CBSE Class 5 Mathematics Time and Work MCQs

Question. 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days while 10 women can do it in 5 days. In how many days can 5 women and 3 men do it ?
a) 4 days
b) 5 days
c) 6 days
d) 8 days

Answer : B

Question. If two persons, with equal abilities, can do two jobs in two days, then 100 persons with equal abilities can do 100 similar jobs in ?
a) 100 days
b) 10 days
c) 5 days
d) 2 days

Answer : D

Question. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it ?
a) 10 days
b) 11 days
c) 9 days
d) 12 days

Answer : D

Question. A and B can do a given piece of work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days and A, B, C complete it in 6 days. Number of days required to finish the work by A and C is ?
a) 16
b) 8
c) 12
d) 24

Answer : B

Question. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work together but A left after some days and B finished the remaining work in 23 days. A left after ?
a) 6 days
b) 9 days
c) 12 days
d) 5 days

Answer : B

Question. A alone can do a piece of work in 20 days and B alone in 30 days. They begin to work together. They will finish half of the work in ?
a) 8 days
b) 9 days
c) 12 days
d) 6 days

Answer : D

Question. P is thrice as good a workman as Q and therefore able to finish a job in 48 days less than Q. Working together, they can do it in ?
a) 18 days
b) 24 days
c) 30 days
d) 12 days

Answer : A

Question. A certain number of men can complete a job in 30 days. If there were 5 men more, it could be completed in 10 days less. How many men were in the beginning ?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25

Answer : A

Question. If 80 persons can finish a work within 16 days by working 6 hours a day, the number of hours a day, should 64 persons work to finish that very job within 15 days is ?
a) 5 hrs
b) 7 hrs
c) 8 hrs
d) 6 hrs

Answer : C

Question. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days. B and C can do it in 120 days, A and C can do it in 90 days. In how many days all the three together can do the work ?
a) 80 days
b) 100 days
c) 60 days
d) 150 days

Answer : C

Question. 2 men and 1 woman can complete a piece of work in 14 days while 4 women and 2 men can do the same work in 8 days. If a man gets Rs. 180 per day, then a woman will get per day ?
a) Rs. 150
b) Rs. 140
c) Rs. 120
d) Rs. 160

Answer : C

Question.A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days. B and C can do it in 12 days. C and A in 15 days. In how many days will C finish it alone ?
a) 24 days
b) 30 days
c) 40 days
d) 60 days

Answer : C

Question. A and B together can do a piece of work in 6 days. If A can alone do the work in 18 days, then the number of days required for B to finish the work is ?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 9
d) 15

Answer : C

Question. A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 6 men more, the work can be finished 20 days earlier. The number of men working is ?
a) 6
b) 12
c) 18
d) 24

Answer : B

Question. P can do 1/4 th of work in 10 days, Q can do 40% of work in 40 days and R can do 1/3 rd of work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first ?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) Both P and R

Answer : C

Question. To do a certain work, B would take time thrice as long as A and C together and C twice as long as A and B together. The three men together complete the work in 10 days. The time taken by A to complete the work separately is ?
a) 22 days
b) 24 days
c) 30 days
d) 20 days

Answer : B

Question. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but with the help of his son, he can do it in 3 days. In what time can the son do it alone ?
a) 7 days
b) 8 days
c) 7 and 1/2 days
d) 6 and 1/2 days

Answer : C

Question. Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is 50 per cent more efficient than Kamal in doing the work. In how many days will Bimal do that work ?
a) 14 days
b) 12 days
c) 10 day
d) 10 and 1/2 days

Answer : C

Question. A can do a piece of work in 60 days. He works for 15 days and then B alone finishes the remaining work in 30 days. The two together can finish the work in ?
a) 24 days
b) 25 days
c) 30 days
d) 32 days

Answer : A

Question. A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be completed by a team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to complete the job if the two teams work together ?
a) 7.5 days
b) 6 days
c) 9 days
d) 18 days

Answer : A

Question. 40 men can complete a work in 18 days. Eight days after they started working together, 10 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work ?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12

Answer : B

Question. A company employed 200 workers to complete a certain work in 150 days. If only one fourth of the work has been done in 50 days, then in order to complete the whole work in time, the number of additional workers to be employed was ?
a) 100
b) 300
c) 600
d) 200

Answer : A

Question. A, B and C together earn 150 per day while A and C together earn 94 and B and C together earn 76. The daily earning of ‘C’ is ?
a) 56
b) 20
c) 34
d) 75

Answer : B

Question. If 10 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, the time taken by 12 men to do the same piece of work will be ?
a) 12 days
b) 10 days
c) 9 days
d) 8 days

Answer : B

Question. Tapas works twice as fast as Mihir. If both of them together complete a work in 12 days, Tapas alone can complete it in ?
a) 15 days
b) 18 days
c) 20 days
d) 24 days

Answer : B

Question.A, B and C together can complete a piece of work in 30 minutes. A and B together can complete the same work in 50 minutes. C alone can complete the work in ?
a) 60 minutes
b) 75 minutes
c) 80 minutes
d)150 minutes

Answer : B

Question. A can complete a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days and C in 20 days. A and C worked together for two days and then A was replaced by B. In how many days, altogether, was the work completed ?
a) 12 days
b) 10 days
c) 6 days
d) 8 days

Answer : D

Question. Janardan completes 2/3 of his work in 10 days. Time he will take to complete 3/5 of the same work, is ?
a) 8 days
b) 6 days
c) 9 days
d) 4 days

Answer : C

Question. 2 men and 1 woman together can complete a piece of work in 14 days, while 4 women and 2 men together can do it in 8 days. If a man gets 600 per day, how much should a woman get per day ?
a) 400
b) 450
c) 480
d) 360

Answer : A

Question. A can do a work in 10 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 5 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is ?
a) 3/4
b) 4/3
c) 3/20
d) 1/4

Answer : D

Question. 15 men can finish a piece of work in 40 days. The number of days after which 5 men should leave the work so that the work is finished in 45 days altogether is ?
a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 35

Answer : C

Question. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in ?
a) 5 days
b) 6 days
c) 10 days
d) 11 days

Answer : C

Question. Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is 50 per cent more efficient than Kamal in doing the work. In how many days will Bimal do that work ?
a) 14 days
b) 12 days
c) 10 days
d) 10 and 1/2 days

Answer : C

Question.Twenty women together can complete a work in 16 days. 16 men together can complete the same work in 15 days. The ratio of the working capacity of a man to that of a woman is ?
a) 3 : 4
b) 4 : 3
c) 5 : 3
d) 4 : 5

Answer : B

Question. A certain number of men can do a work in 40 days. If there were 8 men more, it could be finished in 10 days less. How many men were there initially ?
a) 20
b) 24
c) 30
d) 16

Answer : B

Question. To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it ?
a) 30 days
b) 35 days
c) 40 days
d) 45 days

Answer : A

Question. A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20 days and C in 30 days. B and C together start the work and are forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is ?
a) 10 days
b) 12 days
c) 15 days
d) 16 days

Answer : C

Question. A can do a work in 12 days while B can do it in 15 days. They undertake to complete it together for Rs. 450. what will be the share of A in this amount of money ?
a) Rs. 200
b) Rs. 240
c) Rs. 250
d) Rs. 300

Answer : C

Question. A is twice as good as B and together they finish a piece of work in 16 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is ?
a) 20 days
b) 21 days
c) 22 days
d) 24 days

Answer : D

Question. A, B and C are employed to do a piece of work for 575. A and C are supposed to finish 19/23 of the work together. Amount shall be paid to B is ?
a) 210
b) 100
c) 200
d) 475

Answer : B