Q1:

2025: 16 May Shift 1

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

Pipe A can fill a tank three times faster than pipe B. If both pipes A and B are running together, they can fill the tank in 12 minutes, then the time taken by pipe B alone to fill the tank is:

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 16 May Shift 1 MAT question 1

Q2:

2025: 15 May Shift 2

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes A and B are opened together for some time and pipe B is turned off. If the tank is filled in 15 minutes, then after how many minutes pipe B is turned off?

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 15 May Shift 2 MAT question 2

Q3:

2025: 15 May Shift 1

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

A tank has two outlet pipes, A and B, which together take 6 hours to empty a full tank when they are opened simultaneously. The tank was initially half-full and both the outlets were opened, after an hour an inlet pipe was also opened. If the inlet alone can fill the empty tank in 4 hours, how much time will it now take to fill the tank completely?

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 15 May Shift 1 MAT question 3

Q4:

2025: 14 May Shift 2

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12 hours, 15 hours and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, in how many hours will the tank be full?

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 14 May Shift 2 MAT question 4

Q5:

2025: 13 May Shift 2

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

Two pipes can fill a cistern in 8 and 12 hours respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously, and it takes 12 minutes more to fill the cistern due to leakage. If the cistern is full, what will be the time taken by the leakage to empty it?

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 2 MAT question 5

Q6:

2025: 13 May Shift 1

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

Three pipes A, B and C are installed to fill a tank. Pipes A and B opened together can fill the tank in the same time in which C can alone fill the tank. If pipe B can fill the tank 15 minutes faster than pipe A and 5 minutes slower than pipe C then the time required by pipe A to fill the tank alone is

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 1 MAT question 6

Q7:

2024: 16 May Shift 1

Time & Work

Easy

Applied

Two pipes A and B together can fill a tank in 4040 minutes. Pipe A is twice as fast as pipe B. Pipe A alone can fill the tank in :

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2024: 16 May Shift 1 MAT question 7

Q8:

2023: 15 June Shift 2

Time & Work

Medium

Applied

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened together, but after 5 minute pipe B is turned off. The cistern will be full in total :

Answer options