10 Mensuration Questions for SSC — Part 1 (2020)
In this post, we have created a list of 10 important mensuration practice questions. This is the first part of mensuration problem series. These questions are in MCQ format and their answer key is at the end of the page. It is upside down to discourage cheating.
This should help you practice for different kinds of government competition exams. We have also created others posts with Mensuration questions for RRB NTPC, Mensuration questions for SSC, Mensuration questions for Bank PO.
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Mensuration Questions for SSC (Easy)
These are some easy mensuration problems that you should be able to solve in 5-10 seconds.
1) The difference between the area of two squares is 96 sq.cm. What is the length of the side of bigger square if the difference between their sides is 8cm?
2) The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 17 m. If its perimeter is 454m, what is its area?
3) A circular flower bed is surrounded by a concentric circular park 8m wide. The area of the concentric circular park surrounding the flower bed is 5/4 that of the flower bed. Find the radius of the flower bed.
Mensuration Questions for SSC (Medium)
These are some mensuration problems with medium difficulty level. Try to solve them in 15-20 seconds.
4) A path of uniform width runs along the inside of a rectangular field 72m long and 49m wide. The path occupies 3892m2. Find the width of the path.
5) The height of a right circular cylinder is 8 times the radius of the base. If the height were 9 times the radius, the volume would be 1078cm3 more than the original. Find the radius of the base.
6) The area of an isosceles triangle is 480cm2. The length of the third side is 60cm. Find the length of each equal side.
Mensuration Questions for SSC (Hard)
These are some mensuration problems with hard difficulty level. Try to solve them in 30-40 seconds.
7) A park is spread across 1704m2. Two cross paths of width 2m are constructed inside it such that their combined path area is 241m2. Find the width of the park.
8) What is the area of a triangle having perimeter 78cm, one side 15cm and difference of other two sides 11cm?
9) A rectangular paper sheet of dimensions 72cm × 22cm is folded in the form of a cylinder along its length. What will be the volume of this cylinder?
10) A park is spread across 1386m2. Two cross paths of width 2m are constructed inside it such that their combined path area is 186m2. Find the length of the park.
Answer Key —
1. d, 2. c, 3. c, 4. a, 5. d, 6. a, 7. a, 8. a, 9. c, 10. b
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