Time and Work

Work: It is defined as something which has an effect or outcome; often

the one desired or expected.

Work = Efficiency x Time

Efficiency : It is defined as work done per unit time (day/min/hr/sec). It

is inversely proportional to the time taken.

Time = Work / Efficiency

Questions
Based
on
Efficiency
1.A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is
40% more efficient than A. The number of days
taken by B to do the same work is
(A) 40 days (B) 60 days
(C) 50 days (D) 45 days
Ans.(C)
2. A is 40% more efficient then B, they together
completed the whole work in 15 days. In how
much time B alone do the work?
(A) 36 days
(B) 28 days
(C) 24 days
(D) 12 days
Ans.(A)
3. A is 50% more efficient than B, then In how
much time they together complete the whole
work? If A alone completes the whole work in 25
days.
(A) 70 days
(B) 30 days
(C) 40 days
(D) 15 days
Ans.(D)
4. A is 200% more efficient than B, While A takes 30
days less than B to complete a work then In how
much time (approx) they together complete the
whole work?
(A) 6 days
(B) 8 days
(C) 12 days
(D) 16 days
Ans.(C)
Questions
Based
On
Chain Rule
 M1D1H1/W1 = M2D2H2/W2
M- Men or type of worker
D- Day
H- Hour
W- work
5. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days
working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30
persons working 6 hours a day complete the
work ?
(A) 10 days
(B) 13 days
(C) 14 days
(D) 15 days
Ans.(B)
6. 5 persons can prepare an admission list in 8 days
working 7 hours a day. If 2 persons join
them so as to complete the work in 4 days, they
need to work per day for :
(A) 10 hours
(B) 9 hours
(C) 12 hours
(D) 8 hours
Ans.(A)
7. 7 men can complete a piece of work in 12
days. How many additional men will be required
to complete double the work in 8 days ?
(A) 28
(B) 21
(C) 14
(D) 7
Ans.(C)
8. There is sufficient food for 400 men for 31 days,
after 28 days 280 men leave the place. For how
many days will the rest of the food last for rest of
the man?
(A) 24
(B) 10
(C) 16
(D) 18
Ans.(B)
9. There is sufficient food for 1600 men for 120 days and
each take 900 gm food everyday, but after 80 days 400
men leave the place and now each one take 1000 gm
food everyday. For how many days will the rest of the
food last for rest of the man?
(A) 32 days
(B) 26 days
(C) 48 days
(D) 19 days
Ans.(C)
Questions
BASED
ON
WAGES
10. Suman can do a work in 3 days. Sumati can do
the same work in 2 days. Both of them finish the
work together and get 150.What is the share of
Suman ?
(A) 30
(B) 60
(C) 70
(D) 75
Ans.(B)
11. A and B can do a work in 16 and 24 days
respectively, and with the help of C in 6 days. If
the total wages for work is Rs 400. Find share of C.
(A) 120
(B) 200
(C) 150
(D) 250
Ans.(C)
12. A, B and C completed a work costing
1,800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If
their daily wages are in the ratio
of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A?
(A) 800
(B) 600
(C) 900
(D) 750
Ans.(B)
13. If 5 men or 7 women can earn 5,250 per day,
how much would 7 men and 13 women earn per
day ?
(A) 11,600
(B) 11,700
(C) 16,100
(D) 17,100
Ans.(D)
Questions
BASED
ON
Alternate Time
14.A and B can complete a work in 12 and 15 days
respectively. They started the work alternately for 1
day each and A started the work first. In how much
time the whole work will be completed?
(A) 13 ¼ days
(B) 11 days
(C) 16 ¼ days
(D) 17days
Ans.(A)
15. Sita and Gita can complete a work in 8 and 12
hours respectively. If they work in stretches of one
hour alternatively, Sita beginning at 9 am then at
what time the work will be completed?
(A) 5 : 30 pm
(B) 6 : 00 am
(C) 5 : 30 am
(D) 6 : 30 pm
Ans.(D)
16. A & B working alone can do a work in 9 and 12
days, respectively. If they work for a day alternately,
A beginning, in how many days the work will be
completed?
A.12
B.12 ¼
C.10
D.10 ¼
Ans.(D)
Advance
Questions
17. A is twice as good a workman as B and B is twice
as good a workman as C. If A and B can together
finish a piece of work in 4 days, then C can do it by
himself in
(A) 6 days
(B) 8 days
(C) 24 days
(D) 12 days
Ans.(C)
18. A does half as much work as B in one sixth of
the time. If together they take 10 days to
complete a work, how much time shall B take to
do it alone?
(A) 70 days
(B) 30 days
(C) 40 days
(D) 50 days
Ans.(C)
19. Jyothi can do 3/4 of a job in 12 days. Mala is
twice as efficient as Jyothi. In how many days
will Mala finish the job ?
(A) 6 days
(B) 8 days
(C) 12 days
(D) 16 days
Ans.(B)
20. A and B together can do a work in 12 days. B
and C together do it in 15 days. If A’s efficiency is
twice that of C, then the days required for B
alone to finish the work is
(A) 60 days
(B) 30 days
(C) 20 days
(D) 15 days
Ans.(C)
21. Two workers A and B working together completed a job in
5 days. If A worked twice as efficiently as he actually did and B
worked 1/3 as efficiently as he actually did, the work would
have been completed in 3 days. To complete the job alone, A
would require
(A) 5 1/5 days
(B) 6 1/4 days
(C) 7 1/2 days
(D) 8 3/4 days
Ans.(B)
22. If the work done by (x –1) men in (x + 1) days is
to the work done by (x + 2) men in (x – 1) days are
in the ratio 9 : 10, then the value of x is equal to :
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
Ans.(D)
23. A contractor undertook to finish a work in 92 days
and employed 110 men. After 48 days, he found that he
had already done 3/5 part of the work, the number of
men he can withdraw so that the work may still be
finished in time is :
(A) 45
(B) 40
(C) 35
(D) 30
Ans.(D)
24. A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days.
He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the
work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men
that should be appointed so that the whole work will be
finished in time is :
(A) 75
(B) 100
(C) 125
(D) 50
Ans.(B)
25. A man and a boy received 800 as wages for 5
days for the work they did together. The man’s
efficiency in the work was three times that of
the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy ?
(A) 76
(B) 56
(C) 44
(D) 40
Ans.(D)
26. A daily-wage labourer was engaged
for a certain number of days for 5,750; but being
absent on some of those days he was paid only
5,000. What was his maximum possible daily
wage?
(A) 125
(B) 250
(C) 375
(D) 500
Ans.(B)
27. A labourer was appointed by a contractor on the
condition that he would be paid 75 for each day of
his work but would be defined at the rate of 15 per
day for his absence, apart from losing his wages,
After 20 days, the contractor paid the labourer 1140.
The number of days the labourer abstained from
work was
(A) 3 (B) 5
(C) 4 (D) 2
Ans.(C)
28. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and
60 days, respectively. In how many days can A do
the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third
day?
A.12
B.15
C.16
D.18
Ans.(B)
29. A work was completed by three persons of equal ability, first one
doing m hours for m days, second one doing n hours for n days (m and
n being integers) and third one doing 16 hours for 16 days. The work
could have been completed in 29 days by third person alone with his
respective working hours. If all of them do the work together with
their respective working hours, then they can complete it in about
[A] 12 days
[B] 13 days
[C] 14 days
[D] 15 days

Ans.(B)
30. Three labourers worked together for 30 days, in the course
of work, all of them remained absent for few days. One of
them was absent for 10 days more than the second labourer
and the third labourer did one-third of the total work. How
many days more than the third labourer was the first one
absent?
[A] 4
[B] 5
[C] 6
[D] cannot be determined
Ans.(B)
31. Two persons A and B can do a work alone in 29 days.
A takes the rest of one day after every 4 days and B takes
the rest of one day after every 5 days. If A and B starts
working together, then the work will be completed on
[A] 15th day
[B] 16th day
[C] 17th day
[D] 18th day
Ans.(C)