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 Pinnacle  Day: 55th - 58th  Work  and  Time 
 Work and Time 
 Time  :-  Time  is  the  duration  during  which 
 any  activity  or  work  happens  or 
 continues. 
 Work  :-  Work  is  a  task  or  set  of  activities 
 to achieve a certain result. 
 E?ciency  :-  E?ciency  is  inversely 
 proportional  to  the  Time  taken  when  the 
 amount of work done is constant. 
 E?ciency     ?    
    1 
 ????????     ??????????    
 The  e?ciency  of  work  means,  “How 
 much  work  one  person  can  do  in  one  day 
 (expressed  in  percentage)”.  For  example, 
 a  person  can  do  a  job  in  2  days.  In  other 
 words,  we  can  say  that  he  can  do  50%  of 
 the  work  in  one  day.  Therefore,  his 
 e?ciency will be 50%. 
 We can de?ne happening of work as: 
 (1.)  If  a  person  A  completes  a  work  in  X 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (2.)  if  a  person  B  completes  work  in  Y 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (3.)  From  the  above  two  points,  we  can 
 say  that  in  one  day  A  and  B  together  can 
 complete  (  +  )  amount  of  work. 
 1 
 ?? 
 1 
 ?? 
 Thus,  together  A  and  B  can  complete  the 
 work in (  ) days. 
 ???? 
 ??    +    ?? 
 Here,  we  have  assumed  total  work  as  1 
 unit.  Similarly,  we  can  assume  our  total 
 work  as  anything  as  per  our  convenience. 
 The  best  assumption  for  easing  out  our 
 calculations  of  the  total  work  is 
 assuming  work  as  100%  or  LCM  of  time 
 taken by all the persons. 
 The  complete  work  can  also  be 
 considered  as  1  unit.  Then  if  A  takes  4 
 days  to  ?nish  a  work,  it  means  he  can 
 ?nish 1/4th of the work in 1 day. 
 Example  :-  Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in 
 10  days  and  Ram  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  40  days.  If  Ram  and  Rahim  both 
 work  together  then  what  is  the  total 
 number of days taken ? 
 Sol:- 
 The  problem  can  be  solved  in  three 
 different approaches. 
 Approach 1: Using Fractions 
 Ram can ?nish the work in 10 days i.e. in 
 one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 10  ??h 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in  40  days  i.e. 
 in one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 40  ??h 
 So,  in  one  day,  both  working  together  can 
 ?nish  =  (  )  +  (  )  =  =  of  the 
 1 
 10 
 1 
 40 
 5 
 40 
 1 
 8  ??h 
 work.  So,  to  complete  the  work  they  will 
 take 8 days. 
 Approach  2  :  Using  Percentage 
 (Shortcut - Recommended) 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  100  %  of  work  in  10 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  10%  of 
 the work. 
 Ram  can  ?nish  100%  of  the  work  in  40 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  2.5  %  of 
 the work. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  single  day  they 
 can  ?nish  12.5%  of  the  work.  So,  to 
 complete  100%  of  the  work,  it  will  take 
 100/12.5 = 8 days. 
 Approach 3 : using unitary method 
 LCM of days (10 , 40) = 40 = (Total work) 
 E?ciency of ( Ram +  Rahim ) = 4 + 1=5 
 Ram  and  Rahim  both  work  together  then 
 total  number  of  days  taken  =  40/5  =  8 
 days. 
 Example  :-  Ravi  can  do  a  job  in  10  days. 
 Raman  can  do  the  same  job  in  20  days. 
 They  together  start  doing  the  job  but 
 after  4  days  Raman  leaves.  How  many 
 more  days  will  be  required  by  Ravi  to 
 complete this job alone ? 
 Sol:- 
 Approach  1  :-  Ravi  can  ?nish  a  job  in  10 
 days  i.e  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  10  %  of 
 the job. 
 Raman  can  ?nish  the  same  job  in  20 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  5  %  of 
 the job. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  day  they  can  do 
 10 + 5 = 15 % of the job. 
 In  the  4  days,  if  they  worked  together, 
 they  would  have  ?nished  4  ×  15%  =  60% 
 of the job. 
 So,  Work  left  =  100  –  60  =  40%.  This  work 
 has  to  be  done  by  Ravi  who  does  10  %  of 
 the  job  in  a  day.  So,  to  ?nish  the 
 remaining  40%,  he  will  take  40/  10  =  4 
 more days. 
 Approach 2 :- 
 LCM of days (10 , 20  ) = 20 = Total work 
 E?ciency of Ravi = 2 
 E?ciency of  Raman = 1 
 Work  done  by  Ravi  and  Raman  in  4  days 
 = 3 × 4 = 12 units 
 Remaining work  = 20 - 12 = 8 units 
 No  of  days  required  by  Ravi  to  complete 
 this work =  = 4 days 
 8 
 2 
 Concept 1 
 If  A  takes  ‘a’  days  more  to  complete  a •   
 work  than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do 
 same  work  and  B  takes  ‘b’  days  more 
 than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do  the 
 same  work.  Then  (A  +  B)  do  the  work  in 
 days  ???? 
 We  will  take  some  examples  to 
 understand this concepts 
 Example  :  A  and  B  alone  complete  a 
 piece  of  work  in  12  days  and  3  days  more 
 respectively  than  time  taken  by  A  and  B 
 together,  then  Find  in  how  many  days  A 
 alone can complete the work ? 
 Sol:-  (A+B)  complete  the  work  in  12     ×     3 
 =  = 6 days  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the whole work in (6 + 12) = 18 days 
 Example  :  A  can  complete  a  work  in  5 
 more  days  than  B  while  A  does  the  same 
 work  in  9  more  days  than  C.if  (A  +  B)  can 
 complete  the  whole  work  in  same  time  in 
 work  done  by  C  alone  does  the  whole 
 work  .  In  how  many  days  A  alone  could 
 complete the same work ? 
 Sol:-  Let  the  time  taken  by  C  to  complete 
 the work in x days 
 Then, time taken by A = (x  +  9)days 
 Time  taken  by  B  =  (x  +  9)  -  5  =  (x  +  4) 
 days. 
 Time  taken  by  C,  which  is  equal  to  that  of 
 (A + B) =  =  = 6 days  9     ×     4  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the work = 6 + 9 = 15 days 
 MDH Formula 
 MDH  formula  is  used  to  compare  the 
 works  of  the  same  nature  done  at  two 
 different  times  using  different 
 manpower.  The  MDH  formula  can  be 
 represented as 
 Where  ,  M  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 men/women,  D  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 days,  H  =  denotes  the  number  of  hours  in 
 a  day,  E  =  denotes  the  e?ciency  of  1 
 man, and W = denotes part of work done 
 Alternate Days 
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 Pinnacle  Day: 55th - 58th  Work  and  Time 
 Work and Time 
 Time  :-  Time  is  the  duration  during  which 
 any  activity  or  work  happens  or 
 continues. 
 Work  :-  Work  is  a  task  or  set  of  activities 
 to achieve a certain result. 
 E?ciency  :-  E?ciency  is  inversely 
 proportional  to  the  Time  taken  when  the 
 amount of work done is constant. 
 E?ciency     ?    
    1 
 ????????     ??????????    
 The  e?ciency  of  work  means,  “How 
 much  work  one  person  can  do  in  one  day 
 (expressed  in  percentage)”.  For  example, 
 a  person  can  do  a  job  in  2  days.  In  other 
 words,  we  can  say  that  he  can  do  50%  of 
 the  work  in  one  day.  Therefore,  his 
 e?ciency will be 50%. 
 We can de?ne happening of work as: 
 (1.)  If  a  person  A  completes  a  work  in  X 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (2.)  if  a  person  B  completes  work  in  Y 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (3.)  From  the  above  two  points,  we  can 
 say  that  in  one  day  A  and  B  together  can 
 complete  (  +  )  amount  of  work. 
 1 
 ?? 
 1 
 ?? 
 Thus,  together  A  and  B  can  complete  the 
 work in (  ) days. 
 ???? 
 ??    +    ?? 
 Here,  we  have  assumed  total  work  as  1 
 unit.  Similarly,  we  can  assume  our  total 
 work  as  anything  as  per  our  convenience. 
 The  best  assumption  for  easing  out  our 
 calculations  of  the  total  work  is 
 assuming  work  as  100%  or  LCM  of  time 
 taken by all the persons. 
 The  complete  work  can  also  be 
 considered  as  1  unit.  Then  if  A  takes  4 
 days  to  ?nish  a  work,  it  means  he  can 
 ?nish 1/4th of the work in 1 day. 
 Example  :-  Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in 
 10  days  and  Ram  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  40  days.  If  Ram  and  Rahim  both 
 work  together  then  what  is  the  total 
 number of days taken ? 
 Sol:- 
 The  problem  can  be  solved  in  three 
 different approaches. 
 Approach 1: Using Fractions 
 Ram can ?nish the work in 10 days i.e. in 
 one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 10  ??h 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in  40  days  i.e. 
 in one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 40  ??h 
 So,  in  one  day,  both  working  together  can 
 ?nish  =  (  )  +  (  )  =  =  of  the 
 1 
 10 
 1 
 40 
 5 
 40 
 1 
 8  ??h 
 work.  So,  to  complete  the  work  they  will 
 take 8 days. 
 Approach  2  :  Using  Percentage 
 (Shortcut - Recommended) 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  100  %  of  work  in  10 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  10%  of 
 the work. 
 Ram  can  ?nish  100%  of  the  work  in  40 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  2.5  %  of 
 the work. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  single  day  they 
 can  ?nish  12.5%  of  the  work.  So,  to 
 complete  100%  of  the  work,  it  will  take 
 100/12.5 = 8 days. 
 Approach 3 : using unitary method 
 LCM of days (10 , 40) = 40 = (Total work) 
 E?ciency of ( Ram +  Rahim ) = 4 + 1=5 
 Ram  and  Rahim  both  work  together  then 
 total  number  of  days  taken  =  40/5  =  8 
 days. 
 Example  :-  Ravi  can  do  a  job  in  10  days. 
 Raman  can  do  the  same  job  in  20  days. 
 They  together  start  doing  the  job  but 
 after  4  days  Raman  leaves.  How  many 
 more  days  will  be  required  by  Ravi  to 
 complete this job alone ? 
 Sol:- 
 Approach  1  :-  Ravi  can  ?nish  a  job  in  10 
 days  i.e  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  10  %  of 
 the job. 
 Raman  can  ?nish  the  same  job  in  20 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  5  %  of 
 the job. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  day  they  can  do 
 10 + 5 = 15 % of the job. 
 In  the  4  days,  if  they  worked  together, 
 they  would  have  ?nished  4  ×  15%  =  60% 
 of the job. 
 So,  Work  left  =  100  –  60  =  40%.  This  work 
 has  to  be  done  by  Ravi  who  does  10  %  of 
 the  job  in  a  day.  So,  to  ?nish  the 
 remaining  40%,  he  will  take  40/  10  =  4 
 more days. 
 Approach 2 :- 
 LCM of days (10 , 20  ) = 20 = Total work 
 E?ciency of Ravi = 2 
 E?ciency of  Raman = 1 
 Work  done  by  Ravi  and  Raman  in  4  days 
 = 3 × 4 = 12 units 
 Remaining work  = 20 - 12 = 8 units 
 No  of  days  required  by  Ravi  to  complete 
 this work =  = 4 days 
 8 
 2 
 Concept 1 
 If  A  takes  ‘a’  days  more  to  complete  a •   
 work  than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do 
 same  work  and  B  takes  ‘b’  days  more 
 than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do  the 
 same  work.  Then  (A  +  B)  do  the  work  in 
 days  ???? 
 We  will  take  some  examples  to 
 understand this concepts 
 Example  :  A  and  B  alone  complete  a 
 piece  of  work  in  12  days  and  3  days  more 
 respectively  than  time  taken  by  A  and  B 
 together,  then  Find  in  how  many  days  A 
 alone can complete the work ? 
 Sol:-  (A+B)  complete  the  work  in  12     ×     3 
 =  = 6 days  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the whole work in (6 + 12) = 18 days 
 Example  :  A  can  complete  a  work  in  5 
 more  days  than  B  while  A  does  the  same 
 work  in  9  more  days  than  C.if  (A  +  B)  can 
 complete  the  whole  work  in  same  time  in 
 work  done  by  C  alone  does  the  whole 
 work  .  In  how  many  days  A  alone  could 
 complete the same work ? 
 Sol:-  Let  the  time  taken  by  C  to  complete 
 the work in x days 
 Then, time taken by A = (x  +  9)days 
 Time  taken  by  B  =  (x  +  9)  -  5  =  (x  +  4) 
 days. 
 Time  taken  by  C,  which  is  equal  to  that  of 
 (A + B) =  =  = 6 days  9     ×     4  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the work = 6 + 9 = 15 days 
 MDH Formula 
 MDH  formula  is  used  to  compare  the 
 works  of  the  same  nature  done  at  two 
 different  times  using  different 
 manpower.  The  MDH  formula  can  be 
 represented as 
 Where  ,  M  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 men/women,  D  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 days,  H  =  denotes  the  number  of  hours  in 
 a  day,  E  =  denotes  the  e?ciency  of  1 
 man, and W = denotes part of work done 
 Alternate Days 
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 Pinnacle  Day: 55th - 58th  Work  and  Time 
 Example  :-  A  can  complete  a  work  in  10 
 days  while  B  can  complete  the  same 
 work  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days  will 
 the  work  be  completed  if  they  work 
 alternatively? (Given : A starts the work) 
 Solution:- 
 Work done in 2 days = 3 + 2 = 5 units, 
 5 units work = in  2 days 
 5  6 units work = 2  6 = 12 days. × ×
 Example  :-  To  do  a  certain  work  ,  A  and  B 
 work  on  alternate  days,  with  B  beginning 
 the  work  on  the  ?rst  day.  A  can  ?nish  the 
 work  alone  in  27  days.  If  the  work  gets 
 completed  in  9  days,  then  B  alone  can 
 1 
 2 
 ?nish  5  times  the  same  work  with  half 
 e?ciency in : 
 Solution:-  As  B  starts  the  work,  he  will 
 work  for  5  days  and  A  will  work  for  4 
 1 
 2 
 days, 
 Part of work done by A in 4  days 
 1 
 2 
 =  = 
 9 
 2    ×    27 
 1 
 6 
 So, Part of work done by B in 5 days 
 = 1 -  = 
 1 
 6 
 5 
 6 
 Time taken by B to complete the work 
 = 5  = 6 days. ×
 6 
 5 
 Time taken by B to ?nish 5 times the 
 work with half e?ciency = 6  5  2 × ×
 = 60 days. 
 (As  e?ciency  becomes  ,  number  of 
 1 
 2 
 days  will  be  multiplied  by  2  because 
 e?ciency  and  time  are  inversely 
 proportional ). 
 Variety Questions 
 Q.1.  A  and  B  can  complete  a  job  together 
 in  12.5  days;  B  and  C  can  complete  the 
 same  job  together  in  18.75  days,  while  C 
 and  A  can  complete  the  same  job 
 together  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days 
 will  A,  B  and  C  together  be  able  to 
 complete  the  same  job  alongside  D,  who 
 is only 40% as e?cient as C? 
 SSC CGL Tier II  (26/10/2023) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  9 
 1 
 3 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 9 
 7 
 27 
 9 
 17 
 27 
 Q.2.  A and B are equally e?cient, and 
 each  can  individually  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  36  days,  if  none  takes  any 
 holiday.  A  and  B  started  working  together 
 on  this  piece  of  work,  but  A  took  a  day 
 off  after  every  ?ve  days  of  work,  while  B 
 took  a  day  off  after  every  seven  days  of 
 work.  If  the  duo  had  started  work  on  1 
 July  2021,  on  which  date  was  the  work 
 completed? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 19 July 2021  (b) 20 July 2021 
 (c) 22 July 2021  (d) 21 July 2021 
 Q.3.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in  20 
 1 
 5 
 days,  B  can  do  30%  of  the  same  work  in 
 36  days,  while  C  can  do  80%  of  the  same 
 work  in  160  days.  B  and  C  together 
 started  and  worked  for  x  days.  After  x 
 days  B  left  the  work,  and  A  joined  C  and 
 both  completed  the  remaining  work  in  (x 
 41)  days.  If  the  ratio  between  the  work -
 done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the  work 
 done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  19  :  6,  then 
 what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can  be 
 completed by C alone in 2x days ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 57 
 100 
 19 
 25 
 13 
 25 
 6 
 25 
 Q.4.  When  A  alone  does  a  piece  of  work, 
 he  takes  25  days  more  than  the  time 
 taken  by  A  and  B  to  do  the  work  together. 
 On  the  other  hand,  B  alone  takes  16  days 
 more  than  the  time  taken  by  A  and  B  to 
 do  the  work  together.  How  many  days 
 will  A  and  B,  working  together,  take  to  do 
 the work ? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 22  (b) 20  (c) 24  (d) 23 
 Q.5.  A  man  and  woman  working  on 
 alternate  days  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  if  the  man  works  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 The  same  work  is  ?nished  in  14.5  days  if 
 they  work  on  alternate  days  and  if  the 
 woman  starts  on  the  ?rst  day.  The  work 
 will  be  ?nished  by  a  man  alone  ________ 
 in days. 
 SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 25  (b) 21  (c) 15  (d) 22 
 Q.6.  P ,  Q  and  R  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  6  days,  12  days  and  15  days, 
 respectively.  P  starts  working  alone  on 
 ,  ,  …,  Q  works  alone  on  ,  ,  1 
 ???? 
 4 
 ??h 
 7 
 ??h 
 2 
 ???? 
 5 
 ??h 
 ...  and  R  works  alone  on  ,  ,  ...  8 
 ??h 
 3 
 ???? 
 6 
 ??h 
 9 
 ??h 
 This  pattern  is  continued  till  the  work  is 
 completed.  In  how  much  time  (in  days)  is 
 the entire work done ? 
 SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  10 
 3 
 5 
 9 
 3 
 10 
 9 
 1 
 2 
 10 
 1 
 2 
 Q.7.  A can complete a task in the same 
 time  in  which  B  and  C  work  together.  If  A 
 and  B  could  complete  it  jointly  in  10  days 
 and  C  alone  in  50  days,  then  B  could 
 complete it independently in: 
 SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 26 days  (b) 27 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 23 days 
 Q.8.  A  man  and  a  woman  can  ?nish  a 
 work  together  in  half  the  time  taken  by  a 
 woman  and  a  boy  together.  A  boy  can 
 ?nish  the  work  alone  in  20  days  and  2 
 women  together  can  ?nish  it  in  30  days. 
 In  how  many  days  will  the  work  be 
 ?nished by 4 men? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 2  (b) 2.14       (c) 2.5         (d) 3 
 Q.9.  A,  B  and  C  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  working  alternately  in  the  same 
 order.  The  e?ciency  of  A  is  the  same  as 
 that  of  B,  and  the  e?ciency  of  C  is  equal 
 to  that  of  A.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  ?nished  if  they  work  alternately 
 in the order C, A and B ? 
 SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) 
 (a) 12  (b) 14  (c) 15  (d) 16 
 Q.10.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in 
 1 
 3 
 32  days,  B  can  do  37  %  of  the  same 
 1 
 2 
 work  in  24  days,  while  C  can  do  60%  of 
 the  same  work  in  48  days.  B  and  C 
 together  started  and  worked  for  x  days. 
 After  x  days,  B  left  the  work  and  A  joined 
 C  and  both  completed  the  remaining 
 work  in  (x  +  8)  days.  If  the  ratio  of  the 
 work  done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the 
 work  done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  9  :  11, 
 then  what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can 
 be completed by C alone in 3.5 x days? 
 SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 18 
 25 
 4 
 5 
 7 
 10 
 3 
 4 
 Q.11.  (N  +  18)  persons,  each  working  for 
 7.5  hours  a  day,  can  complete  48%  of  a 
 work  in  20  days.  (N  +  12)  persons  can 
 complete  the  remaining  work  in  30  days, 
 if  each  of  them  works  for  6.5  hours  per 
 day. Determine the value of N. 
 SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (1st shift) 
 (a) 18  (b) 16  (c) 20  (d) 22 
 Q.12.  Suresh  and  Anil  are  working  on  a 
 special  project.  Suresh  takes  5  hours  to 
 type  40  pages  and  Anil  needs  6  hours  to 
 type  32  pages  on  a  computer.  How  much 
 time  will  it  take  them  to  type  a  110-page 
 assignment  if  they  work  on  two  different 
 computers? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 8 hours 15 minutes 
 (b) 8 hours 
 (c) 7 hours 35 minutes 
 (d) 8 hours 40 minutes 
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 Pinnacle  Day: 55th - 58th  Work  and  Time 
 Work and Time 
 Time  :-  Time  is  the  duration  during  which 
 any  activity  or  work  happens  or 
 continues. 
 Work  :-  Work  is  a  task  or  set  of  activities 
 to achieve a certain result. 
 E?ciency  :-  E?ciency  is  inversely 
 proportional  to  the  Time  taken  when  the 
 amount of work done is constant. 
 E?ciency     ?    
    1 
 ????????     ??????????    
 The  e?ciency  of  work  means,  “How 
 much  work  one  person  can  do  in  one  day 
 (expressed  in  percentage)”.  For  example, 
 a  person  can  do  a  job  in  2  days.  In  other 
 words,  we  can  say  that  he  can  do  50%  of 
 the  work  in  one  day.  Therefore,  his 
 e?ciency will be 50%. 
 We can de?ne happening of work as: 
 (1.)  If  a  person  A  completes  a  work  in  X 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (2.)  if  a  person  B  completes  work  in  Y 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (3.)  From  the  above  two  points,  we  can 
 say  that  in  one  day  A  and  B  together  can 
 complete  (  +  )  amount  of  work. 
 1 
 ?? 
 1 
 ?? 
 Thus,  together  A  and  B  can  complete  the 
 work in (  ) days. 
 ???? 
 ??    +    ?? 
 Here,  we  have  assumed  total  work  as  1 
 unit.  Similarly,  we  can  assume  our  total 
 work  as  anything  as  per  our  convenience. 
 The  best  assumption  for  easing  out  our 
 calculations  of  the  total  work  is 
 assuming  work  as  100%  or  LCM  of  time 
 taken by all the persons. 
 The  complete  work  can  also  be 
 considered  as  1  unit.  Then  if  A  takes  4 
 days  to  ?nish  a  work,  it  means  he  can 
 ?nish 1/4th of the work in 1 day. 
 Example  :-  Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in 
 10  days  and  Ram  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  40  days.  If  Ram  and  Rahim  both 
 work  together  then  what  is  the  total 
 number of days taken ? 
 Sol:- 
 The  problem  can  be  solved  in  three 
 different approaches. 
 Approach 1: Using Fractions 
 Ram can ?nish the work in 10 days i.e. in 
 one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 10  ??h 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in  40  days  i.e. 
 in one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 40  ??h 
 So,  in  one  day,  both  working  together  can 
 ?nish  =  (  )  +  (  )  =  =  of  the 
 1 
 10 
 1 
 40 
 5 
 40 
 1 
 8  ??h 
 work.  So,  to  complete  the  work  they  will 
 take 8 days. 
 Approach  2  :  Using  Percentage 
 (Shortcut - Recommended) 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  100  %  of  work  in  10 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  10%  of 
 the work. 
 Ram  can  ?nish  100%  of  the  work  in  40 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  2.5  %  of 
 the work. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  single  day  they 
 can  ?nish  12.5%  of  the  work.  So,  to 
 complete  100%  of  the  work,  it  will  take 
 100/12.5 = 8 days. 
 Approach 3 : using unitary method 
 LCM of days (10 , 40) = 40 = (Total work) 
 E?ciency of ( Ram +  Rahim ) = 4 + 1=5 
 Ram  and  Rahim  both  work  together  then 
 total  number  of  days  taken  =  40/5  =  8 
 days. 
 Example  :-  Ravi  can  do  a  job  in  10  days. 
 Raman  can  do  the  same  job  in  20  days. 
 They  together  start  doing  the  job  but 
 after  4  days  Raman  leaves.  How  many 
 more  days  will  be  required  by  Ravi  to 
 complete this job alone ? 
 Sol:- 
 Approach  1  :-  Ravi  can  ?nish  a  job  in  10 
 days  i.e  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  10  %  of 
 the job. 
 Raman  can  ?nish  the  same  job  in  20 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  5  %  of 
 the job. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  day  they  can  do 
 10 + 5 = 15 % of the job. 
 In  the  4  days,  if  they  worked  together, 
 they  would  have  ?nished  4  ×  15%  =  60% 
 of the job. 
 So,  Work  left  =  100  –  60  =  40%.  This  work 
 has  to  be  done  by  Ravi  who  does  10  %  of 
 the  job  in  a  day.  So,  to  ?nish  the 
 remaining  40%,  he  will  take  40/  10  =  4 
 more days. 
 Approach 2 :- 
 LCM of days (10 , 20  ) = 20 = Total work 
 E?ciency of Ravi = 2 
 E?ciency of  Raman = 1 
 Work  done  by  Ravi  and  Raman  in  4  days 
 = 3 × 4 = 12 units 
 Remaining work  = 20 - 12 = 8 units 
 No  of  days  required  by  Ravi  to  complete 
 this work =  = 4 days 
 8 
 2 
 Concept 1 
 If  A  takes  ‘a’  days  more  to  complete  a •   
 work  than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do 
 same  work  and  B  takes  ‘b’  days  more 
 than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do  the 
 same  work.  Then  (A  +  B)  do  the  work  in 
 days  ???? 
 We  will  take  some  examples  to 
 understand this concepts 
 Example  :  A  and  B  alone  complete  a 
 piece  of  work  in  12  days  and  3  days  more 
 respectively  than  time  taken  by  A  and  B 
 together,  then  Find  in  how  many  days  A 
 alone can complete the work ? 
 Sol:-  (A+B)  complete  the  work  in  12     ×     3 
 =  = 6 days  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the whole work in (6 + 12) = 18 days 
 Example  :  A  can  complete  a  work  in  5 
 more  days  than  B  while  A  does  the  same 
 work  in  9  more  days  than  C.if  (A  +  B)  can 
 complete  the  whole  work  in  same  time  in 
 work  done  by  C  alone  does  the  whole 
 work  .  In  how  many  days  A  alone  could 
 complete the same work ? 
 Sol:-  Let  the  time  taken  by  C  to  complete 
 the work in x days 
 Then, time taken by A = (x  +  9)days 
 Time  taken  by  B  =  (x  +  9)  -  5  =  (x  +  4) 
 days. 
 Time  taken  by  C,  which  is  equal  to  that  of 
 (A + B) =  =  = 6 days  9     ×     4  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the work = 6 + 9 = 15 days 
 MDH Formula 
 MDH  formula  is  used  to  compare  the 
 works  of  the  same  nature  done  at  two 
 different  times  using  different 
 manpower.  The  MDH  formula  can  be 
 represented as 
 Where  ,  M  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 men/women,  D  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 days,  H  =  denotes  the  number  of  hours  in 
 a  day,  E  =  denotes  the  e?ciency  of  1 
 man, and W = denotes part of work done 
 Alternate Days 
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 Example  :-  A  can  complete  a  work  in  10 
 days  while  B  can  complete  the  same 
 work  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days  will 
 the  work  be  completed  if  they  work 
 alternatively? (Given : A starts the work) 
 Solution:- 
 Work done in 2 days = 3 + 2 = 5 units, 
 5 units work = in  2 days 
 5  6 units work = 2  6 = 12 days. × ×
 Example  :-  To  do  a  certain  work  ,  A  and  B 
 work  on  alternate  days,  with  B  beginning 
 the  work  on  the  ?rst  day.  A  can  ?nish  the 
 work  alone  in  27  days.  If  the  work  gets 
 completed  in  9  days,  then  B  alone  can 
 1 
 2 
 ?nish  5  times  the  same  work  with  half 
 e?ciency in : 
 Solution:-  As  B  starts  the  work,  he  will 
 work  for  5  days  and  A  will  work  for  4 
 1 
 2 
 days, 
 Part of work done by A in 4  days 
 1 
 2 
 =  = 
 9 
 2    ×    27 
 1 
 6 
 So, Part of work done by B in 5 days 
 = 1 -  = 
 1 
 6 
 5 
 6 
 Time taken by B to complete the work 
 = 5  = 6 days. ×
 6 
 5 
 Time taken by B to ?nish 5 times the 
 work with half e?ciency = 6  5  2 × ×
 = 60 days. 
 (As  e?ciency  becomes  ,  number  of 
 1 
 2 
 days  will  be  multiplied  by  2  because 
 e?ciency  and  time  are  inversely 
 proportional ). 
 Variety Questions 
 Q.1.  A  and  B  can  complete  a  job  together 
 in  12.5  days;  B  and  C  can  complete  the 
 same  job  together  in  18.75  days,  while  C 
 and  A  can  complete  the  same  job 
 together  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days 
 will  A,  B  and  C  together  be  able  to 
 complete  the  same  job  alongside  D,  who 
 is only 40% as e?cient as C? 
 SSC CGL Tier II  (26/10/2023) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  9 
 1 
 3 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 9 
 7 
 27 
 9 
 17 
 27 
 Q.2.  A and B are equally e?cient, and 
 each  can  individually  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  36  days,  if  none  takes  any 
 holiday.  A  and  B  started  working  together 
 on  this  piece  of  work,  but  A  took  a  day 
 off  after  every  ?ve  days  of  work,  while  B 
 took  a  day  off  after  every  seven  days  of 
 work.  If  the  duo  had  started  work  on  1 
 July  2021,  on  which  date  was  the  work 
 completed? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 19 July 2021  (b) 20 July 2021 
 (c) 22 July 2021  (d) 21 July 2021 
 Q.3.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in  20 
 1 
 5 
 days,  B  can  do  30%  of  the  same  work  in 
 36  days,  while  C  can  do  80%  of  the  same 
 work  in  160  days.  B  and  C  together 
 started  and  worked  for  x  days.  After  x 
 days  B  left  the  work,  and  A  joined  C  and 
 both  completed  the  remaining  work  in  (x 
 41)  days.  If  the  ratio  between  the  work -
 done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the  work 
 done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  19  :  6,  then 
 what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can  be 
 completed by C alone in 2x days ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 57 
 100 
 19 
 25 
 13 
 25 
 6 
 25 
 Q.4.  When  A  alone  does  a  piece  of  work, 
 he  takes  25  days  more  than  the  time 
 taken  by  A  and  B  to  do  the  work  together. 
 On  the  other  hand,  B  alone  takes  16  days 
 more  than  the  time  taken  by  A  and  B  to 
 do  the  work  together.  How  many  days 
 will  A  and  B,  working  together,  take  to  do 
 the work ? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 22  (b) 20  (c) 24  (d) 23 
 Q.5.  A  man  and  woman  working  on 
 alternate  days  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  if  the  man  works  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 The  same  work  is  ?nished  in  14.5  days  if 
 they  work  on  alternate  days  and  if  the 
 woman  starts  on  the  ?rst  day.  The  work 
 will  be  ?nished  by  a  man  alone  ________ 
 in days. 
 SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 25  (b) 21  (c) 15  (d) 22 
 Q.6.  P ,  Q  and  R  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  6  days,  12  days  and  15  days, 
 respectively.  P  starts  working  alone  on 
 ,  ,  …,  Q  works  alone  on  ,  ,  1 
 ???? 
 4 
 ??h 
 7 
 ??h 
 2 
 ???? 
 5 
 ??h 
 ...  and  R  works  alone  on  ,  ,  ...  8 
 ??h 
 3 
 ???? 
 6 
 ??h 
 9 
 ??h 
 This  pattern  is  continued  till  the  work  is 
 completed.  In  how  much  time  (in  days)  is 
 the entire work done ? 
 SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  10 
 3 
 5 
 9 
 3 
 10 
 9 
 1 
 2 
 10 
 1 
 2 
 Q.7.  A can complete a task in the same 
 time  in  which  B  and  C  work  together.  If  A 
 and  B  could  complete  it  jointly  in  10  days 
 and  C  alone  in  50  days,  then  B  could 
 complete it independently in: 
 SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 26 days  (b) 27 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 23 days 
 Q.8.  A  man  and  a  woman  can  ?nish  a 
 work  together  in  half  the  time  taken  by  a 
 woman  and  a  boy  together.  A  boy  can 
 ?nish  the  work  alone  in  20  days  and  2 
 women  together  can  ?nish  it  in  30  days. 
 In  how  many  days  will  the  work  be 
 ?nished by 4 men? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 2  (b) 2.14       (c) 2.5         (d) 3 
 Q.9.  A,  B  and  C  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  working  alternately  in  the  same 
 order.  The  e?ciency  of  A  is  the  same  as 
 that  of  B,  and  the  e?ciency  of  C  is  equal 
 to  that  of  A.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  ?nished  if  they  work  alternately 
 in the order C, A and B ? 
 SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) 
 (a) 12  (b) 14  (c) 15  (d) 16 
 Q.10.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in 
 1 
 3 
 32  days,  B  can  do  37  %  of  the  same 
 1 
 2 
 work  in  24  days,  while  C  can  do  60%  of 
 the  same  work  in  48  days.  B  and  C 
 together  started  and  worked  for  x  days. 
 After  x  days,  B  left  the  work  and  A  joined 
 C  and  both  completed  the  remaining 
 work  in  (x  +  8)  days.  If  the  ratio  of  the 
 work  done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the 
 work  done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  9  :  11, 
 then  what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can 
 be completed by C alone in 3.5 x days? 
 SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 18 
 25 
 4 
 5 
 7 
 10 
 3 
 4 
 Q.11.  (N  +  18)  persons,  each  working  for 
 7.5  hours  a  day,  can  complete  48%  of  a 
 work  in  20  days.  (N  +  12)  persons  can 
 complete  the  remaining  work  in  30  days, 
 if  each  of  them  works  for  6.5  hours  per 
 day. Determine the value of N. 
 SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (1st shift) 
 (a) 18  (b) 16  (c) 20  (d) 22 
 Q.12.  Suresh  and  Anil  are  working  on  a 
 special  project.  Suresh  takes  5  hours  to 
 type  40  pages  and  Anil  needs  6  hours  to 
 type  32  pages  on  a  computer.  How  much 
 time  will  it  take  them  to  type  a  110-page 
 assignment  if  they  work  on  two  different 
 computers? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 8 hours 15 minutes 
 (b) 8 hours 
 (c) 7 hours 35 minutes 
 (d) 8 hours 40 minutes 
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 Q.13.  Raja  and  Rocky  together  can 
 complete  painting  work  in  5  days. 
 Together  they  both  start  painting,  but 
 after  2  days,  Rocky  falls  sick  and  leaves 
 the  work.  If  Raja  completes  the 
 remaining  painting  in  4  days,  ?nd  the 
 number  of  days  in  which  Rocky  alone  can 
 do the work. 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a) 12 days  (b) 15 days 
 (c) 20 days  (d) 10 days 
 Q.14.  To  do  a  certain  work,  Ajay  and 
 Bharat  work  on  alternate  days,  with 
 Bharat  starting  the  work  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 Ajay  can  ?nish  the  work  alone  in  32  days. 
 If  the  work  gets  completed  in  exactly  8 
 days,  then  Bharat  alone  can  ?nish  7 
 times the same work in __________days. 
 SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a)  (b) 4    (c)  (d)  32 
 28 
 8 
 32 
 7 
 Q.15.  5  women  and  9  girls  earn  a  total  of 
 ?18,720  in  9  days,  while  9  women  and  16 
 girls  earn  a  total  of  ?52,080  in  14  days. 
 How  much  will  12  women  and  7  girls 
 together earn (in ?) in 13 days? 
 SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a) 42510 (b) 41990 (c) 42380 (d) 42120 
 Q.16.  After  working  alone  for  12  days, 
 Reena  ?nds  that  only  10  percent  of  the 
 work  is  completed.  She  employs  Priya 
 who  is  40  percent  more  e?cient  than 
 Reena.  How  many  more  days  will  they 
 together  take  to  complete  the  remaining 
 work? 
 SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Morning) 
 (a) 30 days  (b) 50 days 
 (c) 45 days  (d) 40 day 
 Q.17.  S  does  half  as  much  work  as  T  in 
 of  the  time  taken  by  T.  If  they  together 
 1 
 8 
 complete  a  work  in  60  days,  then  how 
 many  days  shall  S  alone  take  to 
 complete that work ? 
 SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 80  days  (b) 90  days 
 (c) 75 days  (d) 100 days 
 Q.18.  1  man  and  4  women  can  complete 
 a  work  in  days,  while  3  men  and  4 
 65 
 4 
 women  can  complete  it  in  days.  In 
 13 
 2 
 how  many  days  will  13  women  complete 
 the same ? 
 SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 20  (b) 16  (c) 14  (d) 18 
 Q.19.  Numan does half the work as 
 Gagan  in  4/5  the  time.  If  together  they 
 take  16  days  to  complete  a  piece  of 
 work, then how long will it take Gagan to 
 complete the work ? 
 SSC CGL  05/12/2022 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 23 days  (b) 24 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 26 days 
 Q.20.  A,  B  and  C  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  separately  in  10,  20  and  40  days, 
 respectively.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  completed  if  A  is  assisted  by 
 both B and C every third day ? 
 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 8  (b) 9  (c) 10  (d) 6 
 2 
 7 
 2 
 3 
 Q.21.  A  alone  can  do  2/5  of  a  work  in  12 
 days,B  is  25  percent  more  e?cient  than 
 A.  C  alone  can  do  the  same  work  in  12 
 days  less  than  B.  D  is  25  percent  less 
 e?cient  than  C.  If  they  all  work  together, 
 then  the  work  will  be  completed  in  how 
 many days? 
 SSC CGL Tier II (08/08/2022) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 240 
 53 
 180 
 43 
 200 
 51 
 300 
 47 
 Q.22.  A  man  and  a  boy  together  can  do  a 
 certain  amount  of  digging  in  24  days. 
 Their  speeds  in  digging  are  in  the  ratio  of 
 4  :  3.  How  many  days  will  the  boy  take  to 
 complete the work if engaged alone ? 
 SSC CHSL  27/05/2022 ( Morning ) 
 (a) 52 days  (b) 26 days 
 (c) 60 days  (d) 56 days 
 Q.23.  Fourteen  persons  can  do  a  work  in 
 18  days.  After  5  days  of  work,  6  workers 
 left  the  work,  and  joined  back  on  the  last 
 day  of  the  work.  In  how  many  days  the 
 work got completed? 
 SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning) 
 (a) 24  (b) 12  (c) 21  (d) 27 
 Q.24.  Each  one  of  ?ve  men 
 independently  can  complete  a  work  in  20 
 days.  The  work  is  started  by  one  person. 
 The  next  day  one  more  person  joins  and 
 every  next  day  one  more  person  joins. 
 From  the  ?fth  day,  ?ve  persons  continued 
 working  as  a  team.  In  how  many  days, 
 will the work be completed ? 
 SSC CGL 17/8/2021 (Evening) 
 (a) 2  (b) 6  (c) 3  (d) 5 
 Q.25.  Eight  persons  can  ?nish  a  work  in 
 20  days.  After  5  days  they  were 
 requested  to  complete  the  work  in  the 
 next  8  days.  How  many  more  persons 
 should  join  the  group  to  ful?ll  the 
 requirement? 
 SSC CGL 09/03/2020(Evening) 
 (a) 23  (b) 15  (c) 7  (d) 12 
 Q.26.  A and B together can do a certain 
 amount  of  work  in  x  days.  Working  alone, 
 A  and  B  can  do  the  same  work  in  (x  +  8) 
 and  (x  +  18)  days,  respectively  .  A  and  B 
 together  will  complete  of  the  same 
 5 
 6 
 work in: 
 SSC CPO 11/12/19 (Morning) 
 (a) 9 days  (b) 8 days 
 (c) 10 days  (d) 12 days 
 Q.27.  25  persons  can  complete  a  work  in 
 60  days.  They  started  the  work.  10 
 people  left  the  work  after  x  days.  If  the 
 whole  work  was  completed  in  80  days, 
 then what is the value of x ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 30  (b) 8  (c) 12  (d) 15 
 Q.28.  A  is  as  e?cient  as  B  and  C 
 together.  Working  together  A  and  B  can 
 complete  a  work  in  36  days  and  C  alone 
 can  complete  it  in  60  days.  A  and  C  work 
 together  for  10  days.  B  alone  will 
 complete the remaining work in : 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 110 days  (b) 88 days 
 (c) 84 days  (d) 90 days 
 Q.29.  A can do one - third of a work in 15 
 days,  B  can  do  75%  of  the  same  work  in 
 18  days  and  C  can  do  the  same  work  in 
 36  days.  B  and  C  work  together  for  8 
 days.  In  how  many  days  will  A  alone 
 complete the remaining work ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 24 days  (b) 18 days 
 (c) 20 days  (d) 16 days 
 Q.30.  4  men  and  5  women  can  complete 
 a  work  in  15  days,  whereas  9  men  and  6 
 women  can  do  it  in  10  days.  To  complete 
 the  same  work  in  7  days,  how  many 
 women should assist 4 men? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (12/09/2019) 
 (a) 11  (b) 14  (c) 12  (d) 13 
 Q.31.  To  do  a  certain  work,  the  ratio  of 
 the  e?ciencies  of  X  and  Y  is  5  :  4. 
 Working  together,  they  can  complete  the 
 same  work  in  10  days.  Y  alone  starts  the 
 work  and  leaves  after  5  days.  The 
 remaining  work  will  be  completed  by  X 
 alone in : 
 SSC CGL TIER II (12/09/2019) 
 (a) 14 days  (b) 12 days 
 (c) 15 days  (d) 10 days 
 Q.32.  A  certain  number  of  persons  can 
 complete  a  work  in  34  days  working  9 
 hours  a  day.  If  the  number  of  persons  is 
 decreased  by  40%,  then  how  many  hours 
 a  day  should  the  remaining  persons  work 
 to complete the work in 51 days ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (11/09/2019) 
 (a) 9  (b) 8  (c) 12  (d) 10 
 Q.33.  A  and  B  have  to  do  part  of  a 
 13 
 15 
 work  together  and  B  and  C  have  to  do 
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 Pinnacle  Day: 55th - 58th  Work  and  Time 
 Work and Time 
 Time  :-  Time  is  the  duration  during  which 
 any  activity  or  work  happens  or 
 continues. 
 Work  :-  Work  is  a  task  or  set  of  activities 
 to achieve a certain result. 
 E?ciency  :-  E?ciency  is  inversely 
 proportional  to  the  Time  taken  when  the 
 amount of work done is constant. 
 E?ciency     ?    
    1 
 ????????     ??????????    
 The  e?ciency  of  work  means,  “How 
 much  work  one  person  can  do  in  one  day 
 (expressed  in  percentage)”.  For  example, 
 a  person  can  do  a  job  in  2  days.  In  other 
 words,  we  can  say  that  he  can  do  50%  of 
 the  work  in  one  day.  Therefore,  his 
 e?ciency will be 50%. 
 We can de?ne happening of work as: 
 (1.)  If  a  person  A  completes  a  work  in  X 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (2.)  if  a  person  B  completes  work  in  Y 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (3.)  From  the  above  two  points,  we  can 
 say  that  in  one  day  A  and  B  together  can 
 complete  (  +  )  amount  of  work. 
 1 
 ?? 
 1 
 ?? 
 Thus,  together  A  and  B  can  complete  the 
 work in (  ) days. 
 ???? 
 ??    +    ?? 
 Here,  we  have  assumed  total  work  as  1 
 unit.  Similarly,  we  can  assume  our  total 
 work  as  anything  as  per  our  convenience. 
 The  best  assumption  for  easing  out  our 
 calculations  of  the  total  work  is 
 assuming  work  as  100%  or  LCM  of  time 
 taken by all the persons. 
 The  complete  work  can  also  be 
 considered  as  1  unit.  Then  if  A  takes  4 
 days  to  ?nish  a  work,  it  means  he  can 
 ?nish 1/4th of the work in 1 day. 
 Example  :-  Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in 
 10  days  and  Ram  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  40  days.  If  Ram  and  Rahim  both 
 work  together  then  what  is  the  total 
 number of days taken ? 
 Sol:- 
 The  problem  can  be  solved  in  three 
 different approaches. 
 Approach 1: Using Fractions 
 Ram can ?nish the work in 10 days i.e. in 
 one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 10  ??h 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in  40  days  i.e. 
 in one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 40  ??h 
 So,  in  one  day,  both  working  together  can 
 ?nish  =  (  )  +  (  )  =  =  of  the 
 1 
 10 
 1 
 40 
 5 
 40 
 1 
 8  ??h 
 work.  So,  to  complete  the  work  they  will 
 take 8 days. 
 Approach  2  :  Using  Percentage 
 (Shortcut - Recommended) 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  100  %  of  work  in  10 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  10%  of 
 the work. 
 Ram  can  ?nish  100%  of  the  work  in  40 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  2.5  %  of 
 the work. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  single  day  they 
 can  ?nish  12.5%  of  the  work.  So,  to 
 complete  100%  of  the  work,  it  will  take 
 100/12.5 = 8 days. 
 Approach 3 : using unitary method 
 LCM of days (10 , 40) = 40 = (Total work) 
 E?ciency of ( Ram +  Rahim ) = 4 + 1=5 
 Ram  and  Rahim  both  work  together  then 
 total  number  of  days  taken  =  40/5  =  8 
 days. 
 Example  :-  Ravi  can  do  a  job  in  10  days. 
 Raman  can  do  the  same  job  in  20  days. 
 They  together  start  doing  the  job  but 
 after  4  days  Raman  leaves.  How  many 
 more  days  will  be  required  by  Ravi  to 
 complete this job alone ? 
 Sol:- 
 Approach  1  :-  Ravi  can  ?nish  a  job  in  10 
 days  i.e  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  10  %  of 
 the job. 
 Raman  can  ?nish  the  same  job  in  20 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  5  %  of 
 the job. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  day  they  can  do 
 10 + 5 = 15 % of the job. 
 In  the  4  days,  if  they  worked  together, 
 they  would  have  ?nished  4  ×  15%  =  60% 
 of the job. 
 So,  Work  left  =  100  –  60  =  40%.  This  work 
 has  to  be  done  by  Ravi  who  does  10  %  of 
 the  job  in  a  day.  So,  to  ?nish  the 
 remaining  40%,  he  will  take  40/  10  =  4 
 more days. 
 Approach 2 :- 
 LCM of days (10 , 20  ) = 20 = Total work 
 E?ciency of Ravi = 2 
 E?ciency of  Raman = 1 
 Work  done  by  Ravi  and  Raman  in  4  days 
 = 3 × 4 = 12 units 
 Remaining work  = 20 - 12 = 8 units 
 No  of  days  required  by  Ravi  to  complete 
 this work =  = 4 days 
 8 
 2 
 Concept 1 
 If  A  takes  ‘a’  days  more  to  complete  a •   
 work  than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do 
 same  work  and  B  takes  ‘b’  days  more 
 than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do  the 
 same  work.  Then  (A  +  B)  do  the  work  in 
 days  ???? 
 We  will  take  some  examples  to 
 understand this concepts 
 Example  :  A  and  B  alone  complete  a 
 piece  of  work  in  12  days  and  3  days  more 
 respectively  than  time  taken  by  A  and  B 
 together,  then  Find  in  how  many  days  A 
 alone can complete the work ? 
 Sol:-  (A+B)  complete  the  work  in  12     ×     3 
 =  = 6 days  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the whole work in (6 + 12) = 18 days 
 Example  :  A  can  complete  a  work  in  5 
 more  days  than  B  while  A  does  the  same 
 work  in  9  more  days  than  C.if  (A  +  B)  can 
 complete  the  whole  work  in  same  time  in 
 work  done  by  C  alone  does  the  whole 
 work  .  In  how  many  days  A  alone  could 
 complete the same work ? 
 Sol:-  Let  the  time  taken  by  C  to  complete 
 the work in x days 
 Then, time taken by A = (x  +  9)days 
 Time  taken  by  B  =  (x  +  9)  -  5  =  (x  +  4) 
 days. 
 Time  taken  by  C,  which  is  equal  to  that  of 
 (A + B) =  =  = 6 days  9     ×     4  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the work = 6 + 9 = 15 days 
 MDH Formula 
 MDH  formula  is  used  to  compare  the 
 works  of  the  same  nature  done  at  two 
 different  times  using  different 
 manpower.  The  MDH  formula  can  be 
 represented as 
 Where  ,  M  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 men/women,  D  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 days,  H  =  denotes  the  number  of  hours  in 
 a  day,  E  =  denotes  the  e?ciency  of  1 
 man, and W = denotes part of work done 
 Alternate Days 
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 Example  :-  A  can  complete  a  work  in  10 
 days  while  B  can  complete  the  same 
 work  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days  will 
 the  work  be  completed  if  they  work 
 alternatively? (Given : A starts the work) 
 Solution:- 
 Work done in 2 days = 3 + 2 = 5 units, 
 5 units work = in  2 days 
 5  6 units work = 2  6 = 12 days. × ×
 Example  :-  To  do  a  certain  work  ,  A  and  B 
 work  on  alternate  days,  with  B  beginning 
 the  work  on  the  ?rst  day.  A  can  ?nish  the 
 work  alone  in  27  days.  If  the  work  gets 
 completed  in  9  days,  then  B  alone  can 
 1 
 2 
 ?nish  5  times  the  same  work  with  half 
 e?ciency in : 
 Solution:-  As  B  starts  the  work,  he  will 
 work  for  5  days  and  A  will  work  for  4 
 1 
 2 
 days, 
 Part of work done by A in 4  days 
 1 
 2 
 =  = 
 9 
 2    ×    27 
 1 
 6 
 So, Part of work done by B in 5 days 
 = 1 -  = 
 1 
 6 
 5 
 6 
 Time taken by B to complete the work 
 = 5  = 6 days. ×
 6 
 5 
 Time taken by B to ?nish 5 times the 
 work with half e?ciency = 6  5  2 × ×
 = 60 days. 
 (As  e?ciency  becomes  ,  number  of 
 1 
 2 
 days  will  be  multiplied  by  2  because 
 e?ciency  and  time  are  inversely 
 proportional ). 
 Variety Questions 
 Q.1.  A  and  B  can  complete  a  job  together 
 in  12.5  days;  B  and  C  can  complete  the 
 same  job  together  in  18.75  days,  while  C 
 and  A  can  complete  the  same  job 
 together  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days 
 will  A,  B  and  C  together  be  able  to 
 complete  the  same  job  alongside  D,  who 
 is only 40% as e?cient as C? 
 SSC CGL Tier II  (26/10/2023) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  9 
 1 
 3 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 9 
 7 
 27 
 9 
 17 
 27 
 Q.2.  A and B are equally e?cient, and 
 each  can  individually  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  36  days,  if  none  takes  any 
 holiday.  A  and  B  started  working  together 
 on  this  piece  of  work,  but  A  took  a  day 
 off  after  every  ?ve  days  of  work,  while  B 
 took  a  day  off  after  every  seven  days  of 
 work.  If  the  duo  had  started  work  on  1 
 July  2021,  on  which  date  was  the  work 
 completed? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 19 July 2021  (b) 20 July 2021 
 (c) 22 July 2021  (d) 21 July 2021 
 Q.3.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in  20 
 1 
 5 
 days,  B  can  do  30%  of  the  same  work  in 
 36  days,  while  C  can  do  80%  of  the  same 
 work  in  160  days.  B  and  C  together 
 started  and  worked  for  x  days.  After  x 
 days  B  left  the  work,  and  A  joined  C  and 
 both  completed  the  remaining  work  in  (x 
 41)  days.  If  the  ratio  between  the  work -
 done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the  work 
 done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  19  :  6,  then 
 what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can  be 
 completed by C alone in 2x days ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 57 
 100 
 19 
 25 
 13 
 25 
 6 
 25 
 Q.4.  When  A  alone  does  a  piece  of  work, 
 he  takes  25  days  more  than  the  time 
 taken  by  A  and  B  to  do  the  work  together. 
 On  the  other  hand,  B  alone  takes  16  days 
 more  than  the  time  taken  by  A  and  B  to 
 do  the  work  together.  How  many  days 
 will  A  and  B,  working  together,  take  to  do 
 the work ? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 22  (b) 20  (c) 24  (d) 23 
 Q.5.  A  man  and  woman  working  on 
 alternate  days  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  if  the  man  works  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 The  same  work  is  ?nished  in  14.5  days  if 
 they  work  on  alternate  days  and  if  the 
 woman  starts  on  the  ?rst  day.  The  work 
 will  be  ?nished  by  a  man  alone  ________ 
 in days. 
 SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 25  (b) 21  (c) 15  (d) 22 
 Q.6.  P ,  Q  and  R  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  6  days,  12  days  and  15  days, 
 respectively.  P  starts  working  alone  on 
 ,  ,  …,  Q  works  alone  on  ,  ,  1 
 ???? 
 4 
 ??h 
 7 
 ??h 
 2 
 ???? 
 5 
 ??h 
 ...  and  R  works  alone  on  ,  ,  ...  8 
 ??h 
 3 
 ???? 
 6 
 ??h 
 9 
 ??h 
 This  pattern  is  continued  till  the  work  is 
 completed.  In  how  much  time  (in  days)  is 
 the entire work done ? 
 SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  10 
 3 
 5 
 9 
 3 
 10 
 9 
 1 
 2 
 10 
 1 
 2 
 Q.7.  A can complete a task in the same 
 time  in  which  B  and  C  work  together.  If  A 
 and  B  could  complete  it  jointly  in  10  days 
 and  C  alone  in  50  days,  then  B  could 
 complete it independently in: 
 SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 26 days  (b) 27 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 23 days 
 Q.8.  A  man  and  a  woman  can  ?nish  a 
 work  together  in  half  the  time  taken  by  a 
 woman  and  a  boy  together.  A  boy  can 
 ?nish  the  work  alone  in  20  days  and  2 
 women  together  can  ?nish  it  in  30  days. 
 In  how  many  days  will  the  work  be 
 ?nished by 4 men? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 2  (b) 2.14       (c) 2.5         (d) 3 
 Q.9.  A,  B  and  C  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  working  alternately  in  the  same 
 order.  The  e?ciency  of  A  is  the  same  as 
 that  of  B,  and  the  e?ciency  of  C  is  equal 
 to  that  of  A.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  ?nished  if  they  work  alternately 
 in the order C, A and B ? 
 SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) 
 (a) 12  (b) 14  (c) 15  (d) 16 
 Q.10.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in 
 1 
 3 
 32  days,  B  can  do  37  %  of  the  same 
 1 
 2 
 work  in  24  days,  while  C  can  do  60%  of 
 the  same  work  in  48  days.  B  and  C 
 together  started  and  worked  for  x  days. 
 After  x  days,  B  left  the  work  and  A  joined 
 C  and  both  completed  the  remaining 
 work  in  (x  +  8)  days.  If  the  ratio  of  the 
 work  done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the 
 work  done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  9  :  11, 
 then  what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can 
 be completed by C alone in 3.5 x days? 
 SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 18 
 25 
 4 
 5 
 7 
 10 
 3 
 4 
 Q.11.  (N  +  18)  persons,  each  working  for 
 7.5  hours  a  day,  can  complete  48%  of  a 
 work  in  20  days.  (N  +  12)  persons  can 
 complete  the  remaining  work  in  30  days, 
 if  each  of  them  works  for  6.5  hours  per 
 day. Determine the value of N. 
 SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (1st shift) 
 (a) 18  (b) 16  (c) 20  (d) 22 
 Q.12.  Suresh  and  Anil  are  working  on  a 
 special  project.  Suresh  takes  5  hours  to 
 type  40  pages  and  Anil  needs  6  hours  to 
 type  32  pages  on  a  computer.  How  much 
 time  will  it  take  them  to  type  a  110-page 
 assignment  if  they  work  on  two  different 
 computers? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 8 hours 15 minutes 
 (b) 8 hours 
 (c) 7 hours 35 minutes 
 (d) 8 hours 40 minutes 
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 Q.13.  Raja  and  Rocky  together  can 
 complete  painting  work  in  5  days. 
 Together  they  both  start  painting,  but 
 after  2  days,  Rocky  falls  sick  and  leaves 
 the  work.  If  Raja  completes  the 
 remaining  painting  in  4  days,  ?nd  the 
 number  of  days  in  which  Rocky  alone  can 
 do the work. 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a) 12 days  (b) 15 days 
 (c) 20 days  (d) 10 days 
 Q.14.  To  do  a  certain  work,  Ajay  and 
 Bharat  work  on  alternate  days,  with 
 Bharat  starting  the  work  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 Ajay  can  ?nish  the  work  alone  in  32  days. 
 If  the  work  gets  completed  in  exactly  8 
 days,  then  Bharat  alone  can  ?nish  7 
 times the same work in __________days. 
 SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a)  (b) 4    (c)  (d)  32 
 28 
 8 
 32 
 7 
 Q.15.  5  women  and  9  girls  earn  a  total  of 
 ?18,720  in  9  days,  while  9  women  and  16 
 girls  earn  a  total  of  ?52,080  in  14  days. 
 How  much  will  12  women  and  7  girls 
 together earn (in ?) in 13 days? 
 SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a) 42510 (b) 41990 (c) 42380 (d) 42120 
 Q.16.  After  working  alone  for  12  days, 
 Reena  ?nds  that  only  10  percent  of  the 
 work  is  completed.  She  employs  Priya 
 who  is  40  percent  more  e?cient  than 
 Reena.  How  many  more  days  will  they 
 together  take  to  complete  the  remaining 
 work? 
 SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Morning) 
 (a) 30 days  (b) 50 days 
 (c) 45 days  (d) 40 day 
 Q.17.  S  does  half  as  much  work  as  T  in 
 of  the  time  taken  by  T.  If  they  together 
 1 
 8 
 complete  a  work  in  60  days,  then  how 
 many  days  shall  S  alone  take  to 
 complete that work ? 
 SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 80  days  (b) 90  days 
 (c) 75 days  (d) 100 days 
 Q.18.  1  man  and  4  women  can  complete 
 a  work  in  days,  while  3  men  and  4 
 65 
 4 
 women  can  complete  it  in  days.  In 
 13 
 2 
 how  many  days  will  13  women  complete 
 the same ? 
 SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 20  (b) 16  (c) 14  (d) 18 
 Q.19.  Numan does half the work as 
 Gagan  in  4/5  the  time.  If  together  they 
 take  16  days  to  complete  a  piece  of 
 work, then how long will it take Gagan to 
 complete the work ? 
 SSC CGL  05/12/2022 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 23 days  (b) 24 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 26 days 
 Q.20.  A,  B  and  C  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  separately  in  10,  20  and  40  days, 
 respectively.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  completed  if  A  is  assisted  by 
 both B and C every third day ? 
 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 8  (b) 9  (c) 10  (d) 6 
 2 
 7 
 2 
 3 
 Q.21.  A  alone  can  do  2/5  of  a  work  in  12 
 days,B  is  25  percent  more  e?cient  than 
 A.  C  alone  can  do  the  same  work  in  12 
 days  less  than  B.  D  is  25  percent  less 
 e?cient  than  C.  If  they  all  work  together, 
 then  the  work  will  be  completed  in  how 
 many days? 
 SSC CGL Tier II (08/08/2022) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 240 
 53 
 180 
 43 
 200 
 51 
 300 
 47 
 Q.22.  A  man  and  a  boy  together  can  do  a 
 certain  amount  of  digging  in  24  days. 
 Their  speeds  in  digging  are  in  the  ratio  of 
 4  :  3.  How  many  days  will  the  boy  take  to 
 complete the work if engaged alone ? 
 SSC CHSL  27/05/2022 ( Morning ) 
 (a) 52 days  (b) 26 days 
 (c) 60 days  (d) 56 days 
 Q.23.  Fourteen  persons  can  do  a  work  in 
 18  days.  After  5  days  of  work,  6  workers 
 left  the  work,  and  joined  back  on  the  last 
 day  of  the  work.  In  how  many  days  the 
 work got completed? 
 SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning) 
 (a) 24  (b) 12  (c) 21  (d) 27 
 Q.24.  Each  one  of  ?ve  men 
 independently  can  complete  a  work  in  20 
 days.  The  work  is  started  by  one  person. 
 The  next  day  one  more  person  joins  and 
 every  next  day  one  more  person  joins. 
 From  the  ?fth  day,  ?ve  persons  continued 
 working  as  a  team.  In  how  many  days, 
 will the work be completed ? 
 SSC CGL 17/8/2021 (Evening) 
 (a) 2  (b) 6  (c) 3  (d) 5 
 Q.25.  Eight  persons  can  ?nish  a  work  in 
 20  days.  After  5  days  they  were 
 requested  to  complete  the  work  in  the 
 next  8  days.  How  many  more  persons 
 should  join  the  group  to  ful?ll  the 
 requirement? 
 SSC CGL 09/03/2020(Evening) 
 (a) 23  (b) 15  (c) 7  (d) 12 
 Q.26.  A and B together can do a certain 
 amount  of  work  in  x  days.  Working  alone, 
 A  and  B  can  do  the  same  work  in  (x  +  8) 
 and  (x  +  18)  days,  respectively  .  A  and  B 
 together  will  complete  of  the  same 
 5 
 6 
 work in: 
 SSC CPO 11/12/19 (Morning) 
 (a) 9 days  (b) 8 days 
 (c) 10 days  (d) 12 days 
 Q.27.  25  persons  can  complete  a  work  in 
 60  days.  They  started  the  work.  10 
 people  left  the  work  after  x  days.  If  the 
 whole  work  was  completed  in  80  days, 
 then what is the value of x ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 30  (b) 8  (c) 12  (d) 15 
 Q.28.  A  is  as  e?cient  as  B  and  C 
 together.  Working  together  A  and  B  can 
 complete  a  work  in  36  days  and  C  alone 
 can  complete  it  in  60  days.  A  and  C  work 
 together  for  10  days.  B  alone  will 
 complete the remaining work in : 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 110 days  (b) 88 days 
 (c) 84 days  (d) 90 days 
 Q.29.  A can do one - third of a work in 15 
 days,  B  can  do  75%  of  the  same  work  in 
 18  days  and  C  can  do  the  same  work  in 
 36  days.  B  and  C  work  together  for  8 
 days.  In  how  many  days  will  A  alone 
 complete the remaining work ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 24 days  (b) 18 days 
 (c) 20 days  (d) 16 days 
 Q.30.  4  men  and  5  women  can  complete 
 a  work  in  15  days,  whereas  9  men  and  6 
 women  can  do  it  in  10  days.  To  complete 
 the  same  work  in  7  days,  how  many 
 women should assist 4 men? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (12/09/2019) 
 (a) 11  (b) 14  (c) 12  (d) 13 
 Q.31.  To  do  a  certain  work,  the  ratio  of 
 the  e?ciencies  of  X  and  Y  is  5  :  4. 
 Working  together,  they  can  complete  the 
 same  work  in  10  days.  Y  alone  starts  the 
 work  and  leaves  after  5  days.  The 
 remaining  work  will  be  completed  by  X 
 alone in : 
 SSC CGL TIER II (12/09/2019) 
 (a) 14 days  (b) 12 days 
 (c) 15 days  (d) 10 days 
 Q.32.  A  certain  number  of  persons  can 
 complete  a  work  in  34  days  working  9 
 hours  a  day.  If  the  number  of  persons  is 
 decreased  by  40%,  then  how  many  hours 
 a  day  should  the  remaining  persons  work 
 to complete the work in 51 days ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (11/09/2019) 
 (a) 9  (b) 8  (c) 12  (d) 10 
 Q.33.  A  and  B  have  to  do  part  of  a 
 13 
 15 
 work  together  and  B  and  C  have  to  do 
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 th  part  of  the  work  together.  If  the 
 11 
 20 
 difference  between  the  wages  of  A  and  C 
 is  Rs.  7600,  then  the  total  wages  of  A,  B 
 and C is : 
 SSC MTS 21/08/2019(Afternoon) 
 (a) Rs. 24000  (b) Rs. 18000 
 (c) Rs. 36000  (d) Rs. 56000 
 Q.34.  It  is  given  that  men  are  twice  as 
 e?cient  than  women  in  respect  to  doing 
 work.  If  three  men  and  two  women  can 
 complete  the  work  in  2  days,  then  in  how 
 many  days  can  a  woman  working  alone 
 complete the work? 
 SSC CHSL 10/07/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 12  (b) 16  (c) 10  (d) 8 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 Q.35.  Rs.  10,000  has  to  be  distributed 
 among  3  craftsmen,  5  helpers  and  6 
 labourers  such  that  each  helper  receives 
 the  amount  twice  as  much  as  a  labourer 
 receives  and  each  craftsman  receives 
 the  amount  thrice  as  much  as  a  labourer 
 receives. What is the amount received by 
 the three craftsmen ? 
 SSC CHSL 10/07/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Rs. 2400  (b) Rs. 4000 
 (c) Rs. 3600  (d) Rs. 2700 
 Q.36.  A  work  can  be  completed  by  35 
 workers  in  30  days.  If  5  workers  leave 
 after  every  10  days  then  in  how  many 
 days will the work be completed ? 
 SSC CHSL 10/07/2019 (morning ) 
 (a) 35.5 days  (b) 37.5 days 
 (c) 40 days  (d) 50 days 
 Q.37.  A  can  do  40%  of  a  work  in  6  days 
 and  B  can  do  30%  of  the  same  work  in  3 
 days.  They  started  the  work  together  but 
 B  left  after  2  days  and  A  continued  to 
 work.  In  how  many  days  was  the  entire 
 work completed ? 
 SSC CHSL 04/07/2019 (Morning) 
 (a) 10  (b) 12  (c) 9  (d) 15 
 Q.38.  A , B and C can ?nish a task in 42 
 days,  84  days  and  28  days,  respectively. 
 A  started  the  work.  B  joined  him  after  3 
 days.  If  C  joined  them  after  5  days  from 
 the  beginning,  then  for  how  many  days 
 did A work till the completion of the task? 
 SSC CHSL 02/07/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 20  (b) 15  (c) 17  (d) 18 
 Q.39.  A  earns  Rs  180  per  hour  and  works 
 for  7  hours  per  day.  B  earns  Rs.  160  per 
 hour  and  works  for  5  hours  per  day.  what 
 is the ratio of per day wages of A and B? 
 SSC CGL 13/06/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 40:61 (b) 33:20  (c) 20:30  (d) 63:40 
 Q.40.  3  men,  4  women  and  6  boys 
 together  can  complete  a  work  in  6  days. 
 A  woman  does  triple  the  work  a  man 
 does  and  a  boy  does  half  the  work  a  man 
 does.  How  many  women  alone  will  be 
 able to complete this work in 4 days? 
 SSC CGL 13/06/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 9  (b) 6  (c) 8  (d) 7 
 Q.41.  A  is  40%  more  e?cient  than  B  and 
 C  is  20%  less  e?cient  than  B.  Working 
 together,  they  can  ?nish  a  work  in  5  days. 
 In  how  many  days,  will  A  alone  complete 
 70% of the work? 
 SSC CGL 10/06/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 9  (b) 7  (c) 10  (d) 8 
 Q.42.  To  do  a  certain  work  ,  A  and  B  work 
 on  alternate  days,  with  B  beginning  the 
 work  on  the  ?rst  day.  A  can  ?nish  the 
 work  alone  in  48  days.  If  the  work  gets 
 completed  in  11  days,  then  B  alone 
 1 
 3 
 can ?nish 4 times the same work in : 
 SSC CGL 07/06/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 24 days  (b) 32 days 
 (c) 27 days            (d) 30 days 
 Q.43.  A  can  do  a  work  in  20  days,  while  B 
 can  do  the  same  work  in  25  days.  They 
 started  the  work  jointly.  Few  days  later  C 
 also  joined  them  and  thus  all  of  them 
 completed  the  whole  work  in  10  days.  All 
 of  them  were  paid  a  total  of  Rs.  700. 
 What is the share of C? 
 SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 55  (b) 65  (c) 75  (d) 70 
 Q.44.  36  persons  working  8  hours  a  day 
 can  do  3  units  of  work  in  12  days.  How 
 many  persons  are  required  to  do  5  units 
 of  that  work  in  16  days,  if  they  work  for  6 
 hours a day? 
 SSC CPO 12/03/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 50  (b) 55  (c) 60  (d) 45 
 Practice Questions 
 SSC CHSL 2023 Tier - 2 
 Q.45.  A  and  B  can  complete  work  in  9 
 days,  while  B  and  C  can  complete  the 
 same  work  in  18  days.  When  working 
 together  A,  B  and  C,  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  8  days.  How  many  days  will  it 
 take  for  A  and  C  to  complete  the  work 
 together ? 
 SSC CHSL Tier II  02/11/2023 
 (a) 11  (b) 13  (c) 12  (d) 14 
 SSC CPO 2023 Tier - 1 
 Q.46.  P ,  Q  and  R,  when  working 
 individually,  can  complete  a  job  in, 
 respectively,  36  days,  48  days  and  144 
 days.  P ,  Q  and  R  start  working  together.  P 
 leaves  the  job  12  days  before  completion 
 and  Q  leaves  the  job  8  days  before 
 completion.  R  works  from  the  beginning 
 till  the  end  of  the  job.  Determine  the  total 
 number  of  days  taken  to  complete  the 
 job. 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 30  (b) 24  (c) 27  (d) 25 
 Q.47.  A  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in  8  days, 
 while  B  can  do  it  in  7  days.  If  they  work  at 
 it  alternately  beginning  with  A,  then  in 
 how  many  days  will  the  work  be 
 completed? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd  Shift) 
 (a) 7  (b) 8  (c)  (d)  8 
 1 
 2 
 7 
 1 
 2 
 Q.48.  P  and  Q  can  do  a  work  together  in 
 30  days.  Q  and  R  can  do  the  same  work 
 together  in  24  days  and  R  and  P  together 
 in  20  days.  They  started  the  work 
 together,  but  Q  and  R  left  after  10  days. 
 How  many  more  days  will  P  take  to  ?nish 
 the remaining work? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd  Shift) 
 (a) 23  (b) 19  (c) 21  (d) 18 
 Q.49.  A  hostel  mess  requires  217  eggs 
 for  a  week.  How  many  eggs  will  it  require 
 in  total  for  the  months  of  July,  August 
 and September? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd  Shift) 
 (a) 2821  (b) 2790  (c) 2852  (d) 2883 
 Q.50.  If  4  men  or  6  boys  can  ?nish  a 
 piece  of  work  in  20  days,  then  in  how 
 many  days  can  6  men  and  11  boys  ?nish 
 the same work? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 5  (b) 7  (c) 8  (d) 6 
 Q.51.  Ramesh  does  half  as  much  work 
 as  Parul  in  of  the  time.  If  together 
 4 
 5 
 Ramesh  and  Parul  take  24  days  to 
 complete  the  work,  then  how  much  time 
 will Parul take to do it? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 37 days  (b) 38 days 
 (c) 41 days  (d) 39 days 
 Q.52.  A  and  B  undertake  a  project  worth 
 ?36,000.  A  alone  can  do  the  work  in  25 
 days.  They  worked  together  for  5  days. 
 For  the  next  ?ve  days,  B  worked  alone. 
 After  that,  A  substituted  B  and  completed 
 the  remaining  work  in  5  days.  The  share 
 of A in the earnings is: 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) ?21,600  (b) ?14,400 
 (c) ?14,600  (d) ?21,400 
 Q.53.  In  an  o?ce,  75  employees  can 
 ?nish  a  project  in  60  days.  After  few 
 days,  15  employees  left  the  job  and  the 
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 Work and Time 
 Time  :-  Time  is  the  duration  during  which 
 any  activity  or  work  happens  or 
 continues. 
 Work  :-  Work  is  a  task  or  set  of  activities 
 to achieve a certain result. 
 E?ciency  :-  E?ciency  is  inversely 
 proportional  to  the  Time  taken  when  the 
 amount of work done is constant. 
 E?ciency     ?    
    1 
 ????????     ??????????    
 The  e?ciency  of  work  means,  “How 
 much  work  one  person  can  do  in  one  day 
 (expressed  in  percentage)”.  For  example, 
 a  person  can  do  a  job  in  2  days.  In  other 
 words,  we  can  say  that  he  can  do  50%  of 
 the  work  in  one  day.  Therefore,  his 
 e?ciency will be 50%. 
 We can de?ne happening of work as: 
 (1.)  If  a  person  A  completes  a  work  in  X 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (2.)  if  a  person  B  completes  work  in  Y 
 days,  then  the  amount  of  work 
 completed by him in 1 day will be = 
 1 
 ?? 
 (3.)  From  the  above  two  points,  we  can 
 say  that  in  one  day  A  and  B  together  can 
 complete  (  +  )  amount  of  work. 
 1 
 ?? 
 1 
 ?? 
 Thus,  together  A  and  B  can  complete  the 
 work in (  ) days. 
 ???? 
 ??    +    ?? 
 Here,  we  have  assumed  total  work  as  1 
 unit.  Similarly,  we  can  assume  our  total 
 work  as  anything  as  per  our  convenience. 
 The  best  assumption  for  easing  out  our 
 calculations  of  the  total  work  is 
 assuming  work  as  100%  or  LCM  of  time 
 taken by all the persons. 
 The  complete  work  can  also  be 
 considered  as  1  unit.  Then  if  A  takes  4 
 days  to  ?nish  a  work,  it  means  he  can 
 ?nish 1/4th of the work in 1 day. 
 Example  :-  Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in 
 10  days  and  Ram  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  40  days.  If  Ram  and  Rahim  both 
 work  together  then  what  is  the  total 
 number of days taken ? 
 Sol:- 
 The  problem  can  be  solved  in  three 
 different approaches. 
 Approach 1: Using Fractions 
 Ram can ?nish the work in 10 days i.e. in 
 one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 10  ??h 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  the  work  in  40  days  i.e. 
 in one day he will do  of the work. 
 1 
 40  ??h 
 So,  in  one  day,  both  working  together  can 
 ?nish  =  (  )  +  (  )  =  =  of  the 
 1 
 10 
 1 
 40 
 5 
 40 
 1 
 8  ??h 
 work.  So,  to  complete  the  work  they  will 
 take 8 days. 
 Approach  2  :  Using  Percentage 
 (Shortcut - Recommended) 
 Rahim  can  ?nish  100  %  of  work  in  10 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  10%  of 
 the work. 
 Ram  can  ?nish  100%  of  the  work  in  40 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  ?nishes  2.5  %  of 
 the work. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  single  day  they 
 can  ?nish  12.5%  of  the  work.  So,  to 
 complete  100%  of  the  work,  it  will  take 
 100/12.5 = 8 days. 
 Approach 3 : using unitary method 
 LCM of days (10 , 40) = 40 = (Total work) 
 E?ciency of ( Ram +  Rahim ) = 4 + 1=5 
 Ram  and  Rahim  both  work  together  then 
 total  number  of  days  taken  =  40/5  =  8 
 days. 
 Example  :-  Ravi  can  do  a  job  in  10  days. 
 Raman  can  do  the  same  job  in  20  days. 
 They  together  start  doing  the  job  but 
 after  4  days  Raman  leaves.  How  many 
 more  days  will  be  required  by  Ravi  to 
 complete this job alone ? 
 Sol:- 
 Approach  1  :-  Ravi  can  ?nish  a  job  in  10 
 days  i.e  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  10  %  of 
 the job. 
 Raman  can  ?nish  the  same  job  in  20 
 days  i.e.  in  one  day  he  can  ?nish  5  %  of 
 the job. 
 So,  working  together,  in  a  day  they  can  do 
 10 + 5 = 15 % of the job. 
 In  the  4  days,  if  they  worked  together, 
 they  would  have  ?nished  4  ×  15%  =  60% 
 of the job. 
 So,  Work  left  =  100  –  60  =  40%.  This  work 
 has  to  be  done  by  Ravi  who  does  10  %  of 
 the  job  in  a  day.  So,  to  ?nish  the 
 remaining  40%,  he  will  take  40/  10  =  4 
 more days. 
 Approach 2 :- 
 LCM of days (10 , 20  ) = 20 = Total work 
 E?ciency of Ravi = 2 
 E?ciency of  Raman = 1 
 Work  done  by  Ravi  and  Raman  in  4  days 
 = 3 × 4 = 12 units 
 Remaining work  = 20 - 12 = 8 units 
 No  of  days  required  by  Ravi  to  complete 
 this work =  = 4 days 
 8 
 2 
 Concept 1 
 If  A  takes  ‘a’  days  more  to  complete  a •   
 work  than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do 
 same  work  and  B  takes  ‘b’  days  more 
 than  the  time  taken  by  (A  +  B)  to  do  the 
 same  work.  Then  (A  +  B)  do  the  work  in 
 days  ???? 
 We  will  take  some  examples  to 
 understand this concepts 
 Example  :  A  and  B  alone  complete  a 
 piece  of  work  in  12  days  and  3  days  more 
 respectively  than  time  taken  by  A  and  B 
 together,  then  Find  in  how  many  days  A 
 alone can complete the work ? 
 Sol:-  (A+B)  complete  the  work  in  12     ×     3 
 =  = 6 days  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the whole work in (6 + 12) = 18 days 
 Example  :  A  can  complete  a  work  in  5 
 more  days  than  B  while  A  does  the  same 
 work  in  9  more  days  than  C.if  (A  +  B)  can 
 complete  the  whole  work  in  same  time  in 
 work  done  by  C  alone  does  the  whole 
 work  .  In  how  many  days  A  alone  could 
 complete the same work ? 
 Sol:-  Let  the  time  taken  by  C  to  complete 
 the work in x days 
 Then, time taken by A = (x  +  9)days 
 Time  taken  by  B  =  (x  +  9)  -  5  =  (x  +  4) 
 days. 
 Time  taken  by  C,  which  is  equal  to  that  of 
 (A + B) =  =  = 6 days  9     ×     4  36 
 So,  time  taken  by  A  alone  to  complete 
 the work = 6 + 9 = 15 days 
 MDH Formula 
 MDH  formula  is  used  to  compare  the 
 works  of  the  same  nature  done  at  two 
 different  times  using  different 
 manpower.  The  MDH  formula  can  be 
 represented as 
 Where  ,  M  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 men/women,  D  =  denotes  the  number  of 
 days,  H  =  denotes  the  number  of  hours  in 
 a  day,  E  =  denotes  the  e?ciency  of  1 
 man, and W = denotes part of work done 
 Alternate Days 
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 Example  :-  A  can  complete  a  work  in  10 
 days  while  B  can  complete  the  same 
 work  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days  will 
 the  work  be  completed  if  they  work 
 alternatively? (Given : A starts the work) 
 Solution:- 
 Work done in 2 days = 3 + 2 = 5 units, 
 5 units work = in  2 days 
 5  6 units work = 2  6 = 12 days. × ×
 Example  :-  To  do  a  certain  work  ,  A  and  B 
 work  on  alternate  days,  with  B  beginning 
 the  work  on  the  ?rst  day.  A  can  ?nish  the 
 work  alone  in  27  days.  If  the  work  gets 
 completed  in  9  days,  then  B  alone  can 
 1 
 2 
 ?nish  5  times  the  same  work  with  half 
 e?ciency in : 
 Solution:-  As  B  starts  the  work,  he  will 
 work  for  5  days  and  A  will  work  for  4 
 1 
 2 
 days, 
 Part of work done by A in 4  days 
 1 
 2 
 =  = 
 9 
 2    ×    27 
 1 
 6 
 So, Part of work done by B in 5 days 
 = 1 -  = 
 1 
 6 
 5 
 6 
 Time taken by B to complete the work 
 = 5  = 6 days. ×
 6 
 5 
 Time taken by B to ?nish 5 times the 
 work with half e?ciency = 6  5  2 × ×
 = 60 days. 
 (As  e?ciency  becomes  ,  number  of 
 1 
 2 
 days  will  be  multiplied  by  2  because 
 e?ciency  and  time  are  inversely 
 proportional ). 
 Variety Questions 
 Q.1.  A  and  B  can  complete  a  job  together 
 in  12.5  days;  B  and  C  can  complete  the 
 same  job  together  in  18.75  days,  while  C 
 and  A  can  complete  the  same  job 
 together  in  15  days.  In  how  many  days 
 will  A,  B  and  C  together  be  able  to 
 complete  the  same  job  alongside  D,  who 
 is only 40% as e?cient as C? 
 SSC CGL Tier II  (26/10/2023) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  9 
 1 
 3 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 9 
 7 
 27 
 9 
 17 
 27 
 Q.2.  A and B are equally e?cient, and 
 each  can  individually  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  36  days,  if  none  takes  any 
 holiday.  A  and  B  started  working  together 
 on  this  piece  of  work,  but  A  took  a  day 
 off  after  every  ?ve  days  of  work,  while  B 
 took  a  day  off  after  every  seven  days  of 
 work.  If  the  duo  had  started  work  on  1 
 July  2021,  on  which  date  was  the  work 
 completed? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 19 July 2021  (b) 20 July 2021 
 (c) 22 July 2021  (d) 21 July 2021 
 Q.3.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in  20 
 1 
 5 
 days,  B  can  do  30%  of  the  same  work  in 
 36  days,  while  C  can  do  80%  of  the  same 
 work  in  160  days.  B  and  C  together 
 started  and  worked  for  x  days.  After  x 
 days  B  left  the  work,  and  A  joined  C  and 
 both  completed  the  remaining  work  in  (x 
 41)  days.  If  the  ratio  between  the  work -
 done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the  work 
 done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  19  :  6,  then 
 what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can  be 
 completed by C alone in 2x days ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 57 
 100 
 19 
 25 
 13 
 25 
 6 
 25 
 Q.4.  When  A  alone  does  a  piece  of  work, 
 he  takes  25  days  more  than  the  time 
 taken  by  A  and  B  to  do  the  work  together. 
 On  the  other  hand,  B  alone  takes  16  days 
 more  than  the  time  taken  by  A  and  B  to 
 do  the  work  together.  How  many  days 
 will  A  and  B,  working  together,  take  to  do 
 the work ? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 22  (b) 20  (c) 24  (d) 23 
 Q.5.  A  man  and  woman  working  on 
 alternate  days  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  if  the  man  works  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 The  same  work  is  ?nished  in  14.5  days  if 
 they  work  on  alternate  days  and  if  the 
 woman  starts  on  the  ?rst  day.  The  work 
 will  be  ?nished  by  a  man  alone  ________ 
 in days. 
 SSC MTS 08/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 25  (b) 21  (c) 15  (d) 22 
 Q.6.  P ,  Q  and  R  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  6  days,  12  days  and  15  days, 
 respectively.  P  starts  working  alone  on 
 ,  ,  …,  Q  works  alone  on  ,  ,  1 
 ???? 
 4 
 ??h 
 7 
 ??h 
 2 
 ???? 
 5 
 ??h 
 ...  and  R  works  alone  on  ,  ,  ...  8 
 ??h 
 3 
 ???? 
 6 
 ??h 
 9 
 ??h 
 This  pattern  is  continued  till  the  work  is 
 completed.  In  how  much  time  (in  days)  is 
 the entire work done ? 
 SSC MTS 06/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  10 
 3 
 5 
 9 
 3 
 10 
 9 
 1 
 2 
 10 
 1 
 2 
 Q.7.  A can complete a task in the same 
 time  in  which  B  and  C  work  together.  If  A 
 and  B  could  complete  it  jointly  in  10  days 
 and  C  alone  in  50  days,  then  B  could 
 complete it independently in: 
 SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 26 days  (b) 27 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 23 days 
 Q.8.  A  man  and  a  woman  can  ?nish  a 
 work  together  in  half  the  time  taken  by  a 
 woman  and  a  boy  together.  A  boy  can 
 ?nish  the  work  alone  in  20  days  and  2 
 women  together  can  ?nish  it  in  30  days. 
 In  how  many  days  will  the  work  be 
 ?nished by 4 men? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 2  (b) 2.14       (c) 2.5         (d) 3 
 Q.9.  A,  B  and  C  can  ?nish  a  work  in  15 
 days  working  alternately  in  the  same 
 order.  The  e?ciency  of  A  is  the  same  as 
 that  of  B,  and  the  e?ciency  of  C  is  equal 
 to  that  of  A.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  ?nished  if  they  work  alternately 
 in the order C, A and B ? 
 SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift) 
 (a) 12  (b) 14  (c) 15  (d) 16 
 Q.10.  A  can  do  of  a  piece  of  work  in 
 1 
 3 
 32  days,  B  can  do  37  %  of  the  same 
 1 
 2 
 work  in  24  days,  while  C  can  do  60%  of 
 the  same  work  in  48  days.  B  and  C 
 together  started  and  worked  for  x  days. 
 After  x  days,  B  left  the  work  and  A  joined 
 C  and  both  completed  the  remaining 
 work  in  (x  +  8)  days.  If  the  ratio  of  the 
 work  done  by  (B  +  C)  together  to  the 
 work  done  by  (A  +  C)  together  is  9  :  11, 
 then  what  fraction  of  the  same  work  can 
 be completed by C alone in 3.5 x days? 
 SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 18 
 25 
 4 
 5 
 7 
 10 
 3 
 4 
 Q.11.  (N  +  18)  persons,  each  working  for 
 7.5  hours  a  day,  can  complete  48%  of  a 
 work  in  20  days.  (N  +  12)  persons  can 
 complete  the  remaining  work  in  30  days, 
 if  each  of  them  works  for  6.5  hours  per 
 day. Determine the value of N. 
 SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (1st shift) 
 (a) 18  (b) 16  (c) 20  (d) 22 
 Q.12.  Suresh  and  Anil  are  working  on  a 
 special  project.  Suresh  takes  5  hours  to 
 type  40  pages  and  Anil  needs  6  hours  to 
 type  32  pages  on  a  computer.  How  much 
 time  will  it  take  them  to  type  a  110-page 
 assignment  if  they  work  on  two  different 
 computers? 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a) 8 hours 15 minutes 
 (b) 8 hours 
 (c) 7 hours 35 minutes 
 (d) 8 hours 40 minutes 
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 Q.13.  Raja  and  Rocky  together  can 
 complete  painting  work  in  5  days. 
 Together  they  both  start  painting,  but 
 after  2  days,  Rocky  falls  sick  and  leaves 
 the  work.  If  Raja  completes  the 
 remaining  painting  in  4  days,  ?nd  the 
 number  of  days  in  which  Rocky  alone  can 
 do the work. 
 SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a) 12 days  (b) 15 days 
 (c) 20 days  (d) 10 days 
 Q.14.  To  do  a  certain  work,  Ajay  and 
 Bharat  work  on  alternate  days,  with 
 Bharat  starting  the  work  on  the  ?rst  day. 
 Ajay  can  ?nish  the  work  alone  in  32  days. 
 If  the  work  gets  completed  in  exactly  8 
 days,  then  Bharat  alone  can  ?nish  7 
 times the same work in __________days. 
 SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (4th shift) 
 (a)  (b) 4    (c)  (d)  32 
 28 
 8 
 32 
 7 
 Q.15.  5  women  and  9  girls  earn  a  total  of 
 ?18,720  in  9  days,  while  9  women  and  16 
 girls  earn  a  total  of  ?52,080  in  14  days. 
 How  much  will  12  women  and  7  girls 
 together earn (in ?) in 13 days? 
 SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift) 
 (a) 42510 (b) 41990 (c) 42380 (d) 42120 
 Q.16.  After  working  alone  for  12  days, 
 Reena  ?nds  that  only  10  percent  of  the 
 work  is  completed.  She  employs  Priya 
 who  is  40  percent  more  e?cient  than 
 Reena.  How  many  more  days  will  they 
 together  take  to  complete  the  remaining 
 work? 
 SSC MTS 15/06/2023 (Morning) 
 (a) 30 days  (b) 50 days 
 (c) 45 days  (d) 40 day 
 Q.17.  S  does  half  as  much  work  as  T  in 
 of  the  time  taken  by  T.  If  they  together 
 1 
 8 
 complete  a  work  in  60  days,  then  how 
 many  days  shall  S  alone  take  to 
 complete that work ? 
 SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 80  days  (b) 90  days 
 (c) 75 days  (d) 100 days 
 Q.18.  1  man  and  4  women  can  complete 
 a  work  in  days,  while  3  men  and  4 
 65 
 4 
 women  can  complete  it  in  days.  In 
 13 
 2 
 how  many  days  will  13  women  complete 
 the same ? 
 SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) 
 (a) 20  (b) 16  (c) 14  (d) 18 
 Q.19.  Numan does half the work as 
 Gagan  in  4/5  the  time.  If  together  they 
 take  16  days  to  complete  a  piece  of 
 work, then how long will it take Gagan to 
 complete the work ? 
 SSC CGL  05/12/2022 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 23 days  (b) 24 days 
 (c) 25 days  (d) 26 days 
 Q.20.  A,  B  and  C  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  separately  in  10,  20  and  40  days, 
 respectively.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  completed  if  A  is  assisted  by 
 both B and C every third day ? 
 SSC CGL 01/12/2022 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 8  (b) 9  (c) 10  (d) 6 
 2 
 7 
 2 
 3 
 Q.21.  A  alone  can  do  2/5  of  a  work  in  12 
 days,B  is  25  percent  more  e?cient  than 
 A.  C  alone  can  do  the  same  work  in  12 
 days  less  than  B.  D  is  25  percent  less 
 e?cient  than  C.  If  they  all  work  together, 
 then  the  work  will  be  completed  in  how 
 many days? 
 SSC CGL Tier II (08/08/2022) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 240 
 53 
 180 
 43 
 200 
 51 
 300 
 47 
 Q.22.  A  man  and  a  boy  together  can  do  a 
 certain  amount  of  digging  in  24  days. 
 Their  speeds  in  digging  are  in  the  ratio  of 
 4  :  3.  How  many  days  will  the  boy  take  to 
 complete the work if engaged alone ? 
 SSC CHSL  27/05/2022 ( Morning ) 
 (a) 52 days  (b) 26 days 
 (c) 60 days  (d) 56 days 
 Q.23.  Fourteen  persons  can  do  a  work  in 
 18  days.  After  5  days  of  work,  6  workers 
 left  the  work,  and  joined  back  on  the  last 
 day  of  the  work.  In  how  many  days  the 
 work got completed? 
 SSC CGL 20/08/2021 (Morning) 
 (a) 24  (b) 12  (c) 21  (d) 27 
 Q.24.  Each  one  of  ?ve  men 
 independently  can  complete  a  work  in  20 
 days.  The  work  is  started  by  one  person. 
 The  next  day  one  more  person  joins  and 
 every  next  day  one  more  person  joins. 
 From  the  ?fth  day,  ?ve  persons  continued 
 working  as  a  team.  In  how  many  days, 
 will the work be completed ? 
 SSC CGL 17/8/2021 (Evening) 
 (a) 2  (b) 6  (c) 3  (d) 5 
 Q.25.  Eight  persons  can  ?nish  a  work  in 
 20  days.  After  5  days  they  were 
 requested  to  complete  the  work  in  the 
 next  8  days.  How  many  more  persons 
 should  join  the  group  to  ful?ll  the 
 requirement? 
 SSC CGL 09/03/2020(Evening) 
 (a) 23  (b) 15  (c) 7  (d) 12 
 Q.26.  A and B together can do a certain 
 amount  of  work  in  x  days.  Working  alone, 
 A  and  B  can  do  the  same  work  in  (x  +  8) 
 and  (x  +  18)  days,  respectively  .  A  and  B 
 together  will  complete  of  the  same 
 5 
 6 
 work in: 
 SSC CPO 11/12/19 (Morning) 
 (a) 9 days  (b) 8 days 
 (c) 10 days  (d) 12 days 
 Q.27.  25  persons  can  complete  a  work  in 
 60  days.  They  started  the  work.  10 
 people  left  the  work  after  x  days.  If  the 
 whole  work  was  completed  in  80  days, 
 then what is the value of x ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 30  (b) 8  (c) 12  (d) 15 
 Q.28.  A  is  as  e?cient  as  B  and  C 
 together.  Working  together  A  and  B  can 
 complete  a  work  in  36  days  and  C  alone 
 can  complete  it  in  60  days.  A  and  C  work 
 together  for  10  days.  B  alone  will 
 complete the remaining work in : 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 110 days  (b) 88 days 
 (c) 84 days  (d) 90 days 
 Q.29.  A can do one - third of a work in 15 
 days,  B  can  do  75%  of  the  same  work  in 
 18  days  and  C  can  do  the  same  work  in 
 36  days.  B  and  C  work  together  for  8 
 days.  In  how  many  days  will  A  alone 
 complete the remaining work ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (13/09/2019) 
 (a) 24 days  (b) 18 days 
 (c) 20 days  (d) 16 days 
 Q.30.  4  men  and  5  women  can  complete 
 a  work  in  15  days,  whereas  9  men  and  6 
 women  can  do  it  in  10  days.  To  complete 
 the  same  work  in  7  days,  how  many 
 women should assist 4 men? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (12/09/2019) 
 (a) 11  (b) 14  (c) 12  (d) 13 
 Q.31.  To  do  a  certain  work,  the  ratio  of 
 the  e?ciencies  of  X  and  Y  is  5  :  4. 
 Working  together,  they  can  complete  the 
 same  work  in  10  days.  Y  alone  starts  the 
 work  and  leaves  after  5  days.  The 
 remaining  work  will  be  completed  by  X 
 alone in : 
 SSC CGL TIER II (12/09/2019) 
 (a) 14 days  (b) 12 days 
 (c) 15 days  (d) 10 days 
 Q.32.  A  certain  number  of  persons  can 
 complete  a  work  in  34  days  working  9 
 hours  a  day.  If  the  number  of  persons  is 
 decreased  by  40%,  then  how  many  hours 
 a  day  should  the  remaining  persons  work 
 to complete the work in 51 days ? 
 SSC CGL TIER II (11/09/2019) 
 (a) 9  (b) 8  (c) 12  (d) 10 
 Q.33.  A  and  B  have  to  do  part  of  a 
 13 
 15 
 work  together  and  B  and  C  have  to  do 
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 11 
 20 
 difference  between  the  wages  of  A  and  C 
 is  Rs.  7600,  then  the  total  wages  of  A,  B 
 and C is : 
 SSC MTS 21/08/2019(Afternoon) 
 (a) Rs. 24000  (b) Rs. 18000 
 (c) Rs. 36000  (d) Rs. 56000 
 Q.34.  It  is  given  that  men  are  twice  as 
 e?cient  than  women  in  respect  to  doing 
 work.  If  three  men  and  two  women  can 
 complete  the  work  in  2  days,  then  in  how 
 many  days  can  a  woman  working  alone 
 complete the work? 
 SSC CHSL 10/07/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 12  (b) 16  (c) 10  (d) 8 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 Q.35.  Rs.  10,000  has  to  be  distributed 
 among  3  craftsmen,  5  helpers  and  6 
 labourers  such  that  each  helper  receives 
 the  amount  twice  as  much  as  a  labourer 
 receives  and  each  craftsman  receives 
 the  amount  thrice  as  much  as  a  labourer 
 receives. What is the amount received by 
 the three craftsmen ? 
 SSC CHSL 10/07/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Rs. 2400  (b) Rs. 4000 
 (c) Rs. 3600  (d) Rs. 2700 
 Q.36.  A  work  can  be  completed  by  35 
 workers  in  30  days.  If  5  workers  leave 
 after  every  10  days  then  in  how  many 
 days will the work be completed ? 
 SSC CHSL 10/07/2019 (morning ) 
 (a) 35.5 days  (b) 37.5 days 
 (c) 40 days  (d) 50 days 
 Q.37.  A  can  do  40%  of  a  work  in  6  days 
 and  B  can  do  30%  of  the  same  work  in  3 
 days.  They  started  the  work  together  but 
 B  left  after  2  days  and  A  continued  to 
 work.  In  how  many  days  was  the  entire 
 work completed ? 
 SSC CHSL 04/07/2019 (Morning) 
 (a) 10  (b) 12  (c) 9  (d) 15 
 Q.38.  A , B and C can ?nish a task in 42 
 days,  84  days  and  28  days,  respectively. 
 A  started  the  work.  B  joined  him  after  3 
 days.  If  C  joined  them  after  5  days  from 
 the  beginning,  then  for  how  many  days 
 did A work till the completion of the task? 
 SSC CHSL 02/07/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 20  (b) 15  (c) 17  (d) 18 
 Q.39.  A  earns  Rs  180  per  hour  and  works 
 for  7  hours  per  day.  B  earns  Rs.  160  per 
 hour  and  works  for  5  hours  per  day.  what 
 is the ratio of per day wages of A and B? 
 SSC CGL 13/06/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 40:61 (b) 33:20  (c) 20:30  (d) 63:40 
 Q.40.  3  men,  4  women  and  6  boys 
 together  can  complete  a  work  in  6  days. 
 A  woman  does  triple  the  work  a  man 
 does  and  a  boy  does  half  the  work  a  man 
 does.  How  many  women  alone  will  be 
 able to complete this work in 4 days? 
 SSC CGL 13/06/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 9  (b) 6  (c) 8  (d) 7 
 Q.41.  A  is  40%  more  e?cient  than  B  and 
 C  is  20%  less  e?cient  than  B.  Working 
 together,  they  can  ?nish  a  work  in  5  days. 
 In  how  many  days,  will  A  alone  complete 
 70% of the work? 
 SSC CGL 10/06/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 9  (b) 7  (c) 10  (d) 8 
 Q.42.  To  do  a  certain  work  ,  A  and  B  work 
 on  alternate  days,  with  B  beginning  the 
 work  on  the  ?rst  day.  A  can  ?nish  the 
 work  alone  in  48  days.  If  the  work  gets 
 completed  in  11  days,  then  B  alone 
 1 
 3 
 can ?nish 4 times the same work in : 
 SSC CGL 07/06/2019 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 24 days  (b) 32 days 
 (c) 27 days            (d) 30 days 
 Q.43.  A  can  do  a  work  in  20  days,  while  B 
 can  do  the  same  work  in  25  days.  They 
 started  the  work  jointly.  Few  days  later  C 
 also  joined  them  and  thus  all  of  them 
 completed  the  whole  work  in  10  days.  All 
 of  them  were  paid  a  total  of  Rs.  700. 
 What is the share of C? 
 SSC CPO 16/03/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 55  (b) 65  (c) 75  (d) 70 
 Q.44.  36  persons  working  8  hours  a  day 
 can  do  3  units  of  work  in  12  days.  How 
 many  persons  are  required  to  do  5  units 
 of  that  work  in  16  days,  if  they  work  for  6 
 hours a day? 
 SSC CPO 12/03/2019 (Evening) 
 (a) 50  (b) 55  (c) 60  (d) 45 
 Practice Questions 
 SSC CHSL 2023 Tier - 2 
 Q.45.  A  and  B  can  complete  work  in  9 
 days,  while  B  and  C  can  complete  the 
 same  work  in  18  days.  When  working 
 together  A,  B  and  C,  can  ?nish  the  same 
 work  in  8  days.  How  many  days  will  it 
 take  for  A  and  C  to  complete  the  work 
 together ? 
 SSC CHSL Tier II  02/11/2023 
 (a) 11  (b) 13  (c) 12  (d) 14 
 SSC CPO 2023 Tier - 1 
 Q.46.  P ,  Q  and  R,  when  working 
 individually,  can  complete  a  job  in, 
 respectively,  36  days,  48  days  and  144 
 days.  P ,  Q  and  R  start  working  together.  P 
 leaves  the  job  12  days  before  completion 
 and  Q  leaves  the  job  8  days  before 
 completion.  R  works  from  the  beginning 
 till  the  end  of  the  job.  Determine  the  total 
 number  of  days  taken  to  complete  the 
 job. 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 30  (b) 24  (c) 27  (d) 25 
 Q.47.  A  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in  8  days, 
 while  B  can  do  it  in  7  days.  If  they  work  at 
 it  alternately  beginning  with  A,  then  in 
 how  many  days  will  the  work  be 
 completed? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd  Shift) 
 (a) 7  (b) 8  (c)  (d)  8 
 1 
 2 
 7 
 1 
 2 
 Q.48.  P  and  Q  can  do  a  work  together  in 
 30  days.  Q  and  R  can  do  the  same  work 
 together  in  24  days  and  R  and  P  together 
 in  20  days.  They  started  the  work 
 together,  but  Q  and  R  left  after  10  days. 
 How  many  more  days  will  P  take  to  ?nish 
 the remaining work? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd  Shift) 
 (a) 23  (b) 19  (c) 21  (d) 18 
 Q.49.  A  hostel  mess  requires  217  eggs 
 for  a  week.  How  many  eggs  will  it  require 
 in  total  for  the  months  of  July,  August 
 and September? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd  Shift) 
 (a) 2821  (b) 2790  (c) 2852  (d) 2883 
 Q.50.  If  4  men  or  6  boys  can  ?nish  a 
 piece  of  work  in  20  days,  then  in  how 
 many  days  can  6  men  and  11  boys  ?nish 
 the same work? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 5  (b) 7  (c) 8  (d) 6 
 Q.51.  Ramesh  does  half  as  much  work 
 as  Parul  in  of  the  time.  If  together 
 4 
 5 
 Ramesh  and  Parul  take  24  days  to 
 complete  the  work,  then  how  much  time 
 will Parul take to do it? 
 SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 37 days  (b) 38 days 
 (c) 41 days  (d) 39 days 
 Q.52.  A  and  B  undertake  a  project  worth 
 ?36,000.  A  alone  can  do  the  work  in  25 
 days.  They  worked  together  for  5  days. 
 For  the  next  ?ve  days,  B  worked  alone. 
 After  that,  A  substituted  B  and  completed 
 the  remaining  work  in  5  days.  The  share 
 of A in the earnings is: 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) ?21,600  (b) ?14,400 
 (c) ?14,600  (d) ?21,400 
 Q.53.  In  an  o?ce,  75  employees  can 
 ?nish  a  project  in  60  days.  After  few 
 days,  15  employees  left  the  job  and  the 
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 project  was  completed  in  65  days.  After 
 how  many  days  did  the  15  employees 
 leave ? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 40  (b) 50  (c) 45  (d) 30 
 Q.54.  Akshita  and  Raina  are  typing  a 
 book,  but  have  only  one  laptop  to  work 
 upon.  They  decided  that  they  will  work  on 
 alternate  basis  such  that  Akshita  works 
 for  the  ?rst  day,  Raina  works  for  the 
 second  day,  Akshita  for  the  third  day  and 
 so  on.  Akshita  alone  can  ?nish  the  typing 
 work  in  16  days,  while  Raina  will  take  24 
 days  if  she  works  alone  on  the  entire 
 book.  How  many  days  will  they  take  to 
 ?nish  the  typing  work  if  they  work  on 
 alternate basis? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 19  (b) 15  (c) 17  (d) 18 
 Q.55.  Sanjay  and  Rohan  can  complete  a 
 work  in  8  days  and  12  days,  respectively. 
 Starting  with  Sanjay,  they  work  on 
 alternate  days.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work be completed? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  9 
 1 
 3 
 8 
 1 
 2 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 9 
 1 
 2 
 Q.56.  36  equally  e?cient  workers  can 
 paint  25  identical  walls  in  48  days.  In 
 how  many  days  can  45  such  workers 
 paint 60 such walls? 
 SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 91.96   (b) 92.16   (c) 92.36   (d) 91.16 
 Q.57.  If  2  men  or  4  women  can  build  a 
 wall  in  34  days,  in  how  many  days  can  6 
 men and 5 women build the same wall ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 8  (b) 16  (c) 24  (d) 12 
 Q.58.  A  and  B  complete  a  work  in  24  and 
 30  days,  respectively,  working  10  hours 
 per  day.  The  work  is  to  be  done  in  two 
 shifts.  The  morning  shift  is  for  6  hours 
 and  the  evening  shift  is  for  4  hours.  On 
 the  ?rst  day,  A  works  in  the  morning  and 
 B  works  in  the  evening,  and  they 
 interchange  their  shifts  every  day.  On 
 which day did the work get completed ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 24th day  (b) 27th day 
 (c) 30th day  (d) 21st day 
 Q.59.  Vipin  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in  2 
 days;  Vaibhav  can  do  the  same  work  in  3 
 days  and  Chirag  can  do  the  same  work  in 
 6  days.  If  they  start  working  together, 
 how  many  days  will  they  take  to 
 complete the work ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 3  (b) 5  (c) 1  (d) 4 
 Q.60.  Robert  takes  twice  as  much  time 
 as  Tom  and  thrice  as  much  time  as 
 George  to  complete  a  work.  If  working 
 together,  they  can  complete  it  in  23 
 hours, then ?nd the time that Tom will 
 take to complete the work. 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 39 hours  (b) 46 hours 
 (c) 69 hours  (d) 11 hours 
 Q.61.  A  can  do  a  certain  piece  of  work  in 
 2.4  times  the  number  of  days  in  which  B 
 and  C  together  can  do  it.  If  A  and  B 
 together  can  do  the  said  piece  of  work  in 
 27  days  and  C  alone  can  do  it  in  75  days, 
 then  how  many  days  will  B  take  to  do  this 
 piece of work alone? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 42  (b) 54  (c) 48  (d) 45 
 Q.62.  If  Arun  can  complete  rd  of  a 
 2 
 3 
 work  in  12  days,  then  in  how  many  days 
 can he complete  th of the same work? 
 1 
 6 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 4  (b) 5  (c) 2  (d) 3 
 Q.63.  A,  B  and  C  can  do  a  piece  of  work 
 in  11  days,  20  days  and  55  days 
 respectively.  How  soon  can  the  work  be 
 done  if  A  works  with  B  on  ?rst  day,  A 
 works with C on second day and so on ? 
 SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 9 days  (b) 9  days 
 1 
 2 
 (c) 8  days  (d) 8 days 
 1 
 2 
 SSC MTS 2023 Tier - 1 
 Q.64.  A,  B  and  C  can  do  a  piece  of  work 
 in  10,  15,  12  days,  respectively.  A  and  B 
 worked  alternately  for  5  days  each  and 
 left.  Then  C  joined  and  completed  the 
 work.  In  how  many  days  did  C  complete 
 the remaining work ? 
 SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 3  (b) 1  (c) 4  (d) 2 
 Q.65.  Ram  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in  18 
 hours.  Shyam  and  Naresh  can  do  it  in  9 
 hours.  Ram  and  Naresh  can  do  it  in  12 
 hours.  How  long  will  Shyam  alone  take  to 
 do it? 
 SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 15 hours  (b) 9 hours 
 (c) 12 hours  (d) 11 hours 
 Q.66.  A  and  B  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in  9 
 and  18  days,  respectively.  They  started 
 working  together.  After  some  days  A  left 
 the  work  and  B  ?nished  the  remaining 
 work  in  15  days.  After  how  many  days 
 did A leave? 
 SSC MTS 01/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 1  (b) 2  (c) 4  (d) 3 
 Q.67.  Juli  and  Rahul  can  simultaneously 
 ?nish  the  work  of  painting  a  room  in  12 
 days.  If  Juli  alone  can  paint  the  room  in 
 20  days,  in  how  many  days  can  Rahul 
 alone  complete  the  same  work  of 
 painting the room? 
 SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 30  (b) 25  (c) 40  (d) 35 
 Q.68.  20  men  can  complete  a  piece  of 
 work  in  40  days,  and  40  women  can  do 
 the  same  work  in  60  days.  If  10  men  and 
 20  women  work  together,  then  in  how 
 many days will the work be completed? 
 SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 60  (b) 50  (c) 48  (d) 40 
 Q.69.  A,  B  and  C  can  complete  a  work  in 
 10,  15  and  20  days,  respectively.  They 
 work  on  alternate  days  such  that  1 
 st 
 day 
 A,  2 
 nd 
 day  B  and  3 
 rd 
 day  C.  Again  4 
 th 
 day  A, 
 5 
 th 
 day  B  and  so  on.  If  they  work  in  the 
 same  way,  in  how  many  days  will  the 
 work be completed? 
 SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (2nd Shift) 
 (a) 13  (b) 15   (c) 14   (d) 13 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 Q.70.  If  P  can  ?nish  a  job  in  3  hours  and 
 Q  can  ?nish  the  same  job  in  6  hours 
 independently,  then  they  together  will 
 ?nish  the  job  in  minutes.  Find  the  value  ?? 
 of  .  ?? 
 SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a) 160  (b) 100  (c) 150  (d) 120 
 Q.71.  A  man  can  ?nish  a  work  in  12  days 
 and  a  woman  can  ?nish  the  same  in  10 
 days.  2  men  and  3  women  work  on 
 alternate  days  and  men  start  the  ?rst 
 day.  The  work  will  be  ?nished  in 
 ___________ days. 
 SSC MTS 04/09/2023 (3rd Shift) 
 (a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
 22 
 3 
 24 
 5 
 22 
 5 
 21 
 5 
 Q.72.  Akash  is  thrice  as  good  a  workman 
 as  Arvind  and  therefore  is  able  to  ?nish  a 
 job  in  30  days  less  than  Arvind.  If  they 
 work  together,  in  how  many  days  can 
 they ?nish the job? 
 SSC MTS 05/09/2023 (1st Shift) 
 (a) 11  (b) 11  (c) 12  (d)  12 
 1 
 4 
 3 
 4 
 3 
 4 
 1 
 4 
 Q.73.  Tushar,  Megha,  Punam  and  Richa 
 can  complete  a  piece  of  work  in  10  days, 
 12  days,  15  days  and  18  days, 
 respectively.  In  how  many  days  will  the 
 work  be  completed  if  each  of  them  work 
 on  alternate  days  starting  with  Megha  on 
 ?rst  day,  Punam  on  second  day,  Richa  on 
 third day, Tushar on fourth day and then 
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