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Mensuration 3D — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Mathematics & Quantitative Ability MCQs on Mensuration 3D — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for CSS, NTS, PPSC, FPSC, PMS.

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Question 1 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The rain water from a roof 22 m × 20 m drains into a cylindrical vessel having a diameter of 2 m and height 3.5 m. If the vessel is just full, then the rainfall (in cm) is:

Question 2 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The base of a right prism is an equilateral triangle. If the lateral surface area and volume are 120 cm 2 , 40√3 cm 3 respectively then the side of base of the prism is

Question 3 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid cube is cut into three cuboids of same volumes. What is the ratio of the surface area of the cube to the sum of the surface areas of any two of the cuboids so formed?

Question 4 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A ball of lead 4 cm in diameter is covered with gold. If the volume of the gold and lead are equal, then the thickness of gold (given $$\root 3 \of 2 $$ = 1.259) is approximately

Question 5 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A right triangle with sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm is rotated about the side of 9 cm to form a cone. The volume of the cone so formed is:

Question 6 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The volume of a right circular cone is 1232 cm 3 and its vertical height is 24 cm. Its curved surface area is

Question 7 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The curved surface area of a cylinder is five time the area of its base. Find the ratio of radius and height of the cylinder.

Question 8 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A hollow cylindrical tube 20 cm long is made of iron and its external and internal diameters are 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. The volume of iron used in making the tube is $$\left( {\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$

Question 9 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid cone of height 9 cm with diameter of its base 18 cm is cut out from a wooden solid sphere of radius 9 cm. The percentage of wood wasted is:

Question 10 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If the number of vertices, edges and faces of a rectangular parallelopiped are denoted by v, e and f respectively, the value of (v - e + f) is

Question 11 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The curved surface area and volume of a cylindrical object are 88 cm 2 and 132 cm 3 , respectively. The height (in cm) of the cylindrical object is:

Question 12 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The ratio of weights of two spheres of different materials is 8 : 17 and the ratio of weights per 1 cc of materials of each is 289 : 64. The ratio of radii of the two spheres is

Question 13 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The base of a right prism is a trapezium. The length of the parallel sides are 8 cm and 14 cm and the distance between the parallel sides is 8 cm. If the volume of the prism is 1056 cm 3 , then the height of the prism is

Question 14 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Determine the total surface area of a hemisphere closed at bottom. Radius of the hemisphere is $$\sqrt {\frac{{25}}{\pi }} $$ unit.

Question 15 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cylindrical tube, open at both ends, is made of a metal sheet which is 0.5 cm thick. Its outer radius is 4 cm and length is 2 m. How much metal (in cm 3 ) has been used in making the tube?

Question 16 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If the height of a cylinder is 4 times its circumference, the volume of the cylinder in terms of its circumference, $$c$$ is

Question 17 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The areas of three consecutive faces of a cuboid are 12 cm 2 , then the volume (in cm 3 ) of the cuboid is

Question 18 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A sphere of maximum volume is cut out from a solid hemisphere. What is the ratio of the volume of the sphere to that of the remaining solid?

Question 19 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cube of edge 6 cm is painted on all sides and then cut into unit cubes. The number of unit cubes with no sides painted is

Question 20 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A solid metallic cuboid of dimensions 18 cm × 36 cm × 72 cm is molted and recast into 8 cubes of the same volume. What is the ratio of the total surface area of the cuboid to the sum of the lateral surface areas of all 8 cubes?

Question 21 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The volume of a solid right circular cylinder of height 8 cm is 392π cm 3 . Its curved surface area (in cm 2 ) is:

Question 22 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A right angled sector of radius $$r$$ cm is rolled up into a cone in such a way that the two binding radii are joined together. Then the curved surface area of the cone is

Question 23 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is increased by 20% and the height is decreased by 30%, then what is the percentage increase/decrease in the volume?

Question 24 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The length of the largest possible rod that can be placed in a cubical room is 35√3 m. The surface area of the largest possible sphere that fit within the cubical room $$\left( {{\text{assuming }}\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$ (in sq. m) is

Question 25 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A sphere is placed in a cube so that it touches all the faces of the cube. If 'a' is the ratio of the volume of the cube to the volume of the sphere, and 'b' is the ratio of the surface area of the sphere to the surface area of the cube, then the value of ab is:

Question 26 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The external and the internal radii of a hollow right circular cylinder of height 15 cm are 6.75 cm and 5.25 cm respectively. If it is melted to form a solid cylinder of height half of the original cylinder, then the radius of the solid cylinder is

Question 27 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A 22.5 m high tent is in the shape of a frustum of a cone surmounted by a hemisphere. If the diameters of the upper and the lower circular ends of the frustum are 21 m and 39 m, respectively, then find the area of cloth (in m 2 ) used to make the tent (ignoring the wastage). $$\left( {{\text{Use }}\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$

Question 28 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Assume that a drop of water is spherical and its diameter is one-tenth of a cm. A conical glass has a height equal to the diameter of its rim. If 32,000 drops of water fill the glass completely. Then the height of the glass (in cm) is:

Question 29 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The radii of two circular faces of the frustum of a cone of height 21 cm are 3 cm and 2 cm respectively. What is the volume of the frustum of the cone in cm 3 $$\left( {\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)?$$

Question 30 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cone-shaped storage tank's height and radius are 9 and 7 feet, respectively. Determine how much liquid the tank can contain. (Take π = 3.14)

Question 31 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboidal solid block of wax are 216 cm 2 , 96 cm 2 and 144 cm 2 . It is melted and 8 cubes of the same size are formed from it. What is the lateral surface area (in cm 2 ) of 3 such cubes?

Question 32 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Balls of marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a cylindrical beaker containing some water and fully submerged. The diameter of the beaker is 7 cm. Find how many marbles have been dropped in it if the water rises by 5.6 cm?

Question 33 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A cylindrical vessel with radius 6 cm and height 5 cm is to be made by melting a number of spherical metal balls of diameter 2 cm. The minimum number of balls needed is:

Question 34 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

2 cm of rain has fallen on a square km of land. Assuming that 50% of the raindrops could have been collected and contained in a pool having a 100 m × 10 m base, by what level would the water level in the pool have increased?

Question 35 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Three solid iron cubes of edges 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm are melted together to make a new cube. 62 cm 3 of the melted material is lost due to improper handling. The area (in cm 2 ) of the whole surface of the newly formed cube is

Question 36 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

If the radius of a sphere is increased by 2.5 decimetre (dm), then its surface area increases by 110 dm 2 . What is the volume (in dm 3 ) of the sphere? $$\left( {{\text{take }}\pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)$$

Question 37 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Let x cm 2 be the surface area and y cm 3 be the volume of a sphere such that y = 14x. What is the radius (in cm) of the sphere?

Question 38 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

A conical tent has to accommodate 25 persons. Each person must have 4 m 2 of space on the ground and 80 m 3 of air to breathe. Find the height of the tent.

Question 39 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

Height of a prism-shaped part of a machine is 8 cm and its base is an isosceles triangle, whose each of the equal sides is 5 cm and remaining side is 6 cm. The volume of the part is

Question 40 of 40
★ CSS ★ NTS

The base of a right pyramid is an equilateral triangle with area 16√3 cm 2 . If the area of one of its lateral faces is 30 cm 2 , then its height (in cm) is:

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