AWAKE TRAINING INSTITUTION

Coimbatore – 641 041

Maximum Time : 30 Minutes Maximum Marks: 25

1. Two popes A and b can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will take to fill the tank?
a)12 min b) 15 min c) 25 min d) 50 min
2. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If
both the tape are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
a)4.5 hours b) 5hours c)6.5 hours d)7.2 hours
3. A tap can fill a tank on 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?
a)3 hrs 15 min b)3 hrs 45 min c)4 hrs d)4 hrs 15 min
4. A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and B can empty it in 6 minutes.
If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
a)6 min to empty b)6 min to fill c) 9 min to empty d) 9 min to fill e) none of
these
5. Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe c in 30 hours. If all the pipes are
open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
a)2 b)2.5 c)3 d)3.5
6. pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. if all
the three pipes are opened together , then the tank will be filled in:
a)1- 13/17 b)2-8/18 c)3-9/17 d)4-1/2
7. Three pipes A , B and C can fill a tank from empty to fill 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,Qand R respectively. What is the proportion of solution R in t6he
liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
a)5/11 b)6/11 c)7/11 d)8/11
8. two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 75 minutes respectively. There
is a third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty it . if all the three pipes are simultaneously
opened, then the cistern is full in 50 minutes. In how much time, the third pipe alone can empty
the cistern?
a)90 min b)100 min c)110 min d)120 min
9. A pump can fill with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2-1/3 hours to fill the tank. The
leak can drain all the water of the tank in:
a)4-1/3 b)7 hrs c)8 hrs d)14hrs
10. two taps A and B can fill a tank in 5 hours and 20 hours respectively. If both the tape are open
due to a leakage, it took 30 minutes more to fill the tank. If the tank is full, hoe long will it take
for the leakage alone to empty the tank?
a)4-1/2 b)9 hrs c)18hrs d)36 hrs
11. Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then
B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the cistern. How much time will be taken by A to
fill the cistern separately?
a)1 hr b)2 hrs c)6 hrs d)8 hrs
12. 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:
a)81 min b)108 min c)144 min d)192 min
13. A tank can filled in 5 hours by three pipes A,B and C. the pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice
as fast as A. how much time will pipe alone will be to fill the tank?
a) 20 hrs b) 25 hrs c)35 hrs d)can’t be determined
e) none of these
14. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill
the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe
fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time
required by the first pipe is:
a)6 hrs b)10 hrs c)15 hrs d)30 hrs
15. 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each tank is 13.5 litres. How many buckets
will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
a)8 b)15 c) 16 d)18
16. Bucket P has thrice the capacity as buckets Q. it takes 60 turns for bucket P to fill the empty
drum. How many turns it will take both the buckets P and Q, having each turn together to fill the
empty drum?
a)30 b)40 c)45 d)90
17. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If both the taps are
opened simultaneously, and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how much more time will it
take to fill the tank by tap B?
a)7 min15 sec b) 7 min 45 sec c) 8 min 5 sec d) 8 min 15 sec
18. 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?
a)10 min 20 sec b)11 min 45 sec c)12 min 30 sec d)14 min 40 sec
19. two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively while a third pipe C can
empty the full rank in 25 hours. All the three pipes are opened in the beginning. After 10 hours,
C is closed. In how much time will the tank be full?
a)12hrs b)13hrs c)16 hrs d)18 hrs
20. A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively.
How many minutes will take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and
A and B fill it together for the other half?
 a)15 min b) 20 min C)27.5 min d)30min

21. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively while a third pipe
C can empty the full tank in 6 minutes. A and B are kept open for 5 minutes in the beginning and
then C us also opened. In what time is the cistern emptied?
a)30 min b)33 min c)371/2 min d)45 min
22. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hours and 4 hours respectively. If they are opened on
alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first, in how many hours, the tank shall be full?
a)4 b) 4-1/2 c)5 d)5-1/2
23. 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 :
a)6 b)6-2/3 c)5 d)7-1/2
24. A booster pump can b e used for filling as well s for emptying a tank. The capacity of the tank is
2400 m3. The emptying capacity of the tank is 10 m3 per minute higher than its filling capacity
and the pump needs 8 minutes lesser to empty the tank than it needs to fill it. What is the filling
capacity of he pump?
a)50 m3/min b) 60 m3/min c)72 m3/min d) none of these
25. A leak in the bottom of the tank can empty the full tank in 8 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the
rate of 6 liters a minute. When the take is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is
empty in 12 hours. How many liters does the cistern hold?
a)7580 b)7960 c)8290 d)8640
ANSWERS

1) A
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) C
7) B
8) B
9) D
10) D
11) C
12) C
13) C
14) C
15) D
16) C
17) D
18) D
19) A
20) D
21) D
22) C
23) C
24) A
25) D