TIME & WORK

EXERCISE
BASIC
1. If m men can do a work in r days, then the number of days taken by (m + N) men to do it is
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2. 24 men can complete a given job in 40 days. The number of men required to complete the job in 32 days, is
(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 34 (d) 36
3. If a work can be completed by A in 30 days and by B in 60 days, then the number of days taken by them to finish the work,
working together:
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 45 (d) 50
4. A can do a job in 6 days and A and B can do it together in 2 days. How many days will be taken by B to do the job alone
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 8
5. A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days; A alone can do it in 12 days and B alone in 18 days. How many days
will be taken by C to do it alone
(a) 21 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 9
6. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days; B and C in 24 days; C and A in 36 days. in how. many days can they do it all working
together
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 16 (d) 26
7. A and B can do a given piece of work in 8 days; B and C can do the same work in 12 days and A, B, C complete it in 6 days. In
how many days can A and C finish it
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 24
8. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively if both the pipes are used together, then how long will it
take to fill the tank ?
(a) 12min (b) 15min (c) 25min (d) 50min
9. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. if both the taps are opened
simultaneous then after how much time Will the cistern get filled ?
(a) 4.5hrs (b) 5hrs (c) 6.5hrs (d) 7.2hrs
10. A tab can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled three more similar taps opened. What is the total time taken to fill
the tank completely ?
(a) 3hrs 15 min (b) 3hrs 45min (c) 4hrs (d) 4hrs15min
11. A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes. If both the pipes are
open, how long Will it take to empty or Fill the tank completely ?
(a) 6min to E (b) 6min to F (c) 9min to F (d) None
12. Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours If all the pipes open, in how many hours will thy
tank be filled?
(a) 2 (b) 2.5 (c) 3 (d) 3.5
13. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened
together, then the tank will be filled in
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(a) 1') (b) 2'' (c) 3') (d) 4.5
14. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 min and 10 minutes respectively. When the tank is
empty all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P,Q and R respectively What is the proportion of
solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes ?
(a) 5/11 (b) 6/11 (c) 7/11 (d) 811
15. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 75 min respectively There is a third pipe in 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,
the third pipe alone can empty the cistern ?
(a) 90min (b) 100min (c) 110min (d) 120min
16. Colonel, Major and general started a work together for Rs. 816. Colonel and Major did 8/17 of the total work, while Major
and General together did 12/17 of the whole work. What is the amount of the least efficient person?
(a) Rs. 256 (b) Rs. 144 (c) Rs. 85 (d) can’t be determined
17. A man , a woman and a girl worked for a contractor for the same period. A man is twice efficient as a women and a women
is thrice efficient as a girl Rs. 10000 were given to all of them. What is the sum of money received by a women and a girl
together?
(a) Rs. 5500 (b) Rs.4500 (c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 6000
Efficiency
18. A can do a piece of work in 24 days .If B is 60% more efficient than A, then the number of days required by B to do the same
piece of work is
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 18
19. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 14 days. In how many days can A alone finish
the work
(a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 28 (d) 42
20. A is thrice as good a workman as B and takes 10 days less to do &piece of work than B takes. The number of days taken by B
to finish the work
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 30
21. 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 many
days will B take to do it?
(a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 40 (d) 45
22. A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a piece of work independently in 12 days, then the number of days taken by .A
and B together to finish the work is
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 18
23. A is twice as good workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 24 days. In how many days will B alone finish
the work?
(a)63days (b)75days (c)60days (d)72days
24. Anita can do a work in 30 days. Sunita is 25% more efficient than Anita. The number of days taken by Sunita to do the same
work is
(a)24days (b)30days (c)27days (d)33days
25. A completes 60% of a task in 15 days and then, takes the help of B and C . B is 50% as efficient as A and C is 50% as efficient
as B is. In how many more days will they complete the work?
(a)5 5/7 days (b)4 2/5days (c)6 2/7days (d)3 7/2 day
26. In what time would a cistern be filled by two pipes whose diameters are 1cm and 3cm respectively running together when
the larger alone will fit it in 40 min; the amount of water flowing in by each pipe being proportional to the square of its
diameter?
(a)32min (b)36min (c)33min (d)34min
27.In what time would a cistern be filled by 3 pipes whose diameters are 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, running together , when the largest
alone can fill it in 58min? The amount of water flowing in each pipe is proportional to the square of its diameter. (a)36min
(b)32min (c)23min (d)28min
28. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which B alone could have
done in 23 days?
1)13 2)15 3)10 4)17 5)None of these
29. A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How many days
would B alone take to do the whole work?
1)27 2)37 3)37.5 4)40 5)None of these
30. A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A B and C. The pipe C’ is twice as fast. B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time
will pipe A alone take to fill the tank
(a) 20hrs (b) 25hrs (c) 35hrs (d) none
31. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time
during which the tank is filled by a third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe a 4 hours
slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is
(a) 6hrs (b) 10hrs (c) 15hrs (d) 30hrs
32. 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 liters. How many buckets will be needed to fill the
Same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 liters ?
(a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 18
33. Bucket P has thrice the capacity as bucket Q. It takes ‘60 turns for bucket P to the empty drum. How many turns it will take
for both the buckets P and Q, having each turn together to fill the empty drum
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 90
34. A is twice as good a workman as B and therefore A takes 6 days less then B to finish the work individually. If A and B working
together complete the work in 4 days, then how many days are required by B to complete the work alone?
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 6

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35. Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati can do a piece of work , working together, in 1 day. Ganga is thrice efficient as jamuna and
jamuna takes the number of days as saraswati takes to do it alone . what is the difference between the number of days taken
by Ganga and Saraswati ?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
36. Efficiency of Asha is 25% more then Usha and Usha take 25 days to complete a piece of work. Asha started a work alone and
then Usha joined her 5 days before actual completion of work. For how many day asha worked alone?
(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 15
37. Three workers—A, B, and C—working simultaneously, produced 144 dyes in four hours. In one hour, A can produce as many
dyes more than B as B can produce more than C. During a period of five hours, A can produce as many dyes as C can in seven
hours. What is the difference between the number of dyes produced by B and C per hour?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
38.The amount Neeta and Geeta together earn in a day equals what Sita alone earns in 12 days. The amount Sita and Neeta
together earn in a day equals what Geeta alone earns in 4 days. The ratio of the daily earnings of the one who earns the most
to that of the one who earns the least is
A 3:2 B 11:7 C 11:3 D 7:3
39. A group of x people worked on a project. They finished 45% of the project by working 9 hours a day for 10 days. Thereafter,
10 people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in 4 days by working 5 hours a day. Then the
value of x is
A 50 B 20 C 36 D 40

Leaving and Joining

40. A can finish a work in 12 days and B can do lt in 15 days. After A had worked for 3 days, B also joined A to finish the
remaining work. In how many days, the remaining work will be finished
(a) 5.5 (b) 4.5 (c) 5 (d) 6
41. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do it in 12 days. B worked at it for 9 days. In how many days A alone can finish
the remaining work?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 11
42. 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 number of days taken by A to finish the remaining work is
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) 14
43. A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the completion of the
work, A leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is
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(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 13
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44. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work together but A leaves after some days
and B finished the remaining work in 23 days. After how many days did A leave
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12
45. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone finishes the work in 42 days. The number of
days taken by the two together to finish the work, is:
(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35
46. A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 16 days. After working for 4 days with A, B leaves the work. In how many more
days will A finish the remaining work?
(a)5days (b)12days (c)8days (d)9days
47. A and B can complete a work in 8 and 24h respectively. If A joins B after 8h, in how many hours has the work been
completed?
(a)12h (b)10h (c)8h (d)14h
48. A can do a job in 20 days, B in 30 days and C in 60 days. If A is helped by B and C every 3rd day, how long will it take for
them to complete the job?
(a)18days (b)15days (c)16days (d)14days
49. A,B and C can do a work in 5 days, 10days and 15 days respectively. They started together to do the work but after 2 days A
and B left. C did the remaining work in how many days?
(a)4 days (b)3 days (c)3.5days (d)2days
50. X alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and Y alone can do it in 10 days. X and Y undertook to do it for Rs. 720. With the
help of Z they finished it in 5 days. How much is paid to Z?
1)Rs. 120 2)Rs. 75 3)Rs. 240 4)Rs. 90 5)Rs. 360

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51. A and B can together do some work in 12 days while B and C together can do it in 15 days and A and C together can do it in
20 days. Find the number of days taken by A alone to finish it.
1)25 2)30 3)35 4)40 5)60
52. Two pipes A and B can individually fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together
but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank?
1)10 min. 20 sec 2)11 min. 45 sec 3)12 min. 30 sec 4)14 min. 40 sec 5)None of these
53. Two pipes A and B can fin a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively If both the taps are opened simultaneously, and
the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how. much more time will it take to fill the tank by tap B
(a) 7min 15sec (b) 7min 45sec (c) 8min 5sec (d) 8min 15sec
54. Three pipes A, B and C can till a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours C is closed and A and B can fill the
remaining part-in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16
55. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively while a third pipe C can empty the full tank in 25
hours. If the three pipes are opened in the beginning, after 10 hours C is closed. In how much time, will the tank be full?
(a) 12 hrs (b) 13 his (c) 16 hrs (d) 18 his
56. sonu can do a piece of work in 20 days, he started the work and left after some days, when 25% work was done. After it
Abhijeet joined and completed it working for 10 days. In how many days sonu and Abhjeet can do the complete work, working
together?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12
57. Krishna can do a work in 10 days while mohan can do the same work in 20 days. They started work together. After 3 days
Krishna left the work and mohan completed it. For how many days mohan worked alone more then the number of days
required when both worked together?
(a) 4 1/3 (b) 3 1/4 (c) 2 3/5 (d) 3 2/3
58. Kareena can do a piece of work in 9 days and karishma 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 n 3 days. What is the total number of days in which
they had completed the work?
(a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
59. Kavita, Babita and Susmita started a work . 5 days later susmita left the work and babita left the work after working 8 days .
in how many more days Kavita would have completed the rest work if they take 20, 60 and 30 days Individually to
Finish a work ?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 8
60. Anand can do a piece of work in 45 days, but Bahuguna can do the same work in 5 days less, than anand , when working
alone, anand and bahuguna both started the work together but bahuguna left after some days and anand finished the
remaining work In 56 days with half of his efficiency but he did the work with bahuguna with his complete efficiency. For how
many days they had worked together?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12
61. Kaushalya can do a work in 20 days, while Kaikeyi can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly. Few days
later Sumitra also joined them and thus all of them completed he whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid
total Rs. 700. What is the share of Sumitra?
(a) Rs. 130 (b) Rs. 185 (c) Rs. 700 (d) can't be determined
62. Two persons having different productivity of labour, working together can reap a field in 2 days. If one-third of the field was
reaped by the first man and rest by the other one working alternatively took 4 days. How long did it take for the faster person
to reap the whole field working alone?
(a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 3
63. Pipe A can fill a tank in 12 hours and pipe B can fill it in 15 hours, separately. A third pipe C can empty it in 20 hours
Initially pipe A was opened, after one hour pipe B was opened and then after 1 hour when pipe B was opened pipe C o
also opened. In how many hours the tank will be full?
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(a) 9( ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 (b) 6( ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 (c) 10 hours (d) none of these
64. A cistern can be filled separately by two pipes P and Q in 45 min and 35 min, respectively. A tap R at the
bottom can empty the full cistern in 30 min. If the tap R is opened 7 min after the two pipes P and Q are opened
then after what time from the opening of pipe P and Q the cistern becomes full?
(a) 40th min (b) 61st min (c) 37th min (d) None of these
65. Saket and Prakash take 7.5 days working together. However, if Saket works alone and complete the half of the work, then
Prakash takes over and complete the remaining half alone then it takes them 20 days to complete the job. How long will
Prakash alone take to do the job if Saket is more efficient than Prakash?

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(a) 18 days (b) 24 days (c) 30 days (d) 27 days
66. Four plumbers had to repair 364 taps. At the end of 3 days working 7 h per day they had repaired 168 taps. In
order to speed up the work, three more plumbers were added who also worked 7 h daily. If efficiency of each
of the plumbers is same, how many additional days would it take to complete the task?
(a) 2 days (b) 3 days (c) 4 days (d) 1 day
67. Five persons working 8 h daily can complete a wall in 10 days. When they have worked for 5 and half days, five more
persons are brought to work. In how many more days will the wall be complete?
(a) One more day (b) More than 2 days (c) More than 4 days (d) More than 3 days
68. A group of 30 people can complete a job by working for 10 h a day in 15 days. The group starts the work. But at the end of
every day, starting from the first day, one person leaves the group and the remaining people work for 20 min less on the next
day. On which day will the work be completed?
(a) 28th (b) 29th (c) 30th (d) None of these
69. Progressive Company Pvt. Ltd. hired some employees in a fix pattern. On the first day it hired one person, on the second
day one more joined him. On the third, fourth etc (i.e., every next day) one more person increased in this group. The capacity of
each person was same. The whole work was completed on the 24th day then out of total Rs. 5000,
maximum how much a person had earned?
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 400 (c) Rs. 200 (d) Rs. 250
70. 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, the group would have finished the
job in 55% of the time. How many workers were there in the group?
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 10
71. Pascal and Rascał are two workers. Working together they can complete the whole work in 10 hours. If the Pascal
worked for 2.5 hours and Rascal worked for 8.5 hours, still there was half of the work to be done. In how many hours
Pascal working alone, can complete the whole work?
(a) 24 hours (b) 175 hours (c) 40 hours (d) can't be determined
72. Boston, Churchill and Davidare three workers, employed by a contractor. They completed the whole work in 10 days.
Initially all of them worked together, but the last 60% of the work was completed by only Churchil and David together.
Baston worked with Churchill and David only for initial two days then he left the work due to his poor health Also
Churchill takes 20% less time to inish the work alone than that of David working alone. If they were paid Rs. 3000 for
the entire work, then what is the share of least-efficient person?
(a) Rs. 900 (b) Rs. 1200 (c)Rs. 1000 (a) none of these
73. A group of workers can complete a certain job in 9 days. But it so happens that every alternate day starting from the second
day, two workers are withdrawn from the job and every alternate day starting from the third day, one worker is added to the
group. In such a way, the job is finished by the time, there is no worker left. If it takes the double time to finish the job now,
find the number of workers who started the job?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
74. Alok, Mithilesh, and Bimlesh started a work and after completing 1/5th of the work Bimlesh left. Alok and Mithilesh then
worked for 20 days. Bimlesh then took over from Alok and Mithilesh and completed the remaining portion of the work in 12
days. If Bimlesh takes 40 days to complete the work, in how many days would Alok alone or Mithilesh alone complete the work
if the efficiencies with which they work is the same?
(a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 100 (d) none of these
75.Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 and 16 hours respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously and it is found that due to
leakage in the bottom of the cistern, it takes 32 minutes extra for the cistern to be filled up. When the cistern is full, in what
time will the leak empty it?
(a) 114 h (b) 112 h (c) 100 h (d) 80 h
76.A completes 2/3 of a certain job in 6 days. B can complete 1/3 of the same job in 8 days and C can complete 3/4 of the work
in 12 days. All of them work together for 4 days and then A and C quit. How long will it take for B to complete the remaining
work alone?
(a) 3.8 days (b) 3.33 days (c) 2.22 days (d) 4.3 days
77. A, B and C working together completed a job in 10 days. However, C only worked for the first three days when 37/100 of
the job was done. Also, the work done by A in 5 days is equal to the work done by B in 4 days. How many days would be
required by the fastest worker to complete the entire work?
(a) 20 days (b) 25 days (c) 30 days (d) 40 days

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78. When they work alone, B needs 20% more time to finish a job than A does. They two finish the job in 15 days in the
following manner: B works alone till half the job is done, then A and B work together for four days, and finally B works alone to
complete the remaining 6% of the job. In how many days can B alone finish the entire job?
(a) 20 (b) 16.66 (c )22 (d) None of these
79. Anil alone can do a job in 30 days while Sunil alone can do it in 45 days. Anil starts the job, and after 5 days, Sunil joins him.
Again, after a few more days, Bimal joins them and they together finish the job. If Bimal has done 20% of the job, then in how
many days was the job done?
(a) 16 (b) 16.4 (c) 15 (d) None of these
80. Working alone, the times taken by Kanu, Tanu and Manu to complete any job are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. They accept a job
which they can finish in 10 days if they all work together for 8 hours per day. However, Kanu and Tanu work together for the
first 10 days, working 6 hours per day. Then, the number of hours that Manu will take to complete the remaining job working
alone is
81.One day, Rahul started a work at 6 AM and Gautam joined him four hours later. They then worked together and completed
the work at 6 PM the same day. If both had started at 6 AM and worked together, the work would have been completed 90
minutes earlier. Working alone, the time Rahul would have taken, in hours, to complete the work is
A 11.5 B 16.8 C 14.5 D.12
82.Two pipes A and B are attached to an empty water tank. Pipe A fills the tank while pipe B drains it. If pipe A is opened at 12
pm and pipe B is opened at 2 pm, then the tank becomes full at 10 pm. Instead, if pipe A is opened at 12 pm and pipe B is
opened at 4 pm, then the tank becomes full at 8 pm. If pipe B is not opened at all, then the time, in minutes, taken to fill the
tank is
A 244 B 240 C 300 D 360
83.A person can complete a job in 210 days. He works alone on Day 1. On Day 2, he is joined by another person who also can
complete the job in exactly 210 days. On Day 3, they are joined by another person of equal efficiency. Like this, everyday a new
person with the same efficiency joins the work. How many days are required to complete the job?

Man Woman
84. If 12 men or 18 women can reap a field in 14 days, then the number of days that 8 men and 16 women will take to, reap the
same field is:
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
85. If 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys can do a piece of work in 44 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, I
woman and 1 boy In:
(a) 21 days (b) 24 days (c) 26 days (d) 33 days
86. 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) 8 (b) 9 (c) 12 (d) 15
87. 8 men can dig a pit in 20 days. If a man works half as much again as a boy, then 4 men and 9 boys can dig it in:
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days (c) 15 days (d) 16 days
88. 4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women finish it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women
finish it?
(a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 36 (d) 40
89. 1 woman or 2 men or 3 boys can do a piece of work in 55 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man,1
woman and 1 boy in how many days?
(a)18days (b)30days (c)32days (d)16days
90. If 5 men and 2 boys working together, can do three times as much work per hour as a man and a boy together. The ratio of
the work done by a man and that of a by for a given times is
(a)1:2 (b)2:1 (c)1:3 (d)3:1
91. 4 men and 6 boys can do a piece of work in 8 days and 6 men and 4 boys can do it 7 days. If the daily wages of a boy be
rs.20. What will be the weekly wages of a man?
(a)rs.260 (b)rs.280 (c)rs.240 (d)rs.290
92. If ne must hire 6 men and 8 boys for 6 days to do the same piece of work as 8 men and 15 boys could do in 4 days, compare
the efficiency ratio of the men and the boy
(a)3:1 (b)1:3 (c)2:1 (d)1:2
93. 3 men or 5 women can do a work in 6 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the work?
(a)2days (b)4days (c)3days (d)5days
94. 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days while 13 men and 24 boys finish it in 4 days. 5 men and 10 boys will

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finish it in
(a)10days (b)12days (c)9days (d)15days
95. 4 men and 2 boys finish a piece of work in 5 days. 3 women and 4 boys can finish the same work in 5 days. Also 2 men and 3
women can finish the same work in 5 days. In how many days 1 man, 1 woman and one boy can finish the work at their double
efficiency?
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(a) 4'( (b) 4'( (c) 3'( (d) none of these
96. A 10 hectare field is reaped by 2 men, 3 women, and 4 boys in 10 days. If a man, a woman and a boy work
in the ratio of 5:4:2, then in how much time 6 men, 4 women and 7 boys reap a 16 hectare field?
(a) 5 days (b) 6 days (c) 8 days (d) 7 days
97. If work done by 2 men are equivalent to work done by 5 women and work done by 2 women are equivalent to
work done by 5 children, then in how many days can the work be completed by one man alone if the same work can be
completed by 100 children in 10 days?
(a) 120 days (b) 80 days (c) 100 days (d) 160 days
98.A certain work was started by 4 men and 10 women who completed 50% of the work in 6 days. Then, another
2 men and 2 women joined them and they could complete two-third of the remaining work in three days. How many men along
with 6 women are required to complete the remaining work in two more days?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 9
99. A and B completed a work together in 5 days. Had A worked at twice the speed and B at half the speed, it would have taken
them four days to complete the job. How much time would it take for A alone to do the work?
(a) 10 days (b)20days (c) 25 days (d) 15 days
100. It takes six days for three women and two men working together to complete a work. Three men would do the same work
five days sooner than nine women. How many times does the output of a man exceed that of a woman?
(a) 3 times (b) 4 times (c) 5 times (d) 6 times
101.A tank is fitted with pipes, some filling it and the rest draining it. All filling pipes fill at the same rate, and all draining pipes
drain at the same rate. The empty tank gets completely filled in 5 hours when 8 filling and 4 draining pipes are on, but this time
becomes 70 hours when 4 filling and 6 draining pipes are on. In how many hours will the empty tank get completely filled when
one draining and two filling pipes are on?
102. Humans and robots can both perform a job but at different efficiencies. 30 humans and 10 robots working together take
15 days to finish the job, whereas 10 humans and 30 robots working together take 30 days to finish it. How many days will 30
humans working together (without any robot) take to finish it? CAT2018
(a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 45 (d) 20
103. A water tank has inlets of two types A and B. All inlets of type A when open, bring in water at the same rate. All inlets of
type B, when open, bring in water at the same rate. The empty tank is completely filled in 10 minutes if 15 inlets of type A and
10 inlets of type B are open, and in 7.5 hour if 10 inlets of type A and 20 inlets of type B are open. In how many minutes will the
empty tank get completely filled if 6 inlets of type A and 6 inlets of type B are open?
104. Ramesh and Ganesh can together complete a work in 30 days. After ten days of working together, ganesh got sick and his
efficiency fell by 50%. As a result, they completed the work in 42 days instead of 30 days. If Ramesh had worked alone after
Ganesh got sick, in how many days would he have completed the remaining work?
(a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 55 (d) None of these

Alternate
105. Sudha can do a work in 10 days and Rani can do the same work in 40 days. If they work at it on alternate days Sudha
beginning the work, then in how many days the work will be completed?
(a)16days (b)8days (c)12days (d)14days
106. Alok, Armaan and Arjun can do a job in 24, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can Alok do the work, if he is
assisted by Armaan on one day and Arun on the next day alternately. How long the work would take to finish? (a)12days
(b)15days (c)18days (d)16days
107. Two friends A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 10 and 15h respectively, if they work for an hous
alternately. A beginning at 9am when will the work be finished?
(a)9pm (b)6pm (c)8pm (d)5pm
108. A and B can do a piece of work separately in 8 and 12h. If they work alternate hours, A starting when will the work be
finished?
(a)9 1/2h (b)9 4/3 h (c)9 5/3 h (d)9 6/3 h
109. Alok, Armaan and Arun can do a job in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can Alok do the work, if he is
assisted by Armaan and Arun every fourth day?

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(a)16days (b)4days (c)12days (d)8days
110. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hrs respectively. If A is open all the time and B and C are open for one
hour each alternately, the tank will be filled in
(a)6h (b)7h (c)5h (d)none of these
111. Three taps A. B and C can till a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively If A is open all the time and B and C are open for
one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in:
(a) 6 hrs (b) 6.66 hrs (c) 5 (d) 7 hrs
112. Chandni and divakar can do a piece of work in 9 days and 12 days respectively. If they work for a day alternatively, Chandni
beginning, in how many days, the work will be completed?
' '
(a) 103 (b) 9, (c) 11.11 (d) 10
113. A and B can complete the work individually in 24 days and 30 days respectively, working 10 hours a day. Work is to be
done in two shift. Morning shift lasts for 6 hours and evening shift lasts for 4 hours. On the first day A works in the morning shift
while B works in the evening shift. Next day A works in the evening shift while B works in the morning shift and so on. It means
they work alternatively with respect to their shifts. Thus they work on this pattern till the work is
completed. On which day the work got completed?
(a) 26th days (b) 27th days (c) 28th days (d) 30th days
114. A can do a piece of work in 60 days, B in 40 days, and C in 12 days. They work for a day each in turn, that is,
first day A does it alone, second day B does it alone, and third day C does it alone. After that the, cycle is
repeated till the work is finished. They get `270 for this job. If the wages are divided in proportion to the work
each had done, find the amount A will get.
(a) 14 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 27

Miscellaneous
115. 9 men finish one-third work in 10 days. The number of additional men required for finishing the remaining work in 2 more
days will be
(a) 81 (b) 78 (c) 55 (d) 30
116. A certain job was assigned to a group of men to do in 20 days. But, 12 men did not turn up for the job and the remaining
men did the job in 32 days. The original number of men in the group was
(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 36 (d) 40
117. 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) 30 (b) 32 (c) 36 (d) 40
118. 64 workers can reap a field in 9 days. If the work is to be completed in 6 days. The extra workers required are
(a)32 (b)36 (c)33 (d)34
119. Two coal loading machines each working 12h/day for 8 days handle 9000tonnes of coal with an efficiency of 90%; while 3
other coal loading machines at an efficiency of 80% are set to handle 12000tonnes of coal in 6 days. Find how many hours per
day each should work?
(a)20h/day (b)18h/day (c)16h/day (d)14h/day
120. Six pipes are fitted to a water tank. Some of these are inlet pipes and the others are outlet pipes. Each inlet pipe can fill the
tank in 9 and each outlet pipe can empty the tank in 6h. On opening all the pipes, an empty tank is filled in 9h. The number of
inlet pipes is
(a)2 (b)4 (c)3 (d)5
121. If 20 men work for 5 hours a day, they can build a 190 feet long wall in 10 days. If after working for 6 days, 4 men leave the
job, then how many days will be required to complete the job if the number of working hours per day is the same?
1)25 days 2)5 days 3)10 days 4)15 days 5)20 days
122. There was a leakage in the container of the refined oil. If 11 kg. oil is leaked out per day it would have lasted for 50 days, if
the leakage was 15 kg. per day, then it would have lasted for only 45 days. For how many days would the oil have lasted. If
there was no leakage and it was completely used for eating purpose?
(a) 80 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 (b) 72 days (c) 100 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 (d) 120 days
123. A contractor undertook to complete the work in 40 days and he deployed 20 men for his work. 8 days before the
scheduled time he realized that 1/3rd of the work was still to be done. How many more men were required to complete the
work in stipulated time?
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 25

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124. A,B and C three weavers have to supply an order of 100 shawls. A can weave a shawl in 2 hours, B in 3 hours and C in 4
hours respectively. It is known that even being a joint contract each one weaves his own shawl completely i.e. no Other weaver
help to the rest weavers. In how many hours they will complete the order irrespective of day or night?
3
(a) 93 hours (b) 100 hours (c) 92'( hours (d) 94 hours
125. Railneer is packaged in a water bottling plant, with the help of two machine M1 and M2. M1 and M2 produces 400 and
600 bottler per minute. One day's production can be processed by M1, operating alone for 9 hours, by M2 operating
alone for 6 hours or by both M1, and M2 operating simultaneously for 3 hours and 36 minutes. If one days production is
processed by M1 operating alone for 1/3 of the time and M1, and M2 simultaneously operating for 2/3 of the time, then in how
many hours total production of one day will be complete?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4.5 (d) 4.8
126. Anne, Benne and Cenne are three friends. Anne and Benne are twins. Benne takes 2 days more than Cenne to complete
the work. If Anne started a work and 3 days later Benne joins him, then the work gets completed in 3 more days. Working
together Anne, Benne and Cenne can complete original work in 6 days. in how many days Benne
Can complete twice the original work with double the efficiency working alone?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (C)4 (d) 6
127. A tank is connected with 8 pipes. Some of them and are inlet pipes and rest work as outlet pipes. Each of the inlet pipe can
fill the tank 8 hours, individually, while each of those that empty the tank i.e., outlet pipe, can empty it in 6 hours individually.
If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it will take exactly 6 hours for the tank to empty. How many of these are inlet
pipes?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
128. A 6-cm long cigarette will burn itself up in 15 min if no puff is taken. For every puff , it burns three times as fast
as during the duration of the puff . If the cigarette burns itself in 13 min, then how many puffs has the smoker taken if his
average puff lasted 3 sec?
(a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) None of these
Direction for Questions 129 to 130: Read the passage below and solve the questions based on it.
There are three taps A, B, C, and an outlet pipe D. A, B, and C can fill the tank in the Panikam locality in 10, 20, and 25 h,
respectively. The outlet pipe can empty the same tank in 100 h. There are 2000 houses in the locality. The tank has a capacity of
50,000 L.
129.If all the taps and the outlet pipe are opened simultaneously, how much water is thrown into the tank every hour?
(a) 8000 L. (b) 9000 L. (c) 1000L. (d) Cannot be determined
130.All the three taps were open and the emptying pipe is closed. At the time, when the tank was supposed to be
full, it was found that only two-fifth of the tank was full. It was discovered that all the residents had kept their
water taps open during this period. At what rate, were the residents of each house getting water? Consider that
each house has only one tap.)
(a) 1.1 L/h (b) 2.22 L/h (c) 2.85 L/h (d) 4.46 L/h
131. The packing process in a garment factory involves processing by three machines. The first machine, A, inserts the garment
in a packet, after which the second machine, B, seals the packet and finally the third machine, C, attaches a price tag to the
packet. Machine A takes at least 10 per unit. Machine B takes at least 15 per unit. Machine C takes at least 12 per unit. The
factory starts at 8 am and runs non-stop till 6 pm, What is the maximum number of packets that can be processed in a one-hour
period?
(a) 360 (b) 240 (c) 300 (d) 900
132. A factory manufactures dyes. It has 12 men and two machines which can be operated by all of its men. It takes 4 h to
manufacture one dye on the machine with the operator. The machines can work continuously without a break. Without the
machine each of the men can manufacture a dye in 8 h. The policy is such that the production is maximized and the men are
ready to work in three shifts of 8 h per day. What will be the average cost incurred per dye if 1 man hour costs rs.20 and 1
machine hour costs rs.15?
(a) rs.140 (b) rs.160 (c) rs.147 (d) Cannot be determined
133. A single reservoir supplies the petrol to whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filing the reservoir
with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40,000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply
falls in 90 days. If 32,000 litres of petrol is used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the
supply ever failing?
(a) 64000 litres (b) 56000 litres (c) 78000 litres (d) 60000 litres
134. There are three boats B1, B2 and B3, working together they carry 60 people in each rip. One day an early morning B1,
carried 50 people in few trips alone. When it stopped carrying the passengers B2 and B3 started carrying the people-
together. It took a total of 10 trips to carry 300 people by B1 B2 and B3. It is known that each day on an average 300

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people cross the river using only one of the 3 boats B1, B2 and B3. How many trips it would take to B, to carry 150 passengers
alone?
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 10
135. A contractor needs to complete a given work in 24 days. For every day that he finishes ahead of time, he gets an
incentive ‘I’ and for every day that he finishes behind time, he needs to pay a penalty ‘P’. He has a choice of two workers who
work as follows: A completes the work in 24 days for 75% of the time and in 30 days for 25% of the time. B completes the work
in 20 days for 60% of the time and in 30 days for 40% of the time. At what ratio of P to I will the contractor be indifferent of
using A or B?
(a) 8/3 (b) 2 (c)7/3 (d) 7/4
136. Sixty-four men working 8 h a day plan to complete a piece of work in 9 days. However, 5 days later they found that they
had completed only 40% of the work. They now wanted to finish the remaining portion of the work in 4 more days. How many
hours per day should they need to work in order to achieve the target?
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 15
137. The daily work of 2 men is equal to that of 3 women or that of 4 youngsters. By employing 14 men, 12 women,
and 12 youngsters a certain work can be finished in 24 days. If it is required to finish it in 14 days and as an additional labour,
only men are available, how many of them will be required?
(a) 20 men (b) 18 men (c) 48 men (d) 28 men
138. According to a plan, a drilling team had to drill to a depth of 270 metres below the ground level. For the first three days
the team drilled as per the plan. However, subsequently finding that their resources were getting underutilised according to the
plan, it started to drill 8 metres more than the plan every day. Therefore, a day before the planned date they had drilled to a
depth of 280 metres. How many metres of drilling was the plan for each day.
(a)38 metres (b)30 metres (c)27 metres (d)28 metres
139. A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another can empty it in y hours. If the tank is 1/3rd full then the number of hours in
which they will together fill it in is
((:;) ((:;) :; -:;
(a) (b) (c) (d)
-(;<:) (;<:) ((;<:) ((;<:)
140. Ajit can do as much work in 2 days as Baljit can do in 3 days and Baljit can do as much in 4 days as Diljit in 5 days. A piece of
work takes 20 days if all work together. How long would Baljit take to do all the work by himself?
(a)82 days (b)44 days (c)66 days (d)50 days
141. Two women Renu and Ushi are working on an em-broidery design. If Ushi worked alone, she would need eight hours more
to complete the design than if they both worked together. Now if Renu worked alone, it would need 4.5 hours more to
complete the design than they both working together. What time would it take Renu alone to complete the design?
(a) 10.5 hours (b) 12.5 hours (c) 14.5 hours (d) 18.5 hours
142. A tank of 3600 cu m capacity is being filled with water. The delivery ot the pump discharging the tank is 20% more than the
delivery of the pump filling the same tank. As a result, twelve minutes more time is needed to fill the tank than to discharge it.
Determine the delivery of the pump discharging the tank.
(a) 40 𝑚( /min (b)50 𝑚( /min (c) 60 𝑚( /min (d)80𝑚( /min
143. Two pipes A and B can fill up a half full tank in 1.2 hours. The tank was initially empty. Pipe B was kept open for half the
time required by pipe A to fill the tank by itself. Then, pipe A was kept open for as much time as was required by pipe B to fill up
1/3 of the tank by itself. It was then found that the tank was 5/6 full. The least time in which any of the pipes can fill the tank
fully is
(a) 4.8 hours (b)4 hours (c) 3.6 hours (d)6 hours
144. A tank of 425 litres capacity has been filled with water through two pipes, the first pipe having been opened five hours
longer than the second. If the first pipe were open as long as the second, and the second pipe was open as long as the first pipe
was open, then the first pipe would deliver half the amount of water delivered by the second pipe; if the two pipes were open
simultaneously, the tank would be filled up in 17 hours. How long was the second pipe open?
(a) 10 hours (b) 12 hours (c) 15 hours (d) 18 hours
145. A tank is emptied everyday at a fixed time point. Immediately thereafter, either pump A or pump B or both start working
until the tank is full. On Monday, A alone completed filling the tank at 10 pm. On Tuesday, B alone completed filling the tank at
5 pm. On Wednesday, A alone worked till 4 pm, and then B worked alone from 4 pm to 6 pm, to fill the tank. At what time was
the tank filled on Thursday if both pumps were used simultaneously all along?
(a) 4:00 pm (b) 4:12 pm (c) 4:24 pm (d) none of these
146. A tank is emptied everyday at a fixed time point. Immediately thereafter, either pump A or pump B or both start working
until the tank is full. On Monday, A alone completed filling the tank at 8 pm. On Tuesday, B alone completed filling the tank at 8
pm. On Wednesday, A alone worked till 5 pm, and then B worked alone from 5 pm to 9 pm, to fill the tank. At what time was
the tank filled on Thursday if both pumps were used simultaneously all along?

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(a) 4:36 pm (b) 4:10 pm (c) 4:26 pm (d) none of these

Capacity
147. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 8hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 6 litres a minute.
When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in 12 hours. How many litres does the cistern
hold?
(a) 7580 (b) 7966 (c) 8290 (d) 8640
148. Two pipes can & fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the
three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is
(a) 60 gallons (b) 100 gallons (c) 120gallon (d) 180 gallons

Previous Year Questions

1.A tank is fitted with pipes, some filling it and the rest draining it. All filling pipes fill at the same rate, and all draining pipes
drain at the same rate. The empty tank gets completely filled in 6 hours when 6 filling and 5 draining pipes are on, but this time
becomes 60 hours when 5 filling and 6 draining pipes are on. In how many hours will the empty tank get completely filled when
one draining and two filling pipes are on? CAT 2018
Answer. 10
2. Humans and robots can both perform a job but at different efficiencies. Fifteen humans and five robots working together
take thirty days to finish the job, whereas five humans and fifteen robots working together take sixty days to finish it. How
many days will fifteen humans working together (without any robot) take to finish it? CAT2018
(a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 45 (d) 40
Answer. B
3. When they work alone, B needs 25% more time to finish a job than A does. They two finish the job in 13 days in the following
manner: A works alone till half the job is done, then A and B work together for four days, and finally B works alone to complete
the remaining 5% of the job. In how many days can B alone finish the entire job?
(a) 20 (b) 16 (c )22 (d) 18
Answer. A CAT 2018
4. A tank is emptied everyday at a fixed time point. Immediately thereafter, either pump A or pump B or both start working
until the tank is full. On Monday, A alone completed ?lling the tank at 8 pm. On Tuesday, B alone completed filling the tank at 6
pm. On Wednesday, A alone worked till 5 pm, and then B worked alone from 5 pm to 7 pm, to fill the tank. At what time was
the tank ?lled on Thursday if both pumps were used simultaneously all along?
(a) 4:36 pm (b) 4:12 pm (c) 4:24 pm (d) 4:48 pm
Answer. C CAT 2018
5. A water tank has inlets of two types A and B. All inlets of type A when open, bring in water at the same rate. All inlets of type
B, when open, bring in water at the same rate. The empty tank is completely filled in 30 minutes if 10 inlets of type A and 45
inlets of type B are open, and in 1 hour if 8 inlets of type A and 18 inlets of type B are open. In how many minutes will the
empty tank get completely filled if 7 inlets of type A and 27 inlets of type B are open?

Answer. 48 CAT 2018

6. Ramesh and Ganesh can together complete a work in 16 days. After seven days of working together, Ramesh got sick and his
efficiency fell by 30%. As a result, they completed the work in 17 days instead of 16 days. If Ganesh had worked alone after
Ramesh got sick, in how many days would he have completed the remaining work? CAT 2018
(a) 13.5 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14.5
Answer. A
7. At their usual efficiency levels, A and B together finish a task in 12 days. If A had worked half as efficiently as she usually does,
and B had worked thrice as efficiently as he usually does, the task would have been completed in 9 days. How many days would
A take to finish the task if she works alone at her usual efficiency? CAT 2019
(a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 36
Answer. B
8. Three men and eight machines can finish a job in half the time taken by three machines and eight men to finish the same job.
If two machines can finish the job in 13 days, then how many men can finish the job in 13 days?` CAT 2019
Answer. 13
9. Anil alone can do a job in 20 days while Sunil alone can do it in 40 days. Anil starts the job, and after 3 days, Sunil joins him.
Again, after a few more days, Bimal joins them and they together finish the job. If Bimal has done 10% of the job, then in how
many days was the job done? CAT 2019

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(a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 12
Answer. B
10. John gets Rs 57 per hour of regular work and Rs 114 per hour of overtime work. He works altogether 172 hours and his
income from overtime hours is 15% of his income from regular hours. Then, for how many hours did he work overtime?
CAT 2019

Answer. 12hr
11. Working alone, the times taken by Anu, Tanu and Manu to complete any job are in the ratio 5 : 8 : 10. They accept a job
which they can finish in 4 days if they all work together for 8 hours per day. However, Anu and Tanu work together for the first
6 days, working 6 hours 40 minutes per day. Then, the number of hours that Manu will take to complete the remaining job
working alone is CAT 2022
Answer: 6
12.Anil can paint a house in 12 days while Barun can paint it in 16 days. Anil, Barun, and Chandu undertake to paint the house
for ₹ 24000 and the three of them together complete the painting in 6 days. If Chandu is paid in proportion to the work done by
him, then the amount in INR received by him is
CAT 2021
Answer :1000
13.One day, Rahul started a work at 9 AM and Gautam joined him two hours later. They then worked together and completed
the work at 5 PM the same day. If both had started at 9 AM and worked together, the work would have been completed 30
minutes earlier. Working alone, the time Rahul would have taken, in hours, to complete the work is
A 11.5 B 10 C 12.5 D.12 CAT 2021
Answer: B
14.Two pipes A and B are attached to an empty water tank. Pipe A fills the tank while pipe B drains it. If pipe A is opened at 2
pm and pipe B is opened at 3 pm, then the tank becomes full at 10 pm. Instead, if pipe A is opened at 2 pm and pipe B is
opened at 4 pm, then the tank becomes full at 6 pm. If pipe B is not opened at all, then the time, in minutes, taken to fill the
tank is
A 144 B 140 C 264 D 120 CAT 2021
Answer: A
15.Anil can paint a house in 60 days while Bimal can paint it in 84 days. Anil starts painting and after 10 days, Bimal and Charu
join him. Together, they complete the painting in 14 more days. If they are paid a total of ₹ 21000 for the job, then the share of
Charu, in INR, proportionate to the work done by him, is
A 9000 B 9200 C 9100 D 9150 CAT 2021
Answer: C
16.Amar, Akbar and Anthony are working on a project. Working together Amar and Akbar can complete the project in 1 year,
Akbar and Anthony can complete in 16 months, Anthony and Amar can complete in 2 years. If the person who is neither the
fastest nor the slowest works alone, the time in months he will take to complete the project is CAT 2021
Answer: 32
17.Anu, Vinu and Manu can complete a work alone in 15 days, 12 days and 20 days, respectively. Vinu works everyday. Anu
works only on alternate days starting from the first day while Manu works only on alternate days starting from the second day.
Then, the number of days needed to complete the work is
A5 B8 C6 D7 CAT 2021
Answer :D
18.The amount Neeta and Geeta together earn in a day equals what Sita alone earns in 6 days. The amount Sita and Neeta
together earn in a day equals what Geeta alone earns in 2 days. The ratio of the daily earnings of the one who earns the most
to that of the one who earns the least is
A 3:2 B 11:7 C 11:3 D 7:3 CAT 2021
Answer: C
19.A person can complete a job in 120 days. He works alone on Day 1. On Day 2, he is joined by another person who also can
complete the job in exactly 120 days. On Day 3, they are joined by another person of equal efficiency. Like this, everyday a new
person with the same efficiency joins the work. How many days are required to complete the job? CAT 2017
Answer: 15
20.A tank has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. If the outlet pipe is closed then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank in 8 hours. If
the outlet pipe is open then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank in 10 hours. If only the outlet pipe is open then in how many
hours the full tank becomes half-full? CAT 2017
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40 D) 45

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Answer: A
21. A group of N people worked on a project. They finished 35% of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days. Thereafter,
10 people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in 14 days by working 10 hours a day. Then
the value of N is CAT 2022
A 150 B 23 C 36 D 140
22. Bob can finish a job in 40 days, if he works alone. Alex is twice as fast as Bob and thrice as fast as Cole in the same job.
Suppose Alex and Bob work together on the first day, Bob and Cole work together on the second day, Cole and Alex work
together on the third day, and then, they continue the work by repeating this three - day roster, with Alex and Bob working
together on the fourth day, and so on. Then, the total number of days Alex would have worked when the job gets finished, is
CAT 2022
23.John takes twice as much time as Jack to finish a job. Jack and Jim together take one-thirds of the time to finish the job than
John takes working alone. Moreover, in order to finish the job, John takes three days more than that taken by three of them
working together. In how many days will Jim finish the job working alone? CAT 2022

24. The amount of job that Amal, Sunil and Kamal can individually do in a day, are in harmonic progression. Kamal takes twice
as much time as Amal to do the same amount of job. If Amal and Sunil work for 4 days and 9 days, respectively, Kamal needs to
work for 16 days to finish the remaining job. Then the number of days Sunil will take to finish the job working alone, is
CAT 2023

25. Pipes A and C are fill pipes while Pipe B is a drain pipe of a tank. Pipe B empties the full tank in one hour less than the time
taken by Pipe A to fill the empty tank. When pipes A, B and C are turned on together, the empty tank is filled in two hours. If
pipes B and C are turned on together when the tank is empty and Pipe B is turned off after one hour, then Pipe C takes another
one hour and 15 minutes to fill the remaining tank. If Pipe A can fill the empty tank in less than five hours, then the time taken,
in minutes, by Pipe C to fill the empty tank is CAT 2023
A. 90 B. 120 C. 75 D. 60

26. Rahul, Rakshita and Gurmeet, working together, would have taken more than 7 days to finish a job. On the other hand,
Rahul and Gurmeet, working together would have taken less than 15 days to finish the job. However, they all worked together
for 6 days, followed by Rakshita, who worked alone for 3 more days to finish the job. If Rakshita had worked alone on the job
then the number of days she would have taken to finish the job, cannot be CAT 2023
A 20 B 17 C 16 D 21

27. Gautam and Suhani, working together, can finish a job in 20 days. If Gautam does only 60% of his usual work on a day,
Suhani must do 150% of her usual work on that day to exactly make up for it. Then, the number of days required by the faster
worker to complete the job working alone is CAT 2023

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