Time and Work

1. A can do a work in 12 days. B can do it in 16 days. Together, they will finish it in:
A) 6.8 days B) 6.86 days C) 7 days D) 7.2 days

2. A can complete a job in 10 days and B in 15 days. Together they will complete the job in:
A) 5 days B) 6 days C) 7.5 days D) 9 days

3. A is twice as efficient as B. If B can do a work in 18 days, A can do the same work in:
A) 8 days B) 9 days C) 10 days D) 12 days

4. A and B together can do a job in 20 days. If A alone can do it in 30 days, how long will B alone
take?
A) 40 days B) 60 days C) 50 days D) 45 days

5. 12 men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. How many men are required to complete the
work in 6 days?
A) 15 B) 18 C) 20 D) 22

6. A does 1/3 of a job in 4 days. B finishes the remaining work in 8 days. How long would B take
to do the whole work?
A) 10 days B) 12 days C) 14 days D) 16 days

7. A is 50% more efficient than B. If B can complete the work in 18 days, A will complete it in:
A) 10 days B) 12 days C) 15 days D) 9 days

8. 6 men or 8 women can do a work in 12 days. How many days will 3 men and 4 women take?
A) 24 B) 12 C) 9 D) 8

9. A and B can do a work in 15 days. B and C in 20 days. A and C in 30 days. A, B and C together
can do it in:
A) 12 days B) 10 days C) 8 days D) 15 days

10. 6 men or 12 women can do a task in 12 days. How long will 3 men and 6 women take?
A) 6 days B) 8 days C) 9 days D) 24 days

11. A can do a work in 20 days and B in 25 days. They work together for 5 days. B leaves. In how
many days will A complete the remaining work?
A) 8 days B) 10 days C) 9 days D) 7 days

12. If 8 men complete a work in 21 days, how many men needed to finish it in 12 days?
A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 18
13. A finishes work in 15 days, B in 20 days. They work together for 6 days. Remaining work will
be finished by:
A) A in 4 days B) B in 5 days C) A in 5 days D) B in 4 days

14. A and B do a work in 8 days, B and C in 12, C and A in 16. Time taken by A, B and C together:
A) 10 B) 8 C) 6 D) 12

15. A and B can do a work in 6 days. B alone can do it in 9 days. Find A’s share in Rs. 2700:
A) Rs. 1500 B) Rs. 1800 C) Rs. 900 D) Rs. 1200

16. A and B can complete a work in 12 days. C alone in 10 days. All three together will complete
it in:
A) 4.44 days B) 5 days C) 6 days D) 7.5 days

17. A finishes 60% of work in 10 days. B helps and the work is completed in 5 more days. B alone
can do it in:
A) 20 days B) 15 days C) 10 days D) 30 days

18. A can do 25% of work in 3 days. Total time to complete full work is:
A) 9 days B) 12 days C) 15 days D) 18 days

19. If A is 3 times efficient as B, and together they finish work in 18 days. B alone can do it in:
A) 72 days B) 54 days C) 60 days D) 36 days

20. A and B can do a work in 10 days. They work for 6 days, and then A leaves. B completes the
work in 8 more days. A alone can complete the work in:
A) 15 days B) 20 days C) 18 days D) 16 days

21. A and B can complete a work in 12 days. B and C in 15 days. A and C in 20 days. Time taken
by A, B, C together:
A) 10 days B) 8 days C) 12 days D) 9 days

22. A completes a job in 18 days, B in 27 days. If they work one after another starting with A
each day, job will be done in:
A) 20 days B) 19 days C) 17 days D) 18 days

23. A can do a piece of work in 20 days. B is 25% more efficient. Time taken by B:
A) 16 days B) 15 days C) 18 days D) 14 days

24. A and B together complete a work in 16 days. A works for 10 days and B finishes remaining
in 6 days. Time taken by A alone:
A) 20 days B) 24 days C) 18 days D) 16 days

25. 4 men and 6 women can do a work in 8 days. 3 men and 7 women can do the same work in:
A) 7 days B) 6 days C) 8 days D) 9 days
26. A and B can do a job in 10 days. If A is twice as efficient as B, in how many days can A alone
finish the job?
A) 15 B) 20 C) 12 D) 18

27. A and B together do a work in 30 days. A is 25% more efficient than B. Time taken by A
alone:
A) 56 days B) 48 days C) 40 days D) 36 days

28. A can do a job in 40 days. He worked for 10 days. Then B finished the remaining in 15 days. B
alone can do it in:
A) 24 days B) 30 days C) 32 days D) 36 days

29. A takes 24 days, B takes 36 days. If A does work for 8 days, how much is left?
A) 33.33% B) 50% C) 25% D) 40%

30. A can do a job in 25 days, B in 30 days. A works for 10 days, then B joins. Time taken to finish
the rest:
A) 10 days B) 8 days C) 6 days D) 5 days

31. 10 men can complete a work in 15 days. After 5 days, 5 more men joined. Remaining work
will be finished in:
A) 5 days B) 6 days C) 7 days D) 8 days

32. A can finish a work in 12 days, B in 15 days. If they work one day each alternatively, starting
with A, work will complete in:
A) 13 days B) 14 days C) 12 days D) 11 days

33. A can do a job in 10 days, B in 12 days. They start together but B leaves after 4 days. Time to
finish remaining work:
A) 3 days B) 2 days C) 4 days D) 5 days

34. A and B do a work in 15 days. A alone does it in 20 days. How much work is done by B in 4
days?
A) 1/6 B) 1/8 C) 1/5 D) 1/4

35. A can do 1/4 of a job in 5 days. B can do 1/3 of the job in 10 days. Working together, they
can complete the whole work in:
A) 12 days B) 15 days C) 10 days D) 20 days
Answer Key
1. B

2. A

3. B

4. B

5. B

6. B

7. B

8. A

9. C

10. D

11. A

12. B

13. B

14. C

15. B

16. A

17. A

18. B

19. A

20. A

21. B

22. D

23. A

24. A
25. B

26. A

27. B

28. B

29. A

30. B

31. A

32. A

33. B

34. A

35. C