BASIC CONCEPTS 2

Time and Distance, Time and Work

1) A and B can do a piece of work in 40 days while C & A can do it in 60 days. If B is twice as good as C
then C alone will do the work in ________ days.
(1) 120 days
(2) 100 days
(3) 80 days
(4) 24 days
2) A is thrice as good a workman as B and B is twice as good a workman as C. If they all finish a piece of
work in 12 days, then C alone will finish it in ____________days.
(1) 18 days
(2) 108 days
(3) 3 days
(4) 154 days
3) A can do a work in 15 days & B the same work in 12 days. B started the work and was joined by A, 5
days before the end of work. The work lasted for ____ days.
(1) 8 days
(2) 12 days
(3) 13 days
(4) 24 days
4) A can do a piece of work in 40 days and B can do the same in 30 days. A started alone but left the work
after 10 days, then B worked at it for 10 days. C finished the remaining work in 10 days. How long will
C alone take to do?
(1) 24 days

(2) 30 days

(3) 44 days

(4) 17

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5) 5 men or 6 women or 10 boys can do a work in 15 days. How long will it take to complete the work by a
group of 5 men, 6 women and 10 boys.
(1) 5 days
(2) 6 days
(3) 10 days
(4) 45 days
6) A can do a piece of work in 90 days, B in 40 days and C in 12 days. They
i.e. first day A does it alone, second day B does it alone and third day C
cycle is repeated till work is completed. They get Rs: 240 for this job.
proportion to the work each had done. Find the amount A will get?
(1) 14
(2) 24
(3) 34

work for a day each in turn,

does it alone. After that the
If the wages are divided in
(4) 36

7) Three men with 5 boys can do a piece of work in 2 days and 4 men and 16 boys can complete the job in
one day. How much time will it take for one boy together with a woman who can work twice as fast as
the boy to complete a job that is three times as time consuming?
(1) 24 days
(2) 28 days
(3) 32 days
(4) 36 days
8) A and B together can do apiece of work in twelve days which B and C together can do in 16 days. After
A has been working at it for five days and B for seven days, C finishes it in 13 days. In how many days
C alone will do the work?
(1) 16 days
(2) 24 days
(3) 36 days
(4) 48 days
9) Twelve men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 6 more men join them. How
many days will they take to complete the remaining work?
(1) 2 days
(2) 3 days
(3) 4 days
(4) 5 days
10) A tank, which could be filled in 5 hrs, takes 1 hour more to be filled owing to a leak in its bottom. If the
tank is full, the leakage will empty the tank in.
(1) 1hr
(2) 11 hrs
(3) 13 hrs
(4) 30 hrs
11) Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 min and pipe B can empty it in 24 min. If both are opened, after how many
minutes should pipe B be closed, so that tank is filled in 30 min?
(1) 20
(2) 21
(3) 23
(4) 22
12) Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 min and 27 min. A third pipe can empty full tank in 6 min. All three are
opened when tank was 2/3 full. In how many min, will tank become empty?
(1) 11
(2) 9
(3) 13
(4) 7
13) A, B & C can fill a tank in 12, 24, 48 hrs. They are opened together, but B is closed 3 hrs before and C
closed 2 hrs before filling of tank. In how many hours, was tank filled?
(1) 6
(2) 8
(3) 7
(4) 9
14) Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 8 hrs. All the three pipes are opened for 2 hrs and then C is
closed. If A & B fill the remaining tank in 9 hrs, find the time taken by C alone to fill the tank?
(1) 12
(2) 18
(3) 24
(4) 36

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15) At 10 AM taps A,B and C are turned on. A can fill the tub in 5 hrs, B can fill it in 10 hrs and C can
empty it in 7hrs. At what time, working together will the tank be filled
(1) 4 AM
(2) 6 AM
(3) 4 PM
(4) 6 PM
16) A leaves a station at 8 mph and after 5 hours B leaves the same station and travels in the same
direction as A at 12 mph. After how much time B overtakes A?
(1) 6 hrs
(2) 8 hrs
(3) 10 hrs
(4) 12 hrs
17) Two cars P and Q start at the same time from A and B which are 120 km apart. If the two cars travel in
opposite directions, they meet after one hour and if they travel in same direction (from A towards B),
then P meets Q after 6 hrs. What is the speed of the car P?
(1) 60 km/h
(2) 70 km/h
(3) 80 km/h
(4) 40 km/h
18) A, B and C are the three persons run on the circular path at the speed of 20 m/sec, 30 m/sec and 50
m/sec respectively in the same direction. The circumference of the track is 600 meters. When will they
be together again for the first time at the starting point?
(1) 45 Sec
(2) 60 sec
(3) 35 sec
(4) 55 sec
19) The ratio of the distance from x to y to the distance from y to z is 5 : 4.A man travels from x to y at 50
mph and y to z at 40 mph. Find his average speed for the entire journey?
a) 25 mph
(2) 35 mph
(3) 45 mph
(4) 50 mph
20) The speed of a bus without stoppages is 50 mph and with stoppage is 35 mph. How many minutes per
hour does the bus stop?
(1) 15 min
(2) 18 min
(3) 20 min
(4) 24 min
21) ) A man covers 1/3rd of the distance at 60 mph and remaining distance at the rate of 80 mph. Find his
average speed for the entire journey?
(1) 36 mph
(2) 45 mph
(3) 60 mph
(4) 72 mph
22) A train leaves point A at 6.00 a.m. and reaches point B at 10.00 a.m. Another train leaves point B at
8.00 a.m. and reaches point A at 12 noon. When do the two trains meet?
(1) 9.00 a.m.
(2) 10.00 a.m.
(3) 11.00 a.m.
(4) 1.00 p.m.
23) Increasing his speed by 2 mph a person covers a certain distance 1 hr early. Had he decreased his
speed by 2 mph, he would have taken 1 hrs late. Find the distance traveled by that person?
(1) 30 miles
(2) 40 miles
(3) 48 miles
(4) 60 miles
24) Navin is travelling on his bike and has calculated to reach point A at 2 pm if he travels at 40 kmph, he
will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 60 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 pm?
(1) 50 km/h
(2) 45 km/h
(3) 58 km/h
(4) 48 km/h
25) A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 300 m. The thief starts running and the policeman
chases him. The thief and the police man run at the rate of 10 kmph and 11 kmph respectively. What
is the distance between them after 6 minutes?
(1) 200 m
(2) 150 m
(3) 100 m
(4) 190 m
26) A train, 180m long crossed 120m long platforms in 20s and another train at same speed crossed a pole
in 10s. In what time can they cross each other, when they travel in opposite directions?
(1) 11s
(2) 13s
(3) 12s
(4) 14s
27) Two trains pass each other on parallel lines. Each train is 100 meters long. When they are going in the
same direction, the faster one takes 60 seconds to pass the other completely. If they are going in
opposite directions they pass each other completely in 10 seconds. Find the speed of the slower train?
(in km/h)
(1) 30
(2) 42
(3) 48
(4) 60
28) In a stream that is running at 2 km/h, a man goes 10 km upstream and comes back to the starting
point in 55 minutes. Find the speed of the man in still water.
(1) 20 km/h
(2) 22 km/h
(3) 24 km/h
(4) 28 km/h
29) A boat travels 12km downstream in 48 min, if the speed of stream is 2kmph, then speed of boat in still
water is
(1) 13kmph
(2) 15kmph
(3) 17kmph
(4) None
30) A boat covers 55 km down stream and 25 km up stream in 10 hrs while it covers 44 km down stream
and 35 km up stream in 11 hrs. The velocity of the current is?
(1) 2 km/h
(2) 3 km/h
(3) 4 km/h
(4) 5 km/h

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