RRB ALP Exam

Study Material for Quantative Aptitude

 MENSURATION

Mensuration is mainly divided into three parts:

One is Area, second is Volume and third is Perimeter.

Triangle

Perimeter = a + b + c
Area of Triangle = [½ × base × height] or
= � �−� �−� �−�
Here, s is a semi perimeter

Q1. Sides of a triangle are 12m, 13m and 11m. Find the area of triangle and height with respect to
the side of 12 cm.

Solution:

12+13+11 36
S= 2
=
2
= 18�
Area of triangle = � � − � � − � � − �
Area= 18 × 6 × 5 × 6
Area= 6 105 �2

Side=12m (Base), height=?

Area of triangle =1/2×base×Height
6√105 = ½ × 12 × height
Height = √105 m

Properties of Equilateral Triangle

 Properties of equilateral triangle
 All three sides are equal.
 All three angles are 60°
Formulae
 Perimeter = 3 × side = 3a
 Area of equilateral triangle = (√3/4)a2
 Height = Median = (√3/2)a
 Side of an equilateral triangle =
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3

Q2. The area of an equilateral triangle is 49√3 m2, find the value of its height and side?

Solution:
The area of an equilateral triangle = 49√3 �2
(√3/4)a2 = 49√3
a2 = 49 × 4
a = 14 m
Height = (√3/2)a
Height = (√3/2) × 14 = 7√3 m

Properties of Isosceles Triangle

 Two sides are equal.
 AB = AC

Formula:
Area of Δ = ½ × base × height

Q3. In an isosceles triangle, if the ratio of equal side and unequal side is 5: 8 and its perimeter is
36 cm. Find the area of this triangle.
Solution:

Let the equal and unequal side be 5x and 8x

Perimeter of this triangle = 5x + 5x + 8x
36 = 18x
x=2
Sides of this triangle are 10 cm, 10 cm and 16 cm
Perpendicular on unequal side = √ [102 – (16/2)2] = √ [100 – 64]
Perpendicular on unequal side = 6 cm
Area of isosceles triangle = ½ × unequal side × perpendicular on unequal side
Area of isosceles triangle = ½ × 16 × 6 = 48 cm2
Properties of Right-Angle Triangle
 Hypotenuse2 = (base)2 + (height)2
 Area = ½ × base × height = ½ × b × p
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 Length of Perpendicular at hypotenuse = ����������

Q4. The area of a right-angle triangle is 30 m and base is 7 m more than height, find the length of
perpendicular on hypotenuse.
Solution:

Let the height of the triangle be x

⇒ Base = x + 7
⇒ Area = ½ × base × height
⇒ 30= ½ × (x + 7) × x
⇒ 60 = x2 + 7x
⇒ x2 + 7x – 60 = 0
⇒ (x + 12) (x – 5) = 0
⇒x=5m
⇒ Base = x + 7 = 12 m
⇒ Hypotenuse2 = (base)2 + (height)2
⇒ Hypotenuse2 = 144 + 25 = 169
⇒ Hypotenuse = 13 m

The length of perpendicular on hypotenuse is (60/13) m.

Square

Properties of square
 Opposite sides of a square are both parallel and equal in length.
 The diagonal of a square is equal. AC = BD
 The diagonals of a square bisect each other and meet at 90°. AO
= OC, BO = OD and ∠BOC = 90°
 All four angles of a square are 90°.

Formula:
 Perimeter = 4 × side
 Area = (side)2 = ½ × (diameter)
 Diameter = √2 side

Q5. Area of a square is 1352 m2. Find the perimeter and the length of the diagonal.
Solution:
Area of a square = 1352
(Side)2 = 1352
Side = 26√2 m
Perimeter = 4 × side
Perimeter = 4 × 26√2 = 104√2 m
Length of diagonal = √2 × side
Length of diagonal = √2 × 26√2 = 52 m

Rectangle

Properties of rectangle
 Opposite sides of a rectangle are equal in length.
AB = DC, AD = BC
 Opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel. AB ∥ CD, AD ∥ BC
 The diagonals of a rectangle bisect each other. AO = OC, BO
= OD
 All four angles of a square are 90°.

Formulae:
Area = l × b
Perimeter = 2(l + b)
Diameter = √ (l2 + b2)
Here, Length = l
Breadth = b

Q6. In a rectangle diagonal is 9 times of its length. Find the ratio of length and breath.
Solution:

Let the length of rectangle be x

Diagonal = 9x

Diameter = √ (l2 + b2)

9x = √ (x2 + b2)

x2 + b2 = 81 x2

80 x2 = b2
b = (4√5)x
Length: breath = x: (4√5)x
Length: breath = 1: 4√5

Parallelogram
In a parallelogram, the opposite sides are parallel and equal. But all 4 sides are not equal. Also, the
angle of the corners is not at 90 degrees. Whereas in square and rectangle, the angle of corners is
90 degrees.

 Area of parallelogram = l × h
 Perimeter of parallelogram = 2(l+b)
Here, l = length or base of parallelogram. h = height of parallelogram.

Rhombus
Rhombus is also a parallelogram. The main factor is that all 4 sides are equal in the rhombus. The
mensuration formula chart for the rhombus is,

 Area of rhombus = d1 × d2 / 2
 The perimeter of rhombus = 4l
Here, d1 and d2 are the lengths of the diagonals. l is the side of the rhombus.
Trapezium
In trapezium, one set of opposite sides are parallel and unequal. The other set of opposite sides are
not parallel.

 Area = 1 / 2 h(a+b)
 Perimeter = Sum of all sides
Here a and b are the top and bottom sides of the trapezium. h is the height of the trapezium.

Circle
 Circumference of a circle = � x diameter
 Diameter of circle = 2r
 Area of a circle = � x r x r

Here r is the radius of the circle.

Cube
Cube is a 3d shape of a square. In the cube all the length, breadth, and height are equal. The
mensuration formula for bank exams also includes all 3d shapes. So, refer to the mensuration
formulas for the cube here.

 Volume of a cube = (side)3

 Total surface area of a cube = 6 × (side)2
 Diagonal of cube = √3 x (side)

Cuboid
It is a 3d shape of a rectangle. The mensuration formulas for the cuboid are,

 Volume of a cuboid = (length × breadth × height) = lbh

 Total surface area of cuboid = 2(lb + bh + hl)

Cylinder
 Area of curved surface = (perimeter of base) x height = 2�rh
 Total surface area = 2�r (r + h)
 Volume = � x r x r x h
Cone
 Curved surface area = �rl
 Total surface area = �r(r + l)
 Volume of cone = (1/3) x � x r x r x h

Here l is the slant height of the cone.

Sphere
 r = radius
4
 Volume: V = 3 πr3
 Curved Surface Area = Total Surface Area = 4π2
Hemisphere
2
 Volume = 3 πr3
 Curved surface area = 2 π r2
 Total surface area = 3πr2

Prism
 Volume = Base area x height
 Lateral Surface area = perimeter of the base x height
 Total Surface area = LSA + 2(Area of base)

Pyramid
1
 Volume of a right pyramid = 3 X area of the base height X height
1
 Area of the lateral faces of a right pyramid = 2 x perimeter of the base x slant height

 Area of whole surface of a right pyramid = Area of the lateral faces + Area of the base.
Practice Questions:

Q1. Three cubes of metal whose edges are in ratio of 3:4:5, are melted and one new cube is formed.
If the diagonal of the cube is 18√3 cm, then find the edge of the largest among three cubes.
(A) 18 cm
(B) 24 cm
(C) 15 cm
(D) 12 cm

Q2. What is the area of the largest triangle that can be fitted into a rectangle of length 'a' units and
width 'b' units?
(A) unit2
(B) unit2
(C) unit2
(D) unit2

Q3. Find the perimeter and area of an isosceles triangle whose equal sides are 5 cm and the height
is 4 cm.
(A) 24 cm2 , 13 cm
(B) 18 cm2 , 16 cm
(C) 12 cm2 , 13 cm
(D) 12 cm2 , 16 cm

Q4. A parallelogram has area A sq. mts. A second parallelogram is formed by joining the mid-points
of its sides. A third parallelogram is formed by joining the mid-poinds of the sides of the second
parallelogram. This process is continued upto infinite. What is the sum of area (in sq. mts) of all the
parallelograms so formed?
(A) A
3�
(B) 2
(C) 2A
�
(D) 2

Q5. The radius of a cylindrical milk container is half its height and surface area of the inner part is
616 sq.cm. The amount of milk that the container can hold, approximately, is
[ Use: √5= 2.23 and p = 22/7]
(A) 1.42 litres
(B) 1.53 litres
(C) 1.71 litres
(D) 1.82 litres

Q6. From the four corners of a rectangular sheet of dimensions 25 cm x 20 cm, square of side 2 cm
is cut off from four corners and a box is made. The volume of the box is-
(A) 828 cm3
(B) 672 cm3
(C) 500 cm3
(D) 1000cm3
Q7. A rectangular paper sheet of dimensions 22 cm × 12 cm is folder in the form of a cylinder along
its length. What will be the volume of this cylinder?
(A) 460 cm3
(B) 462 cm3
(C) 624 cm3
(D) 400 cm3

Q8. A copper rod of 1 cm diameter and 8 cm length is drawn into a wire of uniform diameter and 18
m length. The radius (in cm) of the wire is:
2
(A) 15

1
(B) 15

1
(C) 30

(D) 15

Q9. A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its exterior diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is
1 cm and iron weights 8 gm/cm3, then the weight of the pipe is:
(A) 3.696 kg
(B) 3.6 kg
(C) 36 kg
(D) 36.9 kg

Q10. Water flows at the rate of 10 meters per minute from cylindrical pipe 5 mm in diameter how
long it will take to fill up a conical versel whose diameter at the base is 30 cm and depth 24 cm?
(A) 28 minutes 48 seconds
(B) 51 minutes 12 seconds
(C) 51 minutes 24 seconds
(D) 28 minutes 36 seconds

Solution:

Q1. (C)
Total volume = (3x)3+(4x)3+(5x)3 = 216x3
Then side of new cube/= 6x
Then diagonal of new cube = 6x√3 → 18√3 x = 3
Then side of larger cube = 5×3 = 15

Q2. (B)
Area of triangle = (1/2) base × height
= (1/2) ab unit2

Q3. (D)
12 cm2, 16cm

Q4. (C)

Sum of areas:

Q5. (B)
Let radius of the container is x cm.
Then height of the container is 2x cm.
According to question 2πr(2r) + πr2 = 616
5πr2 = 616

= 1546.90 ml.
= 1.54 lit.

Q6. (B)
Volume of the box = 16×21×2 = 672 cm3
Q7. (B)

Q8. (C)

Q9. (A)

Q10. (A)

Volume of water flowing from the pipe in 1 minute

28 minutes 48 seconds