Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran (Mohali)

Department of Training

Time and work, Pipes and Cisterns

1. A can do a piece of work in 30 days while B can do it in 40 days. In how many days can A and B work together to do it?
a) 70 days b) 42*3/4days c) 27*1/7 days d) 17*1/7 days
2. A and B can together can do a piece of work in 15 days .B alone can do it in 20 days. In how many days can A alone do it?
(WIPRO)
a) 45 days b) 60 days c) 30 days d) 40 days
3. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days , B and C in 24 days , A and C in 36 days. In what time can they do it all work
together? (TCS)
a) 16 days b) 12 days c) 26 days d) 13 days
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4. A can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days, B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the
work (L&T Infotech)
a) 10 b ) 31/4 c) 44/5 d) 75/8
5. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working together, they will complete the same
work in
a) 1/24 days b) 7/24 days c) 24/7 days d) 4 days
6. A can do a piece of work in 20 days while B can do in 12 days. B worked it for 9 days. A can finish the remaining work in
(Sapient)
a) 7 days b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 11 days
7. A can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. B can complete the same work in 8 days working 10hrs a day. If both
A and B work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work?
a) 61/11 b) 71/11 c) 60/11 d) 71/11
8. A is thrice as good as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B , working together they can do it in (Satyam)
a) 21 days b) 22*1/2 days c) 25 days d) 30 days
9. Saroj can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than saroj , the number of days taken by Tanya to do the
same piece of work is : (TCS)
a) 15 days b) 16 days c) 18 days d) 25 days
10. 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 work that is left
is :
a) 1/4 b) 1/10 c) 7/15 d) 8/15
11. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days, B work for 10 days and left the job , in how
many days , A alone can finish the remaining work? (Accenture)
a) 5 b) 5*1/2 c) 6 d) 8
12. 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) 10 days b) 12 days c) 8 days d) 15 days
13. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days, B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3
days ,the remaining work was done by A in
a) 10 days b) 6 days c) 11 days d) 5 days
14. 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
10Men and 15 Women work together, in how many days will the work get completed?
a) 6 b) 19/3 c) 20/3 d) 23/3
15. 12Men or 18Women can reap a field in 14days. The number of days that 8Men and 16Women will take to reap it, is:
a) 5 b) 8 c) 7 d) 9
16. If 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys can do a piece of work in 44days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1
woman, 1boy in: (Kotak Mahindra)
a) 21days b) 26days c) 33days d) 24days
17. 3 men and 4 boys do a piece of work in 8days, while 4 men and 4 boys finish it in 6days. 2 men and 4 boys will finish
it in:
a) 9 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14
18. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days, how long will 7
men and 10 boys take to do it ? (Google)
a) 25/3 b) 22/3 c) 27/7 d) 29/7
19. A can do a work in 6 days and B can do the same piece of work in 5 days. The contract for the work is Rs. 220. How
much shall B get if both of them can work together ?
a) 120 b) 130 c) 135 d) 140
20. A man can do a work in 10 days. With the help of a boy he can do the same work in 6 days. If they get Rs. 50 for that
work, what is the share of that boy ?
a) 20 b)30 c)40 d)50
21. A, B, C can do a work in 6,8 and 12 days respectively. Doing that work together they can get an amount of Rs. 1350.
What is the share of B in that amount ?
a) 600 b)450 c)250 d)400
22. Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 200. One alone could do it in 6 days, the other in 8 days. With the
assistance of a boy they finish it in 3 days. What is the share of boy ?( Patni)
a) 25 b)75 c)100 d)50
23. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 20 and 30 mins, respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how
long will it take to fill the cistern?
a) 12min b) 15min c) 18min d) 20min
24. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 8hrs and 12hrs respectively while a third pipe C can empty it in 6hrs.
In what time will the cistern be full, if all the pipes are opened together? (Cognizant)
a) 25hrs b) 5hrs c) 24hrs d) 26hrs
25. An inlet pipe alone can fill the whole tank in 10hrs while an outlet pipe can empty the tank in 25hrs. When both the
pipes are open, in what time will the tank be filled? (L & T InfoTech)
a) 97/6 b) 50/3 c) 40/3 d) 67/5
26. Two pipes P and Q would fill a cistern in 24 hours and 32 hours respectively. If both pipes are opened together, find
when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be just filled in 16 hours ? (Infosys)
a) 12 b) 16 c)18 d)20
27. A tank has a leak which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which admits 6 ltrs a minute into the tank, and it
is now emptied in 12 hrs. How many litres does the tank hold? (Bebo Technologies)
a) 8640 b) 8650 c)8680 d)8690
28. A pipe can fill a tank in 12 minutes and another pipe in 15 minutes but a third pipe can empty it in 6 minutes. The first
two pipes are kept open for 5 minutes in the beginning and then the third pipe is also opened. In what time is the cistern
emptied ? (Genpect)
a) 40 b)45 c)50 d)55