Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer

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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    200
    Correct
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  • 2
    160
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    180
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    216
    Correct
    Wrong
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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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    $$8{16\over 43}hr$$
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  • 2
    $$7{2\over 3}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$8{1\over 8}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$5{12\over 25}hr$$
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Answer : 1. "$$8{16\over 43}hr$$"

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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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    $$12{1\over2} $$ hours
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    4 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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    15 hours
    Correct
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  • 4
    Not possible
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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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    10 hours
    Correct
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    12 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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    14 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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    16 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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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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    45
    Correct
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  • 2
    50
    Correct
    Wrong
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    40
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    35
    Correct
    Wrong
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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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    $$18{1\over 4}$$
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  • 2
    $$19{1\over }$$
    Correct
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  • 3
    $$18{1\over 3}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$19{19\over 4}$$
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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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    7 hrs
    Correct
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  • 2
    6.5 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
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    9 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    6 hrs
    Correct
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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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    3 hours
    Correct
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    4 hours
    Correct
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    1 hours
    Correct
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    2 hours
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Answer : 4. "2 hours"

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