All questions of Time and Work for Mechanical Engineering Exam

A and B together can do a piece of work in 24 days, which B and C together can do it in 32 days. After A has been working at it for 10 days and B for 14 days, C finishes it in 26 days. In how many days C alone will do the work?
  • a)
    32
  • b)
    36
  • c)
    44
  • d)
    48
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Anaya Patel answered
Correct Answer :- d
Explanation : Work done by (A+B)'s in 1 day = 24
work done by (B+C)'s in 1 day = 32
Let C does a work in x days
Then work done by C in a day = 1/x
According to the question
A's 10 day's work + B's 14 day's work + C's 26 day's work = 1
10A + 14B + 26C = 1 ;
10A + 10B + 4B + 4C + 22C = 1 ;
10(A + B ) + 4( B + C ) + 22C = 1 ;
10( 1/24 ) + 4( 1/32 ) + 22C = 1 ;
10/24 + 4/32 + 22C = 1 ;
13/24 + 22C = 1 ;
22C = 1 - 13/24 ;
22C = 11/24 ;
2C = 1/24 ;
C = 1/48 ;
Therefore , C alone takes 48 days to finish the job.

Sekar, Pradeep and Sandeep can do a piece of work in 15 days. After all the three worked for 2 days, sekar left. Pradeep and Sandeep worked for 10 more days and Pradeep left. Sandeep worked for another 40 days and completed the work. In how many days can sekar alone complete the work if sandeep can complete it in 75 days?
  • a)
    25 days
  • b)
    20 days
  • c)
    30 days
  • d)
    35 days
  • e)
    15 days
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Assume the total work to be 600 units. (LCM of all the numbers) Then Sandeep’s 1 day work = 8 units.
All three’s 1 day work = 40 units.All work together in the first 2 days
Work done in the first 2 days = 40 × 2 = 80 units
Sandeep alone works during the last 40 days
Work done in the last 40 days = 40 × 8 = 320 units
Remaining work = 600 – (320 + 80) = 200 units
This work is done by pradeep and sandeep in 10 days.
Pradeep and Sandeep together’s 1 day work = 20 units
Sekar’s 1 day work = All three 1 day work – Pradeep and Sandeep together’s 1 day
work = 40 units – 20 units = 20 units
Sekar can do the work of 600 units in 30 days.

Arun can do a certain work in the same time in which Bipasha and Rahul together can do it. If Arun and Bipasha together could do it in 10 days and Rahul alone in 50 days, then Bipasha alone could do it in:
  • a)
    15 days
  • b)
    20 days
  • c)
    25 days
  • d)
    30 days
  • e)
    35 days
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Kavya Saxena answered
Arun, Bipasha and rahul’s 1 day work = 1/10 + 1/50 = 6/50 = 3/25
Arun’s 1 day work = Bipasha + Rahul ‘s 1 day work
2*(Arun’s 1 day work) = 3/25
Arun’s 1 day work = 3/50
Bipasha’s 1 day work = 1/10 – 3/50 = 2/50 = 1/25

If P can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days and Q can do 1/4 of the work in 6 days, then how much money will Q get if they were paid a total of 390 rupee?
  • a)
    120
  • b)
    150
  • c)
    170
  • d)
    190
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

sol = P can alone complete the whole work in 15 days and Q can complete the same work alone in 24 days. So ratio of work done by them 1/15: 1/24 i.e. 8: 5
Q get = (5/13)*390 = 150

Efficiency of A is 25% more then B and B takes 25 days to complete a piece of work. A started a work alone and then B joined her 5 days before actual completion of the work. For how many days A worked alone?
  • a)
    9
  • b)
    11
  • c)
    10
  • d)
    25
  • e)
    12
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Efficiency (A : B) = 5 : 4
Number of days(A : B) = 4x : 5x = 4x : 25
∴ Number of days required by A to finish the work alone = 4x
= 4 x 5 = 20.
A and B work together for last 5 days = 5 x 9 = 45%
Efficiency of A = 5% and B’s efficiency = 4%
∴ No. of days taken by A to complete 55% work = 55/5 = 11days

Angel can do a piece of work in 10 days, Balu in 15 days. They work together for 5 days, the rest of the work is finished by Chitra in two more days. If they get Rs. 6000 as wages for the whole work, what are the daily wages of Angel, Bala and Chitra respectively?
  • a)
    200, 250, 300
  • b)
    300, 200, 250
  • c)
    600, 400, 200
  • d)
    600, 400, 500
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Angel’s 5 days work = 50%
Balu’s 5 days work = 33.33%
Chitra’s 2 days work = 16.66%
[100- (50+33.33)]
Ratio of work of Angel, Balu and Chitra = 3: 2: 1
Angel’s total share = Rs. 3000
Balu’s total share = Rs. 2000
Chitra’s total share = Rs. 1000
Angel’s one day’s wage = Rs.600
Balu’s one day’s wage = Rs.400
Chitra’s one day’s wage = Rs.500

A piece of work is to be completed in 100days, 11 Men are employed to do the work it is found that after 50 days only 1/3 rd work is completed. Now additionally how many more Men are to be employed to work to finish the work in time?
  • a)
    5
  • b)
    6
  • c)
    7
  • d)
    11
  • e)
    None
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Aarav Sharma answered
Given:
Total days = 100
Number of men employed initially = 11
Work completed in 50 days = 1/3

Let's calculate the work done by 11 men in 50 days:
Work done by 11 men in 50 days = 1/3
Work done by 1 man in 50 days = (1/3)/11 = 1/33

Let's calculate the work done by 11 men in 1 day:
Work done by 1 man in 1 day = 1/33
Work done by 11 men in 1 day = 11/33 = 1/3

Let's calculate the work left to be done:
Work left to be done = 1 - 1/3 = 2/3

Let's calculate the total work to be done:
Total work = 1

Let's calculate the number of days left to complete the work:
Days left to complete the work = 100 - 50 = 50

Let's calculate the work done by the 11 men in 50 days:
Work done by 11 men in 50 days = (1/3)

Let's calculate the work done by the 11 men in 1 day:
Work done by 11 men in 1 day = (1/3)/50 = 1/150

Let's calculate the work done by 1 man in 1 day:
Work done by 1 man in 1 day = (1/150)/11 = 1/1650

Let's calculate the number of men required to complete the work in 50 days:
Total work to be done = 2/3
Work done by 1 man in 1 day = 1/1650
Work done by n men in 1 day = (1/1650)*n
(1/1650)*n*50 = 2/3
n = (2/3)*(1650/50)
n = 44

Therefore, the additional number of men required to work to finish the work in time is 44 - 11 = 33. However, since the question is asking for the total number of men required, the answer would be 11 + 33 = 44, which is not an option. Therefore, the correct answer is option D, which is 11.

Ravi can do a piece of work in 16 days. Rakesh can do the same work in 64/5 days, while Geeta can do it in 32 days. All of them started to work together but Ravi leaves after 4 days. Rakesh leaves the job 3 days before the completion of the work. How long would the work last?
  • a)
    6 days
  • b)
    9 days
  • c)
    18 days
  • d)
    5 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Kavya Saxena answered
Let the work lasted for x days,
Ravi’s 4 day’s work + Rakesh (x – 3) day’s work + Geeta’s x day’s work = 1
⇒ (4/16) + (x – 3) / (64/5) + x/32 = 1
⇒ 5(x – 3)/64 + x/32 = 1 – 1/4
⇒ [5(x – 3) + 2x] / 64 = 3/4
⇒ 7x – 15 = 48
∴ x = (48 + 15)/7 = 63/7 = 9 days

A does half as much work as B does in one sixth of the time. If together they take 20 days to complete the work, then what is the time taken by A to complete the work independently.
  • a)
    80/3 days
  • b)
    100/3 days
  • c)
    60/3 days
  • d)
    140/3 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Faizan Khan answered
Let B complete the work in X days so in one day work done by B is 1/x
as A do half work in one-sixth of the time so A will complete work in 2*x/6 = x/3 days
One day work of A and B i.e. 3/x + 1/x = 1/20. So we get x = 80
So time taken by A alone = 80/3 days

A does half as much work as B does in one sixth of the time. If together they take 20 days to complete the work, then what is the time taken by B to complete the work independently.
  • a)
    80 days
  • b)
    100 days
  • c)
    120 days
  • d)
    140 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Ravi Singh answered
Let B take X days to complete the work then in one –sixth of the time i.e. x/6 days. Now A do half work as done by B so A will take twice the time i.e. 2*x/6 = x/3 to complete the job alone
So 1/x + 3/x = 1/20, x = 80 days

Sruthi, Swetha and Swati together can cut 216 Apples of the same size in 3 hours. Number of Apples cut by Sruthi in 9 hours is same as the number of Apples cut by Swati in 7 hours. In one hour, Swati can cut as many Apples more than Swetha as Swetha can cut more than Sruthi.Then the number of Apples cut by Swetha in one hour?
  • a)
    21
  • b)
    24
  • c)
    27
  • d)
    29
  • e)
    None
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Aruna Singh answered
 
Let's denote:
  • Sruthi's efficiency as 'S' apples/hour
  • Swetha's efficiency as 'W' apples/hour
  • Swati's efficiency as 'T' apples/hour
Given information:
  1. S * 9 = T * 7 => S = (7/9)T
  2. T - W = W - S => T = 2W - S
Total work done in 3 hours:
  • (S + W + T) * 3 = 216
  • S + W + T = 72
Substituting S and T in terms of W:
  • (7/9)T + W + 2W - (7/9)T = 72
  • 3W = 72
  • W = 24
Therefore, Swetha can cut 24 apples in one hour.
So, the correct answer is option B: 24.

(x-2) person can do a work in x days and (x+7) person can do 75% of the same work in (x-10)days. Then in how many days can (x+10) person finish the work?
  • a)
    27 days
  • b)
    12 days
  • c)
    25 days
  • d)
    18 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Aarav Sharma answered
Given:
(x-2) person can do a work in x days
(x+7) person can do 75% of the same work in (x-10) days

To find:
In how many days can (x+10) person finish the work?

Solution:
Let us assume that the work done is 1 unit.
So, (x-2) persons can do 1 unit of work in x days.
Hence, the work done by 1 person in 1 day = 1/(x(x-2))

(x+7) persons can do 75% of the same work in (x-10) days.
So, the work done by (x+7) persons in 1 day = 0.75/ (x-10)

Let the number of days required for (x+10) persons to complete the work be d.
So, the work done by (x+10) persons in 1 day = 1/d

Now, we know that the work done is the same in all the cases.
Hence, we can equate the work done by (x-2) persons to the work done by (x+7) persons and (x+10) persons.

(x-2)/x = 0.75/(x-10) = (x+10)/d

Solving for d, we get d = 12 days.

Hence, (x+10) persons can finish the work in 12 days.

Answer: Option B) 12 days

Ramu, Hari and Sanjay are three typists, who working simultaneously, can type 228 pages in four hours. In one hour, Sanjay can type as many pages more than Hari as Hari can type more than Ramu. During a period of five hours, Sanjay can type as many passages as Ramu can, during seven hours. How many pages does each of them type per hour?
  • a)
    16, 18, 22
  • b)
    14, 17, 20
  • c)
    15, 17, 22
  • d)
    15, 18, 21
  • e)
    16, 19, 22
Correct answer is option 'E'. Can you explain this answer?

Let Rohit, Harsh and Sanjeev can type x, y and z pages respectively in 1 h. Therefore, they together can type 4(x + y + z) pages in 4 h
∴ 4(x + y + z) = 228
⇒ x + y + z = 57 …..(i)
Also, z – y = y – x
i.e., 2y = x + z ……(ii)
5z = 7x ……(iii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
3y = 57
⇒ y = 19
From Eq. (ii), x + z = 38
x = 16 and z = 22

A, B and C are three friends that take 20 days to finish a work. The time taken by B is twice the time taken by A and C together and time taken by C to do the work is thrice the time taken by A and B together. How much time will be taken by A alone to do the work.
  • a)
    42 days
  • b)
    44 days
  • c)
    46 days
  • d)
    48 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Nikita Singh answered
1/a + 1/b + 1/c = 1/20 (given)
In first case let time taken by A and C together is p days, then the time taken by B will be 2p. Substitute in the above equation and we get p = 60 (time taken by B to complete the work).
Similarly in the second case, u will get P = 80 (time taken by C to complete the work)
Now, 1/a = 1/20 – 1/60 – 1/80 to get the answer

Madhavan can finish a work in 5 hours. He invites Manohar and Manjima who can work 3/4th as fast as he can to join him. He also invites Mani and Mohan who can work only 1/5th as fast as he can to join him. If the five person team works the same job and they start together, how long will it take for them to finish the job?
  • a)
    50/97 days
  • b)
    87 days
  • c)
    50/29 days
  • d)
    78 days
  • e)
    62 days
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Anaya Patel answered
Let the work be 100 units.
Madhavan’s 1 hour work = 100/5 = 20 units
Manohar and Manjima’s 1 day work = 3/4 × 20 = 15 units.
Mohan and Mani’s 1 day work = 1/5 × 20 = 4 units.
In one day all five of them can do = 20 + 15 + 15 + 4 + 4 = 58 units of work. Hence they can complete the work in 100/58 days.

When Ashok and Karthik are working alone, they can complete a piece of work in 25 days and 30 days respectively. On day 1, Karthik started the work and Ashok joined B from day 3 on-wards. Find approximately after how many days will the work be completed?
  • a)
    20 days
  • b)
    10 days
  • c)
    15 days
  • d)
    25 days
  • e)
    30 days
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Aisha Gupta answered
Fraction of work completed by Karthik on day 1 and day 2 = 2* 1/30 = 1/15
Fraction of work left after 2 days = 14/15
Fraction of work completed by Both = 1/25 + 1/30 = 11/150
Number of days after day 2 to complete work = 14*150/15*11 = 13 days
So after 2+13 = 15 days works will be completed

P does half as much work as Q in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 24 days to complete the work, how much time shall P take to complete the work?
  • a)
    50 days
  • b)
    60 days
  • c)
    70 days
  • d)
    80 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Aarav Sharma answered
Let's assume that Q takes x days to complete the work. Therefore, P will take 2x days to complete the same work.

Given that P does half as much work as Q in three-fourth of the time, we can calculate the work efficiency ratio between P and Q.

Work efficiency ratio = (Work done by P) / (Work done by Q)

According to the given information,
Work done by P = 1/2
Work done by Q = 1

Therefore, the work efficiency ratio is (1/2) / 1 = 1/2.

Let's say the total work is represented by W.

- P does half as much work as Q, so the work done by P is (1/2)W.
- P takes 2x days to complete the work, so the work done by P in one day is (1/2)W / (2x) = W / (4x).
- Q takes x days to complete the work, so the work done by Q in one day is W / x.

Since P does half as much work as Q in three-fourth of the time, we can set up the following equation:

(1/2)(W / (4x)) = (3/4)(W / x)

Simplifying this equation, we get:

1 / (8x) = 3 / (4x)

Cross-multiplying, we get:

4x = 24x

Simplifying further, we get:

x = 6

Therefore, Q takes 6 days to complete the work.

Now, to find the time taken by P to complete the work, we can substitute the value of x back into the equation:

P takes 2x days = 2 * 6 = 12 days.

Hence, P takes 12 days to complete the work.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B) 60 days.

A, B and C together can complete a work in 8 days. If A is 50% more efficient than B and B is 50% less efficient than C, then B alone will complete the same work in:
  • a)
    16 days
  • b)
    24 days
  • c)
    48 days
  • d)
    36 days
  • e)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Mihir Chawla answered
Solution:

Let's assume that C can complete the work in x days.

Efficiency of B compared to C:
B is 50% less efficient than C. This means B can complete only half the work that C can complete in the same time. So, B can complete the work in 2x days.

Efficiency of A compared to B:
A is 50% more efficient than B. This means A can complete 1.5 times the work that B can complete in the same time. So, A can complete the work in (2x/1.5) days.

Efficiency of A, B, and C together:
Given that A, B, and C together can complete the work in 8 days. So, their combined efficiency is 1/8 of the work per day.

Let's calculate their combined efficiency:
1/A + 1/B + 1/C = 1/8

Substituting the values of A, B, and C:
1/(2x/1.5) + 1/2x + 1/x = 1/8

Taking the LCM and simplifying the equation:
[(1.5 + 3 + 4)/2x] = 1/8
8/2x = 1/8
2x = 64
x = 32

So, C alone can complete the work in 32 days.

Now, let's find out how many days B alone will take to complete the work:
B can complete the work in 2x days.
Substituting the value of x:
B can complete the work in 2(32) = 64 days.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D) 36 days.

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