Quiz Discussion

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are opened to fill the tank but when the tank is one - third full, a leak develops in the tank through which one - third water supplied by both the pipes gose out. The total time taken to fill the tank is?

• 1] 12 hours
• 2] 14 hours
• 3] 16 hours
• 4] 18 hours

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

Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately?

• 1] 1 hour
• 2] 2 hours
• 3] 6 hours
• 4] 8 hours

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

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 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.

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

Pipe A can fill a tank in 4 hours and pipe B can fill it 6 hours. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first then in how many hours, the tank shall be full ?

• 1]

  hours

• 2]

  hours

• 3]

  hours

• 4]

  hours

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours, 9 hours and 12 hours respectively. B and C are opened for half an hour, then A is also opened. The time taken by the three pipes together to fill the remaining part of the tank is -

• 1]

  3 hours

• 2]

  2 hours

• 3]

   hours

• 4]

  hours

Three pipes P, Q and R can separately fill a cistern in 4, 8 and 12 hours respectively. Another pipe S can empty the completely filled cistern in 10 hours. Which of the following arrangements will fill the empty cistern in less time than others?

• 1] Q alone is open
• 2] P, R and S are open
• 3] P and S are open
• 4] P, Q and S are open