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The area of the lawn is 2/3 hectares. The length of the lawn is: (a) 100 meters (b) 100/3 meters (c) 150 meters (d) 50 meters The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what percent would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area? (a) 37.5% (b) 60% (c) 75% (d) 120% A 5 m wide lawn is cultivated all along the outside of a rectangular plot measuring 90 m x 40 m. The total area of the lawn is: (in m2) (a) 1200 (b) 1300 (c) 1350 (d) 1400 If the length of a rectangle is increased by 12% and the width increased by 6%, the area of the rectangle will: (a) increase by 19.53% (b) decrease by 6.25% (c) increase by 19.75% (d) increase by 19.92% A rectangle is having 15 cm as its length and 150 cm2 as its area. Its area is increased to 1 (1/3) times the original area by increasing only its length. Its new perimeter is: (a) 50 cm (b) 60 cm (c) 70 cm (d) 80 cm A man drives 4 km distance to go around a rectangular park. If the area of the rectangle is 0.75 sq. km, the difference between the length and the breadth of the rectangle is: (a) 10.25 km (b) 0.5 km (c) 1 km (d) 2.75 km The length and breadth of a rectangular piece of land are in the ratio of 5 : 3. The owner spent Rs30000 for surrounding it from all the sides at the rate of Rs75 per meter. The difference between length & breadth is: (a) 50 m (b) 100 m (c) 200 m (d) 150 m The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area of resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the square by: (a) 42% (b) 62% (c) 82% (d) 90% If the side of a square be increased by 50%, the percent increase in area is: (a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 125 (d) 150 The length of a square is increased by 40% while breadth is decreased by 40%. The ratio of area of the resulting rectangle so formed to that of the original square is: (a) 25 : 21 (b) 21 : 25 (c) 16 : 15 (d) 15 : 16

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If the ratio of areas of two squares is 9 : 1, the ratio of their perimeters is: (a) 9 : 1 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3 The length and breadth of a room are 10 m 75 cm and 8 m 25 cm respectively. The floor is to be paved with square tiles of the largest possible size. The size of the tiles is: (a) 25 cm x 25 cm (b) 50 cm x 50 cm (c) 20 cm x 20 cm (d) 30 cm x 30 cm If each of the dimensions of a rectangle is increased by 100%, its area is increased by: (a) 100% (b) 200% (c) 300% (d) 400% If the sides of a triangle are doubled, its area (a) remains the same (b) becomes double (c) becomes 3 times (d) becomes 4 times Each side of an equilateral triangle is increased by 1.5%. The percentage increase in its area is: (a) 1.5% (b) 3% (c) 4.5% (d) 5.7% The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is equal to 14 cm; the lateral side is to the base in the ratio 5 to 4. The area, in square cm, of the triangle is: (a) 21 (b) 221 (c) (3/2)21 (d) 521 If a square and a rhombus stand on the same base, then the ratio of areas of square and rhombus is: (a) greater than 1 (b) equal to 1/2 (c) equal to 1/4 (d) equal to 1 If the radius of a circle be reduced by 50%, its area is reduced by: (a) 25% (b) 75% (c) 50% (d) 100%

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The radius of a circle is increased so that its circumference increases by 5%. The area of the circle will increase by: (a) 10% (b) 10.25% (c) 8.75% (d) 10.5% A circular disc of area 0.49 m2 rolls down a length of 1.76 kms. The number of revolutions it makes is: (a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 600 (d) 4000 A wheel makes 100 revolutions in covering a distance of 88 km. The diameter of the wheel is: (a) 240 meters (b) 400 meters (c) 280 meters (d) 140 meters If the wheel of the engine of a train 4 (2/7) meters in circumference makes seven revolutions in 4 seconds, the speed of the train in km/hr is:
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The length of a minute hand on a wall clock is 7 cms. The area swept by the minute hand in 30 minutes is: (in square cms) (a) 147 (b) 210 (c) 154 (d) 77 Four circular cardboard pieces each of radius 7 cm are placed in such a way that each piece touches two other pieces. The area of the space enclosed by 4 pieces is: (in square centimeters) (a) 38 (b) 42 (c) 45 (d) 54 A plot of land is in the shape of a right angled isosceles triangle. The length of hypotenuse is 502 meters. The cost of fencing is Rs30 per meter. The cost of fencing the plot will be: (a) less than Rs3000 (b) less than Rs4000 (c) more than Rs5000 (d) more than Rs6000 If the side of an equilateral triangle is decreased by 20% its area is decreased by (a) 36% (b) 64% (c) 40% (d) 60%

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If the height of a triangle is decreased by 40% and its base is increased by 40%, what will be the effect on its area? (a) No change (b) 16% increase (c) 8% decrease (d) 16% decrease 28. The length of a rectangle is halved, while its breadth is tripled, what is the percentage change in area? (a) 50% increase (b) 50% decrease (c) 25% increase (d) 75% decrease 29. A took 15 sec to cross a rectangular field diagonally walking at the rate of 52meters/min and B took the same time to cross the same field along its sides walking at the rate of 68meters/min. The area of the field in square meters is (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60 The length of a rectangle is decreased by r% and the breadth is increased by (r + 5)%. Find r, if the area of the rectangle is unaltered? (a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 5

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