CAT 2017 Slot 1 QA Q17 Geometry

Question 17 of the Quantitative Ability (QA) section, CAT 2017 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer.

Let ABC be a right-angled isosceles triangle with hypotenuse BC. Let BQC be a semi-circle, away from A, with diameter BC. Let BPC be an arc of a circle centered at A and lying between BC and BQC. If AB has length 6 cm then the area, in sq. cm, of the region enclosed by BPC and BQC is:
  1. A
    9π - 18
  2. B
    18
  3. C
    9π
  4. D
    9

Answer: (B) 18 Geometry MCQ

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