Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: 12 pumps working 6 hours a day can empty a completely filled reservoir in 15 days. How many such pumps working 9 hours a day will empty the same reservoir in 12 days?
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Answer : 3. "10"
Q: A tap drips at a rate of one drop/sec. 600 drops make 100ml. The number of litres wasted in 300 days is:
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Answer : 2. "4320 litres"
Q: If all three pipes are opened for 2 minutes to fill the tank each alternatively in the sequence of A then C and then B. Calculate water filled by pipes A is what % of water filled by pipe C?
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Answer : 2. "75 %"
Q: A pipe of diameter ‘d’ can drain a certain water tank in 40 minutes. The time taken by a pipe of diameter ‘2d’ for doing the same job in:
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Answer : 2. "10 minutes "
Q: A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 4 hours and 6 hours respectively. When full, the tank can be emptied by a third pipe C in 8 hours. If all the taps be turned on at the same time, the cistern will be full in
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Answer : 2. " "
Q: A pipe can empty a tank in 40 minutes. A second pipe with diameter twice as much as that of the first is also attached with the tank to empty it . The two pipe together can empty the tank in:
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Answer : 1. "8 minutes"
Q: There are two inlets A and B connected to a tank. A and B can fill the tank in 32 h and 28 h, respectively. If both the pipes are opened alternately for 1 h, starting with A, then in how much time (in hours, to nearest integer) will the tank be filled?
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Answer : 2. "30"
Q: There are three taps of diameter 2 cm, 3 cm and 4 cm, respectively. The ratio of the water flowing through them is equal to the ratio of the square of their diameters. The biggest tap can fill an empty tank alone in 81 min. If all the taps are opened simultaneously, then how long will the tank take (in min) to be filled?
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