10 th

Class
CBSE Board

MATHEMATICS
CHAPTER – 6
Triangles
 VIDYAPEETH
TRIANGLES
DPP-1 (FUM/026)
[Introduction, Similar Figures, Similar Polygons, Similar Triangles,
Basic Proportionality Theorem and Its Converse]

1. If the diagonals of a quadrilateral divide 4. In a ABC, if DE is drawn parallel to BC,

each other proportionally then it is a cutting AB and AC at D and E respectively
(A) Parallelogram (B) Trapezium such that AB = 7.2 cm, AC = 6.4 cm and
(C) Rectangle (D) Square AD = 4.5 cm. Then, AE = ?
A
2. The line segments joining the midpoints
of the adjacent sides of a quadrilateral
form D E
(A) A parallelogram
B C
(B) A rectangle
(A) 5.4 cm (B) 4 cm
(C) A square
(C) 3.6 cm (D) 3.2 cm
(D) A rhombus
5. In ABC, DE∥BC so that AD = (7x – 4)
cm,
3. In ABC, DE∥BC so that AD = 2.4 cm,
AE = (5x – 2) cm, DB = (3x + 4) cm and
AE = 3.2 cm and EC=4.8 cm. Then, AB =
EC = 3x cm. Then, we have
? A
A

D E D E
B C
B C (A) x = 3 (B) x = 5
(A) 3.6 cm (B) 6 cm (C) x = 4 (D) x = 2.5
(C) 6.4 cm (D) 7.2 cm

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6. In ABC, DE∥BC such that AD/DB = 3/5. 10. A vertical pole 6 m long casts a shadow of
If AC = 5.6 cm then AE = ? length 3.6 m on the ground. What is the
A height of a tower which casts a shadow of
length 18 m at the same time?
D E
(A) 10.8 m (B) 28.8 m
(C) 32.4 m (D) 30 m
B C
(A) 4.2 cm (B) 3.1 cm 11. The shadow of a 5- m-long stick is 2 m
(C) 2.8 cm (D) 2.1 cm long. At the same time the length of the

7. A man goes 24 m due west and then 10 m shadow of a 12.5 m-high tree (in m) is
due north. How far is he from the starting (A) 3.0 (B) 3.5
point? (C) 4.5 (D) 5.0
(A) 34 m (B) 17 m
(C) 26 m (D) 28 m 12. A ladder 25 m long just reaches the top of
a building 24 m high from the ground.
8. Two poles of height 13m and 7m
What is the distance of the foot of the
respectively stand vertically on a plane
ladder from the building?
ground at a distance of 8m from each
other. The distance between their tops is (A) 7 m (B) 14 m
(A) 9 m (B) 10 m (C) 21 m (D) 24.5 m
(C) 11 m (D) 12 m

9. A vertical stick 1.8 m long casts a shadow

45 cm long on the ground. At the same
time, what is the length of the shadow of
a pole 6 m high?
(A) 2.4 m (B) 1.35 m
(C) 1.5 m (D) 13.5 m

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 DPP-2 (FUM/027)
[Theorems Related to Criteria of Similarity of Similar Triangles, AAA Similarity
Theorem, SSS Similarity Theorem, SAS Similarity Theorem]

1. Triangle ABC is such that AB = 3 cm, D

A
BC = 2 cm and CA = 2.5 cm. DEF
30°
 ABC. If EF = 4 cm, then the P
50°
perimeter of DEF is:
(A) 7.5 cm (B) 15cm C
(C) 22.5 cm (D) 30 cm B
(A) 50° (B) 30°
2. In the given figure, O is the point of (C) 60° (D) 100°
intersection of two chords AB and CD
such that OB = OD, then triangles OAC 4. P and Q are points on sides AB and AC
and ODB are: respectively of ABC. If AP = 3 cm, PB
= 6 cm, AQ = 5 cm and QC = 10 cm,
A D and then BC = :
45° O (A) 2PQ (B) 3 PQ
C B 3
(C) 4 PQ (D) PQ
2
(A) Equilateral but not similar 5. Two triangles ABC and PQR are
(B) Isosceles but not similar similar. If the perimeters of the two
(C) Equilateral and similar
triangles are 35 cm and
(D) Isosceles and similar
28 cm respectively and PQ = 10 cm,

3. In figure, two lines segments AC and then AB = :

BD intersect each other at the point P (A) 5 cm
such that PA = 6 cm, PB = 3 cm, PC = (B) 10 cm
2.5 cm, PD = 5 cm, APB = 50° and (C) 15 cm
CDP = 30°. Then, PBA is equal to: (D) 12.5 cm

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6. In the given figure, ∠P =90° then the 9. P is a point on the side BC of a ABC
such that APC = BAC, then
value of y is
(A) BC2 = CA × CP
P
(B) CP2 = CA × BC
(C) CA2 = BC × CP
Y
(D) None of these

R 10. In the adjoining figure,

AO
=
BO
=
1
Q S 4 cm
OC OD 3
16 cm
and AB = 5 cm, then DC equals:
(A) 4 cm (B) 6 cm A 5 cm B
(C) 8 cm (D) 10 cm
O
7. In the figure below PQ = QS, QR= RS
D C
and SRQ= 100°. How many degree is (A) 15 cm (B) 10 cm
QPS? (C) 2.5 cm (D) 20 cm

S
11. In the given figure, the value of x is:
C
10 cm

P Q R X
(A) 20° (B) 40°
(C) 50° (D) 30° 86° 86°
B A
2 cm 6 cm
AB BC 15cm
8. If in ABC and DEF, = , then (B)
15 cm
DE DF (A)
2 4
they will be similar, when
(C)
16cm (D) 4 cm
5 5
(A) A = D (B) B = D
(C) B = E (D) A = F

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12. In the given figure, ABCD is a 16. ABC and BDE are two equilateral
trapezium whose diagonals AC and triangles such that D is the midpoint of
BD intersect at O such that OA = (3x BC. Ratio of the areas of triangles ABC
– 1) cm, OB = (2x + 1) cm, OC = (5x and BDE is
– 3) cm and OD = (6x – 5) cm. Then, x =
(A) 1 : 2
?
D C (B) 2 : 1
(C) 1 : 4
O (D) 4 : 1

A B 17. It is given that ABC ~ DEF. If A =

(A) 2 (B) 3 30º,
(C) 2.5 (D) 4
C = 50º, AB = 5cm, AC = 8 cm and DE
13. ABC  DEF and the perimeters of = 7.5 cm then which of the following is
ABC and DEF are 30cm and 18cm true?
respectively. If BC = 9 cm then EF = ? (A) DF = 12 cm, E = 50º
(A) 6.3 cm (B) 5.4 cm (B) DF = 12 cm, E = 100º
(C) 7.2 cm (D) 4.5 cm
(C) EF = 12 cm, E = 100º

14. ABC  DEF such that AB = 9.1 cm (D) EF = 12 cm, E = 30º

and
DE = 6.5 cm. If the perimeter of DEF 18. In the given figure, BAC =90º and AD
is
⊥ BC. Then,
25 cm, what is the perimeter of A
ABC?
(A) 35 cm (B) 28 cm
(C) 42 cm (D) 40 cm

15. In ABC, it is given that AB = 9 cm, BC B D C

= 6 cm and CA = 7.5 cm. Also, DEF is (A) BC × CD = BC2
given such that EF = 8 cm and DEF ~ (B) AB × AC = BC2
ABC. Then, perimeter of DEF is (C) BD × CD = AD2
(A) 22.5 cm (B) 25 cm
(D) AB × AC = AD2
(C) 27 cm (D) 30 cm

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19. In DEF and PQR, it is given that D 21. In ABC and DEF, it is given that B
= Q and R = E, then which of the = E, F = C and AB = 3DE, then
the two triangles are
following is not true?
(A) Congruent but not similar
EF DF DE EF
(A) = (B) = (B) Similar but not congruent
PR PQ PQ RP (C) Neither congruent nor similar
DE DF EF DE (D) Similar as well as congruent
(C) = (D) =
QR PQ RP QR
22. If in ABC and PQR, we have
AB BC CA
20. If ABC  EDF and ABC is not = = then
QR PR PQ
similar to DEF then which of the (A) PQR  CAB
following is not true? (B) PQR  ABC
(A) BC  EF = AC  FD (C) CBA  PQR
() BCA  PQR
(B) AB  EF = AC  DE
(C) BC  DE = AB  EF
(D) BC  DE = AB  FD

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 DPP-3 (FUM/028)
[Theorem Related to Areas of Similar Triangles, Pythagoras Theorem & Its
Converse]

1. Two isosceles triangles have their 5. In the adjoining figure, ABC and DBC
corresponding angles equal and their are two triangles on the same base BC,
areas are in the ratio AL ⊥ BC and

DM ⊥ BC. Then, area (ABC ) is equal

25 : 36. The ratio of their corresponding
heights is
area (DBC )
(A) 25 : 36 (B) 36 : 25
(C) 5 : 6 (D) 6 : 5 to:
A
2. In a right angled ABC , right angled at
A, if AD⊥ BC such that AD= p, If BC = B O
a, CA = b and AB= c, then: L C
A
D
AO AO2
(A) (B)
OD OD2
B D C AO OD2 .
(C) (D)
(A) p2 = b2 + c2 (B) AD AO2
1 1 1
2
= 2+ 2 6. If D, E, F, are respectively the mid
p b c
points of the sides BC, CA and AB of
p p
(C) = (D) p2 = b2c2 ABC and the area of ABC is 24 sq. cm,
a b
then the area of DEF is:
3. The ratio of the corresponding sides of (A) 24 cm2 (B) 12 cm2
two similar triangles is 1 : 3. The ratio of
(C) 8 cm2 (D) 6 cm2
their corresponding heights is:
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1
(C) 1 : 9 (D) 9 : 1 7. In a right-angled triangle, if the square
of the hypotenuse is twice the product of
4. The areas of two similar triangles are 49 the other two sides, then one of the
cm2 and 64 cm2 respectively. The ratio angles of the triangle is:
of their corresponding sides is:
(A) 15º (B) 30º
(A) 49: 64 (B) 7: 8 (C) 45º (D) 60º
(C) 64: 49 (D) None of these

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8. If base of a right-angled triangle is twice M

the base of another right-angled triangle

and height of first right angled triangle
O
1 N
is th of other's height, then what will
4 P
be ratio of areas of first triangle to (A) 25 cm (B) 29 cm
(C) 33 cm (D) 35 cm
second triangle
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 12. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25
(C) 1 : 2 (D) 3 : 2 cm. The other two sides are such that
one is 5 cm longer than the other. The
lengths of these sides are
9. EFG is a right triangle such that EFG
(A) 10 cm,15 cm (B) 15 cm, 20 cm
= 90°. EF = 5 cm and EG = 13 cm, then
(C) 12 cm, 17 cm (D) 13 cm, 18 cm
area of EPQ, where P and Q are the mid
points of EF and EG respectively, is: 13. The height of an equilateral triangle
having each side 12 cm, is
1
(A) 14 cm2 (B) 14 cm2
2 (A) 6 2 cm (B) 6 3 cm

15 (C) 3 6 cm (D) 6 6 cm
(C) 15 cm2 (D) cm2
2
10. ABCD is a quadrilateral such that D = 14. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB
90º A circle C (O, r) touches all of the = AC
= 13 cm and the length of altitude from
sides AB, BC, CD and DA at P, Q, R
A on BC is 5 cm. Then, BC = ?
and S respectively. If BC = 38 cm, CD (A) 12 cm (B) 16 cm
= 25 cm and BP = 27 cm, Then r = (C) 18 cm (D) 24 cm
(A) 14 cm (B) 13 cm
15. In a triangle, the perpendicular from the
(C) 12 cm (D) 16 cm
vertex to the base bisects the base. The
triangle is
11. In the given figure, O is a point inside a
(A) Right-angled
MNP such that MOP = 90º, OM =16
(B) Isosceles
cm and OP =12 cm. If MN=21 cm and
(C) Scalene
NMP = 90º then NP =? (D) Obtuse-angled

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16. In an equilateral triangle ABC, if 20. Corresponding sides of two similar
AD⊥BC then which of the following is triangles are in the ratio 4 : 9. Areas of
true?
these triangles are in the ratio
A
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 4 : 9

(C) 9 : 4 (D) 16 : 81

21. It is given that ABC  PQR and

BC 2 ar( PQR )
B
D C = then = ?
QR 3 ar(ABC )
(A) 2AB =3AD2
2
(B) 4AB2=3AD2
(C) 3AB2=4AD2 (D) 3AB2=2AD2 2 3
(A) (B)
3 2
17. In a rhombus of side 10 cm, one of the 4 9
(C) (D)
diagonals is 12 cm long. The length of 9 4
the second diagonal is:

(A) 20 cm (B) 18 cm 22. In an equilateral ABC, D is the

(C) 16 cm (D) 22 cm midpoint of AB and E is the midpoint of

AC. Then, ar(ABC): ar(ADE) =?
18. The lengths of the diagonals of a
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 4 : 1
rhombus are 24 cm and 10 cm. The
(C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 4
length of each side of the rhombus is
23. In ABC and DEF, we have
(A) 12 cm (B) 13 cm AB BC AC 5
= = = , then ar(ABC) :
(C) 14 cm (D) 17 cm DE EF DF 7
ar(DEF) =?
(A) 5 : 7 (B) 25 : 49
19. In ABC, AB = 6 3 cm AC = 12 cm
(C) 49 : 25 (D) 125 : 343
and BC = 6cm. Then, B is 24. ABC~DEF such that ar(ABC) = 36
(A) 45º cm2 and ar (DEF) = 49 cm2.Then, the
(B) 60º ratio of their corresponding sides is
(C) 90º (A) 36 : 49 (B) 6 : 7
(D) 120º (C) 7 : 6 (D) 6: 7

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 DPP-4 (FUM/029)
[Internal Angle Bisector Theorem & Its Converse, External Angle Bisector Theorem,
Some Useful Results Based on Pythagoras Theorem (Apollonius Theorem)]

1. In ABC, AB = 3 cm, AC = 4 cm and 5. In a ABC it is given that AB = 6 cm,

AD is the bisector of A. Then, BD: AC = 8 cm and AD is the bisector of
DC is: ∠A. Then, BD : DC = ?
(A) 9 : 16 (B) 16 : 9
(C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3

AB 4
2. ABCD is a rectangle in which = D
BC 3
. The bisector of ACB meets AB is E.
If AB = 1 cm then AE: (A) 3 : 4 (B) 9 : 16
(C) 4 : 3 (D) 3 : 2
3 5
(A) cm (B) cm 6. In a ABC it is given that AD is the
8 8
internal bisector of ∠A. If BD = 4 cm,
7 1 DC = 5 cm and
(C) cm (D) cm
8 8 AB = 6 cm, then AC = ?

3. In equilateral ABC, AD ⊥ BC. AD2 is

equal to x cm
1
(A) DC2 (B) DC2
2
(C) 2DC2 (D) 3DC2 (A) 4.5 cm (B) 8 cm
(C) 9 cm (D) 7.5 cm
4. In PQR, a line AB QR cuts PQ at A
7. In a ABC, it is given that AD is the
and PR at B. If QB bisects ABR, then internal bisector of A. If AB = 10 cm,
AC = 14 cm and BC = 6 cm, then CD =
?
A

B D C
(A) QR = BR (B) QR = QB 6cm
(C) AB = AQ (D) None of these (A) 4.8 cm (B) 3.5 cm
(C) 7 cm (D) 10.5 cm

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8. If the bisector of an angle of a triangle 10. In ABC and DEF, it is given that
bisects the opposite side then the AB BC
triangle is = then
DE FD
(A) Scalene (B) Equilateral (A) B = E (B) A = D
(C) Isosceles (D) Right-angled (C) B = D (D) A = F
9. In △ABC it is given that AB/AC =
BD/DC⋅ If B = 70° and ∠C = 50° then
∠BAD = ?

D
(A) 30° (B) 40°
(C) 45° (D) 50°

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