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1. The perimeter of one of the faces of a cube is 12 cm. What is its volume ?
1) 25 cc 2) 27 cc 3) 36 cc 4) 48 cc
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2. The ratio of the surface areas of two cubes are in the ratio . What is the ratio of
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their volume.
1) 3 : 4 2) 27 : 64 3) 81 : 192 4) 243 : 576
3. How many cubes of 5 cm edge can be placed in a cubical box 1 m edge ?
1) 4000 2) 5000 3) 8000 4) 9000
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4. The cost of painting the surface area of a cube @ 17 ps per cm is Rs. 123.42.
What is its volume ?
3 3 3 3
1) 729 cm 2) 1000 cm 3) 1331 cm 4) 1728 cm
5. A cube of edge 4 cm is cut into cubes each 1 cm. The ratio of the total surface
area of one small cube to that of the large cube is equal to
1) 1 : 4 2) 1 : 9 3) 1 : 16 4) 1 : 25
6. A cuboidal block of 16 cm x 48 cm x 72 cm is cut up into number of equal cubes.
The least possible number of cubes will be
1) 72 2) 96 3) 100 4) 108
7. If each edge of a cube is halved its volume will be reduced to
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
8 4 2 3
8. Three cubes with sides in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 are melted to form a single cube,
whose diagonal is 3 3 cm. What are the sides of the three smaller cube ?
1) 1, 2 & 2.5 cm 2) 1.5, 2, 2.5 cm 3) 2, 3, 4 cm 4) 3, 5, 8 cm
9. If the side of a cube is increased by 10%. By what percent will its volume be
increased.
1) 33.1% 2) 30% 3) 25% 4) 35%
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10. The surface area of a rectangular parallel piped is 208 cm . Its sides are in the
ratio 4 : 3 : 2. What is its volume ?
2 3 3 3
1) 64 cm 2) 128 cm 3) 160 cm 4) 192 cm
11. What is the length of the longest rod that can be placed in a room 30 mt long 20
mt broad & 15 mt high
1) 30 mt 2) 34 mt 3) 37 mt 4) 39 mt
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12. If the areas of the adjacent faces of a cuboidal box are 270 cm , 162 cm & 135
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cm respectively. Find the volume of the box
3 3 3
1) 2370 cm 2) 2400 cm 3) 2430 cm 4) 2460
13. The height of a wall is five times its width, the length of the wall is four times its
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height. The volume of the wall is 800 ft . What is width of the wall ?
1) 1 ft 2) 1.5 ft 3) 2 ft 4) 2.5 ft
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14. The dimensions of an box are 40 cm x 30 cm x 22 cm. The thickness of the
material of the box is 2 cm & its unit weight is 0.5 gm/cc. What is the weight of
the box
1) 1.92 kg 2) 3.84 kg 3) 7.68 kg 4) 9.6 kg
15. A wooden plank 3.6 cm x 2 cm is floating on a lake. It sinks by 1 cm when a person
gets on to it. What is his weight ?
1) 60 kg 2) 66 kg 3) 72 kg 4) 78 kg
16. If 20 people take a bath in a water tank 20 m 10 m in size, & if on an average
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the displacement of water by each person is 4 m , what is the rise in water level
of the tank ?
1) 15 cm 2) 25 cm 3) 30 cm 4) 40 cm
17. A hall is 20 m 10 m. The sum of the areas of the floor & ceiling of the hall
equals the sum of the areas of the four walls. What is the volume of the hall ?
3 3 3 3
1) 1300 m 2) 1333.3 m 3) 1380 m 4) 1425.67 m
18. How many bricks measuring 25 cm 12.5 cm 7.5 cm are needed to construct a
wall 8 m 5 m 22.5 cm is 5% of the volume of the wall is occupied by mortar ?
1) 3444 2) 3532 3) 3648 4) 3812
19. A rectangular block 4 cm 8 cm 20 cm is cut into a number of equal cubes.
Find the least possible no.of cubes
1) 8 2) 10 3) 14 4) 20
20. Two cylinders with the ratio of their radii 3 : 2 & ratio of their heights 3 : 4 have
their ratio of the capacities as
1) 15 : 16 2) 3 : 2 3) 27 : 16 4) 15 : 8
21. Two right circular cylinder with equal volume have their heights in the ratio of
h1 : h2 = 1 : 3. What is the ratio of their radii ?
1) 2 :1 2) 3 :1 3) 2 : 1 4) 3 : 1
22. The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 352 m2 & its volume is 1232 m3.
What is the ratio of height to diameter ?
1) 8 : 11 2) 8 : 13 3) 4 : 7 4) 2 : 5
23. A cylindrical tube open at bottom ends is made of metal. It’s internal dia is 14 cm
& length is 30 cm. Thickness of the material is 2 mm. What is the volume of the
metal ?
1) 264.82 cm3 2) 265.75 cm3 3) 266.66 cm3 4) 267.77cm3
24. A circular cylinder, height 30 cm can hold 4620 cm3 of liquid it’s outer dia is 14.4
cm. What is the thickness of the material of the cylinder
1) 0.5 mm 2) 1 mm 3) 2 mm 4) 3 mm
25. The no.of coins of radius 0.8 cm & thickness 0.2 cm to be melted to make a right
circular cylinder of height 12 cm & radius 4 cm is
1) 1750 2) 2000 3) 2025 4) 2050
26. A closed metallic cylindrical box is 2 m height & 70 cm in radius sheet metal
costs Rs. 100 per m2. What is the cost of the material used in the box ?
1) Rs. 1120 2) Rs. 1175 3) Rs. 1188 4) Rs. 1190
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27. A well 7 m India, 10 m deep is dug. The earth taken out is spread evenly around
it’s perimeter to a width of 3.5 m a round it’s circumference to form an
embankment. What is the height of embankment ?
1) 3 m 2) 3.33 m 3) 3.75 m 4) 4.33 m
28. 2 water container’s 3.5m height, one with a square cross section 2 m 2m
another a circular cross section 2 m dia contains water. What is the ratio of the
capacities ?
1) 7 : 11 2) 9 : 11 3) 2 : 11 4) 14 : 11
29. The circumference of the base of a cylinder is 110 cm. Its C.S.A is 3300 cm2. What
is the volume of milk it contains in liters ?
1) 25.7521 2) 26.701 3) 27.651 4) 28.8751
30. The radius of a wire is decreased to one fourth of its original value. The new
length should be how many times the old length if the volume has to be the same
?
1) 4 2) 9 3) 16 4) 64
31. The slant height of a right circular cone is 13 m, its height is 12 m. What is the
area of the curved surface of the cone ?
1) 60 m2 2) 65 m2 3) 72 m2 4) 80 m2
32. A cone with base radius 7 cm & height 9 cm is melted to form a cylindrical radius
r, height 12 cm. What is the value of r ?
1) 2 cm 2) 3 cm 3) 3.5 cm 4) 4 cm
33. The slant height of a conical hillock is 1.3 km. The area of it base is 0.25 km2.
What is the height of the hillock ?
1) 0.5 km 2) 1.2 km 3) 1.3 km 1.69 km
34. If the height of a right circular cone is increased by 50% & radius of the base is
reduced by 50% the volume of the cone is
1) Increased by 25% 2) Increased by 50%
3) Decreased by 60% 4) Decreased by 62.5%
35. A right triangle sides 5, 12, 13 is rotated about the side 5 cm to form a cone. What
is the volume of the cone formed ?
1) 16 cm3 2) 80 cm3 3) 160 cm3 4) 240 cm3
36. A cone 7 cm high, 3.5 cm in base radius is carved from a wooden block of dimensions
7 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm. How much percentage of wood is wasted ?
1) 18.658% 2) 19.792% 3) 20.325% 4) 21.265%
37. If the radius & height of a cone are both increased by 10% its volume will increase
by
1) 32.7% 2) 33.1% 3) 35.2% 4) 38%
38. What length of canvas 1 m wide is required to erect a conical tent of height 8 m &
floor area of 113.14 m2
1) 159.32 m 2) 165.94 m 3) 170.83 m 4) 188.57 m
39. Two cones have their base radii in the ratio 2 : 1 & their heights in the ratio 1 : 2.
What is the ratio of their volumes ?
1) 1 : 2 2) 1 : 1 3) 2 : 1 4) 4 : 1
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40. Find the volume & SA of a sphere radius 3 cm
1) 22 , 18 2) 36 ,36 3) 42 , 45 4) 48 , 48
41. Three metallic spheres radii 3cm, 4cm, 5cm are melted to form a single sphere.
1) 6 cm 2) 8 cm 3) 10 cm 4) 12 cm
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42. The surface areas of two spheres are in the ratio . What is the ratio of their
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volumes ?
1) 36 : 125 2) 144 : 125 3) 172 : 125 4) 216 : 125
43. Six spheres of equal size made from melting a solid cylinder of 32 cm height & 8
cm dia. What is the dia of each sphere ?
1) 2 cm 2) 4 cm 3) 8 cm 4) 16 cm
44. A solid block of iron 8.4 cm x 7.7 cm x 4.8 cm is moulded into a sphere. What is the
radius of sphere ?
1) 2.1 cm 2) 4.2 cm 3) 8.4 cm 4) 16.8 cm
45. The dia of a sphere is 10 cm. It is melted & drawn into a wire of dia 10 mm. What
is the length of the wire ?
1) 5.25 cm 2) 6.66 cm 3) 7.14 cm 4) 8.03 cm
46. A metallic cone radius 10 cm, height 20 cm is melted & made into spheres radius
5 cm each. How many spheres can be made ?
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 12
47. The surface of a sphere is the same as the curved surface area of a right circular
cylinder with heights 6 cm and radius 3 cm. What is the radius of the sphere.
1) 1.5 cm 2) 3 cm 3) 4.5 cm 4) 6 cm
48. A cylindrical container is of 10 cm radius of 20 cm height. A spherical metal ball
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is immersed in the container & the level of water increased by cm. What is the
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radius of the ball
1) 2.5 cm 2) 5 cm 3) 7.5 cm 4) 10 cm
49. What is the number of spherical bullets that can be made out of a lead cylinder
10 cm in height, base radius 2 cm, each bullet having a radius of 2.5 mm
1) 1680 2) 1920 3) 2000 4) 2400
50. The ratio of the volume of a cube to that of a sphere that just fill in the cube is
1) 3 : 2) 6 : 3) 8 : 4) 10 :
KEY
1.1 2.2 3.3 4.3 5.3 6.4 7.1 8.2 9.1 10.4
11.4 12.3 13.3 14.2 15.3 16.4 17.2 18.3 19.2 20.3
21.2 22.3 23.4 24.3 25.2 26.3 27.2 28.4 29.4 30.3
31.2 32.3 33.2 34.4 35.4 36.2 37.2 38.4 39.3 40.2
41.4 42.4 43.3 44.2 45.2 46.1 47.2 48.2 49.2 50.2
