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Chapter
Mensuration
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Mensuration

S. No. Name Figure Formula

1. Square • Area = side × side = (s)2

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Square • S = √Area
• Perimeter = 4 (Side)

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• Diagonal = (side) ×√2
Side(S)
2. Rectangle • Area = l × b
• Perimeter = 2 (l + b)
Rectangle breadth (b)
• Diagonal = √𝑙2 + 𝑏2

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length (l)
m • Area of track = 𝑙1 𝑏1 – 𝑙2 𝑏2

b2 b1
l2

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3. Triangle A 1
• Area = × base × height
2

• Area = √𝑠 (𝑠 − 𝑎)(𝑠 − 𝑏)(𝑠 − 𝑐)

c b 𝑎+𝑏+𝑐
Where, s = semi-perimeter = 2
Height
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B a C
Base
Area and A 1
• Area = 2 𝑎 2
perimeter of Right
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• Perimeter = (2𝑎 + √2𝑎)

angled Isosceles 𝑎
a a • Height =
Triangle √2

B C
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Area of equilateral A √3 √3
• Area = × (𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒)2 = 𝑎2
4 4
Triangle
√3 √3
• Altitude = 2
× side = 2
a
a a
• Perimeter = 3 × side = 3a

B a C

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S. No. Name Figure Formula

4. Circle • Circumference = 2πr = πD

𝜋
• Area = 4 𝐷2
r
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5. Semi circle • Area of semi-circle = π𝑟 2

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2
• Perimeter of semi-circle = πr+2r = πr+D
O r

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6. Area of Sector • If θ be the angle at the centre of a circle
of radius r
θ
• Length of the arc PQ = 2πr ×
360°
2 𝜃
• Area of sector OPRQO = πr × 360°

7. Cube

gr • edge of cube = length = breadth = height

m =a
• Volume of a cube = (𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒)3 = 𝑎 3
a • Total surface Area = 6 × (𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒)2 = 6𝑎 2
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• Diagonal of a cube = √3 × edge = √3a

6. Cuboid • V=l×b×h
• Surface area = 2 (lb + bh + hl)
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• Diagonal = √𝑙2 + 𝑏2 + ℎ2
h
b

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8. Right Circular • Volume = π𝑟 2 h

Cylinder • Curved Surface Area = 2πrh
• Total surface Area = 2πrh + 2π𝑟 2 =
2πr(r + h)
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S. No. Name Figure Formula

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9. Right Circular • Volume = 3 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ
Cone
• Curved Surface Area = 𝜋𝑟𝑙
• Total surface Area = 𝜋𝑟𝑙 + 𝜋𝑟 2
= pπ(l + r)

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10. Sphere • Volume = 3 𝜋𝑟 3
• Surface Area = 4𝜋𝑟 2

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11. Hemisphere • Volume = 3 𝜋𝑟 3

gr
r
• Curved Surface Area = 2π𝑟 2

r r • Total surface Area = 2π𝑟 2 + π𝑟 2 = 3π𝑟 2

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S. No. N am e Figure Nomenclature Area Perimeter

1. Rectangle l length l×b = lb 2l + 2 b = 2 (l + b )

b b breadth
l

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2. Square a side ( i) a × a = a
2
a + a + a + a = 4a
a a d diagonal d2
d (ii)
d=a 2 2

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3. Triangle a, b and c are three sides 1
(i) × b × h a + b + c = 2s

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(Scalene) of triangle and s is the 2
semiperimeter, where
a
h
c (ii) s (s − a )(s − b )(s − c )
s= a+b+c
2
(Hero’s formula)
b b is the base and h is
the altitude o f triangle
a sides

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4. Equilateral 1 3a
(i) ×a×h
triangle h height or altitude 2
3 3 2
h= a ( ii ) a
2m 4

a equal sides 1
5. Isosceles b base (i ) × b× h 2a + b
triangle 2
4a − b
2 2
h= 1
2 ( ii ) × b × 4 a 2 − b 2
4
h height or altitude
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6. Right b b as e 1
h altitude/height × b× h b+h+d
angled 2
triangle d d hypotenuse
d = b2 + h 2
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7. Isosceles a equal sides 1 2

right d hypotenuse a 2a + d
2
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angled d=a 2
triangle

8. Quadrilat- C AC is the diagonal and 1 AB+BC+CD+AD

D × AC × ( h 1 + h 2 )
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eral h1, h2 are the Altitudes 2

h1 on AC from the vertices
h2 D and B respectively
A B
a and b are sides adjacent
9. Parallelog- a×h 2( a + b )
to each other.
-ram
h distance between the
parallel sides

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1. A rectangular plot is 180 m2 in area. If its length is 4. A lawn is in the shape of rectangle of length 60 m and
18m then, its perimeter is? width 40 m. Inside the lawn there is a footpath of
(a) 28 m (b) 56 m (c) 360 m uniform width 1 m bordering the lawn. The area of the
(d) 60 (e) None of these path is
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(a) 194 m2 (b) 196 m2 (c) 198 m2

2. The side of a square exceeds the side of the another (d) 200 m2 (e) None of these
square by 4 cm and the sum of the areas of the two
5. ABCD is a parallelogram as shown in figure, then its
squares is 400 cm2. The dimensions of the square are? area is?
(a) 8 cm and 12 cm (b) 6 cm and 10 cm D 3 cm C
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(c) 12 cm and 16 cm (d) 10 cm and 18 cm 90°

(e) None of these
4 cm
3. The area of the floor of a rectangular hall of length 40
m is 960 m2. Carpets of size 6 m × 4 m are available.
Then, how many carpets are required to cover the 90°
hall? A B
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (a) 12 cm2 (b) 14 cm2 (c) 15 cm2
(d) 45 (e) None of these (d) 660 cm2 (e) None of these

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6. What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 9 cm, 12 11. The ratio of the area of the incircle and circumcircle of
cm and 15 cm ? a square are?
(a) 45 cm2 (b) 54 cm2 (c) 56 cm2 (a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2
(d) 64 cm2 (e) None of these (d) 3 : 1 (e) None of these

7. What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle whose 12. The diagonal of a square field measures 50 m. The area
area is 4 √3 cm2 ? of square field is?
(a) 4 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 12 cm (a) 1250 m2 (b) 1200 m2 (c) 1205 m2
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(d) 7 cm (e) None of these (d) 1025 m (e) None of these
13. The circumference of a circle is 176 m. Then, its area

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8. The circumference of a circle whose area is 24.64 m2
is is
(a) 17.2 m (b) 17.4 m (c) 17.6 m (a) 2464 m2 (b) 2164 cm2 (c) 2346 cm2

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(d) 18.0 m (e) None of these (d) 2246 cm (e) None of these

9. If the radius of a circle is decreased by 20%, then the 14. In a circle of radius 42 cm, an arc subtends an angle of
percentage decrease in its area is? 72° at the centre. The length of the arc is?
(a) 26% (b) 32% (c) 36% (a) 52.8 cm (b) 53.8 cm (c) 72.8 cm
(d) 53% (e) None of these (d) 79.8 cm (e) None of these

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10. If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is 36 cm, 15. An isosceles right angle triangle has area 200 cm2 .
then its diameter is? Then length of its hypotenuse is
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(a) 6 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 7.5 cm (a) 15√2cm (b) cm (c) 10√2cm
√2
(d) 14 cm (e) None of these
(d) 20√2cm (e) None of these
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Prelims Questions
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1. If side of a square is equal to height of equilateral 4. Length of a rectangle is how much percent more than
triangle, then find ratio of area of equilateral triangle its breadth if area of rectangular plot is 480 sq. m. and
to area of square? when each side has been 5 m longer, the area would
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(a) √2 ∶ 5 (b) 3 ∶ 5 (c) √3 ∶ 2 have been increased by 245 sq. m.?

(d) 1 ∶ √3 (e) Data insufficient. (a) 50% (b) 20% (c) 10%
2. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle whose (d) 80% (e) 40%
height is 3√3 cm. Then, find the ratio of area of
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5. Ravi cuts a square field of maximum possible area from

equilateral triangle to area of circle inscribed in an his circular field. Find the area of the remaining
equilateral triangle.
circular field if the cost of grass cutting of the square
(a) 3√3 ∶ 4 (b) 4 ∶ 3√3 (c) 5√2 ∶ 7√3
field at Rs 4 per m² is Rs 882?
(d) Cannot be determined.
(a) 120 m² (b) 126 m² (c) 121 m²
(e) None of the above.
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(d) 116 m² (e) 109 m²

3. Ratio of volume of conical tent to total surface area of
hemispherical bowl is 8 : 1. Radius of bowl and tent is 6. Area of rectangle having length and breadth in the ratio
equal and slant height of tent is 75cm. If radius of of 4: 3 is 432 cm2. A square whose side is equal to
conical tent is equal to side of a cube, then find curved diagonal of rectangle then find ratio of numerical value
surface area of cube. of perimeter to the area of square?
(a) 1576 cm2 (b) 1764 cm2 (c) 1852 cm2 (a) 7: 55 (b) 4: 35 (c) None of these
(d) 1690 cm 2 (e) 1512 cm 2
(d) 1:8 (e) 2:15

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7. The diagonal of a square is 4√2 units. The diagonal of 15. Length of a rectangular land is twice the radius of a
another square whose area is double that of the first circle of circumference 132 cm. The land area got
square is.(in units) increased by 144 sq.cm, when a square land is attached
(a) 4√2 (b) 6√2 (c) 8 along the breadth of the rectangle. Find area of
rectangle in sq.cm.
(d) 8√2 (e) 10
(a) 1008 (b) 257 (c) 504
8. The radius of a cylinder & a sphere is same, and ratio (d) 756 (e) 1512
of height and radius of cylinder is 2 : 1.If the volume of
16. A steel sphere of radius 6 cm is drawn into a wire of
sphere is 288 π cm³ then find the volume of cylinder?
diameter 16 cm. find the length of the wire. (in cm)
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(a) 3.5 (b) 6 (c) 4.5
(a) 438 π (b) 426 π (c) 420 π
(d) 2.5 (e) 5.5
(d) 432 π (e) 444 π
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9. Diameter of a cylinder is rd of sum of its radius & (candy maker) and its diameter is 60 cm. If 40 cm 2 is
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height, while ratio of curved surface area to volume of waste material and 16 square boxes required to pack
cylinder is 1 : 7. If radius and height of a cone is same remaining quantity of candy, then find side of each
as that of cylinder, then find slant height of cone? square box?
(a) 21 √5 cm (b) 10 √5 cm (c) 7 √5 cm (a) 4 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 10 cm
(d) 5 cm (e) 6 cm

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(d) 14 √5 cm (e) 16 √5 cm
18. Two right angle triangles are combined to form a
10. The ratio of curved surface area to total surface area of
rectangle of length 4 cm. one triangle is isosceles. Find
a cylinder is 7:9. Find diameter of cylinder, if volume of
the diagonal length of rectangle.
cylinder is 88 cm3.
(a) Cannot be determined
(a) 14 cm
(d) 7 cm
(b) 2 cm
(e) 4 cm
(c) 9 cm
m (b) 16√2cm (c) 4√2cm
(d) 4 cm (e) 2√2cm
11. The surface area of sphere and total surface area of
hemisphere is in ratio 3:1. What is the volume of 19. Perimeter of a rectangle is equal to the perimeter of a
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square whose side is twice of that of the breadth of the
sphere if sum of squares of radius of sphere and
rectangle. What is the ratio of length of side of square
hemisphere is 13 cm2. (in cm3)
to the length of rectangle?
(a) 72 π (b) 108 π (c) 32 π
(a) 4 : 9 (b) 6 : 5 (c) 7 : 9
(d) 36 π (e) 18 π
(d) 14 : 9 (e) 2 : 3
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12. A right circular cone and a right cylinder have a circle

20. Ratio between two perpendicular side of right angle
of the same radius as their base and their heights are
triangle is 8:15, and it’s hypotenuse is 102 m. Find area
equal to the radius itself. If a hemisphere has the same
of right angle triangle?
radius, then their volumes are in the proportion of
(a) 2460 m2 (b) 2240 m2 (c) 1680 m2
(a) 2:3:1 (b) 1:3:2 (c) 1:2:3
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(d) 2160 m2 (e) None of these.

(d) 1:3:1 (e) 1:1:3
21. Cost of paving a circular field at Rs.10/cm2 is Rs.3465.
13. The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangle is If side of square field is equal to diameter of circular
15:8 and the area of the rectangle is 1080 sq.cm. what field, then find perimeter of square field.
is the perimeter of the rectangle? (a) 72 cm (b) 96 cm (c) 120 cm
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(a) 138 cm (b) 120 cm (c) 150 cm (d) 84 cm (e) 108 cm

(d) 148 cm (e) 130 cm
22. The perimeter of a triangle is equal to perimeter of a
14. If ratio of area of a circle to the area of an equilateral rectangle. Length of rectangle is 75% of side of a
triangle is 16π:√3, then what is the ratio of radius of square and ratio of length to breadth of rectangle is 3 :
the circle to the length of the side of equilateral 2. If difference between perimeter of square and that
triangle? of rectangle is 36 cm, then find perimeter of triangle?
(a) 2: 3 (b) 2: 1 (c) 1: 2 (a) 60 cm (b) 48 cm (c) 72 cm
(d) 3: 2 (e) 4:3 (d) 80 cm (e) 96 cm

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23. If volume of cylindrical vessel is 3696 cm3 and ratio of 31. A cylinder of radius 13 cm and height 56 cm is to be
height and radius of cylindrical vessel is 3 : 7, then find melted to cast ‘n’ hemispherical bowls of outer
total surface area of cylindrical vessel. diameter 16 cm and inner diameter 14 cm. Find the
(a) 1590 cm2 (b) 1270 cm2 (c) 1450 cm2 value of ‘n’?
(d) 1760 cm 2 (e) None of the above. (a) 56 (b) 72 (c) 65
24. A solid spherical ball of radius 21 cm is melted to form (d) 84 (e) 91
‘n’ solid hemispherical bowl. If radius of each
32. The ratio of the radius and height of a cylinder is 7: 12.
hemispherical bowl is half of radius of spherical ball,
If its volume is 6237 cm3 then find difference between
then find total surface area of all hemispherical bowls.
its total surface area and curved surface area?

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(a) 15846 cm2 (b) 16632 cm2 (c) 16028 cm2
(d) 16272 cm 2 (e) 16748 cm 2 (a) 700 cm2 (b) 686 cm2 (c) 679 cm2
(d) 672 cm2 (e) 693 cm2
25. Area of rectangle whose breadth is 25% less than its

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length is 432 cm2. A square is drawn whose side is 33. Length of first park is 24 m and ratio between area to
equal to diagonal of rectangle then find ratio of perimeter of this park is 36 : 7. Breadth of second park
perimeter of square to that of rectangle? is 14 m and ratio between area to perimeter of this
(a) 9: 7 (b) 48: 35 (c) None of these park is 63 : 16. If total cost of fencing first park is Rs.
(d) 12:7 (e) 3:2 2100, then find the cost of fencing second park?

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26. Perimeter of square is two times of perimeter of a (a) 1200 Rs. (b) 1500 Rs. (c) 1000 Rs.
rectangle and length of rectangle is 6 cm more than (d) 1800 Rs. (e) 1600 Rs.
that of breadth. If side of square is 75% more than 34. A solid spherical ball of lead 3 cm in radius is melted
length of rectangle then, find area of square?
and recast into three spherical balls. If the radius of
(a) 1764 cm2
(d) 1824 cm 2
(b) 1798 cm2
(e) 1724 cm 2
(c) 1864 cm2
m two of these balls are 1.5 cm and 2.5 cm respectively
then find the diameter of the third ball?
27. Curved surface area of a cone whose radius is 42 cm is (a) 4 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 5 cm
7656 cm2. If height of cone is half of perimeter of a (d) 6 cm (e) 8 cm
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square, then find the area of square?
(a) 400 cm2 (b) 441 cm2 (c) 1600 cm2 35. A sphere is melted and re-casted into solid cylinder
(d) 900 cm2 (e) None of these and its radius are same. Find total surface area of
sphere is what percentage of the total surface area of
28. A toy is formed such that cone is mounted on a
cylinder.
hemispherical base. Radius of cone and hemispherical
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base is equal and ratio of radius to height of cone is 7 : (a) 88 7 % (b) 81 7 % (c) 83 7 %
10. If total height of the toy is 34cm, then find volume 5
(d) 85 7 % (e) None of these
of the toy.
(a) 9856 cm3 (b) 10048 cm3 (c) 9936 cm3 36. Side of a square is 50% more than length of rectangle
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(d) 9882 cm3 (e) 9996 cm3 and ratio of length to breadth of rectangle is 2 : 1. If
29. Area and perimeter of a rectangle is 432 cm2 and 84 cm radius of circle is 40% more than breadth of rectangle
respectively. If the rectangle is inscribed in a circle of and area of square is 3600 cm2, then find difference in
maximum possible area, then find the circumference of area of rectangle and area of circle.
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the circle. (a) 1528 cm2 (b) 1344 cm2 (c) 1456 cm2
4 3 5
(a) 72 7 cm (b) 68 7 cm (c) 56 7 cm (d) 1732 cm2 (e) 1664 cm2
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(d) 94 7 cm (e) 84 7 cm 37. The perimeter of 4 squares is 24 cm, 32 cm, 40 cm, 48
cm respectively. What will be the area of the square
30. Length of rectangle is 20% more than its width. Find
having perimeter equal to sum of edges of 4 squares?
the diagonal of rectangle if area of rectangle is 4320
(in sq.cm.)
cm2.
(a) 64 (b) 81 (c) 100
(a) 15√17 cm (b) 12√61 cm (c) 14√21 cm
(d) 121 (e) 144
(d) 10√21 cm (e) 10√3 cm
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38. Two squares are drawn on a same base but of different 45. An equilateral triangle of side 6 cm has area equal to
edge length. If difference of their area is 36 sq.cm. find area of a trapezium having parallel sides as 5 cm & 7
the edge length of larger square if difference of their cm. find height between parallel sides of trapezium.
edge length is 3 cm. 3√3 7√3 4√3
(a) 5.5 cm (b) 7.5 cm (c) 6.5 cm (a) 2
cm (b) 2
cm (c) 2
cm
(d) 4.5 cm (e) 6 cm √3 3√3
(d) 2
cm (e) 4
cm
39. The perimeter of a square is double than the perimeter
of a rectangle. The area of the rectangle is 36 sq.cm. 46. Length of rectangle A is 1.25 times of its width and area
what is the area of square? of rectangle A is 1280 cm². If width of rectangle A is

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(a) 72 sq.cm (b) 56 sq.cm (c) 64 sq.cm equal to side of equilateral triangle, then find the
(d) can’t be determined (e) 108 sq.cm
perimeter of triangle.
40. The ratio of areas of two squares is 289 : 169. Find the (a) 72m (b) 66m (c) 84m

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ratio of their diagonals. (d) 96m (e) 60m
(a) 19 : 15 (b) 15 : 13 (c) 17 : 15
(d) 17 : 13 (e) 13 : 11 47. Area of base of a cylinder is 132cm² and height is half
41. The parallel sides of a trapezium are 4 cm & 10 cm of square of radius of it’s base. Find volume of the
respectively while non-parallel sides are equal to side cylinders?

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of square of area 25 sq.cm. find area of trapezium. (in (a) 2772 cm³ (b) 3113 cm³ (c) 2376 cm³
sq.cm.) (d) 924 cm³ (e) 1452 cm³
(a) 50 (b) 42 (c) 56
(d) 28 (e) 14 48. The ratio of the volume to surface area of the sphere is
8 ∶ 3. What is the total surface area of the hemisphere,
20% and 10% respectively, then find the percentage
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42. If the length and breadth of a rectangle is increased by
given that the radius of sphere and hemisphere is
increase in the area of the rectangle? same? (in unit 2)
(a) 36 % (b) 32% (c) 28% (a) 128π (b) 192π (c) 64π
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(d) 40% (e) 34% (d) 256π (e) 48π
43. The ratio of area of square to that of rectangle of length
49. A circle of radius 27 meter is converted into a
10 cm is 4 : 5. If breadth of rectangle is same as side of
square. Find length of diagonal of square. semicircle. Find radius of semi-circle formed?
(a) 9√2 cm (b) 10√2 cm (c) 6√2 cm (a) 22 meters (b) 11 meters (c) 36 meters
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(d) 4√2 cm (e) 8√2 cm (d) 45 meters (e) 33 meters

44. If the circumference of circle is 88 cm and ratio of 50. What is the total surface area of cylinder of radius 25
radius of circle to side of square is 1 : 2 then what will cm and height of 0.8m?
be the ratio of area of circle to area of square.
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(a) 1.54 m2 (b) 1.77 m2 (c) 1.65 m2

(a) 14 : 11 (b) 11 : 14 (c) 13 : 14
(d) 1.80 m2 (e) 1.25 m2
(d) 11 : 16 (e) 16 : 13
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1. A large sphere of radius ‘R’ cm was converted into 64 2. Find no. of same type of smaller spherical balls that can
small spheres of radius ‘r’ cm and then one small be formed from another hemisphere if radius of each
sphere is converted into 16 smaller cones of radius of 1
such smaller spherical ball is 16 th of that hemisphere?
‘a’ cm. If height of cone is two times of its radius, then
find R:a:r. (a) 4096 (b) 2560 (c) 2048
(a) 6:1:2 (b) 4:2:1 (c) 8:1:2 (d) 5096 (e) 2296
(d) 4:1:2 (e) 16:1:4

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3. The diagonal of rectangle which length 12 cm and 9. The sum of area of a circle & area of a rectangle is equal
breadth 5 cm are equal to hypotenuse of a right - angle to 2136 sq. cm. The diameter of the circle is 42 cm.
isosceles tringle. Find the area of rectangle is how What is the difference between the circumference of
much more than ( in cm sq.) that of area of right - angle the circle & the perimeter of the rectangle, if the breath
of the rectangle is 30 cm?
isosceles tringle?
(a) 42 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 30 cm
(a) 16.75 (b) 17.25 (c) 17.75
(d) 11 cm (e) 18 cm
(d) 17.50 (e) 18.25
10. A solid is in the form of a cylinder with hemispherical
4. A spherical ball is melted to form 63 identical ends. If the height of the solid is 26cm and diameter of

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cylindrical vessels. If radius of each cylindrical vessel is cylindrical part is 14cm, then find the cost of covering
1 the solid with metal sheet (Cost of metal sheet is
33 % of radius of spherical ball and height of each
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cylindrical vessel is 3cm less than radius of each
(a) Rs.16570 (b) Rs.15440 (c) Rs.17160
cylindrical vessel, then find radius of spherical ball.
(d) Rs.12420 (e) Rs.14370
(a) 21cm (b) 14cm (c) 35cm
(d) 49cm (e) 42cm 11. Radius of smaller circular park is 60 m and area of
1
bigger circular park is 36 % more than area of
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5. Breadth of a rectangular park is 12m and ratio of area
smaller circular park. If side of a square park is half of

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of rectangular park to perimeter of rectangular park is the radius of bigger circular park and cost of fencing
42 : 11. If radius of circular park is equal to length of the square park is 16 per m, then find the total cost of
rectangular park and cost of fencing circular park is fencing the square park?
Rs.20/m, then find total cost of fencing circular park. (a) 2200 Rs. (b) 2240 Rs. (c) 2280 Rs.
(a) Rs.2250
(d) Rs.2640
(b) Rs.2760
(e) Rs.2540
(c) Rs.2800
m (d) 2260 Rs. (e) None of these
12. The radius and height of a right circular cone are 12 cm
and 15 cm respectively. The cone is cut by a plane
Direction (6 – 7):The area of rectangular based tank, of
parallel to its base so as to divide it into two parts. The
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which longer side is 150% more than smaller side is 1440
volume of the frustum (the lower part) of the cone is
m2 and the tank contains 10800 m3 water.
320 π cm3 . Find the radius of the upper circular of the
6. Total surface area of tank, if tank is opened from upper frustum.
3 2 3
side. (a) 2√30 cm (b) 3√15 cm (c) 4√15 cm
3
(d) 2√18 cm (e) None of these
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(a) 2700 m2 (b) 2400 m2 (c) 3600 m2

(d) 4900 m2 (e) 2100 m2 13. The ratio of the curved surface area of the cylinder and
7 the curved surface area of cone is 8: P. If slant height of
7. If radius of a conical tank is 8 th of smaller side of the cone is 15 cm, and the total volume of the structure
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rectangular based tank and height is two times of made by joining the same cone and cylinder such that
height of rectangular based tank, then find capacity of the base of both cone and cylinder completely coincide
water contained by conical tank? is 1944π cm3 . then find the value of P, if the radius of
(a) 6730 m3 (b) 6530 m3 (c) 6930 m3 each of cone and cylinder is 9 cm.
5 9
(d) 6960 m3 (e) 6990 m3 (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 2
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8. A rectangular sheet of area 300 cm2 . The ratio between 2

length and breadth of the rectangular sheet is 4 : 3. If 14. The perimeter of a triangle is equal to perimeter of a
the rectangular sheet is cut in that way to make a rectangle. Length of rectangle is 75% of side of a
square sheet of maximum area, then find the area of square and ratio of length to breadth of rectangle is 3 :
the square sheet. 2. If difference between perimeter of square and that
(a) 400 cm2 (b) 196 cm2 (c) 75 cm2 of rectangle is 36 cm, then find perimeter of triangle?
(a) 60 cm (b) 48 cm (c) 72 cm
(d) 169 cm2 (e) 225 cm2
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15. Breadth of a rectangle is increased by 5 cm to form a 20. Ratio of difference between area of a rectangle
square of area 676 cm2. Find the total surface area of a obtained in two cases, first when length of a rectangle
cylindrical toy whose radius is equal to the breadth of is decreased by 4 cm and second when breadth of the
original rectangle is increased by 4 cm to the area of
rectangle and height is equal to the length of a
rectangle is 4 : 9. Find ratio of numerical value
rectangle. perimeter to area of rectangle.
(a) 6424 cm2 (b) 6412 cm2 (c) 6408 cm2 (a) 2 : 7 (b) 2 : 5 (c) 2 : 11
(d) 6400 cm2 (e) 6204 cm2 (d) 2 : 9 (e) None of these

16. If total cost of fencing a circular plot is Rs. 2816, then 21. A solid sphere iron ball having radius of 12 cm melted
and re- casted into a hollow cylindrical vessel of

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what will be cost of fencing a square plot, which has
uniform thickness. If external radius of the base of
side of 6.4 meters more than radius of given circular
cylindrical vessel is 10 cm and its height is 64 cm, then
plot having area of 98. 56 m2. (consider per meter cost find the uniform thickness of the cylindrical vessel?

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of fencing of circular plot & of square plot same) (a) 2 cm (b) 1 cm (c) 2.5 cm
(a) 3860 Rs. (b) 3820 Rs. (c) 3840 Rs. (d) 2.25 cm (e) None of these
(d) 3800 Rs. (e) 3880 Rs. 22. Total surface area of a cylinder mounted with a
hemispherical bowl on one end is 2552 cm². If height
17. The radius of a semicircle is equal to the radius of a
of cylinder is 8 cm then find the volume of the solid

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sphere whose surface area is 616 cm2 and height of a
body?(cm3)
cylinder is 150% more than radius of semicircle and 1 1 1
(a) 10443 (b) 10677 (c) 10547
3 3 3
ratio of height to radius of cylinder is 5 : 1. Then find 1 1
(d) 10977 3 (e) 10787 3
radius of cylinder? (in cm) m
(a) 14 (b) 7.5 (c) 3 23. The surface area of a sphere is 423.5 cm2 less than total
(d) 3.5 (e) 5.5 surface area of a hemisphere. If ratio between radius of
hemisphere and sphere is 3 : 2, then find the radius of
18. A cylindrical mould of iron of radius 6 cm is used to hemisphere?
make 2 conical shape ice-creams of radius 2 cm each. If (a) 5.5 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 4 cm
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height of ice-cream is 60% of height of mould then find (d) 7 cm (e) 10.5 cm
volume of the mould if height of mould is 5 times the 24. The ratio of the volume of the cylinder to that of a cone
radius of ice-cream. having same heights is 27: 36. If the sum of the radii of
(a) 340 π cm3 (b) 352 π cm3 (c) 342 π cm3 cylinder and cone is 45 cm, then what is the area of
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(d) 344 π cm 3
(e) 356 π cm 3 rectangle whose sides are equal to the radii of cylinder
and cone?
19. Radius of two circles are in the ratio of 1 : 3. Sum of (a) 450 cm2 (b) 360 cm2 (c) 480 cm2
circumference of both circles is 176 cm, which is equal (d) 540 cm2 (e) 420 cm2
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to perimeter of a rectangle. If ratio between length to 25. The total surface area of a cylinder is 368π cm2 and
breadth of rectangle is 8 : 3, then what is the difference sum of radius and height of cylinder is 23cm. Find the
between radius of bigger circle and length of rectangle? volume of cone whose total surface area is 200π cm2.
(a) 60 cm (b) 65 cm (c) 62 cm (radius of cylinder and cone is equal)
(a) 512π cm3 (b) 640π cm3 (c) 320π cm3
(d) 43 cm (e) 59 cm 3 3
(d) 290π cm (e) 400π cm
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1. A solid right circular cylinder has radius r and height surface area of cone to the total surface area of
5r. A solid right circular cone is carved out from one remaining part of cylinder.
end of the base of cylinder. If base radius of cone is r (a) 3 : 5 (b) 4 : 7 (c) 2 : 7
and height is 2√2 r then, find the ratio between total (d) 3 : 4 (e) 1 : 3

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Directions (2-3): A hemispherical bowl is filled with hot 7. What is the number of floors and the number of
water. The contents of the bowl are transferred into a rooms/floor in the hotel originally had?
cylindrical vessel whose radius is 50% more than its (a) 10 floors 50 rooms
height. (b) 20 floors 20 rooms
2. If diameter of the bowl is the same as that of the (c) 20 floors 25 rooms
cylindrical vessel, then the volume of the hot water in (d) 50 floors 10 rooms
the cylindrical vessel is (e) 60 floors, 45 rooms
(a) 60% of the cylindrical vessel
8. If previously before modification the hotel has 20
(b) 80% of the cylindrical vessel
floors and 25 rooms in each floor now hotel has to

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(c) 100% of the cylindrical vessel
(d) 50% of the cylindrical vessel increase the total no. of rooms to 600, then what is the
(e) none of these additional number of rooms the hotel must put in each
floor?

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3. This hemispherical bowl is joined at one end of the
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10
cylindrical vessel and the solid obtained by combining (d) 25 (e) None of these
these figure is filled completely with water. If a drain
pipe is connected to it then pipe will empty 539 cm³ of Directions (9-10): According to a plan, a team of
water in one minute. If radius of the solid is 21 cm, then woodcutters decided to harvest 216 cm 3 of wheat in
in what time whole water will be emptied from the

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several days. In the first three days, the team fulfilled the
solid. Given that diameter of cylinder and hemisphere daily assignment, and then it harvested 8 m3 of wheat over
are same. and above the plan every day. Therefore, a day before the
(a) 72 min (b) 60 min (c) 90 min planned date, they had already harvested 232 m3 of wheat.
(d) 75 min (e) None of these
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4. Four horses are tethered for grazing at four corners of
a square plot of side 14 m so that the adjacent horses
9. How many cubic metres of wheat a day did the team
have to cut according to the plan?
(a) 24 (b) 28
can just reach one another. There is a small circular
(c) 26 (d) Can’t be determined
pond of area 20m² at the centre. Find the ungrazed
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area. (e) None of these
(a) 36m² (b) 25m² (c) 18m² 10. To harvest 216 m3 of wheat 2 days before the planned
(d) 22m² (e) None of these date, how many cubic metres of wheat must be
5. Sum of Area of circle and a rectangle is equal to 622 sq harvested by team over and the above the plan every
cm. The diameter of the circle is 14 cm, then what is the day after first three days ?
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sum of circumference of the circle and the perimeter of (a) 8 m3 (b) 12 m3 (c) 10 m3
the rectangle if the length of rectangle is 26 cm? (d) 16 m3 (e) None of these
(a) 142cm (b) 132cm (c) 152cm
(d) 140cm (e) 134cm 11. The dimensions of a field are 20 m by 9 m. A pit 10 m
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long, 4.5 m wide and 3 m deep is dug in one corner of

6. There is a solid cone of radius R. A circular hole of the field and the earth removed has been evenly
radius r is drilled from the centre of its circular base to spread over the remaining area of the field. What will
its top, along its axis. Find the fraction of the volume of
be the rise in the height of field as a result of this
the cone left, if R : r = 7 : 4.
208 135 235 operation?
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(d) 343 (e) None of these (d) 4 m (e) 1m

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hotel. However, due to a change in rule, the hotel has to another cone and slant height of the second cone is
decrease the number of floors by 5. However, the thrice that of the first, find the ratio of the area of their
management is able to put 5 more rooms in each floor. base.
Over all, the number of rooms in the hotel decreases by (a) 81 : 1 (b) 9 : 1 (c) 3 : 1
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13. Find the area of the shaded region if the radius of each 17. What is the area of the shaded portion if each side of
of the circles is 1 cm. the square measures 21 cm?

A B
10.5 cm

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π π (a) 86.5 cm2 (b) 102 cm2 (c) 94.5 cm2
(a) 2 – (b) √3 – π (c) √3 –
3 2 (d) 81.5 cm2 (e) None of these

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(d) √3 – (e) None of these
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18. An oblong piece of ground measures 19 meters 2.5 dm
14. Find the perimeter and area of the shaded portion of by 12 metres 5 dm. From the centre of each side a path
the adjoining diagram: 2 meters wide goes across to the centre of the opposite
28 cm side. Find the cost of paving these paths at the rate of
Rs. 12.32. per sq meter.

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(a) Rs. 7430.68 (b) Rs. 713.04 (c) Rs. 753.26
26 c m

(d) Rs. 733.04 (e) None of these

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19. In the given figure, OP = PQ = 14 cm and semicircles

(a) 90.8 cm, 414 cm2 (b) 181.6 cm, 423.7 cm2
m are drawn on OP, PQ and OQ as diameters. Then, the
perimeter of the shaded area is:
(c) 90.8 cm, 827.4 cm2 (d) 181.6 cm, 827.4 cm2
(e) None of these
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15. A cylindrical container whose diameter is 12 cm and
height is 15 cm, is filled with ice cream. The whole ice-
cream is distributed to 10 children in equal cones
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having hemispherical tops. If the height of the conical P
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portion is twice the diameter of its base, find the

diameter of the ice-cream cone?
(a) 88 cm (b) 176 cm (c) 264 cm
(a) 6 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 3 cm
(d) 352 cm (e) None of these
(d) 18 cm (e) 15 cm
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20. The circumference of a circular field is 440 m. A

16. A rectangular tin sheet is 22 m long and 8 m broad. It
circular path of 10 metre width runs around the
is rolled along its length to form a cylinder by making
outside of the field. Find the cost of gravelling the path
the opposite edges just to touch each other. The
at the rate of 70 paise per square metre?
volume of the cylinder (in m3) is:
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(a) 385 (b) 204 (c) 280 p
(d) Can't to be determined
(d) 308 (e) None of these
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1. The length & breadth of a rectangle is in ratio 4 : 7. If

8. Area of Istcircle and circumference of IInd circle is 1386
perimeter is 88 cm. find area of rectangle.
cm2 and 176 cm respectively. There is a square whose
(a) 414 cm2 (b) 336 cm2 (c) 448cm2 5
(d) 524 cm2 (e) 396 cm2 side is 35 7 % of twice of sum of the radius of both the
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(a) 132 (b) 136 (c) 140
2. The radius of a circle is 14 cm. what is area of another
circle having radius 1.5 times of the actual circle? (d) 116 (e) 124

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(d) 1485 cm2 (e) 1276 cm2 9. A Square and an equilateral triangle have the same

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IBPS PO Prelims 2019 area. If the perimeter of the square is 88 cm , then find
3. A rectangular path of width 3m is surrounding the the area of the equilateral triangle is?
garden whose length is 3m more than its width. If cost (a) 441 cm² (b) 400 cm² (c) 484 cm²
of painting the path at rate of 0.5Rs/m² is Rs 273 then (d) 324 cm² (e) 576 cm²
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(a) 1525m² (b) 1804 m² (c) 1776 m²
10. If circumference of first circle is 132 cm and
(d) 1906 m² (e) 1664 m²
circumference of second circle is 110 cm then find
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the difference between area of both the circle?
4. The length & breadth of a rectangle is in ratio 4 : 7. If (a) 423.5 cm2 (b) 412.5 cm2 (c) 420 cm2
perimeter is 88 cm. find area of rectangle.
(a) 414 cm2 (b) 336 cm2 (c) 448cm2
m (d) 422.4 cm2 (e) 419.8 cm2
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(d) 524 cm (e) 396 cm
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5. The radius of a circle is 14 cm. what is area of another height, while ratio of curved surface area to volume of
circle having radius 1.5 times of the actual circle? cylinder is 1 : 7. If radius and height of a cone is same
(a) 1296 cm2 (b) 1386 cm2 (c) 1352 cm2 as that of cylinder, then find slant height of cone?
(d) 1485 cm2 (e) 1276 cm2 (a) 21 √5 cm (b) 10 √5 cm (c) 7 √5 cm
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6. A rectangular path of width 3m is surrounding the 12. Ravi cuts a square field of maximum possible area
garden whose length is 3m more than its width. If cost from his circular field. Find the area of the remaining
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of painting the path at rate of 0.5Rs/m² is Rs 273 then circular field if the cost of grass cutting of the square
find the area of garden field at Rs 4 per m² is Rs 882?
(a) 1525m² (b) 1804 m² (c) 1776 m² (a) 120 m² (b) 126 m² (c) 121 m²
(d) 1906 m² (e) 1664 m²
(d) 116 m² (e) 109 m²
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7. The area of a square is 1767 m2 (approx.) and length
13. Area of rectangle having length and breadth in the
of rectangle is one-third of side of that square. If
ratio of 4: 3 is 432 cm2. A square whose side is equal
breadth of rectangle is 4m less than length of
to diagonal of rectangle then find ratio of numerical
rectangle, then find difference between area of square
value of perimeter to the area of square?
and area of rectangle.
(a) 1609 m2 (b) 1627 m2 (c) 1664 m2 (a) 7: 55 (b) 4: 35 (c) None of these
(d) 1729 m2 (e) 1709 m2 (d) 1:8 (e) 2:15
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14. Length of a rectangular land is twice the radius of a 20. Area of a rectangle is 180cm² and difference between
circle of circumference 132 cm. The land area got length and breadth of rectangle is 3cm. If breadth of
increased by 144 sq.cm, when a square land is rectangle is equal to the side of a square, then find
attached along the breadth of the rectangle. Find area perimeter of square?
of rectangle in sq.cm. (a) 44 cm (b) 52 cm (c) 48 cm
(a) 1008 (b) 257 (c) 504 (d) 64 cm (e) 40 cm
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(d) 756 (e) 1512
RBI Grade B Phase I 2019 21. The perimeter of a triangle is equal to perimeter of a
rectangle. Length of rectangle is 75% of side of a
15. If length of a rectangle increases by 40% while

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square and ratio of length to breadth of rectangle is 3
keeping breadth constant then area of rectangle
: 2. If difference between perimeter of square and that
increased by 24 m2 and perimeter of original
of rectangle is 36 cm, then find perimeter of triangle?

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rectangle is 32 m. find breadth of rectangle.
(a) 60 cm (b) 48 cm (c) 72 cm
(a) 8.4 m (b) 10 m (c) 6 m (d) 80 cm (e) 96 cm
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22. If perimeter of the base of a cylinder is 66 cm. Then
16. A sphere is melted and molded into solid cylinder. If find volume of cylinder if height of cylinder is 0.04 m

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radius of both solids is equal, then find the ratio of (a) 1111 cm³ (b) 1386 cm³ (c) 2046 cm³
total surface area of sphere to the total surface area of (d) 1186 cm³ (e) 2002 cm³
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(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 3 : 7
23. Ratio of base and perpendicular side of a right-angled
(d) 6 : 7 (e) 7 : 6
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triangle is 3:4 and its base is equal to the side of a
square having area 81 cm2. Find the perimeter of the
17. The sum of the length of a rectangle and the side of a triangle?
square is 72 meters. If the perimeter of the rectangle (a) 30 cm (b) 36 cm (c) 33 cm
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is 84 meters and the breadth of the rectangle is 18 (d) 42 cm (e) 40 cm
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meters, then find the measurement of the side of the
square (in meters). 24. Perimeter of a right angled triangle is 60m and length
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 54 of hypotenuse of right angled triangle is 25m. If base
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(d) 60 (e) 30 of the right angled triangle is the smallest side, then
IBPS Clerk Prelims 2020 find length of smallest side.
(a) 10m (b) 18m (c) 21m
18. Length of rectangle ‘A’ is 125% of its breadth and area
(d) 25m (e) 15m
of rectangle ‘A’ is 1280 cm². If width of rectangle ‘A’ is
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half of the side of a square, then find perimeter of
square. 25. In the adjacent figure, find the area of the shaded
region. (Use = 22/7)
(a) 72m (b) 64m (c) 84m
(d) 96m (e) 60m
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19. Perimeter of a rectangle is 2 cm more than

circumference of a circle and area of circle is 616 cm².
If breath of rectangle is equal to radius of circle, then
find length of rectangle (in cm)?
(a) 35 (b) 33 (c) 31
(d) 21 (e) 27 (a) 15.28 c𝑚2 (b) 61.14 c𝑚2 (c) 30.57 c𝑚2
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26. A vessel is in the form of a hollow cylinder mounted on 29. In given figure, y is both the radius of the larger circle
a hemispherical bowl. The diameter of the sphere is and the diameter of the smaller circle. Find the area of
14 cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find shaded region?
the capacity of the vessel? (Take p =22/7)

13 c m
r y

p
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(a) 321.33 cm (b) 1642.67 cm3 (c) 1232 cm3
(d) 1632.33 cm3 (e) None of these
3 3 1
(a) πy 2 (b) πy 2 (c) πy 2
7 4 4
27. In the given figure, circle P has diameter 2 m and circle 1 2
Q has diameter 1 m. Find the area of the shaded (d) πy (e) None of these
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region?

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30. In the given figure, if O is the centre of the circle, then
P
find the value of y?
Q
m
O
3 3 3
(a) π (b) 7 π (c) 5 π
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4 y°
(d) 4π (e) None of these
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28. In the given figure, QRST is a square. If the area of each P Q
circle is 2π, then find the area of square QRST? (a) 78° (b) 77° (c) 76°
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(d) 75° (e) None of these

31. The length of a rectangular plot is thrice of its breadth.

If the area of the rectangular plot is 7803 sq m, what
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is the breadth of the rectangular plot?

(a) 51 m (b) 153 m (c) 104 m
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(d) 88 m (e) None of these
(a) √4π2 (b) √4π (c) 32
(d) 16 (e) None of these
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