Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively. The tank when full can be emptied by pipe C in x minutes. When all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, the tank is full in 10 minutes. The value of x is:

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    18
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    24
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "20"

Q:

A tank can be filled with water by two pipes A and B together in 36 minutes. If the pipe B was closed after 30 minutes, the tank is filled in 40 minutes. The pipe B can alone fill the tank in?

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    45 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    60 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    75 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    90 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    85 minutes
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "90 minutes"

Q:

Two pipes P and Q would fill a cistern in 24 hours and 32 hours respectively. If both pipes are opened together, find when the pipe “P” must be turned off so that the cistern may be just filled in 16 hours-

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    After 8 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    After 12 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    After 14 hrs
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    After 16 hrs
    Correct
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Answer : 2. "After 12 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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    $$1\over 3$$
    Correct
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  • 2
    $$1\over 6$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$2\over 5$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$2\over 3$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "$$1\over 3$$"
Explanation :

Q:

Water flows into a tank which is 200 m long and 150 m wide, through a pipe of cross-section (0.3m x 0.2m) at 20 km/h. In what time will the water level be 8 m?

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  • 1
    450
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    500
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    200
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    250
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    350
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "200 "

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