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1. 9 children can complete a piece of work in 360 days. 18 men can complete the same piece
of work in 72 days and 12 women can complete the piece of work in 162 days. In how
many days can 4 men , 12 women and 10 children together complete the piece of work?
A. 124 days
B. 81 days
C. 68 days
D. 96 days

2. P can complete a piece of work in 8 days , Q in 10 days and R in 12 days. Q and R

together worked for 3 days , then R left the work and P replaced him. In how many days
will the remaining work be completed?
A. 2 days
B. 4 days
C. 3 days
D. 1 day

3. 3 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. 5 women can complete the same work in
18 days. In how many days will 4 men and 10 women together complete the same work?
A. 3 days
B. 5 days
C. 2 days
D. 4 days

4. If a man works for 30 days of the whole month , he gets Rs 42 per day. If he is absent on
a work , he is fined Rs. 2 per day. If he gets Rs 952 in all for the whole month , how
many days did he not work?
A. 5 days
B. 6 days
C. 7 days
D. 8 days

5. A contractor undertook to do a work in 60 days. He employed 50 workers to carry out the

job , but after 40 days he found that only half work had been done. Now , how many more
workers should he employ to finish the work in time ?
A. 50
B. 40
C. 55
D. 60

6. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 36 days. 18 women can complete the same piece
of work in 60 days. 8 men and 20 women work together for 20 days. If only women were
to complete the remaining piece of work in 4 days , how many women would be
required?
A. 70
B. 28
C. 66

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D. 40

7. A , B and C have to type 506 pages to finish an assignment. A can type a page in 12
minutes , B in 15 minutes and C in 24 minutes. If they divide the task into three parts so
that all three of them spend equal amount of time in typing , what is the number of pages
that B should type?
A. 172
B. 176
C. 152
D. 168

8. Siva has to read a book 445 pages. He has already read the first 157 pages of the book and
if she reads pages of the book every day then how long will she takes now to complete the
book?
A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 16 days
D. 18 days

9. 4 girls can do a piece of work in 8 days , 3 boys can do the same piece of work in 9 days ,
7 men do the same piece of work in 2 days and 5 women can do the same piece of work
in 4 days. Who is least efficient?
A. Boys
B. Girls
C. Women
D. Men

10. A alone can do a piece of work in 5 days. B can do the same piece of work in 4 days.A
and B are assigned to do the work for Rs 2400. They complete the work in 2 days with
the help of C. How much is to be paid to C?
A. 300
B. 480
C. 260
D. 240

11. 20 men take 27 days working 7 hours per day to do a piece of work. How many days of 6
hours each would 35 women take if 5 women do as much work as 3 men?
A. 32 days
B. 28 days
C. 30 days
D. 40 days

12. If 36 persons are engaged on a piece of work , the work can be completed in 40 days.
After 32 days , only 3/4th of the work was completed. How many more persons are
required to complete the work on time?
A. 10
B. 8
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D. 12

13. A alone can finish a piece of work in 42 days. B is 20% more efficient than A and C is 40
% more efficient than B. In how many days B and C working together can finish the same
piece of work?
A. 11 5/12
B. 13 5/12
C. 15 1/12
D. 14 7/12

14. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they
work for a day alternately , A beginning , in how many days the work will be completed?
A. 10 ½ days
B. 10 ¼ days
C. 10 2/3 days
D. 10 1/3 days

15. 3 men , 4 women and 6 children can complete a work in 7 days. A woman does double
the work a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can complete
this work in 7 days?
A. 8 women
B. 7 women
C. 12 women
D. None of these

16.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively . If both
pipes are opened together, the time taken to fill the tank is?
A. 50 min
B. 12 min
C. 25 min
D. 15 min

17.A tap fills a tank in 12 hours and the other empties it in 24 hours. If both are opened
simultaneously, then the tank will be filled in?
A. 42 hours
B. 20 hours
C. 24 hours
D. 22 hours

18.Two pipes can fill up a tank in 30 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and another pipe
can empty the full tank in 20 minutes, if all the pipes are opened when the tank is half full,
then the time required to fill the tank will?
A.1 hour
B. 2 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 2 hours and 30 minutes

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19.A tap can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are
opened simultaneously , the time to fill the tank will be?
A. 8 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 16 hours
D. 24 hours

20.Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12
hours. The tank is half full. All then three pipes are in operation simultaneously. After how
much time the tank will be full?
A.3 9/17 hours
B. 11 hours
C. 2 8/11 hours
D. 1 13/17 hours

21.A cisten is filled in 5 hours and it takes 6 hours when there is a leak in its bottom. If the
cistern is full, in what time shall the leak empty it?
A. 6 hours
B. 5 hours
C. 30 hours
D. 15 hours

22.Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 6 minutes and 8 minutes respectively. If they be
turned on alternatively for one minute each, how long will it take the cistern to be full?
A. 6 ¾ min
B. 6 6/7 min
C. 3 3/7 min
D. 5 min

23.Three pipes A, B and C working together can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working it
together for two hours C is closed A and B filled it in 7 hours more. C alone can fill the
cistern in?
A. 10 hours
B. 11 hours
C. 13 hours
D. 14 hours

24.Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 20 minutes and 25 minutes respectively. Both are
opened together but at the end of 5 minutes B is turned off. Total time taken to fill the cistern
is?
A. 17 min
B. 16 min
C. 15 min
D. 10 min

25.Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 30 min and 40 min respectively. Both the pipes are
turned on simultaneously. When should the second pipe be closed if the cistern is to be filled
in 24 min?

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A. 6 min
B. 8 min
C. 10 min
D. 12 min

26.Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, Pipe B in 10 hours and Pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes
are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
A. 2 hours
B. 2.5 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 3.5 hours

27.A tap can empty a tank in one hour. A second tap can empty it in 30 minutes. If both the
taps operate simultaneously, how much time is needed to empty the tank?
A. 20 min
B. 30 min
C. 40 min
D. 45 min

28.A cistern has two inlet pipes A & B and outlet pipe C. Pipe A and B can fill the cistern in
20 and 25 hours respectively. While pipe C can empty it in 10 hours. First, pipe A was opened
after 1 hour pipe B was opened and after another 1 hour pipe C was opened. Find the time
required to empty the cistern completely?
A.12 hours
B. 14 hours
C. 11 hours
D. 13 hours

29.Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 75 minutes respectively.
There is a third pipe at the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are
simultaneously opened, then the cistern is full in 50 minutes. In how much time can the third
pipe alone empty the cistern?
A. 110 min
B. 100 min
C. 120 min
D. 90 min

30.A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 8 hours. An inlet pipe fills water
in the tank at 4 litre per minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to a leak,
the tank is emptied in 12 hours. How many litres does the tank hold?
A. 6250 lts
B. 5760 lts
C. 5200 lts
D. 4546 lts

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