SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Time and Work (Pipe & Cisterns) - 3 - SSC CGL MCQ

Ronald and Elan are working on an Assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Elan takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?    (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)

A can do a piece of work in 12 days while B alone can do it in 15 days. With the help of C they can finish it in 5 days. If they are paid ₹ 960 for the whole work. How much money A gets?    (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)

A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days  A alone can finish the remaining work?    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)

A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men that should be appointed so that the whole work will be finished in time is:    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)

If 10 men or 20 women or 40 children can do a piece of work in 7 months, then 5 men, 5 women and 5 children together can do half of the work in:    (SSC CGL  1st Sit. 2013)

A can do a work in 20 days and B can do the same work in 30 days. In how many days can A and B together do the work?    (SSC CHSL 2013)

3 men and 7 women can do a job in 5 days while 4 men and 6 women can do it in 4 days. The number of days required for a group of 10 women working together, at the same rate as before, to finish the same job is:    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)

Water flows at the rate of 10 metres per minute from a cylindrical pipe 5 mm in diameter. How long it take to fill up a conical vessel whose diameter at the base is 30 cm and depth 24 cm?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)

A can do as much work as B and C together can do. A and B can together do a piece of work in 9 hours 36 minutes and C can do it in 48 hours. The time (in hours) that B needs to do the work alone, is:   (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A leaves 5 days before the completion of the work and B leaves 2 days after A. The whole work lasts for    (SSC Multitasking 2013)

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hours and 4 hours respectively. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first, then the tank shall be full in    (SSC Multitasking 2013)

A is thrice as good a workman as B and takes 60 days less than B for doing a job. The time in which they can do it together is:   (SSC CHSL 2012)

A can do a piece of work in 20 days which B can do in 12 days. B worked at it for 9 days. A can finish the remaining work in:   (SSC CHSL 2012)

In a fort, there was sufficient food for 200 soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days, 120 soldiers left the fort. For how many extra days will be rest of the food last for the remaining soldiers?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)

If 10 men or 18 boys can do a work in 15 days, then the number of days required by 15 men and 33 boys to do twice the work is     (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)

X and Y can do a piece of work in 30 days. They work together for 6 days and then X quits and Y finishes the work in 32 more days. In how many days can Y do the piece of work alone?    (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)

Two men A and B started a job in which A was thrice as good as B and therefore took 60 days less than B to finish the job. How many days will they take to finish the job, if they start working together?   (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)

If 12 men or 18 women can reap a field in 14 days, then working at the same rate, 8 men and 16 women can reap the same field in:   (SSC CGL  2012)

Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 8 hours. Pipe B alone can fill it in 6 hours. If both the pipes are opened and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)

A is thrice as good a workman as B and is, therefore, able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than B. The time (in days) in which they can do it working together is    (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)

A work can be completed by P and Q in 12 days, Q and R in 15 days, R and P in 20 days. In how many days P alone can finish the work?   (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)

'x' number of men can finish a piece of work in 30 days. If there were 6 men more, the work could be finished in 10 days less. The original number of men is   (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)

X is 3 times as fast as Y and is able to complete the work in 40 days less than Y. Then the time in which they can complete the work together is   (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)

A and B can complete a piece of work in 8 days, B and C can do it in 12 days, C and A can do it in 8 days. A, B and C together can complete it in    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)

A can do a work in 12 days. When he had worked for 3 days, B joined him. If they complete the work in 3 more days, in how many days can B alone finish the work?    (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)

One pipe fills a water tank three times faster than another pipe. If the two pipes together can fill the empty tank in 36 minutes, then how much time will the slower pipe alone take to fill the tank?    (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)

7 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. How many additional men will be required to complete double the work in 8 days?   (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)