Time and Work
Time Taken × Rate of Work = Work Done
Or
Number of Days × Efficiency = Total work
1. A can complete a work in 20 days, B can complete the same
work in 30 days, If both are working together in how many days
will they complete the work ?
A. 12 days B. 15days C. 20days D. 22days
2. A does a work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days.
In how many days they together will do the same work? [RRB
2003]
A. 5 days B. 6 days C. 8 days D. 9 days
3. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and
12days [Link] they Working together, they will
complete the same work in:
A. 12 days B. 15days C. 20days D. 3 3/7days
4. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, while A alone can
do it in 20 days. How long will B alone take to finish the work?
A. 7 days B. 12 days C. 20 days D. 30 days
5. A and B can complete a work in 15 and 18 days respectively.
They begin the work together but after 5 days A left the work.
In how many days B completes the remaining work?
A. 7 days B. 20 days C. 16 days D. 15 days
6. A and B can do a piece of work in 14 and 18 days
respectively. A alone worked for 7 days and then B finished the
remaining work. Find the time taken by B to finish the
remaining work?
A. 9 days B. 6 days C. 7 days D. 8 days
7. A and B can complete a work in 10 and 15 days respectively.
B starts the work and after 5 days A also joins him. In all, the
work would be completed in?
A. 9 days B. 7 days C. 11 days D.13 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. 10 days B. 7 days C. 11 days D.13 days
9. 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(1/5 ) B. 9(2/5 ) C. 9(3/5 ) D. 10DAYS
10. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days: B and C can do it
in 24 days while C and A can finish it in 36 days. In how many
days can A. B. C finish it. if they all work together?
A. 8 days B. 10 days C. 12 days D. 16 days
11. R and S can completes a job in 9 days and 18 days
respectively. If they work on alternate days with R working on
the first day, in how many days will the work be finished?
A. 8 days B. 10 days C. 12 days D. 15 days
12. A can do 1/4 of a work in 5 days and B can do 1/3 of the same
work in 10 days. Find the number of days in which both working
together will complete the work.
A. 8 days B. 10 days C. 12 days D. 15 days
13. 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. 16 days B. 6 days C. 7.5 days D. 18 days
14. 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 (3/7)DAYS [Link] of these
Problems based on formula
M D H =W
1 1 1 1
M D H=W
2 2 2 2
if piece of work is same then the formula becomes
1. 39 person 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. 15 D. 18
2. 15 workers completes a work in 10 days working 6 hours
per day, if 18 workers are employed on that work and the work
is tobe completed in 5 days, then how many hours per day
should the work be continued?
A. 5 hours B. 8 hours C. 10 hours D. 12 hours
3. If 9 boys take 12 hours to pack 36 cartoons, then for how
many hours 25 boys should work to pack 50 cartoons?
A.2 hours B. 4 hours C. 5 hours D. 6 hours
4. 8 men completes 80% of the total work in 20days. In how
many days can 40 men completes the entire piece of work?
A. 4 days B. 5 days C. 8 days D. 10 days
5. A certain number of members can complete a job in 60 days.
If 8 members join the group, the work will get completes 10
days earlier. Find the initial number of members in the group?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 25 D. 40
6. A contractor undertook to build a road in 100 days. He
employed 110 men. After 45 days, he found that only 1/4 could
be built. In order to complete the work in time, how many
more men should be employed?
A. 120 B. 160 C. 180 D. 270
7. In a fort, ration for 2000 people was sufficient for 54 days.
After 15 days, more people came and the ration lasted only for
20 more days. How many people came?
A. 2500 B. 2250 C. 1900 D. 1675
Problems based on men,women and boys
8. If 2 men or 4 women can do a work in 22 days. How long
will 4 men and 3 women take to complete the work?
A. 4 days B. 8 days C. 16 days D. 24 days
9. 7 men and 4 boys can complete a work in 6 days. A man
completes double the work as that of a boy. In how many days
will 5 men and 4 boys complete the work?
A. 3 days B. 4 days C. 54/7 days D. 6 days
10 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
11. 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