TIME

AND
WORK
TYPE 1
1. 18 boys can do a piece of work in 24 days. In how
many days can 27 boys do the same work ?
A. 16 days
B. 32 days
C. 23 days
D. 48 days
2. If 80 persons can finish a work within 16 days by
working 6 hours a day, the number of hours a day ,
should 64 persons work to finish that very job within
15 days is :

A. 5 hours
B. 7 hours
C. 8 hours
D. 6 hours
3. If 12 carpenters, working 6 hours a day, can make
460 chairs in 24 days, how many chairs will 18
carpenters make in 36 days, each working 8 hours a
day ?
A. 1260
B. 1320
C. 920
D. 1380
4. Working 8 hours a day, Anu can copy a book in 18
days. How many hours a day should she work so as to
finish the work in 12 days ?
A. 12 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 11 hours
D. 13 hours
5. If 5 spiders can catch five flies in five minutes, how
many flies can hundred spider catch in 100 minutes?
A. 100
B. 500
C. 1000
D. 2000
6. If ten men can do a work in 12 days , the time taken
by 12 men to do the same piece of work will be-

A. 12 days
B. 10 days
C. 9 days
D. 8 days
7. 3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank
in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4 pipes work to
empty the tank in 1 day?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
8. If 17 labourers can dig a ditch 26 m long in 18 days,
working 8 hours a day; how many more labourers
should be engaged to dig a similar ditch 39 m long in 6
days, each labourer working 9 hours a day ?
A. 34
B. 51
C. 68
D. 85
9. Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical
machines can produce a total of 270 bottles per minute.
At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines
produce in 4 minutes?
A. 648
B. 1800
C. 2700
D. 10800
10. 15 men take 20 days to complete a job working 8
hours a day. The number of hours a day should 20 men
take to complete the job in 12 days is;

A. 5 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 15 hours
D. 18 hours
11. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but
5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job
in 12 days. The original number of carpenters was
A. 24
B. 20
C. 16
D. 18
12. If the work done by (x –1) men in (x + 1) days is to
the work done by (x + 2) men in (x – 1) days are in the
ratio 9 : 10, then the value of x is equal to :
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
13. If p men working p hours per day for p days
produce p units of work, then the units of work
produced by n men working n hours a day for n days is
A. p2/n2
B. p3/n2
C. n2/p2
D. n3/p2
14. Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days.
Two times the number of such persons will do half of
the work in
A. 9 days
B. 6 days
C. 5 days
D. 3 days
15. 7 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days.
How many additional men will be required to
complete double the work in 8 days ?
A. 28
B. 21
C. 14
D. 7
16. ‘x’ number of men can finish a piece of work in 30
days. If there were 6 men more, the work could be
finished in 10 days less. The original number of men is
A. 6
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15
17. In a dairy farm, 40 cows eat 40 bags of husk in 40
days. In how many days one cow will eat one bag of
husk?
A. 1
B. 1/40
C. 40
D. 80
18. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5
hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons
working 6 hours a day complete the work?

A. 10
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
19. A man completes 5/8 of a job in 10 days. At this
rate, how many more days will it take him to finish the
job?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 7½
20. If 90 mem can do a certain job in 16 days , working
12 hours per days , then the part of that work which
can be completed by 70 men in 24 days , working 8
hours per day is
A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 7/9
D. 5/8
21. If 7 men working 7 hrs a day for each of 7 days
produce 7 units of work, then the units of work
produced by 5 men working 5 hrs a day for each of 5
days is
A. 25/343
B. 125/49
C. 49/125
D. 343/25
22. A fort has provision for 150 men for 45 days. After
10 days, 25 men left the fort . How long will the food
last at the same rate?
A. 29 ⅕
B. 37 ¼
C. 42
D. 54
23. A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in
124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he
found that he had already done 2/3 of the work.
How many men can be discharged now so that the
work may finish in time ?
A. 48
B. 56
C. 40
D. 50
24. A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days.
He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of
the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional
men that should be appointed so that the whole work
will be finished in time is :
A. 75
B. 100
C. 125
D. 50
25. If 6 persons working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 8400 per
week, then 9 persons working 6 hours a day will earn
per week ?
A. Rs. 8400
B. Rs. 9450
C. Rs. 16200
D. Rs. 16800
 Answers
1. A 6. B 11. B 16. C 21. B

2. C 7. D 12. D 17. C 22. C

3. D 8. B 13. D 18. B 23. B

4. A 9. B 14. D 19. B 24. B

5. D 10. B 15. C 20. C 25. B

TYPE 2
1. If a work can be completed by A in 6 days and by B
in 9 days.In how many days will both of them together
complete the work?

A. 6
B. 3⅗
C. 3½
D. 4
2. If A and B together can complete a piece of work in
15 days and B alone in 20 days, in how many days can
A alone complete the work?
A. 60
B. 45
C. 40
D. 30
3. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days. B and C
in 24 days, C and A in 36 days. Find the time in which
A, B and C working together can finish the work.
A. 8
B. 16
C. 24
D. 36
4. If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days,
A and C together in 12 days, and B and C together in 9
days, then B alone can do the work in:
A. 18 days
B. 24 days
C. 30 days
D. 40 days
5. If a work can be completed by A in 30 days and by B
in 60 days. Then, the number of days taken by them to
complete the work, working together is
A. 20
B. 12
C. 25
D. 30
6. A can finish a work in 7 days. B can finish the same
work in 9 days. The number days required to finish the
same work by both of them together is
A. 1 15/16
B. 2 15/16
C. 3 15/16
D. 4 15/16
7. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days. B and C
can do it in 120 days, A and C and do it in 90 days. In
what time can A alone do it
A. 80 days
B. 100 days
C. 120 days
D. 150 days
8. A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days and 40
days respectively. If both work together for 5 days, how
much work is left?
A. ⅜
B. ¼
C. ⅞
D. ⅝
9. A and B can complete a job in the 24 days working
together. A alone can complete it in 32 days. Both of
them worked together for 8 days and then A left. The
number of days B will take to complete the remaining
job is
A. 16
B. 32
C. 64
D. 128
10. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30
days. They work together for 7 days and then both
leave the work. Then C alone finishes the remaining
work in 10 days. In how many days will C finish the
full work ?
A. 25 days
B. 30 days
C. 24 days
D. 20 days
11. A and B together can complete a work in 3 days.
They start together. But, after 2 days, B left the work.
If the work is completed after 2 more days, B alone
could do the work in
A. 10 days
B. 4 days
C. 6 days
D. 8 days
12. A, B and C working separately can do a piece of
work in 11 days, 20 days and 55 days respectively. In
how many days, the work will be completed if A is
assisted by B and C on alternate days ?
A. 2
B. 6
C. 4
D. 8
13. 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. 10 days
B. 12 days
C. 15 days
D. 20 days
14. A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12
days respectively. A started the work alone and then
after 4 days B joined him till the completion of the
work. How long did the work last ?

A. 10 days
B. 20 days
C. 15 days
D. 6 days
15. A and B working separately can do a piece of work
in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day
alternately, beginning with A, then the work will be
completed in

A. 10 days
B. 11 days
C. 9 days
D. 12 days
16. 20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. They
worked together for 3 days, then 5 men joined. In how
many days is the remaining work completed ?
A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 13 days
D. 15 days
17. X can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had
worked for 4 days. Y joined him. If complete work was
finished in 16 days. Y alone can finish that work in.
A. 27 Days
B. 42 Days
C. 36 Days
D. 18 Days
18. 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. 2/5
C. 1/9
D. 2/7
19. Ayush can cultivate 2/5th of a land in 6 days and
Bhuvnesh can cultivate 1/3rd of the same land in 10
days. Working together Ayush and Bhuvnesh can
cultivate 4/5 th of the land in:
A. 4 days
B. 5 days
C. 8 days
D. 10 days
20. A can do 1/2 of a piece of work in 8 days while B
can do 1/3 of the same work in 8 days. In how many
days can both do it together?
A. 9.6 days
B. 10.5 days
C. 11.2 days
D. 16 days
21. A can do 1/4 of a work in 10 days. B can do 1/3 of
the work in 20 days .In how many days can both A
and B together do the work?

A. 30 days
B. 32 days
C. 24 days
D. 25 days
22. A does 4/5 of a piece of work in 20 days; He then
calls in B and they finish the remaining work in 3
days. How long B alone will take to do whole work ?
A. 37 ½ days
B. 37 days
C. 40 days
D. 23 days
23. A does 1/2 as much work as B and C does 1/2 as
much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish
the work in 40 days, then together all will finish the
work in
A. 30 days
B. 13 ⅓ days
C. 15 days
D. 20 days
24. A does 7/10 part of work in 15 days. After that he
completes the remaining work in 4 days with the help
of B. In how many days will A and B together do the
same work ?

A. 10 ⅓ days
B. 12 ⅔ days
C. 13 ⅓ days
D. 8 ¼ days
25. P can do (1/4)th part of a work in 10 days , Q can
do 40% of the work in 40 days and R can do (1/3)th of
the work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?

A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. Both P and R
26. A can complete 1/3 of a work in 5 days and B can
complete 2/5 of the work in 10 days. In how many
days, both A and B together can complete the work?
A. 8 ⅜ days
B. 8 ⅝ days
C. 9 ⅜ days
D. 9 ⅝ days
27. A does half as much work as B in 3/4th of the time.
If together they take 18 days to complete the work,
how much time shall B take to do it?
A. 25
B. 20
C. 30
D. 32
28. 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. 13.33 days
B. 20 days
C. 30 days
D. 40 days
29. P and Q can finish a work in 30 days, They work at
it for 10 days and then Q left. The remaining work is
done by P alone in 20 more days. How long will P take
to finish the work alone ?
A. 30 days
B. 20 days
C. 60 days
D. 50 days
30. A can do 40% of a work in 12 days, whereas B can
do 60% of the same work in 15 days. Both work
together for 10 days. C completes the remaining work
in 4 days.A,B and C together will complete 28% of the
same work in:
A. 2 days
B. 2 ½ days
C. 3 days
D. 1 ½ days
 Answers
1. B 6. C 11. C 16. A 21. C 26. C

2. A 7. C 12. D 17. C 22. A 27. C

3. B 8. D 13. C 18. A 23. B 28. D

4. B 9. C 14. A 19. C 24. C 29. A

5. A 10. C 15. B 20. A 25. C 30. A

TYPE 3
1. Working efficiencies of P and Q for completing a
piece of work are in the ratio 3 : 4. The number of days
to be taken by them to complete the work will be in
the ratio ?
A. 3:2
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
2. Virat is twice as good a workman as Head and
together they finish a piece of work in 14 days. The
number of days taken by Virat alone to finish the work
is
A. 11 days
B. 21 days
C. 28 days
D. 42 days
3. Tapas works twice as fast as Mihir. If both of them
together complete a work in 12 days, Tapas alone can
complete it in
A. 15 days
B. 18 days
C. 20 days
D. 24 days
4. If Ram is 4 times faster than Rohit and therefore
takes 30 days less to do a piece of work, then in how
many days will Rohit complete the work?
A. 40 days
B. 20 days
C. 30 days
D. 25 days
5. Efficiency of A, B and C is in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6 .
What is the ratio of the time in which they complete
the work?
A. 15 : 12 : 18
B. 15 : 8 : 10
C. 15 : 12 : 10
D. 12 : 8 : 6
6. A is 5 times efficient as of B. A completes a piece of
work in 60 days less than B, how many time will they
take individually?
A. 5, 25
B. 10, 50
C. 20, 100
D. 15, 75
7. A is thrice efficient than B. A takes 40 days less than
B to complete a work. If they both work together, how
many days it will take to finish the work?
A. 10 days
B. 25 days
C. 15 days
D. 20 days
8. Jyoti can do ¾ of a job in 12 days. Mala is twice as
efficient as Jyoti. In how many days will Mala finish
the job ?
A. 6 days
B. 8 days
C. 12 days
D. 16 days
9. To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B.
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. 45 days
10. A is twice as good a workman as B and B is twice as
good a workman as C. If A and B can together finish a
piece of work in 4 days, then C can do it by himself in
A. 6 days
B. 8 days
C. 24 days
D. 12 days
11. A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40%
more efficient than A. The number of days taken by B
to do the same work is
A. 40 days
B. 60 days
C. 50 days
D. 45 days
12. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 24 and 30
days, respectively. They undertook to do the piece of
work for Rs 5400. They begin the work together but B
left 2 days before the completion of work and C left 5
days before the completion of work. The share of A
from the assured money is
A. Rs. 2700
B. Rs. 540
C. Rs. 1800
D. Rs. 600
13. A can do in one day three times the work done by
B in one day. They together finish 2/5 of the work in 9
days. The number of days by which B can do the work
alone is :
A. 90 days
B. 120 days
C. 100 days
D. 30 days
14. A and B together can do a work in 12 days. B and
C together do it in 15 days. If A’s efficiency is twice
that of C, then the days required for B alone to finish
the work is
A. 60 days
B. 30 days
C. 20 days
D. 15 days
15. Veena works twice as fast as Mohit. If both of them
together complete a work in 12 days, Veena alone can
complete it in ?

A. 15 days
B. 18 days
C. 20 days
D. 24 days
 16. Aman can do a certain work in 12 days. Raj is 60%
more efficient then Aman. How many days will Raj
and Aman together take to do the same job?
A. 80/13 days
B. 70/13 days
C. 75/13 days
D. 60/13 days
 17. A does half as much work as B in one-third of the
time taken by B. If together they take 10 days to
complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it
alone?

A. 30 days
B. 25 days
C. 6 days
D. 12 days
 Answers
1. D 6. D 11. C 16. D

2. B 7. C 12. A 17. B

3. B 8. B 13. A

4. A 9. A 14. C

5. C 10. C 15. B
TYPE 4
1. 20 women can do a work in 16 days. 16 men can
complete the same work in 15 days. What is the ratio
of the capacity of a man to that of a woman?

A. 4:3
B. 5:4
C. 3:4
D. 4:5
2. 2 men complete a work in x days, whereas y women
complete the same work in 3 days. What is the ratio of
the work of 1 man and 1 woman?

A. 2x/3y
B. 3y/2x
C. x/y
D. y/x
3. 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days while 10
women can do it in 5 days. In how many days can 5
women and 3 men do it?
A. 2 days
B. 4 days
C. 5 days
D. 10 days
4. If 15 men can finish a piece of work in 20 days
however it takes 24 women to finish it in 20 days. If 10
men and 8 women undertake to complete the work
then they will take:
A. 20 days
B. 22 days
C. 24 days
D. 16 days
5. If 16 men or 20 women can do a piece of work in 25
days. In what time will 28 men and 15 women do it ?

A. 14 2/7 days
B. 33 ⅓ days
C. 18 ¾ days
D. 10 days
6. If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 16
days in how many .days can 12 men and 8 women do
the same piece of work ?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
 7. If 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys can complete a piece
of work in 88 days, then 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy
together will complete it in
A. 36 days
B. 42 days
C. 48 days
D. 54 days
8. 3 men and 7 women can do a job in 5 days, while 4
men and 6 women can do it in 4 days. The number of
days required for a group of 10 women working
together, at the same rate as before, to finish the same
job in ?
A. 30 days
B. 36 days
C. 40 days
D. 20 days
9. 3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12
days. 4 men and 3 boys can do the same work in 10
days. Then, 2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in
A. 17 ½ days
B. 5 5/11 days
C. 8 days
D. 22 days
10. 12 men or 18 women can do a piece of work in 14
days. In how many days, can 8 men and 16 women do
the same work?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 8
D. 12
11. 1 man and 1 woman together can complete a piece
of work in 8 days. A man alone can complete the work
in 10 days. In how many days, can one woman alone
complete the work?
A. 140/3 days
B. 30 days
C. 40 days
D. 42 days
12. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days,
in how many days 7 men and 5 women can plough the
same field?
A. 18 days
B. 10 days
C. 12 days
D. 15 days
13. If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats in 20 days,
then how many mats will be made by 8 men and 4
boys in 20 days?
A. 250
B. 257
C. 260
D. 267
14. If 8 men or 12 boys can do a piece of work in 16
days the number of days required to complete the work
by 20 men and 6 boys is :
A. 16/3 days
B. 19/3 days
C. 25/3 days
D. 22/3 days
15. 2 men and 3 women together or 4 men can
complete a piece of work in 20 days. 3 men and 3
women will complete the same work in how many
days ?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 16
D. 24
16. A wall of 100 metres can be built by. 7 men or 10
women in 10 days. How many days will 14 men and 20
women take to build a wall of 600 metres?

A. 13
B. 17
C. 15
D. 14
17. If one man or 2 women or 3 boys can do a piece of
work in 88 days, then the same piece of work will be
done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in how many
days?
A. 48
B. 42
C. 50
D. 52
18. If 40 men or 60 women or 80 children can do a
piece of work in 6 months, then 10 men, 10 women
and 10 children together do the work in ?
A. 5 6/13 months
B. 11 months
C. 11 1/13 months
D. 5 7/13 months
19. 12 men or 15 women or 30 boys can do a work in 45
days. Then in how many days will 12 men, 15 women
and 30 boys do the work?

A. 19
B. 13
C. 18
D. 15
20. 5 men and 2 women working together can do four
times as much work per hour as a men and a women
together. The work done by a men and a women
should be in the ratio ?
A. 1:2
B. 2:1
C. 1:3
D. 4:1
 Answers
1. A 6. B 11. C 16. C

2. B 7. C 12. C 17. A

3. C 8. D 13. C 18. C

4. A 9. A 14. A 19. D

5. D 10. A 15. C 20. B