Pipes and Cisterns Practice Question and Answer

Q:

20 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 14.5 litres. How many buckets will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of each bucket is 10 litres?

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    31
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  • 2
    29
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    32
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    30
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "29"

Q:

Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 36 and 48 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened together, after how many minutes should Q be turned off,so that the cistern be fill in 24 minutes?

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    6 min
    Correct
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  • 2
    16 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    10 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    12 min
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    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "16 min"

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Answer : 3. "05 : 20 pm "

Q:

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10 hours, 12 hours and 15 hours respectively. First A was opened. After 2 hour, B was opened and after 4 hours from the start of A, C was also opened. Find the time in which the cistern is just full.

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    2 hours
    Correct
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  • 2
    4 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2 hours 52 min
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5 hours 44 min.
    Correct
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  • 5
    None of these
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 44 min."

Q:

A tap takes 36 hours extra to fill a tank due to leakage equivalent to half of its inflow. The inflow can fill the tank in how many hours?

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    36 hours
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    24 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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    30 hours
    Correct
    Wrong
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    18 hours
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    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "36 hours"

Q:

Pipe A can fill a tank in 4 hours and pipe B can fill it in 6 hours. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first then in how many hours, the tank shall be full? 

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    $$3{1\over 2}\ hrs$$
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  • 2
    $$3{1\over 4}\ hrs$$
    Correct
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  • 3
    $$4{1\over 2}\ hrs$$
    Correct
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  • 4
    $$4{2\over 3}\ hrs$$
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Answer : 4. "$$4{2\over 3}\ hrs$$ "

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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    7 minutes
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    16 minutes
    Correct
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  • 3
    8 minutes
    Correct
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    10 minutes
    Correct
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    12 minutes
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Answer : 3. "8 minutes"

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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    2 hours 55 minutes
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  • 2
    3 hours 40 minutes
    Correct
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    4 hours 48 minutes
    Correct
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  • 4
    5 hours 53 minutes
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Answer : 4. "5 hours 53 minutes"

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