A triangular piece of land has sides of 9 m, 10 m and 17 m. What is its area?
Correct answer B. 36 sq m
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Area MCQs
Area MCQs test how to calculate the area and perimeter of plane figures such as rectangles, squares and triangles, and how to apply them to word problems. They help aptitude test candidates sharpen quick calculation, and each question shows its correct answer immediately so you can check your working.
- Numbers 104
- Percentage 103
- Age Questions 95
- Profit and Loss 82
- Ratio and Proportion 80
- Time and Work 73
- Alligation or Mixture 73
- Fraction and Decimal 72
- Compound Interest 71
- Simple Interest 69
- Area 64
- Volume and Surface Area 64
- Equations and Inequalities 64
- Time and Distance 64
- Simplification 60
- Permutation and Combination 59
- Average 59
- Basic Algebra 58
- Pipes and Cistern 57
- Partnership 56
- Square Root and Cube Root 51
- Problems on Numbers 47
- Probability 45
- Problems on Trains 44
- Odd Man Out and Series 43
- Surds and Indices 43
- Clock 39
- Races and Games 38
- Height and Distance 37
- True Discount 36
- Stocks and Shares 34
- Boats and Streams 34
- Banker's Discount 32
- Counting 32
- Logarithm 30
- Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M 30
- Calendar 30
- Road Problems 26
- Word Problems 25
- Men and Food 24
A field is in the shape of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 18 m and 30 m and the distance between them is 11 m. What is its area?
Correct answer C. 264 sq m
A wire of length 88 cm is first bent into a square and then into a circle. Taking π = 22/7, by how much does the area of the circle exceed the area of the square?
Correct answer B. 132 sq cm
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A room is 8 m long, 6 m wide and 4 m high. What is the cost of painting its four walls at Rs. 35 per square metre?
Correct answer B. Rs. 3,920
The perimeter of a rectangular sheet is 46 cm and its diagonal is 17 cm. What is its area?
Correct answer D. 120 sq cm
When both the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot are increased by 10 m, its area increases by 500 sq m. What is the perimeter of the original plot?
Correct answer A. 80 m
A protractor is in the shape of a semicircle of diameter 28 cm. Taking π = 22/7, what is its perimeter?
Correct answer A. 72 cm
The largest possible circle is cut from a rectangular sheet 20 cm long and 14 cm wide. Taking π = 22/7, what area of the sheet is left over?
Correct answer A. 126 sq cm
A goat is tied with a 14 m rope to one corner of a rectangular field measuring 30 m by 20 m. Taking π = 22/7, over what area of the field can it graze?
Correct answer D. 154 sq m
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The sides of a triangular plot are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 and its perimeter is 96 m. What is its area?
Correct answer C. 384 sq m
The height of an equilateral triangle is 9√3 cm. What is its area?
Correct answer A. 81√3 sq cm
Each side of a square plot is decreased by 15%. By what percentage does its area decrease?
Correct answer D. 27.75%
A square field has an area of 1764 sq m. What is the cost of fencing it at Rs. 35 per metre?
Correct answer D. Rs. 5,880
A sector of a circle of radius 21 cm has a central angle of 60°. Taking π = 22/7, what is the area of the sector?
Correct answer B. 231 sq cm
A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 70 cm. Taking π = 22/7, how many complete revolutions will it make in covering 1.1 km?
Correct answer A. 500
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A slice of pizza is a sector of a circle of radius 14 cm with a central angle of 45°. Taking π = 22/7, what is the perimeter of the slice?
Correct answer D. 39 cm
A sector of a circle of radius 12 cm has an arc length of 22 cm. What is the area of the sector?
Correct answer D. 132 sq cm
A rectangular garden 40 m long and 25 m wide has a path 2.5 m wide running all round it on the outside. What is the area of the path?
Correct answer C. 350 sq m
A square lawn of side 50 m has a path 3 m wide running along its edges on the inside. What is the area of the path?
Correct answer D. 564 sq m
A rectangular plot measures 60 m by 40 m. A gravel path 3 m wide is built all round it on the outside. What is the cost of gravelling the path at Rs. 12 per square metre?
Correct answer C. Rs. 7,632
About Area MCQs
This mensuration topic is a regular part of quantitative sections. Questions use ratios between perimeter and breadth, the diagonal of a rectangle through Pythagoras' theorem, and the length of a plot that is a fixed amount more than its breadth. Percentage items ask how area changes when sides increase by a given percentage, or the error in area when a side is measured 2% too long, which gives about 4.04%. Cost problems involve painting walls or flooring at a rate per square metre. Practising these builds speed for timed tests.
Exams that include Area MCQs
Pakistan
- NTS
- FPSC
- PPSC
- OTS
- Army/Navy/PAF initial tests
India
- SSC CGL
- SSC CHSL
- IBPS PO
- RRB NTPC
Bangladesh
- Bank job exams
- BCS
- Primary Assistant Teacher recruitment
Frequently asked questions
How does area change when each side of a rectangle increases by a percentage?
If length and breadth both increase by x%, the area increases by 2x plus x squared over 100 per cent. For example, a 10% increase in each side raises the area by 21%. This shortcut works because area is the product of two dimensions that both change.
What is the formula for the diagonal of a rectangle?
The diagonal of a rectangle equals the square root of length squared plus breadth squared, from Pythagoras' theorem. For a square of side a, the diagonal is a times the square root of 2, and the area can also be found as half the diagonal squared. These formulas are frequently combined in aptitude questions.
Last reviewed October 2026