Time and Work Questions

FACTS  AND  FORMULAE  FOR  TIME  AND  WORK  QUESTIONS

 

 

1. If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's work =1n

2. If A’s 1 day's work =1n, then A can finish the work in n days.

 

3. A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:

Ratio of work done by A and B = 3 : 1.

Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a work = 1 : 3.

 

NOTE : 

Efficiency1No of time units

 

 Efficiency × Time = Constant Work

 

Hence, Required time = WorkEfficiency

 

Whole work is always considered as 1, in terms of fraction and 100% , in terms of percentage.

In general, number of day's or hours = 100Efficiency

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Karteek is twice as good a foreman as Raju and together they finish a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days will Raju alone finish the work?

A) 40 B) 60
C) 80 D) 50
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 60

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Working together P, Q and R reap a field in 6 days. If P can do it alone in 10 days and Q in 24 days, in how many days will R alone be able to reap the field?

A) 32 days B) 40 days
C) 45 days D) 60 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 40 days

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A, B and C can do a job working alone in 12, 16 and 24 days respectively. In how many days they can do the job if they worked together?

A) 16/3 B) 15/4
C) 17/3 D) 19/4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 16/3

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A can paint a house in 42 days and B can do it in 21 days. Along with C, they can finish the job in 7 days only.C alone can do the painting job in how many days, ?

A) 9 B) 12
C) 14 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 14

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P and Q together can make a door in 12 days. They started the work together but after 8 days P left the work. The remaining work is completed by Q alone in 7 more days. In how many days can P alone complete the entire work?

A) 21 B) 24
C) 28 D) 32
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 28

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P does half as much work as Q in 1/3 of the time. If together they take 15 days to complete a work, how many days will P take to do it alone?

 

A) 18   B) 25  
C) 24   D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 25  

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30 men working 5 hours a day can do a task in 16 days. In how many days will 40 men working 6 hours a day do the same task?

A) 12 days B) 10 days
C) 15 days D) 18 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10 days

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Mother can bake 20 cakes in 4 hours, Mother and Dadima together can bake 60 cakes in 10 hours. How many cakes Dadima can bake in 30 hours?

A) 30 B) 75
C) 60 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 30

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