Pipes and Cisterns Problems Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Pipes  A and B are emptying pipes and can empty a tank in 6 hours and 16 hours, respectively. C is a filling a pipe. All the three pipes were opened together. They took 80 minutes to empty $$ {5\over 8}th$$ of the tank. Pipe C alone can fill the tank in:

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    36 hours
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  • 2
    42 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    48 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    40 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "48 hours"

Q:

One fill pipe A takes 3 minutes more to fill the cistern than two fill pipes A and B opened together to fill it. Second fill pipe B takes $$ {21{1\over 3}}$$ minutes more to fill cistern than two fill pipes A and B opened together to fill it. When will the cistern be full if both pipes are opened simultaneously?

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    7 minutes
    Correct
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  • 2
    16 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    8 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    12 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "8 minutes"

Q:

A tap can fill the tank in 8 hours and another can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, the time (in hours) to fill the tank is__.

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    18 hours
    Correct
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  • 2
    16 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    8 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "16 hours"

Q:

Three pipes, A B and C, can fill a cistern in 12, 18 and 24 minutes, respectively. If all the pipes are opened together for 7 minutes, what will be the volume of the water that overflows as the percentage of the total volume of the cistern?

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    $$ {23{2\over 3}}$$
    Correct
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  • 2
    $$ {26{5\over 18}}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$ {23{1\over 3}}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$ {26{7\over 18}}$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "$$ {26{7\over 18}}$$"

Q:

A pump can fill a cistern in 40 minutes and another pump can empty the filled up cistern in 1 hour. By mistake, without closing the second pump, the first pump is opened. The time in which the empty cistern will be filled up is

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    3 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    4 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    2 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "2 hours"

Q:

A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?

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    4 hrs
    Correct
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  • 2
    4 hrs15 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    3 hrs 15 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 hrs 45 min
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Answer : 4. "3 hrs 45 min"

Q:

Pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 18 and 27 minutes, respectively, whereas Pipe R can empty the full tank in 54 minutes.  P and Q were opened together for 6 minutes and then   closed and R was opened. The tank was emptied by R alone in :

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    35 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    45 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    30 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    40 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "30 minutes"

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