MENSURATION – PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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01. Find the area of a triangle whose sides measure 8cm, 10cm, 6cm.
a) 24cm2 b) 32cm2 c) 36cm2 d) None
02.The ratio between the length and the perimeter at a rectangular, plot is 1:4 what Is the ratio between the length and
breadth of the plot?
a) 1:1 b) 2:3 c) 5:6 d) None
03. One side of a parallelogram is 28 cm and its distance from the opposite side is 14cm the area of the parallelogram is...
a) 392cm2 b) 400cm2 c) 100cm2 d) None
04. One of the diagonals of a rhombus is double the other diagonal. Its area is 16sq.cm the sum of the diagonals is.
a) 10cm b) 12cm c) 18cm d) None
05. A wire can be made the form of circle of radius 63cm. If it is bent in the form of a square then its area will be
a) 9801 b) 9901 c) 9601 d) None
06. The perimeter of a circle is equal to the perimeter of a square. Then their area is in the ratio.
a) 11:14 b) 14:11 c) 12:11 d) None
07. The length of a rectangle is 4cm more than its breadth the perimeter is56cm. Then the area of the rectangle is
a) 244cm2 b) 192cm2 c) 204cmz d) None
08. If the diameter of the circle is increased by 100% its area is increased by
a) 100% b) 200% c) 300% d) None
09. If the area of a square increases by 44% then the side of the square increases by
a) 5% b) 20% c) 25% d) None
10.The area of a triangle is 216cm 2 and its sides are in the ratio 3:4:5 the perimeter of the triangle is.
a) 18cm b) 36cm c) 72cm d) None
11. The area of a parallelogram is 72cm 2. If its altitude is twice the corresponding base, determine the base and the altitude.
a) 7cm, 12cm b) 3cm, 12cm c) 6cm, 12cm d) None
12. The length of minute hand on a wall clock is 14cm the area swept by the minute hand in 30 minutes is.
a) 308cm2 b) 410cm2 c) 310cm2 d) None
13.If the radius of circle increased by 10% find the percentage change in area?
a) 20% b) 10% c) 21% d) None
14. The floor of a rectangular room is 15m long and 12m wide.The room is surrounded by a verandah of width 2m on all its
sides. The area of veranda is
a) 124sq.m b) 120sq.m c) 108sq.m d) 58sq.m
15. There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is circumscribed over a square. What isthe ratio of area of
inner to outer circle?
a) 2:1 b) 1:2 c) 2:3 d) 3:2
16. If the height of a cone is doubled, then its volume is increased by
a) 50% b) 35% c) 100% d) 200%
17. If the heights of cones are in the ratio 1:4 and their diameters is are in the ratio 4 : 5, what is the ratio of their volumes ?
a) 16 : 25 b) 4 : 25 c) 1: 4 d) 1 : 16
18. A cylinder,a hemi sphere and a cone stand on the same base and have the same heights. Then find the ratio of their volumes ?
a) 1:2:3 b) 1:3:2 c) 3:2:1 d) 2:1:3
19. A cube of maximum volume each corner touching the surface area from inside is cut from a sphere. Find the ratio of the
volumes of the cube and the sphere ?
a) 2:3 b) 3:2 c) 2:√3∏ d) 3:√2∏
20. The radii of two cylinders are in the ratio of 2:3 and their heights are in the ratio 5:3, the ratio of their volumes is.
a) 4:9 b) 9:4 c) 20:27 d) None
21. A pit of length 4m and width 2m is dug in side a rectangular field of dimensions 48m X 16m and the earth taken out is
evenly spread up to a height of 4m in the remaining portion of the field. What is the depth of the pit.
a) 126m b. 63m c) 128m d) None
22. A cylindrical tub of radius 12cm contains water to a depth of 20cm.A spherical iron ball is dropped into the tub and thus the
level of water is raised by 6.75cm.What is the radius of the ball?
a) 6 cm b) 9 cm c) 8cm d) None
23. The length,breadth and height of a cuboid are in the ratio 1:2:3.The length,breadth and height of cuboid increased by 100%,
200% and 200% respectively. The increase in the volume of the cuboid is?
a) 5 times b) 6 times c) 12 times d) 17 times
24. A rectangular tin sheet of size 26cm X 16cm can be formed into a right circular cylinder in two ways. Determine the ratio of the
volumes of the two cylinders so formed?
a) 3:5 b) 8:15 c) 13:8 d) None
25. Find the volume and surface area of a cuboids 12m long, 10m broad and 6m high.
a) 720m3, 500cm2 b) 720m3, 504m2 c) 700m3, 500cm2 d) None
26. A Cylinder with base radius of 10 cm and height of 4cm is melted to form a cone of height 12 cm the radius of the
cone will be.
a) 5cm b) 10cm c) 15cm d) None
27. Find perimeter of plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium whose dimensions are given in the figure below :

a) 50m b) 64m c) 72m d)84m e)None

28. A cylindrical vessel of radius 4cm contains water. A solid sphere of radius 3cm lowered into the water until it is immersed. The
water level in vessel will rises by ?
a) 9/2cm b) 9/5cm c) 9/4cm d) None
29. A sphere is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of radius 8cm partly filled with water.If the water in the vessel rises to a height of
4.5cm then the radius of the sphere is ?
a) 4.5cm b) 5cm c) 5.5cm d) 6cm
30. A man wants to exchange three plots that he has of dimensions 12m x 12m, 16m x 16m and 20m x 20m with a single square
plot of an area equal to the area of the three original plots put together. What will be the side of the new plot measure?
a) 30 m b) 2√2 m c) 20 m d) 20√2
31. The length, breadth and height of a cuboid are in ratio 5 : 4 : 2. What is the lateral surface area of the cuboid if the length of
the longest diagonal that fits in the cuboid is 15√5cm?
a) 900 b)600 √2 c) 482 d)49 √6
32. Rectangular lawn 70m  30m has 2 roads each 5m wide running in the middle of it, one parallel to the length and the other
parallel to the breadth. Find the cost of gravelling the road at Rs.4/square metre.
a) Rs.7900 b) Rs.4900 c) Rs.3900 d) Rs.1900
33. How many square tiles of side 1 ½ feet each are required to floor the area of a rectangular room of dimension 4 yrd  3 yrd?
a) 36 b) 28 c) 48 d) 56
34. The length of a rope by which a horse must be tethered so that it may be allowed to graze over an area of 784 m 2 is
a) 18.44 m b)13.69 m c) 15.8 m d) 22.31 m
35. A man walking at a speed of 4km/h crosses a square field diagonally in 3 minutes. The area of the field is
a) 2000 m2 b) 3000 m2 c) 4000 m2 d)None
36. A circular grass lawn of 35m in radius has a path of 7m wide running around it on the outside. Find the path area.
a)1694 m2 b) 2628 m2 c) 1823 m2 d) 4212 m2
37. The base of a right prism is an equilateral triangle with side 7m and height 24m. Find its volume approximately.
a) 550m3 b) 571m3 c) 509m3 d) 536m3
38. The radius of a sphere is increased by 50%. The increase in surface area of sphere is
a) 50% b) 100% c) 125% d) 200%
39. The volume of a cube is x and its total surface area is x. What is the length of an edge of the cube?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 10 d) 36
40. A unit square is circumscribed about a circle. If the circumference of the circle is qπ what is the value of q?
a)π b) 2 c) 0 d) 1
41. A rectangular cube of edge 16cm is immersed completely in a rectangular vessel containing water. If the dimensions of the
base of vessel are 25cm  16cm, find the rise in water level.
a) 11.25cm b) 16.42cm c) 10.24cm d) 12.41cm
42. A metallic right circular cones having heights 4.1cm and 4.3cm and base radii 2.1cm each had been melted together and
recast into a sphere. Find the sphere diameter.
a) 2.1cm b) 4.2cm c) 8.4cm d) 1.6cm
43. The area of an equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle of radius16 √3 cm is
a) 176 cm2 b)576 √3cm2 c) 482 cm2 d)48 √3cm2
44. A field in the shape of a rhombus has the distance between pair of opposite vertices as 14m and 48m. What is the cost (in Rs.)
of fencing the field at Rs.20/m?
a) Rs.2000 b) Rs.20000 c) Rs.6000 d) Rs.60000
45. A well is in the form of cone of radius 10m and height 21 m. Find the volume of the cone.
a) 2200 b) 2300 c) 2100 d) 2700 e) None
46. The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 3:2:13:2:1. If the breadth and height are halved while the length is
doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will
a) remains the same b) decrease by 13.64% c) decrease by 15% d) decrease by 30%

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Key: 1. a 2.a 3.a 4.b 5.a 6.b 7.b 8.c 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.a 13.c

14.a 15.b 16.c 17.b 18.c 19.c 20.c 21.d 22.b 23.d 24.c 25.b 26.b

27.c 28.c 29.d 30.a 31.a 32.d 33.c 34.c 35.a 36.a 37.c 38.c 39.c

40.d 41.c 42.b 43.b 44.b 45. 46. d