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This section includes 653 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Arithmetic Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 551. |
X and Y undertook to do a piece of work for Rs 5400. X alone could do this work in 18 days and Y alone could do this work in 24 days. With the assistance of Z they finished the work in 8 days. What is the share (in Rs) of Z?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 1200 |
| B. | 1500 |
| C. | 1600 |
| D. | 1800 |
| Answer» B. 1500 | |
| 552. |
X can complete 5/7 part of a work in 10 days and Y can complete 3/4 part of the same work in 9 days. In how many days will both complete 13/21 part  of the total work?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» C. 3 | |
| 553. |
X can complete a task in 8 days, whereas Y can complete the same task in 10 days. If they work together, in how many days will the task be completed? |
| A. | 40/9 |
| B. | 14855 |
| C. | 44/9 |
| D. | 16316 |
| Answer» B. 14855 | |
| 554. |
X can do a piece of work in 'p' days and Y can do the same work in 'q' days . Then the number of days in which X and Y can together do that work is |
| A. | p+q2 |
| B. | 1p+1q |
| C. | pqp+q |
| D. | Pq |
| Answer» D. Pq | |
| 555. |
X can complete a work in 27 days and Y can do the same work in half of the time taken by X. Working together what part of the same work can they complete in a day?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 44440 |
| B. | 44348 |
| C. | 44531 |
| D. | 46419 |
| Answer» B. 44348 | |
| 556. |
X does 25% of a work in 20 days. Y joins X and they together finish the remaining work in 15 days. Y alone can do the whole work in ___ days._x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 30 days |
| B. | 25 1/2 days |
| C. | 26 2/3 days |
| D. | 26 1/5 days |
| Answer» D. 26 1/5 days | |
| 557. |
X can finish 25% of a work in a day. Y can do 12.5% of the same work in a day. In how many days, will both of them finish the work together? |
| A. | 2.67 days |
| B. | 2.33 days |
| C. | 3.33 days |
| D. | 3.67 days |
| Answer» B. 2.33 days | |
| 558. |
X can complete the work in 10 days, Y can do the same in 15 days. If they are hired for 5 days to do the work together, what is the work that left unfinished? |
| A. | 44256 |
| B. | 44257 |
| C. | 44348 |
| D. | 44352 |
| Answer» D. 44352 | |
| 559. |
X is 25% more efficient than Y. If Y alone can make a chair in 10 days, then X alone can make the chair in how many days? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 12.5 |
| D. | 7.5 |
| Answer» B. 12 | |
| 560. |
X, Y and Z take 18 days to complete a piece of work. If X works alone he finishes the work in 36 days and if Y works alone he finishes it in 60 days. How long will it take Z to complete the work alone? |
| A. | 78 days |
| B. | 90 days |
| C. | 96 days |
| D. | 114 days |
| Answer» C. 96 days | |
| 561. |
X, Y and Z can do a piece of work in 30, 40 and 50 days respectively. All three of them began the work together but Y left 4 days before completion of the work. In how many days was the work completed? |
| A. | 660/47 |
| B. | 640/47 |
| C. | 680/47 |
| D. | 665/47 |
| Answer» B. 640/47 | |
| 562. |
X, Y and Z can do a piece of work in 30,40 and 50 days respectively. All three of them began the work together but Y left 4 days before completion of the work. In how many days was the work completed? |
| A. | 660/47 |
| B. | 640/47 |
| C. | 680/47 |
| D. | 665/47 |
| Answer» B. 640/47 | |
| 563. |
A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?%! |
| A. | 30 days |
| B. | 40 days |
| C. | 60 days |
| D. | 70 days |
| Answer» D. 70 days | |
| 564. |
A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?%! |
| A. | 30 days |
| B. | 40 days |
| C. | 60 days |
| D. | 70 days |
| Answer» D. 70 days | |
| 565. |
A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 3/4 times as efficient as B. The same job can be done by A alone in :%! |
| A. | 9 1/3 days |
| B. | 11 days |
| C. | 12 1/4 days |
| D. | 16 1/3 days |
| Answer» C. 12 1/4 days | |
| 566. |
A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 3/4 times as efficient as B. The same job can be done by A alone in :%! |
| A. | 9 1/3 days |
| B. | 11 days |
| C. | 12 1/4 days |
| D. | 16 1/3 days |
| Answer» C. 12 1/4 days | |
| 567. |
X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days. How long will they together take to complete the work?%! |
| A. | 13 1/3 |
| B. | 15 days |
| C. | 20 days |
| D. | 26 days |
| Answer» B. 15 days | |
| 568. |
Working 5 hours a day, A can Complete a work in 8 days and working 6 hours a day, B can complete the same work in 10 days. Working 8 hours a day, they can jointly complete the work in:%! |
| A. | 3 days |
| B. | 4 days |
| C. | 4.5 days |
| D. | 5.4 days |
| Answer» B. 4 days | |
| 569. |
*/*_A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:? |
| A. | 5 days |
| B. | 6 days |
| C. | 10 days |
| D. | 10 1/2 |
| Answer» D. 10 1/2 | |
| 570. |
*/*_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. | 8 days |
| B. | 10 days |
| C. | 12 days |
| D. | 15 days |
| Answer» D. 15 days | |
| 571. |
*/*_If one pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes, then 5 pipes, each of 20% efficiency of A, can fill the tank in:? |
| A. | 80 min |
| B. | 100 min |
| C. | 20 min |
| D. | 25 min |
| Answer» D. 25 min | |
| 572. |
*/*_A man and a boy received Rs. 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they did together. The man's efficiency in the work was thrice times that of the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?? |
| A. | Rs. 76 |
| B. | Rs. 56 |
| C. | Rs. 44 |
| D. | Rs. 40 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 573. |
*/*_A cistern can be filled by two pipes in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened, when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 10 minutes more.? |
| A. | after 10 minutes |
| B. | after 12 minutes |
| C. | after 20 minutes |
| D. | after 8minutes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 574. |
*/*_A complete 7/10 of a work in 15 days, then he completed the remaining work with the help of B in 4 days. In how many day A and B can complete entire work together?? |
| A. | 10 1/2 days |
| B. | 12 2/3 days |
| C. | 13 1/3 days |
| D. | 8 1/4 days |
| Answer» D. 8 1/4 days | |
| 575. |
*/*_Working 5 hours a day, A can Complete a work in 8 days and working 6 hours a day, B can complete the same work in 10 days. Working 8 hours a day, they can jointly complete the work in:? |
| A. | 3 days |
| B. | 4 days |
| C. | 4.5 days |
| D. | 5.4 days |
| Answer» B. 4 days | |
| 576. |
*/*_A does half as much work as B in one -sixth of the time.If together they take 10 days to complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it alone?? |
| A. | 13.33 days |
| B. | 20 days |
| C. | 30 days |
| D. | 40 days |
| Answer» E. | |
| 577. |
*/*_Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:? |
| A. | 7.5 hr |
| B. | 8 hr |
| C. | 8.5 hr |
| D. | 10 hr |
| Answer» B. 8 hr | |
| 578. |
*/*_A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, while A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?? |
| A. | 8 hours |
| B. | 10 hours |
| C. | 12 hours |
| D. | 24 hours |
| Answer» D. 24 hours | |
| 579. |
_ A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :$? |
| A. | 4 days |
| B. | 6 days |
| C. | 8 days |
| D. | 12 days |
| Answer» D. 12 days | |
| 580. |
_ A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:$? |
| A. | 4 days |
| B. | 6 days |
| C. | 8 days |
| D. | 12 days |
| Answer» C. 8 days | |
| 581. |
_ If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 52 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in:$? |
| A. | 48 days |
| B. | 36 days |
| C. | 45 days |
| D. | 50 days |
| Answer» B. 36 days | |
| 582. |
_ A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A work for 6 days, B for 4 days and c for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A?$? |
| A. | Rs. 800 |
| B. | Rs. 600 |
| C. | Rs. 900 |
| D. | Rs. 750 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 900 | |
| 583. |
_ Two pipes can fill an empty tank separately in 24 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and a third pipe can empty 30 gallons of water per minute. If all three pipes are open, empty tanks become full in one hour. The capacity of the tank (in gallons) is:$? |
| A. | 800 gallons |
| B. | 600 gallons |
| C. | 500 gallons |
| D. | 400 gallons |
| Answer» C. 500 gallons | |
| 584. |
_ If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats in 20 days, then how many mats will be made by 8 men and 4 boys in 20 days?$? |
| A. | 260 |
| B. | 240 |
| C. | 280 |
| D. | 520 |
| Answer» B. 240 | |
| 585. |
_ A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20 days and C in 30 days, B and C together start the work and forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is:$? |
| A. | 10 days |
| B. | 12 days |
| C. | 15 days |
| D. | 16 days |
| Answer» D. 16 days | |
| 586. |
_ Three men A, B, C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in one hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. Then A and B together can do the job in:$? |
| A. | 2/3 hours |
| B. | 3/4 hours |
| C. | 3/2 hours |
| D. | 4/3 hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 587. |
_ To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C will take :$? |
| A. | 7 Days |
| B. | 7.5 Days |
| C. | 8 Days |
| D. | 8.5 Days |
| Answer» D. 8.5 Days | |
| 588. |
_ If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be:$? |
| A. | 4 days |
| B. | 5 days |
| C. | 6 days |
| D. | 7 days |
| Answer» B. 5 days | |
| 589. |
_Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?$? |
| A. | 3 : 4 |
| B. | 4 : 3 |
| C. | 5 : 3 |
| D. | Data inadequate |
| Answer» C. 5 : 3 | |
| 590. |
_Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:$? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» C. 18 | |
| 591. |
There was a leakage in the container of the refined oil. If 11 kg oil is leaked out per day then it would have lasted for 50 days, if the leakage was 15 kg per day, then it would have lasted for only 45 days. For how many days would the oil have lasted, if there was no leakage ant it was completely used for eating purpose?$? |
| A. | 80 days |
| B. | 72 days |
| C. | 100 days |
| D. | 120 days |
| Answer» C. 100 days | |
| 592. |
A tank has a leak which would empty the completely filled tank in 10 hours. If the tank is full of water and a tap is opened which admits 4 litres of water per minutes in the tank, how many litres does the tank holds?$? |
| A. | 2400 |
| B. | 4500 |
| C. | 1200 |
| D. | 7200 |
| Answer» B. 4500 | |
| 593. |
Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will q fill the cistern?$? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 7 1/2 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 8 1/4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 594. |
To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?$? |
| A. | 30 days |
| B. | 35 days |
| C. | 40 days |
| D. | 45 days |
| Answer» B. 35 days | |
| 595. |
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 two more days, B alone could do the work in$? |
| A. | 5 days |
| B. | 6 days |
| C. | 9 days |
| D. | 10 days |
| Answer» C. 9 days | |
| 596. |
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 minutes, C is also opened. The tank filled up in:$? |
| A. | 39 min. |
| B. | 46 min |
| C. | 40 min. |
| D. | 45 min. |
| Answer» B. 46 min | |
| 597. |
If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it?$? |
| A. | 10 days |
| B. | 11 days |
| C. | 9 days |
| D. | 12 days |
| Answer» E. | |
| 598. |
A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?$? |
| A. | Rs. 375 |
| B. | Rs. 400 |
| C. | Rs. 600 |
| D. | Rs. 800 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 600 | |
| 599. |
A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in : |
| A. | 4 days |
| B. | 6 days |
| C. | 8 days |
| D. | 18 days |
| Answer» B. 6 days | |
| 600. |
A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working together, they will complete the same work in: |
| A. | 1/24 day |
| B. | 7/24 day |
| C. | 3 3/7 days |
| D. | 4 days |
| Answer» D. 4 days | |