Question

How to check whether question is asking curved surface area or total surface area

Answer 1

Answer:

• The total area of the surface of a three-dimensional object. Example: the surface area of a cube is the area of all 6 faces added together.

• Curved Surface Area of a Cylinder. If a plane cuts a solid parallel to its base, then the exposed surface is said to be a cross-section. A solid such as a can of drink is a cylinder if its cross-section is a circle. ... The length of the axis is called the height of the cylinder.

Answer 2

it will be mentioned in the question or
the total surface area is three dimensional
and curved surface area is if a plane cuts or vice versa