10 Time and Work Questions for SSC — Part 1 (2020)
In this post, we have created a list of 10 important time and work questions for SSC CGL and CHSL. This is the first part of time and work problem series. These questions are in MCQ format and their answer key is at the end of the page. It is upside down to discourage cheating.
This should help you practice for other kinds of government competitive exams as well. We have also created others posts with Important Time and Work practice questions, Time and Work questions for RRB NTPC, Time and Work questions for Bank PO.
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Time and Work Questions for SSC (Easy)
These are some easy time and work problems that you should be able to solve in 5-10 seconds.
1) To complete a work, Chandralekha takes 34% more time than Raj. They take 67 days to complete the work together. How much time will Raj take to do it alone?
2) Simran and Mitali can complete a work together in 6 days. If for the last 16 days Simran alone does the work then it is completed in 110 days. How long will Mitali take to complete the work alone?
3) Siddharth is 2 times as good a worker as Nishant and Nishant is 2 times as good a worker as Rakesh. Siddharth and Nishant can together finish a piece of work in 5 days. How long will Rakesh take to do it alone?
Time and Work Questions for SSC (Medium)
These are some time and work problems with medium difficulty level. Try to solve them in 15-20 seconds.
4) 6 men and 8 women can do a job in 24 days while 12 men and 12 women can do it in 15 days. How long will a group of 12 men and 11 women take to finish the job when working together?
5) Ajay, Vivek and Neha can complete a work in 24 days. Ajay can work 4 times faster than Vivek and 2 times faster than Neha. How many days will Neha take to complete the work alone?
6) 9 men and 9 women or 15 men and 8 women or 12 men and 12 children can complete a work in 77 days. What is the ratio of daily work done by a man to that of a child?
Time and Work Questions for SSC (Hard)
These are some time and work problems with hard difficulty level. Try to solve them in 30-40 seconds.
7) The four walls and ceiling of a room of length 23m, breadth 17m and height 8m are to be painted. Painter Raj can paint 240m2 in 6 days. Painter Aryan can paint 200m2 in 5 days. How long will Raj and Aryan take when they paint together?
8) 10 men and 10 boys can do a piece of work in 30 days while 5 men and 15 boys can do the same in 40 days. How long will 5 men and 10 boys take to do the same type of work?
9) Two workers Chandralekha and Pavitra are engaged to do a piece of work. Chandralekha working alone would take 36 days more to complete the work than when they work together. If Pavitra worked alone, he would take 16 days more than when they work together. What is time required to finish the work together?
10) Anirudh, Soham and Akshay can complete a work in 24, 48 and 32 days respectively. Anirudh left after working for 5 days and Soham left 2 days before the work was completed. How many days were required to complete the whole work?
Answer Key —
1. b, 2. a, 3. a, 4. d, 5. a, 6. d, 7. d, 8. c, 9. c, 10. c
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