Time and Work

ISL COMPETITIVE CENTRE

A. 48
B. 32
C. 24
D. 16
Q2) 721 persons can do a piece of work in 48 days. In how
many days can 1648 persons do the same work

A. 21
B. 20
C. 23
D. 24
Q3) If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days, then 20 persons with
twice the efficiency can do tha same job in :

A. 40 days
B. 10 days
C. 20 days
D. 5 days
Q4) 5 men can prepare 10 toys in 6 days working 6 hrs a day.
Then in how many days can 12 men prepare 16 toys working
8 hrs a day?

A. 5 days
B. 3 days
C. 4 days
D. 6 days
Q5) If a job is to be completed in 10 days, it requires 270 persons. If
180 persons take up the same job, they will finish it in :

A. 15 days
B. 27 days
C. 12 days
D. 18 days
Q6) 4 Mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate
how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days

A. 16
B. 8
C. 12
D. 4
Q7) How many men will be required to plough 100 acres
of land in 10 days if 10 men require 8 days to plough
20 acres of land ?

A. 30
B. 80
C. 40
D. 50
Q8) A group of men decided to do a work in 10 days, but five of
them absented themselves. If the rest of the group finished the
work in 12 days, find the original number of men

A. 40 men
B. 25 men
C. 30 men
D. 50 men
Q9) A job can be completed by 12 men in 12 days. How many extra days
will be needed to complete the job if, 6 men leave after working for
6 days?

A. 8 days
B. 48 days
C. 12 days
D. 6 days
Q10) A job can be completed by ___ men in ___ days. How many extra
days will be needed to complete the job if, ___ men leave after
working for ____ days

A.
B.
C.
D.
Q11) The rate of working of A and B are in ratio 3:4. The number of days
taken by them to finish the work are in the ratio

A. 3:2
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
Q12) To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B. If
together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time
shall B take to do it?

A. 6 days
B. 5 days
C. 4 days
D. 3 days
Q13) If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 16 days, in how
many days can 12 men and 8 women do the same piece of work?

A. 6 days
B. 5 days
C. 4 days
D. 3 days
Q14) 18 women can complete a work in 12 days and 12 men
can complete the same work in 9 days. In how many days
will 8 men and 8 women complete that work ?

A. 6 days
B. 8 days
C. 9 days
D. 12 days
Q15) If 6 man and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, while
26 men and 48 boys can do the same work in 2 days, then
what is the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the
same type of work ?

A. 4 Days
B. 5 days
C. 4 days
D. 7 days
Q star ) 3 men and 2 women can do a piece of work in 15 days, 2
men and 3 women can do the same work in 18 days. The
number of day to be taken by 1 man and 1 women to do the
work is :​

A. 20 10
11
B. 30 10
11
C. 40 10
11
D. 45 10
11
Q16) A and B separately can do a piece of work in 6 days and 12
days respectively. How long will they together take to do the
work?

A. 4 days
B. 6 days
C. 9 days
D. 18 days
Q17) 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. _7_
15
B. . _8_
15
C. . _1_
15
D. . _19_
15
Q19) If a work can be completed by A in 30 days and by B in 60
days, then the number of days taken by them to finish the work,
working together is?

A. 45 days
B. 20 days
C. 25 days
D. 50 days
Q20) If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days, A and C
together in 12 days and B and C together in 9 days, then in
how many days B alone can do the work?

A. 18 days
B. 40 days
C. 30 days
D. 24 days
Q21) A and B can do some work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days &
C and A in 20 days. If A, B and C are together, how many days
will it take to complete?

A. 5 days
B. 20 days
C. 10 days
D. 15 days
Q22) A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days; B and C in 24
days and A and C in 36 days. In what time can they do it,
all working together?

A. 32 days
B. 20 days
C. 16 days
D. 26 days
Q23) A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days B and C can do the
same work in 12 days If A, B and C can complete the same
work in 6 days in how many days can A and C complete the
same work?

A. 12 days
B. 21 days
C. 8 days
D. 16 days
Q24) A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days and 15 days
respectively. They began to work together but A left after 4
days. In how many more days would B alone complete the
remaining work?

A. 6 days
B. 5 days
C. 14 days
D. 13 days
Q25) A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days and 15 days
respectively. They began to work together but B left after 5
days. In how many more days would A alone complete the
remaining work?

A. 3 days
B. 2 days
C. 12 days
D. 5 days
Q26) A and B can complete a work in 6 and 12 days,
respectively. They began the work together but A leaves
after 3 days. Then the total number of days needed for the
completion of the work is :

A. 5 days
B. 4 days
C. 6 days
D. 12 days
Q27) A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days
respectively. A started the work alone and then after 4
days. B joined him till the completion of the work. How
long did the work last.?

A. 10 days
B. 20 days
C. 15 days
D. 6 days
Q28) A and B can separately complete a piece of work in 20
days and 30 days respectively. They worked together for
some time, then B left the work. If A completed the rest
of the work in 10 days, what B worked?

A. 8 days
B. 6 days
C. 12 days
D. 16 days
Q29) A can finish a work in 12 days and B can do it in 15 days.
After A had worked for 3 days, B also joined A to finish
the remaining work. In how many days, the remaining
work will be finished ?

A. 6 days
B. 6.5 days
C. 5.5 days
D. 5 days
Q30) A can do a work in 6 days and B can do the same work in
5 days. The contract for the work is of Rs. 220. How much
shall B get if both of them working together ?

A. Rs. 110
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 130
D. Rs. 150
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