Time And Work MCQs

Time And Work MCQs

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1: If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day. How many more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 6 days working 9 hours a day?

A.   102

B.   34

C.   136

D.   50

2: A and B can together complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same work in 12 days, in how many days can B alone complete that work?

A.   6 days

B.   4 days

C.   5 days

D.   7 days

3: 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.   48/5

B.   64/5

C.   38/5

D.   23/5

4: 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.   12 days

B.   18 days

C.   16 days

D.   15 days

5: A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :

A.   1/10

B.   8/15

C.   1/4

D.   7/15

6: 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.   7 days

B.   4 days

C.   5 days

D.   6 days

7: A is twice as good as workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will B alone finish the work.

A.   56 days

B.   68 days

C.   27 days

D.   54 days

8: A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B alone can do it in 10 days. B works at it for 5 days and then leaves. A alone can finish the remaining work in

A.   8.5 days

B.   5 days

C.   7.5 days

D.   6 days

9: Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker B takes 10 hours to do the same

A.   Job.How long should it take both A and B, working together but independently, to do the same job?

B.   12

C.   32/7

D.   40/9

E.   23/4

10: A is thrice as good a workman as B and takes 10 days less to do a piece of work than B takes. B alone can do the whole work in

A.   8 days

B.   10 days

C.   15 days

D.   9 days

11: A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

A.   Rs. 800

B.   Rs. 600

C.   Rs. 400

D.   Rs. 375

12: A can do work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is?

A.   12/5

B.   8/15

C.   3/11

D.   2

13: 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?

A.   7 days

B.   8 days

C.   5 days

D.   6 days

14: A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

A.   22.5 days

B.   30 days

C.   20 days

D.   25 days

15: A can do a piece of work in 80days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone finishes the remaining work in 42 days. the two together could complete the work in how many days?

A.   30

B.   15

C.   27

D.   45