Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer

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

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Pipe A can fill a tank in 4 hours and pipe B can fill it in 6 hours. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first then in how many hours, the tank shall be full? 

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    $$3{1\over 2}\ hrs$$
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    $$3{1\over 4}\ hrs$$
    Correct
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    $$4{1\over 2}\ hrs$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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    $$4{2\over 3}\ hrs$$
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Answer : 4. "$$4{2\over 3}\ hrs$$ "

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
    Correct
    Wrong
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    1.25
    Correct
    Wrong
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    1.75
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "1.5"

Q:

Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 36 and 48 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened together, after how many minutes should Q be turned off,so that the cistern be fill in 24 minutes?

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    6 min
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    16 min
    Correct
    Wrong
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    10 min
    Correct
    Wrong
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    12 min
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Answer : 2. "16 min"

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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    50
    Correct
    Wrong
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    40
    Correct
    Wrong
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    35
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "40"

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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
    Wrong
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    Not possible
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Answer : 4. "Not possible"

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Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10 hours, 12 hours and 15 hours respectively. First A was opened. After 2 hour, B was opened and after 4 hours from the start of A, C was also opened. Find the time in which the cistern is just full.

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    2 hours
    Correct
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    4 hours
    Correct
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    2 hours 52 min
    Correct
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    5 hours 44 min.
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 44 min."

Q:

A tap can fill a Tank in 16 hours. Due to a hole in its base it is 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
    Correct
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    36
    Correct
    Wrong
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    45
    Correct
    Wrong
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    48
    Correct
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Answer : 4. "48"

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