Model-1:
1)Mohan can do a piece of work in 10 days and Sohan in 15 days. In how
many days they together finish the work ?
a)8 days b)6 days c)9 days d)5 days
2)A can do a piece of work in 10 days, and B can do the same work in 20 days. With the
help of C, they finished the work in 4 days. C can do the work in how many days, working
alone?
1. 5 days
2. 10 days
3. 15 days
4. 20 days
5. 25 days
3)Tushar and Ajay together can do a piece of work in 14 days. If Tushar does
twice as much work as Ajay in a given time, how long will Tushar alone take
to do the work?
a. 21 days
b. 10.5 days
c. 11 days
d. 20 days
4)A, B, C, and D can do a piece of work in 20 days. If A and B can do it together
in 50 days, and C alone in 60 days, find the time in which D alone can do it.
a. 120 days
b. 75 days
c. 150 days
d. 90 days
5)A and B can do a work in 60 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C
can do it in 80 days. In what time A alone can do the work?
a. 100
b. 96
c. 84
d. 70
6)Shashi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than
Shashi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is :
a)15 b)16 c)18 d)25
Practice:
A can do a piece of work in 14 days. B is 12.5% less efficient than A. The number
of days taken by B to do the same piece of work is :
Wages:
7)A can do a piece of work in 12 days while B alone can do it in 15 days. With
the help of C they can finish it in 5 days. If they are paid Rs. 960 for the whole
work how much money A gets ?
a)480 b)240 c)320 d)400
8)A man and a boy received Rs. 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they
did together. The man’s efficiency in the work was three times that of the boy.
What are the daily wages of the boy ?
a)75 b)40 c)44 d)56
Model-3-Alternative days
9)A & B working can finish a job in 10 days & 12 days respectively. They work it
alternatively for a day. If B starts the work find in how many days the job will be
finished.
a) 10 5/6 days c)11 days
b) 12 days d)10 days
10)A & B working separately can type all documents in 6hrs and 10hrs
respectively. At 9AM A starts the work and they work it of one hour alternatively,
when will be the work be completed.
a) 4:20 PM b)7:20 PM c)3:40PM d)11AM
11)A, B and C can do a piece of work in 11 days, 20 days and 55 days
respectively, working alone. How soon can the work be done if A is
assisted by B and C on alternate days?
1. 7 days
2. 8 days
3. 9 days
4. 10 days
Model 4(people leaves/adds)
12)A can do a piece of work in 40
days; B can do the same in 30
days. A started alone but left the
work after 10 days, then B worked
at it for 10 days. C finished the
remaining work in 10 days. C alone
can do the whole work in?
A. 24 days B. 30 days
C. 44 days D. 17 1/2 days
13)A can do a piece of work in 80 days.
He worked at it for 10 days and then B
alone finished the remaining work in 42
days. In how much time will A and B
working together, finish the work ?
a)20 days b)30 days c)15 days
d)25 days
14)Ram and Hari can cut 12 kgs nuts in 2
days. After 5 days, Hari left the work. Ram
took 8 more days to cut the rest of the
nuts. If total of 58 kgs of nuts were cut, the
time taken by Hari to cut 10 kgs of nuts is
?
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
15)A and B can separately complete a
piece of work in 20 days and 30 days
respectively. They worked together for
some time, then B left the work. If A
completed the rest of the work in 10
days, then B worked for?
a)6 b)8 c)12 d)16
16)A can do a piece of work in 12
days and B in 20 days. If they
together work on it for 5 days, and
remaining work is completed by C in 3
days, then in how many days can C
do the same work alone?
a)9 b)10 c)12 d)15
17)P and Q would complete a work 18 and 24 minutes respectively. Both persons started
working together after how much time first person to leave the work , so that the total work
may be just completed in 12 minutes?
A. after 12 mins
B. after 9 mins
C. after 8 1/2 mins
D. after 10 mins
19)If 15 men can do a piece of
Model-4: Chain Rule
work in 12 days, then the number
of days in which 20 men can do
the same work in?
20)16 men are able to complete
a piece of work in 12 days
working 14 hours a day. How
long will 28 men, working 12
hours a day, take to complete
the work ?
a)6 b)7 c)8 d)10
21)8 men can complete a
piece of work in 20 days. 8
women can complete the
same work in 32 days. In how
many days will 5 men and 8
women together complete the
same work?
Pipes & Cistern
Pipe P can fill a tank in 48 hrs and pipe Q can A pipe can fill a tank in 30 h. Due to a
fill it in 30 hrs. If both the pipes are opened in leak in the bottom, it is filled in 50 h. If
empty tank. In how many hours will it be full?
the tank is full, how much time will the
leak take to empty it ?
A water tank is two-fifth [Link] A can fill a
tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it
in 6 [Link] both the pipes are open,how
long will it take to empty or fill the tank
completely?
pipes P and Q would fill a cistern 18 and 24 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened,
find when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be just filled in 12 minutes?
A. after 12 mins
B. after 9 mins
C. after 8 1/2 mins
D. after 10 mins
Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 30 min, 20 min and 10 min, respectively. When
the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. If A, B and C discharge chemical
solution P, Q and R respectively, then the part of solution R in the liquid in the tank after
3 min is ?
A tank has a leak which would empty it Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 5
in 8 h. A tap is turned on which admits and 20 minutes, respectively. Both the
2 litres a min into the tank and it is now pipes are opened together, but after 2
emptied in 12 h. How many litres does min, pipe A is turned off. What is the total
the tank hold? time required to fill the tank?
If two taps, A and B, can fill a tank in 10 minutes and 30 minutes, respectively, and
an outlet pipe, C, can empty the full tank in 15 minutes, what is the time required
to fill the tank if A, B, and C are opened alternately for 1 minute each?