Mother's Arithmetic • Time & Work

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1. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 min-

utes and 30 minutes respectively. In how
much time the tank will be filled by these pipes
(A) 5 hour/ (B) 20 hour/
if they are opened together?
A B 20 30 (C) 4 hour/ (D) 10 hour/
5. A pump can fill a cistern in 2 hours. Because
1
of a leak in the cistern it took 2 hours to fill
(A) 10 min./ (B) 15 min./ 3
(C) 12 min./ (D) 20 min./ it. If the cistern is full, how much time will
the leak take to empty it?
2
2. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 min- 2
3
1 1
utes and 12 minutes respectively. In how 2
2 3
much time the tank will be filled by these pipes
if they are opened together? (A) 15 hour/ (B) 14 hour/
2 1
A B 6 12 (C) 10 hour/ (D) 12 hour/
3 2
6. An electric pump can fill a tank in 2.2 hours.
Because of a leak in the tank, it was taking
1
100 100 2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain
(A) min./ (B) min./ 2
17 23 all the water off the tank in how many hours?
120 2.2
(C) min./ (D) 20 min./
7 2½
3. A pipe can fill a tank in 5 hours and a second
pipe can empty it in 4 hours. If both pipes are
55
opened together, then how much time will it (A) 9 (B)
take to empty the tank completely? 3
5 1 1
(C) 10 (D) 11
4 2 2
7. Pipe A and B running together can fill a cis-
tern in 6 minutes. If A takes 5 minutes less
than B to fill the cistern, then the time in which
(A) 5 hour/ (B) 20 hour/
B alone can fill the cistern will be?
(C) 4 hour/ (D) 10 hour/
A B 6
4. A pipe can fill a tank in 5.5 hours and a sec-
A B 5 B
ond pipe can empty it in 4.4 hours. If both
pipes are opened together, then how much
time will it take to empty the tank completely? (A) 15 minute/ (B) 10 minute/
5.5 (C) 30 minute/ (D) 25 minute/
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11. Two taps can fill a tank in 3 hours and 4 hours
2
8. A tank is filled by its part by water. Tap A respectively and a waste pipe can empty it in
5 2 hours. When all the three are opened, in
can fill the tank in 10 minutes where tap B how long time the tank will be filled?
can empty it in 6 minutes. If both taps are 3 4
opened then in how much time the tank can 2
be filled or emptied completely?
2 (A) 12 hour/ (B) 6 hour/
A
5 (C) 10 hour/ (D) 8 hour/
B 1 1
12. Two taps can fill a tank in 3 hours and 4
3 4
hours respectively and a waste pipe can empty
1
(A) 5 minute/ (B) 6 minute/ it in 2 hours. When all the three are opened,
2
(C) 8 minute/ (D) 4 minute/ in how long time the tank will be filled?
1 1
9. Pipe A can fill a tank of capacity 350 litres in 3 4
3 4
1 1
3 minutes. Pipe B can fill a tank of capacity 2
2 2
2
780 litres in 8 minutes. How long (in min)
3 170
will it take to fill a tank of capacity 1615 litres, (A) 12 hour/ (B) hour/
70
if both pipes are opened together ? 170
1 (C) hour/ (D) 8 hour/
A, 350 3 23
2
13. A tap can fill a cistern in 6 hours. After half of
B, 780 the tank is filled, three more similar taps are
2 opened. What is the total time (in hour) taken
8
3 to fill the tank completely?
1615 6

1
(A) 9 (B) 7 3
2 (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 5
4
1 14. Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 and 12 hours re-
(C) 8 (D) 8 spectively and third pipe can empty the tank in
2
4 hours. If the pipes are opened at 8, 9 and 11
10. A cistern normally takes 10 hours to be filled o'clock respectively. The tank will be emptied at
by a pipe but because of one open outlet pipe, that o'clock __.
it takes 5 hours more. In how many hours will 15 12
the outlet pipe will empty a full cistern? 4
8 9 11
10
5
(A) 45 minutes past 1/ 1 45
(B) 40 minutes past 1/ 1 40
(A) 20 hours (B) 24 hours (C) 55 minutes past 1/ 1 55
(C) 30 hours (D) None of these (D) 40 minutes past 2/ 2 40

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15. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 60 min. P Q 8 24
and 75 min. respectively. There is also a waste 12
pipe in the tank (cistern). When all the three 2/3
are opened, the cistern get filled in 50 min-
utes. How long will the waste pipe take to (A) 8 hr/ (B) 6 hr/
empty the full cistern. (C) 10 hr/ (D) 12 hr/
A B 60
19. Two pipes are running continuously to fill the
75 tank. The 1st pipe has filled it in 5 hrs by itself
and 2nd in 20 hrs. But a 3rd pipe was outlet
pipe and the operator did not notice it due to
50 which it caused a delay of 1 hour in filling the
tank. Find the time in which the 3rd pipe would
(A) 90 min./ (B) 150 min./ empty the filled tank ?
(C) 80 min./ (D) 100 min./
5 20
16. Two pipes can fill a tank in 12 and 20 hours
respectively. The pipes are opened simulta-
neously and it is found that due to leakage in
the bottom, 30 minutes extra are taken for the (A) 15 (B) 20
cistern to be filled up. If the cistern is full, in (C) 25 (D) 30
what time would the leak empty it? 20. In a tank 1st pipe can fill 1/2 of a tank in 1
12 20 hour, 2nd pipe can fill 1/3 of total in 1 hour
and third pipe is for emptying it. 7/12 of the
total tank is filled with water in 1 hour if all
30 the three pipes are opened together. The third
pipe can empty the fill tank in that no. of
(A) 120 hrs (B) 100 hrs hours____.
(C) 115 hrs (D) 112 hrs 1 1/2
1 1/3
17. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 3 hours
and 3 hours 45 minutes respectively. Third
1 7/12
pipe C can empty the tank in 1 hour. All the
three pipes are opened together when the tank
is half filled. In how much time the tank will
be emptied. (A) 6 hours (B) 5 hours
A B 3 (C) 4 hours (D) 8 hours
3 45 C 21. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 hrs.
and 30 hrs. respectively. Both the pipes are
1 opened to fill the tank but when the tank is
one-third full, a leak develops in the tank
through which one-fourth water supplied by
both pipes goes out. What is total time taken
(A) 75 min./ (B) 50 min./ to fill the tank ?
(C) 60 min./ (D) 45 min./ A B 20 30
18. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 8 and 24
hours respectively. There is a leak which can
empty the full tank in 12 hours. If leak is
exactly at 2/3rd of the height from the base,
then in how many hours, will the empty tank (A) 14 minutes (B) 15 minutes
will be filled, if al l pipes are opened 45 44
simultaneously? (C) minutes (D) minutes
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22. A pipe can fill oil in a drum in 40 minutes. 25. A pipe can fill a tank in 30 minutes. Due to
Another pipe can empty it 60 minutes. When two leakages A and B, the filled tank would
2 1 1
part of drum was full of oil, the empty pipe be drained off in 1 hour and 1 hour re-
3 2 4
was opened and 15 minutes later it was closed. spectively. How long will it take to fill the tank
Now in how long time the drum would be filled if the pipe, A and B are left open ?
if filling pipe is opened?
A B
1 1
1 1
2 4
A B

7 1
(A) 1 hour (B) 1 hour
8 3
1
(A) 23 Minute/ 4 5
3 (C) 1 hour (D) 1 hour
5 6
(B) 40 Minute/
(C) 20 Minute/ 26. Three pipes, A, B and C, can fill a cistern in
12, 18 and 24 minutes, respectively. If all the
(D) 37 Minute/
pipes are opened together for 7 minutes, what
23. A and B, two taps can fill a tank in 3 hours will be the volume of the water that overflows
and 4 hours respectively. C can empty it in 1 as the percentage of the total volume of the
hour. If the taps are opened at 3 pm, 4 pm. cistern?
And 5 pm respectively, at what time the tank A, B C 12, 18
will be emptied?
24 7
A, B C A B
C

7 1
(A) 26 (B) 23
(A) 7 : 12 pm (B) 8 : 15 pm 18 3
(C) 2 : 13 pm (D) 9 : 15 pm
2 5
24. A tank has three pipes A, B and C. Pipe A can (C) 23 (D) 26
3 18
1 1
fill of tank in 1 hour and pipe B can fill 27. Pipes A and B are emptying pipes and can
4 5
part of tank in 1 hour. Third pipe is installed empty a tank in 6 hours and 16 hours, re-
to empty the tank. After opening 3 pipes si- spectively. C is a filling pipe. All the three pipes
7 were opened together. They took 80 minutes
multaneously part of tank get filled in an
20 5
hour. In how much time the third pipe alone to empty th of the tank. Pipe C alone can
18
can empty the tank ? fill the tank in:
A, B C A A B
1 1
B C
4 5

7 5
18
20
C
(A) 12 hour/ (B) 8 hour/ (A) 48 hours/ (B) 42 hours/
(C) 10 hour/ (D) 6 hour/ (C) 40 hours/ (D) 36 hours/

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28. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 16 hours and 31. Pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 10, 15 and 30
24 hours, respectively, and pipe C alone can hours, respectively. D is an emptying pipe which
empty the full tank in x hours. All the pipes alone can empty the full tank in x hours. A, B
were opened together at 10 : 30 a.m., but C and C are opened together for 3 hours and then
was closed at 2 : 30 p.m. If the tank was full at closed. Now D is opened which alone empties
8 : 30 p.m. on the same day, then what is the the tank in 30 hours. What is the value of x ?
value of x ? A, B C 10, 15 30
A B 16 24 D x
C x A, B C

10 : 30
D 30
C 2 : 30
x
8 : 30 x
(A) 40 (B) 50
(C) 60 (D) 45
(A) 64 (B) 48
32. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 15,
(C) 45 (D) 96 24 and 36 minutes respectively. If pipe D can
29. Three pipes P, Q and R can seperately fill a drain a full tank in 1 hour, how long will it
cistern in 4, 8 and 12 hours respectively. An- take for the tank to be filled if all the four pipes
other pipe S can empty the completely filled are kept open together?
cistern in 10 hours. Which of the following ar- A, B C 15, 24 36
rangements will fill the empty cistern in less D 1
time than others ?
P, Q R 4, 8
12 S 1
(A) 9
8
12
(B) 5
(A) Q alone / Q 25
(B) P & S
16
(C) P & Q (C) 8
43
(D) P, R & S
2
30. Konkan dam has 4 inlet pipes. The dam can (D) 7
be filled in first three pipe in 12 min, by sec- 3
ond, third and fourth pipe in 15 min and first 33. Pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 30 h, 40 h
and fourth pipe by 20 min then find how much and 60 h respectively. Pipes A, B and C are
time all four pipe take to fill the dam? opened at 7 a.m., 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. respec-
tively on the same day. When will the tank be
4
full ?
3 12 15 A, B C 30, 40 60
20 A, B C
7 8 10

(A) 8 minute/ (A) 10.00 p.m./ 10.00

(B) 10 minute/ (B) 10.30 p.m./ 10.30
(C) 12 minute/ (C) 9.20 p.m./ 9.20
(D) 9.40 p.m./ 9.40
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34. There are two water taps in a tank which can 35. Tap A takes (x – 44) days to fill a tank. Tap B
fill the empty tank in 12 hours and 18 hours takes (x – 42) days to fill the tank. If both the
respectively. It is seen that there is a leakage taps were opened simultaneously, by the time
point at the bottom of the tank which can the tank was full, what fraction of the tank was
empty the completely filled tank in 36 hours. filled by tap A?
If both the water taps are opened at the same A (x – 44) B
time to fill the empty tank and the leakage (x – 42)
point was repaired after 1 hour, then in how
A
much time the empty tank will be completely
filled?
12 2 2
(A) (B)
18 5 3
36 1 5
(C) (D)
5 9
1

[CGL Pre 2020]

(A) 7 hours 12 minutes / 7 12
(B) 8 hours 24 minutes / 8 24
(C) 7 hours / 7
(D) 7 hours 24 minutes / 7 24

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Answer 8. (B) 6 A 10
60
1. (C) A 20 3 –10 B –6
60
B 30 2 –4 A+B
60 60 2
A + B can fill the tank = = 12 minute  = 6 min
5 T(A+B) =
4 5
2. (B) A 20 15 350
3 9. (C) Capacity of pipe A = × 2 = 100 l/min
100 7
B 25 8 780
2 Capacity of pipe B = × 3 = 90l/min
26
100 1615 1
A + B can fill the tank = min./ time taken by (A + B) = = 8 min
23 190 2
3. (B) A 5 4 10. (C) As cistern is filled in 10 hours, therefore in
20 1 hour, filled part  1/10 th
B 4 5
Now du to outlet pipe, filled part in 1 hour
20
Time taken to empty the tank = = 1/15th
1 Part of the cistern emptied, due to leakage
= 20 hour/ 1 1 1
in 1 hour = – = th
10 15 30
4. (B) A 5.5 4
Therefore the leak will empty the full cis-
22
B 4.4 5 tern in 30 hrs.
20 11. (A) A 3 4
Time taken to empty the tank =
1 B 4 12 3
C 2 6
= 20 hour/
12
5. (B) A 2 7 Tank will be filled = = 12 hour/
14 1
7
A+B 6 10
3 12.(C) A 51
14 3
Time taken to empty the tank = 17 170 40
1 B
4
= 14 hour/ 5
C 68
6. (B) 50 A 2.2 2
110 170
44 5
A–B Tank will be filled = hour/
2 23
(–ve is for empty) 13. (A) Time taken by one tap to fill half tank = 3
B’s Eff. = 50 – 44 = 6 hrs
part filled by the four taps in 1 hour
55 55
TB = = hours 1 2
3 3 = 4× =
6 3
55 1 1
Due to leakage tank will empty in hours Remaining part = 1 – =
3 2 2
7. (A) Let Pipe A fills the cistern in x minutes. 2 1
: ::1 : x
therefore, pipe B will fill the cistern in (x + 3 2
5) minutes.
1 33
x= 1 =
hours
1 1 1 2 24
Now, + x 5 = 6  x = 10
x Total time = 3 hr 45 minutes
14. (D) Let the tank be empited in x hrs.,after 8 am
Thus the pipe A can fiil in 10 minutes, So B
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x  In 120 hrs, the leak would empty the cis-
tank filled by pipe in x hours = tern.
15
tank filled by secone pipe in (x – 1) hours 17.(A) Part of the tank empited in 1 hour
x –1
= 1 4 9 6 2
12 =1– =1– = =
3 15 15 15 5
tank empited by third pipe in (x – 3) hours time taken to empty the full tank
x–3 1 5
= hrs
4 2 2
x x –1 x–3 5
+ – =0
15 12 4 time taken to empty the exactly half filled
4x5 x – 1 – 15 x – 3 1 5 5
= 0 tank = × hours = hours
60 2 2 4
= 4x + 5x – 5 – 15x + 45 = 0 = 1 hr 15min.
18.(A) P 8 3
= – 6x + 40 = 0
Q 24 24 1
40 20 2 R 12 –2
x= = = 6 = 6 hrs. 40 min.
6 3 3 Now till 2/3 height there is no use or leak
15. (D) Let the third pipe empty the pipe in x min- pipe R. So p + q will do the 2/3 work.
utes. 16
1 1 i.e. (16 unit) in = 4 hrs.
= + – 4
60 75 x Now work left is 8 unit
According to the question So, 8 unit work will be done by p + q + r with
1 1 1 8
= + – = efficiency (3 + 1 – 2) in = = 4 hrs
60 75 x 50 2
1 1 1 total time = 4 + 4 = 8 hrs
= + – 19.(B) total time taken by both pipes without a leak
x 60 75 50
1 1 5
5 4–6 3 is = + = = 4 hrs
= 5 20 20
x 300 300 Now, it's takes 5 hrs so time taken by leak

3 1 1 1
= x = 100 min. to – =
4 5 20
x 300
So leak can empty it in 20 hrs.
16. (A) Cistern filled by both pipes in one hour
20. (C) The first pipe can fill 1/2 part of the tank in
1 1 2
= + = th 1 hours.
12 20 15 First pipe can fill tank 2 hrs the second pipe can fill
Therefore both pipes filled the cistern in 1/3 part of the tank in 1 hours.
15 First pipe can fill tank in 3 hours together both pipe
hrs.
2 1 1 5
Now due to leakage both pipes filled the cis- can fill in 1 hr. = + =
2 3 6
15 30 Third pipe emptying tank in T hrs.
tern in + = 8 hrs
2 60 Third pipe emptying in 1 hr. =
T
Therefore due to leakage, filled part in one 5 7
1 – =
hour = 6 T 12
8 10T – 12 = 7T
Therefore part of cistern emptied, due to 3T = 12
2 1 1 T = 4 hrs.
leakage in one hour = – = th
15 8 20

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21. (D) 3 A 20 25. (A) Let Pipe 'C' fill the tank
60
2 B 30
5 3
A'
So, efficiency of outlet pipe = 2 -10
4
ATQ,
5 -12
B' 15
4
60 2  60 30
 1
C
total time = 3  2  3  3  2  3  5  2
 4
A'+ B' + C = –10 – 12 + 30 = 8
32 44
=4+ minutes 15 7
3 3  Time taken to fill the tank = = 1
8 8
22. (A) +3 A – 40 hour
120 litre
–2 B – 60
26. (A) A 12
2 6
part is filled 4
3 B 18 72
2 C 24 3
120 × = 80 litre
3
Vol. of water in 7 minutes
In 15 minutes pipe B leak = (6 + 4 + 3) 7
= 15 × 2 = 30 litre = (13)7 = 91
Vol. of water that will overflow
80 – 30 = 50 litre
= 91 – 72 = 19
empty drum = 120 – 50 = 70 litre  Required Percentage
70 1 19
Total time taken = = 23 min = × 100 =
3 3 72
23. (A) 4 A 3 7
26 %
3 B 4 12 liters 18
–12 C 1 27. (A) A 6 8
water in tank at 5 o’ B 16 3 48
clock C y x
= 4 × 2 + 3 = 11 litre
ATQ,
water extracted in one hour
80
= 4 + 3 – 12 = –5 (8+3–x) =
60
Time taken to empty the tank
5
11 48 ×
18
= = 2 h 12 min
5
4
So, Required time = 5:00 + 2:12 = 7:12 pm (11 – x) =
3
1 1 9
24. (C) A + B in 1 hour =  = 8 5
4 5 20
3
9 7 2 44 – 4x =
C extract in 1 hour =  
20 20 20 40
 x = 1
Tc = 10 hours

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C can fill the tank in 48 hours
32. (C) A 15 24
B 24 15
28. (D) A 16 3 10 360
2 48 C 36 6
B 24
D 60
C x –48/x
A + B + C + D = 24 + 15 + 10 – 6 = 49 – 6 =
10 : 30 to 2 : 30  4 hrs/till 8 : 30
43
48
5 4 + (3 + 2) 6 = 48 360 16
x  Time = =8 hour
43 43
96 96
10 – + 15 = 24 1 = 
x x 33. (C) 4 A 30
3 B 40 120
x 96 2 C 60
Work fill 10 am = 3 × 4 + 2 × 3 = 18
29. (C) 30 P 4
102 34
15 Q 8 Remaining work's time = =
120 9 3
10 R 12
= 11 hr 20 min
12 S 10 So, time will be 9 : 20 pm

120
(a) Q Alone = = 8 Hr. 34. (B)
15
120 120 1
(b) P & S = 30 12 7
17 17 hr ATQ,
Work done by by A, B & C in one hr. = 4
120 2 Now C is fixed so work done by A & B
(c) P & Q = 2 hr
45 3 32
= = 6 hr 24 min.
120 120 2 5
(d) P, R & S = 30 10 12 4
28 7 hr Total time = 1 hr + 6 hr + 24 min. = 7 hrs. 24 min.

So, P & Q will lake less time among them. 35. (D) Time taken by tap A
= 52 – 44 = 8 days
30. (B) 5 1st + 2nd + 3rd 12 Time taken by tap B
4 2nd + 3rd + 4th 15 60
= Ratio of work done
3 1st + 4th 20 = 10 : 8 = 5 : 4
Efficiency of [1st + 2nd + 3rd + 4th]
5
5  4  3 12  Part filled by A =
= = =6 9
2 2
60
Total time by four together = = 10 minutes
6
31. (B) A  10 – 3 B  15 – 2
30 C  30 – 1
Tank filled by A, B, C
in 3 hours
= (3) (3 + 2 +1)= 18
 D emtier 18 of tank in 30 hours
30
 D full tank in × 30 hours = 50 hours
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