QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

TIME AND WORK

PIPES AND CISTERNS
Date: 08.01.2010

1. A tap can fill a tank in 12 hrs. Another tap can empty the tank in 8 hrs. What is the time taken
to fill the tank if both pipes are opened simultaneously?
a. 4 hrs b. 3 hrs c. 2 hrs d. cannot be filled e. none

2. An electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hrs. Because of leakage in the tank it took 3.5 hrs to fill the
tank. The leakage can drain out all the water in the tank in
a.10.5 hrs b.12 hrs c. 21 hrs d. 24 hrs e. None

3. To fill a cistern, pipes A,B and C take 20 min, 15min and 12min respectively. The time in
minutes that the three pipes together will take to fill the cistern is
a. 5 b. 10 c. 12 d. 15 2/3 e. None

4. Bucket P has thrice the capacity as bucket Q. It takes 60 turns for bucket P to fill the empty
drum. How many turns it will take for both the buckets P and Q having each turn together to fill
the empty drum?
a. 30 b. 40 c. 45 d. 90 e. None

5. A tank is fitted with 8 pipes, some of them that fill the tank and others that are waste pipe
meant to empty the tank. Each of the pipes that fill the tank can fill it in 8 hours, while each of
those that empty the tank can empty it in 6 hours. If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is
full, it will take exactly 6 hours for the tank to empty. How many of these are fill pipes?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 5 e. none

6. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number
of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

a. 15 b. 16 c. 18 d. 25 e. none

7. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are
forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
a. 5 days b. 6 days c. 10 days d. 10.5 days e. none

8. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working
together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:

a. 4 days b. 6 days c. 8 days d. 12 days e. None

9. Two pipes A and B each can fill a tank in 20 mins and 30 mins respectively. A carries milk and B
carries water. At 12 noon they simultaneously started filling water and milk together but
 unfortunately a leak in the form of a circular hole occured at 12:06 p.m. The size of the leak is
such that it can evacuate the tank within 20 minutes. At 12:12 the area of the circle doubled.
What will be the ratio of milk and water at 12:18, if milkman with impatience suddenly fills up
the rest of the tank by water at 12:18?
a. 9 : 16 b. 11 : 17 c. Data insufficient d. 2:1 e. none

10. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B.
Working together, they can do it in:
a. 20 days b. 22.5 days c. 25 days d. 30 days e. none

11. A and B working together can finish a job in T days. If A works alone and completes the job, he
will take T + 5 days. If B works alone and completes the same job, he will take T + 45 days.
What is T?
a.25 b.60 c.15 d. 20 e .None of these

12. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 min and 15 min respectively, but a third pipe C can
empty the full flame in 6 min. a and B are kept open for 5 min in the beginning and then C is also
opened. In what time is the cistern emptied?
a. 30 min b. 33min c. 37.5 min d. 45 min e. None

13. A certain number of men can do a piece of work in 45 days. If there were 12 men less it could
be completed in 15 days more. How many men were originally there.
a.36 men b.40 men c.44 men d.48 men e. none

14. A tap can fill a bath in 20 min and another tap can fill it in 30 minutes. Amit opens both the tap
simultaneously. When the bath should have been full, he finds that the waste pipe was open. He
then closes the waste pipe and in another 4 minutes the bath is full. In what time would the
waste pipe empty it?
a. 35 min b. 38 min c. 36 min d. 39 min e. none

15. Pipe A starts filling an empty tank from 5:00 am and is capable of filling it by 9:00 am. Due to
leakage at the bottom, one-third of the tank remains empty at 9:00 am. If the leakage is stopped
at that time, at what time will the tank be filled by A?
a. 10am b. 10.20 am c. 11am d. 11.40 am e. None

16. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 8 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the
rate of 6 litres a minute. When the tank is full the inlet is opened and due to the leakage, the
tank is empty in 12 hrs. How many litres does the cistern hold?
a. 7580 b. 7960 c. 8210 d. 8640 e. None

17. A ship 55 kms, from the shore springs a leak which admits 2 tonnes of water in 6 minutes; 80
tonnes would suffer to sink her, but the pumps can throw out 12 tonnes an hour. Find the
average rate of ailing that she may just reach the shore as she begins to sink.
a. 8km/hr b. 5 km/hr c. 5.5km/hr d. 8.5km/hr e. none
18. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8
days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how
many days can they complete the work?
a. 5 5/11 b. 5 6/11 c. 6 5/11 d. 6 6/11 e. None

19. X can do ¼ of a work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of work in 40 days and Z can do 1/3 of work in
13 days. Who will complete the work first?
a. X b. Y c. Z d. Cannot predict e. None

20. Ram completes 60% of a task in 15 days and then takes the help of Rahim and Rachel. Rahim is
50% as efficient as Ram is and Rachel is 50% as efficient as Rahim is. In how many more days will
they complete the work?
a. 13 1/3 b. 8 1/3 c. 5 5/7 d. 7 5/7 e. none

21. There are three inlet taps whose diameters are 1cm, 2cm, and 3cm respectively. The rate of
flow of the water is directly proportional to the square of the diameter. It takes 9 min for the
smallest pipe to fill an empty tank. Find the time taken to fill an empty tank when all the three
taps are opened.
a. 9/14 min b. 14/9 min c. 9 min d. 14 min e. none

22. A cistern can be filled by two pipes filling separately in 11 and 16 minutes respectively. Both the
pipes are opened together for a certain time but being clogged, only 7/8 of full quantity water
flows through the former and only 5/6 through the latter pipe. The obstructions, however, being
suddenly removed, the cistern is filled in 3 minutes from that moment. How long was it before
the full flow began?
a. 5 min b. 4.5 min c. 3 min d. 5.5 min e. none

23. Tap ‘A’ can fill the tank completely in 4 hrs while tap ‘B’ can empty it by 8hrs. Both the taps are
simultaneously opened but tap ‘B’ is closed after 4 hrs. How much time will it take to fill the
tank from now?
a. 2hrs b. 3hrs c. 4 hrs d. 5 hrs e. None

24. A red light flashes 3 times per minute and a green light flashes 5 times in two minutes at regular
intervals. If both lights start flashing at the same time, how many times do they flash together in
each hour?
a.20 b.24 c.30 d.32 e. none

25. A can do a work in 4 days. Efficiency of B is half the efficiency of A, efficiency of C is half the
efficiency of B and efficiency of D is half the efficiency of C. After they have been grouped in two
pairs it is found that the total number of days taken by one group is 2/3 rd the time taken by
another group. Which of the following is a possible group?
a. AB b. BC c. CD d. AD e. none

26. Three pipes P, Q, and R together can fill a tank in 12 hours. After working at it together for 3
hours, P is closed and Q and R fill it in 15 hours. The time (In hours) taken by P alone to fill the
tank is
a. 30 b. 32 c. 25 d. 28 e. None
27. Two taps can fill a tank in 20 min and 30 min respectively. There is an outlet tap at exactly half
level of that rectangular tank which can pump out 50 litres of water per minute. If the outlet tap
is open, then it takes 24 minutes to fill an empty tank. What is the volume of the tank?
a. 1200lit b. 1500lit c. 1800lit d. 2400lit e. none

28. Tap A alone can fill an empty tank in 12 min more than the time that tap A and tap B together
would take. If tap B alone takes 15 min more than what tap A alone takes to fill an empty tank,
then find the time in which tap B alone can fill the tank.
a. 30 min b. 35 min c. 25 min d. 45 min e.none

29. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for
Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

a. Rs 375 b. Rs 400 c. Rs 600 d. Rs 800 e. None

30. Ten men and 15 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. The same work can be done by 6
men and 12 women in 30 days. In how many days can the same work be done by 1 man and 1
woman?
a. 100 b. 110 c. 200 d. 210 e. none

31. 10 persons can cut 10 trees in 16 days. In how many days can 8 persons cut 12 trees?
a. 30 b. 40 c.24 d. 34 e. none

32. A contractor undertales to get a work done in 50 days by 50 labourers. After 40 days, he
realises that only 50% of the work is done. How many more men should be employed so that
the work is complete on time?
a. 100 b. 110 c. 130 d. 150 e. None

33. In the above question, if the schedule can go behind by 10 days, then how many extra men are
required to complete the work?
a. 50 b. 100 c. 130 d. 150 e. none

34. A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in:
a. 15 days b. 20 days c. 25 days d. 30 days e. None

35. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the
remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?
a. 30 days b. 40 days c. 60 days d. 70 days e. none

36. X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone
and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
a. 6 days b. 10 days c. 15 days d. 20 days e. none

37. One fill pipe A is 6 times faster than the second fill pipe B. If B can fill a cistern in 21 minutes,
then find the time when the cistern will be full if both fill pipes are opened together.
a. 3 min b. 4 min c. 2 min d. 5 min e. None
38. Two pipes A and B can separately fill in 15 and 10 min respectively and a waste pipe C can carry
off 7 litres per minute. F all the pipes are opened when the cistern is full, it is emptied in 2 hors.
How many litres does the cistern hold?
a. 35 lit b. 45 lit c. 30 lit d. 40 lit e. none

39. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 hrs respectively. Both the pipes are opened to fill
the tank but when the tank is 1/3rd full, a leak develops in the tank through which one third
water supplied by both the pipes go out. Find the total time taken to fill the tank.
a. 12 hrs b. 14 hrs c. 16 hrs d. 18 hrs e. none

40. There is a leak in the bottom of the cistern. Before the leak it could be filled in 4.5 hrs. It now
takes 0.5 hr longer. If the cistern is full, how long would the leakage empty the full cistern?
a. 40 hrs b. 45 hrs c. 35 hrs d. 20 hrs e. none

41. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 min and 16 min respectively. If both the pipes are opened
together, then after how much time B should be closed so that the tank is full in 9 min?
a. 3.5 min b. 4 min c. 4.5 min d. 4.75 min e. none

42. A tap can fill a tank in 16 min and another can empty it in 8 min. If the tank is already half full
and both the tanks are opened together the tank will be
a. filled in 12 min b. emptied in 15 min c. filled in 8 min d. emptied in 8 min e. none

43. P, Q and R are three typists who working simultaneously can type 216 pages in 4 hours. In one
hour, R can type as many pages more than Q as Q can type more than P. During a period of five
hours, R can type as many pages as P can during 7 hours. How many pages does P type per
hour?

a. 15 b. 18 c. 21 d. 19 e. None

44. 4 men or 5 women can construct a wall in 82 days. How long will it take 5 men and 4 women to
do the same?
a. 20 days b. 30 days c. 40 days d. 50 days e.none

45. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 6 and 12 days respectively. They work on
alternate days starting with A on the first day. In how many days will the work be completed?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10 e. none