Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 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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5eec87d9985769334140bf94- 16 minfalse
- 216 mintrue
- 310 minfalse
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Answer : 2. "16 min"
Q: A water reservoir has two inlets and one outlet. Through the inlet it can be filled in 3 hours and 3 hours 45 minutes respectively. It can be emptied completely in 1 hour by the outlet. If the two inlets are opened at 01 : 00 pm and 02 : 00 pm respectively and the outlet at 03 : 00 pm then it will be emptied at :
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5ddce78839b75a0aaa5709aa- 105 : 55 pmfalse
- 205 : 00 pmfalse
- 305 : 20 pmtrue
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Answer : 3. "05 : 20 pm "
Q: 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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5eaba5b21cb95f071aa27a60- 12 hoursfalse
- 24 hoursfalse
- 32 hours 52 minfalse
- 45 hours 44 min.true
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 44 min."
Q: A tap takes 36 hours extra to fill a tank due to leakage equivalent to half of its inflow. The inflow can fill the tank in how many hours?
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5d70e7bfd8eebc768d117bc3- 136 hourstrue
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Answer : 1. "36 hours"
Q: 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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Answer : 4. " "
Q: A tank is fitted with two taps. The first tap can fill the tank completely in 45 minutes and the second tap can empty the full tank in one hour. If both the taps are opened alternately for one minute, then in how many hours the empty tank will be filled completely?
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5d984a0e68fda74fcf574195- 12 hours 55 minutesfalse
- 23 hours 40 minutesfalse
- 34 hours 48 minutesfalse
- 45 hours 53 minutestrue
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 53 minutes"
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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Answer : 4. "48"
Q: A tap drips at a rate of one drop/sec. 600 drops make 100ml. The number of litres wasted in 300 days is:
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5f353bc1122f0b4ab91a369e- 143200 litresfalse
- 24320 litrestrue
- 34320000 litresfalse
- 4432000 litresfalse
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