Geometry Questions

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Questions
1. A, B, C are three points such that cm, cm and cm. The
number of circles passing through points A, B, C is:
a) 2 b) 0 c) 1 d) 3
2. A circle touches all four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD. If cm, cm
and cm, then length CD is:
a) 16 cm b) 14 cm c) 12 cm d) 18 cm
3. If the external angle of a regular polygon is , then the number of diagonals in this
polygon is:
a) 180 b) 150 c) 170 d) 140
4. A pyramid has an equilateral triangle as its base, of which each side is 8 cm. Its slant
edge is 24 cm. The whole surface area of the pyramid (in ) is:
a) b) c) d)
5. Angle subtended by a chord XY at the centre of a circle is . If length of this chord
is 36 cm, then what will be the radius of this circle?
a) 18 cm b) 27 cm c) 24 cm d) 21 cm
6. Sides of a triangle are 12 cm, 9 cm and 9 cm. What is the radius of the circumcircle of
this triangle?
a) b) c) d)
7. Three circles of radius 7 cm are placed in such a way that each circle touches the
other two. What will be the area of the portion enclosed by these three circles?
a) b) c) d)
8. Triangle PQR is a right-angled triangle. Angle PQR and . If
cm and cm, then find the length of QS.
a) cm b) 3 cm c) 6 cm d) 5 cm
9. In triangle STU, SX is the median on TU. If , then what is the value of angle
TSU?
a) b) c) d)
10. An incircle with center O is drawn inside an equilateral triangle ABC and the length
of the side is 12 cm. Find the area (in sq. cm) of the triangle which is not in the
incircle.
a) 21.48 b) 30.64 c) 37.71 d) 24.64
11. Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle. Angle A , cm, cm.
What is the value of ?
a) b) c) d)
12. Radius of incircle of an equilateral triangle is . What will be the perimeter of this
equilateral triangle?
a) 81 cm b) 162 cm c) 54 cm d) 108 cm
13. Two circles of radius 21 cm each intersect each other such that each passes through
the centre of the other. What is the length of the common chord?
 a) cm b) 27 cm c) 42 cm d) cm
14. In a triangle MNO, XA, XB and XC are perpendicular bisectors on sides MN, ON and
OM respectively intersect each other at X. If , then what is the value of
?
a) b) c) d)
15. In triangle XYZ, points P, Q and R are points on the sides XY, YZ and XZ respectively.
, , and . What is the value of
?
a) b) c) d)
16. The radii of two concentric circles are 34 cm and 50 cm. A and D are the points on
larger circle and B and C are points on smaller circle. If ABCD is a straight line and
cm, then what is the length of AD?
a) 60 cm b) 40 cm c) 80 cm d) 75 cm
17. Angle subtended by a chord OP on the circumference of a circle is . If diameter of
the circle is 44 cm then what will be the length of chord OP?
a) 88 cm b) 22 cm c) 44 cm d) 66 cm
18. Two medians DM and EN of intersect each other at G at right angle. If
cm and cm, then what is the length of DM?
a) 12 cm b) 20 cm c) 18 cm d) 15 cm
19. In a cyclic quadrilateral MNOP, is opposite to . If , then what is
the value of ?
a) b) c) d)
20. If in triangle ABC, MN is parallel to BC, and M and N are points on AB and AC
respectively. The area of quadrilateral MBCN . If , then
the area of triangle MAN is:
a) 65 b) 45 c) 32 d) 40
21. Two medians NA and OB of triangle NOP intersect each other at S at right angles. If
cm and cm, then what is the length of OA?
a) —
22. Two circles with centres A and B touch each externally, PQ is a direct common
tangent which touches the circle at P and Q. If the radii of the circles 9 cm and 4 cm,
respectively, then the length of PQ (in cm) is equal to:
a) 6.5 b) 12 c) 13 d) 5
23. AB and BC are two chords of a circle with centre O. Both chords are on either side of
the centre O. Point A and point C are connected to the centre O, such that
and . What is the degree measure of the angle
subtended by the minor arc AC at the centre O?
a) b) c) d)
24. If the radii of two circles are 7 cm and 4 cm and the length of the transverse common
tangent is 13 cm, then the distance between the two centres is:
a) cm b) cm c) cm d) cm
25. It is given that and cm, and .
Which of the following is true?
a) cm, b) cm, c) cm,
d) cm,
26. In , L and M are the middle points of the sides XY and YZ, respectively. N is a
point on the segment LM such that . If LN = 5 cm, then YZ is equal
to:
a) 26 cm b) 24 cm c) 28 cm d) 30 cm
27. A triangle PQR has three sides equal in measurement and if PM is perpendicular to
QR, then which of following equality holds?
a) b) c) d)
28. PQ is a chord of a circle. The tangent XR at X on the circle cuts PQ produced at R. If
cm, cm, cm, then (in cm) is:
a) 7 b) 6 c) 10 d) 14
29. MN is the diameter of a circle with centre O. P and S are two points on the
circumference of the circle on either side MN, such that and
. What is the degree measure of the difference of and
?
a) b) c) d)
30. AB = 8 cm and CD = 6 cm are two parallel chords on the same side of the centre of a
circle. If the distance between them is 2 cm, then the radius (in cm) of the circle is:
a) b) c) d)
31. Two circles touch each other internally. Their radii are 3 cm and 4 cm. What is the
length of the biggest chord of the circle with radii 4 cm which is outside the inner
circle?
a) cm b) cm c) cm d) cm
32. In triangle ABC, the straight line parallel to the side BC meets AB and AC at the points
P and Q, respectively. If , the length of AB is 16 cm and the length of AQ is 4
cm, then the length (in cm) CQ is:
a) b) c) d)
33. AB = 8 cm and CD = 6 cm are two parallel chords on the same side of the centre of a
circle. If the distance between them is 2 cm, then the radius (in cm) of the circle is:
a) b) c) d)
34. In a square ABCD, E is a point inside the square such that triangle DEC is an
equilateral triangle. If E is joined to vertices A and B of the square, what is the degree
measure of ?
a) b) c) d)
35. At one end of a diameter PQ of a circle of radius 8 cm a tangent APB is drawn to the
circle. Find the length of the chord RS, which is parallel to AB and at a distance of 12
cm from P.
a) cm b) cm c) cm d) cm
36. In a triangle ABC, AP, the bisector of , is perpendicular to BC at point P. The
measures of BP and PC are x and 3y, respectively. The measures of AB and AC are
and . What is the value of ?
a) 12 b) 18 c) 21 d) 15
37. Chords and of a circle intersect inside the circle at point F. If
cm, cm, and cm, what is the length (in cm) of the
longer of the two line segments, and ?
a) 4.5 b) 5.4 c) 3.6 d) 4.8
38. 8 cm and 5 cm are the radii of two circles. If the distance between the centres of the
two circles is 11 cm, then the length (in cm) of the common tangent of two circles is:
a) b) c) d)
39. M is the mid-point of side QR of a parallelogram PQRS (P being on the top left hand,
followed by other points going clockwise). The line SM is drawn intersecting PQ
produced at T. What is the length (in terms of the length of SR) PT?
a) b) c) d)
40. In triangle STU, V is a point on the side ST and W is a point on the side SU such that
VWUT is a trapezium. Given that , what is the ratio of area of
trapezium VWUT to the area of the triangle STU?
a) b) c) d)
41. In a right-angled triangle ABC such that and AD is perpendicular to BC.
If the area of triangle ABC is , area of triangle ACD = , and cm,
then the length of BC is equal to:
a) 10 cm b) 15 cm c) 19 cm d) 12 cm
42. PQ is parallel to SR in a trapezium PQRS. It is given that and the diagonals
PR and QS intersect at O. If , , and
and x has two values and , then the value of is:
a) 15 b) 11 c) 19 d) 13
43. The perimeter of a triangle is 36 units. Its area cannot be more than ____ square units.
a) b) c) d)
44. Two circles of diameters 16 cm and 20 cm are such that the distance between their
centers is 13 cm. What is the length (in cm) of a common tangent to these circles that
does not intersect the line joining the centers?
a) b) c) d)
45. In the straight line parallel to the side BC meets AB and AC at the points P
and Q, respectively. If , the length of AB is 12 cm and the length of AQ is 2
cm, then the length (in cm) of CQ is:
a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2
46. In right triangle ABC with right angle at C, M is the mid-point of hypotenuse AB. C is
joined to M and produced to a point D, such that . Point D is joined to B.
If cm and cm, find the value of CM.
a) 8 cm b) 5 cm c) 9.5 cm d) 11.4 cm
47. A bigger circle centre at O and a smaller circle centre at P touch each other externally
such that the length of their common tangent LM is 12 cm. If the radius of the bigger
circle is 18 cm, then what will be the radius (in cm) of the smaller circle?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
48. The sides ST and TR and the median SU of the triangle STR are equal to the sides MN
and NJ and the median MV of the triangle MNJ, respectively. If ,
and , what is the degree measure of ?
a) b) c) d)
49. In a circle with center O, the diameter AB extended to the point C, outside the circle.
CD is a tangent at the point D on the circle. If the radius of circle is 6 cm and
, then the length of CD is equal to:
a) cm b) cm c) cm d) cm
50. Two circles with centres M and N have radii 5 cm and 8 cm, respectively. The circles
touch each other externally at point T. A line PR is drawn such that the points M, T
and N lie on PR, P being closer to M. From P, a tangent cm is drawn to the
circle with centre M touching at Q, and from R, another tangent cm is
drawn to the circle with centre N touching at S. What is the length (in cm) of PR?
a) 37 b) 43 c) 53 d) 26
51. CD is a tangent to a circle of circumference of 88 cm with its centre at O. OC cuts the
circle at P while OD cuts circle at V such that . Length of PC is 6 cm.
What is half of CD (in cm) if OD exceeds OC by 1 cm?
a) 15.5 b) 14.5 c) 31 d) 16.5
 52. In a triangle ABC, units, units and units. Let M be a point
on AC such that units. With a point D, a triangle BMD is formed and the
triangle BMD is similar to the triangle ABC with . What is the length of
BD in units?
a) b) c) d)
53. Two circles of radius 7 units each, intersect in such a way that the common chord is
of length 7 units. What is the common area in square units of the intersection?

a) b) c) d)

54. If the lengths of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 6 cm and 12 cm, then find the
length of the third side.
a) 8 cm b) 6 cm c) 12 cm d) 14 cm
55. It is always possible to draw a circle passing through _____ non-collinear points in a
plane.
a) 3 b) 6 c) 5 d) 4
56. In a quadrilateral ABCD, , . ,
, , . Then the value of
is:
a) 108 b) 144 c) 104 d) 118
57. The two circles intersect at two points P and Q. PR and PS are diameters of the two
circles. What is ?
a) b) c) d)

Answer Key
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1 b 20 c 39 a
2 d 21 – 40 c
3 c 22 b 41 b
4 d 23 d 42 b
5 a 24 b 43 b
6 b 25 a 44 a
7 a 26 d 45 b
8 a 27 a 46 b
9 a 28 c 47 c
10 d 29 d 48 a
11 d 30 d 49 c
12 b 31 d 50 b
13 a 32 b 51 b
14 a 33 d 52 c
15 b 34 c 53 d
16 c 35 d 54 c
17 c 36 a 55 a
18 c 37 d 56 c
19 d 38 b 57 a