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Q1easymcqQuantitative 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?
Q2easymcqQuantitative 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?
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 AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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Murad can do a piece of work in 33 hours. If he is joined by Joel who is 100% more efficient, in what time will they together finish the work?
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A, B and C can do one-third of a work in 15 days, 30 days and 10 days, respectively. A started the work. C joined him after 1 day and B joined them after 3 days of the beginning. For how many days did C work?
Q6mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A and B can separately finish a work in 15 and 20 days, respectively. A starts the work and B joins him from the fifth day. How much time will it take to finish the complete work?
Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A is 40% more efficient than B. If B finishes a work in 14 days, then in how many days will A finish the same work?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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At a workplace, one man alone can complete a work in 36 days. If the entire staff, i.e., 6 women and 4 men can complete the work in 6 days, how many days will one woman alone take to complete the entire work?
Q9mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q10mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q11mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Badki can bake 45 cakes in 9 hours, Badki and Chutki together can bake 80 cakes in 10hours. How many cakes Chutki can bake in 40 hours?
Q13mediummcqQuantitative 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.
Q14easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Rahul can complete a work in 12 days and Ayush in 15 days. If they work together for 3 days, then the fraction of work that will be left is:
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
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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:
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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In a typing shop, Lalit can complete typing of a book in 9 days, while Amit can finish the same work in 8 days. How many days will they take together to complete the work?
Q17hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Suppose every three adults consume 2 litres of milk and 0.5 kg sugar every day, and the daily consumption of every five children is double the milk and half of the sugar than what the three adults consume. A family has 5 adults and 8 children. Their expenditure on milk and sugar for a month of 30 days, if a half-litre milk packet costs Rs. 25 and a one kg sugar packet costs Rs. 80, is:
Q18mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
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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?
Q19mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q20mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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120 men consume 720kg of rice in 30 days. In how many days can 90 men consume 270kg?
Q22mediummcqQuantitative 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 ?
Q23mediummcqQuantitative 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 ?
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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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?
Q25easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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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?
Q26mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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P and Q can do a project in 60 and 30 days respectively. In how many days can they complete 90% of the project if they work together?
Q27mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A can do a work in 12 days and B in 18 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then what fraction of work is left?
Q28mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q29mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeWest Bengal Civil Services2026
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Two pipes can fill a cistern in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened, the time when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 10 minutes more will be
Q30mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q31mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q32mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q33mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A person can paint a 2.5ft
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Q34mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q35mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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men can do a work in days. Find the amount of work done by men in days.
Q36mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeMock Test2026
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If Karan completes an entire work in days, what fraction of the work can he complete in days?
Q37mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q38mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A does of a work in 15 days. He then calls B, and they together finish the remaining work in 5 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
Q39mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q40mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q41mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q42mediummcqMathematicsStaff Selection Commission2026
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A can do a work in 20 days and B in 50 days. If they work on it together for 5 days, then what fraction of work is left?
Q43mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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A can do a work in 15 days and B in 9 days. If they work on it together for 5 days, then what fraction of work is left?
Q44mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 67SSC CGL2026
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Ajit is two times as good a workman as Badrinath and therefore is able to finish a job in days less than Badrinath. Working together, they can do it in:
Q45mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A does 50% of a work in 12 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 8 days. How long B alone would take to complete the whole work?
Q46mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A is 40% more efficient than B. If B alone can complete a work in 42 days, then A alone can complete the same work in how many days?
Q47mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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A can finish 37
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) of the same task in 12 days. A and B worked together for 5 days. C alone completed the remaining task in 8 days. B and C, working together, will complete the same task in:
Q48mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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A can finish 80% of a task in 12 days and B can finish 20% of the same task in 2 days. They started the task together, but B left after 2 days and A continued to work. In how many days was the entire task completed?
Q49mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Two taps and can fill a tank in hours and hours respectively. If the two taps are opened at 2 p.m., then at what time (in p.m.) should the tap be closed to completely fill the tank at exactly 2 a.m.?
Q50hardmcqQuantitative 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?
Q51mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q52mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q53mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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To do a certain work, A is 40% more efficient than B. Working together, they can do the same work in 15 days. A started the work and left after 15 days. B and C together completed the remaining work in next 10 days. C alone can do one-third of the original work in:
Q54mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Ramu can build a wall alone in , while Ravan can build it alone in . Ramu worked for . Then Ravan joined Ramu for the next . How many more days could Ramu take to build the remaining wall?
Q55mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Raj can build a house in 16 days by himself, while Suraj can do it in 12 days. Raj and Suraj work on alternate days. How many days would the house take to build if Raj starts working on the first day?
Q56hardmcqQuantitative 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:
Q57mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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An AC can cool a hall in 10min, while an AC of another brand can cool the same hall in 15min. If both the ACs are switched on at the same time, then in how much time will they cool the hall?
Q58mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Mandar works 3 times as fast as Samarth. If Samarth can complete a job alone in 28 days, then in how many days can they together finish the job?
Q59mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A can finish as much work in 6 days as C can in 8 days. B can finish as much work in 6 days as C can in 4 days. How much time will B require to finish a work if A takes 54 days to finish it?
Q60mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q61mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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40 men can complete a work in 15 days. Five days after they started working, 10 more men joined them. In how many days will the total work be completed?
Q62mediummcqMathematicsMathematics 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?
Q63easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The wages of 10 workers for a six-day week are ₹1,200. What is the one-day wage of one worker?
Q64easymcqQuantitative 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?
Q65hardmcqQuantitative 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.
Q66mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q67mediummcqQuantitative 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 ?
Q68mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q69mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q70mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q71mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q72mediummcqQuantitative 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.
Q73mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q74mediummcqQuantitative 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?
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 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?
Q77mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q78mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q79mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q80mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q81mediummcqQuantitative 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.
Q82mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q83mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q84mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q85easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If 108 workers can build a wall in 36 days, then in how many days can 48 workers build the same wall?
Q86mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q87mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q88mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q89mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q90mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q91mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q92mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q93mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q94mediummcqQuantitative 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 ?
Q95mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q96mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q97mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q98mediummcqQuantitative 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:
Q99mediummcqQuantitative 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?
Q100mediummcqMathematicsMathematics 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?
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