Mensuration
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Area and volume of Cylinder, Cone and Sphere
SubtopicArea and volume of Cylinder, Cone and Sphere under Mensuration for Grade 10 ICSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
A right circular cylinder has a base radius of and a height of as shown in the figure. Calculate the volume of the cylinder. (Take )
A.B.C.D. - 2.
If the surface area of a sphere is , find its radius. (Take )
A.B.C.D. - 3.
A cone of height has a plane base of radius . Find its curved surface area. (Take )
A.B.C.D. - 4.
The volume of a cylinder is and its height is . Find its radius.
A.B.C.D. - 5.
Find the area of the metal sheet required to make a closed hollow cylinder of height and base diameter . (Take )
A.B.C.D. - 6.
The ratio of the radii of two cones is and the ratio of their heights is . Find the ratio of their volumes.
A.B.C.D. - 7.
A lead sphere of radius is melted and recast into small bullets of radius each. How many bullets can be made?
A.16
B.32
C.64
D.128
- 8.
The sum of the radius of the base and the height of a solid cylinder is m. If the total surface area of the solid cylinder is m, find the volume of the cylinder. (Take )
A.m
B.m
C.m
D.m
- 9.
A hemispherical tank full of water is emptied by a pipe at the rate of litres per second. How much time will it take to empty half the tank, if it is m in diameter? (Take )
A.mins
B.mins
C.mins
D.mins
- 10.
A cylindrical container of radius cm and height cm is filled with ice-cream. The whole ice-cream is to be distributed to children in equal cones with hemispherical tops. If the height of the conical portion is times the radius of its base, find the radius of the ice-cream cone.
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
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Conversion of solids from one shape to another
SubtopicConversion of solids from one shape to another under Mensuration for Grade 10 ICSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
A solid piece of iron in the form of a cuboid of dimensions cm cm cm is melted to form a solid sphere. Find the radius of the sphere.
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
- 2.
A solid metallic sphere of radius cm is melted and recast into small solid cones of radius cm and height cm. How many cones are formed?
A.B.C.D. - 3.
If a sphere of radius is melted and cast into the shape of a right circular cylinder of radius , then the height of the cylinder is:
A.B.C.D. - 4.
The radius of a sphere is cm. It is melted and drawn into a wire of radius cm. Find the length of the wire.
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
- 5.
The number of coins cm in diameter and cm thick to be melted to form a right circular cylinder of height cm and diameter cm is:
A.B.C.D. - 6.
A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is cm and the radius of its top, which is open, is cm. It is filled with water up to the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of radius cm, are dropped into the vessel, one-fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped in the vessel.
A.B.C.D. - 7.
A well of diameter m is dug m deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread evenly all around it in the shape of a circular ring of width m to form an embankment. Find the height of the embankment.
A.m
B.m
C.m
D.m
- 8.
A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter from a canal into a cylindrical tank in her field, which is in diameter and deep. If water flows through the pipe at the rate of , in how much time will the tank be filled?
A.B.C.D. - 9.
A solid is in the form of a cylinder with hemispherical ends. The total height of the solid is and the diameter of the cylinder is . The solid is melted and recast into a solid cube. Find the side of the cube (use ).
A.B.C.D. - 10.
A metallic right circular cone of height and whose vertical angle is 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 diameter , find the length of the wire.
A.B.C.D.
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Combination of solids
SubtopicCombination of solids under Mensuration for Grade 10 ICSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
A solid cylinder has a total surface area of cm. Its curved surface area is one-third of its total surface area. Find the volume of the cylinder in cm.
A.B.C.D. - 2.
A hemispherical tank full of water is emptied by a pipe at the rate of litres per second. How much time will it take to empty half the tank, if it is m in diameter? (Take )
A.mins
B.mins
C.mins
D.mins
- 3.
A solid consists of a right circular cone of height cm and radius cm standing on a hemisphere of radius cm. It is placed upright in a right circular cylinder full of water such that it touches the bottom. If the radius of the cylinder is cm and its height is cm, find the volume of water left in the cylinder in m. (Approximate to 2 decimal places)
A.B.C.D. - 4.
Three metallic solid spheres of radii cm, cm and cm, respectively, are melted to form a single solid sphere. Find the radius of the resulting sphere in cm.
A.B.C.D. - 5.
An iron pillar consists of a cylindrical portion of height cm and base diameter cm, which is surmounted by another cylinder of height cm and radius cm. Find the mass of the pillar, given that cm of iron has approximately g mass. (Use )
A.kg
B.kg
C.kg
D.kg
- 6.
A wooden artifact is made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder. If the height of the cylinder is cm and its base is of radius cm, find the total surface area of the artifact. (Take )
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
- 7.
A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height of the cone is cm and the diameter of the base is cm. If a right circular cylinder circumscribes the toy, find the difference between the volumes of the cylinder and the toy. (Take )
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
- 8.
A decorative vessel is made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid right circular cylinder of height cm and base radius cm. If the vessel is to be polished on its entire visible surface (inner and outer), calculate the total surface area to be polished. (Use )
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
- 9.
A solid toy is in the form of a right circular cylinder with a hemispherical shape on one end and a cone on the other end. Their common radius is cm and the height of the cylindrical and conical portions are cm and cm respectively. Find the total volume of the solid toy. (Take )
A.cm
B.cm
C.cm
D.cm
- 10.
A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are cm by cm by cm. The radius of each of the depressions is cm and the depth is cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire stand.
A.B.C.D.
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