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1501.	A sum of money is sufficient to pay P’s wages for 25 days or Q’s wages for 30 days. The money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for
A.	11 7/11 days
B.	12 7/11 days
C.	13 7/11 days
D.	14 7/11 days
Answer» D. 14 7/11 days

Discussion

1502.	Three men, four women and six 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 can complete this work
A.	5 women
B.	7 women
C.	9 women
D.	11 women
Answer» C. 9 women

Discussion

1503.	10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complete the same work in 12 days. If all the 10 men and 15 women work together, in how many days will work get completed?
A.	3 2/3 days
B.	4 2/3 days
C.	5 2/3 days
D.	6 2/3 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1504.	If 4 workers can make 42 toys in 6 days, how many toys can 12 workers make in 3 days?
A.	61 toys
B.	63 toys
C.	65 toys
D.	67 toys
Answer» C. 65 toys

Discussion

1505.	Six men or tern boys can do a piece of work in fifteen days. How long would it take for 12 men and 5 boys to do the same piece of work?
A.	29 days
B.	22 days
C.	14 days
D.	6 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1506.	56 men completes a work in 12 days. How many men will be required to complete the work in 16 days?
A.	42 men
B.	43 men
C.	44 men
D.	45 men
Answer» B. 43 men

Discussion

1507.	Prakash alone can complete a job in 12 hours, Jayant alone can complete the same job in 6 hours. How many hours will they take together to complete the job?
A.	1 hour
B.	2 hours
C.	3 hours
D.	4 hours
Answer» E.

Discussion

1508.	A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days and C can do it 20 days. They started the work together and A leaves after 2 days and B leaves after 4 days from the beginning. How long
A.	8 2/3 days
B.	9 2/3 days
C.	10 2/3 days
D.	10 days
Answer» D. 10 days

Discussion

1509.	A can do a job in 18 days and B can do it in 30 days. A and B working together will finish twice the amount of work in ------- days?
A.	21 ½ days
B.	22 ½ days
C.	23 ½ days
D.	12 ½ days
Answer» B. 22 ½ days

Discussion

1510.	Tapas works twice as much as Mihir. If both of them finish the work in 12 days, Tapas alone can do it in:
A.	12 days
B.	14 days
C.	16 days
D.	18 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1511.	Ram, Shyam and Mohan can do a piece of work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. How long will they take to finish it together?
A.	5 days
B.	6 days
C.	7 days
D.	8 days
Answer» B. 6 days

Discussion

1512.	Rajesh and Ajay can complete a job in 16 days. Rajesh alone can do it in 24 days. How long will Ajay alone take to finish the whole work?
A.	41 days
B.	48 days
C.	53 days
D.	59 days
Answer» C. 53 days

Discussion

1513.	8 children and 12 men complete a certain piece of work in 9 days. Each child takes twice the time taken by a man to finish the work. In how many days will 12 men finish the same work?
A.	11 days
B.	12 days
C.	13 days
D.	14 days
Answer» C. 13 days

Discussion

1514.	If 40 men working 9 hours a day can finish a work in 21 days, in how many days will 27 men working 10 hours a day do the same work?
A.	1 hr
B.	2 hrs
C.	3 hrs
D.	4 hrs
Answer» E.

Discussion

1515.	Xavier can do a job in 40 days. He worked on it for 5 days and then Paes finished it in 21 days. In how many days Xavier and Paes can finish the work?
A.	5 days
B.	15 days
C.	25 days
D.	35 days
Answer» C. 25 days

Discussion

1516.	A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 ¾ times as efficient as B. the same job can be done by A alone in:
A.	10 days
B.	11 days
C.	12 days
D.	13 days
Answer» C. 12 days

Discussion

1517.	A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 14 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is:
A.	14 days
B.	16 days
C.	19 days
D.	21 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1518.	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 compl
A.	10 days
B.	11 days
C.	12 days
D.	13 days
Answer» D. 13 days

Discussion

1519.	A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work
A.	5 days
B.	6 days
C.	7 days
D.	8 days
Answer» C. 7 days

Discussion

1520.	A does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it ?
A.	20 days
B.	30 days
C.	40 days
D.	50 days
Answer» C. 40 days

Discussion

1521.	A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start together. But, after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is completed after 2 more days, B alone could do the work in
A.	19 days
B.	13 days
C.	10 days
D.	6 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1522.	A can do a piece of work in 20 days which B can do in 12 days. B worked at it for 9 days. A can finish the remaining work in:
A.	2 days
B.	3 days
C.	4 days
D.	5 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1523.	A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, which B and C together can do in 16 days. After A has been working at it for 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes it in 13 days. In how many days C a
A.	24 days
B.	22 days
C.	20 days
D.	18 days
Answer» B. 22 days

Discussion

1524.	A does 4/5 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 whole work?
A.	22 ½ days
B.	27 ½ days
C.	32 ½ days
D.	37 ½ days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1525.	A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left. After another 20 days, A finished he remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the job?
A.	60 days
B.	40 days
C.	20 days
D.	17 days
Answer» B. 40 days

Discussion

1526.	A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B and C can do the same work in 24 days and C and A in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days when B and C leave. How many days more will A take t
A.	11 days
B.	13 days
C.	15 days
D.	18 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1527.	A does 20% less work than B. if A can complete a piece of work in 7 ½ hours, then B can do it in
A.	22 hours
B.	16 hours
C.	6 hours
D.	2 hours
Answer» D. 2 hours

Discussion

1528.	Ram and Shyam together can finish a job in 8 days. Ram can do the same job on his own in 12 days. How long will Shyam take to do the job by himself?
A.	24 days
B.	23 days
C.	22 days
D.	21 days
Answer» B. 23 days

Discussion

1529.	The rates of working of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. The number of days taken by them to finish the work are in the ratio:
A.	9 : 3
B.	7 : 3
C.	5 : 3
D.	4 : 3
Answer» E.

Discussion

1530.	A certain number of men complete a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more, the work could be finished in 10 days less. How many men were originally there?
A.	20 men
B.	30 men
C.	40 men
D.	50 men
Answer» D. 50 men

Discussion

1531.	A man, a woman and a boy together complete a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can do it in 6 days and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a woman take to complete the work?
A.	10 days
B.	9 days
C.	8 days
D.	7 days
Answer» C. 8 days

Discussion

1532.	A Contractor employed a certain number of workers 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 ge
A.	10 %
B.	14 2/7 %
C.	20 %
D.	Can't be determined
Answer» C. 20 %

Discussion

1533.	P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day.Q can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both p and Q work together,working 8 hours a day,in how many days can they comp
A.	60/11
B.	61/11
C.	71/11
D.	72/11
Answer» B. 61/11

Discussion

1534.	A group of workers was put on a job. From the second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage,
A.	50
B.	40
C.	45
D.	10
Answer» E.

Discussion

1535.	A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24 days, 30 days and 40 days respectively. They began the work together but C left 4 days before the completion of the work. In how many days was the work complete
A.	11 days
B.	12 days
C.	13 days
D.	14 days
Answer» B. 12 days

Discussion

1536.	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 20 days and C alone in 60 days ,then B alone could do it in:
A.	20days
B.	40 days
C.	50 days
D.	60 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1537.	A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days; B and C can do it in 15 days and C and A can do it in 20 days. A alone can do the work in:
A.	30 days
B.	29 days
C.	28 days
D.	27 days
Answer» B. 29 days

Discussion

1538.	A and B together can complete a piece of work in 8 days while B and C together can do it in 12 days. All the three together can complete the work in 6 days. In how much time will A and C together comp
A.	8 days
B.	11 days
C.	17 days
D.	22 days
Answer» B. 11 days

Discussion

1539.	A can do a work in 4 days, B can do it in 5 days and C can do it in 10 days. A, B and C together can do the work in
A.	10 9/11 days
B.	7 9/11 days
C.	4 9/11 days
D.	1 9/11 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1540.	3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the work?
A.	2 days
B.	4 days
C.	6 days
D.	8 days
Answer» C. 6 days

Discussion

1541.	Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is 50% more efficient than Kamal. The number of days, Bimal will take to do the same piece of work, is
A.	5 days
B.	10 days
C.	15 days
D.	20 days
Answer» C. 15 days

Discussion

1542.	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 and worked for 6 days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remain
A.	8
B.	12
C.	16
D.	24
Answer» C. 16

Discussion

1543.	A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days. They work together for 5 days, the rest of the work is finished by C in two more days. If they get Rs. 3000 as wages for the whole work, what are the
A.	200, 250, 300
B.	300, 200, 250
C.	200, 300, 400
D.	None of these
Answer» C. 200, 300, 400

Discussion

1544.	A man is paid 20 for each day he works and forfeits 3 for each day he is idle. At the end of 60 days he gets 280. Then, he was idle for
A.	10 days
B.	20 days
C.	30 days
D.	40 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1545.	39 men can repair a road in 12 days working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 men working 6 hours peer day complete the work?
A.	7 days
B.	13 days
C.	19 days
D.	24 days
Answer» C. 19 days

Discussion

1546.	A can do 1/3 of a work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the work?
A.	9 3/8
B.	10 3/8
C.	11 3/8
D.	12 3/8
Answer» B. 10 3/8

Discussion

1547.	A is thrice as efficient as B and is, therefore, able to finish a piece of work 10 days earlier than B. In how many days A and B will finish it together?
A.	3 1/2 days
B.	3 4/5 days
C.	3 days
D.	5 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1548.	A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B in 20 days. They began the work together but 5 days before the completion of the work, A leaves. The work was completed in?
A.	8 days
B.	10 days
C.	15 days
D.	11 3/7 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

1549.	When A, B and C are deployed for a task , A and B together do 70% of the work and B and C together do 50% of the work. who is most efficient?
A.	A
B.	B
C.	C
D.	can't be determined
Answer» B. B

Discussion

1550.	(x-2) men can do a piece of work in x days and (x+7) men can do 75% of the same work in (x-10)days. Then in how many days can (x+10) men finish the work?
A.	27 days
B.	12 days
C.	25 days
D.	18 days
Answer» C. 25 days

Discussion

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