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GATE 2025 PI – Question 48

Industrial Engineering · Work System Design · 2 marks · Numerical answer

A worker receives 30 minutes personal allowance during an eight-hour shift. Normal product time is five minutes. Find standard time (integer seconds).

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Correct answer: 315 to 325

Explanation

Available work time is 480 − 30 = 450 minutes. Allowance is specified as a fraction of total shift, so standard time is $5(480/450)=16/3$ minutes = **320 seconds**.

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