Quiz Discussion

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37.5 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the B is turned off after:

• 1] 5 min.
• 2] 9 min.
• 3] 10 min.
• 4] 15 min.

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 ?

• 1] 20 minutes
• 2] 25 minutes
• 3] 30 minutes
• 4] 45 minutes

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 minutes
• 2] 15 minutes
• 3] 25 minutes
• 4] 50 minutes

Two pipe can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe can empty it in 2 hours. If all the three pipes are kept open, then the cistern will be filled in-

• 1] 5 hours
• 2] 8 hours
• 3] 10 hours
• 4] 12 hours

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?

• 1] Q alone is open
• 2] P, R and S are open
• 3] P and S are open
• 4] P, Q and S are open

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?

• 1] 2400 litters
• 2] 4500 litters
• 3] 1200 litters
• 4] 7200 litters

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?

• 1] 180 gallons
• 2] 150 gallons
• 3] 120 gallons
• 4] 60 gallons

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

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:

• 1] 81 minutes
• 2] 108 minutes
• 3] 144 minutes
• 4] 192 minutes

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?

• 1] 16 hours
• 2] 18 hours
• 3] 24 hours
• 4] None of these