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This section includes 1728 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1201. |
A tank is filled up in 6 hours by three pipes X, Y and Z together. If Z is thrice as fast as Y and Y is twice as fast as X then find the time required in hours to fill up the tank by pipe X alone? |
A. | 30 hours |
B. | 54 hours |
C. | 27 hours |
D. | 45 hours |
Answer» C. 27 hours | |
1202. |
A and B can complete a work in 36 days. However, A had to leave a few days before the work was completed and hence it took 54 days to complete the work. If A alone can complete a work in 48 days, then how many days before the completion of the work did A take leave? |
A. | 24 |
B. | 30 |
C. | 25 |
D. | 28 |
Answer» B. 30 | |
1203. |
If A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B and C, C and A can do the same work in 18 days and 9 days respectively. Then, in how many days will A, B and C finish the work? |
A. | 7.5 days |
B. | 10.5 days |
C. | 9.5 days |
D. | 8.5 days |
Answer» B. 10.5 days | |
1204. |
A can complete a certain work in 30 days. A started the work and B joined him after 4 days then the total work gets completed in total 20 days. In how many days can B alone complete the work? |
A. | 48 |
B. | 42 |
C. | 50 |
D. | 45 |
Answer» B. 42 | |
1205. |
A and B can complete a task in 25 days. B alone can complete \(33\frac{1}{3}\% \) of the same task in 15 days. In how many days can A alone complete \({\frac{4}{{15}}^{th}}\) of the same task? |
A. | 10 |
B. | 18 |
C. | 15 |
D. | 12 |
Answer» D. 12 | |
1206. |
It takes 15 seconds to fill 2 buckets with one tap. So how many buckets will be filled in one and a half hour ? |
A. | 320 |
B. | 720 |
C. | 380 |
D. | 600 |
Answer» C. 380 | |
1207. |
A can do 40% of a work in 6 days and B can do 30% of the same work in 3 days. They started the work together but B left after 2 days and A continued to work. In how many days was the entire work completed? |
A. | 9 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 15 |
D. | 10 |
Answer» C. 15 | |
1208. |
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 | |
1209. |
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 | |
1210. |
A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the work (to print one lakh books) be finished ? |
A. | 11:30 A.M. |
B. | 12 noon |
C. | 12:30 P.M. |
D. | 1:00 P.M. |
Answer» E. | |
1211. |
A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is : |
A. | 1/4 |
B. | 1/10 |
C. | 7/15 |
D. | 8/15 |
Answer» E. | |
1212. |
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. | 8 days |
C. | 6 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» D. 12 days | |
1213. |
Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two differ |
A. | 7 hours 15 minutes |
B. | 8 hours 15 minutes |
C. | 7 hours 30 minutes |
D. | 8 hours 30 minutes |
Answer» C. 7 hours 30 minutes | |
1214. |
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. | 8 days |
B. | 13 days |
C. | 9 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» B. 13 days | |
1215. |
A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in |
A. | 31/2 days |
B. | 41/2 days |
C. | 35/2 days |
D. | 45/2 days |
Answer» E. | |
1216. |
A is half good a work man as B and together they finish a job in 14 days. In how many days working alone B finish the job? |
A. | 20 |
B. | 21 |
C. | 22 |
D. | 23 |
Answer» C. 22 | |
1217. |
45 men working 8 hours per day dig 30 m deep. How many extra men should be put to dig to a depth of 50 m working 6 hours per day? |
A. | 25 |
B. | 30 |
C. | 45 |
D. | 55 |
Answer» E. | |
1218. |
5 men are equal to as many women as are equal to 8 boys. All of them earn Rs.90 only. Men’s wages are? |
A. | Rs.6 |
B. | Rs.5 |
C. | Rs.4.50 |
D. | Rs.5.50 |
Answer» B. Rs.5 | |
1219. |
A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in |
A. | 10 days |
B. | 15 days |
C. | 20 days |
D. | 25 days |
Answer» E. | |
1220. |
3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days will 12 men and 8 women do the same work? |
A. | 7/2 |
B. | 15/4 |
C. | 5 |
D. | 4 |
Answer» C. 5 | |
1221. |
A can do a piece of work in 20 days. B in 15 days A and C in 12 days. In how many days can A finish the work if he is assisted by B on one day and C on the next, alternately? |
A. | 10 |
B. | 8 |
C. | 6 |
D. | 4 |
Answer» C. 6 | |
1222. |
Two men and three women working 7 hours a day finish a work in 5 days. Four men and four women working 3 hours a day complete the work in 7 days. The number of days in which only 7 men working 4 hours |
A. | 5 days |
B. | 6 days |
C. | 7 days |
D. | 10 days |
Answer» B. 6 days | |
1223. |
A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days. B and C can do it in 12 days and A and C in 16 days. Working together they will complete the work in how many days? |
A. | 14.76 days |
B. | 12.2 days |
C. | 9.48 days |
D. | 7.38 days |
Answer» E. | |
1224. |
A can do a half of certain work in 70 days and B one third of the same in 35 days. They together will do the whole work in. |
A. | 420 days |
B. | 120 days |
C. | 105 days |
D. | 60 days |
Answer» E. | |
1225. |
A can do a piece of work in 12 days. He worked for 15 days and then B completed the remaining work in 10 days. Both of them together will finish it in. |
A. | 12 1/2 days |
B. | 25 days |
C. | 6 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» B. 25 days | |
1226. |
A can do half the work in one day where as B can do it full. B can also do half the work of C in one day. Ratio in their efficiency will be? |
A. | 4:2:1 |
B. | 2:4:1 |
C. | 2:1:4 |
D. | 1:2:4 |
Answer» E. | |
1227. |
A is twice as good a workman as B and they took 7 days together to do the work B alone can do it in. |
A. | 12 days |
B. | 18 days |
C. | 21 days |
D. | 27 days |
Answer» D. 27 days | |
1228. |
15 men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hours each would 21 women take to do the same. If 3 women do as much work as 2 men? |
A. | 10 |
B. | 20 |
C. | 30 |
D. | 40 |
Answer» D. 40 | |
1229. |
Anita, Indu and Geeta can do a piece of work in 18 days, 27 days and 36 days respectively. They start working together. After working for 4 days. Anita goes away and Indu leaves 7 days before the work |
A. | 16 days |
B. | 17 days |
C. | 18 days |
D. | 19 days |
Answer» B. 17 days | |
1230. |
If 3 workers collect 48 kg of cotton in 4 days, how many kg of cotton will 9 workers collect in 2 days? |
A. | 216 |
B. | 108 |
C. | 72 |
D. | 36 |
Answer» D. 36 | |
1231. |
A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is |
A. | 8/15 |
B. | 7/15 |
C. | 4/3 |
D. | 1/7 |
Answer» B. 7/15 | |
1232. |
A and B can do a work in 5 days and 10 days respectively. A starts the work and B joins him after 2 days. In how many days can they complete the remaining work? |
A. | 1 day |
B. | 2 days |
C. | 3 days |
D. | 4 days |
Answer» C. 3 days | |
1233. |
Two pipes X and Y can separately fill a cistern in 18 and 24 hours respectively. If they are turned on alternately for one hour each, how long will it take to fill the cistern? |
A. | 20 hours 30 min |
B. | 24 hours |
C. | 18 hours 30 min |
D. | 16 hours |
Answer» B. 24 hours | |
1234. |
If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men together will 24 boys can do it in 4 days. Compare the daily work done by a man with that of a boy. |
A. | 4:3 |
B. | 2:1 |
C. | 1:2 |
D. | 2:5 |
Answer» C. 1:2 | |
1235. |
Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of these people will do half of that work in? |
A. | 3 days |
B. | 4 days |
C. | 6 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» B. 4 days | |
1236. |
If 5 men and 2 boys working together, can do four times as much work per hour as a man and a boy together. Find the ratio of the work done by a man and that of a boy for a given time? |
A. | 1:3 |
B. | 3:1 |
C. | 1:2 |
D. | 2:1 |
Answer» E. | |
1237. |
P is three times as fast as Q and working together, they can complete a work in 12 days. In how many days can Q alone complete the work? |
A. | 16 days |
B. | 20 days |
C. | 17 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» B. 20 days | |
1238. |
A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C in 30 days and C and A in 36 days. In how many days will the work be completed, if all three of them work together? |
A. | 160/11 days |
B. | 125/14 days |
C. | 180/13 days |
D. | 120/11 days |
Answer» D. 120/11 days | |
1239. |
A, B and C can do a work in 6 days, 8 days and 12 days respectively. In how many days can all three of them working together, complete the work? |
A. | 2 2/3 days |
B. | 4 2/3 days |
C. | 1 2/3 days |
D. | 2 1/3 days |
Answer» B. 4 2/3 days | |
1240. |
P alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by Q alone in one day is equal to one-third of the work done by P alone in one day. In how many days can the work be completed if P and Q work |
A. | 4(3/4) |
B. | 4(1/2) |
C. | 4 |
D. | 5 |
Answer» C. 4 | |
1241. |
A, B and C can do a work in 90, 30 and 45 days respectively. If they work together, in how many days will they complete the work? |
A. | 15 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 20 |
D. | 25 |
Answer» B. 10 | |
1242. |
A can do a work in 9 days and B can do the same work in 18 days. If they work together, in how many days will they complete the work? |
A. | 8 |
B. | 7 |
C. | 6 |
D. | 5 |
Answer» D. 5 | |
1243. |
A and B can do a work in 4 hours and 12 hours respectively. A starts the work at 6AM and they work alternately for one hour each. When will the work be completed? |
A. | 4 days |
B. | 7 days |
C. | 5 days |
D. | 6 days |
Answer» E. | |
1244. |
30 men can do a work in 40 days. When should 20 men leave the work so that the entire work is completed in 40 days after they leave the work? |
A. | 5 days |
B. | 10 days |
C. | 15 days |
D. | 20 days |
Answer» C. 15 days | |
1245. |
A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 12 days. A and B worked together for 2 days. How many more days are required to complete the remaining work if they work together? |
A. | 2(2/11)days |
B. | 3(3/11)days |
C. | 3(5/11)days |
D. | 6(3/11)days |
Answer» D. 6(3/11)days | |
1246. |
A is twice as fast as B. If B alone can do a piece of work in 30 days, in what time can A and B together complete the work? |
A. | 10 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 15 |
D. | 8 |
Answer» B. 12 | |
1247. |
Varma can read a book in k minutes. What part of the book can he read in 8 minutes?(k>8) |
A. | 8 + k |
B. | 8/k |
C. | k/8 |
D. | (k - 8)/k |
Answer» C. k/8 | |
1248. |
A can do a piece of work in 21 days and B in 28 days. Together they started the work and B left after 4 days. In how many days can A alone do the remaining work? |
A. | 12 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 16 |
D. | 14 |
Answer» E. | |
1249. |
A and B can do a work in 18 day, B and C in 30 days, A and C in 22 (1/2) days. In how many days can A,B and C individually do the work? |
A. | 30,45,60 |
B. | 60,45,90 |
C. | 45,60,90 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
1250. |
A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days. If A alone can do the same work in 12 days, then B alone can do the same work in? |
A. | 20 days |
B. | 16 days |
C. | 24 days |
D. | 28 days |
Answer» D. 28 days | |