Cylinder, Cone and Sphere (Surface Area and Volume) — Important Questions
13 hand-picked ICSE Class 10 Maths important questions for Cylinder, Cone and Sphere (Surface Area and Volume), each with a full model answer — the formats and topics most likely to appear in your board exam.
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High-yield ICSE Cylinder, Cone and Sphere questions use the volume and surface-area formulas (, , ), combinations of solids (cone on cylinder, hemisphere on cone), and melting/recasting where volume is conserved. Take unless told otherwise.
About Cylinder, Cone and Sphere (Surface Area and Volume)
In the ICSE Class 10 Maths chapter Cylinder, Cone and Sphere you compute curved and total surface areas and volumes of cylinders, cones, spheres and hemispheres, handle combinations of solids (such as a tent or a toy), and solve melting/recasting problems where the total volume stays constant. Answers must show full working with units, usually taking .
Key concepts & formulas
Curved surface area ; total surface area ; volume .
Slant height ; curved surface area ; total surface area ; volume .
Sphere: surface area , volume . Hemisphere: curved surface , total surface , volume .
When a solid is melted and recast, its volume is unchanged: total volume before total volume after. Number of items .
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| Question type | Count | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| MCQ | 4 | 1 |
| Assertion–Reason | 1 | 1 |
| Very Short | 2 | 2 |
| Short Answer | 3 | 3 |
| Long Answer | 2 | 5 |
| Case-based | 1 | 4 |
Multiple-choice questions (1 mark)
The volume of a sphere of radius is:
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
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Answer: (b) .
The volume of a sphere is ; the option is the volume of a hemisphere.
The total surface area of a solid hemisphere of radius is:
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
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Answer: (b) .
Total surface curved surface flat circular base .
A cylinder and a cone have equal bases and equal heights. The ratio of the volume of the cylinder to that of the cone is:
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
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Answer: (b) .
and , so the ratio is .
A solid sphere of radius is melted and recast into three spherical balls. Two of them have radii and . The radius of the third ball is:
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
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Answer: (b) .
Volume is conserved, so : , , . Thus , giving .
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Practise free with the AI tutor →Assertion–Reason questions (1 mark)
Assertion (A): When a metallic sphere is melted and recast into small cones, the total volume of the cones equals the volume of the sphere.
Reason (R): Melting and recasting changes the shape of a solid but conserves its volume.
- (a)
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- (b)
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- (c)
A is true but R is false
- (d)
A is false but R is true
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Answer: (a) Recasting keeps the total volume unchanged (R), which is exactly why the combined volume of the cones equals the volume of the original sphere (A); so R correctly explains A.
Very short answer questions (2 marks)
Find the volume of a right circular cylinder of radius and height . (Take .)
A cone has base radius and height . Find its slant height and curved surface area. (Take .)
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Slant height:
Curved surface area:
Short answer questions (3 marks)
A metallic sphere of radius is melted and recast into small right circular cones each of base radius and height . Find the number of cones formed.
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Volume is conserved: number of cones .
Volume of sphere:
Volume of one cone:
Number of cones:
Hence cones are formed.
A wooden toy is in the shape of a cone mounted on a hemisphere of the same radius . The height of the cone is . Find the total surface area of the toy. (Take .)
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Radius ; cone height .
Slant height of cone:
The total surface curved surface of cone curved surface of hemisphere (the flat faces join and are not exposed):
A solid is in the form of a cylinder with hemispherical ends. The total length of the solid is and the radius of each hemispherical end is . Find the total surface area of the solid. (Take .)
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Radius . Length of the cylindrical part:
Total surface curved surface of cylinder curved surfaces of two hemispheres (which together make one sphere):
Long answer questions (5 marks)
A hollow spherical shell has external radius and internal radius . It is melted and recast into a solid right circular cone of base radius . Find the height of the cone. (Take .)
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Volume of the hollow shell volume of the recast cone (volume conserved).
Volume of shell:
Volume of cone with base radius and height :
Equating the volumes:
Hence the height of the cone is .
The rainwater collected on a flat rectangular roof of dimensions drains into a cylindrical vessel of internal diameter and height . If the vessel is just full, find the depth of rainfall on the roof in centimetres. (Take .)
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Let the depth of rainfall be metres. The volume of rain on the roof equals the volume of water in the vessel.
Volume of water in the cylindrical vessel (radius , height ):
Volume of rain on the roof:
Equate:
Convert to centimetres:
Hence the rainfall depth is .
Case-based questions (4 marks)
A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a cone. The cylindrical part has radius and height , and the conical top has the same radius and a vertical height of . Canvas costs Rs per square metre. (Take .)
(i) Find the slant height of the conical top.
(ii) Find the area of canvas required for the tent (curved surfaces only).
(iii) Find the total cost of the canvas.
(iv) Find the volume of air enclosed by the tent.
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(i) Slant height of cone:
(ii) Canvas curved surface of cylinder curved surface of cone:
(iii) Cost
(iv) Volume of air volume of cylinder volume of cone:
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