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251.	A can do a work in 36 days and B in 12 days. If they work on it together for 3 days, then what fraction of work is left?
A.	44257
B.	44256
C.	44287
D.	44317
Answer» B. 44256

Discussion

252.	A can do a work in 8 days, B can do the same work in 10 days and C can do the same work in 12 days. If all three of them do the same work togetherÂ and they are paid Rs 7400, then what is the share (in Rs) of B?
A.	2600
B.	3000
C.	2400
D.	2000
Answer» D. 2000

Discussion

253.	A can do a work in 36 days and B in 12 days. If they work on it together, then in how many days will they be able to do the work?
A.	8
B.	6
C.	10
D.	9
Answer» E.

Discussion

254.	A can do a work in 9 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 5 days. A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day respectively that is they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work ?
A.	[7 + (215/345)] days
B.	[6 + (11/215)] days
C.	[6 + (261/315)] days
D.	[5 + (112/351)] days
Answer» D. [5 + (112/351)] days

Discussion

255.	A can do as much work in 4 days as B can do in 5, and B can do as much work in 6 days as C in 7. In what time will C do a piece of work which A can doÂ in a week ?
A.	10 5/24 days
B.	4 4/5 days
C.	6 8/15 days
D.	12 6/19 days
Answer» B. 4 4/5 days

Discussion

256.	A can finish a work in 15 days and B can do the same work in 12 days . B worked for 8 days and left the job .In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
A.	6 days
B.	5 days
C.	4 days
D.	3 days
Answer» C. 4 days

Discussion

257.	A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A. then, working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a day ?
A.	Total work
B.	One-fourth work
C.	Half work
D.	Two-third work
Answer» D. Two-third work

Discussion

258.	A can finish a work in 18 days and B in 36 days. If they work on it together for 9 days, then what percent of work is left?
A.	33.3
B.	20
C.	75
D.	25
Answer» E.

Discussion

259.	A can finish a work in 7 days . B can finish the same work in 9 days . The days required to finish the work by both of them together.
A.	31/16
B.	47/16
C.	63/16
D.	79/16
Answer» D. 79/16

Discussion

260.	A can make a cupboard in 10 days and B can do it in 50 days. Along with C, they did the job in 6.25 days only. Then in how many days C alone can doÂ the job?
A.	20
B.	25
C.	16
D.	15
Answer» C. 16

Discussion

261.	A can paint a house in 25 days and B can do it in 10 days. Along with C, they did the job in 6.25 days only. Then in how many days, C alone can do theÂ job?
A.	50
B.	40
C.	30
D.	60
Answer» B. 40

Discussion

262.	A can paint a house in 42 days and B can do it in 21 days. Along with C, they can finish the job in 7 days only.C alone can do the painting job in howÂ many days, ?
A.	9
B.	12
C.	14
D.	15
Answer» D. 15

Discussion

263.	A can paint a house in 45 days and B can do it in 15 days. Along with C, they did the job in 5 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how many days?
A.	12
B.	9
C.	15
D.	8
Answer» C. 15

Discussion

264.	A can paint a house in 55 days and B can do it in 66 days. Along with C, they did the job in 12 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how manyÂ days?
A.	24
B.	44
C.	33
D.	20
Answer» E.

Discussion

265.	A can write 32 pages in 6 hours and B can write 40 pages in 5 hours. If they write together, in how many hours they can write 110 pages ?
A.	7 hrs
B.	6 hrs 10 min
C.	5 hrs 25min
D.	8 hrs 15 min
Answer» E.

Discussion

266.	A canal of a village can be cleaned by 24 villagers in 12 days. The number of days in which 36 villagers can clean the canal is ?
A.	18
B.	8
C.	72
D.	16
Answer» C. 72

Discussion

267.	A certain job was assigned to a group of women to do it in 20 days. But 12 women did not turn up for the job and the remaining did the job in 32 days. The original number of women in the group was?
A.	36
B.	32
C.	22
D.	28
Answer» C. 22

Discussion

268.	A carpenter can build a cupboard in 48 hours. After 12 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the cupboard is yet to be built?
A.	0.4
B.	0.5
C.	0.75
D.	0.25
Answer» D. 0.25

Discussion

269.	A certain number of men agreed to do a work in 20 days. 5 men did not come for work. Others completed the work in 40 days. Find the number of men who had agreed to do the work originally.
A.	8
B.	10
C.	12
D.	15
Answer» C. 12

Discussion

270.	A certain number of men can complete a book in 10 days. If there were three more men, then book could be completed in 2 days less. How many men were there in the beginning?_x005F_x000D_
A.	8
B.	15
C.	12
D.	10
Answer» D. 10

Discussion

271.	A constructor estimates that 4 people can paint Mr. Karthik's house in 6 days. If he uses 5 people instead of 4, how long will they take to complete the job ?
A.	3 days
B.	26/3 days
C.	13/4 days
D.	24/5 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

272.	A Contractor employed a certain number of workers Â to finish constructing a road in a certain scheduled time. Sometime later, when a part of work had been completed, he realised that the work would get delayed by three-fourth of the Â scheduled time, so he at once doubled the no of workers and thus he managed to finish the road on the scheduled time. How much work he had been completed, before increasing the number of workers?
A.	0.1
B.	14 ( 2/7 )%
C.	0.2
D.	Can't be determined
Answer» C. 0.2

Discussion

273.	A contractor Â undertook a project to complete it in 20 days which needed 5 workers to work continuously for all the days estimated. But before the start of the work the client wanted to complete it earlier than the scheduled time, so the contractor calculated that Â he needed to increase 5 additional Â men every 2 days to complete the work in the time the client wanted it:_x005F_x000D_ If the work was further increased by 50% but the contractor continues to increase the 5 workers o every 2 days then how many more days are required over the initial time specified by the Â client.
A.	1 day
B.	2 days
C.	5 days
D.	None of these
Answer» C. 5 days

Discussion

274.	A contractor undertake to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharged so that the work may finish in time ?
A.	64
B.	62
C.	58
D.	56
Answer» E.

Discussion

275.	A contractor undertook to complete a piece of work in 120 Days and employed 140 men upon it. At the end of 66 days only half of the work was done,so he put on 25 extra men. By how much time did he exceed the specific time ?
A.	2 days
B.	3 days
C.	4 days
D.	5 days
Answer» B. 3 days

Discussion

276.	A does 30% of a work in 30 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 20 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?
A.	40 days
B.	80 days
C.	120 days
D.	20 days
Answer» B. 80 days

Discussion

277.	A does 1/2 as much work as B and C does1/2as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together all will finish the work in
A.	30 days
B.	40/3 days
C.	15 days
D.	16 days
Answer» C. 15 days

Discussion

278.	A does 50% of a work in 12 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 8 days. How long B alone would take to complete theÂ whole work?
A.	12 days
B.	24 days
C.	36 days
D.	48 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

279.	A does 75% of a work in 50 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 10 days. How long B alone would take to complete theÂ whole work?
A.	200 days
B.	50 days
C.	100 days
D.	125 days
Answer» D. 125 days

Discussion

280.	A does 75% of a work in 25 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 5 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?
A.	50 days
B.	80 days
C.	24 days
D.	37.5 days
Answer» B. 80 days

Discussion

281.	A does 60% of a work in 15 days. He then calls B, and they together finish the remaining work in 5 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
A.	25 days
B.	20 days
C.	80 days
D.	24 days
Answer» B. 20 days

Discussion

282.	A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?
A.	75 days
B.	37.5 days
C.	17.5 days
D.	35 days
Answer» C. 17.5 days

Discussion

283.	A garrison of 2000 men has provisions for 54 days. At the end of 15 days, a reinforcement arrives, and it is now found that the provisions will last only for 20 days more. What is the reinforcement ?
A.	1900
B.	2100
C.	1700
D.	2000
Answer» B. 2100

Discussion

284.	A group of men can complete a job in K hours. After every 4 hours, half the number of men working at that point of time leave the job. Continuing this way if the job is finished in 16 hours, what is the value of K ?
A.	7 hrs
B.	7.5 hrs
C.	8 hrs
D.	8.25 hrs
Answer» C. 8 hrs

Discussion

285.	A does half as much work as Band C does half as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together ,all will finish the work in Â ?
A.	17 + 4/7 days
B.	13 + 1/3 days
C.	15 + 3/2 days
D.	16 days
Answer» C. 15 + 3/2 days

Discussion

286.	A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 4 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?
A.	12.5 days
B.	100 days
C.	22.5 days
D.	35 days
Answer» C. 22.5 days

Discussion

287.	A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which A alone could have done in 23 days Â ?
A.	9 days
B.	11 days
C.	13 days
D.	15 days
Answer» D. 15 days

Discussion

288.	A is thrice as productive as C. Together they can complete a job in 22.5 days. If B joins them after they have worked for 15 days then in how many days canÂ they finish the rest of the job if B alone can do the job in 15 days?
A.	6
B.	3
C.	9
D.	2
Answer» C. 9

Discussion

289.	A is 3 times faster than B. If A can finish a work 32 days less than that of B, find the number of days need to finish the work if both are working together?
A.	12 days
B.	24 days
C.	32 days
D.	16 days
Answer» B. 24 days

Discussion

290.	A is 1.5 times efficient than B therefore takes 8 days less than B to complete a work. If A and B work on alternate days and A works on first day, thenÂ in how many days the work will be completed?
A.	17
B.	19
C.	19.5
D.	21
Answer» C. 19.5

Discussion

291.	A is thrice efficient as B and C is twice as efficient as B. what is the ratio of number of days taken by A,B and C, when they work individually?
A.	0.087534722222222
B.	0.085486111111111
C.	0.043090277777778
D.	0.12571759259259
Answer» B. 0.085486111111111

Discussion

292.	A is twice efficient as B and together they do the same work in as much time as C and D together. If C and D can complete the work in 20 and 30 daysrespectively, working alone ,then in how many days A can complete the work individually:
A.	12 days
B.	18 days
C.	24 days
D.	30 days
Answer» C. 24 days

Discussion

293.	A is twice as good as B and together they finish a piece of work in 16 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is
A.	20 days
B.	21 days
C.	22 days
D.	24 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

294.	A laborer is engaged for 30 days on the condition that he receives Rs.25 for each day he works and is fined Rs.7.50 for each day is absent. He gets Rs.425 in all. For how many days was he absent ?
A.	10 days
B.	14 days
C.	11 days
D.	9 days
Answer» B. 14 days

Discussion

295.	A man engaged a servant on a condition that he would pay him Rs. 80 and a pair of jeans after service of one year. Servant served for only 9 monthsÂ and receives a pair of jeans and an amount of Rs. 55. The price of the jeans is ________._x005F_x000D_
A.	Rs. 80_x005F_x000D_
B.	Rs. 60
C.	Rs. 40
D.	Rs. 20
Answer» E.

Discussion

296.	A labourer can do a job in 50 hours. After 5 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the job is yet to be done?
A.	0.8
B.	0.5
C.	0.75
D.	0.9
Answer» E.

Discussion

297.	A man starts moving from a place A and reaches the place B in 26 hours. He covers 1/3rd of the distance at the speed of 4 km/hr and covers the remaining distance at the speed of 5 km/hr. What is the distance (in km) between A and B?
A.	45
B.	80
C.	120
D.	90
Answer» D. 90

Discussion

298.	A mason can build a wall in 18 hours. After 9 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the wall is yet to be built?
A.	0.9
B.	0.25
C.	0.5
D.	0.2
Answer» D. 0.2

Discussion

299.	A mason can build a wall in 70 hours. After 7 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the wall is yet to be built?
A.	0.9
B.	0.8
C.	0.5
D.	0.75
Answer» B. 0.8

Discussion

300.	AÂ woman fills a bucket in 6 minutes. 1845 buckets have to be filled from 8 am. to 9:30 am. How many woman employees should be employed for this task?
A.	111
B.	117
C.	123
D.	139
Answer» D. 139

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

A can do a work in 36 days and B in 12 days. If they work on it together for 3 days, then what fraction of work is left?

A can do a work in 8 days, B can do the same work in 10 days and C can do the same work in 12 days. If all three of them do the same work togetherÂ and they are paid Rs 7400, then what is the share (in Rs) of B?

A can do a work in 36 days and B in 12 days. If they work on it together, then in how many days will they be able to do the work?

A can do a work in 9 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 5 days. A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day respectively that is they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work ?

A can do as much work in 4 days as B can do in 5, and B can do as much work in 6 days as C in 7. In what time will C do a piece of work which A can doÂ in a week ?

A can finish a work in 15 days and B can do the same work in 12 days . B worked for 8 days and left the job .In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?

A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A. then, working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a day ?

A can finish a work in 18 days and B in 36 days. If they work on it together for 9 days, then what percent of work is left?

A can finish a work in 7 days . B can finish the same work in 9 days . The days required to finish the work by both of them together.

A can make a cupboard in 10 days and B can do it in 50 days. Along with C, they did the job in 6.25 days only. Then in how many days C alone can doÂ the job?

A can paint a house in 25 days and B can do it in 10 days. Along with C, they did the job in 6.25 days only. Then in how many days, C alone can do theÂ job?

A can paint a house in 42 days and B can do it in 21 days. Along with C, they can finish the job in 7 days only.C alone can do the painting job in howÂ many days, ?

A can paint a house in 45 days and B can do it in 15 days. Along with C, they did the job in 5 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how many days?

A can paint a house in 55 days and B can do it in 66 days. Along with C, they did the job in 12 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how manyÂ days?

A can write 32 pages in 6 hours and B can write 40 pages in 5 hours. If they write together, in how many hours they can write 110 pages ?

A canal of a village can be cleaned by 24 villagers in 12 days. The number of days in which 36 villagers can clean the canal is ?

A certain job was assigned to a group of women to do it in 20 days. But 12 women did not turn up for the job and the remaining did the job in 32 days. The original number of women in the group was?

A carpenter can build a cupboard in 48 hours. After 12 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the cupboard is yet to be built?

A certain number of men agreed to do a work in 20 days. 5 men did not come for work. Others completed the work in 40 days. Find the number of men who had agreed to do the work originally.

A certain number of men can complete a book in 10 days. If there were three more men, then book could be completed in 2 days less. How many men were there in the beginning?_x005F_x000D_

A constructor estimates that 4 people can paint Mr. Karthik's house in 6 days. If he uses 5 people instead of 4, how long will they take to complete the job ?

A contractor undertake to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharged so that the work may finish in time ?

A contractor undertook to complete a piece of work in 120 Days and employed 140 men upon it. At the end of 66 days only half of the work was done,so he put on 25 extra men. By how much time did he exceed the specific time ?

A does 30% of a work in 30 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 20 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?

A does 1/2 as much work as B and C does1/2as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together all will finish the work in

A does 50% of a work in 12 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 8 days. How long B alone would take to complete theÂ whole work?

A does 75% of a work in 50 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 10 days. How long B alone would take to complete theÂ whole work?

A does 75% of a work in 25 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 5 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?

A does 60% of a work in 15 days. He then calls B, and they together finish the remaining work in 5 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?

A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?

A garrison of 2000 men has provisions for 54 days. At the end of 15 days, a reinforcement arrives, and it is now found that the provisions will last only for 20 days more. What is the reinforcement ?

A group of men can complete a job in K hours. After every 4 hours, half the number of men working at that point of time leave the job. Continuing this way if the job is finished in 16 hours, what is the value of K ?

A does half as much work as Band C does half as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together ,all will finish the work in Â ?

A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 4 days. How long B alone would take to do the wholeÂ work?

A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which A alone could have done in 23 days Â ?

A is thrice as productive as C. Together they can complete a job in 22.5 days. If B joins them after they have worked for 15 days then in how many days canÂ they finish the rest of the job if B alone can do the job in 15 days?

A is 3 times faster than B. If A can finish a work 32 days less than that of B, find the number of days need to finish the work if both are working together?

A is 1.5 times efficient than B therefore takes 8 days less than B to complete a work. If A and B work on alternate days and A works on first day, thenÂ in how many days the work will be completed?

A is thrice efficient as B and C is twice as efficient as B. what is the ratio of number of days taken by A,B and C, when they work individually?

A is twice efficient as B and together they do the same work in as much time as C and D together. If C and D can complete the work in 20 and 30 daysrespectively, working alone ,then in how many days A can complete the work individually:

A is twice as good as B and together they finish a piece of work in 16 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is

A laborer is engaged for 30 days on the condition that he receives Rs.25 for each day he works and is fined Rs.7.50 for each day is absent. He gets Rs.425 in all. For how many days was he absent ?

A man engaged a servant on a condition that he would pay him Rs. 80 and a pair of jeans after service of one year. Servant served for only 9 monthsÂ and receives a pair of jeans and an amount of Rs. 55. The price of the jeans is ________._x005F_x000D_

A labourer can do a job in 50 hours. After 5 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the job is yet to be done?

A man starts moving from a place A and reaches the place B in 26 hours. He covers 1/3rd of the distance at the speed of 4 km/hr and covers the remaining distance at the speed of 5 km/hr. What is the distance (in km) between A and B?

A mason can build a wall in 18 hours. After 9 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the wall is yet to be built?

A mason can build a wall in 70 hours. After 7 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the wall is yet to be built?

AÂ woman fills a bucket in 6 minutes. 1845 buckets have to be filled from 8 am. to 9:30 am. How many woman employees should be employed for this task?