Quiz Discussion

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

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 tank can be filled by pipe A in 2 hours and pipe B in 6 hours. At 10 A.M. pipe A was opened. At what time will the tank be filled if pipe B is opened at 11 A.M. ?

• 1] 12.45 A.M.
• 2] 5 P.M.
• 3] 11.45 A.M.
• 4] 12 P.M.

Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is:

• 1] 60 gallons
• 2] 100 gallons
• 3] 120 gallons
• 4] 180 gallons
• 5] None of these

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 tap drips at a rate of one drop/second. 600 drops make 100 ml. The number of liters wasted in 300 days is -

• 1] 4320000 liters
• 2] 432000 liters
• 3] 43200 liters
• 4] 4320 liters

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

Pipe A can fill the tank in 8 hours and pipe B can fill it in 12 hours. If pipe A is opened at 7:00 AM and pipe B is opened at 9:00 AM, then at what time will the tank be full ?

• 1] 12:00 PM
• 2] 12:30 PM
• 3] 11:48 PM
• 4] 12:36 PM

A tank is 7 metre long and 4 meter wide wide. At what speed should water run through a pipe 5 cm broad and 4 cm deep so that in 6 hours and 18 minutes water level in the tank rises by 4.5 meter?

• 1] 10 km/hours
• 2] 12 km/hours
• 3] 8 km/hours
• 4] None of these

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