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Pipes & Cisterns

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Question 21.

  1. 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?

  1.    7 hr.
  2.    7.2 hr.
  3.    7.4 hr.
  4.    7.6 hr.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 7.2 hr.
Question 22.

  1. A water tank is two –fifth full . Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes . If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely ?

  1.    6 min. to fill
  2.    6 min. to  empty
  3.    8 min. to fill
  4.    8 min. to  empty
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 6 min. to  empty
Question 23.

  1. Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours , Pipe B in 10 hours  and  pipe  C in 30  hours. If all the pipe are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?

  1.    1.5
  2.    2
  3.    2.5
  4.    3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2.5
Question 24.

  1. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively . Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours . If all the three pipes are opened together, then how many hours  the tank will be filled ?

  1.     \(7\frac{1}{2}\) hr.
  2.    \(2\frac{8}{11}\) hr.
  3.     \(3\frac{9}{17}\) hr.
  4.    none of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. ->  \(3\frac{9}{17}\) hr.
Question 25.

  1. A pump can  fill a tank with water in 2 hours . Because of a leak , it took \(2\frac{1}{3}\) hours to fill the tank . Find the time in hours  to  leak can drain all the water of the tank .

  1.    12 hr.
  2.    13 hr.
  3.    14 hr.
  4.    16 hr.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 14 hr.
Question 26.

  1. Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had the been opened separately , then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the cistern . How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately ?

  1.    6 hr.
  2.    8 hr.
  3.    10 hr.
  4.    12 hr.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 6 hr.
Question 27.

  1. One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe . If together the two pipes can fill the tank in  36 minutes, then  find the time  of the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank .

  1.    108 min.
  2.    144 min.
  3.    192 min
  4.     none of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 144 min.
Question 28.

  1. A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A ,B and C . The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A . How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank ?

  1.    25 hr.
  2.    30 hr
  3.    35 hr.
  4.    40 hr.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 35 hr.
Question 29.

Two pipe s A and B can fill a tank in 10 minutes and 15 minutes  respectively . If both the tape are opened simultaneously , and the tap A  is close after 4 minutes , then how much more time will it take to fill the tank by tape B ? 

  1.    3 min.
  2.    4 min.
  3.    5 min.
  4.    6 min.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 5 min.
Question 30.

Two pipe s A and B can fill a tank in 10 hours  and 20  hours   respectively . While a third pipe C can empty the full tank in 25 hours . All the three pipes are opened in the beginning. After 5 hours C is close . In how much time , will the tank be full ?

  1.    2 hr.
  2.    3 hr.
  3.    4 hr.
  4.    5 hr.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 3 hr.

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