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1151.	A, B, and C, working alone can do a piece of work in 15, 30 and 75 days respectively. They work together and get Rs. 1615 for completing the work. What is the difference in shares of A and C?
A.	Rs. 760
B.	Rs. 620
C.	Rs. 680
D.	Rs. 540
Answer» B. Rs. 620

Discussion

1152.	A, B and C together can build a wall in 12 days. C is four times as productive as B and A alone can build the wall in 48 days. In how many days A and B working together can build the wall?
A.	20
B.	30
C.	80
D.	40
Answer» C. 80

Discussion

1153.	P can work thrice as fast as Q. Working independently, Q can complete a task in 24 days. In how many days can P and Q together finish the same task?
A.	6
B.	4
C.	8
D.	5
Answer» B. 4

Discussion

1154.	12 men and 16 women can complete a job in 5 days. 13 men and 24 women can complete the same job in 4 days. How long in days, will 5 men and 10 women take to complete the same job?
A.	5
B.	12
C.	10
D.	15
Answer» D. 15

Discussion

1155.	Amit and Sunil together can complete a work in 9 days, Sunil and Dinesh together can complete the same work in 12 days, and Amit and Dinesh together can complete the same work in 18 days. In how many days will they complete the work if Amit, Sunil and Dinesh work together?
A.	16 days
B.	12 days
C.	8 days
D.	14 days
Answer» D. 14 days

Discussion

1156.	A can do a piece of work in x days, B can take 10 more days than A to complete the same work, and C can do the same work alone in 10 days. If A, B, and C together can do 50% of the total work in \(2\frac{{13}}{{31}}\) days, then find the value of x.
A.	12 days
B.	10 days
C.	15 days
D.	18 days
E.	9 days
Answer» D. 18 days

Discussion

1157.	A, B, and C can do a work separately in 18, 36 and 54 days, respectively. They started the work together, but B and C left 5 days and 10 days, respectively, before the completion of the work. In how many days was the work finished?
A.	12 days
B.	13 days
C.	15 days
D.	14 days
Answer» C. 15 days

Discussion

1158.	Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, Pipe B in 10 hours, and Pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
A.	2
B.	2.5
C.	3
D.	3.5
Answer» D. 3.5

Discussion

1159.	A and B can do a piece of work in 15 days and C and D can do same piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will A, B, C and D do the same piece of work together?
A.	90/11 days
B.	45/11 days
C.	135/11 days
D.	60/11 days
Answer» B. 45/11 days

Discussion

1160.	A, B and C can finish a job working alone in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. They all work together for 1 day, then A and B quit. How many days C working alone will take to finish the remaining part of the job?
A.	60
B.	54
C.	6
D.	27
Answer» C. 6

Discussion

1161.	P can do a piece of work in 60 days & Q can do the same work in 50 days. Find the ratio of working efficiencies of P and Q.A. 1 : 3B. 6 : 5C. 5 : 6D. 4 : 5
A.	A
B.	B
C.	C
D.	D
Answer» D. D

Discussion

1162.	A and B can finish a work in 30 days and 20 days, respectively. If they worked together for 6 days and A leaves the job abruptly; then, how many days will B take to complete the remaining task?
A.	15 days
B.	10 days
C.	12 days
D.	18 days
Answer» C. 12 days

Discussion

1163.	P and Q can complete a work in 12 days, Q and R in 15 days, R and P in 20 days. In how many days can they work together?A. 10B. 12C. 5D. 14
A.	B
B.	C
C.	D
D.	A
Answer» E.

Discussion

1164.	A man does double the work done by a boy in the same time. The number of days that 3 men and 4 boys will take to finish a work which can be done by 10 men in 8 days is:
A.	4
B.	16
C.	\(7\frac{3}{{11}}\)
D.	\(8\frac{4}{5}\)
Answer» C. \(7\frac{3}{{11}}\)

Discussion

1165.	A tank can be filled with a tap in 10 hours. However it takes 11 hours to fill the tank due to a leak. The tap is closed when the tank is full. How many hours will the tank take to empty due to leakage?
A.	50
B.	130
C.	100
D.	110
Answer» E.

Discussion

1166.	Mugdha and Mayuri, working together, can complete a job in 18 days. However, Mayuri works alone and leaves after completing two-fifths of the job and then Mugdha takes over and completes the remaining work by herself. As a result, the duo could complete the job in 39 days. How many days would Mugdha alone have taken to do the job if Mayuri worked faster than Mugdha?
A.	72
B.	30
C.	24
D.	45
Answer» E.

Discussion

1167.	A piece of work can be done by 16 men in 8 days, working 12 hours a day. How many men are needed to complete another work, which is three times the first one, in 24 days working 8 hours a day?
A.	22 men
B.	23 men
C.	25 men
D.	24 men
Answer» E.

Discussion

1168.	A, B and C can alone do a task in 40, 120 and 36 days, respectively. A and B together work for 20 days and leave the task incomplete. C resumes it and complete it alone. How many days did C take to complete it?
A.	12
B.	20
C.	16
D.	18
Answer» B. 20

Discussion

1169.	A can do a work in 10 days, B can do the same work in 15 days, Then how many days together they will take to complete the same work?
A.	5 days
B.	6 days
C.	7 days
D.	8 days
Answer» C. 7 days

Discussion

1170.	A and B together can do a piece of work in 20 days and A alone can do it in 30 days. B alone can do the work in how many days?
A.	45
B.	60
C.	75
D.	90
Answer» C. 75

Discussion

1171.	If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days. Then 20 persons with the twice efficiency can do the same job in:
A.	15
B.	10
C.	5
D.	20
Answer» D. 20

Discussion

1172.	Abhi runs at a speed which is \(2\frac{1}{3}\) times the speed of Avin. Abhi beats Avin by 36 seconds in a certain race. The time (in seconds) taken by Abhi to complete the race 1s∶
A.	25
B.	27
C.	28
D.	30
Answer» C. 28

Discussion

1173.	In a factory, 60 workers can stitch 120 m of clothes in 7 days, what length of clothes can be stitched by 70 workers in 5 days?A. 100 mB. 90 mC. 85 mD. 110 m
A.	B
B.	C
C.	D
D.	A
Answer» E.

Discussion

1174.	Ajay can do a painting in 12 days. Amit is 70% more efficient than Ajay. What is the number of days Amit would need to finish the same painting?
A.	\(6\frac{4}{{15}}\)
B.	\(5\frac{1}{{13}}\)
C.	\(3\frac{3}{{5}}\)
D.	\(7\frac{1}{{17}}\)
Answer» E.

Discussion

1175.	Hitesh can complete a work alone in 24 days and Jinesh can complete the same work in 30 days alone. With the help of Ishaan, they can complete this work in 10 days. In how many days will Ishaan complete this work alone?
A.	32 days
B.	36 days
C.	48 days
D.	40 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1176.	A tap fills the tank with water in 2 hours. But due to the leakage of water due to a leakage in the tank, the tank fills in \(2 \frac{1}{3}\) hours. In how many hours will the leakage empty the tank?
A.	\(2 \frac{1}{3}\) hours
B.	7 hours
C.	8 hours
D.	14 hours
Answer» E.

Discussion

1177.	P alone can complete a work in 16 days and Q alone can complete the same work in 20 days. P and Q start the work together but Q leaves the work 7 days before the completion of work. In how many days the total work will be completed?
A.	9 ways
B.	14 days
C.	12 days
D.	18 days
Answer» D. 18 days

Discussion

1178.	Anil is twice as good a student as Bharat and is able to finish a work in 30 minutes less than Bharat’s time. Find the time in which both of them can finish the same work together?
A.	45 min
B.	30 min
C.	25 min
D.	20 min
Answer» E.

Discussion

1179.	A tank can be filled by pipe A in 5 hours and emptied by pipe B in 8 hours respectively. How much time will it take for the tank to be half full?
A.	\(3\frac{1}{3}{\rm{h}}\)
B.	\(8\frac{2}{3}{\rm{h}}\)
C.	\(12\frac{1}{3}{\rm{h}}\)
D.	\(6\frac{2}{3}{\rm{h}}\)
Answer» E.

Discussion

1180.	A is twice as fast as B in doing a job, that can be complete in 24 days if A and B work together. How many days will A take to complete the job alone?
A.	24 days
B.	36 days
C.	72 days
D.	96 days
Answer» C. 72 days

Discussion

1181.	12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
A.	15
B.	16
C.	18
D.	17
Answer» D. 17

Discussion

1182.	A and B together complete a job in 16 days, while B and C together finish the job in 24 days, if A is thrice as efficient as C, in how many days will all of them working together complete the job?
A.	96/7
B.	48/7
C.	24/3
D.	48/5
Answer» B. 48/7

Discussion

1183.	A piece of work can be completed by A, B and C individually in 12, 8 and 6 hours respectively. All the three worked for two hours at which point of time C left the work. The time (in minutes) taken by the other two to complete the work is:
A.	12
B.	24
C.	62
D.	72
Answer» E.

Discussion

1184.	Raman is 25% more efficient than Aman. If Aman can complete a piece of work in 25 days, then Raman can complete the same work in how many days?
A.	12
B.	15
C.	16
D.	20
Answer» E.

Discussion

1185.	A, B and C alone can do a work in 48, 12 and 24 days respectively. A, B and C together can complete two third of the same work in how many days?
A.	32/7
B.	32/5
C.	28/9
D.	27/11
Answer» B. 32/5

Discussion

1186.	A filling pipe fills 5/7th of the cistern in 35 minutes. How long will it take to fill the complete cistern?
A.	60 minutes
B.	49 minutes
C.	35 minutes
D.	40 minutes
Answer» C. 35 minutes

Discussion

1187.	Amir and akbar can finish a task in 30 days and 15 days respectively. Akbar worked on the task for 8 days and left the job. In how many days can Amir alone finish the remaining work ?
A.	17 days
B.	16 days
C.	14 days
D.	15 days
Answer» D. 15 days

Discussion

1188.	A, B and C can complete a task together in 8 days. A and B would need 16 days if only the two of them worked, while A and C would take 12 days if only the two of them worked. If A worked alone, how many days would A take to compete the task?
A.	30
B.	48
C.	60
D.	45
Answer» C. 60

Discussion

1189.	John can complete a work in 9 days, whereas John and Smith together can complete the same work in 6 days. How long will it take for Smith alone to complete the work?
A.	36 Days
B.	15 Days
C.	54 Days
D.	18 Days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1190.	Ram and Shyam working separately can do a piece of work in 15 and 30 days, respectively. If they work on alternate days starting with Ram on the first day, then in how many days the work will be finished?
A.	20
B.	25
C.	15
D.	10
Answer» B. 25

Discussion

1191.	12 persons can paint 10 identical rooms in 16 days. In how many days can 8 persons paint 20 such rooms?
A.	12
B.	24
C.	36
D.	48
Answer» E.

Discussion

1192.	25 persons can complete a work in 60 days. They started the work. 10 persons left the work after x days. If the whole work was completed in 80 days, then what is the value of x?
A.	15
B.	30
C.	18
D.	29
Answer» C. 18

Discussion

1193.	A does half of the work in 36 days and B does \({1 \over 4}%\)th of the same work in 12 days. With the help of C, they together complete the work is completed in 24 days. In how many days C alone can complete the work?
A.	152 days
B.	120 days
C.	136 days
D.	144 days
E.	156 days
Answer» E. 156 days

Discussion

1194.	A, B and C can complete a work alone in 400, 600 and 900 days respectively. In how many days can the work be completed if it is started by A and he is assisted by B and C on every second and third day respectively?
A.	292
B.	270
C.	240
D.	295
Answer» B. 270

Discussion

1195.	B works twice as fast as A. whereas A and B together can work three times as fast as C. If A. B and C work together on a job and get a sum of Rs. 25760 for the completion of the job. Then what will be the share of B?
A.	Rs. 10545
B.	Rs. 11880
C.	Rs. 12880
D.	Rs. 12864
Answer» D. Rs. 12864

Discussion

1196.	A, B and C can do apiece of work in 36 days, 54 days and 108 days, respectively. They started the work together but a left 9 days after the start of the work and B left 3 days before the work was completed. For how many days did C work?
A.	29
B.	33
C.	30
D.	31
Answer» B. 33

Discussion

1197.	If the ratio of the work done by (x + 2) workers in (x – 3) days to the work done by (x + 4) workers in (x – 2) days is 3 : 4, then what is the value of x?
A.	8
B.	10
C.	12
D.	15
Answer» C. 12

Discussion

1198.	A is thrice as good a workman as B and together they finish a work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
A.	24 days
B.	20 days
C.	18 days
D.	26 days
Answer» B. 20 days

Discussion

1199.	A is 40% more efficient than B and both together can complete a work in \(9{3\ \over 8}\) days. If A works for the first five days alone and the remaining work completed by B. Then find in how many days total work will be completed ?
A.	\(15{1\ \over 5}\) Days
B.	\(20{1\ \over 2}\) Days
C.	20 Days
D.	16 Days
E.	18 Days
Answer» C. 20 Days

Discussion

1200.	Mukesh and Dinesh together can complete a work in 120 days. Mukesh alone can complete the work in 150 days. In how many days can Dinesh alone complete the work?
A.	650
B.	720
C.	450
D.	600
Answer» E.

Discussion

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A, B, and C, working alone can do a piece of work in 15, 30 and 75 days respectively. They work together and get Rs. 1615 for completing the work. What is the difference in shares of A and C?

A, B and C together can build a wall in 12 days. C is four times as productive as B and A alone can build the wall in 48 days. In how many days A and B working together can build the wall?

P can work thrice as fast as Q. Working independently, Q can complete a task in 24 days. In how many days can P and Q together finish the same task?

12 men and 16 women can complete a job in 5 days. 13 men and 24 women can complete the same job in 4 days. How long in days, will 5 men and 10 women take to complete the same job?

Amit and Sunil together can complete a work in 9 days, Sunil and Dinesh together can complete the same work in 12 days, and Amit and Dinesh together can complete the same work in 18 days. In how many days will they complete the work if Amit, Sunil and Dinesh work together?

A can do a piece of work in x days, B can take 10 more days than A to complete the same work, and C can do the same work alone in 10 days. If A, B, and C together can do 50% of the total work in \(2\frac{{13}}{{31}}\) days, then find the value of x.

A, B, and C can do a work separately in 18, 36 and 54 days, respectively. They started the work together, but B and C left 5 days and 10 days, respectively, before the completion of the work. In how many days was the work finished?

Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, Pipe B in 10 hours, and Pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?

A and B can do a piece of work in 15 days and C and D can do same piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will A, B, C and D do the same piece of work together?

A, B and C can finish a job working alone in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. They all work together for 1 day, then A and B quit. How many days C working alone will take to finish the remaining part of the job?

P can do a piece of work in 60 days & Q can do the same work in 50 days. Find the ratio of working efficiencies of P and Q.A. 1 : 3B. 6 : 5C. 5 : 6D. 4 : 5

A and B can finish a work in 30 days and 20 days, respectively. If they worked together for 6 days and A leaves the job abruptly; then, how many days will B take to complete the remaining task?

P and Q can complete a work in 12 days, Q and R in 15 days, R and P in 20 days. In how many days can they work together?A. 10B. 12C. 5D. 14

A man does double the work done by a boy in the same time. The number of days that 3 men and 4 boys will take to finish a work which can be done by 10 men in 8 days is:

A tank can be filled with a tap in 10 hours. However it takes 11 hours to fill the tank due to a leak. The tap is closed when the tank is full. How many hours will the tank take to empty due to leakage?

A piece of work can be done by 16 men in 8 days, working 12 hours a day. How many men are needed to complete another work, which is three times the first one, in 24 days working 8 hours a day?

A, B and C can alone do a task in 40, 120 and 36 days, respectively. A and B together work for 20 days and leave the task incomplete. C resumes it and complete it alone. How many days did C take to complete it?

A can do a work in 10 days, B can do the same work in 15 days, Then how many days together they will take to complete the same work?

A and B together can do a piece of work in 20 days and A alone can do it in 30 days. B alone can do the work in how many days?

If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days. Then 20 persons with the twice efficiency can do the same job in:

Abhi runs at a speed which is \(2\frac{1}{3}\) times the speed of Avin. Abhi beats Avin by 36 seconds in a certain race. The time (in seconds) taken by Abhi to complete the race 1s∶

In a factory, 60 workers can stitch 120 m of clothes in 7 days, what length of clothes can be stitched by 70 workers in 5 days?A. 100 mB. 90 mC. 85 mD. 110 m

Ajay can do a painting in 12 days. Amit is 70% more efficient than Ajay. What is the number of days Amit would need to finish the same painting?

Hitesh can complete a work alone in 24 days and Jinesh can complete the same work in 30 days alone. With the help of Ishaan, they can complete this work in 10 days. In how many days will Ishaan complete this work alone?

A tap fills the tank with water in 2 hours. But due to the leakage of water due to a leakage in the tank, the tank fills in \(2 \frac{1}{3}\)​​ hours. In how many hours will the leakage empty the tank?

P alone can complete a work in 16 days and Q alone can complete the same work in 20 days. P and Q start the work together but Q leaves the work 7 days before the completion of work. In how many days the total work will be completed?

Anil is twice as good a student as Bharat and is able to finish a work in 30 minutes less than Bharat’s time. Find the time in which both of them can finish the same work together?

A tank can be filled by pipe A in 5 hours and emptied by pipe B in 8 hours respectively. How much time will it take for the tank to be half full?

A is twice as fast as B in doing a job, that can be complete in 24 days if A and B work together. How many days will A take to complete the job alone?

12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?

A and B together complete a job in 16 days, while B and C together finish the job in 24 days, if A is thrice as efficient as C, in how many days will all of them working together complete the job?

A piece of work can be completed by A, B and C individually in 12, 8 and 6 hours respectively. All the three worked for two hours at which point of time C left the work. The time (in minutes) taken by the other two to complete the work is:

Raman is 25% more efficient than Aman. If Aman can complete a piece of work in 25 days, then Raman can complete the same work in how many days?

A, B and C alone can do a work in 48, 12 and 24 days respectively. A, B and C together can complete two third of the same work in how many days?

A filling pipe fills 5/7th of the cistern in 35 minutes. How long will it take to fill the complete cistern?

Amir and akbar can finish a task in 30 days and 15 days respectively. Akbar worked on the task for 8 days and left the job. In how many days can Amir alone finish the remaining work ?

A, B and C can complete a task together in 8 days. A and B would need 16 days if only the two of them worked, while A and C would take 12 days if only the two of them worked. If A worked alone, how many days would A take to compete the task?

John can complete a work in 9 days, whereas John and Smith together can complete the same work in 6 days. How long will it take for Smith alone to complete the work?

Ram and Shyam working separately can do a piece of work in 15 and 30 days, respectively. If they work on alternate days starting with Ram on the first day, then in how many days the work will be finished?

12 persons can paint 10 identical rooms in 16 days. In how many days can 8 persons paint 20 such rooms?

25 persons can complete a work in 60 days. They started the work. 10 persons left the work after x days. If the whole work was completed in 80 days, then what is the value of x?

A does half of the work in 36 days and B does \({1 \over 4}%\)th of the same work in 12 days. With the help of C, they together complete the work is completed in 24 days. In how many days C alone can complete the work?

A, B and C can complete a work alone in 400, 600 and 900 days respectively. In how many days can the work be completed if it is started by A and he is assisted by B and C on every second and third day respectively?

B works twice as fast as A. whereas A and B together can work three times as fast as C. If A. B and C work together on a job and get a sum of Rs. 25760 for the completion of the job. Then what will be the share of B?

A, B and C can do apiece of work in 36 days, 54 days and 108 days, respectively. They started the work together but a left 9 days after the start of the work and B left 3 days before the work was completed. For how many days did C work?

If the ratio of the work done by (x + 2) workers in (x – 3) days to the work done by (x + 4) workers in (x – 2) days is 3 : 4, then what is the value of x?

A is thrice as good a workman as B and together they finish a work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?

A is 40% more efficient than B and both together can complete a work in \(9{3\ \over 8}\) days. If A works for the first five days alone and the remaining work completed by B. Then find in how many days total work will be completed ?

Mukesh and Dinesh together can complete a work in 120 days. Mukesh alone can complete the work in 150 days. In how many days can Dinesh alone complete the work?

A tap fills the tank with water in 2 hours. But due to the leakage of water due to a leakage in the tank, the tank fills in \(2 \frac{1}{3}\) hours. In how many hours will the leakage empty the tank?