Chapter – 5

MENSURATION
Areas of Plane Figures (iv) For an isosceles triangle
b
Area = 4a 2 − b 2 where "a" is length of each of
Mensuration is the branch of mathematics which deals 4
with the study of geometric shapes, their area, volume the two equal sides and b is the third side
and related parameters. We have looked at properties of
plane figures till now. Here, in addition to areas of plane QUADRILATERALS
figures, we will also look at surface areas and volumes of
"solids." Solids are objects, which have three dimensions
(plane figures have only two dimensions). (i) For any quadrilateral

Let us briefly look at the formulae for areas of various Area of the quadrilateral = ½ x One diagonal x
plane figures and surface areas and volumes of various Sum of the offsets drawn to that diagonal
solids. Hence, for the quadrilateral ABCD shown in
Fig. 5.23, area of quadrilateral ABCD = 1/2 x AC ×
(BE + DF)
TRIANGLES
(ii) For a cyclic quadrilateral where the four sides
The area of a triangle is represented by the symbol ∆. measure a, b, c and d respectively,
For any triangle, the three sides are represented by a, b
and c and the angles opposite these sides represented by
Area = (s - a) (s - b) (s - c) (s - d) where s is the
A, B and C respectively.
semi-perimeter, i.e., s = (a + b + c + d)/2
(i) For any triangle in general,
(iii) For a trapezium
(a) When the measurements of three sides a, b, c Area of a trapezium = ½ x Sum of parallel sides
are given, x Distance between them
= ½ x (AD + BC) x AE (refer to Fig. 5.25)
Area = s(s - a)(s - b)(s - c) where
a+b+c (iv) For a parallelogram
s= (a) Area = Base x Height
2
This is called Hero's formula. (b) Area = Product of two sides x Sine of
included angle
(b) When base (b) and altitude (height) to that base
are given, (v) For a rhombus
Area = ½ x base x altitude = ½ b.h Area = ½ x Product of the diagonals
Perimeter = 4 x Side of the rhombus
(c) Area = ½ ab . sinC = ½ bc.sinA (vi) For a rectangle
= ½ ca.sinB Area = Length x Breadth
Perimeter = 2(l + b), where l and b are the length
abc and the breadth of the rectangle respectively
(d) Area = where R is the circumradius of the
4R
triangle. (vii) For a square
(a) Area = Side2
(e) Area = r.s where r is the inradius of the triangle (b) Area = ½ x Diagonal 2
and s, the semi-perimeter. [where the diagonal = 2 × side]
Perimeter = 4 × Side
Out of these five formulae, the first and the second are
the most commonly used and are also more important (viii) For a polygon
from the examination point of view. (a) Area of a regular polygon = ½ x Perimeter x
Perpendicular distance from the centre of the
(ii) For a right angled triangle, polygon to any side
(Please note that the centre of a regular
Area = ½ X Product of the sides containing the polygon is equidistant from all its sides)
right angle
3 3
Area of a regular hexagon = (side)2
(iii) For an equilateral triangle 2
3 ⋅ a2 (b) For a polygon which is not regular, the area
Area = where "a" is the side of the triangle
4 has to be found out by dividing the polygon into
suitable number of quadrilaterals and triangles
3 ⋅a
The height of an equilateral triangle = and adding up the areas of all such figures
2 present in the polygon.

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CIRCLE In a right prism, if a perpendicular is drawn from the
centre of the top face, it passes through the centre of the
(i) Area of the circle = π r2 where r is the radius of the base.
circle
Circumference = 2π r For any prism,
(ii) Sector of a circle
θ Lateral Surface Area = Perimeter of base × Height of
Length of arc = × 2 πr the prism
360° Total Surface Area = Lateral Surface Area + 2 × Area
θ of base
Area = × π r 2 where θ is the angle of the
360°
sector in degrees and r is the radius of the circle. Volume = Area of base x Height of the prism
Area = (1/2)lr; l is length of arc and r is radius.
CUBOID OR RECTANGULAR SOLID
(iii) Ring : Ring is the space enclosed by two concentric
circles. A right prism whose base is a rectangle is called a
rectangular solid or cuboid. If l and b are respectively the
Area = πR2 – πr2 = π(R + r)(R – r) where R is the radius length and breadth of the base and h, the height, then
of the outer circle and r is the radius of the inner circle.
Volume = lbh
ELLIPSE Lateral Surface Area = 2(l + b) . h
Total Surface Area = 2(l + b)h + 2lb
= 2(lb + lh + bh)
Area = π ab where "a" is semi-major axis and "b" is
semi-minor axis. Longest diagonal of the cuboid = l2 + b 2 + h2
Perimeter = π (a + b)
CUBE
AREAS AND VOLUMES OF SOLIDS
A right prism whose base is a square and height is equal
Solids are three-dimensional objects which, in addition to to the side of the base is called a cube.
area, have volume also. For solids, two different types of
areas are defined Volume = a3 where a is the edge of the cube
Lateral Surface Area = 4a2
(a) Lateral surface area or curved surface area and Total Surface Area = 6a2
The longest diagonal of the cube (i.e., the line joining
(b) Total surface area one vertex on the top face to the diagonally opposite
vertex on the bottom face) is called the diagonal of the
As the name itself indicates, lateral surface area is the
area of the LATERAL surfaces of the solid. Total surface cube. The length of the diagonal of the cube is a 3 .
area includes the areas of the top and the bottom
surfaces also of the solid. Hence, Total surface area = CYLINDER
Lateral surface area + Area of the top face + Area of the
bottom face A cylinder is equivalent to a right prism whose base is a
circle. A cylinder has a single curved surface as its
lateral faces. If r is the radius of the base and h is the
In solids (like cylinder, cone, sphere) where the lateral
height of the cylinder,
surface is curved, the lateral surface area is usually
referred to as the "curved surface area."
Volume = π r2h
Curved Surface Area = 2π π rh
For any solid, whose faces are regular polygons, there is
Total Surface Area = 2 π rh + 2π
π r2 = 2π
π r(h + r)
a definite relationship between the number of vertices,
the number of sides and the number of edges of the A hollow cylinder has a cross-section of a ring.
solid. This relationship is given by "Euler's Rule". Volume of the material contained in a hollow cylindrical
ring
Number of faces + Number of vertices = π (R2 – r2)h where R is the outer radius, r is the inner
= Number of edges + 2(Euler's Rule) radius and h, the height.

PRISM PYRAMID

A right prism is a solid whose top and bottom faces A solid whose base is a polygon and whose faces are
triangles is called a pyramid. The triangular faces meet
(bottom face is called base) are parallel to each other
at a common point called vertex. The perpendicular from
and are identical polygons (of any number of sides) that
the vertex to the base is called the height of the pyramid.
are parallel. The faces joining the top and bottom faces
are rectangles and are called lateral faces. There are as A pyramid whose base is a regular polygon and the foot
many lateral faces as there are sides in the base. The of the perpendicular from the vertex to the base
distance between the base and the top is called height or coincides with the centre of the base, is called a right
length of the right prism. pyramid.
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The length of the perpendicular from the vertex to any CONE FRUSTUM
side of the base (please note that this side will be the
base of one of the triangular lateral faces of the prism) Fig. 5.02
along the slant lateral surface is called the slant height of
the prism. r

Volume of a pyramid = 1/3 x Area of base x Height

Lateral Surface area = 1/2 x Perimeter of the base x
Slant height h l
Total Surface Area = Lateral Surface Area + Area of
the base. R
CONE
Fig. 5.01 If a cone is cut into two parts by a plane parallel to the
base, the portion that contains the base is called the
frustum of a cone.

If r is the top radius ; R, the radius of the base; h the

height and l the slant height of a frustum of a cone
L (Fig. 5.42), then,
h
Lateral Surface Area of the cone = π l(R + r)
Total Surface Area = π (R2 + r2 + R.l + r.l)
r Volume = 1/3 π h (R2 + Rr + r2)
l2 = (R − r)2 + h2

If H is the height of the complete cone from which the

A cone is equivalent to a right pyramid whose base is a frustum is cut, then from similar triangles, we can write
circle. The lateral surface of a cone does not consist of the following relationship.
triangles like in a right pyramid but is a single curved r H−h
surface. =
R H
If r is the radius of the base of the cone, h is height of the
A bucket that is normally used in a house is a good
cone and' l is the slant height of the cone, then we have
example of the frustum of a cone. The bucket is actually
the relationship (Fig. 5.41)
the inverted form of the frustum that is shown in the
figure above.
l² = r² + h²

Volume = 1/3 π r2h

FRUSTUM OF A PYRAMID
Curved Surface Area = π r.l A pyramid left after cutting of a portion at the top by a
Total Surface Area = π rl + π r2 = π r( l + r) plane parallel to the base is called a frustum of a pyra-
mid.
A cone can be formed by taking the sector of a circle and If A1 is the area of the base; A2 the area of the top and h,
joining together its straight edges. If the radius of the the height of the frustum,
sector is R and the angle of the sector is θ°, then we
have the following relationships between the length of
the arc and area of the sector on the one hand and base
Volume of frustum = 1/
3 (
× h × A 1 + A 2 + A 1A 2 )
perimeter of the cone and curved surface area of the Lateral Surface Area = ½ x (Sum of perimeters of
cone on the other hand. base and top) x Slant height
Total Surface Area = Lateral Surface Area + A1 + A2
Radius of the sector = Slant height of the cone
i.e., R = l TORUS
Fig. 5.03
Length of the arc of the sector = Circumference of the
base of the cone

θ 2r a
i.e., × 2× πR = 2πr •
360

θ
⇒ r= ×R
360 A torus is a three-dimensional figure produced by the
and Area of the sector = Curved surface area revolution of a circle about an axis lying in its plane but
not intersecting the circle. The shape of the rubber tube
(Actually, from this last equation, substituting the values in a bicycle (when it is inflated fully) is an example of a
from the first two equations, we can get the curved torus. If r is the radius of the circle that rotates and a is
surface area of the cone, which is what is given the distance between the centre of the circle and the axis
previously as equal to πrl) of revolution,
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Surface Area of the torus = 4π2ra Sol: Area of the square = 484. Hence perimeter of
Volume of the torus = 2π2r2a the square = 88. If the wire was bent in the form
of a circle, it would have its circumference as 88 cm.
A torus is also referred to as a solid ring. (Fig. 5.43) 88
Hence radius = = 14 cm
SPHERE (2)  22 
 7 
Any point on the surface of a sphere is equidistant from
the centre of the sphere. This distance is the radius of 5.04.
the sphere.

Surface Area of a sphere = 4ππ r2 270°

π r3
Volume of a sphere = (4/3)π O
The curved surface area of a hemisphere is equal to half
A
the surface area of a sphere, i.e., 2πr²
B
{Note: Among the solids discussed above, Pyramid, In the figure above, O is the centre of the circle.
Frustum of a Pyramid and Torus are not important from Find the length of the minor arc AB if OA = 7 cm.
the point of view of the entrance exams and hence can
 22 
be ignored if you so wish. Similarly, among the plane  Take π = 
figures, Ellipse may be ignored if you so wish.}  7 

The following examples cover various properties / Sol: ∠AOB = 360° − 270° = 90°
theorems discussed in Geometry as well as areas and θ
volumes discussed in Mensuration. You should learn all Length of the minor arc AB = × 2πr
the properties of triangles, quadrilaterals and circles as 360°
well as areas/volumes of plane figures and solids  90°    22  
thoroughly before starting with the worked out examples =    (2)   (7 ) = 11 cm
and the exercise that follows the worked out examples.  360°    7  

5.05. In the previous example, find the area of the

Examples minor
 22 
5.01. The sides of a triangle are 12 cm, 18 cm and 24 sector AOB  Take π = .
cm. Find its area.  7 

Sol: The semi – perimeter (s) θ

Sol: Area of the sector = × πr2
360°
12 + 18 + 24
 90°   22 
 (7 ) = 38⋅5 sq.cm
= = 27 2
2 =  
 360 °   7 

Area of the triangle = s(s − a)(s − b )(s − c ) 1

5.06. The circumference of a circle is 2 times that
2
= (27 )(27 − 12)(27 − 18 )(27 − 24 ) of another circle. How many times the area of
the smaller circle is the area of the larger circle?
= 27 15 sq.cm
Sol: Let the radius of the smaller circle be r cm.
5.02. The wheel of a motorcar makes 800 revolutions Radius α circumference.
in covering 880 m. Find its diameter 5
Hence radius of the larger circle = (Radius of
 22  2
 Take π = .
 7  5
the smaller circle) = r cm .
2
Sol: Let the diameter be d m. Area = π (radius)2
Distance covered = (Number of revolutions) 2
5 
(circumference of the wheel). ∴Area of the larger circle = π  r
 22  2 
∴ 880 = (800 )   (d)
 7  =
4
[ ]
25 2
πr =
25
4
(Area of the smaller circle)
d = 0.35

5.03. A copper wire would enclose an area of 484 5.07. A goat is tied to a corner of a square field of
sq.cm if it was bent in the shape of a square. If side 21 m with a rope of length 14 m. Find the
it was bent in the form of a circle, find the radius area of the square field that the goat cannot
 22   22 
of the circle.  Take π =  graze  Take π = .
 7   7 

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Sol: Sol: Area of ABCD = Area of CDEF (the
C 21 m D parallelograms are between the same parallel
lines and hence their areas will be equal).
∴ Area of CDEF = 100 sq.cm

E 5.12. The areas of a rectangle and a square are in

the ratio 3 : 4. The length of the rectangle is
14 m 8 cm more than that of the square. The breadth
of the rectangle is 8 cm less than that of the
square. Find the perimeter of the square.
B F 14 m A
Sol: Let the side of the square the a cm. Length of
the rectangle and its breadth are (a + 8) cm and
Area that the goat cannot graze = (Area of (a − 8) cm respectively. Given that
ABCD) − (Area of sector AEF) 3 2
(a + 8) (a − 8) = a
 90°  4
= (212) –  π (14) 2  = 287 sq.m
 360°  3 2
⇒ a2 – 64 = a
4
5.08. A circular garden has a diameter of 56 m. It has ⇒ a = 16
a circular path running all around and outside it. Hence perimeter of the square = 4a = 64 cm
The difference between the circumferences of
the larger and the smaller gardens is 44 m. 5.13. If the square on the diagonal of a rectangle is
 22  four the area of the rectangle, find the ratio of its
Find the width of the path  Take π = 
 7  length and breadth.

Sol: Let the length and breadth of the rectangle be

Sol: Difference between the circumferences
ℓ and b respectively (ℓ > b). Its diagonal
= 2π (radius of the larger garden) − 2π (radius of
the smaller garden) = 2π (width of the path) l 2 + b2
=
(2)  22  (width of the path) = 44
Given that  l 2 + b 2  = 4(ℓb)
2

 7 
 
Width of the path = 7 m
⇒ ℓ2 + b2 – 4ℓb = 0
5.09. A circular garden has a radius of 15 m. It is l
By dividing throughout with ℓb and taking As
surrounded by a circular path of width 7 m. b
If the path is to be polished at a rate of `15 per K, we get K2 – 4K + 1 = 0
sq.m, find the total cost of polishing the path. 4 ± 16 + 4
 22  ⇒K= =2+ 5
 Take π =  2
 7 
As K > 1, K = 2 ± 5
Sol: Total cost of polishing = (15) (Area to be
covered) 5.14. Find the total surface area and the volume of a
cuboid whose length, breadth and height are
 22
= 15  ( 
)
222 − 152  = `12210 20 cm, 15 cm and 12 cm respectively.
 7 
Sol: Total surface area = 2(ℓb + bh + ℓh)
5.10. The area of parallelogram ABCD, whose height = 2 ((20) (15) + (15) (12) + (20) (12))
on side AB is 9 cm, is 108 sq.cm. Find length of = 1440 sq.cm
side AB. Volume = ℓbh = (20) (15) (12) = 3600 cubic cm

Sol: Area = (AB) (height) = 108 = (AB) (9) 5.15. A wall of measurements 30 m × 12 m × 4 m was
∴ AB = 12 cm constructed with bricks of dimensions
8 cm × 6 cm × 6 cm. If 80% of the wall consists
5.11. of bricks, find the number of bricks used for the
A B F E construction.

Sol: Volume of the wall

= (30) (100) (12) (100) (D) (100) cubic cm.
Total volume of the bricks = 0.8 [volume of the
wall]
Volume of each brick = (8) (6) (6) cubic cm
C 10 cm D
Number of bricks required
In the figure above, ACDE is a trapezium. If the
area of parallelogram ABCD is 100 sq.cm, find =
(0.8 )(30)(100 )(12)(100 )(4)(100) = 4000000
the area of parallelogram CDEF. (8)(6 )(6 )
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5.16. A certain type of wood costs `500 per m3. 5.21. A metallic solid cylinder has a diameter of
A solid cubical block of this wood costs, `108. 24 cm and a height of 96 cm. It is melted and
Find its volume as well as its length. made into 48 solid spheres of equal size.
Find the diameter of each sphere.
108
Sol: Volume = = 0 ⋅ 216 m 3 2
500 22  24 
As the block is in the shape of a cube, its length Sol: Volume of the cylinder =   (14)
7  2 
3
= volume = 0.6 m As the cylinder is melted and recasted into a 48
indentical solid spheres, the volume of the
5.17. A cylinder has a diameter of 36 cm. It has water cylinder is equal to the total volume of all the 48
upto a height of 22 cm. A metal cuboid which spheres.
has a length of 22 cm and each of whose
lateral face is a square of side 18 cm is Let the diameter of each sphere be d cm
immersed in it. Find the rise in the height of the  4  22  d 3  22
 22  48      = (12)2 (96)
water level  Take π =   3  7  2   7
 7 
d = 12
Sol: Let the rise in the water level be h cm.
5.22. A cylinder has its height equal to twice its
( )
2
22  36 
  h = (22) 18 2 ⇒ h = 7 diameter. If its radius is r cm, find its volume in
7  2  terms of r.

Sol: Height = 2 (diameter)

5.18. A steel pipe has an external diameter of 1⋅6 cm
= 2 (2r) = 4r cm
and a thickness of 1 mm. Each cubic cm of it
weights 8 gms. Find its weight if its length is Volume = πr2 (4r)
= 4πr3 cubic cm
 22 
70 cm  Take π = 
 7  5.23. A solid is in the form of a cylinder surmounded
by a cone. The diameter of the cone is 14 cm
1⋅ 6 The heights of the cylinder and the cone are
Sol: External radius = = 0 ⋅ 8 cm 12 cm and 6cm respectively. Find its
2
 22 
Internal radius = 0⋅8 − 0⋅1 = 0⋅7 cm volume.  take π = .
 7 
Volume =
22
(70 ) (0 ⋅ 82 − 0 ⋅ 72 ) = 33
7
Sol: Volume = Volume of cylinder + Volume of cone
Weight = (33) (8) = 264 gm
2 2
 14  1  14 
=π   (12) + π  (6 )
5.19. The radius as well as the height of a right  2  3  2 
circular cone increases by 20%. Find the = 49π (14)
percentage increase in its volume.
 22 
= (49)   (14 )
Sol: Let the radius as well as the height of the cone  7 
be 100. = 2156 cubic cm.
1 1
Initial volume = π (1002 ) (100) = π(1003 )
3 3 5.24. The area of the base of a right circular cone is
New radius = New height = 120 1386 sq.cm. Its height is 20 cm. Find its volume
1  22 
Final volume = π(1⋅ 2(100 ))3 and curved surface area  take π = .
3  7 
1 
= 1.728  π(1003 ) 
3  Sol: Let the radius be r cm.
∴ Volume increased by 72⋅8% 22 2
r = 1386 ⇒ r = 21
7
5.20. A swimming pool is 200 ft long and 60 ft wide. 1 22
It is 2 ft deep at the shallow end of the length Volume = × (212) (20)
and is 6 ft deep at the deep end of the length. 3 7
Find the volume of the water contained in it. = 9240 cubic cm
Let the slant height be l cm.
Sol: Area of cross section
l= 212 + 20 2 = 29 cm
1
= ( 200) (2 + 6 ) = 800 sq.m Curved surface area
2
Volume = (Area of cross section) (width) 22
= (21) ( 29) = 1914 sq.cm.
= 48000 cubic m 7
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5.25. A conical cup is filled with ice-cream. The ice 5.28. The area of the floor of a conical tent having
cream forms a hemispherical shape on its open a circular base is 616 sq.m. Find the canvas
top. The height of the hemispherical part is required for the tent if its height is 48 cm.
7 cm. The radius of the hemispherical part  22 
equals the height of the cone. Find the volume  Take π = 
 7 
 22 
of the ice cream.  Take π = 
 7  Sol: Let the radius of the tent be r m.
22 2
Sol: As the radius of the hemispherical part equals r = 616
the height of the cone, radius of the part 7
= height of the part = height of the cone = 7 cm r = 14
Volume of the ice cream Let the slant height be l m.
1 2 l = 142 + 482 = 50
= π (7 2 ) (7 ) + π (7 3 )
3 3 22
22 3 Canvas required = (14) (50) = 2200 sq.m.
= (7 ) = 1078 cubic cm 7
7
5.29. A roller has a length of 3 m. Its diameter is
5.26. Find the volume of the largest right circular 0⋅7 m. It requires 600 revolutions of the roller to
cylinder which can be cut from a cube of side level a road. The cost of usage of the roller is
 22  `5 per sq.m. Find the total cost of levelling the
7 cm.  Take π = 
 7   22 
road.  Take π = 
 7 
Sol: The largest right circular cylinder will have its
height as well as its diameter equal to the side Sol: Curved surface area of the roller
of the cube.
 22   0⋅7 
∴Its volume = 2    (3 ) = 6⋅6 sq.m
 7   2 
22   7 
2
=    (7) = 269 ⋅ 5 cubic cm Cost of levelling the road
7  2   = (600) (6⋅6) (5) = `19800
 
5.30. A sphere and a hemisphere have the same
5.27. A ten rupee note measures 15 cm × 8 cm and a
radius. Find the ratio of their
bundle of 90 such notes is 1 cm thick. Find the
(i) volumes.
value of the ten rupee notes that can be contained
(ii) curved surface areas.
in a box of size 48 cm × 36 cm × 30 cm, if the
(iii) total surface areas.
bundles are tightly packed in it without any
empty space.
4 3 2 3
Sol: (i) Ratio of volumes = πr : πr = 2 : 1
Sol: Volume of the box = (48 × 36 × 30) cubic cm 3 3
Volume of each bundle = (15 × 8 × 1) cubic cm (ii) Curved surface area of a sphere = Its total
Number of bundles in the box surface area = 4πr2
( 48) (36) (30) ∴Ratio of curved surface areas
= = 432
(15) (8 ) (1) = 4 πr2 : 2 πr2 = 2 : 1
(iii) Ratio of total surface areas
Value of each bundle = `900
= 4πr2 : (2πr2 + πr2) = 4 : 3
∴ Total value = (900) (432) = `388800

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 Concept Review Questions
Directions for questions 1 to 50: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.

1. The sides of a triangle are 4 cm and 6 cm. 14. If the perimeter of a rhombus is 52 cm and one of its
The angle included between them is 30º. Find the diagonals is 10 cm, then find its area. (in sq. cm)
area of the triangle. (in sq cm). (A) 154 (B) 168 (C) 120 (D) 175
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 7.5
15. A rectangular sheet has an area of 420 sq m and a
2. Find the area of a triangle whose inradius is r and perimeter of 82 m. Find the length of its diagonal (in m).
semi-perimeter is s.
(A) rs (B) (3/2)rs (C) 2rs (D) (5/2)rs

3. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are a, b and 16. A wire has a length of 264 cm. It is bent to form
c and circumradius is R. a rectangle whose adjacent sides are in the ratio
(A) abc/R (B) abc/2R (C) abc/3R (D) abc/4R 8 : 3. Find the area of the rectangle. (in sq. cm)
(A) 4032 (B) 4230 (C) 3428 (D) 3456
4. Find the area (in sq cm) of an equilateral triangle
whose side is 6 cm. 17. Find the area of a square whose diagonal is
(A) 3 3 (B) 4.5 3 (C) 6 3 (D) 9 3 6 6 cm. (in cm2)

5. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 36 cm.

If one of the equal sides is 13 cm, find the area of
the triangle. (in cm2) 18. Find the height of a trapezium whose parallel sides
are 14 cm and 8 cm and area is 154 cm².
(A) 7 cm (B) 14 cm (C) 10.5 cm (D) 21 cm

6. Find the area of a triangle whose sides measure 19. Find the length of the diagonal and the area of a
14 cm, 48 cm and 50 cm. rectangle respectively whose length is 12 cm and
(A) 672 cm2 (B) 336 cm2 (C) 350 cm2 (D) 700 cm2 breadth is 5 cm.
(A) 13 cm; 60 cm² (B) 13 cm; 84 cm²
7. T1 is a triangle. T2 is another triangle formed by (C) 9.5 cm; 76 cm² (D) 13.2 cm; 79 cm2
joining the midpoints of the sides of T1. Find the ratio
of the areas of T2 and T1. 20. If a path 3 m wide is laid all round and outside a field of
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 1 : 4 (D) 1 : 6 dimensions 25 m × 15 m, then find the area of the path.
(A) 276 sq.m (B) 256 sq.m
8. A rectangular sheet has an area of 1680 sq m and a (C) 240 sq.m (D) 266 sq.m
perimeter of 164 m. Find its length (in m).
21. A trapezium has a height of 12 cm. Its longer and
shorter parallel sides are 21 cm and 3 cm
respectively. Find its area (in sq cm).
9. What is the length of the diagonal of a square whose
area is equal to twice the area of a rectangle of
length 81 m and breadth 25 m?
22. The circumference of a circle is 21π cm. Find its area.
(A) 90 m (B) 90/ 2 m (A) 20π cm² (B) 276.5 cm²
(C) 90 2 m (D) 81 2 m (C) 214 cm² (D) 346.5 cm²

10. Find the ratio of the area of an equilateral triangle of 23. Find the perimeter of a square inscribed in a circle of
side 2a units to that of a square whose diagonal is radius 7 cm.
2a units. (A) 14 2 cm (B) 14/ 2 cm
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 3 : 8 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 3 :4 (C) 28 2 cm (D) 28/ 2 cm

11. Find the area (in sq cm) of a rhombus whose 24. The wheel of a cycle covers 1100 m by making 175
diagonals are 80 cm and 18 cm. revolutions. Find the diameter of the wheel. (in m)

12. A trapezium has its shorter and the longer sides as 25. Find the ratio of the area of the circle inscribed in an
4 cm and 20 cm respectively. Its parallel sides are equilateral triangle of side a units to that of the circle
5 cm apart. Find its area (in sq cm). circumscribing it.
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 70 (A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 2 : 5

13. PQRS is a quadrilateral. PR = 12 cm. The perpendicular 26. The radius of a circular garden is 21 m. If a pathway
distances from Q and S to PR are 6 cm and 4 cm of width 7 m runs all around and inside the garden,
respectively. Find the area of PQRS (in sq cm). then find its area. (in m2)
(A) 60 (B) 30
(C) 45 (D) None of these
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27. A semicircle has a radius of 14 cm. Find its 39. A solid hemisphere has a radius of 6 cm. Find its
perimeter (in cm) (Take π = 22/7). total surface area (in sq cm).
π

28. A sector has a radius of 7 cm and a central angle of

40. (i) A sphere has a radius of 12 cm. Find its volume
72°. Find its area (in sq cm) (Take π = 22/7). (in cubic cm).
(A) 15.4 (B) 23.1 (C) 30.8 (D) 46.2
(A) 1152π (B) 576π (C) 2304π (D) 4608π
29. A cyclic quadrilateral has its sides as 6 cm, 7 cm,
8 cm and 9 cm. Find its area (in sq cm). (ii) In the previous question, find the surface area
of the sphere (in sq cm).
(A) 18 21 (B) 24 21 (C) 36 21 (D) 12 21 (A) 576π (B) 2304π (C) 1152π (D) 4608π
30. A rectangular prism has the length and breadth of its 41. If the radius of a solid hemisphere is 6 cm, find the
base as 6 cm and 4 cm respectively. If its height is curved surface area of the hemisphere (in sq cm).
6 cm, find its lateral surface area (in sq cm).
π

31. A prism has a square base whose side is 6 cm. Its 42. If the radius of a solid hemisphere is 6 cm, find the
height is 10 cm. Find its total surface area (in sq cm). volume of the hemisphere (in cublc cm).
(A) 240 (B) 312 (C) 200 (D) 440 (A) 72π (B) 144π (C) 108π (D) 180π

43. A prism and a pyramid have the same base as well

32. A prism has a base which is an equilateral triangle
as height. Find the ratio of their volumes.
of side 6 cm. Its height is 20 cm. Find its volume.
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 2
(in cubic cm).
(A) 180 3 (B) 90 3 (C) 60 3 (D) 120 3 44. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram have lengths
of 8 cm and 10 cm. The angle between them is
33. A cuboid has its length, breadth and height as 30º. Find the area (in sq cm) of the parallelogram.
5 cm, 3 cm and 2 cm respectively. Find its volume
(in cubic cm).
45. (i) A pyramid has a slant height of 8 cm and
a square base of side 4 cm. Find its lateral
34. A cuboid has its length, breadth and height as l, surface area (in sq cm).
b and h respectively. Find the length of its body (A) 48 (B) 54 (C) 60 (D) 64
diagonal (in cm). (ii) In the previous question, find the total surface
(A) (lbh)1/3 (B) l2 + b2 + 4h2 area of the pyramid (in sq cm).
(A) 72 (B) 80 (C) 88 (D) 96
(C) l2 + 4b 2 + h2 (D) l2 + b2 + h2
46. (i) A frustum of a cone has its top radius, base
radius and its slant height as 6 cm, 8 cm and
35. A cube has an edge of 6 cm. Find its face diagonal 5 cm respectively. Find its lateral surface area
(in cm). (in sq cm).
2 (A) 65π (B) 68π (C) 72π (D) 70π
(ii) In the previous question, find the total surface
36. A cube has an edge of 8 cm. Find its body diagonal area of the frustum (in sq cm).
(in cm). (A) 85π (B) 115π (C) 140π (D) 170π
(A) 8 2 (B) 4 2 (C) 8 3 (D) 4 3 47. A regular hexagon has a side of 4 cm. Find its area
(in sq cm).
37. (i) A cuboid has its length, breadth and height as
(A) 24 3 (B) 18 3 (C) 12 3 (D) 15 3
6 cm, 5 cm and 4 cm respectively. Find its
lateral surface area (in sq cm).
(A) 88 (B) 108 48. A right circular cone is cut parallel to its base at half
(C) 100 (D) None of these its height. Find the ratio of the volume of the frustum
formed and that of the original cone.
(ii) In the previous question, find the total surface (A) 1 : 8 (B) 7 : 8 (C) 1 : 4 (D) 1 : 3
area of the cuboid (in sq cm).
(A) 136 (B) 144 (C) 156 (D) 148 49. In the previous question, find the ratio of the curved
surface areas of the smaller cone and the original
38. (i) A cube has an edge of 10 cm. Find its lateral cone.
surface area (in sq cm). (A) 1 : 4 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 1 : 8 (D) 1 : 7
(A) 400 (B) 360 (C) 440 (D) 420
50. A right square pyramid is cut parallel to its base at
(ii) In the previous question, find the total surface half of its height. Find the ratio of the volumes of the
area of the cube. (in sq cm) smaller pyramid and the frustum formed.
(A) 480 (B) 600 (C) 720 (D) 660 (A) 1 : 8 (B) 1 : 7 (C) 1 : 4 (D) 1 : 3

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 Exercise – 5(a)
Directions for questions 1 to 35: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.

1. An isosceles triangle has a perimeter of 72 cm. A 4 B

Each of its equal sides is 6 cm longer than its base.
Find its area (in sq cm).
(A) 240 (B) 180 (C) 210 (D) 270 4
2. In a triangle, the sum of the squares of two of the sides
is not more than four times its area. If the product of D C
these sides is 12, find its area. (in sq units)
(A) 2π : 3 (B) π : (1 – π)
(C) π : ( 2 – π) (D) π : (4 – π)
3. A rhombus can be divided into two congruent
triangles of perimeter 36 cm each, by drawing one 10. Three congruent circles are drawn in such a way that
diagonal. It can be divided into four congruent exactly one circle passes through the centres of the
triangles of perimeter 24 cm each, by drawing both other two circles, which touch each other externally.
the diagonals. Find the side of the rhombus. If the radius of each circle is r, then find the total area
(A) 10 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 12 cm of the region, common to any two circles.

4. The area of a trapezium is 98 cm2 and its height is (A)

r2
2
(π− 3 ) (B) 2r 2 π − 3 3( )
equal to the shorter of the two parallel sides. If the
longer of the two parallel sides is of 21 cm length,
find the height of the trapezium. (in cm)
 2π
(C) 2r 2 
 3
−
3

2 
(D)
3 2
2
r π− 3 ( )
11. C1 and C2 are centers of the two circles with same
5. Let PQRSTU be a regular hexagon. The area of the radius 8 cm. What is the area of the shaded region
triangle formed by joining any three alternate in square centimeters?
vertices of the hexagon is K times the area of the
hexagon. Find K.
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/6 (D) 1/2

6. Find the area of a parallelogram whose adjacent C1 h h C2

sides are 20 cm and 10 cm, the angle between them
being 45°.
(A) 300 2 sq.cm
128 π
(B) 150 2 sq.cm (A) − 32 3 (B) 116 π − 16 3
3
(C) 200 2 sq.cm 118 π
(C) − 24 3 (D) 45π – 32 3
(D) 100 2 sq.cm 3

7. There are three thin wires. One of them is bent to 12. A circle is divided into five sectors. The central angle
form a circle, another is bent to form an equilateral of the ith sector where 2 ≤ i ≤ 5 is twice the central
triangle and the third is bent to form a square. If all angle of the (i − 1)th sector. If the radius of the circle
the resulting figures enclose the same area, which is 2 cm, find the area of the smallest sector. (in sq. cm).
of the following statements is / are true? 4π 6π 4π 4π
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Ι. The wire bent to form a circle will have the least 15 63 127 31
length.
ΙΙ. The wire bent to form a triangle will have the 13. Find the area of a cyclic quadrilateral of sides
greatest length 2 cm, 4 cm, 6 cm and 8 cm.
(A) Only Ι (B) Only ΙΙ
(A) 16 15 cm2 (B) 2 90 cm2
(C) Both Ι and ΙΙ (D) Neither Ι nor ΙΙ
(C) 2 93 cm2 (D) 8 6 cm 2
8. The perimeter of the sector of a circle of radius
42 cm is 108 cm. Find the area of the sector. (in sq cm) 14. An equilateral triangle has a circle inscribed in it and
is circumscribed by a circle. There is another
equilateral triangle inscribed in the inner circle. Find
the ratio of the areas of the outer circle and the inner
9. In the figure below, ABCD is a square of area equilateral triangle.
16 sq. units and all the four circles have equal 16π 8π 24π 20π
radius. What is the ratio of the area of the shaded (A) (B) (C) (D)
region to that of the unshaded region? 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3

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15. Find the ratio of the areas of the regular hexagons 24. The radii of the top and bottom cross sections of
inscribed in and circumscribed around a circle of a bucket are 21 cm and 7 cm respectively. If the
radius 10 cm. capacity of the bucket is 2548π cm3, find the height
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3 of the bucket.
(A) 9 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 18 cm (D) 15 cm
16. Inside a rectangular plot of dimensions 70 ft ×
40 ft, a pit of dimensions 10 ft × 5 ft is dug to a depth 25. There is a closed rectangular shed with dimensions
of 27.5 ft. If the earth dug out is uniformly spread in 28 m × 8 m inside a field. A cow is tied to one corner of
the remaining part of the plot, find the rise in the this shed with a rope 12 m long. What is the area that
level of the plot. (in ft) the cow can graze in the field whose dimensions are
large enough to allow the cow to graze the maximum
area possible? (in sq m)

17. A cylindrical vessel of base radius 4 cm is filled with

water to a height of 6 cm. Lead shots each of radius
2 mm are dropped into it and the water level rises to 26. There are two identical cubes (C1 and C2). C1 is
8.50 cm. Find the number of lead shots dropped. perfectly cut into N identical small cubes. A sphere
(A) 500 (B) 3750 (C) 1000 (D) 1500 is inscribed in each of these cubes. A sphere is also
inscribed in C2. The total volume occupied by the
spheres in C1 is V1. The volume occupied by the
18. The sum of the radius of the base and the slant
sphere in C2 is V2. Find V1 : V2.
height of a cone is 25 cm. If the total surface area of
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2
the cone is 200π cm², then find the curved surface (C) 2 : 1 (D) 4 : 3
area of the cone. (in cm2)
(A) 156π cm² (B) 126π cm²
27. R1 and R2 are identical rectangles. S is a square
(C) 136π cm² (D) 164π cm2 having the same area as either of these rectangles.
R1 is rolled along its length so that the opposite
19. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that breadths coincide to form a cylinder C1 of volume Ca.
can be cut out of a cuboid of dimensions R2 is rolled along its breadth so that the opposite
56 cm × 21 cm × 14 cm. lengths coincide to form a cylinder C2 of volume Cb.
(A) 16248 cm3 (B) 1048 cm3 S is folded along one of its sides so that the two sides
(C) 1617 cm3 (D) 2874.67 cm3 perpendicular to that side coincide to form a cylinder
C3 of volume Cc. Which of the following holds true?
20. The model of an elevated dome is in the form of (A) Ca > Cb > Cc (B) Cb > Ca > Cc
a cylinder surmounted by a hemisphere. If the (C) Ca > Cc > Cb (D) Cb > Cc > Ca
diameter of the cylinder is 14 cm and the overall
height is 21 cm, find the difference between the 28. The length, breadth and height of a room are in the
curved surface areas of the cylinder and the ratio 7 : 4 : 5. If the volume of the room is 30240 m3,
hemisphere (in cm2). find the difference in the costs of covering the walls
with paper at `5 per sq.m and with paper at
`5.50 per. sq.m. (in `)

21. The radius of a cone is r cm and its height is

h cm. The change in volume when the height is
decreased by x cm is the same as the change in 29. The radius and the height of a cylinder are equal to
volume when the radius is decreased by x cm. the radius of a sphere. If the ratio of the numerical
Find the relation between x, r and h. values of the curved surface area of the cylinder and
2rh − r 2 2rh + r 2 the volume of the sphere is 1 : 3, find the volume of
(A) x = (B) x = the sphere.
h h
243π 216π 144π
r 2 − 2rh (A) (B) (C) (D) 108 π
(C) x = (D) x = 2r + r2 2 7 7
h
30. There are two tanks. One of them is in the shape
22. The thickness of a pipe is 2 mm and its external of a cuboid and the other is in the shape of
diameter is 0⋅8 cm. If 1 cm3 of the material of the a hemisphere. The base of the cuboidal tank is
pipe weighs 15 gm, then find the weight of the pipe a square. Both tanks have equal base perimeter and
of length 28 cm. (in gm) equal heights. The volume of the hemispherical tank
is less than that of the cuboidal tank by
approximately ______.
(A) 11% (B) 15% (C) 17% (D) 24%
23. A reservoir in the shape of a cuboid is of dimensions
31. PQRS is a square. T and U are points on PQ and
50 m × 30 m × 20 m. How long will it take to fill it
with water flowing at 10 km/hr through a pipe of inner PQ
QR respectively such that TQ = UR = . Find the
Cross-sectional area 25 cm2? (in hrs) 4
ratio of the areas of the triangle TUS and PQRS.
(A) 17 : 64 (B) 13 : 32 (C) 13 : 64 (D) 17 : 32

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32. The sides of a quadrilateral are 15, 45, 15, 63. If the 34. The base of a regular pyramid is a square of area A.
sides 45 and 63 are parallel, then area of the The height of the pyramid is one-third times the
quadrilateral is semi-perimeter of the square. The area of any of the
triangular regions of the pyramid is S. If A = Ks, what
is the value of k?.
33. The perimeter of the figure is 160.
If the area of the figure is A, find the value of
A + a2
.
a
a 35. A closed cuboidal box is inscribed in a sphere
a whose diameter is 50 2 . The box has a total
surface area of 9400. The sum of the lengths of all
the edges of the box is .
b

Exercise – 5(b)

Directions for questions 1 to 45: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.

1. The perimeter of a right-angled triangle is 90 cm and An equilateral triangle was inscribed in the circle.
its area is 270 cm2. Find the length of the Find the perimeter of the triangle (in m).
hypotenuse. 3 3 3 3
(A) 39 cm (B) 37 cm (C) 38 cm (D) 40 cm (A) 2 3 (B) 3 3 (C) (D)
2 4
2. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 7. Find the length of the line joining the midpoints of
34 cm, 50 cm and 52 cm (in cm) the oblique sides of an isosceles trapezium if the
height is 10 cm and area 150 sq.cm.
(A) 20 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 45 cm (D) 15 cm

3. If the altitude of an equilateral triangle ABC is 8. If the area of quadrilateral ABCD is 309 cm2,
find the area of ACD if AB, BC, AC and CD measure
6 3 cm, find its area. 24 cm, 7 cm, 25 cm and 36 cm respectively. (in cm2)
(A) 36 3 cm2 (B) 48 3 cm2
(C) 60 3 cm2 (D) 72 3 cm2
9. The length of the diagonal BD of a trapezium ABCD is
30 cm. If the altitudes from A and C to the diagonal
4. What is the inradius of the triangle whose sides are BD differ by 5 cm and the area of the trapezium is
7 cm, 4 cm and 9 cm? 210 sq.cm, find the sum of the lengths of the
2 5 6 5 perpendiculars from A and C to the diagonal BD.
(A) cm (B) cm (A) 12 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 14 cm (D) 15 cm
7 7
3 5 6 5 10. The cost of paving a floor with square tiles at
(C) cm (D) cm `7 per sq.m is `2240. If the length of the floor is
5 5 twice the breadth, find the perimeter of the floor.
(A) 64 10 m (B) 84 10 m
5. In triangle ABC, AB = 10 cm and AC = 15 cm.
If ∠A = 60° and AD is the bisector of ∠A, then find (C) 8 10 m (D) 24 10 m
its length, (in cm).
11. Two circles touch each other internally. The distance
(A) 12 3 (B) 7 3 (C) 8 3 (D) 6 3 between the centres of the circles is 7 cm and the
difference of their areas is 1078 sq.cm. Find the sum
6. A quadrilateral was formed by joining the midpoints of the radii of the two circles. (in cm)
of the successive sides of a square of side 4 m. A
circle was inscribed in the quadrilateral.

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12. 21. In a cuboid, the sum of the squares of the three
A B dimensions equals half its total surface area. Its
volume is 729 cm3. Find its lateral surface area.
(in sq cm).
(A) 576 (B) 900 (C) 324 (D) 648
D C 22. If a spherical balloon is inflated in such a way that its
radius becomes thrice, by how many times will its
surface area increase, when compared to its original
The diagram shown above has four circles of
surface area?
7 cm radius each with centres at A, B, C and D.
If the quadrilateral ABCD represents a square, find
the area of the shaded region.
(A) 42 sq.cm (B) 21 sq.cm
23. The inside of a well thirty feet deep was given
(C) 63 sq.cm (D) 84 sq.cm
a finishing of brick-work. If the inner diameter of the
well after the brick-work, which was six inches thick,
13. Find the area of a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides
was completed was ten feet, what was the volume
are 3 cm, 6 cm, 9 cm and 12 cm (in sq cm).
of the brick-work?
(A) 12 6 (B) 18 6 (C) 24 6 (D) 36 6 (A) 167.5π cubic feet (B) 157.5π cubic feet
(C) 187.5π cubic feet (D) 207.5π cubic feet
14. The hour hand of a clock is 6 cm long. Find the area
swept by it between 11:20 a.m. and 11:55 a.m. (in cm2) 24. The radius of a roller is 49 cm and its length is
160 cm. If it takes 600 complete revolutions to move
once over a level field, find the area of the field.
(A) 2956.8 sq.m (B) 3157.6 sq.m
(C) 4284.2 sq.m (D) 5186.4 sq.cm
15. The perimeter of a square is equal to the perimeter
of an equilateral triangle. Find the ratio of the side of 25. A conical vessel has its radius equal to one third its
the equilateral triangle to the diagonal of the square. height. Due to mechanical defect in the callipers
(A) 40 2 : 4 (B) 2 2 : 9 used for measuring, if 1 cm is taken to be 1.01 cm,
find the percentage error in the calculated total
(C) 3 : 4 2 (D) None of these
surface area.
16. The areas of a circle, a square and an equilateral %
triangle are equal. If the perimeters of the circle, the
square and the triangle are C, S and T respectively, 26. A horse is tied at an outer corner of a rectangular
which of the following holds true? shed of outer dimensions 14 m × 7 m using a
(A) C < T < S (B) S < T < C 21 m long rope. Find the area outside the shed, (in
(C) C < S < T (D) T < C < S
 22 
sq m), over which it can graze.  Take π = 
17. Find the area of a regular hexagon whose side  7 
equals the side of a square whose perimeter is (A) 1204 (B) 1230 (C) 1260 (D) 1232
24 cm (in sq cm).
(A) 54 3 (B) 36 3 (C) 72 3 (D) 96 3 27. The longest rod which can be placed in a cylindrical
room is 29 m long. If the curved surface area of the
room is 2640 sq m, find its height (in m.)
18. The curved surface area of a cylinder B is 300%
(take π = 22/7)
more than the curved surface area of a cylinder A.
Both cylinders have the same radius. If the height of (A) 18 (B) 21
A is x% less than that of B, find x. (C) 24 (D) Cannot be determined

28. The total surface area of a cuboid is 432 sq cm2.

The areas of two of its adjacent faces are 96 sq. cm2
19. The radius and the height of a cylinder are equal to and 48 cm2. Find its volume (in cubic cm).
the radius of a sphere. If the ratio of the numerical (A) 324 (B) 576 (C) 432 (D) 384
values of the curved surface area of the cylinder and
the volume of the sphere is 1 : 3, find the volume of 29. The radius as well as the height of a cylinder are
the sphere. 5 cm each. If the radius increases by x cm, the
243 π 216 π 144 π volume of the cylinder increases by y cubic cm. If
(A) (B) (C) (D) 108 π the height increases by 3x cm, the volume increases
2 7 7 by y cubic cm. Find x, if x > 0.
20. A rectangle has a length of 60 cm and a breadth of
40 cm. If four squares each of side 4 cm are cut
from the four corners of the rectangle and the 30. The volume of a cuboid is 140 cu.cm. The areas of
resulting figure is made into a cuboid, find the two of its faces are 28 cm2 and 20 cm2. Find the
volume of the cuboid. (in cm3) sum of the edges of the cuboid. (in cm3)
(A) 140 (B) 160
(C) 180 (D) None of these
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31. The area of a rectangle is 247 cm². If the length 37. The perimeter of an equilateral triangle equals that
decreases by 3 cm and the breadth increases by of a rectangle. One of the dimensions of the
3 cm, the rectangle becomes a square. Find rectangle equals the side of the triangle. Find the
the perimeter of the original rectangle. (in cm) ratio of the areas of the triangle and the rectangle.
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 (C) 4 : 3 (D) 3 :4

32. The perimeter of the given figure is 136 and seven 38. In the figure below, PQRS is a square of side a.
times the area of the figure is pa – qa2. Find the PTUS is a rectangle. If QV = b, find the ratio of the
value of p + q. 5b areas of the triangles XVW
and XQR. P T Q

(A) (a - 2b : a 2)
2
V
11a 2
(
(B) a : a - 2b )
2 X
W
9b (
(C) 4 a - 2b )2
: a2

5a
(
(D) a 2 : 4 a - 2b )
2 S U R

39.
33. Raja mowed the grass on a rectangular lawn of
15cm
dimensions 40 m by 30 m. He mowed using a
1m wide strip. He started mowing from one of the
corners of the lawn and moved around it towards its
centre. How many times would he go round before A bottle is shaped as shown in the figure above. Its
he completed mowing half of the lawn? top part is a cylinder, its middle part is a frustum of a
cone and its bottom a cylinder. The top and the
bottom radii of the frustum are 4 cm and 6 cm
respectively. The heights of the upper and the lower
34.
A G B cylinders are 8 cm and 4 cm respectively. Find the
volume of the bottle. (in cm3)
π
F

40.
D E C
ABCD is a rectangle. If F is the midpoint of AD and
G and E are points on AB and CD such that
1 1
DE = DC and AG = AB, then find the ratio of
3 3
the area of triangle EFG to the area of rectangle
ABCD.
(A) 4 : 15 (B) 1 : 6 (C) 2 : 7 (D) 3 : 7 In the figure, a square circumscribes a circle and is
inscribed in another circle. Find the ratio of the area
35. of the shaded region to that of the dotted region.
A (A) 2(π – 1) : (π – 2) (B) 2(π – 2) : (4 – π)
(C) 2(π – 1) : (4 – π) (D) 2(π – 2) : (π – 2)
E 41. The base of a regular pyramid is a square of
perimeter P. The height of the pyramid is thrice the
diagonal of the square. Find the area of each of the
triangular regions of the pyramid.
B D
C
19 P 2 19 P 2
(A) (B)
BC : CD = 2 : 3 and AE : EC = 3 : 4. Find the ratio of 32 16
the area of ∆ECD to the area of ∆AEB. 2
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 2 : 3 (C) 3 : 5 (D) 4 : 3 73 P 73 P 2
(C) (D)
32 64
36. The area of two adjacent lateral faces of a cuboid
are 60 cm2 and 40 cm2. If the volume of the cuboid 42. A rectangle R is inscribed in a circle of radius 6 cm.
is 480 cm3, then find the length of the longest Which of the following statements is/are true?
diagonal of the cuboid. I. The maximum area of R is 72 sq cm.
(A) 213 cm (B) 233 cm II. The least perimeter of R is 24 2 units.
(A) Only I (B) Only II
(C) 253 cm (D) 264 cm (C) Both I and II (D) Neither I nor II
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43. A cylinder has a total surface area of 440 sq.cm. Mark (C) if the question can be answered using Ι and
The sum of its radius and its height is 10 cm. Find its ΙΙ together but not using Ι or ΙΙ alone.
volume. (Take π = 22/7) (in cm3) Mark (D) if the question cannot be answered even
using Ι and ΙΙ together.

46. What is the perimeter of a rhombus?

44. Two identical circles are centered at E and F and Ι. The area of the rhombus is 24 cm2.
they intersect at G and H. I is a point on the first ΙΙ. One of the diagonals of the rhombus is 6 cm.
circle and outside the second circle such that
∠GIH = 30°. The ratio of the area of EGFH to the are a 47. Find the length of the diagonal of a cube.
of the region common to both the circles is _____. Ι. Total surface area of the cube is 96 sq.cm.
(A) 3 3 : (π–3 3 ) (B) 2 3 : (π –2 3 ) ΙΙ. Volume of the cube is 64 cc.

(C) 3 3 : (2π –3 3 ) (D) 2 3 : (2π – 2 3 ) 48. What is the volume of the sphere?
Ι. The surface area is 120 sq. cm.
45. Two pipes made of different materials have the ΙΙ. The sphere can be reformed into a cuboid of a
same weight. The ratio of the outer diameters of the total surface area of 120 sq. cm. by melting.
pipes is 5 : 4. The ratio of the densities of the
respective materials is 1 : 2. The ratio of the 49. What is the volume of a right circular cone?
thickness of the pipes is 5 : 4. Find the ratio of the Ι. The height is equal to half the radius of the
lengths of the pipes. base.
(A) 32 : 25 (B) 25 : 32 (C) 8 : 25 (D) 25 : 8 ΙΙ. The radius is equal to one side of a square of
Directions for questions 46 to 50: Each question is area 4 cm2.
followed by two statements, Ι and ΙΙ. Indicate your
responses based on the following directives: 50. What is the ratio of the volumes of right circular
cylinders A and B?
Mark (A) if the question can be answered using one Ι. The ratio of the heights of the right circular
of the statements alone, but cannot be cylinders A and B is 1 : 2.
answered using the other statement alone. ΙΙ. The ratio of the radii of the bases of A and B is
Mark (B) if the question can be answered using 1 : 4.
either statement alone.

Key
Concept Review Questions

1. B 9. A 17. 108 25. B 33. 30 39. 108 45. (i) D

2. A 10. C 18. B 26. 770 34. D 40. (i) C (ii) B
3. D 11. 720 19. A 27. 72 35. 6 (ii) A 46. (i) D
4. D 12. C 20. A 28. C 36. C (ii) D
5. 60 13. A 21. 144 29. D 37. (i) A 41. 72 47. A
6. B 14. C 22. D 30. 120 (ii) D 42. B 48. B
7. C 15. 29 23. C 31. B 38. (i) A 43. B 49. A
8. 42 16. D 24. 2 32. A (ii) B 44. 40 50. B

Exercise – 5(a)

1. A 7. C 13. D 19. D 25. 352 31. B

2. 6 8. 504 14. A 20. 308 26. A 32. 648
3. A 9. D 15. C 21. A 27. C 33. 80
4. 7 10. C 16. 0.5 22. 158.4 28. 1980 34. 2.4
5. D 11. A 17. B 23. 1200 29. A 35. 480
6. D 12. D 18. C 24. B 30. B

Exercise – 5(b)

1. A 10. D 19. A 28. B 37. B 46. C

2. 816 11. 49 20. 6656 29. 5 38. A 47. B
3. A 12. A 21. C 30. D 39. 348 48. A
4. C 13. B 22. 8 31. 64 40. B 49. C
5. D 14. 5.5 23. B 32. 5250 41. D 50. C
6. C 15. D 24. A 33. 5 42. A
7. D 16. C 25. 2.01 34. B 43. 462
8. 225 17. A 26. D 35. A 44. C
9. C 18. 75 27. D 36. B 45. A
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