Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A tap can fill a Tank in 16 hours. Due to a hole in its base it I filled in 24 hours, If tank is full then in how many hours it will be empty through the hole.

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    40
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    36
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    45
    Correct
    Wrong
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    48
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Answer : 4. "48"

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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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    $$8{16\over 43}hr$$
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    $$7{2\over 3}hr$$
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    $$8{1\over 8}hr$$
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    $$5{12\over 25}hr$$
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Answer : 1. "$$8{16\over 43}hr$$"

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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"

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:

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
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    6 hour
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    14 hour
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    10 hour
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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
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    1.5
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    1.25
    Correct
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    1.75
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Answer : 2. "1.5"

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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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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
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    27 seconds
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    15 seconds
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    19 seconds
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Answer : 2. "27 seconds "

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