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A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time 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 hours
B 10 hours
C 15 hours
D 30 hours
In a steam engine, the earlier cut-off with a simple slide valve may be obtained by increasing the steam lap and the angle of advance of the eccentric but keeping constant the travel and lead of the valve, this method will
A Cause withdrawing or throttling of steam
B Reduce length of effective stroke of piston
C Reduce maximum opening of port to steam
D All of these
If 'blue' means 'green', green' means 'yellow' 'yellow' means 'orange', 'orange' means 'black', 'black' means 'white', 'white' means 'red', 'red' means 'pink', 'pink' means 'brown', 'brown' means 'grey', than what is the color of human blood?
A black
B red
C white
D orange
For the same terminal conditions and valve size, the pressure drop in a fully opened globe valve as compared to that in a gate valve is
A More
B Less
C Equal
D Either A or B; depends on the viscosity of the fluid
Pipe A alone can fill a tankin 8 hours .Pipe B can fill it in 6 hours . If both the pipes are operated and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in.
A 6 hours
B 3 1/2 hours
C 4 hours
D 1 1/2 hours
A pipe fills a tank in P minuties and another pipe fills the tank in Q minutes. A different pipe makes the tank empty in R minutes. If all these three pipe are opened then in how many minutes the tank will be full?
A p+q-qpqr
B pq+pr-pqpqr
C pq+qr-prpqr
D pqrqr+pr-pq
Pipe A can fill an empty cistern in 4 hours while along with Pipe B it can fill it up in 3 hours. Only Pipe A is turned on for an hour after which Pipe B is also turned on. How much total time will it take to fill up the cistern?
A 3 hrs 20 min
B 3 hrs 25 min
C 3 hrs 15 min
D 3 hrs
A water tank with 64-gallon capacity is filled by pipe A and emptied by pipe B. If the rate of water flow through pipe A is 2 gallons per hour, how many gallons per hour should flow through pipe B so that when both pipes are open, the initially empty tank shold be full in exactly 96 hours?
A 3/8
B 4/3
C 2/3
D 8/3
For the same length of stroke and speed of crankshaft, the piston speed for a double acting steam engine is _________ the piston speed of single acting steam engine.
A Equal to
B Twice
C Three times
D Four times
The displacement of the D-slide valve is __________ the steam lap by a distance known as lead of the valve.
A Greater than
B Less than
C Equal to
D None of these

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