Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Tank is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, in how many hours will the leak empty it?
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Answer : 3. "40"
Q: A pipe of diameter ‘d’ can drain a certain water tank in 40 minutes. The time taken by a pipe of diameter ‘2d’ for doing the same job in:
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Answer : 2. "10 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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Answer : 4. "48"
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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Answer : 2. "16 hours"
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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Answer : 3. "10"
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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Answer : 4. "3 hrs 45 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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Answer : 3. "05 : 20 pm "
Q: The pipe can fill a tank in 36 minutes and the another pipe can empty it in 45 minutes. If both pipes are opened simultaneously, the time (in hours) it takes to fill half the capacity of the tank is:
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