Q1:

CAT 2024 Slot 1

Solids

Hard

The surface area of a closed rectangular box, which is inscribed in a sphere, is 846 sq cm, and the sum of the lengths of all its edges is 144 cm. The volume, in cubic cm, of the sphere is

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Option 1
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Explanation for CAT 2024 Slot 1 QA question 1

Q2:

CAT 2020 Slot 1

Solids

Medium

A solid right circular cone of height 2727 cm is cut into pieces along a plane parallel to its base at a height of 1818 cm from the base. If the difference in volume of the two pieces is 225225 cc, the volume, in cc, of the original cone is

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Option 1
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Explanation for CAT 2020 Slot 1 QA question 2

Q3:

CAT 2019 Slot 2

Solids

Medium

The base of a regular pyramid is a square and each of the other four sides is an equilateral triangle, length of each side being 2020 cm. The vertical height of the pyramid, in cm, is

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Option 2
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Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 2 QA question 3

Q4:

CAT 2019 Slot 2

Solids

Hard

A man makes complete use of 405cc405 \mathrm{cc} of iron, 783cc783 \mathrm{cc} of aluminium, and 351cc351 \mathrm{cc} of copper to make a number of solid right circular cylinders of each type of metal. These cylinders have the same volume and each of these has radius 3 cm3 \mathrm{~cm}. If the total number of cylinders is to be kept at a minimum, then the total surface area of all these cylinders, in sq cm, is

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Option 2
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Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 2 QA question 4

Q5:

CAT 2019 Slot 1

Solids

Medium

If the rectangular faces of a brick have their diagonals in the ratio 3:23:153: 2 \sqrt{3}: \sqrt{15}, then the ratio of the length of the shortest edge of the brick to that of its longest edge is

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Option 1
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Explanation for CAT 2019 Slot 1 QA question 5

Q6:

CAT 2018 Slot 1

Solids

Medium

A right circular cone, of height 1212 ft, stands on its base which has diameter 88 ft. The tip of the cone is cut off with a plane which is parallel to the base and 99 ft from the base. With π=22/7\pi = 22/7, the volume, in cubic ft, of the remaining part of the cone is

Q7:

CAT 2017 Slot 2

Solids

Medium

The base of a vertical pillar with uniform cross section is a trapezium whose parallel sides are of lengths 1010 cm and 2020 cm while the other two sides are of equal length. The perpendicular distance between the parallel sides of the trapezium is 1212 cm. If the height of the pillar is 2020 cm, then the total area, in sq cm, of all six surfaces of the pillar is

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Option 3
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Explanation for CAT 2017 Slot 2 QA question 7

Q8:

CAT 2017 Slot 1

Solids

Medium

A solid metallic cube is melted to form five solid cubes whose volumes are in the ratio 1:1:8:27:271: 1 : 8: 27: 27. The percentage by which the sum of the surface areas of these five cubes exceeds the surface area of the original cube is nearest to :

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Option 2
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Explanation for CAT 2017 Slot 1 QA question 8

Q9:

CAT 2017 Slot 1

Solids

Hard

A ball of diameter 44 cm is kept on top of a hollow cylinder standing vertically. The height of the cylinder is 33 cm, while its volume is 9π9 \pi cm3^3. Then the vertical distance, in cm, of the topmost point of the ball from the base of the cylinder is