CET Pipes and Cisterns Questions with Solutions – Page 5
All 26 Pipes and Cisterns questions from MBA CET 2025 and 2026 papers. Tap Show answer, or open the detailed solution (free login). Page 5 of 6.
- 6 min
- 8 min
- 9 min
- 12 min
- 10 min
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Answer: C. 9 min
Pipe A can fill a cistern in 37 minutes 30 seconds and Pipe B fills it in 45 minutes individually. If both pipes are opened together and pipe B is turned off after sometime, it takes half an hour for the cistern to be filled. After how much time pipe B is turned off?
- 8 mins
- 9 mins
- 10 mins
- 12 mins
- 6 mins
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Answer: B. 9 mins
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank?
- 10 min 20sec
- 12 min 20sec
- 14 min 40sec
- 14 min 20sec
- 10 min 40sec
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Answer: C. 14 min 40sec
A, B and C are three taps connected to a tank. A and B together can fill the tank in 6 h, B and C together can fill it in 10 h and A and C together can fill it in 7(1/2) h. In how much time would all three take to fill the tank?
- 6 h
- 5 h
- 10 h
- 12 h
- 8 h
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Answer: B. 5 h
A pump can be operated both for filling a tank and for emptying it. The capacity of the tank is 2400 m³ The emptying capacity of the pump is 10 m³ per minute higher than its filling capacity. Consequently, the pump needs 8 minutes less to empty the tank than to fill it Find the filling capacity of the pump
- 50 m³/min
- 56 m³/min
- 55 m³/min
- 52 m³/min
- 54 m³/min
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Answer: A. 50 m³/min