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Pipes and Cistern problems


  • 1. Taps X and Y can fill a tank in 30 and 40 minutes respectively.Tap Z can empty the filled tank in 60 minutes.If all the three taps are kept open for one minute each,how much time will the taps take to fill the tank?

  • Options
  • A. 48min
  • B. 72min
  • C. 24min
  • D. None of these
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  • 2. The capacity of a tank is 2400 m3 . A pump can be used both for filling and emptying the tank. The emptying capacity of the pump is 10 m3/minute higher than its filling capacity. And also, the pump needs 8 minutes less to empty the tank than to fill it. Find the filling capacity of the pump.

  • Options
  • A. 46 cub.m/min
  • B. 44 cub.m/min
  • C. 48 cub.m/min
  • D. 50 cub.m/min
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  • 3. Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B cam empty it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together after how many minutes should pipe B be closed, so that the tank is filled in 30 minutes ?

  • Options
  • A. 21 min
  • B. 24 min
  • C. 20 min
  • D. 22 min
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  • 4. The ratio of efficiencies of two filling pipes is 4 : 5. There is a third emptying pipe which efficiency is two third of the average efficiency of first two filling pipes can empty a filled tank in 36 minutes. In how much time both the filling pipes can fill the tank when it is empty?

  • Options
  • A. 16 min
  • B. 12 min
  • C. 14 min
  • D. 20 min
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  • 5. A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely ?

  • Options
  • A. 4 hrs 15 min
  • B. 3 hrs 24 min
  • C. 4 hrs 51 min
  • D. 3 hrs 45 min
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  • 6. One fill pipe A is 3 times faster than second fill pipe B and takes 32 minutes less than the fill pipe B. When will the cistern be full if both pipes are opened together?

  • Options
  • A. 6 min
  • B. 8 min
  • C. 12 min
  • D. 10 min
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  • 7. A water tank in a village is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the tank is full, in how many hrs will the leak empty it ?

  • Options
  • A. 34 hrs
  • B. 36 hrs
  • C. 38 hrs
  • D. 40 hrs
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  • 8. Three taps I, J and K can fill a tank in 20,30and 40 minutes respectively. All the taps are opened simultaneously and after 5 minutes tap A was closed and then after 6 minutes tab B was closed .At the moment a leak developed which can empty the full tank in 70 minutes. What is the total time taken for the completely full ?

  • Options
  • A. 24.315 minutes
  • B. 26.166 minutes
  • C. 22.154 minutes
  • D. 24 minutes
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  • 9. A cistern has a leak which would empty the cistern in 20 minutes. A tap is turned on which admits 4 liters a minute into the cistern, and it is emptied in 24 minutes. How many liters does the cistern hold ?

  • Options
  • A. 360 lit
  • B. 480 lit
  • C. 320 lit
  • D. 420 lit
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  • 10. Two filling taps P and Q together can fill a tank with rate of 40 lit/min and 60 lit/min respectively in 8 min. If a waste tap can empty the filled tank in 32 min, then what is the rate of waste tap ?

  • Options
  • A. 34 lit/min
  • B. 25 lit/min
  • C. 22 lit/min
  • D. 18 lit/min
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