Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer

Q:

One-fourth of a tank holds135 litres of water. What part of the tank is full if contains 180 litres of water?

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Answer : 1. ""
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A tank can be filled by A in 60 minutes and emptied by B in 75 minutes. The tank is half filled and Ravi wants to fill the tank but opens B mistakenly and realizes after half hour and closed tap B. He then opens A and tank is completely filled in _______ minutes.

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    48
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    54
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    50
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    64
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    None of these
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Answer : 2. "54"

Q:

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively. The tank when full can be emptied by pipe C in x minutes. When all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, the tank is full in 10 minutes. The value of x is:

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    18
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    15
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    20
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    24
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Answer : 3. "20"

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Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 43.2 minutes and 108 minutes, respectively. Pipe C can empty it at 3 litres/minute. When all the three pipes are opened together, they fill the tank in 54 minutes. The capacity (in litres) of the tank is:

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    200
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    160
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    180
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    216
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Answer : 4. "216"

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Answer : 2. "30"

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Answer : 4. ""

Q:

Two pipes, D and E, can fill a cistern in 26 and 78 hours, respectively, while working alone. If the two pipes are opened together, the time taken to fill the cistern is:

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Answer : 2. ""

Q:

A pipe can empty a tank in 40 minutes. A second pipe with diameter twice as much as that of the first is also attached with the tank to empty it . The two pipe together can empty the tank in: 

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    8 minutes
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    13 minutes
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    30 minutes
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    38 minutes
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Answer : 1. "8 minutes"

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