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 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: Three pipes A , B and C takes 15, 24 and 36 minutes respectively to fill a tank. Pipe D can empty it in 1 hour. If all the four pipes are kept open then find the time taken to fill the tank.
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5f2b8e83cef453383f215938- 1$$8{16\over 43}hr$$true
- 2$$7{2\over 3}hr$$false
- 3$$8{1\over 8}hr$$false
- 4$$5{12\over 25}hr$$false
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Answer : 1. "$$8{16\over 43}hr$$"
Q: Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The time taken by C alone to fill the cistern is_
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5f59f50bdc518b408a3d1724- 110 hoursfalse
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Answer : 3. "14 hours"
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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5f63273cf894324f90f8aae4- 15 hoursfalse
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Answer : 4. "12 hours"
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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Answer : 2. "16 hours"
Q: A pipe can fill a tank in 72 minutes. But there is a leak in the bottom of the tank due to which the tank is filled in 18 minutes more. Find in how many hours the leak can empty a full tank ?
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6064222acfdbf24a556220af- 17 hrsfalse
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Answer : 4. "6 hrs"
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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