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Mathematics
Pipe & Cistern–01 DPP-01

1. A tank is joined with two inlet pipes. If one fills 7. A tank is joined with two inlet pipes A & B. If A
the tank alone in 10 hr and another fills the tank in fills the tank alone in 8 hrs. and B fills the tank in
15 hrs. Together the pipes fill 30-litre water every 12 hrs. If the two pipes are opened for 1 hour
hour. What is the capacity of the tank? alternately starting from A. Then the tank will be
(1) 30 litre (2) 180 litre filled in?
(3) 150 litre (4) 130 litre
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(1) 9 (2) 9
2. A pipe can fill a tank in 10 days. Another pipe can 2
fill the tank in 15 days. With the assistance of pipe 1
(3) 8 (4) 8
C they fill the tank in 5 days. Find In how many 2
days can C alone fill the tank?
(1) 30 hours (2) 30 days 8. A tank is joined with two inlet pipes A & B. If A
(3) 25 days (4) 25 hours fills the tank alone in 15 hrs. and B fills the tank in
12 hrs. If Pipe A is opened at 10 am & pipe B at
3. A pipe can fill a tank in 30 hours. Another pipe can 1pm. Then at what time will the tank be full?
fill the tank in 45 hours. With the assistance of pipe
(1) 7:00pm (2) 6:20pm
C they fill the tank in 10 hours. C fills 64 litres of
(3) 5:20pm (4) 6:00pm
water every hour. Find the capacity of the tank?
(1) 90 litres (2) 1440 litres
(3) 144 litres (4) 1400 litres 9. A tank is joined with two inlet pipes and one outlet
pipe. The inlet pipes fill the tank in 10 hrs and 12
4. A tank is joined with two inlet pipes. If one fills hrs and the outlet pipe empties the tank in 15 hrs.
the tank alone in 8 hrs. and another fills the tank in Find In how much time the tank will be full when
11 hrs. Working Together in how many hours they all 3 pipes are open together?
fill the tank? 60
86 12 (1) 5 hrs (2) hrs
(1) hours (2) 4 hours 7
19 19 70 50
19 (3) hrs (4) hrs
(3) hours (4) 10 hours 7 7
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10. A tank is joined with one inlet pipe and one outlet
5. 60 taps can fill a tank in 40 hours. They start
pipe. The inlet pipe fills the tank in 16 hrs and
filling together but after every 10 hours, 5 taps
stop working. In how many hours will the tank be both pipes working together fill the tank in 24 hrs.
filled? Find In how much time the outlet pipe empties the
(1) 40 hours (2) 47.5 hours full tank?
(3) 50 hours (4) 52 hours (1) 16 hrs (2) 48 hrs
(3) 24 hrs (4) 40 hrs
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6. If th of a cistern is filled in 1 minute, then in
12
what time the rest of the cistern be filled?
(1) 60 seconds (2) 84 seconds
(3) 12 seconds (4) 84 seconds
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Answer Key
1. (2) 6. (2)
2. (2) 7. (2)
3. (2) 8. (2)
4. (2) 9. (2)
5. (2) 10. (2)
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Hints & Solutions

1. Solution (2) 1
In one hour Pipe B fills th of the tank
Given, 45
Pipe 1 fills the tank alone in 10 hrs With the assistance of pipe C they fill the tank in
Pipe 2 fills the tank alone in 15 hrs 10 hour
Let the capacity of the tank be 1. 1
1 In one hour Pipes A,B,C fill th of the tank
In one hour Pipe 1 fills th of the tank 10
10 In one hour Pipe C fills:
1 1 1 1
In one hour Pipe 2 fills th of the tank = – –
15 10 30 45
Part of the tank filled by both the pipes together in 9–3–2 4
5 1 = = th of the tank
1=hrs = th th 90 90
30 6 4
1 In one hour C fills th of the tank,
In 1 hrs they fill 30 litre, which is th. 90
6 4 units = 64 litres
Therefore total capacity = 6 × 30 = 180 litre 1 units = 16 litres
Therefore, 90 units = 90 × 16 litres = 1440 litres
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Solution (2) Thus, the capacity of the tank is 1440 litres.
Work done = Efficiency × Time
Pipe A fills the tank alone in 10 days 4. Solution (2)
1 Pipe 1 fills the tank alone in 8 hrs
In one day, Pipe A fills th of the tank
10 Pipe 2 fills the tank alone in 11 hrs
Pipe B fills the tank alone in 15 days Let the capacity of the tank be 1.
1 In one hour Pipe 1 fills
In one days Pipe B fills th of the tank
15 1
th of the tank
With the assistance of pipe C they fill the tank in 5 8
days 1
In one hour Pipe 2 fills th of the tank
1 11
In one days Pipe A, B, C fill th of the tank
5 1 1 
In one days Pipe C fills: Together they fill  +  in 1 hrs
 8 11 
1 1 1 19
= – – = th
5 10 15 88
6–3–2 1 88
= = th of the tank Total hours they take to fill the tank = hours =
30 30 19
1 12
In one day C fills th of the tank, it needs 30 4 hours
30 19
days to fill the tank.
5. Solution (2)
3. Solution (2) Work done = No. of taps × Time
Work done = Efficiency × Time = 60 × 40
Pipe A fills the tank alone in 30 hrs According to question, after every 10 hours, 5
1 taps stop working
In one hour Pipe A fills th of the tank
30 60 × 40 = 60 × 10 + 55 × 10 + 50 × 10 + 45 × 10 +
Pipe B fills the tank alone in 45 hrs 40 × H
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There is no need to take another 10 hour interval, Now Together they fill 9 units in 1 hr.
because the tank will be filled before that. assume Remaining work till 1pm = (60 – 12)= 48
it H. Time taken by them to fill the remaining tank
2400 = (600 + 550 + 500 + 450) + 40H 48
=
2400 – 2100 = 40H 9
300 1
H= = 7.5 hours = 5 hrs
40 3
The tank will be filled in 40 + 7.5 = 47.5 hours 1pm + 5 hrs 20 minutes = 6:20pm

6. Solution (2) 9. Solution (2)

Let the total capacity of cistern be 12 units Let the capacity of the tank be 60(lcm of 15, 12,
for filling 5 units it takes 1 minute 10) units
1 60
therefore, for filling 1 unit it takes minute = 12 In one hour outlet pipe empties units = -4
5 15
seconds units
remaining quantity = 12 – 5 = 7 units 60
time taken = 7 × 12 seconds = 84 seconds In one hour one inlet pipe fills units = 5 units
12
60
7. Solution (2) In one hour another inlet pipe fills units = 6
10
Let the capacity of the tank be 24 units units
24 working together they fill (5 + 6 – 4) 7 units in
In one hour Pipe A fills units = 3
8 1hrs
24 time taken when all 3 pipes are open together =
In one hour Pipe B fills units = 2
12 totalcapacity 60
Together they fill 5 units in 2 hrs = hrs
per hour filling 7
5 units – 2 hrs (multiply by 4)
In 8 hrs they fill 20 units
10. Solution (2)
1 hrs A fill 3 units
Let the capacity of the tank be 48 units (lcm of 16,
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Remaining 1 unit is filled by B in hrs 24)
2 48
1 1 In one hour both pipes working together fill
total time = 8 + 1 + = 9 hrs 24
2 2 units = 2 units
48
8. Solution (2) In one hour one inlet pipe fills units = 3 units
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Let the capacity of the tank be 60(lcm of 15, 12)
It means the outlet pipe empties 1 unit every hour
units
time taken by outlet pipe to empty the tank
60
In one hour Pipe A fills units = 4 units totalcapacity
15 =
per hour empting
60
In one hour Pipe B fills units = 5 units 48
12 = = 48hrs
Pipe A is opened at 10 am, till 1pm it will fill 12 1
units

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