Pipes and Cisterns Questions

Multiple choice
  1. 6:15pm

  2. 7:12pm

  3. 8:12pm

  4. 8:35pm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pipe A fills 1/3 per hour, B fills 1/4 per hour, C empties 1/1 per hour. Net rate = 1/3 + 1/4 - 1 = -5/12. By 5pm, A has worked 2 hours (2/3 filled) and B has worked 1 hour (1/4 filled). Total filled = 2/3 + 1/4 = 11/12. The tank empties at a rate of 5/12 per hour. Time to empty = (11/12) / (5/12) = 2.2 hours = 2 hours 12 minutes after 5pm, which is 7:12pm.

Multiple choice
  1. 1 hour

  2. 2 hours. 3 minutes

  3. 1 hour. 4 minutes

  4. 2 hours

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rate of X = 1/2, Y = 1/4, Z = 1/4. Combined filling rate = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1. Holes empty at 1/16 each, so two holes = 2/16 = 1/8. Net rate = 1 - 1/8 = 7/8. Time = 8/7 hours = 1 hour and 1/7 hours. 1/7 hours is approximately 8.57 minutes. The option 1 hour 4 minutes is the closest provided.

Multiple choice
  1. 15min

  2. 15.5min

  3. 13.5min

  4. 13min

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Combined rate = 1/18 + 1/24 = 4/72 + 3/72 = 7/72. In 6 minutes, they fill 6 * 7/72 = 42/72 = 7/12. Remaining = 5/12. Pipe P fills at 1/18. Time for P to fill 5/12 = (5/12) * 18 = 7.5 minutes. Total time = 6 + 7.5 = 13.5 minutes.

Multiple choice
  1. 4min.

  2. 4½min.

  3. 3½min.

  4. 8⅓min.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Let the pipes be A and B. Rates are 1/12 and 1/16. Clogged rates are (7/8)(1/12) = 7/96 and (5/6)(1/16) = 5/96. Combined clogged rate = 12/96 = 1/8. Let t be the time clogged. (1/8)*t + (1/12 + 1/16)*3 = 1. (1/8)*t + (7/48)*3 = 1. (1/8)*t + 7/16 = 1. (1/8)*t = 9/16. t = 4.5 minutes.

Multiple choice
  1. 30

  2. 15

  3. 25

  4. 60

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pipe A fills at 1/15 per hour, Pipe B empties at 1/30 per hour. Net rate = 1/15 - 1/30 = 1/30 per hour. The tank fills in 30 hours.

Multiple choice
  1. 2 மணி 30 நிமிடம்/ 2 hours and 30 minutes

  2. 3 மணி நேரம்/ 3 hours

  3. 1 மணி 12 நிமிடம்/ 1 hour 12 min

  4. 1 மணி நேரம்/ 1 hour

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pipe 1 rate = 1/2 tank per hour. Pipe 2 rate = 1/3 tank per hour. Combined rate = 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6 tank per hour. Time = 6/5 hours = 1 hour 12 minutes.

Multiple choice
  1. 20 நிமிடம்/20 min

  2. 40 நிமிடம்/ 40 min

  3. 24 நிமிடம்/ 24 min

  4. 36 நிமிடம்/ 36 min

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pipe A fills in 20 min (rate 1/20), Pipe B in 60 min (rate 1/60). Combined rate = 4/60 = 1/15. In 10 min, they fill 10/15 = 2/3 of the tank. Remaining 1/3 is filled by Pipe B at rate 1/60, taking (1/3) / (1/60) = 20 minutes.

Multiple choice
  1. 50 நிமிடங்கள்/50minutes

  2. 12 நிமிடங்கள் /12minutes

  3. 25 நிமிடங்கள்/25minutes

  4. 15 நிமிடங்கள்/15minutes

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pipe A fills 1/20 per minute, Pipe B fills 1/30 per minute. Together: 1/20 + 1/30 = 3/60 + 2/60 = 5/60 = 1/12. Time taken = 12 minutes.

Multiple choice
  1. 10 நிமிடங்கள் 20 நொடிகள்/10 minutes 20 seconds

  2. 11 நிமிடங்கள் 45 நொடிகள்/11 minutes 45 seconds

  3. 12 நிமிடங்கள் 30 நொடிகள்/12 minutes and 30 seconds

  4. 14 நிமிடங்கள் 40 நொடிகள்/14 minutes and 40 seconds

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A rate = 1/15, B rate = 1/20. In 4 minutes, they fill 4 * (1/15 + 1/20) = 4 * (7/60) = 7/15. Remaining tank = 8/15. B fills at 1/20 per minute. Time for B to fill 8/15 = (8/15) / (1/20) = 160/15 = 10.66 minutes = 10 minutes 40 seconds. Total time = 4 + 10m 40s = 14m 40s.

Multiple choice
  1. 81 நிமிடங்கள்/81minutes

  2. 108 நிமிடங்கள்/108minutes

  3. 144 நிமிடங்கள்/ 144minutes

  4. 192 நிமிடங்கள்/192minutes

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Let the slow pipe take x minutes. The fast pipe takes x/3 minutes. Together: 1/x + 3/x = 1/36, so 4/x = 1/36, x = 144.

Multiple choice
  1. 30 நிமிடங்கள்/30minutes

  2. 1 மணி நேரம்/1 hours

  3. 2 மணி நேரம்/ 2 hours

  4. 15 நிமிடங்கள்/15minutes

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Work done in 1 minute: 1/30 + 1/40 - 1/24 = (4+3-5)/120 = 2/120 = 1/60. The tank will be filled in 60 minutes, which is 1 hour.

Multiple choice
  1. 40 நிமிடங்கள் /40 minutes

  2. 8 நிமிடங்கள் 24 வினாடிகள்/8 minutes 24 seconds

  3. 25 நிமிடங்கள் 12 வினாடிகள்/25 minutes 12 seconds

  4. 32 நிமிடங்கள் 36 வினாடிகள்/32 minutes 36 seconds

  5. இவற்றில் ஏதுமில்லை/None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Work done is constant. 10 pipes * 28 minutes = 280 pipe-minutes. If 3 pipes are damaged, 7 pipes remain. Time = 280 / 7 = 40 minutes.