Menu
Question 19 Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation 2026 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

During Durga Puja, for the purpose of lighting, one puja pandal in Kolkata used many identical structures made of wooden sticks. The design of the structures was as follows: each structure was constructed with the help of six wooden sticks by combining an isosceles triangular structure, and a square structure, with the bases of both structures being the same. Let us take one such structure. Call the triangle PAB, with PA = PB, and the square ABCD, with AB being the same wooden stick as a common base for the triangle and the square. To make the structure strong, the two equal sides of the triangular structure were tied with the opposite side of square's base, i.e., CD, at points E and F, in such a way that CE = EF = FD. The structure was hung from P. If AB = 0.5m (meter), the total length of wooden sticks required for twenty such structures is:

Click an option to submit your answer.

More XAT 2026 QADI questions to practise

QADI 2026 MCQ

A triangular plot is such that two of its sides, of lengths 90m (meter) and 60m, are perpendicular to each other. There is a housing complex in a rectangular region within the plot. The area of the rectangular region is 4/9th of the area of the triangular plot. Additionally, two…

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

A park has two gates, Gate 1 and Gate 2. These two gates are connected via two alternate paths. If one takes the first path from Gate 1, they need to walk 80m (meters) towards east, then 80m towards south, and finally 20m towards west to arrive at Gate 2. The second path is a sem…

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

How many solutions (x, y, z) of the equation x + y² + z³ = 50 exist, where x, y and z are positive integers?

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

Ronny uses a 5-digit key for a combination lock, where 5 digits need to be entered in a fixed sequence. While he remembers that the 5 digits are 9, 8, 7, 5 and 4, he has forgotten the sequence he uses. He also remembers that the sum of the first three digits is a multiple of 3, a…

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

Rajan is a fruit seller. On any day, he sells only one kind of fruit. On the first day, he buys 9 kg of blueberries. On the second day, he buys 22 kg of kiwis. On the third day, he buys 50 kg of peaches. The per kg purchase price of each fruit is an integer. Further, on each of t…

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

There are three rectangular tanks in a building. The length, width and height of the first tank are m meters each, and the length, width and height of the second tank are n meters each. However, the length, width and height of the third tank are m meters, n meters and 1 meter, re…

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

Consider two circles, each having radius of 5cm (centimeters), touching each other at a point P. A direct tangent QR is drawn touching one circle at a point Q and the other circle at a point R. Inside the region PQR inscribed by the two circles and the tangent, a square ABCD is i…

Practise this question →
QADI 2026 MCQ

From the passage: Light Chemicals is an industrial paint supplier with presence in three...

Based on the given information and the sunburst chart, the MOST LIKELY values of u, v and w, respectively, are:

Practise this question →