Time and work problems for SSC CGL Tier 2 Set 26
10 Time and work questions for SSC CGL Tier 2 set 26 in 15 minutes. Verify correctness from the answers and learn to solve from solutions.
Contents are,
- 10 time and work questions for SSC CGL Tier 2 to solve in 15 minutes.
- Answers to the questions.
Answers and link to the solutions are at the end.
10 time and work problems for SSC CGL Tier 2 set 26 - time to solve 15 mins
Problem 1.
In 16 days A can do 50% of a job. B can do one-fourth of the job in 24 days. In how many days can they do three-fourths of the job while working together?
- 21
- 9
- 18
- 24
Problem 2.
If each of them had worked alone, B would have taken 10 hours more than what A would have taken to complete a job. Working together, they can complete the job in 12 hours. How many hours B would take to do 50% of the job?
- 30
- 20
- 10
- 15
Problem 3.
Two workers P and Q are engaged to do a piece of work. Working alone P would take 8 hours more to complete the work than when working together. Working alone Q would take $4\frac{1}{2}$ hours more than when they work together. The time required to finish the work together is,
- 5 hours
- 6 hours
- 4 hours
- 8 hours
Problem 4.
A contractor employed 200 men to complete a certain work in 150 days. If only one-fourth of the work gets completed in 50 days, then how many more men the contractor must employ to complete the whole work in time?
- 100
- 300
- 200
- 600
Problem 5.
A, B and C are engaged to do a work for Rs.5290. A and B together are supposed to do $\displaystyle\frac{19}{23}$rd of the work and B and C together $\displaystyle\frac{8}{23}$rd of the work. Then A should be paid,
- Rs.4250
- Rs.3450
- Rs.2290
- Rs.1950
Problem 6.
Ruchi does $\displaystyle\frac{1}{4}$th of a job in 6 days and Bivas completes rest of the same job in 12 days. Then they together complete the job in,
- $9\frac{3}{5}$ days
- $9$ days
- $7\frac{1}{3}$ days
- $8\frac{1}{8}$ days.
Problem 7.
P and Q together can do a job in 6 days and Q and R finishes the same job in $\displaystyle\frac{60}{7}$ days. Starting the work alone P worked for 3 days. Then Q and R continued for 6 days to complete the work. What is the difference in days in which R and P can complete the job, each working alone?
- 15
- 8
- 12
- 10
Problem 8.
A man is twice as fast as a woman who is twice as fast as a boy in doing a piece of work. If one each of them work together and finish the work in 7 days, in how many days would a boy finish the work when working alone?
- 7
- 6
- 49
- 42
Problem 9.
While A can do a job working alone in 27 hours, B can do it in 54 hours also working alone. Find the share of C (in Rs.) if A, B and C get paid Rs.4320 for completing the job in 12 hours working together.
- 1440
- 960
- 1280
- 1920
Problem 10.
While A and B together finish a work in 15 days, A and C take 2 more days than B and C working together to finish the same work. If A, B and C complete the work in 8 days, in how many days would C complete it working alone?
- $20$ days
- $40$ days
- $24$ days
- $17\frac{1}{7}$ days
Refer to SSC CGL Tier II level Solution Set 26 on Time-work Work-wages 2 for detailed solutions.
Answers to the time and work questions for SSC CGL Tier 2 Set 26
Problem 1. Answer: c: 18 days.
Problem 2. Answer: d: 15.
Problem 3. Answer: b: 6 hours.
Problem 4. Answer: a: 100.
Problem 5. Answer: b: Rs.3450.
Problem 6. Answer: a: $9\frac{3}{5}$ days.
Problem 7. Answer: d: 10.
Problem 8. Answer: c: 49.
Problem 9. Answer: a: 1440.
Problem 10. Answer: d: $17\frac{1}{7}$ days.
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