Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Water flows in to a tank 15 m.×10 m. through a rectangular pipe 2 m.×1.5 m. at 20 km./hr. In how much time will the water level in the tank rise by 3m.?
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Answer : 2. "27 seconds "
Q: A tank is fitted with two taps. The first tap can fill the tank completely in 45 minutes and the second tap can empty the full tank in one hour. If both the taps are opened alternately for one minute, then in how many hours the empty tank will be filled completely?
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5d984a0e68fda74fcf574195- 12 hours 55 minutesfalse
- 23 hours 40 minutesfalse
- 34 hours 48 minutesfalse
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 53 minutes"
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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Answer : 2. " "
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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5d7f1c46fb24f90208636734- 14 hrsfalse
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- 33 hrs 15 minfalse
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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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5ddce78839b75a0aaa5709aa- 105 : 55 pmfalse
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- 305 : 20 pmtrue
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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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Answer : 2. "1.5"
Q: Pipes A and B are emptying pipes and can empty a tank in 6 hours and 16 hours, respectively. C is a filling a pipe. All the three pipes were opened together. They took 80 minutes to empty of the tank. Pipe C alone can fill the tank in:
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60531c57a01bc44789ae2f78- 136 hoursfalse
- 242 hoursfalse
- 348 hourstrue
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