Class 8: Mathematics Topic: Parallelogram
Q.1: A quadrilateral has three acute angles, each measure 80°. What is the measure of the fourth angle?
Q.2: In a quadrilateral ABCD, the measure of the three angles A, B and C of the quadrilateral is 110°, 70° and
80°, respectively. Find the measure of the fourth angle.
Q.3: In a quadrilateral ABCD, ∠D is equal to 150° and ∠A = ∠B = ∠C. Find ∠A, ∠B and ∠C.
Q.4: The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio of 1: 2 : 3 : 4. What is the measure of the four angles?
Q. 5: In quadrilaterals,
(i) Which of them have their diagonals bisecting each other?
(ii) Which of them have their diagonal perpendicular to each other?
(iii) Which of them have equal diagonals?
Q. 6: Adjacent sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 5 : 12, if the perimeter of the rectangle is 34 cm, find the
length of the diagonal.
Q. 7: The opposite angles of a parallelogram are (3x + 5)° and (61 – x)°. Find the measure of four angles.
Q. 8: ABCD is a parallelogram with ∠A = 80°. The internal bisectors of ∠B and ∠C meet each other at O. Find
the measure of the three angles of ΔBCO.
Q. 9: Find the measure of all four angles of a parallelogram whose consecutive angles are in the ratio 1:3.
Q. 10: A diagonal and a side of a rhombus are of equal length. Find the measure of the angles of the rhombus.
Mcq questions:
1. How many sides do a regular polygon have, if the measure of an exterior angle is given as 24° ?
2. What is the measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon of 15 sides?
(a) 30°
(b) 45°
(c) 60°
(d) 24°
3. When the sum of the internal angles of a polygon is 10 right angles, then how many sides does it have?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 7
4. Select a false statement from those given below:
(a) A square is a rectangle that has equal adjacent sides
(b) A square is a rhombus whose one angle is a right angle
(c) The diagonals of a square bisect each other at right angles
(d) The diagonals of a square do not divide the whole square into four equal parts.
5. When one angle of a parallelogram is a right angle, then what is the name of the quadrilateral?
(a) kite
(b) rectangle
(c) rhombus
(d) square
Questions related to area of a Parallelogram :
Q.1: What is the area of a parallelogram with base equal to 4 cm and height equal to 7 cm?
Q.2: Find the area of this parallelogram with a base of 12 centimeters and a height of 5 centimeters.
Q.3: The area of a parallelogram is 32 square centimeters and the base is 4 centimeters. Find the height.
Q.4: The base of a parallelogram is x + 3 cm and the height is 4 cm. If the area of the parallelogram is 30 cm2,
find the value of x.
Q.5: The perimeter of a parallelogram is 30 cm. If the height of the parallelogram is 5 cm and length of the
adjacent side is 6 cm, find its area.
Q.6: What is the area of parallelogram whose base = 5.4 cm and height = 6.1 cm?
Q.7: Find the area of parallelograms given in the below figure.
Q.8: If base and height of parallelogram are 360 in and 8 yd respectively, find the area of parallelogram.