Quiz Discussion

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

3/4 part of the tank is full of water. When 30 litres of water is taken out, the tank becomes empty. The capacity of the tank is -

• 1] 36 liters
• 2] 42 liters
• 3] 40 liters
• 4] 38 liters

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]

  hours

• 3]

  7 hours

• 4]

  hours

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.

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:

• 1]

  hours

• 2]

  hours

• 3]

  hours

• 4]

  hours

A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills 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:

• 1] 6 hours
• 2] 10 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 30 hours

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 1/2 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.

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

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 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