Topic : TIME & WORK

WARM UP PRACTICE SET 01

PRACTICE PREVIOUS SET:

QUESTION : 3 toys maker Mahesh, Suresh and Ramesh take a contract of
making toys. Mahesh alone can make the entire toys in 12 days while Suresh
alone can make the entire toys in 15 days and Ramesh can destroy the entire
toys in 20 days.
1How much time will Mahesh and Suresh take to make all toys if Mahesh and Suresh work
together?

2) How much time will they take to make the entire toys if all 3 work together?

3) How much time will Mahesh and Suresh take to make the entire toys and if they work on
alternate days with Mahesh starting on the first day?

4) In the previous question, when will the work be complete if all 3 work on alternate days,
with Mahesh working on first day, Suresh on second day, Ramesh on third day, and this process
repeats till work is complete?

Q.5 Bunnu, Gaffur and Ram can do a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively knowing that
they work together and get an amount of Rs. 1500. What is the share of Gaffur in that
amount?

(a) Rs 300 (b) Rs 500 (c) Rs 450 (d) Rs 400 (e) None of these

Q6. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days, respectively. If they
work for a day alternately with A beginning, the work would be complete in:
(a) 10 2/3 days (b) 10 1/2 days (c) 10 1/4 days (d) 10 1/3 days (e) None of
these

Q7. A machine A can print one thousand books in 10 hours, machine B can print the same
number of books in 12 hours while machine C print them in 15 hours. All the machines are
started at 9 a.m. while machine A is closed at 11 a.m. and the remaining two machines
complete the work. Approximately at what time will the work be finished?
(a) 11:30 a.m. (b) 12 noon (c) 12:30 pm (d) 2:20 pm (e) None of
these

Q8. If A can do a work in 10 days, B can do it in 20 days and C in 30 days in how many days
will the three together do it?
A. 6.25 days B. 5.45 days C. 3.75 days D. 6 days
Q9. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but with the help pf his son, he can do it in 3
days. In what time can the son do it alone?
A. 16/3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 15/2

WARM UP SET 02

Q 1. Reema can complete a piece of work in 12 days while Seema can the same work in 18 days. If
they both work together, then how many days will be required to finish the work?
a. 6 days b. 7.2 days c. 9.5 days d. 12 days

Q 2. If 'A' completes a piece of work in 3 days, which 'B' completes it in 5 days and 'C' takes 10
days to complete the same work. How long will they take to complete the work , if they work
together?
a. 1.5 days b. 4.5 days c. 7 days d. 9.8 days

Q 3. Two painters 'P1' & 'P2' paint the bungalow in 3 days. If P1 alone can paint the bungalow in
12 days, in how many days can 'P2'' alone complete the same paint work?
a. 4 days b. 6 days c. 9 days d. 12 days

Q 4. A & B can make paintings in 6 days, B & C can can make those paintings in 10 days. If A, B
& C together can finish the work in 4 days, then A & C together will do it in ________ days.
a. 4 (2/7) days b. 1/ 8 days c. 2 (2/5) days d. 6 (3/ 8) days

Q.5 . A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 500. An alone can do it in 8 days while B
alone can do it in 10 days. With the help of C, they finish it in 4 days. Find the share of each.

Q.6 A alone can complete a work in 16 days and B alone can do in 12 days. Starting with A, they
work on alternate days. The total work will be completed in

Q.7. . P can do a piece of work in 10 days, which Q can finish in 15 days. If they work on alternate
days with P beginning, in how many days the work will be finished?

(a) 12 days (b) 18 days (C) 10 ( D) 6

Q.8 .P, Q and R can do a work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. How many days does it need to
complete the work if P does the work and he is assisted by Q and R on every third day?

(a) 30 days (b) 25 days (c) 15days (d) 10 days

Q.9 .A and B alone can do a piece of wok in 8 and 18 days respectively. In how many days the
work will be completed if they both work on alternate days starting with A?
A) 6 5/9 days B) 5 days C) 10 7/9 days D) 10 9/7 days E) not
10) A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B and C can do the same work in 24
days and C and A in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days when B and C leave. How
many days more will A take to finish the work? a) 18 days b) 24 days c) 30 days d) 36 days e)
None of these

TYPE-( ) LEFT before the completion of the work

Q 11) Aman can do a piece of work in 14 days, while Suneeta can do the same work in 21
days. They started the work together but 3 days before the completion of the work, Aman left
the work. The total number of days to complete the work is :

a)7 b) 8.5 c) 10.5 d)10.2 e) None of these

Q.12) A, B and C can alone complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. All started
the work but B left the work 3 days before completion. How much work was then done by A
and B together in the total work?
A) 2/3 B) ¾ C) 1/3 D) 3/5 E) 2/5

TYPE ***CHAIN RULE

Q 1. If 30 men can do a piece of work in 20 hours, then in how many hours will 12 men do it?
a. 18 hours b. 30 hours c. 40 hours d. 50 hours

Q 2. 3 pumps, working 4 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4
pumps work, to empty the

tank in one day?

a. 7 hours b. 8 hours c. 6 hours d. 5 hours

Type 2: Direct proportion

Q 3. If 30 men can build a wall 56 meters long in 5 days, what length of a similar wall can be built by
40 men in 3 days?

a. 36.5 m
b. 44.8 m
c. 62.3 m
d. 92 m

Q 4. If 8 men can reap 40 hectares in 12 days, then how many hectares can 30 men reap in 20 days?

a. 175 hectares
b. 225 hectares
c. 250 hectares
d. 275 hectares
Type 3: Combination of Direct and Indirect proportion

Q 5. If 3 spiders make 3 webs in 3 days, then 1 spider will make 1 web in how many days?

a. 1 day
b. 1.5 days
c. 3 days
d. 6 days

Q 6. In a diary farm, 20 cows eat 20 bags in 20 days. In how many days one cow will eat one bag of
husk?

a. 10 days
b. 1/10 days
c. 20 days
d. 40 days

Q 7. 18 men bind 900 books in 10 days. Find how many binders will be required to bind 600 books in
12 days?

a. 10
b. 11
c. 13
d. 15

QUESTION 08) 12 examiners (men) work 16 hours a day to check 24000 answer sheets in 18
days. Now, 24 examiners would work how many hours per day to check 36000 answer sheets in 36
days?

QUESTION 09) 12 examiners work 16 hours a day to check 24000 answer sheets in 18 days.
Now, 24 examiners would check how many answer sheets working 6 hours a day in 36 days?

QUESTION 10) A certain number of men can complete a piece of work in 180 days. If there
are 30 men less, it will take 20 days more for the work to be completed. How many men were there
originally?

Q11) A fort had provision of food for 150 men for 45 days. After 10 days, 25 men left the
fort. The number of days for which the remaining food will last, is:

A) 29 B) 37

C) 42 D) 54
Q.12) If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ?
A. 1 day B. 4 days C. 40 days D. 100 days

TYPE - contractor undertook work

Q.11 .A JOB HAS TO FINISHED IN 60DAYS .40 MEN START THE WORK ,EACH
WORKING 8 HRS A DAY .AFTER 20 DAYS JUST 1/4TH OF THE WORK IS FINISHED
.HOW MANY ADDITIONAL MEN NEED TO BE ENGAGED TO COMPLETE THE WORK
ON TIME ,IF ALL OF THEM HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO WORK FOR 10HRS A DAY ?

A.48 MEN B.8 MEN C.10 DAYS D.NOT

Q.12 A JOB HAS TO FINISHED IN 80 DAYS .20 MEN START THE WORK ,EACH
WORKING 6 HRS A DAY .AFTER 60 DAYS JUST 1/2TH OF THE WORK IS FINISHED
.HOW MANY ADDITIONAL MEN NEED TO BE ENGAGED TO COMPLETE THE WORK
ON TIME ,IF ALL OF THEM HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO WORK FOR 4 HRS A DAY ?

A.90MEN B.7 MEN C.70 DAYS D.NOT

Q.13 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 e)
None of these

*** TYPE- EFFICIENCY BASED

1)A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a
job which A alone could have done in 23 days?

a) 11 days b) 13 days c)20 d) Data inadequate e) None of these

2)Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number
of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

a) 15 b) 16 c) 18 d) 25 e) None of these

3)A alone can complete a work in 21 days. If B is 40% more efficient than A, then in how
many days A and B together can complete the work?
A) 8 1/4 days B) 8 3/4 days C) 9 days D) 10 3/4 days E) 11 1/3 days

3) A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of
days in which A and B can together finish the work in:

a) 4 days b) 6 days c) 8 days d) 18 days e) None of these

4 )A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working
together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:
a) 4 days b) 6 days c) 8 days d) 12 days e) None of these

Q 5). Monika is twice as good as Sonika and together they complete a piece of work in 20 days. In
how many days will Monika alone will finish the work?
a. 22 days b. 30 days c. 37 days d. 52 days

TYPE - PIZZA CONCEPT :

Q1. A can do 1/4 of a work in 3 days and B can do 1/6 of the same work in 4 days, how much
will A get if both work together and are paid Rs. 180 in all?
1 : Rs 150 2 : Rs 100 3 : Rs 120 4 : Rs 160 5 : None of these

2) 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 long B alone would take to do the whole work? a) 23 days b) 37 days c)37 d)
40 days e) None of these

3) X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days.
How long will they together take to complete the work? a)13 b) A. 13 (1/3) days c) 20 days d) 26
days e) None of these

4) A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left.
After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the
work?

a) 45 b) 50 c) 54 d) 60 e) None of these

CONCEPT - LESS THAN DAYS (EFFICIENCY DIFFERNCE )

1) P is thrice as efficient as Q and is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less
than Q. Find the time in which P and Q can complete the work individually. a) 90 days, 30 days b)
60 days, 20 days c) 65 days, 30 days d) 85 days, 90 days e) None of these

2) A is twice as good a workman as B and is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 30

days less than B. Find the time in which A and B can complete the work together

3). Pooja is twice as efficient as Aarti and takes 90 days less than Aarti to complete the job. Find
the time in which they can finish the job together.

a. 30 days b. 45 days c. 60 days d. 90 days

TYPE MEN/WOMEN-“AND”

Q.1) 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?

a) 35 b) 40 c) 45 d) 50 e) None of these

Q2) 2 men and 3 women can together complete a piece of work in 4 days and 3 men and 2
women together can complete work in 3 days. In how many days 10 women will complete this
work?
A) 9 days B) 6 days C) 7 days D) 12 days E) 10 days

Q.3) 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work.
How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?

a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) Data inadequate e) None of these

TYPE MEN/WOMEN-“OR”

Q.1) If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 52 days, then the same piece of
work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in :

a) 48 days b) 36 days c) 45 days d) Data inadequate e) None of these

ADVANCE SHEET 01 - TIME AND WORK

Q.1 2 Men & 3women completed a task in 12days.if the women are at least half as efficient as the
men,but not more efficient thsn the men,what is the range of the number of days for 3women & 1
man to complete the same task?

A.16 to 17.5 b.16.8 to 17.5 c.15 to 17.5 d.15 to 16.8 days

Q2 .Arun and Satyam can complete a work individually in 12 working days and 15 working days
respectively with their full efficiencies. Arun does work only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
while Satyam does the work on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sunday is always off. But Arun
and Satyam both works with half of their efficiencies on Friday and Saturday respectively. If Arun
started the work on 1st January which falls on Monday followed by Satyam on the next day and so
on (i.e., they work collectively in alternate days), then on which day work will be completed?
(a) Tuesday (b) Wednesday (c) Thursday (d) Friday

Q.3 “A” can complete a piece of work in 8 days ,while “B” is 20% more efficient than him.A works
for 2 days ,then B works for 1 day,and the cycle continues like this.in how many days would the work
be completed? a.7(3/5) b.7 days c.7(7/9) d.not
Q4 A & B TOGETHER CAN DO IN 12 DAYS WHICH B & C TOGETHER CAN DO IN 16
DAYS.AFTER A HAS BEEN WORKING FOR 5 DAYS,B 7 DAYS C FINISHES IN 13 DAYS .IN
HOW MANY DAYS B COULD FINISH THE WORK ?

A.12 DAYS B.16 C.24 D.48

Q.5

.There are three taps a,b,c .a takes 4 times the time taken by b & c together to fill the tank .c takes 5
times the time taken by a& b together to fill the tank .in how much time can a fill the tank alone ,if
the three taps together require 1hr 12min to fill the tank?

a.6 hrs b.5hrs c.7hrs d.not

Q.6 TIME TAKEN BY A ALONE TO FINISH THE WORK 300% MORE THAN THE TIME TAKEN
BY A & B TOGETHER . B IS TWICE AS EFFICIENT THAN C .IF B & C TOGETHER CAN
COMPLETE THE WORK IN 8 DAYS,THEN HOW MANY DAYS WILL A ALONE TAKE TO
COMPLETE THE WORK ?

A.36 DAYS B.30 DAYS C.32DAYS D.NOT

Q.7

.THERE ARE THREE TAPS A,B,C .A TAKES 4 TIMES THE TIME TAKEN BY B & C
TOGETHER TO FILL THE TANK .C TAKES 5 TIMES THE TIME TAKEN BY A& B
TOGETHER TO FILL THE TANK .IN HOW MUCH TIME CAN A FILL THE TANK ALONE ,IF
THE THREE TAPS TOGETHER REQUIRE 1HR 12MIN TO FILL THE TANK?

A.6 HRS B.5HRS C.7HRS D.NOT

Q.5 Time taken by P alone to finish a work is 50% more than the time taken by P and Q together. Q is
thrice as efficient as R. If Q and R together can complete the work in 22.5 days, then how many days will P
alone take to complete the work?

A.17 C.15

B.11 D.NOT