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8. Find the length of a chord that is at a distance of 12 cm

1. A vertical stick 20 m long casts a shadow 10 m long on the
from the centre of a circle of radius 13 cm.
ground. At the same time, a tower casts the shadow 50 m
long on the ground. Find the height of the tower. (a) 9 cm (b) 8 cm
(a) 100 m (b) 120 m (c) 12 cm (d) 5 cm
(c) 25 m (d) 200 m (e) 10 cm
(e) 225 m
9. If O is the centre of circle, find ∠𝑥.
2. In the figure, 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶is similar to 𝛥𝐸𝐷𝐶.
A x 35
O
B D
C
E
(a) 35° (b) 30°
If we have AB = 4 cm,
ED = 3 cm, CE = 4.2 and (c) 39° (d) 40°

CD = 4.8 cm, find the value of CA and CB (e) 38°

(a) 6 cm, 6.4 cm (b) 4.8 cm, 6.4 cm 10. Find the value of ∠𝑥 in the given figure.
(c) 5.4 cm, 6.4 cm (d) 5.6 cm, 6.4 cm
(e) 5.4 cm, 6.0 cm A
3. The area of similar triangles, ABC and DEF are 144 𝑐𝑚2
and 81 𝑐𝑚2 respectively. If the longest side of larger
𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶 be 36 cm, then the longest side of smaller 𝛥𝐷𝐸𝐹 is 30
20
(a) 20 cm (b) 26 cm
B x C
(c) 27 cm (d) 30 cm
(e) 36 cm (a) 120° (b) 130°
4. Two isosceles 𝛥𝑠 have equal angles and their areas are in (c) 110° (d) 150°
the ratio 16:25. Find the ratio of their corresponding (e) 100°
heights.
(a) 4/5 (b) 5/4 11. Find the value of x in the figure, if it is given that AC and
(c) 3/2 (d) 5/7 BD are diameters of the circle.
(e) None of these A
5. The areas of two similar 𝛥𝑠 are respectively 9 𝑐𝑚 and2

16 𝑐𝑚2 . Find the ratio of their corresponding sides. B xº

(a) 3:4 (b) 4:3
30º O D
(c) 2:3 (d) 4:5
C
(e) 5:4
(a) 60° (b) 45°
6. Two poles of height 6 m and 11 m stand vertically upright
(c) 15° (d) 25°
on a plane ground. If the distance between their foot is 12
m, find the distance between their tops. (e) 30°
(a) 12 cm (b) 14 cm
12. Find the value of x in the given figure.
(c) 13 cm (d) 11 cm
(e) 10 cm T
7. The radius of a circle is 9 cm and length of one of its 6 cm
chords is 14 cm. Find the distance of the chord from the x
centre. P 5 cm B
A
(a) 5.66 cm (b) 6.3 cm
(c) 4 cm (d) 7 cm (a) 2.2 cm (b) 1.6 cm

(e) None of these (c) 3 cm (d) 2.6 cm

(e) 2.5 cm

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13. Find the value of x in the given figure. 17. OD, OE and OF are perpendicular bisectors to the three
sides of the triangle. What is the relationship between m
T ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 and 𝑚∠𝐵𝑂𝐶?
A
12
P 7 D E
x A B
O
B F C
(a) 16 cm (b) 9 cm
(a) 𝑚∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 180 − 𝑚∠𝐵𝑂𝐶
(c) 12 cm (d) 7 cm
(b) 𝑚∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 90 + 1/2 𝑚∠𝐵𝐴𝐶
(e) 15 cm
(c) 𝑚∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 90 + 1/2𝑚∠𝐵𝑂𝐶
14. Find the value of x in the given figure. (d) 𝑚∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 3𝑚∠𝐵𝐴𝐶
(e) 𝑚∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 2𝑚∠𝐵𝐴𝐶
9 cm B
18. If two equal circles of radius 5 cm have two common
6 cm A
x tangent AB and CD which touch the circle on A, C and B, D
P
5 cm C D respectively and if CD = 24 cm, find the length of AB.

(a) 13 cm (b) 12 cm A B
C
(c) 16 cm (d) 15 cm
(e) 14 cm
D
15. ABC is a right angled triangle with BC = 6 cm AB = 8 cm. A
circle with centre O and radius x has been inscribed in
(a) 27 cm (b) 25 cm
𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶. What is the value of x.
(c) 26 cm (d) 30 cm
A (e) None of these

19. If a circle is provided with a measure of 19° on centre, is it

possible to divide the circle into 360 equal parts.
F (a) Never
x x
D
xO (b) Possible when one more measure of 20° is given

B E C (c) Always
6 cm
(d) Possible if one more measure of 21° is given
(a) 2.4 cm (b) 2 cm (e) None of the above
(c) 3.6 cm (d) 4 cm
20. O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. The chord AB
(e) 3 cm
subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find the area of the
16. In the given figure, 𝛥𝐴𝐵𝐶 and 𝛥𝐴𝐶𝐷 are right angle shaded portion (approximate value).
triangles and AB = x cm, BC = y cm. CD = z cm and x + y = z
and x, y and z has minimum integral value. Find the area
of ABCD. O
D

A B
B
C (a) 50 𝑐𝑚2 (b) 62.78 𝑐𝑚2
(a) 36 𝑐𝑚 2
(b) 64 𝑐𝑚 2
(c) 49.88 𝑐𝑚2 (d) 67.67 𝑐𝑚2
(c) 24 𝑐𝑚2 (d) 25 𝑐𝑚2
(e) None of these
(e) 30 𝑐𝑚2

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21. Two circles C (O, r) and 𝐶(𝑂′ , 𝑟 ′ ) intersect at two points A 25. All of the following is true except:
and B and O lies on 𝐶(𝑂 , 𝑟 ). A tangent CD is drawn to
′ ′
(a) The points of intersection of direct common tan gents
the circle 𝐶(𝑂′ , 𝑟 ′ ) at A. Then and indirect common tangent of two circles divide the
line segment joining the two centres respectively
D externally and internally in the ratio of their radii.
A
(b) In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, if the diagonal CA
C bisects the angle C, then diagonal BD is parallel to the
O O tangent at A to the circle through A, B, C, D.
(c) If TA, TB are tangent segments to a circle C(O, r) from
an external point T and OT intersects the circle in P,
B
then AP bisects the angle TAB.
(a) ∠𝑂𝐴𝐶 = ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 (b) ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 = ∠𝐴𝑂′ 𝑂 (d) If in a right triangle ABC, BD is the perpendicular on
′
(c) ∠𝐴𝑂 𝐵 = ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 (d) ∠𝑂𝐴𝐶 = ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 the hypotenuse AC, then

(e) None of these (i) 𝐴𝐶 ⋅ 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 2 and

(ii) 𝐴𝐶 ⋅ 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐵𝐶 2
′
22. 𝑃𝑃 and 𝑄𝑄 are two direct common tangents to two
′
(e) All of these are true.
circles intersecting at points A and B. The common chord
on produced intersects 𝑃𝑃′ in R and 𝑄𝑄′ in S. Which of the
following is true?

P R P
A

B
Q S Q
(a) 𝑅𝐴2 + 𝐵𝑆 2 = 𝐴𝐵 2 (b) 𝑅𝑆 2 = 𝑃𝑃′2 + 𝐴𝐵 2
(c) 𝑅𝑆 2 + 𝑃𝑃′2 + 𝑄𝑄′2 (d) 𝑅𝑆 2 = 𝐵𝑆 2 + 𝑃𝑃′2
(e) None of these

23. Two circles touch internally at point P and a chord AB of

the circle of larger radius intersects the other circle is C
and D. Which of the following holds good?

X A C
D
P
B

(a) ∠𝐶𝑃𝐴 = ∠𝐷𝑃𝐵 (b) 2∠𝐶𝑃𝐴 = ∠𝐶𝑃𝐷

(c) ∠𝐴𝑃𝑋 = ∠𝐴𝐷𝑃 (d) ∠𝐵𝑃𝑌 = ∠𝐶𝑃𝐷 + ∠𝐶𝑃𝐴
(e) None of these

24. In a trapezium ABCD, AB || CD and AD = BC. If P is point of

intersection of diagonals AC and BD, then all of the
following is wrong except
(a) 𝑃𝐴 ⋅ 𝑃𝐵 = 𝑃𝐶 ⋅ 𝑃𝐷 (b) 𝑃𝐴 ⋅ 𝑃𝐶 = 𝑃𝐵 ⋅ 𝑃𝐷
(c) 𝑃𝐴 ⋅ 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑃𝐷 ⋅ 𝐷𝐶 (d) 𝑃𝐴 ⋅ 𝑃𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 ⋅ 𝐷𝐶
(e) None of these

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