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Quadrilaterals / Polygons
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1. The figure below has been obtained by folding a rectangle. The total area of the figure (as visible) is 144 square meters. Had the rectangle
not been folded, the current overlapping part would have been a square. What would have been the total area of the original unfolded

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rectangle?
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(1) 128 square meters

(2) 154 square meters

(3) 162 square meters

(4) 172 square meters

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(5) None of the above
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2. A field is 250 m long and 60 m wide. A rectangular well of 12 m × 5 m × 24.9 m is dug in the field and the earth from the well is evenly
spread over the field. Find the quantum of increase in the level of the field.
(1) 12 cm
(2) 10 cm
(3) 8 cm

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(4) 15 cm

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(5) 9 cm

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3. The length of the circumference of a circle equals the perimeter of a triangle of equal sides, and also the perimeter of a square. The areas

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covered by the circle, triangle, and square are c, t and s, respectively. Then, (CAT)
(1) s > t > c
(2) c > t > s
(3) c > s > t
(4) s > c > t

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4. In the diagram below, not drawn on the scale, CD = BF = 10 units and CED = BAF = 30º. What would be the area of triangle AED?
(Note: Diagram below may not be proportional to scale.) (XAT)

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(1) 100 × (2 + 3)
(2) 100 / (3 + 4)
(3) 50 / (3 + 4)
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5. A rectangular swimming pool is 48 m long and 20 m wide. The shallow edge of the pool is 1 m deep. For every 2.6 m that one walks up the

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inclined base of the swimming pool, one gains an elevation of 1 m. What is the volume of water (in cubic meters), in the swimming pool?
Assume that the pool is filled up to the brim. (XAT)
(1) 528
(2) 960
(3) 6790

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(4) 10560
(5) 12960

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6. The base of a regular pyramid is a square and each of the other four sides is an equilateral triangle, length of each side being 20 cm. The
vertical height of the pyramid, in cm, is
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5 5
(1) 8 3
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(3) 12
10 2
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7. Two identical circles intersect so that their centers, and the points at which they intersect, form a square of side 1 cm. The area in sq. cm

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of the portion that is common to the two circles is (CAT)

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4
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5

(4) 2 –1

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8. Two circles, both of radii 1 cm, intersect such that the circumference of each one passes through the centre of the other. What is the area
(in sq. cm.) of the intersecting region? (CAT)

 3
(1) 
3 4

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2 3
(2) 
3 2

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4 3
(3) 
3 2

(4) 4  3
3 2

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(5) 2  3
3 2

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9. A jogging park has two identical circular tracks touching each other, and a rectangular track enclosing the two circles. The edges of the

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rectangles are tangential to the circles. Two friends, A and B, start jogging simultaneously form the point where one of the circular tracks
touches the smaller side of the rectangular track. A jogs along the rectangular track, while B jogs along the two circular tracks in a figure of
eight. Approximately, how much faster than A does B have to run, so that they take the same time to return to their starting point?

(CAT)

(1) 3.88%

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(2) 4.22%

(3) 4.44%

(4) 4.72%

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10. Four points A, B, C and D lie on a straight line in the X-Y plane, such that AB = BC = CD, and the length of AB is 1 metre. An ant at A
wants to reach a sugar particle at D. But there are insect repellents kept at points B and C. The ant would not go within one metre of any
insect repellent. The minimum distance in metres the ant must traverse to reach the sugar particle is (CAT)

(1) 3 2

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(4) 5

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11. P, Q, S and R are points on the circumference of a circle of radius r, such that PQR is an equilateral triangle and PS is a diameter of the

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circle. What is the perimeter of the quadrilateral PQSR? (CAT)

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(1) 2r 1  3 
(2) 2r  2  3 

r 1  5 

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(4) 2r  3

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12. In the figure given below, OAB is an octant of a circle having center at O. PQRS is a rectangle with PS = 6 cm and PQ = 2 cm. Find the
area of the octant of the circle.

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(2) 8.5 cm2
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13. The centre of a circle inside a triangle is at a distance of 625 cm from each of the vertices of the triangle. If the diameter of the circle is 350

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cm and the circle is touching only two sides of the triangle, find the area of the triangle.
(XAT)
(1) 240000
(2) 387072
(3) 480000

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(4) 506447
(5) None of the above

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14. A circular road is constructed outside a square field. The perimeter of the square field is 200 ft. If the width of the road is 72 ft. and cost of
construction is Rs. 100 per sq. ft. Find the lowest possible cost to construct 50% of the total road.
(XAT)
(1) Rs. 70,400
(2) Rs. 125,400

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(3) Rs. 140,800
(4) Rs. 235,400

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(5) None of the above

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15. Find the total surface area of a hollow cylinder, open at both ends, whose external diameter is 12 cm, thickness is 2 cm and the height is

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20 cm.
(1) 440 cm2
(2) 520 cm2
(3) 586 cm2
(4) 424 cm2

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(5) 484 cm2

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For questions 16 and 17

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Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Consider a cylinder of height h cm and radius of 2/ cm as shown in the figure (not drawn to the scale). A string of a certain length,
when wound on its cylindrical surface, starting at point A and ending at point B, gives a maximum of n turns (in other words, the

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string’s length is the minimum length required to wind n turns).

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16. What is the vertical spacing between the two consecutive turns?

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(4) 2h cm
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17. In the set-up of the previous two questions, how is h related to n?

(1) h = 2 n

(2) h = 17 n

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(3) h = n

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(4) h = 13 n

(5) h = 2n

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18. A hexagonal prism of length 15 cm is cut into two equal halves along its length, so that the cutting plane passes through two opposite

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vertices of the hexagonal base. Find the surface area of one of the resultant solids if all the sides of the hexagon measure 6 cm.
(1) 580 sq. cm
(2) 543 sq. cm
(3) 486 sq. cm
(4) 593 sq. cm

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19. A cylinder, a hemisphere and a cone have the identical base and the same height. The area of their curved surfaces will be in the ratio

(1) 1: 1: 2

(2) 1: 2 : 1

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(3) 2 : 2 : 2

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(4) 2 : 2 :1

(5) 2 : 1: 1

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20. A right circular cone is divided into two parts by drawing a plane through the mid-point of its axis parallel to the base. The ratio of the

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volumes of the bigger to smaller parts is
(1) 4 : 1
(2) 27 : 8
(3) 3 : 2
(4) 7 : 1

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(5) 17 : 2

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21. The top of a conical vessel has a circumference of 308 m. Water flows in at a rate of 12 m3 every 2 s. Find the approximate time taken for
the vessel to be half filled in terms of volume, if its depth is 12 m?
(1) 11 min
(2) 42 min
(3) 68 min

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(4) 82 min

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(5) 52 min

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22. Diameter of the base of a water – filled inverted right circular cone is 26 cm. A cylindrical pipe, 5 mm in radius, is attached to the surface of

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the cone at a point. The perpendicular distance between the point and the base (the top) is 15 cm. The distance from the edge of the base
to the point is 17 cm, along the surface. If water flows at the rate of 10 meters per minute through the pipe, how much time would elapse
before water stops coming out of the pipe? (XAT)
(1) < 4.5 minutes
(2)  4.5 minutes but < 4.8 minutes

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(3)  4.8 minutes but < 5 minutes
(4)  5 minutes but < 5.2 minutes
(5)  5.2 minutes

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23. Find the volume of the bucket which is in the shape of a frustum of a cone, whose bottom and top radii are 15 cm and 5 cm respectively
and the height of the bucket is 24 cm.
(1) 2800 cm3
(2) 2600 cm3
(3) 1700 cm3

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(4) 2000 cm3

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(5) Cannot be determined

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24. A frustum of right pyramid has its top and bottom surfaces in the sape of squares. The edge of bottom is 4 cm and that of top is 3 cm. If the
height of the frustum is 6 cm, then find its volume (in cm3).

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(1) 37
(2) 74
(3) 60
(4) 48

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25. A solid metal cylinder of 10 cm height and 14 cm diameter is melted and re-cast into two cones in the ratio of 3:4 (volume), keeping the
height 10 cm. What would be the percentage change in the lateral surface area before and after?
(XAT)
(1) 9%
(2) 16%

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(4) 50%

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