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The document contains a series of time and work problems involving calculations of how long various groups of men can complete jobs under different conditions. It includes questions about work rates, efficiency, and collaboration among workers, along with multiple-choice answers. The problems are designed to test understanding of work-related mathematics and problem-solving skills.

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TIME_AND_WORK_7

The document contains a series of time and work problems involving calculations of how long various groups of men can complete jobs under different conditions. It includes questions about work rates, efficiency, and collaboration among workers, along with multiple-choice answers. The problems are designed to test understanding of work-related mathematics and problem-solving skills.

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TIME AND WORK - CSM

1. If 15 men take 60 days to complete a job, find 11. Three men can complete a job in 3 days,
the time taken by 45 men to complete it. working 3 hours a day. In how many days can
9 men complete it working 1 hour a day?
2. 18 men take 20 days to complete a job working (A) 6 (B) 1.5 (C) 3 (D) 9
12 hours a day. Find the number of days those
15 men will take to complete it if they work 9 12. 40 men who can complete a job in 96 days
hours a day. started a job. After 24 days, 20 men joined.
After 32 more days, N men left. The remaining
3. 20 men take 10 days to complete a job working men completed the remaining work in 20 more
12 hours a day. Find the number of men days. Find the value of N.
required to complete a job, twice as large, in
30 days working 8 hours a day. 13. A group of men are building a wall. After half
the wall has been built, double the number of
4. If ten men can do a job in ten days, what men join the original group. The wall gets
fraction of the job can be done by one man in completed 6 days earlier than scheduled.
one day? What is the total number of days the initial
(A) 1/10 (B) 1/100 (C) 1/20 (D) ½ group of men would have taken to complete
the wall?
5. A man can eat an apple in one day. How many (A) 18 (B) 16 (C) 14 (D) 12
apples can six men eat in six days?
14. A contractor was assigned a task to be
6. If a man cuts the grass of a lawn in T minutes, completed in 120 days. He initially hired 48
what part of the lawn can he cut in 30 men to complete the task. But after 60 days,
minutes? only two–fifths of the task was completed.
(A) 30/T (B) T-30 (C) T/30 (D) 30-T How many more men should he hire after 60
days in order to complete the task on time?
7. X men can complete a work in 120 days. If
there were 10 men more, the work would be 15. A and B can complete a job in 10 days and 15
completed in 20 days less. Find the value of X. days respectively. Find the time taken to
complete it, if both A and B work together.
8. Ten men can do a piece of work in 15 days.
How many men are needed to complete a 16. A and B together can complete a job in 8 days.
work which is five times as large as the first A alone can complete it in 24 days. Find the
one, in 10 days? time taken by B to complete it.

9. Nine men can complete a job in 15 days. If a 17. Ajay and Bala working together can complete
man works thrice as fast as a woman, find the a job in 16 days. Ajay alone can complete it in
number of days taken by 15 women to 18 days. Both work together for 4 days and
complete the job. then Bala leaves. Find the time taken by Ajay
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 27 (D) 36 to complete the remaining work.

10. A man can complete a job in four days working 18. A and B together can complete a job in 12 days.
ten hours a day. In how many days can he B and C together can complete it in 20 days. A
complete it if he works eight hours a day? and C together can complete it in 10 days. Find
the times taken by each of
A, B and C to complete it.

VAJIRAM & RAVI 1


TIME AND WORK - CSM
19. P and Q together can complete a job in 12 (C) the same time irrespective of whoever
days. Q and R together can complete it in 15 starts the job.
days. P and R together can complete it in 20
days. All the three work together for 3 days 27. Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 9 hours. Pipe B
and then P leaves. In how many days can R and can empty a full thank in 18 hours. If both pipes
Q complete the remaining work? are opened simultaneously when the tank is
empty, find the time taken to fill the tank. (in
20. A can complete a job in 16 days. He started the hours)
work and after 4 days, B joined him. They (A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 18 (D) 36
completed the job in 4 more days. Find the
number of days in which B alone can complete 28. It takes 3 hours to fill a tank but due to a
it. leakage it takes 4 hours. How long would the
leak take to empty a full tank?
21. A works 4 times as fast as B. If B completes a (A) 14 hours (B) 16 hours (C) 10 hours (D) 12 hours
job in 60 days, then in how many days can A
and B together complete the same job? 29. Two men or 5 women can complete a piece of
(A) 24 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 15 work in 15 days. In how many days can 4 men
and 5 women complete the same work?
22. A can complete a piece of work 3 times as fast (A) 8 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 4
as B. If A and B together can complete the work
in 6 days, how many days would B alone take 30. The work done by a man in 3 days is equal to
to complete the work? the work done by four boys in 2 days. How
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 4 (D) 24 many men are needed to do a piece of work in
48 days which 72 boys can do in 16 days?
23. X is twice as fast as Y and hence takes 30 days
less than Y to complete a job. Find the time 31. If a piece of work can be done by 6 men and 8
taken by X and Y together to complete it. women in 10 days or by 8 men and 22 women
in 5 days, in how many days will 34 women do
24. P can complete a job in 60 days. Q is 25% less a piece of work thrice as large?
efficient than P. Find the time in which Q can
complete it (in days). Answers:
(A) 75 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 45 1. 20 12. 12 22. A
25. A can complete a job in 20 days. B can 2. 32 13. A 23. 20
complete it in 30 days. If they work on 3. 20 14. 24 24. B
alternate days, the job would be completed in 4. B 15. 6 25. C
the 5. 36 16. 12 26. A
(A) least number of days if A starts the job. 6. A 17. 13.5 27. C
(B) least number of days if B starts the job. 7. 50 18. 15, 60, 30 28. D
(C) the same time irrespective of whoever 8. 75 19. 6 29. C
starts the job. 9. C 20. 8 30. 9
10. 5 21. B 31. 15
26. X can complete a job in 6 days. Y can complete 11. C
it in 10 days. If they work on alternate days, the
job would be completed in the
(A) least number of days if X starts the job.
(B) least number of days if Y starts the job.

VAJIRAM & RAVI 2

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