NinetynineCAT Mensuration questions 13 since 2017
Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Mensuration was asked 13 times, in 9 of the 24 papers. CAT asks about 0.5 Mensuration questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 0.1 per paper, against 0.9 in the four years before (falling). Below is how often it appeared each year, the ideas CAT keeps reusing, and every question with its answer.
Key facts
- Across the 24 CAT papers from 2017 to 2025, Mensuration was asked 13 times, in 9 of the 24 papers.
- Mensuration is the 15th most-asked of the 16 CAT QA topics, with 2.1% of all QA questions since 2017.
- CAT asks about 0.5 Mensuration questions per paper on average; in 2022–2025 it was 0.1 per paper, against 0.9 in the four years before (falling).
- The heaviest year for Mensuration was CAT 2017, with 3 questions across 2 slots.
Counted from all 24 CAT papers 2017–2025 (1,830 questions), one topic tag per question. How we tag.
How many Mensuration questions come in CAT each year?
| Year | Questions | Slots that year | Per slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAT 2017 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| CAT 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| CAT 2019 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| CAT 2020 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| CAT 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2022 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| CAT 2024 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
| CAT 2025 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
All Mensuration questions, newest first
CAT 2024
- CAT 2024 Slot 1 · QA Q16 The surface area of a closed rectangular box, which is…
CAT 2020
- CAT 2020 Slot 2 · QA Q16 The sum of perimeters of an equilateral triangle and a… answer only
- CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q17 A solid right circular cone of height 27 cm is cut into 2…
- CAT 2020 Slot 1 · QA Q22 On a rectangular metal sheet of area 135 sq in, a circle is…
CAT 2019
- CAT 2019 Slot 2 · QA Q18 The base of a regular pyramid is a square and each of the… answer only
- CAT 2019 Slot 2 · QA Q24 A man makes complete use of 405 cc of iron, 783 cc of… answer only
- CAT 2019 Slot 1 · QA Q27 If the rectangular faces of a brick have their diagonals in… answer only
CAT 2018
- CAT 2018 Slot 2 · QA Q6 From a rectangle ABCD of area 768 sq cm, a semicircular part… answer only
- CAT 2018 Slot 2 · QA Q12 The area of a rectangle and the square of its perimeter are… answer only
- CAT 2018 Slot 1 · QA Q13 A right circular cone, of height 12 ft, stands on its base… answer only
CAT 2017
- CAT 2017 Slot 2 · QA Q16 The base of a vertical pillar with uniform cross section is… answer only
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · QA Q18 A solid metallic cube is melted to form five solid cubes… answer only
- CAT 2017 Slot 1 · QA Q19 A ball of diameter 4 cm is kept on top of a hollow cylinder… answer only
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