Question

52. When a ball is cut horizontally, its cross
section is
(A) Square
(B) Rectangle
(C) Circle
(D) Triangle​

Answer 1

What is a cross section?

    A cross section means that the object is cut or intersected by a plane lying horizontally or vertically or arbitrarily.

Cross section of a ball:

• We know that a ball (cricket ball, badminton ball or football) is a sphere, either hollow or solid.
• When we cut a hollow ball (refer to the added picture) by a plane horizontally, we put a plane or curve lying on or across its edges.
• It is certainly a circle for a hollow sphere and a circular disc for a solid sphere.

Answer:

    When a ball is cut horizontally, its cross section is (C) Circle.

Related questions:

• Why was the sphere called a sphere? - https://brainly.in/question/6279100
• A hollow cone is cut by a plane parallel to the base - https://brainly.in/question/13794372

Answer 2

When a ball is cut horizontally, its cross section will definitely be a CIRCLE.

Imagine a cricket ball which is a SPHERE in shape. When it is cut horizontally passing through its centre, you will see that the cross-section of the ball is a circle because the ball has a spherical shape and has a circumference of 2piR where R is the radius of the ball.

The shape of the ball when halved will be a HEMISPHERE.