LOGICAL

&
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Lecture – 22
PIPES & CISTERNS
 LECTURE 22: PIPES & CISTERNS
01 Type 01: Time Taken to Fill a Tank by 2 or More Pipes

If
TwoA pipes
and B together
A and B cancan
fill acomplete
tank in 12a
and 24ofminutes
piece work inrespectively.
15 days and If both the
B alone
pipes
in 20 are used
days, in together,
how many thendayshowcan
longA
will it complete
alone take to fill the
the work?
tank?

(A) 6 min (B) 4 min

(C) 9 min (D) 8 min

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02 Type 02: Time Taken to Fill a Tank with Leakage

If
TwoA taps
and AB and
together
B cancan
fill complete
a tank in 5a
hours of
piece andwork
20 hours
in 15respectively.
days and BIfalone
both
the20
in tapsdays,
are open then many
in how due to days
a leakage, it
can A
took 40
alone minutes the
complete more to fill the tank. If
work?
the tank is full, how long will it take for
the leakage alone to empty the tank?

(A)24 hrs (B) 26 hrs

(C) 28 hrs (D) 30 hrs

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03 Type 03: Efficiency Based Problems

If
OneA pipe
and canB fill
together
a tank can complete
four times as fasta
as another
piece pipe.in
of work If 15
together
days the
andtwo pipes
B alone
can20filldays,
in the tank in 36many
in how minutes,
daysthen
cantheA
slowercomplete
alone pipe alonethewill be able to fill the
work?
tank in:

(A) 144 min (B) 126 min

(C) 114 min (D) 180 min

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04 Type 04: When Pipes Are Opened For Different Periods

If A and
Three pipesBA,together
B and C can complete
can fill a tank ina
6 hours.
piece ofAfter
workworking at it together
in 15 days for 2
and B alone
hours,
in C is closed,
20 days, in howand A and
many B can
days canfill
A
the remaining
alone part work?
complete the in 7 hours. The
number of hours taken by C alone to fill
the tank is:

(A) 16 hrs (B) 14 hrs

(C) 10 hrs (D) 12 hrs

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05 Type 05: Calculate Number of Pipes

If
In aAcollege
and Bhostel,
together can tank
the water complete
is fitteda Let there are X fill pipes & (6-X) drain pipes
with 6of
piece pipes,
workininwhich someand
15 days of them
B aloneare 1 fill pipe -> 6 hrs
used
in 20todays,
fill the
in tank
how andmany others
daystocan
drainA 1 fill pipe (1 hr) ->
the tank.
alone Each ofthe
complete thework?
filling pipes can fill X fill pipe (1 hr) ->
the tank in 6 hours and each of the 1 drain pipe -> 4 hrs
draining pipes can drain the tank in 4 1 drain pipe (1 hr) ->
hours. If all the pipes are opened X filling pipe (1 hr) -> -
together, the tank will drain in 4 hours. If all pipes are opened simultaneously
How many of the pipes are fill pipes? --
10X = 30
X=3
There are 3 fill pipes.
(A) 2 (B) 3

(C) 4 (D) 5

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06 Practice Questions

If A and
Three pipesB A,
together
B and C can
cancomplete
fill a tanka
from empty
piece of workto infull
15 indays
30 and
minutes, 20
B alone
minutes,
in andin10
20 days, how minutes
many respectively.
days can A
When complete
alone the tank the
is empty,
work? 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?

(A) 5/11 (B) 6/11

(C) 7/11 (D) 8/11

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07 Practice Questions

If
TwoA pipes
and A B and
together cana cistern
B can fill completein 37a
minutes
piece and 45
of work minutes
in 15 respectively.
days and B alone
Both
in 20 pipes
days,are
in opened.
how many The days
cistern will
can A
be filled
alone in just half
complete an hour, if the B is
the work?
turned off after:

(A) 15 min (B) 9 min

(C) 10 min (D) 15 min

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08 Practice Questions

If A and
A tank B together
is filled can with
by 3 pipes complete
uniforma
flow. ofThe
piece workfirst
in 152 days
pipesandoperating
B alone
simultaneously
in 20 days, in fillhowthemany
tank days
in thecan
same
A
time during
alone completewhich
the the tank is filled by
work?
the 3 pipe alone. The 2 pipe fills the
rd nd

tank 5 hours faster than the 1st pipe and 4

hours slower than the 3rd pipe. The time
required by the 1st pipe is:

(A) 6 hrs (B) 10 hrs

(C) 15 hrs (D) 30 hrs

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09 Practice Questions

If
AA andcan
pump B fill
together
a tankcanwithcomplete
water in 2a
hours. of
piece Because
work of in a15
leak, it took
days and B alone
2 hours
in 20 days,to fill the tank.
in how manyThe leak
days cancan
A
drain all
alone the waterthe
complete of work?
the tank in

(A) 6 hrs (B) 8 hrs

(C) 9 hrs (D) 10 hrs

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10 Practice Questions

If
TwoA pipes
and BA together can complete
and B together can fill a
cisternof
piece in work
4 hours. Haddays
in 15 they and
beenBopened
alone
separately,
in 20 days,then B would
in how manyhavedaystaken
can A6
hours more
alone than A
complete thetowork?
fill the cistern. How
much time will be taken by A to fill the
cistern separately?

(A) 2 hrs (B) 3 hrs

(C) 4 hrs (D) 6 hrs

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11 Practice Questions

If A and
A tap B atogether
can fill tank in 4can complete
hours. After halfa
the tank
piece of iswork
filled,
inthree moreand
15 days similar taps
B alone
are20
in opened.
days, What
in howis the totaldays
many time can
takenA
to fill the
alone tank completely?
complete the work?

(A) 1 h 30 min (B) 2 hr 30 min

(C) 2 hrs (D) 3 hrs

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12 Practice Questions

If A and
A large B together
tanker can by
can be filled complete
two pipesa
A andof
piece B work
in 60 inminutes
15 daysandand
40 B
minutes
alone
respectively.
in 20 days, in How many
how many minutes
days will it
can A
take tocomplete
alone fill the tanker from empty state if
the work?
B is used for half the time and A and B
fill it together for the other half?

(A) 15 min (B) 20 min

(C) 30 min (D) 27.5 min

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