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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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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Q:

A mason can build a wall in 18 hours. After 9 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the wall is yet to be built?

A) 0.9 B) 0.25
C) 0.5 D) 0.2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0.5

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Q:

Chutki can bake 30 cakes in 15 hours. Chutki and Badki together can bake 90 cakes in 30 hours. How many cakes Badki can bake in 10 hours?

A) 75 B) 20
C) 10 D) 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10

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Manish can complete a work in 21 days and Karan can complete the same work in 28 days. If both together work for 7 days, then what fraction of total work is left?

 

A) 3/5 B) 2/3
C) 7/12 D) 5/12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5/12

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X and Y together can do a piece of work in 30 days. Y and Z together can do the work in 20 days. X starts the work and works for 15 days then Y takes that work and works for 27 days. Finally Z finishes the remaining work in 9 days. In how many days Y alone can complete the entire work?

 

A) 60 B) 45
C) 50 D) 65
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 60

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Manish is four times as efficient as Puneet. Manish takes 90 days less than Puneet to complete a book. If both of them work together, then in how many days the book will be completed?

A) 28 B) 25
C) 24 D) 30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24

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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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X is 25% more efficient than Y. If Y alone can make a chair in 10 days, then X alone can make the chair in how many days?

A) 8 B) 12
C) 12.5 D) 7.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 8

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