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A water tank is 2/5 th full. Inlet A can fill the tank in 12 minutes while an outlet pipe B can empty it in 6minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
Options
A. It fills in 4.8 min
B. It empties in 4.8 min
C. It fills in 5.6 min
D. It empties in 5.6 min

Correct Answer

It empties in 4.8 min

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1. 18 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 8 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of the bucket is 12 litres?
Options
A. 12
B. 13.5
C. 24
D. Data insufficient

2. Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours together. But ifthese pipes operate separately A takes 40 hours less than Bto fill the tank. In how many hours the pipe A will fill thecistern working alone?
Options
A. 60
B. 20
C. 40
D. 15

3. Three pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 12 minutes, 18 minutesand 24 minutes respectively. The pipe R is closed 12 minutesbefore the tank is filled. In what time the tank is full?
Options
A. 8 (5/13) hrs
B. 8 (4/13) hrs
C. 7 (4/13) hrs
D. 8 (6/13) hrs

4. A tank is filled in eight hours by three pipes K, L and M. Pipe K is twice as fast as pipe L, and L is twice as fast as M. How much time will pipe L alone take to fill the tank ?
Options
A. 32 hrs
B. 24 hrs
C. 28 hrs
D. 26 hrs

5. A water tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes X, Y and Z the pipe Z is thrice as fast as Y and Y is twice as fast as X. How much time will pipe X alone take to fill the water tank?
Options
A. 60 hrs
B. 45 hrs
C. 40 hrs
D. 35 hrs

6. A cistern has one inlet, L and one inlet, M. L takes 5 hours to fill the empty tank, when M is not open and M takes 8 hours to empty the full tank, if the tank is two fifth full, how much time will it take to fill the tank completely when both L and M are opened simultaneously? (in hours)
Options
A. 5 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 8 hours

7. An electric pump can fill a tank in 2 hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it was taking 21?2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water off the tank in how many hours?
Options
A. 9
B. 10
C. 10.5
D. 11.5

8. Two pipes, when working one at a time, can fill a cistern in 3 hhrs and 4 hrs, resp while a third pipe can drain the cistern empty in 8 hrs. All the three pipes were opened together when the cistern was 1/12 full. How long did it take for the cistern to be completely full?
Options
A. 2 hrs
B. 1 hr 45 min
C. 2 hr 10 min
D. 2 hr 11 min

9. A swimming pool is filled in 10 hours by three tankers A, B and C. The tanker C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will tanker A alone take to fill the swimming pool?
Options
A. 90 hours
B. 40 hours
C. 70 hours
D. 80 hours

10. Two taps X and Y can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively. If the two taps are opened at 2 p.m., then at what time (in p.m.) should the tap X be closed to completely fill the tank at exactly 2 a.m.?
Options
A. 8
B. 7
C. 9
D. 10

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