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Time and Work Problems

1) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 10 hours and 15 hours respectively. Find the time taken
to fill the tank when both the pipes are turned on simultaneously.
a. 6hours b. 8 hours c. 10 hours d.4 hours e. 12 hours
2) Pipe A can fill a tank in 20 hours while pipe B alone can fill it in 30 hours and pipe C can
empty the full tank in 40 hours. If all the pipes are open together, how much time will the
needed to make the take full ?
a. 16 hours b. 17 1/7 hours c. 18 hours d.19 hours e. 12 hours
3) If three men or four women can build a wall in 43 days, then in how many days can 7
men and five women build this wall ?
a. 5 days b. 10 days c. 12 days d.15 days e. 18 days
4) Jack, James and Tom together can finish a piece of work in 4 days; Jack alone can do it in
12 days and James alone can do it in 18. How many days will be taken by Tom to do it
alone.
a. 21 b. 16 c. 14 d. 9 e. 12
5) Hari and Tom can do a given piece of work in 8 days; Tom and Carl can do the same work
in 12 days and Hari, Tom , Carl complete in 6 days. In how many days can Hari and Carl
finish it ?
a. 8 b. 12 c. 16 d.24 e. 25
6) A can do a piece of work in 24 days while B alone can do it in 16 days. With the help of C,
they finish the work in 8 days. In how many days can C alone do the work.
a. 32 b. 36 c. 40 d.48 e. 50
7) Pervin can do a piece of work in 20 days and Jimmy can do it in 12 days. Jimmy worked at it
for 9 days. In how many days Pervin alone can finish the remaining work.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d.11 e. 14
8) Anandi can complete a job in 9 days, Nupur in 10 days and Simi in 15 days. Nupur and Simi
start the work and are forced to leave after 2 days. The number of days taken by Anandi to
finish the remaining work is
a. 8 b. 9 c. 6 d.14 e. 20
9) Jimmy is thrice as good a work men as Pervin and takes 10 days less to a piece of work
then Pervin takes. The number of days taken by Pervin to finish the work is
a. 12 b. 15 c. 20 d.30 e. 32
10) Sahil and Kunal can to a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They began the work
together but Sahil leaves after some days and Kunal finished the remaining work in 23
days. After how many days did Sahil leave.
a. 6 b. 8 c. 9 d.12 e. 15
11) Pipe A can fill a cistern in 4 hours while pipe B can empty it in 6 hours. If both of them are
opened together at the same time when the tank is empty, the number of hours taken by
them to fill it is
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d.12 e. 15
12) A Cistern which has a leak in the bottom is filled in 15 hours. Had there been no leak, it could
have been filled in 12 hours. If the cistern is full, the leak can empty it in
a. 3 hr b. 12 hr c. 15 hr d.60 hr e. 62 hr
13) A Cistern can be filled by pipes A and B in 4 hours and 6 hours respectively. When full, the
tank can be emptied by a pipe C in 8 hours. If all the tapes are turned on at the same time, the
cistern will be full in
a. 3 hr 18 min b. 3 hr 26 min c. 3 hr 42 min
d. 3 hr 48 min e. 3 hr 55 min
14) Two tapes can separately fill a cistern in 10 min and 15 min respectively and when the waste
pipe is open they can together fill it in 18 min. The waste pipe can empty the full cistern in
a. 7 min b. 9 min c. 13 min d.23 min e. 25 min
15) 3 pipes A B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for two hours, C is
closed and A and B can fill it in 7 hours. The no. of hours take by C alone to fill the Cistern, is
a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 16 e. 25
16) A Cistern has a leak which would empty it in 8 hours. A tap is turned on which admits 6
liters a min into the cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hours. How many liters does the
cistern hold ?
a. 7580 b. 7960 c. 8290 d.8640 e. 9000
17) A tank can be filled by one tap in 20 min. and by another in 25 min. both the taps are kept
open for 5 min and then the second is turned off. In how many minutes more is the tank
completely filled ?
a. 6 b. 11 c. 12 d. 17 1/2 e. 18
18) Two pipes M and N can fill a Cistern in 24 min and 32 min respectively. If both the pipes are
opened together, then after how many minutes N should be closed so that the tank is full in 18
minutes.
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d.12 e. 15

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