Class 9 : Mathematics
Assignment on Surface areas and Volumes
Q.1 If a sphere is inscribed in a cube, then the ratio of the volume of the cube to the
volume of the sphere is
(i) 𝟔: 𝝅 (ii) 𝟒: 𝝅 (iii) 𝟖: 𝝅 (iv) 𝟓: 𝝅
Q.2 The volume of a sphere is numerically equal to its surface area, then its
diameter is
(i) 𝟏 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕 (ii) 𝟐 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 (iii) 𝟑 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 (iv) 𝟔 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔
𝒍
Q.3 The total surface area of a cone of radius 2r and slant height is
𝟐
𝒓
(i) 2𝝅𝒓(𝒍 + 𝒓) (ii) 𝝅𝒓(𝒍 + 𝟒) (iii) 𝝅𝒓(𝟒𝒓 + 𝒍) (iv) 𝟐𝝅𝒓
Q.4 A cuboid having surface area of three adjacent faces as a, b and c has the
volume
(i) 𝒂𝒃𝒄 (ii) 𝟑√𝒂𝒃𝒄 (iii) √𝒂𝒃𝒄 (iv) 𝒂𝟐𝒃𝟐𝒄𝟐
Q.5 The total surface area of a cube is 96 𝒄𝒎𝟐.Then side of cube is
(i) 𝟒𝒄𝒎 (ii) 𝟖𝒄𝒎 (iii) 𝟐𝒄𝒎 (iv) 𝟐. 𝟓𝒄𝒎
Q.6 If a spherical balloon grows to twice its radius when inflated, then the ratio of
the volume of the inflated balloon to the original balloon is
(i) 𝟖: 𝝅 (ii) 𝟏: 𝟒 (iii) 𝟒: 𝟏 (iv) 𝟖: 𝟏
Q.7 If a square paper of side 25 cm is rolled to form a cylinder, then its curved
surface area is
(i) 𝟔𝟐𝟓 𝒄𝒎𝟐 (ii) 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟐 (iii) 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟐 (iv) 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟐
Q.8 A cylindrical piece of maximum volume has to be cut out of an iron cube of
edge 4 cm. Then, the maximum volume of the iron cylinder is
(i) 𝟐𝟎𝝅 𝒄𝒎𝟑 (ii) 𝟏𝟔𝝅 𝒄𝒎𝟑 (iii) 𝟐𝟒𝝅 𝒄𝒎𝟑 (iv) 𝟐𝟖𝝅 𝒄𝒎𝟑
Q.9 The number of cubes whose edge measures 3 cm, that can be formed by
melting a cubical block of metal of edge 15 cm is
(i) 𝟐𝟐𝟓 (ii) 𝟐𝟓𝟎 (iii) 𝟏𝟐𝟓 (iv) 𝟐𝟑𝟓
Q.10 In a cylinder, radius is doubled and height is halved, then curved surface area
will be
(i) 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 (ii) 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 (iii) 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 (iv) 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔
Q.11 The volume of a cube is 𝟑√𝟑𝒂𝟑 cubic units, then find its total surface area.
Q.12 A semicircular sheet of metal of diameter 28 cm is bent to form a conical cup.
Find height of the cup.
Q.13 If the radius and slant height of a cone are in the ratio 7:13 and its curved
surface area is 286 𝒄𝒎𝟐, then find its radius
Q.14 Find the total surface area of hemisphere of radius 3.5 cm.
Q.15 What is the maximum length of pencil that can be placed in a rectangular box
of dimension 8 cm x 6 cm x 5 cm?
Q.16 If curved surface area of solid cylinder is two third of its total surface area, then
find the ratio of its height and radius.
Q.17 If the curved surface area of a cylinder is 1760 𝒄𝒎𝟐 and its base radius is 14 cm.
Then find its height.
Q.18 How many balls each of radius 2 cm can be made by melting a big ball whose
radius is 8 cm?