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APSC CCE 2024 · Question 169 of 178

A cube is painted on all its faces and then cut into 27 smaller cubes. How many smaller cubes will have exactly 3 faces painted?

Logical Reasoning

  1. A6
  2. B8Correct
  3. C12
  4. D24

Answer: B. 8

Explanation

Only the 8 corner cubes of a 3x3x3 division have exactly 3 faces painted; official key gives (B).

Source: APSC CCE Prelims 2024 GS Paper-II, official Series-A paper (DUCN-II-24/44-A), answer from official Series-A key

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