18 men can eat 20 kg of rice in 3 days. How long will 6 men take to eat 40 kg of rice?
Correct answer B. 18
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Men and Food MCQs
Men and Food MCQs are aptitude problems about how long a fixed stock of provisions lasts when the number of people, or animals, changes. Typical settings include ships, forts and garrisons. They appear in NTS, ISSB, SSC and banking tests. Every question has an instant answer, so you can check your working as you practise.
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140 pills are sufficient for 10 patients for a week. How long will 200 pills last if there are 30 patients?
Correct answer A. 3 1?3 days
In a fort there is sufficient food for 600 men for a month. If 400 more men arrive the fort then how long the food is sufficient for now?
Correct answer B. 18 days
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If 25 men can eat 150 kg of wheat in 30 days then 45 men can eat 450 kg of wheat in how many days?
Correct answer B. 50 days
In a hostel mess there is enough food provisions for 1200 boarders for a month. After 15 days half of them leave due to vacations. How long will the food provisions now last?
Correct answer B. 30 days
Certain quantity of food is sufficient for certain number of men for 13 days. After 1 day 2/5 of them desert how long will the food now last?
Correct answer A. 20 days
A group of people has provisions for 29 days for 24 men. If after 4 days 1/6 of them desert then food will last for?
Correct answer C. 30 days
In a fort the food was sufficient for two months. After half a month?
Correct answer D. 50 days
15 cattle can graze a field in 20 days 20 cattle can graze 3 such field in how many days?
Correct answer B. 45
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5kg food is consumed by 50 chickens in 2 days. 60 chickens will consume how much food in 6 days?
Correct answer D. 18 kg
At any army camp the provisions were stored for 40 days but ten days after the no. of soldiers become double. Now the food lasts for x days. What is x?
Correct answer D. 15
A family of 12 people had enough provision for 15 days. But 3 guests came for 2 days. How long the provisions will last for?
Correct answer D. 12.5
At an inn there are provisions sufficient for 20 days for 40 people. At the end of every 10 days 5 people leave off. How many days the provision will be sufficient for new?
Correct answer D. none
A garrison has provision for 30 days for certain men. If 2/3 of them do not attend the mess then the food will last for?
Correct answer B. 90 days
A garrison has provisions for 40 days. At the end of 5 days half of the men left the garrison. How long the food will last for?
Correct answer C. 70 days
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A camp has provision for 9 days for 500 men. At the end of 3 days 100 more men were admitted. How long will the food now last?
Correct answer B. 5 days
If 12 members family spend Rs. 850 in 10 days. Then a family of 8 people will spend Rs. 340 in how many days?
Correct answer C. 6
At a ship the food was enough for 50 people. But after 10 days half of the men died due to some viral disease and the food is sufficient for as long as before. How long the food was sufficient for then____)?
Correct answer A. 20
A garrison has sufficient food for 500 people to survive for 6 days. At the end of 2 days 100 men desert. How long the provisions are sufficient for now?
Correct answer A. 5
In a hospital there are enough injections sufficient for 15 days. Originally there were 80 patients but 40 more patients appeared. How many days these injections will be sufficient for now?
Correct answer A. 10
About Men and Food MCQs
These questions are a form of inverse proportion. The total food is treated as a fixed quantity equal to the number of men multiplied by the number of days it lasts. When some men leave, die or join part way through, you first work out how much food remains, then divide it by the new number of people. This set also includes grazing problems with cattle and fields, and questions on how much wheat a group consumes over a different period. Writing the man-days equation clearly prevents most mistakes.
Exams that include Men and Food MCQs
Pakistan
- NTS
- ISSB
- Army/Navy/PAF initial tests
- FPSC
India
- SSC CGL
- SSC CHSL
- RRB NTPC
Bangladesh
- Bank job exams
- Government job tests
Frequently asked questions
How do you solve provisions and garrison problems?
Treat the food as fixed man-days. Multiply the original number of men by the days the food would last, subtract what has already been eaten, then divide the remainder by the new number of men. This gives how many more days the provisions will last.
A ship has food for 800 men for 50 days. How long will it last for 1,000 men?
The food equals 800 multiplied by 50, which is 40,000 man-days. Dividing 40,000 by 1,000 men gives 40 days. More people means the same food lasts fewer days, which is why these are inverse proportion problems.
How many Men and Food MCQs are on MCQs360?
MCQs360 has 24 Men and Food MCQs in its Aptitude section, each with an instant answer and free to practise without sign-up. Practise them alongside time and work questions, since both use the same proportional reasoning.
Last reviewed October 2026