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is being cut out The ratio of the area of the
1. The length and breadth of a rectangle are in circle to the area of the original square is
the ratio 9:5. If its area is 720m2, find its 4
(a) 5
3
(b) 5
perimeter. 5 6
(a) 112 meter (b) 115 meter (c)6 (d) 7
(c) 110 meter (d) 118 meter 9. A square carpet with an area 169 m2 must have
2. A circle and a rectangle have the same 2 meters cut off one of its edges in order to be
perimeter. The sides of the rectangle are 18 cm a perfect fit for a rectangular room. What is
and 26 cm. What is the area of the circle? the area of rectangular room?
(a) 88 cm2 (b) 154 cm2 (a) 180m2 (b) 164 m2
(c) 1250 cm 2
(d) 616 cm2 (c) 152 m2 (d) 143 m2
3. If the perimeter and diagonal of a rectangle are 10. A picture 30" × 20" has a frame 21 2" wide.
14 and 5 cms respectively, find its area. The area of thepicture is approximately how
(a) 12 cm2 (b) 16 cm2 many times the area of the frame?
(c) 20 cm2 (d) 24 cm2 1
(a) 4 (b) 2 2
4. In an isosceles right angled triangle, the
(c) 2 (d) 5
perimeter is 20 meter. Find its area.
11. A rectangular plot 15m × 10m, has a path of
(a) 100 3 − 2 2 𝑚 2 (b) 150 5 − 3 𝑚 2
grass outside it. If the area of grassy pathway
(c) 500 m2 (d) None of these is 54 m2, find the width of the path.
5. If a parallelogram, the length of one diagonal (a) 4m (b) 3m
and the perpendicular dropped on dial (c) 2m (d) 1m
diagonal are 30 and 20 meters respectively. 12. If the area of a circle decreases by 36%, then
Find its area. the radius of a circle decreases by
(a) 600m2 (b) 540 m2 (a) 20% (b) 18%
(c) 680 m2 (d) 574m2 (c) 36% (d) 64%
6. The diameter of a garden roller is 1.4 m and it 13. The floor of a rectangular room is 15 m long
is 2m long .How much area will it cover in 5 and 12 m wide. The room is surrounded by a
22
revolutions? 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝜋 = 7
verandah of width 2 m on all its sides. The
(a) 40 m2 (b) 44 m2 area of the verandah is:
(c) 48m2 (d) 36m2 (a) 124m2 (b) 120 m2
7. A horse is tethered to one corner of a (c) 108m2 (d) 58m2
rectangular grassy field 40 m by 24 m with a 14. A rectangular lawn 70 m × 30 m has two roads
rope 14 m long. Over how much area of the each 5 metres wide, running in the middle of
field can it graze? it, one parallel to the length and the other
(a) 154cm2 (b) 308 m2 parallel to the breadth. Find the cost of
(c) 150m2 (d) None of these gravelling the road at the rate of ` 4 per square
8. From a square piece of a paper having each
metre.
side equal to 10cut, the largest possible circle
(a) `2,000 (b) `1,800

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(c) `1,900 (d) `1,700 21. A rectangular paper, when folded into two
congruent parts had a perimeter of 34 cm for
15. A cylindrical bucket of height 36 cm and
each part folded along one set of sides and the
radius 21 cm is filled with sand. The bucket is
same is 38 cm when folded along the other set
emptied on the ground and a conical heap of
of sides. What is the area of the paper?
sand is formed, the height of the heap being 12
(a) 140cm2 (b) 240cm2
cm. The radius of the heap at the base is: 2
(c) 560cm (d) None of these
(a) 63cm (b) 53cm
22. The length and breadth of the floor of the
(c) 56cm (d) 66cm
room are 20 feet and 10 feet respectively.
16. The altitude drawn to the base of an isosceles
Square tiles of 2 feet length of different
triangle is 8cm and the perimeter is 32 cm.
colours are to be laid on the floor. Black tiles
The area of the triangle is
are laid in the first row on all sides. If white
(a) 72cm2 (b) 60cm2
tiles are laid in the one-third of the remaining
(c) 66cm2 (d) None of these
and blue tiles in the rest, how many blue tiles
17. The cross section of a canal is a trapezium in
will be there?
shape. If the canal is 7 metres wide at the top
(a) 16 (b) 24
and 9 metres at the bottom and the area of
(c) 32 (d) 48
cross-section is 1280 square metres, find the
23. Four equal circles are described about the four
length of the canal.
comer of as quare so that each touches two of
(a) 160 metres (b) 172 metres
the others. If a side of square is 14 cm, then
(c) 154 metres (d) None of these
the area enclosed between the circumferences
18. It is required to fix a pipe such that water
of the circles is:
flowing through it at a speed of 7 metres per
(a) 24 cm2 (b) 42 cm2
minute fills a tank of capacity 440 cubic
(c) 154 cm2 (d) 196cm2
metres in 10 minutes. The inner radius of die
24. The ratio between the length and the breadth
pipe should be:
of a rectangular 34 park is 3:2. If a man
(a) 2𝑚 (b) 2 m cycling along the boundary of the park at the
1 1
(c) 2 𝑚 (d) 2
𝑚 speed of 12km/hr completes one round
19. The area of a rectangular field is 144 m2. If the in8minutes, then the area of the park (in sq. m)
length had been 6 metres more, the area would is:
have been 54 m2 more. The original length of (a) 15360 (b) 153600
the field is (c) 30720 (d) 307200
(a) 22 metres (b) 18 metres 25. The water in a rectangular reservoir having a
(c) 16 metres (d) 24 metres base 80 metres by 60 metres is 6.5 metres
20. A rectangular parking space is marked out by deep. In what time can the water be emptied
painting three of its sides. If the length of die by a pipe whose cross section is a square of
unpainted side is 9 feet, and the sum of the side 20 cm, if the water runs through the pipe
lengths of the painted sides is 37 feet, then at the rate of 15 km per hour?
what is the area of the parking space in square (a) 52 hrs (b) 26hrs
feet? (c) 65 hrs (d) 42 hrs
(a) 46 (b) 81 26. The ratio of height of a room to its semi-
(c) 126 (d) 252 perimeter is 2:5. It costs `260 to paper the

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walls of the room with paper 50 cm wide at `2 (a) 1.225m (b) 1.229m
(c) 1.227m (d) 1.223m
per metre allowing an area of 15 sq. m for
33. The water from a roof 9 sq metres in are to a
doors and windows. The height of the room is:
cylinder container of 900 cm2 base. To what
(a) 2.6m (b) 3.9m
height will the water rise in cylinder if there is
(c) 4m (d) 4.2m
a rainfall of 0.1 mm?
27. Wheels of diameters 7 cm and 14 cm start
(a) 1 cm (b) 0.1 metre
rolling simultaneously from X and Y, which
(c) 0.11 cm (d) 10 cms
are 1980 cm apart, towards each other in
34. The length of a cold storage is double its
opposite directions. Both of them make the
breadth. Its height is 3 metres. The area of its
same number of revolutions per second. If
four walls (including the doors) is108 m2. Find
both of them meet after 10 seconds, the speed
its volume.
of the smaller wheel is:
(a) 215m3 (b) 216m3
(a) 22 cm/sec (b) 44 cm/sec
(c) 217m3 (d) 218m3
(c) 66cm/sec (d) 132cm/sec
35. How many spherical bullets can be made out
28. A metal cube of edge 12 cm is melted and
of a lead cylinder 28 cm high and with base
formed into three smaller cubes. If the edges
radius 6 cm, each bullet being M cm in
of two smaller cubes are 6 cm and 8 cm, then
diameter?
find the edge of the third smaller cube.
(a) 1845 (b) 1824
(a) 10 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 1792 (d) 1752
(c) 12 cm (d) 16 cm
36. A rectangular reservoir is 54 m × 44 m × 10m.
29. The length, breadth and height of a cuboid are
An empty pipe of circular cross-section is of
in the ratio 1:2:3. The length, breadth and
radius 3 ms, and the water runs through the
height of the cuboid are increased by 100%,
pipe at 20 m section. Find the time the empty
200% and 200%, respectively. Then, the
pipe will take to empty the reservoir full of
increase in the volume of the cuboid will be:
water.
(a) 5 times (b) 6 times
(a) 116.67 hours (b) 110.42 hours
(c) 12 times (d) 17 times
(c) 120.37 hours (d) 112 hours
30. The surface area of a cube is 150 m2. The
37. A spherical ball of lead, 3 cm in diameter, is
length of its, diagonal is
melted and recast into three spherical balls.
(a) 5 3𝑚 (b) 5m The diameter of two of these balls are 1.5 cm
10
(c) 𝑚 (d) 15m and 2 cm respectively. The diameter of the
3
31. A copper sphere of radius 3 cm is beaten and third ball is
drawn into a wire of diametre 0.2 cm. The (a) 2.5cm (b) 2.66cm
length of the wire is (c) 3cm (d) 3.5cm
(a) 9m (b) 12m 38. A cube of 384 cm2 surface area is melt to
(c) 18m (d) 36m make x number of small cubes each of 96 mm2
32. A plot of land in the form of a rectangle has a surface area. The value of x is
dimension 240 m × 180 m. A drainlet 10m (a) 80,000 (b)8
wide is dug all around it (outside) and the (c) 8,000 (d) 800
earth drug out is evenly spread over the plot, 39. A conical vessel, whose internal radius is 12
increasing its surface level by 25 cm. The cm and height 50 cm, is full of liquid. The
depth of the drain let contents are emptied into acylindrical vessel
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with internal radius 10 cm. Find the heightto cost, the company has decided to reduce the
which the liquid rises in the cylindrical vessel. volume of the bar-by20%, the thickness
(a) 18cm (b) 22cm remaining the same, but the length and width
(c) 24cm (d) None of these will be decreased by the same percentage
40. The trunk of a tree is a right cylinder 1.5 min amount The new length L will satisfy:
radius and 10m high. The volume of the (a) 5.5<L<6 (b) 5<L<5.5
timber which remains when the trunk is (c) 4.5 <L<5 (d) 4<L< 4.5
trimmed just enough to reduce it to a 46. Water flows, through a cylindrical pipe of
rectangular parallelepiped on a square base is internal diameter 7cm at 2 m per second. If the
(a) 44m3 (b) 46m3 pipe is always half full, then what is the
(c) 45m3 (d) 47 m3 volume of water (in litres) discharged in 10
41. The cost of the paint is `36.50 per kg. If 1 kg minutes?
(a) 2310 (b) 3850
of paint covers 16 square feet, how much will
(c) 4620 (d) 9240
it cost to paint outside of a cube having 8 feet
47. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 2 cm,
each side?
then its surface area increases by352 cm2. The
(a) `692 (b) `768 radius of the sphere before the increase was:
(c) `876 (d) `972 (a) 3 cm (b) 4 cm
(c) 5 cm (d) 6 cm
42. A right circular cone and a right circular
48. A semicircular sheet of paper of diameter 28
cylinder have equal base and equal height. If
cm is bent to cover the exterior surface of an
the radius of the base and the height are in the
open conical ice-cream cup. the depth of the
ratio 5:12, then the ratio of the total surface
ice-cream cup is
area of the cylinder to that of the cone is
(a) 10.12cm (b) 8.12cm
(a) 3:1 (b)13:9
(c) 12.12cm (d) 14.12cm
(c) 17:9 (d) 34:9
49. The cost of painting the walls of a room at the
43. A reservoir is supplied from a pipe 6 cm in
diameter. How many pipes of 3 cms diameter rate of `1.35 per square metre is $346.20 and
would discharge the same quantity, supposing the cost of matting die floor at the rate of $
the velocity of water is same 7 0.85 perm2 is `91.80. If the length of the room
(a) 4 (b) 5
is 12 m, then the height of the room is:
(c) 6 (d) 7
(a) 6m (b) 12m
44. A conical cavity is drilled in a circular
(c) 1.2m (d) 13.27m
cylinder of 15 cm height and 16 cm base
50. A hollowsphere of internal and external
diameter. The height and the base diameter of
diameters 4 cm and 8 cm respectively is
the cone are same as those of the cylinder.
melted into a cone of base diameter 8 cm. The
Determine the total surface area of die
height of the cone is:
remaining solid.
(a) 12cm (b) 14cm
(a) 440 𝜋cm2 (b) 215𝜋cm2
(c) 15cm (d) 18cm
(c) 542 𝜋cm2 (d) 376𝜋cm2
51. A cone of height 9 cm with diameter of its
45. An ice-cream company makes a popular brand
base 18 cm it carved out from a wooden solid
of ice-cream in rectangular shaped bar 6 cm
sphere of radius 9 cm. The percentage of the
long, 5 cm wide and 2 cm thick. To cut die
wood wasted is:
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(a) 25% (b) 30% (c) `257 (d) `353

(c) 50% (d) 75%
57. Four sheets 50 cm × 5 cm are arranged without
52. A hemispherical bowl is filled lo the brim with
overlapping to form a Square having side 55
a beverage. The contents of the bowl are
cm. What is the area of Inner Square so
transfered into a cylindrical vessel whose
formed?
radiusis 50% more than its height. If the
(a) 2500cm2 (b) 2025 cm2
diameter is same for both the bowl and the
(c) 1600 cm2 (d) None of these
cylinder, the volume of the beverage in the
58. A conical vessel of base radius 2 cm and
cylindrical vessel is:
2 1 height 3 cm is filled with kerosene. This liquid
(a) 66 % (b) 78 % leaks through a hole in the bottom and collects
3 2
(c) 100% (d) More than 100% in a cylindrical jar of radius 2 cm. The
53. A cylindrical container of radius 6 cm and kerosene level in the jar is
height 15 cm isfilled with ice-cream. The (a) 𝜋cm (b) 1.5cm
whole ice-cream has to be distributed to 10 (c) 1 cm (d) 3cm
children in equal cones with hemispherical 59. A garden is 24m long and 14m wide. There is
tops. If the height of the conical portion is four a path 1m wide outside the garden along its
times the radius of its base, then find the sides. If the path is to constructed with square
radius of the ice-cream cone. marble tiles 20 cm × 20 cm. number of tiles
(a) 2cm (b) 3 cm required to cover the path is
(c) 4cm (d) 3cm (a) 1800 (b) 200
54. A cylinder is filled to 4/5th its volume. It is (c) 2000 (d) 2150
then filled so that the level of water coincides 60. 2 cm of rain has fallen on a sq. km of land.
with one edge of its bottom and top edge of Assuming that 50% of the raindrops could
the opposite side, In the process, 30 cc of the have been collected and contained in a pool
water is spilled. What is the volume of die having a 100 m × 10 m base, by what level
cylinder? would the water level in the pool have
(a) 75 cc (b) 96 cc increased?
(c) Data insufficient (d) 100 cc (a) 15m (b) 20m
55. There are two concentric circular tracks of (c) 10m (d) 25m
radii 100 m and 102 m, respectively. A runs on 61. In a swimming pool measuring 90 m by 40 m,
the inner track and goes once round on the 150 men take a dip. If the average
inner track in 1 min 30 sec, while B runs on displacement of water by a man is 8
the outer track in 1 min 32 sec. Who runs cubicmetres, what will be the rise in water
faster? level?
(a) Both A and Bare equal (b) A (a) 33.33 cm (b) 30 cm
(c) B (d) None of these (c) 20cm (d) 25cm
56. A monument has 50 cylindrical pillars each of 62. A square is inscribed in a circle of radius 8 cm.
diameter 50 cm and height 4 m. What will be The area of the square is
the labour charges for getting these pillars (a) 16cm2 (b) 64cm2
2
cleaned at the rate of 50 paise per sq. m? (use (c) 128cm (d 148cm2
𝜋 = 3.14)
(a) `237 (b) `157

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63. The biggest possible circle is inscribed in a (a) 7500000 (b) 9800000
rectangle of length 16 cm and breadth 6 cm. (c) 1200000 (d) 1000000
Then its Urea is 71. Two circular cylinders of equal volume have
(a) 3𝜋cm2 (b) 4𝜋 cm2 their heights in the ratio 1:2; Ratio of their
22
(c) 5𝜋 cm2 (d) 9𝜋cm2 radii is (Take 𝜋 = )
7
64. If the diagonal of a square is doubled, then its
(a) 1:4 (b) 1: 2
area will be
(a) three times (b) four times (c) 2: 1 (d) 1:2
(c) same (d) none of these 72. A rectangular piece of paper of dimensions 22
65. A metal pipe of negligible thickness has radius cm by 12 cm rolled along its length to form a
21 cm and length 90 cm. The outer curved cylinder. The volume (in cm3) of the cylinder
22
surface area of the pipe insquare cm is so formed Is (use 𝜋 = 7
)
(a) 11880 (b) 11680 (a) 562 (b) 412
(c) 11480 (d) 10080 (c) 462 (d) 362
66. The base of a right pyramid is an equilateral 73. A sphere is placed inside a right circular
triangle of side 4 cm each: Each slant edge is 5 cylinder so as to touch the top, base and the
cm long. The volume of the pyramid is lateral surface of the cylinder. If the radius of
4 8 4 60 the sphere is R, the volume of the cylinder is
(a) 𝑐𝑚2 (b) 𝑐𝑚 2
3 3
(a) 2𝜋R3 (b) 4𝜋R3
4 59 4 61
(c) 𝑐𝑚2 (d) 𝑐𝑚 2 (c) 8𝜋R3
8
(d) 3𝜋R3
3 3
67. There are two cones. The curved surface in a
of one is twice that of the other. The slant
height of the latter is twice that of the former.
ANSWER KEY
The ratio of their radii is 1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (a)
(a) 4:1 (b) 4:3
6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (a)
(c) 3:4 (d) 1:4
68. A wire is bent into the form of a circle, whose 11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (a)
area 154 cm2. If the same wire is bent into the
16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (c)
form of an equilateral triangle, the
approximate area of the equilateral triangle is 21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (a)
(a) 93.14cm2 (b) 90.14cm2
26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (a)
(c) 83.14cm2 (d) 39.14cm2
69. The radius of a right circular cone is 3 cm and 31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (c)
its height is 4cm. The total surface area of the
36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (c)
cone is
(a) 48.4 sq.cm (b) 64.4 sq.cm 41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (b)
(c) 96.4 sq.cm (d) 75.4 sq.cm
46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. (b)
70. A wooden box of dimension 8 metre × 7 metre
×6 metre is tocarry rectangular boxes of 51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (b)
dimensions 8 cm × 7 cm × 6 cm. The
56. (b) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (c)
maximum number of boxes that can be carried
in 1 wooden box is 61. (a) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (a)

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66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (d)

71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (a)

HINTS & EXPLANATIONS

1. (a) Let the length and breadth of a rectangle 1
= × 10 2 − 2 × 10 2 − 2
are 9 xm and 5 xm respectively. 2
In a rectangle, ares = length × breadth
∴ 720 = 9𝑥 × 5𝑥 = 50 4 + 2 − 4 2
2
or x = 16 ⇒ x = 4
= 100 3 − 2 2 𝑚 2
Thus, length = 9 × 4 = 36 m
and breadth = 5 × 4 = 20 m 5. (a) In a parallelogram.
Therefore, perimeter of rectangle = 2(36+ 20) Area = Diagonal × length of perpendicular on
= 112m it.
2. (d) Perimeter of the circle – perimeter of = 30 × 20 = 600 𝑚 2
rectangle 2𝜋r = 2(18 + 26) 6. (b) Required area covered in 5 revolutions
22 22
⇒ 2× × 𝑟 = 88 ⇒ 𝑟 = 14 = 5 × 2𝜋𝑟𝑕 = 5 × 2 × × 0.7 × 2
7 7
∴Area of the circle = 44 𝑚 2
22
= 𝜋𝑟 2 = × 14 ×= 616 𝑐𝑚 2 7. (a)
7
3. (a) In a rectangle, D
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 2
= 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 2 + 2 × 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
4
14 2
⇒ = 52 + 2 × 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
4
49 = 25 + 2 × 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
49 − 25 24
∴ 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = = = 12𝑐𝑚 2
2 2 A B
4. (a)
Area of the shaded portion
1
a 2𝑎 = × 𝜋 14 2 = 154 𝑚 2
4
a 8. (a) Area of foe square = 10 2 = 100 𝑐𝑚 2
The largest possible circle would be as shown
Perimeter of triangle = 𝑎 + 𝑎 + 2𝑎 = 20𝑚 in the figure below:
S R
𝑎 2 + 2 = 20 5m
5m
10 cm
20 2− 2
𝑎= × = 10 2 − 2 𝑚
2+ 2 2− 2
P 10 cm Q
1
Area of triangle = × 𝑎 × 𝑎 22 2 22×25
2 Area of the circle= 7
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22×25 22 11 ⇒ 𝑊 − 1 2𝑊 + 27 = 0
Required ratio= 7×100 = 28 = 14
27
4 Thus 𝑊 = 1 𝑜𝑟 − 2
= 0.785 ≈ 0.8 =
5 with of the path = 1 m
9. (a) Side of square carpet = Area = 169 = 12. (a) If area of a circle decreased by x% then the
13𝑚 radius of acircle decreases by
After cutting of one side, 100 − 10 100 − 𝑥 %
Measure of one side = 13 – 2 = 11 m = 100 − 10 100 − 36 %
and other side = 13 m (remain same)
= 100 − 10 64 %
∴ Area of rectangular room =13 × 11 = 143 m2
10. (a) = 100 − 80 = 20%
13. (a) Area of the outer rectangle = 19 × 16 =
304 m2
2.5”

2.5”

2.0”

30”

Are of the inner rectangle = 15 × 12 = 180 m2

Length of frame = 30+2.5 × 2 = 35 inch Required area = (304 – 180) = 124 m2
Breadth of frame = 20+ 2.5 × 2 = 25 inch 14. (c)
5m
Now, area of picture = 30 × 20 = 600 sq. inch
Areaof frame = (35 × 2.5)+ (25 × 2.5) = 150 5m 30 m
600
𝑥= = 4 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠
150
11. (d)
70m
10
Wwww
Total area of road
15 = Area of road which parallel to length+Area
of road which parallel to breadth – overlapped
Let the width of the path = W m road
then, length of plot with path = (l5 + 2W)m = 70 × 5 + 30 × 5 − 5 × 5
and breadth of plot with path = (10 + 2 W) m = 350 + 150 − 25
Therefore, Area of rectangular plot (wihout = 500 − 25 = 475 𝑚 2
path) ∴ Cost of gravelling the road
= 15 × 10 = 150 𝑚 2 = 475 × 4 = $1900
and Area of rectangular plot (with path) 15. (a) Volume of the bucket - volume of the sand
= 150 + 54 = 204 𝑚 2 emptied
Hence, 15 + 2𝑊 × 10 + 2𝑊 = 204 Volumeof sand = 𝜋 (21)2× 36
⇒ 4𝑊 2 + 50 𝑊 − 54 = 0 Let r be the radius of the conical heap.
⇒ 2𝑊 2 + 25 𝑊 − 27 = 0

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Then, 3 𝜋𝑟 2 × 12 = 𝜋 21 2
× 36 or 𝑟 = 2 𝑚
or 𝑟 2 = 21 2 × 9 𝑜𝑟 𝑟 = 21 × 3 = 63 19. (c) Let the length and breadth of the original
16. (b) Let ABC be the isosceles triangle and AD rectangular field be x m and ym respectively.
be the altitude. Area of the original field = 𝑥 × 𝑦 = 144 𝑚 2
144
Let AB = AC = x. Then, BC = (32 – 2x). ∴𝑥= 𝑦
… (i)
If the length had been 6 m more, then area will
be
𝑥 + 6 𝑦 = 144 + 54
⇒ 𝑥 + 6 𝑦 = 198 … (ii)
Putting the value of x from eq (i) in eq (ii), we
get
144
+ 6 𝑦 = 198
𝑦
⇒ 144 + 6𝑦 = 198
⇒ 6𝑦 = 54 ⇒ 𝑦 = 9𝑚
Putting the value of y in eq (i) we get x = 16m
Since, in an isosceles triangle, the altitude
20. (c) Clearly, we have: l = 9 and l + 2b = 37 or b
bisects the base. So, BD = DC = (16 – x)
= 14.
In ΔADC, AC2– AD2+DC2
Area = (l × b) = (9 × 14) sq. ft. = 126 sq. ft.
⇒ 𝑥 2 = 8 2 + 16 − 𝑥 2
21. (a) When folded along breadth, we have:
⇒ 32𝑥 = 320 ⇒ 𝑥 = 10. 𝑙
∴ 𝐵𝐶 = 32 − 2𝑥 = 32 − 20 𝑐𝑚 = 12 𝑐𝑚. 2 2
+ 𝑏 = 34 𝑜𝑟 𝑙 + 2𝑏 = 34 … (i)
1 When folded along length, we have:
Hence, required area = 2 × 𝐵𝐶 × 𝐴𝐷
𝑏
1 2 𝑙 + 2 = 38 𝑜𝑟 2𝑙 + 𝑏 = 38 … (ii)
= × 12 × 10 𝑐𝑚 2 = 60 𝑐𝑚 2
2 Solving (i) and (ii), we get:
17. (a) 7m l = 14 and b = 10.
∴ Area of the paper = (14 × 10) cm2 = 140
cm2.
22. (a) Area left after laying black tiles
= 20 − 4 × 10 − 4 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡. = 96 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡
9m 1
Area under white tiles = = 3
× 96 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡 =
Let the length of canal - h m.
Then, 32 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡
1 Area under blue tiles = 96 − 32 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡 =
area of canal = 2 × 𝑕 9 + 7
64 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡
1
or 1280 = 2 𝑕 16 Number of blue tiles =
64
= 16.
2×2
1280 × 2
∴𝑕= = 160 𝑚 23. (b)
16
18. (a) Let inner radius of the pipe be r.
22
Then, 440 = 7
× 𝑟 2 × 7 × 10 7 7
440 7 7
or 𝑟 2 = 22×10 = 2

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= 2𝜋 × × 3 𝑐𝑚 = 66𝑐𝑚.
7 7 2
66
𝑐𝑚 𝑐𝑚
3
∴Speed of smaller wheel = 𝑠
= 22 𝑠
28. (a) Let the edge of the third cube be x cm.
Then, x3 + 63 + 83 = 123
The shaded area gives the required region. ⇒ x3 + 216 + 512 = 1728
Area of the shaded region – Area of the square ⇒ x3 = 1000 ⇒ x =10.
– area of four quadrants of the circles Thus the edge of third cube = 10 cm.
1 29. (d) Let the length, breadth and height of the
= 14 2 − 4 × 𝜋 7 2
4 cuboid be x,2x and 3x, respectively.
22 Therefore, volume = x × 2x × 3x = 6x3
= 196 − × 49 = 196 − 154 = 42 𝑐𝑚 2
7 New length, breadth and height = 2x, 6x and
24. (b) Perimeter – Distance covered in 8 min. 9x,respectively.
12000
= 60
× 8 𝑚 = 1600 𝑚. New volume = 108x3
Let length = 3x metres and breadth = 2x Thus, increase in volume = 108 − 6 𝑥 3 =
metres. 102𝑥 3
Then, 2(3x+2x) = 1600 or x = 160. Increase in volume 102𝑥 3
= = 17
∴ Length = 480m and Breadth = 320 m. Original volume 6𝑥 3
∴ Area = (480 × 320) m2 = 153600 m2. 30. (a) In a cube,
25. (a) Volume of the water running through pipe Area = 6 (side)2
per hour or 150 = 6 (side)2
20 20
= 100 × 100 × 15000 = 600 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒. ∴ side = 25 = 5𝑚
60×6.5×80 Length of diagonal = 3 × 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 = 5 3 𝑚
Required time = 600
= 52 𝑕𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
31. (d) Let the length of the wire be h cm. and
26. (c) Let h = 2x metres and (l + b) = 5x metres. radius of sphere and wire are R and r
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 260
Length of the paper= 𝑅𝑎𝑡 𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚
= 2
𝑚= respectively.
130 𝑚. Then, volume of sphere - volume of wire
50 (cylinder)
Area of the paper = 130 × 100 𝑚 2 = 65 𝑚 2 4
2 2 or 3 𝜋𝑅3 = 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑕
Total area of 4 walls = (65 + 16) m = 80 m .
4
∴ 2 𝑙 + 𝑏 × 𝑕 = 80 ⇒ 2 × 5𝑥 × 2𝑥 = 80 or 𝑅3 = 𝑟 2 𝑕
3
⇒ 𝑥 2 = 4 ⇒ 𝑥 = 2. or
4
3 3
= 0.1 2 𝑕
3
Height of the room = 4 m.
4 3 3 108
27. (a) Let each wheel make x revolutions per sec. ∴𝑕= = = 3600 𝑐𝑚 = 36 𝑚
3 × 0.1 2 0.03
Then,
7 32. (c) Let the depth of the drainlet be h metres.
2𝜋 × × 𝑥 + 2𝜋 × 7 × 𝑥 × 10 = 1980 Volume of the earth dug from the drainlet 10
2
7 7 m wide = h [260 × 200 – 240 × 180] = 8800 h
⇒ 2𝜋 × × 𝑥 + 2𝜋 × × 𝑥 = 198 cu. m.
2 2
⇒ 66𝑥 = 198 ⇒ 𝑥 = 3. Now this is spread over the plot raising its
Distance moved by smaller wheel in 3 height by 25 cm,
1
revolutions i.e., 4 𝑚.

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∴ 8800 h = 240 × 180 × 4 27 27 125 5 3 5
= − −1= = ⇒𝑅=
60 × 180 27 8 64 64 4 4
⇒𝑕= = = 1.25
8800 22
∴ 𝑕 = 1.227 𝑚. ∴ Diameter of the third spherical ball
33. (a) Let height will be h cm. = 1.25 × 2 = 2.5𝑐𝑚.
Volume of water in roof – Volume of water in 38. (c) Let ‘A’ be the side of bigger cube and ‘a’
cylinder be the side of smaller cube
9 × 10000 × 0.1 Surface area of bigger cube = 6 A2
⇒ =𝑕 or 384 = 6A2
900 × 10
∴ h = 1 cm ∴ A = 8 cm.
34. (b) Let l be the length and b be the breadth of Surface area of smaller cube = 6 a2
cold storage. 96 = 6a2
L = 2B, H = 3 metres ∴ a = 4 mm = 0.4 cm
Area of four walls = 2 𝐿 × 𝐻 + 𝐵 × 𝐻 = So, Number of small cube
108 Volume of bigger cube
=
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒
⇒ 6BH = 108 ⇒ B = 6 3
8 512
∴ L = 12, B = 6, H = 3 = = = 8,000
0.4 3 0.064
Volume = 12 × 6 × 3 = 216 m3
39. (c) Volume of the liquid in the cylindrical
35. (c) Volume of cylinder = 𝜋 × 6 × 6 ×
vessel = Volume of the conical vessel
28𝑐𝑚3=36×28𝜋 𝑐𝑚3.
1 22
Volume of each bullet =
4 3
𝜋×4×4×
3 = × × 12 × 12 × 50 𝑐𝑚 3
3 3 7
22×4×12×50
34𝑐𝑚3 = 𝑐𝑚 3 .
7
9𝜋 Let the height of the liquid in the vessel be h.
= 𝑐𝑚 3 22 22×4×12×50
16 Then, × 10 × 10 × 𝑕 =
Volume of cylinder 7 7
Number of bullets = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐 𝑕 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡 4×12×50
or, 𝑕 = 10×10
= 24 𝑐𝑚.
16
= 36 × 28 𝜋 × = 1792. 40. (c)
9𝜋
36. (a) Volume of water in the reservoir = area of
empty pipe ×Empty rate x time to empty
1 2
or 54 × 44 × 10 = 𝜋 × 3 × 100 × 20 ×
𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 B
54×44×10×100×100 ×7
or Empty time = 22×20×9
sec.
1.5 cm
54×44×10×100 ×100 ×7 5.m
= 22×20×9×3600
𝑕𝑟𝑠 = 116.67 𝑕𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠.
37. (a) Let radius of the 3rd spherical ball be R, A 1.5.m o 1.5.m C
4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
∴ 𝜋 = 𝜋 + 𝜋 1 3 + 𝜋𝑅3
3 2 3 4 3 3
3 3 D
3 3
⇒ 𝑅3 = − − 13
2 4
From ΔAOB,

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𝐴𝐵 = 1.52 + 1.52 = 2.25 + 2.25 = 4.50 46. (c) Volume of the coin=
7
× × ×
2 2
∴ Area of the square base of the trunk of the 3 3
200 𝑐𝑚 = 7700 𝑐𝑚 .
tree= 4.50 × 4.50 = 4.50 𝑚 2
Volume of water flown in 10 min. =
∴ Volume of the timber × Area of base ×
7700 × 60 × 10 𝑐𝑚 3
height = 4.50 × 10 = 45 m3
7700 ×60×10
41. (c) Surface area of the cube - (6 × 82) sq. ft = = 1000
𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠.
384 sq. ft. = 4620 litres.
384
Quantity of paint required = 𝑘𝑔 = 47. (d) 4𝜋(r +2)2-4𝜋r2 = 352
16
2 7 1
24 𝑘𝑔. ⇒ 𝑟+2 − 𝑟 2 = 352 × 22 × 4 = 28.
∴Cost of painting =` 36.50 × 24 =`876. ⇒ 𝑟 + 2 + 𝑟 𝑟 + 2 − 𝑟 = 28
28
42. (c) Let the radius of the base are 5k and 12k ⇒ 2𝑟 + 2 = ⇒ 2𝑟 + 2 = 14 ⇒ 𝑟 = 6 𝑐𝑚
respectively 2
48. (d) Circumference of the base of ice-cream
Total surface area of the cylinder
∴ cup – Diameter of the sheet = 28 cm
Total surface area of the cone
2𝜋𝑟 = 28
2𝜋 × 𝑕 + 2𝜋𝑟 2
= 14
𝜋𝑟 𝑟 2 + 𝑕 2 + 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑟= 𝑐𝑚 = 4.45 𝑐𝑚
𝜋
2𝑕 + 2𝑟 24𝑘 + 10𝑘
= + Slant height of cone = radius of the sheet = 14
2
𝑟 +𝑕 +𝑟2 25𝑘 2 + 144𝑘 2 + 5𝑘 cm
34𝑘 34𝑘 17
= = = ∴ 142 = 4.45 2 + 𝑕 2
13𝑘 + 5𝑘 18𝑘 9 2
or 𝑕 = 196 − 19.80 = 176.20
43. (a) Number of discharge pipe
∴ 𝑕 = 13.27 𝑐𝑚
Volume of water supply pipe
= 49. (a) Let length, breadth and height of the room
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑕 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑕𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑝𝑒
𝜋 × 3 2 ×1
be f, b and h, respectively.
= 3 2
= 4 [Since the velocity of water is Then, area of four walls of the room
𝜋× ×1
2 340.20
same] = 2 𝑙 +𝑏 𝑕 = = 252𝑚 2
1.35
44. (a) Total surface area of the remaining solid = ⇒ 𝑙 + 𝑏 𝑕 = 126 … (i)
Curved surface area of the cylinder+ Area of 91.8
And 𝑙 × 𝑏 = = 108
the base + Curved surface area of the cone 0.85

= 2𝜋𝑟𝑕 + 𝜋𝑟 2 + 𝜋𝑟 𝑙 12 × 𝑏 = 108 ∵ 𝑙 = 12𝑚

= 2𝜋 × 8 × 15 + 𝜋 × 8 2 + 𝜋 × 8 × 17 ⇒𝑏=9𝑚
126
= 240𝜋 + 64𝜋 + 136𝜋 Using (i), we get, 𝑕 = 21
=6𝑚
= 440𝜋 𝑐𝑚 2 50. (b) Volume of material in the sphere
45. (b) L ×B × 2 = 48 4 3 3 4
= 3
𝜋× 4 − 2 𝑐𝑚 3 = 3
𝜋×
⇒ L × B = 24
56𝑐𝑚3.
Now, 6 – 6 × 10% = 5.4,
5 – 5 × 10% and Let the height of the cone be h cm.
Therefore, 5.4 × 4.5 = 24.3 1 4
Then, 3 𝜋 × 4 × 4 × 𝑕 = 3
𝜋 × 56
Clearly, 5 <L< 5.5 4×56
⇒𝑕= 4×4
= 14𝑐𝑚.

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4 When cylinder is filled, the level of water

51. (d) Volume of sphere = 𝜋×9×9×
3
coincides with opposite sides of bottom and
9𝑐𝑚3
top edges then
1 1
Volume of cone = 3
𝜋 × 9 × 9 × 9 𝑐𝑚 3 Volume become= 2 𝑉
4 Since, in this process 30 cc of die water is
Volume of wood wasted = 3
𝜋×9×9×
spilled, therefore
9−13𝜋×9×9×9𝑐𝑚3.
= 𝜋 × 9 × 9 × 9 𝑐𝑚 3 ….
……
𝜋 ×9×9×9 ………
∴ Required percentage = 4 × ………..
×𝜋 ×9×9×9 ……………
3 ……………..
100%
3
= 4
× 100 % = 75%.
52. (c) Let the height of the vessel be x. 4 1
𝑉 − 30 = 𝑉
Then, radius of foe bowl = radius of the vessel 5 2
4 1
= x/2. ⇒ 𝑉 − 𝑉 = 30
2 𝑥 3 1
5 2
Volume of the bowl, 𝑉1 = 3 𝜋 2
= 12 𝜋𝑥 3 . ⇒ 𝑉 3/10 = 30
𝑥 2 1 ⇒ 𝑉 = 100 𝑐𝑐
Volume of the vessel, 𝑉2 = 𝜋 𝑥 = 4 𝜋𝑥 3 .
2 55. (b) Radius of the inner track = 100 m
Since V2> V1, so the vessel can contain 100% and time = 1 min 30 sec m ≡90 sec.
of the beverage filled in the bowl. Also, Radius of the outer track = 102 m
53. (b) Volume of the cylinder container and time=1 min 32 sec ≡ 92 sec.
= 𝜋 = 62 × 15 𝑐𝑢. 𝑐𝑚 … (1) Now, speed of A who runs on die inner track
Let the radius of the base of the cone be r cm, 2𝜋 100 20𝜋
then, height of the cone = 4r cm = = = 6.98 𝑚/𝑠
90 9
∴Volume of the 10 cylindrical cones of And speed of B who runs on the outer track
icecream with hemispherical tops 2𝜋 102 51𝜋
1 2 = = = 6.96 𝑚/𝑠
= 10 × × 𝜋 × 𝑟 2 × 4𝑟 + 10 × 𝜋𝑟 3 90 23
3 3 Since, speed of A> speed of B
40 20
3 3
= 𝜋𝑟 + 𝜋𝑟 = 20 𝜋𝑟 𝑐𝑢. 𝑐𝑚 3
… (2) ∴ A runs faster than B.
3 3
Since the whole ice-cream in the cylindrical 56. (b) Curved surface area of cylinder = 2nrh
container is distributed among 10 children in ∴ Surface area of 50 cylindrical pillars = 50 ×
cones with hemispherical tops, 2𝜋rh
(1) and (2) gives Now, Diameter of each cylindrical pillar = 50
⇒ 𝜋 × 62 × 15 = 20𝜋𝑟 3 cm
50
36 × 15 ∴ Radius = = 25 𝑐𝑚 = 0.25 𝑚
⇒ 𝑟3 = = 27 ⇒ 𝑟 = 3 𝑐𝑚 2
20 Also, height = 4m
54. (d) Let the original volume of cylinder be V. ∴ Surface area = 50 × 2 × 3.14 × 0.25 × 4
4 4
When it is filled 5, then it’s volume = 5 𝑉 = 314 × 1 𝑠𝑞 𝑚.
= 314 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚.
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per sq. m = 314 × 0.5 = 157.0 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑡 𝑕

∴ Marbles, required = 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠
= `157 80,0000
= = 2000
57. (b) 400
60. (d) Volume of rain that is to be collectedin a
15cm 1
pool = 2 × 1 × 1010 ×
2

50cm = 1010 𝑐𝑚 3 = 104 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 3

Volume of Pool = L × B × h
5cm 104 = 100 × 10 × h
10 4
𝑕 = 100 ×10 = 10 𝑚.
5cm
50cm 61. (a) Let the rise in water level = x m
Now, volume of pool =40×90×x=3600x
When 150 men take a dip, then displacement
Side of the inner square = 55 – 10 = 45 of water = 8m3
∴Area of inner square = 43 × 45=2025 sq. m. 3600𝑥 900
58. (c) Let the kerosene level of cylindrical jar be ∴ =8⇒ 𝑥 = 2 ⇒ 𝑥 = 0.33𝑚
150 150
h. ⇒ 𝑥 = 33.33 𝑐𝑚
1
Now, Volume of conical vessel = 3 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑕 62. (c)
Since, radius (r) = 2 cm and height (h) = 3cm D
of conical vessel. D 8cm o 8cm C
1
∴ Volume = 3 𝜋 × 4 × 3 = 4𝜋
Now, Volume of cylinderical jar = 𝜋𝑟 2 𝑕
= 𝜋 2 2𝑕 A B
= 4𝜋𝑕 Diagonal of square = Diameter of circle
Now, Volume of conical vessel – Volume of 2 × side of square - 16 cm
cylindrical Jar Squaring on both sides
⇒ 4 𝜋 = 4 𝜋h
( 2 × sides of square)2 = 162
h = 1cm 16×16
⇒ (side of square)2=
Hence, kerosene level in Jar is 1 cm. 2
59. (c) Given, length of garden = 24 m and ⇒ Area of square = 128 sq.cm
breadth of garden = 14 m 63. (d) The area of circle is 9𝜋 cm2.
∴ Area of the garden = 24 × 14 m2 = 336 m2. 64. (b) Diagonal of a square (d) = 2 × side of
Since, there is 1 m wide path outside the square (a).
garden 𝑑
𝑑 = 2𝑎 ⇒ 𝑎 =
∴Area of Garden (including path) 2
= 24 + 2 × 14 + 2 = 26 × 16 𝑚 2 𝑑2
Area of square ⇒ 𝑎2 = 2
= 336𝑚 2
Now, diagonal gests doubled
Now, Area of Path = Area of garden
2𝑑
(including path) – Area of Garden 𝑎=
2
= 416 − 336 = 80 𝑚 2
2𝑑 2 𝑑2
Now, Area of Marbles = 20 × 20 = 400 𝑐𝑚 2 Area of square= 2
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𝑑2 Height, h = 12 cm
2
is area of square
22 7 7
Therefore, Area will be four temes. Volume of cylinder= 7
× 2 × 2 × 12 =
65. (a) Curved Surface area of cylinder = 2𝜋rh 462 𝑐𝑚 3
22 72. (a) Radius of cylinder = Radius of sphere = R
=2× × 21 × 90 = 11880 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
7 Height of cylinder=2 R
66. (a) C1 = 2C2 Volume of cylinder = 𝜋R2 × (2R) = 2𝜋R3
𝜋r1l1 = 2𝜋r2l2
also, l2 = 2l1
𝜋r1l1 = 2 × 26 × r2l1
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𝑟2 1
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154
𝑟2 = × 7 = 49
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𝑟 = 7 𝑐𝑚
length of wire = circumference of circle
22
= 2× × 7 = 44 𝑐𝑚 Whatsapp Group Click Here
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3 44 2
Area of equilateral trial= ×
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= = 91.42 𝑐𝑚 2
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𝑆= × 3 × 32 + 42 + 3
7
22 528
= ×3×8=
7 7
𝑆 = 75.4 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
69. (d) Maximum number of boxes =
800 ×700 ×600𝑐𝑚 3
8×7×6 𝑐𝑚 3
= 1000000
70. (c) 𝜋𝑟12 𝑕1 = 𝜋𝑟22 𝑕2
𝑟1 𝑕2 2
= =
𝑟2 𝑕1 1
𝑟1 : 𝑟2 = 2: 1
71. (c) 2𝜋r = 22 cm
22 × 7 7
𝑟= = 𝑐𝑚
2 × 22 2
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