Geometry

QUESTIONS

1. It is known that if a  b  c  18 then a + b + c +d = 18+d . The Euclid’s axiom that

illustrates this statement is __________
(a) First axiom (b) Second axiom
(c) Third axiom (d) Fourth axiom
(e) None of these

2. In geometry, we take a point, a line and a plane (in Euclid’s words a plane surface) as ________
(a) constant (b) defined terms
(c) undefined terms (d) variables
(e) None of these

3. In Indus Valley Civilization (about 3000 B.C.), the bricks used for construction work were having
dimension in the ratio __________

(a) 2 : 4 : 5 (b) 3 : 2 : 1

(c) 4 : 2 :1 (d) 4 : 2 : 5
(e) None of these

4. In the shown figure, I is a straight line. Find the value of x.

(a) 60 (b) 30

(c) 40 (d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

5. In the shown figure, OA CD and OAB =115° and BCD  125 , find the value of ABC .

(a) 20 (b) 60

(c) 30 (d) 45
(e) None of these
6. In which of the following figures, the given two lines will be parallel lines?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
(e) None of these

7. In the shown figure, if PQ MN and NO QR , then which of the following conditions can be
true?

(a) x  y (b) x  y  90

(c) x  y  180 (d) x  90  y

(e) None of these

8. In the following figure, AB CD and ABR  115 , BRC

1.  40 andRCD  x . Find the
value of x°.

(a) 140 (b) 25

(c) 75 (d) 155
(e) None of these
9. In the given figure, if a  c  205 and 0  80 , also N  a , then _______

(a) P  80 (b) M  105

3
(c) (M  c)  105 (d) N  d  180
5
(e) None of these

10. ABC is a cyclic triangle and the bisectors of BAC, ABC and BCA me the circle at P, Q and R

respectively. Then the angle RQP is __________.

C A
(a) 90  (b) 90 
2 2
B B
(c) 90  (d) 90 
2 2
(e) None of these

11. In the shown figure, the value of a is equal to

(a) yz (b) xy

xyz
(c) xyz (d)
2
(e) None of these

12. In the shown figure, if PQ BC and AP  5.4 cm , AQ   x  1 cm, AB  8.1cm cm and

QC =(x - 1) )cm, then AC equals to _______

 (a) 12 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 3 cm (d) 4 cm
(e) None of these

13. In a  ABC , if A  B  35 and C  B  34 , then

(a) A  71 (b) B  72

(c) A  B  109 (d) A  C  142

(e) None of these

14. In two triangles ACB and QPR if AB = QR, ZB = ZQ and CA = PR then ___
(a)  ABC   PQR (b)  ACB   RPQ

(c)  BAC   QRP (d)  BAC   QPR

(e) None of these

15. Two sides of a triangle are of lengths 6.2 cm and 3.5 cm. The length of the third side of the triangle
cannot be ________
(a) 9.2cm (b) 8.5cm
(c) 2.8cm (d) 2.6cm
(e) None of these

16. Which among the following statements is correct?

(a) In a triangle PQR, if Q  P then PR  QR .

(b)  ABC   PQR if A  P, and AC  QR .

(c) In triangles PQR and STU if P  S, Q  T and PQ  TU , then both the triangles are congruent.
(d) All the above
(e) None of these

17. S is a point on the side QR of a triangle PQR such that PS bisects QPR then _________

(a) QS  SR

(b) PR  RS
(c) PQ  QS
(d) Both (b) and (c) are true
(e) None of these
18. In the shown figure, the bisector of angle P is bisecting the opposite side QR. If PQ  3 cm then

the value of PR is _________

(a) 3cm (b) 4cm

(c) 6cm (d) 1.5cm
(e) None of these

19. If M is any point in the interior of A ABC, then _______

(a) MC  MB  AC  AB (b) MC  MB  AC  AB

(c) MC  MB  AC  AB (d) MC  MB  AC  AB
(e) None of these

20. Which one among the following statements is correct?

(a) If ABCD is a rectangle such that BD bisects B then it is also a rhombus.
(b) A rectangle is formed by the bisectors of the angles of a parallelogram.
(c) A square is formed by the mid points of the consecutive sides of a square.
(d) All the above
(e) None of these
21. In a triangle, other than an equilateral triangle, angle opposite to the largest side is _________
2 2
(a) lesser than of a right angle. (b) greater than of a right angle.
3 3
1
(c) always greater than a right angle. (d) lesser than of a right angle.
2
(e) None of these

22. PQR is a triangle in which Q  2R . If a line PS is drawn from vertex P such that it bisects QPR

and cuts QR at S such that PQ  RS , then QPR  QRP equals to __________

(a) 72 (b) 136

(c) 108 (d) 130

(e) None of these.
23. If PQR is a triangle and M is the mid-point of QR and the perpendiculars from M to PQ and PR are
equal, then PQR is _______
(a) an equilateral triangle (b) an isosceles triangle
(c) not an equilateral triangle (d) not an isosceles triangle
(e) None of these

24. In the given triangle PQR, another triangle MLN is drawn by joining the mid-points of the sides of 
PQR. Based on this information choose the correct one among the following.

(a) LMN  QPR (b) LNM  RPQ

(c) MLN  QRP (d) All the above

(e) None of these

25. MNOP is a rhombus in which the diagonal OM is produced to Q. If POQ  140 , then which one

is correct?

(a) x  60 (b) y  50

(c) z  50 (d) All of the above

(e) None of these

26. In the shown figure, PQRS is a trapezium where PQ RS and M and N are the mid-points of PR and

SQ respectively. If PQ  7 cm and RS  3cm then the length of MN is ________

 (a) 1 cm (b) 2 cm
(c) 3 cm (d) 4 cm
(e) None of these

27. In the shown figure, PQRS is a trapezium and PQ RS . If M is the mid- point of PS such that

MN RS and PQ  8 cm and RS  12cm , then MN equals to ______

(a) 6 cm (b) 8 cm
(c) 10 cm (d) 8.5 cm
(e) None of these

28. In the shown figure, N is the mid-point of QP. M is any point on QR. If OR NM meets PQ in O,
then which one among the following is true?

(a) ar(QMO)  ar( QNR)

(b) ar ( MNO)  ar ( MRN)

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(c) ar ( QRN )  ar ( PQR)
2
(d) All the above
(e) None of these

29. In the shown figure, PQRS is a parallelogram and if M and N are the mid- points of RQ and RS
respectively, then ________
 1 gm
(a) Ar ( NMR)= Ar( PQRS)
4
1 gm
(b) Ar ( PQM)= Ar( PQRS)
8
3 gm
(c) Ar ( PNM)= Ar ( PQRS)
8
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these

30. In the shown triangle PQR, find the value of 

(a) 50 (b) 65

(c) 80 (d) 100
(e) None of these

31. Two concentric circles with centre 0 have P, Q, R, S as the points intersection with the line l as shown
in the figure. If PS  16 cm and QR  12 cm then the lengths of _________

(a) PQ is 3 cm (b) PR is 12 cm
(c) SQ is 14 cm (d) RS is 4 cm
(e) None of these

32. PQ and RS are two chords of the circle such that PQ  8 cm and RS  16 PQ RS . If the
distance between PQ and RS is 4 cm, then _________
 (a) ON  5 cm (b) radius  4 cm
(c) OM  8.5 cm (d) All the above

(e) None of these

33. In the shown figure, a circle with centre O and radius r is given with chords PQ and RS. Based on this
information, which among the following statements is incorrect?

(a) If PQ  RS then POQ  ROS .

(b) If PQ  RS then PQ is nearer to the circle than RS.

(c) If PQ  RS , then both are equidistant from the centre of the circle 0
(d) The perpendicular bisector of both the chords of the circle will pass through its centre.
(e) None of these

34. In the shown figure, AB is a diameter of the circle with centre O. If AC is a chord and OM is
perpendicular on it where AB  13 cm and BC  5 cm , then the length of OM is ________

(a) 6.25 cm (b) 3.25 cm

(c) 3.5 cm (d) 2.5 cm
(e) None of these

35. Two circles with centres O and O’ and of radii 6 cm and 4 cm touch each other internally. If the
perpendicular bisector of line segment OO’ meets the bigger circle in M and N, then the length of MN
is _______

(a) 1cm (b) 2 35 cm

(c) 3 5 cm (d) 35 cm
(e) None of these
36. The radius of the circle, in which an equilateral triangle of side 16 cm is inscribed, is _______

8 3 16 3
(a) cm (b) cm
3 3

2 3
(c) 8 3 cm (d) cm
3
(e) None of these

37. In the shown figure, AD and BC are two chords of the circle with centre O, intersecting at E and
EC+ ED
AE  6 cm , BE  5 cm . Find the value of _______ .
EC - ED

(a) 11 (b) 5
(c) 8 (d) 10
(e) None of these

38. A circle with centre O is inscribed in a quadrilateral PQRS as shown in the figure. Which one of the
following statements is /are true?

(i) POS  QOR  180

(ii) POQ , and ROS are complementary.

(iii) OP, OQ, OR and OS are the angle bisectors of P, Q, R and S respectively.
(a) both (i) and (ii) (b) both (i) and (iii)
(c) both (ii) and (iii) (d) All (i), (ii) and (iii)
(e) None of these

39. In the shown figure, O is the centre of the circle and PT is a tangent to the circle at P. If

RPT  15 and PTR  65 , then find the value of PQO .
 (a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 25 (d) 30
(e) None of these

40. P, Q and R are on ML, NL and MN of the equilateral triangle MLN respectively. If
MP : PL  NQ : QL  1 : 2 and G is the centroid of the triangle PQL and S is the mid-point of
MN. Find LG: GS.

(a) 2: 3 (b) 4:5

(c) 3:4 (d) 1: 3
(e) None of these
 ANSWER - KEY
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B)

6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (D)

11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (E) 15. (D)

16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D)

21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (C)

26. (B) 27. (C) 28. (D) 29. (C) 30. (C)

31. (C) 32. (B) 33. (B) 34. (D) 35. (B)

36. (B) 37. (A) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (B)