CBSE Class 6 Mathematics Mensuration MCQs

Question: Area of floor of your class will be _________ as the area roof

a) equal

b) greater

c) less equal

d) none of the options

Answer: equal

Question: Which has larger perimeter

a) a regular octagon of side 3 cm

b) a regular hexagon of side 3 cm

c) a regular pentagon of side 3 cm

d) a regular heptagon of side 3 cm

Answer: a regular octagon of side 3 cm

Question: 1 cm² is _____mm²

a) 100

b) 10

c) 1000

d) 1/10

Answer: 100

Question: If the area of one rectangular box is 50 m² , the area of 10 boxes will be

a) 500 m²

b) 50 m

c) 5 m

d) 500 m

Answer: 500 m²

Question: Area of blackboard of your class will be_______than the area floor is

a) less

b) greater

c) equal

d) none of the options

Answer: less

Question: In figure, the area of shaded portion will be

(each side is 1cm)

a) 2 cm²

b) 3 cm²

c) 2 cm

d) 1 cm²

Answer: 2 cm²

Question: A table top measures 3 m by 50 cm, the area in sq. m will be

a) 1.5 sq.m

b) 150 m

c) 15 sq.m

d) 150 sq.m

Answer: 1.5 sq.m

Question: The perimeter is expressed in the following units

a) cm

b) cm²

c) cm³

d) m²

Answer: cm 

Question:  If perimeter of triangle is 15 cm and any two sides are of length 4 cm and 3 cm , then length of third side will be

a) 8 cm

b) 15 m

c) 15 cm²

d) 7 cm

Answer: 8 cm 

Question: Area of rectangular garden of 50 m broad is 300 sq. m, the length of garden is

a) 6m

b) 250 m

c) 6m²

d) 60m

Answer: 6m 

Question: Which formula will be used to find the area of wall of your class-room

a) l x b

b) 1/2 x l x b

c) l + b

d) 2 (l + b)

Answer: l x b 

Question: In figure what will be the area of 4 squares on the corners whose each side is 1 cm?

a) 4 cm²

b) 8 cm

c) 64 cm²

d) 1 cm²

Answer: 4 cm² 

Question: Which appropriate unit of measurement will be used to find the length of your thumb

a) cm

b) m²

c) km

d) m

Answer: cm 

Question: Which has larger perimeter a square of side 2 cm, decagon of side 1 cm, pentagon of side 3 cm and equilateral triangle of side 1 cm

a) pentagon

b) square

c) triangle

d) decagon

Answer: pentagon 

Question: 1 m 25 cm is ______cm.

a) 125 cm

b) 1.25 cm

c) 1025 cm

d) 12.5 cm

Answer: 125 cm 

Question: The perimeter of an isosceles triangle with equal side of length 4 cm and third side of length 6 cm will be

a) 14 cm

b) 20 cm

c) 8 cm

d) 10 cm

Answer: 14 cm 

Question: The perimeter of regular octagon is 16 cm, the length of each side will be

a) 2 cm

b) 4 cm

c) 1 cm

d) 8 cm

Answer: 2 cm 

Question: The cost of fencing a square park of side 100 m at the rate of Rs.10 per m will be

a) Rs.4000

b) Rs.10000

c) Rs.1000

d) Rs.400

Answer: Rs.4000 

Question: The formula for finding area of rectangle is

a) length x breadth

b) length +breadth

c) length/breadth

d) 2 ( length x breadth)

Answer: length x breadth 

Question: The formula for finding area of square is

a) side x side

b) 4 x side

c) 1/2 x side

d) 2 x side

Answer: side x side 

Question: The perimeter of regular hexagon of side 4 cm will be

a) 24 cm

b) 20 cm

c) 10 cm

d) 14 cm

Answer: 24 cm 

Question: To find the perimeter of floor of your class-room , we will

a) add the lengths of sides

b) subtract the lengths of sides

c) divide the length of one side by the other side

d) multiply the lengths of sides

Answer: add the lengths of sides  

Question: 7 m is ______cm.

a) 700 cm

b) 0.7 cm

c) 0.07 cm

d) 700 cm

Answer: 700 cm 

Question: If the area of one tile is 10². What will be the area of 5 tiles?

a) 50 m²

b) 2 m²

c) 15 m²

d) 11 m²

Answer: 50 m² 

Question: The perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 4 cm and breadth is 5 cm

a) 18 cm

b) 36 cm

c) 20 cm

d) 9 cm

Answer: 18 cm 

Question: What is the length of side of square whose area is 64 m²

a) 8 m

b) 64 m

c) 32 m

d) 16 m

Answer: 8 m 

Question: The width in area of rectangle is

a) area/length

b) length + area

c) area x length

d) length/area

Answer: area/length 

Question: The perimeter of a triangle whose sides are 5 cm, 2 cm and 3 cm.

a) 10 cm

b) 30 cm

c) 11 cm

d) 17 cm

Answer: 10 cm 

Question: What is the length of the garden if area of rectangular garden of width 60 m is 300 sq.m

a) 5 m

b) 18 m

c) 90 m

d) 900 m

Answer: 5 m  

Question: What will be the cost of tilting a rectangular plot of area 800 sq.m, if the cost of tiling 100 sq.m is Rs.6

a) Rs.48

b) Rs.14

c) Rs.4800

d) Rs.900

Answer: Rs.48 

Q1. The length & breadth of a rectangular field are 25m & 10m respectively. What is its perimeter? 

(i) 250m 

(ii) 35m

(iii) 70m     

(iv) 5m

Q2. What distance Aslam will travel if he takes three rounds of a square park of side 50m ? 

(i) 100m 

(ii) 200m           

(iii) 2500 m           

(iv) 10000m

Q3. The perimeter of a regular pentagon is 100m. How long is its each side ? 

(i) 400m            

(ii) 20m           

(iii) 500m           

(iv) 50m

Q4. Which of the following is the area of the rectangle of length 10cm & breadth 6cm?

(i) 40cm²                       

(ii) 32cm²         

(iii) 50cm²                      

(iv) 60cm²     

Q5. What is the area of the square of side 5cm?

(i) 20cm²                   

(ii) 25cm²                 

(iii) 30cm²                 

(iv) 60cm²

a) Rs.500

b) Rs.60

c) Rs.5000

d) Rs.10

Answer: Rs.500

Question: What is the area of the rectangle whose side are 5 cm

a) 15 cm

b) 25 cm

c) 20 cm

d) 10 cm

Answer: 15 cm

Question: The shape of your class blackboard is

a) rectangle

b) square

c) triangle

d) parallelogram

Answer: rectangle

Question: What is the perimeter of a regular pentagon whose each side measuring 5 cm

a) 25 cm

b) 15 cm

c) 20 cm

d) 10 cm

Answer: 25 cm

Question: What will be the distance covered by Shalini by taking three rounds around a square park of side 2 cm

a) 24 cm

b) 6 cm

c) 12 cm

d) 18 cm

Answer: 24 cm

Question: Area of which figure is length x breadth

a) rectangle

b) square

c) isosceles triangle

d) equilateral triangle

Answer: rectangle

Question: The amount of surface enclosed by a closed figure is called its

a) area

b) perimeter

c) flat surface

d) interior region

Answer: area

Question: The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is

a) side + side + side

b) 3 + side

c) side + side

d) side x side x side

Answer: side + side + side

Question: The perimeter of a square is

a) 4 x side

b) 4 + side

c) side x side

d) length + breadth

Answer: 4 x side

Question: The distance covered along the boundary of a rectangle is called its

a) breadth

b) length

c) perimeter

d) area

Answer: breadth

Question: The perimeter of regular pentagon of side 8 cm is

a) 40 cm

b) 48 cm

c) 56 cm

d) 32 cm

Answer: 40 cm

Question: Find the area of square having perimeter 20 cm

a) 25 cm²

b) 20 cm²

c) 10 cm²

d) 5 cm²

Answer: 25 cm²

Question: A regular polygon having n side perimeter m unit, then length of each side of polygon is

a) m/n - I unit

b) n/m unit

c) mn unit

d) Can't be determine

Answer: m/n - I unit

Question: Rectangle having length l unit and perimeter p unit then its breadth is

a) p/2 unit

b) p/2 + l unit

c) l/p unit

d) None of these

Answer: p/2 unit

Question: A rectangular floor having dimension 40m × 30m is paved with square tiles of side 5 m, find the number of tiles required.

a) 48

b) 96

c) 120

d) 24

Answer: 48

Question: If the area and length of a rectangular plot are 440 m² and 22 m respectively, then find its breadth ?

a) 20 m

b) 10 m

c) 30 m

d) 40 m

Answer: 20 m

Question: A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of length 80 m and width 40 m. Out side the lawn there is footpath of uniform width 3 cm. Find the area of the path

a) 756 m²

b) 706 m²

c) 736 m²

d) 726 m²

Answer: 756 m²

Question: The length and width of a rectangular field are 500 m and 400 m respectively; within it two roads of 10 metres width run parallel to both sides. Find the area covered by both the roads.

a) 8900 m²

b) 8860 m²

c) 8830 m²

d) 8800 m²

Answer: 8900 m²

Question: The cost of levelling a playground at Rs.5 per square meter is Rs. 7000. It is 20 m wide. Find the cost of fencing it at Rs.2 per meter

a) Rs. 360

b) Rs. 350

c) Rs. 330

d) Rs. 340

Answer: Rs. 360

Question: A street lane is to be paved with bricks. The length of the lane is 200 m and its breadth 15m. Find the number of bricks required to pave the lane if each brick measures 20 cm by 10 cm

a) 150000

b) 1500

c) 150

d) 15

Answer: 150000

Question: The perimeters of two square are 748 cm and 336 cm. Find the perimeter of a square whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of these two squares

a) 820 cm

b) 825 cm

c) 815 cm

d) 810 cm

Answer: 820 cm

Question: The dimensions of a hall are 40 m, 25 m and 20 m. If each person requires 200 cubic metres. Then the number of persons who can be accommodated in the hall are

a) 100

b) 140

c) 150

d) 120

Answer: 100

Question: How many cubes of side 15 cm can be fitted into a box which measure 1.5 m × 90 cm × 75 cm ?

a) 300

b) 140

c) 100

d) 120

Answer: 300

Question: The edge of cube is 20 cm. How many small cubes of 5 cm edge can be formed from this cube ?

a) 64

b) 100

c) 32

d) 4

Answer: 64

Question: Length and breadth of a rectangle is x and y, the its perimeter is

a) 2(x + y)

b) x + y

c) 2xy

d) xy

Answer: 2(x + y)

Question: Perimeter of an equilateral triangle of side x is

a) 3x

b) 2x

c) x²

d) x³

Answer: 3x

Question: The length and breadth of rectangle are 10 cm and 6 cm respecitively. Its area will be

a) 60 cm²

b) 100 cm²

c) 16 cm²

d) 36 cm²

Answer: 60 cm²

Question: Area of square of side 5 cm is

a) 25 sq cm

b) 10 sq cm

c) 20 sq cm

d) none of these

Answer: 25 sq cm

Question: The cost of flooring a room at Rs. 25 per m² is Rs.625. The area of the floor is :

a) 25 m²

b) 15 cm²

c) 50 cm²

d) 25 cm²

Answer: 25 m²

Question: The length of a rectangle having area 340 cm² and breadth 20 cm is :

a) 17 cm

b) 20 cm

c) 15 cm

d) 170 cm

Answer: 17 cm

Question: To find the distance around the figure we find its

a) perimeter

b) both

c) none of these

d) area

Answer: perimeter

Question: The side of regular pentagon having perimeter 5x units is

a) x units

b) 5 units

c) none of these

d) 25 units

Answer: x units

Question: If the side of the square field is doubled, then its area will be

a) four times

b) doubled

c) halved

d) tripled

Answer: four times

Question: To calculate length of rectangle we divide its area by its

a) breadth

b) length

c) perimeter

d) 2

Answer: breadth