Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Water flows in to a tank 15 m.×10 m. through a rectangular pipe 2 m.×1.5 m. at 20 km./hr. In how much time will the water level in the tank rise by 3m.?

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    23 seconds
    Correct
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  • 2
    27 seconds
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    15 seconds
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    19 seconds
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "27 seconds "

Q:

Two pipe can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe can empty it in 2 hours. If all  the three pipes are kept open, then the cistern will be filled in

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    5 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    8 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    10 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    12 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "12 hours"

Q:

 Pipe A alone & pipe B alone can fill the same tank in 5 hours and 4 hours respectively. If the ratio of efficiency of pipe A & B together to that of pipe C alone is 9:2, then find time taken by pipe C alone to fill the same tank?

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    8 hours
    Correct
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  • 2
    5 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    6 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "10 hours"

Q:

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively. The tank when full can be emptied by pipe C in x minutes. When all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, the tank is full in 10 minutes. The value of x is:

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    18
    Correct
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  • 2
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    24
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20"

Q:

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 3 hours and 5 hours. Then, if all three are open, the tank is filled in 30 hours. Find in how many hours a third pipe will empty the tank?

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    4 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    2 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    8 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    6 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "2 hours"

Q:

If 20 taps can fill a tank in 14 hours, then how many times will 35 taps fill that tank?

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    8 hour
    Correct
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  • 2
    6 hour
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    14 hour
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10 hour
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "8 hour"

Q:

The pipe can fill a tank in 36 minutes and the another pipe can empty it in 45 minutes. If both pipes are opened simultaneously, the time (in hours) it takes to fill half the capacity of the tank is:

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    2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    1.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1.25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1.75
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "1.5"

Q:

A tank can be filled by A in 60 minutes and emptied by B in 75 minutes. The tank is half filled and Ravi wants to fill the tank but opens B mistakenly and realizes after half hour and closed tap B. He then opens A and tank is completely filled in _______ minutes.

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    48
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    54
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    50
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    64
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
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Answer : 2. "54"

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