SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

( some important problems for FIIT-JEE,VIDYAMANDIR, ANURAGTYAGI

CLASSES etc entrance tests)
Q1. A spherical ball of radius 3 cm is melted and recast into three spherical balls. The diameters of two of these balls are 1.5 cm and 1
cm. Find the diameter of third ball. (1/2(181)1/3)

Q2. A hemispherical tank of radius 2.1 m is full of water. It is connected with a pipe which empties it @ 7 liters per second. How
much time it will take to empty the tank? (46.2 minutes)

Q3. A right circular cone has a height 4 cm and CSA 47.1 cm2. Find its volume. (37.68 cm3)

Q4. A semicircular sheet of metal of diameter 28 cm is bent to make an open conical container. Find its capacity. (622.38)

Q5. A hollow cone is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the upper portion is removed. If the CSA of the remaining portion is 8/9 of
the total CSA of cone, find the ratio in which altitude is divided by the plane. (1:2)

Q6. A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases and equal volumes. Find the ratios of their heights. (2:1)

Q7. A cone of radius 10 cm is divided into two parts through the mid point of altitude parallel to its base. Compare the volumes of the
two parts. (1:7)

Q8. A sphere is placed in an inverted hollow conical vessel of base radius 5 cm and vertical height 12 cm. If the highest point of the
sphere is at the level of base cone, find radius of the sphere. Show that the volume of the sphere and the conical vessel are in the ratio
of 40:81.

Q9. The height of cone is trisected by two planes parallel to the base at equal distances. Show that the volumes of the three portions,
starting from top are in the ratio of 1:7:19.

Q10. The base radius and height of a solid cone are 2 cm and 8 cm respectively. It is melted and recast into spheres of diameter 2 cm
each. Find the number of spheres so formed. (85)
Q11. 50 circular plates, each of radius 7 cm and thickness ½cm, are placed one above the other to form a right circular cylinder. Find
the TSA and the volume of the cylinder so formed. (1408 cm2, 3850 cm3)

Q12. An iron pillar has some part in the form of right circular cylinder and the remaining portion is in the form of right circular cone.
The base radius of each cone and the cylinder is 240 cm, the cylindrical part is 36 cm high. Find the weight of the pillar if 1 cu. cm of
iron weighs 10 grams. (506.88 kg)

Q13. The radius of the base of as cone and the radius of a sphere are the same each being 8 cm. given that volumes of these solids are
same, calculate the slant height of the cone correct up to two decimal places. (32.98cm)

Q14. A glass cylinder with diameter 20 cm has water to the height of 9 cm. A metal cube of edge 8 cm is immersed completely.
Calculate the height to which the water will rise in the cylinder. (16 mm)

Q15. Water flows in a circular pipe whose internal diameter is 2 cm, at the rate of 8m/sec into a cylindrical tank whose base is of
radius 40 cm. How much will the level of water rise in half an hour? (9 m)

(HOTS)

Q16. An iron pipe is 21 cm long and its external diameter is 25 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm, find its whole surface area
(internal and external combined). (3168cm2)

Q17. A solid cylinder has a total surface area of 462 sq. cm. Its CSA is 1/3 of the total surface area. Find the volume of the cylinder.
(539 cm3)

Q18.A cylindrical pipe has inner diameter of 14 cm and oil flows through at
192.5 cu. cm per second. Find the rate of flow in Km/h. (0.045 km/h)

Q19. A sphere has a same CSA as of a cone of height 12 cm and the radius 5cm. find the radius of the sphere. (4 cm approx)

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Q20. A cone and a cylinder have a same base and equal volumes. Find the ratio of their heights. (3:1)

(3 marks)

Q21. If the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is halved keeping the same height, find the ratio of the volume of the reduced
cylinder to that of the original cylinder. (V2:V1=1:4)

Q22. The outer diameter of a spherical shell is 10cm and the inner diameter is 9cm. Find the volume of the metal contained in the
shell. (141.95cm3)

Q23.A solid sphere of radius 3cm is melted and then recast into small spherical balls each of diameter 0.6cm. Find the number of
small balls thus obtained. (1,000)

Q24.How many spherical bullets can be made out of a solid cube of lead each of whose edge measures 44 cm, each bullet being 4cm
in diameter?
(2541)

Q25. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube whose edge is 9cm. (190.93 cm3)

Q26. A cone is 8.4cm high and radius of its base is 2.1cm. It is melted and recast into a sphere .Find the radius of the sphere. (2.1
cm)

Q27. The diameter of a roller 140cm long is 84cm. if it takes 500 complete revolutions to level a playground, determine the cost of
leveling it at the rate of 30 paise per sq. m. (Rs 554.40)

Q28. A well of diameter 2m is dug 14m deep. The earth taken out of it, is spread evenly all round it to a width of 5m to form an
embankment. Find the height of the cone. (0.4 m)

Q29. A cylinder jar of internal diameter 21cm contains some water. A solid sphere whose diameter is 10.5 cm is completely immersed
into water Calculate the rise in the water level. (1.75 cm)

Q30. A hollow wooden toy is in the shape of a right circular cone mounted on a hemisphere. If the radius of the hemisphere is 4.2 cm
and the total height of the toy is 10.2 cm, find the volume of the top. (155.23 cu. cm)

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