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

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 large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B fill it together for the other half?

• 1] 15 minutes
• 2] 20 minutes
• 3] 27.5 minutes
• 4] 30 minutes

A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in:

• 1]

  hours

• 2]

  7 hours

• 3]

  8 hours

• 4]

  14 hours

Water is continuously supplied from a reservoir to a locality at the steady rate of 10000 liters per hours. When delivery exceeds demand the excess water is stored in a tank. If the demand for 8 consecutive three hour periods is 10000, 10000, 45000, 25000, 40000, 15000, 60000 and 35000 liters respectively, what will be the minimum capacity required of the water tank (in thousand liters)to meet the demand and avoid any wastage?

• 1] 10
• 2] 30
• 3] 40
• 4] 50

A tank with capacity T liters is empty. If water flows into the tank from pipe X at the rate of x liters per minute and water is pumped out by Y at the rate of y liters per minute and x > y, then how many minutes will the tank be filled?

• 1]

  (x - y) 60 T minutes

• 2]

  (T - x) minutes

• 3]

    minutes

• 4]

   minutes

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

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

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

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