Quant Comprehensive Test 4 - Geometry

No. of questions: 30 Time: 50 mins.

1. Four cows are tethered at four corners of a square plot of side 28m, so that the adjacent cows can just touch each
other. There is a circular pond of area 44 sq. m at the center. The area left ungrazed is: (CAT 2002)

(1) 124 sq. m (2) 168 sq. m (3) 192 sq. m (4) 196 sq. m (5) None of these

2. In the following figure, the radius of the 2 concentric circles with centre O is 1 unit and 2 units. AB and AC are
tangents to the inner circle at P and Q. Further C, O, P and B, O, Q are collinear. Find the length of BC.

(1) 2 5 (2) 2 3 (3) 3 (4) 5 (5) None of these

3. In the diagram given below, ABD = CDB = PQD = 90°. If AB : CD = 3 : 1, the ratio of CD : PQ is:

(CAT 2003  NOV)

A

B Q D

(1) 0.69 (2) 0.75 (3) 0.72 (4) 0.6 (5) None of these

4. A vertical tower OP stands at the centre O of a square ABCD. Let h and b denote the length OP and AB
respectively. Suppose APB = 60° then the relationship between h and b can be expressed as: (CAT 2003  NOV)

(1) 2b2 = h2 (2) 2h2 = b2 (3) 3b2 = 2h2 (4) 3h2 = 2b2 (5) None of these

5. Let A and B be two solid spheres such that the surface area of B is 300% higher than the surface area of A. The
volume of A is found to be k% lower than the volume of B. The value of K must be: (CAT 2003  NOV)

(1) 85.5 (2) 92.5 (3) 90.5 (4) 87.5 (5) None of these

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6. In the figure given below, AB is the chord of a circle with centre O. AB is extended to C such that BC = OB. The
straight line CO is produced to meet the circle at D. If ACD = y degrees and AOD = x degrees such that x = ky,
then the value of k is: (CAT 2003 - NOV)
A

D O C

(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 4 (5) None of these

7. In the figure below, the rectangle at the corner measures 10 cm x 20 cm. The corner A of the rectangle is also a point
on the circumference of the circle. What is the radius of the circle in cm? (CAT 2003 - NOV)

(1) 10 cm (2) 40 cm (3) 50 cm (4) 30 cm (5) None of these

8. The figure below shows two concentric circles with centre O. PQRS is a square inscribed in the outer circle. It also
circumscribes the inner circle, touching it at points B, C, D and A. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the outer circle
to that of polygon ABCD? (CAT 1999)
P B Q

A C
O

S D R

 3 
(1) (2) (3) (4) π (5) None of these
4 2 2

9. Two circles are of radii 15cm and 20cm. Their centres are 25cm apart. What is the length of the common chord?
(CAT 2002)

(1) 24 cm (2) 25 cm (3) 15 cm (4) 20 cm (5) None of these

10. In a triangle ABC, AB = 4, AC = 3, and A = 60°. If AD is the angle bisector of angle A, meeting BC at D, then
find the length of AD? (CAT 2002)

12 3 15 3 6 3
(1) 2 3 (2) (3) (4) (5) None of these
7 8 7

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11. There is a circle of radius of 1cm. Each member of a sequence of regular polygons S1(n), n = 4, 5, 6,…… where n
is the number of sides of the polygon, is circumscribing the circle: and each member of the sequence of regular
polygons S2(n), n = 4, 5, 6………. where n is the number of sides of the polygon, is inscribed in the circle. Let L1(n)
{L1(13)  2}
and L2(n) denote the perimeters of the corresponding polygons of S1(n) and S2(n), then is 
L2(17)
(CAT 1999)

(1) greater than and less than 1 (2) greater than 1 and less than 2 (3) greater than 2
4
 
(4) less than (5) more than
4 4

12. E

A D
B F

In the figure above, AB = BC = CD = DE = EF = FG = GA. Then DAE is approximately (CAT 2000)

(1) 15° (2) 20° (3) 30° (4) 25° (5) None of these

13. In the figure given below, ABCD is a rectangle. The area of the isosceles right triangle ADE is 7 sq. cm.

EC = 3DE. The area of ABCD (in sq. cm) is: (CAT 2002)

A B

D C
E

(1) 21 (2) 28 (3) 42 (4) 56 (5) None of these

14. The points of intersection of three lines 2x + 3y – 5 = 0, 5x – 7y + 2 = 0 and 9x – 5y – 4 = 0 (CAT 1996)

(1) form a triangle (2) are on lines perpendicular to each other

(3) are on lines parallel to each other (4) are coincident (5) None of these

15. The area bounded by three curves |x + y| = 1, |x| = 1 and |y| = 1, is equal to (CAT 2000)

(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1 (5) None of these

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Directions for questions 16 and 17: Answer these questions based on the following diagram. In the diagram below:
ABC = 90° = DCH = DOE = EHK = FKL = GLM = LMN. AB = BC = 2CH = 2CD = EH = FK = 2HK =
4KL = 2LM = MN (CAT 2002)
A E F N

D
P O G

B C H K L M
16. Find FGO.

(1) 30° (2) 45° (3) 60° (4) 40° (5) None of these

17. Find the ratio of area of quadrilateral ABCD to that of quadrilateral DEFG.

(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 12 : 7 (4) 4 : 3 (5) None of these

18. The area of the triangle whose vertices are (a, a), (a + 1, a + 1), (a + 2, a) is: (CAT 2002)

(1) a3 (2) 1 (3) 2a (4) 21/2 (5) None of these

19. In the figure below, ACB is a right angled triangle. CD is the altitude. Circles are inscribed within the triangles
ACD, BCD. P and Q are the centres of the circles. AC = 15, BC = 20. The distance PQ is: (CAT 2002)
C

Q
P

A D B

(1) 5 (2) 50 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5) 9

20. In the figure given below (not drawn to scale), A, B and C are three points on a circle with centre O. The chord BA
is extended to a point T such that CT becomes a tangent to the circle at point C. If ATC = 30° and ACT = 50°, then
the angle BOA is: (CAT 2003  FEB)

50°
O

B 30°
A
T

(1) 100° (2) 150° (3) 80° (4) 50° (5) Not possible to determine

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21. In the given figure (not drawn to scale) ACD = 20°, ABD = 40° and BC = BD = AC. Find mBAC.

(1) 30° (2) 40° (3) 60° (4) 50° (5) None of these

22. ABCD is a rhombus with the diagonals AC and BD intersecting at the origin on the x  y plane. The equation of
the straight line AD is x + y = 1. What is the equation of BC? (CAT 2000)

(1) x + y = 1 (2) x  y = 1 (3) x + y = 1 (4) x  y=1 (5) None of these

23.
A

F G

D E

B C

In the above figure, CD and BE are the medians to the sides AB and AC, while F and G are points on AB and AC such
that FE is parallel to DC and DG is parallel to BE. Find the perimeter of triangle AFG, if AB = 16 cm, AC = 20 cm and
FG = 6 cm.

(1) 15 cm (2) 20 cm (3) 24 cm (4) 27 cm (5) 18 cm

24.

ABCD is a parallelogram where P, Q, R, M are the midpoints of sides AB, BC, AD and DC respectively. Find
A(DRS)
.
A(APT)

(1) 1:3 (2) 1:2 (3) 1:4 (4) 1:1 (5) None of these

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25. A rectangular floor is fully covered with square tiles of identical size. The tiles on the edges are white and the tiles
in the interior are red. The number of white tiles is the same as the number of red tiles. A possible value of the number
of tiles along one edge of the floor is _____. (CAT 2005)

(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 14 (4) 16 (5) None of these

26. What are the co-ordinates of the orthocentre of the triangle whose vertices are (4, 0), (9, 5) and (14, 0)?

(1) (5, 5) (2) (9, 5) (3) (8, 4) (4) (9, 0) (5) None of these

27. If the sum of the squares of the sides of a triangle is denoted by S and its perimeter P, which of the following is
always true about P2/S?

P2 P2 P2 P2
(1) <2 (2) 3 ≤ ≤4 (3) 2 < ≤3 (4) 4 ≤ (5) None of these
S S S S

28. A sphere is cut into 4 identical pieces after it was painted. What is the ratio of the painted area to the unpainted
area.

(1) 1:3 (2) 1:2 (3) 1:4 (4) 1:1 (5) None of these

29. A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by folding it at the mid-point of its longer side, results in a rectangle
whose longer and shorter sides are in the same proportion as the longer and shorter sides of the original rectangle. If the
shorter side of the original rectangle is 2, what is the area of the smaller rectangle? (CAT 2004)

(1) 4 2 (2) 2 2 (3) 2 (4) 3 2 (5) None of the above

30. In a triangle ABC, the lengths of the sides AB and AC equals 17.5 cm and 9 cm respectively. Let D be a point on
the line segment BC such that AD is perpendicular to BC. If AD = 3 cm, then what is the radius (in cm) of the circle
circumscribing the triangle ABC? (CAT 2008)

(1) 17.05 (2) 27.85 (3) 22.45 (4) 32.25 (5) 26.25

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