Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer

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Answer : 2. "96"

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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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    15
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    9
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    10
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    12
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Answer : 3. "10"

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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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    5 minutes
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    10 minutes
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    20 minutes
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    80 minutes
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Answer : 2. "10 minutes "

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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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    72.5 %
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    75 %
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    77.5 %
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    80 %
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    82.5 %
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Answer : 2. "75 %"

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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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    8 minutes
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    13 minutes
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    30 minutes
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    38 minutes
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Answer : 1. "8 minutes"

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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
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    15 hours
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    Not possible
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Answer : 4. "Not possible"

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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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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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    $$ {2}{2\over 7}{\ hours}$$
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    $$ {3}{3\over 7}{\ hours}$$
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    $$ {4}{3\over 7}{\ hours}$$
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    $$ {2}{5\over 7}{\ hours}$$
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Answer : 2. "$$ {3}{3\over 7}{\ hours}$$"

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