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601.

Pipe P1 and P2 can fill the same tank in 60 minutes and 30 minutes, respectively. Another pipe P3, can empty the same tank in 45 minutes. How much time (in minutes) is required to fill the tank if all three pipes are opened together?

A. 15 min
B. 21 min
C. 28 min
D. 36 min
E. 45 min
Answer» E. 45 min
602.

A and B together can complete a work in 10 days. They started together but A left after 2 days and the remaining work was completed by B in 12 days. In how many days can A complete the entire work while working alone?

A. 15
B. 20
C. 30
D. 45
Answer» D. 45
603.

32 men can work for 6 hours daily and can complete a work in 10 days. How many men are needed to finish this work in 12 days by working 10 hours per day?A. 15B. 16C. 17D. 18

A. C
B. B
C. A
D. D
Answer» C. A
604.

In a factory, there are equal number of men and children. Men work 9 hours a day and children work 6 hours a day. In festive season, the work load goes up by 60%. Due to restriction on children, they can only work 6 hours a day. So the extra work is done by men. If the men and children are equally efficient, then what extra work hours are out on men every day?

A. 7 hours
B. 9 hours
C. 5 hours
D. 6 hours
E. None of these
Answer» C. 5 hours
605.

In a certain village, 6 women can work for 8 hr a day and finish a work in 10 days. If 10 women are working for 6 hr a day, then how many days will they take to complete the work?

A. 12.5 days
B. 10 days
C. 13 days
D. 8 days
Answer» E.
606.

A man completes 5/8 of a job in 10 days. At this rate how many more days will he take to finish the job?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 8
D. 7
Answer» C. 8
607.

Pipes A and B can fill a water tank in 30 and 45 minutes respectively while pipe C can take out all the water in 60 minutes. If the three pipes are opened simultaneously, how long it would take to fill the empty tank?

A. \(\left( {25\; + \;\frac{5}{7}} \right)\)min
B. 60 min
C. \(\;34\; + \;\frac{1}{2}\;\)min
D. \(\left( {18\; + \;\frac{5}{7}} \right)\;\)min
Answer» B. 60 min
608.

A and B together can complete a work in 15 days. They started together but after 5 days A left the work. If the remaining work is completed by B in 15 more days, then A alone can complete the entire work in how many days?

A. 25
B. 50
C. 35
D. 45
Answer» E.
609.

A tank can be filled by tap A in 5 hours and tap B in 4 hours. Tap C can empty the filled tank in 8 hours. When the tank is empty, all three taps are opened simultaneously, how long will it take to fill the tank completely?

A. \(\frac{10}{3}\) hours
B. \(\frac{40}{13}\) hours
C. 8 hours
D. \(\frac{10}{7}\) hours
Answer» C. 8 hours
610.

A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened, What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely ?

A. 4 hrs.
B. 3 hrs. 45 mins.
C. 3 hrs. 15 mins.
D. 4 hrs. 15 mins.
Answer» C. 3 hrs. 15 mins.
611.

A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 20 and 60 days respectively. Working together, they can complete the same work in how many days?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 10
D. 8
Answer» C. 10
612.

15 men can do a work in 20 days. How many days will 10 men take to do double the same work?

A. 40
B. 60
C. 50
D. 30
Answer» C. 50
613.

A, B and C, alone can do a piece of work in 9, 12 and 18 days respectively. They all started the work together, but A left after 3 days. In how many days, was the remaining work completed.

A. 5/2
B. 2
C. 9/5
D. 11/4
Answer» D. 11/4
614.

A tank has three pipes. The first one fills up the tank in 30 min and the second one can fill it up in 45 min. The third one drains out the tank. With all the pipes open it takes 27 min to fill up the tank. Find out how long it takes the third pipe alone to empty a full tank?

A. 56 min
B. 50 min
C. 52 min
D. 54 min
Answer» E.
615.

15 men can do a work in 330 days. But after 220 days 15 more people are recruited, then in how many more days the work will be completed?A. 80 daysB. 60 daysC. 55 daysD. 50 days

A. D
B. C
C. B
D. A
Answer» C. B
616.

A man have three sons. The man can do twice the work of three sons. The first and second son can do the work in 24 days and 36 days respectively. If the man completes the work in \(3\frac{1}{{11}}\) days, then find the time taken by third person to finish the work? (approximate)

A. 13 days
B. 14 days
C. 11 days
D. 16 days
Answer» D. 16 days
617.

Pipes A and B together take 20 hours, B and C together take 15 hours, and C and A together take 12 hours to fill a tank. In what time will the tank be filled if all 3 pipes work together?

A. 10 hours
B. 15 hours
C. 12.5 hours
D. 5 hours
E. 7.5 hours
Answer» B. 15 hours
618.

A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days and 8 days, respectively. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days and earned Rs. 1,848. What was the share of C?

A. Rs. 924
B. Rs. 693
C. Rs. 231
D. Rs. 462
Answer» D. Rs. 462
619.

P, Q and R can do a piece of work in 15 days, 18 days and 20 days respectively. P started the work after 1 day, Q joined and 2 more days later R joined. In how many days was the work completed?

A. 9
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6
Answer» D. 6
620.

24 persons working 8 hours a day can complete 2 units of a work in 10 days. How many persons are required to complete 4 units of that work, if they work 6 hours a day for 16 days?

A. 48
B. 36
C. 40
D. 32
Answer» D. 32
621.

48 men can dig a trench in 20 days. How many men can dig it in 15 days?

A. 55
B. 60
C. 50
D. 64
Answer» E.
622.

If 24 men can complete a work in 40 days, then 1/3rd of total men will complete the same work in:

A. 80 days
B. 90 days
C. 120 days
D. 150 days
E. 180 days
Answer» D. 150 days
623.

Pipe A can fill an empty cistern in 15 hours while pipe B takes 25 hours to fill it. Initially pipe A is left open for some time and then closed and Pipe B is switched on immediately. In all the cistern takes 21 hours to be full. How long was Pipe A open?

A. 3 hours
B. 9 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 7.5 hours
Answer» D. 7.5 hours
624.

Brazen can paint a wall red in 12 days, while Ballary can paint the entire wall in 21 days. If Brazen and Ballari work alternately for one hour each from painting the wall to coloring it red, then how many hours will it take to paint the entire wall red?

A. 16 days
B. 15 days
C. 14 days
D. 12 days
Answer» C. 14 days
625.

A and B can finish a work together in \(3\frac{2}{3}\) days. C and D can finish the same work in \(3\frac{1}{7}\) days. If A, B, C and D do the work together, how long will it take for them to finish half of the work?

A. \(1\frac{1}{13}\) days
B. 8/13 day
C. 2/13 days
D. 11/13 days
Answer» E.
626.

A, B and C can individually complete a task in 20 days, 16 days, and 30 days, respectively. If A and B started working on the task, and they worked for 4 days and left, then the number of days required by C to finish the remaining task is:

A. 13 days
B. \(16\frac{1}{2}\) days
C. 10 days
D. \(12\frac{1}{2}\) days
Answer» C. 10 days
627.

Pipe A is an inlet pipe that can fill an empty cistern in 69 hours. Pipe B can drain the filled cistern in 46 hours. When the cistern is filled, the two pipes are opened one at a time for an hour each, starting with Pipe B. How long will it take for the cistern to be empty?

A. 1 days 13 hours
B. 11 days 10 hours
C. 11 days 7 hours
D. 11 days 12 hours
Answer» C. 11 days 7 hours
628.

A, B and C are employed to complete a work in Rs. 784. If A and B together complete 23/28 of the work. Calculate the wages (in Rs.) paid to C?A. 280B. 140C. 70D. 56

A. A
B. D
C. C
D. B
Answer» E.
629.

15 men can complete a task in 8 days. Three days after they started the work, 3 more men joined. In how many days will all of them together complete the remaining work?

A. 5 days
B. \(4\frac{1}{6}\) days
C. \(7\frac{1}{6}\)days
D. \(8\frac{1}{6}\) days
Answer» C. \(7\frac{1}{6}\)days
630.

P can do some work in 4 hours. Q and R together can finish it in 3 hours while P and R can do it in 2 hours. How long will Q take to complete it, if he works alone?

A. 8 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 12 hours
D. 15 hours
Answer» D. 15 hours
631.

A does a work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days. In how many days they together will complete the same work?

A. 8 days
B. 5 days
C. 4 days
D. 6 days
Answer» E.
632.

Aditya can complete a work in 24 alone. Raman can complete the same work in 45 days alone. In how many days can they together complete the work?

A. 1080/43
B. 720/13
C. 360/23
D. 960/33
Answer» D. 960/33
633.

A, B and C together can finish a task in 7.5 days. C is thrice as productive as A and B alone can do the task in 15 days. In how many days can A and C do the job if B goes on leave?

A. 30
B. 10
C. 20
D. 15
Answer» E.
634.

Pipes A, B, and C are attached to an empty cistern. While the first two can fill the cistern in 6.6 and 16.5 hours respectively, the third can drain the cistern, when filled, in 9.9 hours. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously when the cistern is three-fifths full, how many hours will be needed to fill the cistern?

A. 3.5
B. 3.6
C. 4
D. 3.75
Answer» C. 4
635.

C alone can complete a work in 20 days and D alone can complete the same work in 30 days. In how many days C and D together can complete the same work?

A. 6 days
B. 12 days
C. 15 days
D. 8 days
Answer» C. 15 days
636.

A mason can build a tank in 12h. After working for 6h, he took help of a boy and finished the work in another 5h. The time that the boy will take alone to complete the work is

A. 30 Hrs
B. 45 Hrs
C. 60 Hrs
D. 64 Hrs
Answer» D. 64 Hrs
637.

A, B and C can complete a work in 20, 24 and 30 days respectively. All three of them starts together but after 4 days A leaves the job and B left the job 6 days before the work was completed. C completed the remaining work alone. In how many days was the total work completed?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16
Answer» D. 16
638.

Pipes A and B are emptying pipes and can empty a tank in 6 hours and 16 hours, respectively. C is a filling pipe. All three pipes were opened together. They took 80 minutes to empty 5/18th of the tank. Pipe C alone can fill the tank in:

A. 36 hours
B. 42 hours
C. 48 hours
D. 40 hours
Answer» D. 40 hours
639.

Manoj is 2 times efficient than Anurag, together they can complete the work in 22 days. Anurag alone can complete the work in how many days?

A. 44
B. 66
C. 88
D. 60
Answer» C. 88
640.

15 men can finish a piece of work in 40 days. The number of days after which 5 men should leave the work so that the work is finished in 45 days altogether is

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 35
Answer» D. 35
641.

A, B, and C together can complete a piece of work in 10 days. All the three started working at it together and after 4 days ‘A’ left. Then B and C together completed the work in 10 more days. ‘A’ alone can complete the work in

A. 15 days
B. 16 days
C. 25 days
D. 26 days
Answer» D. 26 days
642.

Pipe A and B can fill the tank in 10 hrs and 15 hrs respectively. Both can fill the tank together in ____hrs.

A. 6 ∶ 15
B. 6
C. 6 ∶ 10
D. 4
Answer» C. 6 ∶ 10
643.

12 men work 8 hours per day and require 10 days to build a wall. If 8 men are available, how many hours per day must they work to finish the work in 8 days?

A. 10 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 15 hours
D. 18 hours
Answer» D. 18 hours
644.

A can finish a work in 24 days and B can do the same work in 20 days. B worked for 15 days and left the job. In how many days can A alone finish the remaining work?

A. \(8\frac{1}{2}\)
B. 8
C. 10
D. 6
Answer» E.
645.

At their usual efficiency levels, A and B together finish a task in 12 days. If A had worked half as efficiently as she usually does, and B had worked thrice as efficiently as he usually does, the task would have been completed in 9 days. How many days would A take to finish the task if she works alone at her usual efficiency?

A. 24
B. 12
C. 18
D. 36
Answer» D. 36
646.

Pipe D1 can fill an empty tank in 80 minutes and Pipe D2 can empty the same tank in 100 minutes. If pipes are opened simultaneously, then in how much time the tank gets completely filled?

A. 400 minutes
B. 200 minutes
C. 320 minutes
D. 240 minutes
Answer» B. 200 minutes
647.

A is twice as good as B and together they finish a piece of work in 24 days. In how many days can A alone to finish the work?

A. 27
B. 36
C. 42
D. 48
Answer» C. 42
648.

An experienced carpenter can complete a woodwork in 8 days. A young carpenter can complete the same work in 12 days. Both work together for 3 days, and then the latter leaves. How may days will be taken by the former to complete the remaining work?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 3
D. 2
Answer» D. 2
649.

If 6 men working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 1680 per week, then 9 men working 6 hours a day will earn per week:

A. Rs. 1680
B. Rs. 1920
C. Rs. 2680
D. Rs. 1890
Answer» E.
650.

It took 138 people to build a house in 50 days. What part of the work can 207 men complete in 20 days?

A. 3/5
B. 2/3
C. 2/5
D. 4/15
Answer» B. 2/3