Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer
8 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: A tank can be filled by A in 60 minutes and emptied by B in 75 minutes. The tank is half filled and Ravi wants to fill the tank but opens B mistakenly and realizes after half hour and closed tap B. He then opens A and tank is completely filled in _______ minutes.
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Answer : 2. "54"
Q: A Cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
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Answer : 2. "7.2 hrs"
Q: One-fourth of a tank holds135 litres of water. What part of the tank is full if contains 180 litres of water?
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650832b16e0e55b91dcd1a53- 1$$1\over 3$$true
- 2$$1\over 6$$false
- 3$$2\over 5$$false
- 4$$2\over 3$$false
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Answer : 1. "$$1\over 3$$"
Explanation :

Q: Two pipes, A and B, can fill a tank in X minutes and 6 minutes, respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then they take 1.5 minute to fill the tank. Find the value of X.
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Answer : 4. "2 min"
Q: A cistern has 3 pipes A, B and C. A and B can fill it in 3 and 4 hours respectively, and C can empty it in 1 hour. If the pipes are opened at 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively on the same day, the cistern will be empty at-
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630359612876110d0951efd9- 17.12 p.m.true
- 27.15 p.m.false
- 37.10 p.m.false
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Answer : 1. "7.12 p.m."
Q: One filling pipe P is three times faster than another filling pipe Q, if P can fill tank in 24 hours, then what is the time taken to completely fill the tank if both the pipes are opened together?
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Answer : 2. "18 hours"
Q: A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and an another can empty it in y hours. In how many hours will they together fill it. If y>x?
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- 2$$ {y-x\over xy}{hrs}$$false
- 3$$ {2yx\over y-x}{\ hs}$$false
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