MENSURATION

1. The area of a rectangular park is 1050 sq.m.

and its perimeter is 130 metre. There is a 2.5 m
wide path inside the park all around. The cost
of construction of path is 40 per sq. metre. Find
the total cost of construction of whole path.
(1) ` 10000
(2) ` 12000
(3) ` 12500
(4) ` 8500
(5) None of these
(Bank of Baroda PO Exam. 2014)

(3) 8 4 3

(1) 183 sq. metre

(2) 185 sq. metre
(3) 190 sq. metre
(4) 163 sq. metre
(5) None of these
(IBPS Bank PO/MT CWE-IV 2014)
6. The area of circle is nine times the numerical
value of its circumference. What is the circumference of the circle ?
(1) 24 units
(2) 36 units
(3) 28 units
(4) 32 units
(5) None of these
(SBI Specialist (IT) Officer Exam. 2014)

4. In the following figure, ABC is an equilateral triangle and BCDE is a square whose each
side is 8 cm long. Find the area of pentagon
ABDEC is square cm.

(2) 16 4 3

5. There is a rectangular plot whose length is 36

metre and breadth is 28 metre. There are two
paths parallel to length and breadth of plot as is
shown shaded in the following figure. The remaining part is lawn whose area is 825 square
metre. What is the area of paths?

3. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 240

metre. The ratio between the length and breadth
of the field is 8 : 7. Find the area of the field.
(1) 3854 sq. m.
(2) 3584 sq. m.
(3) 3684 sq. m.
(4) 3666 sq. m.
(5) None of these
(IBPS RRBs Officer Scale-I CWE
Exam. 2014)

(4) 16 2 3

(5) None of these

2. The area of a square is equal to that of a rectangle. The length of rectangle is 4 cm more than
the side of square and the breadth is 3 cm less
than that of the square. What is the perimeter of
the rectangle ?
(1) 40 cm
(2) 60 cm
(3) 75 cm
(4) 50 cm
(5) None of these
(IDBI Officer Grade Exam. 2014)

(1) 18 4 3

7. The radius of the cylinder is half of its height

and area of the inner part is 616 sq. metres. Approximately how many litres of milk can it contains?
(1) 1.4
(2) 1.5
(3) 1.9
(4) 1.7
(5) 2.2
(SBI Associated Banks PO Exam. 2000)
8. The sum of the radius and height of a cylinder
is 42 cm. Its total surface area is 3696 cm2. What
is the volume of cylinder ?
(1) 17428 cubic cm (2) 17248 cubic cm
(3) 17244 cubic cm (4) 17444 cubic cm
(5) None of these
(RBI Officer Grade B Phase I 2014)

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9. A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter. The sides of the rectangle are 18 cm and
26 cm. What is the area of the circle?
(1) 88 cm2
(2) 154 cm2
(3) 616 cm2
(4) 1250 cm2
(NICL (GIC) AO (Finance) Exam. 2013)

14. The cost of building a fence around a circular

field is Rs. 7,700 at the rate of Rs. 14 per foot.
What is the area of the circular field ?
(1) 24062.5 sq.ft.
(2) 23864.4 sq.ft.
(3) 24644.5 sq.ft.
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(United Bank PO Exam 2010)

10. A rectangular courtyard 3.78 m long and 5.25

m broad is to be paved exactly with square tiles,
all of the same size. The minimum number of
such tiles is :
(1) 430
(2) 440
(3) 450
(4) 460
(NICL (GIC) AO (Finance) Exam. 2013)

15. The total area of a circle and a square is equal

to 2611 sq.cm. The diameter of the circle is 42
cms. What is the sum of the circumference of
the circle and the perimeter of the square ?
(1) 272 cms.
(2) 380 cms.
(3) 280 cms.
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(Bank of Maharashtra PO Exam 2010)

11. The length of a rectangular park is 11 metre

more than its breadth. The area of park is 242
square metre. There is a 5 metre wide path
around the park. Find the area of the path.
(1) 405 square metre
(2) 430 square metre
(3) 425 square metre
(4) 435 square metre
(5) None of these
(NICL (GIC) AO (Finance) Exam. 2015)

16. What would be the cost of building a fence

around a square plot with area 462.25 sq. ft. at
the rate of Rs. 34 per foot ?
(1) Rs. 2,924
(2) Rs. 2,682
(3) Rs. 2.846
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(Indian Bank P.O Exam 2011)

12. A rectangular plot has a concrete path running

in the middle of the plot parallel to the length
of the plot. The rest of the plot is used as a lawn,
which has an area of 2013 sq. m. If the width of
the path is 4 m and the length of the plot is
greater than its breadth by 8 m, what is the area
of the plot? (in sq. metre)
(1) 896
(2) 345
(3) 432
(4) 354
(5) 685
(NIACL Administrative Officer (AO)
Exam. 2015)

17. What is the area of a circle whose radius is equal

to the side of a square whose perimeter is 112
metres?
(1) 176 sq. m.
(2) 2504 sq. m.
(3) 284 sq. m.
(4) 1956 sq. m.
(5) None of these
(Punjab and Sindh Bank P.O Exam 2011)
18. The sum of the circumference of a circle and
the perimeter of a square is equal to 272 cm.
The diameter of the circle is 56 cm. What is the
sum of the area of the circle and the area of the
square ?
(1) 2464 sq. cm.
(2) 2644 sq. cm.
(3) 3040 sq. cm.
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(Allahabad Bank P.O Exam 2010)

13. There are two circles of different radii. The area

of a square is 196 sq.cm, whose side is half the
radius of the larger circle. The radius of the
smaller circle is three-seventh that of the larger
circle. What is the circumference of the smaller
circle ?
(1) 12 cm
(2) 167 cm
(3) 24 cm
(4) 32 cm
(5) None of these
(Syndicate Bank PO Exam 2010)

19. The length of a rectangle is three-fifth of the side

of a square. The radius of a circle is equal to side

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of the square. The circumference of the circle is

132 cm. What is the area of the rectangle if the
breadth of the rectangle is 8 cm?
(1) 112.4 sq. cm.
(2) 104.2 sq. cm.
(3) 100.8 sq. cm.
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(I.O.B P.O Exam 2011)
20. The area of a square is 1444 square metre. The

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rimeter of a square. Area of the square is 784 sq
cm. What is the area of another circle-B whose
diameter is half the radius of the circle-A ?
(1) 38.5 sq.cm
(2) 154 sq.cm
(3) 35.8 sq.cm
(4) 616 sq.cm
(5) None of these
(IDBI B.O. Exam 2012)

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of the side of the
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square and the length of the rectangle is thrice
the breadth. What is the difference between the
area of the square and the area of the rectangle?
(1) 1152.38 sq.mtr. (2) 1169.33 sq.mtr.
(3) 1181.21 sq.mtr. (4) 1173.25 sq.mtr.
(5) None of these
(IBPS PO/M.T Exam 2012)

22. The area of circle is seven times the numerical

value of its circumference. What is the circumference of the circle ?
(1) 616 units
(2) 132 units
(3) 88 units
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
(IBPS CWE S.O Exam 2013)

21. Circumference of a circle-A is 1

breadth of a rectangle is

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EXPLANATIONS
1. (2) Length of rectangular park = x metre
Breadth = y metre
xy 1050
...(i)

30 x 240
240
8
30
Area of rectangle
x

and 2 x y 130
x y

x y

130
65
2

8 x 7 x 56 x 2

...(ii)

56 8 8 3584 sq. metre

x y 2 4 xy
4. (2) Area of ABC

65 4 1050

3
side 2
4

3
8 8 16 3 sq.cm.
4
Area of square BDEC
8 8 64 sq.cm.
Area of pentagon ABDEC

4225 4200 25

...(iii)
x y 25 5
By adding equations (ii) and (iii),
2 x 70 x 35 metre
From equation (ii),
y 65 x 65 35 30 metre
Length excluding path
= 35 5 = 30 metre
Breadth = 30 5 = 25 metre
Area of path 1050 30 25
1050 750 300 sq. metre
Total cost 300 40 ` 12000

64 16 3 sq.cm.

16 4 3 sq.cm.

5. (1) Area of rectanglular plot

36 28 1008 sq. metre
Area of the paths
= 1008 825 = 183 sq. metre

2. (4) Side of square = x cm

Length of rectangle = (x + 4) cm
its breadth = (x 3) cm

6. (2) Radius of circle = r units

Area of circle
= 9 circumference of circle

x 4 x 3 x 2

r 2 9 2r
r 18 units
Circumference of circle 2r
2 18 36 units

x 2 4 x 3 x 12 x 2
x 12 0 x 12
Perimeter of rectangle
= 2 (length + breadth)

7. (5)

2 x 4 x 3
2 2 x 1 4 x 2
4 12 2 50 cm

3. (2) Length = 8x metre

Breadth = 7x metre
Perimeter = 2 (8x + 7x) = 30x

Volume of cylinder r 2 h
72

378)525(1
378
147)378(2
294
84)147(1
84
63)84(1
63
21)63(3
63

Number of tiles
3.78 5.25

450
0.21 0.21

v r 2 2r 2 r 3 h 2 r

Curve Surface area 2rh

2r 2 r 4r 2

4r 2 616

r 2 49 r 7
3

V 2 7 2156 cm3
= 2.156 litres 2.2 litres
8. (2) Total surface area of cylinder
2rh 2r 2 2r h r

11. (2)

2r h r 3696
2

22
r 42 3696
7

3696 7
14 cm
2 22 42
h 42 14 28 cm

Width of Park = x metre (let)

Its length = (x + 11) metre
x (x + 11) = 242
= 11 (11 + 11)
x 11 metre = width
Length = 22 mete
Length of park with path
= 22 + 2 5 = 32 metre = EH width
= 11 + 2 5 = 21 metre = EF
Area of path
EH EF AB BC
32 21 242
672 242 430

Volume of cylinder r 2 h

22
14 14 28 17248 cu.cm.
7

9. (3) Perimeter of rectangle

= 2 (18 + 26) = 2 44 = 88 cm
Circumference of circle = 88 cm
2

22
r 88
7

88 7
14 cm
2 22

Area of circle r

12. (2)

22
14 14 616 sq.cm.
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10. (3) The number of tiles will be minimum if
size of each marble is maximum.
Size of each tile = HCF of 3.78
and 5.25 metre = 0.21 metre

Let the breadth of rectangular plot be x

metre.
Length = (x + 8)metre
Area of path = (x + 8) 4 sq. metre
Area of lawn x 8 x 8 4

x 8 x 4 sq. metre.

73

 x 8 x 4 253

22
21 4 35
7
= 132 + 140 = 272 cm
2

x 2 8 x 4 x 32 253
x 2 4 x 285 0

16. (1) Side of the square plot Area

x 2 19 x 15 x 285 0

462.25 21.5 feet

x x 19 15 x 19 0

46.25 21.5 feet

perimeter 4 side

x 15 x 19 0
x 15 because x 19

4 21.5 86
cost of building a fence
34 86 Rs. 2924

Area of plot x 8 x

15 8 15
17. (5) Side of a square

23 15 345 sq. metre.

13. (3) Radius of larger circle

112
28 m
4
Radius of circle = 28 m

2 196 28 cm
radius of smaller circle.
3
28 12 cm
7
circumferencce of smaller circle
2 r 2 12 24 cm

Area of circle r 2

22
28 28 2464 sq.m
7

18. (3) Circumference of circle

14. (1) Circumference of circular plot

daimeter

7700

550 feet
14

22
56 176cm
7
perimeter of square
= 272 176 = 96 cm

2 r 550
r

perimeter
4

550 7
87.5 feet
2 22

96
24cm
4
Area of square=24 24
= 576 sq. cm.

Side of square

22
87.5 87.5
7
= 24062.5 sq.feet

Area

Area of circle r 2

15. (1) If the side of squre be x cm

22
28 28 2464sq.cm
7
Required sum
= (576 + 2424) = 3040 sq. cm.

r 2 x 2 2611

22
21 21 x 2 2611
7

x2 2611 1386

19. (3) 2 r 132

x 1225 x 35 cm
Circumference of circle+Perimeter of
square 2 r 4 x

132 7
21 cm
2 22
side of square = 21 cm
r

74

 Length of the rectangle

21. (2) Side of square 784 = 28 cm

circumference of circle A

3 21
8
5

=100.8 sq.cm.
4 28

20. (4) Side of square

1444 38 m
Breadth of rectangle

11
7

2 r 16 11

1
19
38 m
4
2
Length of rectangle

16 11 7
28
2 22

Radius of circle B

57
m
2
Required difference

28
7
4

Area r 2

22
7 7 154 sq.cm
7

19 57

2 2
= 1444 270.75
= 1173.25 sq.m
1444

22. (3) r 2 7 2 R
R = 14
circumference of circle
2 R 2

75

22
14 = 88 units
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