QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE - MENSURATION SET 04

MENSURATION SET 04

1. The length of a rectangle is reduced by 30%. By what percent would the width have to be increased to maintain the original area?
A)25%        B)42.86%        C)32.76%        D)35.50%        E)None of these
 

2. A circular wire of radius 49 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in the ratio of 4:7. The smaller side of the rectangle is
A)56cm        B)48cm        C)35cm        D)42cm        E)None of these
 

3. One of sides of a right-angled triangle is thrice the other, and the hypotenuse is 12 cm. The area of the triangle is
A) 25.4 cm^2        B)6 cm^2    C)5 cm^2    D)6 cm^2    E)None of these
 

4. A bottle in the shape of a right circular cone of height 21cm is filled with water. The water is poured in right circular cylindrical bottle whose radius is one third of the radius of the circular cone. Then the height of the water in the bottle is
A)72cm        B)54cm        C)63cm        D)48cm        E)None of these
 

5. The base of an isosceles triangle is 40cm and its area is 160cm2. The length of one of its equal side is
A)22cm        B)20cm        C)40cm        D)35cm        E)None of these
 

6. The circumference of a circle is twice the perimeter of a rectangle. The area of the circle is 3850sq cm. What is the area of the rectangle if the length of the rectangle is 30cm ?
A)750sq cm      B)620sq cm      C)700sq cm       D)650sq cm              E)None of these
 

7. Inside a square plot a circular garden is developed which exactly fits in the square plot and the diameter of the garden is equal to the side of the square plot which is 24m. What is the area of the space left out in the square plot after developing the garden ?
A) 120m^2    B) 110m^2    C) 125m^2    D) 150m^2    E)None of these
 

8. The ratio of the side of the room is 5:2, the cost of whitewashing the ceiling of the room at 50 paisa per square meter is Rs.2500 and the cost of preparing the walls at 30 paisa per square meter is Rs.2100. The height of the room is
A)31m        B)36m        C)23m        D)20m        E)None of these
 

9. There are 2 rectangular tanks A and B with lengths 12m and 15m in a square field. If the total area of the square field excluding the rectangular tanks is 360sq m and the breadth of both the rectangular tanks is 1/3 of the side of the square field, find the perimeter of the square field?
A)100m        B)75m        C)82m        D)96m        E)None of these
 

10. Meena wishes to start a 78sq m triangular flower garden. Since she has only 20m barbed wire, she fences three sides of the garden letting her house compound wall act as the fourth side fencing. The dimension of the garden is
A)12m*3m        B)26m*13m    C)16m*13m        D)20m*11m        E)None of these
 

Answer Keys:
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. B