Time and work Questions and answers

  1. Aptitude
    1. Compound interest
    2. Boat and Stream
    3. Trains
    4. Percentage
    5. Discount
    6. Mixture and Allegation
    7. Unitary Method
    8. Work and Wages
    9. Pipes and Cisterns
    10. Linear Equations
    11. Approximation
    12. Word problems
    13. Number System
    14. Time and Distance
    15. Average
    16. Ratio and Proportions
    17. Profit and Loss
    18. Partnership
    19. Permutation and combination
    20. Probability
    21. Problem on ages
    22. Time and work
    23. Simple and compound interest
    24. Mensuration
    25. Number series
31). 3 men can do a piece of work in 6 days. 5 women can do the same work in 18 days. If 4 men and 10 women work together, then how long will it take to finish the work?
A). 3 days
B). 5 days
C). 2 days
D). 4 days
32). 3 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. 6 children can also do that work in 18 days. 4 men and 4 children together will finish the work in how many days?
A). 10
B). 6
C). 12
D). 9
33). A mason can build a tank in 12 h. After working for 6 h, he took the help of a boy and finished the work in another 5 h. The time that the boy will take alone to complete the work is
A). 30 h
B). 45 h
C). 60 h
D). 64 h
34). A and B can do a job together in 12 days. A is 2 times as efficient as B. In how many days can B alone complete the work ?
A). 36
B). 12
C). 18
D). 9
35). A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in \(7\frac{1}{2}\)h, then B can do it in
A). 4 h
B). 6 h
C). 8 h
D). 10 h


36). A takes twice as much time as B and C takes thrice as much time as B to finish a work. Working together, they can finish the work , in 12 days. Find the number of days needed for A to do the work alone.
A). 20
B). 22
C). 33
D). 44
37). A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 30 days less than B. How many days will they take to finish the job working together?
A). \( \Large 10\frac{1}{4} \)
B). \( \Large 11\frac{3}{4} \)
C). \( \Large 11\frac{1}{4} \)
D). \( \Large 11 \frac{1}{3} \)
38). X can do a work in 16 days. In how many days will the work be completed by Y, if the efficiency of Y is 60% more than that of X?
A). 10 days
B). 12 days
C). 25 days
D). 30 days
39). 10 men and 8 women together can complete a work in 5 days. Work done by one woman in a day is equal to half the work done by a man in 1 day. How many days will it take for 4 men and 6 women to complete that work?
A). 12 days
B). 10 days
C). \( \Large \frac 8{2}{3} \)days
D). \( \Large \frac 4{3}{4} \)days
40). A takes twice the time taken by B and thrice the time taken by C to do a particular piece of work. Working together, they can complete the work in 2 days. Find the number of days taken by A, B and C respectively to complete the work alone.
A). 12, 6 and 4
B). 18,9 and 6
C). 24, 12 and 8
D). 6, 3 and 2
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