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TIME AND WORK (COMPOUNDED)

1. A man, a woman and a boy can together complete a piece of


work in 3 days. If a man alone can do it in 6 days and a boy
alone in 18 days, how long will a woman take to complete the
work?
(a) 9 days (b) 21 days (c) 24 days (d) 27 days
2. 8 men can do a piece of work in 12 days. 4 women can do it
in 48 days and 10 children can do it in 24 days. In how many
days can 10 men, 4 women and 10 children together complete
the piece of work?
(a) 5 days (b) 15 days (c) 28 days (d) 6 days
3. 9 men working 7 hours a day can complete a piece of work in
15 days. In how many days can 6 men working for 9 hours a
day, complete the same piece of work?
(a) 8 days (b) 16 days (c) 12 days (d) None of these
4. 3 men or 5 women can complete a job in 12 days. How long
will 6 men and 5 women take to finish that job?
(a) 4 days (b) 10 days (c) 15 days (d) 20 days
5. 20 men complete one-third of a piece of work in 20 days.
How many more men should be employed to finish the rest of
the work in 25 more days?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 20
6. 10 women can complete a piece of work in 8 days and 10
children take 12 days to complete it. How many days will 6
women and 3 children together take to complete the work?
(a) 9 days (b) 12 days (c) 7 days (d) None of these
7. 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
8. 25 men can reap a field in 20 days. When should 15 men
leave the work if the remaining field is to be reaped in 40 days
after they leave the work?
(a) after 3 days (b) after 4 days (c) after 5 days (d) after 6 days
9. In a barrack of soldiers there was stock of food for 190 days
for 4000 soldiers. After 30 days, 800 soldiers left the barrack.
For how many days shall the leftover food last for the
remaining soldiers?
(a) 250 days (b) 200 days (c) 150 days (d) 300 days
10. 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
11. A garrison of 500 men had provisions for 27 days. After 3
days, a reinforcement of 300 men arrived. The remaining food
will now last for how many days?
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 21 (d) None of these
12. Three taps A, B and C together can fill an empty cistern in
10 min. The tap A alone can fill it in 30 min and the tap B alone
can fill it in 40 min. How long will the tap C alone take to fill it?
(a) 16 min. (b) 24 min. (c) 32 min. (d) 40 min.
13. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 min., respectively and
a waste pipe can empty 6 gallon per min. All the three pipes
working together can fill the tank in 15 min. Find the capacity of
the tank?
(a) 210 gallon (b) 50 gallon (c) 150 gallon (d) 240 gallon
14. If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then
how many extra pumps will be required to fill the tank in 5
days?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 2
15. A tap having diameter ‘d’ can empty a tank in 40 minutes.
How long will another tap having diameter ‘2d’ take to empty
the same tank?
(a) 5 min. (b) 20 min. (c) 10 min. (d) 40 min.
16. Water is filled in a container in such a manner that its
volume doubles after every five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes
for the container to be full, in how much time will it be one-
fourth full?
(a) 7 minutes and 30 seconds (b) 10 minutes (c) 20 minutes (d)
25 minutes
17. A tap can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another tap can empty
it in 16 hours. If both the taps are open, the time taken to fill
the tank will be?
(a) 8 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 16 hours (d) 24 hours
18. A tank can be filled by a tap in 20 minutes and by another
tap in 60 minutes. Both the taps are kept open for 10 minutes
and then the first tap is shut off. After this, the tank will be
completely filled in?
(a) 10 minutes (b) 12 minutes (c) 15 minutes (d) 20 minutes
19. A cistern has two pipes. One can fill it with water in 8 hours
and the other can empty it in 5 hours. In how many hours will
the cistern be emptied if both the pipes are opened together
when the cistern is already half full of water?
(a) 7 hours (b) 6 hours (c) 6 hours 40 minutes (d) None of these
20. Two pipes A and B can 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?
(a) 10 min. 20 sec. (b) 11 min. 45 sec.(c) 12 min. 30 sec. (d) 14
min. 40 sec.

ANSWER KEY

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.B

6.D 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.D

11.A 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.C

16.C 17.C 18.D 19.C 20.D

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