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