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Q1easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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A can complete a work in days. If B is only efficient as compared to A, then in how many days will B alone complete the same work?
Q2easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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A can finish a work in days and B can finish the same work in one-third the time taken by A. Working together, what part of the same work can they finish in days?
Q3mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A, B and C can do the same work in 9 days, 12 days and 18 days, respectively. A started the work and worked for 3 days and left. Then, B joined the work and worked for 3 days and left. Then, C joined the work and completed the work. Find the number of days C took to complete the work.
Q4mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Some workers could complete a work in days. However, due to the absence of workers it was completed in days. Then the initial number of workers was:
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A and B can complete a piece of work in days. B and C can do it in days. A and C can do it in days. A, B and C together can complete it in how many days?
Q6mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A and B can together complete a task in 40 days. They worked together for 30 days and then B left. A finished the remaining task in next 22 days. In how many days A alone can finish the task?
Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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men and women can do a work in days. men and women can do the same work in days. If men and women together do the same work, in how many days will they complete the work?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Indian Railways employed workers to complete a certain work in days. If only one-fourth of the work had been done in days, then to complete the whole work in time, what is the number of additional workers to be employed?
Q9mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam 20262026
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If 12 students can read 4800 pages of a book in 15 days, then how many students can read 7200 pages of the same book in 10 days?
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam 20262026
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30 persons working 10 hours a day can do 5 units of work in 12 days. How many people are required to do 8 units of that work in 16 days if they work for 8 hours a day?
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days. B and C can do the same work in 12 days. C and A can do the same work in 15 days. If all the three work together, find the number of days required to complete the work.
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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120 men consume 720kg of rice in 30 days. In how many days can 90 men consume 270kg?
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A and B can complete a task in 40 days and 16 days respectively. A started the task alone and then after 12 days B joined him till the completion of the task. How long did the task last after B joined the task?
Q14mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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A alone can complete a work in days, while B alone can complete the same work in days. In each three-day cycle, on the first day both A and B work together, on the second day only A works, and on the third day only B works. This cycle continues until the work is completed. How many days will they take together to complete the work?
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeMock Test2026
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An empty tank is connected to two inlet pipes. The first fills it in and the second in . If the second pipe is opened after the first, how long will it take to fill the tank completely from the very beginning?
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeMock Test2026
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If Karan completes an entire work in days, what fraction of the work can he complete in days?
Q17mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A person can paint a 2.5ft
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of a wall in 5 minutes. How much ft
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of the wall will he paint in 6 hours?
Q18mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Eight men can complete a work in 54 days. In how many days will 6 men and 12 boys complete the same work if one man works as much as 2 boys?
Q19hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
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Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 4 hours and 6 hours 40 minutes, respectively; whereas a third pipe C can empty the full tank in 1 hour 40 minutes. A and B are opened at 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively and C is opened at 4:00 p.m. The tank will be completely empty at:
Q20mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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If 6 people are required to complete a work in 1 hour 20 minutes, then how long will only 5 people take to complete the same work?
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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A can do a work in 8 days and B can do the same work in 12 days. If they work on it for 3 days, then what fraction of the work is left?
Q22mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 42026
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A tap can fill a tank in 8 hrs. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
Q23mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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25 women can do one-third of a work in 6 days. How many women should be employed so that the work is completed in 5 days?
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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A, B से ती न गुना अधि क का र्य कुशल है। यदि B कि सी का म को पूरा करने में 45 दि न का समय लेता है, तब समा न का म को पूरा करने में A कि तने दि न लेगा ?
Q25mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2018 Higher Secondary Level2026
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दो नल A और B एक खा ली टंकी को क्रमशः 20 मि नट और 40 मि नट में भर सकते हैं। दो नों नलों को एकसा थ खो ला जा ता है, और कुछ समय के बा द नल A बंद कर दि या जा ता है। यदि टंकी 30 मि नट में भर जा ती है, तब नल A कि तने समय के लि ए खो ला गया था ?
Q26mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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men can do a work in days. Find the amount of work done by men in days.
Q27mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A can do a piece of work in 63 days and B is more efficient than A. Then the number of days taken by B to do the same work is:
Q28mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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persons can repair a tunnel in days working hours a day. In how many days will persons working hours a day complete the work?
Q29mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A can do a piece of work in days. After working for days, he took help of B and completed the work in days. If both A and B had worked together from the beginning, in how many days would they have completed the work?
Q30hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Sarthak and Mohan are working on alternate days in a workshop. Sarthak can complete the work in days while Mohan can finish in days. Sarthak works on the 1st day, Mohan on the 2nd day, and so on. How much time (in days) will they take on alternate basis?
Q31mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A can finish a task in days and B can finish the same task in half the time taken by A. Working together, what part of the task can they finish in a day?
Q32mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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A can do a piece of work in days and B can do the same work in days. If they work together on it for days, then what fraction of the work will be left?
Q33mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Two workers - Sagar and Manish - are working on a heavy machine to melt waste metal. Sagar can complete the work in 15 days while both workers on alternate basis can complete the work in 12 days. In how many days can Manish alone complete the work?
Q34easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
A group of 25 tourists consume 5 containers of food in 8 days in a hotel. How many containers will be required for 10 tourists to eat for 16 days?
Q35mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
P and Q can do a piece of work in 36days, Q and R can do it in 60days, and P and R can do it in 45days. When P, Q and R work together, how much work is finished by them in 5days?
Q36mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
A group of men decided to complete a job in 4 days. However, since 10 men dropped out every day, the job got completed at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there in the beginning?
Q37mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
P works twice as fast as Q. If Q can complete a task in 36 days independently, the number of days in which P and Q can together complete the task is:
Q38mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
X, Y and Z can complete a piece of work in 8, 20 and 25 days respectively. Working together, they will complete the same work in:
Q39easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The wages of 10 workers for a six-day week are ₹1,200. What is the one-day wage of one worker?
Q40hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The one-day work of 2 men is equal to the one-day work of 4 women or the one-day work of 8 qualified workers. 10 qualified workers can finish a work in 8 days. If a man, a woman and a qualified worker work in the same order on three different days, the work is finished in ________ days.
Q41mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
Raju can complete a piece of job in 15hours, Vinay in 20hours and Vardhan in 30hours. If they work together and they are paid Rs. 7,200 for the job, then what amount would Vinay receive?
Q42mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
Eight labourers working 10 hours a day completed a work in 18 days. If only 5 labourers are working, then in how many hours a day should they work to finish the work in 24 days?
Q43mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 68SSC CGL2026
Working together A, B and C can complete a piece of work in days. After working together for days, C left the work. A and B completed the remaining work in days. The number of days taken by C alone to complete the same work is:
Q44mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 59SSC CGL2026
A can do of a work in days, and B can do of that work in days. They worked together for days and then A left the work. B alone will complete the remaining work in how many days?
Q45mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
can complete of a work in days. can complete of the same work in days and can complete of the same work in days. If and worked together for days, then find how much time (in days) will alone take to complete the remaining work?
Q46mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The ratio of efficiencies of and for doing a certain work is . Working together they can complete the work in days. alone will complete of that work in:
Q47mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A and B working together can complete a job in 30 days. The ratio of their efficiencies is 3:2. In how many days can the faster person complete the job?
Q48mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If 12 men or 20 women can do a work in 54 days, then in how many days can 9 men and 12 women together do the work?
Q49mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. To do the same job B alone would take:
Q50mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A frog was at the bottom of an 80m deep well. It attempted to come out of it by jumping. In each jump, it covered 1.15m but slipped down by 0.75m. The number of jumps after which it would be out of the well is:
Q51mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
When working hours per day, Anvita alone can complete a piece of work in days and Maya alone can complete it in days. If they work together for hours per day, in how many days will they complete the work?
Q52mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
A and B can do a work in 15 days and 30 days, respectively. They start working together, but A leaves after 3 days. How much time will B take to complete the remaining work?
Q53mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Test2026
Anu and Siri together can complete a piece of work in . Anu alone can complete it in . In how many days can Siri alone complete the work?
Q54easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If 108 workers can build a wall in 36 days, then in how many days can 48 workers build the same wall?
Q55mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
A garrison of 140 men has provisions for 35 days. At the end of 10 days, 35 more men joined them. How many days can they sustain on the remaining provisions?
Q56mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
At a construction site, 15 men or 10 machines can construct a room in 66 days. In how many days can 5 men and 4 machines together complete the work?
Q57mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Test2026
If people can complete a piece of work in days by working hours a day, then how many hours a day should people work to complete the same work in days?
Q58mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A completes a work in 3 days while B completes it in 6 days. If they work alternately with A starting work first, then in how many days will the work be finished?
Q59mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A can do a piece of work in 12 days, and B can do the same work in 15 days. With the help of C, they can finish the work in 5 days. How long will it take C to finish the work?
Q60mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
C and B can do a work in days and days respectively. They worked together for days and then C left. In how many days did B finish the remaining work?
Q61mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
10 men and 8 women can do a piece of work in 7
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days whereas 6 men and 9 women can do the same work in 10 days. In how many days will 35 women complete the same work?
Q62mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The average time taken by 6 athletes in a race is 1 minute 50 seconds. The winner completed the race in 1 minute 20 seconds. What is the average time taken by the other 5 athletes?
Q63mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A and B can do a piece of work separately in 10 days and 8 days, respectively. If they work alternately and A begins the work, in how many days will the work be completed?
Q64easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
A is three times more efficient than B and together they finish a piece of work in days. In how many days can A alone finish the same work?
Q65hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
A, B and C can do of a work in days, days and days, respectively. They began the work together but A left days before the completion of the work. In how many days was the work completed?
Q66mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
There are three inlet pipes X, Y and Z in a tank. X and Y can fill the tank in hours. Y and Z can fill the tank in hours. Z and X can fill the tank in hours. The number of hours in which all the three pipes can fill the tank, if operated simultaneously, is:
Q67hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After 4 hours it was found that only 60% of the tank is full due to a leakage at the bottom which was then immediately repaired. In how much time will the tank be completely filled?
Q68mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A and B each can do a work in days. They began the work together but A left after some time and B completed the remaining work in days. After how many days of the start of the work did A leave?
Q69mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A takes 84 hours to finish a work. B completes the same work in one-fourth of the time taken by A. What fraction of work will they complete in 12 hours?
Q70mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeAdda2472026
men and woman together can complete a piece of work in days. women and men together can do it in days. If a man gets per day, how much should a woman get per day?
Q71mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeAdda2472026
If boys can build a wall of length in days, how many boys would take days to build a similar type of wall of length ?
Q72mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
How many workers would be needed to complete the same task in days if it takes days for workers to complete a task?
Q73mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
A pump can fill a tank with water in hours. Due to leakage in the bottom, it takes hours to fill it. In what time will the leak empty the fully filled tank?
Q74mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
Komal can do a work in days. Bimal is more efficient than Komal in doing the work. In how many days Bimal will do that work?
Q75mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeUP Police Constable Re-Exam2026
and each can do a work in . They began the work together but left after some time and completed the remaining work in . After how many days of the start of the work did leave?
Q76mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeUP Police Constable Re-Exam2026
and can do a work in and respectively. They worked together for and then left. In how many days did finish the remaining work?
Q77mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 82026
A water filling Pipe is 5 times as fast as a second Pipe . If fills a cistern in 30 minutes, how long will it take to fill the tank when both pipes are operated simultaneously?
Q78mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in hours and hours, respectively, whereas pipe C alone can empty the full tank in hours. When all the pipes are opened together, the tank is full in hours. What is the value of ?
Q79mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
In 1 day, 25 bottles are packed by Arjun, while 22 bottles are packed by Karan in the same time. They are working on alternate days such that Arjun works on the 1
st
day, Karan on 2
nd
, Arjun on 3
rd
and so on. How many bottles will be packed in 9 days?
Q80mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Arvind works times as fast as Suresh. If Suresh can complete a work in days independently, then find the number of days in which Arvind and Suresh can together finish the work.
Q81mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
and can do a work in days and days, respectively. If they work for a day alternately, starting with , then in how many days will the work be completed?
Q82mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 18 hours and 27 hours, respectively, whereas pipe C can empty the full tank in 54 hours. All three pipes are opened together, but pipe C is closed after 12 hours. In how much time (in minutes) will the one-third of the remaining part of the tank be filled by A and B together?
Q83mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
3 men can finish a work in 10 days, 4 women can finish it in 12 days and 10 qualified workers can finish it in 6 days. In how many days is the work finished by 4 men, 4 women and 4 qualified workers, working together every day?
Q84mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Aman and Rajan are working at a construction site. In some engineering experiment, Aman is constructing a wall, while Rajan is demolishing that wall. Aman can completely build the wall in 15 days, while Rajan will take 20 days to completely demolish the wall. In how many days will the complete wall be built for the first time if they work on alternate days, with Aman working on the 1
st
day?
Q85easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A and B can complete a piece of work in 25 days and 55 days, respectively. The total number of days (in whole number) to complete the work, if A and B both work together, is:
Q86mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A can do three-fourth of a work in 12 days and B can do four-fifth of the same work in 20 days. In how many days can they complete the whole work, working together?
Q87mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
A school is running a tree plantation drive to bring awareness among students about the environment. If 3 teachers can complete the work of tree plantation in 4 days and 4 students take 6 days to do the same work, then how many days will 3 teachers and 2 students take to complete the work of tree plantation?
Q88mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
Working separately, A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 18 days, respectively. If A starts the work and they work on alternate days, one on each day, then in how many days will the work be completed?
Q89easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
A completes a piece of work in 4 days and B completes it in 6 days. How long will it take to complete the same piece of work if they both work together?
Q90mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A can complete a piece of work alone in , while B can complete the same piece of work alone in . In every three-day cycle, both A and B work on day 1, only A works on day 2, and only B works on day 3. This cycle continues till the work is completed. How many days in all does it take the duo to complete the work?
Q91mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 70Competitive Exam2026
If men and women working together can do six times as much work per hour as man and women working together, then the ratio of the work done by man to that of woman in a given time is:
Q92mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 56Competitive Exam2026
A, B and C can complete a certain work in , and days, respectively. A and B together start the work and B leaves after working for days. A and C together will complete the remaining work in ______ days.
Q93mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A tank is normally filled in 18 hours by a pipe, but it takes 6 hours more to fill the tank due to a leakage at its bottom. The leakage point can empty the tank when it is two-third full in ______ hours.
Q94mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A can finish one-third of a work in 5 days, and B can finish 50% of the same work in 15 days. If they work together, then in how many days will they finish 50% of the work?

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