Top 10 Questions (Time and Work) for SSC CGL and CHSL

Top 10 Questions Arithmetic Ability for SSC CGL and CHSL

Top 10 Questions (Time and Work) for SSC CGL and CHSL

Answers are in bold

1)

A can do a work in 8 days working 5 hours a day and working 6 hours a day B can do the same work in 10 days. In how many days both will do the work working 8 hours a day?

A) 3 days
B) 4 days
C) 4.5 days
D) 5.4 days

2)

40 men can do a work in 40 days. They all start the work. But at the last of each 10th day 5 men continued to leave the work. In how much time the work will be completed?

A) 562/3 days
B) 531/3 days
C) 52 days
D) 50 days

3)

If two persons having same efficiency can do two jobs in 2 days. In how many days 100 persons having same efficiency could do the same 100 jobs?

A) 100 days
B) 10 days
C) 5 days
D) 2 days

4)

A tank full of water is emptied in 10 hours due to a hole at the bottom of the tank. If the tank is full of water and also a tap fills the tank at the rate of 4 liter per minute then tank emptied in 15 hours by the hole at the bottom. How much liter of water can be filled in the tank?

A) 2400
B) 4500
C) 1200
D) 7200

5)

A can do a work in 18 days, B can do the same work in 12 days. Both of them started the work but 3 days before the completion of the work B left the work. In how many days work will be completed?

A) 12
B) 10
C) 9.6
D) 9

6)

A money-lender borrows money at 4 % per annum and pays the interest at the end of the year. He lends it at 6% per annum compound interest compounded half-yearly and receives the interest at the end of the year. In this way he gains Rs. 104.50 a year. The amount of money he borrows is

A) Rs. 6000
B) Rs. 5500
C) Rs. 5000
D) Rs. 4500

7)

Ganga and Saraswati can harvest a cornfield in 8 hours and 12 hours respectively. If Ganga started the harvesting at 9 A.M. and both harvested for 1 hour alternatively till the completion of the work, when will the work be completed?

A) 6 pm
B) 6 : 30 pm
C) 5 pm
D) 5 : 30 pm

8)

A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively. A begins to do the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be completed in

A) days
B) days
C) days
D) days

9)

A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start together but after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is completed after two more days, B alone could do the work in

A) 5 days
B) 6 days
C) 9 days
D) 10 days

10)

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 :4, how much time shall B take to do it?

A) Rs. 800
B) Rs. 600
C) Rs. 900
D) Rs. 750