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Surface Areas and Volumes: 1 mark Questions (CBSE Class 10)

54 different 1 mark questions on Surface Areas and Volumes from CBSE Class 10 Maths board exams 2022–2026, newest first.

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Two wooden solid hemispheres of same radii r, are joined at a point, as shown in the figure. The total surface area of the object is :

Diagram for CBSE 2026 Class 10 Maths question 3
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (B)
  1. The hemispheres touch only at a point, so no surface is hidden.
  2. TSA of one solid hemisphere = curved surface + flat base = .
  3. Total = .

A cone with slant height 10 cm and radius 6 cm is surmounted on a hemisphere of same radius. The height of the toy is :

Diagram for CBSE 2026 Class 10 Maths question 11
  1. (A)12 cm
  2. (B)16 cm
  3. (C)14 cm
  4. (D)10 cm
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Answer: (C) 14 cm
  1. Height of cone = cm.
  2. Height of hemisphere = radius = 6 cm.
  3. Height of toy = 8 + 6 = 14 cm.

A cylinder of radius is surmounted on a hemisphere of same radius. If total height of the object is 13 cm, then its inner surface area is

Diagram for CBSE 2026 Class 10 Maths question 4
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (D)
  1. Height of the cylindrical part .
  2. Inner surface area curved surface of cylinder curved surface of hemisphere .

The total surface area of a solid cone of radius 7 cm and slant height 25 cm, is

  1. (A)724 cm
  2. (B)704 cm
  3. (C)550 cm
  4. (D)616 cm
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Answer: (B) 704 cm
  1. TSA
  2. cm

The total surface area of a solid hemisphere of diameter '' is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (A)
  1. Radius .
  2. TSA of a solid hemisphere .
Also asked in: 2026 Standard 30/1/2

The radius of a sphere (in cm) whose volume is cm, is :

  1. (A)3
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (A) 3
  1. cm.

A hemispherical bowl is made of steel of thickness 1 cm. The outer radius of the bowl is 6 cm. The volume of steel used (in ) is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (B)
  1. Outer radius R = 6 cm, inner radius r = 6 - 1 = 5 cm.
  2. Volume of steel

Assertion (A) : The surface area of the cuboid formed by joining two cubes of sides 4 cm each, end-to-end, is 160 .
Reason (R): The surface area of a cuboid of dimensions is .

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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Answer: (C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  1. The cuboid formed is 8 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm.
  2. Surface area , so A is true.
  3. The surface area of a cuboid is , not , so R is false.

A cone of maximum size is carved out from a solid cube of edge length . The volume of the cone is :

Diagram for CBSE 2026 Class 10 Maths question 7
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (A)
  1. Largest cone: base radius , height
  2. Volume

Three tennis balls are just packed in a cylindrical jar. If radius of each ball is r, volume of air inside the jar is

Diagram for CBSE 2026 Class 10 Maths question 13
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (A)
  1. The jar has radius r and height 6r.
  2. Volume of jar
  3. Volume of 3 balls
  4. Volume of air

An ice-cream cone of radius r and height h is completely filled by two spherical scoopes of ice-cream. If radius of each spherical scoop is , then h : 2r equals

  1. (A)1 : 8
  2. (B)1 : 2
  3. (C)1 : 1
  4. (D)2 : 1
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Answer: (B) 1 : 2
  1. Volume of cone = volume of two scoops:
  2. So .
  3. h : 2r = r : 2r = 1 : 2

A conical cavity of maximum volume is carved out from a wooden solid hemisphere of radius 10 cm. Curved surface area of the cavity carved out is (use )

Diagram for CBSE 2026 Class 10 Maths question 7
  1. (A)
  2. (B)314
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (A)
  1. The largest cone has radius cm and height cm (radius of hemisphere).
  2. Slant height cm
  3. CSA

A camping tent in hemispherical shape of radius 1.4 m, has a door opening of area 0.50 . Outer surface area of the tent is

  1. (A)11.78
  2. (B)12.32
  3. (C)11.82
  4. (D)12.86
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Answer: (C) 11.82
  1. CSA of hemisphere
  2. Outer surface area

For which of the following solids is the lateral/curved surface area and total surface area the same ?

  1. (A)Cube
  2. (B)Cuboid
  3. (C)Hemisphere
  4. (D)Sphere
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Answer: (D) Sphere
  1. A sphere has only a curved surface, so its CSA and TSA are both .
  2. Cube, cuboid and hemisphere all have flat faces in addition to the lateral/curved surface.

A cone and a cylinder have the same base radius and volume.
The (height of cone : height of cylinder) is :

  1. (A)1 : 1
  2. (B)3 : 1
  3. (C)1 : 3
  4. (D)3 : 2
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Answer: (B) 3 : 1
  1. Let heights be (cone) and (cylinder), common radius r.
  2. .
  3. So .

A cone of height ‘h’ and radius ‘r’ is surmounted on a solid cylinder of same dimensions. The total surface area of the entire solid will be :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (B)
  1. Exposed surfaces: curved surface of cylinder , bottom base of cylinder and curved surface of cone with .
  2. The top of the cylinder and the base of the cone are joined and hidden.
  3. TSA .

A cone of height ‘h’ and radius ‘r’ is surmounted on a hemisphere of same radius. The total surface area of the entire solid will be :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (C)
  1. Exposed surfaces: curved surface of cone with , and curved surface of hemisphere .
  2. TSA .

A cone and cylinder have same height and same radius. The volume of the cone and the volume of the cylinder are in the ratio :

  1. (A)1 : 1
  2. (B)1 : 3
  3. (C)3 : 1
  4. (D)1 : 2
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Answer: (B) 1 : 3
  1. Volume of cone : volume of cylinder .

Two right circular cylinders of equal volumes have their heights in the ratio 1:2. The ratio of their radii is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)1 : 2
  3. (C)1 : 4
  4. (D)
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Answer: (A)
  1. Let the heights be and .
  2. , so .
  3. .

The curved surface area of a cone with base radius 7 cm, is 550 cm. The slant height of the cone is :

  1. (A)25 cm
  2. (B)14 cm
  3. (C)20 cm
  4. (D)24 cm
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Answer: (A) 25 cm
  1. CSA .
  2. , so cm.

The largest possible cone is just fitted inside a hollow cube of edge 25 cm. The radius of the base of the cone is

  1. (A)5 cm
  2. (B)12.5 cm
  3. (C)25 cm
  4. (D)10 cm
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Answer: (B) 12.5 cm
  1. The base of the largest cone fits exactly on a face of the cube, so its diameter equals the edge, 25 cm.
  2. Radius cm.

Assertion (A) : When a hemisphere of same radius (r) is carved out from one side of a solid wooden cylinder, the total surface area of remaining solid is increased by .
Reason (R) : Curved surface area of hemisphere is .

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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Answer: (D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
  1. Carving out removes one circular face of area and adds the hemisphere's curved surface .
  2. Net increase , not , so A is false.
  3. CSA of a hemisphere , so R is true.

Two identical cones are joined as shown in the figure. If radius of base is 4 cm and slant height of the cone is 6 cm, then height of the solid is

Diagram for CBSE 2025 Class 10 Maths question 4
  1. (A)8 cm
  2. (B) cm
  3. (C) cm
  4. (D)12 cm
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Answer: (B) cm
  1. Height of one cone cm.
  2. The solid is two cones joined at their vertices, so its height cm.

The volume of air in a hollow cylinder is 450 cm. A cone of same height and radius as that of cylinder is kept inside it. The volume of empty space in the cylinder is

Diagram for CBSE 2025 Class 10 Maths question 18
  1. (A)225 cm
  2. (B)150 cm
  3. (C)250 cm
  4. (D)300 cm
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Answer: (D) 300 cm
  1. Volume of cylinder cm.
  2. Volume of cone cm.
  3. Empty space cm.

Assertion (A) : If we join two hemispheres of same radius along their bases, then we get a sphere.
Reason (R) : Total Surface Area of a sphere of radius is .

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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Answer: (C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  1. Two hemispheres of the same radius joined along their circular bases form a complete sphere. Assertion is true.
  2. The surface area of a sphere of radius is , not ( is the total surface area of a solid hemisphere). Reason is false.

If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio , then the ratio of their surface areas is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (B)
  1. , so .
  2. Ratio of surface areas , i.e. .
Also asked in: 2025 Standard 30/3/2

The radii 'r' of a sphere and that of the base of a cone are same. If their volumes are also same, then the height of the cone is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (D)
  1. .
  2. .

On the top face of the wooden cube of side 7 cm, hemispherical depressions of radius 0.35 cm are to be formed by taking out the wood. The maximum number of depressions that can be formed is :

  1. (A)400
  2. (B)100
  3. (C)20
  4. (D)10
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Answer: (B) 100
  1. Diameter of each depression cm
  2. Along each edge: depressions
  3. Maximum number on the face

A cone of height 12 cm and slant height 13 cm is surmounted on a hemisphere having radius equal to that of cone. The entire height of the solid is

  1. (A)17 cm
  2. (B)18 cm
  3. (C)22 cm
  4. (D)23 cm
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Answer: (A) 17 cm
  1. Radius of cone cm = radius of hemisphere.
  2. Total height cm

If a cone of greatest possible volume is hollowed out from a solid wooden cylinder, then the ratio of the volume of remaining wood to the volume of cone hollowed out is

  1. (A)1 : 1
  2. (B)1 : 3
  3. (C)2 : 1
  4. (D)3 : 1
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Answer: (C) 2 : 1
  1. The largest cone has the same radius and height as the cylinder.
  2. Cone volume ; remaining wood
  3. Ratio

The height and radius of a right circular cone are 24 cm and 7 cm respectively. The slant height of the cone is :

  1. (A)24 cm
  2. (B)31 cm
  3. (C)26 cm
  4. (D)25 cm
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Answer: (D) 25 cm
  1. cm.
Also asked in: 2024 Basic 430/1/3

Outer surface area of a cylindrical juice glass with radius 7 cm and height 10 cm, is :

  1. (A)440 sq m
  2. (B)594 sq m
  3. (C)748 sq m
  4. (D)1540 sq m
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Answer: (B) 594 sq m
  1. A glass is open at the top, so outer surface = curved surface + base.
  2. Curved surface .
  3. Base .
  4. Total (square cm).

The radius of a sphere is cm. The volume of the sphere is :

  1. (A) cu cm
  2. (B) cu cm
  3. (C) cu cm
  4. (D)154 cu cm
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Answer: (C) cu cm
  1. .
  2. cu cm.

The total surface area of a solid hemisphere of radius 7 cm is :

  1. (A) cm
  2. (B) cm
  3. (C) cm
  4. (D) cm
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Answer: (B) cm
  1. TSA of solid hemisphere
  2. cm
Also asked in: 2024 Basic 430/2/2

The total surface area of a cube of side 20 cm is

  1. (A)240 cm
  2. (B)160 cm
  3. (C)2400 cm
  4. (D)1600 cm
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Answer: (C) 2400 cm
  1. TSA of cube cm

If the volume of a sphere is cm, then the radius of the sphere is :

  1. (A)2 cm
  2. (B)4 cm
  3. (C) cm
  4. (D) cm
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Answer: (C) cm
  1. , so .
  2. , so cm.

From a solid cube of side 14 cm, a sphere of maximum diameter is carved out. The radius of sphere is :

  1. (A)7 cm
  2. (B)14 cm
  3. (C) cm
  4. (D) cm
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Answer: (A) 7 cm
  1. The largest sphere has diameter equal to the side of the cube, 14 cm.
  2. Radius cm.

A solid sphere is cut into two hemispheres. The ratio of the surface areas of sphere to that of two hemispheres taken together, is :

  1. (A)1 : 1
  2. (B)1 : 4
  3. (C)2 : 3
  4. (D)3 : 2
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Answer: (C) 2 : 3
  1. Surface area of sphere .
  2. Each solid hemisphere has total surface area , so two together .
  3. Ratio .

The volume of the largest right circular cone that can be carved out from a solid cube of edge 2 cm is :

  1. (A) cu cm
  2. (B) cu cm
  3. (C) cu cm
  4. (D) cu cm
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Answer: (D) cu cm
  1. The largest cone has base diameter = edge = 2 cm, so cm, and height cm.
  2. Volume cu cm.

Assertion (A) : Two cubes each of edge length 10 cm are joined together. The total surface area of newly formed cuboid is 1200 cm.
Reason (R) : Area of each surface of a cube of side 10 cm is 100 cm.

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true. Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true. Reason (R) does not give correct explanation of (A).
  3. (C)Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is not true.
  4. (D)Assertion (A) is not true but Reason (R) is true.
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Answer: (D) Assertion (A) is not true but Reason (R) is true.
  1. R: each face is cm, so R is true.
  2. The cuboid formed is 20 cm 10 cm 10 cm. It has 10 faces of the cubes exposed (two faces are hidden at the join).
  3. TSA cm, not 1200 cm. So A is false.

The ratio of total surface area of a solid hemisphere to the square of its radius is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (C)
  1. TSA of a solid hemisphere = curved surface + base = .
  2. Ratio = .
Also asked in: 2024 Standard 30/4/2

Two identical solid cubes of side ‘a’ are joined end-to-end. The total surface area of the resulting cuboid is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (B)
  1. The cuboid has dimensions .
  2. TSA = .

The volume of a cone of radius ‘r’ and height ‘3r’ is :

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (D)
  1. Volume of cone

The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm. The diameter of its circular base is :

  1. (A)2 cm
  2. (B)1 cm
  3. (C)4 cm
  4. (D)7 cm
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Answer: (a) 2 cm
  1. CSA
  2. , so r = 1 cm
  3. Diameter = 2 cm
Also asked in: 2023 Basic 430/2/2

A solid is of the form of a cone of radius ‘r’ surmounted on a hemisphere of the same radius. If the height of the cone is the same as the diameter of its base, then the volume of the solid is :

Diagram for CBSE 2023 Class 10 Maths question 11
  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (b)
  1. Height of cone h = 2r.
  2. Volume of cone
  3. Volume of hemisphere
  4. Total

The curved surface area of a cone of radius 7 cm is 550 cm. Its slant height is :

  1. (A)24 cm
  2. (B)25 cm
  3. (C)14 cm
  4. (D)20 cm
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Answer: (b) 25 cm
  1. CSA of cone
  2. 22l = 550, so l = 25 cm

Assertion (A) : The surface area of largest sphere that can be inscribed in a hollow cube of side ‘a’ cm is cm.
Reason (R) : The surface area of a sphere of radius ‘r’ is .

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
  3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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Answer: (C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
  1. The largest sphere has diameter a, so .
  2. Surface area cm, so A is true.
  3. is the volume of a sphere, not its surface area (), so R is false.

Curved surface area of a cylinder of height 5 cm is 94.2 cm. Radius of the cylinder is (Take )

  1. (A)2 cm
  2. (B)3 cm
  3. (C)2.9 cm
  4. (D)6 cm
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Answer: (B) 3 cm
  1. CSA .
  2. , so cm.

The curved surface area of a cone having height 24 cm and radius 7 cm, is

  1. (A)528 cm
  2. (B)1056 cm
  3. (C)550 cm
  4. (D)500 cm
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Answer: (C) 550 cm
  1. Slant height cm.
  2. CSA cm
Also asked in: 2023 Standard 30/1/2

The area of metal sheet required to make a closed hollow cylinder of height 2.4 m and base radius 0.7 m, is

  1. (A)10.56 m
  2. (B)13.52 m
  3. (C)13.64 m
  4. (D)14.08 m
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Answer: (C) 13.64 m
  1. Area of sheet = total surface area of a closed cylinder .
  2. m

What is the total surface area of a solid hemisphere of diameter ‘d’ ?

  1. (A)
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)
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Answer: (D)
  1. TSA of a solid hemisphere with .
Also asked in: 2023 Standard 30/2/2

If the area of the base of a cone is 51 cm² and its volume is 85 cm³, then the vertical height of the cone is given as :

  1. (A) cm
  2. (B) cm
  3. (C) cm
  4. (D)5 cm
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Answer: (D) 5 cm
  1. Volume base area
  2. cm

Water in a river which is 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km/h. How much water will fall into the sea in 2 minutes ?

  1. (A)800 m
  2. (B)4000 m
  3. (C)8000 m
  4. (D)2000 m
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Answer: (C) 8000 m
  1. Speed = 2 km/h = 2000 m in 60 minutes.
  2. Length of water flowing in 2 minutes m.
  3. Volume m.

The volume of a right circular cone whose area of the base is 156 cm and the vertical height is 8 cm, is

  1. (A)2496 cm
  2. (B)1248 cm
  3. (C)1664 cm
  4. (D)416 cm
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Answer: (D) 416 cm
  1. Volume = base area height
  2. cm
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