Top 20 NMAT 2026 Time and Work Questions PDF, Download Now

Top 20 NMAT 2026 Time and Work Questions

Time and Work is one of the most predictable topics in the NMAT Quantitative Skills section. The section has 36 questions to be solved in 52 minutes, and Time and Work, including Pipes and Cisterns, usually accounts for 1 to 2 of them. Since NMAT has no negative marking, every Time and Work question you solve quickly and correctly adds directly to your scaled score.

Most NMAT Time and Work questions rest on one idea: work done = rate × time. Around it sit a few standard patterns, such as people working together, someone leaving midway, working on alternate days, efficiency comparisons, men-women-children problems, wages, and pipes filling or emptying a tank. Once you can spot the pattern, the question reduces to one or two lines of calculation.

NMAT is a computer-adaptive test, so a strong start in arithmetic topics like Time and Work helps you reach higher-difficulty questions. These questions also reward a fixed method, which makes them ideal for saving time that you can spend on Data Interpretation later.

Try to solve 10 to 15 Time and Work questions daily, mixing basic two-person questions, pipe questions, wage questions and Data Sufficiency questions. This builds the pattern recognition you need to finish the Quant section on time.

Top 20 NMAT Time and Work Questions PDF

A single NMAT Time and Work Questions PDF lets you practise every important pattern in one place instead of hunting through books and websites. It also makes last-minute revision quick, since the formulas and solved examples sit together.

This PDF covers combined work, pairwise work of three people, efficiency ratios, people leaving or joining midway, alternate-day work, the man-days formula, men-women and men-boys problems, wages, pipes and cisterns with leaks and outlets, and an NMAT-style Data Sufficiency question. Every question comes with a step-by-step solution so you can check both your answer and your method.

Solve the questions in a timed setting, aiming for about 1.5 minutes per question. After each set, go through the solutions and note where the LCM method or a shortcut could have saved time. Revisit the questions you got wrong after a few days to make sure the concept has stuck.

How to Solve These Top 20 NMAT Time and Work Questions

Here are some methods that can help you solve NMAT Time and Work questions quickly and accurately:

Use the LCM method instead of fractions: Take total work as the LCM of the given days. If A takes 12 days and B takes 18 days, total work = 36 units, so A does 3 units/day and B does 2 units/day. This removes fractions from almost every question.

Think in rates, not days: Days cannot be added, but rates can. Combined rate = sum of individual rates, and time = total work ÷ combined rate.

Learn the key results by heart:

• Work = Rate × Time, and Rate = 1 ÷ (days to finish alone)
• If A takes x days and B takes y days, together they take xy ÷ (x + y) days
• If A+B, B+C and C+A take x, y and z days, then 2(A + B + C) = 1/x + 1/y + 1/z
• If A is k times as efficient as B, A takes 1/k of the time B takes
• Man-days formula: (M1 × D1 × H1) ÷ W1 = (M2 × D2 × H2) ÷ W2
• Wages are shared in the ratio of work done, not time spent
• Pipes: a filling pipe adds work, an outlet or leak subtracts it. Leak rate = (rate without leak) − (rate with leak)

Track who works on which days: When someone leaves early or joins late, write the days each person actually worked. For example, if A leaves 5 days before the end, A works (T − 5) days while B works T days.

Use cycles for alternate-day questions: Find the work done in one full cycle, count how many full cycles fit, then handle the leftover work day by day. Never divide total work by the average rate directly.

Convert people into one unit: In men-women-children questions, equate the two given situations to find a ratio like 1 man = 3 women. Then express everyone in the same unit.

Check options smartly: NMAT gives five options. If an answer must be more than the faster person's time, or a whole number, eliminate options that break that logic.

For Data Sufficiency, do not solve fully: You only need to know whether a unique answer exists. Stop as soon as you can tell a statement is or is not enough.

Question 1

Time required by two pipes A and B working separately to fill a tank is 36 seconds and 45 seconds respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 30 seconds. Initially, A and Bare opened and after 7 seconds, C is also opened. In how much more time the tank would be completely filled?

A

34 seconds

B

39 seconds

C

33 seconds

D

37 seconds

E

32 seconds

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correct answer:- 2

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Question 2

Three pipes A, B and C are connected to a tank. Out of the tree, A and B are tile inlet pipes and C is the outlet pipe If opened separately, A fills the tank in 10 hours and B fills the tank in 30 hours. If all three are opened simultaneously, it takes 30 minutes extra than if only A and B are opened. How much time does it take to empty the tank if only C is opened?

A

100 Hours

B

200 Hours

C

140 Hours

D

120 Hours

E

160 Hours

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correct answer:- 4

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Question 3

One man and one woman can complete a piece of work in 18 days while four men and three women can complete the same work in 5 days. In how many days can two men and three women complete the same work?

A

$$9\frac{1}{2}$$ days

B

$$7\frac{1}{2}$$ days

C

$$8\frac{1}{2}$$ days

D

$$6\frac{1}{2}$$ days

E

$$3W=2M$$

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correct answer:- 2

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Question 4

Working alone, A can do a job in 15 days and B can do the same job in 18 days. In how many days will the job be completed if both work together?

A

10/3 days

B

36/5 days

C

5/36 days

D

15 days

E

90/11 days

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correct answer:- 5

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Question 5

Abdul, Bimal, Charlie and Dilbar can finish a task in 10, 12, 15 and 18 days respectively. They can either choose to work or remain absent on a particular day. If 50 percent of the total work gets completed after 3 days, then, which of the following options is possible?

A

Each of them worked for exactly 2 days.

B

Bimal and Dilbar worked for 1 day each, Charlie worked for 2 days and Abdul worked for all 3 days.

C

Abdul and Charlie worked for 2 days each, Dilbar worked for 1 day and Bimal worked for all 3 days.

D

Abdul and Dilbar worked for 2 days each, Charlie worked for 1 day and Bimal worked for all 3 days.

E

Abdul and Charlie worked for 1 day each, Bimal worked for 2 days and Dilbar worked for all 3 days.

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correct answer:- 5

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Question 6

12 men can finish a project in 20 days. 18 women can finish the same project in 16 days and 24 children can finish it in 18 days. 8 women and 16 children worked for 9 days and then left. In how many days will 10 men complete the remaining project ?

A

$$10\frac{1}{2}$$

B

10

C

9

D

$$11\frac{1}{2}$$

E

$$9\frac{1}{2}$$

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correct answer:- 2

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Question 7

Sixteen men and twelve women can complete a work in 8 days, if 20 men can complete the same work in 16 days, in how many days 16 women can complete the same piece of work ?

A

12

B

8

C

10

D

15

E

20

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correct answer:- 3

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Question 8

A project requires 12 women to complete it in 16 days. 12 women started working and after a few days from the start of the project, 4 women left. If the remaining project was completed in 18 days, in how many days the whole project was completed?

A

$$24{1 \over 2}$$

B

26

C

22

D

$$21{1 \over 2}$$

E

20

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correct answer:- 3

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Question 9

A and B together can complete a particular task in 6 days. If A alone can complete the same task in 10 days, how many days will B take to complete the task if he works alone ?

A

15

B

16

C

14

D

12

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 1

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Question 10

A and B together can complete a particular task in 8 days. If B alone can complete the same task in 10 days, how many days will A take to complete the task if he works alone?

A

28

B

36

C

40

D

32

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 3

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Question 11

A is 60% more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B together complete a piece of work if A alone can complete the work in 15 days?

A

$$9\frac{7}{13}$$

B

$$8\frac{9}{13}$$

C

$$8\frac{4}{13}$$

D

$$10\frac{1}{13}$$

E

$$9\frac{3}{13}$$

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correct answer:- 5

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Question 12

A work can be finished In 14 days by 36 workers. If the work were to be finished in 8 days, how many additional workers would be required ?

A

29

B

33

C

23

D

31

E

27

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correct answer:- 5

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Question 13

A and B together can finish a piece of work in 12 days while B alone can do it in 30 days. In how many days can A alone finish the work ?

A

10

B

20

C

50

D

25

E

35

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correct answer:- 2

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Question 14

4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days, and 5 men and 7 women can do the same job in 4 days. How long will 1 man and 1 woman take to do the work ?

A

22 2/7 days

B

25 1/2 days

C

5 1/7 days

D

12 7/22 days

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 1

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Question 15

A tap can empty a tank in one hour. A second tap can empty it in 30 min If both the taps operate simultaneously, how much time is needed to empty the tank ?

A

20 min

B

30 min

C

40 min

D

45 min

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 1

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Question 16

Work done by A in one day is four times the work done by B in one day, while the work done by B in one day is one­third of the work done by C in one day. C alone can complete the work in 16 days. In how many days can all the three together complete the work?

A

12 days

B

10 days

C

8 days

D

6 days

E

Other than those given as options

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correct answer:- 4

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Question 17

Three typists P, Q and R have to type 368 pages. P types one page in 8 minutes, Q in 18 minutes and R in 24 minutes. In what time will these pages be typed if they work together?

A

25 hours

B

27.6 hours

C

27 hours

D

28 hours

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 2

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Question 18

9 Men working for 7 hours a day can complete a piece of work in 15 days. In how many days can 6 men working for 9 hours a day, complete the same piece of work ?

A

$$17\frac{1}{2}days$$

B

$$16\frac{3}{4}days$$

C

$$16Days$$

D

$$15\frac{3}{4}days$$

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 1

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Question 19

If 12 boys or 15 girls can do a work in 48 days, in what time will 24 boys and 6 girls do twice the work?

A

42 days

B

40 days

C

45 days

D

30 days

E

None of these

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correct answer:- 2