Time and Work Aptitude Questions and Answers

This section focuses on "Time and Work" in Quantitative Aptitude. These Multiple Choice Questions (mcq) should be practiced to improve the Quantitative Aptitude skills required for various interviews (campus interviews, walk-in interviews, company interviews), placements, entrance exams and other competitive examinations.

1. 6 boys and 5girls can do a job in 8 days. When 7 boys and 10 girls work on the same job, the work gets completed in 5 days. How many days will a boy take to do the job, if he works alone on it?

A. 25
B. 50
C. 75
D. 100

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2. X does half as much work as Yand Z does half as much work as X and Y together. If Z alone can finish the work in 120 days, then together ,all will finish the work in ?

A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 50

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3. P,Q, & R can complete a piece of job together in 20 days. All the 3 started working at it together and after 8 days P left. Then Q & R together completed a job in 20 more days. P alone could complete the work in.

A. 60
B. 50
C. 40
D. 30

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4. M do a piece of work in 45 days and N can finish it in 40 days. They work together for 5 days and then M leaves. In how many days will N finish the remaining work?

A. 30 and 5/9 days.
B. 30 and 7/9 days.
C. 30 and 4/9 days.
D. 30 and 8/9 days.

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5. Arfath is thrice as good workman as deekshith and together they finish a piece of work in 27 days. In how many days will arfath alone finish the work?

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12

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6. Adam and Smith are working on a project. Adam takes 18 hrs to type 108 pages on a computer, while Smith takes 15 hrs to type 120 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type a project of 360 pages?

A. 23 hrs 24 min
B. 45 hrs 42 min
C. 25 hrs 42 min
D. 42 hrs 45 min

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7. 90 persons can complete a job in 32 days. 12 days after they started working, 60 more persons joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16

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8. X,Y and Z can do a certain job in 72,108 and 144 days respectively. They started the job but X left 16 days before the completion of the job while Y left 24 days before the completion. The number of days for which Z worked is

A. 12 days
B. 24 days
C. 36 days
D. 48 days

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9. Karthik is 2 times as good workman as Raghu and together they complete a piece of work in 42 days. The number of days taken by Karthik alone to finish the work is.

A. 55 days
B. 60 days
C. 63 days
D. 67 days

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10. Vinay can do a work in 28 days. Vikram is 75% more efficient than vinay. The number of days taken by vikram to do the same piece of work.

A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 16 days
D. 18 days

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11. Arul can do a certain work in 9 days while Ravi can do the same work in 7 days. Both of them complete the work together and get Rs.288. what is the share of Arul?

A. Rs.124
B. Rs.126
C. Rs.125
D. Rs.128

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12. 6 male , 8 female and 12 children can complete a work in 14 days .a female does twice the work of a male does and a child does half the work a male does . how many female alone can complete this work in 14 days?

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16

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13. 8 male can finish a work in 6 days.12 female can complete the same work in 9 days. 6 male and 4 female started working and after 4 days 3 more female joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?

A. 74/41
B. 75/41
C. 76/41
D. 77/41

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14. A sum of amount of money is adequate to pay peter’s salary for 42 days and Harish’s salary for 56 days. The same money is adequate to pay the salary of both for.

A. 24 days
B. 36 days
C. 28 days
D. 32 days

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15. A cistern can be filled in 25 minutes. There is a leakage which can empty it in 50 minutes. In how many minutes cistern can be filled?

A. 20 mins
B. 25 mins
C. 45 mins
D. 50 mins

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16. Rakchita can do a piece of work in 28 days, while Shreya can do the same work in 42 days.They started the work together but 6 days before the completion of the work, Rakchita left the work. The total number of days to complete the work is

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 3

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17. Pump A can fill the empty bunker in 6 hours, but due to a leak in the bottom it is filled in 7.5 hours, if the bunker is full and then Pump A is closed then in how many hours the leak can empty it?

A. 30 hrs
B. 45 hrs
C. 50 hrs
D. 35 hrs

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18. 48 boys complete a work in 36 days. After they have worked for 24 days, 24 more boys join them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work?

A. 8 days
B. 3 days
C. 6 days
D. 4 days

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19. P, Q and R together earn Rs.420 per day, while P and R together earn Rs.296 and Q and R together earn Rs.164. The daily earning of R is :

A. Rs. 80
B. Rs. 40
C. Rs. 50
D. Rs. 60

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20. A and B together can complete a work in 24 days. A alone can complete it in 40 days. If B does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete the work?

A. 22 days
B. 24 days
C. 26 days
D. 28 days

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