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Chapter-9

Mensuration of Solid Figures

LEVEL – I NCERT GALLERY

1. Hameed has built a cubical water tank with lid for his house, with each outer edge
1.5 m long. He gets the outer surface of the tank excluding the base, covered with
square tiles of side 25 cm. Then how much he would spend for the tiles, if the cost of
the tiles is 360 per dozen.
(a) 5400 (b) 6000 (c) 5600 (d) 5500
2. The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250 m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the rate
of Rs. 10 per m2 is Rs. 15000, then the height of the hall is
(a) 3 m (b) 6 m (c) 4 m (d) 5 m
3. Shanti Sweets Stall was placing an order for making cardboard boxes for packing their sweets. Two
sizes of boxes were required. The bigger of dimensions 25 cm × 20 cm × 5 cm and the smaller of
dimensions 15 cm × 12 cm × 5 cm. For all the overlaps, 5% of the total surface area is required extra.
If the cost of the cardboard is Rs. 4 for 1000 cm2 , then the cost of cardboard required for supplying
250 boxes of each kind is
(a) Rs. 1184 (b) Rs. 3184 (c) Rs. 2184 (d) Rs. 4184
4. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140 cm from a metal
sheet. How many square metres of the sheet are required for the same?
(a) 7.48 m2 (b) 8.48 m2 (c) 9.48 m2 (d) 6.48 m2
5. Curved surface area of a right circular cylinder is 4.4 m2. If the radius of the base of the cylinder is 0.7
m, then its height is
(a) 1 m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m (d) 4 m
6. In figure you see the frame of a lampshade. It is to be covered with a decorative cloth.
The frame has a base diameter of 20 cm and height of 30 cm. A margin of 2.5 cm is
to be given for folding it over the top and bottom of the frame. Then how much cloth
is required for covering the lampshade
(a) 2000 cm2 (b) 2100 cm2 (c) 2200 cm2 (d) 2300 cm2

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7. What length of tarpaulin 3 m wide will be required to make conical tent of height 8 m and base radius
6 m? Assume that the extra length of material that will be required for stitching margins and wastage
in cutting is approximately 20 cm (Use π = 3.14).
(a) 61 m (b) 62 m (c) 63 m (d) 64 m
8. A joker’s cap is in the form of a right circular cone of base radius 7 cm and height 24 cm. Find the
area of the sheet required to make 10 such caps.
(a) 4500 cm2 (b) 5500 cm2 (c) 6500 m2 (d) 7500 cm2
9. A bus stop is barricaded from the remaining part of the road, by using 50 hollow cones made of
recycled cardboard. Each cone has a base diameter of 40 cm and height 1 m. If the outer side of each
of the cones is to be painted and the cost of painting is Rs. 12 per m2, what will be the cost of

painting all these cones? (Use π = 3.14 and take 1.04 = 1.02)
(a) Rs. 384.34 (b) Rs. 484.34 (c) Rs. 584.34 (d) Rs. 684.34
10. A hemispherical bowl made of brass has inner diameter 10.5 cm. The cost of tin-plating it on the
inside at the rate of Rs. 16 per 100 cm2 is
(a) Rs. 10.46 (b) Rs. 15.52 (c) Rs. 18.67 (d) Rs. 27.72
11. The diameter of the moon is approximately one fourth of the diameter of the earth. Then the ratio of
their surface areas is
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 16 : 1 (c) 1 : 16 (d) 1 : 4
12. A hemispherical bowl is made of steel 0.25 cm thick. The inner radius of the bowl is 5 cm. Then the
outer curved surface area of the bowl is
(a) 312. 25 cm2 (b) 132.45 cm2 (c) 198. 27 cm2 (d) 173.25 cm2
13. The radius of a sphere whose surface area is 154 cm2 is
(a) 1.5 cm (b) 2.5 cm (c) 3.5 cm (d) 4.5 cm
14. The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 7cm to 14cm as air is being pumped into it.Then the
ratio of their surface areas of the balloon in the two cases is
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
15. A right circular cylinder just encloses a sphere of radius r. Then curved surface area of
the cylinder is
(a) πr 2 (b) 2πr 2
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16. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many liters of water can it hold?
(a) 120000 lts (b) 135000 lts (c) 13500 lts (d) 12500 lts
17. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic meters of
a liquid?
(a) 0.75 m (b) 2.75 m (c) 3.75 m (d) 4.75 m
18. A go down measures 40 m × 25 m × 15 m. Then the maximum number of wooden crates each
measuring 1.5 m × 1.25 m × 0.5 m that can be stored in the go down is
(a) 1600 (b) 16000 (c) 160 (d) 16
19. A solid cube of side 12 cm is cut into eight cubes of equal volume. Then the ratio between their
surface areas is
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
20. A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km per hour. How much water will fall
into the sea in a minute?
(a) 1000 m3 (b) 2000 m3 (c) 3000 m3 (d) 4000 m3
21. The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. How many
liters of water can it hold?
(a) 24.65 lts (b) 34.65 lts (c) 44.65 lts (d) 54.65 lts
22. The inner diameter of a cylindrical wooden pipe is 24 cm and its outer diameter is 28 cm. The length
of the pipe is 35 cm. Then the mass of the pipe, if 1 cm3 of wood has a mass of 0.6 g is
(a) 3.432 kg (b) 4.432 kg (c) 5.432 kg (d) 6.432 kg
23. The capacity of a closed cylindrical vessel of height 1 m is 15.4 liters. How many square meters of
metal sheet would be needed to make it?
(a) 0.9807 m2 (b) 0.3657 m2 (c) 0.4708 m2 (d) 0.6757 m2
24. A patient in a hospital is given soup daily in a cylindrical bowl of diameter 7 cm. If the bowl is filled
with soup to a height of 4 cm, how much soup the hospital has to prepare daily to serve 250 patients?
(a) 67.5 lt (b) 38.5 lt (c) 48.6 lt (d) 95.62 lt
25. If the volume of a right circular cone of height 9 cm is 48 π cm3, then the diameter of its base is.
(a) 2 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 8 cm
26. A conical pit of top diameter 3.5 m is 12 m deep. What is its capacity in kilolitres?
(a) 18.5 klt (b) 28.5 klt (c) 38.5 klt (d) 48.5 klt

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27. A right triangle ABC with sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm is revolved about the side 12 cm. Then the
volume of the solid so obtained is
(a) 100 π cm3 (b) 200 π cm3 (c) 300 π cm3 (d) 400 π cm3
28. If the triangle ABC in the above question above is revolved about the side 5 cm, the ratio of the
volumes of the two solids obtained in Questions 28 and 29 is
(a) 7 : 3 (b) 3 : 7 (c) 5 : 12 (d) 12 : 5
29. Find the volume of a sphere whose surface area is 154 cm2.
1 3 2 3 1 2
(a) 179 cm (b) 179 cm (c) 178 cm3 (d) 178 cm3
3 3 3 3
30. Twenty seven solid iron spheres, each of radius r and surface area S are melted to form a sphere with
surface area S′. Then the ratio of S and S′.
(a) 9 : 1 (b) 1 : 9 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3
31. A capsule of medicine is in the shape of a sphere of diameter 3.5 mm. How much medicine (in mm3 )
is needed to fill this capsule?
(a) 22.46 mm3 (b) 57.23 mm3 (c) 47.67 mm2 (d) 10.27 mm2
32. The diameter of a sphere is decreased by 25%. By what percent does its curved surface area
decreases?
(a) 56.25% (b) 75% (c) 25% (d) 43.75%
33. A shot putt is a metallic sphere of radius 4.9 cm. If the density of the metal is 7.8 g per. cm3, then the
man of the shot-putt is
(a) 3.85 kg (b) 4.85 kg (c) 5.85 kg (d) 6.85 kg
34. The decorative block shown in fig. is made of two solids — a cube and a
hemisphere. The base of the block is a cube with edge 5 cm, and the
hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of 4.2 cm.
22
Then the total surface area of the block.(Take π = )
7

(a) 103.86 cm2 (b) 163.86 cm2 (c) 237.37 cm2 (d) 127.67 cm2

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35. A wooden toy rocket is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder, as

shown in fig.The height of the entire rocket is 26 cm, while the height of the
conical part is 6 cm. The base of the conical portion has a diameter of 5 cm,
while the base diameter of the cylindrical portion is 3 cm. If the conical
portion is to be painted orange and the cylindrical portion yellow, find the
area of the rocket painted with each of these colours.
(Take π = 3.14)
(a) 305.213 cm2 (b) 100.35 cm2 (c) 195.465 cm2 (d) 413.135 cm2
36. 2 cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.
(a) 130 cm2 (b) 140 cm2 (c) 150 cm2 (d) 160 cm2
37. A cubical block of side 7 cm is surmounted by a hemisphere. What is the greatest diameter the
hemisphere can have?
(a) 7 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 21 cm (d) 35 cm
38. From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same height
and same diameter is hollowed out. Then the total surface area of the remaining solid to the nearest
cm2 is
(a) 9 cm2 (b) 12 cm2 (c) 15 cm2 (d) 18 cm2
39. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid
cylinder, as shown in if the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5
cm, then the total surface area of the article is
(a) 274 cm2 (b) 374 cm2 (c) 474 cm2 (d) 574 cm2
40. A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm,
which is surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Then the mass of the pole,
given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8g mass is (Use π = 3.14)
(a) 1036.25 kg (b) 892.26 kg (c) 598.67 kg (d) 237.89 kg
41. A solid consisting of a right circular cone of height 120 cm and radius 60 cm standing on a
hemisphere of radius 60 cm is placed upright in a right circular cylinder full of water such that it
touches the bottom. Then the volume of water left in the cylinder, if the radius of the cylinder is 60
cm and its height is 180 cm.
(a) 0.131 m3 (b) 1.31 m3 (c) 1.131 m3 (d) 1.431 m3
42. A spherical glass vessel has a cylindrical neck 8 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; the diameter of the
spherical part is 8.5 cm. Then the volume of spherical glass is (π = 3.14).
(a) 345 cm3 (b) 345.51 cm3 (c) 346.51 cm3 (d) 344.51 cm3

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43. A copper rod of diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18 m of uniform
thickness. Then the thickness of the wire is
1 1 1 1
(a) cm (b) cm (c) cm (d) cm
30 50 15 20
4
44. A hemispherical tank full of water is emptied by a pipe at the rate of 3 l tires per second. How much
7
22
time will it take to empty half the tank, if it is 3m in diameter(Take π = )
7
(a) 13.5 mm (b) 14.5 mm (c) 15.5 mm (d) 16.5 mm
45. A metallic sphere of radius 4.2 cm is melted and recast into the shape of a cylinder of radius 6 cm.
Then the height of the cylinder is
(a) 1.43 cm (b) 9.68 cm (c) 2.74 cm (d) 7.84 cm
46. A 20 m deep well with diameter 7 m is dug and the earth from digging is evenly spread out to form a
platform 22 m by 14 m. Then the height of the platform is
(a) 1.5 m (b) 2.5 m (c) 3.5 m (d) 4.5 m
47. How many silver coins, 1.75 cm in diameter and of thickness 2 mm, must be melted to form a cuboid
of dimensions 5.5 cm × 10 cm × 3.5 cm?
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 400
48. A cylindrical bucket, 32 cm high and with radius of base 18 cm, is filled with sand. This bucket is
emptied on the ground and a conical heap of sand is formed. If the height of the conical heap is 24
cm, then the slant height of the heap is

(a) 13 12 cm (b) 12 13 cm (c) 11 12 cm (d) 12 11 cm

49. Water in a canal, 6 m wide and 1.5 m deep, is flowing with a speed of 10 km/h. How much area will
it irrigate in 30 minutes, if 8 cm of standing water is needed?
(a) 56.25 hectare (b) 97.37 hectare (c) 47.62 hectare (d) 68.27 hectare
50. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank in her field,
which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water flows through the pipe at the rate of 3 km/h, in how
much time will the tank be filled?
(a) 50 minutes (b) 75 minutes (c) 100 minutes (d) 125 minutes
51. The slant height of a frustum of a cone is 4 cm and the perimeters (circumference) of its circular ends
are 18 cm and 6 cm. Then the curved surface area of the frustum.
(a) 45 cm2 (b) 46 cm2 (c) 47 cm2 (d) 48 cm2

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52. A metallic right circular cone 20 cm high and whose vertical angle is 60° is cut into two parts at the
middle of its height by a plane parallel to its base. If the frustum so obtained be drawn into a wire of
1
diameter cm, then the length of the wire is
16
(a) 1057.3 m (b) 6894.5 m (c) 4786.5 m (d) 7964.4 m
53. A copper wire, 3 mm in diameter, is wound about a cylinder whose length is 12 cm, and diameter 10
cm, so as to cover the curved surface of the cylinder. Then the mass of the wire, assuming the density
of copper to be 8.88 g per cm3 is
(a)788 g (b) 488 g (c) 688 g (d) 288 g
54. A right triangle, whose sides are 3 cm and 4 cm (other than hypotenuse) is made to revolve about its
hypotenuse. Then the volume(cm3) and surface area(cm2) of the double cone so formed respectively
is (Choose value of π as found appropriate.)
(a) 30.14, 52.75 (b) 52.75, 30.14 (c) 52.19, 10.14 (d) 10.14, 52.19
55. A cistern, internally measuring 150 cm × 120 cm × 110 cm, has 129600 cm3 of water in it. Porous
bricks are placed in the water until the cistern is full to the brim. Each brick absorbs one-seventeenth
of its own volume of water. How many bricks can be put in without overflowing the water, each brick
being 22.5 cm × 7.5 cm × 6.5 cm?
(a) 1392 (b) 1592 (c) 1792 (d) 1692
56. An oil funnel made of tin sheet consists of a 10 cm long cylindrical portion attached
to a frustum of a cone. If the total height is 22 cm, diameter of the cylindrical
portion is 8 cm and the diameter of the top of the funnel is 18 cm, find the area of
the tin sheet required to make the funnel.
4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2
(a) 582 cm (b) 782 cm (c) 382 cm (d) 282 cm
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LEVEL – II (OBJECTIVE ASSIGNMENT)

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1. The length of the longest rod that can be placed in a room 30m long, 24 m wide and 18m high, is.

(a) 30 m (b) 15 2m (c) 60 m (d) 30 2m

2. If 1cm2 of silver weight 10 gms and 8 gms of silver costs Rs. 30, then the cost of a silver cube of edge
4 cm, is.
(a) Rs. 800 (b) Rs. 1200 (c) Rs. 1920 (d) Rs. 2400
3. If the length of diagonal of a cube is 8 3cm, then its surface area is.
(a) 512 cm2 (b) 384 cm2 (c) 192 cm2 (d) 768 cm2
4. If the areas of 3 adjacent sides of a cuboid are x, y, z respectively, then the volume of the cuboid is.

(a) xyz (b) 2 xyz (c) xyz (d) 3 xyz

5. If three equal cubes are placed adjacently in a row, the ratio of the total surface area of the new
cuboid to that of the sum of the surface areas of three cubes is.
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 7 : 9 (d) 7 : 16
6. An open box is made of wood 3cm thick. Its external length is 1.46m, breadth 1.16m and height
8.3dm. The cost of painting the inner surface of the box at 50 paise per 100 cm2 is.
(a) Rs. 138.50 (b) Rs. 277 (c) Rs. 415.50 (d) Rs. 554
7. If V be the volume and S the surface area of a cuboid of dimensions a, b, c then is equal to.
S 21 1 1 2S
(a) a  b  c (b)   (c) (d) 2S  a  b  c
2 S  a b c  abc
8. If the diameter of a cylinder is 28 cm and its height is 20cm, then total surface area
(in cm2) is.
3 4
(a) 2πh2 (b) π h 2 (c) π h 2 (d) π h 2
2 3
9. The height of a cylinder is 14 cm and its curved surface area is 264 sq. cm. The volume of the
cylinder is.
(a) 308 cm3 (b) 396 cm3 (c) 1848 cm3 (d) 1232 cm3
10. The ratio between the radius of the base and the height of a cylinder is 2 : 3. Its volume is 1617 cm3 ,
the total surface area of the cylinder is.
(a) 308 cm2 (b) 462 cm2 (c) 540 cm2 (d) 770 cm2
11. The radii of the two cylinder are in the ratio 2 : 3 and their heights are in the ratio 5 : 3. The ratio of
their volume is.

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(a) 27 : 20 (b) 20 : 27 (c) 4 : 9 (d) 9 : 4

12. The lateral surface of a cylinder is developed into a square whose diagonal is 5 cm , then the area of

the base of the cylinder (in sq. cm) is.

5 5 3 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8π 5π 8π 3π
2
13. The area of the base of a right circular cone is 154 cm and its height is 14 cm. The curved surface of
the cone is.


(a) 154  5 cm 2  (b) 11cm 2 
(c) 154  7 cm 2 (d) 5324cm 2
14. A cone of height 8m has a curved surface area 188.4 cm2. The radius of the base is:   au π  3.14 

(a) 4 m (b) 4.5 m (c) 5 m (d) 6m

15. The radius and height of a right circular cone are in the ratio of 5 : 12 and its volume is 2512 cm2. The
slant height of the cone is. Take π  3.14
(a) 14 cm (b) 16 cm (c) 24 cm (d) 26 cm
16. A conical tent is to accommodate 111 persons such that each person occupies 4m2 space on the
ground and has 220 m2 of air to breathe. The height of the cone is.
(a) 14 m (b) 15 m (c) 16 m (d) 20 m
17. If the volumes of two cones are in the ratio 1 : 4 and their diameters are in the ratio 4 : 5, then the
ratio of their height is.
(a) 1 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 5 : 16 (d) 25 : 64
18. A solid metallic cylinder of base 3 cm and height 5 cm is melted to make n solid cones of height 1cm
and base radius 1 mm. The value of n is.
(a) 450 (b) 1350 (c) 4500 (d) 13500
19. A conical tent has 60o angle at the vertex. The ratio of its radius and slant height is.
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 1: 2 (d) 1: 3
20. If h, s, v be the height, curved surface area and volume of a cone respectively, then
 
3π vh 3  s 2  s 2h 2  9v 2 is.
(a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 4π (d) 32π 2
21. A right circular cone is cut off at the middle of its height and parallel to the base. Call the smaller
cone so formed A and the remaining part B, then.
1
(a) Vol. A < Vol. B (b) Vol. A = Vol. B (c) Vol. A > Vol. B (d) Vol.A   Vol. B 
2

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22. A cone, a hemi-sphere and a cylinder stand on equal bases of radius R and have equal heights H.
Their surfaces are in the ratio.

(a)  
2  1 : 3: 4 (b)  
3  1 : 3: 4 (c)  
2 1 : 7 : 8 (d)  
3 1 : 7: 8

23. If a sphere just fits in a circular cylinder then the ratio of volume of the sphere to the volume of the
cylinder is.
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 1 : 2
24. If the radius of a sphere is doubled, then the percentage increase in the surface area will be.
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 400
25. If the ratio of volumes of two spheres is 1 : 8, then the ratio of their surface area is.
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 8 (d) 1 : 16
26. Three solid spherical beads of radii 3 cm, 4 cm and 5cm are melted into a spherical bead. Its radius is.
(a) 6 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 9 cm
27. Water flows at the rate of 10m per min, from a cylindrical pipe 5mm in diameter. How long will it
take to fill up a conical vessel whose diameter at the base is 40cm and depth 24 cm?
(a) 48 min. 15 sec. (b) 51 min. 12 sec (c) 52 min. 1 sec (d) 55 min
28. A solid is hemi-spherical at the bottom and conical above. If the surface areas of the two part are
equal, then the ratio of its radius and the height of its conical part is.

(a) 1 : 3 (b) 1: 3 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 3 :1

29. If a surface is cut into two hemi-spheres, then percentage increases in its surface area is
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) No change
30. A copper wire of diameter 3mm is evenly wrapped on the cylinder of length 42 cm and diameter 49
cm to cover the whole surface. The length of wire is.
(a) 215.6 m (b) 192.4 m (c) 204.8 m (d) 196.5 m
31. The diameters of two cones are equal. If their slant heights are in the ratio 5 : 4, the ratio of their
curved surface areas is.
(a) 4 : 5 (b) 25 : 16 (c) 16 : 25 (d) 5 : 4
32. A right circular cone has its base as a circle having the same radius as a given sphere. The volume of
the cone is one-half to that of the sphere. The “ratio of the altitude of the cone to the radius of its base
is.
1 1 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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r
33. If the radius r of a sphere is reduced to , then the ratio of the volumes of new sphere and old sphere
3
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 9 (c) 1 : 27 (d) 1 : 81
34. If the sides of a triangle are 5 cm, 6 cm and 9cm long, then the radius of the in-circle of the triangle is.

(a) 6cm (b) 5cm (c) 2cm (d) 1 cm

35. If number of cubic centimeter in the volume of a sphere is equal to twice the number of square
centimeters on its outer surface, the radius of the sphere is.
(a) 6 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 1/3 cm (d) 1/6 cm
36. 300 spherical ball bearings of radius 2 mm have to be made by melting a cylinder brass wire of radius
4 mm. Then length of the wire needed is.
(a) 10 cm (b) 18 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 24 cm
37. The volume of a cylinder is V. If the radius of the cylinder is doubled and its height is halved. The
volume would be.
(a) V/2 (b) V (c) 2V (d) 4V
38. If 100 gm of paint is needed to paint the sides of a cuboid. The quantity of paint required to cover the
sides of cuboid with twice the dimensions of the first one will be
(a) 200 gm (b) 400 gm (c) 600 gm (d) 800 gm
39. Each edge of a cube is increased by 50%. The percent increase in the surface area of the cube is.
(a) 50 (b) 125 (c) 150 (d) 300
40. A closed cylindrical drum of height 4 m is to be constructed so that the total surface area is 10π m 2 .
The radius of the drum is.
(a) 0.75 m (b) 0.5 m (c) 3/2 m (d) 1 m

41. The volume of a right circular cone of height 3 , whose angle of inclination of slant height with base
in 30o is.
1
(a) π (b) 3 3π (c) 9 3π (d) π / 3
3 3

42. A cone with height 3 , and semi-vertical angle 60o is cut into two parts along its axis. Total surface
area of each part is.

3 3 π 3 3 3 3 3 9
(a) π  (b ) π2 3 (c)   π (d) None
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43. If the slant height and the radius of the base of right circular cone are H and r respectively, then the
ratio of the lateral surface and the base is.
(a) 2H : r (b) H : r (c) H : 2r (d) H2 : r2
44. A rectangular paper 21cm  7 cm can exactly wrap the surfaces of two different cylinders, the ratio of
their volume will be.
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 1 : 4
45. Surface area of a hemi-spherical shell of inner radius r and outer radius R is.

(a) 2π R 2  2π r 2 (b) π  r 2  3R 2  
(c) π r 2  5R 2  (d) None

46. The correct relation, for a hemi-sphere is where V is volume, r is radius and S is total surface area,
then
1 1 1
(a) V= rs (b) V  rs (c)Vr  s (d)V  rs
2 2 3
47. If h is height, V is volume and S is curved surface area of a cone, then 3πVh3  9V 2  s 2h 2 
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) 1/2

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LEVEL – III (AMU LAST YR. QUESTIONS)

1. A river 3m deep and 40m wide is flowing at the rate of 2km per hour into the sea. How much water
will fall into the sea in a minute:
(a) 400m3 (b) 2400m3 (c) 4000m3 (d) 4200m3
2. If the volume of a right circular cone is 9856 cm3 and diameter of base is 28cm then slant height of
cone is :
(a) 49cm (b) 50cm (c) 60cm (d) 20cm
3. If the number of square centimeters on the surface of a sphere is equal to the number of cubic
centimeters in its volume, then the diameter of the sphere is:
(a) 4 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 3 cm
4. The floor of a rectangular hall has a perimeter 250m. If the cost of painting the four walls at the rate
of Rs. 10 per m2 is Rs. 15000, then the height of the hall is:
(a) 5m (b) 8m (c) 6m (d) 7 m
5. A sphere and a cube have equal surface area Ratio of their volume is:
(a) 6 :  (b)  : 6 (c) 6 :  (d) 36 : 
2
6. What is the volume of a sphere whose surface area is 1386 cm ?
2 3
(a) 179 cm3 (b) 539 cm3 (c) 606 cm3 (d) 4851 cm3
3 8
7. How many coins, 3.5 cm in diameter and of the thickness 2mm, must be melted to form a cuboid of
dimensions 11cm × 10cm × 7cm?
(a) 40 (b) 400 (c) 1600 (d) 4000
8. A village having population of 6000, requires 100 liters of water per head per day. It has a lank
measuring 25m×12m × 6m. For how many days will the water of this tank last?
(a) 1 day (b) 2days (c) 3days (d) 6days
9. The curved surface area of a frustum of cone of radii r1 and r2andheight h equals l (r1+ r2), then l2=?
(a) h 2  r12  r22 (b) h 2  r1  r2 2 (c) h 2  r1  r2 2 (d) (h  r1 ) 2  (h  r2 ) 2
10. A solid cylinder of base of 36 cm diameter is melted and recast into a solid cone height 24 cm and
radius of the base 36 cm. Height of the cylinder is :
(a) 24cm (b) 30cm (c) 32cm (d) 12 13 cm
11. Water in a canal 6m wide and 1.5m deep, is flowing with a speed of 10km/h. How much area will it
irrigate in 30 minutes, if 8cm of standing water is needed?
(a) 5.625 hectares (b) 562.5 hectares (c) 56.25 hectares (d) 5625 hectares
12. A solid sphere of radius 3cm is melted and then cast into small spherical balls each of diameter 0.6
cm. The number of balls thus obtained are:
(a) 100 (b) 500 (c) 1000 (d) None of these

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13. The radius and slant height of a cone are in the ratio of 4:7. If its curved surface area is
792cm2thenitsradius is equal to(use =22/7):
(a) 11 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 13 cm (d) 14 cm

ANSWERS

LEVEL – I

1.a 2.b 3.c 4. a 5.a 6.c 7.c

8.b 9. a 10.d 11.c 12. d 13.c 14. a
15.c 16.b 17.d 18. b 19.a 20.d 21.b
22.a 23.c 24.b 25.d 26. c 27. a 28.c
29.b 30.b 31.a 32.d 33.a 34.b 35.c
36.d 37. a 38.d 39.b 40.b 41. b 42.c
43.c 44.d 45.c 46.b 47.d 48.b 49. a
50. c 51. d 52. d 53. a 54. a 55. c 56. b

LEVEL – II

1.d 2.d 3.b 4. c 5.c 6.a 7.b

8.b 9. b 10.d 11.b 12. a 13.a 14. d
15.d 16.b 17. d 18. d 19.a 20.b 21.a
22.a 23.c 24.c 25.b 26. a 27. b 28.b
29.b 30.a 31.d 32.b 33.c 34.c 35.a
36.c 37. c 38.b 39.b 40. d 41. d 42. d
43.b 44.c 45.d 46. d 47.c
LEVEL – III

1.c 2.b 3.c 4.c 5.a 6.d 7.b

8.c 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.c 13.b

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