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51.

Which method of development is employed in case of cones?

A. parallel-line development
B. approximation method
C. triangulation development
D. radial-line development
Answer» E.
52.

Which method of development is employed in case of prisms?

A. parallel-line development
B. approximation method
C. triangulation development
D. radial-line development
Answer» B. approximation method
53.

Which method of development is employed in case of sphere, ellipsoid?

A. parallel-line development
B. approximation method
C. triangulation development
D. radial-line development
Answer» C. triangulation development
54.

A sphere is cut by plane which is perpendicular to V.P and inclined to H.P the top view and front view of minor part will be

A. circle
B. ellipse
C. sector
D. segment
Answer» B. ellipse
55.

A sphere is cut by a plane at the middle the plane is perpendicular to both reference planes the top view and front view will be

A. line, circle
B. circle, line
C. line, line
D. circle, circle
Answer» D. circle, circle
56.

A sphere is cut by plane which is perpendicular to V.P and inclined to H.P the top view and section will be

A. line, circle
B. line, ellipse
C. ellipse, circle
D. circle, ellipse
Answer» D. circle, ellipse
57.

A sphere is cut by a plane which is inclined to both reference planes the top view and front view of section will be

A. line, line
B. circle, circle
C. ellipse, circle
D. ellipse, ellipse
Answer» E.
58.

A hemi sphere is placed on H.P on its base a section plane which is perpendicular to H.P and inclined to V.P and cutting the hemisphere the section will be

A. circle
B. ellipse
C. sector
D. segment
Answer» E.
59.

A sphere is placed on V.P the section plane perpendicular to H.P and inclined to V.P cutting the sphere section formed and front view will be

A. circle, line
B. circle, circle
C. ellipse, circle
D. circle, ellipse
Answer» E.
60.

6 SECTIONS OF SPHERES

A. ellipse
B. circle
C. line
D. oval
Answer» C. line
61.

A sphere is placed on H.P and section plane is parallel to H.P the section is circle and if the section plane is parallel to V.P the section is again circle.

A. true
B. false
Answer» B. false
62.

A regular cone is been cut by a plane which is inclined to axis of cone and cuts all the generators the section formed be like

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. parabola
Answer» B. hyperbola
63.

A regular cone is been cut by a plane which is parallel to the axis of cone, the section formed will be like

A. ellipse
B. triangle
C. circle
D. parabola
Answer» C. circle
64.

A regular cone is been cut by a plane which is perpendicular to axis of cone the section will be like

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. triangle
Answer» D. triangle
65.

A regular cone is been cut by a plane which is parallel to the axis of cone the section formed will be like

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. parabola
Answer» C. circle
66.

A regular cone is resting on H.P on its base. A section plane is perpendicular to H.P and V.P cutting the cone such that the plane is not having axis of cone in it. The section would be

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. parabola
D. triangle
Answer» D. triangle
67.

A regular cone is resting on V.P with axis perpendicular to it a plane is cutting the cone such that it is perpendicular to H.P and inclined to V.P cutting cone at all generators the section formed is

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. triangle
Answer» B. hyperbola
68.

A regular cone is been cut by a cutting plane which passes through the apex of cone and making some angle with axis less than half of angle between the slanting ends the section will be like

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. triangle
Answer» E.
69.

A regular cone is placed on H.P and section plane is parallel to axis cutting the cone at the middle then the section will be

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. triangle
Answer» E.
70.

A regular cone is placed such that axis is parallel to both reference planes the section plane perpendicular to both reference planes and cuts the cone the section will be like

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. circle
D. triangle
Answer» D. triangle
71.

A regular cone is placed such that axis is perpendicular to H.P and the section plane is inclined to axis and parallel to one of the generator then the section will be

A. ellipse
B. hyperbola
C. parabola
D. triangle
Answer» D. triangle
72.

A cylinder is placed on V.P on its base and the section plane is parallel to H.P cutting the solid into two equal parts the top view of the 1st part of cylinder will be

A. rectangle of width equal to half of diameter of cylinder
B. rectangle of width equal to diameter of cylinder
C. circle of diameter equal to that of cylinder
D. semicircle with diameter equal to that of cylinder
Answer» C. circle of diameter equal to that of cylinder
73.

A cutting plane cut the cylinder into half diagonally touching both the bases at corners the section and side view of 1 part of cylinder is

A. ellipse, circle
B. ellipse, rectangle
C. ellipse, triangle
D. closed figure formed by 2 parallel line bounded by 2 similar arcs, triangle
Answer» D. closed figure formed by 2 parallel line bounded by 2 similar arcs, triangle
74.

A cylinder is kept in such a way its axis is parallel to both the reference planes and cut completely by a section plane is perpendicular to V.P and inclined to H.P then the section will be

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» E.
75.

A cylinder is been cut by a plane parallel to axis the section will be

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» D. ellipse
76.

A cylinder is been cut by a plane parallel to its base the section will be

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» C. rectangle
77.

A cylinder is placed on V.P on its base and section plane is inclined to H.P and perpendicular to V.P cutting the solid the section gives

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» D. ellipse
78.

A cylinder is placed on V.P on its base and section plane is inclined to V.P and perpendicular to H.P cutting all the generators of the solid the section gives

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» E.
79.

A cylinder is placed on H.P on its base and section plane is inclined to H.P and perpendicular to V.P cutting only less than half of the generators of the solid the section gives

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» B. circle
80.

A cylinder is placed on H.P on its base and section plane is parallel to H.P cutting the solid the section gives

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» C. rectangle
81.

A cylinder is placed on H.P on its base and section plane is parallel to V.P cutting the solid the section gives

A. parabola
B. circle
C. rectangle
D. ellipse
Answer» D. ellipse
82.

A regular octagonal pyramid of base side equal to 6 cm is resting on its octagon face on ground and the section is coinciding with the edge of base and cutting solid with an angle with base equal to 45 degrees the section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. irregular octagon
D. octagon
Answer» D. octagon
83.

A regular octagonal pyramid of base side equal to 6 cm is resting on its octagon face on ground and section plane is parallel to axis and not parallel to any of the edges of base is held at a distance of 4 cm away from axis the section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. rectangle
D. octagon
Answer» B. trapezium
84.

A regular octagonal pyramid of base side equal to 6 cm is resting on its octagon face on ground and section plane is parallel to axis and parallel to one of edges of base is held at a distance of 2 cm away from axis the section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. rectangle
D. octagon
Answer» C. rectangle
85.

A regular pentagonal pyramid of base side equal to 5 cm is resting on H.P on its pentagon face and section plane is perpendicular to axis. The section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. rectangle
D. pentagon
Answer» E.
86.

A regular pentagonal pyramid of base side equal to 5 cm is resting on H.P on its pentagon face and section plane is parallel to axis and parallel to edge of base and plane is 2 cm away from axis. The section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. rectangle
D. pentagon
Answer» C. rectangle
87.

A square pyramid is placed on H.P on its square base and section plane is perpendicular to V.P and parallel to H.P and cutting the solid. The section will be

A. square
B. triangle
C. irregular pentagon
D. rhombus
Answer» B. triangle
88.

A square pyramid is placed on H.P on its square base and section plane is perpendicular to V.P and inclined to H.P cutting given solid in such a way that the perpendicular distance from the ends of section to axis is same. The section will be

A. square
B. triangle
C. irregular pentagon
D. rhombus
Answer» E.
89.

A pentagon pyramid is placed on V.P with square as base on V.P the cutting plane is perpendicular to H.P and inclined to V.P and the section is cutting not more than 3 edges, the section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. irregular square
D. irregular pentagon
Answer» B. trapezium
90.

A pentagon pyramid is placed on V.P with square as base on V.P the cutting plane is parallel to H.P and parallel to edge of base, the section will be

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. trapezium
D. pentagon
Answer» D. pentagon
91.

A square pyramid is placed on V.P with square as base on V.P the cutting plane is parallel to V.P, the section will be

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. square
D. pentagon
Answer» D. pentagon
92.

A pentagon pyramid is placed on V.P with square as base on V.P the cutting plane is perpendicular to H.P and inclined to V.P and the section is cutting the whole cross-section, the section will be

A. triangle
B. trapezium
C. irregular square
D. irregular pentagon
Answer» E.
93.

A hexagonal prism is resting on H.P on one of its longest faces, axis is perpendicular to V.P the section plane is parallel to V.P and perpendicular to H.P. The section will be like a

A. hexagon
B. irregular hexagon
C. rectangle
D. trapezium
Answer» B. irregular hexagon
94.

A square pyramid is placed on V.P with square as base on V.P the cutting plane is parallel to H.P and also parallel to one edge of base, the section will be

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. square
D. trapezium
Answer» E.
95.

A pentagonal prism resting on one of its longest faces on H.P and axis of prism is parallel to V.P, the section plane is perpendicular to V.P and inclined H.P the section will be a

A. pentagon
B. irregular pentagon
C. rectangle
D. trapezium
Answer» C. rectangle
96.

A pentagonal prism resting on one of its longest faces on H.P and axis of prism is parallel to V.P, the section plane is perpendicular to both V.P and H.P the section will be a

A. pentagon
B. irregular pentagon
C. rectangle
D. trapezium
Answer» B. irregular pentagon
97.

A triangular prism resting on one of its longest faces on H.P and axis of prism is parallel to V.P, the section plane is perpendicular to both V.P and H.P the section will be a

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. trapezium
D. parallelogram
Answer» B. rectangle
98.

A square prism has its base on H.P and its faces equally inclined to V.P is cut at most critical place by a plane which is perpendicular to V.P and inclined 60 degrees with H.P the section will have shape like a

A. irregular pentagon
B. rectangle
C. trapezium
D. parallelogram
Answer» B. rectangle
99.

A cube is placed on H.P on its base and vertical face is making 30 degrees with V.P, section plane is perpendicular to V.P the section will give a shape of a

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. trapezium
D. parallelogram
Answer» D. parallelogram
100.

A regular triangular prism is resting on H.P and section plane is parallel to H.P and cutting the prism the section would be a

A. triangle
B. rectangle
C. trapezium
D. parallelogram
Answer» C. trapezium