can complete in 3
1/2days. How long will B alone take to complete it?
(a) 4 days (b) 5 days (c)3/14days (d)14/3days
TIME AND WORK
18. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 8 days and B and C together in 12
days. All of three together can complete the work in 6 days. Then in how many days
A and C will together complete the
work?
(a) 8 days (b) 10 days (c) 12 days (d) 20 days
19. Amit can complete a piece of work in 5 hours; Jeevan and Paul together can
complete it in 4 hours, while Amit and Paul together can complete it in 3 hours.
Approximately, how many hours will Jeevan alone takes to complete the work
(rounded off to the nearest integer)
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 8 4/7
20. A and B together can complete a job in 8 days. Both B and C, working alone can finish
the same job in 12 days, A and B commence work on the job, and work for 4 days,
where upon A leaves, B continues for 2 more days, and then he leaves too, C now
starts working, and finishes the job. How many days will C require to finish the
remaining work?
(a) 5 days (b) 8 days (c) 3 days (d) 4 days
21. 3 men A, B and C complete a work is such a way that A works for all the days, B
works for 1st and 2nd day and C works for 3rd, 4th and 5th day. If B+C can do as
much work in 2 days as A alone does in 3 days. In how many days A, B, C alone do
the work if B + C can complete the whole work without the help of A in 6 days.
(a) 9,18,9 days (b) 8, 6, 10 days (c) 10,6,8 days (d) 8,10,14 days
Type 07
22. A is 40% more efficient than B they together complete the whole work in 15 days. In
how much time B alone do the work?
(a) 36 days (b) 25 5/7days (c) 25 days (d) 15 days
23. A is 50% more efficient than B. Then in how much time they together complete the
whole work if alone complete the whole work in 25 days.
(a) 12 days (b) 15 days (c) 20 days (d) 18 days
24. If A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 6 days. If A can work twice faster than B
and thrice faster than C, than the number of days C alone can complete the work is
(a) 44 (b) 33 (c) 22 (d) 11
25. A can-do half of a piece of work in 1 day, whereas B can do full. B can do half the
work as C in 1 day. The ratio of their efficiencies of work is.
(a) 1: 2: 4 (b) 2: 1: 4 (c) 4: 2: 1 (d) 2: 4: 1
TIME AND WORK
26. Amit, Bhawna and Chandan can do a piece of work, working together in one day
only. Amit is 5 times efficient than Bhawna and Chandan takes half of the number of
days taken by Bhawna to do the same work. What is the difference between the
number of days taken by Amit and Chandan when they work alone?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2 2/5
27. Efficiency of A is equal to the efficiency of B + C. A + B can do this work in 12 days
and C alone in 24 days. In how many days B alone can do this work?
(a) 36 days (b) 40 days (c) 44 days (d) 48 days
28. 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) 110 days (b) 118 days (c) 98 days (d) 120 days
29. To do a certain work, B would take time thrice as long as A and C together and C
twice as long as A and B together. The three men together complete the work in 10
days. The time taken by A to complete the work separately is
(a) 22 days (b) 24 days (c) 30 days (d) 20 days
30. A takes three times as long as B and C together to do a job. B takes four times as long
as A and C together to do the work. If all the three, working together can complete
the job in 24 days, then the number of days, A alone will take to finish the job is.
(a) 100 (b) 96 (c) 95 (d) 90
31. Ajay along with Vijay do a work in 10 days. If Ajay do a work in ½ efficiency and Vijay
do 5 times of his efficiency than they complete work in 50% time. In how many days
Vijay can complete the whole work.
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 15 (d) 30
32. A starts a work and left after 2 days and remaining work is done by B in 9 days. If A
left after 3 days then B completes the remaining work in 6 days. Then in how many
days A can complete this work alone.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) N.O.T
33. A + B can complete a work in 30 days, they start work together & after 23 days B left
the work and the whole work is completed in 33 days. Find the work completed by A
alone
(a) 44 (b) 64 (c) 42 6/7 (d) 75
34. Three typists working together 8 hours per day can type 900 pages in 20 days. The
no. of pages typed by A in 4 hrs is equal to the no. of pages typed by C in 1 hrs. How
many pages are typed by C in 1 hrs if in a day, B types as many pages more than A as
C types as many pages more than B.
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
Type – 08
TIME AND WORK
35. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30 days, 40 days and 50 days, respectively.
Beginning with A, if A, B and C do the work alternatively then in how many days will
the work be finished
(a) 38 1/12 (b) 36 ½ (c) 36 (d) 39 1/12
36. A can complete a piece of work in 25 days while B can complete the same work in 30
days. They work on alternate basis, starting with A. Both A and B follow this pattern
for 5 days and then A leaves the work. In how many days will B finish the remaining
work?
(a) 24 2/5 (b) 5 3/5 (c) 24 3/5 (d) 5 2/5
37. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 11 days, 20 days and 55 days respectively. If B
works daily and is supported by A and C on alternate days beginning with A, then in
how many days will the work be finished?
(a) 10 (b) 9 1/3 (c) 12 (d) 8
TYPE – 09
38. 16 labours do a work in 6 hour per day and make a wall of size 150 m long ,20 m
width and 12 m high in 25 days. Then find in how many days 12 labour do a work 8
hour per day and make a wall of 800 m long, 15 m width and 6 m height.
(a) 50 days (b) 30 days (c) 40 days (d) N.O.T
39. 12 monkeys can eat 12 bananas in 12 minutes. In how many minutes can 4 monkeys
eat 4 bananas
(a) 4 minutes (b) 10 minutes (c) 12 minutes (d) 8 minutes
40. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and
remaining men did the job in 12 days. The original number of carpenters was.
(a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 18
41. 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) 9 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 12
42. If the work done by (x – 1) men in (x + 1) days and the work done by (x + 2) men in (x
– 1) days are in the ratio 9: 10, then the value of x is equal to
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
43. A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds
that only a quarter of the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men
that should be appointed so that the whole work will be finished in time is:
(a) 75 (b) 100 (c) 125 (d) 50
TIME AND WORK
44. A 10-hectare field is reaped by 2 men, 3 women and 4 children together in 10 days. If
working capabilities of a man, a woman and a child are in the ratio 5: 4: 2, then a 16-
hectare field will be reaped by 6 men, 4 women and 7 children in.
(a) 5 days (b) 6 days (c) 7 days (d) 8 days
Type – 10
45. Two workers A and B are engaged to do a piece of work. A working alone would take
14 hours more to complete the work than when A and B work together. B working
alone would take 3 ½ hours more than when A and B work together. The time
required to finish the work together is
(a) 7 hrs (b) 5 hrs (c) 6 hrs (d) 10 hrs
46. A can complete a work in 5 more days than B while A does the same work in 9 more
days than C. If A + B can complete the whole work in same time in which C alone
does the whole work, then in how many days A alone could complete the same
work.
(a) 17 days (b) 15 days (c) 36 days (d) 30 days
47. A takes 24 days more than B and 32 days more than C to do a piece of work.
Whereas C alone does as much work as A and B both. Then in how many days will B
alone do the same work?
(a) 24 days (b) 6 days (c) 48 days (d) 16 days
48. A swimming pool is fitted with 3 pipes, the first 2 pipes working simultaneously fill
the pool in the same time as the third pipe alone, the second pipe alone fills the pool
5 hrs faster than the first pipe & 4 hrs slower than 3rd pipe, In what time 2nd & 3rd
pipe together fill the pool?
(a) 5.65 hrs (b) 4.75 hrs (c) 6.55 hrs (d) 3.75 hrs
49. There is sufficient food for 400 men for 31 days. After 28 days 280 men leave the
place. For how many days will the rest of the food last for the rest of the men?
(a) 3 days (b) 4 days (c) 2 days (d) 10 days
50. A contractor undertook to finish a road in 40 days & he employs 100 men. After 35
days he employed 100 more men, the work finished on time. Then calculate if 100
more men were not employed then work will complete how much late?
(a) 3 days (b) 7 days (c) 1 days (d) 5 days
51. A team of 30 men is supposed to do a work in 38 days. After 25 days, 5 more men
were employed on work due to which the work is completed 1 day earlier. How
many days would it have been delayed if 5 more men were not employed.
(a) 3 days (b) 7 days (c) 1 days (d) 5 days
52. 40 men can complete a work in 30 days. They start work together and after every 10
days 5 men left the work, in how much time work will be completed?
(a) 83 days (b) 47 days (c) 21 days (d) 36 days
TIME AND WORK
53. 2 men can build a wall in 9 hrs and 10 hrs respectively. But if they work together
then they use 10 less bricks per hours and build a wall in 5 hrs. Then find the no. of
bricks to build the wall?
(a) 4500 (b) 3500 (c) 900 (d) 8400
54. 2 men can build a wall in 15 & 20 hrs respectively but if they work together, they use
280 less bricks per hour & build a wall in 12 hrs. Find the no. of bricks in the wall
(a) 4500 (b) 3500 (c) 9000 (d) 8400
55. Two candles of same height burn completely in 4 hours and 6 hours respectively. If
both start burning together at same time with their respective constant speed, then
calculate after how much time the ratio of their height will become 2: 3.
(a) 2 h 24 min. (b) 3 h 37 min. (c) 5 h 24 min. (d) 2 h 35 min.
56. Two candles of same height can burn completely in 12 hours and 20 hours
respectively. If both start burning together at same time with their respective
constant speed, then calculate after how much time the ratio of their height will
become 3 : 5.
(a) 7 hrs. 30 min. (b) 8 hrs. 30 min. (c) 10 hrs.15 min. (d) 9 hrs. 30 min
57. 3 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days and 6 women can do the same work
in 16 days. In how many days 12 men and 8 women can together finish the same
work?
3 days (b) 5 days (c) 2 days (d) 7 days
58. 2 men can complete a piece of work in 3 days while 3 women can complete the
same work in 4 days and 4 children can complete the same work in 6 days then find
in how many days 1 men,1 woman and 2 children can complete the same work.
(a) 3 days (b) 5 days (c) 2 days (d) 7 days
59. A and B contract to do a work together for Rs. 300. A alone can do it in 8 days and B
alone in 12 days. But with the help of finish, it in 4 days. Find the share of C.
(a) Rs. 60 (b) Rs. 70 (c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 20
60. A man and a boy received Rs. 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they did together.
The man's efficiency is twice of the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?
(a) 53.33(b) 56.33 (c) 44.33(d) 40.33
Type – 02
61. A, B and C contract a work for Rs. 550. Together, A and B are supposed to do 7/11 of
the work. How much does C get?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 300 (c) Rs. 500 (d) Rs. 450
TIME AND WORK
62. A and B can do a work in 10 days and 15 days respectively. A and B work together for
5 days and remaining work is done by C in two days. If they are paid Rs 6000 for this
work. then find the daily income of each.
(a) 300, 250, 300 (b) 600, 400, 500 (c) 200, 300, 400 (d) N.O.T
63. A can-do work in 16 days. and B can do in 24 days. With the help of 'C' they can
complete the work together in 6 days. If the total wages for the work is Rs. 400. Then
find ratio of wages of each person in their work ratio?
(a) 3: 2: 3 (b) 2: 3: 1(c) 1: 2: 3 (d) 3: 2: 1
64. A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1,800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and
C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5: 6: 4, how much amount will be
received by A?
(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 75
65. S, T and U can complete a work in 40, 48 and 60 days respectively. They received Rs.
10800 to complete the work. They begin the work together but T left 2 days before
the completion of the work and U left 5 days before the completion of the work. S
has completed the remaining work alone. What is the share of S (in Rs.) from total
money?
(a) 4000 (b) 4320 (c) 4500 (d) 4860
66. The daily wages of A and B respectively are 3.50 and 2.50. When A finishes a certain
work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When B does the same work, he gets a total
wage Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is the cost of the work?
(a) 67.50 (b) 27.50 (c) 60.50 (d) 70.50
Type – 03
67. If the expenditure of gas on burning 6 burners for 6 hours a day for 8 days is Rs. 450,
then how many burners can be used for 10 days at 5 hours a day for Rs. 625?
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 8
68. 2 men and 1 woman together can complete a piece of work in 14 days, while 4
women and 2 men together can do it in 8 days. If a man gets Rs. 600 per day. how
much should a woman get per day?
(a) 400 (b) 450 (c) 480 (d) 360
Type 04
69. A labourer was appointed by a contractor on the condition he would be paid Rs. 75
for each day of his work but would be, fined at the rate of Rs. 15 per day for his
absent. After 20 days, the contractor paid the labourer Rs. 1140. The number of days
the labourer absented from work was
(a) 3 days (b) 5 days (c) 4 days (d) 2 days
TIME AND WORK
70. A certain factory employed 600 men and 400 women and the average wage was Rs.
2.55 per day. If a women got 50 paise less than a man, the daily wages of a man and
a woman were.
(a) man 2.75, women 2.25 (b) man 5.0, women 2.50
Pipe & Cistern
71. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe can
empty it in 2 hours. If all the three pipes are kept open, then the cistern will be filled
in:
(a) 5 hours (b) 8 hours (c) 10 hours (d) 12 hours
72. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 75 minutes
respectively. There is a third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the
three pipes are simultaneously opened, then the cistern is full in 50 minutes. In how
much time the third pipe alone can empty the cistern?
(a) 110 minutes (b) 100 minutes (c) 120 minutes (d) 90 minutes
73. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 16 hours and 24 hours, respectively, whereas pipe C
and empty the full tank is 40 hours. All three pipes are opened together, but pipe C is
closed after 10 hours. After how many hours will the remaining part of the tank be
filled?
(a) 2 (b) 2.5(c) 5 (d) 5.5
74. Pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 30h, 40h and 60h respectively. Pipes A, B and C are
opened at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., and 10 a.m., respectively on the same day. When will the
tank be full?
(a) 10.00 pm (b) 9.20 pm (c) 10.20pm (d) 9.40 pm
Type 02
75. Three pipes A, B and C are attached to a cistern pipe A and B can fill it in 30 hours
and 20 hours respectively, and third pipe C leaks out 45 litres water per minute. If all
the three pipes are opened simultaneously the cistern will be filled in 15 hours. Find
the capacity of the cistern?
(a) 162,000 litres (b) 160,00 litres (c) 5760 litres (d) 150,000 litres
76. A tank leak which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which fills 6 litre
water per minute into the tank and it is now emptied in 12 hours. Find the capacity
of tank?
(a) 8260 litres (b) 8450 litres (c) 8640 litres (d) 8660 litres
77. Two pipes A and B can fill a water tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a third
pipe C can empty at the rate of 3 gallons per minute. If A, B and C are opened
together to fill the tank in 15 minutes, find the capacity of tank?
(a) 180 gallons (b) 150 gallons (c) 120 gallons (d) 60 gallons
TIME AND WORK
Type 03
78. If A and B can fill a tank in 10 hours and 15 hours respectively. An outlet pipe C can
empty it in 20 hours. Initially the pipe A and pipe B are opened and when the tank
was supposed to be filled it was found that pipe C was open mistakenly. Now the
pipe C is being closed, after how much time the tank will be filled?
(a) 1 4/5 hours (b) 2 4/5 hours (c) 1 4/5 hours (d) 1 3/7 hours
79. Two taps A and B can fill a tank 20 and 30 minutes respectively while a waste pipe C
empties the tank. Initially pipe A and B are opened together but when the tank was
supposed to be filled it was found that pipe C was opened mistakenly. Now pipe C is
turned off and the remaining tank is filled in next 3 minutes. In how much time pipe
C can empty the whole tank?
(a) 18 min (b) 16 min (c) 12 min (d) N.O.T
Type 04
80. If two pipes function together the tank is filled in 12 hours. One pipe fill the tank 10
hours faster than the other. In how much time the faster pipe fills the tank?
(a) 20 hrs. (b) 30 hrs. (c) 35 hrs. (d) 45 hrs
Type 05
81. One filling pipe A takes 3 minutes more to fill cistern than two fill pipes A and B
opened together to fill it. Second filling pipe B takes 21 1/3 minutes more to fill
cistern than two fill pipes A and B opened together to fill it. When will the cistern be
full if both pipes are opened simultaneously
(a) 7 minutes (b) 16 minutes (c) 8 minutes (d) 10 minutes
Type 6
82. A cistern can be filled by two pipes filling separately in 12 and 16 minutes
respectively. Both pipes are opened together for a certain time. Being clogged, only
7/8 of total quantity of water flows through the former and only 5/6 through the
latter pipe. The obstruction, however being suddenly removed, the cistern is filled in
3 minutes from that moment. How long was it before the full flow began?
(a) 4 1/3 min (b) 4 ½ min (c) 3 ½ min (d) 8 ½ min
