Time and Work

SKILL DEVELOPMENT CELL
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
TIME & WORK
Quantitative Aptitude
K.SESHAGIRI RAO (C) Copyright (08-04-2019) All Rights Reserved
TIME AND WORK
CONTENT LIST:
1) FUNDAMENTALS
2) CONDITIONAL WORK
3) PATTERN BASED WORK
4) NEGATIVE WORK
5) EFFICIENCY BASED
6) MAN-DAYS
7) GROUP WORK
8) WAGES
Pre-Assessment:
Questions: 05 Duration: 10 min

1) If A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 12 days, then the
work will be completed in how many days if they work on alternative days starting
with A?
2) 20 women can do a work in 10 days while 8 men can do it in 12 days. In how many
days can 12 men and 15 women complete twice the work?
3) If A is thrice as efficient as B and can complete the job in 60 days less than B. In how
many days both working together will finish the same job?
4) 5 men can prepare 10 cycles in 6 days working 6 hours a day. In how many days can
12 men can prepare 16 cycles working 8 hrs a day?
5) If 4 boys or 3 men can complete a piece of work in 10 days. How many days will it take
for 5 men and 4 boys to finish the work?
Total Score: ____
Introduction:
The concept of Time and Work is an important topic for any aptitude exams.
Questions have been regularly appearing over the past decade in all aptitude
examinations. Students can solve questions from PIPES & CISTERN with ease if
you are perfect with this topic.
Theory:
In the context of placement examinations, we have to understand the
following basic concepts of this topic:
 If A does a work in ‘a’ days, then in one day A does ‘1/a’ units of work.
 It is always treated that the work is divided equally for the given period.
 Individual efficiencies of the workers will be considered only if number
of workers are less than or equal to 3.
 If the workers are more than 3 in number, efficiency will be considered
same for everyone (unless groups are mentioned).
(M1 x D1 x H1)/W1 = (M2 x D2 x H2)/W2

Where M = Number of workers
D= Number of days
H= Number of hours per day
W= Number of working units
 Always assume the total work to be the LCM of given numerical values in
the question.
SOLVED QUESTIONS:
Fundamentals:
 If A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same work in 12 days, then the
work will be completed in how many days if they work together?
Sol) STEP-1: As we were not given anything about the total work, assume total work,
Total work = LCM (10, 12) = 60 units
STEP-2: Find the efficiency (one day work) of the workers:
A’s one day work =?
A  60 units  10 days  60/10 = 6 units/day
B  60 units  12 days  60/12 = 5 units/day
STEP-3: Proceed further based on the condition provided in the question:
A+B are working together, hence their one day work will be: (6+5) = 11 u/d
Total time taken = (Total work) / efficiency of (A+B)
Total time = 60/11 days
Therefore, time taken to complete work if they both work together = 5 1/5 days.
CONDITIONAL WORK:
 A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10
days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
STEP-3: Proceed further based on the condition provided in the question:
B worked for 10 days, hence work completed = No. of days X B’s efficiency
Work completed for 10 days = 10 X 6 = 60 units
Remaining work = 90 -60 = 30 units
Therefore, time taken by A to complete the rem. work = 30/5 = 6 days
A alone can finish the remaining work in 6 days.
PATTERN BASED:
 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 completed in?
STEP-3: Since they work on alternate days, they will do 7 units in 2 days. This 2 days
cycle will continue. Now, total number of cycles possible is:
Number of cycles = (Total work) / Efficiency per cycle = 36/7 = 5 cycles
1 cycle 2 days
5 cycles 5*2 =10 days
STEP-4: Now A’s turn, he will complete the work which is not a part of cycle.
Therefore, remaining work =36 -35= 1 unit
A can complete 1 unit in ¼ days
Total time = 10 ¼ days
NEGATIVE WORK:
 A can build a wall in 16 days while B can destroy it in 8 days. A worked for 5 days. Then
B joined with A for the next 2 days. Find in how many days could A build the remaining
wall?
A  16 units  16 days  16/16 = +1 unit/day
B  16 units  8 days  16/8 = -2 units/day
STEP-3: Given A worked for 5 days to build the wall  5 days work = 5X1 = +5 units
2 days B joined with A in working = 2(1-2) = -2
Remaining Work of building wall = 16 - (3) = 13
Now, the remaining work will be done by A in = 13/1 = 13 days.
EFFICIENCY BASED:
 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?
Sol) STEP-1: Assume B’s one day work = 1 unit/day
Therefore, A’s one day work = 2 unit/day
STEP-2: As B can complete the work alone in 12 days, Total work = 12*1=12 units
STEP-3: Time taken if A and B work together = Total work / A+B efficiency = 12/3=4
Therefore, A and B can complete the work together in 4 days.
MAN DAYS:
 4 men can repair a road in 7 hours. How many men are required to repair the road in
2 hours?
Sol) Using the formula of Man-Days: 4*7 = 2*M2  M2 = 14 men
Model-1: (Fundamentals):
1) A person can do a job in 15 days. His Uncle takes 12 days and his friend finishes it in
60 days. How long will they take to complete the job if they all work together?
a. Less than 6 days
b. More than 6 days
c. Exactly 6 days
d. Exactly 10 days
2) A man can complete 3/8 of a work in 24 days. At this rate, how much more time is
required to complete the work?
a. 15 days
b. 40 days
c. 64 days
d. None of these
3) A and B do a work in exactly 16 days, B and C do the same work in exactly 12 days
while C and A do the same work in about 10 days. If A, B and C can together do the
work in integral number of days, then C does the work alone in:
a. 15 days
b. 16days
c. 18 days
d. None of these
4) A and B together can do a piece of work In 6 days and A alone can do It in 9 day,. In
how days B alone do it?
a. 15 days
b. 18 days
c. 20 days
d. 21 days
5) To do a certain piece of work, B would take three times as long as A and C together
and C twice as long as A and B together. The three men working together can
complete the work in 10 days. How long would B take by himself to complete the
same piece of work?
a. 24 days
b. 30 days
c. 36 days
d. 40 days
Model-2 (Conditional Work):

6) A can finish a job in 15 days and B can do the same work in 18 days. A worked for 10
days and left the job. In how many days, B alone can finish the remaining work?
a. 5 days
b. 5.5 days
c. 6 days
d. 8 days
7) Ajay and Suraj can water a garden in 45 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. They
started working together but after some time Ajay left to watch a cricket match.
Suraj hurriedly finished the work in next 23 minutes and joined Ajay. After how many
minutes had Ajay left?
a. 7 min
b. 8 min
c. 9 min
d. 10 min
8) X can do a job in 10 days, Y in 15 days and Z in 18 days. Y and Z begin the work but
have to leave after 3 days. How many days will X take to finish the job?
a. 57/9 days
b. 57/11 days
c. 53/12 days
d. 6.5 days
9) Raman and Bose working separately can finish a work in 50 and 40 days respectively.
They begin the work together and after 10 days, Bose goes away. In how many days
will the work be completed by Raman alone?
a. 27 days
b. 28 days
c. 350/17 days
d. 55/2 days
10) Samtaprasad can do a piece of work in 50 days. He worked only for 5 days and was
infected with Malaria and had to leave the job. Shantaprasad completed the
remaining work in 30 days. The number of days, in which both together can
complete the work is
a. 22 days
b. 25 days
c. 27 days
d. 20 days
11) A can do a job in 10 days. B can do in 12 days and C can do in 15 days. All begin
together but A leaves the work after 2 days and B leaves 3 days before the work is
finished. How long did the work last?
a. 4 days
b. 5 days
c. 7 days
d. 9 days
MODEL: 3 (PATTERN BASED):

12) A and B working separately can finish a work in 8 and 12 days respectively. If they
work for a day alternately (beginning with A), then in how many days will the work
be completed?
a. 9 days
b. 9.5 days
c. 9.8 days
d. 10 days
13) Two men, A and B, working separately can mow a field in 10 and 12 hours
respectively. If they work for an hour alternately, B beginning at 9 am, then at what
time will the mowing be finished?
a. 7:30 am
b. 8:00 am
c. 8:30 am
d. 9:00 am
MODEL-4 (NEGATIVE WORK):
14) A can build a wall in 10 days and B can build the same in 15 day, while C can alone
destroy the wall in 20 days. If all of them started working together at the same time,
in how many days will the work be completed:
a. 8 days
b. 8 2/7 days
c. 8 4/7 days
d. 8 6/7 days
15) A can do a work alone in 4 days while B can destroy the whole work alone in 16
days. If the two start to work simultaneously, then the work will be completed
in:
a. 5 1/3 days
b. 5 ½ days
c. 10 days
d. 6 days
MODEL-5 (EFFICIENCY BASED):

16) A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 20 p
days. In how many days can A alone finish the work?
a. 20 days
b. 25 days
c. 30 days
d. 32 days
17) Billy is four times as good a workman as Silly and can build a wall in 45 days less than
the number of days required by Silly. What is the time they will take, working
together, to build two such walls?
a. 9 days
b. 12 days
c. 18 days
d. 24 days
18) Gagan is thrice as good a worker as Dilip and takes 8 days less to do a piece of work
than Dilip. In how many days can Dilip do the complete work?
a. 4 days
b. 8 days
c. 12 days
d. 24 days
19) X is three times more efficient worker than Y is, therefore, able to complete a work
in 60 days earlier. How many days will they take together to complete the work?
a. 45/2
b. 55/2
c. 25
d. 30
20) X does half as much work as Y in one-sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days
to complete a work, how much time shall B alone take to do it?
a. 30 days
b. 40 days
c. 50 days
d. 70 days
21) A and B together can finish a task in 12 days. If A worked half as efficiently as he
usually does and B works thrice as efficiently as he usually does, the task gets
completed in 9 days. How long would A take to finish the task if he worked
independently?
a. 12 days
b. 18 days
c. 24 days
d. 27 days
MODEL-6 (MAN DAYS):

22) X men can finish a job in 40 days. If 5 extra Men join them, the job takes 10 days less.
What is the value of X?
a. 10 days
b. 15 days
c. 18 days
d. 20 days
23) A certain number of men can do a work in 60 days. If there were 8 more men, it
could be finished in 10 days less. How many men are there?
a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
d. 42
24) A contract is to be completed In 56 days and 104 men were set to work, each
working 8 hours a day. After 30 days, 2/5 of the work is finished. How many
additional men may be employed so that work may be completed on time?
a. 180 men
b. 64 men
c. 76 men
d. 96 men
25) Two coal loading machines each working 12 hours per day for 8 days handles 9 tons
of coal with an efficiency of 90%. While 3 other coal loading machines at an
efficiency of 80% set to handle 12 tons of coal In 6 days. Find how many hours per
day each should work?
a. 12 hrs/day
b. 16 hrs/day
c. 18 hrs/day
d. 20 hrs/day
26) If 20 men working 8hrs/day can completely build a wall of dimensions 400*10*40 m3
in 20 days, then time taken by 25 men working 12 hrs/day to build a wall of
dimensions 800*10*30 m3 is:
a. 12 days
b. 14 days
c. 15 days
d. 16 days
MODEL-7 (GROUP WORK)

27) 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do
it in 4 days. Compare the daily work done by a man with that done by a boy.
a. 3:2
b. 2:1
c. 4:7
d. 3:1
28) 10 men and 12 children complete a certain piece of work in 10 days. Each child takes
thrice the time taken by a man to complete the work. The time taken by 12 men to
finish the same work is
a. 11.66 days
b. 12.16 days
c. 10.33 days
d. 10 days
29) 5 men and 8 women can do a job in 8 days, while 4 men and 6 women can do it in 10
days. How many days will 10 women take to finish the job?
a. 10 days
b. 20 days
c. 40 days
d. None of these
30) 25 men can reap a field in 20 days. When should 15 men leave the work, if the whole
field is to be reaped in 371/2 days after they leave the work?
a. After 3 days
b. After 4 days
c. After 5 days
d. After 6 days
31) 25 men can reap a field in 20 days. When should 15 men leave the work, if the whole
field is to be reaped in 371/2 days after they leave the work?
a. 9 11/15 days
b. 7 17/19 days
c. 11 3/7 days
d. 12 5/6 days
MODEL-8: WAGES:
32) A alone can finish a job in 12 days and B alone can do It In 20.days. If they work
together and finish it, then the share of A In total wages of Rs100 is
a. Rs 56.25
b. Rs 67.50
c. Rs 62.50
d. Rs 50
33) Rama can do a piece of work in 10 days and Rami alone can do it in 5 days. Rama and
Rami undertook to do it for Rs.400. With the help of their neighbour Snooty, they
finished it in 2 days. The share of Snooty out of the remuneration is
a. Rs 120
b. Rs 160
c. Rs 180
d. Rs 200
34) 25 days of Ram's wages can be paid by a certain sum of money. The same amount of
money is sufficient to pay Prasad's wages for 20 days. The number of days for which
the money will be sufficient to pay the wages of both if they work together is:
a. 10 days
b. 11 days
c. 100/9 days
d. 110/9 days
35) A,B and c together earn Rs. 300 a day, while A and C together earn Rs.188 and B and
C together earn Rs. 152 a day .What is the daily earning of C?
a. Rs 15
b. Rs 35
c. Rs 40
d. Rs 60
PRACTISE QUESTIONS
36) Amal can complete a job in 10 days and Bimal can complete it in 8 days. Amal, Bimal
and Kamal together complete the job in 4 days and are paid a total amount of Rs 1000
as remuneration. If this amount is shared by them in proportion to their work, then
Kamal’s share, in rupees, is
a. Rs 100
b. Rs 200
c. Rs 300
d. Rs 400
37) If 10 men or 20 women or 40 boys can do a job in 7 months, then 5 men, 5
women and 5 boys can do half the work in
a. 4 months
b. 5 months
c. 6 months
d. 8 months
38) Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs.200. One alone could do it in 6 days,
the other In 8 days. With the assistance of a boy they finish it in 3 days. What is the
share of the boy?
a. Rs 25
b. Rs 30
c. Rs 50
d. Rs 60
39) In a project, a job was targeted to be completed by 30 workers in 38 days. But
after 25 days it was decided to add 5 more workers to the job to get it finished
1 day earlier. Had the extra number of workers not been added, what would
have been the number of days taken by the existing team to finish the job?
a. 39
b. 40
c. 41
d. 42
40) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 12 days respectively. A and B
begin to do the work together and taking help of C every third day complete the
job. If they receive Rs.6000 as wages for the work, how much did C receive (in
Rs.)?
a. 1200
b. 1500
c. 1600
d. 1800

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT CELL

TIME & WORK

Questions: 05 Duration: 10 min

Total Score: ____

(M1 x D1 x H1)/W1 = (M2 x D2 x H2)/W2

Model-2 (Conditional Work):

MODEL: 3 (PATTERN BASED):

MODEL-5 (EFFICIENCY BASED):

MODEL-6 (MAN DAYS):

MODEL-7 (GROUP WORK)

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