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Accenture Numerical Ability - Pipes and Cistern Interview Questions with Answers

(#M40166703) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

One pipe can fill a tank twice as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 40 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in:
A)108 min B)154 min C)144 min D)120 min

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (3 years ago)

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(#M40166652) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

One pipe can fill a tank four times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 28 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in:
A)35 min B)70 min C)90 min D)140 min

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (3 years ago)

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(#M40166604) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

Pipe A alone takes 40 minutes to fill a cistern. Pipe A was turned off after working for 15 minutes. The rest of the cistern is filled by pipe B in 45 minutes. How much time in minutes does pipe B take to fill the cistern alone in hours?
A) 72 B) 2 C) 5⅕ D) 4½

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (4 years ago)

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(#M40166569) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

There are two pipes in a tank. Pipe A is for filling the tank and Pipe B is for emptying the tank. If A can fill the tank in 10 hours and B can empty the tank in 15 hours then find out how many hours it will take to completely fill a half empty tank?
A) 30 hours B) 15 hours C) 20 hours D) 33.33 hours

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (4 years ago)

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(#M40166550) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. Now one of the taps goes dry, then in how many minutes will the remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank ?
A) 75 B) 40 C) 45 D) 50 E) None of these

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (4 years ago)

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(#M40166529) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

Pipe A alone takes 30 minutes to fill a cistern. Pipe A was turned off after working for 10 minutes. The rest of the cistern is filled by pipe B in 60 minutes. How much time in minutes does pipe B take to fill the cistern alone in hours?
1) 1½ 2) 2 3) 1 4) 2½

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (4 years ago)

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(#M40166161) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

A tank can be filled by two pipes A and B in 20 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tank from empty state if B is used to fill first half and A and B together for the other half? A) 32.5 min B) 37.5 min C) 30 min D) 40 min

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (4 years ago)

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(#M40155311) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

It takes 30 minutes to empty a half full tank by draining it at constant rate. It is decided to simultaneously pump water into the half full tank while draining it. What is the rate at which water has to be pumped in so that it gets fully filled in 10 minutes?

Asked In Accenture Harsha (8 years ago)

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(#M40039571) ACCENTURE QUESTION Keep an EYE

Two pipes can fill a tank in 10hours and 12 hours respectively while a third, pipe empties the full tank in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operate simultaneously, in how much time will the tank be filled?

Asked In Accenture Shilpi Shandilya (9 years ago)

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