Question

What cross-sections do you get when you give a
(i) vertical cut (ii) horizontal cut to the following solids?
(a) A brick (b) A round apple (c) A die (d) A circular pipe (e) An ice cream cone

Answer 1

(a) A brick 
We can give a vertical cut to a brick in the following way
We can give a horizontal cut to a brick in the following way.

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(b) A round apple
We can give a vertical cut to a round apple in the following way.
We can give a horizontal cut to a round apple in the following way. 

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(c) A die 
We can give a vertical cut to a dice in the following way. 
We can give a horizontal cut to a dice in the following way.

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(d) A circular pipe
We can give a vertical cut to a circular pipe in the following way.
We can give a horizontal cut to a circular pipe in the following way.

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(e) An ice cream cone 
We can give a vertical cut to an ice cream cone in the following way.
We can give a horizontal cut to an ice cream cone in the following way.

Answer 2

Following table shows the cross-sections we get when we give vertical and horizontal cut to the following solids :

Shapes	Vertical cut	Horizontal cut
Cube	2 rectangular face shapes	2 rectangular face shapes
Cuboid	2 rectangular face shapes	2 rectangular face shapes
Cylinder	2 rectangular face shapes	2 cylindrical shapes
Sphere	2 semi - circular face shapes	2 semi-circular face shapes
Cone	2 triangular face shapes	1 small cone and 1 frustum