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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G is twice as fast as S in doing work. If G can do a work in 30 days less than S, how many days will they take to complete the work together?

A) 25 B) 20
C) 22 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20

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P and Q can do a project in 6 and 12 days respectively. In how many days can they complete 25% of the project if they work together?

A) 2 days B) 4 days
C) 1 days D) 8 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 days

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Q:

A labourer can do a job in 50 hours. After 5 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the job is yet to be done?

A) 0.8 B) 0.5
C) 0.75 D) 0.9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.9

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A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. Then B can do the same piece of work in

A) 8 days B) 7.5 days
C) 6.4 days D) 5.5 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 7.5 days

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Prabhat has done 1/2 of a job in 12 days. Santosh completes the rest of the job in 6 days. In how many days can they together do the job?

A) 12 days B) 4 days
C) 8 days D) 16 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8 days

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S, T and U together can complete a work in 30 days. If the ratio of efficiency of S, T and U is 20 : 15 : 12 respectively, then in how many days U alone can complete the same work?

A) 195/2 B) 235/2
C) 225/2 D) 215/2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 235/2

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A is thrice as productive as C. Together they can complete a job in 22.5 days. If B joins them after they have worked for 15 days then in how many days can they finish the rest of the job if B alone can do the job in 15 days?

A) 6 B) 3
C) 9 D) 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

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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 kg of nuts is

A) 1 day B) 2 days
C) 3 days D) 4 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4 days

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