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

Q:

M can complete 3/4 part of a work in 12 days and N can complete 2/7 part of the same work in 8 days. In how many days will both complete 11/14 part of the total work?

A) 8 B) 9
C) 7 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 8

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0 2024
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Vikram and Vivek can finish a work in 50 days. They worked together for 20 days and then left. How much work has been done by them?

A) 3/5 B) 1/3
C) 1/2 D) 2/5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2/5

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5 2023
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A, B and C can finish a job working alone in 12, 8 and 24 days respectively. In how many days they can finish the job if they worked together?

A) 5 B) 6
C) 4 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 4

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3 2021
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X, Y and Z can do a piece of work in 30,40 and 50 days respectively. All three of them began the work together but Y left 4 days before completion of the work. In how many days was the work completed?

A) 660/47 B) 640/47
C) 680/47 D) 665/47
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 660/47

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1 2018
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Mehdi can complete a work in 25 hours. If he is joined by Jahnavi who is 50% more efficient, in what time will they together finish the work?

A) 12 hours B) 10 hours
C) 3 hours D) 9 hours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10 hours

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3 2007
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P alone can do a piece of work in 8 days and Q alone can do the same work in 10 days. In how many days will both together complete the same work?

A) 40/9 B) 20/9
C) 60/7 D) 40/7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 40/9

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4 2006
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Mandeep works 3 times as fast as Sampat. If Sampat can complete a job alone in 60 days, then in how many days can they together finish the job?

A) 7 days B) 4 days
C) 5 days D) 15 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 15 days

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1 2004
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A can do 1/3rd of a job in 3 days and B can do half of the job in 9 days. If they work on it together, then in how many days can they finish half of the job?

A) 4 B) 5
C) 6 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3

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3 2003