Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer
8 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
- 410 minutesfalse
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Answer : 3. "8 minutes"
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: 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
- 245 minutesfalse
- 330 minutestrue
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Answer : 3. "30 minutes"
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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- 310 hoursfalse
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Answer : 4. "12 hours"
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: A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 4 hours and 6 hours respectively. When full, the tank can be emptied by a third pipe C in 8 hours. If all the taps be turned on at the same time, the cistern will be full in
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5f4f5f9d82369c1d61194e47- 1$$ {2}{2\over 7}{\ hours}$$false
- 2$$ {3}{3\over 7}{\ hours}$$true
- 3$$ {4}{3\over 7}{\ hours}$$false
- 4$$ {2}{5\over 7}{\ hours}$$false
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Answer : 2. "$$ {3}{3\over 7}{\ hours}$$"
Q: Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 16 hours and 24 hours, respectively, and Pipe C alone can empty the full tank in x hours. All the pipes were opened together at 10:30 a.m, but C was closed at 2:30 p.m. If the tank was full at 8:30 p.m on the same day, then what is the value of x?
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Answer : 2. "96"
Q: A tap drips at a rate of one drop/sec. 600 drops make 100ml. The number of litres wasted in 300 days is:
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5f353bc1122f0b4ab91a369e- 143200 litresfalse
- 24320 litrestrue
- 34320000 litresfalse
- 4432000 litresfalse
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