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Tailored for SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude. 2 active practice questions. Related topics: Percentage, Profit and Loss, Simple Interest.

SSC CHSL approach: For SSC CHSL, this topic should become a recognition-first skill. The main objective is to identify the standard pattern quickly and apply a clean, dependable method without overcomplicating the question.

What to master: Master direct forms first, then practise common variations until the opening step becomes automatic. Accuracy and quick recognition matter more than using advanced shortcuts.

SSC CHSL focus:

Prioritise clear fundamentals, quick recognition, and reliable execution for SSC CHSL objective questions.

Attempt strategy: For SSC CHSL, identify the standard pattern quickly, use the simplest valid method, and avoid spending extra time on unnecessary algebra or calculation.

Revision path: CHSL revision: basic rule -> standard pattern -> short timed drill -> accuracy check.

SSC CHSL exam emphasis for Pipes and Cisterns

CHSL emphasis: fundamentals, standard patterns, simple execution, and fast recall.

Most important error to avoid

Typical CHSL loss comes from hesitation, choosing a longer method than necessary, or forgetting the basic rule when the question is presented in a slightly different form.

SSC CHSL Pipes and Cisterns — CHSL foundation plan

Turn this topic into a recognition-first routine: identify the standard rule or pattern quickly and prefer the simplest dependable route. For Pipes and Cisterns, concentrate on work-rate conversion, inlet and outlet direction, combined filling or emptying, and time-to-complete relationships.

How to practise this topic

Use short sets with clear standard forms before adding variations. The objective is to reduce hesitation and make the first correct step almost automatic. A reliable drill sequence is to convert each pipe to a one-minute rate, combine signed rates, solve the required time, then verify whether the tank should be filling or emptying.

Mistakes to remove before the next set

Watch specifically for mixing filling and emptying signs, combining times directly instead of rates, and missing the net-rate direction. During review, write one compact rule for each mistake and immediately solve a similar example so the correction becomes usable rather than theoretical.

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Pipes and Cisterns revision for SSC CHSL: understand the base rule, apply the correct formula or relation, check common traps, then practise with approved questions.

Pipes and Cisterns is a rate problem. Filling pipes contribute positive work; emptying pipes contribute negative work. Add their rates, not their times.

SSC CHSL focus: Solve the core method first, then use the approved practice questions on this page to build exam-speed accuracy.

Pipes and Cisterns revision rule: concept → formula/relation → one worked example → timed practice → error review.

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If a pipe fills in x hours, rate = 1/x
If an outlet empties in y hours, rate = -1/y
Net time = 1 / net rate

Use an LCM-based tank capacity when the times are clean integers; it converts fractions into simple unit rates.

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Keep units, signs and percentage bases consistent.
Use the final few seconds to verify direction and magnitude.

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Skipping unit or base conversion.
Doing long arithmetic before identifying the underlying relation.

SSC CHSL practice example: Two pipes fill a tank in 12 hours and 18 hours. Together their rate is 1/12 + 1/18 = 5/36, so they fill the tank in 36/5 = 7.2 hours.

One pipe fills a tank in 8 hours and another fills it in 12 hours. How long will they take together?
A pipe fills a tank in 6 hours, while an outlet empties it in 12 hours. If both are opened together, how long will the empty tank take to fill?

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Pipes and cisterns uses time-and-work rate logic with outlet rates subtracted.

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Step 3 Eliminate wrong options

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Convert each pipe into a one-hour rate; filling is positive and emptying is negative.

Tip: A pipe filling a tank in 6 hours fills 1/6 of it per hour.

Step 1

Take the full tank as 1.

Step 2

One-hour filling rate = 1/6.

Rule

Net rate = total inlet rate - total outlet rate.

3-second trick

Convert every completion time into an hourly rate first.

Trap to avoid

Do not add filling times directly.

Correct answer

1/6

Thinking path

The full tank is one unit.
Six hours means one-sixth per hour.
Multiple pipes must be combined through rates.

Final answer: 1/6

Why this is fast: Rate form makes inlet and outlet problems straightforward.

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One pipe fills a tank in 8 hours and another fills it in 12 hours. How long will they take together?

Concept type: Filling and emptying rates Shortcut used: Convert each pipe into a one-hour rate; filling is positive and emptying is negative. Quick hint: A pipe filling a tank in 6 hours fills 1/6 of it per hour.

Quick idea: They will fill the tank in 4.8 hours.

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Q2 Medium

A pipe fills a tank in 6 hours, while an outlet empties it in 12 hours. If both are opened together, how long will the empty tank take to fill?

Quick idea: The tank will fill in 12 hours.

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