CAT (QA) PYQs

Two pipes $A$ and $B$ are attached to an empty water tank. Pipe $A$ fills the tank while pipe $B$ drains it. If pipe $A$ is opened at $2$ pm and pipe $B$ is opened at $3$ pm , then the tank becomes full at $10 \mathrm{pm}$. Instead, if pipe $A$ is opened at $2 \mathrm{pm}$ and pipe $B$ is opened at $4 \mathrm{pm}$, then the tank becomes full at $6 \mathrm{pm}$. If pipe $B$ is not opened at all, then the time, in minutes, taken to fill the tank is

Amar, Akbar and Anthony are working on a project. Working together Amar and Akbar can complete the project in $1$ year, Akbar and Anthony can complete in $16$ months, Anthony and Amar can complete in $2$ years. If the person who is neither the fastest nor the slowest works alone, the time in months he will take to complete the project is

Anu, Vinu and Manu can complete a work alone in 15 days, 12 days and 20 days, respectively. Vinu works everyday. Anu works only on alternate days starting from the first day while Manu works only on alternate days starting from the second day. Then, the number of days needed to complete the work is