Ch-18 Mensuration 3D
Ch-18 Mensuration 3D
4 3
Volume = r
3
Hemi Sphere:
Cube: 2 3
Volume = r
3
Frustum:
Slant height = l h2 r 2
1 2
Total surface area of cube = Volume = r h
3 Slant height =
6a 2
l h 2 R r
2
Sphere:
Lateral Surface area of cube
= 4a 2 Total surface area of
frustum =
Volume = a 3
R r l r 2 R2
Length of diagonal = 3a Curved surface area of
frustum = R r l
Volume =
1
3
R 2 Rr r 2 h
22. If the ratio of the diameters of two right 30. A sphere and a hemisphere have the same
circular cones of equal height be 3 : 4, then volume. The ratio of their radii is
the ratio of their volume will be (1) 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 8
(3) 1 : √2 (4) 1 : ∛2
PRACTICE SHEET-2
1. A solid sphere of 6 cm diameter is melted cm and the distance between the parallel
and recast into 8 solid spheres of equal sides is 8 cm. If the volume of the prism is
volume. The radius (in cm) of each small 1056 cm3, then the height of the prism is
sphere is (1) 44 cm (2) 16.5 cm
(1) 1.5 (2) 3 (3) 12 cm (4) 10.56 cm
(3) 2 (4) 2.5
7. The height of a right prism with a square
2. The total surface area of a sphere is 8π base is 15 cm. If the area of the total surface
square unit. The volume of the sphere is of the prism is 608 sq. cm, its volume is
(1) 910 cm3 (2) 920 cm3
8 2
(1) cubic unit (3) 960 cm 3 (4) 980 cm3
3
8 8. The base of a right prism is an equilateral
(2) cubic unit triangle of side 8 cm and height of the prism
3
is 10 cm. Then the volume of the prism is
(3) 8 3 cubic unit (1) 320√3 cubic cm (2) 160√3 cubic cm
(3) 150√3 cubic cm (4) 300√3 cubic cm
8 3
(4) cubic unit
5 9. The base of right prism is a triangle whose
perimeter is 28 cm and the in radius of the
3. Area of the base of a pyramid is 57 sq.cm. triangle is 4 cm. If the volume of the prism is
and height is 10 cm, then its volume (in 366 cc, then its height is
cm3), is (1) 6 cm (2) 8 cm
(1) 570 (2) 390 (3) 4 cm (4) None of these
(3) 190 (4) 590
10. If the base of a right pyramid is triangle of
4. There is a pyramid on a base which is a sides 5 cm, 12 cm, 13 cm and its volume is
regular hexagon of side 2a cm. If every slant330 cm3, then its height (in cm) will be
5a (1) 33 (2) 32
edge of this pyramid is of length cm, (3) 11 (4) 22
2
then the volume of this pyramid is 11. The diameter of the moon is assumed to be
(1) 3a3 cm3 (2) 3√2 a3 cm3 one fourth of the diameter of the earth. Then
(3) 3√3 a3 cm3 (4) 6a3 cm3 the ratio of the volume of the earth to that of
the moon is
5. The base of a right pyramid is a square of (1) 64 : 1 (2) 1 : 64
side 40 cm long. If the volume of the (3) 60 : 7 (4) 7 : 60
pyramid is 8000 cm3, then its height is:
(1) 5 cm (2) 10 cm 12. A conical vessel whose internal radius is 12
(3) 15 cm (4) 20 cm cm and height 50 cm is full of liquid. The
contents are emptied into a cylindrical vessel
6. The base of a right prism is a trapezium. The with radius (internal) 10 cm. The height to
length of the parallel sides are 8 cm and 14
ANSWER KEY
1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (3) 9. (4) 10. (1)
11. (1) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (2) 15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (3) 19. (1) 20. (3)
21. (3) 22. (3) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (4) 26. (3) 27. (4) 28. (3) 29. (2) 30. (2)
3. The volume of the material of a 10. A solid spherical ball of iron of radius 4cm is
hemispherical shell with outer and inner melted to form spheres of radius 2cm each.
radii 9cm and 7 cm, respectively is The number of spheres, so formed is:
approximately: [CDS-2013-1]
[CDS-2013-1] (a) 8 (b) 9
(a) 808cu cm (b) 800cu cm (c) 10 (d) 16
(c) 816 cu cm (d) 824 cu cm
11. If the heights and the area of the base of a
4. The ratio of surface area to diameter of a right circular cone and a pyramid with
sphere whose volume is 36 cu cm is: square base are the same, then they have:
[CDS-2013-1] [CDS-2013-1]
(a) 3 (b) 6 (a)Same volume and same surface area
(c) 6 (d) None of these (b)Same surface area but different volumes
(c)Same volume but different surface area
5. A cylindrical tube open at both ends is made (d)Different volumes and different surface
of metal. The internal diameter of the tube is area
6cm and length of the tube is 10cm. If the
thickness of the metal used is 1 cm, then 12. A swimming pool 70 meter long 44 meter
the outer curved surface area of the tube is: wide and 3 m deep is field by water flowing
[CDS-2013-1] from a pipe at the rate of 30800cm3 per
(a) 140 sq cm (b) 146.5 sq. cm second the time taken to fill the swimming
(c) 70 sq cm (d) None of these pool is:
[CDS-2013-1]
6. The volume of a right circular cone of height (a)
71
hour (b) 80 hours
3 cm and slant height 5 cm is: 2
[CDS-2013-1] 250
(a) 49.3cu cm (b) 50.3 cu cm (c) hours (d) None of these
3
(c) 52 cu cm (d) 53 cu cm
13. The diameter of the Moon is approximately
7. A bucket is of a height 25cm. It top and one-fourth of the diameter of the Earth.
bottom radii are 20 cm and 10cm, What is the ratio (approximate) of their
respectively. Its capacity (in L) is: volumes?
[CDS-2013-1] [CDS-2013-2]
(a) 17.5/3 (b) 17.5 (a) 1:16 (b) 1:64
(c) 20 (d) 25 (c) 1:4 (d) 1:128
8. The height of a cylinder is 15cm. The lateral 14. If the total surface area of a cube is 6 sq
surface area is 660 sq. cm. Its volume is: units, then what is the volume of the cube?
31. What is the diameter of the largest circle 37. Consider the following statements in respect
lying on the surface of a sphere of surface of four spheres A, B, C and D having
area 616 sq cm? respective radii 6, 8, 10 and 12cm.
[CDS-2014-1] 1.The surface area of sphere C is equal to
(a) 14cm (b) 10.5cm the sum of surface area of sphere A and B.
(c) 7cm (d) 3.5cm 2.The volume of sphere D is equal to the
sum of volumes of sphere A, B and C.
32. The volume of a hollow cube is 216x3. What Which of the above statements is/are
surface area of the largest sphere which be correct?
enclosed in it? [CDS-2014-2]
[CDS-2014-1] (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) 18x2 (b) 27x2
(c) 36x2 (d) 72x2
40. What is the number of pairs of 48. The radius of a sphere is equal to the radius
perpendicular planes in a cuboids? of the base of a right circular cone, and the
[CDS 2014(2)] volume of the sphere is double the volume of
(a) 4 (b) 8 the cone. The ratio of the height of the cone
(c) 12 (d) None of these to the radius of its base is:
[CDS-2015-1]
41. How many equilateral triangles can be (a) 2:1 (b) 1:2
formed by joining any three vertices of a (c) 2:3 (d) 3:2
cube?
[CDS 2014(2)] 49. Water flows through a cylindrical pipe of
(a) 0 (b) 7 internal diameter 7cm at the rate of 5m/s.
(c) 8 (d) None of these The time, in minutes, the pipe would take to
fill an empty rectangular tank 4m 3m
42. What is the maximum distance between two 2.31m is:
points of a cube of side 2 cm? [CDS-2015-1]
[CDS 2014(2)] (a) 28 (b) 24
(a) 3 (b) 2 3 (c) 20 (d) 12
(c) 4 3 (d) 2√2 50. The total outer surface area of a right
circular cone of height 24cm with a
For the next two (02) items that follow: hemisphere of radius 7 cm upon its base is:
A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on [CDS-2015-1]
the hemisphere with the same radius. The (a) 327 square cm (b) 307 square cm
diameter of the base of the conical portion is (c) 293 square cm (d) 273 square cm
12cm and its height is 8cm.
43. What is the total surface area of the toy? 51. A rectangular block of wood having
[CDS 2014(2)] dimensions 3m 2m 1.75 has to be
(a) 132 cm2 (b) 112 cm2 painted on all its faces. The layer of paint
(c) 96 cm2 (d) 66 cm2 must be 0.1 mm thick. Paint comes in
cubical boxes having their edges equal to
44. What is the volume of the toy? 10cm. The minimum number of boxes of
[CDS 2014(2)] paint to be purchased is:
(a) 180 cm3 (b) 240 cm2 [CDS-2015-1]
(c) 300 cm3 (d) 320 cm3 (a) 5 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) 2
45. A cylindrical vessel of radius 4cm contains
water. A solid sphere of radius 3cm is 52. The diagonals of three faces of a cuboid are
lowered into the water until it is completely
13, 281 and 20 linear units. Then the total
immersed. The water level in the vessel will
rise by: surface area of the cuboid is:
[CDS-2015-1]
53. A rectangular paper of 44cm long and 6 cm 59. A large water tank has the shape of a cube.
wide is rolled to form a cylinder of height If 128 m3 of water is pumped out, the water
equal to width of the paper. The radius of level goes down by 2m. Then the maximum
the base of the cylinder so rolled is: capacity of the tank is:
[CDS-2015-1] [CDS-2015-2]
(a) 3.5cm (b) 5cm (a) 512m3 (b) 480m3
(c) 7cm (d) 14cm (c) 324m3 (d) 256m3
54. If three metallic sphere of radii 6cm, 8cm 60. From the solid gold in the form of a cube of
and 10 cm are melted to form a single side length 1cm, spherical solid balls each
sphere, then the diameter of the new sphere having the surface area 1/3 cm2 are to be
will be: made. Assuming that there is no loss of the
[CDS-2015-1] material in the process of making the balls,
(a) 12cm (b) 24cm the maximum number of balls made will be:
(c) 30cm (d) 36cm [CDS-2015-2]
(a) 3 (b) 4
55. If the height of a right circular cone is (c) 6 (d) 9
increased by 200% and the radius of the
base is reduced by 50% then the volume of 61. Water is filled in a container in such a
the cone: manner that is volume doubles every 5
[CDS-2015-1] minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the
(a) Remains unaltered container to be full, in how much time will it
(b) Decreases by 25% be one fourth full?
(c) Increases by 25% [CDS-2015-2]
(d) Increases by 50% (a) 7.5 minutes (b) 15 minutes
(c) 20 minutes (d) 17.5 minutes
56. A pipe with square cross-section is
supplying water to a cistern which was 62. 30 metallic cylinders of same size are melted
initially empty. The area of cross section is and cast in the form of cones having the
4cm2 and the nozzle velocity of water is 40 same radius and height as those of the
m/s. The dimensions of the cistern are cylinders.
10m8m6m. Then the cistern will be full in: Consider the following statements:
[CDS-2015-2] Statement I: A maximum of 90 cones will
(a) 9.5hours (b) 9hours be obtained
(c) 8hours 20 min (d) 8 hours Statement II: The curved surface of the
cylinder can be flattened in the shape of a
57. A hollow cylindrical drum has internal rectangle but the curved surface of the cone
diameter of 30cm and a height of 1m. What when flattened has the shape of triangle.
is the maximum number of cylindrical boxes Which one of the following is correct in
of diameter 10 cm and height 10cm each respect of the above?
that can be packed in the drum? [CDS-2015-2]
[CDS-2015-2] (a)Both statement I and Statement II are
(a) 60 (b) 70 correct and Statement II is the correct
(c) 80 (d) 90 explanation of Statement I
(b)Both statement I and Statement II are
58. Consider the following statements: correct and Statement II is not the correct
1.If the height of a cylinder is doubled, the explanation of Statement I.
area of the curved surface is doubled (c)Statement I is correct but Statement II is
2.If the radius, of a hemispherical solid is not correct
doubled, its total surface area becomes (d)Statement I is not correct but Statement II
fourfold? is correct
Which of the above statements is/are
correct? 63. A water tank, open at the top, is
[CDS-2015-2] hemispherical at the bottom and cylindrical
104. A cube of maximum volume (each corner 110. A solid right cylinder is of height cm. If its
touching the surface from inside) is cut lateral surface area is half its total surface
from a sphere. What is the ratio of the area, then the radius of its base is:
volume of the cube to that of the sphere? [CDS-2018-2]
[CDS-2018-1] (a) /2 (b) cm
(a) 3:4 (b) 3 :2 (c) 1/cm (d) 2/cm
(c) 2 : 3 (d) 4:3 111. A rectangular block of length 20 cm,
breadth 15 cm and height 10 cm is cut up
105. If the ratio of the circumference of the base into exact number of equal cubes. The least
of a right circular cone of radius r to its possible number of cubes will be:
height is 3:1, then what is the area of the [CDS-2018-2]
curved surface of the cone? (a) 12 (b) 16
[CDS-2018-1] (c) 20 (d) 24
2 r 2 4 2 9
(a) 3r2 (b) 112. If the diagonal of a cube is of length l, then
3
the total surface area of the cube is:
r2 2 1 r 2 4 2 9 [CDS-2018-2]
(c) (d)
3 3 (a) 3l2 (b) 3 l2
(c) 2 l2 (d) 2l2
106. The surface area of closed cylindrical box is
352 square cm. If its length is 10cm, then
113. Two cones have their heights in the ratio
22
what is its diameter? Use 1:3. If the radii of their bases are in the
7 ratio 3:1, then the ratio of their volumes
[CDS-2018-1] will be:
[CDS-2018-2]
139. The length, breadth and height of a brick 145. A sphere of diameter 6cm is dropped into a
are 20cm, 15 cm and 10cm respectively. cylindrical vessel partly filled with water.
The number of bricks required to construct The radius of the vessel is 6cm. If the
at wall with dimensions 45m length, 0.15m sphere is completely submerged in water,
breadth and 3 m height is: then by how much will the surface level of
[CDS-2020-2] water be raised?
(a) 12450 [CDS-2021-1]
(b) 11250 (a) 0.5cm (b) 1cm
(c) 6750 (c) 1.5cm (d) 2cm
(d) None of the above
146. The surface area of a cube is equal to that
140. The volumes of two cones are in the ratio of sphere. If x is the volume of the cube and
1:4 and their diameters are in the ratio 4:5. y is the volume of the sphere, then what is
What is the ratio of their heights? x2 : y2 equal to?
[CDS-2020-2] [CDS-2021-1]
(a) 25:64 (b) 16:25 (a) :6 (b) 6:
(c) 9:16 (d) 5:9 (c) :3 (d) 3:
141. If p, q, r, s and t represent length, breadth, 147. A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases
height, surface area and volume of a cuboid and equal volumes. What is the ratio of the
1 1 1 height of the cone to the radius of the
respectively, then what is equal
p q r hemisphere?
[CDS-2021-1]
to?
(a) 1:1 (b) 2:1
[CDS-2020-2]
(c) 3:2 (d) 4:3
s 2t
(a) (b)
t s 148. A solid sphere of diameter 60mm is melted
s 2s to stretch into a wire of length 144cm. What
(c) (d)
2t t is the diameter of the wire?
[CDS-2021-1]
142. The radii of the flat circular faces of a (a) 0.5cm (b) 1cm
bucket are x and 2x. If the height of the (c) 1.5cm (d) 2cm
bucket is 3x, what is the capacity of the
bucket? (assume = 22/7). 149. The ratio of the radius of base to the height
[CDS-2020-2] of a cylinder is 2:3. If the volume of the
(a) 11x 3 (b) 22x 3 cylinder is 1617 cm2, then what is the
(c) 44x 3 (d) 55x 3 curved surface area of the cylinder?
22
143. A river 3m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at take 7 .
the rate of 2 km/h and falls into the sea. [CDS-2021-1]
What is the amount of water in litres that (a) 242cm2 (b) 385cm2
will fall into the sea from this river in a (c) 462cm2 (d) 770cm2
minute?
[CDS-2020-2] 150. A metal solid cube of edge 24cm is melted
(a) 40,00,000 litres (b) 4,00,000 litres and made into three small cubes. If the
(c) 40,000 litres (d) 4,000 litres edges of two small cubes are 12 cm and
16cm, then what is the surface area of the
144. A cloth of 3m width is used to make a third small cube?
conical tent 12 m in diameter with a slant [CDS-2021-1]
height of 7m. What is the length of the (a) 1200cm2 (b) 1800cm2
22 (c) 2400cm2 (d) 3600cm2
cloth? take
7
189. Two times the total surface area of a solid 195. A solid sphere of radius 3cm is melted to
right circular cylinder is three times its form a hollow cylinder of height 4cm and
curved surface area. If h is the height and r external diameter 10cm. What is the
thickness of the cylinder?
is the radius of the base of the cylinder,
[CDS-2023 (2)]
then which one of the following is correct? (a) 0.42 cm (b) 0.46cm
[CDS – 2023 (1)] (c) 0.5cm (d) 1.00cm
(a) h=r (b) h=2r
(c) 2h=3r (d) 3h=4r 196. A sphere of radius 5cm is dropped in a
right circular cylindrical vessel partly filled
190. A solid iron ball is melted and 64 smaller with water. The radius of the cylindrical
solid balls of equal size are made using the vessel is 10cm. If the sphere is completely
entire volume of iron. What is the ratio of submerged in water, by how much will the
the surface area of the larger ball to the level of water, rise in the cylindrical vessel?
sum of the surface area of all the smaller [CDS-2023 (2)]
(a) 5/3cm (b) 5/2cm
balls?
(c) 1cm (d) 5/6cm
(c)
2
2
2 r R tan
(d)
2
r R 2 tan
triangle of side 14 cm what is the volume of
22
Rr Rr the cone ? (Take = )
7
[CDS-2024 (2)]
201. The length, breadth and height of a cuboid 539 1078
(a) (b)
are increased by 10%, 20% and 50% 3 3
respectively. What is the percentage
increase in volume of the cuboid? (c) 539 3 (d)
539
[CDS-2024 (1)] 3
(a) 100% (b) 99% 207. Three identical cones each with base radius
(c) 98% (d) 50% 3 cm are placed on their bases so that each
is touching the other two. There will be one
202. A cube whose edge is 14 cm long has on and only circle that would pass through
each of its faces a circle of 7 cm radius each of the vertices of the cone what is the
area of the circle ?
[CDS-2024 (2)]
ANSWER KEY
1. d 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. d 9. a 10. a
11. c 12. c 13. b 14. a 15. d 16. a 17. c 18. b 19. c 20. d
21. c 22. a 23. a 24. b 25. d 26. d 27. a 28. b 29. c 30. c
31. a 32. c 33. d 34. c 35. d 36. d 37. c 38. a 39. b 40. b
41. d 42. b 43. a 44. b 45. c 46. a 47. a 48. a 49. b 50. d
51. c 52. c 53. c 54. a 55. b 56. c 57. d 58. c 59. a 60. c
61. c 62. c 63. b 64. b 65. a 66. c 67. a 68. b 69. c 70. d
71. b 72. c 73. b 74. c 75. a 76. c 77. c 78. a 79. c 80. d
81. a 82. b 83. a 84. d 85. d 86. b 87. c 88. c 89. a 90. d
91. c 92. d 93. d 94. b 95. b 96. b 97. a 98. d 99. b 100. c
101. c 102. b 103. d 104. c 105. d 106. b 107. b 108. c 109. c 110. b
111. d 112. d 113. c 114. a 115. c 116. d 117. a 118. c 119. a 120. b
121. b 122. c 123. a 124. b 125. d 126. b 127. b 128. a 129. c 130. b
131. d 132. c 133. d 134. d 135. a 136. a 137. d 138. d 139. c 140. a
141. c 142. b 143. d 144. c 145. b 146. a 147. b 148. b 149. c 150. c
151. b 152. c 153. c 154. c 155. a 156. d 157. c 158. d 159. a 160. c
161. a 162. a 163. b 164. a 165. a 166. a 167. c 168. d 169. c 170. d
171. b 172. b 173. d 174. b 175. b 176. c 177. c 178. c 179. b 180. d
181. c 182. b 183. a 184. b 185. c 186. c 187. c 188. a 189. b 190. a
191. b 192. b 193. d 194. d 195. d 196. a 197. b 198. a 199. b 200. b
201. c 202. c 203. b 204. b 205. b 206. b 207. d
ANSWER KEY
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. c