COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

4. Two cones of equal heights have their radii

Objective Qs 1 mark in the ratio 3 : 2. The ratio of their volumes
1. The cylindrical tank of radius 10.5 cm, has will be equal to:
capacity equal to that of a cuboidal tank of (a) 3 : 2 (b) 9 : 4
size 15 cm × 11 cm × 10.5 cm, the depth of (c) 27 : 8 (d) 81 : 16
the cylindrical tank is:
(a) 5 cm (b) 7 cm 5. A paint roller is a paint application tool used
(c) 8.2 cm (d) 7.5 cm for painting large flat surfaces rapidly and
2. A solid is composed of a cylinder with efficiently. One such roller is shown below,
hemispherical ends. If the total height of which is 26 cm long with an outer diameter
the solid is 105 cm and the radius of the of 7 cm.
hemispherical ends is 14 cm, then the cost of 26 cm
polishing the surface of the solid at the rate
of `0.1 per square cm is: 7 cm
14 cm

77 cm

14 cm
(Note: The figure is not to scale.)
(a) `789.7 (b) `1201.7
If the roller makes 6 complete rotations
(c) `1170.4 (d) `1000.74
vertically then the maximum area of the
3. A pencil is in the form of a right circular surface that gets painted is:
cylinder with a hemisphere at one end and (a) 3432 cm3 (b) 3430 cm3
a cone at the other end. Their common 3
diameter is 3.5 cm and the height of the (c) 3032 cm (d) 3400 cm3
cylindrical and conical portions are 10 cm In the question number 6 to 9, a statement
and 6 cm respectively, the volume of the
of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of
solid is: (Take p = 3.14)
Reason (R). Choose the correct option as:
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true
and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
3.5 cm
10 cm 6 cm assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true
but reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of assertion (A).
(a) 99.07 cm3 (b) 108.12 cm3 (c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(c) 119.36 cm3 (d) 126.62 cm3 (d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
High diffiiculty Qs, d altd from tuul-kr k ft tftkit rr-Qs.

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 6. Assertion (A): Total surface area of the Based on the given information, answer the
cylinder having radius of the following questions:
base 14 cm and height 30 cm (A) How much cloth material will be required
is 3872 cm2 . to cover 2 big domes each of radius
Reason (R): If r be the radius and h be 22
2.5 metres? (Take p = ).
the height of the cylinder, 7
then total surface area
(B) Find the lateral surface area of two
prh + 2p
= (2p pr2).
pillars if height of the each pillar is 7 m
7. Assertion (A): A well of diameter 4 m is and radius of the base is 1.4 m.
dug 21m deep. The Earth (C) What is the ratio of sum of volumes of
taken out of it has been two hemispheres of radius 1 m each to
spread evenly all around the volume of a sphere of radius 2 m?
it in the shape of a circular
11. A bird bath is a small shallow pond, or fountain,
ring of width 3 m to form an
created like a basin in which birds may drink,
embankment, the height of
bathe and cool themselves.
the embankment is 4 m.
One day, Aniket, a student of class IV, saw
Reason (R): If r be the radius and h be the some birds drinking water from potholes. He
height of the cylinder, then feels sad for them and asked his elder brother,
volume of cylinder is pr2h.
Anshumann, who is in class X, to make a bird-
8. Assertion (A): If the volumes of two spheres bath. His brother bought some material from
are in the ratio 64 : 125, then their store and prepare a bird bath in the shape
their surface areas are in the of a cylinder with a hemispherical depression
ratio 16 : 25. at one end.

4 3
Reason (R): Volume of sphere = pr and
3
the surface area of sphere
pr2.
= 4p
9. Assertion (A): If two identical solid cube of
side 10 cm are joined end to
end. Then the total surface
area of the resulting cuboid is
1000 cm2. If the height of cylindrical part of bird-bath is
Reason (R): Total surface area of cuboid 1.4 m and diameter of base is 70 cm.
= 2(lb + bh + hl)  22 
Use π = 
 7
Case Based Qs 4 & 5 marks

10. Mathematics teacher of a school took her 10th

standard students to show Red fort. It was
a part of their Educational trip. The teacher
had interest in history as well. She narrated
the facts of Red fort to students. Then the
teacher said in the monument one can find
combination of solid figures. There are 2 pillars
which are cylindrical in shape. Also 2 domes at
the corners which are hemispherical. 7 smaller
domes at the centre. Flag hoisting ceremony
on Independence Day takes place near these
domes. Based on the given information, answer the
following questions:
(A) Find the total surface area of the bird-
bath.
(B) Find the ratio of the volumes of
cylindrical part and the hemispherical
part of the bird bath.
(C) If the base radius of the cylinder is
decreased to 30 cm then find the
difference in the total surface area of the
bird bath.

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 12. On a Sunday, your parents took you to a 16. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter
fair. You could see lot of toys displayed, and 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank in
you wanted them to buy a RUBIK’s cube and his field which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m
strawberry ice-cream for you. deep. If water flows through pipe at the rate
of 3 km/hr, then in how much time will the
tank be filled?
17. If the area of base of a cone is 770 cm2 and
its curved surface area is 814 cm2, find the
slant height of the cone.
18. In the given figure, from a cuboidal solid metalic
block of dimensions 15 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm a
cylindrical hole of diameter 7 cm is drilled
out. Find the surface area of the remaining
 22 
block.  Use π =
 7 

Based on the given information, answer the 7cm

following questions
(A) Find the length of the diagonal of the
rubik’s cube if each edge measures 5cm
6 cm.
(B) Find the volume of the rubik’s cube if the
length of the edge is 7 cm.
(C) Find the total surface area of cone with
hemispherical ice-cream, if radius and 10 cm
slant height of cone is 7 cm, 25 cm 15 cm
respectively. 19. A bird feeder tube has a diameter of 8 cm
and height of 28 cm. The tube has 7 circular
Very Short & Short Qs 1 - 3 marks openings of 2 cm diameter each for the birds
to eat from. The tube can hold a maximum
13. A container is made up of a hollow cone of 3 kg of bird food.
with an internal base radius of r cm and
a hollow cylinder with the same base
radius and an internal height of 3r cm.
Given that the height of the cone is two
thirds of the height of the cylinder and
5 liters of water is needed to fill the conical
part of the container completely, find the
amount of water needed to fill the container
completely.
14. A vessel is in the form of a hollow hemisphere
mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter
of the hemisphere is 14 cm and the total (Note: The image is for visual representation
height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the inner only.)
surface area of the vessel. If the birds eat an average of 75 g of food
per hour, what will be the height of the food
in the tube after 5 hours? Show your work.
22
(Note: Take p = )
7
13 cm
Long Qs 4 & 5 marks

20. A right-circular cylindrical water tanker

7 cm supplies water to colonies on the outskirts of a
city and to nearby villages. Each colony has a
15. The ratio of the volumes of two spheres cuboidal water tank. In villages, people come
is 8 : 27. If r and R are the radii of spheres with matkas (spherical clay pots) to fill water
respectively, then find the (R – r) : r. for their household.

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 70 m 22
water: Take p as : Use 1000000 cm3
7
2m = 1 m3.)
21. A restaurant stores ice-cream in a box with
a dispenser attached for filling ice-cream
cones. The dimensions of the box and the ice-
cream cones used by the restaurant shown
in Figure 1 below. To make each serving of
dessert, the cone is first filled with ice-cream
and then topped with a hemispherical scoop
of ice-cream taken from the same box, as
shown in Figure 2.
3m
42 cm
115 cm
2m
7m 7 cm
(A) How many colonies in total would one
12 cm
full tanker be able to supply? 30 cm
(B) If a tanker supplies water to 3 colonies 40 cm
and then goes to a village where 400 Figure 1 Figure 2
people fill thier matkas, roughly how (Note: The figures are not to scale.)
much water is supplied by the tanker in
Approximately how many desserts can be
all? Give your answer in m3.
served out of a completely filled box of ice-
Show your work. cream? Show your steps.
(Note: Assume all the tanks/matkas are 22
(Note: Take p = )
completely filled without any loss of 7

NCERT, EXEMPLAR & DIKSHA QUESTIONS

(A) What is the cost of silver coating the top
Objective Qs 1 mark at the rate of ` 5 per 100 cm2?
(B) What is the surface area of glass to be
22. A hollow cube of internal edge 22 cm is painted red?
filled with spherical marbles of diameter
25. If the area of three adjacent faces of a
1
0.5 cm and it is assumed that space of cuboid are X Y, and Z respectively, then find
8 the volume of cuboid. [Diksha]
the cube remains unfilled. Then the number
of marbles that the cube can accomodate is: 26. An ice cream cone full of ice-cream has
radius 5 cm and height 10 cm as, shown in
(a) 142296 (b) 142396 the given figure. Calculate the volume of the
(c) 142496 (d) 142596 th
ice cream, provided that its 1 part is left
23. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 6
100%, the volume of the corresponding unfilled with the ice-cream.
sphere is increased by:
(a) 200% (b) 500% 5 cm
(c) 700% (d) 800%
10 cm
Very Short & Short Qs 1 - 3 marks
24. Students of Class X presented a gift to their
school in the form of an electric lamp in
the shape of a glass hemispherical base 27. Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped
into a cylindrical beaker of diameter 7 cm
surmounted by a metallic cylindrical top of
containing some water. Find the number
same radius 21 cm and height 3.5 cm. The of marbles that should be dropped into
top was silver coated and the glass surface the beaker so that the water level rises by
was painted red. 5.6 cm.

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 28. A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted surmounted by a cone with the same radius
by a conical top. If the height and diameter as that of the cylinder. The diameter and the
of the cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m, height of the cylinder are 6 cm and 12 cm,
respectively and the slant height of the top is respectively. If the slant height of the conical
2.8 m, then find the area of the canvas portion is 5 cm, find the total surface area
used for making the tent. Also, find the and volume of the rocket. [Use p = 3.14].
cost of the canvas of the tent at the rate of
`500 per sq. m. 32. A solid right circular cone of height 120 cm
and radius 60 cm is placed in a right circular
29. A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup upto cylinder full of water of height 180 cm
about 30% of its volume. Find approximately such that it touches the bottom. Find the
how much syrup would be found in 45 gulab volume of water left in the cylinder, if the
jamuns, each shaped like a cylinder with two radius of the cylinder is equal to the radius
hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and of the cone.
diameter 2.8 cm.
33. A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of
a cuboid with four conical depressions and a
cubical depression to hold the pens and pins,
respectively. The dimensions of the cuboid
are 10 cm, 5 cm and 4 cm. The radius of
each of the conical depressions is 0.5 cm and
the depth is 2.1 cm. The edge of the cubical
depression is 3 cm. Find the volume of the
wood in the entire stand.

34. Two solid cones A and B are placed in a

cylindrical tube as shown in the given figure.
30. A solid consisting of a right circular cone of The ratio of their capacities is 2 : 1. Find the
height 120 cm and radius 60 cm standing heights and capacities of the cones. Also,
on a hemisphere of radius 60 cm, is placed find the volume of the remaining portion of
upright in a right circular cylinder full of the cylinder.
water such that it touches the bottom. Find 21 cm
the volume of water left in the cylinder, if the
radius of the cylinder is 60 cm and its height 6 cm
is 180 cm.

35. A hemispherical depression is cut out from

Long Qs 4 & 5 marks one face of a cubical block of side 7 cm such
that the diameter of the hemisphere is equal
31. A rocket is in the form of a right circular to the edge of the cube. Find the surface
cylinder closed at the lower end and area of the remaining solid.

PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

(a) 2 : 1 (b) 16 : 1
Objective Qs 1 mark
(c) 3 : 1 (d) 4 : 1
36. The sum of the length, breadth and height [CBSE Practice Set-2 2023]

of a cuboid is 6 3 cm and the length of its 38. Two cubes each with 6 cm edge are joined
end to end. The surface area of the resulting
diagonal is 2 3 cm. The total surface area cuboid is
of the cuboid is: (a) 180 cm2 (b) 360 cm2
(a) 48 cm2 (b) 72 cm2 (c) 300 cm2 (d) 260 cm2
(c) 96 cm2 (d) 108 cm2 [CBSE Practice Set-2 2023]
[CBSE SQP Std. 2022]
39. Assertion (A): Total Surface area of the top is
37. A sphere of maximum volume is cut out the sum of the curved surface
from a solid hemisphere of radius 7 cm. area of the hemisphere and
Then the ratio of the volume of the original the curved surface area of the
hemisphere to that of the cut-out sphere is cone.

Surface Areas and Volumes 223

 Reason (R): Top is obtained by joining the ratio between the radius of their bases
the plane surfaces of the to their heights. [CBSE Practice Set-2 2023]
hemisphere and cone together. 42. A cone and a cylinder have the same radii
but the height of the cone is 3 times that of
the cylinder. Find the ratio of their volumes.
[CBSE 2020]
43. From a solid right circular cylinder of height
14 cm and base radius 6 cm, a right circular
cone of same height and same base radius is
removed. Find the volume of the remaining
solid. [CBSE 2020]
44. A wooden article was made by scooping
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true out a hemisphere from each end of a solid
and reason (R) is the correct explanation cylinder, as shown in the figure. If the height
of assertion (A) of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base of
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are radius is 3.5 cm, find the total surface area
true and reason (R) is not the correct of the article.
explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is
false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is
true. [CBSE SQP 2023]

[CBSE 2018]
Case Based Qs 4 & 5 marks
45. A circus tent is in the shape of a cylinder
40. A ’circus’ is a company of performers who put surmounted by a conical top of the same
on shows of acrobats, clowns, etc. to entertain diameter. If their common diameter is
people started around 250 years back in open 56 m, the height of the cylindrical part is
field, now generally performed in tents. 6 m and the total height of the tent above
On such ‘Circus Tent’ is shown below: the ground is 27 m, find the area of canvas
used in making the tent. [CBSE 2017]
46. A juice seller was serving his costumers
using glasses as shown in the figure. The
inner diameter of the cylindrical glass
was 5 cm but bottom of the glass had a
hemispherical raised portion which reduced
the capacity of the glass. If the height of
a glass was 10 cm, find the apparent and
actual capacity of the glass. (Use p = 3.14).

The tent is the shape of a cylinder surmounted

by a conical top. If the height and diameter of
cylindrical part are 9 m and 30 m respectively
and height of conical part is 8 m with same
diameter as that of the cylindrical part.
Based on the above information, answer the
following questions:
(A) the slant height of the tent. [CBSE 2019]
(B) the area of the canvas used in making
the tent; Long Qs 4 & 5 marks
(C) the cost of the canvas brought for the
tent at the rate ₹ 200 per sq m, if 30 sq. 47. A solid iron pole consists of a solid cylinder
m canvas was wasted during stitching. of height 200 cm and base diameter
[CBSE Term-2 2022] 28 cm, which is surmounted by another
cylinder of height 50 cm and radius 7
cm. Find the mass of the pole, given that
Very Short & Short Qs 1 - 3 marks 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8 g mass.
[CBSE 2024]
41. A right circular cylinder and a cone have
equal bases and equal heights. If their curved 48. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a
surface areas are in the ratio 8 : 5, then find cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each

224 One Shot Mathematics (Standard) Class X

 of its ends. The length of the entire capsule (A) How many of these cans can be packed
is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule in the container such that no more cans
is 4 mm, find its surface area. Also, find its are fitted?
volume. [CBSE 2024] (B) If the capacity of one can is 539 ml,
49. Two rectangular sheets of dimensions find the internal volume of the cubical
45 cm × 155 cm are folded to make hollow container.
right circular cylindrical pipes, such that Show your work.
there is exactly 1 cm of overlap when
22
sticking the ends of the sheet. Sheet 1 is (Note: Take π as .)
folded along its length, while Sheet 2 is 7
folded along its width. That is, the top edge [CBSE Practice Set-1 2023]
of the sheet is joined with its bottom edge
in both the sheets, as depicted by the arrow 51. A wooden article was made by scooping
in the figure below. Both pipes are closed on out a hemisphere from each end of a solid
both ends to form cylinders. cylinder, as shown in the figure. If the height
of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of
radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of
the article.

Sheet 2
(Note: The figures are not to scale.)
(A) Find the difference in the curved surface
areas of the two cylinders.
(B) Find the ratio of the volumes of the two
cylinders formed.
Show your work. [CBSE 2023]

(Note: Use π as
22
. Assume that the sheets
52. Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/h
7 through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a
have negligible thickness.) cuboidal pond which is 50 m long and 44 m
wide. In what time will the level of water in
[CBSE Practice Set-1 2023]
pond rise by 21 cm?
50. Shown below is a cylindrical can placed in a What should be the speed of water if the rise
cubical container. in water level is to be attained in 1 hour?
[CBSE SQP 2023]
53. A tent is in the shape of a cylinder
surmounted by a conical top. If the height
and radius of the cylindrical part are 3 m
and 14 m respectively, and the total height
of the tent is 13.5 m, find the area of the
canvas required for making the tent, keeping
a provision of 26 m2 of canvas for stitching
and wastage. Also, find the cost of the
canvas to be purchased at the rate of ₹ 500
per m2. [CBSE SQP 2023]

PUSH YOURSELF
(High difficulty Qs for Self Assessment)

1. The volume of water in a cylindrical tank 2. A metal pipe is 77 cm long. The inner
with radius of 7 m and height of 10 m, filled diameter of cross section is 4.5 cm, the outer
upto 80% of its capacity is: diameter is 4 times the inner diameter, then
the outer curved surface area is:
(a) 392p m3 (b) 490p m3
(a) 1962p cm2 (b) 2381p cm2
3
(c) 560p m (d) 630p m3 1 (c) 1386p cm 2
(d) 2562p cm2 1

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 3. A conical tent is 240 m high and its base Based on the given information, answer the
radius is thrice the height. Then the slant following questions:
height is:
(a) 650.25 m (b) 758.95 m (A) Find the volume of the conical cavity. 1
(c) 458.20 m (d) 512.32 m 1 (B) Find the external curved surface area of
4. A stream has a width of 8 m and a depth of cylinder. 1
1.5 m. If the water flows at a rate of 3.6 km (C) Find the slant height of cone. 1
per hour the volume of water pass a certain
point in 30 min is: (D) Find the ratio of volume of cone and
(a) 216000 m3 (b) 584000 m3 volume of cylinder. 1
3 3
(c) 612000 m (d) 284000 m 1
In the question number 5 and 6, a statement of Short Answer Type Questions
Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason
(R). Choose the correct option.
8. A conical container has a radius of 36.2 m
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true
and reason (R) is the correct explanation of and is 18.7 m deep, find its capacity in
assertion (A). kiloliters. 3
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are
true and reason (R) is not the correct 9. A fruit tray is designed in the shape of a
explanation of assertion (A). cuboid with four conical compartments to
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false. hold fruits. The dimensions of the cuboid box
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true. are 25 cm × 20 cm and its height is 8.5 cm.
5. Assertion (A): If the radius of a cone is Each conical compartment has diameter of
halved, its volume becomes 2 cm and a depth of 2.4 cm. Determine the
1 total volume of the fruit tray excluding the
th of the original volume.
4 conical compartments. 3
Reason (R): The volume of a cone is
inversely proportional to its 10. A cube is inscribed in a sphere such that
radius. 1 the end points of cube touches the sphere.
6. Assertion (A): The volume of a cube If the volume of the cube is 64 cm3, find the
decreases as its total surface volume of the sphere in terms of p? 3
area increases.
Reason (R): Surface area and volume of a 11. A rectangular box measures 20 cm × 15 cm
cube are directly proportional × 10 cm. If the length and width are both
to its side. 1 doubled and height is halved. What will be
the change in its volume? 3
Case Based Question
7. On one sunny day Aakash, a class X student, Long Answer Type Question
was going home from school. He saw an
carpenter working on wood. He is carving a 12. An NGO took an initiative to collect some
cone of same height and same diameter from money from a locality of 2500 families to
a cylinder. The height of the cylinder is 169 cm
help homeless people, and decided to buy
and base radius is 9 cm.
canvas to make 750 tents. They decided to
make a tent with cylindrical base radius 5.8 m
and height 3.8 m and upper part of conical
shape with same base radius but of height
5.1 m. If the canvas used to make tent costs
` 125 per m2 then find the amount shared
by each locality.
(Use p = 3.14) 5

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