Quiz Discussion

A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. There is also a waste pipe in the cistern. When all the pipes are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 minutes. How long will the waste pipe take to empty the full cistern?

Course Name: Quantitative Aptitude

  • 1]

    12 min

  • 2]

    10 min

  • 3]

    8 min

  • 4]

    16 min

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# Quiz
1
Discuss

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.
Solution
2
Discuss

Two pipes can fill a tank in 40 and 48 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minutes. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 30 minutes, The capacity of the tank is-

  • 1] 60 gallons
  • 2] 120 gallons
  • 3] 180 gallons
  • 4] 240 gallons
Solution
3
Discuss

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.

Solution
4
Discuss

An electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it  took 321​ hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water off the tank in

  • 1]

    12 hours

  • 2]

    10 1/2 hours

  • 3]

    6 1/2 hours

  • 4]

    21 hours

Solution
5
Discuss

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]

    6 2/3 hours

  • 3]

    7 hours

  • 4]

    7 1/2 hours

Solution
6
Discuss

A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another can empty it in y hours. In how many hours they together fill it in ( y > x) ?

  • 1]

    (x - y) hours

  • 2]

    (y - x) hours

  • 3]

     hours

  • 4]

    hours

Solution
7
Discuss

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
Solution
8
Discuss

Having the same capacity 9 taps fill up a water tank in 20 minutes. How many taps of the same capacity are required to fill up the same water tank in 15 minutes ?

  • 1] 10 taps
  • 2] 12 taps
  • 3] 15 taps
  • 4] 18 taps
Solution
9
Discuss

A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another pipe can empty it in y (y > x) hours. If both pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank is filled?

  • 1]

    (x - y) hours

  • 2]

    (y - x) hours

  • 3]

    hours

  • 4]

    hours

Solution
10
Discuss

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?

  • 1] 1 hour
  • 2] 2 hours
  • 3] 6 hours
  • 4] 8 hours
Solution
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