Time and Work is an important topic in the Quantitative Aptitude section in NMAT exam. Practising this topic will increase your score overall and make your conceptual grip on NMAT exam stronger.
This article gives you a full set of NMAT Time and Work MCQs with explanations and NMAT previous year questions (PYQs) for effective practice. Practice of Quantitative Aptitude MCQs including Time and Work questions regularly will improve accuracy, speed, and confidence in the NMAT 2025 exam.
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NMAT Time and Work MCQs with Solutions
1.
24 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days. 16 women can complete the same work in 12 days. 8 men and 8 women started working on the task. After 6 days, x men were added to the group such that the work was finished in 4 more days. Find the value of x.
- 24
- 32
- 36
- 40
- 48
2.
An ant climbing up a vertical pole ascends 12 meters and slips down 5 meters in every alternate hour. If the pole is 63 meters high how long will it take it to reach the top?- 18 hours
- 17 hours
- 16 hours 35 minutes
- 16 hours 40 minutes
3.
3 men, 5 women, and 7 children can complete a work in 40 days. 6 men, 10 women, and 18 children can complete the work in 18 days. 9 men, 15 women, and 5 children can complete the work in?
- 17 17/18 days
- 18 18/19 days
- 19 18/19 days
- 18 17/18 days
- 18 days
4.
A started a work and left after working for 1 day. Then B was called and he finished the work in \(4\frac{1}{2}\) days. Had A left the work after working for \(1\frac{1}{2}\)days, B would have finished the remaining work in 3 days. In how many days can each of them, working alone, finish the whole work?- 3.5 days, 8.5 days
- 2.5 days, 7.5 days
- 5 days, 15 days
- None of these
5.
Pushkin, Qutub, and Ravinder together can complete a piece of work in 4 days. Ravinder and Samrat can complete the same work in 6 days. If Qutub and Ravinder take 20 and 10 days respectively to finish the work on their own, in how many days can Pushkin and Samrat complete the same work?
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 8
- 9
6.
A and B are employed to complete a work. When A worked at twice his normal efficiency and B worked at half his normal efficiency, the work was completed in 17 days. If A had worked at five times his normal efficiency and B worked at one-fourth of his normal efficiency, the work would have been completed in 10 days. If B works alone, how many days does he need to complete the work?
- 21.25
- 23.75
- 25.25
- 20.75
- None of these
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