Quiz Discussion

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 it will take to fill the tank ?

• 1]

  10 mins

• 2]

  12 mins

• 3]

  15 mins

• 4]

  20 mins

12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?

• 1] 8
• 2] 15
• 3] 16
• 4] 18

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

A pump can fill a tank 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:

• 1]

  4 1/3 hours

• 2]

  7 hours

• 3]

  8 hours

• 4]

  14 hours

A water tank is two-fifth full.Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe 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?

• 1]

  6 min to empty

• 2]

  6 min to fill

• 3]

  9 min to empty

• 4]

  9 min to fill

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

Three taps A, B, C can fill an overhead tank in 4, 6 and 12 hours respectively. How long would the three taps take to fill the tank if all of them are opened together ?

• 1] 2 hours
• 2] 4 hours
• 3] 3 hours
• 4] 5 hours

A tank is 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 A alone take to fill the tank?

• 1] 20 hours
• 2] 25 hours
• 3] 35 hours
• 4] Cannot be determined
• 5] None of these

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

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