Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Mensuration – A ball of diameter 4 cm

Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Mensuration

Question

A ball of diameter 4 cm is kept on top of a hollow cylinder standing vertically. The height of the cylinder is 3 cm, while its volume is 9 π cm^3 . Then the vertical distance, in cm, of the topmost point of the ball from the base of the cylinder is

Answer

6

Solution

As per the question from CAT 2017 – Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Mensuration,

The height of the cylinder (h) = 3
The volume = 9π
πr2h = 9π ⇒ r = √3
The radius of the ball (R) = 2
The height of O, the centre of the ball, above the line representing the top of the cylinder is say a. (a = 1) ∴ The height of the topmost point of the ball from the base of the cylinder is h + a +R = 3 + 1 + 2 = 6
Answer: 6

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CAT 2017 Questions from Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry

Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Mensuration – Q1: The base of a vertical pillar with uniform cross section is a trapezium whose parallel sides are of lengths 10 cm and 20 cm while the other two sides are of equal length.
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Mensuration – Q2: A solid metallic cube is melted to form five solid cubes whose volumes are in the ratio 1 : 1 : 8: 27: 27.
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Coordinate – Q1: The points (2, 5) and (6, 3) are two end points of a diagonal of a rectangle. If the other diagonal has the equation y = 3x + c, then c is
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Coordinate – Q2: The base of a vertical pillar with uniform cross section is a trapezium whose parallel sides are of lengths 10 cm and 20 cm while the other two sides are of equal length.
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Circles – Q1: ABCD is a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle with centre O. If ∠COD = 120 degrees and ∠BAC = 30 degrees, then the value of ∠BCD (in degrees) is
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Circles – Q2: Let ABC be a right-angled isosceles triangle with hypotenuse BC. Let BQC be a semi-circle, away from A, with diameter BC.
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Triangles – Q1: Let P be an interior point of a right-angled isosceles triangle ABC with hypotenuse AB.
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Triangles – Q2: Let ABC be a right-angled triangle with BC as the hypotenuse. Lengths of AB and AC are 15 km and 20 km, respectively.
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Triangles – Q3: From a triangle ABC with sides of lengths 40 ft, 25 ft and 35 ft, a triangular portion GBC is cut off where G is the centroid of ABC. The area, in sq ft, of the remaining portion of triangle ABC is
Quantitative Aptitude – Geometry – Polygons – Ques: Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon with each side of length 1 cm. The area (in sq cm) of a square with AC as one side is

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