Top 16 CAT Mensuration Questions With Video Solutions

Mensuration topic is an important part of the CAT. You can expect 4-5 questions in the latest 22 question format of the CAT Quant section. Here, some of the important mensuration questions for the CAT Exam. If you want to practice these important questions, you can download the PDF, which is completely Free. And, this is often one of the most feared topics among the candidates. It is not a very difficult topic if you understand the basics well. Practising free CAT mocks where you'll get a fair idea of how questions are asked, and type of questions asked in CAT Exam. Mensuration based questions appear in the CAT test almost every year. A lot of aspirants avoid this topic but remember that one can definitely solve the easy questions if one is thorough with the basics.

Here we are giving some very important mensuration questions, which also include questions from the CAT previous papers. The candidates are advised to try each question on their own and later go through the solutions given below.

CAT Mensuration Questions Weightage Over Past 4 Years

Year	No. of Questions
2023	10
2022	8
2021	11
2020	12

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Question 1

A triangle is drawn with its vertices on the circle C such that one of its sides is a diameter of C and the other two sides have their lengths in the ratio a : b. If the radius of the circle is r, then the area of the triangle is

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Question 2

A rectangle with the largest possible area is drawn inside a semicircle of radius 2 cm. Then, the ratio of the lengths of the largest to the smallest side of this rectangle is

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Question 3

In a rectangle ABCD, AB = 9 cm and BC = 6 cm. P and Q are two points on BC such that the areas of the figures ABP, APQ, and AQCD are in geometric progression. If the area of the figure AQCD is four times the area of triangle ABP, then BP : PQ : QC is

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Question 4

In a regular polygon, any interior angle exceeds the exterior angle by 120 degrees. Then, the number of diagonals of this polygon is

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CAT 2022 Mensuration questions

Question 1

A trapezium $$ABCD$$ has side $$AD$$ parallel to $$BC, \angle BAD = 90^\circ, BC = 3$$ cm and $$AD= 8$$ cm. If the perimeter of this trapezium is 36 cm, then its area, in sq. cm, is

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Question 2

All the vertices of a rectangle lie on a circle of radius R. If the perimeter of the rectangle is P, then the area of the rectangle is

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CAT 2021 Mensuration questions

Question 1

If the area of a regular hexagon is equal to the area of an equilateral triangle of side 12 cm, then the length, in cm, of each side of the hexagon is

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Question 2

If a rhombus has area 12 sq cm and side length 5 cm, then the length, in cm, of its longer diagonal is

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Question 3

The cost of fencing a rectangular plot is ₹ 200 per ft along one side, and ₹ 100 per ft along the three other sides. If the area of the rectangular plot is 60000 sq. ft, then the lowest possible cost of fencing all four sides, in INR, is

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Question 4

A park is shaped like a rhombus and has area 96 sq m. If 40 m of fencing is needed to enclose the park, the cost, in INR, of laying electric wires along its two diagonals, at the rate of ₹125 per m, is

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Question 5

Let ABCD be a parallelogram. The lengths of the side AD and the diagonal AC are 10cm and 20cm, respectively. If the angle $$\angle ADC$$ is equal to $$30^{0}$$ then the area of the parallelogram, in sq.cm is

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CAT 2020 Mensuration questions

Question 1

A solid right circular cone of height 27 cm is cut into two pieces along a plane parallel to its base at a height of 18 cm from the base. If the difference in volume of the two pieces is 225 cc, the volume, in cc, of the original cone is

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Question 2

On a rectangular metal sheet of area 135 sq in, a circle is painted such that the circle touches two opposite sides. If the area of the sheet left unpainted is two-thirds of the painted area then the perimeter of the rectangle in inches is

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Question 3

The sum of the perimeters of an equilateral triangle and a rectangle is 90cm. The area, T, of the triangle and the area, R, of the rectangle, both in sq cm, satisfying the relationship $$R=T^{2}$$. If the sides of the rectangle are in the ratio 1:3, then the length, in cm, of the longer side of the rectangle, is

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Question 4

A circle is inscribed in a rhombus with diagonals 12 cm and 16 cm. The ratio of the area of circle to the area of rhombus is

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Question 5

In a trapezium $$ABCD$$, $$AB$$ is parallel to $$DC$$, $$BC$$ is perpendicular to $$DC$$ and $$\angle BAD=45^{0}$$. If $$DC$$ = 5cm, $$BC$$ = 4 cm,the area of the trapezium in sq cm is

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Top 16 CAT Mensuration Questions With Video Solutions

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