Time & Work Chapter Tests

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Time & Work Chapter Test Questions: 25
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1. A and B can together complete a piece of work in 6 days. If A work alone for 2 days and completes 1/4th of the work. In how many days can B alone complete the rest of the work? A) 24 days B) 16 days C) 20 days D) 18 days
2. A cistern has three pipes A, B, and C. Pipes A and B can fill it in 4 and 5 hours respectively and C can empty it in 2 hours. If the pipes are opened in ordered at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. respectively, when will the cistern be empty? A) 5 a.m. B) 3 p.m. C) 5 p.m. D) 4 p.m.
3. 12 men can build a wall 100 meters long, 3 meters high and 0.5 meters thick in 25 days. In how many days will 20 men build a wall 60 meters long, 4 meters high and 0.25 meters thick? A) 6 days B) 8 days C) 4 days D) 10 days
4. Michel can cut a section of tree trunk in exactly 4 minutes. He has a 50 feet long tree trunk which he wants to cut in to 50 one foot sections. How long will he take to complete the task considering that he will not stop until the task is complete? A) 192 min B) 196 min C) 200 min D) 204 min
5. A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more, it could have been finished in 10 days less. How many were there originally? A) 50 B) 35 C) 36 D) 40
6. If 4/7 of a piece of work is completed in 7/4 days, in how many days can rest of the work be completed? A) 7/3 days B) 3/7 days C) 21/16 days D) 16/21 days
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7. A pipe can fill a tank in 4.5 hours, a second one fills the same in 6 hours and a third one can empty the tank in 3 hours. When the tank is empty, the first pipe is opened. After one hour, the second pipe is also opened and after another hour the third is also open. In how many hours the tank will fill up? A) 3.5 hours B) 9 hours C) 19.5 hours D) Never
8. X, Y and Z can together complete a piece of work in 10 days. If Y does half what X and Z together does in 1 day, In how many days can Y alone do the complete work? A) 35 days B) 20 days C) 30 days D) 33 1/3 days
9. A contractor undertakes to build a wall in 50 days. He employs 50 people for the same. However after 25 days, he finds that the work is only 40% complete. How many more men are needed to complete the work in time? A) 75 B) 50 C) 25 D) 80
10. A cistern is normally filled by a tap in 5 hours, but suddenly a leak develops and it empties the full cistern in 30 hours. With the leak, the cistern is filled in A) 6 hours B) 8 hours C) 10 hours D) 12 hours
11. A is thrice as good as workman as B and is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than B. Find the time in which they can do it working together? A) 20 days B) 23 days C) 23.5 days D) 22.5 days
12.Two taps can fill a tank in 12 and 18 min respectively. Both are kept open for 2 min and the first is turned off. In how many minutes more will the tank be filled? A) 11 min B) 13 min C) 15 min D) 26 min
13. A cistern normally takes 4 hours to be filled by a tap but because of a leak, it takes 2 hours more. In how many hours will the leak empty a full cistern? A) 6 hours B) 8 hours C) 10 hours D) 12 hours
14. A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 7 hours. They are opened for 2 hours and then B is closed. A alone now requires 6 2/3 hours more to fill cistern. How long would A take to fill the cistern working alone? A) 8 hours B) 8.5 hours C) 9 hours D) 10 hours
15. In a camp of 100 students, there is a ration which lasts for 8 days. After the first two days 50 more students join them. How long will the ration last? A) 4 days B) 5 days C) 3 days D) 6 days
16. A can knit a pair of socks in 3 days. B can knit the same thing in 6 days. If they are knitting it together, In how many days will they knit a pair of socks? A) 2 days B) 3 days C) 4.5 days D) 4 days
17. If 10 men can make 200 chairs working for 15 days at the rate of 8 hours per day. How many chairs can 5 men make working for same number of days at the rate of 6 hours per day? A) 40 B) 60 C) 35 D) 75
18. A can copy 75 pages in 25 hours. A & B together can copy 135 pages in 27 hours. In what time can B copy 42 pages? A) 8.4 hours B) 14 hours C) 21 hours D) 20 hours
19. A takes 10 days to completely construct a wall while B takes 20 days to completely demolish it. How much time do they both take to build the wall completely? A) 30 days B) 20 days C) 40 days D) 39 days
20. John is 33% more efficient than Tom and his hourly wages are 20% more. If John is paid Rs. 480, how much will Tom receive for the same work? A) Rs. 400 B) Rs. 348 C) Rs. 532 D) None
21. A completes 40% of the work in 9 days and then calls B and they complete the work in 6 days. How long will it take for B to complete the whole work alone? A) 16 days B) 18 days C) 10 days D) 20 days
22. An army battalion has 6000 men with the provision for 50 days. If the battalion is joined by 3000 men after 5 days, then for how many days will the provision last? A) 30 days B) 20 days C) 27.5 days D) 10 days
23. A tank is full. Pipe A can fill the tank in 12 hours. Drainpipe can empty the tank in 8 hours. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty the tank? A) 18 hours B) 16 hours C) 14 hours D) None
24. 2 men and 3 women working for 7 hours a day can finish a work in 5 days. 4 men and 4 women working 3 hours a day do the same work in 7 days. Find the number of days in which the work is done by 7 men working 4 hours a day? A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D)3
25. Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours and pipe B can fill it in 4 hours. If they are opened at alternate hours starting with A, then in how many hours will the tank be full? A) 2 hours B) 5 hours C) 6 hours D) 8 hours
Answer Key
1:D 6:C 11 : D 16 : A 21 : B
2:A 7:B 12 : B 17 : D 22 : A
3:A 8:C 13 : D 18 : C 23 : A
4:B 9:C 14 : D 19 : B 24 : B
5:D 10 : A 15 : E 20 : C 25 : B
Score Analysis
21+ 19-21 17-18 14-16 <13
Excellent Very Good Good. Avoid Silly mistakes. Average. Practice more. Bad. Need to work hard.

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Time & Work Chapter Test Questions: 25

Higher Education Blog Time: 40 minutes