CBSE Class 6 Maths Understanding Elementary Shapes MCQs

Question. Which angle has the greatest degree measure?

Answer : B

Question. Which of these angles measures less than 60°?

Answer : A

Question. Which interior angle of the polygon shown below is a right angle?

(a) P
(b) T
(c) S
(d) R

Answer : B

Question. PQ is longer than MN by _____ cm.

(a) 2
(b) 1.5
(c) 1
(d) 0.5

Answer : B

Question. Which of the angles marked below is greater than 180°

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Answer : D

Question. XY is divided into equal parts as shown If XY = 1 unit, which of the following is one fifth units?

(a) XP
(b) XQ
(c) XR
(d) SY

Answer : B

Question. How much does the box weigh?

(a) 2 kg 5 g
(b) 2 kg 50 g
(c) 2 kg 500 g
(d) 3 kg 500 g

Answer : C

Question. What is the length of the shaded part?

(a) 4.5 metres
(b) 0.9 metres
(c) 0. 54 metres
(d) 0. 45 metres

Answer : D

Question. The arrow shown below is pointing West: In which direction will it point after turning clockwise by 95°

(a) Exactly North
(b) between North and East
(c) between West and North
(d) between South and East

Answer : B

Question. See the time displayed by the clock shown below: What would have been the time displayed by this clock 5 minutes ago?

(a) 9:18:15
(b) 9:43:15
(c) 9:43:45
(d) 9:42:45

Answer : B

Question. See the railway route map and time table below and answer the question. The time given in the table is according to the 24-hour clock. At what time does the Ahmedabad Delhi Mail arrive at Jaipur?

(a) 3.25 AM
(b) 3:25 PM
(c) 11:25 AM
(d) 11:25 PM

Answer : D

Question. Which set of shapes are the pieces formed by slicing a solid sphere into four?

Answer : A

Question. The plan of a part of Navyug School is shown in the map below. The question is based on this map.What is the measure of the angle formed by the path from P to the library and the path from P to the classroom block?   

(a) 45^o
(b) 75^o
(c) 90^o
(d) 120^o

Answer : C

Question. The plan of a part of Navyug School is shown in the map below. The question is based on this map. Manek came out of the Computer Centre and was going towards the staff room. When he was at point P, he remembered something. He stopped, turned 45; towards his right, and then went straight ahead. Which place was he walking towards?

(a) the library
(b)  the classroom block
(c) the playground
(d) the auditorm

Answer : C

Question. The solid shown below is made of identical cuboidal blocks like the shaded one. How many such blocks have been used to build this solid?

(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10

Answer : C

Question. Simi has 4 red, 3 blue and 3 yellow blocks. The red blocks have R on them, the blue ones B and the yellow ones Y. She wants to make a tower with the blocks according to the following rules:
If Simi arranges ALL her blocks to make a tower according to these rules, what would the tower look like?
No two blocks of the same colour should be together. Yellow blocks should only be in the first five positions from the bottom. Yellow blocks should not be placed immediately on top of blue ones

Answer : D

Question. What is the measure of the angle marked as x ?

(a) 50°
(b) 130°
(c) 50°+ 180°
(d) 130° + 180°

Answer : C

Question. Kartik and Shashank are playing a game using two spinners. Study the rules of the game and answer the question given below. They take turns to play. In each turn, a child spins the two spinners one after the other, and the numbers that come up are added to get his score. For instance, if the numbers shown above turn up on the spinners, the player’s score would be 10 + 30 = 40.Which of the following sets shows ALL the possible scores that a player could get in a single turn? 

(a) 30, 40, 50, 60
(b) 30, 40, 50, 60
(c) 20, 30, 40, 50, 60
(d) 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60

Answer : C

Question. Kartik and Shashank are playing a game using two spinners. Study the rules of the game and answer the question given below  They take turns to play. In each turn, a child spins the two spinners one after the other, and the numbers that come up are added to get his score. For instance, if the numbers shown above turn up on the spinners, the player’s score would be 10 + 30 = 40. What is the maximum score a player likely to get in a single turn?

(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 50
(d) 60

Answer : D

Question. Angles between 900 and 1800 are called obtuse angles. Angles between 1800 and 3600 are called reflex angles. How many angles in this polygon are obtuse?

(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 10

Answer : A

Question. Unit cubes like the one on the left have been joined together to make solid S. If two unit cubes can be stuck together ONLY by joining them face-to-face, AT LEAST how many unit cubes have been used to form solid S?

(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 14

Answer : C

Question. Which of these insects is the smallest? (Check the measurements given) 

Answer : B

Question. Malik's clock gains time - at present it is 10 minutes ahead of the actual time. This is what it is showing now:  What is the actual time?

(a) 7:45
(b) 8:05
(c) 8:45
(d) 12:05

Answer : A

Question. Which of these figures has a right angle?

Answer : D

Question. Rani, Anita, Jassi and Zoya are each given a piece of wire of the same length. They bend the wires into different shapes as shown For each shape, all the sides are EQUAL in length. Whose shape would have the longest sides?

(a) RANI’S
(b) ANITA’S
(c) JASSI’S
(d) ZOYA’S

Answer : B

Question. What is the angle measure for half a revolution?
(i) 600             
(ii) 900                     
(iii) 1800                   
(iv) 2700

Question. What fraction of a clockwise revolution does the hour hand of a clock turn through, when it goes  from 3 to 9?
(i)1/2             
(ii)1/3               
(iii) 1/ 4           
(iv)1/5

Question. Where will the hand of a clock stop if it starts at 5 & makes 1/4 of a revolution, clockwise? 
(i) 7               
(ii) 8                 
(iii)  9               
(iv) 10

Question. Which direction will you face if you start facing south & make one full revolution?
(i) East           
(ii) West           
(iii)  North       
(iv) South

Question. Where will the hour hand of a clock stop if it starts from 6 & turns through one right angle? 
(i) 7               
(ii) 9                 
(iii)  8             
(iv) 10

Question. What is the measure of a straight angle?
(i) 750                     
(ii) 900                   
(iii)  1800                   
(iv) 3600

Question. What is the measure of each angle of an equilateral triangle?
(i) 550                     
(ii) 700                 
(iii) 600                 
(iv) 900