A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 liters per minute. When the tank is full in inlet is opened and due to the leak the tank is empties in 8 hours. The capacity of the tank is?

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1. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hrs.  An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 lit. a minute.  When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in 8 hrs.  The capacity of the tank in liters is_________?

   A. 5,750 litres
   B. 5,760 litres
   C. 6,890 litres
   D. None of these

2. A leak in the lower portion of a tank can empty the full tank in 9 hrs.  An inlet pipe fills water at the rtae of 10 lit. a minute.  When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to leak, the tank is empty in 16 hrs.  How many litres does the cistern hold ?

   A. 12,342 litres.
   B. 12,444 litres
   C. 12,566 litres.
   D. None of thes

3. Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours. Due to a leak at the bottom, it takes 9 hours for the pipe A to fill the tank. In what time can the leak alone empty the full tank?

   A. 16 hours
   B. 15 hours
   C. 18 hours
   D. 17 hours

4. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is?

   A. 6 hrs
   B. 10 hrs
   C. 15 hrs
   D. 30 hrs

5. Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are opened to fill the tank but when the tank is full, a leak develops in the tank through which one-third of water supplied by both the pipes goes out. What is the total time taken to fill the tank?

   A. 18 hrs
   B. 16 hrs
   C. 15 hrs
   D. 12 hrs

6. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. A third pipe C can drain off 45 liters of water per minute. If all the pipes are opened, the tank can be filled in 15 minutes. What is the capacity of the tank?

   A. 480 liters
   B. 540 liters
   C. 600 liters
   D. 675 liters

7. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in?

   A. 4 1/3 hrs
   B. 7 hrs
   C. 8 hrs
   D. 14 hrs

8. A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?

   A. 6 min. to empty
   B. 6 min. to full
   C. 9 min. to empty
   D. 9 min. to full

9. Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 minutes and 15 minutes. An outlet pipe can empty the tank in 45 minutes. If all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty, then how many minutes will it take to fill the tank?

   A. 12
   B. 13
   C. 11
   D. 10

10. A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full the leak will empty it in.

    A. 16 hrs
    B. 20 hrs
    C. 25 hrs
    D. 40 hrs