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Time & Work Questions for SSC Exams (English)

1.A and B can complete a work together in 17 days. A is times as efficient

as B . In how many days, B alone can complete the work?
A. 24.25 days
B. 29.25 days
C. 24.75 days
D. 29.75 days
Ans. D

2.A man, a woman and a boy together can finish a piece of work in 17 days.
If a man and a woman can do the work in 34 days and 51 days respectively.
Calculate the days taken by a boy to finish the work.
A. 51 days
B. 204 days
C. 102 days
D. 136 days
Ans. C

3.A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days. B alone can do the 33 % of

the same work in 18 days. In how many days A can alone finish the 66 %
of the same work.
A. 67.5 days B. 36 days
C. 54 days D. 45 days
Ans. D

4.A started a work and worked for 7 days and left then B was called and B
took 13 days more to complete the remaining work. If A left after working
for 11 days, then B would have finished the remaining work in 6 days. In
how many days they can together finish the whole work.

A. days B. 10 days

C. 9 days D. days
Ans. A

5.Ram can complete a certain work in 35 days and Shyam can complete
the same work in 15 days. They worked together for 7 days, and then

Shyam left the work. In how many days Ram can complete the th part of
the remaining work.

A. days B. 5 days
C. 7 days D. 3.5 days
Ans. B

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6.C does half as much work as D in one-third of the time taken by D. If
together, they take 10 days to complete a work, then the time taken By D
alone to do it would have been
A. 30 days
B. 4 days
C. 10 days
D. 25 days
Ans. D

7.If 12 men or 18 women can do a piece of work in 14 days. How long will
8 men and 16 women take to finish the work ?
A. 9 days
B. 12 days
C. 13 days
D. 10 days
Ans. A

8.A group of men decided to do a work in 26 days, but five of them

remained absent. If the rest of the group could complete the work in 28
days, then how many men were in the original group?
A. 70
B. 65
C. 50
D. 40
Ans. A

9.Two persons A and B take a responsibility to complete a work for 2400

Rs. A can complete that work in 5 days and B can complete that in 8 days.
They can complete that work in 3 days with the help of C and D. If the
efficiency of the C is double to that of the D. Then find the part of wage A
and B get in the total wage?
A. 2300 rs
B. 2360 rs
C. 2260 rs
D. 2340 rs
Ans. D

10.Seeta can do a work in 20 days. With the help of Geeta , seeta can do
the same work in 15 days. If Seta and Geeta gets Rs 1500 for the work.
Find the share of Seta and Geeta respectively.
A. Rs 1125 and Rs 375
B. Rs 1000 and Rs 200
C. Rs 1234 and Rs 546
D. Rs 1175 and Rs 425
Ans. A

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11.A man has three sons. First and second son can complete a work in 24
days and 36 days respectively. The man himself can complete the same
work in 36/11 days. If the man does twice the work in the same time his
three sons complete the whole work together, then in how many days his
third son will complete the work alone?
A. 10 days
B. 12 days
C. 15 days
D. 8 days
Ans. B

12.Three Chartered Accountants CA Jain, CA Singhvi, and CA Godha are

auditing balance sheets. CA Jain is 40% more efficient than CA Singhvi,
who is 20% more efficient than CA Godha. CA Jain takes 10 days less than
CA Singhvi to complete the auditing work. CA Jain starts the auditing work
and works for 10 days and then CA Singhvi takes over. CA Singhvi audits
for next 15 days and then stops. In how many days, CA Godha can complete
the remaining auditing work?

A. days B. days

C. days D. days
Ans. A

13.C can complete 22% of work in 10 days working at 275% of his actual
efficiency. B is 25% more efficient than C. Whereas, A working at 60% of
his efficiency can complete the work in same time as B. In the end, A & C
together complete the work and A utilizes only 80% of his efficiency. If A &
C got total wages of Rs. 12800, then find their individual shares.
A. Rs. 8000, Rs. 4800 B. Rs. 6400, Rs. 6400
C. Rs. 9600, Rs. 3200 D. Rs. 7200, Rs. 5600
Ans. A

14.Three Auditors Mr. Jindal, Mr. Goyal, and Mr. Garg are auditing Financial
Statements. Mr. Jindal is 20% more efficient than Mr. Goyal, who is 25%
more efficient than Mr. Garg. Mr. Jindal takes 5 days less than Mr. Garg to
complete the auditing work. Mr. Jindal starts the auditing work and works
for 4 days and then Mr. Goyal takes over. Mr. Goyal works for next 3 days
and then stops. How many days will Mr. Garg take to complete the
remaining auditing work?

A. days B. days

C. days D. days
Ans. A

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15.5 boys can complete a work in 7 days while 7 girls can complete the
same work in 10 days. 2 boys start working on the job and after working
for 4 days, all of them left then in how many days 3 girls will complete the
remaining work.
A.
B.

C.
D. 6 days
Ans. A

16.Mohan takes equal time to complete a work as taken by Rohan and

Sohan together. Mohan and Rohan can complete a work in 10 days and
Sohan can complete same work in 15 days. In how many days Rohan alone
can complete half of this work.
A. 50 days
B. 45 days
C. 30 days
D. 60 days
Ans. C

17.Work done by a man in 4 hours is equivalent to the work done by a

woman in 6 hours and a child in 8 hours. If working 3 hours per day, 6 men
can complete a work in 3 days, then in how many days can 4 men, 4 women
and 4 child together finish the same work at 4 hours per day ?
A. 2.65 days
B. 2.34 days
C. 1.78 days
D. 1.55 days
Ans. D

18.If 10 men or 20 women can make 240 cakes in 25 days, then how many
cakes will be made by 8 men and 4 women in 35 days?
A. 296
B. 440
C. 336
D. 256
Ans. C

19.A wall of 200 m can be built by 18 men or 12 women in 10 days. How

many days will 45 men and 30 women take to build a wall of 800m.
A. 8 days B. 16 days
C. 12 days D. 24 days
Ans. A

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20.In the beginning, Anita works at the rate such that she can finish a piece
of works in 32 hours but she works at this rate for 26 hours only. After that,
she increases her speed and works at a rate such that she can do the whole
work in 24 hours. If Anita is to finish this works at a stretch, how many
hours will she take to finish this work.
A. 33.5 h
B. 30.5 h
C. 34.5 h
D. 31.8h
Ans. B

21.30 men can do a piece of work in 60 days. After how many days from
the start of the work, should 20 more men join then so that the work is
done in 50 days?
A. 20
B. 35
C. 25
D. 15
Ans. B

22.A alone can do work in 15 days. B alone can do the same work in 20
days. C alone can do the same work in 25 days. They start the work
together and completed the work such that B was not working on the last
2 days and A did not work in last 7 days. In how many days (total) was the
work completed?
A. 10 days
B. 474/47 days
C. 12 days
D. 417/47 days
Ans. A

23.Pawan can do a piece of work in 32 days. He worked for 8 days and left
the work. Thereafter Sandeep finished the remaining work in 27 days. In
how many days can Pawan and Sandeep together do the whole work?

A. days

B. days

C. days

D. days
Ans. A

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24.Aarif, Arun and Abraham can do a work in 12, 20 and 24 days,
respectively. They all begin together. Aarif leaves the work 1 day, Arun 3
days and Abraham 4 days before its completion. In how many days is the
work finished?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 11
D. 10
Ans. B

25.Raju, Shobh and Mohan can do a work in 15 days, 20 days and 25 days
respectively. In how many days, will the work be finished, if they do it on
alternate days?

A.

B.

C.

D.
Ans. C

26.Two persons P and Q can do a job together in 36 days. P is 3 times as

efficient as Q. In how many days can Q alone complete the work?
A. 148
B. 144
C. 146
D. 140
Ans. B

27.A, B and C can separately do a work in 6, 10 and 15 days respectively.

They started to work together but C left after 2 days. In how many days
will the remaining work be finished?

A.

B.

C.

D.
Ans. B

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28.20 men can finish a work in 220 days, but at the end of 90 days, 20
additional men are employed. In how many more days will the work be
completed?
A. 55
B. 65
C. 60
D. 50
Ans. B

29.P, Q and R can finish a work in 5 days, 10 days, and 15 days,

respectively, working alone. P and Q works on first day, P and R works on
second day and P and Q works on third day and so on till the work is
completed. In how many days the work will be completed?
A. 13/2
B. 9/2
C. 7/2
D. 5/2
Ans. C

30.Working for 10 hours per day, 6 men can build a wall in a certain number
of days. By working for how many hours/minutes per day can 12 men build
the wall in the same days?
A. 7 hours 30 minutes
B. 5 hours
C. 20 hours
D. 10 hours
Ans. B

31.A and B can complete a work together in 48 days. A is 4 times as work

efficient as B. In how many days can B alone complete the work?
A. 220 days
B. 320 days
C. 240 days
D. 120 days
Ans. C

32.A and B can complete a piece of work in 13 and 17 days respectively. A

begins to do the work, and they work alternatively one at a time for one
day each. The whole work will be completed in:

A. B.

C. D.
Ans. C

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33.Abha and Anuj working together completed a job in days. If Abha
had worked twice as efficiently as she actually did and Anuj had worked

of his actual efficiency, then the work would have been completed in

days. Find the time Abha would take to complete the work alone.
A. 8 days
B. 12 days
C. 6 days
D. 10 days
Ans. A

34.Anshu, Swati and Rajni can finish a work in 4 days if they work together.
However, Anshu alone will take 9 days to complete the work, and Swati
alone will complete the work in 12 days. How many days will Rajni alone
take to complete the work?
A. 18
B. 12
C. 16
D. 24
Ans. A

35.Raju, Sunil and Vishal can separately finish a work in 20, 30 and 40
days, respectively. In how many days Raju can finish the work, if he is
assisted by Sunil and Vishal on alternate days, starting with Sunil?

A.

B.

C.

D.
Ans. A

36.Ten men begin to do a work. But after some days, four of them left the
job. As a result, the job that could have been completed in 40 days is
completed in 50 days. How many days after the commencement of the
work did the four men leave?
A. 20
B. 35
C. 30
D. 25
Ans. D

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37.12 men and 12 women can complete a piece of work in 9 days. 6 men
and 15 women can complete the same work in 12 days. How long (in days)
would it take 9 women to complete half the work?
A. 18
B. 12
C. 24
D. 36
Ans. A

38.A civil contractor planned to build an over bridge of 3 km distance in

600 days. For this purpose, he employed 90 workers. After 200 days of
work, it was observed that only 0.5 km of the bridge was completed. What
is the number of extra workers required to complete the work in time?
A. 140
B. 100
C. 135
D. 125
Ans. C

39.25 men and 45 women can complete a piece of work in 15 days, while
15 men and 60 women can complete it in 20 days. In how many days can
69 men and 67 women complete the work?
A. 6
B. 10
C. 8
D. 5
Ans. A

40.In a partnership firm two partners, Vijay and Praveen are working on an
assignment. It will take 12 weeks for Vijay to complete the entire
assignment alone, while Praveen will take 8 weeks to complete it alone.
Due to work pressure, they decided to work on that assignment on the
alternate week basis. In the first week Praveen will work and in the second
week Vijay will work and so on. In how many weeks the work will be
completed if they work on alternate week basis?
A. 8.5
B. 9.5
C. 9
D. 8
Ans. B

41.A group of men decided to do a job in 6 days, but 18 men dropped out
every day. If the job was completed in 8 days, then how many men initially
decided to do the job.
A. 188 B. 300
C. 150 D. 252
Ans. D

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42.There are 3 taps A, B, and C in a tank. These can fill the tank in 10
hours, 20 hours and 25 hours, respectively. At first, all three taps are
opened simultaneously. After 2 hours, tap C is closed and A and B keep
running. After 4 hours from the beginning, tap B is also closed. The
remaining tank is filled by tap A alone. Find the percentage of work done
by tap A itself.
A. 75%
B. 52%
C. 72%
D. 32%
Ans. C

43.1 man and 4 women can complete a work in 65/4 days, while 3 men
and 4 women can complete it in 13/2 days. In how many days will 13
women complete the same?
A. 20
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18
Ans. A

44.A and B can complete a piece of work in 10 and 16 days respectively. A

begins to do the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day
each. The whole work will be completed in :

A.

B.

C.

D.
Ans. A

45.A contractor decided to complete a work in 80 days and employed 60

men at the beginning and 20 men additionally after 20 days and got the
work completed as per schedule. If he had not employed the additional
men, how many extra days would he have needed to complete the work
(round off to the nearest integer)?
A. 20 days
B. 26 days
C. 30 days
D. 32 days
Ans. A

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46.A, B and C can do a piece of work in 11 days, 20 days and 55 days
respectively. If B works daily and is supported by A and C on alternate days
beginning with A, then in how many days will the work be finished?
A. 12
B. 10

C.
D. 8
Ans. C

47.Numan does half as much work as Gagan in four-fifth of the time. If

together they take 16 days to complete a work, how much time shall Gagan
take to do it?
A. 23 days
B. 24 days
C. 25 days
D. 26 days
Ans. D

48.A and B working separately can complete a piece of work in 10 and 16

days, respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning the
work, in how many day(s) will the work be completed?

A.

B.

C.

D.
Ans. A

49.A and B can do a certain work in 6 hours, and A, B and C together take
4 hours to do the same. How long will it take for C alone to accomplish the
task?
A. 1. 6 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 2 hours
D. 4 hours
Ans. B

50.A and B together can do a piece of work in 50 days. If A is 40% less

efficient than B, in how many days can A working alone complete 60% of
the work?
A. 105 B. 70
C. 110 D. 80
Ans. D

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51.If 6 women can complete a work in 3 days, and 9 girls can complete the
same work in 2 days, then find the time taken to complete the same work
by 8 women and 6 girls?
A. 3 days
B. 9/7 days
C. 4 days
D. 6 days
Ans. B

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