Time and work Questions for SBI PO Pre, IBPS PO Pre, SBI Clerk

Mains, IBPS Clerk Mains & LIC AAO Exams.

Direction: Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer.

1. Sunder and Subhash are chefs in a hotel. In 15 minutes, Sunder can cut 112 onions and
Subhash is 125% as efficient as Sunder. One day, in the hotel 4200 onions were to be
cut. If Sunder and Subhash started working together, then in how many hours they
can complete the work?
A. 4 hours 10 minutes B. 4 hours 20 minutes C. 4 hours 50 minutes D. 4 hours 15 minutes
E. None of these

2. A, B and C can do a certain piece of work in 16, 20 and 24 days respectively. They
started the work together but after ‘x – 8’ days, A left the job. ‘x’ days before
completion of the work B also left. If the whole work is completed in ‘x+5’ days, then
find the value of ‘x’.
A. 12 B. 14 C. 15 D. 18 E. None of these

3. Four friends A, B, C and D are assigned to complete a work. A, C and D together can
complete the task in 8 days while A and C together can complete the same work in
72/7 days. If B is 20% more efficient than D, then find the sum of number of days
taken by B and C to complete the task individually, if it is given that ratio of efficiency
of A and C is 3: 4, respectively.
A. 56 days B. 42 days C. 36 days D. 48 days E. 54 days

4. It takes 8 women, each working at the same rate a total of 20 days to build a room. If
8 women start to build the room on January 1, 2006 and one man per day is added
beginning from January 7, 2006, at the end of which day will the room be completed
given that each man can work twice as fast as each woman?
A. January 12, 2006 B. January 13, 2006 C. January 14, 2006 D. January 16, 2006
E. January 15, 2006

5. A and B together can do a work in 18 days and B and C together can do it in 30 days.
All three arrive on the work site and for the first 14 days only B and C work together,
then A worked alone for some days and then he left for his home. After A has left B
and C complete the remaining work in 18 days with B working on every 1st and 3rd
day and C working on every 2nd day. After how many days A left the work site?
A.18 days B. 20 days C. 6 days D. 12 days E. None of these
6. Rocky and Monty decided to do a task. They can do the task in z and (z + 10) days
respectively. They were paid Rs. 2000 for completing the task in 16 2/3 days. They
took help of Jolly and completed the work in time. If Jolly’s share is Rs. 500, find the
time taken by Rocky and Monty to complete the task individually?
A. 20, 30 days B. 30, 40 days C. 40, 50 days D. 45, 55 days E. None of these

7. In a restaurant, the owner plan to do a work in 8 days with 4 machines. But after 2
days, they find that only 40% of the work is done with the machines running for 6
hours a day. If they want to complete the work in the planned time with the
machines, how many hours per day the machines have to work?
A. 4 hours B. 5 hours C. 6 hours D. 3 hours E. 7 hours

8. A farmer can sow 80 seeds in an hour. He had 1000 seeds to be sown in 2 days time
working 5 hours daily. To accomplish this work he took the help of his wife and both
of them started working together to complete the work. Find out how many seeds can
be sown by his wife in an hour?

A. 30 B.25 C. 24 D. 28 E. 20

9. Amit, Bhola and Chandan can do some specific part (and not whole) of work in 6 days,
9 days and 12 days respectively. If they work together for 24 days to complete some
additional piece of work, how many days will Bhola and Chandan together take to
complete this additional piece of work done by all three of them in 24 days?
2 4
A. 44 days B. 31 days C. 50 days D. 44 days E. 42 days
9 7

10. 24 men get a target of completing a work in 35 days. They started working together
and found that after 20 days they just completed 50% of the work. How many more
men need to be included so that work finishes in time?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 11 E. 15

11. Pankaj can do as much work in 4 days as Kamal can do in 6 days, and Kamal can do as
much work in 5 days as Ambuj in 8 days. What wages does Ambuj get for a piece of
work which Pankaj can do in 70 days, if Ambuj gets Re. 1 for 1 day?
A. Rs. 144 B. Rs. 124 C. Rs. 168 D. Rs. 130 E. None of these

12. 2 employees and 3 trainees together can finish a project in 7 days, 6 employees and 13
trainees together can finish the same project in 2 days. Find the time taken by 4
employees and 4 trainees together to finish the same work.
A. 4 days B. 5 days C. 6 days D. 8 days E. None of these

13. A work is started by a man and it is assumed that he will finish the work in 11 days if
working alone. Each subsequent day a new man joined the work. In how many days
the four times the original work will be completed, if after the 8th day from the
starting of the work no new man will be further added?
A. 11 B. 10 C. 9 D. 8 E. None of these

14. 20 men, 12 women and 18 boys were given a project of doing 3960 designs of a
building in 5 days. The ratio of the number of designs made by them respectively in 1
day is 3 : 2 : 1. If on the 1st day all of them worked, on the 2nd day 4 women and 6 boys
went absent and on the 3rd day, 6 men and 10 boys went absent but still the work got
finished on the 3rd day. Then find the number of designs designed by them on the 3 rd
day?
A. 1021 B. 1110 C. 1621 D. 1210 E. None of these

15. The work done by a women worker in 10 hours is equal to the work done by men
worker in 8 hours and by a girl worker in 12 hours. If working 12 hours per day 10 men
worker can finish a work in 16 days. In how many days 32 men worker, 32 women
worker and 32 girl’s worker together finish the same work working 8 hours per day?
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟐
A. 2 days B. 2 days C. 3 days D. 2 days E. None of these
𝟕𝟏 𝟔𝟓 𝟕𝟒 𝟔𝟗

16. 4 Men can complete a piece of work in 58 days. They started the work together but at
the end of every 5th day one man leaves the work and in the place of the man, one
woman joins the work and the women continue doing the work and finish it despite
all the men left in the mid of the work. Find the total number of days they take to
complete the work in this manner if the efficiency of one women is 25% of the
efficiency of one man.
A. 174.5 days B. 194.5 days C. 116 days D. 174 days E. None of these

17. 3 workers Peroola, Rahul and Prashant can complete a piece of work in 6 days.
Peroola takes 15 days less than Rahul to complete the same work. Find in how many
days will Prashant complete the whole work alone with 75% of his original efficiency,
if Rahul can complete the work alone in 35 days?
 560 499 361 555
A. days B. days C. days D. days E. None of these
37 36 17 43

18. Three persons A , B, and C complete a piece of work in 6 days for which they are paid a
sum of Rs. 480.If the efficiency of A, B and C are in ratio 4 : 5 :7, then find the daily
income of B?
A. Rs. 25 B. Rs. 30 C. Rs. 150 D. Rs. 20 E. None of these

19. Rashmi and Pallavi can make a carpet in 3 days and 12 days more than the time taken
if both of them worked together. Find the time in which Rashmi can make the carpet
alone.
A. 9 days B. 6 days C. 12 days D. 8 days E. None of these

20. Three workers Trump, Putin and Jinping are appointed to do a job. They together
started the job but Jinping left after 3 days when 37% of the job was done. The
remaining job was completed by Trump and Putin in 7 days. The ratio of efficiency of
Trump and Putin is 4 : 5. Find the number of days required by the slowest worker to
complete the entire job alone?
A. 22 days B. 20 days C. 24 days D. 18 days E. 30 days

21. A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days, but 20 men dropped out everyday. Find
the number of men who initially decided to do the job, if job was completed in 7 days?
A. 70 B. 110 C. 140 D. 120 E. None of these

22. Two male workers A and B can complete a piece of work in 20 and 35 hours
respectively. A female worker, C can complete the whole work alone in H hours with
three - fourth of her original efficiency. If all the three working together with their
usual efficiency can complete the whole work in 6 hours, then find the value of H.
460 560 460 560
A. days B. days C. days D. days E. None of these
37 27 17 37

23. Raj can do a piece of work in 20 days and Rohan can do it in 12 days. On which date
will they complete the work, if they work together on prime number dates starting on
29th April?
A. 7th May B. 17th May C. 13th May D. 23rd May E. None of these
24. To do a certain task Bhuvan would take 3 times as long as Abir and Varun together;
and Varun would takes 4 times as long as Abir and Bhuvan together. Three of them
together can complete the task in 5 days. How much time is taken by Bhuvan and
varun to complete the task?
 1 1 1 1
A. 14 days B. 13 days C. 12 days D. 11 days E. 10 days
2 3 9 3

25. If 5 men and 5 women work together then they can finish a work in 5 days but if 5
women work alone then they take 40/3 more days than the time required by 5 men.
Find efficiency of one woman is how much percentage less than one man?
A. 60% B. 66.66% C. 40% D. 62.5% E. None of these

26. A can do 3/5th of work in 15 days. Efficiency of B is 25% more than that of A. Both A
and B started working together and left the work after five days. C completed the
remaining work in 11 days. Efficiency of C is what percent more/less than that of A ?
A. 20% less B. 25% more C. 20% more D. 25% less E. 33.33% more

27. Ramesh and Suresh can complete a piece of work in 25 and 40 days respectively. They
started working alternatively starting with Ramesh. After working for few days,
Ganesh has also joined with condition that Ganesh will work only when Ramesh is
working. But Suresh left the work three days before the completion of work. If it is
known that efficiency of Ganesh is half to that of Ramesh, then after how many days
Ganesh has joined the work? (Given that the ratio of work done by Ramesh, Suresh
and Ganesh are in ratio of 6 : 3 : 1)
A. 10 days B. 12 days C. 20 days D. 15 days E. 25 days

28. N number of workers with same efficiency started working on one project. On Second
day, N more number of workers with same efficiency joined them. On third day N
more number of workers joined them. After working for four days, numbers of
workers started decreasing by N from next day. It took 7 days to complete the work.
How much time will it take, if 4N workers worked continuously on that project ?
A. 3 days B. 2 days C. 8 days D. 4 days E. Can’t be determined

29. ‘A’ alone can do half of a work in 35 days. The time taken by B to do one third of the
work is equal to the time taken by A to do one fourth of the work. Find the number of
days A and B together will take to complete the work?
A. 35 days B. 40 days C. 30 days D. 60 days E. None of these
30. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 30 days but C can destroy the work
in 120 days. If B and C work together, then they take 240 days to complete the work.
Find the number of days, A alone will take to complete the work?
A. 36 days B. 42 days C. 60 days D. 48 days E. None of these
31. Ram takes 10 hours more to complete a piece of work than that of Ramya. If they
work together then by what percentage should Ramya decrease her efficiency so both
of them complete the work in 20 hours and both of them had completed the piece of
work in equal proportion?
A. 20% B. 25% C. 40% D. 50% E. Can’t be determined

32. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days but B and C together can
complete the same piece of work in 40/3 days. A started the work and worked only
for 5 days then C alone complete the remaining work in 100/3 days. Had A worked for
12 days then C would have taken only 24 days to complete the remaining work. The
number of days taken by C alone to complete the whole work is how many more than
that by B alone to complete the whole work?
A. 30 days B. 10 days C. 25 days D. 15 days E. None of these

33. The number of days taken by 16 men to complete a piece of work is 2 days less than
that by 18 women to complete the same work. If the efficiency of one woman is 20%
less than that of one man, then in how many days all 16 men and 18 women together
can complete the same work?
9 4 1 12
A. 9 days B. 9 days C. 8 days D. 9 days E. None of these
19 17 17 19

34. B takes 4 times as long as A and C together and C takes thrice as long as A and B
together to complete the work. If A, B and C together complete the work in 20 days,
how long would B alone take to complete the work?
A. 110 days B. 80 days C. 100 days D. 90 days E. None of these

35. 24 men started the working on project and complete 40% of the work in 10 days
working 8 hours a day. 24 women also joined the project after 15 days from the start
of the project. Find the total number of days taken to complete the whole work if
efficiency of women is half to that of men and women also worked 8 hours a day.
70 65
A. 21 days B. days C. days D. 23 days E. None of these
3 3

36. A, B and C can do a certain piece of work in 32, 24 and 28 days respectively. They
started working together but after ‘x’ days A left the job and ‘x + 1’ days before
completion of the work B also left. Find the value of x 2 – 2x + 20 if the whole work is
completed in 4x – 2 days.
A. 23 B. 28 C. 35 D. 44 E. None of these
37. A and B can complete a work in 18 days and B and C can complete the same work in 30 days.
If B alone can complete 1/3rd of the work in 30 days, in how many days A and C can
complete the work?
A. 40 days B. 30 days C. 45 days D. 25 days E. None of these

38. Three persons A, B and C can complete 11.11%, 5% and 6.66% of a work in one day. In how
many days the work will be completed if all three work together?
14 11 16 13
A. 4 days B. 4 days C. 4 days D. 4 days E. None of these
39 39 41 41

39. A and C can build a wall in 9 days and 8 days respectively, while B can destroy the whole wall
in 10 days. If A works with C on first day, what is the number of days required to build the
wall if A is joined by B and C on alternate days?
11 4 4 13
A. 8 days B. 8 days C. 8 days D. 8 days E. None of these
85 85 89 89

40. For a particular work the efficiency of A is 66.67% more than that of B. If both of them
working together can complete 88.88% of work in 10 days, in how many days B alone can
complete the work?
A. 40 B. 25 C. 30 D. 35 E. None of these

41. A, B and C can paint a wall in 10 hrs, 8 hrs and 20 hrs respectively. A and B start
painting the left half of the wall and C starts painting only right half of the wall. After 2
hrs only A paints left half of the wall while B and C start painting right half of the wall
and thus they complete the work painting only their side of the wall. What is the time
difference between the completion of the left and right half of the wall?
2 9 11 13
A. 1 hrs B. 1 hrs C. 1 hrs D. 1 hrs E. None of these
7 14 14 14

42. The ratio of the number of hours taken by pipes A, B, C and D to empty a container
while working individually is 4 : 6 : 5 : 8. Sum of the number of hours taken by them is
230 hours while working individually. If B and C work for the 1st 5 hours and A and D
work for the next 5 hours, again B and C work for the next 5 hours and they continue
working in this pattern then how much portion would be emptied in the 1st 11 hours
given that the container is full initially?
 12 761 12 163
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
81 907 17 400

43. A and B alone can complete a work in 24 and 48 days, respectively. 50% of the work is
completed by C in 3x days and remaining work is completed by A and B working
together in ‘x’ days, find the time taken by B and C to complete the work while
working together.
A. 16 days B. 24 days C. 20 days D. 18 days E. 32 days

44. Daily wage of A is 4/5 of the daily wage of B, and daily wage of C is 3/2 of the daily
wage of A. If the average daily wage of A, B and C is taken together is Rs. 3000, then
which of the following is the daily wages of each of them?
A. Rs. 2200, Rs. 2800, Rs. 4000 B. Rs. 2400, Rs. 3000, Rs. 3600 C. Rs. 2880, Rs. 3600, Rs. 4200
D. Rs. 1200, Rs. 1800, Rs. 6000 E. None of these

45. A can complete a piece of work in 12 days, A, B and C can complete the work in 6 days.
Efficiency of B is 0.5 times the efficiency of A. In how many days C can complete the work
alone?
A. 10 days B. 16 days C. 24 days D. 12 days E. None of these

46. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days, B and C together can complete a
piece of work in 16 days, A and C together can complete a piece of work in 24 days. Find the
number of days in which A, B and C together can complete the work.
31 32 32 31
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
5 3 5 3

47. A can complete a piece of work in 24 days and B can complete the work in 36 days. Efficiency
of C is twice the efficiency of A and B together. Find the number of days in which C can
complete the work alone.
1 1 1 1
A. 4 days B. 7 days C. 5 days D. 6 days E. None of these
5 5 5 5

48. A can complete a piece of work in 36 days. Efficiencies of B and C are 1.5 times and 2
times respectively the efficiency of A. Find the number of days taken by all of them to
complete the work.
A. 15 days B. 9 days C. 12 days D. 8 days E. None of these

49. P can complete a piece of work in 12 days, Q can complete the same work in 15 days
and R can complete the work in 20 days. Doing that work together, they get an
amount of Rs.84000. Find the sum of shares of P and Q.
A. Rs. 56000 B. Rs. 63000 C. Rs. 42000 D. Rs. 49000 E. None of these

50. 10 men can do a piece of work in 18 days and 15 women can do the same work in 24
days. If the work is started by 5 men and 6 women and they work for 10 days after
that all the remaining work is done by 5 men. How many days in total are required to
complete the work?
A. 30 days B. 20 days C. 26 days D. 13 days E. None of these
CORRECT ANSWERS:

1 A 11 C 21 C 31 B 41 C
2 E 12 A 22 D 32 E 42 D
3 D 13 C 23 B 33 A 43 B
4 B 14 B 24 D 34 C 44 B
5 B 15 C 25 B 35 C 45 C
6 C 16 B 26 B 36 B 46 B
7 D 17 A 27 C 37 E 47 B
8 E 18 A 28 D 38 C 48 D
9 D 19 A 29 C 39 B 49 B
10 A 20 E 30 D 40 C 50 A
Explanations:

1. In 15 minutes, Sunder can cut 112 onions

Since, Subhash is 125% as efficient as Sunder, he can cut 125% of 112 = 140 onions in 15 minutes

In 15 minutes, the number of onions cut by Sunder and Subhash together = (112 + 140) = 252 onions

In 1 hour, they together can cut 252 × 4 = 1008 onions

The number of hours taken by them to cut 4200 onions

4200
= = 4 hours 10 minutes
1008

Hence, option A is correct.

2. Number of days A worked = (x – 8) days

Number of days B worked = (x + 5 – x) = 5 days

Number of days C worked = (x + 5) days

x–8 5 x+5
So, + + =1
16 20 24

15(x – 8) + 60 + 10 (x + 5) = 240

15x – 120 + 60 + 10x + 50 = 240

25x = 250 ; x = 10

Hence, option E is correct.

3. Let, total work be LCM (8, 72) = 72 units

Number of units of work done by A, C and D together in one day

72
= = 9 units
8

Number of units of work done by A and C together in one day

72
= = 7 units
72/7

So, number of units of work done by D alone in one day = 9 – 7 = 2 units

Therefore, number of days taken by D alone to complete the work

72
= = 36 days
2

So, time taken by B alone to complete the work

36
= = 30 days
1.2

So, number of units of work done by A alone in one day

3
= × 7 = 3 units
7

So, number of units of work done by C alone in one day = 7 – 3 = 4 units

So, time taken by C alone to complete the work

72
= = 18 days
4

Therefore, required number of days = 18 + 30 = 48 days

Hence, option D is correct.

4. Given, 8 women take a total of 20 days to build the room.

8 × 20 = 160 woman days are required to build the room.

Till January 6, 2006, the number of woman days, completed = 8 × 6 = 48 woman days

Also each man works twice as fast as a woman. One man day = 2 woman days

From January 7, 2006 onwards one man per day is added. Which is equal to the adding of two women
per day.

Therefore, January 7, 2006 onwards 10 woman day, 12 woman days, 14 woman days, --------are
completed on successive days.

Number of woman days required to complete the work from January 7, 2006 = 160 – 48 = 112 woman
days

→ 10 + 12 + 14 + 16 + ----- = 112

The above equation is in arithmetic progression.

Let 10 + 12 + 14 + ---- + [10 + (n – 1)2] ≥ 112

Where n is the number of days required to complete 112 woman days. Consider,

10 + {10 + (n – 1)2}
n [ 2
] = 112
→ n2 + 9n = 112 → n2 +9n –112 = 0

(n + 16) (n – 7) = 0

n = 7, because n is positive

Total number of days required to build the room = 6 + 7 = 13 days.

The room will be ready by the end of January 13, 2006.
Hence, option B is correct.
5. A and B take 18 days

B and C take 30 days

Common Multiple (18, 30) = 180

Let total work = 180 units

Time taken by A and B = 18 days

1 day work of A and B = 10 units

Time taken by B and C = 30 days

1 day work of B and C = 6 units

Let A works alone for “x”days

First 14 days – B and C work

For x days – A works alone

For 18 days – B and C work --- B work on 1st and 3rd day and C work on 2nd day.

So, out of 18 days B works for 12 days and C works for 6 days

This is equivalent to B and C working together for 6 days and B working alone for 6 days

(B + C) – 14 days

A alone – x days

(B + C) – 6 days

B alone – 6 days

Total work done by B and C while working together = 20 days × 6 units/day = 120units

Work remaining = (180 – 120) = 60units

A and B can do 10units/day

If A and B work for 6 days – 6 × 10 = 60 units
So, A works alone for 6 days
Hence, A leaves the work site after 14 + 6 = 20 days
Hence, the correct answer is 20 days.
Hence, option B is correct.
6. Rocky and Monty can do (1/z)th and [1/(z+10)]th part of the total task in a day respectively.

In 50/3days, they can do 50/3[ 1/z + 1/(z+10)] of the total work

Total profit was Rs. 2000 and Jolly is getting Rs. 500 as his for the task he did

500
x=
2000

1
x=
4

so, Jolly did 1/4th of the task, rest will be done by Rocky and Monty i.e., 3/4 th

2 1 1 3
→ 16 +[
3 z z + 10 ]= 4
50 1 1 3
[
3 z
+
z + 10 ] =
4
....(i)

Solving this we get the value of z = 40

Hence, option C is correct.

7. Machines do 40% of the work in 2 days, or 2 × 6 = 12 hours.

So the rest of the (i.e., 60% of the work) can be done in

60 × 12
= 18 hours
40

This 18 hours of work has to be done in the remaining (8 – 2) = 6 days.

18
Machine have to work = 3 hours
6
a day to complete the work in the planned time.
Hence, option D is correct.
8. Seeds sown by the farmer in one hour = 80

Seeds sown by him working 5 hours daily in one day = 80 × 5 = 400

Seeds sown by him in 2 days = 400 × 2 = 800

Remaining seeds = 1000 – 800 = 200

Now these 200 seeds will be sown by the wife, in 2 days working 5 hours daily.

200
Seeds sown by the wife = = 20 seeds
10

Hence, option E is correct.

9. Initially let the amount of work be x units which Amit, Bhola and Chandan do in 6,9 and 12 days
respectively.

Amit does x/6 units of work in a day

Bhola does x/9 units of work in a day
Chandan does x/12 units of work in a day

So, they can do {x/6 + x/9 + x/12} units of work by working together, in 1 day.

In 24 days the amount of work done is

13x 26x
24 × = units
36 3

Bhola and Chandan can do 26x/3 units of work in

26x
3 4
= 44 days
x x 7
+
9 12

Hence, option D is correct.

10. Total work = 24 × 35 = 840 units

Work done in 20 days = 840 × 0.50 = 420 units

Work left = 840 – 420 = 420 units

So,

24 × 20 (24 + x) 15
=
420 420

→ 480 = 360 + 15x

→x=8

So, 8 more men are required to complete the work on time.

Hence, option A is correct.

11. Let, Pankaj, Kamal and Ambuj as P, Q and R respectively.

P×4=Q×6

P 3
⇒ =
Q 2

Q×5=R×8

Q 8
⇒ =
R 5

P : Q : R = 12 : 8 : 5

Let R do the work in x days which P can do in 70 days.

Then, P × 70 = R × x

⇒ 12 × 70 = 5 × x

⇒ x = 168 days

Now, Cost of R for 1 day = Rs. 1

Cost of R for 105 days = Rs. 168

Hence, option C is correct.
12. Let time taken by 4 employees and 4 trainees together is ‘x’.

Let one day work of one employee and one trainee is ‘E’ and ‘T’ respectively.

Total work = 7 × (2E + 3T) = 2 × (6E + 13T)

⇒ 14E + 21T = 12E + 26T

⇒ 2E = 5T …….. (1)

Total work done by 4 employees and 4 trainees together in ‘x’ days = x × (4E + 4T) = 2 × (6E + 13T)

From equation (1)-

⇒ x × (10T + 4T) = 2 × (15T + 13T)

56T
⇒x= = 4 days
14T

Hence, option A is correct..

13. One day work of a man = 1 unit

Total work = 4 × 11 = 44 units

If on each subsequent day a new man joined -

The work on 2nd day = 2 unit

The work on 3rd day = 3 unit

So on….

Than for the first 8 days the total work = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36 units

Remaining work = 44 – 36 = 8 units

This remaining 8 unit of work will be completed in 1 more day as 8 men are employed in the work.

Hence total time taken = 8 + 1 = 9 days.

Therefore, option C is correct.

14. Let the number of designed by men, women and boys in 1 day be 3x, 2x and x respectively.
Designs of building on the 1st day
 ⇒ 20 × 3x + 12 × 2x + 18 × x
⇒ 102x
On the 2nd day = 20 × 3x + 8 × 2x + 12 × x = 88x
On the 3rd day = 14 × 3x + 12 × 2x + 8 × x = 74x
Now, 102x + 88x + 74x = 3960
⇒ 264x = 3960

3960
⇒ 74x = × 74
264
⇒ 74x = 1110

Hence, option B is correct.

15. The work done by a women worker in 10 hours is equal to the work done by men worker in 8 hours
and by a girl worker in 12 hours.
8
So, the work done by a women worker in 1 hour = × the work done by a men worker in 1 hour.
10

8
And, the work done by a girl worker in 1 hour = × the work done by a men worker in 1 hour.
12
Working 12 hours per day 10 men worker can finish a work in 16 days.
So, 10 men worker can finish the work in = 16 × 12 = 192 hours.
192 × 10
32 men worker will finish the work in = = 60 hours
32

1
The work done by 32 men worker in 1 hour =
60

8 1 1
Then, the work done by 32 women worker in 1 hour = × =
10 60 75

8 1 1
And, the work done by 32 girl’s worker in 1 hour = × =
12 60 90

1 1 1 37
So, the work done by 32 men, 32 women and 32 girl’s worker in 1 hour = + + =
60 75 90 900

Then, 32 men, 32 women and 32 girl’s workers can finish the work in (200/23) hours.
∴ 32 men worker, 32 women worker and 32 girl’s worker together finish the same work working 8
hours per day
900 1 225 3
= × = days = 3 days
37 8 74 74
Hence, option C is correct.
16. Total work = 4 × 58 = 232 units (let the efficiency of one man is 1 unit)
80
Total work was done in the first 5 days = 5 × 4 = 20 units = units
4
 1 13
Now 3 men and one woman will work in the next five days = efficiency of 3m + 1w = 3 + =
4 4

5 65
Total work was done in the second 5 days = 13 × = units
4 4

1 5 25 50
Total work was done in the third 5 days = 2m + 2w = 2 + = 5 × = = units
2 2 2 4

3 7 5 35
Total work was done in the fourth 5 days = 1m + 3w = 1 + = = 7 × = units
4 4 4 4

After the fourth, 5 days only women will work therefore the total units of work done in the first four,
five days = 20 days
80 65 50 35 230
= + + + = units
4 4 4 4 4

230 698
Remaining work = 232 – = = 174.5 units
4 4

4
Efficiency of 4 women = 1 × = 1 unit
4
The number of days taken by 4 women to do 174.5 units = 174.5 days
Total number of days = 174.5 + 20 = 194.5 days
Hence, option B is correct.

17. Peroola + Rahul + Prashant = 6

Rahul = 35
Peroola = (35 – 15) = 20
Total units of work = 420
(Peroola + Rahul + Prashant)’s one day work = 70 units
Peroola’s one day work = 21 units
⇒ Rahul = 12 units
Prashant’s one day work = 70 – 33 = 37 units
75
Prashant’s efficiency to do the work alone = × 37
100
420 × 4 560
Time required to complete the work = = days
37 × 3 37
Hence, option A is correct.

18. Total amount earned by A ,B, and C in 6 days =Rs 480

480
The amount earned by them in 1 day = = Rs 80
6
 Amount of money earned is proportional to the amount of work done

Let work done by A ,B and C be 4x, 5x and 7x.

∴ Total work done by A,B and C together= 16x

Work done by B = 5x

5x
Daily income of B = × 80 = Rs. 25
16x

Hence, option A is correct.

19. Let the time both of them together will take to make the carpet be x days

Time taken by Rashmi alone = x + 3 days

Time taken by Pallavi alone = x + 12 days

One day work when they both work together = Sum of their individual per day work
1 1 1
= +
X x + 12 x+3

1 2x + 15
= 2
x x + 15x + 36

x2 + 15x + 36 = 2x2 + 15x

x=6
Time taken by Rashmi to make carpet alone = 6 + 3 = 9 days
Hence, option A is correct.

20. Let x, y and z are the one day’s work of Trump, Putin and Jinping respectively.

According to the question,

⇒ 3 × (x + y + z) = 37% of the work

 ⇒ 7 × (x + y) = 63%

⇒ x + y = 9%

∵ The ratio of efficiency of Trump and Putin is 4 : 5,

∴ 5x = 4y and x = 4%, y = 5% work per day.

It implies Trump can complete the job and in 25 days and Putin in 20 days.

In 3 days (x + y + z) do 37% of the work

Out of this Trump and Putin would do 27% work = (3 × 9%) of the work.

Remaining work = 37% – 27% = 10% (done by Jinping in 3 days)

10
∴ The work of z = = 3.33% work per day
3

∴ Jinping is the slowest and he would do the work in 30 days.

Hence, option E is correct.

21. Let the initial number of men be m

Total work = 4 m

m + (m – 20) + (m – 40) + …… = 4 m

7
[2m + 6 (–20)] = 4m
2

7
(2m – 120) = 4m
2

m =140

Hence, option C is correct.

22. Total units of work = 420

(A + B + C)’s one hour’s work = 70 units

A’s one hour’s work = 21 units

 ⇒ B = 12 units

C’s one hour’s work = 70 – 33 = 37 units

37
C’s efficiency to do the work alone = 3 ×
4

4 560
∴ Time reqd. to complete the work = 420 × = hours
37 × 3 37

Hence, option D is correct.

23. Total work = 60 {LCM of 20, 12}

A/day = 3; B/day = 5; together = 8/ days = No. of days = 7.5 days

8th prime number date starting from 29th April

29th April, 2nd May, 3rd May, 5th May, 7th May, 11th May, 13th May, 17th May
Hence, option B is correct.

24. Let us represent efficiency of Abir, Bhuvan and Varun by A, B and V respectively.

According to the question,

B 1
= ...............(1)
A+V 3

V 1
= ...............(2)
A+B 4

To equate the ratio in the above equations, let us multiply (1) by 5 and (2) by 4.
So, A : B : V = 11 : 5 : 4
11 + 5 + 4 = 20 units
In 5 days, task completed = 20 × 5 = 100 units (total task)
Time taken by Bhuvan and Varun to complete the task
100 1
= = 11 days
4+5 9

Hence, option D is correct.

25. Let the days taken by 5W = x and 5M = y.

1 1
One day work of 5W = and that of 5M =
x y

1 1 1
+ =
x y 5
 5 (x + y) = xy --------(1)

40
x= +y
3

3 (x – y) = 40 -------(2)

Multiplying eq 1 and 2

3 (x² – y²) = 8xy

Dividing by y²

3x2 8x
– –3=0
y2 y

x
Let = t
y

3t² – 8t – 3 =0

t=3

x 3
=
y 1

So ratio of efficiency of W : M = 1 : 3
Efficiency of Women = 66.67% less than that of Men
Hence, option B is correct.

26. A does 3/5th of work in 15 days.

Time Taken by A to complete the work

5
= × 15 = 25 days
3

Efficiency of B is 25% more than that of A.

 If Work done by A in one day = 4, then work done by B in one day = 5

Ratio of time taken by A and B = 5 : 4

Time taken by B to complete the work

4
= × 25 = 20 days
5

A and B worked for five days.

Total work Completed by A and B in 5 days

1 1
=5 ( 25 + 20 )
1 1 9
= + =
5 4 20

11
Work Left = which is done by C in 11 days.
20

20
Time taken by C to complete the whole work = × 11
11

C = 20 days

20
Ratio of Efficiency of A and C =
25

Efficiency of C is 25 % more than that of A.

Hence, option B is correct.

27. Number of days taken by them Individually to complete the work :

Ramesh = 25 days
Suresh = 40 days

Ganesh = Efficiency of Ganesh is half to that of Ramesh, so he will take double time to complete the
work.

Ganesh = 50 days
LCM of 25, 40 and 50 is 200.
 Efficiency :
Ramesh = 8
Suresh = 5
Ganesh = 4
Let the total work is 200.
For first few days, Ramesh and Suresh worked alternatively. After few days, Ganesh joined with
Ramesh. This pattern continued for few days and then Suresh left the work three days before the
completion of work.
Work done by all three are in ratio of 6 : 3 : 1.
Total work is 200.
6
Work Done by Ramesh = × 200 = 120
10

3
Work Done by Suresh = × 200 = 60
10

1
Work Done by Ganesh = × 200 = 20
10

Here, three part are there in work done. First part, Ramesh and Suresh worked alternatively.
Second part, Ramesh with Ganesh and Suresh worked alternatively.
In third part, Ramesh and Ganesh worked daily for three days.
Work done in last three days :
Ramesh = 8 × 3 = 24
Ganesh = 4 × 3 = 12
Ganesh worked in Second part = 20 – 12 = 8
He worked for 2 days. So in Second part all of them have worked for two days.
Work done in those two days :
Ramesh = 8 × 2 = 16
Suresh = 5 × 2 = 10
Ganesh = 8
Work Left by Ramesh = 120 – 24 – 16 = 80
80
Days = = 10 days
8
It means both Ramesh and Suresh worked for total 20 days and then Ganesh Joined.
Hence, option C is correct.

28. Here, efficiency of workers remains same throughout the project.

First day N workers worked, second day 2N, third day 3N and so on.
After fourth day, every day N workers decreased.
Workers on fifth day = 3N
Workers on Sixth day = 2N
Workers on Seventh day = N
Let the one day work of N workers is x
x + 2x + 3x + 4x + 3x + 2x + x = 1
16x = 1
 1
x=
16

1
Work done by N workers in one day =
16

1
Work done by 4N workers in one day =
4

4N workers will take four days to complete the work.

Hence, option D is correct.

29. A alone can do half of a work in 35 days

A can do the whole work in 35 × 2 = 70 days

The time taken by B to do one – third of the work is equal to the time taken by A to do one – fourth of
the work

B A
=
3 4

A 4
= = The ratio of time
B 3

We know that efficiency is inversely proportional to time

The ratio of efficiency A : B = 3 : 4
Let A’s efficiency = 3x then B’s efficiency = 4x
Total units of work A alone will do in 70 days = 70 × 3x
The total units of work A and B together will do in 1 days = 3x + 4x = 7x

3x
The number of days they will take if they work together = 70 × = 30 days
7x

Hence, option C is correct.

30. Let the total units of work = 240 units then the efficiency of (A + B)
240
= = 8 units per day
30

240
The efficiency of C = = – 2 units per days
120

240
The efficiency of B and C together = = 1 unit per day
240

The efficiency of B = 1 – c’s efficiency

 1 – 2 = 3 units per day

The efficiency of A = 8 – B’s efficiency = 8 – 3 = 5 units per day

240
The number of days A alone will take to complete the work = = 48 days
5

Hence, option D is correct.

31. Let Ramya takes x hour to complete the work then Ram will take x + 10 hours to complete the same
work

both of them complete the work in 20 hours and both of them had competed the piece of work in
equal proportion it means Ram does half of the work in 20 hours and Ramya does half of the Work in
20 hours.

Ram will do the complete work in 20 × 2 = 40 hours and Ramya with new efficiency will do the
complete work in 20 × 2 = 40 hours

There is no change in the efficiency of Ram it means x + 10 = 40

x = 30 hours

It means with the original efficiency Ramya can complete the work in 30 hours but with the new
efficiency she does in 40 hours

Efficiency is inversely proportional to time

Ramya’s original efficiency: Ramya’s new efficiency = 40 : 30 = 4 : 3

(4 – 3) × 100
The reqd. % change = = 25%
4
Hence, option B is correct.
32.
1 1 1
+ =
A B 12

1 1 3
+ =
B C 40

1 2 1 1 3 19
+ + = + = ..............(i)
A B C 12 40 120

5 100
+ =1
A 3C
 3AC=15C+100A----(ii)

12 24
+ =1
A C

AC = 12C + 24A

3AC = 36C + 72A -----(iii)

Equation (ii) = equation (iii)

15c + 100a = 36c + 72a

28a = 21c

a : c = 3 : 4 = The ratio of time taken

Put the value of A = 3x and C = 4x in the equation (ii) or (iii)

3 × 4x × 3x = 60x + 300x
36 x = 360
x = 10

The number of days taken by A = 3x = 30 days

The number of days taken by C = 4x = 40 days

Put the value of A and C in the equation (i)

1 2 1 19
+ + =
40 B 30 120

B = 20 days
The required difference = 40 – 20 = 20

Hence, option E is correct.

33. Let the efficiency of one man = 5x then the efficiency of one woman = 20% less than 5x = 4x

We know that,

M1D1 = M2D2

16 × 5x × y = 18 × 4x × (y + 2)

8y = 144

y = 18

Total work = 16 × 5x × 18 = 80x × 18

 The total efficiency of 16 men and 18 women = 16 × 5x + 18 × 4x = 80x + 72x = 152x

80x × 18 180 9
The reqd. number of days = = = 9 days
152x 19 19

Hence, option A is correct.

34. Work done by B/day = X

Work done by A and C per day = 4X……...I

Work done by C/day = Y

Work done by A and B per day = 3Y….II

Using I and II

X 4
= …..III
Y 5

Using III in I and II

Per day work of A, B and C

A = 11
B=4
C=5
Total work 20 × 20 = 400

400
Time taken by B alone = = 100 days
4

Hence, option C is correct.

35. It takes 10 days to complete the 40% work.

100
Time taken to complete the whole work = × 10 = 25 days.
40

Now men worked for 15 days. It means they have completed 60% of the total work. Now work left is
40%.

Efficiency of women is half to that of men.

That means it will take 50 days for 24 women to complete the work.

They will complete 2% work daily. While men will complete 4% work daily.
 Now, 40% work is left

40 2 20
Time taken by all together to complete the work = = 6 = days
6 3 3

20 65
Total days = 15 + = days
3 3

Hence, option C is correct.

36. Let the total work = 672 units (LCM of 24, 28 and 32)

672
Amount of work done by A in one day = = 21 units
32

672
Amount of work done by B in one day = = 28 units
24

672
Amount of work done by C in one day = = 24 units
28

A worked for x days, B worked for 4x – 2 – (x + 1) = 3x – 3 days and C worked for 4x – 2 days

So, according to the question: 21x + 28 (3x – 3) + 24 (4x – 2) = 672

21x + 84x – 84 + 96x – 48 = 672

201x – 132 = 672
201x = 804 ; x = 4
So, the value of x2 – 2x + 20 = 42 – 8 + 20 = 28

Hence, option B is correct.

37. A + B complete the work in 18 days

B + C complete the work in 30 days

B alone can complete 1/3rd work in 30 days → complete the work in 90 days

Let the work be LCM (18, 30, 90) = 90 units

A + B complete 90units in 18 days → 5units/day

B+C complete 90units in 30 days → 3units/day

B complete 90 units in 90 days → 1 unit/day

 A + C = 6 units/day

90 units
No of days to complete the work = = 15 days
6 units/day

Hence, option E is correct.

38.
Percent of Fraction of
Work No of days to
work per work per
per day complete work
day day
A 11.11% 1/9 9
B 5% 1/20 20
C 6.66% 1/15 15

Let the total work be LCM (9, 20, 15) = 180 units

180
Work done by A = = 20 units/day
9

180
Work done by B = = 9 units/day
20

180
Work done by C = = 12 units/day
15

Total work done by all three = 20 + 9 + 12 = 41 units/day

180 16
Total number of days required to complete the work = = 4 days
41 41
Hence, option C is correct.
39. No of days required by A = 9, B = 10 and C = 8
Let the work of building wall be LCM (9, 8, 10) = 360 units

Then the total unit of wall build by A = 40 units/day, by C = 45 units/day and wall demolished by B = 36
units/day

On 1st day A and C work and make 40 + 45 = 85 units

2nd day A and B work and make 40 – 36 = 4 units
In every 2 days wall build = 85 + 4 = 89 units
In 8 days wall build = 4 × 89 = 356 units
Remaining = 4units and A and C work on 9th day
Work done by A and C in 1 day = 85 units

4
Time reqd. to complete 4 units by A and C = day
85
 4
So, total time = 8 days
85

Hence, option B is correct.

40. Efficiency of A = 166.67% efficiency of B

Eff of A 5
=
Eff of B 3

The ratio of number of days taken by A and B will be 3 : 5

Let the number of days taken by them to complete the work be 3 k and 5 k
Let the total work be LCM (3 k, 5 k) = 15 k

15 k
1 day work by A = = 5 units/day
3k

15 k
1 day work by B = = 3 units/day
5k

15k
Total number of days =
8

8 15 k
Number of days to complete 88.88% of work = × = 10
9 8

Solving we get k = 6
So, the number of days required by B to complete the work = 5k = 5 × 6 = 30 days
Hence, option C is correct.

41. Time to paint wall by A = 10 hrs, B = 8 hrs and C = 20 hrs

Let the paint required for total wall be LCM (10, 8, 20) = 40 units

Painting done by A = 4 unit/hr, B = 5unit/hr and C = 2 unit/hr

Time Left - 20 units Right – 20 units

First 2 hrs A + B – 9 unit × 2 = 18 unit C – 2 × 2 = 4 unit
After 2 hrs A – 2 units / 4 unit/hr = 1/2hr B + C – 16units /7 unit/hr = 16/7 hrs

Work completed in 2 hrs = 9 × 2 + 2 × 2 = 22 unit, work remaining = 18 units

Work remaining on left wall = 20 – 18 = 2 unit and on right wall = 20 – 4 = 16 unit

2 unit 1
After 2 hrs time taken by A to complete left wall = = hr
4 unit/ hr 2
 16 unit 2
and time taken by B and C to complete right wall = = 2 hrs.
7 unit/hr 7

2 1 11
Time difference = 2 hrs – hr = 1 hr
7 2 14

Hence, option C is correct.

42. According to the question,

Number of hours taken by A, B, C and D is 40, 60, 50, 80 hours respectively

1 1 11
Portion emptied in the 1st 5 hours = 5 × (60 + 50) = 60
1 1 3
Portion emptied in the next 5 hours = 5 × (40 + 80) = 16
1 1 11
Portion emptied in the next 1 hour = (60 + 50) = 300
11 3 11
So, portion emptied in the 1st 11 hours = + +
60 16 300

220 + 225 + 44 489 163

= = =
1200 1200 400

Hence, option D is correct.

43. Time taken by A and B to complete the work while working together
24 × 48
= = 16 days
24 + 48

16
So, x = =8
2

(since 50% of the work is done by A and B together)

As, time taken by C to complete 50% of the work = 8 × 3 = 24 days
So, time taken by C to complete the entire work = 24 × 2 = 48 days
Therefore, time taken by B and C to complete the work while working together
48 × 48
= = 24 days
48 + 48

Hence, option B is correct.

44. According to the question,

4
A= ×B
5

3
Also, C = × A
2

Also, A + B + C = 3000 × 3
A + B + C = 9000

Using the above equations,

5 3
A + A + A = 9000
4 2

4A + 5A + 6A
= 9000
4

15A = 36000
36000
A= = 2400
15

So, A = Rs. 2400

5
So, wage of B = × 2400 = Rs.3000
4
3
Wage of C = × 2400 = Rs.3600
2
Hence, option B is correct.
45. Time taken by B to complete the work
12
= = 24 days
0.5

1 1 1 1
+ + =
A B C 6

1 1
=
A 12

1 1
=
B 24

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+ + – – = – –
A B C A B 6 12 24

1 4–2–1
⇒ =
C 24
 1 1
⇒ =
C 24

Hence, C can complete the work alone in 24 days.

Hence, option (C) is correct.

46. Traditional approach:

1 1 1
+ =
A B 12

1 1 1
+ =
B C 16

1 1 1
+ =
A C 24

Adding all the above equations, we get

1 1 1 1 1 1
2 (
+ + )
= + +
A B C 12 16 24

1 1 1 4+3+2
⇒2 ( A + B + C) = 48

1 1 1 9
⇒ + + =
A B C 96

1 1 1 3
⇒ + + =
A B C 32
Hence, A, B and C together can complete the work in 32/3 days.
Smart approach:
Total work = LCM of 12, 16 and 24 = 48
48
Efficiency(A + B) = = 4
12

48
Efficiency(B + C) = =3
16

48
Efficiency(A + C) = =2
24

2 × Efficiency (A + B + C) = 9

9
Efficiency (A + B + C) =
2

48 96 32
Required number of days = = = days
9/2 9 3
 Hence, option (B) is correct.

47. Traditional approach:

Let A and B together can complete the work in x days.
1 1
x ( +
24 36 )=1

3+2
⇒x =1
72

72
⇒x=
5

Hence, number of days taken by C to complete the work alone

72 1 36 1
= × = days = 7 days
5 2 5 5

Smart approach:
Total work = LCM of 24 and 36 = 72
72
Efficiency(A) = = 3
24

72
Efficiency(B) = =2
36
Efficiency(C) = (3 + 2) × 2 = 10
72 36 1
Number of days taken by C to complete the work alone = = = 7 days
10 5 5
Hence, option (B) is correct.
48. Let the number of days taken by all of them to complete the work = x

36
Number of days taken by B to complete the work = = 24 days.
1.5

36
Number of days taken by C to complete the work = = 18 days.
2

According to the question

1 1 1
x( + +
36 24 18 )
=1

2+3+4
⇒x =1
72

72
⇒x=
9
 ⇒ x = 8 days

Hence, option (D) is correct.

49.
1
Part of work done by A in 1 day =
12

1
Part of work done by B in 1 day =
15

1
Part of work done by C in 1 day =
20

Efficiency ratio:
1 1 1
A:B:C= : :
12 15 20

=5:4:3

5+4
Sum of shares of P and Q = × 84000
12

9
= × 84000 = Rs. 63000
12

Hence, option B is correct.

50. m = 1 man's capacity, w = 1 woman's capacity

10m × 18 = 15w × 24

1m = 2w

Hence, 5m + 6w = 5m + 3m = 8m

Total work = (work done by 5 men and 6 women in 10 days) + (remaining work done by 5 men in x
days)

10m × 18 = 8m × 10 + 5m × x

180 = 80 + 5x

180 – 80 = 5x

5x = 100
x = 20 days

Total
days =
20 + 10
= 30
days
Hence,
option A
is
correct.