The CLAT exam requires strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and careful reading, along with a clear understanding of the Mensuration. This article provides a set of MCQs on Mensuration to help you practice and strengthen your knowledge with the help of detailed solutions, which will support your CLAT 2026 exam preparation.
Whether you're revising the basics or testing your knowledge, these MCQs will serve as a valuable practice resource.
The CLAT 2026 exam is expected to follow a similar trend to the CLAT 2025, with a total of 120 questions for one mark, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.
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CLAT MCQs on Mensuration
1. The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 cms. If its length is twice its breadth, then its area is:
A 200 cm2
B 180 cm2
C 160 cm2
D 220 cm2
2. A tree grows at the rate of \(\frac 15^{th}\) of its height annually. By how much height will it grow after 2 years, if its present height is 75 cms?
A 108 cms
B 90 cms
C 144 cms
D 112 cms
3. A train 600 meters long is running at a speed of 90 kms/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in one minute, then the length of the tunnel is:
A 500 meters
B 550 meters
C 600 meters
D 900 meters
4. A clock gains 2 minutes every hour. Then the angle traversed by the second hand in one minute is:
A 360°
B 370°
C 390°
D 372°
5. Square field has area = \( 324 \ \text{m}^2 \). Find perimeter.
A 36 m
B 72 m
C 18 m
D 6561 m
6. A closed metal box measures \( 30 \ \text{cm} \times 20 \ \text{cm} \times 10 \ \text{cm} \). Thickness of the metal is 1 cm. Find the volume of metal required to make the box.
A 1041 cm\(^3\)
B 6000 cm\(^3\)
C 4536 cm\(^3\)
D 1968 cm\(^3\)
7. A flag pole 18 m high casts a shadow 9.6 m long. What is the distance of the top of the pole from the far end of the shadow?
A 20 metres
B 20.04 metres
C 20.4 metres
D 24 metres
8. A cylindrical tennis ball container can contain maximum three balls stacked on one another. The top and bottom balls also touch the lid and the base of the container respectively. If the volume of a tennis ball is \( 240 \text{ cm}^3 \), then what is the volume of the container?
A \(1080 \text{ cm}^3\)
B \(840 \text{ cm}^3\)
C \(1440 \text{ cm}^3\)
D \(720 \text{ cm}^3\)
9. Rajneetha walks around the circular park in 15 minutes. If she walks at the rate of 5 km/hr, how much distance would she have to travel, at the minimum, to reach the centre of the park from any point on its perimeter?
A 100 metre
B 200 metre
C 250 metre
D 300 metre
10. If the length and height of a brick increases by 10% each respectively, and the breadth reduces by 20%, what is the percentage change in the volume of the brick?
A 28
B 30
C 32
D 36
11. The length of a square is increased by $15%$ and breadth is decreased by $15%$. The area of the rectangle so formed is
A neither increases nor decreases
B decreases by $2.25%$
C increases by $2.25%$
D decreases by $22.5%$
12. The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 cm. If its length is twice its breadth, then its area is:
A 200 cm$^2$
B 180 cm$^2$
C 160 cm$^2$
D 220 cm$^2$
13. ABCD is a quadrilateral in which \(\angle D=60^\circ\) and \(\angle C=100^\circ\). If the internal bisectors of \(\angle A\) and \(\angle B\) meet at \(P\), then the measure of \(\angle APB\) is:
A \(80^\circ\)
B \(90^\circ\)
C \(100^\circ\)
D \(110^\circ\)
14. The parallel sides of a trapezium shaped field are \(25\) m and \(10\) m and non-parallel sides are \(14\) m and \(13\) m. What is the area (in \(m^2\)) of the field?
A \(204\)
B \(196\)
C \(156\)
D \(144\)
15. The angle subtended by the Minor segment of a circle at the center is __________________ the angle subtended by the Major segment at the center of the circle.
A Greater than
B Not related to
C Equal to
D Lesser than



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