Topic: Similar Triangle QUIZ

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LEVEL – I

1. ABC is such that AB = 3cm, BC = 2cm and CA = 2.5cm. If DEF  ABC and EF = 4cm then perimeter of
DEF is:
(A) 7.5cm (B) 15cm
(C) 22.5cm (D) 30 cm

2. Consider the triangle ABC shown where BC = 12cm DB = 9cm, CD = A

6cm and BCD = BAC find the ratio of perimeter of ADC and
Perimeter of BDC D
(A) 7 : 9 (B) 8 : 9
(C) 6 : 9 (D) 5 : 9

B C

3. Two isosceles triangle have equal vertical angles and their areas are in the ratio 9 : 16. Find the ratio of their
corresponding height
(A) 81 : 256 (B) 3 : 4
(C) 3 : 2 (D) 6 : 8

4. D, E, F are mid points of the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a ABC then the ratio of areas of DEF and
ABC
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 2 : 1
(C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 4

5. ABC is a right angled triangle, C = 90°. If p is the length of perpendicular form C to AB and AB = c, BC = a
and CA = b then
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) 2  2  2 (B) 2  2  2
P a b P a b

1 1 1 1 1 1
(C)  2  2 (D)  
P2 a b P 2 a2 b2

6. In the figure AD = 12cm, AB = 20cm and AE = 10cm find EC. A

(A) 14cm (B) 10 cm
(C) 8cm (D) 15cm
E
D
123°

57°
B C

7. In ABC, AB2 + AC2 = 2500cm2 and median AD = 25cm find BC

(A) 25cm (B) 40cm
(C) 50cm (D) 48cm

8. In the figure AB || DC, find x D C

(A) 9, 10 (B) 7, 8 3 x5
(C) 10 12 (D) 8, 9 3x19 x3
O

A B

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9. In ABC, AD is bisector of A and AD A
meets BC at D. If AB = 5cm, BD = 2cm, CD
= 3cm, then AC is
(A) 7 cm
(B) 6 cm
15
(C) cm
2
(D) none of these
B D C

AB BD A
10. In the figure, if  , then ABD =
AC CD
(A) 50°
30°
(B) 60°
(C) 30°
(D) 70°
60°
B D C

11. If ABC ~ PQR, perimeters of ABC = 30cm, perimeter of PQR = 45cm and PR = 9cm, then the length of
AC is equal to
(A) 10 cm (B) 18 cm
(C) 6 cm (D) 8 cm

12. ABC is an isosceles right angled triangle, right C

E
angled at B. Two equilateral triangles are
constructed with side BC and AC as shown in
area BCD
figure, D
area ACE
1 1
(A) (B)
8 4 B
1
(C) (D) none of these A
2

13. In an equilateral triangle ABC, AD is an altitude A

drawn from A on side BC, then
(A) 3AB2 = 4AD2
2 2
(B) AB = 2AD
(C) 2AB = 3AD2
2

(D) AB2 = AD2

B D C

14. ABCD is a rhombus, then D C

(A) 4AB2 = 2AC2 + 3BD2
(B) AB2 = AC2 + BD2
2 2 2
(C) 4AB = AC + BD
(D) none of these

A B

15. In figure, ABC is right angled at B. DE  AC and A

PQ  BC, then E
(A) ADE ~ PCQ
(B) ADE ~ ABC P
D
(C) PCQ ~ ABC
(D) none of these
B Q C

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16. In figure, if RX || QA and RY || QB, then A
PA PB
(A) 
X
XA YB Q
PA XA
(B) 
YB PB R
XR RY P
(C) 
AQ QB
Y
(D) none of these
B

17. In adjoining figure, CAB = 90° and AD  BC. If C

AC = 75cm, AB = 1m and BD = 1.25m, then AD is
equal to
(A) 93.57 cm D
(B) 93.75 cm 75 cm
(C) 95.75 cm 1.25 m
(D) 97.75 cm

A 1m B

BD
18. ABC is right angled at A and AD  BC, then 
AD
2
 AB  AB
(A)   (B)
 AC  AC
2
 AB  AB
(C)   (D)
 AD  AD

19. If E is a point on side CA of an equilateral ABC such that BE  CA, then AB2 + BC2 + CA2 =
(A) 2BE2 (B) 3BE2
2
(C) 4BE (D) 6BE2

20. ABCD is a parallelogram, P is a point on side BC and DP when produced meets AB produced at L, then mark
the correct statement
DP DC DP DC
(A)  (B) 
PL BL BL BL
DP DC
(C)  (D) none of these
DL BL

21. In the figure, the value of x is L

(A) a + b + c
ab
(B)
ab
a P
ac
(C)
bc
abc x
(D) 51° 51°
ab  bc  ca
M b Q c N

22. In a right triangle ABC, A = 90°, AD  BC, then BAD : ACD =

(A) BA : AC (B) BA2 : AC2
2 2
(C) BD : AC (D) none of these

23. In a ABC, N is a point on AC such that BN  AC, if B = 90°, then

BN AB
(A) BN = AN (B) 
AN AC
BN NC
(C)  (D) none of these
AN BN

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24. In a right angled ABC right angle at C, AC = 3 BC, then ABC =
(A) 30° (B) 90°
(C) 45° (D) 60°

25. In an isosceles ABC, D is a point on BC such that AD  BC, then

(A) AB2  AD2 = BD.DC (B) AB2  AD2 = BD2  DC2
2 2
(C) AB + AD = BD.DC (D) AB2 + AD2 = BD2  DC2

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LEVEL – II

1. ABCD is a trapezium. P is a point of intersection of diagonals AC and BD. ABCD such that ar(APB) = 32
cm2, ar(DPC) = 50cm2 find the area of ABCD
(A) 160 (B) 170
(C) 165 (D) 162

DE 2 A
2. In the figure if  and if AE = 10cm find AB.
BC 3
(A) 16cm (B) 12cm E
(C) 15cm (D) 18cm D
105°

75° 65°
B C

3. In ABC, G is the centroid, AB = 15cm, BC = 18cm and AC = 25cm. Find GD where D is the mid point of BC
86 2
(A) cm (B) 86 cm
3 3
8
(C) 15 cm (D) none of these
3

4. In the figure, x = A
(A) 4 cm 3.2cm
2.4cm
(B) 5 cm
(C) 6 cm D E
(D) none of these 2cm
3.6cm 4.8cm

B x C

5. P and Q are points on sides CA and CB A

respectively of ABC, right angled at C, then
(A) AQ2 + PQ2 = BA2 + BP2
(B) AQ2 + BP2 = AB2 + PQ2
(C) BQ2 + QC2 = AP2 + PC2 P
(D) none of these

B Q C

6. In figure, DE || AB and FE || DB C
(A) DC2 = CF.AC
(B) DE2 = FE.DB F
(C) DB2 = BC.AB D
(D) none of these E

A B

7. D is a point on the side BC of ABC such that A

ADC = BAC
CA CB CB CA
(A)  (B) 
CD CA CD CB
CD CB
(C)  (D) none of these
CA CD
B D C

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Topic: Similar Triangle QUIZ
8. In the figure, ABC and DBC are on the same A
base BC. AD and BC intersect at O, then
ar( ABC)
 C
ar( DBC)
AO AO
(A) (B) O
DO OB B
AO
(C) (D) none of these
OC D

9. In a quadrilateral ABCD, A + D = 90°, then

(A) AC2 + AD2 = BD2 + BC2 (B) AC2 + BD2 = AD2 + BC2
2 2 2 2
(C) AC  AD = BD  BC (D) none of these

10. D and E are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively of a PQR such that DE || QR and divides PQR into
QD
two parts equal in area, then =
PQ
2 1
(A) 2  2 (B)
2
2 2
(C) (D) none of these
2

11. ABC be any triangle right angled at A. If D, E trisect the hypotenuse, then AD2 + AE2 =
9
(A) BC2 (B) BC2
5
5 2 2
(C) BC (D) BC2
9 9

12. In a ABC, the angle A is externally bisected by a line which meets the base produced at D and the
circumcircle at E, then
AB AE
(A)  (B) AB . AC = AE . AD
AC AD
(C) AB2 = AC2 (D) none of these

13. In a ABC with AB = AC, point D and E are on the sides AB and AC respectively such that AD = AE, then
points B, C, E, D are the vertices of a
(A) parallelogram (B) rhombus
(C) cyclic quadrilateral (D) trapezium

14. In a ABC, AE is the median AD  BC, then

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) AB + AC = AE + 2BE (B) AB + AC = 2(AE + BE )
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(C) AB + AC = AE + BE (D) AB  AC = 2(AE + 2BE )

15. ABC is right angled triangle with right angle at B, AC = 2cm, BC = 1cm and BD  AC, then area of rectangle
with BD as one of its diagonal is
3 3 3 3
(A) cm (B) cm
4 2
3 3 9 3
(C) cm (D) cm
16 16

16. An equilateral triangle is circumscribed, a square is inscribed in a circle of radius r. The area of triangle is T
T
and the area of square is S, then   is
S
3 3
(A) (B) 3 3
2
9 3
(C) 27 (D)
2

17. In a ABC, a transversal is drawn which meets the sides produced of a triangle at D, E and F, then
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BD.CE DC.EA
(A) BD. CE = DC.EA (B) 
AF FB
(C) BD.CE.AF = DC.EA. FB (D) BD.BC.CF = DC.EA.FB

18. If the tangents at A, B and C of circumcircle of the triangle ABC meet the opposite sides in D, E, F such that
they are collinear then
(A) BD : CD = BA : AC (B) BD2 : CD2 = BA2 : AC2
2 2
(C) BD : CD = BA : AC (D) BD2 : CD2 = BA : AC

19. Three equailateral triangles RAC, PAB and BCQ are described on the sides of a right angled triangle ABC
with B = 90°, then
(A) PAB + QBC = 2RAC (B) PAB + QBC = RAC
3
(C) PAB + 2QBC = 4RAC (D) PAB + RAC = QBC
2
20. If A be the area of a right triangle and b one of its sides containing the right angle, then length of the altitude
on its hypotenuse is given by
2A 2A
(A) (B)
4 2
b  2A b  A2
4

2Ab 2Ab
(C) (D)
4 2
2b  A b  4A 2
4

21. A line drawn from vertex A of an equilateral ABC meet BC at D and circumcircle at P, then
(A) PA = PC (B) PA + PB = PC
(C) PA = PB + PC (D) PB.PC = AB.AC

22. In a ABC; B = 90° and segment BD  AC, then

(A) AC2 = AD2 + BC2 + BD2 (B) AC2 = AD2 + BC2  2BC.BD
2 2 2 2
(C) AC + AD + BC = BD  2BC.BD (D) none of these

23. In the figure, D and E trisect BC, then mark the A

correct choice
(A) 5AC2 = 3AE2 + 8AD2
(B) 13AC2 = 3AC2 + 5AD2
(C) 8AE2 = 3AC2 + 5AD2
(D) 9AD2 = 7AB2 + 5AE2

B D E C

24. In a ABC, BE  AC and CF  AB, then BC2 =

(A) (AB  BF) + (AC  CE) (B) (AB  AF) + (AC  AE)
(C) (AB  CF) + (AC  BE) (D) AB + BC + AC

25. Let ABC be an equilateral. Let BE  CA meeting CA at E find AB2 + BC2 + CA2
(A) 2BE2 (B) 3BE2
2
(C) 4BE (D) 6BE2

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ANSWERS
LEVEL – I

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. A, C
17. B
18. A
19. C
20. A
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. D
25. A

LEVEL – II

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. C
22. A
23. C
24. A
25. C

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