Time and Work & Pipe and Cistern SSC MTS Questions

Time and Work & Pipe and Cistern

Time and Work & Pipe and Cistern MCQ Questions

13.
Reena, Ritu and Sita can independently complete a piece of work in 6 hours, 9 hours and 18 hours respectively. If they work together, then how much time (in hours) will they take to complete that piece of work?
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A.
3
B.
5
C.
4
D.
2
ANSWER :
A. 3
14.
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 first day, Punam on second day, Richa on third day, Tushar on fourth day and then again Megha on fifth day and so on?
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A.
12
B.
13
C.
10
D.
14
ANSWER :
B. 13
15.
A man and a boy can do a piece of work in 12 days. If the man works alone for the last 3 days, it is completed in 13 days. How long would the boy take to do it alone?
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A.
36 days
B.
18 days
C.
72 days
D.
30 days
ANSWER :
A. 36 days
16.
Rashmi and Tina can do a piece of work in 20 and 30 days, respectively. If they work at it on alternate days with Rashmi beginning, then, in how many days will the work be over?
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A.
28
B.
26
C.
24
D.
12
ANSWER :
C. 24
17.
Surjeet alone can finish an assignment in 8 days and Manjeet alone can finish the same assignment in 6 days. Surjeet and Manjeet decided to do this assignment by working on alternate days, starting with Surjeet. In how many days will the assignment be finished?
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A.
7 days
B.
8.5 days
C.
8 days
D.
7.5 days
ANSWER :
A. 7 days
18.
X can type 8 pages in 3 minutes. Y can type 3 pages in 5 minutes. Working together, how many pages can they type in 15 minutes?
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A.
42
B.
40
C.
46
D.
49
ANSWER :
D. 49