What will be the total area of the following figure?

Area of  a rectangle is =
Area  of a square =
We will split the figure into squares.
Calculating the number of square in the figure,
There are 5 squares. Each side of the square is 7 cm.
So the area of square:
Area of a square is =
sq. cm
= 49 sq. cm
Now the total area of the figure,
Area of the given figure,
 sq. cm
=245 sq. cm
The area of the given figure is 245 sq. cm.
Therefore, option 1 is the correct answer.