TIME AND WORK & PIPES AND CISTERNS

1. A can do a work in 24 days and B can do the same work in 18 days. If A starts work alone and after
four days B joined him, then find in how many days total work will be completed?
(a) 10 4/7 days (b) 12 4/7 days (c) 14 4/7 days (d) 12 3/7 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 (e) 12 2/7 𝑑𝑎𝑦s
2. 12 men can do a work in 10 days while 10 women can do the same work in 18 days. In how many days
4 men & 6 women together can do the same work?
(a) 120/7 days (b) 24 days (c) 180 13 days (d) 15 days (e) 18 days
3. A alone can do a work in 12 days while A and B together can do that work in 7.5 days. Find the time
taken by C alone to do that work if C takes 3 days more than that of B alone to do that work?
(a) 33 days (b) 30 days (c) 23 days (d) 27 days (e) 28 days
4.A and B working alone can do a work in 20 days and 15 days respectively. They started the work
together but B left after sometime and A finished remaining work in 6 days. Find after how many days
from start B left the work ?
(a) 5 days (b) 4 days (c) 6 days (d) 3 days (e) 7 days
5. 4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days, and 5 men and 7 women can do the same job in 4 days.
How long will 1 man and 1 woman take to do the work?
(a) 22(2/7 ) days (b) 25( 1/2) days (c) 5(1/7 ) days (d) 12 7/22days (e) None of these
6. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?
1.12 min 2.15 min 3.25 min 4.50 min
7. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are
opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the
tank?
1.10 min. 20 sec. 2.11 min. 45 sec. 3.12 min. 30 sec. 4.14 min. 40 sec.
8. 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?
1.3 hrs 15 min 2.3 hrs 45 min 3.4 hrs 4.4 hrs 15 min
9. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B
and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in:
1.6 hours 2.7 hours 3.6 2/3 hours 4.7 ½ hours
10. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed
and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank
is:
1. 10 2.12 3.14 4.16
11. Pipe A & pipe B together can fill half of a tank in 7 hours, while pipe C can empty 40% of the same
tank x hours. When all three pipes open together in same empty tank, then it completely filled in 26 1/4
hours. Find value of x?
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(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 24 (e) 9
12.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 16 hrs and 12 hrs respectively. The capacity of the tank is 240
litres. Both the pipes are opened simultaneously and closed after 2 hrs. How much more water (In
Liters) needed to fill the tank?
(a) 100 (b) 170 (c) 70 (d) 190 (e) None of these
13. One fill pipe A takes 3 minutes more to fill the cistern than two fill pipes A and B opened together to
fill it. Second fill pipe B takes 21 1/3 minutes more to fill cistern than two fill pipes A and B opened
together to fill it. When will the cistern be full if both pipes are opened simultaneously.
(a) 7 minutes (b) 16 minutes (c) 8 minutes (d) 10 minutes (e) 12 minutes
14. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank separately in 8 h, 10 h and 20h, respectively. Find the time
taken by all the three pipes to fill the tank when the pipes are opened together.
(a) 5 7/11 (b) 4 7/11 (c) 8 7/11 (d) 3 7/11 (e) None
15. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 1 h and 75 min, respectively. There is also an outlet C. If all the
three pipes are opened together. The tank is full in 50 min. How much time will be taken by C to empty
the full tank?
(a)100 min (b) 150 min (c) 200 min (d) 125 min (e) None of the above
16. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes
respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical
solutions P,Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of the solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3
minutes?
(a) 5/11 (b) 6/11 (c) 7/11 (d) 8/11
17. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 hours to fill the tank. The
leak can drain all the water of the tank in:
(a)7 hours (b)8 hour (c)14 hours (d)4 1/3 hours
18. There are three pipes connected with a tank. The first pipe can fill 1/2 part of the tank in 1 h, second
pipe can fill 1/3 part of the tank in 1 h. Third pipe is connected to empty the tank. After opening all the
three pipes, 7/12 part of the tank can be filled in 1 h, then how long will third pipe take to empty the full
tank?
(a) 3 h (b) 4 h (c) 5 h (d) 6 h
19. Q15. Two-fifth of a tank can be filled by pipe A in six hours, three-eighth of the tank can be filled by
pipe B in four and a half hours, while pipe C attached at the bottom of the tank can empty one-fifth of
the tank in ten hours. All the three pipes are opened simultaneously, when the tank is empty. In how
much time will the tank be filled completely?(TCS NQT)
(a). 6 hours (b). 8 hours (c). 7 hours (d). 9 hours
20. Pipes A and B can fill an empty tank in 20 mins and X mins respectively, whereas C can empty the full
tank in 60mins. When pipes A, B and C are opened simultaneously the tank will be filled in 15 minutes.
What is the value of X? (TCS NQT) (a) 40 (b). 30 (c). 20 (d). 45
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