ENGINEER’S JUNCTION

(Area and Volumes)

1) A window is made up of a square portion P Q

and an equilateral triangle portion above it.
The base of the triangular portion coincides
with the upper side of the square. If the a O
perimeter of the window is 6m, the area of
the window in m² is ____ (GATE-16) (1M) S R

(a) 1.43 (b) 2.06 Find shaded area (GATE-20-EC) (IM)

(c) 2.68 (d) 2.88
(a) лa2-3a2 (b) ла2-2a2
2) A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of (c) лa2-a2 (d) лa²-√2a2
side one unit. After it is built, one cubic
block is removed from every corner of the
5) Given a semicircle with 'O' as the centre, as
cube. The resulting surface area of the body ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐶 +𝐶𝐵
(in square units) after the removal is____ shown in the figure, the ratio ̅̅̅̅ is
𝐴𝐵
(GATE-16) (1M) ̅̅̅̅ , 𝐶𝐵
______. Where 𝐴𝐶 ̅̅̅̅ and 𝐴𝐵
̅̅̅̅ are chords.
(a) 56 (b) 64
(GATE-20-EE) (1M)
(c) 72. (d) 96

3) A right-angled cone (with base radius 5 cm.

and height 12 cm), as shown in the figure
below, is rolled on the ground keeping the
point P fixed until the point Q (at the base
of the cone, as shown) touches the ground
again.
(a) √𝟐 (b) 2
(c) √3 (d) 3

6) In the given figure angle Q is a right angle,

PS:QS 3:1, RT:QT = 5:2 and PU:UR=1:1 If
area of triangle QTS is 20 cm², then the
area of triangle PQR in cm² is ______
By what angle (in radians) about P does the (GATE-15) (2M)
cone travel? (GATE-17) (1M)
5𝜋 5𝜋
(a) (b)
12 24
24𝜋 10𝜋
(c) (d)
5 13

4) A circle with centre O is shown in the

figure. A rectangle PQRS of maximum
possible area is inscribed in the circle. If the
radius of the circle is a, then the area of the
shaded portion is _____.

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(b) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
7) In a triangle PQR, PS is the angle bisector (c) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
of QPR and QPS = 60°. What is the (d) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
length of PS? (GATE-15) (2M)
11) The perimeters of a circle, a square and an
equilateral triangle are equal. Which one of
the following statements is true?
(GATE-18) (2M)
(a) The circle has the largest area.
(b) The square has the largest area.
(c) The equilateral triangle has the largest
(𝑞+𝑟) 𝒒𝒓 area.
(a) (b)
𝑞𝑟 (𝒒+𝒓) (d) All the three shapes have the same area.
(𝑞+𝑟)2
(c) √(𝑞 2 + 𝑟 2 ) (d)
𝑞𝑟
12) A wire would enclose an area of 1936 m²,
8) Find the area bounded by the lines
if it is bent into a square. The wire is cut
3x+2y=14, 2x-3y=5 in the first quadrant.
into. Two pieces. The longer piece is thrice
(GATE-16) (2M)
as long as the shorter piece. The long and
(a) 14.95 (c) 15.70
the short pieces are bent into a square and a
(b) 15.25 (d) 20.23
circle, respectively. Which of the following
choices is closest to the sum of the areas
9) A square pyramid has a base perimeter x, enclosed by the two pieces in square
and the slant height is half of the perimeter. meters? (GATE-18) (2M)
What is the lateral surface area of the
(a) 1096 (b) 1111
pyramid? (GATE-16) (2M)
(c) 1243 (d) 2486
(a) x² (b) 0.75 x2
(c) 0.50 x2 (d) 0.25 x2
13) The area of a square is d. What is the area
of the circle which has the diagonal of the
10) Arrange the following three-dimensional square as its diameter? (GATE-18) (2M)
objects in the descending order of their
(a) лd (b) лd²
volumes:
1 𝟏
i. A cuboid with dimensions 10 cm, 8 cm (c) лd² (d) лd
4 𝟐
and 6 cm.
ii. A cube of side 8 cm 14) The area of an equilateral triangle is √3.
iii. A cylinder with base radius 7 cm and What is the perimeter of the triangle?
height 7 cm (GATE-18)(2M)
iv. A sphere of radius 7 cm (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
(GATE-18) (2M)
(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

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15) A retaining wall with measurements 30m
× 12m × 6m was constructed with bricks
of dimensions 8cm × 6cm × 6cm. If 60%
of the wall consists of bricks, the number
of bricks used for the construction is
______ lakhs.
(GATE-19-CE)(1M)
(a) 45 (b) 40
(c) 30 (d) 75
16) Suresh wanted to lay a new carpet in his
new mansion with an area of 70 × 55 sq.
mts. However an area of 550 sq. mts. Had
to be left out for flower pots. If the cost of
carpet is Rs.50 per sq. mts., How much
money (in Rs) will be spent by Suresh for
the carpet now? (GATE-19-CE) (1 M)
(a) 1, 65, 000
(b) 2, 75,000
(c) 1, 92, 500
(d) 1, 27, 500
Five line segments of equal lengths, PR. PS.
QS. QT and RT are used to form a star as
shown in the figure above.
The value of in degrees, is_________
(GATE-21-CE/IN SET1)
(a) 45 (b) 72
(c) 108 (d) 36
20) Consider two rectangular sheets, Sheet M
and Sheet N of dimensions 6 cm × 4 cm
each.
Folding operation 1: The sheet is folded
into half by joining the short edges of the
current shape.
Folding operation 2: The sheet is folded
into half by joining the long edges of the
current shape.
Folding operation 1 is carried out on Sheet
M three times.

17) The radius as well as the height of a

circular cone increases by 10%. The
percentage increase in its volume is Folding operation 2 is carried out on Sheet
_______ . N three times.
(GATE-19-INST/PI) (1 M) The ratio of perimeters of the final folded
(a) 17.1 (b) 21.0 shape of Sheet N to the final folded shape
of Sheet M is (GATE-21-CE/IN SET1)
(c) 33.1 (d) 72.8 (a) 5:13 (b) 13:7
(c) 3:2 (d) 7:5
18) A square has sides 5 cm smaller than the
sides of a second square. The area of the 23) In an equilateral triangle PQR, side PQ
larger square is four times the area of the is divided into four equal parts, side QR is
smaller square. The side of the larger divided into six equal parts and side PR is
square is _________. divided into eight equal parts. The length
(GATE-19-CE) (2M) of each subdivided part in cm is an integer.
The minimum area of the triangle PQR
(a) 8.50 (b) 10.00 possible, in cm, is
(c) 18.50 (d) 15.10 (GATE-21-CE SET2)
(a) 24 (b) 48√3
19)
(c) 144√𝟑 (d) 18

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(GATE-21-EC/PI)
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 5 (c) 5 : 6 (d) 3 : 4
24) We have 2 rectangular sheets of paper. M
and N, of dimensions 6 cm × 1 cm each.
Sheet M is rolled to form an open cylinder 26) Consider a square sheet of side 1 unit.
by bringing the short edges of the sheet In the first step, it is cut along the main
together. Sheet N is cut into equal square diagonal to get two triangles. In the
patches and assembled to form the largest next step, one of the cut triangles is
possible closed cube. Assuming the ends revolved about its short edge to form a
of the cylinder are closed, the ratio of the solid cone. The volume of the resulting
volume of the cylinder to that of the cube cone, in cubic units, is ________
is ________ (GATE-21-EC/PI)
(GATE-21-CS SET1) 3𝜋
(a) (b) 3π
𝟗 2
(a) 3п (b) 2𝜋 𝝅
𝝅
(c) (d)
3 𝜋 3 𝟑
(c) (d)
𝜋 2
27)
25) If 𝜃 is the angle in degrees, between the
longest diagonal of the cube and any of the
edges of the cube, then cos 𝜃 =
(GATE-21-CS SET2)
1 1
(a) (b)
√2 2
√3 𝟏
(c) (d)
2 √𝟑

26)

In the figure shown above, each inside.

square is formed by joining the midpoints
of the sides of the next larger square. The
area of the smallest square (shaded) as
shown, in
(GATE-21-EE)
(a) 6.25 (b) 12.50
(c) 1.5625 (d) 3.125

Corners are cut from an equilateral triangle 28) For a regular polygon having 10 sides,
the interior angle between the sides of
the polygon, in degrees, is:
to produce a regular convex hexagon as
shown in the figure above. (GATE-21-EE)
The ratio of the area of the regular convex. (a) 216 (b) 396
Hexagon to the area of the original (c) 324 (d) 144
equilateral triangle is

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29) A rhombus is formed by joining the 32) A sphere of radius r cm is packed in a box
midpoints of the sides of a unit square. of cubical shape. What should be the
What is the diameter of the largest circle minimum volume (in cm³) of the box that
that can be inscribed within the rhombus? can enclose the sphere?
(GATE-22-ME S1) (GATE-22-IN, PI)
𝟏 1 𝑟3
(a)
√𝟐
(b)
2√2
(a) (b) 𝑟 3
8
(c) √2 (d) 2√2 (c) 2𝑟 3 (d) 𝟖𝒓𝟑

30) An equilateral triangle, a square and a

circle have equal areas.
What is the ratio of the perimeters of the
equilateral triangle to square to circle?
(GATE-22-ME S1)
(a) 3√3 ∶ 2 ∶ √𝜋
(b) √𝟑√𝟑 ∶ 𝟐 ∶ √𝝅
(c) √3√3 ∶ 4 ∶ 2√𝜋
(d) √3√3 ∶ 2 ∶ 2√𝜋

31) Equal sized circular regions are shaded in

a square sheet of paper of 1 cm side length.
Two cases, case M and case N, are
considered as shown in the figures below.
In the case M, four circles are shaded in the
square sheet and in the case N, nine circles
are shaded in the square sheet as shown.
What is the ratio of the areas of unshaded
regions of case M to that of case N?

Case M Case N
(GATE-22ME S2)
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 1
(c) 3 : 2 (d) 2 : 1