Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10 hours, 12 hours and 15 hours respectively. First A was opened. After 2 hour, B was opened and after 4 hours from the start of A, C was also opened. Find the time in which the cistern is just full.

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    2 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    4 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 hours 52 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours 44 min.
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 44 min."

Q:

Two pipe can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe can empty it in 2 hours. If all  the three pipes are kept open, then the cistern will be filled in

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    5 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    8 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    10 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    12 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "12 hours"

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
    Correct
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  • 2
    24 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    30 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    18 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "36 hours"

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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    45
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    50
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    40
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    35
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "40"

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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  • 1
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    9
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    12
    Correct
    Wrong
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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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    4 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    4 hrs15 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    3 hrs 15 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    3 hrs 45 min
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "3 hrs 45 min"

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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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    2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    1.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1.25
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1.75
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "1.5"

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