TIME AND WORK

1.A can do a piece of work in 6 days and B can do the same piece of work in 12 days , then A &
B together can do the same piece of work in how many days ?

a)18 days b) 8 days c)14 days d)4 days

2. P can do a piece of work in 10 days and Q can do the same piece of work in 15 days , then P
& Q together can finish the same piece of work in how many days ?

a) 4 days b)6 days c) 8 days d) 12 days

3. A and B together can dig a trench in 12 days , which A alone can dig in 30 days. In how many
days B alone can dig it ?

a)10 days b) 20 days c)25 days d)30 days

4. Ram and Shyam together can finish job in 8 days . Ram can do the same job on his own in
12 days. How long will Shyam take to do the job by himself ?

a)16 days b)20 days c)24 days d) 30 days

5. A can do a piece of work in 12 days , B in 15 days and C in 30 days . In how many days will
they finish the work all together ?

a) 6 5/11 days b) 5 5/11 days c)7 5/11 days d) 5 11/5 days

6. A can do a work in 4 days , B can do it in 5 days and C can do it in 10 days . A, B and C

together can do the work in ?

a)1 3/5 days b) 1 9/11 days c) 2 5/6 days d) 3 days

7. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B in 20 days with the help of C they work in 5 days .
How many days will C take to finish the work ?

a) 35 days b)24 days c)12 days d) 6 days

8. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days , B and C can do it in 20 days and C
and A can do it in 15 days . A , B and C together can complete it in ?

a) 6 days b) 9 days c)10 days d)11 days

9. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days . B and C can do it in 15 days and C and A can do it
in 20 days. A alone can do the work in ?
a)13 days b)24 days c)30 days d)40 days

10. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 8 days while B and C together can do it in
12 days . All the three together can complete the work in 6 days . In how much time will A and C
together complete the work ?

a) 8 days b)10 days c)12 days d)20 days

11. A man, a woman and a boy together complete a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can
do it in 6 days and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a woman take to complete the work ?

a) 9 days b)21 days c)24 days d)27 days

12. A and B together can complete a work in 3 days . They start together, But , after 2 days , B
left the work. If the work is completed after 2 more days , B alone could do the work in ?

a) 5 days b) 6 days c)9 days d)10 days

13. A can do a piece of work in 20 days which B can do in 12 days . B worked at it for 9 days . A
can finish the remaining work in ?

a)3 days b)5 days c)7 days d)11 days

14. A can do a certain job in 25 days which B alone can do in 20 days. A started the work and
was joined by B after 10 days . The work lasted for ?

a) 12 ½ days b)14 2/9 days c)15 days d)16 2/3 days

15. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 20 days . They start the work together.
But , after 5 days , A leaves off. B will do the remaining work in ?

a)5 days b) 6 days c)8 days d) 10 days

16. A and B can finish a piece of 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)48 days b) 50 days c)54 days d)60 days

17. A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B alone can do in 21 days. They begin together
but 3 days before the completion of the work, A leaves off. The total number of days for the
work to be completed is ?

a)6 3/5 days b)8 ½ days c)10 1/5 days d) 13 ½ days

18. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began the work
together but A leaves after some days and B finished the remaining work in 23 days. After how
many days did A leave ?

a)6 days b)8 days c)9 days d)12 days

19. A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 days and 18 days respectively. A begins to do
the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be
completed in ?

a)14 1/3 days b)15 2/3 days c)16 1/3 days d)18 2/3 days

20. A and B can complete a piece of work in 8 days and 10 days respectively. B begins the work
and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be completed
In how many days ?

a) 8 1/3 days b) 9 ½ days c) 8 days d) 9 days

21. A is twice as good work man as B and is therefore able to finish work in 12 days less than
B. How many days will they finish the work together?

a) 6 days b)7 days c)8 days d) 9 days

22. A work twice as much as B. If both of them finish the work in 12 days. In how many days A
alone can do it ?

a)14 days b) 15 days c)17 days d)18 days

23. A can do a piece of work in 12 days . B is 60% more efficient than A. In how many days B do
the same piece of work ?

a)6 ½ days b)7 ½ days c ) 6 days d) 7 days

24. Ram can do a work in 50 days . Shyam is 20 % more efficient than Ram. How long would
shyam take to do the same work ?

a) 41 1/3 days b) 42 1/3 days c) 41 2/3 days d) 42 2/3 days

25. 12 men can do a piece of work in 8 days . 6 men can do the same piece of work in how
many days ?

a) 4 days b) 24 days c) 10 days d) 16 days

26. 16 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many men are needed to complete the work
in 40 days ?
a) 64 b) 32 c) 16 d)4

27.5 men can prepare 10 toys in 6 days working 6 hrs a day. In how many days can 12 men
prepare 16 toys working 8 hrs a day ?

a) 8 days b) 3 days c) 9 days d) 4days

28. 6 men can prepare 6 toys in 5 days working 4 hrs a day. In how many days can 10 men can
prepare 15 toys working 5 hours a day ?

a)4 b)5 c)6 d)7

29. If 5 men or 9 women can finish a piece of work in 19 days, 3 men and 6 women will do the
same work in how many days ?

a) 10 days b) 12 days c)13 days d)15 days

30. If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 43 days . How long will 7 men and 5 women take to
reap it ?

a) 10 days b) 11 days c)12 days d)13 days

31) If 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys can do a piece of work in 44 days, then the same piece of
work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in ?

a) 21 days b) 24 days c) 26 days d)33 days

32) 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys finish it in 2
days. 15 men and 20 boys will finish it in ?

a)4 days b) 5 days c)6 days d)7 days

33) 4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days while 3 men and 7 women finish it in 10 days. 10
women working together will finish it in ?

a)24 days b)32 days c)36 days d)40 days

34) If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in
4 days. How many days will 7 men and 10 boys take to do it ?

a)6 ½ days b) 8 1/3 days c) 9 ¼ days d) 7 1/3 days