Quiz Discussion

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

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

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?

• 1]

  12 min

• 2]

  10 min

• 3]

  8 min

• 4]

  16 min

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

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank with water in 30 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. The third pipe C can empty the tank in 36 minutes. First A and B are opened. After 12 minutes C is opened. Total time ( in minutes ) in which the tank will be filled up is -

• 1] 12 minutes
• 2] 24 minutes
• 3] 30 minutes
• 4] 36 minutes

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of the solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?

• 1]

  

• 2]

  

• 3]

  

• 4]

  

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

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

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

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