Time and work
1. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 4 days, then
the fraction of the work that is left is:
a. 8/15 b. 7/15 c. ¼ d. 1/10
2. A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be
completed by a team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to complete the job
if the two teams work together?
a. 4 days b. 6 days c. 9 days d. 18 days
3. If A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days, in
how many days can A alone complete the work?
a. 60 b. 45 c. 40 d. 30
4. Ronald and Elan are working on an Assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on
a computer, while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take
working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
a. 7 hours 30 minutes b. 8 hours c. 8 hours 15 minutes d. 8 hours 25 minutes
5. Three men A, B and C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in
1 hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C working alone.
Then A and B together can do the job in
a. 2/3 hours b. 3/4 hours c. 3/2 hours d. 4/3 hours
6. If x can finish a job in 4 hours and y can finish the same job in 8 hours independently, then
they together will finish the job in?
a. 140 minutes b. 160 minutes c. 120 minutes d. 150 minutes
7. A can do a piece of work in 18 days. He worked at it for 12 days and B finished the
remaining work in 8 days. B alone can do the whole work in:
a. 16 days b. 24 days c. 28 days d. 29 days
8. A father can do a job as fast as his two sons working together. If one son does the job in 3
hours and the other in 6 hours, the number of hours taken by the father, to do the job alone is:
a. 1 b. 2 c.3 d. 4
9. If 35 men can finish a piece of work in 8 days, then the number of men who can do the
samework in 10 days is:
a. 38 b. 28 c. 19 d. 17
10. A and B can do a job in 6 and 12 days respectively. They began the work together, but A
leaves after 3 days. The total number of days needed for the completion of the work is:
a. 4 days b. 5 days c. 6 days d. 9 days
11. A certain number of persons can complete a piece of work in 55 days. If there were 6
persons more, the work could be finished in 11 days less. How many persons were originally
there?
a. 17 b. 24 c. 30 d. 22
12. A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the
work together but after 2 days, B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work.
The whole work was completed in:
a. 10 days b. 8 days c. 12 days d. 15 days
13. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they
work for a day alternately with A beginning, the work would be completed in?
a. 10 2/3 b. 10 ½ c. 10 ¼ d. 10 1/3
14. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked at it for 20 days and then B
left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days. A alone can finish the work
in?
a. 60 days b. 54 days c. 48 days d. 50 days
15. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work
together but A left after some days and B finished the remaining work in 23 days. A left after:
a. 6 days b. 9 days c. 12 days d. 5 days
16. Ram and Hari can cut 12 kgs nuts in 2 days. After 5 days, Hari left the work. Ram took 8
more days to cut the rest of the nuts. If total of 58 kgs of nuts were cut, the time taken by Hari
to cut 10 kgs of nuts is:
a. 1 days b. 2 days c. 3 days d. 4 days
17. 15 men can finish a piece of work in 40 days. The number of days after which 5 men
should leave the work so that the work is finished in 45 days altogether is:
a. 10 days b. 20 days c. 30 days d. 35 days
18. If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will be taken by
2 men and 4 women to do the same work?
a. 15 days b. 3.5 days c. 13.33 days d. 10 days
19. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?
a. 50 days b. 45 days c. 40 days d. 35 days
20. A man, a woman and a boy together finish a piece of work in 6 days. If a man and a
woman can do the work in 10 and 24 days respectively, the days taken by a boy to finish the
work is:
a. 30 days b. 35 days c. 40 days d. 45 days
