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Work and Time MCQs with Answers

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    If three lawns are completed in two hours, how many lawns will be completed in ten hours?

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    If 42 women can do a work in 18 days, how many women will do the same work in 21 days?

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    $P$ and $Q$ need $8$ days to complete a work. $Q$ and $R$ need $12$ days to complete the same work. But $P$, $Q$ and $R$ together can finish it in $6$ days. How many days will be needed if $P$ and $R$ together do it?

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    Ali earns Rs 7500 in 2 weeks. What will he earn in 2 days if he works 6 days a week?

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    Working $5$ hours a day, A can complete a work in $8$ days and working $6$ hours a day, B can complete the same work in $10$ days. Working $8$ hours a day, they can jointly complete the work in:

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    12 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many men would be required to do the same work in 8 days?

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    A person irons four shirts in 12 minutes. How many shirts will he iron in one hour?

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    A stenographer has been asked to fill out 500 forms. She fills 25 forms by the end of half an hour, when she is joined by another stenographer who fills the forms at the rate of 45 per hour. The entire assignment will be carried out in:

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    125 people can finish a piece of work in 120 days. Find the number of people required to finish this same work in 100 days.

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    $A$ and $B$ can do a piece of work in $12$ days, $B$ and $C$ in $15$ days, and $C$ and $A$ in $20$ days. The number of days taken by $A$, $B$, and $C$ together to finish the work is:

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