558 + Mcqs in Time and Work in Aptitude Page 2 McqOptions

51.	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 different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
A.	7 hours 30 minutes
B.	8 hours
C.	8 hours 15 minutes
D.	8 hours 25 minutes
Answer» D. 8 hours 25 minutes

Discussion

52.	4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?
A.	35
B.	40
C.	45
D.	50
Answer» C. 45

Discussion

53.	A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the work?
A.	40
B.	50
C.	54
D.	60
Answer» E.

Discussion

54.	A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?
A.	30 days
B.	40 days
C.	60 days
D.	70 days
Answer» D. 70 days

Discussion

55.	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.	4 days
B.	6 days
C.	8 days
D.	12 days
Answer» D. 12 days

Discussion

56.	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

Discussion

57.	Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?
A.	3 : 4
B.	4 : 3
C.	5 : 3
D.	Data inadequate
Answer» C. 5 : 3

Discussion

58.	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 to finish the work?
A.	18 days
B.	24 days
C.	30 days
D.	36 days
Answer» B. 24 days

Discussion

59.	A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in :
A.	4 days
B.	6 days
C.	8 days
D.	18 days
Answer» B. 6 days

Discussion

60.	Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:
A.	15
B.	16
C.	18
D.	25
Answer» C. 18

Discussion

61.	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.	6 days
C.	8 days
D.	12 days
Answer» C. 8 days

Discussion

62.	A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
A.	12 days
B.	15 days
C.	16 days
D.	18 days
Answer» C. 16 days

Discussion

63.	10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?
A.	3
B.	5
C.	7
D.	Cannot be determined
E.	None of these
Answer» D. Cannot be determined

Discussion

64.

How many workers are required for completing the construction work in 10 days?
I.
20% of the work can be completed by 8 workers in 8 days.
II.
20 workers can complete the work in 16 days.
III.
One-eighth of the work can be completed by 8 workers in 5 days.

A.

I only

B.

II and III only

C.

III only

D.

I and III only

E.

Any one of the three

Answer» F.

Discussion

65.

A and B together can complete a task in 7 days. B alone can do it in 20 days. What part of the work was carried out by A?
I.
A completed the job alone after A and B worked together for 5 days.
II.
Part of the work done by A could have been done by B and C together in 6 days.

A.

I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer

B.

II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer

C.

Either I or II alone sufficient to answer

D.

Both I and II are not sufficient to answer

E.

Both I and II are necessary to answer

Answer» B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer

Discussion

66.

How long will Machine Y, working alone, take to produce x candles?
I.
Machine X produces x candles in 5 minutes.
II.
Machine X and Machine Y working at the same time produce x candles in 2 minutes.

A.

I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer

B.

II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer

C.

Either I or II alone sufficient to answer

D.

Both I and II are not sufficient to answer

E.

Both I and II are necessary to answer

Answer» F.

Discussion

67.

8 men and 14 women are working together in a field. After working for 3 days, 5 men and 8 women leave the work. How many more days will be required to complete the work?
I.
19 men and 12 women together can complete the work in 18 days.
II.
16 men can complete two-third of the work in 16 days.
III.
In 1 day, the work done by three men in equal to the work done by four women.

A.

I only

B.

II only

C.

III only

D.

I or II or III

E.

II or III only

Answer» E. II or III only

Discussion

68.

In how many days can 10 women finish a work?
I.
10 men can complete the work in 6 days.
II.

10 men and 10 women together can complete the work in 3 3 days

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III.
If 10 men work for 3 days and thereafter 10 women replace them, the remaining work in completed in 4 days.

A.

Any two of the three

B.

I and II only

C.

II and III only

D.

I and III only

E.

None of these

Answer» B. I and II only

Discussion

69.	A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
A.	Rs. 375
B.	Rs. 400
C.	Rs. 600
D.	Rs. 800
Answer» C. Rs. 600

Discussion

70.	15 men can complete a work in 10 days while 20 boys can complete the same work in 15 days. How many days will 10 men and 10 boys together take to complete the same work ?
A.	10 days
B.	8 days
C.	12 days
D.	9 days
Answer» B. 8 days

Discussion

71.	Ganesh, Ram and Sohan together can do a work in 16 days. If Ganesh and Ram together can do the same work in 24 days then, how long will take Sohan alone to do the same work ?
A.	42 days
B.	24 days
C.	36 days
D.	48 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

72.	A and B can complete a work in 8 days. working together. B alone can do it in 12 days. After working for 4 days, B left the work. How many days will A take to complete the remaining work?
A.	16 days
B.	18 days
C.	20 days
D.	22 days
Answer» B. 18 days

Discussion

73.	Ajay can do a piece of work in 25 days and Sanjay can finish it in 20 days. They work together for 5 days and then Ajay goes away. In how many days will Sanjay finish the remaining work?
A.	11 days
B.	12 days
C.	14 days
D.	None of these
Answer» B. 12 days

Discussion

74.	Rohit, Harsh and Sanjeev are three typists, who working simultaneously, can type 216 pages in four hours . In one hour, Sanjeev can type as many pages more than Harsh as Harsh can type more than Rohit. During a period of five hours, Sanjeev can type as many passages as Rohit can, during seven hours. How many pages does each of them type per hour ?
A.	16, 18, 22
B.	14, 17, 20
C.	15, 17, 22
D.	15, 18, 21
Answer» E.

Discussion

75.	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 takes up and finishes it alone in 13 days. In how many days, C alone can do the work ?
A.	16 days
B.	32 days
C.	24 days
D.	48 days
Answer» D. 48 days

Discussion

76.	In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more soldiers joined the garrison. How long would the soldiers be able to carry on with the remaining food ?
A.	25 days
B.	20 days
C.	15 days
D.	10 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

77.	A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 9 days. He employed a certain number of laborious but 6 of them being absent from the very first day, the rest could finish the work in 15 days. Find the number of men originally employed.
A.	15
B.	6
C.	13
D.	9
Answer» B. 6

Discussion

78.	Two pipes A and B can each fill a tank in 40 and 60 min, respectively. There is an outlet C. If all the 3 pipes are opened up, the tank will be filled in 30 min. How much time will it take for C alone to empty the full tank ?
A.	1 h
B.	2 h
C.	3 h
D.	4 h
Answer» C. 3 h

Discussion

79.	A conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 3 tonne in 5 min and a second conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 1 tonne in 2 min. How much time will it take to get 33 tonne of baggage using both conveyer belts ?
A.	25 min and 30 s
B.	30 min
C.	35 min
D.	40 min and 45 s
Answer» C. 35 min

Discussion

80.	A and B can complete a job in the 24 days working together. A alone can complete it in 32 days. Both of them worked together for 8 days and then A left. The number of days B will take to complete the remaining job is
A.	16
B.	32
C.	64
D.	128
Answer» D. 128

Discussion

81.	A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked for it for 20 days and then B left. the remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days. A alone can finish the work in ?
A.	48 days
B.	50 days
C.	54 days
D.	60 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

82.	20 workers working for 5 h per day complete a work in 10 days. If 25 workers are employed to work 10 h per days, what is the time required to complete the work ?
A.	4 days
B.	5 days
C.	6 days
D.	8 days
Answer» B. 5 days

Discussion

83.	90 men are engaged to do piece of work in 40 days but it is found that in 25 days, 2/3 work is complete. How many men should be allowed to go off, so that the work finished in time ?
A.	10
B.	15
C.	20
D.	25
Answer» C. 20

Discussion

84.	Ramesh can finish a job in 20 days. He worked for 10 days alone and completed the remaining job working with Dinesh, in 2 days. How many days would both Dinesh and Ramesh together can complete the whole work ?
A.	4
B.	5
C.	10
D.	12
Answer» B. 5

Discussion

85.	50 men or 80 women can finish a job in 50 days. A contractor deploys 40 men and 48 women for this work but after every duration of 10 days, 5 men and 8 women are removed till the work is completed. The work is completed in ?
A.	45 days
B.	50 days
C.	54 days
D.	62 days
Answer» C. 54 days

Discussion

86.	Efficiency of Asha is 25% more then Usha and Usha takes 25 days to complete a piece of work. Asha started a work alone and then usha joined her 5 days before actual completion of the work. For how many days Asha worked alone?
A.	9
B.	11
C.	10
D.	15
Answer» C. 10

Discussion

87.	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 daily wages of A, B and C respectively (in Rs ) ?
A.	200, 250, 300
B.	300, 200, 250
C.	200, 300, 400
D.	None of these
Answer» C. 200, 300, 400

Discussion

88.	Kareena can do a piece of work in 9 days and Krishna can do the same work in 18 days. They started the work. After 3 days Shahid joined them, who can complete alone the same whole work in 3 days. What is the total No. of days in which they had completed the work?
A.	12
B.	8
C.	4
D.	6
Answer» D. 6

Discussion

89.	A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 days while B and C in 15 days. A did the work for 3 days, B for 8 days and C for 10 days to complete the work. In how many days C alone can complete the work ?
A.	10 days
B.	11 days
C.	12 days
D.	14 days
Answer» D. 14 days

Discussion

90.	A supplies 20 men who work for 8 h per days for 6 days. B supplies 15 men working at 9 h per day for 7 day and C supplies 10 men working 6 h per day for 8 days to do a certain lob. If 636 is paid for all the labour, what is C's share ?
A.	128
B.	136
C.	148
D.	154
Answer» B. 136

Discussion

91.	A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days, respectively. They began to do the work together but A left after some days and then B completed the remaining work in 23 days. The number of days after which A left the work, is ?
A.	7 days
B.	8 days
C.	9 days
D.	10 days
Answer» D. 10 days

Discussion

92.	14 persons can complete a work in 16 days. 8 persons started the work 12 days after they started the work 8 more person joined them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?
A.	12 days
B.	7 days
C.	9 days
D.	None of these
Answer» E.

Discussion

93.	If 5 men and 3 boys can reap 23 hectares in 4 days and if 3 men and two boys can reap 7 hectares in 2 days. How many boys must assist 7 men in order that they may reap 45 hectares in 6 days ?
A.	2 boys
B.	6 boys
C.	4 boys
D.	5 boys
Answer» B. 6 boys

Discussion

94.	A piece of work was to be completed in 40 days, a number of men employed upon it did only half the work in 24 days, 16 more men were then set on and the work was completed in the specified time, how many men were employed at first ?
A.	16 men
B.	32 men
C.	24 men
D.	48 men
Answer» C. 24 men

Discussion

95.	A can do a piece of work in 10 days. B can do it in 24 days. If C also works with them then it take only 6 days to complete the whole work. In how many days C alone can complete the whole work?
A.	25
B.	40
C.	50
D.	75
Answer» C. 50

Discussion

96.	A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same piece of work in 20 days. They start the work together but after 5 days A leaves off, B will do the remaining piece of work in ?
A.	5 days
B.	6 days
C.	8 days
D.	10 days
Answer» B. 6 days

Discussion

97.	Twelve men can complete a work in 8 days. Three days after they started the work, 3 more men joined them. In how, many days will all of them together complete the remaining work
A.	2
B.	4
C.	5
D.	6
Answer» C. 5

Discussion

98.	A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 80 days. If there were 10 men less, it could be finished in 20 days more. How many men are there in the starting ?
A.	45
B.	50
C.	40
D.	60
Answer» C. 40

Discussion

99.	A can complete a job in 9 days, B in 10 days and C in 15 days. B and C start the work and are forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken to complete the remaining work is ?
A.	6 days
B.	9 days
C.	10 days
D.	13 days
Answer» B. 9 days

Discussion

100.	Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen days. Thirty-two women can complete the same work in twenty-four days. Sixteen men and Sixteen women started working and worked for twelve days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining work in 2 days ?
A.	48
B.	24
C.	36
D.	None of these
Answer» C. 36

Discussion

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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 different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?

4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?

A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the work?

A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

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 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 :

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?

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 to finish the work?

A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in :

Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

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, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?

10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?

How many workers are required for completing the construction work in 10 days? I. 20% of the work can be completed by 8 workers in 8 days. II. 20 workers can complete the work in 16 days. III. One-eighth of the work can be completed by 8 workers in 5 days.

A and B together can complete a task in 7 days. B alone can do it in 20 days. What part of the work was carried out by A? I. A completed the job alone after A and B worked together for 5 days. II. Part of the work done by A could have been done by B and C together in 6 days.

How long will Machine Y, working alone, take to produce x candles? I. Machine X produces x candles in 5 minutes. II. Machine X and Machine Y working at the same time produce x candles in 2 minutes.

In how many days can 10 women finish a work? I. 10 men can complete the work in 6 days. II. 10 men and 10 women together can complete the work in 3 3 days 7 III. If 10 men work for 3 days and thereafter 10 women replace them, the remaining work in completed in 4 days.

A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

15 men can complete a work in 10 days while 20 boys can complete the same work in 15 days. How many days will 10 men and 10 boys together take to complete the same work ?

Ganesh, Ram and Sohan together can do a work in 16 days. If Ganesh and Ram together can do the same work in 24 days then, how long will take Sohan alone to do the same work ?

A and B can complete a work in 8 days. working together. B alone can do it in 12 days. After working for 4 days, B left the work. How many days will A take to complete the remaining work?

Ajay can do a piece of work in 25 days and Sanjay can finish it in 20 days. They work together for 5 days and then Ajay goes away. In how many days will Sanjay finish the remaining work?

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 takes up and finishes it alone in 13 days. In how many days, C alone can do the work ?

In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more soldiers joined the garrison. How long would the soldiers be able to carry on with the remaining food ?

A contractor undertook to do a piece of work in 9 days. He employed a certain number of laborious but 6 of them being absent from the very first day, the rest could finish the work in 15 days. Find the number of men originally employed.

Two pipes A and B can each fill a tank in 40 and 60 min, respectively. There is an outlet C. If all the 3 pipes are opened up, the tank will be filled in 30 min. How much time will it take for C alone to empty the full tank ?

A conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 3 tonne in 5 min and a second conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 1 tonne in 2 min. How much time will it take to get 33 tonne of baggage using both conveyer belts ?

A and B can complete a job in the 24 days working together. A alone can complete it in 32 days. Both of them worked together for 8 days and then A left. The number of days B will take to complete the remaining job is

A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked for it for 20 days and then B left. the remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days. A alone can finish the work in ?

20 workers working for 5 h per day complete a work in 10 days. If 25 workers are employed to work 10 h per days, what is the time required to complete the work ?

90 men are engaged to do piece of work in 40 days but it is found that in 25 days, 2/3 work is complete. How many men should be allowed to go off, so that the work finished in time ?

Ramesh can finish a job in 20 days. He worked for 10 days alone and completed the remaining job working with Dinesh, in 2 days. How many days would both Dinesh and Ramesh together can complete the whole work ?

50 men or 80 women can finish a job in 50 days. A contractor deploys 40 men and 48 women for this work but after every duration of 10 days, 5 men and 8 women are removed till the work is completed. The work is completed in ?

Efficiency of Asha is 25% more then Usha and Usha takes 25 days to complete a piece of work. Asha started a work alone and then usha joined her 5 days before actual completion of the work. For how many days Asha worked alone?

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 daily wages of A, B and C respectively (in Rs ) ?

Kareena can do a piece of work in 9 days and Krishna can do the same work in 18 days. They started the work. After 3 days Shahid joined them, who can complete alone the same whole work in 3 days. What is the total No. of days in which they had completed the work?

A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 days while B and C in 15 days. A did the work for 3 days, B for 8 days and C for 10 days to complete the work. In how many days C alone can complete the work ?

A supplies 20 men who work for 8 h per days for 6 days. B supplies 15 men working at 9 h per day for 7 day and C supplies 10 men working 6 h per day for 8 days to do a certain lob. If 636 is paid for all the labour, what is C's share ?

A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days, respectively. They began to do the work together but A left after some days and then B completed the remaining work in 23 days. The number of days after which A left the work, is ?

14 persons can complete a work in 16 days. 8 persons started the work 12 days after they started the work 8 more person joined them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?

If 5 men and 3 boys can reap 23 hectares in 4 days and if 3 men and two boys can reap 7 hectares in 2 days. How many boys must assist 7 men in order that they may reap 45 hectares in 6 days ?

A piece of work was to be completed in 40 days, a number of men employed upon it did only half the work in 24 days, 16 more men were then set on and the work was completed in the specified time, how many men were employed at first ?

A can do a piece of work in 10 days. B can do it in 24 days. If C also works with them then it take only 6 days to complete the whole work. In how many days C alone can complete the whole work?

A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same piece of work in 20 days. They start the work together but after 5 days A leaves off, B will do the remaining piece of work in ?

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

A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 80 days. If there were 10 men less, it could be finished in 20 days more. How many men are there in the starting ?

A can complete a job in 9 days, B in 10 days and C in 15 days. B and C start the work and are forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken to complete the remaining work is ?

Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen days. Thirty-two women can complete the same work in twenty-four days. Sixteen men and Sixteen women started working and worked for twelve days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining work in 2 days ?

How many workers are required for completing the construction work in 10 days?
I.
20% of the work can be completed by 8 workers in 8 days.
II.
20 workers can complete the work in 16 days.
III.
One-eighth of the work can be completed by 8 workers in 5 days.

A and B together can complete a task in 7 days. B alone can do it in 20 days. What part of the work was carried out by A?
I.
A completed the job alone after A and B worked together for 5 days.
II.
Part of the work done by A could have been done by B and C together in 6 days.

How long will Machine Y, working alone, take to produce x candles?
I.
Machine X produces x candles in 5 minutes.
II.
Machine X and Machine Y working at the same time produce x candles in 2 minutes.

In how many days can 10 women finish a work?
I.
10 men can complete the work in 6 days.
II.

10 men and 10 women together can complete the work in 3 3 days

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III.
If 10 men work for 3 days and thereafter 10 women replace them, the remaining work in completed in 4 days.