CUBES AND CUBOID

Directions (Q. 1-5): Read the following information and answer the questions given below: (i) Two wooden cubes S and T are placed adjacent to each other in front of you in such a way that S is to your left and T to your right. (ii) Two opposite faces of cube T are painted by Red. Another pair of faces is painted by Yellow. One of the remaining faces is White and the other one Brown. (iii) Two opposite faces of cube S are painted by Red. Remaining pairs of opposite faces are painted in such a way that Green is opposite Orange and Violet is opposite Blue. If the cubes are rearranged one above the other in such a way that Red face of T is facing sky and Red face of S is kept above it, then which coloured surface of S will be facing you? 1) Blue 2) Violet 3) Either Blue or Violet 4) Either Green or Orange 5) Data inadequate If block T is kept behind block S in such a way that White-coloured surface of T faces Orange-coloured surface of S, which colour of block T will be to your right? 1) Red 2) Yellow 3) White 4) Either Red or Yellow 5) Data inadequate If Orange surface of S and Brown surface of T are touching the table and Violet of S and Yellow of T are facing each other, then which coloured side of T and S are opposite you? 1) Red-Red 2) White-Red 3) Red-Yellow 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these If White surface of T is kept on the top Green surface of S, which coloured side of T will face the sky? 1) Red 2) Brown 3) Yellow 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these If T is kept to your left with Red-coloured surface facing you and S to your right with Orange facing you, then which of the following pairs of colours of S and T will be facing each other? 1) Red-White 2) Red-Brown 3) Violet-Yellow 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Directions (Q. 6-8): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. A. All the six faces of a cube are of different colours. B. The green face is opposite to the black face. C. The red face is between green and black faces. D. The blue face is adjacent to the white face. E. The yellow face is adjacent to the blue face. The four colours adjacent to red are: 1) Black, Green, Blue, White 2) Green, Black, Yellow, Blue 3) Yellow, White, Green, Black 4) White, Green, Yellow, Blue 5) None of these If we rotate the cube clockwise about vertical axis, which faces will appear successively? 1) Red, Yellow, Blue, White 2) Yellow, Red, White, Blue 3) Green, Red, Black, Blue 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Which of the following statements is definitely true? 1) Red and Blue faces are adjacent to each other. 2) White is opposite Yellow. 3) White is between Blue and Yellow. 4) Black is adjacent to White and Green 5) None of these Directions (Q. 9-13): Read the following information carefuly and answer the questions given below: i) There is a rectangular wooden block of length 7 cm, height 6 cm and breadth 5 cm. ii) The two opposite surfaces of 7 cm 6 cm are painted from outside by red colour. iii) One surface of 7 cm 5 cm is painted from outside by yellow colour and the opposite surface violet. iv) The remaining two surfaces of 6 cm 5 cm are painted from outside by green and pink respectively.

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v) Now, the block is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm are created. How many cubes have two sides painted and remaining sides unpainted? 1) 44 2) 52 3) 48 4) 56 5) None of these How many cubes have no sides painted? 1) 72 2) 60 3) 75 4) 80 5) None of these How many cubes have only one side painted and that is painted with red colour? 1) 94 2) 38 3) 84 4) 60 5) None of these How many cubes have the combination of red with violet and green? 1) 2 2) 0 3) 4 4) 6 5) None of these How many cubes have the combination of pink and red only? 1) 6 2) 10 3) 12 4) 8 5) None of these Directions (Q. 14-18): Read the following information and answer the questions based on it. I. The length, breadth and height of a rectangular piece of wood are 10 cm 8 cm 6 cm respectively. II. Sides of 10 cm 8 cm piece are coloured in red. III. Sides of 8 cm 6 cm are coloured in blue. IV The remaining sides are coloured in green. . V Now the piece will be cut in such a way that cubes of 2 cm 2 cm 2 cm will be made. . How many cubes shall have at least two colours red and green on their two sides? 1) 16 2) 12 3) 20 4) 18 5) None of these How many cubes shall have at least one side coloured red? 1) 40 2) 32 3) 12 4) 24 5) None of these How many cubes shall have at least one side coloured green? 1) 40 2) 32 3) 12 4) 24 5) None of these How many cubes shall have at least one side coloured blue? 1) 40 2) 32 3) 12 4) 24 5) None of these How many cubes shall have only two colours green and blue on their sides? 1) 40 2) 32 3) 12 4) 24 5) None of these Directions (Q. 19-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. A cube is painted with six different colours for different faces of the cube such that I. White face should lie between red and green faces. II. Blue face should be adjacent to the black face. III. Yellow face should lie adjacent to the blue face. IV Red face should be opposite the green face. . V Green face should be at the bottom. . VI. Black and Yellow faces should be opposite each other. Which of the following statements is not true? 1) The face opposite white is blue. 2) The face opposite red is green. 3) White face is not at the top. 4) Red face is not at the top. 5) Yellow face is adjacent to red. Which of the following statements is true? 1) The adjacent faces to red are white, blue, black and yellow. 2) The adjacent faces to green are white, blue, black and red. 3) If yellow face will be at the top, black may be on any side except bottom. 4) Yellow will certainly be at the right of the cube when red is at the top. 5) None of these Directions (Q. 21-24): Read the following information and answer the questions based on it. I. The length, breadth and height of a rectangular piece of wood are 14 cm, 13 cm and 5 cm respectively. II. Opposite sides of 5 cm 14 cm piece are coloured red. III. Opposite sides of 14 cm 13 cm are coloured blue. IV The remaining sides of 5 cm 13 cm are coloured green. . V Now the piece is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm are made. . How many cubes shall have only two colours red and green? 1) 44 2) 48 3) 12 4) 60 5) None of these How many cubes shall have only two colours red and blue? 1) 44 2) 48 3) 12 4) 60 5) None of these How many cubes shall have only one colour blue? 1) 264 2) 66 3) 39 4) 132 5) None of these How many cubes shall not have any colour? 1) 528 2) 264 3) 910 4) 396 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 25-27): Read the following information and answer the questions given below: Each surface of a dice is painted with different colours and has different numbers (from 1 to 6). Number 1 is opposite 4 and number 2 is opposite 6. Orange face has number 1. The opposite face of orange is black and has number 4. When orange is facing you, the top is pink and has number 3 on it. The surface which is painted grey, when placed facing you, has number 1 on the top, number 2 on its right face and is painted blue on its left. White and blue are on opposite faces. 25. Which of the following colours are on the four adjacent faces of grey? 1) Blue, Black, Pink, White 2) White, Orange, Black, Blue 3) White, Blue, Black, Pink 4) Cant be determined 5) None of these 26. Which of the following sides has number six on it? 1) Grey 2) Pink 3) Blue 4) White 5) Orange 27. When the orange side is facing you and the number 2 is on your right, which of the following numbers can be at the top? 1) 3 2) 6 3) 4 4) 5 5) None of these 28. The length, breadth and the height of a regular wooden block are 9 cm, 8 cm and 7 cm respectively. The two opposite surfaces of 9 cm 8 cm are coloured from outside by red. The two opposite surfaces of 8 cm 7 cm are coloured from outside by blue. The remaining two surfaces of 9 cm 7 cm are coloured from outside by green. If the block is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm are made, then which of the following statements is not true? 1) Eight cubes shall have all the three colours whereas 210 cubes shall not have any colour. 2) 24, 20 and 28 cubes shall have only two colours red and blue, blue and green, and green and red respectively on their two sides. 3) 84 cubes shall have only one colour red. 4) 60 cubes shall have only one colour blue. 5) 56 cubes shall have only one colour green. Directions (Q. 29-33): These questions are based on the following statements: A cube of side 10 cm is coloured red with a 2 cm wide green strip along all the sides on all the faces. The cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size. Now answer the following questions based on the above information. 29. How many cubes have three green faces each? 1) 0 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8 5) None of these 30. How many cubes have one face red and adjacent face green? 1) 0 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8 5) None of these 31. How many cubes have at least one face coloured? 1) 25 2) 50 3) 98 4) 100 5) None of these 32. How many cubes are without any colour? 1) 0 2) 1 3) 8 4) 27 5) None of these 33. How many cubes have at least two green faces each? 1) 8 2) 44 3 ) 63 4) 71 5) None of these Directions (Q. 34-38): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow: The length of each side of a cube is 10 cms. The outer border of the width of 1 cm is painted black on each side and the remaining space enclosed by this 1 cm path is painted blue. This cube is cut into 1000 smaller cubes of each side 1 cm. 34. How many cubes have all the faces uncoloured? 1) 512 2) 729 3) 329 4) 343 5) None of these 35. How many cubes have three faces coloured black? 1) 104 2) 96 3) 8 4) 4 5) None of these 36. How many cubes have at least two faces coloured black? 1) 104 2) 96 3) 64 4) 32 5) None of these 37. How many cubes have one face blue and an adjacent face black? 1) zero 2) 4 3) 8 4) 2 5) None of these 38. How many cubes have at least one face coloured? 1) 384 2) 480 3) 488 4) 512 5) None of these Directions (Q. 39-43): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: I. The length, breadth and height of a rectangular piece of wood are 15 cm, 13 cm and 14 cm respectively. II. Two adjacent sides of 14 cm 13 cm and 13 cm 15 cm are coloured in red. III. Two adjacent sides of 14 cm 13 cm and 13 cm 15 cm are coloured in blue. IV Opposite sides of 14 cm 15 cm are coloured in yellow. . V Now the piece will be cut in such a way that maximum number of cubes of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm will be made. . 39. How many cubes shall have all the three colours? 1) 4 2) 8 3) 12 4) 16 5) None of these 40. How many cubes shall have only any one colour? 1) 862 2) 884 3) 873 4) 888 5) None of these 41. How many cubes shall have no coloured surfaces? 1) 1716 2) 1617 3) 2730 4) 1014 5) None of these

42. Which of the following statements is not true? 1) There will be eleven such cubes which have only two surfaces coloured and in which both of them are coloured red. 2) There will be eleven such cubes which have only two surfaces coloured and in which both of them are coloured blue. 3) There will be eleven such cubes which have only two surfaces coloured and in which both of them are coloured yellow. 4) There will be twenty-two such cubes which have only two surfaces coloured and in which one is red and the other is blue. 5) There will be fifty such cubes which have only two surfaces coloured and in which one is red and the other is yellow. 43. Which of the following statements is/are true? I. There will be fifty such cubes which have only two surfaces coloured and in which one is blue and the other is yellow. II. Four hundred and twenty cubes consist of yellow colour. III. Three hundred and sixty-four cubes consist of blue colour. IV. Three hundred and sixty-four cubes consist of red colour. 1) All, I, II, III and IV 2) Only I, II and III 3) Only II, III and IV 4) Only I and III 5) None of these Directions (Q. 44-46): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: I. The length, breadth and height of a rectangular piece of wood are 15 cm, 14 cm and 13 cm respectively. II. The two surfaces 15 cm 14 cm and 14 cm 13 cm are coloured in red. III. The two surfaces 15 cm 13 cm and 15 cm 14 cm are coloured in blue. IV The two surfaces 15 13 cm and 14 cm 13 cm are coloured in green. . Now the piece is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm will be made. The operation is done in such a way that no part of the rectangular piece of wood goes waste. 44. How many cubes shall have all the three colours? 1) 2 2) 4 3) 8 4) 10 5) None of these 45. Some of the cubes have two surfaces coloured and some of the cubes have three surfaces coloured. But how many cubes consist of two colours only? 1) 114 2) 112 3) 110 4) 108 5) None of these 46. Some of the cubes have one surface coloured and some of the cubes have two surfaces coloured. But how many cubes consist of one colour only? 1) 467 2) 454 3) 431 4) 442 5) None of these Directions (Q. 47-51): Read the following information and answer the questions based on it. I. The length, breadth and height of a rectangular piece of wood are 4 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. II. Opposite sides of 5 cm 4 cm are coloured in red. III. Opposite sides of 4 cm 3 cm are coloured in blue. IV Remaining sides of 5 cm 3 cm are coloured in green on both sides. . V Now the pieces are cut in such a way that cubes of 0.5 cm 0.5 cm 0.5 cm will be made. . 47. How many cubes will have all the three colours? 1) 8 2) 10 3) 12 4) 4 5) None of these 48. How many cubes will not have any colour? 1) 6 2) 60 3) 96 4) 192 5) None of these 49. How many cubes will have only two colours red and green on their sides? 1) 32 2) 24 3) 16 4) 72 5) None of these 50. How many cubes will have only one colour? 1) 24 2) 32 3) 48 4) 104 5) None of these 51. How many cubes will have at least one colour? 1) 264 2) 280 3) 288 4) 208 5) None of these

Answers and explanations

(1-5):
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Red B/V

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1. 5; It may be any of the rest four colours because when you rotate the cube S, the condition will not change. 2. 4; When you rotate the block along Z-axis either Red or Yellow face may be your right side. 3. 1 4. 2 5. 4; If Red face of T is facing you, any of the Yellow, White and Blue faces can be set to the right side by rotation. Similarly with cube S. Hence so many combinations are possible. (6-8):
Blue G White/Yellow Y/W R Black

6. 3 7. 4; The position of face White and face Yellow may be interchanged. 8. 2 (9-13):
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B 7 A Violet Whenever the block is cut in cubes of 1 cm 1 cm 1 cm, the following are the formulae: i) One surface coloured = 2(l - 2) (b - 2)+2(l - 2) (h - 2) + 2(b - 2) (h - 2) ii) Two surfaces coloured = 4(l - 2) + 4(b - 2) + 4(h - 2) iii) No surface coloured = (l - 2) (b - 2) (h - 2) iv) Three surfaces coloured = 8 (constant) 9. 3; 4(7 - 2) + 4(5 - 2) + 4(6 - 2) = 20 + 12 + 16 = 48 10. 2; (7 - 2) (5 - 2) (6 - 2) 5 3 4 = 60 11. 5; In the figure surfaces HEFG and ADCB (7 6 each) are painted with red colour. Hence, no. of cubes coloured by red colour only = 2(7 - 2) (6 - 2) = 2 5 4 = 40 12. 1; As given above all the corner cubes have three surfaces coloured. Among them only the cubes at corners A and E have combination of red with green and violet (See figure). 13. 4; There are two red surfaces and only one pink surfaces. Hence all the cubes on edges CB and GF, except corner cubes, have combination of pink and red only (See figure). 2(6 - 2) = 8 cubes. Note: In formula (ii), 4 stands for 4 edges of one size. (14-18): Length breadth and height of a rectangular block of wood are 10 cm 8 cm 6 cm respectively. Since it is cut in cubes of 2 cm side,
No. of total cubes =
10 5 6 = 5 4 3 = 60. 2 2 2 1. The total no. of cubes which have three surfaces coloured [one is red, one is blue and one is green] = 8 2. The total no. of cubes which have no coloured surface are

= (5 - 2) (4 - 2) (3 - 2) = 3 2 1 = 6. 3. The total no. of cubes which have one coloured surface = 2 (5 - 2) (4 - 2) red + 2(4 - 2) (3 - 2) blue + 2(3 - 2) (5 - 2) green = 12 red (3a) + 4 blue (3b) + 6 green (3c) Total = 22 cubes. 4. The total no. of cubes which have two surfaces coloured are of three types: 4a. One red surface and one blue surface = 4(4 - 2) = 8 cubes 4b. One blue surface and one green surface = 4(3 - 2) = 4 cubes 4c. One green surface and one red surface = 4(5 - 2) = 12 cubes Total : 24 cubes Now let us proceed to answer the given questions 14. 3; (4c) + (1) = 12 + 8 = 20 15. 1; (1) + (3a) + (4a) + (4c) = 8 + 12 + 8 + 12 = 40 16. 5; (1) + (3c) + (4b) + (4c) = 8 + 6 + 4 + 12 = 30 17. 4; (1) + (3b) + (4a) + (4b) = 8 + 4 + 8 + 4 = 24. 18. 5; (4b) = 4. (19-20): 19. 4;
Red Black or Yellow White or Blue Green Blue or White Yellow or Black

20. 1 (21-24): 21. 3; (5 - 2) 4 = 12 22. 2; (14 - 2) 4 = 48 23. 1; 2 (14 - 2) (13 - 2) = 2 12 11 = 264 24. 4; (5 - 2) (14 - 2) (13 - 2) = 3 12 11 = 396 (25-27):

1 Orange 5 Grey

2 White

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5 Grey

Here 1 is opposite 4; 2 is opposite 6; 3 is opposite 5. 25. 2; Since 3 is opposite 5 (grey), and the number 3 is on the pink surface. The adjacent faces of grey are the colours except grey and pink. 26. 3 27. 1 28. 5; 70 cubes shall have only one colour green. (29-33):

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2 2 1 1 1 2

3 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3

Note: Number assigned to smaller cubes indicates the number of coloured surfaces of each cube. Shaded portion indicates red colour whereas unshaded portion indicates green colour. 29. 4 30. 1; Such combination is not possible. 31. 3; 125 - (5 - 2)3 = 98 [(5 - 2)3 is the no. of those cubes which comprises no coloured surfaces] 32. 4; (5 - 2)3 = 27 33. 2; 12(5 - 2) + 8 = 44 (34-38): The following figure shows the cube which is painted as stated in the question, and then divided into 1000 smaller cubes:

10 cm

Layer I Layer II Layer III Layer IV Layer V Layer VI Layer VII Layer VIII Layer IX Layer X

1 cm

Black Blue

34. 1; Number of such cubes = (side 2)3 = (10 2)3 = 512 35. 3; Number of such cubes = total number of corners = 8 36. 1; Number of such cubes = 12(side - 2) + number of total corners = 12 8 + 8 = 96 + 8 = 104 37. 1; There is no cube having one face black and one adjacent face blue. 38. 3; Number of such cubes = Total number of cubes - number of such cubes which have no coloured surfaces = 1000 - 512 = 488. (39-43):
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Total number of cubes = 14 13 15 = 2730 Total number of cubes which have no colour = (14 - 2) (13 - 2) (15 - 2) = 12 11 13 = 1716 Total number of cubes

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which have only one surface coloured = {(14 - 2) (13 -2) + (13 - 2) (15 - 2) + (15 - 2) (14 - 2)} 2 = {12 11 + 11 13 + 13 12} 2 = {132 + 143 + 156} 2 = 862*** Among them number of cubes which have one red surface = (14 - 2) (13 2) + (13 2) (15 2) = 12 11 + 11 13 = 132 + 143 = 275 Among them number of cubes which have one blue surface = (14 2) (13 2) + (13 2) (15 2) = 275 Among them number of those cubes which have one yellow surface = {(14 2) (15 2)} 2 = 12 13 2 = 312 (ii) Which have only two coloured surfaces = {(14 2) + (13 2) + (15 2)} 4 = (12 + 11 + 13)4 = 144 Among these 144 cubes (13 2 =) 11 ** cubes consist of both the surfaces red. (13 2 =) 11 ** cubes consist of both the surfaces blue {(13 2) 2} = 22 cubes consist of one surface red and one surface blue. [{(14 2) + (15 2)} 2] = 50 cubes consist of one surface red and one surface yellow. [{14 2) + (15 2)} 2 =] 50 cubes consist of one surface blue and one surface yellow. (iii) Which have three coloured surfaces = Number of total corners = 8 Among these 8 cubes 2 cubes consist of two blue surfaces and one yellow surface. 2 cubes consists two red surfaces and one yellow surface. 4 cubes consists three coloured surfaces with three different colours. 39. 1 40. 2; *** + ** + ** = 862 + 11 + 11 = 884 41. 1 42. 3 43. 1; Number of those which consist the colour. * Yellow = 2 14 15 = 420 * Red = 14 13 + 13 15 13 = 364 * Blue = 14 13 + 13 15 13 = 364 (44-46): 44. 1; The required cubes will be obtained from the corners of the solid cuboid. The eight cubes obtained from the corners will have three surfaces coloured. The combinations of the colour and the respective number of cubes will be as follows.
Combination 1. Red-Green - Blue 2. Red-Red-Blue 3. Red-Red-Green 4. Blue-Blue-Red 5. Blue-Blue-Green 6. Green-Green-Red 7. Green-Green-Blue Number of cube's 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

45. 1; The required cubes will be obtained from the edges of the solid cuboid. From the edges (excluding cubes at the corners) we get {(15 - 2) + (14 - 2) + (13 - 2)} 3 = 108 cubes. And from the corners we get six such cubes (see the given chart above) Therefore, total number of such cubes = 108 + 6 = 114.

46. 5; 898. The required cubes will be obtained from middle portion of each surface and also from three edges: Thus, the required cubes from (i) Red surface= (15 - 2) (14 - 2) + (14 - 2) (13 - 2) = 13 12 + 12 11 = 24 12 = 288. (ii) Green surface = (15 - 2) (13 - 2) + (14 - 2) (13 - 2) = 13 11 + 12 11 = 25 11 = 275 (iii) Blue surface = (15 - 2) (13 - 2) + (15 - 2) (14 - 2) = 13 11 + 13 12 = 13 23 = 299. (iv) One of the edges of 15 cm = 15 - 2 = 13 (v) One of the edges of 14 cm = 14 - 2 = 12 (vi) One of the edges of 13 cm = 13 2 = 11 Therefore, total such cubes = 288 + 275 + 299 + 13 + 12 + 11 = 898 (47-51): 47. 1; Count the total number of corners of the cuboid. 48. 4; (5 2 - 2) (4 2 - 2) (3 2 - 2) = 8 6 4 = 192. 49. 1; We have 5 cm 4 cm surface coloured by red and 5 cm 3 cm surface coloured by green. The side which is common in both dimensions is 5. Hence, required number of such cubes = (5 2 -2) 4 = 32. 50. 5; 2 [(5 2 - 2) (4 2 - 2) + (4 2 - 2) (3 2 - 2) + (5 2 - 2) (3 2 - 2)] = 2[48 + 24 + 32] = 2 104 = 208. 51. 3; (5 2) (4 2) (3 2) - (5 2 - 2) (4 2 - 2) (3 2 - 2) = 480 - 192 = 288. (52-56): 52. 4; No. of such cubes are
= 9240 53. 4; Number of cubes having only two surfaces painted are of three types, i.e. coloured (i) red and green, (ii) green and black, and (iii) black and red. And number of total cubes having only two surfaces painted is

where m, n and p denotes length, breadth and height respectively.

[([(4422)(4( 46)4)(p42+]24 4 )4]14 (88m 2) +6 + ( 22+ 4 2) ) ( ) = 30 2 22 4 ) n (

54. 1;

... (1) The surface of 8cm 6 cm is coloured red and 8cm 4 cm is coloured black. The side 8 cm is common in both surfaces. Bold part in equation (1) is our required answer. Hence (8 4 - 2)4 = 120.

(6 4 2)4 = 88

55. 2; No. of such cubes = 2(8 4 2)(4 4 2) = 2 30 14 = 840