Mensuration Questions & Answers

Mensuration - Practice Questions and Answers - CAT 2008 Preparation

Following is a set of typically tested questions in CAT and other B School entrance tests on the topic Mensuration.

1. March 22, 2004 �  The area of a square field is 24200 sq m. How long will a lady take to cross the field diagonally at the rate of 6.6 km/hr? Answer and Explanation �
    
2. September 30, 2003 �  The circumference of the front wheel of a cart is 30 ft long and that of the back wheel is 36 ft long. What is the distance travelled by the cart, when the front wheel has done five more revolutions than the rear wheel? Solution �
    
3. September 01, 2003 �  If the sides of a triangle measure 72, 75 and 21, what is the measure of its in radius? Answer and Explanation �
    
4. July 31, 2003 �  A 5 cm cube is cut into as many 1 cm cubes as possible. What is the ratio of the surface area of the larger cube to that of the sum of the surface areas of the smaller cubes? Explanatory Answer �
    
5. June 24, 2003 �  If each interior angle of a regular polygon is 150 degrees, then it is Answer and Explanation �
    
6. May 29, 2003 �  Four horses are tethered at 4 corners of a square field of side 70 metres so that they just cannot reach one another. The area left ungrazed by the horses is: Explanatory Answer �
    
7. April 01, 2003 �  A square sheet of paper is converted into a cyli class="text"nder by rolli class="text"ng it along its length. What is the ratio of the base radius to the side of the square? Solution �
    
8. February 25, 2003 �  The surface area of the three coterminous faces of a cuboid are 6, 15, 10 sq.cm respectively. Find the volume of the cuboid. Explanatory Answer �
    
9. October 1, 2002 �  If the diagonal and the area of a rectangle are 25 m and 168 m², what is the length of the rectangle? Answer and Explanation �
    
10. September 26, 2002 �  A 4 cm cube is cut into 1 cm cubes. What is the percentage increase in the surface area after such cutting? Answer and Solution �
     
11. September 11, 2002 �  A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle of radius r cms. What is the perimeter of the regular hexagon? Explanatory Answer �