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Tasksheet
Understand the Purpose of Tasksheet
Instructors do not give you homework assignments to make your life miserable (well some
might, but most don’t!). Homework assignments are given to help you to learn the material in
the class and to develop good reasoning and problems solving skills.
Quants is just not a subject that most people will instantly understand every single topic after
hearing the instructors lecture. Most people need to work on some problems in order to really
start to understand the topic. That is the point of the assignment. It gives you a set of
problems that will help you to understand the topics.
Remember that it almost always seems easier to watch an instructor doing problems on the
board than it actually is. You won’t know if you truly understand the material and can do the
problem if you don’t attempt the homework.
One of the biggest roadblocks in doing homework that I’ve seen in many students is that they
completely ignore the notes and/or text. They look at a problem and if they can’t see how to do
it they give up and go to the next problem. Often there will be a similar problem in the notes
and/or text that can help you to get started!
Tasksheets are divided into 2 levels: Level-1 (L1) , Level-2 (L2) and
Level-1 will Concentrate on building your basics
will Concentrate on building your attempts
Level-2 will help you “Think beyond Books”
will help you tackle interdisciplinary questions asked in an Exam
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Q-1. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do same work in 30 days. They start the
work together. In how many days, the work will be completed?
(a)12 days (b) 15 days (c)18 days (d) 20 days
Q-2. A can do a piece of work in 45 days and B can do same work in 60 days. In how many
days will A&B do this work together?
Q-3. 'A' can complete a work in 30 days. B can complete the same work in 36 days while C
can complete it in 45 days. In how many days A, B and C together can complete it.
(A) 10 days (B) 12 days (C) 15 days (D) 18 days
Q-4. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do the same work in 30 days. They start
the work together, but after 8 days, A left the work. In how many days, B will complete the
remaining work?
(a)12 days (b) 15 days (c)10 days (d) 20 days
Q-5. Ram can do a piece of work in 10 days and mohan can do the same piece of work in 15
days. They started the work together but after 3 days, Ram left the work. In how many
days, the total work got completed?
Q-6. Raju can do a piece of work in 15 days while Rinki can do the same piece of work in 25
days. They started the work together but after 5 days, Rinki has to leave the work, in how
many days, Raju can do the double of the remaining work?
(a) 14 days (b) 7 days (c) 25 days (d) 15 days
Q-7. 'A' can complete a work in 30 days. B can complete the same work in 36 days, while C
can complete it in 45 days. They together started the work but after 9 days. A left the work
in how many days remaining work will be completed.
(A) 3 days (B) 5 days (C) 6 days (D) 8 days
Q-8. A can complete a work in 30 days. B can complete it in 36 days while C can finish it in
45 days, A and B started the work together but after 9 days A left and C joined in how
many days the work was finished.
(A) 12 days (B) 12 days (C) 15 days (D) 18 days
Q-9. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore able to finish a job in 60 days less
than B. In how many days A and B together can do it
(a) 20 days (b) 22.5 days (c) 25 days (d) 30 days
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Q-10. A is four times good as B therefore able to finish a job in 45 days less than B. In
how many days A and B together can do it.
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days (c) 15 days (d) 18 days
Q-11. A is 5/3 times good as B therefore able to finish a job in 20 days less than B. In
how many days A and B together can do it.
(a) 37/2 days (b) 75/4 days (c) 75/2 days (d) 75 days
Q-12. A and B together complete a work in 12 days B and C together complete it in 16
days. If A work for 5 days, B for 7 days and C complete the remaining work in 13 days.
Then find C would complete the work in how many days.
(a) 24 days (b) 21 days (c) 20 days (d) 18 days
Q-13. A and B together complete a work in 16 days, B and C together complete it in 20
days. If A work for 6 days, B for 16 days and C complete the remaining work in 15 days. In
how many days C alone can finish it.
(a) 35 days (b) 40 days (c) 42 days (d) 45 days
Q-14. A alone would takes 9 days more to complete a work than A and B together, B
takes 4 days more to complete a work alone that of A and B together. In how many days
they together do it.
(a) 4 days (b) 6 days (c) 8 days (d) 9 day
Q-15. A and B together can complete a work in 'D' days. If A work alone it takes (D + 18)
days and if B work alone it takes (D + 8) days. What is the value of 'D'?
(a) 8 days (b) 12 days (c) 15 days (d) 18 day
Q-16. A certain number of engineers can develop a design in 40 days. If there were 5
more engineers it could be finished 10 days earlier. How many engineers were there in the
beginning.
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 25
Q-17. A job was assigned to a group of men to do it in 20 days. But 12 men did not turn
up for job and remaining men did the job in 32 days. The original number of men in group
was
(a) 40 (b) 36 (c) 34 (d) 32
Q-18. 'X' Men can complete 'X' unit work in 'X' days working 'X' hours per day. How
many unit work can be done by 'Y' men, 'Y' days working 'Y' hours per days.
Q-19. If 36 Men can dig a trench 200 mt. long 3 mt. wide and 2 mt deep in 6 days
working 10 hrs. per day. In how many days working 8 hrs. per day will 10 men dig a
trench 100 mt. long 4 mt. wide and 3 mt. deep.
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(a) 27 days (b) 24 days (c) 21 days (d) 18 days
Q-20. A contractor undertakes to dig a canal in 48 days and employ 96 men. But after
12 days 2/7 work has been completed. How many men he can withdraw from work to
finish the work in time.
(a) 12 men (b) 15 men (c) 16 men (d) 20 men
Q-21. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. If
both pipes are opened together, the time taken to fill the tank is:
(a) 50 minutes (b) 12 minutes (c) 25 minutes (d) 15 minutes
Q-22. A cistern can be filled with water by a pipe in 5 hours and it can be empty by a
second pipe in 4 hours. If both the pipes are opened when the cistern is full, the time in
which it will be emptied is:
(a) 9 hours (b) 18 hours (c) 20 hours (d) 20
Q-23. Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively, while the third
can empty it in 30 hours. If all the pipes are opened simultaneously, the empty tank will
be filled in
(a) 10 hours (b) 12 hours (c) 15 hours (d) 15
Q-24. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 min and 30 min while pipe C can empty it in 24
min. Three pipes opened simultaneously in what time tank would be filled.
(A) 20 min (B) 24 min (C) 25 min (D) 30 min
Q-25. A water tap fills a tub in 'p' hours, and a sink at the bottom empties it in 'q' hours.
If p<q and both tap and sink are open, the tank is filled in 'r' hours, then
Tasksheet-L2
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Tasksheet is a special booklet to support you in your initial lap of aptitude exam.
To ensure an “effective preparation”, task sheets are classified into two levels
Level-1 will Concentrate on building your basics
will Concentrate on building your attempts
Level-2 will help you “Think beyond Books”
will help you tackle interdisciplinary questions asked in
Please DO NOT ATTEMPT TASK SHEET-L2 unless you have solved Task [Link] case if
you are facing difficulty you can consult faculty,but it is recommended that you try to solve the
task questions individually first. This will enhance your thinking capability.
If you are a serious aspirant, this is most important aspect for your improvement and will help
you immensely later in cracking the exam!
In TaskSheet-L2,questions are such that have been solved correctly by a majority of Topper.
These are questions that will differentiate the best from the rest.
Q-26. A & B can build a wall in 15 and 20 hours respectively, but if they work together
they use 280 less bricks per hour and build a wall in 12 hours. Find the number of bricks
in the wall.
a) 8400 b)9600 c)1400 d) 12000
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Q-27. A & B can build a wall in 9 and 10 hours respectively, but if they work together
they use 10 less bricks per hour and build a wall in 5 hours. Find the number of bricks in
the wall.
a) 840 b)900 c)150 d) 1200
Q-28. A, B, C can complete a work in 30 days by working together A and C are twice
efficient than B and A and B are thrice efficient than C. Find in how many days A alone
complete the work.
a) 84 b) 72 c) 110 d) 96
Q-29. A and B can complete a work in 40% lesser time than C while B and C can
complete the same work in 60% lesser time than A, if they together can complete the whole
work in 20 days, then in how many days C alone complete the same work.
Q-30. A takes as much time as B and C take to finish a Job, A and B finish the job in 10
days, C can alone do the same job in 15 days. In how many days B alone can do the work.
Q-31. A can complete a piece of work in 4 days. B takes double the time taken by A, C
takes double that of B, and D takes double that of C to complete the same task. They are
paired in groups of 2 each. One pair takes two-third the time needed by the second pair to
complete the work. Which is the first pair?
a)A, B b)A, C c)B, C d)A, D
Q-32. Pipes X and Y can fill a tank in 18 hours. Pipes Y and Z can fill in 12 hours. Pipes
X and Z can fill it in 24 hours. Which of the following can be concluded?
(a) Y is the most efficient among the pipes.
(b) X is the least efficient among the pipes.
(c) Neither (A) nor (B)
(d) Both (A) and (B)
Q-33. Pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively,
whereas C can empty the full tank in x minutes. When pipes A, B and C are opened
simultaneously the tank will be filled in 15 minutes. What is the value of x?
a)50 b)55 c)45 d)60 (5) 30
Q-34. A tap which allows water at 6 litres / min into a tank is opened. The tank which
was initially empty has a leak at its bottom which can empty it in 8 hours. The tank was
emptied in 12 hours. Find its capacity.
a)8640 litres b)8600 litres c)4320 litres d)8560 litres
Q-35. Pipe A can fill a tank in 3 hours. A can fill the tank in 5 hours if it works along
with the outlet pipe B. If B can empty the tank at 6 litres per minute, then what is the
capacity of the tank?
a)2700 litres b)3450 litres c)3200 litres d)2850 litres
Q-36. A Tank has four emptying taps of equal efficiencies, fixed at 1/5th, 2/5th, 3/5th and
4/5th of the height of the tank respectively. Two filling taps, each of which individually can fill the
tank in 200 minutes, are also connected to the tank. If the ratio of the efficiency of each emptying
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tap and the efficiency of each filling tap is 1 : 3, and all the six taps are opened simultaneously,
then in how much time will the empty tank be filled?
a) 166 minutes c)174 minutes
b) 182 minutes d)None of the above
Q-37. Rohan and Sohan together completed a piece of work in a certain number of days. Had
they worked independently, they would have taken d more days and 16 d more days respectively. If
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they get a total of Rs.7000 for completing the work, what is Rohan’s share?
a) Rs.3000 b)Rs.2800 c)Rs.4200 d)Rs.4000
Q-38. A and B working together can build a wall, 221m long, in 111/9 days. If they work on
alternate days, with A starting the work, it takes 22 1/4 days to build the same wall. If A and B work
together and build a similar wall but of twice the length and earn a total of Rs.1800 for it, then B's
share of the earnings will be
a)Rs.750 b) Rs.800 c)Rs.1000 d) Rs.1050
Q-39. Two persons P and Q work on a certain job on alternate [Link] P works on day 1, the job
gets completed in 19 [Link] Q works on day 1, the job gets completed in 19 3 [Link] both of them
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work together on the job, then job will be completed in
a) 8
4 days b) 7 3 days c) 9
3 days d) 9
4 days
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Q-40. Two friends,P and Q, decided to work together and complete the construction of four
similar [Link], as Q could not attend the work, P started the work alone and completed
the construction of one room and took ‘h’ hours more than what they would have taken if they had
worked [Link] this,P left and Q, working alone, completed the construction of the second of
room and took 36/25 h hours more than what they would have taken if they had worked
[Link],both of them worked together and completed the remaining two [Link]
construction of the four rooms was completed in a total of 543 days.
If a total of Rs.4400 was paid for the entire work,what is the share of P?
a) Rs.1900 b)Rs.1100 c)Rs.2200 d)Rs.2300
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