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CLASS- X Total Marks : 222

Mensuration

Section A

* Answer the following questions. [3 Marks Each] [108]

1. Calculate the area of the shaded region, if the diameter of the semi-circle is equal
to 14 cm. (Take π = 22/7).

2. A solid sphere of radius 15 cm is melted and recast into solid right circular cones
of radius 2.5 cm and height 8 cm. Calculate the number of cones recast.
3. A hollow sphere of internal and external radii 6 cm and 8 cm respectively is
melted and recast into small cones of base radius 2 cm and height 8 cm. Find
the number of cones.
4. The circumference of the base of a 10 m high conical tent is 44 metres. Calculate
the length of canvas used in making the tent if the width of the canvas is 2m.
(Take π = 22/7)
5. In the equilateral Δ ABC of side 14 cm, side BC is the diameter of a semicircle as
shown in the figure below. Find the area of the shaded region. (Take π = 22/7
and √3 = 1.732)

6. The boundary of the shaded region in the given diagram consists of three
semicircular areas, the smaller ones being equal and it’s diameter 5 cm, if the
diameter of the larger one is 10 cm,
calculate:
(i) The length of the boundary,

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 (ii) The area of the shaded region. (Take π = 3.14)

7. In the given figure, AB is the diameter of a circle with center O and OA = 7 cm.
Find the area of the shaded region.

8. In the given figure, find the area of the unshaded portion within the rectangle.
(Take π = 22/7).

9. A doorway is decorated as shown in the figure. There are four semi-circles. BC,
the diameter of the larger semi-circle is of length 84 cm. Centres of the three
equal semicircles lie on BC. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. If BO = OC,
find the area of the shaded region. (Take
22
π = )
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10. A metal container in the form of a cylinder is surmounted by a hemisphere of

the same radius. The internal height of the cylinder is 7 m and the internal
radius is 3.5 m. Calculate: the total area of the internal surface, excluding the
base.

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11. A bucket is raised from a well by means of a rope which is wound round a
wheel of diameter 77 cm. Given that the ascends in 1 minute 28 seconds with a
uniform speed of 1.1 m/sec, calculate the number of complete revolutions the
wheel makes in raising the bucket. (Take π =22/7)
12. A vessel in the form of an inverted cone is filled with water to the brim: Its
height is 20 cm and the diameter is 16.8 cm. Two equal solid cones are dropped
in it so that they are fully submerged. As a result, one-third of the water in the
original cone overflows. What is the volume of each of the solid cones
submerged?
13. A conical tent is accommodate to 11 persons each person must have 4 sq.
metre of the space on the ground and 20 cubic metre of air to breath. Find the
height of the cone.
14. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 3 meters and conical above it. If its
diameter is 105 m and the slant height of the conical portion is 53 m calculate
the length of the canvas which is 5m wide to make the required tent.
15. The radius of the internal and external surfaces of a hollow spherical shell are 3
cm and 5 cm respectively! If it is melted and recast into a solid cylinder of height
cm, find the diameter of the cylinder.
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16. The surface area of a solid metallic sphere is 616 cm2. It is melted and recast
into smaller spheres of diameter 3.5 cm. How many such spheres can be
obtained?
17. A metallic cylinder has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 5 cm. It is made of metal
A. To reduce its weight, a conical hole is drilled in the cylinder, as shown and it is
completely filled with a lighter metal B. The conical hole has a radius of 3

2
cm
and its depth is 8

9
cm. Calculate the ratio of the volume of the metal A to the
volume of metal B in the solid.
18. Find the area and perimeter of the circle with the following : Radius= 2.8 cm
19. Find the area and perimeter of the following semi-circle : Radius= 1.4 cm
20. Find the area and perimeter of the following sector : Radius= 6 cm, angle at the
centre is 70°
21. Find the area of a circular field that has a circumference of 396 m.
22. Find the circumference of the circle whose area is 81π cm 2.
23. The wheel of the car makes 10 revolutions per second. If its diameter is 70 cm,
find the speed of the car in km per hour.
24. A cart wheel makes 9 revolutions per second. If the diameter of the wheel is 42
cm, find its speed in km/hr.
25. Find the total surface area and volume of a hemisphere whose radius is 10 cm.

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26. Find the cost of painting a hemispherical dome of diameter 10 m at the rate of
Rs 1.40 per square metre.
27. A solid sphere metal is cut through its centre into 2 equal parts. If the diameter
of the sphere is , find the total surface of each part, correct to two
1
3 cm
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decimal places.
28. Find the volume of the hollow sphere whose inner diameter is 8 cm and the
thickness of the material of which it is made is 1 cm .
29. Find the diameter of the sphere for the following:
17 3
Volume = 523 cm
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30. Find the diameter of the sphere for the following:

Surface Area = 576πcm2
31. How many lead balls of radii 1 cm each can be made from a sphere of 8 cm
radius?
32. Find the radius of a sphere whose surface area is equal to the area of the circle
of diameter 2.8 cm
33. The radius and height of a cylinder, a cone and a sphere are same. Calculate the
ratio of their volumes.
34. The base circumferences of two cones are the same. If their slant heights are in
the ratio 5 : 4, find the ratio of their curved surface areas.
35. Find the volume and the surface area of the spheres in the following :
Radius = 7 cm
36. Find the volume and the surface area of the spheres in the following :
Diameter= 6.3 cm

Section B

* Answer The Following Questions in Brief. [46]

1. The ratio of the base area and the curved surface of a conical tent is 40: 41. If the
height is 18 m, Find the air capacity of the tent in terms of n.
2. The diameter of two cones are equal. If their slant heights are in the ratio 5 : 4,
find the ratio of their curved surface areas.
3. The radius and height of cone are in the ratio 3 : 4. If its volume is 301.44 cm3.
What is its radius? What is its slant height? (Take π = 3.14)
4. The volume of a sphere is 905 1/7 cm3, find its diameter.
5. There is a ratio 1: 4 between the surface area of two spheres, find the ratio
between their radius.
6. A spherical cannon ball, 28 cm in diameter is melted and recast into a right
circular conical mould, the base of which is 35 cm in diameter. Find the height of

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 the cone, correct to one place of decimal.
7. A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases and equal volumes. Find the ratio of
their heights.
8. A sphere cut out from a side of 7 cm cubes. Find the volume of this sphere?
9. A road roller is cylindrical in shape, its circular end has a diameter of 1.4 m and
its width is 4 m. It is used to level a play ground measuring 70 m × 40 m. Find
the minimum number of complete revolutions that the roller must take in order
to cover the entire ground once.
10. A vessel is in he form of an inverted cone. Its height is 11 cm., and the radius of
its top which is open is 2.5 cm. It is filled with water up to the rim. When lead
shots, each of which is a sphere of radius 0.25 cm., are dropped 2 into the
vessel, 5 th of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped into
2

the vessel.
11. A metal container in the form of a cylinder is surmounted by a hemisphere of
the same radius. The internal height of the cylinder is 7 m and the internal
radius is 3.5 m. Calculate: the internal volume of the container in m3.
12. Water flows at the rate of 10 m per minute through a cylindrical pipe 5 mm of
diameter. How much time would it take to fill a conical vessel whose diameter at
he surface is 40 cm and depth is 24 cm?
13. The cylinder of radius 12 cm have filled the 20 cm with water. One piece of iron
drop in the stands of water goes up 6.75 cm. Find the radius of sphere piece.
14. Find the area of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm.
15. If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is 36 cm. Find its diameter.
16. A well 28.8 m deep and of diameter 2 m is dug up. The soil dug out is spread all
around the well to make a platform 1 m high considering the fact losse soil
settled to a height in the ratio 6 : 5 find the width of the platform.
17. A glass cylinder with a diameter 20 cm water to a height of 9 cm. A metal cube
of 8 cm edge is immersed in it completely. Calculate the height by which water
will rise in the cylinder. (Take π = 3.142)
18. Water is being pumped out through a circular pipe whose external diameter is 7
cm. If the flow of water is 72 cm per second how many litres of water are being
pumped out in one hour.
19. The diameter of a garden roller is 1.4 m and it is 2 m long. How much area will it
cover in 5 revolutions? (Take π = 22/7)
20. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio of 5 : 7 and its volume is 550
cm. Find its radius. (Take π = 22/7)

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21. The circumference of a garden roller is 280 cm. How many revolutions does it
make in moving 490 meters?
22. Find the radius of the sphere whose surface area is equal to its volume .
23. A sphere and a cone have the same radii. If their volumes are also equal, prove
that the height of the cone is twice its radius.

* Questions with calculation. [4 Marks Each] [68]

24. ABC is an isosceles right-angled triangle with ∠ABC = 90°. A semi-circle is drawn
with AC as the diameter. If AB = BC = 7 cm, find the area of the shaded region.
[Take π = 22/7]

25. In the figure given below, ABCD is the rectangle. AB = 14 cm, BC = 7 cm. From
the rectangle, a quarter circle BFEC and a semicircle DGE are removed. Calculate
the area of the remaining piece of the rectangle. (Take π =
22

7
) .

26. The radius of a sphere is 10 cm. If we increase the radius 5% then how many %
will increase in volume?
27. A buoy is made in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular
cone whose circular base coincides with the plane surface of the hemisphere.
The radius of the base of the cone is 3.5 m and its volume is two-third the
volume of hemisphere. Calculate the height of the cone and the surface area of
the buoy, correct to two decimal places.
28. Water flows through a cylindrical pipe of internal diameter 7 cm at 36 km/hr.
Calculate the time in minutes it would take to fill the cylindrical tank, the radius
of whose base is 35 cm, and height is 1 m.
29. Find the area and perimeter of the circle with the following :
Diameter = 77 cm
30. Find the area enclosed between two concentric circles, if their radii are 6 cm and
13 cm respectively.
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31. A wire bent in the form of an equilateral triangle has an area of 121√3c m
2
. If
the same wire is bent into the form of a circle, find the area enclosed by the
wire.
32. Find the circumference of the circle whose area is 25 times the area of the circle
with radius 7 cm.
33. The area between the circumferences of two concentric circles is 2464 cm2. If
the inner circle has circumference of 132 cm, calculate the radius of outer circle.
34. Find the area of the biggest circle that can be cut from a rectangular piece of
44cm by 28 cm. Also, find the area of the paper left after cutting out the circle.
35. A 7 m road surrounds a circular garden whose area is 5544 m2. Find the area of
the road and the cost of tarring it at the rate of Rs.150 per sq m.
36. A canvas tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical roof. The
common diameter of the cone and the cylinder is 14 m. The height of the
cylindrical part is 8 m and the height of the conical roof is 4 m. Find the area of
the canvas used to make the tent.
37. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 5 m and conical above it. If its diameter
is 42 m and slant height of the cone is 53 m, calculate the total area of the
canvas required.
38. Sand from a cylindrical bucket 32 cm in height and 18 cm in radius is poured
onto the ground making a conical heap 24 cm high. Find the radius of the
conical heap.
39. A cylindrical beaker of 7 cm diameter is partly filled with water. Determine the
number of spherical marbles of diameter 1.4 cm that are to be submerged in it
to raise the water level by 5.6 cm
40. A conical tent with a capacity of 600 m3 stands on a circular base of area 160 m2
Find in m2 the area of the canvas.
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