Time and Work

1.         A can do a piece of work in 20 days which B can do in 12 days. B worked at it for 9 days. A can finish the remaining work in :
(1) 3 days        (2) 5 days            (3) 7 days          (4) 11 days

2.         A Can do a certain job in 25 days which B alone can do in 20 days. A started the work and was joined by B after 10 days. The work lasted for..
(1) 25/2 days      (2) 128/9 days      (3) 15 days        (4) 50/3 days  

3.         Six women alone can complete a piece of work in 10 days whereas 10 children alone take 15 days to complete the same piece of work. How many days will 6 women & 10 children together take to complete the piece of work ?
(1) 7                (2) 8              (3) 6              (4) 4

4.         2 Women & 10 children together take 8 days to complete a piece of work. How many days will 10 children alone take to complete the piece of work if 8 women can complete the piece of work in 6 days ?
(1) 15              (2) 12              (3) 10           (4) 24

5.         21 Binders can Bidn 1400 books in 15 days. How many binders will be required to Bind 800 books in 20 days.
(1) 7                (2) 9                (3) 12           (4) 14 

6.         18 Children can do a piece of work in 12 days. How many children would be required to do the same work in 8 days.
(1) 12               (2) 18               (3) 24          (4) 27   

7.         8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work in 6 days the work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a women in one day. If 8 man and 4 women started working and after 2 days 4 men left & 4 new women joined. In how many more days the work be completed ?
            1) 5 days         2) 8 days           3) 6 days        4) 4 days

8.         B & C together can complete a work in 8 days. A & B can together can complete the same work in 12 days & A & C together can complete the same work in 16 days. In how many days can A, B & C together complete the work ?
            1) 48/3 days         2) 96/13 days         3) 89/12  days          4) 41/12 days     

9.         An AC consumers 8 unit of electricity in 30 minute & a bulb consumers 18 unit of electricity in 6 hours. How many unit of electricity will both AC and bulb consumer in 8 days if they run 10 hours a day ?
            1) 1280 unit       2) 1528 unit        3) 1248 unit       4) 1520 unit   

10.       8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8 women can complete the same work in 32 days. In how many days will 5 men & 8 women together complete the same work ?
            (1) 16 days      (2) 12 days          (3) 14 days          (4) 10 days 

11.       6 women and 6 man together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. In how many days can 15 man alone complete the same work if 9 women can complete it in 10 days ?
            (1) 6            (2) 5           (3) Cannot be determined       (4) None of these

12.       Two man alone or three women alone can complete a piece of work in 4 days. In how many days 1 man & 1 woman can complete the same piece of work ?
            (1) 6 days      (2) 24/5 days      (3) 12/7 days     (4) Cannot be determined 

13.       Seven girls can do a piece of work in 13 days. 6 boys can do the same piece of work in 12 days. Nine men can complete the same in 9 days & 6 women can complete in 14 days the same work. Who are the most efficient ?
            (1) Boys      (2) Girls        (3) Women      (4) Men 

14.       A man and a boy complete a work together is 24 days. If for the last 6 days man alone does the work then it is completed in 26 days how long the boy will take to complete the work alone ?
            (1) 72 days      (2) 20 days      (3) 24 days      (4) 36 days  

15.       If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days; 13 men & 24 boys can do it in 4 days, then the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that of a boy is ;
            (1) 2 : 1             (2) 3 : 1            (3) 3 : 2            (4) 5 : 4   

16.       A does 20 % less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in 15/2 hrs. then B can do it in
            (1) 5 hrs           (2) 11/2 hrs         (3) 6 hrs           (4) 13/2 hrs   

17.       A can built a wall in 30 days, while B alone can built it in 40 days. If they built it together and get a payment of Rs. 7000, what is B’s share ?
            (1) Rs. 3000    (2) Rs. 2000    (3) Rs. 5000      (4) Cannot be determined     

18.       Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is 50 % more efficient than Kamal. The number of days, Bimal will take to do same piece of work is ;
            (1) 10           (2) 21/2          (3) 12          (4) 14    

19.       If 5 men and 9 women can finish a piece of work in 19 days 3 men & 6 women can do the same work in.
            (1) 10 days     (2) 12 days       (3) 13 days       (4) 15 days 

20.       A man a women & a boy can complete a job in 3 days, 4 days and 12 days respectively. How many boys must assist 1 man and 1 women to complete the job in  1/4 of a day ?
            (1) 10             (2) 14            (3) 19          (4) 41


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Sentence Improvement


Directions (Q. Nos. 1 to 60) In the following questions, choose the alternative which is an improvement upon the italicised part. If none of the three alternatives (a, b, c) improves the sentence, your answer is (d).
 
1.         I am used to hard work.
(a) hard working      (b) working hard      (c) work hardly     
(d) No imporvement
           
2.         The main point of his speech was well understood.
(a) that he spoke   (b) in the speech of his   (c) made when he spoke 
(d) No improvement

3.         Mr. Johnson had staying here since 1954 and had made India his home.
(a) was to stay   (b) is staying    (c) has been staying   (d) No improvement

4.         No sooner I saw the tiger than I ran away.
(a) No sooner I had seen               (b) No sooner did I see   
(c) As soon as I saw                    (d) No Improvement

5.         Because of his mastery in this field his suggestions are wide accepted.
(a) are widely accepted                 (b) are wide acceptance  
(c) have widely acceptance            (d) No improvement

6.         The manager was unhappy at Gaurav because he did not complete the work in time.
(a) is unhappy at  (b) is to be unhappy at   (c) was unhappy with 
(d) No improvement

7.         Old habits die hardly.
(a) die much hardly    (b) die hard     (c) die too hard    (d) No improvement

8.         Your results depend not only on how much you have studied but now long you have read.
(a) but also how long                                     (b) but also on how long        
(c) but also on how much long                        (d) No improvement

9.         When I was fourteen, I sat the entrance examination for senior secondary school.
(a) sat for      (b) sat in        (c) sat at        (d) No improvement

10.       Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.
(a) was looked     (b) would be looked    (c) would have looked                       
(d) No improvement

11.       If you had told your problem yesterday, we might had helped you.
(a) would have    (b) might have been    (c) would have been   
(d) No improvement

12.       A lot depends on your early brought up in the faimly.
(a) bring up     (b) bringing on    (c) up bringing      (d) No improvement

13.       Try to be diplomatic where you refuse any invitation, so far not to cause bad feeling.
(a) as far not    (b) so as not       (c) if as far not      (d) No improvement

14.       She gave most of her time to music.  
(a) devoted      (b) spent             (c) lent           (d) No improvement

15.       All his answers were correct.
(a) His every answers    (b) His all answers    (c) All of his answers   
(d) No improvement

16.       I wish I was with him.
(a) have been      (b) were       (c) am        (d) No improvement

17.       She cut a sad figure in her first performance on the stage.
(a) made a sorry figure      (b) cut a sorry face      (c) cut a sorry figure    
(d) No improvement

18.       They have stopped from constructing new buildings.
(a) to construct       (b) at constructing       (c) constructing           
(d) No improvement

19.       Since 1986, there is no Earthquakes here.
(a) have been       (b) are      (c) were being       (d) No improvement

20.       His father won’t be able to leave for Varanasi until they have arrived.
(a) until they arrive                       (b) until thy will arrive   
(c) until they will have arrived       (d) No improvement

21.       Young men and women should get habituated to reading and writing about current affairs.
(a) prepared        (b) trained        (c) used       (d) No improvement
           
22.       His trousers are three sizes large.
(a) three sizes too     (b) three size     (c) three sizes over   
(d) No improvement

23.       Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Polard towards Berlin.
(a) was sitting       (b) have been sitting    (c) sat    (d) No improvement

24.       The actress said that it sometimes took her two hours to put her make-up.
(a) put over          (b) put up            (c) put on        (d) No improvement

25.       Let’s buy a new sari with the annual bonus, can we ?
(a) can’t we          (b) don’t we       (c) shall we      (d) No improvement

26.       The members of his family are coming in this train.
(a) with              (b) by               (c) on          (d) No improvement

27.       Bad habits must be nipped at the bud.
(a) nipped off the bud     (b) nipped in the bud     (c) nipped on the bud     
(d) No improvement

28.       The unemployment rate has dropped sharply this month, though it may only be temporary.
(a) but it may be only temporary  
(b) even though the drop may only be temporary      
(c) but the drop may only be temporary  
(d) No improvement

29.       He has been working off and on for several years to compile a dictionary.
(a) on or off       (b) on and off      (c) regularly      (d) No improvement

30.       Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come our successful.
(a) to rise against    (b) in rising from     (c) to rise to     (d) No improvement
 
31.       I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked me.
(a) would have gladly accompanied   (b) was to have gladly accompanied  
(c) will gladly accompany                (d) No improvement

32.       He doesn’t hesitate to do whatever his brother does.
(a) will do       (b) would do       (c) shall do         (d) No improvement 

33.       None of the guests were introduced to the bride.
(a) introduced     (b) was introduced     (c) have been introduced      
(d) No improvement

34.       The intruder stood quitely for few moments.  
(a) for few time     (b) for a few moments     (c) for the few moments     
(d) No improvement

35.       He is very active and will finish the work within no time.
(a) at no time     (b) without taking time      (c) in no time   
(d) No improvement

36.       Rajni unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Kashish and left the party
            hurriedly.
(a) picking up       (b) picked on       (c) picked       (d) No improvement

37.       Is there any place for me to sit ?
(a) space          (b) room         (c) area        (d) No improvement

38.       When he heard the rhetorical speech of the leader, he was carried along by                            his enthusiasm.
(a) was carried away    (b) was carried down      (c) was carried off      
(d) No improvement

39.       He complained that he had too much work to cope up with.
(a) to cope with     (b) for coping up with       (c) to cope       
(d) No improvement

40.       One of the man gave first-aid to Hitesh who is injured in a road accident.
(a) who had injured     (b) who was injured     (c) which was injured     
(d) No improvement

41.       Last evening I went to the optician and bought spectacles.
(a) a spectacle     (b) two spectacles       (c) a pair of spectacles   
(d) No improvement
           
42.       He enjoys to tell stories to children.
(a) how to tell stories     (b) telling stories       (c) to narrate stories               
(d) No improvement

43.       Scarcely had he entered the room than the phone rang.
(a) when            (b) while          (c) as          (d) No improvement

44.       The need of the hour was some fast action on the part of the leaders.
(a) needed         (b) needing        (c) needs     (d) No improvement

45.       You are warned against committing the same mistake again.
(a) to committing     (b) to be committing       (c) to commit     
(d) No improvement

46.       The cloud of misfortunes appears to have blown out.
(a) away           (b) over             (c) up          (d) No improvement

47.       It is unreasonable to distort the statement of a man simply because he does not agree you’re your opinions.
(a) discourage   (b) denounce      (c) bend       (d) No improvement

48.       He stopped to work an hour ago.
(a) to working    (b) to have worked    (c) working    (d) No improvement

49.      He stayed back, so that it can look as if he were unaware of the entire incident.
(a) may look      (b) would look        (c) will look     (d) No improvement

50.       You ought not to have gone there, but you did.
(a) be going        (b) have been         (c) go              (d) No improvement
 
51.       What he needed are not large houses but small cottages.
(a) were             (b) was                  (c) is               (d) No improvement

52.       Who does not know that this was broadcasted ten days ago ?
(a) Had broadcast    (b) Was broadcast    (c) Was broadcasting              
(d) No improvement

53.       The Three Musketeers have been written by Dumas.
(a) are written   (b) are being written     (c) has been written   
(d) No improvement

54.       No one needs to worry about me.  
(a) will worry   (b) need worry     (c) shall worry   (d) No improvement

55.       Manisha purchased the very good of all the saries kept in the shop.
(a) the better     (b) the very better    (c) the best      (d) No improvement

56.       Many a man have died of cancer.
(a) have died from    (b) has died of      (c) have been dying of    
(d) No improvement

57.       People are tiring very soon in an activity which they don’t like.  
(a) tried      (b) trying       (c) tired       (d) No improvement

58.       He has said, so out of affection, do not take it to heart.
(a) in heart    (b) in the heart     (c) by the heart    (d) No improvement

59.       The summer has set out and the days are getting warm.
(a) set up       (b) set in             (c) set off          (d) No improvement

60.       I am sorry, but I don’t believe what you say.
(a) I will not believe   (b) I am not believing   (c) I will not be believing      
(d) No improvement



ANS KEY
(English Test on Sentence Improvement-1)

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