Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

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
  • 4
    Not possible
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Answer : 4. "Not possible"

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
    Correct
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    14 hour
    Correct
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    10 hour
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Answer : 1. "8 hour"

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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    36 hours
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    24 hours
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    30 hours
    Correct
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    18 hours
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Answer : 1. "36 hours"

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

Q:

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
    Correct
    Wrong
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    10
    Correct
    Wrong
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    12
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Answer : 3. "10"

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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    2 hours 55 minutes
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    3 hours 40 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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    4 hours 48 minutes
    Correct
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    5 hours 53 minutes
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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 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
    Correct
    Wrong
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    45
    Correct
    Wrong
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    48
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Answer : 4. "48"

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
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    $$8{1\over 8}hr$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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    $$5{12\over 25}hr$$
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Answer : 1. "$$8{16\over 43}hr$$"

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