GEOMETRY

Assignment – 1
by RAVI PRAKASH
Q.1) If 7 times the complement of an angle is 3 times its supplementary angle, what is 4 times its complementary angle?

Q.2)In the following figure, PQ || MN || RS and SN = 120 cm. Find the length of NQ.

Q.3) In the following figure, if AB || DC, then find the value of x if angle OPC=114o and AQO=400
Q.4)The two supplementary angles are (x – 50)° and (x + 60)°. Find the supplementary angle of the smaller angle.

Q.5)In the following diagram, if a:b = 6:7, find c:d. A)3:2 B)3:4 C)4:5 D)Cannot be determined

Q.6) On a straight line, two rays are drawn from a point extending on the same side of the line. Three angles, thus formed,
are a, b, and c, where a < b < c. It is given that the ∠b is 40°. If both a and c are integervalued angles, then which of the
following cannot be the respective ratio between them?
A)3:11 B)5:2 C)1:6 D)7:21
Q.7)The hypotenuse QR of an isosceles right triangle PQR is a tangent to a circle with center G. PQ and PR are extended and
are tangents to the circle at S and T respectively. If the area of the triangle is 4 sq. cm, then the area (in sq. cm) of the circle is

Q.8) ABC is an equilateral triangle. Let D be a point on BC such that the ratio of the area of triangle ABD to that of triangle ADC
is 4 : 1. If the length of AD is 21 cm, then the length (in cm) of the side of triangle ABC is

Q.9)In the figure below, PQR and TSR are the two secants. Point O is the center of the circle. If ∠RPS = 40° and ∠PRS = 20°, then
find the measure of ∠SQT - ∠QTS.

Q.10) A triangle PQR is drawn such that the side QR gets trisected by points S and T. A line from point S parallel to QP and a
line from point T parallel to RP are drawn such that they touch the sides PR and PQ at points U and W respectively. Lines
TW and SU intersect at point Y. Find the ratio of the sum of the areas of quadrilaterals RUYT and QWYS to that of triangle
YST.
Q.11) A square sheet of paper ABCD is folded once in such a way that B falls on the midpoint M of CD. If the crease of the fold
intersects the side BC at Q, then the ratio of length CQ to that of AB is

Q.12) The lines AB, BC, and CA of a triangle ABC touch its incircle at points D, F, and E, respectively. The length of BC = AB – 10
cm and CA = AB – 4 cm. Find the value of BF : AE if the perimeter of the triangle ABC is 30 cm.

Q.13) A solid cylinder of diameter 12 cm and height twice of its radius is cut by a plane parallel to its height from the centre
into two equal parts. One such part is taken and melted to form ‘n’ number of smaller spheres of radius 3 cm each. Find the
ratio of the difference in total surface area of the cylinder after it was cut into 2 to the surface area of all spheres together.

Q.14) In an isosceles triangle, one of the angles is equal to 90°. Find the ratio of the length of the largest side to the perimeter
of the triangle.

Q.15) In a square, A, B, C, and D are points on each of the sides, respectively, dividing each side in the ratio of 1 : 3a such that
the ratio of the area of the original square to that of the square formed by joining A, B, C, and D is 484 : 442 . Find the value of
a2.
Q.16) Two equal circles are there such that the center of one lies on the circumference of the other as shown in the figure. If
AB is the common chord of two circles and the radius of each circle is 28 cm, then find the area of the shaded region in sq cm

Q.17) )In triangle PQR, ‘O’ is a centroid. PS and QT are the two medians. Find the ratio of the area of SOT to the area of
PQR.

Q.18) Let PQR be a right angled triangular field of which QR is the hypotenuse. The lengths of PQ and PR are 60 km and
80 km, respectively. The minimum possible time (in minutes) required by a deer to reach the hypotenuse from P at a
speed of 48 km/h, is
Q.19) Rectangle ABCD is inscribed in the circle with center at 0 as shown in the figure. AB > BC. The line segment DE intersects
AB at E such that angle ODC = angle ADE. The ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the rectangle ABCD is Pi : 1.5. What is
the ratio AE: AD?

Q.20) Two regular polygons are such that the ratio between their number of sides is 1 : 2 and ratio of measures of their
interior angles is 14 : 15. The difference between the number of sides of the two polygons is

Q.21) Two circles C1 and C2 of radii 60 cm and 63 cm intersect each other. If the distance between their centres is 87
cm, then what is the area (in sq. cm) of the third circle C3 whose diameter is the common chord of C1 and
C2(approximate area to nearest integer of Pi)?

Q.22) A, B, C, and D are centres of four intersecting circles each having a radius of 30 cm. If HG = 12cm, JI = 13 cm, FE =
14 cm, and KL = 16 cm, find the perimeter (in cm) of the quadrilateral ABCD
Q.23) Find the number of obtuse angled triangles possible with integral sides if two sides of the triangles are 6 and 9

Q.24) A man is standing on the circumference of a circular 9251/14 ground of area square metres in such a way that the
difference between the distance of that man from the two opposite ends of its diameter is 1 metres. Calculate the minimum
distance (in metres) of the man from one of those two points.

Q.25) Find the ratio of the area of the shaded region to that of the unshaded region in the figure given below
Q.26) The lengths of the diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD are 24 cm and 26 cm. If the lengths of the sides AB, BC, CD,
and AD of this quadrilateral are 18, 22, 16, and x cm, respectively, find the value of x.

Q.27) Find the radius of the circumcircle of a triangle whose vertices are given by the points A (6, 15), B (6, 35), and C (27, 35).

Q.28) Find the maximum number of sides possible if the smallest interior angle in a convex polygon is 149o and if all the angles
are distinct positive integers.

Q.29) PQRS is a parallelogram with one of the angles as 60. The sum of the square of the two diagonals is 1008 , and the area is
90√3. Find the difference in the length of two adjacent sides.

Q.30) The perimeter of a rectangle is larger than that of an equilateral triangle by 108 cm. The numerical value of the area of
the rectangle in sq. cm is equal to 72/125 times the square of the numerical value of the area of the equilateral triangle
expressed in the same unit. The length of the rectangle is 87.5 % more than the breadth of the rectangle. The length of the
diagonal of the rectangle, in cm, is

Q.31) In the given figure, O and N are the centres of outer and inner circles respectively. Chord PQ is parallel to the common
tangent to both the given circles. PQ = 18 units. Find the radius of the larger circle.
Q.32)On a triangle ABC, a circle with diameter BC is drawn, intersecting AB and AC at points P and Q, respectively. If the
lengths of AP, BP, BQ and PC are x cm, 39 cm, 60 cm, and 52 cm respectively, then the length of AQ, in cm, is

Q.33) PQRSTU is a regular hexagon with side 18 cm. If l(PA) = l(BS) = 12 cm, find l(AB).

Q.34) The area of the largest circle that can be drawn on a rhombus shaped piece of paper, whose diagonals are
of length 12 cm and 16 cm, in sq cm, is (pi=22/7)
Q.35) ❑ABCD is a square. P is a point on AD such that triangle XPD is a right triangle. Find the area of the triangle XPD.

Q.36) Two circles touch internally at point Q and a chord LN of the circle of larger radius intersects the other circle
at M and O. Which of the following is true?
A. 2∠MQL = ∠MQO B. ∠MQL = ∠OQN C. ∠LQZ = ∠LOQ D. ∠NQS = ∠MQO + ∠MQL
Q.37) Three horses are grazing within a semi–circular field. In the diagram given below, AB is the diameter of the semi–
circular field with centre at O. Horses are tied up at P, R, and S such that PO and RO are the radii of semi–circles with
centres at P and R respectively, and S is the centre of the circle touching the two semi–circles with diameters AO and
OB . The horses tied at P and R can graze within the respective semi–circles and the horse tied at S can graze within the
circle centred at S. The percentage of the area of the semicircle with diameter AB that cannot be grazed by the horses is
nearest to

Q.38) Four points A, B, C, and D lie on a straight line in the X–Y plane, such that AB = BC = CD, and the length of AB is 1
metre. An ant at A wants to reach a sugar particle at D . But there are insect repellents kept at points B and C . The ant
would not go within one metre of any insect repellent. The minimum distance in metres the ant must traverse to reach
the sugar particle is
 Q.39) In a circle, two chords intersect at right angles. Both the chords divide each other in the ratio 3 : 1 at the
intersection point. The distance between the centre and the point of intersection between the two chords is 8 cm. If
the area of the circle is M∏cm2 , then what is the value of M?

Q.40) A ball of diameter 21 cm is floating so that the top of the ball is 9 cm above the smooth surface (water) of the
pond. What is the area, in sq cm, of the circle formed by the contact of the water surface with the ball?
 Answers

1)270 17) 1:12 35) 24(4-√3)

2)48 18)60 36)B
3)90 19) 3:(4+√7) 37)28%
4)145 20) 16 38)1+pi
5)D 21) 1888Pi 39)160
6)B 22) 185cm 40)108pi
7) 4*pi(3+2√2 ) 23)7
8) 5√21 cm 24)20
9)-10 25) 1:(2+2√2)
10) 6:1 26)15.27
11) 3:8 27) 14.5
12) 3:7 28)15
13) 4/3pi 29)12
14) 1/(1+√2) 30)51
15) 49 31) 6√3
16) 4928/3 -784√3 32) (13x+132)/15
33) 12√7
34) 72.41