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 ?

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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 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?

   A. 5260 liters
   B. 5760 liters
   C. 5846 liters
   D. 6970 liters

3. wo pipes X and Y fill a tank in 15 hrs. and 20 hrs. respectively, while a third pipe ‘Z’ can empty the full tank in 25 hrs.  All the three pipes are opened in the beginning.  After 10 hrs. Z is closed.  In how much time, will the tank be full ?

   A. 12 hrs
   B. 14 hrs
   C. 16 hrs
   D. 18 hrs

4. A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 min. and 15 min.respectively   There is one outlet pipe in the cistern.  When all the taps & pipe are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 min.  How long will the waste pipe (outlet) take to empty the full cistern ?

   A. 10 min
   B. 20 min
   C. 30 min
   D. 40 min

5. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 min and 75 min respectively. There is a third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are simultaneously opened, then the cistern is full in 50 min. In how much time, the third pipe alone can empty the cistern?

   A. 90 min
   B. 100 min
   C. 110 min
   D. 120 min

6. If two pipes function together, the cistern will be filled in 6 hrs.  One pipe fills the cistern 5 hrs. faster than the other.  How many hours it take the second pipe to fill the cistern?

   A. 5 hrs
   B. 10 hrs
   C. 15 hrs
   D. 20 hrs

7. A cistern is filled by a tap in 3 1/2 hours. Due to leak in the bottom of the cistern, it takes half an hour longer to fill the cistern. If the cistern is full how long will it take the leak to empty it?

   A. 7 hours
   B. 8 hours
   C. 14 hours
   D. 28 hours

8. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 10 and 15 minutes respectively. A person opens both the pipes together when the cistern should have been was full he finds the waste pipe open. He then closes the waste pipe and in another 4 minutes the cistern was full. In what time can the waste pipe empty the cistern when fill?

   A. 7 min
   B. 8 min
   C. 9 min
   D. 10 min

9. A cistern has a leak which would empty the cistern in 20 minutes. A tap is turned on which admits 4 liters a minute into the cistern, and it is emptied in 24 minutes. How many liters does the cistern hold?

   A. 480 liters
   B. 600 liters
   C. 720 liters
   D. 800 liters

10. 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