UNIT - 11

AREA RELATED TO CIRCLES

MCQ's
1. If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the area of
a circle of radius R, then
(A) R1 + R 2 = R (B) R12 + R 22 = R 2

(C) R1 + R 2 < R (D) R 12 + R 22 < R 2

2. If the sum of the circumferences of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the
circumference of a circle of radius R, then
(A) R1 + R 2 = R (B) R1 + R 2 > R

(C) R1 + R 2 < R (D) Nothing definite can be said about the relation
among R1, R2 and R.
3. If the circumference of a circle and the perimeter of a square are equal, then
(A) Area of the circle = Area of the square
(B) Area of the circle > Area of the square
(C) Area of the circle < Area of the square
(D) Nothing definite can be said about the relation between the areas of
the circle and square.
4. Area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius r units is
1 2
(A) r2 sq. units (B) r sq. units
2
(C) 2 r2 sq. units (D) 2 r2 sq. units

5. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then the ratio of their
areas is
(A) 22 : 7 (B) 14 : 11 (C) 7 : 22 (D) 11:14

6. It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two circular
parks of diameters 16 m and 12 m in a locality. The radius of the new park would be

(A) 10 m (B) 15 m (C) 20 m (D) 24 m

7. The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm is

(A) 36 π cm2 (B) 18 π cm2 (C) 12 π cm2 (D) 9 π cm2

8. The area of the square that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 8 cm is

(A) 256 cm2 (B) 128 cm2 (C) 64 2 cm2 (D) 64 cm2

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 9. The radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the
circum-ferences of the two circles of diameters 36cm and 20 cm is
(A) 56 cm (B) 42 cm (C) 28 cm (D) 16 cm

10. The diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles of radii
24 cm and 7 cm is
(A) 31 cm (B) 25 cm (C) 62 cm (D) 50 cm
2
11. If the area of a circle is 154 cm , then its perimeter is
(A) 11cm (B) 22cm (C) 44cm (D) 55cm

12 : If θ is the angle (in degrees) of a sector of a circle of radius r, then area of the sector is

r 2 θ r 2 θ 2 r θ 2 r θ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
360 180 360 180

13. The perimeter of a circle having radius 5cm is equal to: (Take 𝜋 = 3.14)
(A) 30cm (B) 3.14 cm (C) 31.4 cm (D) 40 cm

14 The wheel of a motorcycle is of radius 35 cm. The number of revolutions per minute must
the wheel make so as to keep a speed of 66 km/hr will be
(A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 500 (D) 1000
15. The area of a sector of a circle with radius 6 cm if the angle of the sector is 60°.

(A) 142/7 cm2 (B) 152/7 cm2 (C) 132/7 cm2 (D) 122/7 cm2

16. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. The length of the arc is;
(A) 20cm (B) 21cm (C) 22cm (D) 25cm

17. The ratio of areas of two circles whose ratio of circumferences is in the ratio of 3 : 1 will be

(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 1 : 9 (D) 9 : 1

18. A display board is in the shape of a circle. While designing the board, if diameter of the board is
increased by 40% from the previous design, then the area will be increased by
(A) 40% (B) 80% (C) 96% (D) 45%

19. The minute hand of a clock is 14 cm long. The area described by it on the face of the clock in 5
minutes is
(A) 51.33 cm2 (B) 21.15 cm2 (C) 15.33 cm2 (D.) 12.35 cm2

20. Find area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle with length a cm and
breadth b cm. (a > b).

𝑎2 𝑏 2𝜋 2 𝑏 2𝜋 2 𝑎2
(A) 4 𝜋cm2 (B) (C) (D) 2 𝜋cm2
2 cm 4 cm

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Subjective Questions :

21. A square of diagonal 8 cm is inscribed in a circle. Find the area of the shaded region.

22. The wheel of a motor cycle is of radius 35 cm. How many revolutions per minute must
the wheel make so as to keep a speed of 66 km/h?
23. A cow is tied with a rope of length 14 m at the corner of a rectangular field of dimensions
20m × 16m. Find the area of the field in which the cow can graze.
24. Find the area of the flower bed (with semi-circular ends) shown in the Fig.

25. AB is a diameter of the circle, AC = 6 cm and BC = 8 cm. Find the area of the
shaded region (Use π = 3.14).

26. Find the area of the shaded field shown in Fig.

27. Find the area of the shaded region in Fig.

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28. Find the area of the shaded region in Fig. , where arcs drawn with centres A, B, C and D
intersect in pairs at mid-points P, Q, R and S of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA,
respectively of a square ABCD (Use π = 3.14).

29. In Fig. arcs are drawn by taking vertices A, B and C

of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm. to intersect the
sides BC, CA and AB at their respective mid-points D,
E and F. Find the area of the shaded region
(Use π = 3.14).

30. In Fig. arcs have been drawn with radii 14 cm each and
with centres P, Q and R. Find the area of the shaded
region.

31. A circular park is surrounded by a road 21 m wide. If the radius of the park is 105 m, find the
area of the road.

32. In Fig. arcs have been drawn of radius 21 cm each with vertices A, B, C and D of quadrilateral
ABCD as centres. Find the area of the shaded region.

33. A piece of wire 20 cm long is bent into the form of an arc of a circle subtending an angle of 60°
at its centre. Find the radius of the circle.

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34. In the Fig a circle of radius 7.5 cm is inscribed in a
square. Find the area of the shaded region
(Use π = 3.14)

35. Area of a sector of a circle of radius 36 cm is 54 π cm2. Find the length of the corresponding arc
of the sector.

36. The area of a circular playground is 22176 m2. Find the cost of fencing this ground at the
rate of Rs 50 per metre.

37. The diameters of front and rear wheels of a tractor are 80 cm and 2 m respec-tively. Find the
number of revolutions that rear wheel will make in covering a distance in which the front wheel
makes 1400 revolutions.

38. Sides of a triangular field are 15 m, 16 m and 17 m. With the three corners of the field a cow, a
buffalo and a horse are tied separately with ropes of length 7 m each to graze in the field. Find
the area of the field which cannot be grazed by the three animals.

39. A circular pond is 17.5 m is of diameter. It is surrounded by a 2 m wide path. Find the cost of
constructing the path at the rate of Rs 25 per m2

40. In Fig. , ABCD is a trapezium with AB || DC,

AB = 18 cm, DC = 32 cm and distance
between AB and DC = 14 cm. If arcs of equal
radii 7 cm with centres A, B, C and D have
been drawn, then find the area of the shaded
region of the figure.

41. Three circles each of radius 3.5 cm are drawn in such a way that each of them touches the other
two. Find the area enclosed between these circles.

42. Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 5 cm, if the corresponding arc length is 3.5 cm.

43. Four circular cardboard pieces of radii 7 cm are placed on a paper in such a way that each piece
touches other two pieces. Find the area of the portion enclosed between these pieces.

44. On a square cardboard sheet of area 784 cm2, four congruent circular plates of maximum size
are placed such that each circular plate touches the other two plates and each side of the square
sheet is tangent to two circular plates. Find the area of the square sheet not covered by the
circular plates.

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 45. Floor of a room is of dimensions 5 m × 4 m and it is
covered with circular tiles of diameters 50 cm each
as shown in Fig. Find the area of floor that remains
uncovered with tiles. (Use π = 3.14)

46. All the vertices of a rhombus lie on a circle. Find the area of the rhombus, if area of the
2
circle is 1256 cm . (Use π = 3.14).

47. An archery target has three regions formed by

three concentric circles as shown in Fig. If the
diameters of the concentric circles are in the ratio 1:
2:3, then find the ratio of the areas of three regions.

48. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 5 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand
during the time period 6 : 05 a m and 6 : 40 a m.
2
49. Area of a sector of central angle 200° of a circle is 770 cm . Find the length of the
corresponding arc of this sector.

50. With the vertices A, B and C of a triangle ABC as centres, arcs are drawn with radii 5 cm
each as shown in the Fig. If AB = 14 cm, BC = 48 cm and CA = 50 cm, then find the area
of the shaded region. (Use π = 3.14).

51. Find the area of the shaded region given in Fig.

2
52. Find the number of revolutions made by a circular wheel of area 1.54 m in rolling a
distance of 176 m.

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 AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES
53. CASE STUDY 1:
Pookalam is the flower bed or flower pattern designed during Onam in Kerala. It is
similar as Rangoli in North India and Kolam in Tamil Nadu.
During the festival of Onam , your school is planning to conduct a Pookalam
competition. Your friend who is a partner in competition , suggests two designs given
below. Observe these carefully.

Design I: This design is made with a circle of radius 32cm leaving

equilateral triangle ABC in the middle as shown in the given figure.
Design II: This Pookalam is made with 9 circular design each of radius 7cm.

Refer Design I:
(i). The side of equilateral triangle is
(ii). The altitude of the equilateral triangle is

Refer Design II:

(iii). The area of square is
(iv). Area of each circular design is

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 A Brooch
54. CASE STUDY 2:
A brooch is a small piece of jewellery which has a pin at the back so it can be
fastened on a dress, blouse or coat.
Designs of some brooch are shown below. Observe them carefully.

Design A: Brooch A is made with silver wire in the form of a circle with diameter
28mm. The wire used for making 4 diameters which divide the circle into 8 equal parts.
Design B: Brooch b is made two colours_ Gold and silver. Outer part is made with Gold.
The circumference of silver part is 44mm and the gold part is 3mm wide everywhere.
Refer to Design A

(i) . The total length of silver wire required is

(ii). The area of each sector of the brooch is

Refer to Design B
(iii) The circumference of outer part (golden) is

(iv). The difference of areas of golden and silver parts is

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55. CASE STUDY : 3

Age of a tree : The most accurate way to determine the age of a tree is to count the
annual rings of wood growth. One such trunk has been shown here.

To make an identification mark, the forest department has painted segment ACBA.
(See diagram) If chord AB makes an angle 90 at the centre and radius of the trunk
is 21 cm, then find the :

(i) length of chord AB.

(ii) area of OAB.

(iii) area of segment ACBA.

(iv) perimeter of sector OACBO.

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 Area Related to Circle (Answer Key )
1 A 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 A 7 D 8 B 9 C 10 D

11 C 12 A 13 C 14 C 15 C 16 C 17 D 18 C 19 A 20 A

Q.No Answer Q.No Answer

2
21 (16p-32)cm 36 ₹26400
22 500 37 560
23 154 m2 38 ( 24 21 - 77 )
24 (380 + 25p )cm2 39 ₹ 3061.50
25 54.5 cm2 40 196 cm2
26 (32 + 2p )m2 41 1.967 cm2 (Approx)
27 (248 - 4p )m2 42 8.7 cm2
28 30.96 cm2 43 42cm2
29 39.25 cm2 44 168 cm2

30 308 cm2 45 4.3m2

31 15246m2 46 800 cm2

32 1386 cm2 47 1: 3 : 5
60 5
33 cm 48 45 cm 2
π 6
1
34 2
49 73 cm
48.375 cm 3

35 3p cm 50 296.75 cm2

51 (180 - 85p)cm2
52 40

53. 54. 55.

(Case Study 1) Case Study : 2 Case Study : 3

(i). 32√ cm (i). 200mm (i). 21√2 cm

(ii). 48cm (ii). 77mm2 (ii). 220.5 cm2
(iii) 1764 cm2 (iii). 62.86 mm (iii).126 cm2
(iv) 154 cm2 (iv) 51 (iv) 75 cm

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