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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A can do a piece of work in 18 days. He worked at it for 12 days and B finished the remaining work in 8 days. B alone can do the whole work in

A) 16 days B) 24 days
C) 28 days D) 29 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24 days

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Amal is 5 times as good a workman as Bhairav and therefore is able to finish a job in 48 days less than Bhairav. Working together, they can do it in

A) 20 days B) 5 days
C) 25 days D) 10 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10 days

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Two labourers A and B are paid a total of Rs. 750 per day. If A is paid 150 percent of what is paid to B, how much (in Rs) is B paid?

A) 450 B) 250
C) 300 D) 500
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 300

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X can complete a task in 8 days, whereas Y can complete the same task in 10 days. If they work together, in how many days will the task be completed?

A) 40/9 B) 9/40
C) 44/9 D) 9/44
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 40/9

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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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Mahmood can do a piece of work in 40 hours. If he is joined by Janaki who is 50% more efficient, in what time will they together finish the work?

A) 2 hours B) 6 hours
C) 16 hours D) 3 hours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 16 hours

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Abhinav is 2 times as good a workman as Balwant and therefore is able to finish a job in 36 days less than Balwant. Working together, they can do it in

A) 12 days B) 6 days
C) 18 days D) 24 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 24 days

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Ajit is two times as good a workman as Badrinath and therefore is able to finish a job in 30 days less than Badrinath. Working together, they can do it in

A) 10 days B) 30 days
C) 15 days D) 20 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 20 days

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