Pipes and Cisterns Problems Practice Question and Answer
8 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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60531c57a01bc44789ae2f78- 136 hoursfalse
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- 348 hourstrue
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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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5fd31765d82ef86315b68770- 17 minutesfalse
- 216 minutesfalse
- 38 minutestrue
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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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5f0ec130dcdb5f61f5c474d0- 118 hoursfalse
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- 38 hoursfalse
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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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5fc0dec0a96c23701f169628- 1$$ {23{2\over 3}}$$false
- 2$$ {26{5\over 18}}$$false
- 3$$ {23{1\over 3}}$$false
- 4$$ {26{7\over 18}}$$true
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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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60055150f5c84e74406111e4- 13 hoursfalse
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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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5d7f1c46fb24f90208636734- 14 hrsfalse
- 24 hrs15 minfalse
- 33 hrs 15 minfalse
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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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5fbf7fca90530f6255a1c888- 135 minutesfalse
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Answer : 3. "30 minutes"
Q: A cistern can be filled by two pipes filling separately in 12 and 16 min respectively. Both pipes are opened together for a certain time but being obstructions, only 7/8 of full quantity water flows through the former and only 5/6 through the latter pipe. The obstructions, however, being suddenly removed, the cistern is filled in 3 minutes from that moment. How long was it obstructions before the full flow began?
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600e8c7f178b94051cdf8ca5- 14.5 mintrue
- 22.5 minfalse
- 33.5 minfalse
- 45.5 minfalse
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