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Commercial Maths Batch - Time and Work
1. A and B can complete a work in 10 and 12 days 5 7 5
respectively. A and B working together and after 3 a) 7 days b) 5 days c) 5 days
days, A left the work, find in how many days work 15 15 15
will be completed? 15
d) 5 days e) None of these
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a) 8 days b) 7 days c) 7 days

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5 5 2 8. If A left the work 2 days before the completion of
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5 completion. Work will finish in how many days?
d) 8 days e) None of these
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2. A and B started working together but after someday a) 5 days b) 4 days c) 6 days
A left the work and the whole work will complete in 5 5 5

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9 days. Find after how many days A lift if A and B 5
complete the work in 10 and 15 days respectively. d) 5 days e) None of these
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a) 3 days b) 2 days c) 4 days
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d) 5 days e) None of these after two days and B left the work 1 days before
3. 2 Men can build a wall in 15 and 20 hour respectively, the completion of the work. In how much time the
but if they work together they use 280 less bricks whole work will be completed?
per hour and build a wall in 12 hours. Find the number

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of bricks in the wall 8 8 8
a) 6 days b) 7 days c) 5 days
a) 8500 bricks b) 4800 bricks c) 8400 bricks 9 9 9
d) 7400 bricks e) None of these 8
4. 2 men can build a wall in 9 hrs and 10 hrs d) 3 days e) None of these
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respectively. But if they work together then they
10. A, B and C starts work together but after 3 days A
use 10 less bricks per hours and build a wall in 5
left the work and C left the work 4 days before the
hrs. Find the number of bricks in the wall?
completion of work. In how much time the whole
a) 800 b) 700 c) 890 work be completed?

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d) 900 e) None of these
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5. Two candles of same height can burn completely in a) 7 days b) 6 days c) 8 days
4 hrs and 6 hrs respectively. If both start burning at 9 9 9
same time at their respective constant speed, then 4
find after how much time ratio of their height become d) 5 days e) None of these
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2 : 3.
11. A + B, B + C, C + A can complete a work in 10, 12,
a) 2 hr, 2 min b) 2 hr, 24 min c) 24 hr, 2 min
20 days respectively. In how much they alone do
d) 24 hr, 24 min e) None of these the work.
6. If A, B and C starts work together after 2 days A a) 30, 15, 60 days b) 30, 60, 15 days
left the work and next after 2 days C also left. Then
c) 15, 30, 60 days d) 60, 30, 15 days
find in how many days the whole work will complete.
e) None of these
5 2 2 12. A + B, B + C, C + A can do a work in 20 days, 30
a) 6 days b) 7 days c) 8 days
2 5 5 days and 40 days respectively. In how much time
they alone do the work.
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d) 6 days e) None of these
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a) 240, 48, 34 days b) 340, 58, 33 days
7. A, B and C starts work together, A and B left the 7 7
work 2 days before the completion of the work, then
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the whole work will finish in how many days. c) 340, 38, 33 days d) 140, 28, 30 days
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e) None of these
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13. A + B, B + C do a work in 12 and 16 days. If A 20. A + B can complete a work in 40% lesser time than
work for 5 days and B work for 7 days and C C while B + C can complete the same work in 60%
complete the remaining work in 13 days. Then find lesser time than A. If they togethercan complete
C would complete the work in hour many days? the whole work in 20 days, then in how many days
a) 20 days b) 25 days c) 34 days will A alone complete the same work.
d) 24 days e) None of these a) 60 days b) 70 days c) 50 days
14. A + B can do a work in 12 days while B + C in d) 80 days e) None of these
21. A takes as much time as B + C take to finish a job.
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6 days work is completed by A, B, C by working A + B finish the job in 10 days, C can alone do the
3 same job in 15 days. In how many days B alone can
3, 4 and 7 days. Find in how many days A alone do the work.

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would complete the whole work. a) 60 days b) 20 days c) 40 days
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d) 80 days e) None of these
d) 35 days e) None of these 22. A complete half as much work as B in equal time.C
15. 3 men A, B, C complete a work in such a way that complete half as much work as A and B together in
A works for all the day, B works for 1st and 2nd equal time. If C alone can complete the work in 40
days and C works for 3rd, 4th and 5th days. If B + C days. Then in how many days they all together

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can do as much work in 2 days as A alone does in 3 complete the work.
days in how many days. A, B and C alone do the a) 120/10 days b) 9/120 days c) 120/9 days
work if B + C can complete the whole work without
d) 110/9 days e) None of these

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the help of A in 6 days.
23. In a factory there are 3 shifts of work for a day.
a) 8 days b) 7 days c) 6 days
During thee 3 shift the average working efficiency
d) 9 days e) None of these of workers is 80%, 70% and 50% respectively. A
16. A men has 3 sons. 1st one and 2nd one can complete work is complete in 60 days by the group working

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a work in 24 days and 36 days respectively. In how in the 1st shift. If the work is done in all the shift
many days the 3rd son will complete the work, if the then how many days less are required to complete
man could alone complete the whole work in the work.
3 a) 36 days b) 63 days c) 33 days
3 days. The man can do double the work in same

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11 d) 35 days e) None of these
time in what time all his sons together can complete 24. Two workers A and B working together can
the work. complete a job in 5 days. If A work twice as efficient
a) 12 days b) 11 days c) 10 days as he actualy did and B work 1/3 efficiently as he
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d) 14 days e) None of these
completed in 3 days. A alone can complete the work
17. 1M + 3W + 4C does a work in 96 hours while 2M + in how many days.
8 C can complete the same work in 80 and 2M +
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3W can complete the same work in 120 hrs. Find in a) 6 days b) 3 days c) 2 days
how much time will 10 Men + 5 Women complete 4 4 4
the work. 1
d) 7 days e) None of these
a) 63 hrs b) 36 hrs. c) 35 hrs 4
d) 33 hrs e) None of these 25. A + B can complete a work in 8 days but if A and B
18. A, B, C can complete a work in 30 days by working work twice and 1/3 of their respective efficiency,
together. A + C are twice efficient than B and A + then the work as completed in 6 days. In how many
B are thrice efficient than C. Find in how many dose A alone can complete the work?
days A alone complete the work. a) 20/3 days b) 3/40 days c) 40/30 days
a) 27 days b) 70 days c) 74 days d) 40/3 days e) None of these
d) 72 days e) None of these 26. A started a work and left working 4 days. B finished
the remaining work in next 18 days. Had A let the
19. A + B can complete a work in half the time of C,
work after working for 6 days then B would have
while B + C can complete the same work in 1/3rd
finished the remaining work in next 12 days. Then
time than A. If they togethercomplete the work in
find in how many days A and B alone can complete
20 days. In how many days they alone do the work.
the work.
a) 80, 48, 60 b) 70, 50, 60 c) 60, 44, 30
a) 10, 30 days b) 20, 60 days c) 30, 10 days
d) 48, 80, 60 e) None of these d) 20, 40 days e) None of these
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27. P, Q and R are 3 typists working simultaneously 34. A and B alone complete a work in 12 days and 3
can type 216 pages in 4 hrs. In one hrs R can type days more days respectively than A + B, then find
as many pages more than Q as Q can type more in how many days A alone does the work.
than P. R can type as many pages in 5 hrs as P in 7 a) 18 hrs, 9 hrs b) 17 hrs, 8 hrs
hrs. How many pages does much of them type per c) 15 hrs, 5 hrs d) 18 hrs, 8 hrs
hour.
e) None of these
a) 15, 18, 21 page/hour
35. A can complete a work in 5 more days than B while
b) 16, 19, 20 page/hour A does the same work in 9 more days than C. If A
c) 15, 18, 20 page/hour + B can complete the whole work in same time in
d) 14, 17, 20 page/hour W/C C alone does the whole work. In how many
e) None of these days A alone could the same work.

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type 900 pages in 20 days. The number of pages c) 13, 12, 5 days d) 15, 10, 6 days
typed by A in 4 hrs equal to the number of pages e) None of these
typed by C in 1 hrs. How many page typed by C in 36. A swimming poel is fitted with 3 pipes, the 1st two
1 hrs if in a days B types as many pages more than pipes working simultaneously fill the pool in the same

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A as C types as many pages more than B. time as the 3rd pipe alone, the 2nd pile alone fills the
a) 2 page/hr b) 3 page/hr c) 5 page/hr poel 5 hrs faster than the 1st pipe and 4 hrs slower
d) 7 page/hr e) None of these than 3rd piple. In what time 2nd and 3 rd pipe together
fill the pool.

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29. A + B can complete a work in 30 days. They start
work together and after 23 days B left the work a) 4 hrs b) 6 hrs c) 3 hrs
and whole work complete in 33 days. Find the time d) 2 hrs e) None of these
in w/c A alone can complete the work. 37. 3 men A, B and C working together can do a job 6

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a) 200 days b) 300 days c) 100 days hrs less time than A alone did, 1 hr less time than B
d) 150 days e) None of these alone and half the time needed by C. In how many
30. A + B can complete a work in 24 days. In how days will A finish the work alone?
many days A alone does the 2/3 of the total work if a) 10/2 days b) 22/4 days c) 3/20 days

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they start working together after 20 days A left the d) 20/3 days e) None of these
work, work is completed in 26 days 38. 3 M and 4W can complete a work in 16 days while
a) 58 days b) 44 days c) 47 days 4 M and 3 W can complete the same work in 12
d) 48 days e) None of these days. Then find 7 M and 7 W can complete the
same work in how many days.

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31. A + B can complete a work in 12 days. A alone
work for 8 days and B completes the remaining work a) 48/7 days b) 45/5 days c) 46/6 days
in 20 days by doing alone. In how much time B d) 38/6 days e) None of these
alone does the complete work. 39. A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15
a) 63 days b) 36 days c) 35 days days respectively. If they start work together till tge
d) 34 days e) None of these whole work complete. Find the share of wages of
32. P and R complete a work in 10 days doing together A, B and C out of the total wages of Rs. 750
if P works for 2.5 days and R for 8.5 days, they a) Rs. 300, Rs. 250, Rs. 200
finish half work in how much time P alone complete b) Rs. 200, Rs. 150, Rs. 100
the work. c) Rs. 200, Rs. 350, Rs. 150
a) 122/8 days b) 120/8 days c) 120/7 days d) Rs. 350, Rs. 200, Rs. 100
d) 121/6 days e) None of these e) None of these
33. A alone would take 27 hrs more to complete a work 40. B + C can complete a work in 50% more time than
than A and B work together. B takes 3 hrs more to A + B + C. If they work together on a job till the
complete a work alone than A and B work together. whole work completes then B earns 120 out of total
In how many days A alone can do it. earning of Rs. 450. Then find in how many days
a) 36 hrs, 12 hrs b) 12 hrs, 36 hrs they together complete the whole work while A + B
c) 35 hrs, 10 hrs d) 34 hrs, 10 hrs takes 8/3 more number of days to complete the work
e) None of these than A + B + C
a) 3 days b) 2 days c) 1 days
d) 4 days e) None of these
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41. A and B complete a work in 12 and 15 days. They 48. 12 men and 20 women can complete a piece of work
started the work alternatively for 1 days each and in 10 days while 6 men and 15 women can complete
A started the work first. In how much time 60% of the same work in 15 days. Then find 10 men and 15
work will be completed. women to complete the same work in?
a) 6 days b) 7 days c) 8 days 7 4 6
d) 9 days e) None of these a) 15 days b) 11 days c) 12 days
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42. 3 Men A, B and C can make 12000 pens in 2 hrs, 4
hrs, 3 hrs respectively. If they work half hrs every 3
d) 14 days e) None of these
time, but they do not work together and A starts the 8
work first. Find in how much time they can make 49. C is 40% less efficient than A. A and B together
18500. can finish a piece of work in 10 days. B and C

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a) 3 hrs 10 min b) 4 hrs 15 min together can do it in 15 days. In how many days can

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c) 4 hrs 10 min d) 3 hrs 15 min A alone finish the same piece of work?
e) None of these a) 18 b) 12 c) 14
43. A and B complete a work in 24 and 30 days d) 20 e) 15
respectively, working 10 hrs per day the work is to 50. Machine X can print one lakh books in 8 hours

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be done in 2 shifts. Morning shift is for 6 hrs and Machine Y can print the same number of books in
evening is for 4 hrs. On the 1st day A works in 10 hours while machine Z can print the same in 12
morning and B works in evening and they hours. All the machines started printing at 9 A.M.
interchange their shifts everyday, find in how much Machine X is stopped at 11 A.M. and the remaining

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time and one w/c day the work will be completed. two machines completed work. Approximately at
a) 26 days 6 hrs b) 20 days 5 hrs what time will the printing of one lakh books be
c) 25 days 5 hrs d) 16 days 6 hrs completed by the machines?
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44. A, B and C have to supply on order of 100 pens. A, d) 12 am e) 3 am
B and C make a pen in 2, 3, 4 hrs respectively. In 51. Karthi is 40% more efficient than Rajesh and Karthi
how many days they will complete the work if each can alone do a work in 20 days. If they work
one make a complete pen himself without the help alternatively for some days starting with Karthi, then

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of other. in how many days the work will get completed?
a) 90 hes b) 93 hrs c) 90 hrs 1 2 6
d) 83 hrs e) None of these a) 21 days b) 26 days c) 18 days
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started work together but C works only for 3 day d) 23 days e) 21 days
and in these 3 days 37% of the work had been 7 5
completed and rest of the work is done by A and B. 52. If a, b, c can complete the whole work in 20, 15, 12
Find in how many days they individually complete days
the work of A's 5 days work = B's 4 days work. 1. a, b, c started doing the work but after 3 days 'a'
a) 10 days b) 15 days c) 25 days stopped doing the work and after next 2 days 'b'
also stopped doing the work then in how many
d) 20 days e) None of these
days work will be completed?
46. 40 Men can completed a work in 30 days. They
2. a, b, c started doing the work but b, c left 2 days
start work together and after every 10 days 5 men
before completion how many days will be
left the work in how much time work will be
required to complete the work?
completed?
a) 5, 6.5 b) 5, 6 c) 6.2, 6
a) 26 days b) 46 days c) 36 days
d) 6.2, 6.5 e) None of these
d) 16 days e) None of these
53. Bala started the work and left after working for 4
47. 60 men can complete a work in 40 days. They start
days. Then Sibi was called and he finished the work
work together but after every 10 day 5 men leave
in 18 days. Had Bala left the work after working
the work. In how time the work will be completed?
for 6 days, Sibi would have finished the remaining
1 1 1 work in 12 days. In how many days they will finish
a) 47 days b) 67 days c) 57 days
2 2 2 the whole work?
1 a) 2.5 days b) 7.5 days c) 6 days
d) 37 days e) None of these d) 9 days e) 13.5 days
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54. A group of men decided to do a work in 16 days. by Aman, Arjun and Sanjay together to complete
But since 10 men dropped out every day, the work the work.
got completed at the end of 26th day How many a) 16 days b) 48/5 days c) 10 days
men were there at the beginning?
d) 42/5 days e) None of these
a) 657 b) 546 c) 435
61. Seema can complete 50% of a work in 10 days.
d) 325 e) 338 Reeju can complete 25% of the work in 4 days and
55. Ajit, Rama and Sujal together can complete a piece Sanju can complete the whole work in 12 days. If
of work in 15 days. Efficiency of Ajit is twice the Seema and Reeju worked for 5 days and left, in
efficiency of Sujal. Sujal and Vimal can complete how many days Sanju can complete the remaining
the piece of work in 20 days. If Vimal can complete work?
the work in 30 days, find die number of days taken a) 23/4 days b) 21 /4 days c) 19/6 days

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by Rama and Vimal together to complete the work.
d) 17/4 days e) None of these
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62. The working efficiency of Shailesh is three fourth
d) 15 days e) None of these of that of Akash. Shailesh can complete a certain
56. Ramya and Vanitha together complete the work in work in 16 days. They started working together and
20 days. Vanitha and Suganthi can together complete after some days Shailesh was replaced by a third
the same work in 36 days. Ramya starts a work person Kamal whose efficiency is four fifth of

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and do it for 6 days without joining with anyone. Akash's efficiency and the remaining work is
Then Vanitha starts her work and continues it for completed in 2 days. Find for what time Shailesh
12 days. Finally, Suganthi finishes the job in 54 days. worked with Akash?

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In how many days can Vanitha alone do the work? a) 4.8 days b) 2.8 days c) 7.8 days
a) 46 days b) 60 days c) 36 days d) 6.4 days e) None of these
d) 23 days e) 68 days 63. A work can be completed by X men in 80 days. If
57. A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But 10 men leave before the work started then it will

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since 16 dropped out every day, the job is completed take 20 extra days to complete the work. Find the
at the end of the 6th day only. If initially each man number of days to complete the same work if 100
gets Rs. 200 per day, how much wages was got by people are working. Note-Consider efficiency of all
all the men on the first day? the men is same.

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a) Rs. 24600 b) Rs. 25870 c) Rs. 23420 a) 100 days b) 50 days c) 80 days
d) Rs. 29790 e) Rs. 24000 d) 40 days e) None of these
58. Rani, Sasi and Rubi are assigned to do the work. 64. A man and women together can complete a work
Sasi takes 2 days more than Rubi to complete the in 10 days. If the efficiency of man becomes double

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work. If Rani started a work and 3 days later Sasi and the efficiency of women become half then the
joins her, then the work gets completed in 3 more same work will complete in 8 days. In how many
days. Working together Rani. Sasi and Rubi can days a men alone can complete the work?
complete thrice the original work in 6 days. In how a) 10 b) 15 c) 20
many days Sasi can complete twice the original work
d) 25 e) None of these
with double the efficiency working alone?
65. The daily work of three men is equal to that of 5
a) 9 days b) 8 days c) 2 days
women or that of 6 children. By employing 21 men,
d) 6 days e) 3 days 20 women, and 18 children a certain work can be
59. Two men Vinay and Pranav are working together on finished in 12 days. If it is required to finish it in 8
a particular work. If Pranav worked alone, he would days and as an additional persons, only men are
need 10 hours more to complete the work than if available, how many of them will be required?
they both worked together. Now if Vinay worked a) 22 b) 21 c) 12
alone, he need 10 hours more to complete the work
d) 9 e) None of these
than they both working together. What time would it
take for Vinay alone to complete the work? 66. A is four times faster than B, in working. Starting
with A and B working on Day 01, A works only
a) 20 hours b) 23 hours c) 11 hours
after every 3 days, along with B who works on all
d) 19 hours e) 13 hours days in order to finish a piece of work by G days. If
60. Aman and Arjun can complete a piece of work in A can alone finish the same piece of work in 16
12 days. With the help of Raju, they can complete days while working on all days, the value of G is
the work in 8 days. Raju and Sanjay can complete a) 14 b) 18 c) 27
the work in 16 days. Find the number of days taken
d) 28 e) 10
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67. A group of 30 men, working 4 hours a day can do a 1
piece of work in 10 days. Find the number of days a) 6 days b) 4.5 days
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in which another group of 45 men working 8 hrs a
1
day can do twice the work. Assume that 2 men of c) 5 days d) 8 days
the first group do as much work in 2 hours as 4 men 9
of the second group do in 1 hr. 73. Working together Bala and Chitra take 50% more
a) 19/3 days b) 20/3 days c) 33/6 days number of days than Angel, Bala and Chitra together
take and Angel and Bala working together, take 8/3
d) 19/6 days e) 31/6 days
more number of days than Angel. Bala and Chitra
68. Chitra is twice efficient as Arun. Bala takes thrice as take together. If Angel, Bala and Chitra all have
many days as Chitra. Arun takes 16 days to finish 4/ worked together till the completion of the work and
5 of the work alone. If they work in pairs (i.e. Arun- Bala has received Rs. 120 out of total earnings of

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Bala, Bala-Chitra, Chitra-Arun) starting with Arun - Rs. 480 then in how many days did Angel, Bala and

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Bala on the first day, Bala - Chitra on the second day Chitra together complete the whole work?
and Chitra - Arun on the third day and so on, then
a) 2 days b) 4 days c) 6 days
how many days are required to finish the work?
d) 8 days e) 5 days
a) 26/3 days b) 25/3 days c) 16/3 days
d) 56/3 days e) None of these

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69. In a cucumber factory; there are equal number of
woman and children Woman work for 8 h a day
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work load goes up by 50%. The government rule
does not allow children to work for more than 8 h a
day. If they are equally efficient and the extra work
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by woman every day are?
a) 5 b) 3 c) 4
d) 9 e) None of these
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70. A, B and C three weavers have to supply an order

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1. a 2. c 3. c 4. d
of 100 Sweater. A can weave a Sweater in 2 hr, B
in 3 hr and C in 4 hr respectively. It is known that 5. b 6. d 7. b 8. a
even being a joint contract each one weaver cannot 9. c 10. b 11. a 12. a
help to the rest weavers. In how many hr they will 13. d 14. c 15. d 16. a
complete the order irrespective of day or night?

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17. b 18. d 19. a 20. b
a) 93 hr b) 100 hr
21. a 22. c 23. a 24. a
4 25. d 26. a 27. a 28. b
c) 92 hr d) 94 hr
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71. Himesh and Fatima are two different persons, but when 33. a 34. a 35. d 36. b
they worked together they complete it in 10 days. The
37. d 38. a 39. a 40. d
efficiency of Himesh and Fatima are in the ratio of 2 :
1. If Himesh worked at half of his efficiency and 41. c 42. b 43. a 44. b
Fatima at five times of his efficiency, in how many 45. d 46. c 47. a 48. c
days required completing the whole work? 49. b 50. c 51. d 52. d
a) 10 days b) 4 days 53. b 54. d 55. b 56. b
c) 6 days d) 5 days 57. e 58. d 59. a 60. b
72. C is twice as efficient as A, B takes thrice as many 61. b 62. a 63. d 64. c
days as C. A takes 12 days to finish the work alone.
65. b 66. d 67. b 68. b
If they work in pairs (i.e., AB, BC, CA) starting
with AB on the first day, BC on the second day and 69. a 70. a 71. d 72. c
AC on the third day and so on, they how many' 73. e
days are required to finish the work?

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