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Pipe and Cistern

Practice a) 1800 litres the both pipes together fill the empty
b) 3600 litres tank completely?
1. Pipe A is thrice efficient as pipe B. If c) 3000 litres 8
a) 12 hours
pipe A alone can fill a tank in 17 hours, in 11
d) 2400 litres 8
how many hours pipes A and B together b) 10 11
hours
e) 3200 litres
8
can fill the tank? c) 14 hours
6. Pipe P and Pipe Q can fill a tank 11
a) 11 hours 15 min 8
together in 15 minutes. Pipe Q is 40% d) 8 hours
b) 16 hours 30 min 11
8
c) 13 hours 15 min more efficient than pipe P. Find the e) 16 hours
11
d) 12 hours 45 min capacity of the tank, if it given that pipe
P fills the tank at the speed of 8 10. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30
e) 10 hours 30 min
litres/minute. hours and 40 hours respectively. Third
2. Two pipes A and B can fill an empty pipe C can empty it in 60 hours. If all the
a) 250 litres
tank in 18 minutes and 72 minutes pipes are opened on alternate hours
respectively. C can empty a full tank in 36 b) 248 litres
c) 288 litres starting from pipe A, B and C
minutes. If all the three pipes opened
d) 320 litres respectively, then how many hours the
together, then at what time the tank will
e) 338 litres tank is filled?
be filled. 1
a) 20 minutes a) 70 3
7. Pipes P and Q together can fill a tank in
b) 24 minutes b) 33
8 minutes while Pipe P, Pipe Q and Pipe
1
c) 25 minutes R together can fill the tank in 16 minutes c) 74 ( )
2
d) 28 minutes and Pipe Q and Pipe R together can fill 1
d) 71 ( )
e) 30 minutes 2
the tank in 24 minutes. Pipe R is an outlet 1
3. Pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes. pipe. Find the time taken by pipe P alone e) 73 (2)
Pipe B is twice efficient as pipe A. If pipe to fill the tank completely. 11. A tank is fitted with two inlet pipes A
A and Pipe B are opened simultaneously, a) 40 minutes and B and an outlet pipe C. Pipe A can fill
after 5 minutes pipe B closed. How many b) 48 minutes the empty tank in 15 minutes while Pipe
minutes required by Pipe A to fill the c) 32 minutes B in 20 minutes. In what time the empty
remaining tank? d) 38 minutes tank will be filled if all the three pipes are
a) 5 minutes e) 30 minutes opened, given that Pipe c can empty the
b) 6 minutes
8. Pipe A can fill a tank in 18 minutes and full tank in 30 minutes?
c) 8 minutes
d) 4 minutes Pipe B can fill the same tank in 24 a) 18 minutes
e) 10 minutes minutes and Pipe C can empty the tank in b) 12 minutes
12 minutes. If Pipe A and Pipe B are c) 15 minutes
4. Tap A can fill a tank in 4 hours and with
opened together and after 5 minutes d) 28 minutes
help of tap B it takes 2.4 hours. If tap B
Pipe C is also opened, then find the total e) 10 minutes
fill 14 litres per minute, then find the
capacity of the tank. time taken to fill the remaining tank? 12. Pipe P empties a tank and Pipe Q fills
a) 5004 litres a) 40 minutes the tank. Both the pipes are opened and
b) 504 litres b) 18 minutes it takes 20 hours to fill the tank. If Pipe Q
c) 5040 litres c) 37 minutes takes 4 hours individually to fill the tank,
d) 5080 litres d) 28 minutes then what is the time taken by Pipe P to
e) 5000 litres e) 30 minutes empty the tank?
5. Tap P alone can fill a tank in 120 hours 9. Two pipes P and Q are fitted with a a) 6 hours
and tap Q and P together can fill the 2
tank. Pipe P can fill 7 𝑡ℎ of the tank in 10 b) 3 hours
same tank in 3 days. If Q can fill 20 litres c) 4 hours
hours while pipe Q can fill the empty tank
per hour, then find the capacity of the d) 5 hours
completely in 20 hours. In what time will
tank. e) 8 hours

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13. Pipe M and N are outlet pipes and a) 24 hours 22. 11 pipes are fitted with a tank. Some
Pipe M is as one third efficient as Pipe N. b) 12.5 hours pipes can fill the tank in 14 hours and
Pipe M can empty a tank in 15 mins. Both c) 16 hours remaining pipes can empty it in 12 hours.
the pipes are opened simultaneously, d) 30 hours If all pipes are opened, then the tank is
when the tank is full, in how many e) 17 hours filled in 6 hours. Find the number of
minutes will it be emptied?
18. Pipes A and B together can fill a tank waste pipes that can empty the tank.
a) 16 mins
3 in 15 min. Pipes B and C together can fill a) 7
b) 3( ) mins
4 the tank in 6 min. Pipes A and C together b) 3
c) 15 mins can fill the tank in 10 min. If all the pipes
d) 10 mins c) 4
are opened simultaneously, how many
e) 20 mins d) 6
minutes are required to fill the tank?
8 e) 8
14. Pipe R can fill a tank in 30 mins when a) 2 min
11
it works at 75% efficiency. Pipe S is 2 23. All three pipes can fill the tank in 12
2
times as efficient as Pipe R. If both the b) 5 min minutes. Two pipes P and Q together can
3
pipes are opened and they work at 2 fill a tank in 15 hours. Ratio of efficiency
33.33% efficiency, then in how many c) 4 min
7
of P to Q is 5:3. Pipe P and Q together
minutes the tank will be filled? d) 6 min
1 filled the tank for the first 3 hours then Q
a) 22 mins 2
2 e) 2 min is closed and another pipe R is opened.
1 3
b) 14 mins
3 Now if the tank is filled in another 8
c) 12 mins 19. Pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 20,
hours, then find the number of hours
d) 14 mins 30 and 15 hours respectively. Pipe S can
taken by R alone to fill the tank.
e) 40 mins empty the tank in 20 hours. If all the four 120 130
pipes are opened at 10 a.m. at what time a) hours b) hours
15. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 18 and 7 7
110 80
9 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it will the tank be full? c) hours d) hours
9 9
in 27 hours. If all the three pipes are a) 10.15 pm 130
e) hours
opened together, then the tank will be b) 8.00 pm 11

filled in ______. c) 10.00 pm 24. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank
13 d) 10.30 pm
a) 5 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 in 8 minutes, 16 minutes and 24 minutes
17
8 e) 10.20 pm respectively. Only Pipe B is opened for
b) 4 11 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
5 20. Three inlet pipes Pipe A, Pipe B and first 2 minutes and then Pipe C is also
c) 7 7 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
4
Pipe C can fill a tank in 12, 10 and 12 opened. After another 4 minutes , pipe A
d) 4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 hours respectively. An outlet pipe will
5 is also opened. Find the time taken to fill
e) 6 hours empty the tank in certain hours. When all the tank.
16. Three pipes P, Q and R can fill a tank the pipes are opened simultaneously,
a) 12 minutes
from empty to full in the tank is filled in 15 hours. Find the
b) 14 minutes
30 minutes, 30 minutes, and 20 minutes time taken to empty the tank by the
c) 8 minutes
respectively. When the tank is empty, all outlet pipe.
the three pipes are opened. P, Q and R a) 4 hours d) 15 minutes
discharge chemical solutions M, N and O b) 2.5 hours e) 10 minutes
respectively. What is the proportion of c) 8 hours 25. Pipe A alone can fill an empty tank in
the solution O in the tank after 2 d) 5 hours 12 hrs, Pipe B alone can fill the empty
minutes? e) None of these
5 tank in 24 hrs, Pipe C alone can fill the
a)
13 21. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 empty tank in 18 hrs and Pipe D alone
3
b) hours and 6 hours while pipe C can can empty the same full tank in 24 hrs. If
7
7
c) empty it in 5 hours. Pipe A is opened at 4 all the pipes are opened simultaneously
13
8 p.m., pipe B at 5 p.m. and pipe C at 6 p.m.
d) for 3 hours, find the fraction of tank that
11 Find at what time the tank is filled.
e)
8 is filled.
13 a) 2.00 a.m 7 11
b) 7.20 a.m a) 12 b) 12
17. A pump can fill a tank with water in 6
5 5
hours. Because of a leak, it took 7.5 hours c) 2.40 a.m c) 12 d) 6
to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the d) 2.48 a.m 7
e) 8
water in the tank in _____. e) 3.01 a.m

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26. Pipe P alone can fill a tank in 9 hours 30. Bucket P has thrice the capacity as a) 6 hours
and Pipe Q alone can fill it in 18 hours. A bucket Q. It takes 120 turns for bucket P b) 9 hours
third Pipe T can empty it in 12 hours. to fill the empty drum. How many turns c) 4 hours
Initially Pipe P was opened, after an hour it will take for both the bucket P and Q d) 7 .5 hours
Pipe Q was opened and after another together to fill the empty drum? e) 5 hours
a) 90
one hour Pipe T was opened. In how 5. Pipe M is as one fourth efficient as Pipe
b) 80
many hours the remaining tank will be N. Pipe M can empty a tank in 60 mins.
c) 50
filled? Pipe N is inlet pipe. Both the pipes are
d) 45
a) 10 hours 20 minutes opened simultaneously. how many
e) 60
minutes it will take to fill the empty tank?
b) 12 hours 40 minutes
a) 18 mins
c) 8 hours 40 minutes Workout b) 11 mins
d) 10 hours
1. Pipe P empties a tank and Pipe Q fills c) 24 mins
e) none of these d) 20 mins
the tank. Both the pipes are opened and
27. A leak in the bottom of a tank can it takes 15 hours to fill the tank. If Pipe Q e) 12 mins
empty the full tank in 12 hours. An inlet takes 5 hours individually to fill the tank, 6. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 and 8
pipe fills water at the rate of 6 litres a then what is the time taken by Pipe P to hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in
minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is empty the tank? 24 hours. If all the three pipes are
opened and due to the leak, the tank a) 6 hours opened together, then the tank will be
b) 3 hours filled in ______.
becomes empty in 16 hours. Find the
c) 4 hours 13
capacity of the tank. a) 5 17 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
d) 7.5hours 8
a) 17,280 litres b) 4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
e) 5 hours 11
b) 13,396 litres 9
2. Pipe M is as one third efficient as Pipe c) 5 17 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
c) 13,510 litres 4
N both M and N are outlet pipe. Pipe M d) 4 5 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
d) 27,624 litres
can empty a tank in 45 mins. Both the e) 6 hours
e) None of these
pipes are opened simultaneously. If the
7. Three pipes P, Q and R can fill a tank
28. Three pipes P, Q and R can fill a tank tank is full, in how many minutes will it
from empty to full in 40 minutes, 30
in 18, 24 and 32 minutes, respectively. All be emptied?
minutes, and 20 minutes respectively.
the pipes are opened simultaneously a) 16 mins
1
When the tank is empty, all the three
Pipe P is closed 9 minutes 15 seconds b) 11 ( ) mins pipes are opened. P, Q and R discharge
4
before the tank is filled. (Approximately) c) 15 mins chemical solutions M, N and O
At what time will the tank be full? d) 10 mins respectively. What is the proportion of
a) 18 minutes e) 22.5 mins the solution O in the tank after 3
b) 16 minutes 3. Pipe R can fill a tank in 40 mins when it minutes?
5
c) 14 minutes works at 50% efficiency. Pipe S is 2 times a)
13
d) 12 minutes as efficient as Pipe R. If both the pipes are 6
b) 13
e) None of these opened and they work at 33.33% 7
c)
efficiency, then in how many minutes the 13
29. A cistern has two pipes. One can fill it 8
tank will be filled? d) 11
with water in 20 hours and other can 1 8
a) 20 mins b) 14 3 mins e)
empty it in 8 hours. In how many hours 13
3
will the cistern be emptied if both the c) 12 mins d) 14 mins 8. A pump can fill a tank with water in 5
4
pipes are opened together when 4 𝑡ℎ of
1
3
hours. Because of a leak, it took 8(1/3)
e) 13 4 mins hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain
the cistern is already full of water?
4. Pipe P empties a tank and Pipe Q fills all the water in the tank in _____.
a) 15 hours 1
the tank. Both the pipes are opened and a) 14 3 hours
b) 12 hours
it takes 18 hours to fill the tank. If Pipe Q b) 12.5 hours
c) 18 hours
10
takes 6 hours individually to fill the tank, c) 16 hours
d) hours then what is the time taken by Pipe P to d) 14 hours
3
8 empty the tank?
e) 3 hours e) 17 hours

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9. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in a) 4 hours 18. 8 pipes are fitted with a tank. Some
25 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. b) 2.5 hours pipes can fill the tank in 12 hours and
Both pipes are opened. After how many c) 8 hours remaining pipes can empty it in 36 hours.
minutes B should be turned off if the d) 6 hours If all pipes are opened then the tank is
cistern is filled in just 20 minutes? e) None of these filled in 3 hours. Find the number of pipes
a) 5 mins that can fill the tank.
14. Pipes A and B together can fill a tank
b) 6 mins a) 7 b) 5
3 in 15 mins. Pipes B and C together can fill
c) 5 mins c) 6 d) 4
7 the tank in 16 mins. Pipes A and C
3
d) 6 mins e) 10
7 together can fill the tank in 10 mins. If all
e) 8 mins the pipes are opened simultaneously, 19. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 10
10. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 14 and how many minutes are required to fill hours and 12 hours while pipe C can
7 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it the tank? empty it in 6 hours. Pipe A is opened at 1
8 2
in 21 hours. If all the three pipes are a) 8 mins b) 5 mins p.m., pipe B at 3 p.m. and pipe C at 6 p.m.
11 3
opened together, then the tank will be Find at what time the tank is filled.
2 8
filled in ______. c) 4 mins d) 4 mins a) 2.00 pm b) 9.00 pm
7 13
13 2 c) 2.40 am d) 2.48 pm
a) 5 17 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 b) 8 5 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 2
e) 2 3 mins
e) 3.01 am
9 4
c) 5 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 d) 4 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 15. Pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 40,
17 5 20. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 10
e) 6 hours 15 and 30 hours respectively. Pipe S can hours and 20 hours respectively. Third
empty the tank in 20 hours. If all the four pipe can empty it in 30 hours. If all the
11. Pipes A and B together can fill a tank
pipes are opened at 10 a.m., at what pipes are opened on alternate hours
in 5 mins. Pipes B and C together can fill
time will the tank be full? starting from A, B and C respectively,
the tank in 6 mins. Pipes A and C together
a) 10.30 pm then how many hours the tank is filled?
can fill the tank in 10 mins. If all the pipes
b) 12.30 pm a) 15
are opened simultaneously,
how many minutes are required to fill c) 10.00 pm
d) 10.30 pm b) 33
the tank?
8 e) 11.20 pm 1
a) 2 11 mins c) 34 (2)
2
16. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 2
b) 5 3 mins d) 24 (3)
hours and 7 hours while pipe C can
2
c) 4 7 mins empty it in 4 hours. Pipe A is opened at 4 1
e) 43 (2)
p.m., pipe B at 5 p.m. and pipe C at 6 p.m.
8
d) 4 13 mins Find at what time the tank is filled.
Practice
2 a) 2.00 am
e) 2 3 mins
b) 3.00 am
1d 2b 3a 4c 5b
12. Pipe P, Q and R can fill a tank in 20, c) 2.40 am
15 and 30 hours respectively. Pipe S can d) 2.48 am 6c 7b 8c 9a 10 a
empty the tank in 15 hours. If all the four e) 3.01 am 11 b 12 d 13 b 14 e 15 c
pipes are opened at 10 a.m., at what
17. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 16 b 17 d 18 d 19 b 20 d
time will the tank be full?
hours and 30 hours respectively. Third 21 b 22 c 23 a 24 c 25 c
a) 10.30 pm
pipe can empty it in 60 hours. If all the
b) 12.30 pm 26 c 27 a 28 d 29 d 30 a
pipes are opened on alternate hours
c) 10.00 pm
starting from A, B & C respectively, in
d) 10.30 pm
how many hours the tank is filled?
e) 10.20 pm
a) 15 Work Out
13. Three inlet pipes Pipe A, Pipe B and
Pipe C can fill a tank in 6, 5 and 10 hours b) 33
1d 2b 3a 4b 5d
respectively. An outlet pipe will empty c) 34 (2)
1
6e 7b 8b 9b 10 e
the tank in certain hours. When all the
pipes are opened simultaneously, the d) 31 (2)
1 11 c 12 c 13 b 14 a 15 e
tank is filled in 15 hours. Find the time 16 d 17 e 18 b 19 b 20 d
1
taken to empty the tank by the outlet e) 43 (2)
pipe.

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