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101.	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 woman?
A.	3:02
B.	4:03
C.	5:03
D.	3:04
Answer» C. 5:03

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102.	A and B are working on an assignment. A takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while B takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
A.	5 hours 15 minutes
B.	4 hours 30 minutes
C.	8 hours 15 minutes
D.	7 hours 45 minutes
Answer» E.

Discussion

103.	X can do a work in 40 days. He worked for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days. If they work together, how long does it take to finish the work?
A.	10 1/3 days
B.	18 1/3 days
C.	13 1/3 days
D.	15 1/3 days
Answer» D. 15 1/3 days

Discussion

104.	32.A does 4/5 of the work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone take to finish the whole work?
A.	37 Â½ days
B.	36 Â½ days
C.	35 Â½ days
D.	34 Â½ days
Answer» B. 36 Â½ days

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105.	30.A and B take 15 and 20 days respectively. They worked for 4 days, and then the fraction of work left was
A.	44423
B.	44392
C.	44362
D.	44515
Answer» B. 44392

Discussion

106.	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.	7 days
B.	15 days
C.	12 days
D.	10 days
Answer» D. 10 days

Discussion

107.	A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for Rs.529. A and B together are supposed to do 19/23 of the work and B and C together 8/23 of the work. What amount should A be paid?
A.	Rs.355
B.	Rs.345
C.	Rs.375
D.	Rs.335
Answer» C. Rs.375

Discussion

108.	A can do a piece of work in 20 days. B is 25% more efficient than A. The number of days taken by B to do the same piece of work is
A.	12 days
B.	16 days
C.	18 days
D.	10 days
Answer» C. 18 days

Discussion

109.	10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one man alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one woman alone to complete the same work?
A.	215 days
B.	225 days
C.	235 days
D.	240 days
Answer» C. 235 days

Discussion

110.	10 boys can complete a work in 7 days and 10 girls take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 boys and 10 girls take to complete the work ?
A.	13 days
B.	10 days
C.	7 days
D.	16 days
Answer» D. 16 days

Discussion

111.	10 people can build a wall in 12 days. Six people, each only half as efficient as those in the first group, will be able to complete 3/5 of such a wall in
A.	24 days
B.	20 days
C.	18 days
D.	25 days
Answer» B. 20 days

Discussion

112.	10 people could complete a task in 8 days. After 4 days, 2 of the workers left. How many days from then did it take to complete the task?
A.	7
B.	8
C.	6
D.	5
Answer» D. 5

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113.	10 people can do a work in 30 days. How many days, can 15 people complete double the work?
A.	20
B.	25
C.	40
D.	45
Answer» D. 45

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114.	10 women can do a piece of work in 6 days, 6 men can do same work in 5 days and 8 children can do it in 10 days. What is the ratio of the efficiency of aÂ woman, a man and a child respectively?
A.	0.17086805555556
B.	0.17017361111111
C.	0.086145833333333
D.	0.17225694444444
Answer» E.

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115.	10 persons can do a job in X days. If 20 persons with twice the efficiency can do the same job in 5 days, then find the value of X?
A.	40
B.	15
C.	20
D.	30
Answer» D. 30

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116.	12 men and 16 women together can complete a work in 4 days. It takes 80 days for one man alone to complete the same work, then how many days would be required for one woman alone to complete the same work?_x005F_x000D_
A.	160
B.	150
C.	130
D.	175
Answer» B. 150

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117.	12 men can complete a work in 8 days. 16 women can complete the same work in 12 days. 8 men and 8 women started working Â and worked for 6 days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining work in 1 day?
A.	8
B.	12
C.	16
D.	24
Answer» C. 16

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118.	12 men complete a work in 14 days. 5 days after they had started working, 3 men join them. How many more days will all of them take to complete the remaining work?
A.	5
B.	4
C.	3
D.	2
Answer» D. 2

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119.	12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 6 more men join them. How many days will they take to complete the remainingÂ work?
A.	2
B.	3
C.	4
D.	5
Answer» B. 3

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120.	12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 4 more men join them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?
A.	2 days
B.	2.5 days
C.	2.25 days
D.	3 days
Answer» D. 3 days

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121.	12 men or 30 boys can complete a work in 72 days. How many days will 48 men and 24 boys will take to complete the same work?
A.	20
B.	18
C.	15
D.	25
Answer» D. 25

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122.	18 men or 36 boys working 6 hours a day can plough a field in 24 days. In how many days will 24 men and 24 boys working 9 hours a day plough theÂ same field ?
A.	9
B.	10
C.	6
D.	8
Answer» E.

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123.	16 men and 12 women can complete a work in 20 days. 18 women can complete the same work in 40 days. In how many days will 12 men 27 women complete the same work?
A.	16 days
B.	18 days
C.	19 days
D.	21 days
Answer» B. 18 days

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124.	18 men or 25 boys can complete a work in 25 days. How many days will 36 men and 10 boys will take to complete the work?_x005F_x000D_
A.	112/17
B.	125/12
C.	115/12
D.	125/17
Answer» C. 115/12

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125.	16 women can do a piece of work in 10 days while 15 men can do the same work in 12 days. All men and all women work alternately starting with all men, then find the time taken by them to complete the whole work?
A.	10 5/2 days
B.	11 days
C.	11 2/5 days
D.	12 1/2 days
Answer» B. 11 days

Discussion

126.	2 men or 3 women can complete a job in 96 days. Then 6 men and 7 women will complete the same job in how many days?
A.	18
B.	27
C.	20
D.	24
Answer» B. 27

Discussion

127.	24 men can do a piece of work in 17 days.How many men will be able to do it in 51 days ?
A.	8
B.	10
C.	12
D.	6
Answer» B. 10

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128.	20 boys do one fourth of work in 25 days. How many more boys will be required to complete the remaining work in 50 days?_x005F_x000D_
A.	8
B.	10
C.	15
D.	20
Answer» C. 15

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129.	21 workers can repair a road in 40 days. If they are joined by 7 more workers, then in how much time (in days) the road can be repaired?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_
A.	27
B.	28
C.	30
D.	32
Answer» D. 32

Discussion

130.	24 men can repair a road in 50 days. If they are joined by 16 more men, then in how much time (in days) the road can be repaired?
A.	28
B.	25
C.	32
D.	30
Answer» E.

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131.	28 Men and 52 women working together completes a work in 22.5 days. 35 men and 65 women working together on same work will complete it in how many days?
A.	16
B.	18
C.	19
D.	21
Answer» C. 19

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132.	3 boys and 3 girls can complete a task in hours. How many hours will I boy and girl require to completeÂ the task?_x005F_x000D_
A.	185
B.	125
C.	215
D.	3
Answer» B. 125

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133.	3 men, 4 women and 6 children can complete a work in 7 days. A woman does double the work a man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can complete this work in 7 days Â ?
A.	6
B.	9
C.	5
D.	7
Answer» E.

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134.	3 men or 4 women can complete a job in 120 days. 12 men and 16 women will complete the same job in how many days?
A.	12
B.	14
C.	15
D.	18
Answer» D. 18

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135.	30 men can do a piece of work in 16 days working 8 hrs a day. How many men are needed to complete another work, which is twice the first one, in 10 days working 12 hrs a day?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ The following are the steps involved in solving the above problem. Arrange them in sequential order._x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_
A.	CBAD
B.	BACD
C.	ABCD
D.	ACBD
Answer» B. BACD

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136.	30 men working 5 hours a day can do a task in 16 days. In how many days will 40 men working 6 hours a day do the same task?
A.	12 days
B.	10 days
C.	15 days
D.	18 days
Answer» C. 15 days

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137.	30 women do half of the total work in 30 days. How many more women will be required to complete the remaining work in 10 days?
A.	45
B.	30
C.	60
D.	80
Answer» D. 80

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138.	35 persons are engaged to complete a work in 60 days. After 32 days it is observed that only (2/5)th part of the work has been done. The number ofÂ persons to be engaged to complete the remaining work in the said period is
A.	20
B.	35
C.	30
D.	25
Answer» E.

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139.	4 men can build a small house in 12 days. How long would it take for 6 men to build the same house?
A.	9 days
B.	8 days
C.	8.1 days
D.	8.2 days
Answer» C. 8.1 days

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140.	4 men can repair a road in 7 hours. How many men are required to repair the road in 2 hours ?
A.	17 men
B.	14 men
C.	13 men
D.	16 men
Answer» C. 13 men

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141.	4 workers working 6 hours per day can finish painting a wall in 21 days. If 7 workers work for 4 hours per day, in how many days will they be able to finish the same work?
A.	32
B.	24
C.	18
D.	28
Answer» D. 28

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142.	45 men or 60 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days. How many days will 15 men and 20 boys take to complete the work?
A.	23
B.	45
C.	30
D.	25
Answer» D. 25

Discussion

143.	45 men working 9 hours per day dig 40 m deep. How many extra men should be put to dig to a depth of 56 m working 7 hours per day ?
A.	36
B.	61
C.	48
D.	54
Answer» B. 61

Discussion

144.	48 people could complete a task in 17 days. After 6 days, 4 of the workers left. How many days from thenÂ will it take to complete the task?
A.	12
B.	13
C.	15
D.	16
Answer» B. 13

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145.	5 boys and 3 girls can together cultivate a 23 acre field in 4 days and 3 boys and 2 girls together can cultivate a 7 acre field in 2 days. How many girls will be needed together with 7 boys, if they cultivate 45 acres of field in 6 days?
A.	4
B.	3
C.	2
D.	1
Answer» D. 1

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146.	5 men and 3 boys can together cultivate a 23 acre field in 4 days and 3 men and 2 boys together can cultivate a 7 acre field in 2 days. How many boys will be needed together with 7 men, if they cultivate 45 acre of field in 6 days.
A.	6
B.	4
C.	2
D.	3
Answer» D. 3

Discussion

147.	50 men can build a tank in 40days, but though they begin the work together, 5 men quit every ten days. The time needed to build the tank is ?
A.	50 days
B.	48 days
C.	47.5 days
D.	49 days
Answer» B. 48 days

Discussion

148.	50 men can complete a work in 28 days. They started the work together, but at the end of each 10th day, 10 men left the job. The work was completed in how many days?
A.	36
B.	38
C.	40
D.	45
Answer» D. 45

Discussion

149.	6 boys and 8 girls can do job in 10 days , 26 boys & 48 women do work in 2 days. Find time taken by 15 boys and 20 girls to do same work ?
A.	2 days
B.	3 days
C.	4 days
D.	5 days
Answer» D. 5 days

Discussion

150.	6 carpenters make 96 windows in 16 days. If 8 carpenters work for 4 days how many windows will they make?
A.	16
B.	28
C.	36
D.	32
Answer» E.

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