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1. The length of the longest pole that can be placed 8. The surface area of a sphere is 616 sq cm, what
in a room 12m long and 9m wide and 8m high is: is its volume?
(a) 12m (b) 14m (a) 4312/3 cu cm (b) 4102/3 cu cm
(c) 17m (d) 21m (c) 1257 cu cm (d) 1023 cu cm
2. The total surface area of a cube is 150sqcm. 9. What is the number of wax balls, each of radius
What is its volume? 1 cm, that can be moulded out of a sphere of
(a) 64 cu cm (b) 81 cu cm radius 8 cm?
(c) 125 cu cm (d) 160 cu cm (a) 256 (b) 512
3. The ratio of radii of two right circular cylinders (c) 768 (d) 1024
is 2:3 and their heights are in the ratio 5:4. The 10. The radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 2:3
ratio of their curved surface area is: and their curved surface areas are in the ratio
(a) 5:6 (b) 3:4 5:3. What is the ratio of their volumes?
(c) 4:5 (d) 2:3 (a) 20:27 (b) 10:9
4. The heights of a cone, cylinder and hemisphere (c) 9:10 (d) 27:20
are equal. If their radii are in the ratio 2:3:1, then 11. If the diameter of a sphere is doubled, how does
the ratio of their volumes is: its surface area change?
(a) 2:9:2 (b) 4:9:1 (a) It increases two times
(c) 4:27:2 (d) 2:3:1 (b) It increases three times
5. The following blocks are of the same material. (c) It increases four times
Which is the heaviest one? (d) It increases eight times
12. A sphere is inscribed in a cubical box such that
the sphere is tangent to all six faces of the box.
What is the ratio of the volume of the cubical
box to the volume of sphere?
(a) 26π (b) 36π
(c) 4π/3 (d) 6π
13. What is the maximum length of rod that can be
placed inside a box having the shape of a cuboids
of length 30cm, breadth 24cm and height 18cm?
(a) 30cm (b) _____
(c) 24cm (d) _____
14. The ratio of volumes of two cones is 4:5 and the
ratio of the radii of their bases is 2:3. What is
the ratio of their vertical heights?
(a) A (b) B (a) 5:6 (b) 6:5
(c) C (d) All (c) 9:5 (d) 5:9
6. A rectangular water tank measures 15mx6m at 15. A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on
top and is 10m deep. It is full of water. If water equal bases and have the same height. The ratio
is drawn out lowering the level by 1 meter, how of their respective volumes is:
much of water has been drawn out? (a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 2 : 1 : 3
(a) 90,000 litres (b) 45,000 litres (c) 1 : 3 : 2 (d) 3 : 1 : 2
(c) 4,500 litres (d) 900 litres 16. The height of a cylinder and that of a cone are
7. If the volume of a cube is 729 cu cm, what is in the ratio 2:3 and the radii of their bases in the
the length of its diagonal? ratio 3:4. The ratio of their volume will be:
(a) _____ (b) ____ (a) 1 : 9 (b) 2 : 9
(c) ____ (d) ____ (c) 9 : 8 (d) 3 : 8
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17. The length (in metres) of longest rod that can of Rs. 25 per sq m?
be put in a room of dimensions 10mx10mx5m is: (a) Rs. 4000 (b) Rs. 4200
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) Rs. 4400 (d) Rs. 5400
(c) 10 (d) 5 26. The surface are of a sphere is616 sq cm. If its
18. A village having a population of 4000 requires radius is changed so that the area gets reduce
150 litres of water per head per day. It has a by 75% then the radius becomes?
tank measuring 20mx15mx6m. The water of this (a) 1.6 cm (b) 2.3 cm
tank will last for: (c) 2.5 cm (d) 3.5 cm
(a) 2 days (b) 3 days 27. The material of a solid cone is converted into
(c) 4 days (d) 5 days the shape of a solid cylinder of equal radius. If
19. The volume of a solid hemisphere is 1940cm. the height of the cylinder is 5cm, what is the
Its total surface area is: height o the cone?
(a) 4158cm2 (b) 2858cm2 (a) 15 cm (b) 20 cm
(c) 1738cm 2
(d) 2038cm2 (c) 25 cm (d) 30 cm
20. The volume of a rights circular cone is 1232 cm2 28. If S is the total surface area of a cube and V is
and its vertical height is 24cm. Its curved surface its volume, then which one of the following is
area is: correct?
(a) 154 cm2 (b) 550 cm2 (a) V3 = 206 S2 (b) S3 = 216 V2
(c) 604 cm2 (d) 704 cm2 (c) S3 = 6 V2 (d) V3 = 36 S2
21. Base of a right prism is an equilateral triangle of 29. The volume of a sphere is 8 times that of another
side 6cm. If the volume of the prism is 1083cm, sphere. What is the ratio of their surface area?
its height is: (a) 8:1 (b) 4:1
(a) 9cm (b) 10cm (c) 2:1 (d) 4:3
(c) 11cm (d) 12cm 30. A solid cylinder of height 9 m has its curved
22. Water is filled in a container in such a manner surface area equal to one-third of the total
that its volume louble after every five minutes. surface. What is the radius of the base?
If it takes 30 minutes for the container to be full, (a) 9 m (b) 18m
in how much time will it be one-forth full? (c) 27 m (d) 30 m
(a) 7 minutes and 30 seconds 31. If three cubic biscuits having edges 0.3m, 0.4m
(b) 10 minutes and 0.5m respectively are melted and formed
(c) 20 minutes into a single cubic biscuit, then what is the total
(d) 25 minutes surface are of the cubic biscuit?
23. A rectangular piece of iron sheet measuring (a) 108 sq m (b) 1.56 sq m
50cm by 100cm is rolled into a cylinder of height (c) 1.84 sq m (d) 2.16 sq m
50cm. If the cost of painting the cylinder is Rs. 32. Three cubes each of side 5 cm are joined end to
50/- per square meter, then what will be the cost end. What is the surface area of the resulting
of painting the outer surface of the cylinder? cuboid?
(a) Rs. 25 (b) Rs. 37.50 (a) 300 sq cm (b) 350 sq cm
(c) Rs. 75 (d) Rs. 87.50 (c) 375 sq cm (d) 400 sq cm
24. What is the length of the uniform wire of diameter 33. The diameter of the moon is approximately one-
0.4 cm that can be drawn form a solid sphere of fourth of that of the Earth. What is the
radius 9cm? (approximate) ratio of the volume of the moon
(a) 243m (b) 240m to that of Earth?
(c) 60.75m (d) 60m (a) 1/16 (b) 1/32
25. What will be the cost of plaster the inner surface (c) 1/48 (d) 1/64
of a well 14m deep and 4m diameter at the rate 34. 27 drops of water from a big drop of water. If
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the radius of each smaller drop is 0.2 cm. then 1 1
what is the radius of the bigger drop? (a) cm (b) cm
21 18
(a) 0.4 cm (b) 0.06 cm
(c) 0.8 cm (d) 1.0 cm 1 1
(c) cm (d) cm
35. The volume of the largest cylinder formed, when 15 12
a rectangular sheet of paper of size 22 cm x 15 43. The height of a circular cylinder is increased six
cm is rolled along its larger side, is times and the base area is decreased to one-
(a) 288.75 cm3 (b) 577.50 cm3 ninth of its value. The factory by which the lateral
(c) 866.25 cm3 (d) 1155.00 cm3 surface of the cylinder increase is:
36. Three cubes of metal whose edges are 6cm, 8 1
cm and 10 cm respectively are melted and a (a) 2 (b)
2
single cube is formed. What is the length of the
edge of the newly formed cube? 2 3
(c) (d)
(a) 10 cm (b) 12 cm 3 2
(c) 16 cm (d) None of these 44. The diameters of two circular coins are in the
37. What is the number of spherical balls of 2.5 mm ratio of 1:3. The smaller coin is made to roll
diameter that can be obtained by melting a around the bigger coin till it returns to the position
semicircular disc of 8 cm diameter and 2 cm from where the process of rolling started. How
thickness? many times the smaller coin rolled around the
(a) 6144 (b) 3072 bigger coin?
(c) 1536 (d) 768 (a) 9 (b) 6
38. The total surface area of a solid hemisphere is (c) 3 (d) 1.5
108 cm2. The volume of the hemisphere is? 45. An equilateral triangular plat is to be cut into a
(a) 72 cm2 (b) 144 cm2 number of identical small equilateral triangular
plates. Which one of the following can be
(c) 108 cm2 (d) 54 cm2 possible value of n?
39. The volumes of a sphere and right circular (a) 196 (b) 216
cylinder having the same radius are equal , the (c) 256 (d) 296
ratio of the diameter of the sphere to the height 46. What is the maximum number of pieces of 5 cm
of the cylinder is: x 5 cm x 10 cm cake that can be cut from a big
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 cake of 5cm x 30 cm x 30 cm size?
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1 (a) 10 (b) 5
40. Each of the radius of the base and the height of (c) 18 (d) 30
a right circular cylinder is increased by 10% . 47. A large solid metallic cylinder whose radius and
The volume of the cylinder is increased by: height are equal to each other is to be melted
(a) 3.31% (b) 14.5% and 48 identical solid balls are to be recast fro
(c) 33.1% (d) 19.5% the liquid metal so formed. What is the ratio of
41. Each of the height and radius of the base of a the radius of a ball to the radius of the cylinder?
right circular cone is increased by 100%. The (a) 1:16 (b) 1:12
volume of the cone will be increased by: (c) 1:8 (d) 1:4
(a) 700% (b) 500% 48. 10 cylindrical pillars of a building have to be
(c) 300% (d) 100% painted. The diameter of each pillar is 70cm and
42. An iron rod of 1 cm diameter and 8 c length is the height is 4cm. What is the cost of painting at
drawn into a wire of 18 m length with uniform the rate of Rs. 5 per sq metre?
thickenss. The thickness of the wire would be: (a) Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 440
(c) Rs. 480 (d) Rs. 500
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49. A cylindrical tank 7m in diameter, contains water them their surface areas are in the ratio:
to depth of 4 m. What is the total area of wetted (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4
surface? (c) 1 : 8 (d) 1 : 16
(a) 110.5 sq m (b) 126.5 sq m 58. The radius of the base of a right curricular
(c) 131.5 sq m (d) 136.5 sq m cylinder is 3.5 cm and its height is 7.5 cm. The
50. The outer and inner diameters of a circular pipe ratio of the total surface area of the cylinder to
are 6cm and 4 cm respectively. If its length is its curved surface area is:
10 cm, then what is the total surface area in sq (a) 22 : 5 (b) 22.15
cm? (c) 22 : 7 (d) 22 : 17
(a) 35 (b) 100 59. A copper wire of length 36m m and diameter
(c) 150 (d) None of these 2mm is melted to form a sphere. The radius of
51. A cylindrical rod of iron whose radius is one the sphere(in cm) is:
fourth of its height is melted and cast into (a) 2.5 (b) 3
spherical balls of the same radius as that of the (c) 3.5 (d) 4
cylinder. What is the number of spherical balls? 60. The surface area of spherical dome-shaped roof
(a) 2 (b) 3 of a cylindrical water tank shown in the figure
(c) 4 (d) 5 is:
52. 2.5 m and 1.5 m respectively is half full of water.
If 750 L more water is poured into the tank, what
is the height through which water level further
goes up?
(a) 20 cm (b) 18 cm
(c) 15 cm (d) 200 cm
53. A bucket which is in the form of a frustum of a (a) 60 m2 (b) 109 m2
cone, has radii 3 and unit vertical height 6 unit. (c) 120 m 2
(d) 300 m2
How much water can the bucket hold? 61. Two cm of rain has fallen on a square km of
(a) 33 cu unit (b) 98 cu unit land. Assuming that 50% of the raindrops could
(c) 48 cu unit (d) None of these have been collected an contained in a pool
54. A cylindrical rod of length h is melted and cast having a 100 m x 10 m base, by what level would
into a cone of base radius twice that of the the water level in the pool have increase?
cylinder. What is the height of the cone? (a) 1 km (b) 10 m
(a) 3h/4 (b) 4h/3 (c) 10 cm (d) 1 m
(c) 2h (d) h/2 62. If a solid cone of volume 27cm2 is kept inside
55. Two solid spheres of gold having diameters 3 a hollow cylinder whose radius and height are
cm and 4 cm are molten and then cast into one that of the cone, then the volume of water
big sphere of gold. If the radius of this sphere is needed to till the empty space is:
x, then what is the value of x3? (a) 3 cm3 (b) 18 cm3
(a) 125 cu cm (b) 15.625 cu cm (c) 54 cm 3
(d) 81 cm3
(c) 91 cu 3
(d) 9.87 cu cm 63. Consider the volumes of the following:
56. A was cube of edge 6 cm is melted and formed 1. A parallelepiped of length 5cm, breadth 3cm
into three smaller cubes. If the edges of two and height 4cm.
smaller cubes are 3 can and 4 cm, what is the 2. A cube of each side 4cm.
edge of the third smaller cube? 3. A cylinder of radius 3cm and length 3cm.
(a) 5 cm (b) 4.5 cm 4. A sphere of radius 3cm.
(c) 4 cm (d) 3.5 cm The volumes of these in the decreasing order is:
57. If the radii of two spheres are in the ratio 1:4, (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 4, 2, 3, 1
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(c) 1, 2, 3, 4 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1 71. A swimming pool is 24m long and 15m board.
64. What are the dimensions (length, breadth and When x number of men dive into the pool the
height reslpectively) of a cuboid with volume 720 height of the water rises by. 1 cm. If the average
cu cm. surface area484 sq cm and the area of amount of water displaced by one man is 0.1
the base 72 sq cm? m3, then what is the value of x?
(a) 9, 8 and 10 cm (b) 12, 6 and 10 cm (a) 36 (b) 72
(c) 18, 4 and 10 cm (d) 30m 2 and 12cm (c) 108 (d) 360
65. A hemisphere is made of a sheet of a metal 1cm 72. Water is distributed to a town of 50000 inhabitants
thick. If the outer radius 5cm. What is the weight form a rectangular reservoir consisting of 3 euqal
of the hemisphere (1cm3 of the meta weights 9g). compartment. Each compartment has length and
(a) 54 g (b) 54 g breath 200m, 100m respectively and 12 m depth
(c) 122 g (d) 108 g 20 L per head per day. For how many days will
66. The inner and outer radii of a 7 m height hollow the supply of water hold out?
iron right circular cylindrical pipe are 2cm and (a) 240 days (b) 720 days
4cm respectively. If 1000cm2 of iron weights (c) 800 days (d) 900 days
5kg. what is the weight of the pipe? 73. A solid metallie sphere of radius 8cm is melted
(a) 264kg (b) 132kg to form 64 equal small solid spheres. The ratio
(c) 396kg (d) None of these of the surface area of this sphere to that of a
67. How many litters of water flow out of a pipe small sphere is:
having an area of cross-section of 5cm2 in one (a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 16
minute, if the speed of water in the pipe is 30cm/ (c) 16 : 1 (d) 1 : 4
second? 74. The volume of the metal of a cylindrical pipe is748
(a) 90 Litre (b) 15 Litre cm3. The length of the pipe is 14 cm and its
(c) 9 Litre (d) 1.5 Litre external radius is 9cm. Its thickness is (Take =) :
68. A solid cone of height 8cm and base radius 6cm (a) 1cm (b) 5.2cm
is melted and recast into identical cones, each (c) 2.3cm (d) 3.7cm
of height 2cm and redius 1cm. What is the 75. If the area of the base of a cone is 770 cm2 and
number of cones formed? the area of the curved surface is 814cm2, then it
(a) 36 (b) 72 volume (in cm3) is:
(c) 144 (d) 180 (a) 213 (b) 392
69. The radius and height of a right circular cone (c) 550 (d) 616 5
are in the ratio 3:4 and its volume is 96cm3 . What 76. The number of coins, each of radius 0.75cm and
is its lateral surface area? thickness 0.2cm, to be melted to make a right
(a) 24 cm3 (b) 36 cm3 circular cylinder of height 8cm and radius 3cm is:
1 (a) 640 (b) 600
(c) 48 cm3 (d) 60 cm2
3 (c) 500 (d) 480
70. If the diameter of a wire is decreased by 10% 77. A cylindrical overhead tank of radius 2m and
by how much percent (approximately) will the height 7m is to be filled from an underground
length be increased to keep the volume constant? tank of size 5.5m x 4m x 6m. How much portion
(a) 5% (b) 17% of the underground tank is still filled with water
(c) 20% (d) 23% after filling the overhead tank completely?
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/2
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/6
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ANSWER
1. C 21. D 41. A 61. D
2. C 22. C 42. C 62. C
3. A 23. A 43. C 63. D
4. C 24. A 44. C 64. A
5. B 25. C 45. B 65. B
6. A 26. D 46. C 66. B
7. B 27. A 47. D 67. C
8. A 28. B 48. B 68. C
9. B 29. B 49. B 69. D
10. B 30. B 50. B 70. D
11. C 31. D 51. B 71. A
12. D 32. B 52. A 72. B
13. B 33. D 53. B 73. C
14. C 34. B 54. A 74. A
15. A 35. B 55. C 75. D
16. C 36. B 56. A 76. A
17. B 37. D 57. D 77. A
18. B 38. B 58. B
19. A 39. A 59. B
20. B 40. C 60. C
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