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Mensuration 3D — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Mathematics & Quantitative Ability MCQs on Mensuration 3D — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for CSS, NTS, PPSC, FPSC, PMS.

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Question 1 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The radius and height of a right circular cone are in the ratio 3 : 4. If its curved surface area (in cm 2 ) is 240π. Then its volume (in cm 3 ) is:

Question 2 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cylindrical pencil of diameter 1.2 cm has one of its end sharpened into a conical shape of height 1.4 cm. The volume of the material removed is

Question 3 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A sphere and a hemisphere have the same volume. The ratio of their curved surface area is:

Question 4 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A tank 40 m long, 30 m broad and 12 m deep is dug in a field 1000 m long and 30 m wide. By how much will the level of the field rise if the earth dug out of the tank is evenly spread over the field?

Question 5 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A tank is in the form of a cuboid with length 12 m. If 18 kilolitre of water is removed from it, the water level goes down by 30 cm. What is the width (in m) of the tank?

Question 6 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid brass sphere of radius 2.1 dm is converted into a right circular cylindrical rod of length 7 cm. The ratio of total surface areas of the rod to the sphere is

Question 7 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid cylinder has radius of base 14 cm and height 15 cm. 4 identical cylinders are cut from each base as shown in the given figure. Height of small cylinder is 5 cm. What is the total surface area (in cm 2 ) of the remaining part?

Question 8 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cylindrical vessel whose base is horizontal and is of internal radius 3.5 cm contains sufficient water so that when a solid sphere is placed inside, water just covers the sphere. The sphere fits in the Cylinder exactly. The depth of water in the vessel before the sphere was put, is

Question 9 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A hemispherical depression of diameter 4 cm is cut out from each face of a cubical block of sides 10 cm. Find the surface area of the remaining solid (in cm 2 ). $$\left( {{\text{Use }}\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$

Question 10 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The lateral surface area of frustum of a right circular cone if the area of its base is 16π cm 2 and the diameter of circular upper surface is 4 cm and slant height 6 cm, will be

Question 11 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A semi-circular sheet of metal of diameter 28 cm is bent into an open conical cup. The depth of the cup is approximately

Question 12 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A hemispherical tank full of water is emptied by a pipe at the rate of 7.7 litres per second. How much time (in hours) will it take to empty $$\frac{2}{3}$$ part of the tank, if the internal radius of the tank is 10.5 m?

Question 13 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The base of a cone and a cylinder have the same radius 6 cm. They have also the same height 8 cm. The ratio of the curved surface of the cylinder to that of the cone is

Question 14 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m 2 and its volume is 924 m 3 $$\left( {{\text{Taking }}\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right).$$ Find the ratio of its diameter to its height

Question 15 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid has 12 vertices and 30 edges. How many faces does it have?

Question 16 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The diameter of a 120 cm long roller is 84 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions of the roller to level a ground. The cost of levelling the ground at Rs. 1.50 sq. m. is:

Question 17 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cuboidal shaped water tank, 2.1 m long and 1.5 m broad is half filled with water. If 630 litres more water is poured into tank, the water level will rise

Question 18 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The radii of two circular faces of the frustum of a cone of height 10.5 cm are 5 cm and 3 cm respectively. What is its volume in cm 3 $$\left( {\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)?$$

Question 19 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The radius of a cylinder is increased by 120% and its height is decreased by 40%. What is the percentage increase in its volume?

Question 20 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The radius of two circular cylinders are in the ratio 3 : 2 and the ratio of their volumes is 27 : 16. What is the ratio of their heights?

Question 21 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid metallic cube of side 9 cm and a solid metallic cuboid having dimensions 5 cm, 13 cm, 31 cm are melted to form a single cube. How much (in Rs.) is the cost to polish the new at a rate of Rs. 10 per cm 2 ?

Question 22 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A wall 12 m long, 9 m high and 90 cm thick is to be constructed. Given that one pack contains 450 bricks, how many packs of bricks will be required if each brick is of dimensions 10 cm × 7.5 cm × 7 cm and the cement and sand mixture occupies one-eighteenth volume of the wall? (Rounded off to the nearest integer)

Question 23 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If a right circular cone is separated into solids of volumes V 1 , V 2 , V 3 by two planes parallel to the base which also trisect the altitude, then V 1 : V 2 : V 3 is

Question 24 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A sector of radius 10.5 cm with the central angle 120° is folded to form a cone by joining the two bounding radii of the sector. What is the volume (in cm 3 ) of the cone so formed?

Question 25 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A sphere of diameter 6 cm is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel partly filled with water. The diameter of the cylindrical vessel is 12 cm. If the sphere is just completely submerged in water, then the rise of water level in the cylindrical vessel is:

Question 26 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid cube has side 8 cm. It is cut along diagonals of top face to get 4 equal parts. What is the total surface (in cm 2 ) of each part?

Question 27 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The base of a right pyramid is a square of side 8√2 cm and each of its slant edge is of length 10 cm. What is the volume (in cm 3 ) of the pyramid?

Question 28 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The base of a solid right prism of height 10 cm is a square and its volume is 160 m 3 . What is the total surface area of the prism (in cm 2 )?

Question 29 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid lead sphere of radius 11 cm is melted and recast into small solid spheres of radius 2 cm each. How many maximum number (in integer) of such spheres can be made?

Question 30 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A hemisphere is kept on top of a cube. Its front view is shown in the given figure. The total height of the figure is 21 cm. The ratio of curved surfaces area of hemisphere and total surface area of cube is 11 : 42. What is the total volume (in cm 3 ) of figure?

Question 31 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The height of a solid cylinder in 30 cm and the diameter of its base is 10 cm. Two identical conical holes each of radius 5 cm and height 12 cm are drilled out. What is the surface area (in cm 2 ) of the remaining solid?

Question 32 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The internal measure of a cuboidal room are with length as 12 m, breadth as 8 m and height as 10 m. The total cost (in Rs.) of white washing all four walls of the room and also the ceiling of the room, if the cost of white washing is Rs. 25 per m 2 is:

Question 33 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If the radius of a sphere is increased by 4 cm, its surface area is increased by 464π cm 2 . What is the volume (in cm 3 ) of the original sphere?

Question 34 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Which of the following two will provide more volume? I. A cuboid of edges 6 cm, 7 cm and 8 cm II. A cube of edge 7 cm

Question 35 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The curved surface area of a right circular cone is 2310 cm 2 and its radius is 21 cm. If its radius is increased by 100% and height is reduced by 50%, then its capacity (in litres) will be (correct to one decimal place): $$\left( {{\text{Take }}\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$

Question 36 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A prism has a regular hexagonal base with side 6 cm. If the total surface area of prism is 216√3 cm 2 , then what is the height (in cm) of prism?

Question 37 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Water is flowing at the rate of 5 km/h through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a rectangular tank which is 50 m long 44 m wide. The time taken (in hours) for the rise in the level of water in the tank to be 7 cm is

Question 38 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboidal tank are 3 m 2 , 12 m 2 and 16 m 2 . The capacity of the tank, in litres is:

Question 39 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If a cuboid of dimensions 32 cm × 12 cm × 9 cm is cut into two cubes of same size, what will be the ratio of the surface area of the cuboid to the total surface area of the two cubes?

Question 40 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A sector is formed by opening out a cone of base radius 8 cm and heigh 6 cm. Then the radius of the sector is (in cm).

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