Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Four pipes P, Q, R and S can fill a cistern in 25, 20, 50 and 40 hours respectively. The pipe Q was opened at 7 pm, P at 9 pm, S at 10 pm and R at 11 pm. When will the cistern be full?

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    3 : 29 AM
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    2 : 47 AM
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    4 : 09 AM
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    5 : 02 AM
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Answer : 3. "4 : 09 AM"

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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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Answer : 1. ""

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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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    10 hours
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    12 hours
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    14 hours
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    16 hours
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Answer : 3. "14 hours"

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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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    45
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    50
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    40
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    35
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Answer : 3. "40"

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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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    200
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    160
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    180
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    216
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Answer : 4. "216"

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
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    8 hours
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    10 hours
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    12 hours
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Answer : 4. "12 hours"

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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    7 hrs
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    6.5 hrs
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    9 hrs
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    6 hrs
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Answer : 4. "6 hrs"

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Three pipes, A B and C, can fill a cistern in 12, 18 and 24 minutes, respectively. If all the pipes are opened together for 7 minutes, what will be the volume of the water that overflows as the percentage of the total volume of the cistern?

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Answer : 4. ""

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