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Mensuration Formula of 2D Shapes

Check out the formula for area and perimeter of some of the 2D shapes:

Shape Area (Square units) Perimeter (units)

Square a2 4a
Rectangle l×b 2 (I + b)
Circle r 2 2 r

Triangle s (s − a )(s − b )(s − c ) , a+b+c

Where, s = (a+b+c)/2
1/
Isosceles Triangle 2 ×b×h 2a + b
Equilateral Triangle  3 3a
   a
2

 4 
Right Angle Triangle 1/ ×b×p b + hypotenuse + p
2

1/2
Rhombus × d1 × d2 4 × side
Parallelogram b×h 2(l + b)
1/
Trapezium 2 h(a + b) a+b+c+d

Mensuration Formula of 3D Shapes

Check out the formula for area and perimeter of some of the 3D shapes:
Shape Volume Curved Surface Area Total Surface
(Cubic (CSA) or Lateral Surface Area (TSA)
units) Area (LSA) (Square units) (Square units)

Cube a3 4 a2 6 a2

Cuboid l×b×h 2 h (I + b) 2 (lb +bh +hl)

Sphere (4/3)  4  r2 4  r2
r3

Hemisphere (2/3)  r3 2  r2 3  r2

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Cylinder  r2 h 2 r h 2  rh + 2  r2

Cone (1/3)  r2  rl  r (r + I)
h

Q1. What is the area of an equilateral triangle of side 16 cm?

(a) 48√3 cm2 (b) 128√3 cm2
(c) 9.6√3 cm2 (d) 64√3 cm2

Q2. If the sides of a triangle are 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm, what is its area?
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 130 cm2
(c) 312 cm2 (d) 315 cm2

Q3. The perimeter of a triangle is 28 cm and the inradius of the triangle is 2.5 cm. What is the area of the triangle?
(a) 35 cm2 (b) 42 cm2
2
(c) 49 cm (d) 70 cm2

Q4. Find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 20 cm and 18 cm long, and the distance between them is
15 cm.
(a) 225 cm2 (b) 275 cm2
(c) 285 cm2 (d) 315 cm2

Q5. Find the area of a parallelogram with base 24 cm and height 16 cm.
(a) 262 cm2 (b) 384 cm2
(c) 192 cm2 (d) 131 cm2

Q6. What will be the cost of building a fence around a square plot with area equal to 289 sq ft, if the price per foot
of building the fence is Rs. 58?
(a) Rs. 3944 (b) Rs. 3828
(c) Rs. 4176 (d) Cannot be determined

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Q7. The area of a square is equal to five times the area of a rectangle of dimensions 125 cm × 64 cm. What is the
perimeter of the square?
(a) 600 cm (b) 800 cm
(c) 400 cm (d) 1000 cm

Q8. A wire in the form of a circle of radius 3.5 m is bent in the form of a rectangle, whose length and breadth are in
the ratio of 6 : 5. What is the area of the rectangle?
(a) 60 cm2 (b) 30 cm2
(c) 45 cm2 (d) 15 cm2

Q9. The area of a square is 4096 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the length of a rectangle whose length is
twice the side of the square and breadth is 24 cm less than the side of the square.
(a) 18 : 5 (b) 7 : 16
(c) 5 : 14 (d) 5 : 16

Q10. The perimeter of a square is double the perimeter of a rectangle. The area of the rectangle is 480 sq cm. Find
the area of the square.
(a) 200 sq cm (b) 72 sq cm
(c) 162 sq cm (d) Cannot be determined

Q11. The dimensions of a room are 25 feet × 15 feet × 12 feet. What is the cost of white washing the four walls of
the room at Rs. 5 per square feet if there is one door of dimensions 6 feet × 3 feet and three windows of
dimensions 4 feet × 3 feet each?
(a) Rs. 4800 (b) Rs. 3600
(c) Rs. 3560 (d) Rs. 4530

Q12. The radius of a wheel is 22.4 cm. What is the distance covered by the wheel in making 500 revolutions.
(a) 252 m (b) 704 m
(c) 352 m (d) 808 m

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Q13. The volumes of two cones are in the ratio 1 : 10 and the radii of the cones are in the ratio of 1 : 2. What is the
ratio of their heights?
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 1 : 5
(c) 3 : 5 (d) 4 : 5

Q14. A metallic sphere of radius 12 cm is melted and drawn into a wire, whose radius of cross section is 16 cm.
What is the length of the wire?
(a) 45 cm (b) 18 cm
(c) 9 cm (d) 180 cm

Q15.

A plot ABCD is as shown in figure, where

AF = 30 m, CE = 40 m, ED = 50 m, AE = 120 m. Find the area of the plot ABCD?
(a) 1800 sq.m (b) 2400 sq.m
(c) 3600 sq.m (d) 7200 sq.m

Q16. A cylindrical overhead tank of radius 2 m and height 7 m is to be filled from an underground tank of size 5.5m
x 4m x 6m. How much portion of the underground tank is still filled with water after filling the overhead tank
completely? (CSAT 2016)
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/2
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/6

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Q17. In a plane, line X is perpendicular to line Y and parallel to line Z; line U is perpendicular to both lines V and W;
line X is perpendicular to line V.
Which one of the following statements is correct? (CSAT 2015)
(a) Z, U and W are parallel.
(b) X, V and Y are parallel.
(c) Z, V and U are all perpendicular to W.
(d) Y, V and W are parallel.

Q18. Two walls and a ceiling of a room meet at right angles at a point P. A fly is in the air 1 m from one wall, 8 m
from the other wall and 9 m from the point P. How many meters is the fly from the ceiling? (CSAT 2017)
(a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) 15

Q19. The figure drawn below gives the velocity graphs of two vehicles A and B. The straight line OKP represents
the velocity of vehicle A at any instant, whereas the horizontal straight-line CKD represents the velocity of
vehicle B at any instant. In the figure, D is the point where perpendicular from P meets the horizontal line CKD
such that PD = 1/2 LD : (CSAT 2018)

What is the ratio between the distances covered by vehicles A and B in the time interval OL?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 1 : 1

Q20. Let x, y be the volumes; m, n be the masses of two metallic cubes P and Q respectively. Each side of Q is two
times that of P and mass of Q is two times that of P. Let u = m / x and V = n / y. which one or the following is
correct? (CSAT 2020)
(a) u = 4v (b) u = 2v
(c) v = u (d) v = 4u

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Q21. A cubical vessel of side 1m is filled completely with water. How many milliliters of water is contained in it (neglect
thickness of the vessel)? (CSAT 2021)
(a) 1000 (b) 10000
(c) 100000 (d) 1000000

Q22. Consider the figure given below and answer the items that follows:(CSAT 2011)

In the figure shown above, OP1 and OP2 are two plane mirrors kept perpendicular to each other. S is the
direction of a beam of light falling on the mirror OP1. The direction of the reflected beam of light from the mirror
OP2 will be
(a) Perpendicular to the direction S.
(b) At 45° to the direction S.
(c) Opposite and parallel to the direction S.
(d) At 60° to the direction S.

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EXERCISE ANSWER KEYS AND SOLUTIONS

1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. D
11. D 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. A 17. D 18. A 19. C 20. A
21. D 22. C

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