PHYSICS

Mensuration DPP
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1. In a given figure, ABCD is a trapezium in which the parallel sides AB, CD are both
perpendicular to BC. Find the area of the trapezium

1) 140m 2 2) 168m 2 3) 180m 2 4) 156.4m 2

2. In the adjoining figure AB=CD=2BC=2BP=2CQ. In the middle, a circle with radius
1 cm is drawn. In the rest figure all are the semicircular arcs. What is the perimeter of
the whole figure ?

1) 4 2) 8 3) 10 4) none of these

3. The perimeter of the figure given below correct to one decimal place is

1) 56 m 2) 56.6 m 3) 57.2 m 4) 57.9 m

4. ABCD is a square, 4 equal circles are just touching each other whose centres are the
vertices A, B, C, D of the square. What is the ratio of the shaded to the unshaded
area within square?
 8 3 5 6
1) 2) 3) 4)
11 11 11 11
5. In the adjoining figure the cross section of a swimming pool is shown. If the length of
the swimming pool is 120 m then the amount of water it can hold is

1) 5760m3 2) 9600m3 3) 7200m3 4) none of these

6. In the adjoining figure ACB is a quadrant with radius ‘a’. A semicircle is drawn
outside the quadrant taking AB as a diameter. Find the area of shaded region

2)    a 2  a 2 
a2
1)
1
4
   2a 2 
1
 
4
3)
2
4) can’t be determined

7. ABCD and EFGA are the squares of side 4cm, each. In square ABCD, DMB and
PMQ are the arcs of circles with centres at A and C respectively. In square AEFG ,
the shaded region is enclosed by two arcs of circles with centres at A and F,
respectively. What is the ratio of the shaded regions of the squares ABCD and AEFG
respectively:

1)
2  2 2  2)
  2  3)
4
4) none of these
  2  2  2 1   3
8. In the adjoining figure ABCD is a square. Four equal semi circles are drawn in such
a way that they meet each other at ‘O’. Sides AB, BC, CD and AD are the respective
diameters of the four semicircles. Each of the side of the square is 8 cm. Find the area
of the shaded region

4)    4  cm2
3
1) 32   2  cm2 2) 16   2  cm 2 3)  2  8 cm2
4 

Passage : A square is inscribed in a circle then another circle is inscribed in a square.

Another square is then inscribed in the circle. Finally a circle is inscribed in the
innermost square. Thus there are 3 circles and 2 squares as sown in the figure. The
radius of the outer-most circle is R.

9. What is the radius of the inner-most circle?

R R
1) 2) 3) 2R 4) none of these
2 2

10. What is the sum of areas of all the squares shown in the figures?
3 2
1) 3R 2 2) 3 2R2 3) R 4) none of these
2

11. What is the ratio of sum of circumferences of all the circles to the sum of perimeters
of all the squares ?
1)  2  3   R 2) 3  2R2 3) 3 3 R 4) none of these
 Passage : Five spheres are kept in a cone in such a way that each sphere touch each
other and also touch the lateral surface of the cone, this is due to increasing radius of
the spheres starting from the vertex of the cone. The radius of the smallest sphere is
16cm.

12. If the radius of the fifth (i.e. largest) sphere be 81 cm, then find the radius of the third
i.e., middle most) sphere
1) 25 cm 2) 25 3 cm 3) 36 cm 4) data insufficient
13. What is the least distance between the smallest sphere and the vertex of the cone?
1) 64 cm 2) 80 cm 3) 28 cm 4) none of these

14. Three equal circles each of radius 1 cm are circumscribed by a larger circle. Find the
perimeter of the circumscribing circle

 2 3 
1)
2
3

2  3  cm 2)   cm
3 
3)
2
 
2  3  cm 4) none of the above
 3

15. Three circular rings of equal radii of 1 cm each are touching each other. A string
runs all round the set of rings very tightly. What is the minimum length of string
required to bind all the three rings in the given manner?

6 
1) cm 2) 2  3    cm 3) cm 4) can’t be determined
 6
16. An equilateral triangle circumscribes all the three circles each of radius 1 cm. What
is the perimeter of the equilateral triangle?
 1) 6  3  1 cm 2) 3 8  2  cm 3) 15  3  1 cm 4) none of the above

17. Six circles each of unit radius are being circumscribed by another larger circle. All
the smaller circles touch each other. What is the circumference of the larger circle?

 34  4 3 
1)    cm 2) 4 3 cm 3) 2    cm 4) can’t be determined
 2   3 

18. There are six circular rings of iron, kept close to each other. A string binds them as
tightly as possible. If the radius of each circular iron ring is 1 cm. What is the
minimum possible length of string required to bind them?

1) 2  6  3 3    cm 2) 6  2  3   cm 3) 2  6    cm 4) none of the above

19. An equilateral triangle circumscribes all the six circles, each with radius 1 cm. What
is the perimeter of the equilateral triangle?

1) 6  2  3  cm 2) 3  3  2  cm 3) 12  3  4  cm 4) none of the above

20. A cube of maximum possible volume is cut from the sphere of diameter 3 3 cm .
What is the ratio of volume of the sphere to that of cube?
4 3 3 4
1) 2)  3)  4) none of these
 2 3
21. A cube of maximum possible volume is cut from the solid right circular cylinder.
What is the ratio of volume of cube to that of cylinder if the edge of a cube is equal
to the height of the cylinder?
11  7
1) 2) 2 3) 4) none of these
7 7 11
22. In a right angle triangle ABC, what is the maximum possible area of a square that
can be inscribed when one of its vertices coincide with the vertex of right angle of the
triangle?

ab
2

4) 
a ab ab 
1) 2) 3) 
b ab ab  ab 
23. In the adjoining a square of maximum possible area is circumscribed by the right
angle triangle ABC in such a way that one of its side just lies on the hypotenuse of
the triangle. What is the area of the square?

a 2  b2  c2
2

1)  
abc abc
 2) 3) 4) none of these
 a  b  ab  a  b2  c 2
2 2 2
abc

KEY
1 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 5 1 6 3

7 1 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 4 12 3

13 1 14 3 15 2 16 1 17 3 18 3

19 1 20 2 21 3 22 4 23 1