Weekly Target Test- NPLC

NISHANT PRAKASH LAW CLASSES

MENSURATION

TEST-1

TIME: 40 MINUTES

1. The length of a rectangular plot is 60% more than its breadth. If the difference between the length and
the breadth of that rectangle is 24 cm, what is the area of that rectangle?

(a) 2400 sq. cm (b) 2480 sq. cm (c) 2560 sq. cm (d) data inadequate

(e) none of these

2. The length of a rectangular plot is 20 meters more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing the plot @ ₹
26.50 per metre is ₹ 5300, what is the length of the plot in metres?

(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 120 (d) data inadequate

(e) None of these

3. a rectangular farm has to be fenced on one long side, one short side and the diagonal. If the cost of
fencing is ₹ 100 per m, the area of the farm is 1200 m 2 and the short side is 30 m long, how much would
be the job cost?

(a) ₹ 7000 (b) ₹ 12000 (c) ₹ 14000 (d) ₹ 15000

4. a rectangular field is to be fenced on three sides leaving a side of 20 feet uncovered. If the area of the
field is 680 sq. feet, how many feet of fencing will be required?

(a) 34 (b) 40 (c) 68 (d) 88

5. The length of a rectangle is three times of its width. If the length of the diagonal is 8√10 𝑐𝑚, then the
perimeter of the rectangle is

(a) 15√10 𝑐𝑚 (b) 16√10 𝑐𝑚 (c) 24√10 𝑐𝑚 (d) 64 𝑐𝑚

6. the ratio between the length and the breadth of a rectangular field is 3 : 2. If only the length is increased
by 5 metres, the new area of the field will be 2600 sq. metres. What is the breadth of the rectangular
field?

(a) 40 metres (b) 60 metres (c) 65 metres (d) cannot be determined

(e) none of these

7. A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of 80 m length and 50 m width. Outside the lawn there is a footpath
of uniform 1 m width bordering the lawn. The area of the footpath is

(a) 264 m2 (b) 284m2 (c) 4000m2 (d) 4264 m2

8. A rectangular lawn 80 metres by 60 metres has two roads each 10 m wide running in the middle of it,
one parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth. Find the cost of gravelling them at ₹ 30
per square metres.

(a) ₹ 3600 (b) ₹ 3900 (c) ₹ 36000 (d) ₹ 39000

9. The area of a square is three-fifth the area of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 25 cm and its
breadth is 10 cm less than its length. What is the perimeter of the square?

(a) 44 cm (b) 60 cm (c) 80 cm (d) cannot be determined

(e) none of these

10. The cost of fencing a square field @ ₹ 20 per metre is ₹ 10,080. How much will it cost to lay a three
metre wide payment along the fencing inside the field @ ₹ 50 per sq. metre?

(a) ₹ 37,350 (b) ₹ 73,800 (c) ₹ 77,400 (d) ₹ none of these

11. A school room is to be built to accommodate 70 children so as to allow 2.2 m 2 of floor and 11 m3 of
space for each child. If the room be 14 metres long, what must be its breadth and height?

(a) 11 m, 4 m (b) 11 m, 5 m (c) 12 m, 5.5 m (d) 13 m, 6 m

(a) 148 cm2 (b) 284 cm2 (c) 316 cm2 (d) 460 cm2
13. An aluminium sheet 27 cm long, 8 cm broad and 1 cm thick is melted into a cube. The difference in
the surface areas of the two solids would be

(a) nil (b) 284 cm2 (c) 286 cm2 (d) 296 cm2

14. the volume of a right circular cylinder whose curved surface area is 2640 cm2 and circumference of its
base is 66 cm, is

(a) 3465 cm3 (b) 7720 cm3 (c) 13860 cm3 (d) 55440 cm3

15. Diameter of a jar cylindrical in shape is increased by 25%. By what percent must the height be
decreased so that there is no change in its volume?

(a) 10 (b) 25 (c) 36 (d) 50

16. the diameter of a garden roller is 1.4 m and it is 2 m long. How much area will it cover in 5 revolution?

(a) 36 m2 (b) 40 m2 (c) 44 m2 (d) 48 m2

(a) 8.12 cm (b) 10.12 cm (c) 12.12 cm (d) 14.12 cm

18. For a sphere of radius 10 cm, what percent of the numerical value of its volume would be the numerical
value of the surface area?

(a) 24% (b) 26.5% (c) 30% (d) 45%

19. A solid peace of iron of dimension 49 × 33 × 24 cm is moulded into a sphere. The radius of the sphere
is

(a) 21 cm (b) 28 cm (c) 35 cm (d) none of these

20. The diameter of the iron ball used for the shot-put game is 14 cm. it is melted and then a solid cylinder
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of height 2 3 cm is made. What will be the diameter of the base of the cylinder?
14 28
(a) 14 cm (b) 3
𝑐𝑚 (c) 28 cm (d) 3
𝑐𝑚

Direction:- The premises of a school are to be renovated. The renovation is in terms of flooring. Certain
areas are to be floored either with marble or wood. All rooms/halls and pantry are rectangular. The area
to be renovated comprises a hall for students' fee transaction measuring 28m by 32 metres, the branch
principal's room measuring 15m by 18m, a pantry measuring 20m x 14 metres, a record keeping cum
server room measuring 23m by 17 metres and staff room 33m by 29 metres. The total area of the school
is 3500m2 . The cost of wooden flooring is Rs. 160 per m2 and the cost of marble flooring is Rs. 180 per m2
. The staff room area, record keeping cum server room and pantry are to be floored with marble. The
branch principal's room and the hall for student’s fee transaction are with floored to be wood. No other
area is to be renovated in terms of flooring.

21. What is the ratio of the total cost of wooden flooring to the total cost of marble flooring?

(a) 359 : 471 (b) 213 : 363 (c) 537 : 239 (d) 212 : 333

22. If the four walls and ceiling of the principal's room (the height of the room is 15 metres) are to be
painted at the cost of? 175 per square metre, how much will be the total cost of renovation of the
principal's room including flooring?

(a) Rs. 243450 (b) Rs. 263700 (c) Rs. 316590 (d) Rs. 215600

23. If the remaining area of the school is to be carpeted at the rate of Rs.125 per square metre, how much
will the increase in the total cost of renovation of school premises be?

(a) Rs.72189 (b) Rs.658050 (c) Rs.88250 (d) Rs.489560

24. What is the total cost of flooring of the hall for students' fee transaction and staff room area?

(a) Rs. 428969 (b) Rs. 375690 (c) Rs. 528640 (d) Rs. 315620