Pipes And Cistern MCQs with Answers 2027

Q21

A tank with capacity T liters is empty. If water flows into the tank from pipe X at the rate of x liters per minute and water is pumped out by Y at the rate of y liters per minute and x > y, then how many minutes will the tank be filled?

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Q22

Open question

A pipe can fill a tank in 3 hours. There are two outlet pipes from the tank which can empty it in 7 and 10 hours respectively. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, then the tank will be filled in -

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Q23

Open question

A vessel has three pipes connected to it , two to supply liquid and one to draw liquid. The first alone can fill the vessel in

4 \frac{1}{2}

hours, the second in 3 hours and the third can empty it in

1 \frac{1}{2}

hours. If all the pipes are opened simultaneously when the vessel is half full, how soon will it be emptied?

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Q24

Open question

Two pipe A and B can fill a water tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a third pipe C can empty at the rate of 3 gallons per minute. If A, B and C are open together to fill the tank in 15 minutes, find the capacity of tank?

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Q25

Open question

Three pipes P, Q and R can separately fill a cistern in 4, 8 and 12 hours respectively. Another pipe S can empty the completely filled cistern in 10 hours. Which of the following arrangements will fill the empty cistern in less time than others?

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Q26

Open question

A tank has a leak which would empty the completely filled tank in 10 hours. If the tank is full of water and a tap is opened which admits 4 litres of water per minute in the tank , the leak takes 15 hours to empty the tank. How many litres of water does the tank hold?

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Q27

Open question

A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took

2 \frac{1}{3}

hours to to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in?

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Q28

Open question

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 the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in-

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Q29

Open question

A swimming pool is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the pool in the same time during which the pool is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the pool 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is?

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Q30

Open question

12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?

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Q31

Open question

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are opened to fill the tank but when the tank is one - third full, a leak develops in the tank through which one - third water supplied by both the pipes gose out. The total time taken to fill the tank is?

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Q32

Open question

Two pipes can fill a tank in 40 and 48 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minutes. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 30 minutes, The capacity of the tank is-

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Q33

Open question

An outlet pipe can empty a cistern in 3 hours. In what time will empty

\frac{2}{3}

of the cistern?

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Q34

Open question

A tank is 7 metre long and 4 meter wide wide. At what speed should water run through a pipe 5 cm broad and 4 cm deep so that in 6 hours and 18 minutes water level in the tank rises by 4.5 meter?

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Q35

Open question

Two pipes can fill a tank in 12 hours and 16 hours respectively. A third pipe can empty the tank in 30 hours. If all three pipes are opened and functions simultaneously, how much time will the tank take to be full?( in hours )

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Q36

Open question

A tap can completely fill a water tank in 8 hours. The water tank has a hole in it through which the water leaks out. The leakage will cause the full water tank to get empty in 12 hours. How much time will it take for the tap the the tank completely with the hole?

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Q37

Open question

A tank can be filled by pipe A in 2 hours and pipe B in 6 hours. At 10 A.M. pipe A was opened. At what time will the tank be filled if pipe B is opened at 11 A.M. ?

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Q38

Open question

A water tank can be filled by a tap in 30 minutes and another tap can fill it in 60 minutes. If both taps are kept open for 5 minutes and then the first tap is closed, how long will it take foe the tank to be filled ?

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Q39

Open question

A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another can empty it in y hours. In how many hours they together fill it in ( y > x) ?

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Q40

Open question

A water tap fills a tub in 'p' hours and a sink at the bottom empties it in 'q' hours. If p < q and both tap and sink are opened the tank is filled in 'r' hours, then the relation between p, q, r :

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