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1. |
A and B can complete a work in 20 and 30 days respectively. B started the work, after 5 days A replaced B. Find the share of A in Rs 6000 to be given as salary to both of them? |
A. | Rs 1000 |
B. | Rs 2000 |
C. | Rs 3000 |
D. | Rs 5000 |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Anil, Deepak, and Dinesh together can complete a work in 35 days. Anil and Dinesh together can complete the same work in 60 days. In how many days Deepak alone can complete the same work? |
A. | 105 days |
B. | 84 days |
C. | 96 days |
D. | 110 days |
Answer» C. 96 days | |
3. |
A man is twice as fast as women and woman is twice fast as a boy. If all of them i.e., a man, a woman and a boy can finish a work together in 4 days, in how many days will a boy do it alone? |
A. | 14 days |
B. | 36 days |
C. | 28 days |
D. | 18 days |
Answer» D. 18 days | |
4. |
120 men consume 720 kg of rice in 30 days. In how many days can 90 men consume 270 kg? |
A. | 18 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 9 |
D. | 15 |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
The daily wages of A & B respectively are Rs. 3.5 & Rs. 2.5. When A finishes a certain work alone, he gets a total wages of Rs. 63. When B does the same work alone, he gets a total wages Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is the cost of the work? |
A. | Rs. 57.5 |
B. | Rs. 62.5 |
C. | Rs. 67.5 |
D. | Rs. 87.5 |
Answer» D. Rs. 87.5 | |
6. |
24 women take 14 days to complete a piece of work which can be completed by 14 men in 12 days. 18 men started working and after 5 days, 10 men left and 8 women joined them. How many days will it take them to complete the remaining work? |
A. | 14 days |
B. | 5 days |
C. | $$ {9{1 over2}}{days}$$ |
D. | $$ {6{1 over2}}{days}$$ |
E. | $$ {8{1 over2}}{days}$$ |
Answer» E. $$ {8{1 over2}}{days}$$ | |
7. |
In a factory, 60 workers can stitch 120 m of clothes in 7 days, what length of clothes can be stiched by 70 workers in 5 days? |
A. | 100 m |
B. | 90 m |
C. | 85 m |
D. | 110 m |
Answer» B. 90 m | |
8. |
A work is done by three person A, B and C. A alone takes 10 hours to complete the work but B and C working together takes 4 hours, for the completion of the same work. If all of them worked together and completed 14 times of the work, then how many hours have they worked? |
A. | 42 hr |
B. | 28 hr |
C. | 40 hr |
D. | 20 hr |
E. | 45 hr |
Answer» D. 20 hr | |
9. |
A can built a wall in 8 days while B can destroy the same wall in 3 days. A start the work and worked for 6 days, during the last 2 days of which B also joins him. In how many days A can finish the remaining work alone? |
A. | 5 days |
B. | 8 days |
C. | 6 days |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is Rs. 39000. The annual income of each executive is Rs. 42000. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together? |
A. | 40800 |
B. | 41500 |
C. | 40000 |
D. | 38500 |
E. | 27000 |
Answer» B. 41500 | |
11. |
A can finish one-third of a work in 5 days, B can finish 2/5th of the same work in 10 days and C can finish 75 % of the same work in 15 days. They work together for 6 days. The remaining work will be finished by B alone in: |
A. | 2 days |
B. | $$ {1{1 over 2}}$$ days |
C. | 3 days |
D. | 5 days |
Answer» C. 3 days | |
12. |
A works twice as fast as B and B works twice as fast as C. All three working together can finish a task in 4 days with the help of D. If D alone can finish the same task in 16 days, then in how many days will A alone finish 75 % of the same task? |
A. | 9 |
B. | 7 |
C. | 6 |
D. | 8 |
Answer» C. 6 | |
13. |
In an office there are 50 men and 30 women and their average salary is Rs.22500 and every woman gets Rs. 400 less than a man. Find the salary of a man. |
A. | Rs.22740 |
B. | Rs. 22650 |
C. | Rs. 22340 |
D. | Rs. 22250 |
Answer» E. | |
14. |
A alone can complete a work in 6 days and B can complete this work alone in 8 days. They can complete this work in 3 days with the help of C. If they are paid Rs. 6400 for this work, then find the share of C. |
A. | 400 |
B. | 800 |
C. | 1600 |
D. | 3200 |
Answer» C. 1600 | |
15. |
15 person can complete a work in 60 days. If the number of persons is increased by 5, how many days earlier will the work get completed? |
A. | 45 days |
B. | 10 days |
C. | 20 days |
D. | 15 days |
Answer» E. | |
16. |
A hostel has 120 students and food supplies are for 45 days. If 30 more students come to that hostel, then in how many days will the food items be finished there? |
A. | 40 day |
B. | 38 day |
C. | 36 day |
D. | 32 day |
Answer» D. 32 day | |
17. |
P and Q can do a piece of work in 15 days, Q and R in $$ {22{1 over 2}}$$ days, P and R in 30 days. They all work at it for 9 days and then P leaves but Q and R go on together for 6 days more. If then Q leaves, how long will R take to complete the work? |
A. | 14 days |
B. | 18 days |
C. | 15 days |
D. | 16 days |
E. | 12 days |
Answer» D. 16 days | |
18. |
A can do a work in 6 days and B can do the same work in 12 days. If A, B and C together can do the same work in 4 days, then in how much days C can do it alone? |
A. | 18 days |
B. | 72 days |
C. | 36 days |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
P and Q can do a piece of work in 12 days, Q and R can do a piece of work in 15 days and R and P can do a piece of work in 20 days. Q alone can do the whole work in |
A. | 25 days |
B. | 30 days |
C. | 20 days |
D. | 24 days |
Answer» D. 24 days | |
20. |
A goldsmith observes that one of his employees prepares a necklace in 9 hours, while another employee prepares it in 10 hours. If they work together, they stud 10 gems less every hour and thus prepare a necklace in 5 hours, then the number of gems studded in each necklace is: |
A. | 1200 |
B. | 1000 |
C. | 800 |
D. | 900 |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
A, B, C completes 37.5%, 44.44%, 66.66% of a work in 9 days, 8 days, 8 days respectively. Then find how many days they take to complete 65% of work together? |
A. | 3.6 days |
B. | 4.4 days |
C. | 4.9 days |
D. | 1.2 days |
Answer» B. 4.4 days | |
22. |
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 19 days, C finishes it in 7 days. In how many days B could finish the whole work? |
A. | 48 days |
B. | 24 days |
C. | 16 days |
D. | 12 day |
Answer» B. 24 days | |
23. |
12 men can do a work in X days. 20 women can do the same work in (X -1) days. 15 men can do the work in y days while 30 women can do it (Y- 2) days . Find the value of X. |
A. | 8 |
B. | 10 |
C. | 12 |
D. | 15 |
E. | 16 |
Answer» C. 12 | |
24. |
The ratio of working efficiency at X and Y is 3:7. Working together, they can complete the work in 15 days. They together worked for 7 days. Then, find the time taken by X to complete 60% at the remaining work. |
A. | 17 days |
B. | 18 days |
C. | 16 days |
D. | 16.5 days |
Answer» D. 16.5 days | |
25. |
X can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had worked for 4 days, Y joined him. If complete work was finished in 16 days, Y can alone finish that work in : |
A. | 27 days |
B. | 36 days |
C. | 42 days |
D. | 18 days |
Answer» C. 42 days | |
26. |
36 people working 8 hours a day can do 3 units of work in 12 days. How many persons are required to do 5 units of that work in 16 days. If they work for 6 hours a day? |
A. | 50 |
B. | 55 |
C. | 60 |
D. | 45 |
Answer» D. 45 | |
27. |
A and B can together complete a task 40 days. They worked together for 30 days and then left. A finished the remaining task in next 22 days. In how many days A alone can finish the task? |
A. | 88 days |
B. | 48 days |
C. | 30 days |
D. | 40 days |
Answer» B. 48 days | |
28. |
P takes 5 more hours to complete a work in comparison to Q. They work together for 6 hours. In how many days can Q complete the same work. |
A. | 8 hours |
B. | 10 hours |
C. | 12 hours |
D. | 15 hours |
Answer» E. | |
29. |
Rajesh goes to his office at the speed of 25km/hr and return to his home at the speed of 20 km/hr. If he takes total 9 hours, then what is the distance between his office and home? |
A. | 120 km |
B. | 90 km |
C. | 140 km |
D. | 100 km |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
If A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 6 days. If A can work twice faster than B and thrice faster than C, than the number of days C alone can complete the work is: |
A. | 22 |
B. | 11 |
C. | 44 |
D. | 33 |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
A's 2 days work is equal to B's 3 days work. If A can complete the work in 8 days, then to complete the work B will take: |
A. | 16 days |
B. | 14 days |
C. | 15 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» E. | |
32. |
A and B together can complete a work in 35 days. If A works alone and completes 4/7 of that work and leaves the remaining work for B, thus if it takes 114 days to complete the work. So how many days will A, who is more proficient in both, take to complete all the work alone? |
A. | 48 |
B. | 42 |
C. | 40 |
D. | 45 |
Answer» C. 40 | |
33. |
Sai can do any work in 17 days. While Bindu can do it in 51 days. Sai works on the first day Bindu works on the second day and this sequence continues until the work is over. How many days will it take to complete the work? |
A. | 25 |
B. | 22 |
C. | 21 |
D. | 35 |
Answer» B. 22 | |
34. |
X can do a piece of work in 6 days while Y can do the same work in 5 days. If the total amount to be given for this work is Rs. 660, what will be the share of Y, if both do the work together? |
A. | Rs.360 |
B. | Rs.290 |
C. | Rs.240 |
D. | Rs.380 |
Answer» B. Rs.290 | |
35. |
Arun and Amit can do a piece of work in 9 days and 12 days respectively. If they work for alternate days and Amit starts the work first, then in how many days 35/36 parts of whole work will be completed? |
A. | 10 days |
B. | 12 days |
C. | 5 days |
D. | 8 days |
Answer» B. 12 days | |
36. |
A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C can do it in 3 hours; A and C can do it in 2 hours. How long will B along take to do it? |
A. | 10 hours |
B. | 12 hours |
C. | 8 hours |
D. | 24 hours |
Answer» C. 8 hours | |
37. |
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 to Q. |
A. | 1/3 |
B. | 6/5 |
C. | 5/6 |
D. | 4/5 |
Answer» D. 4/5 | |
38. |
10 persons can do a job in X days. If 20 persons with twice the efficiency can do the same job in 5 days, then find the value of X? |
A. | 40 |
B. | 15 |
C. | 20 |
D. | 30 |
Answer» D. 30 | |
39. |
A alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days and B alone can complete the same work in 8 days, then in how many days can A and B together complete the same work? |
A. | $$ {24 over 7}$$ |
B. | $$ {48 over 13}$$ |
C. | $$ {26 over 7}$$ |
D. | $$ {35 over 13}$$ |
Answer» B. $$ {48 over 13}$$ | |
40. |
A can write 75 pages in 25 hrs. A and B together can write 135 pages in 27 hrs. In what time can B write 42 pages? |
A. | 17 hrs |
B. | 19 hrs |
C. | 21 hrs |
D. | 23 hrs |
Answer» D. 23 hrs | |
41. |
Ramesh can do a work in 21 days and Mahesh in 42 days. If they work on it together for 7 days, then what fraction of work is left? |
A. | $$ {1 over5}$$ |
B. | $$ {1 over4}$$ |
C. | $$ {1 over2}$$ |
D. | $$ {2 over3}$$ |
Answer» D. $$ {2 over3}$$ | |
42. |
A can paint a house in 55 days and B can do it 66 days. Along with C, they did the job in 12 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how many days? |
A. | 24 |
B. | 33 |
C. | 44 |
D. | 20 |
Answer» C. 44 | |
43. |
A completes $$ {7 over 10}$$ of work in 15 days, then he completes the remaining work with the help of B in 4 days. The time required for A and B together to complete the entire work is |
A. | $$ {10} {2 over 3} days$$ |
B. | $$ {12} {2 over 3} days $$ |
C. | $$ {13} {1 over 3} days $$ |
D. | $$ {8} {1 over 4} days $$ |
Answer» D. $$ {8} {1 over 4} days $$ | |
44. |
5 men and 5 women earn Rs.600 in 3 days. 10 men and 20 women earn Rs. 3500 in 5 days. In how many days can 6 men and 4 women earn Rs. 1060? |
A. | 5 days |
B. | 10 days |
C. | 6 days |
D. | 12 days |
Answer» B. 10 days | |
45. |
B is 20% more efficient than A. A started the work and work for x days and then A is replaced by B. B completed the remaining work in x+8 days. Ratio of the work done by A and B is 2:3. In how many days A and B working together can complete the whole work? |
A. | $$36{7 over11}$$ |
B. | 35 |
C. | $$36{4 over11}$$ |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
46. |
20 men could complete a work in 80 days. They worked together for 60 days, after that due to bad whether the work is stopped for 10 days. How many more men should be employed so as to complete the work in time? |
A. | 15 |
B. | 20 |
C. | 12 |
D. | 10 |
Answer» C. 12 | |
47. |
Time taken to travel a certain distance of x km at speed of 40 km/h is 2 hours more than the time taken to travel (x+20) km at speed of 60km/h. Find the time taken to travel (x+40) km at the speed of 40 km/h? |
A. | 9 hours |
B. | 5 hours |
C. | 8 hours |
D. | 6 hours |
E. | 7.5 hours |
Answer» D. 6 hours | |
48. |
30 persons can do a piece of work in 24 days. How many more people are required to complete the work in 20 days? |
A. | 4 |
B. | 5 |
C. | 6 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
49. |
A school has 8 periods of 45 min each, everyday. How long will each period be if the school has to have 9 periods everyday, assuming the working hours to be the same? |
A. | 35 min |
B. | 30 min |
C. | 40 min |
D. | 45 min |
Answer» D. 45 min | |
50. |
The average wages of 500 workers were found to be 200. Later on, it was discovered that the wages of two workers were misread as 180 and 20 instead of 80 and 220. The correct average wages are: |
A. | 200.10 |
B. | 201.00 |
C. | 200.20 |
D. | 200.50 |
Answer» D. 200.50 | |