Time and Work

1. A work is to be completed in 40 days and 110 men were set to work, each
working 8 hours a day. After 30 days, 4/5 of the work is completed. How
many additional men may be employed so that the work may be
completed in time, each man now working 10 hours a day?
44
34
54
64
74
2. Two pipes 1 and 2 can fill a tank in 10 hours and 30 hours respectively
while a third pipe can empty the full tank in 25 hours. All the three pipes
are opened in the beginning. After 15 hours, third pipe is closed. In how
much time, will the tank be full?
12 hours 45 min
16 hours 45 min
11 hours 45 min
16 hours 35 min
10 hours 45 min
3. A worker was paid Rs. 1700per day for 30 days. but he was absent for 4
days and Rs. 15 was taken as penalty per day for absence. He was paid
the full salary only for 18 days as he came late on the other days. Those
who came late were given only half the salary for that day. What was the
total salary paid per month to a worker who came on time everyday and
was never absent?
Rs.2400
Rs.1200
Rs.1000
Rs.2500
Rs.3000
4. Person A can do a piece of work in 10 days and person B can do it in 12
days. They work together for 3 days. Then person B leaves and A alone
continues. 2 days after that C joins and the work is completed in 2 days.
In how many days can C do it, if he works alone?
20
30
40
 50
60
5. Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 1200. One alone could
do it in 12 days and the other in 16 days. With the assistance of a boy,
they finish it in 6 days. The boy’s share should be-
rs.150
Rs. 200
Rs.225
Rs.300
Rs.210
6. Arun can do as much work in 4 days as lalitha can do in 5, and lalitha can
do as much work in 6 days as suma in 7 days. In what time will suma do a
piece of work which Arun can do in a week?
12 5/ 24 days
10 5/ 24 days
11 5/ 24 days
13 5/ 24 days
14 5/ 24 days
7. The work done by 8 men in 24 days is equal to the work done by 12
women in 20 days and is also equal to the work done by 16 children in 18
days. A man, a woman and a child working together take 20 days to
complete a particular job. In how many days will the same job be
completed by 4 women and 10 children working together?
2
7
4
5
6
8. Akil, Bindhu and Jay can do a job in 20, 30 and 40 days respectively. The
three started the job together; Akil left the job 4 days before it was
completed and Bindhu left the job 3 days before it was completed. In how
many days was the job completed?
12
11
15
14
17
9. 2 and 3 are equally efficient, but the efficiency of 1 is half of each 2 and 3.
1 and 2 started a work and 3 days later 3 joined them. If 1 alone can do
the work in 14 days, then in how many more days the work will be
completed?
5
3
4
1
2
10. person 1 and 2 can do a work in 20 and 25 days respectively. After
doing collectively 10 days of work, they leave the work due to illness and
person 3 completes rest of the work in 3 days. How many days person3
alone can take to complete the whole work?
20
21
33
49
30

11. 15 boys or 30 girls or 45 men can complete the work in 12 days.

Find the number of days taken by 8 boys and 10 girls and 15 men to
complete the work?
12
13
10
9
8
12. Kiran and Kishore do a certain work in 42 days and 30 days
respectively.Kishore started the work alone and then after 6 days Kiran
joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
10
20
30
40
50
13. P alone can do a piece of work in x days. Q alone can do the same
work in 10 days more than P. R alone can do the same work in 10 days. If
 all of them working together and completed the work in 5 5/11 days, then
find the value of ‘x’?
20
30
40
50
60
14. A mother is 2 times faster than his daughter. If the daughter can
complete a piece of work in 16 days, then how long will it take for both
mother and daughter to complete the same piece of work?
4 1/2
3 1/3
5 1/3
2 1/5
1 1/7
15. 46 female labours earned Rs. 172500 by working 25 days. How
many male labours must work for 24 days to receive Rs. 230400 provided
the daily wages of a man is twice that of a female labour?
20
22
30
32
40
16. 12 Male workers can complete a work in 15 days and 15 Female
workers can complete the same work in 24 days. Then find 15 males and
20 Females can complete the work?
7 1/5
5 1/5
3 1/5
4 1/5
10 1/5
17. Lal is 20 % more efficient than Taj to complete the work. Both of
them together complete the work in 5 5/11 days. Find the number of days
taken by Lal alone to complete the work?
10
11
 12
13
14
18. A garments wanted 40 women to complete a project in 15 days. 40
women started working, after 9 days they notices that only three-fifth of
the work gets completed. Then how many extra women can be employed
to complete the remaining work on time?
0
1
2
3
4
19. A and B can complete the work alone in x days and (x + 10) days
respectively. They work together to complete the work in 6 2/3 days. Find
the efficiency ratio of A to that of B?
2:5
2:1
3:1
2:7
4:1
20. 35 workers can complete a piece of work in 18 days. After 8 days
from the start of the work, some worker left. If the remaining work was
completed by the remaining workers in 14 days, then find the number of
workers left after 8 days from the start of the work?
10
15
20
12
11
21. A water tank holds 50 gallons of water.Its inlet is 3.5 inch diameter
and fills the tank at 2.5 gallons/ min. The outlet of the tank is twice the
diameter of the inlet. How many minutes will it take to empty the tank if
the inlet is closed, when the tank is fulled the outlet is opened?

10
12
11
 15
14
22. Three pipes 1,2 and 3 can fill the tank in 30, 40 and 60 minutes
respectively. If all the three pipes started to fill the tank in same time and
the pipe 3 is closed before 12 minutes of the tank is filled. In what time
the tank will be filled?

23
22
21
16
20
23. Two pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 16 hrs 24hrs
respectively. Raja opens these two pipes at a time. After 8/3 hrs he comes
back and sees there was a leak in the tank. He closed the leakage and so
tank took 48/5 hours to be filled completely after closing the leak.Find at
what time the leakage will empty the filled tank?
9.6
9.5
9.3
9.2
9.1
24. A pipe can fill the tank which is three time faster than another fill
pipe. and 16 minutes less that one . Find when will the cistern will be filled
if both the pipes are opened together?

7
6
4
3
8
25. A tank has two inlet pipes which fill the tank 24 minutes 30 minutes
respectively and also there will be n outlet pipe.When all the three pipes
are opened together it takes 40 minutes to fill the empty tank. How long
will the outlet pipe take to empty the tank?

14
12
 20
15
16
26. A tank is 14m long and 8m wide. at what speed should water run
through a rectangular pipe 10cm broad and 8 cm deep so that in 6hours
18 minutes water level in the tank raised in 9m?

22
16
17
20
21
27. Two pipes can fill the tank in 20 hours and 32 hours respectively. a
third pipe can empty the tank in 64 hours. If all the pipes are opened at a
time the how much time will the tank takes to fill?

7
8
9
6
5
28. Three pipes A,B and C can fill an empty tank in 8 hrs, 12hrs, and 16
hrs respectively. They start filling together the tank.After 2hours pipe C
gets closed and another two pipes continue to fill the tank.What is the
total time the tank will be filled?

6.7
6.4
6.5
6.1
6.3
29. Two pipes can fill a tank in 30 hours and 40 hours
respectively.While the third pipe can empty in 60 hours. If all the pipes
are opened simultaneously, the empty tank will be filled in how much
time?
22
21
 24
26
22
30. In a tank, water poured by pipe 1 reached 50% of the maximum
marked level in one hour. Pipe 2 poured water and it reaches 12% of the
remaining maximum level in the next hour.If the maximum capacity of the
tank is 240ltr,Then how much water poured by pipe 2 in second hour?

16
13
14.
12.8
14.4
31. If Priyanka can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days and Queen can do 1/4 of
the work in 6 days,then how much money will Queen get if they were paid
a total of Rs 390?
140
145
150
155
None of these
32. A total of Rs 960 is been given to 3 persons X,Y and Z.X and Y can
together complete 7/12 and Z and Y together can complete 5/12.So how
much amount should be given to X?
340
280
350
300
None of these
33. Three machines X,Y and Z can print 1 lac copies in 5 hrs,15 hrs and
10 hrs respectively.If al the machines start at 10 AM and machine Z is
stopped after 2 hours then at what time work will be completed?
3 PM
1 PM
4 PM
12 PM
 None of these
34. Priyanka is 20% more efficient than Queen.How much time will they
be working together take to complete a job which Priyanka alone could
have done in 20 days?
11 days
12 days
9 days
8 days
None of these
35. If Akansha can complete a work in 30 days,Banya can do the same
work in 36 days,If after doing 5 days,leaves the work.Find in how many
days Banya will do the remaining work?
30 days
32 days
34 days
36 days
None of these
36. If A,B and C can complete a work in 6 days,If A can work twice
faster than B and thrice faster than C,then the number of days C alone
can complete the work is how much?
30 days
35 days
40 days
33 days
None of these
37. Priyal takes 6 days less than Queen to finish the work individually.If
Priyal and Queen working together can complete the work in 4 days,then
how many days are required by Queen to complete the work alone?
14 days
15 days
12 days
10 days
None of these
38. Akansha alone can complete a work in 5 days more than Akansha
plus Banya together and banya alone can complete a work in 45 days
more than Akansha plus Banya together.Then in how many days Akansha
and Banya can complete the work?
 15 days
10 days
12 days
11 days
None of these
39. 2 boys and 3 girls can together can complete a piece of work in 4
days and 3 boys and 2 girls together can complete work in 3 days.In how
many days 10 girls will complete this work?
2 days
4 days
5 days
6 days
None of these
40. X,Y and Z can complete a work in 10,12 and 15 days
respectively.All started the work but Y left the work 3 days before
completion.How much work was then done by X and Y together in the
total work?
1/5
3/5
2/3
1/2
None of these
41. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do a piece of work in
15 days, then how many days together complete the same piece of work ?
6days
8days
4days
2days
none of this
42. P and Q alone can do a piece of work in x hours and (x+10) hours
respectively. If both P and Q together can do same piece of work in 12
hours, then find the time taken by P alone to do the same work is what
percent of that of Q alone ?
100/3%
200/3%
220/3%
 95/3%
none of these
43. 10 men or 30 boys can do any work in 12 days, then time taken to
complete the same work by 10 men and 15 boys .
8 days
4 days
2 days
5 days
none of this
44. Sunil can do a work in 12 days and Ravi can do same work in 8 days
. If they work toghether for 2 days, then B left the work and remaining
work done by A, then how many days total work will be completed.
9
12
10
14
18
45. Sinu and Rinu can do a work 20 days and 30 days respctively . If
they got rs.1500 wages in total, then find share of Rinu .
600
1200
800
1000
none of these
46. X,Y and Z completed a work costing rs.1800 . X work for 6 days , Y
worked for 4 days and Z worked for 9 days . If their daily wages are in the
ratio of 5:6:4, then how much amount will be received by X ?
600
500
400
200
none of this
47. A & B working together completes work in 24 days while B & C
completes the same work in 30 days. If C is 20% more efficient than B,
then in how many days working alone A will complete the half of the
work ?
 122/7 days
112/7 days
119/9 days
132/7 days
130/7 days
48. 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 20days. If only women were to complete the remaining in 4
days, how many women would be required ?
35
30
45
40
50
49. Some persons can built a bridge in 100 days, but 25 persons do not
join the group to complete the bridge so the work is finished in 150 days.
Find out how many persons worked initially ?
80
75
85
92
none of these
50. P, Q, R & S can do a work individually in 10, 20, 30 & 40 days
respectively. P & Q can do half of the work and the remaining half is done
by R & S together. In how many days was the work finished ?
260/11 days
245/11 days
270/11 days
250/21 days
280/21 days