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A circular well with a diameter of 2 meters, is dug to a depth of 14 meters. What is the volume of the earth dug out.

\begin{aligned} 40 m^3 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 42 m^3 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 44 m^3 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 46 m^3 \end{aligned}

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
Volume = \pi r^2h \\
Volume = \left(\frac{22}{7}*1*1*14\right)m^3 \\
= 44 m^3
\end{aligned}

1. A hollow spherical metallic ball has an external diameter 6 cm and is 1/2 cm thick. The volume of metal used in the metal is:

\begin{aligned} 47\frac{1}{5} cm^3 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 47\frac{3}{5} cm^3 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 47\frac{7}{5} cm^3 \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 47\frac{9}{5} cm^3 \end{aligned}

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Please note we are talking about "Hollow" ball. Do not ignore this word in this type of question in a hurry to solve this question.
If we are given with external radius and thickness, we can get the internal radius by subtracting them. Then the volume of metal can be obtained by its formula as,

External radius = 3 cm,
Internal radius = (3-0.5) cm = 2.5 cm

\begin{aligned}
\text{Volume of sphere =}\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 \\
= \frac{4}{3}*\frac{22}{7}*[3^2 - 2.5^2]cm^3 \\
= \frac{4}{3}*\frac{22}{7}*\frac{91}{8}cm^3 \\
= \frac{143}{3} cm^3 \\
= 47\frac{2}{3}cm^3
\end{aligned}

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

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

We will first subtract the cone volume from wood volume to get the wood wasted.
Then we can calculate its percentage.

\begin{aligned}
\text{Sphere Volume =}\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 \\
\text{Cone Volume =}\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h\\

\text{Volume of wood wasted =}\\
\left(\frac{4}{3}\pi *9*9*9\right)-\left(\frac{1}{3}\pi *9*9*9\right) \\
= \pi *9*9*9 cm^3 \\
\text{Required Percentage =} \\
\frac{\pi *9*9*9}{\frac{4}{3}\pi *9*9*9}*100 \% \\
= \frac{3}{4}*100 \% \\
= 75\%
\end{aligned}

3. The radii of two cones are in ratio 2:1, their volumes are equal. Find the ratio of their heights.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Let their radii be 2x, x and their heights be h and H resp.
Then,
\begin{aligned}
\text{Volume of cone =}\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h \\
\frac{\frac{1}{3}*\pi *{(2x)}^2*h}{\frac{1}{3}*\pi *{x}^2*H} \\
=> \frac{h}{H} = \frac{1}{4} \\
=> h:H = 1:4
\end{aligned}

4. The maximum length of a pencil that can he kept is a rectangular box of dimensions 8 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm, is

\begin{aligned} 2\sqrt{17} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 2\sqrt{16} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 2\sqrt{26} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} 2\sqrt{24} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

In this question we need to calculate the diagonal of cuboid,
which is =
\begin{aligned}
\sqrt{l^2+b^2+h^2} \\
= \sqrt{8^2+6^2+2^2} \\
= \sqrt{104} \\
= 2\sqrt{26}
\end{aligned}

5. A swimming pool 9 m wide and 12 m long is 1 m deep on the shallow side and 4 m deep on the deeper side. Its volume is:

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Volume will be length * breadth * height, but in this case two heights are given so we will take average,

\begin{aligned}
Volume = \left(12*9*\left(\frac{1+4}{2}\right)\right)m^3 \\
12*9*2.5 m^3 = 270 m^3
\end{aligned}