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MCQ WORKSHEET-I
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION

1. ABC is isosceles in which AE  BC, AE = 6 cm , BC = 9 cm, the area of ABC is

(a) 27 cm2 (b) 54 cm2 (c) 22.5 cm2 (d) 45 cm2

2. The area of parallelogram is

(a) base + height (b) base x height (c) base x base (d) height x height

3. The base in the area of parallelogram is

area height
(a) (b) (c) area x base (d) area x height
height area
4. The height in the area of parallelogram is
area base
(a) (b) (c) area x base (d) area x height
base area
5. Which of the following has the formula : Base x Height
(a) area of parallelogram (b) area of quadrilateral
(c) area of triangle (d) area of trapezium

6. The area of triangle is

1 1
(a) base x height (b) x base x height (c) x (base + height)(d) base + height
2 2
7. The height in the area of a triangle
2.area 2.base base area
(a) (b) (c) (d)
base area 2.area 2.base
8. The area of the given parallelogram in the below left figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these

9. The area of the given rectangle in the above sided right figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these

10. The area of the given parallelogram in the below left figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these

11. The area of the given triangle in the above sided right figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
12. The area of the given square in the below left figure is
(a) 98 cm2 (b) 77 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these

13. The area of the garden (shaded portion) in the above sided right figure is
(a) 300m2 (b) 625m2 (c) 325m2 (d) none of these
14. The perimeter of the below left figure is
(a) 11.6 cm (b) 14.6 cm (c) 12.8 cm (d) none of these

15. The perimeter of the above sided right figure is

(a) 11.6 cm (b) 14.6 cm (c) 12.8 cm (d) none of these
16. The perimeter of the below left figure is
(a) 11.6 cm (b) 14.6 cm (c) 12.8 cm (d) none of these

17. The area of the above sided right figure is

(a) 24 cm2 (b) 48 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
 MCQ WORKSHEET-II
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION
1. What will be the area of circular button of radius 7 cm
(a) 154 cm2 (b) 49 cm2 (c) 154 cm (d) 3.14 x 7 cm2

2. The circumference of circle whose diameter is 14 cm will be

(a) 44 cm (b) 88 cm (c) 44 cm2 (d) 88 cm2

3. The perimeter of circle is its

(a) area (b) circumference (c) radius (d) diameter
4. Diameter is __________ .
(a) twice radius (b) half radius (c) equal to radius (d) one-third of radius

5.  (pi) is
(a) ratio of circumference to diameter (b) diameter to circumference
(c) 21/17 (d) 3.41
6. If the area of circle is 44 cm2, the perimeter will be
(a) 11 cm2 (b) 11 cm
2
(c) 22 cm (d) none of these

7. If the radius of pipe is 1 cm , the circumference of pipe will be

(a) 62.8 cm (b) 6.28 cm (c) 62.8 cm2 (d) 6.28 cm

8. The circumference of a circle is

(a) r (b)  r2 (c)  x 2r (d)  + 2r

9. The diameter of a circle is

(a) r2 (b) 2r (c) 2r3 (d) r2

10. Which of the following is an example of circle?

(a) a chair (b) a bottle cap (c) a cup (d) a table

11. The area of a circle is

(a) 2  r (b) 2r2 (c)  r2 (d) d

12. 1 m2 = __________ .
(a) 100 cm2 (b) 1000 cm2 (c) 10000 m2 (d) 10000 cm2

13. One hectare is equal to

(a) 100 m2 (b) 1000 m2 (c) 10,000 m2 (d) 10,000 m

14. The circumference of a circle with radius 7 cm is

(a) 11 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 44 cm (d) 49 cm
15. The area of a circle is 49 cm2. Its circumference is
(a) 7 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 21 cm (d) 28 cm
 MCQ WORKSHEET-III
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION

1. The perimeter of circular field is 242cm. The area of the field is

(a) 9317 cm2 (b) 18634 cm2 (c) 4658.5 cm2 (d) none of these

2. The area of a circle is 38.5 cm2. Its circumference is

(a) 62 cm (b) 12.1 cm (c) 11 cm (d) 22 cm

3. The difference between the circumference and radius of a circle is 37 cm. The area of the circle
is
(a) 111 cm2 (b) 184 cm2 (c) 154 cm2 (d) 259 cm2

4. The circumference of two circles are in the ratio 2 : 3. The ratio of their areas is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 9 (c) 9 : 4 (d) none of these

5. On increasing the diameter of circle by 40%, its area will be increased by

(a) 40% (b) 80% (c) 96% (d) none of these

6. In making 1000 revolutions, a wheel covers 88 km. The diameter of the wheel is
(a) 14 m (b) 24 m (c) 28 m (d) 40 m

7. The diameter of a wheel is 40 cm. How many revolutions will it make an covering 176 m?
(a) 140 (b) 150 (c) 160 (d) 166

8. The radius of wheel is 0.25 m. How many revolutions will it make in covering 11 km?
(a) 2800 (b) 4000 (c) 5500 (d) 7000

9. Find the circumference of a circle of diameter 21 cm.

(a) 62 cm (b) 64 cm (c) 66 cm (d) 68 cm

10. Find the area of a circle whose circumference is 52.8 cm.

(a) 221.76 cm2 (b) 220.76 cm2 (c) 200.76 cm2 (d) none of these.

11. A steel wire when bent in the form of a square, encloses an area of 121 sq. cm. The same wire is
bent in the form of a circle. Find the area of the circle.
(a) 111 cm2 (b) 184 cm2 (c) 154 cm2 (d) 259 cm2

12. If the perimeter of a semicircular protractor is 36 cm, find the diameter.

(a) 14 cm (b) 16 cm (c) 18 cm (d) 12 cm

13. The area of a square and a rectangle are equal. If the side of the square is 40 cm and the breadth
of the rectangle is 25 cm, find the length of the rectangle.
(a) 60 cm (b) 62 cm (c) 64 cm (d) 68 cm
 MCQ WORKSHEET-IV
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION
1. The surface area of a cuboid is
(a) 2(lb + bh + lh) (b) 3(lb + bh + lh) (c) 2(lb – bh – lh) (d) 3(lb – bh – lh)

2. The surface area of a cube if edge ‘a’ is

(a) 7a2 (b) 6a2 (c) 5a3 (d) 5a2

3. The length, breadth and height of a room is 5m, 4m and 3m. The cost of white washing its four
walls at the rate of Rs. 7.50 per m2 is
(a) Rs. 110 (b) Rs. 109 (c) Rs. 220 (d) Rs. 105

4. The perimeter of floor of rectangular hall is 250m. The cost of the white washing its four walls is
Rs. 15000. The height of the room is
(a) 5m (b) 4m (c) 6m (d) 8m

5. The breadth of a room is twice its height and is half of its length. The volume of room is 512dm3.
Its dimensions are
(a) 16 dm, 8 dm, 4 dm (b) 12 dm, 8 dm, 2 dm
(c) 8 dm, 4 dm, 2 dm (d) 10 dm, 15 dm, 20 dm

6. The area of three adjacent faces of a cube is x, y and z. Its volume V is

(a) V = xyz (b) V3 = xyz (c) V2 = xyz (d) none of these

7. Two cubes each of edge 12 cm are joined. The surface area of new cuboid is
(a) 140 cm2 (b) 1440 cm2 (c) 144 cm2 (d) 72 cm2

8. The curved surface area of cylinder of height ‘h’ and base radius ‘r’ is
1
(a) 2rh (b) rh (c) rh (d) none of these
2

9. The total surface area of cylinder of base radius ‘r’ and height ‘h’ is
(a) 2(r + h) (b) 2r(r + h) (c) 3r(r + h) (d) 4r(r + h)

10. The curved surface area of a cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. The diameter of its circular base
is
(a) 5cm (b) 4cm (c) 3cm (d) 2cm

11. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140cm from a
metal sheet. How many square meters a sheet are required for the same?
(a) 6.45m2 (b) 6.48m2 (c) 7.48m2 (d) 5.48m2.

12. A metal pipe is 77 cm long. Inner diameter of cross section is 4 cm and outer diameter is 4.4 cm.
Its inner curved surface area is:
(a) 864 cm2 (b) 968 cm2 (c) 768 cm2 (d) none of these
 MCQ WORKSHEET-V
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION

1. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. The area of the playground in m2 is:
(a) 1584 (b) 1284 (c) 1384 (d) 1184

2. A cylindrical pillar is 50 cm in diameter and 3.5 m in height. The cost of painting its curved
surface at the rate of Rs. 12.50 per m2 is:
(a) Rs. 68.75 (b) Rs. 58.75 (c) Rs. 48.75 (d) Rs. 38.75

3. The inner diameter of circular well is 3.5m. It is 10m deep. Its inner curved surface area in m2 is:
(a) 120 (b) 110 (c) 130 (d) 140

4. In a hot water heating system there is a cylindrical pipe of length 28 m and diameter 5 cm. The
total radiating surface area in the system in m2 is:
(a) 6.6 (b) 5.5 (c) 4.4 (d) 3.4

5. A matchbox measures 4 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm. The volume of packet containing 12 such boxes
is:
(a) 160 cm3 (b) 180 cm3 (c) 160 cm2 (d) 180 cm2
6. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litre of water can it
hold?
(a) 1350 liters (b) 13500 liters (c) 135000 liters (d) 135 liters
7. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?
(a) 4.75 m (b) 7.85 m (c) 4.75 cm (d) none of these
8. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres. The length and depth are respectively 2.5 m and
10 m. Its breadth is
(a) 4 m (b) 3 m (c) 2 m (d) 5 m
9. A godown measures 40 m × 25 m × 10 m. Find the maximum number of wooden crates each
measuring 1.5 m × 1.25 m × 0.5 m that can be stored in the godown.
(a) 18000 (b) 16000 (c) 15000 (d) 14000
10. A paper is in the form of a rectangle ABCD in which AB = 18cm and BC = 14cm. A
semicircular portion with BC as diameter is cut off. Find the area of the remaining paper (see in
below figure).
(a) 175 cm2 (b) 165 cm2 (c) 145 cm2 (d) none of these
11. Find the area of the shaded region in the above sided figure. Take  = 3.14
(a) 75 cm2 (b) 72 cm2 (c) 70 cm2 (d) none of these

12. The perimeter of parallelogram PQRS is:

(a) 12 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 38 cm (d) 19 cm
P
12 cm Q

7 cm

R S
13. The area of the given below left figure is
(a) 45 cm2 (b) 11 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these

14. The area of the above sided right figure is

(a) 45 cm2 (b) 11 cm2 (c) 49 cm2 (d) none of these
 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION
1. Find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 24 cm and 20 cm and the distance between
them is 15 cm.

2. The area of trapezium is 1080 cm2. If the lengths of its parallel sides are 55.6 cm and 34.4 cm,
find the distance between them.

3. The area of trapezium is 352 cm2 and the distance between its parallel sides is 16 cm. If one of
the parallel sides is of length 25 cm, find the length of the other side.

4. Find the lateral surface area of the cuboids whose dimensions are:

(i). Length = 22cm, breadth = 12 cm and height = 7.5 cm

(ii). Length = 15cm, breadth = 6 cm and height = 9 cm
(iii). Length = 24 m, breadth = 25 cm and height = 6 m

5. The circumference of the base of a cylinder is 176 cm and its height is 65 m. Find its curved
surface area and total surface area of the cylinder.

6. Find the curved surface area and total surface area of the cylinders whose dimensions are:
(i). radius = 7 cm and height = 35 cm.
(ii). radius = 14 cm and height = 10 cm.
(iii). radius = 10 cm and height = 25 cm.

7. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of lengths 15 cm and 25 cm.

8. The area of a rhombus is 360 cm2 and one of the diagonals is 18 cm. Find the other diagonal.

9. The diagonal of a quadrilateral shaped field is 25 m and the perpendiculars dropped on it from
the remaining opposite vertices are 18 m and 12 m. Find the area of the field.

10. An aquarium is in the form of a cuboid whose external measures are 40 cm × 15 cm × 20 cm.
The base, side faces and back face are to be covered with a coloured paper. Find the area of the
paper needed?

11. Find the area of the following trapeziums

(i) (ii)
12. Find the area of the quadrilateral PQRS in the adjoining figure:

13. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are of lengths 10 cm and 8.2 cm.

14. Find the area of the quadrilaterals in the adjoining figures:

15. The length, breadth and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. Find the cost of
white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of Rs 7.50 per m2.

16. The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250 m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the
rate of Rs 10 per m2 is Rs 15000, find the height of the hall.

17. A cubical box has each edge 10 cm and another cuboidal box is 12.5 cm long, 10 cm wide and 8
cm high.
(i) Which box has the greater lateral surface area and by how much?
(ii) Which box has the smaller total surface area and by how much?

18. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. Find the diameter
of the base of the cylinder.

19. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140 cm from a
metal sheet. How many square metres of the sheet are required for the same?
20. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. Find the area of the playground in m2.

21. Curved surface area of a right circular cylinder is 4.4 m2. If the radius of the base of the cylinder
is 0.7 m, find its height.

22. Find the lateral or curved surface area of a closed cylindrical petrol storage tank that is 4.2 m in
diameter and 4.5 m high.

23. A matchbox measures 4 cm × 2.5 cm × 1.5 cm. What will be the volume of a packet containing
12 such boxes?

24. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litres of water can it
hold?

25. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?

26. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres of water. Find the breadth of the tank, if its length
and depth are respectively 2.5 m and 10 m.

27. The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. How
many litres of water can it hold?

28. If the lateral surface of a cylinder is 94.2 cm2 and its height is 5 cm, then find (i) radius of its
base (ii) its volume. (Use = 3.14)
 HOT’S QUESTIONS
CLASS VIII: CHAPTER - 11
MENSURATION
1. Mary wants to decorate her Christmas tree. She wants to place the tree on a wooden box covered
with coloured paper with picture of Santa Claus on it. She must know the exact quantity of paper
to buy for this purpose. If the box has length, breadth and height as 80 cm, 40 cm and 20 cm
respectively how many square sheets of paper of side 40 cm would she require?

2. A wall of length 10 m was to be built across an open ground. The height of the wall is 4 m and
thickness of the wall is 24 cm. If this wall is to be built up with bricks whose dimensions are 24
cm × 12 cm × 8 cm, how many bricks would be required?

3. A matchbox measures 4 cm × 2.5 cm × 1.5 cm. What will be the volume of a packet containing
12 such boxes?

4. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litres of water can it
hold? (1 m3 = 1000 l)

5. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?

6. Find the cost of digging a cuboidal pit 8 m long, 6 m broad and 3 m deep at the rate of Rs 30 per
m3.

7. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres of water. Find the breadth of the tank, if its length
and depth are respectively 2.5 m and 10 m.

8. Hameed has built a cubical water tank with lid for his house, with each outer edge 1.5 m long.
He gets the outer surface of the tank excluding the base, covered with square tiles of side 25 cm.
Find how much he would spend for the tiles, if the cost of the tiles is Rs 360 per dozen.

9. The length, breadth and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. Find the cost of
white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of Rs 7.50 per m2.

10. The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250 m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the
rate of Rs 10 per m2 is Rs 15000, find the height of the hall.

11. The paint in a certain container is sufficient to paint an area equal to 9.375 m2. How many bricks
of dimensions 22.5 cm × 10 cm × 7.5 cm can be painted out of this container?

12. A small indoor greenhouse (herbarium) is made entirely of glass panes (including base) held
together with tape. It is 30 cm long, 25 cm wide and 25 cm high. (i) What is the area of the
glass? (ii) How much of tape is needed for all the 12 edges?

13. Shanti Sweets Stall was placing an order for making cardboard boxes for packing their sweets.
Two sizes of boxes were required. The bigger of dimensions 25 cm × 20 cm × 5 cm and the
smaller of dimensions 15 cm × 12 cm × 5 cm. For all the overlaps, 5% of the total surface area is
required extra. If the cost of the cardboard is Rs 4 for 1000 cm2, find the cost of cardboard
required for supplying 250 boxes of each kind.
14. Parveen wanted to make a temporary shelter for her car, by making a box-like structure with
tarpaulin that covers all the four sides and the top of the car (with the front face as a flap which
can be rolled up). Assuming that the stitching margins are very small, and therefore negligible,
how much tarpaulin would be required to make the shelter of height 2.5 m, with base dimensions
4 m × 3 m?

15. A plastic box 1.5 m long, 1.25 m wide and 65 cm deep is to be made. It is to be open at the top.
Ignoring the thickness of the plastic sheet, determine: (i) The area of the sheet required for
making the box. (ii) The cost of sheet for it, if a sheet measuring 1m2 costs Rs 20.

16. A village, having a population of 4000, requires 150 litres of water per head per day. It has a tank
measuring 20 m × 15 m × 6 m. For how many days will the water of this tank last?

17. A godown measures 40 m × 25 m × 10 m. Find the maximum number of wooden crates each
measuring 1.5 m × 1.25 m × 0.5 m that can be stored in the godown.

18. A solid cube of side 12 cm is cut into eight cubes of equal volume. What will be the side of the
new cube? Also, find the ratio between their surface areas.

19. A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km per hour. How much water will
fall into the sea in a minute?

20. Savitri had to make a model of a cylindrical kaleidoscope for her science project. She wanted to use chart
paper to make the curved surface of the kaleidoscope. What would be the area of chart paper required by
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her, if she wanted to make a kaleidoscope of length 25 cm with a 3.5 cm radius? (Take π = )
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21. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. Find the diameter
of the base of the cylinder.

22. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140 cm from a
metal sheet. How many square metres of the sheet are required for the same?

23. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. Find the area of the playground in m2.

24. A cylindrical pillar is 50 cm in diameter and 3.5 m in height. Find the cost of painting the curved
surface of the pillar at the rate of Rs 12.50 per m2.

25. Curved surface area of a right circular cylinder is 4.4 m2. If the radius of the base of the cylinder
is 0.7 m, find its height.

26. The inner diameter of a circular well is 3.5 m. It is 10 m deep. Find (i) its inner curved surface
area, (ii) the cost of plastering this curved surface at the rate of Rs 40 per m2.

27. In a hot water heating system, there is a cylindrical pipe of length 28 m and diameter 5 cm. Find
the total radiating surface in the system.

28. The students of a Vidyalaya were asked to participate in a competition for making and
decorating penholders in the shape of a cylinder with a base, using cardboard. Each penholder
was to be of radius 3 cm and height 10.5 cm. The Vidyalaya was to supply the competitors with
cardboard. If there were 35 competitors, how much cardboard was required to be bought for the
competition?
29. The pillars of a temple are cylindrically shaped. If each pillar has a circular base of radius 20 cm
and height 10 m, how much concrete mixture would be required to build 14 such pillars?

30. It costs Rs 2200 to paint the inner curved surface of a cylindrical vessel 10 m deep. If the cost of
painting is at the rate of Rs 20 per m2, find (i) inner curved surface area of the vessel, (ii) radius
of the base, (iii) capacity of the vessel.

31. The capacity of a closed cylindrical vessel of height 1 m is 15.4 litres. How many square metres
of metal sheet would be needed to make it?

32. A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood with a solid cylinder of graphite filled in the interior.
The diameter of the pencil is 7 mm and the diameter of the graphite is 1 mm. If the length of the
pencil is 14 cm, find the volume of the wood and that of the graphite.

33. A patient in a hospital is given soup daily in a cylindrical bowl of diameter 7 cm. If the bowl is
filled with soup to a height of 4 cm, how much soup the hospital has to prepare daily to serve
250 patients?

34. The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. How
many litres of water can it hold? (1000 cm3 = 1l)

35. The inner diameter of a cylindrical wooden pipe is 24 cm and its outer diameter is 28 cm. The
length of the pipe is 35 cm. Find the mass of the pipe, if 1 cm3 of wood has a mass of 0.6 g.

36. A soft drink is available in two packs – (i) a tin can with a rectangular base of length 5 cm and
width 4 cm, having a height of 15 cm and (ii) a plastic cylinder with circular base of diameter 7
cm and height 10 cm. Which container has greater capacity and by how much?

37. If the lateral surface of a cylinder is 94.2 cm2 and its height is 5 cm, then find (i) radius of its
base (ii) its volume. (Use = 3.14).

38. At a Ramzan Mela, a stall keeper in one of the food stalls has a large cylindrical vessel of base
radius 15 cm filled up to a height of 32 cm with orange juice. The juice is filled in small
cylindrical glasses of radius 3 cm up to a height of 8 cm, and sold for Rs 3 each. How much
money does the stall keeper receive by selling the juice completely?

39. A child playing with building blocks, which are of the shape of cubes, has built a structure as
shown in below Fig. If the edge of each cube is 3 cm, find the volume of the structure built by
the child.

40. A metal pipe is 77 cm long. The inner diameter of a cross section is 4 cm, the outer diameter
being 4.4 cm (see the above sided right Fig.). Find its (i) inner curved surface area, (ii) outer
curved surface area, (iii) total surface area.