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Time & Work is very important for all working together but working alternatively]
competitive exams generally 1-2 questions = 16.66%
comes from this topic in maximum exams. So So time taken by them to complete 100%
work = 100/(16.66 = 6 [ but always
we are here providing you the concepts and
remember multiply this by 2, Because
important short tricks to solve quadratic 16.66% work is done by them in 2 days and
equation in very fast and efficient way. At not in 1 day.
the end we will provide few practice Answer will be 6*2 = 12 days.
questions also apply the trick on those and
see that you have got the trick or not.
Case 3: A can do a work in X days, B can
Here we are providing some cases of time & do the work Y days and A leaves after
work and tricks to solve it. Hope this would working Z days.
be helpful to all aspirants.
Question- A can do a work in 10 days and
Case 1 - A does a work in X days, B does a B can do it in 15 days, A works for 2 days
Work in Y days In how many days they will and then leaves, In how many days will the
complete the work. work be completed?
Question- A completes the work in 10 days Efficiency method

and B completes the work in 15 days In A's efficiency = 10%
how many days they will complete the B's Efficiency = 6.66%
work. Total a+b = 16.66%
Work done by A and B together in 2 days =
Efficiency method. 16.66*2 = 33.33%
Efficiency of A =100/10 = 10% Work remaining = 66.66%
Efficiency of B = 100/15 = 6.66% Time taken by B to complete 66.66% work =
Efficiency of A & B Together = 10+ 6.66 = 66.66/6.666 = 10 days
16.66% Total time = 10+2 = 12 days
So the time taken by A & B together to
Complete the work will be 100/16.66 = 6
Days. Case 4 : A can do a piece of Work in 10
days and B can do it in 15 days, In how
many days will the work be completed if B
Case -2 A can do a work in X days and B leaves 2 days before the completion on
can do it Y days, In how many days the work.
work is completed if they work alternatively
Started by A. Efficiency method
A's efficiency = 10%
Efficienecy Method B's efficiency = 6.66%
A's Efficiency = 10% Total = 16.66%
B's Efficiency = 6.66% Work will be completed in 6 days
A + B Efficiency = 16.66% Work done in 4 days = 66.66%
Work done by A and B in 2 days [ Remaining = 33.33%
Remember 2 days because they are not A will complete the remaining in = 33.33/10
= 3.33

Total = 4+3.33 = 7.33 work together then in how many days works
gets done.
Case 5: A can do a Work in X days B can BY TRICK:

Do it in Y days, In how many days The
work will get completed if B leaves 2 days
before the actual completion of work.
Question: A can do a work in 10 days B

can do it in 15 days, In how many days The
work will get completed if B leaves 2 days
before the Actual Completion of Work.
What is the difference between this Actual
completion of work and Completion of
Work? Trick-2: If A, B, and C can do a certain
work in x days, y days, and z days
Efficiency Method respectively. if they work together then they
A's Efficiency = 10% will complete the work in
B's Efficiency = 6.66%
Let the no. of days be x
According to question
10x + 6.66(x-2) = 100 [ Work is always
100% in efficiency method ]
10x + 6.66x - 13.33 = 100 For Example:
16.66x = 113.33
x = 113.33/16.66 = 6.8 (Q1) Raj, Meet, and Siya can do a work in 6,
Answer = 6.8 days 12 and 24 days respectively. In what time
will they finish the work while working
together?
SHORT CUT TRICKS FOR WORK AND
TIME BY TRICK:
Trick-1: If A can do a certain work in x

days and B can complete same work in y
days if they work together then they will
complete the work in
For Example:
Trick-3: A & B together can do a work in x
(Q1) A can do a certain work in 10 days and days, B and C together in y days, while C
B can complete same work in 15 days if they and A together in z days. If they all work
together, the work will be completed in.
How many days will each take separately to

complete the same work?
For Example:
(Q1)A & B together can do a work in 8

days, B and C together in 6 days, while C
and A together in 10 days. If they all work
together, the work will be completed in.
BY TRICK:
(Q1)A and B together can complete a piece
of work in 24 days; B and C together in 30
days; and C and A together in 40 days. How
many days will each take separately to
BY TRICK:
Trick-4: A and B together can do a piece of

work in x days. If A alone can do it in y
days, in how many days B can alone
complete the same piece of work
For Example:
(Q1)A and B together can do a piece of

work in 4 days. If A alone can do it in 6
days, in how many days B can alone
complete the same piece of work?
By Trick:
Trick-5: If A and B together can complete

a piece of work in x days; B and C together
in y days; and C and A together in z days.
(Q1) Some staff promised to do a job in 18

days, but 6 of them went on leave. So the
remaining men took 20 days to complete the 4. Relationship between Men and Time
job. How many men were there originally?
More men ------- can do in -------> Less
Solution: Let number of men originally=x Time
∴ M1D1 = M2D2 Less men ------- can do in -------> More

Time
⇒ x×18 = (x-6)×20
⇒ -2x = -144
5. If M1 persons can do W1 work in
∴ x=60 men Ans. D1 days and M2 persons can do W2 work
in D2 days, then
Mantra to Crack Time and Work Questions
1. Work from Days:

6. If M1 persons can do W1 work in
If A can do a piece of work in n days, then D1 days for h1 hours and M2 persons can
A’s n days work is=1/n do W2 work in D2 days for
No. of days = total work / work done in 1 h2 hours, then

day
Days from Work: If A’s 1 day’s work =1/n

then A can finish the work in n days.
7. If A can do a work in ‘x’ days and B can

do the same work in ‘y’ days, then the
2. Relationship between Men and Work. number of days required to complete the
work if A and B work together is
More men ------- can do -------> More
work
Less men ------- can do -------> Less work
8. If A can do a work in ‘x’ days and A + B

can do the same work in ‘y’ days, then the
3. Relationship between Work and Time number of days required to complete the
work if B works alone is
More work -------- takes------> More Time
Less work -------- takes------> Less Time

Explanation:- In this type of question,

where we have one person work and
together work done. Then we can easily get
the other person work just by subtracting
Sample Questions - them. As,
Son's one day work =
1. Sheetal is twice as good as workman as (1/3 −1/5 )=(5−3/15 )=2/15
Babita and together they finish a piece of
work in 18 days. Find the total number of So son will do whole work in 2/15 days =
days in which Babita can finish the work. 7.5 days
which is =7.5 days
a) 27 days
3. Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10 hr and
b) 54 days 12 hr respectively, while the third pipe can
empty it in 20 hour simultaneously, if all the
c) 56 days pipes are opened then the cistern will be
filled in
d) 68 days
a) 7.5 hr
Answer: Option B
b) 8 hr
Explanation:- As per question, Sheetal does
twice the work as done by Babita. So A:B = c) 5 hr
2:1. Also (Sheetal+Babita) one day work is
1/18 d) 10 hr
To get days in which Babita will finish the Answer – (A)

work, lets calculate work done by Babita in
1 day =(118 ∗13 )=154. So Babita will Explanation:- Work done by all the tanks
complete the work in 54 days working together in 1 hour.
⇒ 1/10+1/12-1/20=2/15. Hence, tank will
2. Riya can complete a piece of work in 5 be filled in 15/2= 7.5 hour.
days, but with the help of her son she can do
it in 3 days. Find the time taken by the son 4. Mr. Sharma is on tour and he has Rs 360
alone to complete the work. for his expenses. If he exceeds his tour by 4
days he must cut down daily expenses by Rs
a) 7.5 days 3. The number of days of Mr. Sharma's tour
programme is
b) 13 days
a) 28 Days
c) 11 days
b) 24 Days
d) 9 days
c) 22 Days
Answer: Option A
d) 20 Days

Answer – (D) 8 1/8 12.5%

9 1/9 11.11%
Trick 10 1/10 10%
11 1/11 9.09%
One simple technique is using days in We are giving various shortcuts for solving
denominator while solving questions. For particular types of questions below:
example, A can do a job in 3 days and B
can do the same job in 6 days. In how TYPE 1 :
much time they can do the job together.
If A can do a certain work in x days and B
Solution - 1/3 + 1/6 = 1/2, hence 2 days is can complete same work in y days if they
the answer. work together then they will complete the
work in
Examiner can set the question in opposite
way and can ask you how much time A or B
alone will take to complete the job. It is
quite easy to calculate said question by
putting values in the equation we arrived in
above question.
For Example:
You need to understand one simple concept -
A can do a certain work in 10 days and B
If A can do a job in 10 days then in one day
can complete same work in 15 days if they
A can do 1/10th of the job.
work together then in how many days
works gets done.
Shortcut
Best trick that I use in exams myself is by Solution:
finding the efficiency of workers in percent.
If A can do a job in 2 days then he can do
50% in a day.
Number of Work that

days can be
Efficiency in
required to done per
Percent
complete the day
work
N 1/n 100/n
1 1/1 100%
(A+B)’s 1 day work=3+2=5 unit
2 ½ 50%
3 1/3 33.33%
Time taken by (A+B)=30/5
4 ¼ 25%
5 1/5 20%
= 6 days Ans.
6 1/6 16.66%
7 1/7 14.28%

Rough:[L.C.M of 10 and 15=30 now =7 unit

30/10=3 unit and 30/15=2 unit]
Required Time=24/7=3 ³/7 Ans.
BY TRICK:
BY TRICK:
TYPE 2:
If A, B, and C can do a certain work in x TYPE 3 :

days, y days, and z days respectively. if they
work together then they will complete the A and B together can do a work in x days,
work in B and C together in y days, while C and A
together in z days. If they all work together,
the work will be completed in.
For Example:
Ram, Mohan, and Sita can do a work in 6, For Example:

12 and 24 days respectively. In what time
will they finish the work while working A and B together can do a work in 8 days,
together? B and C together in 6 days, while C and A
together in 10 days. If they all work
Solution: together, the work will be completed in.
Solution:
(Ram+Mohan+Sita) 1 day work=4+2+1

(A+B)+(B+C)+(C+A) 1 day
work=15+20+12=47 units
i.e 2(A+B+C)1 day work=47 units
∴ (A+B+C)1 day work=47/2 units
Time Taken by(A+B+C)=120/(47/2)
Time taken by B=12/1

BY TRICK:
= 12 Days Ans.
By Trick:
b. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days,

TYPE 4 : but with the help of his son he can do it in
3 days. In what time can the son do it
A and B together can do a piece of work in alone?
x days. If A alone can do it in y days, in
how many days B can alone complete the Solution:
same piece of work
For Example:
a. A and B together can do a piece of work

in 4 days. If A alone can do it in 6 days, in
how many days B can alone complete the
same piece of work?
Solution:
Time taken by son alone=15/2
=7.5 Days Ans.

By Trick: a. A and B together can complete a piece of

work in 24 days; B and C together in 30
days; and C and A together in 40 days.
How many days will each take separately to
Solution:
c. A can do a piece of work in 16 days and
B can do the same piece of work in 12 days.
With the help of C, they did in 4 days only.
Then, C alone can do the job in?
Solution:
(A+B)+(B+C)+(C+A) 1 day
work=5+4+3=12 units
i.e 2(A+B+C)1 day work=12 units
Time taken by C=48/5 days Ans. ∴ (A+B+C)1 day work=12/2 units
TYPE 5: =6 units.
If A and B together can complete a piece of Efficiency of A=(A+B+C)-(B+C)

work in x days; B and C together in y days;
and C and A together in z days. How many =6 Units – 4 Units
days will each take separately to complete
the same work? =2 Units
Efficiency of B=(A+B+C)-(C+A)
=6 Units – 3 Units
=3 Units
Efficiency of C=(A+B+C)-(A+B)

=1 Units
Time taken by A=120/2
=60 Days
Time taken by B=120/3
=40 Days
=120 Days
Efficiency of A=(A+B+C)-(B+C)
BY TRICK:
=2 Units
Efficiency of C=(A+B+C)-(A+B)
=1 Units
(A+C)’s 1 day work=2+1=3 unit
Time taken by( A+C)=24/3
=8 days Ans.
c. Ram can complete a piece of work in 15

days. He worked for 5 days and left. Mohan
alone completed the remaining work in 20
days. How long would Mohan take to
complete the whole work?
b. A and B can do a given piece of work in
8 days, B and C can do the same work in Solution:
12 days and A, B, C complete it in 6 days.
Number of days required to finish the work Let Ram per day done 1 unit work
by A and C is.
Total work done by Ram in 15 days=15 unit
Solution:
Total work done by Ram in 5 days=5 unit
Remaining work=15-5=10 unit

work done by Mohan in 20 days=10 unit B= B unit work per day
work done by Mohan in 1 day=10/20=0.5 Now,
Time taken by Mohan=15/0.5
=30 days Ans.
d. Ram alone can complete a piece of work

in 40 days. He worked for 8 days and left.
Sita alone completed the remaining work Put the value of A in eqn-1, you will get total
in 16 days. How long would Ram and Sita work
together take to complete the work?
so, total work=5×18=90 unit
Solution:
Total work done by B in 10 days=10×6=60
Let Ram per day done 1 unit work unit
Total work done by Ram in 40 days=40 unit Remaining work=90-60
Total work done by Ram in 8 days=8 unit =30 unit
Remaining work=40-8=32 unit Time taken by A=30/5
work done by Sita in 16 days=32 unit =6 days Ans.
work done by Sita in 1 day=32/16 Method-2
=2 unit per day
Total work done by Ram and Sita in 1

day=(1+2)=3unit per day
Time taken by Ram+Sita=40/3
=13 ¹/3 Ans.
e. 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 Total work done by B in 10 days=10×6=60
work? unit
Solution: Remaining work=90-60=30 unit
Let A= A unit work per day =30 unit

=6 days Ans.
f. A can do a certain work in 10 days and

B can do same work in 12 days. They
started work together but after 5 days A left
and B finish the remaining work. In how
many days B can complete the remaining
work?
Solution:
Total work done by A and B in 1
Let A= A unit work per day day=(6+5)=11 unit
B= B unit work per day work done by A and B in 5 days=11×5=55

unit
Now,
Remaining work=60-55
=5 unit
Time taken by B=5/5
=1 day Ans.
Put the value of A in eqn-1, you will get total
work g. A and B can complete a work in 15 days
and 10 days respectively. They started
so, total work=6×10=60 unit doing the work together but after 2 days B
had to leave and A alone completed the
Total work done by A and B in 1 remaining work. The whole work was
day=(6+5)=11 unit completed in:
work done by A and B in 5 days=11×5=55 Solution:
unit
Let A= A unit work per day
Remaining work=60-55
B= B unit work per day
=5 unit
Now,
Time taken by B=5/5
=1 day Ans.
Method-2

Put the value of A in eqn-1, you will get total Time taken by A=20/2
work
=10 days
Hence, total time taken=(2+10)=12days
Total work done by A and B in 1 Ans.
day=(2+3)=5 unit
h. A and B can do a piece of work in 45
Total work done by A and B in 2 and 40 days respectively. They began the
days=5×2=10 unit work together but A left after some days
and B finished the remaining work in 23
Remaining work=30-10 days. A left after.
=20 unit Solution:
Time taken by A=20/2 Let A= A unit work per day
=10 days B= B unit work per day
Hence, total time taken=(2+10)=12days Now,

Ans.
Method-2

work
Total work done by B in 23days=23×9=207

unit
Total Work done by (A+B)=360-207

Total work done by A and B in 1
day=(2+3)=5 unit =153 unit
Total work done by A and B in 2 Total work done by A+B in 1

days=5×2=10 unit day=(8+9)=17 unit
Remaining work=30-10 Time taken by A+B=153/17
=20 unit =9 days
hence, A left after 9 days Ans.

Method-2

work
work done by B in 10 days=10×4=40 unit

Total work done by B in 23days=23×9=207
unit Total work done by A+B in 1 day=(5+4)=9
unit
Total Work done by (A+B)=360-207
Time taken by(A+B)=60/9
=153 unit
=20/3=6 ²/3 days
Total work done by A+B in 1
day=(8+9)=17 unit Total time=10+6 ²/3
Time taken by(A+B)=153/17 =16 ²/3 days Ans.
=9 days Method-2
hence, A left after 9 days Ans.
h. A can do a piece of work in 20 days

while B can finish it in 25 days. B started
working and A joined him after 10 days.
The whole work is completed in.
Solution:
Let A= A unit work per day
B= B unit work per day

work done by B in 10 days=10×4=40 unit
Now,
Total work done by A+B in 1 day=(5+4)=9

unit

Time taken by(A+B)=60/9 Total work done by A in 24 days=24 unit
=20/3=6 ²/3 days work done by A in 4 days=4 unit
Total time=10+6 ²/3 remaining work=24-4=20 unit
=16 ²/3 days Ans. work done by A+B in 12 days=20 unit
i. A and B can together finish a work in 30 work done by A+B in 1 days=20/12

days. They worked at it for 20 days and
then B left. The remaining work was done Now,
by A alone in 20 more days. A alone can
finish the work in. A+B=20/12
Solution: 1+B=20/12
Let work done by (A+B) in per day=1 unit ∴ B=2/3
Total work done by (A+B) in 30 days=30 Time taken by B=24/(2/3)

unit
=36 days Ans.
Total work done by (A+B) in 20 days=20
unit k. A and B alone can complete work in 9
days and 18 days respectively. They worked
Now, together; however 3 days before the
completion of the work A left. In how many
Remaining work=30-20=10 unit days was the work completed?
work done by A in 20 days=10 unit Solution:
∴work done by A in 1 day=10/20 unit Let A= A unit work per day
=0.5 unit B= B unit work per day
Time taken by A=30/0.5 Now,
=60 days Ans.
j. A can do a piece of work in 24 days.

When he had worked for 4 days. B joined
him. If complete work was finished in 16
days, B can alone finish that work in. Put the value of A in eqn-1, you will get total
work
Solution:
Let work done by A in per day=1 unit

work done by B in 3 days=3×1=3 unit the work together but B leaves after two
days, how long would it take A and C to
Remaining work=18-3=15 unit finish the Remaining work?
Total work done by A+B in 1 day=(2+1)=3

unit
Solution:
Time taken by(A+B)=15/3
=5 days
Total time=3+5
=8 days Ans.
Method-2
Note: [L.C.M of 10,12,15=60 and 60/10=6,

60/12=5, 60/15=4]
Total work done by A, B, and C in 1

day=(6+5+4)unit=15 unit

day=15×2=30 unit
Work done by B in 3 days=3×1=3 unit Remaining work=60-30=30 unit
Remaining work=18-3=15 unit When B left the job then
Total work done by A+B in 1 day=(2+1)=3 Total work done by A and C in 1

unit day=6+4=10 unit
Time taken by(A+B)=15/3 Time taken by A and C=30/10
=5 days =3 days Ans.
Total time=3+5 m. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in

20, 25, and 30 days respectively.They began
=8 days Ans. the work together but C leaves after 3 days.
In how many days the whole work was
l. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in completed?
10, 12, and 15 days respectively.They began

Solution: Let work done by (A+B+C) in per day=1

unit
Total work done by (A+B+C) in 40 day=40

unit

unit
Now,
work done by B and C in 40 days =24 unit

Note: [L.C.M of 20,25,30=300 and
300/20=15, 300/25=12, 300/30=10] work done by B and C in 1 day =24/40
Work done by A, B, and C in 1 =0.6 unit

Efficiency(eff.) of A=Eff. of(A+B+C)-Eff. of
Total work done by A, B, and C in 3 (B+C)
day=37×3=111 unit
= 1-0.6=0.4 unit per day
Time taken by A=40/0.4=100 days Ans.
When C left the work then
o. A, B, and C can do a job in 6 days, 12
Work done by A+B in 1 day=15+12=27 days and 15 days respectively. After 1/8 of
unit the work is completed, C leaves the job.
Rest of the work is done by A and B
Time taken by (A+B)=189/27 together. Time taken to finish the work is.
=7 days Solution:
The whole work was completed in=3+7
=10 days Ans.
n. A, B, and C together can do a piece of

work in 40 days. After working with A, B
and C for 16 days, A leaves and then B and
C complete the remaining work in 40 days
more. A alone could do the work in.
Solution:

Now, Now,
60×(1/8)=7.5 unit 20 unit work is done by A, B and C so,
Remaining work=60-7.50=52.50 unit Time taken by (A+B+C)=20/12
Work done by A +B in 1 days=10+5=15 =5/3 days

unit
Total time=5+(5/3)
Time taken by (A+B)=52.50/15
=20/3 days Ans.
=7/2=3 ½ days Ans.
q. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 24,
p. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 15, 30, and 40 days respectively. They began
20, and 12 days respectively. They began the work together but C left 4 days before
the work together but A left 5 days before completion of the work. In how many days
completion of the work. In how many days was the work done?
was the work done?
Solution:
Solution:
Work done by A and B in 1

day=(5+4)unit=9 unit
Note: [L.C.M of 15,20,12=60 and 60/15=4, Total work done by A and B in 4

60/20=3, 60/12=5] day=9×4=36 unit
Work done by B and C in 1 Remaining Work=120-36=84 unit

Work done by A, B, and C in 1
Total work done by B and C in 5 day=(5+4+3)unit=12 unit
day=8×5=40 unit
Now,
Remaining Work=60-40=20 unit
84 unit work is done by A, B and C so,
day=(4+3+5)unit=12 unit Time taken by (A+B+C)=84/12

=7 days started the work together but B left off 8

days and C 6 days before the completion of
Total time=4+7=11 days Ans. the work. In what time is the work
finished?
r. A, B, and C can complete a work
separately in 24, 36, and 48 days Solution:
respectively. They started work together but
C left after 4 days of start and A left 3 days
before the completion of the work. In how
many days will the work be completed.
Solution:
Work done by (A+C) in 1 day=6+2=8 unit
∴ Work done by (A+C) in 2 day=8×2=16

unit.
Work done (A+B+C) in 1 day=(6+4+3)=13 Remaining work=96-16=80 unit.

unit
Work done by A in 6 day=6×6=36 unit
Work done (A+B+C) in 4 day=13×4=52
unit Remaining work=80-36=44 unit.
Remaining work=144-52=92 unit. Time taken by (A+B+C)=44/11
Now, =4 days
Work done by B in 3 days=3×4=12 unit Total days=2+6+4=12 days Ans.
Remaining work=92-12=80 unit Method-2
Work done by (A+B) in 1 day=(6+4)=10 Let the whole work be completed in x days
unit
According to the question,
=8 days
Total time=(4+3+8)=15 days Ans.
s. A, B, and C can do a work separately in

16, 32, and 48 days respectively. They

Total days=2+3+2=7 days Ans.
Method-2
Let the whole work be completed in x days
t. A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12

and 15 days respectively. A left the work 5
days before the work was completed and B
left 2 days after A had left. Number of days
required to complete the whole work is:
Solution: u. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 10,

12, and 15 days respectively.They began the
work together but B leaves after two days,
how long would it take A and C to finish
the Remaining work?
Solution:
Work done by (B+C) in 1 day=5+4=9 unit
∴ Work done by (B+C) in 2 day=9×2=18

unit.
Remaining work=60-18=42 unit Note: [L.C.M of 10,12,15=60 and 60/10=6,

60/12=5, 60/15=4]
now,
Work done by C in 3 day=4×3=12 unit day=(6+5+4)unit=15 unit
Remaining work=42-12=30 unit Total work done by A, B, and C in 2

day=15×2=30 unit
Time taken by (A+B+C)=30/15
=2 days
When B left the job then
Total work done by A and C in 1 =10 days Ans.

day=6+4=10 unit
w. A, B, and C together can do a piece of
Time taken by A and C=30/10 work in 40 days. After working with A, B
and C for 16 days, A leaves and then B and
=3 days Ans. C complete the remaining work in 40 days
more. A alone could do the work in.
v. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 20,
25, and 30 days respectively.They began the Solution:
work together but C leaves after 3 days. In
how many days the whole work was Let work done by (A+B+C) in per day=1
completed? unit
Solution: Total work done by (A+B+C) in 40 day=40

unit

unit
Now,
work done by B and C in 40 days =24 unit
work done by B and C in 1 day =24/40

Note: [L.C.M of 20,25,30=300 and
300/20=15, 300/25=12, 300/30=10]
=0.6 unit
Efficiency(eff.) of A=Eff. of(A+B+C)-Eff. of
(B+C)
= 1-0.6=0.4 unit per day
day=37×3=111 unit
Time taken by A=40/0.4=100 days Ans.
x. A, B, and C can do a job in 6 days, 12
When C left the work then
days and 15 days respectively. After 1/8 of
the work is completed, C leaves the job.
Work done by A+B in 1 day=15+12=27
Rest of the work is done by A and B
unit
together. Time taken to finish the work is.
Solution:
=7 days
The whole work was completed in=3+7

Note: [L.C.M of 15,20,12=60 and 60/15=4,

60/20=3, 60/12=5]
Work done by B and C in 1

Total work done by B and C in 5

day=8×5=40 unit

Now, day=(4+3+5)unit=12 unit
60×(1/8)=7.5 unit Now,
Remaining work=60-7.50=52.50 unit 20 unit work is done by A, B and C so,
Work done by A +B in 1 days=10+5=15 Time taken by (A+B+C)=20/12

unit
=5/3 days
Time taken by (A+B)=52.50/15
Total time=5+(5/3)
=7/2=3 ½ days Ans.
=20/3 days Ans.
y. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 15,
20, and 12 days respectively. They began z. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 24,
the work together but A left 5 days before 30, and 40 days respectively. They began
completion of the work. In how many days the work together but C left 4 days before
was the work done? completion of the work. In how many days
was the work done?
Solution:
Solution:
Work done by A and B in 1


Total work done by A and B in 4 Work done by B in 3 days=3×4=12 unit

day=9×4=36 unit
Work done by (A+B) in 1 day=(6+4)=10
Work done by A, B, and C in 1 unit
Now,
=8 days
84 unit work is done by A, B and C so,
Total time=(4+3+8)=15 days Ans.
A, B, and C can do a work separately in 16,
=7 days 32, and 48 days respectively. They started
the work together but B left off 8 days and
Total time=4+7=11 days Ans. C 6 days before the completion of the work.
In what time is the work finished?
A, B, and C can complete a work separately
in 24, 36, and 48 days respectively. They Solution:
started work together but C left after 4 days
of start and A left 3 days before the
completion of the work. In how many days
will the work be completed.
Solution:
Work done by (A+C) in 1 day=6+2=8 unit
∴ Work done by (A+C) in 2 day=8×2=16

unit.
Remaining work=96-16=80 unit.

Work done (A+B+C) in 1 day=(6+4+3)=13
unit
Work done by A in 6 day=6×6=36 unit
Work done (A+B+C) in 4 day=13×4=52
unit
=4 days
Now,
Total days=2+6+4=12 days Ans. Time taken by (A+B+C)=30/15
Method-2 =2 days
Let the whole work be completed in x days Total days=2+3+2=7 days Ans.
According to the question, Method-2
Let the whole work be completed in x days
A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12

and 15 days respectively. A left the work 5
days before the work was completed and B 2 men and 3 boys can complete a work in
left 2 days after A had left. Number of days 10 days, while 3 men and 2 boys can
required to complete the whole work is: complete in 8 days. In how many days can
2 men and 1 boy complete the same work?
Solution:
Solution:
Let 1 man=m unit work per day
1 women=w unit work per day
Now,
Work done by (B+C) in 1 day=5+4=9 unit
∴ Work done by (B+C) in 2 day=9×2=18

unit. Note:[ 1 man=7 unit work per day 1 boy=2
unit work per day]
Put the value of m and b in eqn-1
now,
=(2×7+3×2)×10
Work done by C in 3 day=4×3=12 unit
=200 unit i.e total work
Now, =225 days Ans.
work done by 2 men and 1 boy in 1 day If 8 men or 12 boys can do a piece of work
in 16 days, the number of days required to
=2m+1b=(20×3+6×2) complete the work by 20 men and 6 boys is.
=16 unit Solution:
so, total time taken by 2 men and 1 Let 1 man=m unit work per day
boy=200/16
1 boy=b unit work per day
=12 ½ days Ans.
Now,
10 man and 15 women together can
complete a piece of work in 6 days. A man
alone can complete the work in 100 days.
In how many days can one woman alone
complete the work?
Solution:
Note:[ 1 man=3 unit work per day 1 boy=2
Let 1 man=m unit work per day unit work per day]
1 women=w unit work per day Put the value of m in eqn-1
=(8×3)×16
=384 i.e total work
Now,
work done by 20 men and 6 boy in 1 day

Note:[1 man=9 unit work per day1
woman=4 unit work per day]
=20m+6b=(20×3+6×2)
Put the value of m in eqn-2
=72 unit
=100×9
so, the total time taken by 20 men and 6
boy=384/72
=900 unit i.e total work
=5 ¹/3 days Ans.
Now,
If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of
1 woman=4 unit work per day
work in 12 days working 7 hours a day;
how many days will it take to complete a
so, the total time taken by 1 woman=900/4

work twice as large with 10 men and 3 Let 1 men=m unit work per day
women working together 8 hours a day?
1 woman=w unit work per day
Solution:
Let 1 man=m unit work per day
Now,
put the value of m in eqn-1
=(1×6)×44
Note:[ 1 man=3 unit work per day 1 =264 unit i.e total work
women=2 unit work per day]
work done by 1 man, 1 women and 1 boy in
Put the value of m in eqn-1 1 day
=(4×3)×84 =1m+1w+1b=(1×6+1×3+1×2)
=1008 unit i.e total work =11 unit
Now, so, the total time taken by 1 man, 1 women

and 1 boy=264/11
work done by 10 men and 3 women in 1 day
=24 days Ans.
=10m+3w=(10×3+3×2)
Some staff promised to do a job in 18 days,
=36 unit but 6 of them went on leave. So the
remaining men took 20 days to complete
so, the total time taken by 10 men and the job. How many men were there
3women=(2×1008)/(36×8) originally?
=7 days Ans. Solution:
If 1 men or 2 women or 3 boys can do a Let number of men originally=x

piece of work in 44 days, then the same
piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1 ∴ M1D1 = M2D2
woman and 1 boy in.
⇒x×18 = (x-6)×20
Solution:
⇒-2x = -144
∴ x=60 men Ans. Solution:
A certain number of men can do a piece of Let total work=1

work in 40 days. If there were 45 men more
the work could have been finished in 25 200 workers will do 1/4 work in 50 days
days. Find the original number of men
employed in the work. Remaining work=1-(1/4)=3/4
Remaining time=150-50=100 days
Solution: Let number of additional workers=x
Let number of men originally=x Now,
∴ M1D1 = M2D2
⇒x×40 = (x+45)×25
⇒15x =1125
∴ x=75 men Ans. x=100 Ans.
A certain number of men can do a work in A contractor was engaged to construct a

40 days. If there were 8 men more, it could road in 16 days. After working for 12 days
be finished in 10 days less. How many men with 20 labours it was found that only 5/8th
were there initially? of the road had been constructed.To
complete the work in stipulated time the
Solution: number of extra labours required is.
Let number of men originally=x Solution:
∴ M1D1 = M2D2 Let total work=1
⇒x×40 = (x+8)×30 20 workers will do 5/8 work in 12 days
⇒10x =240 Remaining work=1-(5/8)=3/8
∴ x=24 men Ans. Remaining time=16-12=4 days
A company employed 200 workers to Let number of extra labours=x

complete a certain work in 150 days. If
only one-fourth of the work has been done Now,
in 50 days, then in order to complete the
whole work in time, the number of
additional workers to be employed was.

8 workers can build a wall 18m long, 2m

broad and 12m high in 10 days, working 9
hours a day. Find how many workers will
be able to build a wall 32m long, 3m broad
and 9m high in 8 days working 6 hours a
⇒ 20×12×3 = (20+x)×4×5 day.
∴ x= 16 labours Ans. Solution:
Mohan completes 2/3 of his work in 10

days. Time he will take to complete 3/5 of
the same work is.
Solution:
Now let's solve questions with this trick
Question 1. A take 5 days to complete a job

and B takes 10 days to complete the same
15 men take 20 days to complete a job job. In how much time they will complete
working 8 hours a day. The number of the job together?
hours a day should 20 men take to
Solution - A's efficiency = 20%, B's
complete the job in 12 days.
efficiency = 10%. If they work together they
Solution: can do 30% of the job in a day. To complete
the job they need 3.33 days.
About "LCM method for time and work

problems
LCM Method to solve Time and Work
If 90 men can do a certain job in 16 days, Prolems
working 12 hours per day, then the part of
that work which can be completed by 70 Step 1 : Find LCM for all the given
men in 24 days, working 8 hours per day is. days/hours/minutes
Solution: Step 2 : LCM to be considered as as total

amount of work to be completed
Step 3 : Then use the formula given below

A and B each working alone can do a work

in 20 days and 15 days respectively. They
started the work together, but B left after
sometime and A finished the remaining work
in 6 days. After how many days from the
start, did B leave?
Solution :
Let us find LCM for the given no. of days

"20" and "15".
Some example problems on "LCM method
L.C.M of (20, 15) = 60 units
for time and work problems".
Therefore, total work = 60 units.
Examples on "LCM method for time and
work problems" A can do = 60/20 = 3 units/day
Example 1 : B can do = 60/15 = 4 units/day
A can do a piece of work in 8 days. B can do (A + B) can do = 7 units/day

the same in 14 days. In how many days can
the work be completed if A and B work The work done by A alone in 6 days = 6x3
together? = 18 units
Solution : Then the work done by (A+B) = 60 -

18 = 42 units
Let us find LCM for the given no. of days
"8" and "14". Initially, no. of days worked by A and B
together
L.C.M of (8, 14) = 56
= 42/7 = 6 days
Therefore, total work = 56 units
Example 8 :
A can do = 56 / 8 = 7 units/day
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 16
B can do = 56 / 14 = 4 units/day minutes and 20 minutes respectively. If both
the pipes are opened simultaneously, how
(A + B) can do = 11 units per day long will it take to complete fill the tank ?
No. of days taken by (A+B) to complete the Solution :

same work
Let us find LCM of the given no. of minutes
= 56 / 11 days "16" and "20"
Example 5 : LCM of (16, 20) = 80

Total work = 80 units Formula required for Time and Work

problems:
A can fill = 80/16 = 5 units/min
1. If ‘A’ can do the work in ‘n’ days , Then
B can fill = 80/20 = 4 units/min A’s one day work is 1/n
(A+B) can fill = 9 units/min Tricks and Tips to solve Aptitude problems
on Time and Work:
No. of minutes taken by (A+B) to fill the
tank For Example, ‘A’ can do the work in 2 days,
in one day he does half of the work (that is
= 80/9 = 8 8/9 minutes 1/2 work). It is simple, he can do the work in
2 days, that means first days he completed
Example 9 : 50% of the work and second day finishing
50% of the work.
Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes. Pipe B
can fill the same tank in 6 minutes. Pipe C
can empty the tank in 12 minutes. If all of
them work together, find the time taken to 2. If A’s 1 day’s work is 1/n, then A can
fill the empty tank. finish the work in ‘n’ days.
Solution : Tricks and Tips to solve Aptitude problems

on Time and Work
Let us find LCM of the given no. of minutes
"10", "6" and "12" For example, A can finish the work in 3 days
that means in first day he finishing 1/3rd of
LCM of (10,6, 12) = 60 work, second day 1/3rd of work and third
day 1/3rd of work.
Total work = 60 units
Example Problems on Time and Work with
A can fill = 60/10 = 6 units/min solutions :
B can fill = 60/6 = 10 units/min If A can finish a work in 2 days, B can finish
the work in 3 days, then How many days
(A+B) can fill = 16 units/min together takes to finish the work?
C can empty = 60/12 = 5 units/min General Method to solve Aptitude problems

on Time and work:
If all of them work together,
A) as per first formulae A’s one day work is
(6 + 10 - 5) = 11 units/min will be filled 1/2
B’s one day
If all of them work together, time taken to fill work is 1/3
the empty tank Now A and B work together in one day is
(1/2)+(1/3) = 5/6
= 60/11 = 5 5/11 minutes

In one day A and B together work in one B--> 6 days - > 6/6 = 1 unit per
days is 5/6, So number of days they take day
together to finish the work ids 6/5. (as per ------------------------------------------
second formula) -------
A+B -> 3 units per day
The total job is 6 units, so A and B together

Tricks and tips to solve Aptitude problems complete the work in 6/3 = 2 days.
on Time and Work:
2. If A can finish a work in 12 hours, B can
a)If A can finish a work in x days, B can finish the same work in 15 hours, then How
finish the work in y days, then and A and B many minutes together takes to finish the
together takes time to finish the work is work?
xy/(x+y)
Tricks to solve Time and
Check the answer with general method, A in work problems Aptitude :
2 days, B in 3 days then A+B in 2*3/(2+3) =
6/5 days Let Assume the job is 60 units (L.C.M of 12
and 15)
b) If A can finish a work in x days, B can
finish the work in y days, C and finish the A-- > 12 hours - > 60/12 = 5 units
work in z days then now together A&B&C per day
finish the job in (x*y*z) /(xy+yz+zx) B-- > 15 hours - > 60/15 = 4 unit
per day
Example problems on Time and Work with ------------------------------------------
solutions : -------
A+B - > 9 units per day
1. If A can finish a work in 3 days, B can
finish the work in 6 days, then How many The total job is 60 units, so A and B
days together takes to finish the work? together complete the work in 60/9 = 20/3
hours
Tips and Tricks to solve Time and
work problems: = 20*60/3 minutes = 400 minutes
As per short cut method answer is 3*6/(3+6) 3. A can do the work in 20 days, B can do
= 18/9 = 2 days the same work in 30 days. A,B and C
together completed work in 10 days. In how
One more trick to solve this type many days C alone can do the work?
of Aptitude problems on time and work
Tricks and Tips to solve Time and
Tricks and tips: Let Assume the job is 6 units work Aptitude problems:
(L.C.M of 3 and 6) (whatever it may be like
making burgers or walking kilometers etc) Total work = 60 units (LCM of
20, 30,10)
A--> 3 days - > 6/3 = 2 units per A can do 3 units per day
day

B can do 2 units per day As the previous question answer (A + B +

A & B & C can do 6 units per day C) = 6 units/ day
B one day work is (A + B + C) one day work
A-- > 3 - C & A one day work
B--- > 2 B = 6 – 3 = 3 units per day
c- > ? Total job is 60 units. So B alone can
--------- complete the 60/3 = 20 days
A + B + C --> 6
Examples
So C can do 1 unit per day (6-3-2)
Q1. Ash can do a job in 10 days. Bali can
Total job is 60 units , So C alone the do the same job in 5 days. In how many days
complete job in 60/1 = 60 days they can complete the job if they work
together?
4. A and B together can complete a work in
12 hours. B and C together can complete a 1. 6 days
same work in 15 hours. C and A together 2. 3.33 days
can complete a same work in 20 hours. In 3. 7.25 days
how many hours A & B & C together 4. 7.5 days
complete the work? 5. None of these
A) 5 B) 6 C)
10 D) 12 Ans: 3.33 days
Time and work problems tricks: Solution: Ash can do a job in 10 days,
Total work = 60 units (LCM of So efficiency of Ash = 100/10 = 10%

12, 15,20)
A & B-- > 60/12 = 5 units/day Similarly, Bali’s efficiency = 100/5 = 20%
B & C--- > 60/15 = 4 units/day
C & A-- > 60/20 = 3 units/day Combined efficiency of Ash + Bali per day
------------------------------------------------------ becomes = 20 + 10 = 30%
-----------------
2 (A + B + C) = 12 units/ day Now, we have to find out the number of days
= >(A + B + C) = 6 units/ day taken by both Ash and Bali to do 100%
work,
Total job is 60 units. So A & B & C together
complete the work in 60/6 = 10 days Since they can do 30% wok in 1 day,
5. A and B together can complete a work in So, they will 100% work in 100/30 = 3.33
12 hours. B and C together can complete a days
same work in 15 hours. C and A together
can complete a same work in 20 hours. In NOTE: Efficiencies get added directly!
How many hours B alone complete the task?
Q2: A can do a work in 6 days and B can
Tricks and Tips to solve Aptitude problems do the same work in 5 days. The contract
on Time and work with examples:

for the work is Rs 220. How much shall B 8. MDHW=ConstantMDHW=C

get if both of them work together? onstant
Where,
Shortcut trick : As wages distributed in
inverse proportion of number of days, their M = Number of men
share should be in the ratio 5:6 D = Number of days
H = Number of hours per
B’s share = 220/11 * 6 = 120 day
W = Amount of work
Most of the time and work questions can be
solved if you know the basic correlation 9. If M1M1 men can
between time, work and man-hours. do W1W1 work in D1D1 days
working H1H1 hours per day
 Analogy between problems on time and M2M2 men can
and work to time, distance and do W2W2work in D2D2 days
speed: working H2H2 hours per
1. Speed is equivalent to rate at day, then
which work is done
2. Distance travelled is M1D1H1W1=M2D2H2W2M
equivalent to work done. 1D1H1W1=M2D2H2W2
3. Time to travel distance is
equivalent to time to do work. 10. If AA is xx times as good a
 Man - Work - Hour Formula: workman as BB, then:
1. More men can do more work.  Ratio of work done
2. More work means more time by AA and BB = x:1x:
required to do work. 1
3. More men can do more work  Ratio of times taken
in less time. by AA and BB to
4. MM men can do a piece of finish a work
work in TT hours, then Total = 1:x1:x ie; AA will
effort or work =MT man take (1x)th(1x)th of
hoursTotal effort or the time taken
work =MT man hours. by BB to do the same
5. Rate of work * Time = Work work.
DoneRate of
work * Time = Work Done Shortcuts for frequently asked time and
6. If AA can do a piece of work work problems
in DD days, then AA's 1 day's
work = 1D1D.  AA and BB can do a piece of work
Part of work done in 'a'′a′ days and 'b'′b′ days
by AA for tt days = tDtD. respectively, then working together:
7. If AA's 1 day's work = 1D1D, 1. They will complete the work
then AA can finish the work in aba+baba+b days
in DD days. 2. In one day, they will
finish (a+bab)th(a+bab)th pa
rt of work.

 If AA can do a piece of work Then,x=ab−−√ daysx=ab days

in aa days, BB can do in bb days
and CC can do in cc days then,  If m1m1 men or b1b1 boys can
complete a work in DD days,
A, B and C together can finish the then m2m2 men and b2b2 boys can
same work inabcab+bc+ca daysA, B complete the same work
and C together can finish the same in Dm1b1m2b1+m1b2Dm1b1m2b1+
work inabcab+bc+ca days m1b2 days.
 If mm men or ww women or bb boys
 If AA can do a work in xx days can do work in DD days, then 1 man,
and AA and BB together can do the 1 woman and 1 boy together can
same work in yy days then, together do the same work
in Dmwbmw+wb+bmDmwbmw+wb
Number of days required to complete +bm days
the work if B works  If the number of men to do a job is
alone=xyx−ydaysNumber of days changed in the ratio a:ba:b, then the
required to complete the work if B time required to do the work will be
works alone=xyx-ydays changed in the inverse ratio.
ie; b:ab:a
 If AA and BB together can do a piece  If people work for same number of
of work days, ratio in which the total money
in xx days, BB and CC together can earned has to be shared is the ratio
do it in yy days of work done per day by each one of
and CCand AA together can do it them.
in zz days, then number of days AA, BB, CC can do a piece of work
required to do the same work: in xx, yy, zz days respectively. The
1. If A, B, and C working ratio in which the amount earned
together should be shared
= 2xyzxy+yz+zx2xyzxy+yz+z is 1x:1y:1z=yz:zx:xy1x:1y:1z=yz:zx:
x xy
2. If A working alone  If people work for different number
= 2xyzxy+yz−zx2xyzxy+yz-zx of days, ratio in which the total
3. If B working alone money earned has to be shared is the
= 2xyz−xy+yz+zx2xyz- ratio of work done by each one of
xy+yz+zx them.
4. If C working alone
= 2xyzxy−yz+zx2xyzxy-yz+zx Special cases of time and work problems
 If AA and BB can together complete
a job in xx days.  Given a number of people work
If AA alone does the work and together/alone for different time
takes aa days more periods to complete a work, for
than AA and BB working together. eg: AA and BB work together for few
If BB alone does the work and days, then CC joins them, after few
takes bb days more days BB leaves the job. To solve such
than AA and BB working together. problems, following procedure can
be adopted.

1. Let the entire job be m)(D+d)

completed in DD days. ie; MD=(M−m)(D+d)MD=(M-
2. Let sum of parts of the work m)(D+d)
completed by each person =
M(D+d–D)=m(D+d)M(D+d–
1.
3. Find out part of work done by D)=m(D+d)
each person with respect
to DD. This can be easily M=m(D+d)dM=m(D+d)d
found out if you calculate
how many days each person  Given AA takes aa days to do
worked with respect to DD. work. BB takes bb days to do the
4. Substitute values found out in same work. Now AA and BB started
Step 3 in Step 2 and solve the the work together and nn days before
equation to get unknowns. the completion of work AA leaves the
job. Find the total number of days
 A certain no of men can do the work taken to complete work?
in DD days. If there were mm more
men, the work can be done Let DD be the total number of days
in dd days less. How many men were to complete work.
there initially? AA and BB work together for D−nD-
n days.
Let the initial number of men be MM
So, (D−n)(1a+1b)+n(1b)=1(D-
Number of man days to complete
work = MDMD n)(1a+1b)+n(1b)=1
If there are M+mM+m men, days D(1a+1b)–na−nb+nb=1D(1a+1b)–
taken = D−dD-d na-nb+nb=1
So, man days D(1a+1b)=n+aaD(1a+1b)=n+aa
= (M+m)(D−d)(M+m)(D-d)
ie; MD=(M+m)(D−d)MD=(M+m)( D=b(n+a)a+bD=b(n+a)a+b days.
D-d)
M(D–(D−d))=m(D−d)M(D–(D-
Frequently asked questions in quantitative
d))=m(D-d)
aptitude test on time and work
M=m(D−d)dM=m(D-d)d
 Given A takes x days to do work. B
 A certain no of men can do the work takes y days to do the same work. If
in DD days. If there were mm less A and B work together, how many
men, the work can be done in dddays days will it take to complete the
more. How many men were initially? work.
 If A and B together can do a piece of
Let the initial number of men be MM work in x days, B and C together can
do it in y days and C and A together
Number of man days to complete
can do it in z days, find how many
work = MDMD days it takes for each of them to
If there are M−mM-m men, days complete the work if they worked
taken = D+dD+d individually. How many days will it
So, man days = (M−m)(D+d)(M-
take to complete the work if they 1. You have to calculate for

worked together? another combination of them
 Give A is n times efficient than B. to complete the work.
Also A takes n days less than B to 2. How long will one set of
complete the work. How many days people take to complete the
will it take to complete the work if entire work?
they worked together? 3. A certain combination starts
 Given A takes x days to do work. B the job and after few days
takes y days to do the same work. leaves the work. Find the
Now A & B together begins a work. number of people from the
After few days one of them leaves. category who are required to
Also given the other takes n more finish the remaining work.
days to complete the work.  Problems related to wages from
1. Find total number of days to work. How much each person earns
complete the work. from the work done.
2. How many days did they
work together?
takes y days to do the same work. A
started the work and B joined him
after n days.
1. How long did it take to
complete the work?
2. How many days did they
work together? Or How long
did B work?
 Case 5 with 3 people joining work
one after the other.
takes y days to do the same work. If
A and B works on alternate days ie A
alone works on first day, B alone
works on next day and this cycle
continues, in how many days will the
work be finished
 Given A alone can complete a job in
x days and also B is b% efficient
than A. How many days will it take
to complete work if B works alone.
 Problems where combinations of
workers [men, women, girls and
boys] take some days to do a work.
These problems are solved using
man days concept.

Practice Problems On Time and Work Q3: A can a work in 50 days and B is 50%
efficient than A. find in how many days A
Q1: A, B and C can do a work in 6, 8 and and B together can complete the work?
12 days respectively. Doing that work A) 30
together they get an amount of Rs. 1350. B) 40
What is the share of B in that amount? C) 50
D) 33(1/3)
Shortcut trick: A’s share : B’s share : C’s E) 16(2/3)
share =
View Answer : Option D
B’s time * C’s time : A’s time * C’s time : Solution: B is 50% efficient than A
A’s time * B’s time . A………..B
Efficiency 2……….. 1
= 96 : 72 : 48 = 4 : 3 : 2 Days 1…………2
1 == 50 . So 2 == 100
B’s share = 1350/9 * 3 A= 50……….2 (LCM = 100)
B =100………1
= 450 Rs. A+ B = 3
100/3 =33(1/3) days.
Q2: A is 20% more efficient than B and
50% more efficient than C. if they together Q4: 30 men are supposed to do a work in
can do a work in 24 days then find in how 38 days. After 25 days, 5 more men were
many days B alone can do the work? employed on work for which the work is
A) 60days completed in 1 day before . If 5 more men
B) 72days were not worked then how many days took
C) 90days in delay?
D) 180days A) 1 day
E) 100days B) 2 days
C) 3 days
View Answer : Option B D) 4 days
Solution: E) None of these.
. A ………B | A………C
Efficiency 6……….5 | 3………2 View Answer : Option A
Days 5……….6 | 2………3 Solution: 30Men * 25 days = 750
Days A : B : C 35 Men * 12 Days = 420
. 10 12 15 Total =750+420=1170
A = 10……….6 Now,1170/30 =39 days
B = 12………..5 …. (LCM = 60) 1 day delay
C = 15………..4
A+B+ C = 15 Q5: A group of men decided to do a job in
60/15=4 4 days but 20 men dropped out everyday
4=24 ,the job was completed at the end of the 7th
1= 6 day .Find the men who are in the work
B=12= 12*6 = 72days initially ?
A) 155
B) 135

C) 120 . +1 == 42hours
D) 140 So 42hours
E) 160
Q8: A can write 75 pages in 25 hrs. A and
View Answer : Option D B together can write 135 pages in 27
Solution: hrs. In what time can B write 42 pages?
Total work = M * 4 = 4M A) 17
M + (M+20) +……. B) 19
7/2 [2M +6(-20)] =4M C) 23
M=140 D) 21
E) 20
Q6: Ram and Ritesh can do a piece of work
in 24 and 30 days respectively. They both View Answer : Option D
started and worked for 6 days. Ritesh then Solution:
leaves the work and another their friend A can write 75/25 =3pages in 1hr
Ronie joins the work and completed the A+B can 135/27 = 5pages in 1hr
remaining work with Ram in 11 days . Find B can write 5-3 = 2page in 1hr
how many days are taken by Ronie alone to 42/2 =21hrs
finish the work?
A) 110 days Q9: A & B can do a piece of work in
B) 132 days 80days. B & C can do same work in 50
C) 150 days days and C & A can do same work in 60
D) 120 days days. Find in how many days they all
E) None of these. together can complete that work?
A) 40 (40/59)
View Answer : Option D B) 60 (40/59)
Solution: C) 36 (40/59)
(1/24 + 1/30) *6 +(1/24 + 1/Ronie ) *11 = 1 D) 25 (40/59)
Therefore ,Ronie takes 120 days to finish the E) 26 (40/59)
work.
View Answer : Option A
Q7: A tap take 42hrs extra to fill a tank due Solution:
to a leakage equivalent to half of its inflow. LCM = 2400
The inlet pipe alone can fill the tank in A + B = 80………….2400/80 = 30
how many hour? B + C = 50…………………………..48
A) 42hrs C + A = 60…………………………..40
B) 21hrs 2(A + B + C) = 118
C) 36hrs A+ B + C = 59
D) 28hrs So 2400/59 days
E) 30hrs
Q10: A & B separately can do a piece of
View Answer : Option A work in 9days and 12days respectively. If
Solution: they work for a day alternatively, A starts
.Without leak……………………With leak the work, in how many days will the work
Efficiency 2………………………….1 will get completed?
Time 1…………………………..2 A) 12(1/4)

B) 10(1/4) 60days. Find in how many days A alone

C) 8(1/6) can do the work?
D) 10(5/6) A) 40
E) 9(1/6) B) 60
C) 120
View Answer : Option B D) 90
Solution: E) 110
A=9 4
B=12 3 [LCM=36] View Answer Option B
2 days alternate (4+3) = 7 days Solution:
2*5 7*5 A+B…30……2
10days 35days B……60……1……………(LCM=60)
now A’s turn so- 10(1/4) days A ……………1
A = 60/1 = 60
Q11: A and B together can complete a
work in 30days and B alone can do it in

Time & Work

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) 13days
c) 20 3 days
7
d) None of these
2).A does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete
the work, how much time shall B take to do it?
a) 30 days
b) 40 days
c) 15 days
d) None of these
3).A is 50% as efficient as B.C does half of the work done by A and B together. If C alone does the work
in 40 days, then A ,B and C together can do the work in?
a) 131 days
3
b) 20 days
c) 15 days
d) 30 days
4). Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A worked twice as
efficiently as he actually did and B worked 1 as efficiently as he actually did, the work would
3
have been completed in 3 days. A alone could complete the work in?
a) 71 days
2
b) 61 days
4
c) 51 days
4
d) None of these
5). A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction
of the work that is left is?
1
a)
1
0
1
b)
4
7
c)
1
5
8
d)
1
5
6). 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?
a) 8
b) 5
c) 6
d) 51
2
7). A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work
together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. The whole work
was completed in?
a) 10 days
b) 15 days
c) 12 days
d) 8 days
8). A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced
to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in?
a) 6 days
b) 5 days
c) 10 days
d) 101 days
2
9). A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same number of books in
10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 a.m. While
machine P is closed at 11 am and the remaining two machines complete the work. Approximately at
what time will the work be finished?
a) 11:30 am
b) 12:30 pm
c) 12 noon
d) 1 pm
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) 36 days
c) 24 days
d) 30 days
11).X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone and
then after 4 days .Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
a) 6 days
b) 10 days
c) 15 days
d) 20 days
12).A and B can together finish work in 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 job?
a) 40
b) 50
c) 54
d) 60
13).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 1/3 days
b) 16 days
c) 25days
d) 50 days
14).A, B,C together can complete a piece of work in 10 days. All the three started working at it together
and after 4 days A left. Then B and C together completed the work in 10 more days .A alone could
complete the work in?
a) 15 days
b) 16 days
c) 25 days
d) 50 days
15).A does 4/5 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 ½ days
d) 40 days
16).A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for16 days. B finished the
remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?
a) 30 days
b) 40 days
c) 60 days
d) 70 days
17).A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, which B and C together can do in 16 days.
After A has been working at it for 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes it in 13 days. In how many days
C alone will do the work?
a) 46
b) 24
c) 16
d) 36
18).A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began to the work
together but A leaves after some days and then B completed the remaining work in 23 days. The
number of days which A left the work was?
a) 8
b) 6
c) 9
d)12
19).A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before
the completion of the work, A leave off The total number of days to complete the work is?
a) 6 3/5
b) 8 1/2
c) 10 1/5
d) 13 1/2
20).A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days
before the completion of the work, A leave off The total number of days to complete the work is?
a) 15 days
b) 25 days
c) 22 days
d) 35 days
21).A, B and C together earn Rs.300 per day, while A and C together earn Rs.188 and B and C together
earn Rs.152.The daily earning of C is?
a) Rs.40
b) Rs.112
c) Rs.68
d) Rs.150
22).A,B and c are employed to do a piece of work for Rs.529.A and B together are supposed to do
19/23 of the work and B and C together 8/23 of the work. What amount should A be paid?
a) Rs.315
b) Rs.345
c) Rs.375
d) Rs.355
23). Kim can do a work in 3 days while David can do the same work in 2 days. Both of them finish
the work together and get Rs.150.What is the share of Kim?
a) Rs.70
b) Rs.60
c) Rs.75
d) Rs.30
24).If A can do ¼ of a work in 3 days and 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?
a) Rs.60
b) Rs.36
c) Rs.75
d) Rs.70
25).A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for
Rs.3200.With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
a) Rs.600
b) Rs.400
c) Rs.375
d) Rs.800
26).A sum of money is sufficient to pay A’s wages for 21 days and B’s wages for 28 days. The same
money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for?
a) 12 days
b) 14 days
c) 121/4 days
d) 24 ½ days
27).A can do a piece of work in 10 days in 15 days. They work for 5 days. The rest of the work had
finished by C in 2 days. If they get Rs.1500 for the whole work, the daily wages of B and C are?
a) Rs.150
b) Rs.225
c) Rs.250
d) Rs.300
28).A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete it in 20 days. If B does the
work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete the work?
a) 10 days
b) 20 days
c) 15 days
d) 11 days
29).A alone can complete a work in 16 days and B alone in 12 days. Starting with A, they work on
alternate days. The total work will be completed in?
a) 12 days
b) 13 days
c) 13 5 days
7
d) 13 3days
4
30).A, B and C can do a piece of work in 11 days,20 days and 55 days respectively, working alone. How
soon can the work be done if A is assisted by B and C on every third day?
a) 7 days
b) 8 days
c) 9 days
d) 10 days
31).A, B and C can separately do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days
can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on alternative days?
a) 12 days
b) 15 days
c) 18 days
d) 16 days
32). A and B can separately do a piece of work in 20 and 15 days respectively. They worked together
for 6 days, after which B was replaced by C. If the work was finished in next 4 days, then the number
of days in which C alone could do the work will be?
a) 30 days
b) 35 days
c) 40 days
d) 60 days
33).A, B and C can do a work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work but A left 8
days before the completion of the work while B left 12 days before the completion. The number of days
for which C worked is?
a) 4
b) 12
c) 8
d) 24
34).Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can completed the same work in fifteen
days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and women?
a) 3:4
b) 4:3
c) 5:3
d) Data inadequate
35).10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complete the same work in 12
days. If all the 10 men and 15 women work together, in how many days will the work get completed?
a) 6
b) 61
3
c) 62
3
d) 72
3
36).Seven men can complete a work in 12 days. They started the work and after 5 days, two men left
.How many days will they take to complete the remaining work?
a) 2 days
b) 4 days
c) 5 days
d) None of these
37).12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days,6 more men join them.
How many days will they take to complete the remaining work?
a) 2 days
b) 4 days
c) 3 days
d) 5 days
e) None of these
38).Three men, four women and six children can complete a work in seven days. A woman does double
the work a man does half the work a man does. How many women alone can complete this work in 7
days?
a) 7
b) 8
c) 12
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
39).A man, a woman and a boy can complete a job in 3,4 and 12 days respectively. How many boys
must assist 1 man 1 woman to complete the job ¼ of a day?
a) 1
b) 4
c) 19
d) 41
40).10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one man
alone to complete the same work. How many days will be required for one woman alone to complete
the same work?
a) 90
b) 145
c) 125
d) 150
e) None of these
41).12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 15 women can complete the same work in 4
days.6 men start working on the job and after working for 2 days, all of them stopped working. How
many women should be put on job to complete the remaining work, if it is to be completed in 3 days?
a) 15
b) 22
c) 18
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
42).Twelve children take sixteen days to complete a work which can complete by eight adults in twelve
days. Sixteen adults started working and after three days ten adults left and four children joined them.
a) 3
b) 8
c) 4
d) 6
e) None of these
43).10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 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
e) None of these
44).Sixteen men can complete a work in twelve days. Twenty –four children can complete the same work
in eighteen days. Twelve men and eight children started working and after eight days three more
children joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?
a) 2 days
b) 4 days
c) 6 days
d) 8 days
e) None of these
45).Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen days. Thirty-two women can complete the same
work in twenty-four days .Sixteen men and sixteen women started working and worked for twelve days.
How many more men are to added to complete the remaining work in 2 days?
a) 16
b) 24
c) 36
d) 48
e) None of these
46).5 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as much work as a man and a boy. Working
capacities of a woman and a boy are in the ratio?
a) 1:2
b) 2:1
c) 1:3
d) 3:1
47).If 12 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as much work as a man and a boy.
Working capacities of a woman and a boy are in the ratio?
a) 2:1
b) 3:1
c) 3:2
d) 5:4
48).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) 50
d) 45
49).One man,3 women and 4 boys can do a piece of work in 96 hours,2 men and 8 days can do it in 80
hours,2 men and 3 women can do it in 120 hours.5men and 12 boys can do in:?
a) 39 1/11hours
b) 42 7 hours
11
hours
c) 43 7
11
d) 44 hours
50).If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in
2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be?
a) 4 days
b) 5 days
c) 6 days
d) 7 days
Solutions
Answers: 1). b)2). a) 3). a) 4). b) 5). d) 6). c) 7). c) 8). c) 9). d) 10). a)
Answers: 11). b) 12). d) 13). a) 14). c)15). c)16). c 17).b 18).c 19).c 20).a
Answers: 21).a 22).b 23).b 24).d 25).b 26).a 27). b) 28). c) 29). d) 30). b)
Answers: 31). b) 32). c) 33). d) 34). b) 35).c 36). d). 37).a 38). a) 39). d) 40). e)
Answers: 41). a) 42). e) 43). c) 44). b) 45). b) 46). b) 47). a) 48). b) 49). c) 50). a)
Q1. Option B
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 100: 130 = 10: 13,
Suppose B takes x days to do the work.
Then, 10: 13:: 23 : x => x =(
𝑜 𝑜
A and B together can complete the job in 13 days.
Q2. Option A
Suppose B takes x days to do the work
A takes ( 𝑜 𝑜
(A+B)’s 1 day’s work =
Q3 A’s 1 day’s work) : (B’s 1 day’s work)=150:100=3:2.
Let A’s and B’s 1 day’s work be 3x and 2x respectively.

then C’s 1 day’s work =
𝑜 ( )
A’s 1 day’s work = ( )
So, A,B and C together can do the work in 40/ 3 =
Q4. Option B
Let A’s 1 day’s work = x and B’s 1 day’s work = y
then, 𝑛
Solving, we get : 𝑛
So, A alone could complete the work in
Q5. Option D
A’s 1 day’s work = B’s 1 day’s work =
(A+B)’s 1 day’s work = ( )

(A+B)’s 4 day’s work =
Remaining work =
Q6. Option C
B’s 10 day’s work = ( ) Remaining work =
Now work is done by A in 1 day
work done by A in = 6 days
Q7 Option C
Work done by A and B in 2 days =

Remaining work =
Now, work will be done by A in 1 day
work will be done by A in ( )
Hence, total time taken = (10+2) = 12 days
Q8 Option C
(B+C)’s 1 day’s work = ( )

Work done by B and C in 3 days = ( )
Remaining work =
So, 5/12 work is done by A in ( ) days
Q9 Option D
(P+Q+R)’s 1 hour’s work = ( )
Work done by P,Q and R in 2 hours = ( )
Remaining work =
(Q+R)’s 1 hour’s work = ( )

Now, work is done by Q and R in 1 hour
So, work will be done by Q and R in 𝑜 𝑜
So, the work will be finished approximately 2 hours after 11am i.e. around 1p.m
Q10 Option A
2(A+B+C)’s 1 day’s work = ( )
(A+B+C)’s 1 day’s work =
Work done by A, B and C in 19 days =

Remaining work =
So, work will be done by A in = 18 days
Q11. Option B
Work done by X in 4 days = = Remaining work =

(X+Y)’s 1 day’s work =( )
Now, work is done in X and Y in 1 day
So, work will be done by X and Y in ( ) = 6 days
Hence, total time taken = (6+4) days = 10 days
Q12 Option D
(A+B)’s 20 day’s work = ( ) Remaining Work =
Now, work is done by A in 20 days
Whole work will be done by A in days
13 Option A
Work done by X in 8 days = ( )
Remaining Work =
Now, work is done by Y in 16 days
Whole work will be done by Y in (16× = 20 days

X’s 1 day’s work = Y’s 1 day’s work =
(X+Y)’s 1 day’s work =

Hence , X and will together complete the work in days
14 Option C
Work done by A, B and C in 4 days = ( ) Remaining work =
Now, work is done by B and C in 10 days
Whole work will be done B and C in = days
(A+B+C)’s 1 day’s work = , (B+C)’s 1 day’s work =
A alone could complete the work in 25 days
Q15 Option C
Whole work is done by A in
Now i.e work is done by A and B in 3 days
Whole work will be done by A and B in 3 x 5 = 15 days
A’s 1 day’s work = (A+B)’s 1 day’s work =
So, B alone would do the work in = days
Q16 Option C
Let A’s 1 day’s work = x and B’s 1 day’s work = y
Then x+y = and

Solving these two equations, we get and
B’s 1 day’s work =
Hence, B alone shall finish the whole work in 60 days.
Q17 Option B
A’s 5 day’s work + B’s 7 day’s work +C’s 13 day’s work=1
=> (A+B)’s 5 day’s work + (B+C)’s day’s work+ C’s 11day’s work = 1
=> 11 day’s work = 1
=> C’s 11 day’s work = ( )

=> C’s 1 day’s work = ( )
C alone can finish the work in 24 days.
Q18 Option C
Work done by B in 23 days = ( ) Remaining work = ( )
Now work was done by (A+B) in 1 day
work was done by (A+B) in ( )
A left after 9 days
Q19 Option C
B’s 3 day’s work = ( ) Remaining work = ( )

Now, work is done by A and B in 1 day
work is done by A and B in ( ) days
Hence, total time taken = ( ) days
Q20 Option A
(A+B+C)’s 1 day’s work = ( )
Work done by (A+B+C) in 4 days = ( )
Work done by B in 3 days = ( ) Remaining work = * ( )+
Now, work is done by A and B in ( ) days

Hence, total time taken = (4+3+8) = 15 days
Q21 Option A
B’s daily earning = Rs. (300 – 188) = Rs. 112
A’s daily earning = Rs. (300 – 152) = Rs. 148.
C’s daily earning = Rs. [30 – (112 + 148)] = Rs 40
Q22 Option B
Work done by A = ( )
A: (B+C) = = 15:8
So, A’s share = Rs ( )
Q23 Option B
Kim’s wages: David’s wages = Kim’s 1 day’s work: David’s 1 day’s work
Kim’s share = Rs ( )
Q24 Option D
Whole work is done by A in (3× 4) = 12 days.
Whole work is done by B in (4× 6) = 24 days.
A’s wages: B’s wages = A’s 1 day’s work; B’s 1 day’s work =
A’s share = Rs( )
Q25 Option B
C’s 1 day’s work = ( )
A’s wage : B’s wage : C’s wage =
C’s share = Rs( )
Q26 Option A
Let total money be Rs. X
A’s 1 days’ wage = , B’s 1 day’s wage = Rs
(A+B)’s 1 day’s wage = Rs( )
Money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for 12 days
Q27 Option B
Part of the work done by A= ( )

Part of the work done by B = ( )
Part of the work done by C = ( )
A’s share = Rs
B’s share = Rs
C’s share = Rs ( )
A’s daily wages = ( )
B’s daily wages = Rs
C’s daily wages = Rs
Daily wages of B and C = Rs. (100 + 125) =Rs. 225
Q28 Option C
B’s 1 day’s work ( )
Now, (A+B)’s 1 day’s work = ( ) [B works for half day only]

So, A and B together will complete the work in 15 days
Q29 Option D
Work done in 6 pairs of days = ( ) Remaining work =
Work done by A on 13th day = Remaining work = ( )

On 14th day, it is B’s turn.
work is done by B in 1 day , work is done by B in ( )
Total time taken = days
Q30 Option B
(A+B)’s 1 day’s work = ( ) (A+C)’s work = ( )
Work done in 2 days = ( )
Now, ¼ work is done by A in 2 days
Whole work will be done in days
Q31 Option B
(A+B+C)’s 1 day’s work = ( )
Work done in 3 days = ( )
Now, work is to be done in 3 days
Whole work will be done in (3× 5) = 15
Q32 Option C

(A+C)’s 4 day’s work =
(A+C)’s 1 day’s work =

A’s 1 day’s work =
C’s 1 day’s work = ( )

Hence, C alone can finish the work in 40 days
Q33. Option C
Suppose, the work was finished in days
Then A’x day’s work + B’s day’s work + C’s day’s work = 1
Q34 Option B
(20× 16) Women can complete the work in 1 day.
1 woman’s 1 day’s work =
(16× 15) men can complete the work in 1 day
1 man’s 1 day’s work =
So, required ratio =
Q35 Option C
(10 men + 15 women)’s 1 day’s work = ( )
10 men and 15 women will complete the work in days
Q36 Option D
(7× 12) 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑐 𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑒 𝑒 𝑜 𝑛1
1 man’s day’s work
men’s day’s work ( )
Remaining work =
man’s day’s work ( )
work is done by them in 1 day
work is done by them in ( ) days = days
Q37 Option A
man’s day’s work
men’s day’s work
Remaining work = ( )
men’s day’s work ( )
Work is done by them in 1 day
work is done by them in ( ) days
Q38 option A
Let woman’s day’s work x
Then man’s day’s work and child’s day’s work

So, ( ) ( )
1 woman alone can complete the work in 49 days.
So, to complete the work in 7 days, number of women required =
Q39 Option D
man woman ’s day’s work ( )
Work done by 1 man and 1 woman in day = ( )
Remaining work =
Work done by 1 boy in day = ( )
Number of boys required =
Q40 Option E
1 man’s 1 day’s work = (10 men + 15 women)’s day work =

15 women’s 1 day’s work = ( ) ( )
1 woman alone can complete the work in 225 days.
Q41 Option A
6 men’s 2 day’s work = ( )
Remaining work =
Now, work is done in 1 day by 1 woman
So, work will be done in 3 days by women
Q42 Option E
1 child’s 1 day’s work =
1 adult’s 1 day’s work =

Work done in 3 days =( )
Remaining work =
(6 adults + 4 children)’s 1 day’s work =
work is done by them in 1 day
work is done by them in ( ) days
Q43 Option C
1 woman’s 1 day’s work
1𝑐 𝑙 ′ 1 ′ 𝑜 =
(5 women + 10 children)’s 1 day’s work =( ) ( )
Q44 Option B
Work done in 8 days = ( ) ( )
Remaining work =
(12 men + 11 children)’s 1 day’s work = ( )
Now work is done by them in 1 day
work will be done by them in ( ) days
Q45 Option B
man’s 1 day’s work =
woman’s 1 day’s work =
Work done in 12 days = ( ) ( )
Remaining work =
(16 men + 16 women)’s 2 day’s work = ( ) ( )
Remaining work = ( )
Work is done in 1 day by 1 man

work will be done in 2 days by ( ) men
Q46 Option B
Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 boy’s work = y

then,
Q47 Option A
Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 boy’s work = y
Then, and
Required Ratio = x:y =
Q48 Option B
Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 woman’s 1 day’s work = y

Then, and
Solving these two equations, we get
10 women’s 1 day’s work = ( )
Hence, 10 women will complete the work in 40 days.
Q49 Option C
Let 1 man’s 1 hour’s work = x, 1 woman’s 1 hour’s work = y
and 1 boy’s 1 hour’s work = z. Then,

…..(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Adding (ii) and (iii) and subtracting (i) from it, we get it, we get: ….(iv)
From (ii) and (iv), we get
Substituting we get y = , z=
(5 men + 12 boy)’s 1 hour’s work = ( ) ( )
5 men and 12 boys can do the work in i.e. hours
Q50 Option A
Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 boy’s 1 day’s work = y
then, and

(15 men+20 boy)’s 1 day’s work = ( )
15 men and 20 boys can do the work in 4 days.
TIME AND WORK

MODULE OBJECTIVE:
In this lesson we will discuss one of the most easiest and important topic i.e. WORK.
DEFINITION :
Technically speaking, Work is the quantity of energy transferred from one system to
another but for question based on this topic-
Work is defined as the amount of job assigned or the amount of job actually done.
Problem on work are based on the application of concept of ratio of time and speed.|
Work is always considered as a whole or one. There exists an analogy between the time-
speed-distance problems and work.
Work based problem are more or less related to time speed and distance.
Above mentioned definition of work throws light on three important points.
 Work = 1 ( as it is always measured as a whole) = Distance

 Rate at which work is done = speed
 Number of days required to do the work = Time
Formulas:
1. Work from Days:
1
If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's work = .
n
2. Days from Work:
1
If A's 1 day's work = ,then A can finish the work in n days.
n
3. Ratio:
If A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:
Ratio of work done by A and B = 3 : 1.
Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a work = 1 : 3.
4. If A is 'x' times as good a workman as B, then he will take of the time by B to do
the same work.
5. A and B can do a piece of work in 'a' days and 'b' days respectively, then working
together, they will take days to finish the work and in one day, they will finish
part of work.
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1) Problem: If 9 men working 6 hours a day can do a work in 88 days. Then 6 men
working 8 hours a day can do it in how many days?
Solution: From the above formula i.e (m1*t1/w1) = (m2*t2/w2)

so (9*6*88/1) = (6*8*d/1)
on solving, d = 99 days.
2) Problem: If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day.

How many more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 6 days
working 9 hours a day?

so, (34*8*9/(2/5)) = (x*6*9/(3/5))
so, x = 136 men
number of men to be added to finish the work = 136-34 = 102 men
3) Problem: If 5 women or 8 girls can do a work in 84 days. In how many days can
10 women and 5 girls can do the same work?
Solution: Given that 5 women is equal to 8 girls to complete a work. So, 10 women =
16 girls. Therefore 10 women + 5 girls = 16 girls + 5 girls = 21 girls.
8 girls can do a work in 84 days then 21 girls can do a work in (8*84/21) = 32 days.
Therefore 10 women and 5 girls can a work in 32 days
4) Problem: Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker B takes 10 hours to do the

same job. How long it take both A & B, working together but independently, to do
the same job?
Solution: A's one hour work = 1/8. B's one hour work = 1/10. (A+B)'s one hour work
= 1/8+1/10 = 9/40. Both A & B can finish the work in 40/9 days
5) Problem: A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the
time taken by A. Then,working together, what part of the same work they can finish
in a day?
Solution: Given that B alone can complete the same work in days = half the time
taken by A = 9 days
A's one day work = 1/18
B's one day work = 1/9
(A+B)'s one day work = 1/18+1/9 = 1/6
6) Problem: A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of

work in 18 days.In how many days will A alone finish the work.
Solution: if A takes x days to do a work then B takes 2x days to do the same work
= > 1/x+1/2x = 1/18
= > 3/2x = 1/18
= > x = 27 days.
Hence, A alone can finish the work in 27 days.
7) Problem: A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A.

How many days does B alone take to do the same job?
Solution: Ratio of time taken by A & B = 160:100 = 8:5

Suppose B alone takes x days to do the job.
Then, 8:5::12:x
= > 8x = 5*12
= > x = 15/2 days.
8) Problem: A can do a piece of work n 7 days of 9 hours each and B alone can do it
in 6 days of 7 hours each. How long will they take to do it working together 8 2/5
hours a day?
Solution: A can complete the work in (7*9) = 63 days

B can complete the work in (6*7) = 42 days
= > A's one hour's work = 1/63 and
B's one hour work = 1/42
(A+B)'s one hour work = 1/63+1/42 = 5/126
Therefore, Both can finish the work in 126/5 hours.
Number of days of 8 2/5 hours each = (126*5/(5*42)) = 3 days
9) Problem: A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time to finish a piece
of work. Working together they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work
alone in ?
Solution: Suppose A,B and C take x,x/2 and x/3 hours respectively finish the
work then 1/x+2/x+3/x = 1/2
= > 6/x = 1/2
= >x = 12
So, B takes 6 hours to finish the work.
10) Problem: X can do ¼ of a work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of work in 40 days and
Z can do 1/3 of work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?
Solution: Whole work will be done by X in 10*4 = 40 days.

Whole work will be done by Y in (40*100/40) = 100 days.
Whole work will be done by Z in (13*3) = 39 days
Therefore, Z will complete the work first.
11) Problem: If A can complete a work in 10 days and B is 100 faster than A.
How much time B will take to complete the work?
Solution:
A takes to perform 1 work = 10 days.
= B will perform the same work = time than A.
= B will take to perform the same work =
12) If 10 men are working on a project and can complete the work in 10 days.
5 of them are placed at some other work, then how much time will take
remaining to perform the job?
Solution:
Men at work earlier = 10
Men at work later = 5
Ration of workers = a : b = 2 : 1
10 men can perform the complete task = 10 days
5 men will perform the same task in = b : a time = 1 : 2 => 20 days.
13) Problem : A group of men completes a work in 10 days, but five of them are
absent and so the rest do the work in 12 days. Find the original number of Men.
Solution:
More men, less days.
= Total men at work =30
14. A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many
days does B alone take to do the same job?

Then, 8:5::12:x
= > 8x = 5*12
= > x = 15/2 days.
15) A can do a piece of work n 7 days of 9 hours each and B alone can do it in 6 days
of 7 hours each. How long will they take to do it working together 8 2/5 hours a day?

= > A’s one hour’s work = 1/63 and
B’s one hour work = 1/42
(A+B)’s one hour work = 1/63+1/42 = 5/126
EXERCISE PROBLEMS
1. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4
days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :
1 1
A. B.
4 10
7 8/
C. D.
15 15
1. Answer: Option D
Explanation:
1
A's 1 day's work = ;
15
1
B's 1 day's work = ;
20
1 1 7
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = + = .
15 20 60
7 7
(A + B)'s 4 day's work = x4 = .
60 15
7 8
Therefore, Remaining work = 1 - = .
15 15
2. A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the
same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone
can do the job in:
1 2
A.9 days B.9 days
5 5
3 9/5
C. D.10
days
2. Answer: Option C
Explanation:
1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = ,
4
1
A's 1 day's work = ,
16
1
B's 1 day's work = .
12
1 1 1 1 7 5
C's 1 day's work = - + = - = .
4 16 12 4 48 48
48 3
So, C alone can do the work in = 9 days.
5 5
3. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how
many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
A.12 days B.15 days
C.16 days D.18 days
Answr: Option B
Explanation:
1 1
A's 2 day's work = x2 = .
20 10
1 1 1 6 1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = + + = = .
20 30 60 60 10
1 1 1
Work done in 3 days = + = .
10 10 5
1
Now, work is done in 3 days.
5
Whole work will be done in (3 x 5) = 15 days.
4. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60

days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:
1
A.20 days B.22 days
2
C.25 days D.30 days
. Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 1 : 3.
The time difference is (3 - 1) 2 days while B take 3 days and A takes 1 day.
If difference of time is 2 days, B takes 3 days.
3
If difference of time is 60 days, B takes x 60 = 90 days.
2
So, A takes 30 days to do the work.
1
A's 1 day's work =
30
1
B's 1 day's work =
90
1 1 4 2
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = + = =
30 90 90 45
A and B together can do the work in45= 221days.
2 2
5. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B

undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3
days. How much is to be paid to C?
A.Rs. 375 B.Rs. 400
C.Rs. 600 D.Rs. 800
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
1 1 1 1 7 1
C's 1 day's work = - + = - = .
3 6 8 3 24 24
11 1
A's wages : B's wages : C's wages = : : = 4 : 3 : 1.
6 8 24
1
C's share (for 3 days) = Rs. 3 x x 3200 = Rs. 400.
24
6. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys
can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the
same type of work will be:
A.4 days B.5 days
C.6 days D.7 days
6. Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Let 1 man's 1 day's work = x and 1 boy's 1 day's work = y.
1 1
Then, 6x + 8y = and 26x + 48y = .
10 2
1 1
Solving these two equations, we get : x = and y = .
100 200
15 20 1
(15 men + 20 boy)'s 1 day's work = + = .
100 200 4
7. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, while

A and C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?
A.8 hours B.10 hours
C.12 hours D.24 hours
7. Answer: Option C
Explanation:
1
A's 1 hour's work = ;
4
1
(B + C)'s 1 hour's work = ;
3
1
(A + C)'s 1 hour's work = .
2
1 1 7
(A + B + C)'s 1 hour's work = + = .
4 3 12
7 1 1
B's 1 hour's work = - = .
12 2 12
B alone will take 12 hours to do the work.
8. A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If
A and B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could
do it in:
A.15 days B.20 days
C.25 days D.30 days
8. Answer: Option C
Explanation:
1
(A + B)'s 1 day's work =
10
1
C's 1 day's work =
50
1 1 6 3
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = + = = . .... (i)
10 50 50 25
A's 1 day's work = (B + C)'s 1 day's work .... (ii)
3
From (i) and (ii), we get: 2 x (A's 1 day's work) =
25
3
A's 1 day's work = .
50
1 3 2 1
B's 1 day's work - = = .
10 50 50 25
So, B alone could do the work in 25 days
9. 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
9. Answer: Option C
Explanation:
5
Whole work is done by A in 20 x = 25 days.
4
4 1
Now, 1 - i.e., work is done by A and B in 3 days.
5 5
Whole work will be done by A and B in (3 x 5) = 15 days.
1 1
A's 1 day's work = , (A + B)'s 1 day's work = .
25 15
1 1 4 2
B's 1 day's work = - = = .
15 25 150 75
So, B alone would do the work in75= 371days.
10. A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same
number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All
the machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the
remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the
work (to print one lakh books) be finished ?
A.11:30 A.M. B.12 noon
C.12:30 P.M. D.1:00 P.M.
10. Answer: Option D
Explanation:
1 1 1 37
(P + Q + R)'s 1 hour's work = + + = .
8 10 12 120
37 37
Work done by P, Q and R in 2 hours = x2 = .
120 60
37 23
Remaining work = 1 - = .
60 60
1 1 11
(Q + R)'s 1 hour's work = + = .
10 12 60
11
Now, work is done by Q and R in 1 hour.
60
23 60 23 23
So, work will be done by Q and R in x = hours 2 hours.
60 11 60 11
So, the work will be finished approximately 2 hours after 11 A.M., i.e., around 1
P.M.
11. 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?
1
A.5 B.5
2
C.6 D.8
11. Answer: Option C
Explanation:
1 2
B's 10 day's work = x 10 = .
15 3
2 1
3 3
1
Now, work is done by A in 1 day.
18
1 1
work is done by A in 18 x = 6 days.
3 3
12. 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
12.Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Let 1 man's 1 day's work = x and 1 woman's 1 day's work = y.
1 1
Then, 4x + 6y = and 3x + 7y = .
8 10
11 1
Solving the two equations, we get: x = ,y=
400 400
1
1 woman's 1 day's work = .
400
1 1
10 women's 1 day's work = x 10 = .
400 40
13. 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.40 B.50
C.54 D.60
13. Answer: Option D
Explanation:
1 2
(A + B)'s 20 day's work = x 20 = .
30 3
2 1
3 3
1
Now, work is done by A in 20 days.
3
Therefore, the whole work will be done by A in (20 x 3) = 60 days.

14. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the
same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together,
working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work?
5 6
A.5 B.5
11 11
5 6
C.6 D.6
11 11
14. Answer: Option A
Explanation:
P can complete the work in (12 x 8) hrs. = 96 hrs.
Q can complete the work in (8 x 10) hrs. = 80 hrs.
1 1
P's1 hour's work = and Q's 1 hour's work = .
96 80
1 1 11
(P + Q)'s 1 hour's work = + = .
96 80 480
480
So, both P and Q will finish the work in hrs.
11
480 1 60 5
Number of days of 8 hours each = x = days = 5 days.
11 8 11 11
15. 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.Cannot be determined
E.None of these
Explanation:
1
1 woman's 1 day's work =
70
1
1 child's 1 day's work =
140
5 10 1 1 1
(5 women + 10 children)'s day's work = + = + =
70 140 14 14 7
5 women and 10 children will complete the work in 7 days.

16. X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started
the work alone and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the
work. How long did the work last?
A.6 days B.10 days
C.15 days D.20 days
16. Answer: Option B
Explanation:
1 1
Work done by X in 4 days = x4 = .
20 5
1 4
5 5
1 1 8 2
(X + Y)'s 1 day's work = + = = .
20 12 60 15
2
Now, work is done by X and Y in 1 day.
15
4 15 4
So, work will be done by X and Y in x = 6 days.
5 2 5
Hence, total time taken = (6 + 4) days = 10 days.
17. 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
3
C.20 days D.None of these
17
Explanation:
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 100 : 130 = 10 : 13.
23 x 13 299
Then, 10 : 13 :: 23 : x x= x= .
10 10
1
A's 1 day's work = ;
23
10
299
1 10 23 1
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = + = = .
23 299 299 13
Therefore, A and B together can complete the work in 13 days.

18. Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32
pages on a computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much
time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an
assignment of 110 pages?
A.7 hours 30 minutes B.8 hours
C.8 hours 15 minutes D.8 hours 25 minutes
Explanation:
32 16
Number of pages typed by Ravi in 1 hour = = .
6 3
40
Number of pages typed by Kumar in 1 hour = = 8.
5
16 40
Number of pages typed by both in 1 hour = +8 = .
3 3
3
Time taken by both to type 110 pages = 110 x hours
40
1
= 8 hours (or) 8 hours 15 minutes.
4
19. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively.
Working together, they will complete the same work in:
1 7
A. day B. day
24 24
3
C.3 days D.4 days
7
Explanation:
1
Formula: If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's work = .
n
1 1 1 7
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = + + = .
24 6 12 24
1
Formula: If A's 1 day's work = ,then A can finish the work in n days.
n
24 3
So, all the three together will complete the job in =3 days.
days
20. 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
Explanation:
Ratio of times taken by Sakshi and Tanya = 125 : 100 = 5 : 4.
Suppose Tanya takes x days to do the work.
4 x 20
5 : 4 :: 20 : x x=
5
x = 16 days.
Hence, Tanya takes 16 days to complete the work.
21. 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
Explanation:
x x
Suppose A, B and C take x, and days respectively to finish the work.
2 3
1 2 3 1
Then, + + =
x x x 2
6 1
=
x 2
x = 12.
So, B takes (12/2) = 6 days to finish the work.

22. A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started
doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed
the remaining work. The whole work was completed in :
A.8 days B.10 days
C.12 days D.15 days
Explanation:
1 1 1
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = + = .
15 10 6
1 1
Work done by A and B in 2 days = x2 = .
6 3
1 2
3 3
1
15
2 2
work will be done by a in 15 x = 10 days.
3 3
Hence, the total time taken = (10 + 2) = 12 days.
23. 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
Explanation:
1 1 1 15 1
2(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = + + = = .
30 24 20 120 8
1 1
Therefore, (A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = = .
2 x 8 16
10 5
Work done by A, B, C in 10 days = = .
16 8
5 3
8 8
1 1 1
A's 1 day's work = - = .
16 24 48
1
48
3 3
So, work will be done by A in 48 x = 18 days.
24. 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
Explanation:
Ratio of rates of working of A and B = 2 : 1.
So, ratio of times taken = 1 : 2.
1
12
1
A's 1 day's work = ; (2 times of B's work)
6
1 1 3 1
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = + = = .
6 12 12 4
So, A and B together can finish the work in 4 days.
25. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the
same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a
woman?
A.3 : 4 B.4 : 3
C.5 : 3 D.Data inadequate
25.Answer: Option B
Explanation:
(20 x 16) women can complete the work in 1 day.
1
1 woman's 1 day's work = .
320
(16 x 15) men can complete the work in 1 day.
1
1 man's 1 day's work =
240
1 1
So, required ratio= :
240 320
11
= :
34
= 4 : 3 (cross multiplied)
26. A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B
and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :
A.4 days B.6 days
C.8 days D.12 days
Explanation:
1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = ;
6
1
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = ;
8
1
(B + C)'s 1 day's work = .
12
1 1 1
(A + C)'s 1 day's work= 2 x - +
6 8 12
1 5
= -
3 24
3
=
24
1
= .
8
So, A and C together will do the work in 8 days.
27. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the
work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
A.5 days B.6 days
1
C.10 days D.10 days
2
Explanation:
1 1 7
(B + C)'s 1 day's work = + = .
9 12 36
7 7
Work done by B and C in 3 days = x3 = .
36 12
7 5
12 12
1
24
5 5
So, work is done by A in 24 x = 10 days.
12 12
28. 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.131days B.15 days
3
C.20 days D.26 days
Explanation:
1 1
Work done by X in 8 days = x8 = .
40 5
1 4
5 5
4
Now, work is done by Y in 16 days.
5
5
Whole work will be done by Y in 16 x = 20 days.
4
1 1
X's 1 day's work = , Y's 1 day's work = .
40 20
1 1 3
(X + Y)'s 1 day's work = + = .
40 20 40
40 1
Hence, X and Y will together complete the work in = 13 days
29.
A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 times as efficient as B. The same
job can be done by A alone in :
1
A.9 days B.11 days
3
1 1
C.12 days D.16 days
4
Explanation:
7
(A's 1 day's work) : (B's 1 day's work) = : 1 = 7 : 4.
4
Let A's and B's 1 day's work be 7x and 4x respectively.
1 1 1
Then, 7x + 4x = 11x = x= .
7 7 77
1 1
A's 1 day's work = x7 = .
77 11
30. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16
days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B
finish the whole work alone?
A.30 days B.40 days
C.60 days D.70 days
Explanation:
Let A's 1 day's work = x and B's 1 day's work = y.
1
Then, x + y = and 16x + 44y = 1.
30
1 1
Solving these two equations, we get: x = and y =
60 60
1
60
Hence, B alone shall finish the whole work in 60 days.
31. If 9 men working 6 hours a day can do a work in 88 days. Then 6 men working 8
hours a day can do it in how many days?
A. 99 B. 69
C. 89 D. 55
so (9*6*88/1) = (6*8*d/1)
32. If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day. How many
more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in
6 days working 9 hours a day?
A. 120 B. 136
C. 60 D. 102
. Solution: From the above formula i.e (m1*t1/w1) = (m2*t2/w2)
so, (34*8*9/(2/5)) = (x*6*9/(3/5))
so x = 136 men
33. If 5 women or 8 girls can do a work in 84 days. In how many days can 10 women
and 5girls can do the same work?
A. 14 B. 32
C. 20 D. 24
Solution: Given that 5 women is equal to 8 girls to complete a work
so, 10 women = 16 girls.
Therefore 10women +5girls = 16girls+5girls = 21 girls.
8 girls can do a work in 84 days
then 21 girls ————— ?
Answer = (8*84/21) = 32 days. Therefore 10 women and 5 girls can a work in 32
days
34. Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker B takes 10hours to do the same job.
How long it take both A & B, working together but independently, to do the same
job?
A. 40/9 B. 56
C. 12 D.12 1/8
Solution: A’s one hour work = 1/8.

(A+B)’s one hour work = 1/8+1/10 = 9/40
Both A & B can finish the work in 40/9 days
35. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time
taken by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a
day?
A.1/9 B. 1/7
C. 1/6 D.4/6
taken by A = 9days
A’s one day work = 1/18
B’s one day work = 1/9
(A+B)’s one day work = 1/18+1/9 = 1/6
36. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18
days. In how many days will A alone finish the work.
A. 27 B. 47
C. 17 D. 57
Solution: if A takes x days to do a work then

B takes 2x days to do the same work
= > 1/x+1/2x = 1/18
= > 3/2x = 1/18
= > x = 27 days.
37. A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many
A. 16/4 B. 15/2
C. 12 D. 14/3

Then, 8:5::12:x
= > 8x = 5*12
= > x = 15/2 days.
38.A can do a piece of work n 7 days of 9 hours each and B alone can do it in 6 days
A. 11 B.4
C. 7 D.3

(A+B)’s one hour work = 1/63+1/42 = 5/126
39. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time to finish a piece of work.
Working together they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in ?
A. 7 B.6
C. 8 D. 9
= > 6/x = 1/2
= >x = 12
40. X can do Â¼ of a work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of work in 40 days and Z can
do 1/3 of work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?
A. X B. Y
C. Z D. NONE
Solution: Whole work will be done by X in 10*4 = 40 days.

Whole work will be done by Z in (13*3) = 39 days
Therefore, Z will complete the work first.
41) If 9 men working 6 hours a day can do a work in 88 days. Then 6 men working 8
hours a day can do it in how many days?

so (9*6*88/1) = (6*8*d/1)
A.12 B.35 C.100 D.99
42) If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day. How many
more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in
6 days working 9 hours a day?

so, (34*8*9/(2/5)) = (x*6*9/(3/5))
so x = 136 men
A.100 B.21 C.57 D.102
43) If 5 women or 8 girls can do a work in 84 days. In how many days can 10 women
and 5 girls can do the same work?
Solution: Given that 5 women is equal to 8 girls to complete a work

so, 10 women = 16 girls.
Therefore 10women +5girls = 16girls+5girls = 21 girls.
8 girls can do a work in 84 days
then 21 girls ————— ?
Answer = (8*84/21) = 32 days. Therefore 10 women and 5 girls can a work in 32
days
A.32 B.45 C.89 D.NONE
44) Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker B takes 10hours to do the same job.
How long it take both A & B, working together but independently, to do the same
job?
A.40 B.9 C.40/9 D.90
Solution: A’s one hour work = 1/8.

(A+B)’s one hour work = 1/8+1/10 = 9/40
Both A & B can finish the work in 40/9 days
45) A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time
taken by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a
day?
A.1/6 B.7/8 C.7/5 D.9

taken by A = 9days
(A+B)’s one day work = 1/18+1/9 = 1/6
46) A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18
days.In how many days will A alone finish the work.
A. 27 B.78 C.99 D.NONE
Solution: if A takes x days to do a work then

B takes 2x days to do the same work
= > 1/x+1/2x = 1/18
= > 3/2x = 1/18
= > x = 27 days.
47) A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many
A. 2/4 B/5/6 C.8/9 D.15/2

Then, 8:5::12:x
= > 8x = 5*12
= > x = 15/2 days.
48) A can do a piece of work n 7 days of 9 hours each and B alone can do it in 6 days
A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D.NONE

(A+B)’s one hour work = 1/63+1/42 = 5/126
49) A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time to finish a piece of work.
Working together they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in ?
A.44 B.6 C.8 D.9

= > 6/x = 1/2
= >x = 12
50) A can do Â¼ of a work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of work in 40 days and Q can
do 1/3 of work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?
A. Y B.Q C.A D.ALL
Solution: Whole work will be done by A in 10*4 = 40 days.

Whole work will be done by Qin (13*3) = 39 days
Therefore,Q will complete the work first.
ANSWERS:
1. D 2. C 3.B 4.B 5.B

6.A 7.C 8.C 9.C 10.D
11.C 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.C
16.B 17.B 18.C 19.C 20.B
21.B 22.C 23.A 24.A 25.B
26.C 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.C
31. A 32. D 33. B 34. A 35.C
36. A 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. D 42.D 43.A 44.C 45.A
46.A 47.D 48.A 49.B 50.B
MOCK TEST:
1. A can do a piece of work in 30 days while B alone can do it in 40 days. In how

many days can A and B working together do it ?
(a) 17 1/7 (b) 27 1/7 (c) 42 3/4 (d) 70
2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 35 days while A alone can
complete the same work in 60 days. B alone will be able to complete
the same work in :
(a) 42 days (b) 72 days (c) 84 days (d) 96 days
3. A can do a piece of work in 7 days of 9 hours each and B can do it in 6 days of 7

hours each. How long will they take to do it, working together 8 2/5 hours a day ?
(a) 3 days' (b) 4 days (c) 4 1/2 days (d) None of these
4. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B alone can do it in 10 days. B works at it

for 5 days and then leaves. A alone can finish the remaining work in :
(a) 13/2 (b) 15/2 days (c) 8 days (d) 9 days
5. A can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how
many days both A and B together can do the work?
(a) 7 ¾ (b)8 4/5 (c) 9 3/8 (d) 10
6. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone
finishes the remaining work in 42 days. The two together could complete the work
in :
7.A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked at it for 20 days and
then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days. A alone can
finish the work in :
8.A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began to
do the work together but A leaves after some days and then B completed the
remaining work in 23 days. The number of days after which A left the work was:
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12
9. A does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 18
days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it ?
(a) 30 days (b) 35 days (c) 40 days (d) none of these
10. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. The number of
days, it takes B to do the same piece of work, is :
(a) 6 (b) 6 ¼ (c) 7 ½ (d) 8
11. A can do a certain job in 25 days which B alone can do in 20 days. A started the
work and was joined by B after 10 days. The number of days taken in completing
the work was :
(a) 12 ½ (b) 14 2/9 (c) 15 (d) 16 2/3
12. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 14
days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work, is :
(a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 28 (d) 42
13. A is thrice as good a workman as B and takes 10 days less to do a piece of work
than B takes. B alone can do the whole work in :
14. A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin
together but 3 days before the completion of the work, A leaves off. The total
number of days to complete the work is :
(a) 6 3/5 (b) 8 ½ (c) 10 1/5 (d) 13 ½
15. If Ramesh, Suresh and Harish can do a piece of work in 15 days, 10 days and 6
days respectively, how long will they take to do it, if all the three work at it
together?
(a) 3 days (b) 3 ½ days (c) 3 9/20 days (d) 3 3/20 days
16. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and
C can do it in 90 days. In what time can A alone do it ?
17. A and B can do a piece of work in 5 days; Band C can do it in, 7 days; A and C
can do it in 4 days. Who among these will take the least time if put to do it alone?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Data inadequate
18. If A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days; A alone can do it in
12 days and B in 18 days, then C alone can do it in :
(a) 21 days (b) 16 days (c) 14 days {d) 9 days
19. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days; Band C can do it in 24 days; A and C
can do it in 36 days. In how many days can they do it all working together'?
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 16 (d) 26

20. A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, which Band C together can
do in 16 days. After A has been working at it for 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes
in 13 days. In how many days C alone will do the work
(a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 48
21. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they complete a work in 15

days. In how many days can the work be completed by B alone?)
(a) 22 ½ (b) 30 (c) 37 ½ (d) 45
22. 45 men can complete a work in 16 days. Six days after they started working, 30
more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the
remaining work?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8
23. 12 men can complete a work in 18 days. Six days after they started working, 4
men joined them. How many days will all of them take to finish the remaining
work?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 15
24. Twelve men can complete a work in 8 days. Three days after they started the
work, 3 more men joined. In how many days will all of them together complete the
remaining work?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
25. A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for Rs. 529. A and C are
supposed to finish 19/23 of the work together. How much shall be paid to B ?
(a) Rs. 82 (b) Rs. 92 (c) Rs. 300 (d) Rs. 437
26. A job is completed by 10 men in 20 days and by 20 women in 15 days. How many
days will it take for 5 men and 10 women to finish that work?
(a) 17 ½ (b) 17 1/7 (c) 17 (d) 17 1/120
27. A piece of work can be done by 6 men and 5 women in 6 days or 3 men and 4
women in 10 days. It can be done by 9 men and 15 women in :
(a) 1 day (b) 2 days (c) 3 days (d) 4 days
28. 4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women finish it in
10 days. In how many days will 10 women working together finish it ?
(a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 36 (d) 40

29. 12 children take 16 days to complete a work which can be completed by 8 adults
in 12 days. 16 adults started working and after 3 days 10 adults left and 4 children
joined them. How many days will it take them to complete the remaining work?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 3
30. Ram can do a piece of work in 8 days which Shyam can finish in 12 days. If they
work at it on alternate days with Ram beginning, in how many days, the work will
be finished?
(a) 9 1/3 (b) 9 ½ (c) 91/24 (d) 10 1/3
31. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively.
If they work for a day alternately, A beginning, in how many days the work will be
completed?
(a) 10 ½ (b) 10 1/3 (c) 10 ¼ (d) 10 2/3
32. A, Band C can do a piece of work in 11 days, 20 days and 55 days respectively,
working alone. How soon can the work be done if A is assisted by Band C on
alternate days?
33. Machines A and B produce 8000 clips in 4 and 6 hours respectively. If they work
alternately for 1 hour, A starting first, then 8000 clips will be produced in :
(a) 4 1/3 hours (b) 4 2/3 (c) 5 1/3 hrs (d) 5 2/3 hrs
34. A father can do a job as fast as his two sons working together. If one son does the
job in 3 hours and the other in 6 hours, how many hours does it take the father to do
the job?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
35. A sum of money is sufficient to pay A's wages for 21 days and B's wages for 28
days. The same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for:
(a) 12 days (b) 14 days (c) 12 ¼ days (d) 24 ½ days
36. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can
do the same work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and 1. boy do the work?
(a) 12 ½ days (b)14 (c)17 (d)8
37. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a

piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
a. 37 b. 27 days c. 67 d. 44
38. A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 600. A alone

can- do it in 6 days while B alone can do it in 8 days. With the help of C, they finish
it in 3 days. Find the share of A?
a. Rs. 400
b. Rs. 800
c. Rs. 300
d. none

it in 3 days. Find the share of B?
a.Rs. 400
b.Rs. 800
c.Rs. 300
d.Rs.225

it in 3 days. Find the share of c?
(a) Rs. 75 b. 27 days c. 67 d. 44

41. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days; Band C can do it
in 15 days ; A and C can do it in 20 days. In how many days will A, Band' C finish it,
working all together?
(a) 10 days b. 27 days c. 67 d. 44

in 15 days ; A and C can do it in 20 days. find the number of days taken by A to
finish it working alone.
(a) 30 days b. 27 days c. 67 d. none

in 15 days ; A and C can do it in 20 days. find the number of days taken by B to
(a) 30 days b. 20 days c. 67 d. none

in 15 days ; A and C can do it in 20 days. find the number of days taken by C to
(a) 60 days (B) 30 days C. 20 days D. NONE
45. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a

piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
(a) 27 days (B) 30 days C. 20 days D. NONE

it in 3 days. Find the share of A?
(a) Rs. 300 (B) 30 days C. 20 days D. NONE

it in 3 days. Find the share of B?
(a) Rs.225 (B) 30 days C. 20 days D. NONE
48. A can do a piece of work in 10 days which B alone can do in 12

days. In how many days will they finish the work, both working together?
(a) 5 5/11 days b. 27 days c. 67 d. 44
49. Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hours while A alone
can dig it in 12 hours. In how many hours B alone can dig such a trench?
(a) 25 hours (b) 24 hours (c) 42 hours (d) none
50. Ex. 4. 3 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Two days after
they started the work, 3 more men joined them. How many days will they take to
complete the remaining work?
(a) 25 hours (b) 24 hours (C) 2 days d) n0ne
ANSWERS:
1. (a) 2.(c) 3.(a) 4.(b) 5.(c)
6.(c) 7.(d) 8.(c) 9.(a)10. (c)
11.(d) 12.(b) 13.(b) 14.(c) 15.(a)
16.(b) 17.(a) 18.(d) 19(c)20. (b)
21.(d) 22(c) 23.(a) 24.(b) 25.(b)
26.(b) 27.(c) 28(d) 29(a)30.(b)
31.(c) 32.(b) 33.(b) 34.(b) 35.(a)
36.A 37.B 38.C 39.D 40.A
41.A 42.A 43.B 44.A 45. A
46.A 47.A 48.A 49.B 50.C

Time and Work

1 ab
Points to remember 
1. If A can finish a piece of work in `n' days,


and the entire tank is filled in 1  1
2 b  (a  b)
hours.
then A's 1 day's work is 1 .
n Solved Examples:
2 . If the number of men engaged to do a
piece of work is changed in the ratio a:b, the
1 . 8 boys can arrange all the books of school
time required for the work will be changed in
library in 12 days. In how many days can 6
the ratio b:a
boys arrange them?
3. If A is X times as good a workman as B,
Ans: M1 D1 = M2 D2
then A will take 1 x of the time that B takes
8 x12
to do a certain work. D2  = 16 days
6
4 . If M 1 persons can do `W 1' works in D 1
2 . A can do a piece of work in 12 days and
days for T 1 hours and M2 persons can do `W2'
B alone can do it in 15 days. How much time
works in D 2 days for T 2 hours then
will both take to finish the work?
M1 D1 T 1 W2 = M2 D2 T 2W1.
5 . If A can finish a work in `x' days and B Ans: A's 1 day's work = 112
can finish the same work in `y' days, then
xy B's 1 day's work = 115
time taken by both to finish the work is
x y
days 1 1 3
(A+B)'s 1 day's work =  
6 . If A and B together can do a piece of 12 15 20
work in x days and A alone can do it in y days  Both together can finish the work in
xy
then B alone can do it in y  x days 20 2
or 6 days
3 3
7 . If A, B and C can do a work in x,y, and z Using formula :
days respectively, then all of them working
Time taken to finish the work
xyz
together can finish the work in xy 12 x15
xy  yz  xz 
=
days x  y 12  15
8 . If two taps A and B take a and b hours 12 x15 20 2
resepectively to fill a tank, then the two taps =  or 6 days
27 3 3
1 1
together fill  part of the tank in an hour 3 . A and B together can do a piece of work
a b in 12 days. B alone can finish it in 30 days. In
how many days can A alone finish the work? how many days will 10 women finish it?
1 Ans: Considering one day's work,

Ans: (A+B)'s 1 day's work =
12 1
4M + 6W = ....... (1)
1 8
B's 1 day's work =
30
1
1 1 1 3M + 7W = ...... (2)
A's 1 day's work =   10
12 30 20
(1) x 3 - (2)x 4 gives
 A alone can finish the work in 20 days
1 1
Using formula : 18W - 28W = or 10W =
10 40
xy
Time taken by A to finish the work =
yx  10 Women can do the work in 40
days
12 x30 12 x 30 7 . A certain number of men complete a
=   20 days
30  12 18 piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men
4 . 16 men can do a piece of work in 10 more, the work could be finished in 10 days
days. How many men are needed to complete less. How many men were there originally?
the work in 40 days? Ans: Let the original number of men be x.
Ans: Using formula. M1 = x, D1 = 60, M 2 = x +8, D2 = 50,
M1 D1 = M2 D2 M1 D1 = M2 D2
M 1 = 16, D 1 = 10, D 2 = 40 x x 60 = (x+8) x 50
16x10 = M 2 x 40 60x - 50x = 400
16 x10 10x = 400  x = 40

M2 = = 4 men
40 8 . A cistern can be filled separately by two
5 . A and B can do a piece of work in 18 pipes in 12 and 16 minutes respectively. If both
days, B and C in 24 days, A and C in 36 days. pipes are opened together, when will the cis-
In what time can they do it all working to- tern be filled?
gether?
1
Ans: [(A+B)+(B+C)+(A+C)]'s 1 day's work Ans: Work done by Ist pipe in 1 minute =
12
1 1 1 1
=    1
18 24 36 8 Work done by 2nd pipe in 1 minute =
16
1
or 2 (A+B+C)'s 1 day's work = 1 1
8 Work done by both in 1 minute= 
12 16
1
or (A+B+C)'s 1 day's work = 4 3 7
16 = 
48 48
So they all can finish the work in 16 days
 Both the pipes together will fill the cistern
6 . 4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days,
48 6
while 3 men and 7 women finish in 10 days. In in minutes ie, 6 minutes.
7 7
Using formula : PRACTICE TEST

Time taken to fill the cistern by both the pipes
1 . Ramesh alone does a piece of work in 4
ab 12 x16 6 days and Suresh does it in 12 days. In how
  6 minutes many days will the two do it together?
a  b 12  16 7
1
9. Two inlet pipes of filling rate 10 minutes a) 3 days b) 1 days
per cistern and 6 minutes per cistern and one 2
outlet pipe of emptying rate 15 minutes per c) 4 days d) 8 days
cistern are all fitted to a cistern and are opened 2 . Pranesh and Sumesh can finish a work in
together. Find when the cistern will be full? 16 days while Pranesh can do the same work
in 24 days. In how many days can Sumesh
Part of the cistern filled by working the three alone finish the same work?
pipes in one minute. a) 40 days b) 25 days
1 1 1 1 c) 48 days d) 20 days
=    3 . Vinod can do a work in 15 days, Vijay in
10 6 15 5
25 days and Vinay in 30 days. How long will
 Time needed to fill the full cistern = 5 they take to do the work if they work together?
minutes 1
1 0 . A cistern can be filled separately by two a) 12 days b) 7 days
7
pipes A and B in 36 minutes and 45 minutes c) 70 days d) 20 days
respectively. A tap C at the bottom can empty 4 . If A, B and C together can finish a piece
the full cistern in 30 minutes. If the tap C is of work in 4 days, A alone in 12 days and B in
opened 7 minutes after the pipes A and B are 18 days, then C alone can do it in
opened, find when the cistern becomes full. a) 21 days b) 15 days
Ans: Part of the tank filled by A and B in c) 12 days d) 9 days
7 minutes 5 . 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work
in 20 days. In how many days will 12 men and
 1 1  7
8 women do the same work?
= 7 x   
36 45  20
7 15
7 13 a) b)
 1  2 4
of the tank should be
20 20 c) 5 d) 4
filled. 6 . Some persons can do a piece of work in
Part filled by A, B and C in 1 minutes 12 days. Two times the number of those per-
sons will do half of that work in
1 1 1 1 a) 3 days b) 4 days
=   
36 45 30 60 c) 6 days d) 12 days
7 . 3 men can do a work in 6 days. After 2
13 days 3 more men joined them. How many days
 Time needed to fill part of the tank
20 will they take to complete the remaining work?
a) 5 days b) 4 days
13 c) 3 days d) 2 days
 x 60  39 minutes
20 8 . A is twice as good a workman as B and
 Total time taken to fill the tank they took 7 days together to do the work. B
alone can do it in:
= 39 + 7 = 46 minutes a) 12 days b) 18 days
c) 21 days d) 16 days
9 . A can do a piece of work in 25 days and a) 5 boys b) 6 boys

B can do the same work in 30 days. They work c) 2 boys d) 20 boys
together for 5 days and then A leaves. B will 1 5 . Two pipes can fill a tank in 9 hours and
finish the remaining work in 12 hous respectively. In how much time will
a) 21 days b) 11 days they fill the tank when opened together?
c) 20 days d) 19 days 1 1
1 0 . An army of 2000 men had enough food a) 3 hours b) 5 hours
2 7
to last for 30 days. After 10 days 500 more
men joined them. How long did the food last 2
c) 5 hours d) 3 hours
then? 3
a) 20 days b) 15 days 1 6 . A tap can fill a tank in 8 hours and an-
c) 12 days d) 16 days other can empty it in 16 hours. If both the
1 1 . Amar can do a piece of work in 15 days. taps are opened simultaneously, the time (in
When he had worked for 3 days, Sameer joined hours) to fill the tank is:
him and the remaining work was finished in 8 a) 8 b) 1 0 c) 1 6 d) 2 4
days. In how many days can Sameer alone fin- 1 7 . A cistern can be filled by a pipe in 15
ish the whole work? hours. But due to a leak in the bottom the cis-
a) 30 days b) 27 days tern is just full in 20 hours. When the cistern
c) 20 days d) 24 days is full, the leak can empty it in:
1 2 . A, B and C can do a piece of work in 18 a) 60 hours b) 40 hours
days, 27 days and 36 days respectively. They c) 45 hours d) 30 hours
start working together. After working for 4 1 8 . A cistern can be filled by pipes A and B
days, A goes away and B leaves 7 days be- in 20 hours and 30 hours respectively. When
fore the work is finished. Only C remains at full, the tank can be emptied by pipe C in 60
work from beginning to end. In how many days hours. If all the taps be turned on at the same
was the whole work done? time the cistern will be full in
a) 17 days b) 18 days a) 10 hours b) 15 hours
c) 16 days d) 15 days c) 16 hours d) 30 hours
1 3 . A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days. 1 9 . Two pipes A and B can separately fill a
B and C in 4 days and A and C in 5 days. How tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respec-
long will they take to complete the work if tively. Both the pipes are opend together but
they work together? 4 minutes after the start, pipe A is turned off.
9 How much time will it take to fill the tank?
a) 3 days b) 15 days a) 11 min b) 12 min
37
c) 6 min d) 8 min
23 9 2 0 . Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24
c) 1 days d) 6 days
37 37 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. If both
1 4 . A man, a woman or a boy can do a piece the pipes are opened together, then after how
of work in 3,4 and 12 days respectively. How many minutes B should be closed so that the
many boys must assist 1 man and 1 women to tank is full in 18 minutes?
do the work in 1 day? a) 6 b) 8 c) 1 0 d) 1 2
ANSWERS TO PRACTICE TEST

1 . (a) 2 . (c) 3 . (b) 4 . (d) 5 . (b) 6 . (a) 7 . (d) 8.(c)
9 . (d) 1 0 . (d) 1 1 . (a) 1 2 . (c) 13. (a) 1 4 . (a) 1 5 . (b) 16.(c)
1 7 . (a) 1 8 . (b) 1 9 . (c) 2 0 . (b)
Simple & Compound Interest

Interest is the money paid by the borrower
4N
to the lender for the use of money lent. Inter-  R 
est is of two kinds, simple and compound. Amount = P 1  
 400 
Money borrowed or deposited is called the
principal. The sum of principal and interest is N
 R 
called the amount. d) C.I.=P 1   P (or)
 100 
i) Simple Interest:
If the interest on a certain sum borrowed  N 
R 
for a certain period is reckoned uniformly, it is = P 1  100   1
called Simple Interest.  
The simple interest (I) for a principal (P) Solved Examples:
for (N) years at (R) rate percent per annum is
1 . Calculate the amount on Rs. 4480 at 8%
PNR per annum for 3 years.
I =
100
PxNxR
Ans: S.I. =
Ix100 Ix100 Ix100 100
P = ; R ; N
NxR PxN PxR
4480 x 3 x 8
ii) Compound Interest: = Rs.  Rs.1075.20
100
Money is said to be lent at Compound
Amount = Rs. (4480 + 1075.20)
Interest if the interest is not paid as soon as it
falls due, but is added to the principal after a = Rs. 5555.20
fixed period, so that the amount at the end of 2 . S.I. on Rs. 1500 at 7% per annum for a
the period, becomes the principal for the next certain time is Rs. 210. Find the time
period.
210 x100
a) When interest is compounded annu- Ans: Time, N = = 2 years
ally: 1500 x7
3 . A certain sum of money at simple inter-
N
 R  est amounts to Rs. 1260 in 2 years and to Rs.
Amount = P 1   1350 in 5 years. The rate percent per annum
 100 
is -------
b) When interest is compounded half
Ans: S.I. for 3 years = Rs. (1350 - 1260)=
yearly:
Rs. 90
2N
 R  90
Amount = P 1    S.I. for 2 years = Rs. x 2 = Rs. 60
 200  3
c) When interest is compounded quar- Principal = Rs. (1260 - 60) = Rs. 1200
terly
100 x 60
Rate, R = %  2.5% x x (R  1) x 2 x x Rx 2
1200 x2 Then,   24
100 100
4. A man invested 13 of his capital at 7%, 2 xR 2 x 2 xR

    24
100 100 100
1
4 at 8% and the remainder at 10%. If his
24 x100
annual income is Rs. 561, the capital is ------ x=  Rs.1200
,
2
Let the capital be Rs. x. Then,
7 . Find compound interest on Rs. 5,000 at
x 7 x 8 5 x 10 10% per annum for 3 years
x x1  x x 1 x x 1  561
3 100 4 100 12 100
N
 R 
7x 8x 5 0x Ans: Amount = P 1  
 x x1   561  100 
300 400 1200
3
102 x  10 
  561 = 5000 1   = Rs. 6,655
1200  100 
561x1200  Compound Interest

x =  Rs. 6,600
102 = Rs. (6,655 -5,000) = Rs. 1,655
5. Find the sum of money which increases 8 . If the compound interest on a certain sum
1 for 3 years at 20% per annum is Rs. 728, find
10 of itself every year and amounts to the simple interest.
Rs. 450 in 5 years at S.I.
3
Ans: Let P = Rs. 100  20 
Ans: Given that P 1   - P = Rs. 728
 100 
S.I. = Rs. 100 x 110 = Rs. 10
or 1.728 P - P = Rs. 728
S.I. for 5 years = Rs. 50
P  Rs.1000
,
Amount after 5 years=100+50
=Rs. 150 1000 x3 x20
Now, S.I. = Rs.  Rs. 600
If the amount is Rs. 150, P = Rs. 100 100
 If the amount is Rs. 450, 9 . The difference between the compound

interest and the simple interest on a certain
100 x 450 sum at 10% per annum for two years is
P  Rs.300
150 Rs. 60. Find the sum.
6 . A sum was put at simple interest at a Ans: Let the sum be Rs. x
certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at
1% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 24 x x 10 x2 x
So, S.I. =Rs.  Rs.
more. Find the sum. 100 5
Ans: Let the sum be Rs. x and rate be R% and 2
(R+ 1)%  10  21x
C.I.=Rs.x 1   x  Rs.
 100  100
21x x x 7 . The difference in simple interest on a

C. I.  S. I.     Rs.60 certain sum of money for 3 years and 5 years
100 5 100
at 18% per annum is Rs. 2,160. Then the sum
 x = Rs. 6,000 is
a) Rs. 6,500 b) Rs. 4,500
PRACTICE TEST c) Rs. 6,000 d) Rs. 7,500
8 . At what rate percent per annum simple
1 . At what rate percent per annum will a interest will a sum of money triple itself in 25
sum of Rs. 3,600 become Rs. 4,500 in 10 years year s?
at simple interest?
a) 5 % b) 2 . 5 % 1
a) 8 b) 8
c) 1 0 % d) 6 . 7 5 % 3
2 . A sum of Rs. 1600 lent at simple inter- 1
est at 12.5% per annum will become double c) 9 d) 1 0
11
in
9 . What sum of money lent out at compound
a) 6 years b) 7 12 years interest will amount to Rs. 968 in 2 years at
10% per annum, interest being charged annu-
c) 8 years d) 9 14 years ally?
3 . The difference in simple interest at 13% a) Rs. 900 b) Rs. 825
and 12% p.a. of a sum in one year is Rs. 110. c) Rs. 780 d) Rs. 800
Then the sum is 1 0 . The difference between compound inter-
a) Rs. 13,000 b) Rs. 15,000 est and simple interest on certain sum of money
c) Rs. 10,000 d) Rs. 11,000 in 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs. 50. Find the
4 . The difference in the interests received sum
from two different banks on Rs. 1000 for 2 a) Rs. 30,550 b) Rs. 31,250
years is Rs. 20. Thus, the difference in their c) Rs. 25,670 d) Rs. 35,400
rates is 1 1 . A sum of money lent at compound inter-
a) 2 % b) 1 % est amounts to Rs. 1210 in two years and to
c) 1 . 5 % d) 0 . 5 % Rs. 1464.10 in 4 years. Find the rate of inter-
5 . Find out the capital required to earn a est .
monthly interest of Rs. 600 at 6% simple in- a) 1 2 % b) 1 0 %
terest. c) 8 % d) 1 5 %
a) Rs. 1 lakhs b) Rs. 1.2 lakhs 1 2 . A man borrows Rs. 4,000 at 8% per an-
c) Rs. 1.1 lakhs d) Rs. 1.3 lakhs num on compound interest. At the end of ev-
6 . A man invested 1/3 rd of the sum at 7%, ery year he pays Rs. 1,500 as part payment
1/4th at 8% and the remaining at 10% for one of loan and interest. How much does he still
year. If the annual interest is Rs. 408, then owe to the bank after 3 such annual pay-
the investment is
ments?
a) Rs. 8,400 b) Rs. 4,800
a) Rs. 1,799 b) Rs. 169.25
c) Rs. 5,000 d) Rs. 7,200
c) Rs. 2,000 d) Rs. 234
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5 . (b) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8.(a)

9. (d) 1 0 . (b) 1 1 . (b) 1 2 . (b)
Problems on Age
Solved Examples (1) + (2)  y = 30
1 . A father was 4 times as old as his son 8 Substituting y = 30 in equation (1) we
years ago. Eight years hence, father will be get x = 70
twice as old as his son. Find their present ages.
Ratio of their ages = 70 : 30 or 7:3
Ans: Let son's age 8 years ago be x years.
4 . Ratio of Ashok's age to Pradeep's age is
Thus, father's age at that time = 4x years equal to 4:3. Ashok will be 26 years old after
After 8 years, son's age 6 years. How old is Pradeep now?
= (x+8) +8 = (x+16) years
Ans: Ashok's present age = (26-6)
After 8 years, father's age
= 20 years
= (4x+8)+8 = (4x+16) years
3
 2(x+16) = 4x + 16 or x=8 Pradeep's present age = 20x
4
 The present age of the son = x+8 = 16
yea rs = 15 years
 The present age of the father 5 . The ratio of the ages of father and son at
= 4x+8 = 32+8= 40 years present is 6:1. After 5 years the ratio will be-
2 . A is twice as old as B was two years ago. come 7:2. The present age of the son is:
If the difference in their ages be 2 years, find Ans: Let their present ages be 6x and x years
A's age. respectively.
Ans: Let B's age 2 years ago be x years 6x  5 7
Then 
 A's present age = 2x years x5 2
Also 2x - (x+2) = 2 or x=4 = 2 (6x+5) = 7 (x+5)  x=5
 A's age = 2x4 = 8 years Present age of the son = 5 years.
3 . The age of a father 10 years ago was 6 . Three years ago the average age of A
thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, the and B was 18 years. With C joining them now,
father's age will be twice that of his son. The the average becomes 22 years. How old is C
ratio of their present ages is: n ow?
Ans: Let the present ages of father and son
be x and y years respectively. Ans: (A+B)'s total present age
Then (x-10) = 3 (y-10) or = (2x18+3+3) = 42 years
3y-x = 20 ------ (1) (A+B+C)'s total present age
and (x+10) = 2 (y+10) or = 22 x 3 = 66 years
x-2y = 10 ----- (2) C's age = 66-42 = 24 years
PRACTICE TEST 8 . Afather's age is three times the sum of

the ages of his two children, but 20 years hence
1 . A father is twice as old as his son. 20 his age will be equal to sum of their ages. Then
years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the fathers age is -
the age of the son. The present age of the son a) 30 years b) 40 years
is
c) 35 years d) 45 years
a) 44 years b) 22 years
9 . The ratio of the father's age to the son's
c) 40 years d) 20 years age is 4:1. The product of their ages is 196.
2 . The respective ages of a father and his The ratio of their ages after 5 years will be:
son are 41 and 16 years. In how many years a) 3: 1 b) 10 : 3
will the father be twice as old as his son?
c) 11 : 4 d) 14 : 5
1 0 . In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B
c) 15 years d) 10 years was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older
3 . The ratio of ages of Mohan and Sohan is than B, find the present age of B.
4:3. The sum of their ages is 42 years. The a) 3 9 b) 2 7
age of Mohan is
c) 4 5 d) 2 6
1 1 . A is as much younger than B as he is older
c) 32 years d) 30 years. than C. If the sum of B's and C's ages is 40
4 . The ratio of ages of Rani and Vinita is years, find the age of A.
3:5. The difference in their ages is 12 years. a) 40 years b) 10 years
Then the age of Vinita is
1 2 . The ages of Ram and Mohan differs by
c) 18 years d) 30 years 16 years. Six years ago, Mohan's age was
5 . Two years ago, Vinod was four times as thrice as that of Ram's. Then Ram's present
old as Indhu. 8 years hence, Vinod's age will age is
exceed Indhu's age by 12 years. The ratio of a) 15 years b) 20 years
the present ages of Vinod and Indhu
a) 5: 1 b) 4: 1
1 3 . A father is 4 times as old as his son; in
c) 3: 1 d) 2: 1 20 years he will be only twice as old as his
6 . The ages of A and B are in the ratio 3:5. son. Then the respective ages of father and
After 9 years the ratio of their ages will be son are
3:4. The present age of B is a) 40, 10 years b) 80, 20 years
a) 9 years b) 15 years c) 60, 15 years d) 48, 12 years
c) 20 years d) 16 years 1 4 . The difference between the ages of two
7 . A's mother was four times as old as A persons is 8 years. 15 years ago, the elder
ten years ago. After 10 years she will be twice one was twice as old as the younger one. Then
as old as A. Then, A's present age is the present age of the elder person is
a) 30 years b) 25 years a) 23 years b) 31 years
c) 20 years d) 15 years c) 34 years d) 40 years

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5 . (c) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8.(a)
9. (c) 1 0 . (a) 1 1 . (d) 1 2 . (c) 13. (a) 1 4 . (b)
TIME & WORK (CAT QUANTS QUESTIONS )– Area TEST 2

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?
1. Less than 6 days 2. Exactly 6 days

3. More than 6 days 4. Exactly 10 days
2. A punctured tyre can deflate in 12 min. while a pumping machine takes 3 minutes to
completely inflate a tyre. What will be the time taken to inflate the tyre when both the leak
and pump are working together?
1. 5 minutes 2. 6 minutes 3. 7 minutes 4. None of these
3. A tank is filled by a pipe A in 20 min. and pipe B in 30 min. When filled, it can be emptied by
pipe C in 10 minute. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, 2/3rd of tank will be
filled in
1. 15 min 2. 25 min 3. 10 min 4. None of these
4. 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?
1. 40 days 2. 15 days 3. 64 days 4. None of these
5. A can do a work in 10 days and B in 25 days. If they work on it together for 5 days, then the
fraction of the work that is left is:
1. 2. 3. 4.
6. Sumit can do a work in 6 days while Deepak can do the same work in 4 days. Both of them
finish the work together and get Rs. 300. What is the share of Sumit?
1. Rs. 30 2. Rs. 60 3. Rs. 90 4. Rs. 120
7. 5 identical kilns can produce a total of 300 bricks per minute by running at a constant rate.
How many bricks could 10 such kilns produce in 5 minutes?
1. 1000 2. 1800 3. 3000 4. 3600
8. P can do a piece of work in 16 days. P undertook to do it for Rs. 400. With the help of Q, he
finishes the work in 12 days. P’s share is
1. Rs. 80 2. Rs. 125 3. Rs. 100 4. Rs. 120

9. 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?
1. 5 days 2. 6 days 3. 5.5 days 4. 8 days
10. A can do a piece of work in 24 days and B can do the same piece of work in 36 days. A and B
together complete the same piece of work and get Rs. 2000 as the combined wages. A’s share
of the wage will be
1. Rs. 800 2. Rs. 900 3. Rs. 1000 4. Rs. 1200
11. If 8 cows can be give 80 litres of milk in 8 days, then 1 cow will give 1 litre of milk in how many
days at the same rate?
1. 1 2. 8 3. 4 4. 64
12. A tap can fill a cistern in 10 minutes. Another tap can empty it in 15 minutes. If both the taps
are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in
1. 40 minutes 2. 60 minutes 3. 30 minutes 4. 15 minutes
13. X is thrice as good a workman as Y and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than Y.
What is the time taken to do twice the work when they are working together ?
1. 45 days 2. 22.5 days 3. 25 days 4. 30 days
14. A pipe can fill a tank in 10 min. There is a leak which can empty the tank in 30 min. When both
these are working together, the tank would be filled in
1. 30 min 2. 25 min 3. 15 min 4. 40 min
15. Some students can complete an assignment in 12 days. How many days will be taken by two
times the number of such students for 1/3rd of this assignment ?
1. 6 days 2. 4 days 3. 3 days 4. 2 days
TIME & WORK – Area Test 2

1. 2 2.4 3. 3 4.1 5. 4 6. 4 7. 3
8. 2 9.2 10. 4 11.2 12. 3 13.1 14. 3
15.4
TIME & WORK – Area Test 2

1. 1 day’s work of the three persons
= =
So all the three together will complete the work in = 6 days.

2.
Work done in 1 minute = =

Time taken to inflate the tyre when both the leak and pump are working together = 12/3 = 4 minutes.
3.
One minute work of three pipes = =
They will fill the full tank in = = 15 min
They will fill rd of the tank = 2/3 X15 = 10 min.

4. Work done = 3/8, Balance work = 1 – 3/8 = 5/8
More work, more time (Direct proportion)
Thus, remaining work 5/8th can be completed in 24/(3/8) X (5/8) = 40 days
5.
A’s 1 day work = ; B’s 1 day work = ,
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work =
Remaining work =
6. Sumit’s wages : Deepak’s wages
= Sumit’s 1 day’s work : Deepak’s 1 day’s work =
Sumit’s share = Rs. = Rs. 120

7. Let the required number of bricks be B.
More kilns, more bricks (Direct proportion)
More time, more bricks (Direct proportion)
Thus, 5X1XB = 10X5X300 or, B = 10X5X300/5 or, B = 3000
8.
(P+Q)’s 1 day’s work = , P’s 1 days’ work = Q’s 1 days’ work =
Money should be divided in the ratio = : =3:1 B gets = Rs. = Rs. 125
9. A’s 10 days work = (1/15)X10 = 2/3, thus remaining work = 1 – 2/3 = 1/3
Now, 1/18 work is done by B in 1 day.
Therefore, remaining 1/3rd of work is done by B in (18 X 1/3) = 6 days.
10.
A’s 1 day’s work = , B’s 1 day’s work =
Ratio of A and B’s share = =3:2
Hence, A’s share in a combined wage of Rs. 2000 = Rs. = Rs.

11. Let the required number of days be A. Then
Less cows, more days (Indirect proportion)
Less milk, less days (Direct proportion)
Thus, 1X8XA = 8X1X8 or, A = 8
12.
If both taps are opened, cistern filled in one minute=
Therefore, full cistern will be filled in 30 minutes.
13. Ratio of time taken by A and B = 1 : 3
If difference of time taken is 2 days, then B takes 3 days.
If difference of time taken is 60 days, then B takes (3/2)X60 = 90 days.
So A takes 30 days to complete the work.
A and B can together complete twice the work In 2X30X90/(30+90) = 45 days.
14.
If both pipes are working, then the tank filled in 1 minute =
Therefore, full tank will be filled in 30/2 = 15 minutes.
15. Let ‘a’ students can do the assignment in 12 days and let the required number of days be ‘b’.
More men, less days (Indirect proportion)
Less work, less days (Direct proportion)
Thus, (2a)x1xb = ax1/3x12 or, 2ab = 4a or, b = 2.
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Time and work

1. A can do piece of work in 30 days while B alone can do it in 40 days. In
how many days can A and B working together do it? Ans 17 1/7
Difficulty Level : Easy Moderately easy Difficult
Basic Formula:
Answer with Explanation:

A can finish his work in 30 days
B can finish his work in 40 days
There fore A’s one day’s work = 1/30
B’s one days work = 1/40
(A+B)’s one day’s work is = 1/30 + 1/40
4+ 3
= - 7/120
120
1
A and B together finish the work = 7
120
= 120/7
= 17 1/7 days
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2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 35 days while A alone can
complete the same work in 60 days. B alone will be able to complete the same
working in ans 84 days
Basic Formula:
Subtraction of fraction
a c ad − cb
- =
b d bd

A and B finish one work with company = 35 days
⇒ (A + B)’s one days work = 1/35
A alone finish the same work = 60 days

⇒ A’s one day’s work = 1/60
∴ B’s one day’s work = (A + B)’s one days work - A’s one day’s work
1 1
= - (take LCM)
35 60
12 − 7 5
= = = 1/84
420 420
∴ B alone can complete the work = 84 days

3. A can do a piece of work in 7days of 9 horse each and B can do it in 6 days

of 7 hours each. How long will they take to do it, working together 8 2/5 hours a
day ? ans 3 days
Basic Formula:
Addition and multiplication of fraction

A do a work for 1 day = 9 hours
∴ For 7 days = (7x9) hours = 63 hours
B can do a work for 1 day = 7 hours

∴ For 6 days = 42 hours
⇒ A do a work = 63 hours ⇒ A’s one hou’s work = 1/63
B do a work = 42 hours ⇒ B’s 1 hour’s work = 1/42
1 1
∴ (A+B)’s 1 hour’s work = + (take LCM)
63 42
2+ 3 5
= =
126 126
∴ (A+B)’s working hours = 126/5
5
126 5
∴ Number of days 8 2/5 hours each = 126 = x =3
2 5 42
8
5
Answer = 3 days

4. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B alone can do it in 10 days. B

works at it for 5 days and them leaves. A alone can finish the remaining in
ans : 7 1/ 2 days
Basic Formula:
Subtraction of fraction

B finish the work within 10 days ( a work)
∴ in 5 days the finishing value of work = 1/10 x 5 = ½
∴ Remaining work = 1- ½ = ½
A can do a work in 15 days ( one work)
∴ A do a half work = 15/2 days = 7 ½ days

5. A can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10 days
in how many days both A and B toether can do the wrok ans 9 3/8
Basic Formula:
Addition with fraction

A can do 1/3 of work in = 5 days
∴ Whole work done by A = 5 x 1/3 = 15 days
B do 2/5 of work in = 10 days

∴ Whole work done by B = 10 x 5/2 = 50/2 = 25 days
∴ A’s one day work = 1/15

1 1
∴ (A+B)’s 1day’s work = + (take LCM)
15 25
5+ 3 8
= =
75 75
∴ (A+B) can finish their work in 75/8 = 9 3/8 days.

6. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B

alone finished the remaining work in 42 days. The two togther could complete the
work in : ans 30 days
Basic Formula:
Addition and subtraction of fractions

A’s 10 days work = 1/80 x 10 = 1/8
Remaining work = 1 – 1/8 = 7/8
∴ 7/8 part of awork done by B in 42 days
∴ whole work will be done by B in 42 x 7/8 = 48 days
Now A’s one days work = 1/80

B’s one day’s work = 1/ 48
1 1
80 48
3+ 5 8
= = = 1/30
240 240
∴ A and B finish the work in 30 days.

7. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They workd at it for 20 days
and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days A alone
can finish the work in ans : 60 days
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s Subtraction
A and B’s one day’s work = 1/30
∴ A and B’s 20 day’s work = 1/30 x 20 = 2/3
Remaining work = 1-2/3 = 1/3
Now 1/3 part of work done by a in 20 days
∴ Whole work will be done by a in 20 x 3/1 = 60 days.

8. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They

began to go the work together but A leaves after some days and than B completed
the reaminnig work in 23 days. The number o days after which A left the work
was ans: 9
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition and subtraction

A’s one day’s work = 1/45
B’s one day’s work = 1/40
1 1
45 40
8+ 9 17
= =
360 360
Work done by B in k23 days = 1/40 x 23 = 23/40
40 − 23
Remaining work = 1 – 23/40 = = 17/40
40
17
(A+B)’s 1day’s work =
360
17/40 work done by (A + B) in 1 x 360/17 x 17/40 = 9 days.

9. A does half as much work as B in three fourth of the time. If together they
take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it ?ans 30
days
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition with variable

Let A takes x days to do the work
∴ A takes ( 2 x ¾ x) = 3x/2 days to do work.
But given (A + B)’s 1 days work = 1/18

1 1
∴ + = 1/18
x 3x / 2
1 2
+ = 1/18
x 3x
3+ 2 1
=
3x 18
Cross multiply
(3+2) 18 = 3x
90 = 3x
X = 30
∴ B takes 30 days to do the work.

10. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A . The
number of days, it takes B to do the same piece of work is ans 7 ½
Basic Formula:
Ratio multiplication
A:b:: c:d
Ad = bc

Given B is 60% more than A
Assume A is 100 because percentage
∴ B is 60 + 100 = 160
∴ Ratio of times taken by A and B = 160 : 100 = 8:5
Now assume B take days x

Given A do the job = 12 days
∴ The ratio is 12 : x
Comparing 8 : 5 :: 12 : x (apply above basic formula ad = bc)

8x = 60
X = 60 / 8 = 7 ½ days
∴ B takes 7 ½ days to do the same piece of work.

11. A can do a certain job in 25 days which B alone can do in 20 days. A stared
the work and was joined by B after 10 days. The number odays tkane in
completing the work was ans 16 2/3
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition

∴ (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/25 + 1/20 = 9/100 (take LCM)
A alone do the work for 10 days

∴ A’s work value is 1/25x10 = 2/5
Remaining work is (1- 2/5) = 3/5

Now, 9/100 work is done by both in 1 day
∴ 3/5 work will be done by both in 100/9 x 3/5 x 1 = 20/3 days
Already given A do for 10 days

∴ Total time is 10 + 20/3 = 50/3 = 16 2/3 days.

12. A is twice as good a work man as B and together they finish a piece of work
in 14 days The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work. Ans: 21 days
Basic Formula:
Ratio comparison
A:b:: c:d
Ad = bc

Given A is twice as like as B
∴ take x for B and 2x for A
∴ we get (A’s one day’s work) : (B’s one day’s work) = 2:1
But given (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/14
Divide 1/14 in the ratio 2:1
∴ A’s one day’s work = 1/14 x 2/3 = 1/21
∴ A alone can do the work in 21 days.

13. A is thrice as good a workman as B and Takes 10 days less to do a piece of

work than B takes.B alone can do the while work work in : ans 15 days
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s Multiplication

Given A is 3 times as like as B
∴ Ratio of time taken by A and B = 1:3
Since, the ratio is 3:1
Ratio of time for the part is 1/3 : 1/1 (cross multiply)
Ratio of time for the both is 1:3
Now, if the difference of time is 2 days, B takes 3 days
If the difference of time is 10 days, B takes 3/2 x 10 = 15
∴ B alone do the work in 15 days.

14. A can do a piece work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They being
together but 3 days the completion of the work. A leaves of the total number of
days to complete the work is ans 10 1/5
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition, subtraction, multiplication

1 1
14 21
3+ 2 5
= =
42 42
Now, 5/42 work is done by A and B in 1 day. B’s 3 day’s work = 3/21 =1/7
Remaining work = 1/1/7 = 6/7
∴ 6/7 work is done A and B in (42/5 x 6/7 x 1) = 36/5 days
Already B done the work for 3 days

15 + 36
∴ The total time is 3 + 36/5 = = 51/5 = 10 1/5 days
5

15. If ramesh, suresh and hairsh can do a piece of work in 15 days, 10 days and
6 days respectively. How long will they take to do it, if all the three work it
together? ans 3 days
Basic Formula:

Given Ramesh’s one day’s work = 1/15
Suresh’s one day’s work = 1/10
Harish’s one day’s work = 1/6
1 1 1
∴ (Ramesh + Suresh + Harish)’s one day’s work = + + (take LCM)
15 10 6
4 + 6 + 10 20
= = 1/3
60 60
∴ if all the three finish the work in 3 days.

16. A and B can do a piece of working 72 days : B and C and do it in 120 days ;
A and C can do it in 90 days. In what time can A alone do it ? ans 120 days
Basic Formula:

Given (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/72
(B+C)’s one day’s work = 1/120
(C+A)’s one day’s work = 1/90
Adding these three
(A+B) + (B+C) + (C+A) = 2 ( A+B+C)
2 ( A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/72 + 1/120 + 1/90 (take LCM 720)
10 + 6 + 8 24
= = 1/30
720 720
(A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/30 x ½ = 1/60
∴ A’s one day’s work = (A+B+C) - (B+C)
= 1/60 – 1/120 = 1/120

∴ A alone do the work for 120 days.

17. A and B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days: alone can do it
in 12 days and B in 18 days, then C alone can do it in : ans 9 days
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition and multiplication

Given (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = ¼
A’s 1 day’s work = 1/12
B’s One day’s work = 1/18
∴ (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/12 + 1/18 (LCM =36)
3+ 2
= = 5/36
36
∴ C’s one day’s work = (A+B+C)’s one day’s work – (A+B)’s 1 day’s work
= ¼ - 5/36
9− 5
= = 4/36 = 1/9
36
∴ C alone can do it in 9 days

18. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days: B and C can do it in 24 days : A

and C can do it in 36 days. In how many days can they do it all working together?
Answer : 16
Basic Formula:

Adding these three
(A+B) + (B+C) + (C+A) = 2 ( A+B+C)
2 ( A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/18 + 1/24 + 1/36 (take LCM 72)
4+ 3+ 2 9
= = 1/8
72 72
(A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/8 x ½ = 1/16
∴ Altogether can do their work in 16 days.

19. A is twice as good as workman as B and together they complete a work in

15 days . in how many days can the work be complete by B alone ans 45
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s multiplication

Given A is twice as like as B
∴ (A’s one day’s work): (B’s one day’s work) = 2:1
Again given (A+B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/15
∴ B’s one day’s work = 1/3 X 1/15 = 1/45
∴ B alone can complete the work in 45 days.

20. 45 men can complete a wok in 16 days. Six days after they started working
30 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the
remaining work? Ans 6
Basic Formula:
Fractions multiplication and subtraction

(45 x 16) men can complete the work in one day
1
∴ 1 man’s one day’s work = = 1/720
45 x16
45 men’s 6 days work = 1/16 x 6 = 3/8
8− 3
Remaining work = 1 – 3/8 = = 5/8
8
45 + 30 = 75 men’s one day’s work = 75/720 = 5/48
Now 5/48 work is done by them in one day
∴ 5/8 work is done by them in (48/5 x 5/8 x 1) = 6 days.

21. 12 men can complete a work in 18 days six days after they started working
men joined them. How many days will all of them together complete the remaining
work? Ans 9
Basic Formula:
Fractions multi0plication and subtraction

(12 x 18) men can complete the work in 1 day
1 1
∴ 1 man’s 1 day’s work = =
12 x18 216
12 men’s 6 day’s work = 1/18 x 6 = 1/3
3− 1
Remaining work = 1 – 1/3 = = 2/3
3
Now 16 men’s 1 day’s work = 16/216 = 2/27
2/27 work is done by them in 1 day
2 2
2/3 work is done by them in ( x x 1) = 9 days.
27 3

22. Twelve men can complete a work in 8 days. Three days after started the
work 3 more men joined. In how many days will all of them together complete the
remaining work ans 4
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s subtraction and multiplication

Given 12 men can done a work in 8 days
1
∴ 1 man’s 1 day’s work = = 1/96
12 x8
∴ 12 men’s 3 day’s work = 1/8 x 3 = 3/8
3 8− 3 5
Remaining work = 1 - = =
8 8 8
15 men’s 1 day’s work = 15/96
Now 15/96 work is done by them in 1 day
96 5
∴ 5/8 work is done by them in ( x x 1) = 4 days.
15 8

23. A,B and C are employed to do apiece of work for Rs.529. A and C are
supposed to finish 19/23 of the work together. How much shall be paid to B?
Ans 9
Basic Formula:
Ratio comparison

Given (A +C)’s one day’s work = 19/23
19 23 − 19
∴ B’s alone do the work = 1- = = 4/23
23 23
∴ (A +C) : B = 19/23 : 4/23 = 19 : 4
∴ B’s Share = Rs. (529 x 4/23) = Rs. 92/-

24. A job is completed by 10 men in 20 days and by 20 women in 15 days. The

days will it take for 5 men and 10 women to finish that work? Answer : 17 1/7
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s Addition
Let 1 man’s one day’s work = x
1 woman’s one day’s work = y
Then 10x = 1/20 and 20y = 1/15
So, x = 1/200 and y = 1/300
∴ (5 men + 10 women)’s one day’s work = 5/200 + 10/300 (LCM = 600)
15 + 20
= = 7/120
600
∴ They will finish the work in 120/7 = 17 1/7 days.

25. A and B can do a piece of work in 5 days. B and C can do it in 7 days, A and C
can do it in 4 days. Who among these will take the least time if put to do it alone?
Answer : A
Basic Formula:

Adding these three
(A+B) + (B+C) + (C+A) = 2 ( A+B+C)
2 ( A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/5 + 1/7+ 1/4 (take LCM 140)
28 + 20 + 35 83 83
= ⇒ (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = x ½ = 83/280
140 140 140
Now A’s one day’s work = (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work - (B+C)’s one day’s work
83 − 40 43
= 83/280 – 1/7 = =
280 280
B’s one day’s work = (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work - (C+A)’s one day’s work =
83 − 70 13
83/280 – 1/4 = =
280 280
C’s one day’s work = (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work - (A+B)’s one day’s work =
83 − 56 27
83/280 – 1/5 = = ⇒ Time taken by A, B, C is 280/43 , 280/13, 280/27
280 280
days respectively.
∴ The time taken by A is least.

26. A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C
take : Answer : 8 days
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s subtraction and addition

(A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/6
A alone can do the work = (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work - (B+C)’s one day’s work
2− 1 1
= 1/6 – 1/12 = =
12 12
C alone do the work = (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work - (A+B)’s one day’s work
4− 3 1
= 1/6 – 1/8 = =
24 24
1 1 2+ 1 3 1
∴ (A+C)’s one day’s work = + = = =
12 24 24 24 8
∴ (A+C) can take 8 days to complete the work together.

27. A and B take 12 days, B and C 15 days, C and A 20 days. A, B and C

together take: Answer : 10 days
Basic Formula:

Adding these three
(A+B) + (B+C) + (C+A) = 2 ( A+B+C)
2 ( A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/12+ 1/15+ 1/20 (take LCM 60)
5+ 4+ 3 12 1
= ⇒ (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = x ½ = 1/10
60 60 5
∴ A, B and C can do the work together in 10 days.

28. A and B can complete a work in 4 days. A alone takes 12 days, in how many
days B alone can complete the work? Answer: 6
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s subtraction

B’s one day’s work= (A+B)’s one day’s work - A’s one day’s work
= ¼ - 1/12 (take LCM 12)
3− 1 2
= = 1/6
12 12
∴ B alone can complete the work in 6 days.

29. 10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100
days for one man alone to complete the same work. How many days will be
required for one woman alone to complete the same work? Answer : 225
Basic Formula:

Given 10 men and 15 women finish in 6 days
Let 1 man’s one day’s work = x and 1 woman’s one day’s work = y
∴ 10x +15y = 1/6 -------------- (1)
But given one alone complete in 100 days

∴ x = 1/100
Substitute x in (1)
10 x 1/100 + 15y = 1/6
1/10 + 15y = 1/6
10 − 6 4
15y = 1/6 – 1/10 = = = 1/15
60 60
∴ y = 1/15 x 1/15 = 1/225
∴ One woman alone finishes the work in 225 days.

30. A and B take 15 and 20 days respectively. They worked for 4 days, and then
the fraction of work left was: Answer : 8/15
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s subtraction and addition
Given A’s one day’s work = 1/15

4+ 3
∴ (A + B)’s one day’s work = 1/15 + 1/20 = = 7/60
60
7 7
4 day’s (A+B)’s work = x4=
60 15
7 15 − 7 8
∴ The remaining work = 1 - = =
15 15 15

31. X can do in 40 days. He worked for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days.
How long together take to finish the work? Answer : 13 1/3
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition, multiplication

X’s one day’s work = 1/40
∴ 8 day’s work = 1/40 x 8 = 1/5
Remaining work = 1-1/5 = 4/5

Now 4/5 work is done by Y in 16 days
Whole work will be done by Y in 16 x 5/4 = 20 days
∴ X’s one day’s work = 1/40; Y’s one day’s work = 1/20
3
(X+Y)’s one day’s work = 1/40 + 1/20 (take LCM = 40) =
40
∴ Both together will finish the work in 40/3 days = 13 1/3 days.

32. A does 4/5 of the work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together
finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone take to finish the whole
work? Answer: 37 ½
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s multiplication and subtraction

Given 4/5 work done by A in 20 days.
Whole work will be done in 20 x 5/4 = 25 days
Remaining work = 1- 4/5 = 1/5
1/5 work done by (A +B) in 3 days
∴ Whole work will be done in 3 x 5/1 = 15 days
∴ (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/15
∴ B’s one day’s work = 1/15-1/25 = 2/75
∴ B alone to do the work 75/2 days = 37 ½ days.

33. A takes 3 days and B 2 days. Both finished the work and got Rs.150. What
is the share of A ? Answer : 60
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s Multiplication

B’s one day’s work = ½
∴ (A + B)’s one day’s work = 1/3 + ½ = 5/6
A' soneday ' swork

∴ A’s share is x Amount
( A + B)' soneday ' swork
1
⇒ 3
5 x 150
6
⇒ 1/3 x 6/5 x 150
⇒ 60
∴ The share of A is Rs. 60.

34. A can lay railway track between given stations in 16 days and B can do the
same job in 12 days. With the help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C
alone can do the job in :
1 2 3
a. 9 days b. 9 days c. 9 days d. 10 days
5 5 5
Basic Formula:

With the help of C, ∴ (A +B+C)’s one day’s work = ¼
Again (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/16 + 1/12 = 7/48
∴ C’s one day’s work = (A+B+C)’s one day’s – (A+B)’s one day’s work
= ¼ - 7/48 = 5/48
∴ C alone can finish the work is 48/5 = 9 3/5 days.

35. Ronald and Elan are working on an assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type
32 pages on a computer, while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much
time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an
assignment of 110 pages?
a. 7 hours 30 minutes b. 8 hours
c. 8 hours 15 minutes d. 8 hours 25 minutes
Basic Formula:
Fractions Multiplication

Given Ronald takes 6 type 32 pages
∴ 1 hours to type = 32/6 = 16/3 page
Again Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages
∴ one hours to type = 40/5 = 8 page
Both together to type in one hour = 16/3 + 8 = 40/3
Ie 40/3 page type in one hour
3
110 page will be type in 110 x x 1 = 8.25 minutes.
40

36. 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 is:
Basic Formula:

Given A works twice as fast as B
Ie A finish work half of an hour in B.
Given B finish in 12 days
Ie A finishes in 6 days
(A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/6 + 1/12 = 3/12 = ¼
∴ Both together finish the work in 4 days.

37. 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
Basic Formula:
Ratio comparison
A:b:: c:d
Ad = bc

Ratio of times taken by A and B = 125 : 100
= 5;4
Ie 5 : 4 :: 20 : x
5x = 4 x 20
X = 80/5 = 16
X = 16 days.

38. A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of the work done by A and B together.
If C alone does the work in 40 days, then A, B and C together can do the work in:
1
3
Basic Formula:
Fractions addition

Given C done the work half of (A + B)
A+ B
C’s one day’s work = --------(1)
2
But given C alone done the work 1/40
⇒ 2c is the 1 day’s work of (A+B) [from (1)]
2 x 1/40 is the one day’s work of (A+B)
∴ (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/20
∴ (A+B+C)’s one day’s work = 1/20 + 1/40 = 3/40
∴ A, B and C together do the work in 40/3 = 13 1/3 days.

39. A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started
doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the
remaining work. The whole work was completed in:
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition, multiplication and subtraction

(A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/15 + 1/10 = 1/6
(A+B)’s 2 day’s work = 1/6 x 2 = 1/3
Remaining (1- 1/3) = 2/3
One work is done by A in 15 days
2/3 work is done by A in 15 x 2/3 = 10 days
∴ The whole work finishing time is 10 + 2 = 12 days.

40. 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 day. They all work together for 10 days when B
and C leave. How many days more will A take to finish the work?
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s addition, multiplication and subtraction

Adding these three
(A+B) + (B+C) + (C+A) = 2 ( A+B+C)
2 ( A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = 1/30+ 1/24+ 1/20 (take LCM 120)
4+ 5+ 6 15 1
= ⇒ (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work = x ½ = 1/16
120 120 8
∴ (A+B+C) ‘s 10 day’s work = 1/16 x 10 =10/16 = 5/8
Remaining work = 1 – 5/8 = 3/8

A alone done the work = (A+B+C) ‘s 1 day’s work - (B+C)’s one day’s work
= 1/16- 1/24 = 1/48
1/48 days are need to finish one work for A
3/8 work done by A in 3/8 x 48/1 x 1 = 18 days.

41. A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for Rs.529. A and B together
19 8
are supposed to do of the work and B and C together of the work. What
23 23
amount should A be paid?
a. Rs.315 b. Rs.345 c. Rs.355 d. Rs.375
Basic Formula:
Fraction’s subtraction and Multiplication

8 23 − 8
∴ A’s one day’s work = 1- = = 15/23
23 23
15
A’s share amount is Rs. = x 529
23
Rs. 345/-

42. A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete it in
20 days. If B does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and
B together will complete the work?
a. 10 days b. 11 day c. 15 days d. 20 days
Basic Formula:
Fractions Addition and Subtraction

To get B’s one day’s work = (A+B)’s one day’s work - A’s one day’s work
= 1/12 – 1/20 (take LCM = 60)
5− 3
= = 2/60 = 1/30
60
But B does the work only ½ a day = 1/30 x 2 = 1/60
4
∴ (A+B)’s one day’s work = 1/20 + 1/60 = = 1/15
60
∴ A and B can finish the work together in 15 days.

43. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the
same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and
woman?
a. 3 : 4 b. 4 : 3 c. 5 : 3 d. Data inadequate
Basic Formula:
Ratio

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days = 16/20
Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days = 15/16
The ratio is = 15/16 : 16/20
320 : 240
4:3

44. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 15 women can complete
the same work in 4 days. 6 men start working on the job and after working for 2
days, all of them stopped working. How many women should be put on the job
complete the remaining work, if it is to be completed in 3 days?
a. 15 b. 18 c. 22 d. None of these
Basic Formula:
Ratio comparison

Members Days
Men 12 4
Women 15 4
12 : 15 = 4 : 4
48 = 60
Members Days
Men 6 2
Women x 3
6 : x = 2:3 ⇒ 12 =3x ⇒ x = 4
Now substitute x value in women whole work = 60/4 = 15 days

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Question 1: Three friends J, K and Ljog around a circular stadium and complete one round in 12,
18 and 20 seconds respectively. In how many minutes will all the three meet again at the starting
point
a) 5
b) 8
c) 12
d) 3
e) None of these
Question 2: The speed of a boat when travelling downstream is 32 Kms. / Hr. , whereas when
travelling upstream it is 28 kms/hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water ?
a) 27 Kms./Hr.
b) 29 Kms./ Hr.
c) 31 Kms./ Hr.
e) None of these
Question 3: If I walk at 4 km/h, I miss the bus by 10 min. If I walk at 5 km/h, I reach 5 min before
the arrival of the bus. How far I walk to reach the bus stand?
a) 5 km
b) 5.5 km
c) 6 km
d) 7.5 km
e) None of these
Question 4: The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The
distance travelled down steam in 12 minutes is:
a) 3.3 km
b) 2.9 km
c) 2.4 km
d) 3.6 km
e) None of these
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Question 5: An express train travelled at an average speed of 75 km/h stopping for 5 min every
125 km. How long did it take to reach its destination 375 km from the starting point?
a) 6 h 30 min
b) 4 h 45 min
c) 3 h 15 min
d) 5 h 10 min
e) None of these
Question 6: A boat’s speed with the current is 15 kmph and the boat’s speed against the current
is 5 kmph. What is the speed of the current?
a) 15 kmph
b) 10 kmph
c) 5 kmph
d) 20 kmph
e) None of the above
Question 7: A 210 m long train takes 6 s to cross a man running at 9 km/h in a direction opposite
to that of the train. What is the speed of the train? (in km/h)
a) 127
b) 121
c) 117
d) 108
e) 111
Question 8: A truck covers a distance of 640 km in 10 h. A car covers the same distance in 8 h.
What is the respective ratio between the speed of the truck and the car?
a) 3: 4
b) 1: 2
c) 5: 6
d) 6: 7
e) None of these
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Question 9: Faisal walks 325 m every day .How many kilometers will he walk in four weeks?
a) 6.2
b) 9.1
c) 8.6
d) 7.8
e) None of these
Question 10: A 280 m long train crosses a platform thrice its length in 6 min 40 s. What is the
speed of the train?
a) 3.2 m/s
b) 1.4 m/s
c) 2.8 m/s
e) None of these
Answers & Solutions:
1) Answer (D)
All the three friends will meet at the starting point again after X seconds, such that X is the LCM of
the times taken by J, K and L to complete one round.
=> LCM of 12, 18 and 20 = 180 seconds = 3 minutes.
Hence 3 minutes is the answer.
2) Answer (E)
Let the speed of boat in still water be v and the speed of water be x.
Boat speed while going upstream = v-x = 28
Boat speed while going downstream = v+x = 32
=> 2v = 60 => v = 30
Hence, none of these is the correct answer.
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3) Answer (A)
Suppose the required distance be d km/h

Then, d/4 - d/5 = 15min = 1/4 h ⇒ d 1/20 = 1/4 ⇒ d = 5km
4) Answer (D)
Speed downstream = (15 + 3) kmph = 18 kmph.

Distance traveled =(18×12/60)km = 3.6 km.
5) Answer (D)
Time taken to cover 375 km = (375 / 75)h = 5h

Number of stoppages = 375 / 125 - 1 = 2
Total time to stoppages = (5 × 2 ) min = 10 min
Hence, total time taken = 5 h 10 min
6) Answer (C)
With the current => downstream

Against the current => upstream
Let the speed of the boat be ‘s’ and the speed of the river be ‘r’.
So, s - r = 5 and s + r = 15
=>2s = 20 => s = 10 and r = 5 kmph
Speed of the current = 5 kmph
7) Answer (C)
Speed of train = x
Relative speed = x + 9(5 / 18) = x + 2.5
Speed = 210 / 6 = 35 m/s
x + 2.5 = 35 => x = 32.5 m/s = 32.5 * (18/5) = 6.5 * 18 = 117 kmph
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8) Answer (E)
We know the formula of speed which is Speed = Distance/Time

Speed of a truck = 640/10 = 64
Speed of a car = 640/8 = 80
Ratio of speed of truck and car = 64:80 = 4:5
9) Answer (B)
Number of days in 4 weeks = 4*7 = 28

Since Faisal walks 325 m every day
Distance walked in 28 days = 325*28 = 9100 m
9100 m = 9.1 km
10) Answer (C)
Length of the train = 280 m

Length of the platform = (280*3) m
Since the train passes the platform completely
Total distance traveled by train = 280 + (3*280) = 4*280
Time take = 6 min 40 s = 360 + 40 = 400 s
Speed = 4*280 / 400 = 2.8 m/s.
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Index
Foreword ................................................................................... 1
Preface ....................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................... 5
Chapter 1 Number System

Chapter 2 Average
Chapter 3 LCM & HCF
Chapter 4 Ratio & Proportion
Chapter 5 Percentage
Chapter 6 Partnership
Chapter 7 Mixtures & Alligations
Chapter 8 Simple Interest & Compound Interest
Chapter 9 Problems Based on Ages
Chapter 10 Profit & Loss
Chapter 11 Sequence & Series
Chapter 12 Time & Work
Chapter 13 Pipes & Cisterns
Chapter 14 Time & Distance
Chapter 15 Boats & Streams
Chapter 16 Calendar
Chapter 17 Clocks
Chapter 18 Permutation & Combination
Chapter 19 Probability
Chapter 20 Trigonometry
Chapter 21 Geometry
Chapter 22 Mensuration
Chapter 23 Data Sufficiency
Chapter 24 Data Interpretation

Chapter - 12
Time and Work

Three main factors of Time and Work
There is a definite relationship between Time and Work. In this concept, there are only three factors:
 Time taken to complete a certain job
 Unit of work done
 Number of persons doing the job
There is a mental relationship between these three, discussed as follows:

Work done (W) = Number of days (Time taken) (T or D) × Number of men (M)
W=D×M
Some basic points

More number of men can do more work i.e. both are directly proportional
More number of men take less time to complete certain job i.e. both are inversely proportional
By summarizing, we get
= ×
Let us start solving some examples:
Example 1: 10 men can cut 8 trees in 16 days. In how many days can 6 men cut 10 trees?
Solution: This is a very simple example. You are given:
W1 = 8
W2 = 10
M1 = 10
M2 = 6
D1 = 16
D2 = ?
Using formula,
= ×
= ×
⇒D2 = 33.3
Concept of efficiency
This means, "How much work one person can do in one day (expressed in percentage)"
For example: A person can do a job in 2 days
⇒ He can do 50% work in one day
Therefore, his efficiency will be 50%
Just a 2-step concept
This concept involves two steps to calculate efficiency:
 Convert into fraction i.e. per day work

 Multiply with 100 i.e. convert into percentage
Try the following example first, then re-read above points
Example 2: If a person can complete his work in 5days. What will be his efficiency?
Solution: Number of days a person take to complete his work = 5
⇒ He is doing 1/5 th work per day (converted into fraction)
Convert it into percentage:
100/5 = 20%
Therefore, his efficiency is 20%.
Summarizing, If a person can do his job in n days, efficiency will be
Efficiency = %
Note: Negative efficiency cancels the positive efficiency
For Example: Positive efficiency = 5%
Negative efficiency = 1.5%
Net efficiency = 5- 1.5 = 3.5%
As we all know, in competitive exams time management is very important. I suggest you to learn the
fractions till 15.
Number of days required to Work/Day Efficiency (%)

complete work
N 1/n 100/n
1 1 100
2 1/2 50
3 1/3 33.33
4 1/4 25
5 1/5 20
6 1/6 16.66
7 1/7 14.28
8 1/8 12.5
9 1/9 11.11
10 1/10 10
11 1/11 9.09
12 1/12 8.25
13 1/13 7.69
14 1/14 7.14
15 1/15 6.66
Example 3: A can do a job in 10 days. B can do a job in 5 days. In how many days they can complete
the job if they work together?
Solution: Consider the above table

A's efficiency = 10%
B's efficiency = 20%
A+ B efficiency = 10 + 20 = 30%
This means, In one day A and B together can do 30% of work.
Therefore, Number of days A and B together take to do 100% of work =
⇒3.33 days

Example 4: A and B together can do a job in 4 days. If A can do job in 12 days if he works alone, then
how many days B alone take to complete the job?
Solution: A+B take = 4 days

⇒ A+B's efficiency = 25% i.e. they together do 25% of work in one day
A takes = 12 days
⇒ A's efficiency = 8.33%
B's efficiency = (A+B) - (A)
⇒ 25% - 8.33% = 16.66%

This means, B can do 16.66% work in one day
Therefore, to complete the job he will take = .
days
⇒ 6days
Example 5: A and B can do job in 8 days. B and C can do same job in 12 days. A, B and C together can
do same job in 6 days. In how many days A and C together can complete the job?
Solution: You are given that:

A+B's efficiency = 12.5%
B+C's efficiency = 8.33%
A+B+C's efficiency = 16.66%
we need to find A+C
Consider, 2(A+B+C) = (A+B) + (B+C) + (C+A)
⇒2(16.66) = 12.5+ 8.33 + (C+A)
⇒ C+A = 12.49 = 12.5%
Therefore, A and C takes= . = 8 days
Hope you all understand this topic. I will soon update questions for your practice.
Trick
One simple technique is using days in denominator while solving questions. For example, A can do a
job in 3 days and B can do the same job in 6 days. In how much time they can do the job together.
Solution - 1/3 + 1/6 = 1/2, hence 2 days is the answer.

Examiner can set the question in opposite way and can ask you how much time A or B alone will take
to complete the job. It is quite easy to calculate said question by putting values in equation we
arrived in above question.
You need to understand one simple concept - If A can do a job in 10 day then in one day A can do
1/10th of job.
Now let's solve questions with this trick

Question 1 - A take 5 days to complete a job and B takes 10 days to complete the same job. In how
much time they will complete the job together?
Solution - A's efficiency = 20%, B's efficiency = 10%. If they work together they can do 30% of the job
in a day. To complete the job they need 3.33 days.

Question 2 - A is twice as efficient as B and can complete a job 30 days before B. In how much they
can complete the job together?
Solution - Let efficiency percentage as x

A's efficiency = 2x and B's efficiency = x
A is twice efficient and can complete the job 30 days before B. So,
A can complete the job in 30 days and B can complete the job in 60 days
A's efficiency = 1/30 = 3.33%

B's efficiency = 1/60 = 1.66%
Both can do 5% (3.33% + 1.66%) of the job in 1 day.
So the can complete the whole job in 20 days (100/5)
Question 3 - A tank can be filled in 20 minutes. There is a leakage which can empty it in 60 minutes.
In how many minutes tank can be filled?
Solution -
Method 1
⇒ Efficiency of filling pipe = 20 minutes = 1/3 hour = 300%
⇒ Efficiency of leakage = 60 minutes = 100%
We need to deduct efficiency of leakage so final efficiency is 200%. We are taking 100% = 1 Hour as
base so answer is 30 minutes.
Method 2
⇒ Efficiency of filling pipe = 100/20 = 5%
⇒ Efficiency of leakage pipe = 100/60 = 1.66%
⇒ Net filling efficiency = 3.33%
So, tank can be filled in = 100/3.33% = 30 minutes
You can change the base to minutes or even seconds.
Question 4 - 4 men and 6 women working together can complete the work within 10 days. 3 men
and 7 women working together will complete the same work within 8 days. In how many days 10
women will complete this work?
Solution - Let number of men =x, number of women = y

⇒ Efficiency of 4 men and 6 women = 100/10 = 10%
⇒ So, 4x+6y = 10
Above equation means 4 men and 6 women can do 10% of a the job in one day.
⇒ Efficiency of 3 men and 7 women = 100/8 = 12.5%

So, 3x+7y = 12.5
By solving both equations we get, x = -0.5 and y = 2
⇒ Efficiency of 1 woman(y) = 2% per day

⇒ Efficiency of 10 women per day = 20%
So 10 women can complete the job in 100/20 = 5 days

Question 5 - A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the
same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. What is the
respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the
number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone?
Solution - ⇒ Efficiency of A and B = 1/20 per day = 5% per day ___________1

⇒ Efficiency of B and C = 1/30 per day = 3.33% per day_________2
⇒ Efficiency of C and A = 1/30 per day = 3.33% per day_________3
Taking equation 2 and 3 together

⇒ B + C = 3.33% and C + A = 3.33%
⇒ C and 3.33% will be removed. Hence A = B
⇒ Efficiency of A = B = 5%/2 = 2.5% = 1/40
⇒ Efficiency of C = 3.33% - 2.5% = 0.833% = 1/120
⇒ A can do the job in 40 days and C can do the job in 120 days he they work alone.
⇒ Ratio of number of days in which A and C can complete the job 1:3.
Exercise - 12
1) A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the
fraction of the work that is left is:
a) 1/4 b) 1/10 c) 7/15
d) 8/15 e) None of these
2) A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in
12 days, with help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:
a) 9 b) 9 c) 9
d) 10 e) None of these
3) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can
A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
a) 12 days b) 15 days c) 16 days
d) 18 days e) None of these
4) A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than
B. Working together, they can do it in:
a) 20 days b) 22 c) 25 days
5) A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for
Rs.3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to
C?
a) Rs.375 b) Rs.400 c) Rs.600
d) Rs.800 e) None of these
6) If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the
same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be:

7) A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, while A and C
together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?
a) 8 hours b) 10 hours c) 12 hours
d) 24 hours e) None of these
8) A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in:
9) 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
10) A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same number of
books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at
9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete
work. Approximately at what time will the work (to print one lakh books) be finished?
a) 11:30 A.M. b) 12 noon c) 12:30 P.M.
d) 1:00 P.M. e) None of these
11) 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?
a) 5 b) 5 c) 6
12) 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
13) 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
14) P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8
days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how
many days can they complete the work?
a) 5 b) 5 c) 6
15) 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
16) X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone
and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work
last?


17) 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
18) Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a
computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take,
working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
a) 7 hours 30 minutes b) 8 hours c) 8 hours 15 minutes
d) 8 hours 25 minutes e) None of these
19) A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working together,
they will complete the same work in:
a) day b) day c) 3 ]
20) 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
21) 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:
22) A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the
work together but after 2 days B had to lea0ve and A alone completed the remaining work.
The whole work was completed in:
23) 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?
24) 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:
25) Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in
fifteen days. What is the ration between the capacity of a man and a woman?
a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3 c) 5 : 3
d) Date inadequate e) None of these
26) A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C
together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in:


27) A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are
forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
28) 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) 15 days c) 20 days
29) A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 times as efficient as B. The same job can be
done by A alone in:
a) 9 b) 11 days c) 12
30) 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
31) A tub can be filled in 20 minutes but there is a leakage in it which can empty the full tub in 60
minutes. In how many minutes it can be filled?
a) 10 minutes b) 30 minutes c) 40 minutes
d) 25 minutes e) None of these
32) A can do a piece of work in 14 days while B can do it in 21 days. In how many days, working
together they will complete the whole work?
a) 10.5 b) 8 c) 8.4
33) A is thrice as efficient as B. Working together they complete the work in 3 days. If B takes 8
days more than A, what is the number of days taken by A to finish the whole work, alone?
a) 4 b) 2 c) 12
34) 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) 5
35) Karan can do a work in 10 days while Sohan can do the same work in 20 days. They started
work together. After 3 days Karan left the work and Sohan completed it. For how many days
Sohan worked alone more than the number of days required when both worked together?
a)4 b) 3 c) 2

36) A and B undertook a work for Rs.350. A got Rs.150 more than that of B, when they worked
together. B takes 9 days more than A, when they work individually. In how many days A and
B working together can do the whole work:
a) 5 b) 4 c) 4
37) When A, B and C are deployed for a task, A and B together do 70% of the work and B and C
together do 50% of the work. Who is most efficient?
a) a b) b c) c
38) A contractor undertook a work to complete in 60 days. But just after 20 days he observed that
only th of the project work had been completed. To complete the work in time (i.e., in rest
days) minimum how many workers he had to increase, if there were initially 75 workers were
deployed for the task?
a) 25 b) 50 c) 75
39) 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 :
40) 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
41) B and C are equally efficient, but the efficiency of A is half of each B and C. A and B started
a work and 3 days later C joined them. If A alone can do the work in 14 days, then in how
many more days the work will be completed?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3
d) 4.5 e) None of these
42) A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same
work in 12 days, in how many days can B alone complete that work?
a) 6 days b) 12 c) 8 days
43) 4 men and 2 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days. 3 women and 4 boys can finish the
same work in 5 days. Also 2 men and 3 women can finish the same work in 5 days. In how
many days 1 man, 1 woman and one boy can finish the work, at their double efficiency?
a) 4 b) 4 c) 3
44) A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs.600. A alone can do it in 6 days while B alone
can do it in 8 days. With the help of C, they finish it in 3 days. Find the share of each.
a) Rs.80 b) Rs.75 c) Rs.90

45) Tap A can fill the empty tank in 12 hours, but due to a leak in the bottom it is filled in 15
hours, if the tank is full and then tap A is closed then in how many hours the leak can empty
it?
d) 60 hours e) None of these
46) A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In
how many days will A alone finish the work?
47) Pipe A basically used as inlet pipe and pipe B is used as outlet pipe. Pipes A and B both are
opened simultaneously, all the time. When pipe A fills the tank and B empty the tank, it will
take double the time than when both the pipes fill the tank. When pipe B is used for filling the
tank, its efficiency remains constant. What is the ratio of efficiency of pipe A and pipe B
respectively?
a) 3 : 1 b) 5 : 2 c) 1 : 3
d) 3 : 2 e) None of these
48) 45 men can complete a work in 16 days. Six days after they started working. 30 more men
joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?
49) Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours and 10 hours respectively. A tap C can empty
the full cistern in 30 hours. All the three taps were open for 2 hours, when it was remembered
that the emptying tap had been left open. It was then closed. How many hours more would it
take for the cistern to be filled?
a) 30 min. b) 1.2 hours c) 24 min.
d) 35 min. e) None of these
50) A tyre has two punctures. The first puncture alone would have made the tyre flat in 9 minutes
and the second alone would have done it in 6 minutes. If air leaks out at a constant rate, how
long does it take both the punctures together to make it flat?
a) 1 b) 3 c) 3
51) A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single
pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full
and if 40,000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply fails in 90 days. If 32,000 litres of petrol
is used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the supply every
failing?
a) 64000 litres b) 56000 litres c) 78000 litres
d) 60000 litres e) None of these
52) A is 50% more efficient than B. C does half of the work done by A and B together. If C alone
does the work in 40 days, then A, B and C together can do the work in :
53) The total number of men, women and children working in a factory is 18. They earn Rs.4000
in a day. If the sum of the wages of all men, all women and all children is in the ratio of 18 :

10 : 12 and if the wages of an individual man, woman and child is in the ratio 6 : 5 : 3, then
how much a woman earn in a day?
a) Rs.400 b) Rs.250 c) Rs.150
54) P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8
days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how
many days can they complete the work?
a) 5 b) 5 c) 6
55) Eklavya can do the 6 times the actual work in 36 days while Faizal can do the one-fourth of
the original work in 3 days. In how many days will both working together complete the 3
times of the originalwork?
a) 6 b) 10 c) 12
56) A and B can together finish a work in 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 job?
a) 40 b) 50 c) 54
57) Aman and Raman are two workers. Working together they can complete the whole work in
10 hours. If the Aman worked for 2.5 hours and Raman worked for 8.5 hours, still there was
half of the work to be done. In how many hours Aman working alone, can complete the whole
work?
58) 5 men and 2 boys working together can do four times as much work as a man and a boy.
Working capacities of a man and a boy are in the ratio :
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 c) 1 : 3
d) 3 : 1 e) None of these
59) A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it
for Rs.3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid
to C?
a) Rs.375 b) Rs.400 c) Rs.600
60) If there is leakage also which is capable of draining out the liquid drom the tank at half of the
rate of outlet pipe, then what is the time taken to fill the empty tank when both the pipes are
opened?
61) A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for Rs.529. A and B together are supposed to
do of the work and B and C together of the work. What amount should A be paid?
a) Rs.315 b) Rs.345 c) Rs.355

62) A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is 1 times as efficient as B. The same job can be
done by A alone in :
63) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work
but A left 8 days before the completion of the work while B left 12 days before the
completion. The number of days for which C worked is :
a) 4 b) 8 c) 12
64) A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete it in 20 days. If B
does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will
complete the work?
65) 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
66) 12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 6 more men join them.
67) A, B and C together earn Rs.300 per day, while A and C together earn Rs.188 and B and C
together earn Rs.152. The daily earning of C is :
a) Rs.40 b) Rs.68 c) Rs.112
Solutions:
1. Option D

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = [ + ]=

(A + B)’s 4 day’s work = [ × 4] =
Therefore, Remaining work = [1 ⎯ ] =
2. Option C
(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work =


C’s 1 day’s work = ⎯ [ + ]=[ ⎯ ]=

So, C alone can do the work in =9
3. Option B
A’s 2 day’s work =[ ×2 = ]
(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work =[ + + ]= =
Work done in 3 days =[ + ]=

Now, work is done in 3 days.
Whole work will be done in (3 × 5) = 15 days
4. Option B
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 1 : 3

The time difference is (3 ⎯1) 2 days while B take 3 days and A takes 1 day.
If difference of time is 2 days, B takes 3 days.
If difference of time is 60 days, B takes [ ]
× 60 = 90 days
So, A takes 30 days to do the work.
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = [ + ]= =

A and B together can do the work in = 22 days
5. Option B
C’s 1 day’s work = ⎯ [ + ]= ⎯ =

A’s wages : B’s wages : C’s wages = : : =4:3:1
C’s share (for 3 days) = Rs. 3 ×[ ]

× 3200 = Rs.400
6. Option A

Then, 6x + 8y = and 26x + 48y =
Solving these two equations, we get : x = and y =
(15 men + 20 boy)’s 1 day’s work = [ + ]=

7. Option C

A’s 1 hour’s work =

(B + C)’s 1 hour’s work =
(A + C)’s 1 hour’s work =
(A + B + C)’s 1 hour’s work =[ + ]=

B’s 1 hour’s work ⎯=[ ]=
B alone will take 12 hours to do the work.
8. Option C

C’s 1 day’s work =
(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = + [ ]

= = …….. (i)
A’s 1 day’s work = (B + C)’s 1 day’s work …….. (ii)
From (i) and (ii), we get 2 × (A’s 1 day’s work) =
A’s day’s work =
B’s 1 day’s work= [ ⎯ = =]

So, B alone could do the work in 25 days.
9. Option C
Whole work is done by A in 20 × [ ] = 25 days
[ ]
Now, 1 ⎯ i.e., work is done by A and B in 3 days.
Whole work will be done by A and B in (3 × 5) = 15 days.
A’s 1 day’s work = , (A + B)’s 1 day’s work =
B’s 1 day’s work = [ ⎯ ]= =

So, B alone would do the work in =37 days
10. Option D
(P + Q + R)’s 1 hour’s work = [ + + ]=

Work done by P, Q and R in 2 hours =[ × 2] =
Remaining work = [1 ⎯ ] =
(Q + R)’s 1 hour’s work =[ + ]=

Now, work is done by Q and R in 1 hour.
So, work will be done by Q and R in × [= hours ] 2 hours

So, the work will be finished approximately 2 hours after 11 A.M., i.e., around 1 P.M.
11. Option C

B’s 10 day’s work = [ × 10] =

[
work is done by A in 18 × ] = 6 days.
12. Option B
Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 woman’s 1 day’s work = y.

Then, 4x + 6y = and 3x + 7y =
Solving the two equations, we get x = ,y=
10 women’s 1 day’s work = × 10 =[ ]

13. Option D
(A + B)’s 20 day’s work = [ × 20] =
Therefore, the whole work will be done by A in (20 × 3) = 60 days.
14. Option A
P can complete the work in (12 × 8) hrs. = 96 hrs.

Q can complete the work in (8 × 10) hrs. = 80 hrs.
P’s 1 hour’s work = and Q’s 1 hour’s work =
[P + Q)’s 1 hour’s work = [ + ]=

[ ] hrs.
So, both P and Q will finish the work in
Number of days of 8 hours each = [ × ]= days =5 days
15. Option C

(5 women + 10 children)’s day’s work = + [= + ] [ ]=

5 women and 10 children will complete the work in 7 days.
16. Option B
Work done by X in 4 days = [ ]
×4 =

Remaining work [
= 1⎯ ]=
(X + Y)’s 1 day’s work =[ + ]= =
Now, work is done by X and Y in 1 day.
So, work will be done by X and Y in × [

= 6 days ]
Hence, total time taken = (6 + 4) days = 10 days
17. Option B
Ration of times taken by A and B = 100 : 130 = 10 : 13

Then, 10 : 13:: 23 : x x= [ ×
] x=
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = + [ = = ]

Therefore, A and B together can complete the work in 13 days.
18. Option C
Number of pages typed by Ravi in 1 hour = =

Number of pages typed by Kumar in 1 hour = =8
Number of pages typed by both in 1 hour = [ + 8] =

Time taken by both to type 110 pages = [110 × ] hours
=8 hours or 8 hours 15 minutes
19. Option C
If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A’s 1 day’s work =
(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = [ + + ]=

Formula: If A’s 1 day’s work = , then A can finish the work in n days.
So, all the three together will complete the job in [ ] days = 3
20. Option B
Ration of times taken by Sakshi and Tanya = 125 : 100 = 5 : 4

Suppose Tanya takes x days to do the work.
5 : 4::20 : x x= [ ×
]
x = 16 days
Hence, Tanya takes 16 days to complete the work.

21. Option B
Suppose A, B and C take x, and days respectively to finish the work.
Then, [ + + ]=
=
x = 12
So, B takes (12/2) = 6 days to finish the work.
22. Option C
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work [ + ]= =
Work done by A and B in 2 days = [ × 2] =
work will be done by A in 15 ×[ ] = 10 days

Hence, the total time taken = (10 + 2) = 12 days.
23. Option A
2 (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = [ + + ]= =

Therefore, (A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = =
×
Work done by A, B, C in 10 days = =
Remaining work [
= 1⎯ ]=
A’s 1 day’s work =[ ⎯ ]=
So, [
work will be done by A in 48 × ] = 18 days.
24. Option A
Ratio of rates of working of A and B =2:1

So, ratio of times taken =1:2
A’s 1 day’s work = ; (2 times of B’s work)
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = [ + ]= =

So, A and B together can finish the work in 4 days.
25. Option B
(20 × 16) women can complete the work in 1 day.

(16 × 15) men can complete the work in 1 day.


So, required ratio = :
= :
= 4 : 3 (cross multiplied)
26. Option C
(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work =

(B + C)’s 1 day’s work =
(A + C)’s 1 day’s work [

= 2× ] ⎯[ + ]
=[ ⎯ ]
=
=
So, A and C together will do the work in 8 days.
27. Option C
(B + C)’s 1 day’s work [ + ]= =
Work done by B and C in 3 days = [ × 3] =
So, [
work is done by A in 24 × ] = 10 days.
28. Option A
Work done by X in 8 days = [ × 8] =
Now, work is done by Y in 16 days.
[
Whole work will be done by Y in 16 × ] = 20 days.
X’s 1 day’s work = , Y’s 1 day’s work =
(X + Y)’s 1 day’s work = [ + ]=

Hence, X and Y will together complete the work in [ ] = 13 days.
29. Option B
(A’s 1 day’s work) : (B’s 1 day’s work) = : 1 = 7 : 4

Then , 7x + 4x = 11x = x=

A’s 1 day’s work = [ ]

×7 =
30. Option A
Efficiency of P : Q = 3 : 1
Required number of days of P : Q = 1 : 3
i.e., if P requires x days then Q requires 3x days
but 3x ⎯x = 60
2x = 60
x = 30 and 3x = 90
Thus P can finish the work in 30 days and Q can finish the work in 90 days.
31. Option B
Filling efficiency = 5% 5=
Emptying efficiency = 1.66% 1.66 =
Net efficiency = 5 ⎯1.66 = 3.33%
Required time to full the tub = = 30 minutes
.
32. Option C
Efficiency of A = 7.14%
Efficiency of B = 4.76%
Efficiency of A + B = 11.9%
Number of days required by A and B, working together = = 8.4 days
.
33. Option A
Efficiency of A + B = 33.33% = [ ]
Ratio of efficiency of A and B = 3 : 1
Efficiency of A = × 33.33 = 25%
Number of days taken by A = 4 = =4
34. Option A
3 days before the completion of the work Aman left the work means in last 3 days only
Suneeta has worked alone.
So, in last 3 days worked done by Suneeta = 3 × =
[
So, the rest 1 ⎯ ]= work was done by Aman and Suneeta both.
/
Number of days in which Aman and Suneeta worked together = /
= =7 days
35. Option A
Karan’s efficiency = 10%

Sohan’s efficiency = 5%
Work done by Karan and Sohan together in 3 days = 15 × 3 = 45%
Now, number of days in which B completed rest (55%) work alone = = 11
Total number of days in which B worked = 3 + 11 = 14

Now number of days required by B, when A and B both worked together = =6
[ ]
Required difference in number of days = (11) ⎯ 6
= =4 days
36. Option B
A’s share = Rs.250

B’s share = Rs.100
It means the ratio of efficiency of A : B = 250 : 100 = 5 : 2
Ratio of days taken by A and B = 2x : 5x
Now, 5x ⎯2x = 9 x=3
Number of days taken by A = 6 (efficiency = 16.66%)
Number of days taken by B = 15 (efficiency = 6.66%)
Therefore number of days taken by A and B, working together = .
= =4 days
37. Option A
A + B = 70%
B + C = 50% [A + B + B + C ⎯(A + B + C) = B]
70 + 50 ⎯100 = 20%
B = 20%
A = 50%
C = 30%
Hence, A is most efficient.
38. Option C
Work done =
Remaining work =
4 (20 × 75) = 40 × x
x = 150
Therefore 75 men should be increased.
39. Option E
Work done by 2 men = 3 women = 4 boys

1 man = 2 boys
1 women = boys
Boys × days = 4 × 52 (boys ⎯days)
Again 1 man + 1 woman + 1 boy = 2 + + 1 = boys
40. Option C

Work done =
Remaining work = , which is half of
× (20 × 32) = 8 × x
x = 40 men
Therefore, 20 more men were required.
41. Option A
Number of days taken by A to complete work alone = 14 days

Number of days taken by B to complete work alone = 7 days
Number of days taken by C to complete work alone = 7 days
One day’s work of A and B = + =
And one day’s work of A, B and C = + + =
3 day’s work of A and B = 3 × =
Remaining work = [1 ⎯ ]
/
This remaining work will be done by A, B and C = /
= 1 day
42. Option A
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = , As 1 day’s work =
B’s 1 day’s work= [ ⎯ = ]

Hence, B alone can complete the work in 6 days.
43. Option E
Efficiency of 4 men and 2 boys = 20%

Efficiency of 3women and 4 boys = 20%
Efficiency of 2 men and 3 women = 20%
So, Efficiency of 6 men, 6 women and 6 boys = 60%

So, efficiency of 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy = 10%
Now, since they will work at double their efficiency
Efficiency of 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy = 20%
Required number of days =5
44. Option B
C’s 1 day’s work = ⎯ [ + ]=

A : B : C = Ratio of their 1 day’s work = : : =4:3:1
[
A’s share Rs. 600 × ] = Rs.300, B’s share = Rs.[ 600 × ] = Rs.225
C’s share = Rs.[600 ⎯(300 + 225)] = Rs.75
45. Option D
Efficiency of A = 8.33%
Effective efficiency = 6.66%, when there is leakage
So, efficiency of leakage = 1.66% = (8.33 ⎯6.66)
It means due to leakage a full tank will be empty in 60 hours.
46. Option C
(A’s 1 day’s work) : (B’s 1 day’s work) = 2 : 1

Divide in the ratio 2 : 1
So, A’s 1 day’s work = × [ = ]

47. Option A
Efficiency when both pipes used to fill = A + B

And efficiency when pipe A is used to fill and pipe B is used to empty the tank = A ⎯B
So, =
⎯
=
Thus, the ratio of efficiency of pipe A and B = 3 : 1
48. Option E
(45 × 16) men can complete the work in 1 day.

So, 1 man’s 1day’s work =
45 men’s 6 day’s work = [ ]

×6 = [
Remaining work = 1 ⎯ ]=
49. Option C
Time taken by pipes A and B to fill the whole tank = . = 6 hours

Capacity filled in 2 hours by pipes A, B and C = 2 × 13.33 = 26.66%
Remaining capacity = 73.33%
.
This remaining capacity can be filled by A and B = . = 4
So, the total time required = 2 + 4 = 6 hours 24 minutes
Thus, in this case 24 minutes extra are required.
50. Option C
1 minute’s work of both the punctures = [ + ]=

So, both the punctures will make the tyre flat in =3 min.
51. Option B
Let x litre be the per day filling and v litre be the capacity of the reservoir, then
90x + v = 40000 × 90 …. (1)

60x + v = 32000 × 60 …. (2)
Solving eq. (1) and (2), we get
x = 56000
Hence, 56000 litres per day can be used without the failure of supply.
52. Option A
(A’s 1 day’s work) : (B’s 1 day’s work) = 150 : 100 = 3 : 2

Then, C’s 1 day’s work = [ ]=
So, = or x = [ × ]=
A’s 1 day’s work = ; B’s 1 day’s work = ; C’s 1 day’s work =
(A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work = [ + + ]= =
So, A, B and C together can do the work in = 13 days
53. Option B
Ratio of number of men, women and children = : : = 3x : 2x : 4x

So, (3x + 2x + 4x) = 18
So, x = 2
Therefore, number of women = 4
Share of all women = × 4000 = Rs.1000
(18 + 10 + 12 = 40)
So, Share of each woman = = Rs.250
54. Option A
P can complete the work in (12 × 8) hrs. = 96 hrs.

Q can complete the work in (8 × 10) hrs. = 80 hrs.
So, P’s 1 hour’s work = and Q’s 1 hour’s work =
(P + Q)’s 1 hour’s work = [ + ]=

[ ] hrs.
So, both P and Q will finish the work in
So, Number of days of 8 hours each = [ × ]= days = 5 days
55. Option C
Efficiency of Eklavya = 16.66%

Efficiency of Faizal = 8.33%
Total efficiency of Eklavya and Faizal = 25%
So, they can do actual work in 4 days
So, 3 times work requires 12 days.
56. Option D

(A + B)’s 20 day’s work = [ × 20 = ] Remaining work = [1 ⎯ ] =

Whole work will be done by A in (20 × 3) = 60 days
57. Option B
Efficiency of Aman and Raman = 10%

Aman worked for 2.5 hours and Raman worked separately 8.5 hours. Which means it can be
considered that Aman and Raman worked together for 2.5 hours and Raman worked alone
for 6 hours.
Thus, Aman and Raman in 2.5 hours can complete 25% work. It means the remaining (50 ⎯
25) = 25% of the work was done by Raman in 6 hours.
Therefore, Raman can do 100% work in 24 hours. It means the efficiency of Raman = 4.16%
Therefore, efficiency of Aman = (10 ⎯4.16) = 5.83%
Thus, Aman require . = 17 hours to complete the work alone.
58. Option B

Then, 5x + 2y = 4 (x + y) x = 2y =
59. Option B
C’s 1 day’s work = ⎯ [ + ]= ⎯ =
A’s wages : B’s wages : C’s wages = : : =4:3:1
So, C’s share = Rs. [ ]

× 3200 = Rs.400
60. Option C
Rate of leakage = 8.33% per hour

Net efficiency = 50 ⎯(16.66 + 8.33) = 25%
Time required = = 4 hours
61. Option B
Work done by A = 1⎯[ ]=

So, A : (B + C) = : = 15 : 8
So, A’s share = Rs. [ ]

× 529 = Rs.345
62. Option B
(A’s 1 day’s work) : (B’s 1 day’s work) = : 1 = 7 : 4

Then, 7x + 4x = 11x = x=

So, A’s 1 day’s work = [ ×7 =]

63. Option D
Suppose the work was finished in x days.

Then, A’s (x ⎯8) day’s work + B’s (x ⎯12) day’s work + C’s x day’s work = 1
⎯ ⎯
+ + =1 6(x ⎯8) + 4 (x ⎯12) + 3x = 216
So, 13x = 312 or x = 24
64. Option C
B’s 1 day’s work = [ ⎯ ]= =

Now, (A + B)’s 1 day’s work =[ + ]== [
B works for half day only ]
So, A and B together will complete the work in 15 days.
65. Option C
1 woman’s 1 day’s work = ; 1 child’s 1 day’s work =
(5 women + 10 children)’s 1 day’s work = + [

= + =] [ ]
So, 5 women and 10 children will complete the work in 7 days.
66. Option A
12 men’s 6 day’s work =[ ]

×6 = [
Remaining work = 1 ⎯ ]=
18 men’s 1 day’s work =[ × 18 = ]
work is done by them in 1 day.
So, work is done by them in 6 × [ ] = 2 days

67. Option A
B’s daily earning = Rs. (300 ⎯188) = Rs.112

A’s daily earning = Rs. (300 ⎯152) = Rs.148
C’s daily earning [

= Rs. 300 ⎯(112 + 148) = Rs.40]

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1. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days. If however, there
were 10 men less, it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many
men were there originally?
A. 100
B. 82
C. 75
D. 110
E. 95
2. 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 is ______.
A. 18 days
B. 6 days
C. 8 days
D. 4 days
E. None of these
3. Efficiency of Ravi and Mayank of doing the same work is 3 : 2. If they together can
complete a work in 18 days, then in how many days Ravi can complete the work
alone?
A. 45
B. 30
C. 24
D. 40
E. None of these
4. A builder decided to build a building in 20 days. He employed 100 men in beginning

and 50 more after 15 days and completed the construction in stipulated time. If he
had not employed the additional men, how many days behind schedule would it have
been finished?
A. 5 days
B. 7 days
C. 10 days
5
D. 2 days
E. None of these
5. 8 men working for 9 hours a day complete a piece of work in 20 days. In how many
days can 7 men working for 10 hours a day complete the same piece of work?
A. 21 days
3
B. 20 5 days
4
C. 20 7 days
3
D. 21 days
7
E. None of these
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6. Wages of 10 women for 5 days is Rs.1250. The daily wage of a man is twice that of a
woman. How many men must work for 8 days to earn Rs.1600?
A. 5 men
B. 8 men
C. 4 men
D. 6 men
E. None of these
7. Alok is twice as good a workman as Dinesh. Alok can finish a piece of work in 60 days
less than Dinesh. In how many days will they together be able to do the work?
A. 30 days
B. 40 days
C. 50 days
D. 55 days
E. None of these
8. A and B finish a work together in 30 days, they worked for it for 20 days and then B
left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 more days. B alone can finish the
work in ______.
A. 50 days
B. 5 days
C. 60 days
D. 48 days
E. 35 days
9. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women
take to plough it?
A. 5 days
B. 10 days
C. 11 days
D. 9 days
E. 12 days
10. A does half as much work as B in one sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days to
complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it alone?
A. 70 days
B. 30 days
C. 40 days
D. 50 days
E. None of these
11. If 72 men can build a wall 280m long in 21 days. How many men will take 18 days to
build a similar type of wall of length 100m?
A. 30
B. 20
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C. 10
D. 18
E. 28
12. A certain number of men can do a work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more it could
be finished in 10 days less. How many men were there in the beginning?
A. 50 men
B. 45 men
C. 42 men
D. 40 men
E. None of these
13. 25 men finish a task in 32 hr, while 30 women complete it in 40 hr. If 40 men and 60
women are allocated the task, how many hours will they take to finish?
A. 20 hr
B. 24 hr
C. 15 hr
D. 10 hr
E. None of these
14. A and B can complete a piece of work in 30 days, B and C in 20 days, while C and A
in 15 days. If all of them work together, the time taken in completing work will be
A. 10 day
B. 12 day
2
C. 12 3 day
1
D. 13 day
3
E. None of these
15. 5 men can prepare 10 toys in 6 days working 6 hours a day. Then in how many days
can 12 men prepare 16 toys working 8 hrs a day?
A. 5 days
B. 3 days
C. 4 days
D. 6 days
E. None of these
16. A and B, working separately, can mow a field in 12 and 15 hours respectively. They
work alternately, each for one hour, with A beginning at 5 a.m. At what time will the
mowing be completed?
A. 5:30 pm
B. 4:30 pm
C. 6:30 pm
D. 6:30 am
E. None of these
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17. A contractor decided to build a road in 40 days. He employed 100 workers in the
beginning and 100 more after 35 days and completed the construction in stipulated
time. If he had not employed the additional workers, how many days behind schedule
would it have been finished?
A. 5 days
B. 4 days
C. 7 days
D. 12 days
E. None of these
18. If 3 men with 4 boys can earn 2100 in 7 days and 11 men with 13 boys can earn Rs.
8300 in 8 days, in what time will 7 men with 9 boys earn Rs. 11000?
A. 16 days
B. 18 days
C. 14 days
D. 20 days
E. None of these
19. A and B together can complete a work in 8 days and B and C together in 12 days. All of
them together can complete the work in 6 days. In how much time will A and C
together complete the work?
A. 8 days
B. 10 days
C. 12 days
D. 20 days
E. None of these
20. Two men A and B working-together complete a piece of work which it would have
taken them respectively 12 and 18 days to complete if they worked separately. They
received in payment Rs. 149.25. Find their shares.
A. Rs. 89.55, Rs. 59.70
B. Rs. 90.55, Rs. 58.70
C. Rs. 91.55, Rs. 57.70
D. Can’t be determined
E. None of these
21. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time working together will they take to
complete a job, if A alone could have done in 23 days?
A. 11 days
B. 13 days
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C. 20 17
D. 18 days
E. None of these
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22. A, B and C undertake to do a work for Rs. 480. A and B together do 4 of the work and
rest is done by C alone. How much should C get?
A. Rs. 360
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 240
D. Rs. 180
E. None of these
23. A can complete a work in 10 days, B in 12 days and C in 15 days. All of them began the
work together; but A had to leave the work after 2 days of the start and B, 3 days
before the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
A. 7 days
B. 8 days
C. 10 days
D. 12 days
E. None of these
24. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 24 days; B and C together in 30
days; and C and A together in 40 days. How many days will each take separately to
A. 60, 40, 120
B. 40, 20, 60
C. 120, 60, 80
D. Can’t be determined
E. None of these
25. 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. How much
money should be given to the boy?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.25
C. Rs.45
D. Rs.65
E. None of these
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1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (E)

10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (E) 17. (A) 18. (A)
19. (A) 20. (A) 21. (B) 22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (A) 25. (B)
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(b)28
TIME and WORK (c)66
(d)40
LCM Method (e) None of these
This can be understood in terms of the above example in Q2.
the following way: 9 children can complete a piece of work in 360 days.
Let us assume that total work to be equal to the LCM of 18 men can complete the same piece of work in 72
the days taken by Amit and Vinit (i.e., of 10 and 15).
days and 12 women can complete the piece of work in
Assume work = 60 units 162 days in how many days can 4 men12 women and
Work done by Amit in one day = 5 units 10 children together complete the piece of work?
Work done by Vinit in one day = 4 units (a)12
Work done by both of them in one day when working (b)36
together = 9 units
(c)48
So, the number of days taken by both of them when
(d)24
working together = 60/9 = 6 days
(e) None of these
Q3.
Application of STD table (LCM Method)
Fifty six men can complete a piece of work in 24 days.
Speed (S) or Time (T) Distance (D)
In how many days can 42 men complete the same
Efficiency Total work (LCM)
LCM/T LCM/S LCM piece of work?
(a) 18 days
(b) 32 days
Example (c) 98 days
A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 (d) 48 days
days. B & C start the work but are forced to leave after 3
days. The remaining work done by A in ? (e)None of these
Solution: Q4.
LCM of 24,12,9 = 72 (total work) 42 women can do a piece of work in 18 days. How
Find speed column (follow red arrow) many women would be required to do the same work
Given in 21 days?
B+C work for 3 days
(follow 2nd table)
(a)36
So combined speed of B+C=8+6=14 (b)24
D =14×3=42 (c)30
Remaining work = 72-42=30 (d)44
A's speed =3 (e) None of these
Time taken by A to do remaing work = 30/3 = 10
Q5.
30 men can do a piece of work in 16 days. How many
men would be required to do the same work in 20
days?
(a)12
(b)36
(c)48
(d)24
(e) None of these
Q6.
8 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days. 12
women can complete the same piece of work in 4 days
Previous year questions whereas 8 children can complete the same piece of
Q1. work in 8 days. 2 men, 8 children and 3 women work
12 men can complete a piece of work In 36 days. 18 together for 2 days. If only women were to finish the
women can complete the same piece of work in 60 remaining work in 2 days, how many total women
days. 8 men and 20 women work together for 20 days. would be required?
If only women were to complete the remaining piece (a)12
of work In 4 days, how many women would be (b)18
required? (c)24
(a)70 (d)20
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(e) None of these 6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 8
Q7. women can complete the same piece of work, in 18
18 children can do a piece of work in 12 days. How days whereas 18 children can complete the piece of
many children would be required to do the same work work in 10 days, 4 men, 12 women and 20 children
in 8 days ? work together for 2 days. If only men were to
(a)12 complete the remaining work in 1 day how many men
(b)18 would be required totally ?
(c)24 (a)36
(d)27 (b)24
(e) None of these (c)18
Q8. (d)Cannot be determined
8 men and 4 women together cm complete a piece of (e)None of these
work in 6 days. Work done by a man in one day is Q13.
double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 3 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. 5
men and 4 women started working and after 2 days, 4 women can complete the same work In 18 days. In
men left and 4 new women joined, in how many more how many days will 4 men and 10 women together
days will the work be completed? complete the same work ?
(a) 5 days (a) 3 days
(b) 8 days (b) 5 days
(c) 6 days (c) 2 days
(d) 4 days (d) 4 days
(e) 9 days (e) None of these
Q9. Q14.
B and C together can complete a work in 8 days. A and 8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8
B together can complete the same work in 12 days women can complete the same work in 32 days. In
and A and C together can complete the same work in how many days will 5 men and 8 women together
16 days. In how many days can A, B and C together complete the same work ?
complete the same work ? (a) 16 days
(a) 48/13 days (b) 12 days
(b) 96/13 days (c) 14 days
(c) 89/ 12 days (d) 10 days
(d) 41/12 days (e) None of these
(e) None of these Q15.
Q10. 2 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. 2
10 men can complete a piece of work in 8 days. 20 women can complete the same piece of work in 9
women can complete the same piece of work in 6 days, whereas 3 children can complete the same piece
days. In how many days. 16 men and 18 women of work in 8 days. 3 women and 4 children worked
together can complete the same piece of work? together for 1 day. If only men were to finish the
(a) 19/5 days remaining work in 1 day, how many total men would
(b) 27 days be required?
(c) 24/7 days (a)4
(d) 2+17/7days (b)8
(e) None of these (c)6
Q11. (d)Cannot be determined
Ayesha can complete a piece of work in 16 days. (e)None of these
Amita can complete the same piece of work in 8 days. Q16.
If both of them work together in how many days can Vikas gets rs. 350 for every day that he works. If he
they complete the same piece of work ? earns rs. 9,800 in a month of 31 days, for how many
(a) 6 days days did he work?
(b) 22/5 days (a) 25 days
(c) 16/3 days (b) 30days
(d) 12 days (c) 24 days
(e) None of these (d) 28days
Q12. (e) None of these

Q17. Q22.
A water tank has three taps A, B and C. Tap A, when A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and
opened, can fill the water tank alone in 4 hours. Tap B, C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A
when opened, can fill the water tank alone in 6 hours and C together can complete the same task in 40days.
and tap C, when opened, can empty the water tank What is the respective ratio of the number of days
alone in 3 hours. If taps A, B and C are opened taken by A when completing the same task alone to
simultaneously how long will It take to fill the tank the number of days taken by C when completing the
completely ? same task alone?
(a) 10 hours (a)2:05
(b) 8 hours (b) 2 : 7
(c) 18 hours (c) 3:7
(d) 12 hours (d) 1 : 5
(e) None of these (e) 3: 5
Q18. Q23.
4 girls can do a piece of work in 8 days, 3 boys can do 3 men can do a work in 12 days, 5 women can do the
the same piece of work in 9 days, 7 men do the same same work in 8 days and 20 children in 3 days . If all
piece of work in 2 days and 5 women can do the same the men, women and children work together, in how
piece of work in 4 days. Who is least efficient ? many days will the work be completed ?
(a) Boys (a) 25/13
(b) Girls (b)24/13
(c) Women (c)8
(d) Men (d)3
(e) Boys and Men both (e)none of these
Q19. Q24.
Two men alone or three women alone can complete a The part of work done by 9 boys and 3 men together
piece of work in 4 days. In how many days can 1 in one day is four times the work done by a boy and a
woman and one man together complete the same man together. What is the respective ratio of work
piece of work ?. done by a boy and a man ?
(a) 6 days (a) 5 : 1
(b) 24/5 days (b) 1 : 5
(c)12/ 1.75 days (c) 4:1
(d)Cannot be determined (d) 1 : 4
(e)None of these (e) None of these
Q20. Q25.
Four examiners can examine a certain number of In a tank there are three inlet pipes P, Q and R and one
answer papers in 10 days by working for 5 hours a outlet pipe S. Pipe R fills the tank two times faster
day. For how many hours in a day would-2 examiners than pipe P and three times faster than pipe Q. Outlet
have to work in order to examine twice the number of S takes 10 minutes to empty the full tank. Time taken
answer papers in 20 days ? by inlet R to fill the empty tank is 2/5 th of the time
(a) 8 hours taken by S to empty the full tank. In what time will the
(b) 15/2 hours inlets P and Q together fill the empty tank ?'
(c) 10 hours (a) 24/5 minutes
(d) 17/2 hours (b)22/5 minutes 5
(e) None of these (c)19/5 minutes 5
Q21. (d)17/5 minutes
6 women and 6 men together can complete a piece of (e)None of these
work In 6 days. In how many days can 15 men alone Q26.
complete the piece of work if 9 women alone can 24 workers working 13 hours dally make a wall of
complete the work in 10 days? dimensions 224 m x 16 m x 52 m in 32 days. In how
(a) 6 days many days will 36 workers working 18 hours daily
(b) 5 days make a wall of dimensions 432 m x 21 m x 64 m ?
(c) 7.2 days (a) 58 days
(d)Cannot be determined (b) 42 days
(e)None of these (c) 48 days

(d) 60 days (d) 9 : 5
(e) None of these (e) None of these
Q27. Q32.
Two pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 18 24 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days while
minutes and 27 minutes respectively. There is a 12 women can complete the same piece of work in 28
leakage in the bottom of the tank, due to which days. 27 men start working and are replaced by 14
14.4minutes more time is taken by both the pipes in women after 8 days. In how many days will 14 women
filling the tank. What time will the leak take In finish the remaining work?
emptying the completely full tank ? (a) 12 days
(a) 16.9 minutes (b) 14 days
(b) 20 minutes (c) 13 days
(c) 17.9 minutes (d) 25/2 days
(d) 18.9 minutes (e) 15 days
Q28. 18 men can complete a project in 30 days and 16
Sixteen men and twelve women can complete a work women can complete the same project in 36 days.15
in 8 days, if 20 men can complete the same work in 16 men start working and after 9 days they are replaced
days, in how many days 16 women can complete the by 18 women. In how many days will 18 women
same piece of work ? complete the remaining work ?
(a)12 (a)20
(b)8 (b)30
(c)10 (c)26
(d)15 (d)28
(e)20 (e)24
Q29. Q34.
If 36 persons are engaged on a piece of work, the A project requires 12 women to complete it In 16
work can be completed in 40 days. After 32 days, only days. 12 women started working and after a few days
¾ th of the work was completed. How many more from the start of the project, 4 women left. If the
persons are required to complete the work on time ? remaining project was completed in 18 days, in how
(a)10 many days the whole project was completed ?
(b)8 (a)49/2
(c)9 (b)26
(d)12 (c)22
(e) None of these (d)43/2
Q30. (e)20
12 men can finish a project in 20 days. 18 women can Q35.
finish the same project in 16 days and 24 children can 15 men and 16 women together can complete a piece
finish it in 18 days. 8 women and 16 children worked of work in6days. If 12 women can complete the same
for 9 days and then left. In how many days will 10 project in 32 days, in how many days will 10 men
men complete the remaining project ? complete the same project ?
(a) 21/2 (a)12
(b)10 (b)20
(c)9 (c)16
(d) 23/2 (d)8
(e) 19/2 (e)14
Q31. Q36.
28 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and Three men, four women and six children can complete
15 women can complete the same piece of work in 24 a work in7days. A woman does double the work a
days. What Is the respective ratio between the man does and a child does half the work a man does.
amount of work done by 30 men in 1 day and the How many women alone can complete this work in 7
amount of work done by 18 women in 1 day ? days ?
(a) 10 : 7 (a)8
(b) 3 : 5 (b)7
(c) 5:4 (c)12

(d)Cannot be determined Amit and Sujit together can complete an assignment
(e)None of these of data entry in 5 days. Sujit's speed is 80% of Amit’s
Q37. speed arid the total key depressions in the assignment
12 men take 36 days to do a work while 12 women are 5,76,0 What is Amit's speed in key depressions
complete 3/4 in of the same work in 36 days. In how per hour if they work for 8 hours a day ?
many days 10 men and 8 women together will (a)4800
complete the same work? (b)6400
(a) 6 days (c)8000
(b) 27 days (d)7200
(c)12 days (e) None of these
(d)Data inadequate Q43.
(e)None of these Shruti takes 10 days to finish a piece of work while
Q38. Shankar takes 15 days to finish the same piece of
A’ can complete a piece of work in 12 days. ‘A’ and 'B' work. Harish works twice as fast as Shruti. How many
together can complete the same piece of work in 8 days will all three of them together take to finish the
days. In how many days can ’B” alone complete the same piece of work ?
same piece of work? (a) 42/11 days
(a) 15 days (b)32/11 day
(b) 18 days (c) 30/11 days
(c) 24 days (d) 29/11
(d) 28 days (e) None of these
Q39. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 72/7
12 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many days white B and C together can complete the same
men would be required to do the same work in 8 days work in 40/3 days. B is 25% more efficient than C. In
? how many days will A and C together complete the
(a)14 same work ?
(b)18 (a)45/4
(c)16 (b) 49/4
(d)12 (c)34/3
(e) None of these (d) 37/3
Q40. (e) None of these
A and B together complete a piece of work in T days. If Q45.
A alone completes the work in T +3 days and B alone 10 men can finish a piece of work in 15 days 8 women
completes the piece of work in T+12 days, what is T? can finish the same piece of work in 25 days. Only 10
(a) 3 days women started working and in few days completed
(b) 12 days certain amount of work. After that 3 men Joined them.
(c)9 days The remaining work was completed by 10 women and
(d)Cannot be determined 3 men together in 5 days. After how many days 3 men
(e)None of these joined 10 women ?
Q41. (a)11
4 men can complete a piece of work in 2 days. 4 (b)13
women can complete the same piece of work in 4 days (c)15
whereas 5 children can complete the same piece of (d)10
work in 4 days. If, 2 men, 4 women and 10 children (e)12
work together, in how many days can the work be Q46.
completed ? A project manager hired 16 men to complete a project
(a) 1 day in 38 days. However, after 30 days, he realized that
(b) 3 days only 5/9 of the work is, complete. How many more
(c) 2 days men does he need to hire to complete the project on
(d) 4 days time ?
(e) None of these (a)48
Q42. (b)24
(c)32

(d)16 M and N can do a work in 10 days and 15 days
(e)36 respectively. If M starts on the work and both work
Q47. alternately day after day , In how many days will the
9 Men working for 7 hours a day can complete a piece work be completed ?
of work in 15 days. In how many days can 6 men (a) 10 days
working for 9 hours a day, complete the same piece of (b) 12 days
work ? (c) 8 days
(a) 35/2 days (d) 9 days
(b) 67/4 days (e) None of these
(c) 16 days Q52.
(d) 63days 20 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days. After
(e) None of these 5 days from the start of the work, some men left. If the
Q48. remaining work was completed by the remaining men
If 12 boys or 15 girls can do a. work in 48 days. In in 55/3 days, how many men left after 5 days from the
what time will 24 boys and 6 girls do twice the work? start of the work?
(a) 42 days (a)4
(b) 40 days (b)10
(c) 45 days (c)8
(d) 30 days (d)5
(e) None of these (e)6
Q49. Q53.
Three typists P, Q and R have to type 368-pages. P 12 men can finish a piece of work in 20 days, 8 men
types one page in 8 minutes, Q in 18 minutes and R in started working and after 10 days they were replaced
24 minutes. In what time will these pages be typed if by 18 women. These 18 women finished the
they work together? remaining work in 16 days. In how many days can 18
(a) 25 hours women finish the whole work?
(b) 27.6 hours (a)32
(c)27 hours (b)18
(d) 28 hours (c)28
(e)None of these (d)24
Q50. (e)21
6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 8 Q54.
women can complete the same piece of work in 18 8 men can finish a piece of work in 21 days. 14 men
days and 18 children can do it in 10 days. 4 men, 12 started working and after 3 days were replaced by 9
women and 20 children do the work for 2 days. If the women. These 9 women finished the remaining work
remaining work be completed by men only in 1 day, in 24 days. In how many days 9 women can finish the
how many men will be required? whole work?
(a)36 (a)24
(b)24 (b)26
(c)18 (c)36
(d)Cannot be determined (d)32
(e)None of these (e)30
Q51.
49 b 50 e 51 a 52 e 53 d 54 b
ANSWERS :
1a 2b 3b 4a 5d 6a
1.(1) 12 men can complete the work in 36 days.
7d 8a 9b 10 e 11 c 12 a
∴ 12 × 36 men can complete the work in 1 day.
13 a 14 a 15 b 16 d 17 d 18 b
Again,
19 b 20 c 21 e 22 d 23 b 24 b
18 women can complete the work 60 days
25 a 26 c 27 d 28 c 29 c 30 b
∴ 18 × 60 women can complete the work in 1 day.
31 a 32 a 33 e 34 c 35 a 36 b
12 × 36 men = 18 × 60 women = 2 men = 5 women
37 b 38 c 39 e 40 e 41 a 42 c
Now, 8 men + 20 women
43 c 44 a 45 b 46 c 47 a 48 b = (4 x 5 + 20)

= (4 × 5 + 20) women = 40 women ∴ 21 : 18 : : 42 : x

∴ 18 women complete the work in 60 days. x = 42 × 18/21 = 36
∴ 40 women’ 20 days’ work 5.(40 Days Men
= (40 × 20)/(18 × 60) = 20/27 16 30
∴ Remaining work 20 x
= 1 – 20/27 = 7/27 ∴ 20 : 16 : : 30 : x
∴ 18 × 60 women do 1 work in 1 day. = 20 × x = 16 × 30
∴ 1 women does = x = 30 × 16/20 = 24
= 1/18 × 60 work in 1 day 6.(1) As per given information,
∴ 1 women does in 4 days 8 × 4 men = 12 × 4 women
= 4/(18 × 60) = 1/(18 × 15) work = 8 × 8 children
∴ 1/(18 × 15) work is done in 4 days by 1 woman = 32 men = 48 women
∴ 1/27 work is done in 4 days by = children
= (18 × 15 × 7)/27 = 70 days women = 2 men = 3 women = 4 children
or ∴ 2 men + 8 children + 3 women
Work done by 1 man in 1 day = ( 3 + 6 + 3) women = 12 women
= 1/(12 × 36) 12 women’s 2 day’s work = ½
Work done by 8 men in 20 dyas Remaining work
= (8 × 20)/(12 × 36) =1/2
Again, work done by 1 women in 1 days ∴ Required number of women = 12
= 1 /(18 × 60) 7.(4) Days Children
Work done by 20 women in20 days = (20 × 20)/(18 × 12 18
60) 8 x
Total work done in 20 days ∴ 8 : 12 = 18 : x
= (8 × 20)/(12 × 36) + (20 × 20)/(18 × 60) = 20/27 = 8x = 12 × 18
Remaining work ∴ x = 12 × 18/8 = 27
= 7/27 = (1 – 20/27) Note : You can use the formula:
Now, work done by 1 women in 4 days = 4/(18 × 60) M1D1 = M2D2 and solved it.
∴ 7/27 work is done by 8.(1) According to the question.
(18 × 60 × 7)/(4 × 27) = 70 women 1 man = 2 women
2.(2) Clearly, ∴ 8 men + 4 women
9 × 360 children = 18 × 72 men = (16 + 4) women = 20 women
= 12 × 162 women 4 men + 8 women= 16 women
= 45 children = 18 men 20 women’s 2 days work
= 27 women = 2/6 = 1/3
= 5 children = 2 men = 3 women Remaining work = 1 – 1/3 = 2/3
Now, 4 men + 12 women + 10 children ∴ 20 women complete 1 work in 6 days.
= 4 men + 8 men + 4 men ∴ 16 women will do 2/3 work in
= 16 men = (20 × 6)/16 × (2/3) = 5 days
∴ 18 men can complete the work in 72 days. 9.(2) (B + C)’s 1 day’s work = 1/8 ………. (i)
∴ 16 men can complete work in (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/12 ………… (ii)
= (18 × 72)/16 = 81 days (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/16 ……….. (iii)
3.(2) ∴ 56 men can complete 1 work in 24 days On adding all these tree equations.
∴ 1 man complete the work in 24 × 56 days 2 ( A + B + C)’s 1 day’s work
∴ 42 men will do the some work in =1/8 + 1/12 + 1/16 = (6 + 4 + 3)/48 = 13/48
= (24 × 56)/42 = 32 days = (A +B + C)’s 1 days’ work
Method 2: = 13/96
[Quicker Method] ∴ A, B, and C together can complete the work in 96/13
∴ M1D1= = M2D2 days
∴ (56 × 24)/42 = 32 days 10.(5) 10 men complete the work in 1 days.
4.(1) Days Women ∴ 80 men will complete the work in 1 day.
18 42 Again,
21 x 20 women complete the work in 6 days.

∴ 120 women complete the work in 1 day. 19.(2) 2 men =3 women

= 80 men = 120 women 1 man + 1 woman
= 2 men = 3 women = ( 3/2 + 1) women = 5/2
∴ 16 men + 18 women + 16 men M1D1 = M2D2
+ 18 × 2/3 men = 28 men = 3 × 4 = 5/2 × D2
∴ 10 men can do the work in8 days = D2 = (3 × 4 × 2)/5 = 24/5 days
∴ 28 men can do the work in 20.(3) Examiners Work Days Hours/ day
(10 × 8)/28 = 20/7 days
11.(3) Ayesha’s and Amita’s 1 day’s work
= 1/16 + 1/8 = (1 + 2)/16 = 3/16
∴ Ayesha and Amita together can complete the work in
= 16/5 = days/
12.(1) 72 men = 144 women = 180 children
= 2 men = 4 women = children
∴ 4 men + 12 women + 20 children = 2 × 20 × x × = 4 × 10 × 5 × 2
= 4 men + 6 men + 8 men = 18 men = x = (4 × 10 × 5 × 2)/ (2 × 20)
When 6 men do 1 work in 12 days. = 10 hours
21.(5) M1D1/W1 = M2D2/W2
18 men will do the same in 4 days
∴ Remaining work = ½ = (6 × 6)/W1 = (9 × 10)/1
Now, M1D1/W1 = M2D2/W2 = W1 = (6 × 6)/(9 × 10) = 2/5
= ½ × 6 × 12 = 1 × M2 ∴ Part of work done by 6 women
= M2 = 36 = Number of men in 6 days = 2/5
13.(1) [Tricky approach] ∴ Part of work doneby6 women in 6 days = 2/5
= 18 men = 5 × 18 = 90 women ∴ Part of work done by6 menin6 days
∴ 1 men = 5 women = 1 – 2/5 = 3/5
∴ 4 men + 0 women = 30 women, M1D1/W1 = M2D2/W2
M1D1 = M2D2 = (6 × 6)/(3/5) = (15 × D2)/1
= 5 × 18 = 30 D2 = 15 × D2 = (6 × 6 × 5)/3 = 60
= D2 = (5 × 18)/30 = 3 days = D2 = 60/15 = 4 days
14.(1) 8 × 20 men = 8 × 32 women 22.(4) (A + B)’s 1 days work = 1/20
=5 men = 8 women = (B + C)’s 1 day’s work = 1/30
5 men + 8 women = 16 women = (C + A)’s 1 day’s work = 1/40
M1D1 = M2D2 On adding,
= 8 × 32 = 16 × D2 2 (A + B +C)’s 1 day’s work
= D2 = (8 × 32)/ 16 = 16 days = 1/20 + 1/30 + 1/40
15.(2) 2 × 6 men = 18 women = (6 + 4 + 3)/120 = 13/120
= 24 children ∴ (A+ B + C)’s 1 days’ work
2 men = 3 women = 4 men = 13/240
part of work done in1 day by 4 ∴ A’s 1day’s work
men = 1/3 = 13/240
∴ Remaining 2/3 work will be finished by 8 men in1 day. ∴ A’s 1 day’s work
Hence, 8 men would be required. = 12/240 – 1/30 = (13 - 8)/240
16.(4) Number of days = 9800/350 = 28 = 5/240 = 1/48
17.(4) Part of the tank filled in 1 hour when all the taps C’s 1 day’s work
are opened = 13/240 – 1/20 = 13 - 12/240
= ¼ + 1/6 – 1/3 = 1/240
= (3 + 2 + 4)/12 = 1/12 ∴ Required ratio =48 : 240
Hence, the tank will be filled in 12 hours. or 1 : 5
18.(2) 4 × 8 girls = 3 × 9 boys 23.(2) Part of work done in 1 day
= 7 × 2 men =5 × 4 women = 1/12 + 1/8 + 1/3
= 32 girls = 27 boys = 14 men = (2 + 3 + 8)/24 = 13/24
= 20 women ∴ Required time = 24/13 days
24.(2) 9 boys + 3 men = 4 boys + 4 men
= 5 boys = 1 man
∴ Required ratio = 1 : 5 = M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2

25.(1) Tike taken by pipe R to fill the tank = (36 × 40)/1 = (M2 × 8)/(1/4)
2/5 × 10 = 4 minutes = 36 × 40 = M2 × 32
∴ Time taken by pipe R to fill the empty tank = M2 = (36 × 40)/32 = 45
= 8 minutes ∴ Additional men = 45 – 36 = 9
∴ Time taken by pipe Q to fill the tank 30.(1) = (24 × 18)/1 = (28 × 9)/W2
= 12 minutes W2 = (28 × 9)/(24 × 18) =7/12
Part of tank filled by pipes P and Q in 1 minutes ∴ Remaining work
= 1/8 + 1/12 = ( 3 + 2)/24 = 5/24 = 1 – 7/12 = 5/12
∴ Required time This part of work is done by 10 men.
= 24/5 minutes = M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2
26.(3) = (12 × 20)/1 = (10 × D2)/(5/12)
= 10 × D2= 12 × 20 × 5/12
= 100
= D2 = 100/10 = 10 days
31.∴ 28 men do1 work in 15 days.
∴ Time takenby30 men
= 15 × 28/30 = 14 days
∴ 15 women do the work in 24 days.
∴ Time taken by 18 women
= 15 × 24/18 = 20 days
∴ Required ratio = 1/14 : 1/20
∴ 36 × 18 × 224 × 16 × 52 × x = 20 : 14 = 10 : 7
= 24 ×13 × 432 × 21 × 64 × 32 32.(1) 24 men complete 1 work in 18 days.
= x = (24 × 13 × 432 × 21 × 64 × 32)/(36 × 18 × 224 × What part of work will 27 men do in 8 days?
16× 52) = M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2
=48 days = (24 × 18)/1 = (27 × 8)/ W2
27.(4) Part of the tank filled by pipes A and B in 1 = W2 = (27 × 8)/(24 × 18) = ½
minutes Remaining work = 1 – ½ = ½
= 1/18 + 1/27 = (3 + 2)/54 = 5/24 This part of work is to be done by 14 women.
∴ Time taken in filled the tank = 54/5 minutes ∴ M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2
Time taken due to leakage = (12 × 28)/1 = (14 D2)/1/2
= 54/5 + 14.4 = (54 + 72)/5 = 14 × D2 = ½ × 12 × 28
= 126/5 minutes = D2 = (6 × 28)/14 = 12 days
∴ Part of the tank emptied by leak in1 minute 33.(5) Work done by 15 men in 9 days = W2 (let)
= 5/24 – 5/126 = (35 – 15)/378 = ∴ M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2
= 20/378 = (16 × 36)/1 = (18 × D2)/ (3/4)
∴Required time = 378/20 = 18 × D2 = ¾ × 16 × 36
= 18.9 minutes = 27 × 16
28.(3) 16 men + 12 women complete the work in 8 = D2 = (27 × 16)/18 = 24 days
days. 34.(3) Work done by 8 women in 18 days = W2(let)
20 men complete the work in16 days. = M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2
∴ 16 × 8 men + 12 × 8 women = 12 × 16/1 = (8 × 18)/ W2
= 20 × 16 men W2 = (8 × 18)/(12 × 16) = ¾
= 128 men + 96 women = 320 men ∴ Remaining work
= 96 women = 192 men =1–¾ =¼
= 1 women= 2 men This part of work was done by 12 women.
∴ 16 women =32 men ∴ Time taken by them
∴ M1D1 = M2D2 = 4 days
= 20 × 16 = 32 × D2 ∴ Required time = 18 + 4
= D2 = (20 × 16)/32 = 10 days = 22 days
29.(3) Remaining work 35.(1) According to the question,
= 1 – ¾ = ¼ ; Remaining time = 8 days = (15 × 6) men + (16 × 6) women

= (12 × 32) women 41.(1) [Tricky Approach]

= 90 men + 96 women 4 × 2 men = 4 × 4 women = 20 children
= 384 women = 2 men = 4 women = 5 children
= 90 women = (384 - 96) women ∴2 men + 4 women + 10 children
= 288 women = 20 children
= 10 men = 32 women = M1D1 = M2D2
∴ = M1D1 = M2D2 = 5 × 4 = 20 × D2
= D2 = 12 × 32/32 = 12 days = D2 = 1 day
36.(2) 2 men = 1 women3 42.(3) Let Amit’s speed be x key depressions per day
= 1 man = ½ women ∴ Sujit’s speed = 4x/5 key depressions per day
= 3 men = 3/2 women ∴ 5x + 5 × 4x/5 = 576000
Again, 2 children = 1 man = 9x = 576000
= ½ woman = x = 576000/9 = 64000
= 1 child = ¼ woman ∴ Amit’s speed per hour
= 6 children = 6/4 = 3/2 women = 64000/8 = 8000
Now, three men, four women and six children 43.(3) Time taken by Shruti in doing the work = 10 days
= 3/2 + 4 + 3/2 = 7 women The efficiency of Harish is twice to that of Shruti
Hence, 7 women complete the work in 7 days. ∴ Time taken by Harish = 5 days
37.(2) In 36 days, 12 men can do 1 complete work. Time taken by Shankar
& In 36 days, 12 women can do 3/4th. of the work = 15 days
Since time and the no. of persons is the same is both ∴ Work done by all these in 1 day
cases. = 1/10 + 1/5 + 1/15
1 woman’s daily work = 3/4th.of 1man’s daily work = (3+ 6 + 2)/30
8 women’s daily work = 11/30
= ¾ × 8 = 6 men’s daily work Hence, the work will be finished in 30/11 days
(10 men + 8 women daily work) 44.(1) B is 25% more efficient than C.
= (10 men + 6 men) ∴ Ratio of time taken by B and C
= 16 men’s daily work. = 100 : 125
12 men can do the work is 36 days =4:5
∴ 16 men can do the work is Time taken by B = 4x days
= 36 × 12/16 = 27 days Time taken by C = 5c days
38.(3) A’s 1 day’s work = 1/12 ∴ 1/4x + 1/5x = 3/40
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/8 = (5 + 4)/20x = 3/40
∴ B’s 1 day’s work = 3/x = ½
= 1/8 – 1/12 = (3 - 2)/24 = 1/24 =x=6
∴ B alone can do the work in 24 days. Time taken by B = 24 days
39.(5) Days Men Time taken by C = 30 days
If the time taken by A be y days, then
1/y + 1/24 = 7/72
= 1/y = 7/72 - 1/24 = (7 – 3)/72
Where x = number of men = 4/72 = 1/18
∴ 8 : 10 :: 12 : x ∴ y = 18
= 8 × x = 10 × 12 ∴ (A + C)’s 1 day’s work
= x = (10 × 12)/8 = 15 = 1/18 + 1/30 = (5 + 3)/90
40.(5) (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/T = 8/90 = 4/45
A’s 1 day’s work = 1/(T + 3) ∴ Time taken by A and C together
B’s 1 day’s work = 1/(T + 12) = 45/4 days
45.(2) 10 × 15 men
∴ 1/( T + 3) + 1/ (T + 12)
= 8 × 25 women
= (T + 12 + T + 2) /(T + 3) (T + 12)
= 1/T = 3 men = 4 women
= (2T + 15)/(T2 + 15T + 36) 3 men = 4 women
= T2 = 36 = (10 + 4) women = 14 women
= T = 6 days 8 women’s 1 day’s work

= 1/25 = (18 × 10)/1 = (8 × D2)/(1/3)

∴ 10 women’s 1 day’s work = 24D2
= 10/25 × 8 = 1/20 part = 180
∴ M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2 = D2 = 180/24
= (10 × 20)/W1 = (14 × 5)/W2 = 15/2 days
W2 = (14 × 5)/(10 × 20) = 7/20 part 51.(1) man will complete the work in = 6 × 12 = 72 days
Remaining work = 1 – 7/20 1 woman will complete the work in = 8 × 18 = 114 days
= 13/20 1 child will complete the work in
∴ This part of work is done by 10 women. = 18 × 10 = 180 days
∴ Required time 4 men + 12 women + 20 children’s 2 days’ work
= 13/20 × 20 = 13 days. = 2 (4/72 + 12/144 + 20/180)
46.(3) Remaining work = 2(1/18 + 1/12 + 1/9)
= 1 – 5/9 = 4/9 = 2(2 + 3 + 4)/36 = ½
∴ M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2 ∴ Remaining work = ½
= M2 × 8 × 5 = 16 × 30 × 4 ∴ Required number of men
= M2 = (16 × 30 × 4)/ (8 × 5) = 48 =- 72 × ½ = 36
∴ Additional men = 48 – 16 = 32 52.(5) According to the question, A’s one day work = ¼
47.(1) B’s one day work =1/8
(A + B)’s one day work
= 1 /4 + 1/8 = 3/8
Similarly,
(A + B + C)’s one day work = 7/16
∴ C’s one day work
= 7/16 – 3/8 = 1/16
Therefore, C can complete the whole work in 16 days
= 6 × 9 × X = 9 × 7 × 15 53.(4) P can complete a work in 12 days working 8
= X = 9 × 7 × 15/(6 × 9) hours a day
= 35/2 Days ∴P can do a work in 12 days working 1 hours a day =
48.(2) 12 boys = 15 girls 1/8
= 24 boys = 30 girls ∴ P’s 1 day work working 1 hour a day = 1/8
∴ 24 boys + 6 girls ∴ P’s 1 day work working 1 hour a day = 1/(8 × 12)
= 36 girls Similarly, Q’s 1 day work working 1 hour a day
M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2 = 1 / (8 × 10)
= 15 × 48/18 = 40 days ∴ (P + Q)’s 1 day working 1 hour a day
49.(2) Page printed in one minute = 1/(8 × 12) + 1/(8 × 10)
= 1/8 + 1/18 + 1/24 = (5 + 6)/(60 × 8) = 11/ (60 × 8)
= (9 + 4 + 3)/72 = 16/72 = 2/9 ∴ (P + Q)’s 1 day work working 8 hours a day
∴Time taken = 368 × 2/9 = (11 × 8)/(60 × 8) = 11/60
= 1656 minutes = 27.6 hours ∴ No. of days required
50.(5) According to the question, = 60/11 days
(18 × 10) men = (16 × 12) women
= 15 men = 16 women Therefore, C can complete the whole work in 16 days.
8 women = 6 men 54.(2) Let the man worked overtime for x hours.
= (15/2 + 6) Basic pay of 40 hours
= (15 + 12)/2 = Rs. 200
= 27/2 men ∴ Basic pay of 1 hour = 200/40
∴ 18 men do the work in 10 days. = Rs. 5
∴ M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2 According to the question,
= (18 × 10)/1 = 27/2 × 80/ (9 × W2) = 200 + x × (5 × 125)/100 = 300
= 180 = 120/ W2 = 25/4x = 300 – 200
W2 = 120/180 = 2/3 = x = (100 × 4)/25 =16
Remaining work = 1 – 2/3 = 1/3 ∴ Total hours of work
= Work done by 8 men = (40 + 16) = 56
∴ M1D1 /W2 = M2D2/W2

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Question- A completes the work in 10 days Efficiency method

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Case 5: A can do a Work in X days B can BY TRICK:

Question: A can do a work in 10 days B

Trick-1: If A can do a certain work in x

How many days will each take separately to

(Q1)A & B together can do a work in 8

Trick-4: A and B together can do a piece of

(Q1)A and B together can do a piece of

Trick-5: If A and B together can complete

(Q1) Some staff promised to do a job in 18

∴ M1D1 = M2D2 Less men ------- can do in -------> More

Mantra to Crack Time and Work Questions

1. Work from Days:

No. of days = total work / work done in 1 h2 hours, then

Days from Work: If A’s 1 day’s work =1/n

7. If A can do a work in ‘x’ days and B can

Less men ------- can do -------> Less work

8. If A can do a work in ‘x’ days and A + B

Less work -------- takes------> Less Time

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Explanation:- In this type of question,

To get days in which Babita will finish the Answer – (A)

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Answer – (D) 8 1/8 12.5%

Number of Work that

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Rough:[L.C.M of 10 and 15=30 now =7 unit

If A, B, and C can do a certain work in x TYPE 3 :

Ram, Mohan, and Sita can do a work in 6, For Example:

(Ram+Mohan+Sita) 1 day work=4+2+1

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i.e 2(A+B+C)1 day work=47 units

∴ (A+B+C)1 day work=47/2 units

Time Taken by(A+B+C)=120/(47/2)

Time taken by B=12/1

b. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days,

a. A and B together can do a piece of work

Time taken by son alone=15/2

=7.5 Days Ans.

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By Trick: a. A and B together can complete a piece of

i.e 2(A+B+C)1 day work=12 units

Time taken by C=48/5 days Ans. ∴ (A+B+C)1 day work=12/2 units

If A and B together can complete a piece of Efficiency of A=(A+B+C)-(B+C)

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Time taken by A=120/2

Time taken by B=120/3

Time taken by A=120/1

(A+C)’s 1 day work=2+1=3 unit

Time taken by( A+C)=24/3

c. Ram can complete a piece of work in 15

Remaining work=15-5=10 unit