MATHS – TIME & WORK

1. A, B and C can do a work in 5 days, 6 days and 8. 24 persons can do a piece of work in 20 days.
10 days, respectively. Working together, in In how many days can 30 persons do the same
how many days will they finish the same work? work?
(a) 2 1/7 (b) 4 1/7 (a) 14 (b) 16
(c) 3 1/7 (d) 1 1/7 (c) 12 (d) 18
Ans (a) Ans (b)
2. If 35 men can finish a work in 6 days, then in 9. If A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days,
how many days can 7 men do half of the same and A alone can do the same work in 30 days,
work? then in how many days can B alone complete
(a) 30 (b) 15 the same work?
(c) 60 (d) 17 (a) 60 (b) 40
Ans (b) (c) 75 (d) 50
3. 20 men can finish a work in 30 days. They Ans (a)
started working, but 4 men left the work after 10. Eighteen persons working 8 hours a day can
10 days, In how many days would the work be complete 3 units of work in 10 days. How
completed? many days. How many days are required by 25
(a) 30 (b) 25 persons to complete 5 units of work working 6
(c) 35 (d) 28 hours a day?
Ans (b) (a) 12 (b) 16
4. A and B can do a work in 26 2/3 days, B and C (c) 10 (d) 20
together can complete the same work in 48 Ans (b)
days, while A and C together can complete the 11. 10 men or 15 women can complete a work in 30
same work in 30 days. How long (in days) will days. In how many days can 15 men and 27
A along take to complete 60% of the work? women complete the work?
(a) 20 (b) 32 (a) 6 1/11 (b) 5 1/11
(c) 24 (d) 36 (c) 11 1/11 (d) 9 1/11
Ans (c) Ans (d)
5. 8 women and 8 girls can finish a piece of work 12. Geeta can assemble a toy in 10 minute, where
in 6 days, whereas 4 women and 10 girls can Sudha can assemble the same toy in 15
finish it in 8 days. In how many days will one minutes. If they work together, how much time
girl finish it working alone? will they take to assemble 60 toys?
(a) 120 (b) 144 (a) 6 hours (b) 5 hours
(c) 72 (d) 84 (c) 7 hours (d)7 hours 30 minutes
Ans (b) Ans (a)
6. A can complete a work in 15 days and B can 13. Suman and Lata working together can complete
complete the same work in 20 days. If they are a task in 8 days. If Lata can complete the same
working together then in how many days will task in 12 days, then how many days will
they complete 35% of the same work? Suman take to complete the same task?
(a) 5 (b) 3 (a) 18 (b) 15
(c) 6 (d) 7 (c) 10 (d) 24
Ans (b) Ans (d)
7. 40 persons take 6 days to completea certain 14. A can complete one sixth of a work in 5 days
task, working 10 hours a day. How many hours and B can complete one fouth of the same work
a day will be sufficient for 30 persons to in 15 days. In how many days, will both
complete the same task in 10 days? working together complete the work?
(a) 9 (b) 8 (a) 20 days (b) 10 days
(c) 10 (d) 6 (c) 25 days (d) 12 days
Ans (b) Ans (a)
 (c) 28 (d) 14
15. Varun and Syan can do a work in 3 days, Syan Ans (a)
and Anil can do it in 4 days, and Anil and 23. If Dev can make 40 cahirs in 20 days, working
Varun can do it in 6 days, How many days will 10 hours per day then in how many days can
Anil anone take to do the work? be make 10 chairs working 8 hour per day?
(a) 22 (b) 24 (a) 8 (b) 6
(c) 18 (d) 20 (c) 6 1/4 (d) 7 ½
Ans (b) Ans (c)
16. Antony and Vikash together can complete a 24. Anil can make 20 bags in 4 days and Monoj can
piece of work in 20 days and Vikash alone can make 10 begs in 5 days. How many bags make
complete it in 25 days. In how many days can both Anil and Manoj together.
Antony alone complete the same work? (a) 11 bags (b) 7 bags
(a) 80 days (b) 90 days (c) 9 bags (d) 5 bags
(c) 110 days (d) 100 days Ans (b)
Ans (d) 25. 36 men and 48 women can do a certain work in
17. If 18 men can cut a field in 35 days, then in how one day whereas 6 men and12 women can do
many days can 21 men cut the same field? it in 5 days. The number of women required to
(a) 32 (b) 27 do the same work in 8 days is:
(c) 28 (d) 30 (a) 10 (b) 15
Ans (d) (c) 18 (d) 12
18. A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 Ans (b)
days. A alone can do it in 18 days, in how many 26. Sixteen men can finish a work in 8 days. Eight
days B alone can do the work? menand nine women working tgether can
(a) 24 days (b) 36 days finish the same work in 10 days. In how many
(c) 30 days (d) 32 days days will twenty women finish the same work?
Ans (b) (a) 12 (b) 13
19. If 30 people work for 8 hours every day, they (c) 9 (d) 11
can complete a work in 10 days. So how many Ans (a)
hours would 40 people have to work everyday 27. Amit and Sunil together can complete a work in
to complete it in 6 days? 9 days, Sunil and Dinesh together can
(a) 6 (b) 12 complete the same work in 12 days, and Amit
(c) 8 (d) 10 and Dinesh together can complete the same
Ans (d) work in 18 days. In how many days will they
20. A can do a work in 20 days and B can do 20% complete the work if Amit, sunil and Dinesh
of the work in 6 days. If they work together, work together?
then in how many days can they complete the (a) 14 days (b) 16 days
50% of that work? (c) 8 days (d) 12 days
(a) 6 (b) 8 Ans (c)
(c) 9 (d) 12 28. A can do a piece of work in 6 days. B can do it
Ans (a) in 9 days. With the assistance of C they
21. How many men will be required to plough 50 completed the work in 3 days. In how many
ares of land in 10 days if 1/5 men required 6 days can C alone do the work?
days to plough 10 acres of land? (a) 18 (b) 12
(a) 45 (b) 55 (c) 33 (d) 20
(c) 50 (d) 40 Ans (d)
Ans (a) 29. A can paint a house in 55 days and B can do it
22. 6 men maintain a road in 14 hours. How many in 66 days. Alongwith C, they did the job in 12
mens are required to maintain a road in 4 days onle. Then, C alone can do the job in how
hours? many days?
(a) 21 (b) 7 (a) 24 (b) 44
 (c) 33 (d) 20 (a) 60 (b) 90
Ans (d) (c) 72 (d) 120
30. A,B, and C can together do a job in 9 days. C Ans (b)
alone can do the job in 36 days. In how many 37. A, B and C can do a job working alone in 50, 75
days can A and B do 50% of the job working and 20 days respectively. They all work
together? together for 4 days, then C quits. How many
(a) 6 (b) 12 days will A and B take to finish the rest of the
(c) 9 (d) 15 job?
Ans (a) (a) 20 (b) 30
31. Working together A,B and C can complete a (c) 18 (d) 24
task in 12 days. A and B can do the task in 55 Ans (a)
days and 66 days respectively if they worked 38. A can do 50% of the job in 16 days, B can do
alone. In how many days can C do the task if 1/4th of the job in 24 days. In how many days
he worked alone? can they do 3/4th of the job working together?
(a) 22 (b) 44 (a) 24 (b) 9
(c) 20 (d) 40 (c) 21 (d) 18
Ans (c) Ans (d)
32. B would have taken 10 hours more than what a 39. A and B can together complete a task in 18
would have taken to complete a task if each of hours. After 6 hours A leaves. Btakes 36 hours
them worked alone. Working together they can to finish rest of the task. How many hours
complete the task in12 hours. How many hours would A have taken to do the task if he worked
would B take to do 50% of the task? alone?
(a) 40 (b) 15 (a) 54 (b) 45
(c) 20 (d) 10 (c) 21 (d) 27
Ans (b) Ans (d)
33. If A,B and C together do a job in 4 days, A and 40. A can do 40% of a work in 12 days, whereas B
C together do the job in 4.5 days and B and C can do 60% of the same work in 15 days. Both
together do the job in 12 days then in how work together for 10 days. C completes the
many days can C alone do the job? remaining work alone in 4 days. A, B and C
(a) 36 (b) 6 together will complete 28% of the same work
(c) 18 (d) 12 in:
Ans (c) (a) 2 days (b) 2 ½ days
34. If A alone can do a job in 40 days then, in how (c) 3 days (d) 1 ½ days
many days can B alone do the job if together Ans (a)
they can do the job in 8 days 41. If 10 men can complete a piece of work in 12
(a) 15 (b) 10 days by working 7 hourts a day, then in how
(c) 20 (d) 25 many days can 14 men do the same work by
Ans (b) working 6 hours a day?
35. A can complete 50% of a job in 9 days and B (a) 16 (b) 15
can complete 25% jof the job in 9 days if they (c) 10 (d) 12
worked alone. If they worked together how Ans (c)
much of the job (in %) can they complete in 9 42. Working 7 hour a day, 18 persons can complete
days? a certain work in 32 days. In how many days
(a) 80 (b) 90 would 14 persons comple the same work 8
(c) 75 (d) 100 hours a days?
Ans (c) (a) 42 (b) 30
36. Working together A and B can do a job in 40 (c) 36 (d) 35
days, B and C in 36 days and all three together Ans (c)
in 24 days. In how many days can B alone do
the job?
43. A certain number of persons can complete a
work in 34 days working 9 h day. If the number 50. P and Q together can do a work in 12 days. P
of persons is decreased by 40% then how many alone can do the same work in 18 days. In how
houurs a day should the remaining persons many days can Q alone complete to-thire part
work to complete the work in 51 days? of the same work?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (a) 21 (b) 30
(c) 8 (d) 12 (c) 36 (d) 24
Ans (b) Ans (d)
44. 4 men and 5 women can complete a work in 15 51. A and B can do a piece of work in 25 days. B
days. Whereas 9men and 6 women can do if in alone can do 66 2/3% of the same work in 30
10 days. To complete the same work in 7 days, days. In how many days can A alone do 4/15
how mnay women should assist 4 men? part of the same work?
(a) 12 (b) 14 (a) 15 (b) 18
(c) 13 (d) 11 (c) 12 (d) 20
Ans (c) Ans (a)
45. A, B and C together can bulid a wall in 12 days. 52. A and B can do a piece of work in 36 days. B
C is four times as productive as B and A alone and C can do the same work in 60 days. A and
can build the wall in 48 days. In how many C can do the same work in 45 days. In how
days A and B working together can build the many days can B alone complete the same
wall? work?
(a) 20 (b) 30 (a) 45 (b) 120
(c) 80 (d) 40 (c) 90 (d) 60
Ans (b) Ans (c)
46. Working together A and B can do a job in 36 53. A and B can do a piece of work in 36 days. B
days, B and C is 10 days and all three together and C do the same work in 60 days. A and C
in 9 days. In how many days can B alone do can do the same work in 45 days. In how many
the job? days can A alone complete the same work?
(a) 90 (b) 30 (a) 90 (b) 60
(c) 24 (d) 60 (c) 120 (d) 45
Ans (d) Ans (b)
47. A can do 1/5 of a job in 10 days, B can do 1/3rd 54. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30 days,
of the job in 25 days. In how many days can 45 days and 90 days, respectively. A starts the
they do half of the job working together? work and he is assisted by B and C together on
(a) 30 (b) 45 every thir day. In how many days will the work
(c) 15 (d) 20 be completed?
Ans (c) (a) 21 (b) 22 ½
48. A can paint a house in 45 days and B can do it (c) 23 (d) 24
in 15 days. Along with C, they did the job n 5 Ans (c)
days only. Then, C alone can do the job in how 55. A and B together can do certain work in x days.
many days? Working alone, A and B can do the same work
(a) 12 (b) 9 in (x+8) and (x+18) days, respectively. A and
(c) 15 (d) 8 B together will complete 5% of the same work
Ans (b) in:
49. P and Q together can do a work in 12 days. P (a) 8 days (b) 12 days
alone can do the same work in 36 days. In how (c) 9 days (d) 10 days
many days can Q alone complete to-third par Ans (d)
of the same work? 56. A is twice as efficient as B and C is thrice as
(a) 18 (b) 21 efficient as B. Working together, they can
(c) 15 (d) 12 finish a certain work in 5 days. A and C worked
Ans (d) together for 5 days. A and C worked together
 for 5 days. B alone would complete the (a) 5 ¼ days (b) 4 1/5 days
remaining work in (c) 10 days (d) 4 days
(a) 5 days (b) 8 days Ans (a)
(c) 6 days (d) 4 days 64. Raju can finish a piece of work in 20 days. He
Ans (a) worked at it for 5 days and then jakob alone
57. A, B and C can do a work in 4 days, 20 days and finish the remaining work in 15 days. In how
60 days respectively. In how many days they many days can both finish it together?
can complete one-third of the same work by (a) 20 days (b) 12 days
working together? (c) 10 days (d) 16 days
(a) 1 1/19 (b) 3/19 Ans (c)
(c) 1 3/19 (d) 2 1/19 65. A alone can complete a task in 3 days and B
Ans (a) alone can complete the same task in 6 days. In
58. A can complete one-third of a work in 10 days how many days can A and B complete it
and B can do 3/5th of the same work in 24 days. together?
They worked together for 10 days. The (a) 3 (b) 2
remaining work was completed by C alone in (c) 1 (d) 6
15 days. In how many days can C alone do 2/3rd Ans (b)
of the same work? 66. A and B separately can build a wall in 12 and
(a) 27 (b) 24 16 days respectively. If they work for 1 day
(c) 32 (d) 30 alternatively, starting with A, in how many
Ans (b) days will the wall be build?
59. A, B and C can complete a work in 10,20 and (a) 12 2/3 day (b) 13 2/3 day
60 days respectively working together, in how (c) 6 ¾ day (d) 7 2/3 day
many days will they complete the same work? Ans (b)
(a) 8 (b) 6 67. If 27 people, working 8 hours a day, can
(c) 10 (d) 5 complete a task in 12 days, then in how many
Ans (b) days will 18 people finish the task, working 9
60. A, B and C can complete a work in 4, 28 and 56 hours a day?
days respectively. Working together in how (a) 15 days (b) 20 days
many days will they complete the same work? (c) 16 days (d) 18 days
(a) 3 1/17 (b) 3 5/17 Ans (c)
(c) 5 1/17 (d) 5 5/17 68. 5 men and 8 women can complete a task in 34
Ans (b) days, whereas 4 men and 18 women can
61. A, B and C can complete a work in 4, 20 and 60 complete the same task in 28 days. In how
days respectively. Working together in how many days can the same task be completed by
many days will they complete the same work? 3 men and 5 women?
(a) 5 3/19 (b) 3 3/19 (a) 64 (b) 72
(c) 5 1/19 (d) 3 1/19 (c) 56 (d) 36
Ans (b) Ans (c)
62. A and B working together can do 45% of the 69. Shyam can complete a task in 12 days by
work in 9 days. A alone can do the work in 30 working 10 hours a day. How many hours a
days. How many days will B alone take to do day should he work to complete the task in 8
the same work? days?
(a) 60 days (b) 70 days (a) 15 (b) 14
(c) 48 days (d) 50 days (c) 16 (d) 12
Ans (a) Ans (a)
63. Ravi and Mohan together can complete a task in 70. 30 Men working 8 hours per day can dig a pond
3 days. Ravi alone can complete the same task in 16 days. By working how many hours per
in 7 days. How many days will Mohan alone day can 32 men dig two same ponds, in 20
take to complete the same task? days?
 (a) 6 hours per day (b) 5 hours per day 78. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B can
(c) 7 hours per day (d) 8 hours per day do it in 10 days. If work together for 4 days,
Ans (a) then the fraction of the work left is:
71. 15 men can complete a task in 10 days. In how (a) 1/3 (b) 2/3
many days can 20 men complete the same (c) 1/4 (d) ¾
task? Ans (a)
(a) 6.5 days (b) 8.5 days 79. A, B and C complete the work in 12, 15 and 20
(c) 5.5 days (d) 7.5 days days respectively. How much time they take to
Ans (d) complete the work together?
72. Ramu works 4 times as fast as Somu. If Somu (a) 5 days (b) 4 days
can complete a work in 20 days independently, (c) 7.5 days (d) 6 days
then the number of days in which Ramu and Ans (a)
Somu together can complete the work is: 80. A and B complete the work in 20 and 30 days
(a) 3 days (b) 5 days respectively. A worked full time whereas B
(c) 4 days (d) 6 days worked for half time. What is the number of
Ans (c) days taken to complet the whole work?
73. Ravi, Mohan and Govind can complete a task in (a) 9 days (b) 15 days
12 days, 10 days and 15 days, repectively. In (c) 12 days (d) 10 days
how many days can Ravi, Mohan and Govind Ans (b)
together complete the same task? 81. E, F and G together can complete a work in 12
(a) 2 (b) 4 days. If E and F together can complete the
(c) 6 (d) 8 same work in 30 days, then in how many days
Ans (b) can G alone complete the same work?
74. X and Y together can finish a piece of work in (a) 18 days (b) 20 days
15 days, while Y alone can finish it in 40 days. (c) 12 days (d) 24 days
X alone can finish the work in: Ans (b)
(a) 25 day (b) 23 day 82. Vishal alone can complete 1/3 part of a work in
(c) 6 day (d) 24 day 60 days and Ashok alone can complete ¼ part
Ans (d) of the same work in 30 days. In how many days
75. Ravi can complete a task in 6 days and Mohan Vishal and Ashok together can complete the
can complete the same task in 9 days. In how same work?
many days can Ravi and Mohan together (a) 64 (b) 20
complete the same task? (c) 72 (d) 56
(a) 3 2/5 (b) 9 days Ans (c)
(c) 15 days (d) 3 3/5 days 83. C and D together can make a chair in 4 days and
Ans (d) C alone can make this chair in 12 days. In how
76. A and B working together can do 30% of the many days D alone can make this chair?
work in 6 days. B alone can do the same work (a) 10 days (b) 6 days
in 25 days. How long will A alone take to (c) 4 days (d) 8 days
complete the same work? Ans (b)
(a) 100 days (b) 75 days 84. A, B and C work together for 16 daus whereas
(c) 80 days (d) 60 days A and B complete the same work in 40 days,
Ans (a) what is the time taken by C to complete the
77. A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C can work alone?
do it in 15 days C and A can do it in 20 days. (a) 26.67 (b) 25
If A, B and C work together, then they will (c) 23.33 (d) 30
complete the same work in: Ans (a)
(a) 14 days (b) 10 days 85. X can do a work alone in 15 days. Y can do the
(c) 5 days (d) 12 days same work alone in 30 days. X, Y and Z work
Ans (b) together and complete the same work in 9 days.
 In how many days Z can complete the same 92. A and B together can complete same work in 36
work alone? days, B and C together can complete the same
(a) 120 (b) 90 work in 60 days, A and C together can
(c) 45 (d) 60 complete the same work in 45 days. In how
Ans (b) many days, B alone can complete the same
86. Vijay alone can complete a work in 50 days. work?
How much part of the work will be completed (a) 180 days (b) 60 days
in ten days? (c) 100 days (d) 90 days
(a) 1/5 (b) 1/3 Ans (d)
(c) 1/10 (d) ¼ 93. A and B can do a piece of work alone in 15 and
Ans (a) 30 days respectively. In how many days can
87. N and K together can completed a work in 240 they together complete the work?
days, K and G together can complete the same (a) 10 (b) 8
work in 72 days and N and G together can (c) 9 (d) 12
complete the same work in 80 days. In how Ans (a)
many days K alone can complete the same 94. X takes 10 days less than Y to complete a task.
work? Both X and Y together can complete the work
(a) 280 days (b) 240 days in 12 days. In how many days will Y alone
(c) 360 days (d) 180 days complete the work?
Ans (c) (a) 22.5 days (b) 25 days
88. A can complete one-third of a work in 5 days (c) 28 days (d) 30 days
and B can do 2/5th of the same work in 10 days. Ans (d)
They work together for 6 days. The remaining 95. Aditya can complete a work in 24 days alone.
work is completed by C in 18 days. C alone Raman can complete the same work in 45 days
will do the same work in: alone. In how many days can they together
(a) 50 days (b) 30 days complete the work?
(c) 25 days (d) 45 days (a) 720/3 (b) 1080/43
Ans (a) (c) 360/23 (d) 960/33
89. 10 men can complete the work in 30 days after Ans (c)
working for 8 hours. In how many days 12 men 96. Radha can do a piece of work in 16 days, Meera
can complete the same work after working for and Shashi together can do it in 12 days, while
4 hours a day? Radha and Shashi together can do it in 8 days,
(a) 30 days (b) 50 days How many days will Meera take to do the work
(c) 40 days (d) 60 days alone.
Ans (b) (a) 40 days (b) 28 days
90. Working together, A and B can complete a work (c) 32 days (d) 48 days
in 12 days. They work together for 9 days after Ans (d)
which B leaves. If A finishes the remaining 97. A and B together can do a piece of work in 10
work in 5 days, then the number of days that B days and A alone can do it in 30 days. B alone
alone would take to complete the work is: can do the work in how many days?
(a) 12 (b) 24 (a) 15 (b) 12
(c) 30 (d) 15 (c) 18 (d) 24
Ans (c) Ans (a)
91. A can do 50% of the job in 16 daus, B can do 98. A can do a piece of work in 20 days. He worked
one-fourth of the sme job in 24 day. Working for 5 days and B finished the remaining work
together, in how many days they can do seven- in 42 days. B alone can do the whole work in
fourth of the job? how many days?
(a) 24 (b) 28 (a) 56 (b) 52
(c) 27 (d) 42 (c) 11 (d) 6
Ans (d) Ans (a)
99. A and B together can do a piece of work in 20
days and A alone can do it in 30 days. B alone
can do the work in how many days?
(a) 45 (b) 60
(c) 75 (d) 90
Ans (b)
100. A and B together can do a piece of work in 10
days and A alone can do it in 15 days. B alone
can do the work in how many days?
(a) 30 (b) 45
(c) 12 (d) 24
Ans (a)