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PIPES & CISTERNS
1. If 1/3rd of a tank holds 80lit of water, then the quantity of water that ½ of the tank holds is
a. 100 lit b. 110 lit c. 120 lit d. 140 lit
2. A pipe of diameter ‘d’ can drain a certain water tank in 40 min. The time taken by a pipe
of diameter ‘2d’ for doing the same job in
a. 8min b.15min c. 12min d.10min
3. Pipe A can fill a tank in 36 min and pipe B can fill in 45min. If both pipes are opened to
fill an empty tank, in how many min will it be full?
a. 20min b. 15min c.25min d. 30min
4. A tank has 2 pipes. The first pipe can fill it in 4 hours and the second Can empty it in 16
hours. If 2 pipes be opened together at a time, then the tank will be filled in
a. 5hr b. 5 1/3 hr c. 5 2/3hr d. 6 1/3 hr
5. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe can
empty it in 2 hours. If all the 3 pipes are kept open, then the cistern will be filled in ___
hours
a. 10 b.11 c.12 d.13
6. A pipe can fill a tank with water in 3 hours. Due to leakage in bottom, it takes 3 ½ hours
to fill it. In what time the leak will empty the completely filled tank?
a. 21 hr b. 27hr c. 28 hr d. 19 hrs
7. Two pipes A and B separately fill a cistern in 60min and 75min respectively. There is
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 50min. In how much time the third pipe alone can
empty the cistern?
a. 120min b. 90min c. 110min d. 100min
8. A tap can fill a tank in 10min and another can empty it in 6min. If the tank is already 2/5 th
full and both the taps are opened together, will the tank be filled or emptied? How long
will it take before the tank is either filled completely or emptied completely as the case
may be
a. 9 min, fill b. 6min, fill c. 9min, empty d. 6 min, empty
9. A pipe can empty a tank in 40min. A second pipe with diameter twice as much as that of
the first is also attached with the tank to empty it. How much time will the two pipes
together take to empty the tank?
a. 8min b. 10min c. 9min d. 12min
10. Eight pipes are fitted to a water tank. Some of these are water pipes to fill the tank and
the remaining are waste pipes used to empty the tank. Each water pipe can fill the tank in
 12 hours and each waste pipe can empty it in 36 hours. On opening all the pipes an empty
tank is filled in 3 hours. The number of waste pipes is
a. 5 b. 4 c.3 d. 6
11. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 hours and 20 hours respectively. If both the taps
are open then due to a leakage, it took 30 min more to fill the tank. If the tank is full, how
long will it take for the leakage alone to empty the tank?
a. 28 hours b. 32 hours c. 27 hours d. 36 hours
12. 12 pumps working 6 hours a day can empty a completely filled reservoir in 15 days.
How many such pumps working 9 hours a day will empty the same reservoir in 12 days
a. 10 b.12 c.14 d.8
13. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 6 hours and 9 hours respectively. While a third pipe
R can empty the tank in 12 hours. Initially, P and R are open for 4 hours then P is closed
and Q is opened. After 6 more hours R is closed. The total time taken to fill the tank is
a. 14 hours b. 14 ½ hours c. 15 hours d. 15 ½ hours
14. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 hours. Pipe B can fill the same tank in 15 hours. Pipe C can
empty the full tank in 20 hours. Pipe A, B and C are opened alternatively for one hour
each. If A is opened first, then how many hours will they take to fill the empty tank
a. 24 hr b. 24 ½ hrs c. 24 1/3 hr d. 24 2/3 hr
15. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all
the time and B and C are open for one hour each alternatively, the tank will be full in
a. 6hr b. 7hr c. 8hr d. 9hr
16. A tank is filled by 3 pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating
simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by third pipe
alone. The second pipe fill 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. 6hr b, 12 hr c.15 hr d. 16hr
17. A booster pump can be used for filling as well as for emptying a tank. The capacity of
the tank is 2400 cubic meter. The emptying capacity of the tank is 10 cubic meter per min
higher than its filling capacity and the pump needs 8min lesser to empty the tank than it
needs to fill it. What is the filling capacity of the pump?( in cubic meter per min)
a. 50 b. 60 c. 72 d. none of these
18. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 min respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3
gallons per min. All the 3 pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 min. The capacity
of the tank is _____________ gallons
a. 100 b. 121 c.120 d. 128