Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 43.2 minutes and 108 minutes, respectively. Pipe C can empty it at 3 litres/minute. When all the three pipes are opened together, they fill the tank in 54 minutes. The capacity (in litres) of the tank is:
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Answer : 4. "216"
Q: Three pipes A , B and C takes 15, 24 and 36 minutes respectively to fill a tank. Pipe D can empty it in 1 hour. If all the four pipes are kept open then find the time taken to fill the tank.
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5f2b8e83cef453383f215938- 1$$8{16\over 43}hr$$true
- 2$$7{2\over 3}hr$$false
- 3$$8{1\over 8}hr$$false
- 4$$5{12\over 25}hr$$false
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Answer : 1. "$$8{16\over 43}hr$$"
Q: Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours. Pipe B can fill the same tank in 10 hours – pipe A, B, C together can fill the same tank in 12 hours. In how many hours pipe C can fill the tank alone?
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5eb946b5a445f56aef0935a1- 1$$12{1\over2} $$ hoursfalse
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- 315 hoursfalse
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Answer : 4. "Not possible"
Q: Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The time taken by C alone to fill the cistern is_
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5f59f50bdc518b408a3d1724- 110 hoursfalse
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Answer : 3. "14 hours"
Q: Tank is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, in how many hours will the leak empty it?
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Answer : 3. "40"
Q: Two pipes, D and E, can fill a cistern in 26 and 78 hours, respectively, while working alone. If the two pipes are opened together, the time taken to fill the cistern is:
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642822fc9d18d2e8ae2014bb- 1$$18{1\over 4}$$false
- 2$$19{1\over }$$true
- 3$$18{1\over 3}$$false
- 4$$19{19\over 4}$$false
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Answer : 2. "$$19{1\over }$$"
Q: A pipe can fill a tank in 72 minutes. But there is a leak in the bottom of the tank due to which the tank is filled in 18 minutes more. Find in how many hours the leak can empty a full tank ?
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6064222acfdbf24a556220af- 17 hrsfalse
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Answer : 4. "6 hrs"
Q: A pump can fill a cistern in 40 minutes and another pump can empty the filled up cistern in 1 hour. By mistake, without closing the second pump, the first pump is opened. The time in which the empty cistern will be filled up is
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60055150f5c84e74406111e4- 13 hoursfalse
- 24 hoursfalse
- 31 hoursfalse
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