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CHAPTERWISE QUESTION

SURFACE AREA AND VOLUMES

CLASS X SET - A Time : 1 1/2 hrs.

Mark : 40
SECTION - A OBJECTIVE TYPE 10 × 1 = 10
1. A solid iron cylinder is melted to form rods of the same height. The radius of the iron rods
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is of the radius of the cylinder. How many rods were made?
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a) 4 b) 16 c) 64
d) (depends on the volume of the cylinder
2. Bipin is making iced tea in 2.2 litre jar. He adds some ice spherical balls of diameter 2 cm
into the jar, followed by 1.32 litre of tea untill full. How many ice spheres does he add to the
cup?

a) 26.25 b) 210 c) 315 d) 1050

3. Solid B is made using Solid A by cutting a smaller cylinder through the centre which is
then pushed from below such that it protrudes from the top as shown below.

Which of these is true about the volume and surface area of the two solids?

a) Both the volume and the surface area of the solids are different

b) Both the volume and the surface area of the solids are the same

c) The volume of the solids is different but the surface area of the solids is the same

d) The volume of the solids is the same but the surface area of the solids is different
4. Two identical solid cubes are joined by a side to form a cuboid. What fraction of the surface
area of the 2 cubes is the surface area of the cuboid?

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a) b) c) 1
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d) (cannot be determined without the exact dimensions)

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5. 14 identical cylindrical cups of radius 2 cm completely fills a cubical container of side 10
cm. What is the height of the cups?

a) 6.58 cm b) 5.68 cm c) 6.68 cm d) 5.58 cm

6. The surface area of a sphere is same as the curved surface area of a right circular cylinder
whose height and diameter are 12 cm each. Find the radius of the sphere.

a) 4 cm b) 6 cm c) 2 cm d) 8 cm

7. The edge of a cube whose volume is equal to that of a cuboid of dimensions 8 cm × 4 cm

× 2 cm is

a) 6 cm b) 4 cm c) 2 cm d) 8 cm

8. Find the volume of the greatest sphere that can be cut from a cylindrical log of wood of
base radius 1 cm and height 5 cm.

a) 3  b) 1  c) 4  d) 2 
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9. The ratio of the total surface area of a solid hemisphere to the square of its radius is

a) 2 : 1 b) 3 : 1 c) 4 : 1 d) 1 : 4 

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement

of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as :

a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A)

b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A)

c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.

d) Both assertion and Reason are false

10. Assertion (A) : Savitri had to make a model of a cylindrical kaleidoscope for her science
project. She wanted to use chart paper to make the curved surface of
the kaleidoscope. 550 cm2 would be the area of chart paper required by
her, if she wanted to make a kaleidoscope of length 25 cm with a
3m 5 cm radius.

Reason (R) : Area of chart paper required = curved surface area of the kaleidoscope
= 2 rh

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 SECTION - B 2×2=4

11. Shown below is a solid marker cone mounted on a cuboidal

base, the exterior of which, excluding the bottom, is to be
painted with red colour. The dimensions can be observed
in the figure provided.

What is the surface area of the traffic cone that is painted red?

OR

Yash and his younger brother, Swapnil buy a cone of ice cream to
share equally. The ice cream is filled till the top of the cone and an
hemispherical scoop is added on the top as shown below.

Yash eats his share of the ice cream and gives the remaining to
Swapnil. When Yash gives the cone to Swapnil, the volume of the ice cream in the cone is
28
cm3 . Did Swapnil get an equal share?
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12. Two cones with same base radius 8 cm and height 15 cm are joined together along their
bases. Find the surface area of the shape so formed.

SECTION - C 3 × 4 = 12
13. A small terrace at a hockey ground comprises of 10 steps each of which 20 m long and
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built of solid concrete. Each step has a rise of m and a tread of m . Calculate the total
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volume of concrete required to build the terrace.

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14. A warehouse is used as a grannary. It is in the shape of a cuboid surmounted by a half-
cylinder. The base of the warehouse is 6 m × 14 m and its height is 8 m. Find the surface
area of the non-cuboidal part of the warehouse.

OR
A rocket is in the form of a right circular cylinder closed at the lower end and surmounted
by a cone with the same radius as that of the cylinder. The diameter and height of the
cylinder are 6 cm and 12 cm, respectively. If the slant height of the conical portion is 5 cm,
find the total surface area and volume of the rocket. take,   3.14

15. A carpenter makes a wooden table with four legs. His sketch of the design is also shown
in the figure below.

Once the table is assembled entire table is to be laminated except the part where it touches
the floor. Find the area of the table that is to be laminate.
16. A silo is used to store grains. It can be observed as a cylinder with 2 cones on its circular
bases as shown in the figure below.

If the height of the grains in the silo is 20 m, what fraction of the silo’s volume is filled with
grains?
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 SECTION - D 2 × 5 = 10

17. Aparna takes a wood carving class during her summer camp. She attempts to make a
bird feeder. She takes a piece of wood in the shape of a cube and carves it to make a
cylinder with height and diameter equal to the side of the cube. She then carves a
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hemisphere into the circular base of the cylinder with radius equal to th of the radius of
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the cylinder. After this, she sands the wood to make it smooth.

What percentage of the original cube has been used to make the bird feeder?

18. The interior of a building is in the form of cylinder of diameter 4.3 m and 3.8 m height,
surmounted by a cone whose vertical angle is a right angle.

i) Find the curved surace area of the building.

ii) Also, find the volume of building.

OR

Due to heavy floods in a state, thousands were rendered homeless. 50 schools collectively
offered to the state government to provide place and the canvas for 1500 tents to be fixed
by the government and decided to share their whole expenditure equally. The lower part
of each tent is cylindrical of base radius 2.8 m and height 3.5 m, with conical upper part of
same base radius but of height 2.1 m. If the canvas used to make the tents cost 120
 22 
per m2, then find the amount shared by each school to set up the tents. take,  
 7 

SECTION - E 1×4=4

19. Alok and his family went for a vacation to Jaipur. There they had a stay in tent for a night.
Alok found that the tent in which they stayed is in the form of a cone surmounted on a
cylinder. The total height of the tent is 42 m, diameter of the base is 42 m and height of the
cylinder is 22 m.
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Based on the above information, answer the following questions :

i) How much canvas is needed to make the tent? 1

ii) If each person needs 126 m2 of floor, then how many person can be accommodated
in the tent? 1

iii) Find the number of persons that can be accommodated in tent, if each person needs
1892 m3 of space. 2

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CHAPTERWISE QUESTION
SURFACE AREA AND VOLUMES
CLASS X SET - B Time : 1 1/2 hrs.
Mark : 40
SECTION - A OBJECTIVE TYPE 10 × 1 = 10
1. A cone and a sphere have the same radius and volume. Find the ratio of the radius of the
cone to its height.
a) 1 : 2 b) 1: 4 c) 2 : 1 d) 4 : 1
2. A toy company manufactures hollow foam bullets with plastic tops for their toy guns, the
dimensions of which are shown in the figure below.

What is the volume of the foam used to make a

set of 10 bullets?

a) 80  cm3

b) 160  cm3

c) 180  cm3

d) 240  cm3

3. Ajit makes a hemispherical clay pot with inner radius 12 cm and 3 cm uniform thickness.
Find the volume of clay used to make the pot.

a) 243 cm3 b) 1098  cm3 c) 1152  cm3 d) 2250  cm3

4. 6 spherical glitter balls with diameter 1 cm are present in a cylindrical candle made with
transparent wax as shown in the figure below.

Find the volume of wax used to make the candle.

a) 70  cm3
b) 71 cm3
c) 72  cm3
d) 73 cm3

5. Find the radius of the solid cylinder with height equal to its radius and total surface area of
144  cm2 .

a) 12 cm b) 6 cm c) 10 cm d) 15 cm
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6. How many bags of grain can be stored in a cubic granary 12 m × 6 m × 5 m, if each bag
occupies a space of 0.48 m3?

a) 650 b) 750 c) 450 d) 550

7. The radius of a sphere is r cm. The sphere is divided into two equal parts. The whole
surface area of two parts will be :

a) 8  r 2 b) 6 r 2 c) 4 r 2 d) 3 r 2

8. From a solid circular cylinder with height 10 cm and radius of the base 6 cm, a right
circular cone of the same base and same height is removed, then the volume of the
remaining solid is

a) 280  cm3 b) 330  cm3 c) 240  cm3 d) 440  cm3

9. If h, C and V respectively are the height, curved surface area and volume of a cone then
find 3 Vh3  c 2 h2  9V 2  ............

a) 1 b) 0 c) –1 d) 2

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement

of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as :

a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A)

b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A)

c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.

d) Both assertions and reason are false

10. Assertion (A) : The lateral surface area of a right cone is 62.82 cm 2, if the radius is 4
cm and the slant height is 5 cm.

Reason (R) : Lateral surface area of cone =  rl

SECTION - B 2×2=4
rcm
11. The volume of the solid shown below is 198 cm3.
rcm

2rcm

Find the radius of the solid.

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 OR

A wooden paper weight is made such that the top is a hemisphere and the bottom is a
cube where the diameter of the hemisphere is equal to the side of the cube. The entire
surface area of the paper weight is to be polished.

If the side of the cube is 4 cm, find the surface area of the paperweight that is to be
polished?

12. An hour glass is made using identical double glass cones of diameter 10 cm each. If total
height is 24 cm, then find the surface area of the glass used in making it.

SECTION - C 3 × 4 = 12

13. A trophy awarded to the best student in the class is in the

form of a solid cylinder mounted on a solid hemisphere with
the same radius and is made from some metal. This trophy
is mounted on a wooden cuboid as shown in the figure. The
diameter of the hemisphere is 21 cm and the total height of
the trophy is 24.5 cm. Find the weight of the metal used in
making the trophy, if the weight of 1 cm3 of the metal is 1.2 g.
 22 
take,   7 

14. A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block such that
the diameter 4 units of the hemisphere is equal to the edge of the cube. Determine the
surface area of the remaining solid.

OR

A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from one face of a cubical
wooden block. If each edge of cube is 10 cm and diameter of base of hemisphere is 7 cm,
then find the volume of wooden article.

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15. A theatre offers 2 popcorn sizes - regular and family size as shown in the figure below:

Yamir and his friends have the choice of buying either 5 regular portions or 1 family size
portion, both priced the same.
Which option should they choose to get the most popcorn?
16. Deepika takes a solid cylinder and attaches it to a solid cone to make the figure of a tree
as shown in the figure below.

She wants the conical part including its base to be painted green and the cylindrical part
including its base to be painted brown to resemble a tree.
i) Find the area to be painted green.
ii) Find the area to be painted brown.

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(Note : Round the answers to 2 decimal places. Take  as )
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SECTION - D 2 × 5 = 10
17. A toy company designs a soft toy of a cube-shaped regular die. The numbers on the side
of the die are represented by the number of hemispherical indents on each side, that is, a
total of 21 hemispherical indents. The radius of each hemispherical indent is 4 cm and the

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 edge of the toy is 30 cm long. The toy is to be covered with a cloth costing 0.01 per cm2
and is to be stuffed with cotton costing 0.02 per cm 3.
i) How much cloth is required to make the soft toy?
ii) What is the volume of cotton required to stuff the toy?
iii) What is the cost of the cloth and cotton requires to make one toy?
18. A solid is in the form of cone mounted on a hemisphere in such a way that the centre of
the base of the cone just coincide with the centre of the base of the hemisphere. Slant
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height of the cone is l and radius of the base of the cone is r , where r is the radius of the
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hemisphere. Prove that the total surface area of the solid is 1 lr  2l  r sq. unit.
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OR
Neetu runs an industry in a shed which is in the shape of a cuboid surmounted by a half
cylinder see in the figure. If the base of the shade is of dimension 7m × 15m and height of
the cuboidal portion is 8 m. Find the volume of air that the shed can hold. Further suppose
the machinery in the shed occupies a total space of 400 m 3 and there are 15 workers,
each of whom occupy about 0.08 m3 space on average. Then how much air in the shed?
 22 
take,   7 

SECTION - E 1×4=4
19. An antique box and its dimensions excluding the stand is given.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions :

i) What is the volume of the jewellery box? 1

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ii) How much brass will be needed to plate the curved surface of the dome as shown in
figure? 2
iii) How many sheets of dimensions 14 cm × 30 cm × 2 cm can be placed in the box?
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