Birla Public School, Doha, Qatar

Worksheet – Surface Areas and Volumes

Class: IX

MCQ type questions.

1. The radius of two cones are in the ratio 2 : 3 and their heights are in the ratio of 5 : 3. Then the
ratio of their volumes are :

(a)20:27 (b) 10:27 (c)10:17 (d) 20:29

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2. The radius of a sphere is , then its volume will be:
3
16𝜋𝑟 2 16𝜋𝑟 3 32𝜋𝑟 3 32𝜋𝑟 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
81 9 81 27

3. The radius of a sphere having volume of 4851 cm3 is:

(a)9cm (b) 10.5cm (c) 11cm (d) 11.3cm

4. If the surface area of a sphere is 169𝜋 dm2, then find the radius of the sphere is:

13 11
(a)13dm (b) dm (c) 12dm (d) dm
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5. If we doubled the radius of the cone and half of the height, then what will be the ratio of
volume in both condition?

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

6. How many balls of radius 2 cm can be made from a solid sphere of lead of radius 8cm?

(a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 66

7. A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal to
1cm and the height of the cone is equal to its radius. The volume of the solid is:
(a) 𝜋 cm3 (b) 4 𝜋 cm3 (b) 2 𝜋 cm3 (b) 3 𝜋 cm3

8. Assertion: The radius of a cylinder is doubled and its height remaining same. Then its volume
will be increased four times.

Reason (R): Volume of the cylinder is πr2h where, r = radius of base and h = height of the
cylinder.
a) both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for Assertion.
b) both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for Assertion.
c) Assertion is correct but reason is false.
d) both Assertions and reason are false.
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9. Assertion: The surface area of a sphere is 2464. Then its volume is 11498 cm3.
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Reason: The volume of a sphere of radius is πr3, and total surface area is 4πr2.
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a) both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for Assertion.
b) both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for Assertion.
c) Assertion is correct but reason is false.
d) both Assertions and reason are false.

10. Assertion: The radius of hemispherical balloon increase from 6 cm to 12 cm as air is being
pumped into it the ratio of the surface areas of balloon in two cases is 1:4.
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Reason: The volume of a hemi-sphere is πr3.
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a) both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for Assertion.
b) both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for Assertion.
c) Assertion is correct but reason is false.
d) both Assertions and reason are false.

Short Answer type Questions

11. The diameter of the mars is approximately one-eighth of the diameter of the earth. Find the
ratio of their surface areas.

12. The radius and slant height of a cone are in the ratio 4 : 7. If its curved surface area is 792
22
cm2, find its radius. (Use π = ]
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13. The surface areas of two spheres are in the ratio of 4 : 25. Find the ratio of their volumes.

14. The volume of a solid right circular cone is 11088 cm3. If its height is 24 cm, then find the
radius of the cone.

15. If the circumference of a conical wooden piece is 484 cm then find its volume when its height
is 105 cm.

Long Answer Type Questions

16. The volume of a solid hemisphere is 29106 cm3. Another hemisphere whose volume is two-third
of the above is carved out. Find the radius of the new hemisphere.

17. A right-angled triangle whose sides are 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm is revolved about the sides
containing the right angle in two ways. Find the difference in volumes of the two solids so formed.
 18. A hollow spherical shell is made of a metal of density 4.5g per cm3. If its internal and external
radii are 8cm and 9cm respectively, find the weight of the shell.
[Hint: Mass or weight = Volume x Density]

19. The internal and external diameters of a hollow hemispherical vessel are 20 cm and 28 cm
respectively. Find the cost of painting the vessel all over at 35 paise per cm 2.

20. A hemispherical dome of a building needs to be painted. If the circumference of the base of
the dome is 17.6 m, find the cost of painting it, given the cost of painting is ₹ 5 per 100 cm2.

21. A conical container is fully filled with petrol. The radius is 10m and the height is 15 m. If the
container can release the petrol through its bottom at the rate of 25 cu. meter per minute, in how
many minutes the container will be emptied. Round off your answer to the nearest minute.

22. The diameter of a sphere is decreased by 25%. By what percent does it surface area decrease?

Case Study questions

23. Vinod and Basant have an adventure tourism business in Rishikesh. They have a resort in
Rishikesh but now they are planning to build some tent houses too. The newly built tent house
will have all the basic amenities and it will attract the young tourists coming for adventure. Their
conical tent is 9 m high and the radius of its base is 12 m.

Bases on the information, answer the following questions. Use [𝜋 = 3.14]

(i) What is the cost of the canvas required to make it, if 1 m2 canvas costs ₹ 10?
(ii) How many persons can be accommodated in the tent, if each person requires 2 m2 on the
ground?
(iii) How many persons can be accommodated in the tent, if each person requires 15 m3 of
space to breathe in?
OR
If 100 persons can be accommodated in the tent and each person requires 20 m3 of space
to breathe in, then how much space is left in the tent?
24. The front compound wall of a house is decorated by wooden spheres of diameter 21 cm, placed
on small supports as shown in figure. 25 such spheres are used for this purpose and are to be
painted silver. Each support is a cylinder and is to be painted black.

i) What will be the total surface area (in m2) of the spheres all around the wall?

ii) Find the cost of orange paint required if this paint costs 20 paise per cm2.

iii) How much orange paint in liters is required for painting the supports if the paint required is

3 ml per cm2?

OR

What will be the volume (in m3) of total spheres all around the wall?
 Answers:
1) (a)20:27
𝟑𝟐𝝅𝒓𝟑
2) (c)
𝟖𝟏
3) (b) 10.5cm
𝟏𝟑
4) (b) dm
𝟐
5) (d) 1 : 2
6) (a) 64
7) (a) 𝝅 cm3
8) (a) both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for Assertion

9) (a) both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for Assertion .
10) (b) both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for Assertion.
11) 1:64
12) Radius = 12cm
13) 8:125
14) 21cm
15) 652190cm3 or 0.65219 m3
16) 21cm
17) 110.57cm3
18) 4092g or 4.092kg
19) ₹756.80
20) ₹24640
21) 62.68 ≈63 minutes
22) 43.75%
23) (i)Rs 5652 (ii) 226 (iii) 90 OR 260.8 m3

24) (i) 13.86 m2 (ii) ₹ 27720 (iii) ₹ 880 OR 0.121275 m3

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