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GEOMETRY
QUESTIONS
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100 Must to do Questions of Geometry

1. In the given figure, ABED is a sector and ABCD is a square. If the radius of the sector is 20 cm,
find the area of the shaded portion.
B C

A D

1. 400 cm2 2. 400 (1 - ) cm2 3. 400 (1 - /4) cm2 4. 200 cm2

2. In the adjoining figure, OP = 7cm, and AOB = 90. Find the area of the shaded portion.
P

A B

O
Q

1. 492 63 cm2 2. 49/2 cm2 3. 49/2 + 492 cm2 4. 105/4 cm2

3. The radius of the circle is 7 cm and m (arc RYS) = 60. Find the area of the circle.

1. 38.5 cm2 2. 154 cm2 3. 25.66 cm2 4. 6.42 cm2

4. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm. Find the area of the shaded portion. (
3.14 ; 3 1.73)

1. 271 cm2 2. 54.5 cm2 3. 290 cm2 4. 75 cm2

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5. In the adjoining figure, m(arc AXB) = 30, PB = 9 cm , PD = 12 cm. What is the area of sector P-
CYD?
C
A
Y
X
P 30o
B D
9cm

12cm
1. 21.20 cm2 2. 16.49 cm2 3. 37.68 cm2 4. 48 cm2

6. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a square. AB = 21 cm, EB = 7 cm. Calculate the area of the
portion Z. D C

P Z

Q
X
Y
A E B

1. 154 cm2 2. 192.5 cm2 3. 346.5 cm2 4. 248.5 cm2

7. The radius of a circle is decreased by 20 %. What will be the percentage decrease in its surface area?

1. 64% 2. 36% 3. 20% 4. 10%

8. The diameter of a right circular cylinder type bucket is 21 cm and its height is 40 cm. The bucket is
full of sand. If the sand is poured on the ground it forms a right circular cone of height 15 cm. Find the
area of the ground on which the sand cone stands.

1. 422 cm2 2. 11,088 cm2 3. 2772 cm2 4. 8316 cm2

9. A vessel has a right circular cylindrical shape. The radius of the base is 25 cm and the height of the
vessel is 80 cm. It is completely filled with milk. The milk is to be distributed to students by means of
a right circular conical flask whose base radius is 5 cm and height is 10 cm. Find the maximum
number of students who can be supplied with milk, if each student is to get one flask of milk.

1. 200 2. 400 3. 800 4. 600

10. In the toy shown in the adjoining figure, the height of the cone = 15 cm, total height of the toy = 40
cm, radius of the hemisphere = 7 cm. Find the volume of the toy. ( = 22/7)
A

B C
D

40 cm

E
F G AD = 15 cm
EH = 7 cm

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1. 1356.69 cm3 2. 4260.67 cm3 3. 1065.16 cm3 4. None of these

11. The volume of a room in the form of a cylinder, surmounted by a hemispherical dome is 28.6m3. The
internal diameter of the room is equal to the height of the room. Find the height of the room.

r
2r

r
1. 1.63 m 2. 5.6 m 3. 11.2 m 4. 3.52 m.

12. The expenditure incurred on drawing barbed wire around a rectangular field at the rate of ` 1 per m is
` 120. If the field is 35 m long, calculate the cost of ploughing it at the rate of ` 2 per sq. m.

1. ` 25 2. ` 875 3. ` 1750 4. ` 3500

13. A room of length 7 m and breadth 5.6 m is to be carpeted leaving 30 cm space bare all round.
Calculate the carpet area.

1. 32 sq. m 2. 39.2 sq. m 3. 35.4 sq. m 4. 7.6 sq. m

14. A table cloth 4 m 2 m is spread on a table. Calculate the cost of polishing the top of the table at `
2.25 per sq. m, if 25 cm of the table cloth is hanging all around the table?

1. ` 18 2. ` 11.81 3. ` 10.5 4. None of these

15. Each side of a rhombus is of length 10 cm and one diagonal measures 16 cm. What is the area of the
rhombus?
D C
8
E
10
8
AED = 90o

A 10 B

1. 24 sq. cm. 2. 96 sq. cm 3. 48 sq. cm 4. Cannot be determined

16. Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides are of lengths 58 metres and 42 m and whose non-
parallel sides are equal; each being 20 m.
D 42m C

20 20 20m

A 42m K 16m B
58m
1. 840 sq. m 2. 1000 sq. m. 3. 916.50 sq. m 4. 800 sq. m

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17. The wheel of scooter has diameter 70 cm. How many revolutions per minute must the wheel make, so
that the speed of the scooter is kept at 66 km per hour?

1. 1100 2. 500 3. 250 4. 1000

18. A semi-circular piece of paper of radius 14 cm is formed into a cone. Find the volume of this cone.

1. 10783 cm3 2. 2156 cm3 3. 1078/3 cm3 4. Data inadequate

19. Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm 15 cm 8 cm, required to construct a wall of
dimensions 10 m 4 m 5 m, when 10 % of its volume is occupied by mortar.

1. 66666 2. 100,000 3. 90,000 4. 60,000

20. Three cubes of metal whose edges are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 are melted into a single cube, the length of
whose longest diagonal is 483 m. Calculate the length of the edges of the three cubes.

1. 12 m, 16 m, 20 m 2. 24 m, 32 m, 40 m 3. 27 m, 36 m, 45 m 4. None of these

21. A field, rectangular in shape, has dimensions 50m 6 m. A tank 4 m long, 3 m broad and 2 m deep is
dug in the field. The earth taken out is spread evenly over the field. How much is the level of the field
raised?

1. 1/10 m 2. 2/25 m 3. 1/12 m. 4. 12 m

22. A rectangular tank is 30 m long and 20 m broad. Water is being pumped into it through a square pipe
of side 5 cm. What is the speed of water if the level of water in the tank rises by 1 m in 8 hours?

1. 30 km/hr 2. 3 km/hr 3. 24 km/hr 4. 37.5 km/hr

23. A monument has 50 cylindrical pillars each of diameter 50 cm and height 4 m. What will be the
labour charges for getting these pillars cleaned at the rate of 50 paise per sq. m?

1. ` 3.14 2. ` 785 3. ` 157 4. None of these

24. A rectangular piece of paper is 22 cm long and 12 cm broad. A 2 ply (2 layer) cylinder is made out of
this by rolling it along its length. Find the volume of the cylinder.

1. 116 cm3 2. 462 cm3 3. 1,848 cm3 4. 231 cm3

25. A roller is 120 cm long and has diameter 84 cm. If it takes 500 complete revolutions to level a
playground, determine the cost of levelling at the rate of 30 paise per sq. m.

1. ` 1,584 2. ` 396 3. ` 475.20 4. ` 950.4

26. A cone shaped circular tent is 9 m high and the circumference of its circular base is 44 m. How much
is the air contained in the tent?

1. 462 cu m 2. 1,386 cu m 3. 1,848 cu m 4. 726 cu. m

27. From a cylinder of height 9 cm and base radius 7 cm, a conical cavity of the same height as that of the
cylinder is hollowed out. Find the surface area of the remaining solid.

1. 770 cm2 2. 1,848 cm2 3. 2002 cm2 4. 800.8 cm2

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28. A right circular cylinder and a right circular cone have equal bases and equal heights. If their curved
surfaces are in the ratio of 8 : 5, what is the ratio of their heights? .

1. Cannot be determined 2. 16 : 9 3. 5 : 4 4. 4 : 3

29. The frustum of a right circular cone has base diameter 10 cm. The diameter of the top is 6 cm and the
height is 5 cm. Calculate its volume.

1. 327.38 cm3 2. 256.67 cm3 3. 392.5 cm3 4. 102.6 cm3

30. A semi circular sheet of metal of diameter 14 cm is bent into an open conical cup. What would be the
depth of the cup?

1. 7/23 cm 2. 7 cm 3. 7/2 cm 4. 73/2 cm

31. In the accompanying diagram ABCD is a rectangle. The area of ABCD is 56 and EC = 3(BE). The
area of isosceles right triangle ABE is -
A D

B E C

1. 9 2. 11 3. 8 4. 7

32. In the figure OR and PR are radii of circles. The length of OP is 4. If OR = 2, what is PR? PR is
tangent to the circle with center O.
R

O P

1. 2 2. 5/2 3. 2 3 4. 3

33. A ladder of 65 m length is resting against a wall. If it slips 8 m down the wall, find by how many
metres the bottom will move away from the wall, if it was initially 25 m away from it.

1. 60 m 2. 39 m 3. 14 m 4. 52 m

34. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 10 % and the breadth decreased by 20 %, a square of area
484 m2 is obtained. The area of the rectangle in square metres is

1. 550 2. 350 3. 250 4. 150 5. 450

35. The base of a prism is a triangle of sides 3, 4 and 5 m respectively. The height of the prism is
10 m. Find its volume.

1. 60 m3 2. 30 m3 3. 20 m3 4. 15 m3 5. 150 m3

36. Find the weight of iron in a pipe whose interior and exterior diameters measures 10 and 12 cm
respectively. The pipes length is 4m; (one cubic metre of iron weighs 7,800 kg. )

1. 216 kg 2. 108 kg 3. 54 kg 4. 27 kg 5. 32 kg
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37. If the specific gravity of marble is 2.7 t / m3, find the weight, in tons, of a cylindrical shaft of marble
40 m high and 23 m in diameter.

1. 72 2. 23 3. 35 4. 42 5. 45
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38. The diameter of a sphere whose volume is 113 m3 is
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1. 6 2. 12 3. 18 4. 24 5. 36

39. Two small circular parks of diameters 16 m and 12 m are to be replaced by a bigger circular park.
What would be the radius of this new park, in meter, if the new park occupies the same space as the
two small parks?

1. 5 2. 10 3. 15 4. 20 5. 25

40. The slant height of a right circular cone is 10 m and its height is 8 m. Find the area of the curved
surface.

1. 188. 57 m2 2. 288 m2 3. 150 m2 4. 200 m2 5. 250 m2

41. The diameter of a sphere is 6 cm. It is melted and drawn into a wire of diameter 0.2 cm. Find the
length of the wire.
1. 12 m 2. 18 m 3. 36 m 4. 16 m 5. 32 m

42. How many coins 2 mm thick and 1.5 cm in diameter should be melted in order to form a right circular
cylinder, having base diameter 6 cm and height 8 cm?

1. 350 2. 320 3. 280 4. 640 5. 450

43. The difference between the outside and inside curved surface of a 14 cm long metallic tube of
cylindrical shape is 44 sq. cm. If the tube has 99 cu.cm. of metal, calculate the outer radii of the tube
(use = 22/7).

1. 0.5 cm 2. 1.0cm 3 .2.5 cm 4. 2.0cm 5. 3.0cm

44. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height 3 m and conical above it. If its diameter is 105 m and slant
5
height of the cone is m calculate the total area of the canvas required (use = 22/7)
3
1.1265 sq m 2. 1000 sq m 3. 1565 sq m 4. 500 sq m 5. 1200 sq m

45. An incident ray strikes a flat surface and is reflected at the same angle. If the angle between the
incident and the reflected ray is three times the angle of incidence, what is the angle of incidence?

1. 72 2. 108 3. 45 4. 36 5. 19

46. A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases and equal volumes. Find the ratio of their heights.

1. 2:1 2. 3:1 3. 4:1 4. 5:1 5. 1:2

47. What is the arc length that is intercepted by an inscribed angle of 42o on a circle with radius 12?

1. 17.6 2. 35.2 3. 32 4. 70.436 5. 23.2

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48. A triangle is inscribed in a circle with shorter sides 6 and 8 units long. If the longer side is a diameter,
find the length of the diameter.

1. 10 2. 20 3. 30 4. 40 5. 50

49. What is the radius of a circle if its perimeter is numerically equal to twice its area?

1. 2 2. 3 3. 1 4. 4 5. 5

50. A point P whose co-ordinate is 3, 6 is in X Y plane. If the origin is shifted to the point 5, 8 ,
then what will be the co-ordinate of point P with respect to the new origin?

1. 7, 2 2. 8, 2 3. 2, 5 4. 9, 3 5. (1, 2)

51. Find the equation of the straight line that passes through the points 1, 2 and 7, 8 .

1. x y 1 2. x y 1 3. x y 0
4. x y 1 0 5. x y 2
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52. Find the equation of a straight line that passes through the point (1, 2) and has a slope m .
2

1. x y 3 0 2. x 2 y 3 3. x 4 y 2 0
4. x 2 y 3 0 5. x 2 y 3 20

53. Find the equation of the straight line passing through (2, 3) and is parallel to the line 2 x 3 y 8 0 .

1. 3x 2 y 0 2. 3x 7 y 0 3. 2 x 3 y 13 0 4. 3x 2 y 9 0

54. A line L passes through the points (2, 4) and (3, -2). The line L is rotated by 90o in the clockwise
direction with respect to the point where the line cuts the X-axis. What is the equation of the new line
L?

1. 4 x 3 y 9 2. 3x 9 y 4 3. 3x 18y 8 4. 4 x 9 y 3

55. Find the equation of the straight line passing through (2, 3) and is perpendicular to the line
3x 2 y 4 0 .

1. 2 x 3 y 5 0 2. x y 6 0 3. x y 3 4. None of these

56. Find x, y , if points 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 and x, y are vertices of a parallelogram.

1. 1, 5 2. 5,12 3. 7,13 4. Data inconsistent

57. Find the area of a triangle formed by the vertices (4, 5), (10, 12) and (-3, -2).

1. 3.5 sq. units 2. 5 sq. units 3. 7 sq. units 4. None of these

58. Find the points (s) of intersection of the straight lines y 3x and 2 x 3 y 4 .
2 11 3 5 6 8 3 5 4 12 4 12
1. 3, 4, 4, 6 2. , , , 3. , , , 4. , , ,
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 11 11
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59. What is so special about the point 1, with regards to the triangle enclosed by the lines
3
3x y 0; y 0; & 3x y 2 3 0

1. P is the Centroid 2. P is the lncentre 3. P is the Circumcentre 4. All of these

60. ABCD is a square and PBC is an equilateral triangle. If PQ DC , then find the measure of the
DPQ . A D

P Q

B C
o o o
1. 30 2. 15 3. 20 4. 25 o

61. Find the area of an isosceles triangle whose sides are 8 cm, 5 cm and 5 cm.

1. 12 sq cm 2. 14 sq cm 3. 16 sq cm 4. 18 sq cm 5. 20 sq cm

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62. The surface area of a sphere is 1018 cm2. Find its radius.
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1. 12cm 2. 14 cm 3. 9 cm 4. 4.5 cm 5. 18 cm

63. A swimming bath is 120 m long and 25 m wide. How many litres must be pumped into it to raise the
water-level by 10 cm? (1 cubic meter = 1000 litres)

1. 3,000 litres 2. 30,000litres 3. 300,000 litres 4. 3,000,000 litres 5. 300 litres

64. Find the freight for shipping abroad 75 rectangular packing cases, each 1.5 m by 0.40 m by 0.16 m, at
` 7,500 per load of 1 cu. m.

1. ` 36,000 2. ` 18,000 3. ` 72,000 4. ` 58,000 5. ` 54,000

65. An open rectangular tank is made of concrete, the sides and base being 40 cm thick. Internally the
tank is 4 m long, 2 m broad and 1.5 m high. Find its weight in tones, if concrete weighs 1 kg per 1000
cubic centimeter.

1. 11,800 tonnes 2. 18,000 tonnes 3. 13,500 tonnes 4. 12,200 tonnes 5. 13,000 tonnes

66. The height of a cylinder is 8 cm and the radius of the base is 3 cm. Find the area of the curved surface
of the cylinder.

1. 120 sq cm 2. 140 sq cm 3. 150.72 sq cm 4. 180.2 sq cm 5. 200 sq cm

67. A rectangular block of stone, weighing 1.6 kg per cubic decimeter, has to be cut. It must have a
weight of 12.8 kg, a length of 8 decimeter and a breadth of 5 decimeter. Find the thickness of the
block in centimeters.

1. 8 cm 2. 6cm 3. 4 cm 4. 2 cm 5. 1 cm

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68. The external dimensions of a closed rectangular cistern are 75 cm by 46 cm by 35 cm and the material
is 5 mm thick. How many litres will the cistern hold?

1. 113.22 litres 2. 310 litres 3. 311.22 litres 4. 143.22 litres 5. 300 litres

69. A lawn, 30 m long and 25 m wide, is surrounded by a path 2 m wide. How many cubic metres of
gravel are required to cover the path to a depth of 5 cm?

1. 118 cu m 2. 16cu m 3. 42 cu m 4. 11.8 cu m 5. 1.6 cu m

70. A swimming bath 50 m long, 12 m wide is being filled by a pipe which delivers 2 cu metres of water
in a minute. How long will it take for the water-level to rise 2 cm?

1. 8 min 2. 6 min 3. 4 min 4. 2 min 5. 1 min

71. A level rectangular roof is 8 m long and 4 m wide. The rain which falls on it is collected in a
rectangular cistern 2 m long, 2.5 m wide and 4 m deep. What fraction of the cistern will be full after a
rainfall of 2 cm?

1. 0.032 2. 0.016 3. 0.008 4. 0.004 5. 0.002

72. The rainwater from a flat roof 8 m long and 5 m wide is collected in a tank whose internal
measurements are 2 m long, 1.2 m wide and 0.6 m deep. Before it started raining it was half-full and
after the rain it was full. Find the amount of rainfall.

1. 1.8 cm 2. 2.4cm 3. 4 cm 4. 1.2 cm 5. 1 cm

73. How many cubic metres of earth must be dug out in sinking a well 6 m in diameter and 20 m deep?
(Assume = 3.14)

1. 518.18 cu m 2. 162.25cu m 3. 422.2 cu m 4. 565.2cu m 5. 166.33 cu m

74. How many cm does the water level drop in a cylindrical tank, of diameter 42 cm, if 15.4 litres of
water are drawn off? (1 cubic meter = 1000 litres)

1. 11.111 cm 2. 222.22 cm 3. 142 cm 4. 242 cm 5. 121 cm

75. A sphere and a cylinder have the same curved surface area. If the radius of the sphere and the radius
of the base of the cylinder are 4 cm, find the height of the cylinder.

1. 8 cm 2. 6 cm 3. 4 cm 4. 2 cm 5. 1 cm

76. Water flows through a pipe of diameter 2 cm at the rate of 20 cm per second. How many litres of
water can the pipe discharge per minute? (1 cubic meter = 1000 litres)

1. 4.680 litres 2. 4.768 litres 3. 1.414 litres 4. 2.888 litres 5. 3.768 litres

77. A cylindrical well with internal diameter 4.5 m contains 89,100 litres of water. Find the depth of the
water. (1 cubic meter = 1000 litres)

1. 5.6 m 2. 6.2 m 3. 4.2 m 4. 2.1 m 5.1 m

78. A solid cylinder 15 cm in diameter 20 cm long is packed in a box which measures internally 15 cm by
16 cm by 25 cm and the empty space is filled with sawdust. Find the volume of sawdust required?

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1. 618 cu m 2. 1064 cu m 3. 2464 cu m 4. 1232 cu m 5. 616 cu m

79. The internal diameter of an iron pipe is 24 cm, the metal is one cm thick and the length of the pipe is 3
m. What is the weight of the pipe if 1 cubic centimeter of iron weighs 5.81 grams?

1. 236.9 kg 2. 118.2 kg 3. 136.9 kg 4. 272 kg 5. 132 kg

80. If the whole surface area of a cone is 217 cm2 and radius of the base is 3.5 cm, find the slant height of
the cone.
5 2 1 1 2
1. 16 cm 2. 18 cm 3. 11 cm 4. 17 cm 5. 12 cm
22 3 3 7 5
81. A cube of 384 cm2 surface area is melted to make x small cubes each of 96 mm2 surface area. x is

1. 4,000 2. 400 3. 8,000 4. 800

82. Water from a roof, 9 sq. metres in area, flows down to a cylinder container of 900 cm2 base. To what
height will the water rise in cylinder if there is a rainfall of 0.1 mm?

1. 0.1 mm 2. 0.1 metre 3. 0.11 cm 4. 1 cm

83. The radius of sphere is increased by 50 %. The increase in surface area of the sphere is

1. 100% 2. 125% 3. 150% 4. 200%

84. Three sides of a triangle are 5, 6 and 7 cm. Find the area of triangle.

1. 15 cm2 2. 6 6 cm2 3. 21 cm2 4. 76 cm2

85. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 100 cm. If the base is 36 cm, find the length of the equal
sides.

1. 18 cm 2. 64 cm 3. 32 cm 4. 36 cm

86. The area of a triangle is 615 m2. If one of its sides is 123 meter, find the length of the perpendicular
dropped on that side from opposite vertex

1. 10 m 2. 5m 3. 0.2 m 4. Cannot be determined

87. The lengths of two equal sides in an isosceles triangle are 12.5 metres and the third side is 20 metres.
Find the area of triangle.

1. 250 m2 2. 75 m2 3. 125 m2 4. None of these

88. In an isosceles right-angled triangle, the perimeter is 20 metres. Find its area.

1. 17.16 m2 2. 5.858 m2 3. 34.32 m2 4. 9.320 m2

89. A rectangular lawn 70 m 30 m has two roads each 5 metres wide, running in the middle of it, one
parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth. Find the cost of gravelling the road at the
rate of ` 4 per square metre.

1. ` 475 2. ` 950 3. ` 1,900 4. ` 2,000

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90. The base of a triangular field is three times the altitude. If the cost of cultivating the field, at
` 20 per hectare, is ` 480, find the base. ( 1 hectare = 40,000 sq. m)

1. 400 m 2. 2,400 m 3. 800 m 4. 1,600 m

91. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 5 and 6 metres. If the diagonal connecting the ends of these
sides is 9 metres, find the area of the parallelogram.

1. Cannot be determined 2. 15 m2
3. 14.14 m2 4. 28.28 m2

92. The difference between the circumference and radius of a circle is 37 metres. Find its circumference.

1. 44 m 2. Cannot be determined
3. 30 m 4. 7m

93. The plan of a canal is a trapezium in shape. The canal is 7 metres wide at the top and 9 metres at the
bottom. If the area of cross-section is 1280 square metres, find the height of the canal.

1. 2m 2. 160 m 3. 80 m 4. 320 m

94. Hammering extends one cubic metre of aluminum sheet, so as to cover the roof with an area 10,000
square metres. Find the thickness of sheet.

1. 0.1 m 2. 1 mm 3. 0.01cm 4. None of these

95. Find the number of kilograms of copper in a wire of length 300 km, diameter 1/9 cm. Copper wire
weighs 270 kg per 0.027 m3.

1. 3820 kg 2. 2910 kg 3. 1680 kg 4. 5240 kg

96. A right pyramid, 10 m high, has a square base with diagonal 10 m. Find its lateral surface.

1. 1502 m2 2. 1502 + 50 m2 3. 150 m2 4. 100 m2


97. Two concentric circles are drawn with O as the centre as shown is the figure given below. The ratio of
the area of the annular ring bounded by these two circles and the quadrilateral EBCH is 3: 2. Find
the ratio of the radius of the smaller circle to the radius of the larger circle.
E

B F

H D O

1. 1 : 4 2. 2 : 7 3. 1 : 6 4. 3 : 19 5. 1 : 7

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98. A semicircle with centre at C and radius equal to 4 is drawn with AB as the diameter as shown is the
figure given below. CDEF is a rectangle such that the ratio of area of the semicircle to the area of the
rectangle is 2: 3. CE cuts the semicircle at P. Find the length of line segment PB.
E
D
P

B
A
C F
8 9
1. 5 2. 5 5 3. 17 5 4. 5 5. 17 5
5 3 9 2 11

99. In the following figure, the equilateral triangle ABC has an area of 900 3 m 2 . Points P and Q are the
mid points of the side AB and AC respectively. Find the area of the dotted region.
A

P Q

B C

1. 64 3m 2 2. 80 3m 2 3. 75 3m 2 4. 72 3m 2 5. 60 3m 2

100. A rectangle PQRS contains a semi-circle with diameter PQ. An equilateral triangle RST is drawn such
that T is the only point of contact of the semi-circle and the triangle. Determine the ratio of the length
of the smaller side to the larger side of the rectangle

1. 1 : 3 2. 1 : 2 3. 1 : 3 4. 2 : 3 1

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Answer keys
1. 3 51. 4
2. 1 52. 4
3. 2 53. 3
4. 2 54. 3
5. 3 55. 1
6. 4 56. 4
7. 2 57. 1
8. 3 58. 4
9. 4 59. 4
10. 2 60. 2
11. 4 61. 1
12. 3 62. 3
13. 1 63. 3
14. 2 64. 5
15. 2 65. 3
16. 3 66. 3
17. 2 67. 4
18. 3 68. 1
19. 4 69. 4
20. 2 70. 2
21. 3 71. 1
22. 1 72. 1
23. 3 73. 4
24. 1 74. 1
25. 3 75. 1
26. 1 76. 5
27. 4 77. 1
28. 4 78. 3
29. 2 79. 3
30 4 80. 1
31. 4 81. 3
32. 3 82. 4
33. 3 83. 2
34. 1 84. 2
35. 1 85. 3
36. 2 86. 1
37. 5 87. 2
38. 1 88. 1
39. 2 89. 3
40. 1 90. 2
41. 3 91. 4
42. 4 92. 1
43. 3 93. 2
44. 1 94. 3
45. 4 95. 2
46. 1 96. 3
47. 1 97. 5
48. 1 98. 1
49. 3 99. 3
50. 2 100. 4

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Explanations 28.6 = 5/3 22/7 r3
r3 = 5.46, r = 1.76.
1. A (shaded region)
= A (SQ. ABCD) A (sector ABCD) Height of room = 1.76 2 = 3.52 m.
Thus 4th option is the answer.
= 202 ( 202)
12. Total expenditure for barbed wire = ` 120.
= 400 (1 /4) cm2.
Cost of barbed wire = ` 1 per m.
2. Let the midpoint of AB be R.
Perimeter of rectangular field = 120/1 = 120 m.
In that case in ARO, OAR = AOR = 45,
Length of field = 35 m.
AR = RO = 7/2, Breadth of field = 25 m.
AO = 7,
Area of field = 35 25 = 875 m2.
AB = 2AR = 72. Cost of ploughing = ` 2 / sqm.
PR = 7 7/2 = [72 7]/2. Total cost of ploughing = 875 2
A [Rectangle with side AB) = AB PR = ` 1,750.
= 72 [72 7]/2 13. Length of carpet = 6.4 m.
= 49[2 1]. Breadth of carpet = 5 m.
A ( AOB) = AO OB Total area of carpet = 32 m2.
= 7 7 = 49/2. 14. Area of table top = 5.25 m2
A (sector OAPB) = 72 Cost of polishing = `. 2.25 / m2
= 49/4 = 77/2. Total cost = ` 11.81
A (shaded region) 15. In righttriangle AED, ED = 6 cm, BD = 12 cm.
= A ( AOB) + A (rectangle with side AB) A (sector Area of rhombus = product of diagonals
APBO) = 12 16 = 96 cm2.
= 49/2 + 49[2 1] 77/2 16. In triangle CKB height, h = (202 82) = 421.
= 492 63 cm2. Area of trapezium = (sum of || sides)
3. Area of circle = 72 (perp. Distance) = (42 + 58) (421)
= 22/7 7 7 = 20021 = 916.50 sq. cm.
= 154 cm2. 17. Distance travelled by wheel in one revolution =
4. Area of circle = 102 = 3.14 100 = 314 cm2. circumference of wheel
Area of regular hexagon = 22/7 70 = 220 cm.
= 6 3 / 4 10 10 Speed of scooter = 66 km/hr
= 259.5cm2. = 66 1000 100/60 cm/min = 110,000 cm /min.
Area of shaded region The wheel has therefore get to travel 110,000 cm in 1
= area of circle area of hexagon min i.e. it has perform 110,000/220 revolution in 1 min
= 314 259.5 i.e. 500 revolutions.
= 54.5cm2. 18. The radius of the semicircular paper is the slant height of
5. Area of sector PCYD the cone.
= 30/360 122 Also the base circumference is equal to the half circular
= 12 = 37.68cm2. circumference of the semi circle
6. Area of sector EBQ = 72 = 38.5cm2. i.e. 2 r = 2 14
Area of sector PAE = 142 = 154 cm2. r = 7.
Area of sq. ABCD = 212 = 441. Height = (slant ht2 radius2) = (142 72)
Area of Portion z = 73. Volume of cone = 1/3 r2 h
= A [SQ ABCD] A [sector EBQ + sector PAE] = 1/3 22/7 7 7 73
= 441 38.5 154 = 248.5cm2. = 1078/3 cm3.
7. 0.8 0.8 = 0.64. So 36 % decrease. 19. Volume of wall = 200 m3
8. Volume of sand = volume of bucket = /4 212 40 = Volume of mortar = 10 % of volume of wall
22/7 1/4 21 21 40. = 20 m3.
Volume of cone = 1/3 area of base ht. 1/3 Volume of bricks = 180 m3. No. of bricks
(area of base) 15 = 22/7 1/4 21 21 40. = volume of bricks / volume of 1 brick
Area of base = 2772 cm2. = [180 106] /[25 15 8] = 60,000.
9. Volume of milk = volume of cylindrical vessel 20. Total volume of the three cubes
= 22/7 25 25 80. = 27x3 + 64x3 + 125x3 = 216x3.
Volume of conical flask = 1/3 22/7 5 5 10. The length of side of the new cube
Maximum no of students who can be supplied milk = diagonal/3 = 48 m.
= volume of milk / volume of conical flask Volume of bigger cube = 48 48 48 m = 216x3
= [22/7 25 25 80] / [1/3 22/7 5 5 10] = (48)3 (6x)3 = 483 6x = 48, x = 8.
= 600. The length of edges of the cube are
10. Volume of toy 24 m, 32 m and 40 m.
= volume of cone + volume of cylinder 21. Volume of earth taken out from tank
+ volume of hemisphere =432
= (1/3 72 15) +{ 72 18} + [2/3 73 ] = 24 m3.
= 49 (5 + 18 + 14/3) = 4260.67 cm3. Area on which this earth is spread
11. Volume = (volume of cylinder) + = Area of rectangle field area of tank
(volume of hemisphere). = 50 6 4 3
28.6 = r2 r + 2/3 r3 = 300 12

67
= 288 m3. 30. Circumference of base
The increase in level of field = 24 / 288 = length of curved edge of semicircular sheet,
= 1/12 m. 2 r = 27
22. Volume of water added to the tank in 8 hrs r = 7/2 cm.
= 30 20 1 = 600 m3. Depth of cone = (slant ht2 radius base2)
Let the speed of water be S metres/hr. = (72 + 7/22) = (49 49/7)
Now volume of water flow through pipe = 73/2.
= 5/100 5/100 S 8 = 600 m3. 31. A (SQ ABCD) = 56,
30000 m/hr x (4x) = 56,
= 30 km/hr. x = 14 cm.
23. Surface area of 1 pillar = 2 r h. A ( ABE) = 14 14 = 7 sq. units.
Total surface area to be cleaned = 2 r h. 32. Since PR is tangent to circle with centre o or is _|_ to
Cost of cleaning = ` 0.5/m2 PR.
Total cost = 2 rh 50 0.5 ORP is right angled .
= 2 22 / 7 0.5 4 50 0.5 Now PR = (OP2 OR2)
= ` 157 = (42 22) = 12 = 23.
24. Circumference of base of cylinder = 2 r = 22/2, 33. Initially, 652 252 h2 h 60
r = 7/4 cm.
After slipping
Volume of cylinder = r2 h
= 22/7 7/4 7/4 12 652 h 82 25 x 2
= 115.5 cm3
= 116 cm3.
25. In 1 revolution the roller levels an area, which is equal I
to the curved surface area of roller. 8
Area of ground = 500 curved surface area of roller
= 500 22/7 84 120 cm2.
Cost of leveling, at the rate of 30 paisa per sq. m. h II
= 0.30 500 22 / 7 0.84 1.2
= ` 475.20.
26. Circumference of base = 44 m
i.e. 2 r = 44 m,
r = 7 m. 25 x
Volume of tent = 1/3 22 / 7 7 7 9 25 x 39
= 462 m3 x 14 m
Volume of air contained in the tent = 462 m3.
27. Surface area of new solid = (curved surface area of 34. If the area of the square thus formed is 484 m2, this
cylinder) + (curved surface area of cone) means the side of the square is 22m.
+ (area of base of cylinder One side of rectangle would have been 20 m & other
would have been 27.5m .
= (2 r h) + ( r l) + ( r2).
By using both the methods, we can calculate the
Slant ht, l of cone = (92 + 72) = (130) = 11.4 cm.
required area to be 550 m2
Now required area
35. Volume of prism = Base Area Height.
= 27922/7 + 711.422/7 + 7722/7
Base area =
= 396 + 250.8 + 154
= 800.8 cm2. s s a s b s a where s (3 4 5)/2 6.
28. Let h be the height and b be the base of the cylinder and
Base area 6 3 2 1 6m 2
cone.
Ratio of curved surfaces = 8 : 5 , Volume of prism 6 10 60m3
2rh / rl = 8/5. 36. Internal diameter = di = 10cms = 0.1m.
Where l is slant ht of cone. External diameter = de = 12cms = 0.12m.
Canceling r & , Length l = 4m.
2h / (h2 + r2) = 8/5 Pipe is a hollow cylinder of iron
h2/[h2 + r2] = 16/25 = external volume internal volume =
25h2 = 16h2 + 16r2
9h2 = 16r2

4

de 2 di 2 l (0.12 2 0.10 2 ) 4
4
h/r = 4/3. = 0.0138 m3.
29. Volume of frustum = volume of cone with height h and Weight of iron = 0.0138 7800
base diameter 10 cm) (volume of cone with height (h = 108 kg.
5) and base diameter 6 cm) Volume of cylindrical shaft
37.
To calculate h, 5/(5 + x) = 3/x
= R2H
x = 7.5.
22 23 23
h = 7.5 + 5 = 12.5 cm. = 40 16625.7m 3
Volume of frustum = 7 2 2
1/3 22/7 5 5 12.5 1/3 22/7 3 3 7.5 weight = (16625.7 2.7) / 1000
= 1/3 22/7 (312.5 67.5) = 45 kg
= 256.67 cm3. 38. Volume = 113 1/7m3
= 792 / 7m3.
68
792 / 7 = 4/3r3
6 2 82 36 64 100 10m.
r3 = 27
r=3m
49. 2r = 2r2
39. Area of the new circular park r=1
= sum of the areas of the 2 smaller parks 50. Co-ordinate of P with respect to new origin is
(16/2)2 + (12/2)2 = (64 + 36) = 100 x x x' and y y y'
100 = R2. i.e.x 3 5 and y 6 8
R2 = 100 Or x 8 and y 2
R = 10 m Hence, the co-ordinate of P w.r.t new origin is
40. Area of curved surface = rl 8, 2
51. 82
r 102 82 r 100 64 36 6m
We get y 8 x 7 or x y + 1 = 0
7 1
22 52. 1
. required area 6 10 188.57m2 y x c , where c is a constant
7 2
41. Vol. of sphere = 3
putting x 1, y 2 c
4 3 4 2
r (3) 3 36cm 3 .
3 3 1 3
y x
Wire is of cylindrical shape 2 2
R 2 H 36 (0.1) 2 H 36. 2 y x 3
H = 3600 cm or x 2 y 3 0
H = 36 m 53. 2x 3 y k 0
42. Let no of coins be n. Putting x 2, y 3 , we get k 13
Then n 0.2 1.52 = 62 8.
Solving for n, we get value = 640. 2 x 3 y 13 0
54. y2 y1
43. Let the outer radius be R and inner radius be r
2RH 2rH = 44. H = 14.
The equation of the line L is y y1 x x1
x2 x1
22 1 2 4
2 14( R r ) 44 R r . i.e. y 4 x 2
7 2 3 2
Also R 2 H r 2 H 99
or y 4 6 ( x 2)
22 or 6 x y 16
14( R 2 r 2 ) 99
7 So, the co-ordinate of the point where the line L cuts
R 2 r 2 9 / 4. 8
the X-axis is , 0 .
Also R 2 r 2 ( R r )( R r ) 3
9 / 4 1 / 2( R r ) New line L is perpendicular to the line L.
R r 9 / 2. So, m1m2 1, Here m1 6 and m2
1
R 2.5cm and r 2cm. 6
1
R 2.5cm and r 2cm. The equation of new line L is y x c .
44. Canvas for 3 m side is 22 / 7 105 3 = 990 sq m. 6
For sloping part, the surface area is 8
But this is passing through , 0 .
2 / 7 105/2 5 / 3 = 275 sq. m. 3
So total area is 990 + 275 1 8 4
= 1265 sq. m. So 0 cc
6 3 9
45. Let angle of incidence = x
x + 3x + x = 180 Hence, the equation of new line is 3x 18y 8 .
x = 360. 55. Slope of the line perpendicular to 3x 2 y 4 0
46. Volume of cone = r h
2
should be 2 .
3 3
= Volume of hemisphere = 2 r 3 .
3 Equation of the line is y
2
xc
3
Equating the two you get the ratio as h/r = 2/1.
5
This is basically the ratio their heights only. Putting x 2, y 3 , we get c
Hence the answer is 2 : 1. 3
47. Angle on a circle is half of the angle at the center. Equation of the line is 2x 3 y 5 0
angle = 84. 56. Note that three of the four given points lie on the same
Length of the arc = r 2 22 12 84 17.6 line y x 1 .
360 7 360 Hence, they are collinear and a parallelogram cannot be
48. If the longer side is the diameter, then this triangle is a formed.
rightangled triangle. 57. Area of the triangle =
Hence length of diameter = 1
x1( y2 y3 ) x2 ( y3 y1) x3 ( y1 y2 )
2
69
=238

1
4(12 (2)) 10(2 5) (3)(5 12) 1 7 3.5 units = 150.72 sq. cm.
2 2
67. Volume required is 12.8 / 1.6 = 8 cu. decimeter.
58. y 3x , 3x when x 0, 3x when x 0, 2x 3 y 4 So
= L B t = 8 x 5 x t.
lving, we get the points of intersection as So t = 8 / (8 5)
4 12 4 12 = 1/5 = 0.2 decimeter
, and ,
7 7 11 11 Or 2 cm.
59. By solving the equation, we get the points of

intersection as 0, 0, 1, 3 and 2, 0 . The centroid of
68. Here since the thickness is 5 mm, the internal
dimensions would be reduced by 1 cm.
triangle joining these points is given by Hence internal dimensions are

0 1 2 , 0 3 0 1, 1 74 45 34 cc = 113,200 cc = 113.2 litres.
3
69. The path is formed by two rectangles, which have
3 3 dimensions as 30 25 and 34 29.
Thus the given point is the centroid of the triangle. The required quantity of gravel
It will coincide with the in-centre and circum-centre if = area of the path depth of gravel
the triangle is equilateral. = [(34 29) (30 25)] 0.05 = 11.8 cu. m.
Checking the length of sides we get all sides are equal 70. Required volume of water
to 2 units hence the point is the in-centre and circum-
= 50 12 0.02 = 12 cu. m.
centre as well.
Therefore the time taken by the tap which delivers 2 m3
60. PBC is an equilateral triangle. per minute = 12/2 = 6 min.
PB BC PC 71. Volume of rainfall = 8 4 0.02 = 0.64 cu. m.
But BC CD The volume of cistern = 2 2.5 4 = 20 cu. m.
PC CD Fraction of the cistern which gets filled
Hence, PCD is an isosceles triangle. = 0.64 / 20 = 4 / 125
CPD PDC x[ Say] = 0.032.
72. The volume of rainfall = 2 1.2 0.3 = 0.72 cu. m.
PCB 60o PCD 30o The amount of rainfall = 0.72 / (8 5)
Nowin PCD = 1.8 cm.
x x 30o 180o 73. The volume of the well
= volume of the earth dug out
x 75o = 3.14 3 3 20
i.e. DPC 75o = 565.2 cu. m.
74. Volume of water removed = 15.4 litres
Also in PCQ , = 15400 cm3.
30o 90o QPC 180o The drop in the level of water
DPQ DPC QPC = 15400 / ( 21 21)
= 11.11 cm.
75o 60o 15o 75. Curved surface area of cylinder = 2 rh
61. Semi perimeter of triangle s = (8 + 5 + 5) / 2 = 9. and surface area of sphere = 4r2.
Area of triangle = [s (s 8)(s 5)(s 5)] Equating both we get, r h = 2 r r.
= 12 sq. cm. Given that rc = rs = 4cm.
BETTER METHOD: Therefore the height of cylinder = 8 cm.
The two sides of the right triangle containing the 76. Volume of water discharged per second
altitude are 4 and 5. = 1 1 20 = 62.8 cu. cm. / sec.
So the height has to be 3. = 0.0628 lit.
Area is 8 3 = 12. Volume of water discharged per minute
62. Surface area of sphere = 4 (r2) = 0.0628 60
= 1018 2 / 7. = 3.768 litres.
Therefore radius = 9 cm. 77. Depth of well = 89.1 / ( 2.25 2.25)
63. Required volume of water = 5.6 m.
= 120 25 0.1 78. Volume of sawdust
= 300 cu.m. = Volume of box volume of cylindrical rod
1 m3 = 1000 litre. = (15 16 25) ( 7.5 7.5 20)
300 cu m = 300 1000 = 2,464 cm3.
= 300,000 litre 79. Volume of pipe = 300 (13 13 12 12) .
64. Total volume = 75 1.5 0.4 0.16 The weight of the pipe
= 7.2 cu. m. = volume of pipe 5.81
Total cost = ` 54,000. = 136.9 kg.
65. The outer dimensions are 4.8 2.8 1.9 m. 80. The surface area of cone = r r + r l where l
So volume of the block is is the slant height and r is the radius of the base.
4.8 2.8 2.3 4 2 1.5 = 25.5 12 Therefore we have, r (r + l) = 217, which is same
= 13.5 cu. m as 3.5 (3.5 + l) = 217.
Or 13,500 tonnes. Therefore the slant height = 16 5 / 22 cm.
66. The surface area = 2 r h 81. Surface area of larger cube = 384cm2

70
6L2 = 384 L2 = 64 L = 8cm. 10 1 5 4 10 2 sq m.
volume of larger cube = 8 8 8 = 512 cm3. Surface
area of smaller cube = 96 mm2 = 96/100 cm2. 6l2 = Hence required area = 2 10 2 20 2
96 = 20 1.414 = 28.28 m2.
l 2 0.16 l 0.4cm. 92. 2r r 37 r (2 1) = 37
100
Volume of smaller cube = 0.4 0.4 0.4 22 37
2 1 37 r 37 r 7.
= 0.064 cm3. r 7 7
x = 512/0.064 = 8000.
82. Let the required height be h. 2 r-7 37 2 r 44m.
Area of roof = 9 sq m 93. Let the length of canal be h metres
= 90000 sq cm. 1280 =
7 9 h h 160m
Rainfall = 0.1mm = 0.1/10 2
= 0.01cm. 94. 1
90000 0.01 = 900 h Thickness of sheet = 100 0.01cm
10000
h = 1cm. 95. h = 300 km = 300 1000 m, r = 1/18 1/100
83. Radius of sphere increased by 50 %. = 1/1800 m.
increase in surface area = 1.5 1.5 2.25 Volume = r2h = 22/7 1/1800 1/1800 3,000,000 =
2.25 1 100 1.25 100 125% . 0.2910m3.
1 Weight of copper = 270/0.027 0.2910
84. 3 sides are 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm. = 2910 kg.
s = (5 + 6 + 7)/2 = 9cm. 96. Lateral surface of the pyramid
Area= ss a) (s b) (s c) . = Base perimeter slant height.
Diagonal = 10 m
Putting the values, we get area =
side = 10/2.
9 4 3 2 6 6cm 2 Base perimeter
85. Let the length of equal side = x. 2
x + x + 36 = 100 = 4 10 / 2 40 2 . Also slant ht h 2 side .
2x = 64 x = 32cm. 2
86. A = 615m2. Base = 123 m. slant height = 100 25 225 15
Perpendicular height =? 2 2 2
Also A = 1 B H 615 = 1 123 H lateral surface = 1 40 15 150m 2 .
2 2
2 2 2
H = 10 m.
87. Lengths of the sides are 12.5 m, 12.5 m and 20 m. 97. Let the radii of the larger and smaller circle be r1and r2
s = (12.5 + 12.5 + 20) / 2 s = 22.5. respectively.
Area of the annular ring
Area = 22.5 10 10 2.5 7.5 10 75m 2
= (r12 r2 2 )
88. In an isosceles right angled triangle, Base = Height. Let
Area of the quadrilateral EBC
a be the base and b be the hypotenuse.
= Area ( EBO + BOC + COH + HOE)
a + a + b = 20 2a + b = 20.
Also b2 = a2 + a2 = 1 (r1 r2 ) 2
2
b2 = 2a2.
ATQ. (r1 r2 ) 3 r : r 1 : 7
2 2
b = 2 a. So 2a+ 2a 20 3.414a 20 1 2
1 2
a = 5.86m. (r1 r2 ) 2
2
Required area 1 a 2 1 5.86 5.86 17.16m 2 . 98.
2 2
E
89. Required area of the road D
= (5 70) + (5 30) (5 5) P
= 350 + 150 25
= 475 m2.
Cost of gravelling the road = 475 4
= ` 1,900.
90. Cost of cultivating the field at ` 20/ hectare = 480. A
Area of field = 480/20 = 24 hectares C F B
= 24 40000 = 960000 m2. B = 3A. Join AP and draw PQ AB
As per question 4 2
1 2
B. A 960000 3 A 2 960000 2
2 2 4 DE 3
A 800 m. DE = 3 unit = CF
Hence Base 3 800 2400 m. CE CD 2 DE 2 5 units
91. Sides of a parallelogram are 5 m and 6 m. Let CQ = x, QB = CB CQ
Diagonal = 9 m. = (4 x) units
Area of parallelogram
= Area of 2 triangles of sides 5 m, 6 m and 9 m.
Area of with sides 5 m, 6 m and 9 m is CPQ~CEF

71
CP CQ 4 x 12
x units
CE CF 5 3 5
8
QB = units
5
Also PQ CP PQ CP EF 4 4 16 units
EF CE CE 5 5
256 64 8 5
PB PQ QB
2 2
units
25 25 5
99.
A

F
P Q
O

B C
E

Here side of the equilateral triangle is 60


In equilateral triangle PQ|| BC,
( P & Q are mid points of the sides)
So BC = 2PQ PQ = 30 m

Now AE= 3 60 30 3m
2
O is centroid.
So AO : OE = 2 : 1
OE = 10 3m and AO = 20 3m
1
AF = AE 15 3m ,
2
FO = AO-AF=5 3m 2
Therefore area of PQO
1
= PQ FO
2
= 1 30 5 3 75 3m 2
2
100.
P M Q
x x
x
2 2
2

3x
2

S N R
Let PQ = x ; MN 3 x x 3 1 x
2 2 2
Required Ratio = x 2

3 1 3 1
x
2

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