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CBSE Class 8 Maths Chapter 10 Visualising Solid Shapes Important Questions PDF

This document discusses solid shapes and includes questions about visualizing 3D objects. It provides examples of different polyhedrons like pyramids, prisms, and cubes. It also explains concepts like faces, edges, vertices, and Euler's formula for polyhedrons. The document tests the understanding of these concepts through multiple choice and other types of questions.

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CBSE Class 8 Maths Chapter 10 Visualising Solid Shapes Important Questions PDF

This document discusses solid shapes and includes questions about visualizing 3D objects. It provides examples of different polyhedrons like pyramids, prisms, and cubes. It also explains concepts like faces, edges, vertices, and Euler's formula for polyhedrons. The document tests the understanding of these concepts through multiple choice and other types of questions.

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Important Questions for Class 8

Maths
Chapter 10 – Visualising solid shapes

Very Short Answer Type Questions 1 Mark

1. A three dimensional shape is _________ object.

Ans: Solid

2. The most important part of a map is the _________

Ans: Scale

3. What are three views in a solid figure?


Ans: Front view, side view and top view

4. Name of the solid whose net diagram is given below

(a) Pyramid

(b) Cone

(c) Cube

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(d) Cuboid
Ans: (c) Cube

5. The number of triangular face's of a triangular prism is _________

(a) 1

(b) 4

(c) 2
(d) 3
Ans: (c) 2

Short Answer Type Questions 2 Marks

6. What are regular polyhedrons?


Ans: A polyhedron is called regular if its faces are made up of regular polygons
and the same number of faces meet a vertex.

7. Give two basic differences between a prism and a pyramid?


Ans: The two basic differences are:

(a) Pyramid is a polyhedron in which the base is a polygon whereas a prism is a


polyhedron in which the base and top are regular polygons.

(b) The lateral surface are parallelograms in a prism whereas in a pyramid the
lateral surfaces are triangles.

8. Give two examples of 2 d and 3 d shapes each.

Ans: 2 d shapes : circle, square.

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3 d shapes = pyramid, cone.

9. How many number of squares are visible in top view and front view of the
given figure.

Ans: Top view  6 squares


Front view  4 squares

10. In the given solid identify the top, front and side view.

(a)

Ans: Side view

(b)

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Ans: Front view

(c)

Ans: Top view

11. Give Euler's formula and explain each term in it.

Ans: In a polyhedron, the relationship between the number of faces (F) , vertices
(V) , and edges (E) is given by F  V  E  2 .

12. Write the number of faces, number of vertices and number of edges of a
prism with rectangular base

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Ans: No. of faces  6
No. of vertices  8

No. of Edges  12

13. Write the number of faces, number of vertices and number of edges of a
pyramid with hexagonal base.

Ans: No. of faces  7

No. of vertices  7

No. of edges  12

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14. In a polyhedron there are 8 vertices and 12 edges. Find its number of
faces.

Ans: F  V  E  2

F  8  12  2

F  2  12  8

F 6

15. A pyramid with square base has 5 faces and 8 edges. By Euler's formula,
find the vertices of the pyramid.
Ans: For a pyramid,
F  5, E  8, V  ?

Using Euler's formula,

F V  E  2

5 V  8  2

V  285

V 5

Short Answer Type Questions 3 Marks


16. Draw the front view, side view and top view of the given objects.

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Ans:
(a) Front view

(b) Top view

(c) Side view

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17. Can a polyhedron have 10 faces, 20 edges and 15 vertices? Justify your
answer.

Ans: F  10, E  20 and V  15

Using Euler's formula,

F V  E  2

L.H.S:

F  V  E  10  15  20

F V  E  5

F V  E  2

This polyhedron is not possible.

18. Match the following pictures with their shapes.

Picture (object) Shape

A cone taken out of a cylinder

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Two rectangular cross paths inside a
rectangular park

A circular path around a circular ground

Ans: The correct match is:


1  b, 2  c, 3  a

19. Define

(a) Face
Ans: A 3 d solid object is made up of flat surfaces or polygonal regions known as
faces.

(b) Edge

Ans: In 3 d solid objects, the faces meet at edges.

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(c) Vertex
Ans: The point where all edges meet is known as a vertex.

20. By using Euler's formula find the unknown?

(a) Vertices  12 , Faces  4 , Edges  ?

(b) Faces  5 , Edges  8 , Vertices  ?


(c) Edges  2 , Vertices  3 , Faces  ?

Ans: Using Euler 's formula:

F V  E  2

(a) 4  12  E  2

E  16  2  14

(b) 5  V  8  2

V  285  5

(c) F  3  2  2

F = 2  2 3 1

Long Answer Type Questions 4 Marks

21. Write an examples for tetrahedron and write the number of triangular
faces, vertices and edges. Show it verifies Euler’s formula.

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Ans: Example for tetrahedron  Tent
Number of triangular faces  4
Number of Vertices  4

Number of Edges  6

Euler's formula:

F V  E  2

446  2

22

Hence verified.

22. Write an example for Hexahedron with number of faces, vertices and
edges. Show it verifies Euler's formula.

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Ans: Example for Hexahedron  Cube (Die)

Number of faces  6
Number of Vertices  8

Number of Edges  12
Euler’s formula:

F V  E  2

6  8 12  2

14 12  2

22

Hence verified.

23. Write a prism with square base and a pyramid with rectangular base.
Write the number of edges in each case.
Ans: (a) A prism having a square base has 12 edges.

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(b) A pyramid with rectangular base has 8 edges.

24. Match the net’s with appropriate solids.

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(a) (i)

(b) (ii)

(c) (iii)

(d) (iv)

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Ans: The correct match is:

(a)   iii 

(b)   iv 

(c)   ii 

(d )   i 

25. What cross sections are obtained when

(i) Vertical cut


(ii) Horizontal cut

(a) An ice cream cone


(b) A die
(c) A round apple

(d) A circular pipe are done with


Ans: The answer is:

Name of the article Figure Vertical cut Horizontal cut

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An ice cream cone

A Die

A round apple

A circular pipe

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