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Concept - 1 they take to fill an empty tank of 1800 litres?
1. In 6 minutes, 4/13 of a bucket is filled. How (RRB GROUP-D 2022)
much time will it take to fill the remaining
A  B     
bucket? (SSC CGL)
 
 
A) 14 minutes 30 seconds/ 
B) 11 minutes 30 seconds/ A) 25/11 B) 54/11 C) 45/11 D) 52/11
5. A jug has two holes. First hole empties the jug
C) 13 minutes 30 seconds/ 
in 15 minutes. Second hole empties the jug in
 20 minutes. If the leakage is taking place at a
D) 12 minutes 30 seconds/  constant rate, then in how much time the jug
2. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 45 hrs and will be emptied by the both holes ? (RRB
36 hrs respectively. If both the pipes are opened RPF Constable - 22/01/2019 (Shift-II)
together, then how long will it take to fill the 
tank? (RRB RPF Constable - 25/01/
2019 (Shift-III)

A B           
        
      
 
(a) 10 Hours (b) 20 Hours 4 4 5 4
(c) 2 Hours (d) 5 Hours (a) (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 8
7 7 7 7
3. Pipe A can fill 50% of a tank in 4 hours and 6. Tap A can fill a tank in 40 min and Tap B can
pipe B can completely fill the same tank in 12 empty the tank in 60 min. If both the taps are
hours. If both the pipes are opened at the same opened at the same time, then the time taken to
time, then in how much time will the empty fill the tank will be. (NTPC 12/02/2021
tank be completely filled? [NTPC CBT -2 (Morning)
2023]
A
A
B
B 
       


 (a) 120 min (b) 100 min
1. 4 hours 52 minutes 2. 4 hours 48 minutes (c) 125 min (d) 150 min
3. 4 hours 40 minutes 4. 4 hours 55 minutes 7. An inlet pipe can fill the tank in 4 h and an
4. Two pipes, A and B, can fill a tank of 1000 outlet pipe can empty the tank in 6 h. By
litres in 5 hours and 6 hours, respectively. If mistake, both the pipes are kept open. Find
they are opened together, how many hours will the number of hours in which the tank will be

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 half-full. (NTPC 30/01/2021 (Morning) (a) 53.33 sec (b) 24.44 sec
     (c) 16.8 sec (d) 21.2 sec
10. A tank can be filled in 9 hours but due to a
   leakage, it takes 1 hour more. If tank is
 completely full, then due to leakage it will be
 empty in how much time? (RRB JE - 01/06/
2019 (Shift-III)

(a) 8 h (b) 6h (c) 12 h (d) 10 h
     
8. A tank has two inlet pipes A and B which can 
fill it in 12 hours and 16 hours respectively. An 
outlet pipe C can empty the full tank in 8 hours.
If all three pipes are opened together when the

tank is empty, then how much time will it take (a) 60 hours (b) 75 hours
to fill the tank? (NTPC 19/01/ (c) 30 hours (d) 90 hours
2021(Evening) 11. Pipe A can fill a tank in X hours. Pipe B can
empty it in 15 hours. If both the pipers are
A B opened together, then the tank will be filled in 7
 hours and 30 minutes. Find the value of x?
C (RRB ALP CBT-2 Physics & Maths 21-
01-2019 (Shift-II)

A B
 

     
 

(a) 20 hours (b) 40 hours

(c) 36 hours (d) 48 hours (a) 8 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 9
9. There are 4 pipes attached to a tank. Two to 12. Two pipes X and Y can fill a gas tank in 60 and
fill the tank and the other two to transfer the 75 minutes respectively. There is an outlet Z. If
water into a cistern. The first two pipes can fill all the three pipes are used together, then the
the tank in 40 sec and 80 sec, respectively, tank gets full in 50 minutes. How much time
when opened alone, while the last two can will be taken by Z to empty the tank completely?
empty in 80 sec and 160 sec, respectively, (RRB RPF SI-11/01/2019 (Shift-1)
when opened alone. If all the pipes are opened X Y     
together, in how much time will the tank be  
filled? (RRB GROUP-D 2022)
Z 
     


Z       


 (a) 100 minutes (b) 75 minutes
 (c) 90 minutes (d) 50 minutes
 13. If pipe A can fill a cistern in X hours, pipe B
can fill the same cistern in Y hours, and pipe C
       can empty the hill cistern in Z hours, then find
 the time taken to completely fill the cistern, if
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 Pipes A, B and C are opened together. (RRB (d) It will fill in 5.6 minutes.
GROUP-D 2022) 16. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 hours and 12
A hours, respectively. Pipe C alone can empty
the full tank in 10 hours. If all the three pipes
B are opened together for 2 hours 40 minutes,
CZ  then what part of the tank will remain unfilled?
(SSC MTS)
 A B
 C 
(a)
XYZ
(b)
XYZ 
YZ + XZ − XY YZ + XZ + XY 
XYZ XYZ 
(c) (d)
YZ − XZ − XY YZ − XZ + XY A) 3/20 B) 13/15 C) 2/15 D) 17/20
14. One pipe can fill an empty cistern in 4 hours 17. Pipe P and Q when operated together can fill a
while another can drain the cistern when full in pit in 12 minutes, Q and R together in 20 minutes
10 hours. Both the pipes were turned on when and P and R together in 15 minutes. In how
many minutes all the three pipe, when operated
the cistern was half-empty. How long will it
together can pits be filed. (RRB ALP CBT-
take to fill the cistern completely? (RRB ALP 2 Physics & Maths 21-01-2019 (Shift-
& Tec. (13-08-18 Shift-III) III)
   P Q   
  Q  R   
       P  R   
  
(a) 6 hours 40 minutes 
(b) 5 hours 30 minutes (a) 2 minutes (b) 10 minutes
(c) 4 hours 20 minutes (c) 3 minutes (d) 4 minutes
(d) 3 hours 20 minutes Concept - 2
15. 2/5 part of a water tank is filled. Pipe A can fill 18. Pipe A and B can fill a tanks in 12 and 16
the tank in 12 minutes and pipe B can empty minutes respectively. For four minutes both A
the same tank in 6 minute. If both pipes are and B are turned on and then A is turned off.
opened together, then to fill the empty tank or How much time will B take to fill the tank
to empty the full tank, what time will be taken? completely. (RRB ALP CBT-2 Mec. -
(RRB RPF SI - 10/01/2019 (Shift-II) Diesel 23-01-2019 (Shift-III)
A AB
 B  A
    BA
 B
 
 20
(a) 6 minutes (b) minutes
(a) It will fill in 4.8 minutes. 3
(b) It will empty in 5.6 minutes.
(c) It will empty in 4.8 minutes.

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 48 min. Both pipes are opened and after some
21 time pipe Q is closed, then tank gets filled in 24
(c) minutes (d) 7 minutes
4 minutes. When was pipe Q closed? (RRB
19. Two pipes P and Q fill a tank in 15 min and 20 JE-01/06/2019 (Shift-III)
min respectively. Both are opened but after 4 P Q 
minute P is closed. In how much time tank is
filled from the beginning? (RRB RPF SI - 
13/01/2019 (Shift-III)  Q
P  Q  
     Q 
       P  (a) 12 minutes (b) 15 minutes
(c) 10 minutes (d) 16 minutes

23. A pipe can fill an empty tank in 12.5 hours. At
 the bottom of the tank there was a leakage
(a) 16 minutes (b) 16 minutes 20 sec. point which can drain the completely filled tank
(c) 14 minutes 20 sec. (d) 14 minutes 40 sec. in 17.5 hours. The leakage point could be
20. Pipe A can fill n tank in 15 minutes while pipe closed after 14 hours of opening the pipe to fill
D can empty the completely filled tank in 20 the tank. What was the total time taken (in
minutes. Initially, pipe A is opened and after 5 hours) to fill the tank? [NTPC CBT-2 2022]
minutes pipe B is also opened. In how much 
time (in minutes) will the remaining tank be
filled completely? (RRB GROUP-D 2022)   
A        
D       
  A   
B 
1. 22.5 2. 20.5 3. 27 4. 25
      
24. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 36 min-
 utes and 48 minutes, respectively. Both the
A) 50 B) 20 C) 40 D) 30 pipes are opened at the same time and pipe B
21. Two taps P and Q individually take 60 min and is closed after some time. If the cistern gets
40 min to fill a tank. If tap Q is opened for the filled in half an hour, then after how many minutes
first half an hour and for remaining time tap P is was pipe B closed? (RRB GROUP-D 2022)
opened, then how long will it take to fill the AB
tank? (RRB JE-30/05/2019 (Shift-I)

PQ 
B
     B
Q  
  P      A) 8 B) 5 C) 10 D) 9
 25. Pipes A and B can fill an empty tank completely
in 42 minutes and 56 minutes respectively. Pipe
(a) 45 minutes (b) 32 minutes
C alone can empty the full tank in 84 minutes.
(c) 36 minutes (d) 48 minutes
All the three pipes are opened together for 8
22. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 32 min and
minutes and then C is closed. In how much
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remaining part of the tank? (RRB GROUP- 3 2
(c) 10 hours (d) 11 hours
D 2022) 7 7
AB 28. Pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 18 and 27
minutes, respectively, whereas pipe R can
C empty the full tank in 54 minutes. P and Q were
 opened together for 6 minutes and then closed
C and R was opened. The tank was emptied by
R alone in how many minutes: (CPO 2019)
      A
P  Q     
B

2 1 R       
(a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 18
7 7
PQ
26. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes
and 24 minutes, respectively, while a third pipe  R
C can empty the full tank in 32 minutes. All the    R       
three pipes are opened simultaneously. 
However, pipe C is closed 2 minutes before
A) 30 B) 40 C) 35 D) 45
the tank is filled. In how much time (in minutes)
29. Pipes A and B can empty a full tank is 36 and
will the tank be full? (SSC CGL)
45 minutes, respectively, whereas pipe C alone
A  B     
can fill the tank in 15 minutes. B and C are
     opened together for 15 minutes, and then both
 C   are turned off and A is opened. Pipe A will empty
the tank in (in minutes) (SSC CHSL)

A  B 

   C  
 C 
A) 9 B) 10 C) 12 D) 8 B C 
27. Pipe A can fill a tank in 8 hours. Pipes B and C        A
can empty the full tank in 20 hours and 15 A 
hours, respectively. Pipes A and B are opened

together for 5 hours, and then B is closed, and
A) 30 B) 18 C) 20 D) 24
C is opened instantly. The tank will be full in a
30. Pipe P can fill 3/4 part of a tank in 18 hours
total time of: (RRB GROUP-D 2022)
and pipe Q can fill 3/5 part of the same tank in
A 12 hours. Both P and Q were kept open for 4
BC hours, then both were closed. Pipe R alone
was then opened and it emptied the water in
A
BB 1
the tank in 5 hours. Pipes P, Q and R together
2
C      
can fill the empty tank in: (RRB GROUP-D
 2022)
5 5  P 
(a) 10 hours (b) 15 hours
7 7 Q
P
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1   C     
 5 2 

 P, Q R 1. 20 2. 12 3. 24 4. 13
34. A large tanker can be filled by pipes A and B in

60 minutes and 30 minutes, respectively. How
1. 30 hours 2. 36 hours
much time will it take to fill the empty tanker, if
3. 35 hours 4. 40 hours
for half the time pipe B is opened and for the
31. A pipe can fill a tank in 4 hours and a leak at
remaining time pipes A and B are opened?
the bottom can empty that full tank in 6 hours.
if after the tank is 1/3 full the leak is completely (RRB GROUP-D 2022)
closed, how much time from beginning will it     A B 
take for the tank to get filled completely? (CPO      
2018)
     B  
 AB 
 
 1. 20 minutes 2. 15 minutes
3. 24 minutes 4. 28 minutes
 Concept - 3
A) 12 hours B) 4 hours
35. Time taken by three taps P, Q and R individually
C) 9 hours D) 20/3 hours
to fill a tank is in the ratio of 2 : 1 : 6 which of
32. Pipes A and B work together then they can fill
the tap is fastest in these? (RRB JE - 27/06/
an empty tank in 24 hours. If working together
2019 (Shift-I)
for 8 hours B is closed but A remains open,
then it will take 28 hours to fill the tank. A alone P, Q  R     
will fill the tank in how much time? (RRB 
RPF SI - 12/01/2019 (Shift-III)

A   B       (a) can not be determined (b) P
 (c) Q (d) R
B       36. Manoj and his wife Swathi fill a tank with water
fetched from a well. Manoj fetches 5 liters of
A  water in 4 minutes whereas Swathi fetches 4
 liters of water in 5 minutes. Find the time taken
by them together to fetch 205 liters of water.
(a) 30 hours (b) 31 hours
(SSC CHSL)
(c) 28 hours (d) 29 hours
33. Three pipes A, B and C together can fill a tank

in 8 hours. Three pipes were opened for 2 
hours, after that C was closed. Later A and B 
fill the remaining part in 9 hours. The number of 
hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is: (RRB
GROUP-D 2022)

A) 2 hours B) 80 minutes
A, B C    C) 100 minutes D) 1 hour 30 minutes
 37. Two inlet pipes A and B working together for 4
hours fill 72 units of water in a tank having ca-
 C
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 pacity 160 units. If A alone can fill the tank in
(a) 45 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 30
20 hours, the time taken by B alone to fill the
41. When pipes A, B and C are opened together,
tank is. (TS SI PRELIMS 2022)
they can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Pipe A fills
 water twice as fast as pipe B and pipe C fills
A B water twice as fast as pipe A. In how much
A  time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank
   B   completely. (RRB RPF SI - 12/01/2019
(Shift-II)

A) 25 hours B) 15 hours A, BC 
C) 21 hours D) 16 hours AB
38. Pipe A is 3 times faster than pipe B. Both pipes
 C   A
together fill a tank in 36 min. How much time
will pipe A alone take to fill the tank? (RRB A
GROUP-D 2022) 
A  B   (a) 7 hours (b) 30 hours
 (c) 28 hours (d) 14 hours
42. If pipe P fills a tank in 10 minutes. Five pipes,
A in which the capacity of each pipe is 20% of
 pipe P, can fill the tank in? (RRB RPF
A) 80 min B)100 min Constable – 20/01/2019 (Shift-III)
C) 156 min D) 48 min P P
39. 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? 
(SSC CGL Pre) (a) 10 minutes (b) 50 minutes
 (c) 130 minutes (d) 175 minutes
 43. Two inlet pipe, in which the first inlet pipe is
 twice capable than the second pipe. One
another outlet pipe which can empty the filled
   tank in 12.5 hours, working together can fill
 the empty tank in 2.5 hours. In how many
A) 36 hrs. B) 24 hrs. hours the less capable inlet pipe will fill the
C) 30 hrs. D) 18 hrs. tank? (RRB Paramedical Exam - 21/07/
40. The capacity of Sita's bucket is three times that 2018 (Shift-III)
of Ramu's bucket. Sita turns the bucket 60

times to fill an empty drum. If both Sita and
Ramu start filling the drum together, then how  
many times they will have to fill bucket and  
over turn in drum. (RRB ALP & Tec. (10-

08-18 Shift-II)
 
 
(a) 7.5 (b) 6.25 (c) 5 (d) 8.75
      44. Pipe A can fill a tank with chemical X in 30
 minutes, Pipe B with chemical Y in 20 minutes,

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 and Pipe C with chemical Z in 10 minutes. If all A) 12 B) 10 C) 8 D) 6
the three pipes are opened at the same time 48. Pipe P can take out whole water from a tank in
until the empty tank is full, then the ratio of the 20 hours. Another pipe Q can take out 20
chemicals in the filled tank is (AP SI liters per hours. If both the pipes are opened,
PRELIMS 2023) then tank gets emptied in 12 hours, Find the
A X capacity of the tank? (RRB JE - 02/06/2019
(Shift-II)
 B    Y  
P    
 CZ 
Q 

     
   



(1) 3:2:1 (2) 2:3:6 (3) 1:2:4 (4) 3:4:5
(a) 400 liters (b) 800 liters
45. A pipe of diameter ‘d’ can drain a water tank
in 40 minutes. The time taken by a pipe of di- (c) 650 liters (d) 600 liters
ameter ‘2d’ for doing the same job is (in min- 49. Two pipes namely A and B can fill a tank in 25
utes) (TS MAINS SI 2016) minutes and half an hour respectively and a
pipe C can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the
‘d’ 
three pipes working together can fill the tank in
‘2d’ 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is: (RRB
 ALP & Tec. (30-08-18 Shift-I)
A) 5 B) 10 C) 20 D) 50 AB
46. A pipe can empty a tank in 40 minutes. A second
pipe with diameter twice as much as that of the 
first is also attached with the tank to empty it. C
The two together can empty the tank in: (SSC
CGL Pre) 
      
 
 (a) 450 gallons (b) 300 gallons
 (c) 240 gallons (d) 600 gallons
50. If two pipes A and B function simultaneously,
1 an empty tank will be filled in 20 hours. If pipe
A) 8 minutes B) 13 minute
3 A working alone, fills this empty tank 9 hours
C) 30 minutes D) 38 minutes faster than pipe B can fill it working alone, then
47. Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 24 minutes. Pipe how many hours does it take pipe B to fill this
B alone can fill the same tank in 36 minutes.
empty tank while working alone? (RRB
Pipe A alone is opened for x minutes and Pipe
GROUP-D 2022)
B alone is opened for y minutes to fill the tank
in 30 minutes. Then | x – y | = (in minutes) AB
 A      AB
B  B
  A  x   B 
y A) 42 hours B) 39 hours
x-y=  C) 45 hours D) 36 hours

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45/4 minutes. Big pipe can fill the tank in 12
2 2 2 2
minute less as compared to small pipe. How A) 12 B) 14 C) 10 D) 16
5 5 5 5
much time will be taken by the big pipe alone
54. A tank is fitted with two taps. The first tap can
to fill the tank ? (RRB RPF SI - 05/01/
fill the tank completely in 45 minutes and the
2019 (Shift-II)
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? (SSC CGL Pre)
 
  
 
(a) 30 minute (b) 12 minute 
(c) 18 minute (d) 24 minute
52. There are three inlets in a tank when the first

two are opened then it takes the same time to 
fill the tank as the third inlet takes to fill the A) 2 hours 55 minutes
tank. The second inlet takes 5 hours less as B) 3 hours 40 minutes
compared to first inlet and as compared to C) 4 hours 48 minutes
D) 5 hours 53 minutes
third inlet it takes 4 hours more. First inlet alone
55. Taps A and B fill an empty tank individually in 8
can fill the tank in how many hours? (RRB JE
hours and 6 hours respectively, while tap C
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empties the full tank in 12 hours. Due to a prob-
 lem tap C could not be closed. If the taps A
 and B are opened alternately for one hour each
starting with A, the time taken (in hours) to fill
 the tank is: (TS PRELIMS 2018)
   A, B 
 C 
 
      C 
 A, B 
(a) 15 hours (b) 6 hours  A 
(c) 12 hours (d) 10 hours 
Concept - 4 A) 6 B) 8 C) 16 D) 24
53. Two pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 10 Miscellaneous
hours and 16 hours respectively. They are 56. A tank can be filled by 5 pipes in 80 minutes.
opened alternately for 1 hours each, opening How long will it take to fill the tank with 8
pipe B first. In how many hours, will the empty
pipes of same dimensions? (NTPC 05/02/
tank be filled? (SSC CGL)
2021 (Morning)
A  B  
       
         


B 

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 rest drain water out of it. Each of the pipes that
(a) 50 minutes (b) 78 minutes
fill water can fill the empty tank in 14 hours,
(c) 128 minutes (d) 30 minutes
whereas any of the drain pipes can empty the
57. A water tank can be filled in 9 minutes by using
filled tank in 35 hours. If all the pipes are
15 pipes of the same capacity. In how many
opened simultaneously in the empty tank, then
minutes will the water tank be filled if we use
the tank is filled in 2.5 hours. How many of the
20 pipes of the same capacity as above? (RRB
pipes were drain pipes? (NTPC 19/03/
GROUP-D 2022)
2021(Morning)
  







1) 6.75 2) 18 3) 10 4) 13
58. 12 pumps workig 6 hours a day can empty a 
completely filled reservoir in 15 days. How 
many such pums working 9 hours a day will
empty the same reservoir in 12 days? 
  (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 17 (d) 15
Level - 2

61. Pipe A and C can fill a empty tank in 7 hrs and
   10.5 hours respectively while pipe B can empty
 (SSC CGL Pre) the filled tank in 5.25 hours. If the three pipes
A) 15 B) 9 C) 10 D) 12 are opened together when the tank is empty,
59. A tank is attached with 30 pipes, some of these how many hours will be taken to fill the 2/3
are filling pipes and the rest are emptying pipes. part of the tank? (RRB RPF Constable -
Each filling pipe can fill the tank completely in 24/01/2019 (Shift-III)
24 hours and each emptying pipe can empty
AC 
the tank completely in 18 hours. When all the
B
1
pipes are opened together, it takes 1 hours    
2
to fill the tank completely. How many of the 
given pipes are emptying pipes? (RRB 
GROUP-D 2022)

 (a) 14 (b) 21 (c) 12 (d) 15.75
 62. Pipes A, B and C are attached to an empty
 cistern. The first two can fill the cistern in 4 and
10 hours, respectively, the third can drain the
       filled, cistern, in 6 hours. If all the three pipes
1 are opened simultaneously when the cistern is
1 2  three-fifth filled, how many hours will be needed
to fill the cistern? (RRB ALP & Tec. (10-
 08-18 Shift-II)
1) 8 2) 6 3) 12 4) 9
A, B C 
60. 28 pipes are connected to a tank. Some of
them pour water into the tank, whereas the 

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more to fill the cistern. When the cistern is full,
 in how much time will the leak empty it if no
 pipe is open during that time? (RRB
 GROUP-D 2022)

36 48 60 24
X   Y     
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
11 11 11 11
1 
63. A tap can fill a tank in 5 hours. Because of a
2 
1 
leak, it took 8 hours to fill the tank. In how
4  
much time (in hours) will the leak alone empty 
30% of the tank? (SSC CGL)
A) 130 hours B) 120 hours
1 C) 144 hours D) 168 hours
  5 2  
1
1 66. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12
2
    8 4 
hours and 25 hours, respectively. The pipes
   were opened simultaneously, and it was found
that, due to leakage in the bottom, it took one
 hour 40 minutes more to fill the cistern. If the
A) 9/2 B) 99/20 C) 5/2 D) 17/2 cistern is full, in how much time (in hours) will
64. A and B are emptying pipes and C is a filling the leak alone empty 70% of the cistern? (SSC
pipe. Pipes A and B can empty a full rank in 15 CGL)
hours and 18 hours respectively. When all three
1
1 A  B   12
pipes are opened together, it takes 1 hours 2
4
       
to empty 1/9 part of the tank. In how many
hours can pipe C alone fill 2/3 part of the tank? 
(RRB GROUP-D 2022)  
A BC 
 A B  
  
 A) 50 B) 40 C) 35 D) 30
67. A tank has 3 taps to fill water. The first tap
1 takes 6 h, the second tap takes 1 day and the
  1 4 
third tap takes 18 h to fill the tank. But there
C was a hole at the bottom, capable of emptying
the completely filled tank in 18 h. The hole was
 detected after 1 h and was immediately fixed.
1) 20 2) 25 2) 30 4) 18 How long will it take to fill the tank using all the
65. Two pipes X and Y can fill a cistern in 21 hours three taps? (NTPC 10/01/2021 (Morning)
and 24 hours, respectively. The pipes are
opened simultaneously and it is found that due
       
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 70. Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 hrs
and 30 hrs respectively. Both these pipes are

1
 opened simultaneously and after the tank is rd
3
 full, a leak develops in the tank through which
 1
rd of water supplied thereafter by both pipes
3
4 15
(a) 4 hr (b) 3 hr (c) 4 hr (d) 3 hr gets leaked out. The total time (in hours) taken
5 19
to fill the tank is? (AP PRELIMS 2018)
68. Pipes P and Q can fill a completely empty tank
in 24 minutes and in 36 minutes, respectively,
 
when opened independently. Pipe R can empty 
the completely filed tank in 30 minutes. Initially 
all the pipes P, Q and R are opened
simultaneously. After how many minutes should

pipe Q be closed so that the tank is filled in 1 
hour? (SSC MTS) 
 P  Q  
 A) 18 B) 16 C) 15 D) 12
R  71. Pipe A can fill a tank in 30 minutes and Pipe B
can fill it in 45 minutes. But third Pipe C can
      empty a full tank in 15 minutes. A and B are
   P, Q  R kept open for 15 minutes in the beginning and
     then C is also opened. Since then the time re-
quired (in minutes) to empty the tank is : (TS
 Q SI PRELIMS 2022)
  A B
A) 18 B) 15 C) 24 D) 30
     
69. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30 hours and 45
hours, respectively while pipe C alone can  C      
empty the full tank in 20 hours. When the tank A  B 
is full, C alone is opened for 8 hours and then     C 
closed and pipes A and B are opened together
     
at the same time. Now, how much time will
pipes A and B together take to fill the tank 
completely? [NTPC CBT -2 2022] A) 15 B) 45 C) 75 D) 90
72. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 4 hours and 6
AB hours 40 minutes respectively while a third pipe
C C can empty a completely filled tank in 1 hour
40 minutes. A and B open at 2:00 PM and 3:00
 PM respectively and C opens at 4:00 PM.
C When will the tank be completely empty. (SSC
SELECTION PHASE IX)
AB
A B 
AB

  C    
A) 7.5 hours B) 8 hours

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 PM  PM   K
C PM  
 
(a) 7 : 10 p.m. (b) 7 : 15 p.m.
(c) 7 : 00 p.m. (d) 7 : 20 p.m. 
73. Pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 10, 15 and 1) 6 hours 15 minutes
30 hours, respectively. D is an emptying pipe 2) 7 hours 15 minutes
which alone can empty the full tank in x hours. 3) 6 hours 45 minutes
A, B and C are opened together for 3 hours 4) 6 hours
and then closed. Now D is opened which alone 76. A swimming pool is fitted with 3 pipes A, B, C
empties the tank in 30 hours. What is the value to fill the pool. A and B together can fill the
of x? (CPO 2019) pool in half the time that is required for C to fill
A, BC the pool. B takes 20 hours more than the time
D required for A and 14 hours more than the time
required for C to fill the pool. Then the time (in
xA, B
hours) required for all the 3 pipes together to
C   fill the pool is: (AP MAINS SI 2018)
D A, B, C 
x C 
A) 40 B) 60 C) 50 D) 45
 A
74. Pipes A and B can fil a tank in 10 hours and 40
hours, respectively. C is an outlet pipe attached B B 
to the tank. If all the three pipes are opened A 
simultaneously, it takes 80 minutes more time C   
than what A and B together take to fill the tank.
A and B are kept open for 7 hours and then 
closed and C is opened. C will now empty the 
tank in: (SSC CGL) A) 7 B) 15 C) 18 D) 12
A B 77. Two pumps which can fill a tank in 18 hours
C and 24 hours while working alone. Gaurav
opened both the pumps for 15 hours and
  realized the 1980 litres of water was spoiled
A  B  over the ground due to overflow in the tank.
      What is the total capacity of the tank?

 A B 

   C C  
    
A) 45.5 hours B) 38.5 hours 
C) 42 hours D) 49 hours 
75. Pipe K can fill a water tank in 10 hours. Pipe A) 5210 litres B) 3480 litres
K is opened alone when the water tank is C) 4320 litres D) 3200 litres
empty. When half of the water tank is filled by 78. A pipe, working with its full speed, can fill an
pipe K, then 4 more identical pipes are opened. empty cistern in 1 hour. However, during the
What will be the total time taken to fill the first hour it worked at one-twelth of its capacity,
water tank? (RRB GROUP-D 2022)
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 during the second hour at one-ninth of its 
capacity, during the third hour at one- sixth of A B 
its usual capacity, during the fourth hour at one-
 C     
fourth of its usual capacity and during the fifth
hour it was only one-third as efficient as it was     A
supposed to be. A second pipe also shows  C      
similar performance, but it worked at full speed

would have filled the empty cistern in 2 hours.
Together with a drain pipe that drained water 1 3 1 2
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 4
out of the tank at a constant rate, the empty 2 4 7 7
cistern could be filled in 5 hours, with working 80. A swimming pool is fitted with 3 pipes, the 1st
together all the three pipes How many hours two pipes working simultaneously fill the pool
will it take the drain pipe to empty the filled in the same time as the 3rd pipe alone, the 2nd
cistern if no other pipe was working during the pipe alone fills the pool 7 hrs. faster than the
time? (RRB ALP & Tec. (14-08-18 Shift- 1st pipe & 9 hrs. slower than 3rd pipe. In what
I) time 2nd and 3rd pipe together fill the pool.

      

 


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      
   
  
       
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  A) 48/7 hrs. B) 36/5 hrs.
C) 84/11 hrs. D) 48/5 hrs.
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       
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(a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 15
79. A pipe B fills an empty tank 5 hours faster than
the pipe A and 4 hours slower than the pipe C.
If the time taken by the pipes A and B together
to fill the empty tank is equal to the time taken
by the pipe C to fill the empty tank, then the
time (in hrs.) taken by the pipes A and C together
to fill the empty tank is (AP SI PRELIMS
2023)
  B  A
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