Time and Work CUET General Test MCQs

Question: 30 men can produce 1500 units in 24 days working 6 h a day. In how many days, can 18 men produce 1800 units working 8 h a day?
a) 18
b) 32
c) 36
d) 45

Answer: c

Question: 15 trackmen complete rail renewal job in 12 days. How many days would 18 trackmen take to complete the same job?
a) 10
b) 18
c) 15
d) 17

Answer: a

Question: A can do 3/4 of a work in 12 days. In how many days can he finish 1/8 of the work?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: b

Question: A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do the same piece of work in 20 days. They start the work together, but after 5 days A leaves. B will do the remaining piece of work in
a) 5 days
b) 10 days
c) 6 days
d) 8 days

Answer: a

Question: Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 30 min, 20 min and 10 min, respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. If A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively, then the part of solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 min is
a) 8/11
b) 5/11
c) 6/11
d) 7/11

Answer: c

Question: 8 horses’ food is equal to 6 cows’ food. How many cows can eat the food meant for 20 horses?
a) 15
b) 16
c) 17
d) 18

Answer: a

Question: A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 24 and 30 days, respectively. They undertook to do the piece of work for Rs 5400. They begin the work together but B left 2 days before the completion of work and C left 5 days before the completion of work. The share of A from the assured money is
a) Rs 2700
b) Rs 540
c) Rs 1800
d) Rs 600

Answer: a

Question: 4 men and 6 childern can complete a work in 8 days while 3 men and 7 childern can complete the same work in 10 days. If 20 childern only work, the work will be completed in
a) 20 days
b) 22 days
c) 15 days
d) 18 days

Answer: a

Question: A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days, B and C can do it in 120 days, and A and C can do it in 90 days. When A, B and C work together, how much work is finished by them in 3 days?
a) 1/40
b) 1/30
c) 1/20
d) 1/10

Answer: b

Question: A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days, B and C can do it in 24 days, while C and A can do it in 8 4/7 days. In how many days can C do it alone?
a) 60
b) 40
c) 30
d) 10

Answer: a

Question: A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs 720. A alone can do it in 8 days and B alone can do it in 12 days. With the help of C they finish it in 4 days. Then, the share of C (in Rs) is
a) 120
b) 300
c) 360
d) 240

Answer: a

Question: A man can do a work in 15 days. His father do this work in 20 days and man’s son do this work in 25 days. If all do the work together, how many days will they take?
a) Less than 6 days
b) 6 days
c) Approximately 6.4 days
d) More than 10 days

Answer: a

Question: A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in
a) 14 days
b) 13 days
c) 20 days
d) 15 days

Answer: d

Question: If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be
a) 4 days
b) 5 days
c) 6 days
d) 7 days

Answer: a

Question: A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is
a) 1/4
b) 1/10
c) 7/15
d) 8/15

Answer: d

Question: A coach helper repairs a coach in 12 days. His technician completes the same job in 18 days. If both of them work together, in how many days would the job be completed?
a) 5/36
b) 7.3
c) 7.2
d) 7

Answer: c

Question: X can complete a piece of work in 30 h and Y can do it in 24 h. In how many hours will it be completed if they work together?
a) 13.33
b) 14.33
c) 15.33
d) 16.33

Answer: a

Question: If 18 men and 10 boys can do in one day as much work as 10 men and 22 boys, the amount that a men should be paid per day, if a boy gets Rs 10 per day
a) Rs 7.5
b) Rs 12.5
c) Rs 20
d) Rs 15

Answer: d

Question: A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 14 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is
a) 11 days
b) 21 days
c) 28 days
d) 42 days

Answer: b

Question: After working for 8 days, Anil finds that only 1/3 of the work has been done. He employs Rakesh who is 60% efficient as Anil. How many more days will Anil take to complete the job
a) 5
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12

Answer: c

Question: A is thrice as efficient as B and B is twice as efficient as C, if A, B and C work together how long would they take to complete a job that B takes 10 days to complete?
a) 20/9 days
b) 11/9 days
c) 3 days
d) None of these

Answer: a

Question: A, B and C can do a job alone in 6, 12 and 24 days respectively. In what time will they do it together?
a) 2 3/7 days
b) 3 3/7 days
c) 3 2/7 days
d) 3 4/7 days

Answer: b

Question: Rani and Sneha working separately can finish a job in 8 h and 12 h respectively. If they work for an hour alternately, Rani beginning at 9 : 00 am when will the job be finished?
a) 7 : 30 pm
b) 7 : 00 pm
c) 6 : 30 pm
d) 6 : 00 pm

Answer: c

Question: 12 men can complete a work in 18 days. 6 days after they started working, 4 men joined them. How many days will all of them take to finish the remaining work?
a) 9
b) 10
c) 12
d) 15

Answer: a

Question: 12 boys can do a piece of work in 16 days. In how many days can 6 boys do the same work?
a) 16 days
b) 32 days
c) 23 days
d) 24 days

Answer: b

Question: Working 7 hours daily 24 men can complete a piece of work in 27 days. In how many days would 14 men complete the same piece of work working 9 hours daily?
a) 32 days
b) 31 days
c) 36 days
d) 39 days

Answer: c

Question: A and B working together complete a work in 35 days. If A takes 60 days to complete it, how long would B alone take to complete it?
a) 64 days
b) 72 days
c) 81 days
d) 84 days

Answer: d

Question: A can do a piece of work in 40 days. He starts working, but having some other engagements he drops out after 5 days. Thereafter B completes this work in 21 days. How many days would A and B take to complete this work working together?
a) 15 days
b) 16 days
c) 17 days
d) 11 days

Answer: a

Question: A can do a piece of work in 4 days. B is 50% more efficient than A. How long would B alone take to finish this work?
a) 3 1/3 days
b) 5 1/4 days
c) 2 2/3 days
d) 1 2/3 days

Answer: c

Question: Two persons A and B can complete a piece of work in 8 hours and 16 hours respectively. If they work at it alternately for an hour, A starting first, in how many hours will the work be finished?
a) 9 1/3 hours
b) 10 1/2 hours
c) 11 1/2 hours
d) 8 1/2 hours

Answer: b

Question: Two pipes can fill a tank in 8 hours and 12 hours respectively whereas an escape pipe can empty it in 6 hours. If the three pipes are opened at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. respectively, at what time will the tank be filled?
a) 7.00 a.m.
b) 8.00 a.m.
c) 5.00 a.m.
d) 7.30 a.m.

Answer: a

Question: A few children working together can do a piece of work in 18 days. If the number of children employed on the work is made double, how long would they take to complete half of the work?
a) 4 1/2 days
b) 2 1/3 days
c) 8 3/4 days
d) 6 1/2 days

Answer: a

Question: A can do a piece of work in 8 days while B can do the same work in 16 days. If they start working together, how long would they take to complete half portion of this work?
a) 2 2/3 days
b) 3 5/7 days
c) 4 1/2 days
d) 3 1/2 days

Answer: a

Question: A and B working together can complete a piece of work in 12 days and B and C working together can complete the same work in 16 days. A worked at it for 5 days and B worked at it for 7 days. C finished the remaining work in 13 days. How many days would C alone take to complete it?
a) 10 days
b) 24 days
c) 32 days
d) 40 days

Answer: b

Question: 10 men or 18 boys can do a piece of work in 15 days. In how many days would 25 men and 15 boys complete the same work working together?
a) 5 1/2 days
b) 4 1/2 days
c) 6 2/3 days
d) 2 1/3 days

Answer: b

Question: 15 men can complete a work in 210 days. They started the work but at the end of 10 days 15 additional men, with double efficiency, were inducted) How many days, in whole, did they take to finish the work?
a) 76 2/3 days
b) 84 3/4 days
c) 72 1/2 days
d) 70 days

Answer: a

Question: A is twice as good a workman as B and thrice as good a workman as c) If C alone can do a piece of work in 24 days, how long would the three persons take to finish the work working together?
a) 3 3/11 days
b) 4 4/7 days
c) 4 4/11 days
d) 3 4/11 days

Answer: c

Question: A cistern is filled by a tap in 3 1/2 hours. Due to a leak in the bottom of the cistern, it takes half an hour longer to fill the cistern. If the cistern is full, how long will it take the leak to empty it?
a) 28 hours
b) 29 hours
c) 31 1/3 hours
d) 38 hours

Answer: a

Question: A, B and C undertake to do a piece of work for Rs 529. If A and B working together do 19/23 work and B and C working together do 8/23 work, how should the money be divided among them?
a) Rs 345, Rs 102, Rs 82
b) Rs 345, Rs 92, Rs 92
c) Rs 330, Rs 107, Rs 92
d) Rs 330, Rs 92, Rs 107

Answer: b