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Pipe & Cistern

The document contains 20 word problems involving pipes filling or emptying cisterns/tanks. The problems involve calculating filling or emptying times given information about pipe flow rates individually and combined. Answers are then provided as multiple choice options to each problem.

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Pipe & Cistern

The document contains 20 word problems involving pipes filling or emptying cisterns/tanks. The problems involve calculating filling or emptying times given information about pipe flow rates individually and combined. Answers are then provided as multiple choice options to each problem.

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PIPE & CISRERN

1. Two pipes can fill a tank in 25 min and another can empty it 50 min. Find
how many minutes the tank will be filled up or emptied?
a. Filled in 50 min c. Emptied in 25 min
b. Filled in 25 min d. Filled in 30 min
e. None of these

2. Two pipes A and B can separately empty a cistern in 12 hrs & 15 hrs
respectively. In what time will the cistern will be emptied, if both the
pipes are opened together?
a. 5 hrs 30 min b. 7 hrs c. 6 hrs 40 min d. 6 hrs
e.None of these

3. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24 min and 30 min respectively.
There is also an outlet C. if all the 3 pipes are opened together, the
cistern is filled in 20 min. How much time will be taken by C to empty the
full cistern?
a. 30 min b. 40 min c. 45 min d. 50 min e. NoT

4. A cistern has a leak which would empty in 8 hrs. A tap is turned on which
admits 6 ltrs a min into the cistern and it is now emptied in 12 hrs. The
cistern can hold
a. 6840 ltr b. 7860ltr c. 8640 ltr d. 1000 ltr
e. NoT

5. If two pipes function simultaneously, the reserver will be filled in 12 hrs.


One pipe fills the reserver 10 hrs faster the other. How many hrs does
the faster pipe take to fill the reserver?
a. 35 b. 30 c. 40 d. 32 e. NoT

6. One fill pipe A is 3 times faster than second fill pipe B and takes 32 min
less than the pipe B. when will the cistern be full if both pipes are opened
together (in min)?
a. 28 b. 24 c. 30 d. Data Inadequate
e. NoT

7. A cistern is provided by two taps A & B. A can fill it in 20 min, and B in 25


min. Both the taps are kept opened for 5 min and then the 2nd is turned
of. The cistern will be completely filled in another-
a. 11 min b. 10 min c. 15 min d. 12 min e. NoT

8. A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 min and 15 min respectively.
There is also a waste pipe in the cistern. When all the pipes are opened,
the empty cistern is filled in 20 min. How long will be waste pipe take to
empty a fill cistern?
a. 8 min b. 12 min c. 10 min d. 16 min e. NoT

9. A water tank is th full. Pipe A can fill the tank in 10 min and pipe B can
empty it in 6 min. If both the pipes are opened, how long will it take to
empty or fill it completely?
a. 6 min to empty b. 6 min to fill c. 9 min to empty
d.9 min to fill e. None of these

10. Tap A can fill a water tank in 25 min. Tap B can fill the same tank in
40 min and tap c can empty the tank in 30 min. If all the 3 taps are
opened together, in how many minutes will the tank be completely filled up
or emptied?
a. 3 b. 9 c. 12 d. 24 e. NoT

11. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hrs. Because of a leak in the tank it
was taking 2 hrs to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the
tank in
a. 8 hrs b. 7 hrs c. 4 hrs d. 14 hrs e.
NoT

12. A tap can fill a tank in 6 hrs. After half the tank is filled, 3 more
similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank
completely?
a. 4 hrs b. 4 hrs 15 min c. 3 hrs 15 min
d. 3 hrs 45 min e. NoT

13. Two pipes A & B can fill a tank in 6 hrs and 4 hrs respectively. If
they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first in how
many hrs the tank shall be full?
a. 4 hrs b. 4 hrs c. 5 hrs d. 5 hrs e.
NoT

14. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 & 20 hrs respectively.
If a is opened all the time and B and C are opened for 1 hr each
alternately the tank will be full in
a. 6 hrs b. 6 hrs c. 5 hrs d. 7 hrs e. NoT

15. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 min respectively. And a waste
pipe can empty 3 gallons per min. All the three pipes working together can
fill the tank together in 15 min. The capacity of the tank is
a. 60 gallons b. 100 gallons c. 120 gallons d.
180 gallons e. None of these

16. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 min, 16 min & 24 min
respectively. The pipe C is closed 3 min before the tank is filled. In what
time the tank will be full?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 6 min e. 5 min

17. Two fill pipes A & B can fill a tank in 12 & 16 min respectively. Both
pipes are opened together, but 4 min before the cistern is filled, pipe A is
closed. In how many time tank will be full?
a. 9 b. 9 c. 9 d. 8 e. 7

18. The inlet to the tank can fill it in 4 hrs. While the outlet can empty
it in 5 hrs. Both the pipes were opened at 9am. But after some time the
outlet closed. And it is observed that the tank was full at 5 pm. At what
time was the outlet closed?
a. 12 pm b. 2 pm c. 3 pm d. 8 pm e.
6 pm

19. A tank is filled in 5 hrs by three pipes P, Q & R. The pipe R is twice
as fast as Q. And Q is twice as fast as P. How much time will pipe P alone
take to fill the tank?
a. 35 hrs b. 55 hrs c. 20 hrs d. 18 hrs e. 15 hrs

20. 3 pipes P, Q, R can fill a tank in 6 hrs. After working at it together


for 2 hrs R is closed and P and Q can fill the remaining part in 7 hrs. The
number of hrs taken by R alone to fill the tank is
a. 10 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14
e. 16

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