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1. In the given figure, AB is a tangent to the circle centered at O. If OA = 6
cm and OAB  300 , then the radius of the cirlce is:

a) 3 cm b) 3 3 cm c) 2 cm d) 3 cm
2. In the given figure, AC and AB are tangents to a circle centered at O. If
COD  1200 , then BAQ is equal to :

a) 300 b) 600 c) 450 d) 900

3. In the given figure, AB = BC = 10 cm. If AC = 7 cm, then the length of BP

a) 3.5 cm b) 7 cm c) 6.5 cm d) 5 cm
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4. In the given figure, the quadrilateral PQRS circumscribes a circle. Here
PA + CS is equal to:

a) QR b) PR c) PS d) PQ

5. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents from external point P to a

circle with centre C and Q is any point on the circle. Then the measure
of AQB is

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a) 62 b) 1250 c) 550 d) 900
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6. In the given figure, TA is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that
OT = 4 cm, OTA  300 , then length of TA is:

a) 2 3 cm b) 2 cm c) 2 2 cm d) 3 cm

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7. In figure, if AOD  135 , then BOC is equal to
0

a) 52.50 b) 450 c) 62.50 d) 250

8. In figure, two circles touch each other at C and AB is a tangent to both
the circles. ACB is equal to

a) 600 b) 450 c) 1200 d) 900

9. In given figure TP and TQ are tangents drawn to the circle with centre at
O. If POQ  1150 then PTQ is

a) 1150 b) 57.50 c) 550 d) 650

10. From an external point Q, the length of the tangent to a circle is 5 cm
and the distance of Q from the centre is 8 cm. The radius of the circle is
a) 39 cm b) 3 cm c) 39 cm d) 7 cm
11. In this figure PQ is tangent tothe circle with centre at O, at the point B. If
AOB  1000 , then ABP is equal to

a) 500 b) 400 c) 600 d) 800

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12. In figure from an external point P, two tangents PQ and PR are drawn to
a circle of radius 4 cm with centre O. If QPR  900 , then length of PQ is

a) 3 cm b) 4 cm c) 2 cm d) 2 2 cm
13. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at its centre.
The length of the chord (in cm) is:

5
a) 5 2 b) 10 2 c) d) 5
2
14. In the given figure, RJ and RL are two tangents to the circle. If RJL  420 ,
then the measure of JOL is:

a) 420 b) 840 c) 960 d) 1380

15. In the given figure, if PT is a tangent to a circle with centre O and
TPO  350 , then the measure of x .

a) 1100 b) 1150 c) 1200 d) 1250

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16. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. MN is the chord and
the tangent ML at the point M makes an angle of 700 with MN. The
measure of MON is:

a) 1200 b) 1400 c) 700 d) 900

17. AB and CD are two chords of a circle intersecting at P. Choose the cor-
rect statement from the following:

a) ADP  CBA b) ADP  BPC c) ADP  BCP d) ADP  CBP

18. In the given figure, tangents PA and PB to the circle centred at O, from
point P are perpendicular to each other. If PA = 5 cm, the length of AB
is equal to:

a) 5 cm b) 5 2 cm c) 2 5 cm d) 10 cm
19. In the given figure, AT is a tangent to a circle centred at O. If CAT  400 ,
then CBA is equal to:

a) 700 b) 500 c) 650 d) 400

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20. In the given figure, PT is a tangent to a circle with centre O. Chord PQ
subtends an angle of 650 at the centre. The measure of QPT is:

a) 650 b) 57.50 c) 67.50 d) 32.50

21. In the given figure, AB and AC are tangents to the circle. If ABC  420 ,
then the measure of BAC is:

a) 960 b) 420 c) 1060 d) 860

22. In the given figure, QR is a common tangent to the two given circles
touching externally at A. The tangent at A meets QR at P. If AP = 4.2
cm, then the length of QR is:

a) 4.2 cm b) 2.1 cm c) 8.4 cm d) 6.3 cm

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS - 1M (VSAQ)
1. In this figure, PQ is a chord of a circle with centre O and PT is a tangent.
If QPT  600 , find PRQ .

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2. In this figure, AOB is a diameter of a circle with centre O and AC is a

tangent to the circle at A. If BOC  1300 , then find ACO .

3. In the figure PQ is a tangent at a point C to a circle with centre O. If AB is

a diameter and CAB  300 , find PCA .

4. In figure ABC is circumscribing a circle, the length of BC is ______ cm

5. In given figure the length PB = __________ cm.

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6. In figure PA and PB are tangents to the circle with centre O such that
APB  500 , then the measure of OAB is ____________.

7. In given figure PQ is a chord of a circle and PT is tangent at P such that

QPT  600 , then the measure of PRQ is __________

8. In given figure AB and CD are common tangents to circles which touch

each other at D. If AB = 8 cm, then find the length of CD.

9. In given figure, AB is diameter of a circle centered at O. BC is tangent to

the circle at B. If OP bisects the chord AD and AOP  600 , then find
mC .

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10. In this figure, XAY is a tangent to the circle centered at O. If ABO  400 ,
then the mBAY and mAOB .

SHORT ANSWERS - 2M (SA-I)

1. In the given figure, PT is a tangent to the circle centred at O. OC is
perpendicular to chord AB. Prove that PA.PB  PC 2  AC 2 .

2. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. AB and AC are tangents
drawn to the circle from point A. If BAC  600 , then find the measure
of BOC .

3. In the given figure, PA is a tangent to the circle drawn from the external
point P and PBC is the secant to the circle with BC as diameter. If
AOC  1300 , then find the measure of APB , where O is the centre of
the circle.

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4. In this figure, if PQ = PR, show that QM = MR.

5. In this figure, PA and PB are two tangents from an external point P to a

circle with centre O. If PBA  600 , find OAB .

6. In this figure, two tangents RQ and RP are drawn from an external point
R to the circle with centre O. If PRQ  1200 , then prove that OR = PR +
RP.

7. In this figure, from a point P, two tangents PT and PS are drawn to a

circle with centre O such that SPT  1200 , Prove that OP = 2PS.

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8. In this figure, are two concentric circles of radii 6 cm and 4 cm with
centre O. If AP is a tangent to the larger circle and BP to the smaller
circle and length of AP is 8 cm, find the length of BP.

9. In this figure, from an external point P, two tangents PT and PS are

drawn to a circle with centre O and radius r. If OP = 2r, show that
OTS  OST  300 .

10. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents tothe circles from an exter-
nal point P. CD is another tangent touching the circle at Q. PA = 12 cm,
QC = QD = 3 cm, then find PC + PD.

11. In the given figure, if AB = AC, prove that BE = EC.

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12. In figure two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from
an external point T. Prove that PTQ  2OPQ .

13. In given figure AB is a chord of circle with centre O, AOC is diameter and
AT is tangent at A. Prove that BAT  ACB .

14. In figure a quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle. Prove

that AB + CD = BC + AD.

15. In figure find the perimeter of ABC , if AP = 12 cm.

16. Two concentric circles are of radii 4 cm and 3 cm. Find th length of the
chord of the larger circle which touches the smaller circle.

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17. In this figure, PQ and PR are tangents to the circle centred at O. If
OPR  450 , then prove that ORPQ is a square.

18. If two tangents inclined at an angle of 600 are drawn to a circle of ra-
dius 3 cm, then find the length of each tangent.
19. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are
parallel.
20. Prove that the tangents drawn at the end points of a chord of a circle
makes equal angles with the chord.
21. In the given figure, AB and CD are tangents to a circle centred at O. Is
BAC  DCA ? Justify your answer.

22. In the given figure, a circle centred at origin O has radius 7 cm, OC is
median of OAB . FInd the length of the median OC.

23. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. If AOB  1450 , then
find the value of x .

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SHORT ANSWER - 3M (SA-II)
1. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle and QPR is a tangent to it
at P. Prove that QAP  APR  900 .

2. In the given figure, PA and PB ar tangents to a circle from an external

point P such that PA = 4 cm and BAC  1350 . Find the length of chord
AB.

3. In the figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm and

centre O. The tangents at P and Q intersect at point T. Find the length of
TP.

4. In figure PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The

tangents at P and Q intersect at a point T. Find the length TP.

9. Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle sub-

tend supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.

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10. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
11. In the given figure, PQ is a tangent to a circle centred at O and
BAQ  300 , show that BP  BQ .

12. In the given figure; AB, BC, CD and DA are tangents to the circle with
centre O forming a quadrilateral ABCD. Show that AOB  COD  1800 .

13. In the given figure, AB is a diameter of the circle with centre O. AQ, BP
and PQ are tangents to the circle. Prove that POQ  900 .

14. A circle with centre O and radius 8 cm is inscribed in a quadrilateral

ABCD in which P, Q, R, S are the points of contact as shown. If AD is
perpendicular to DC, BC = 30 cm and BS = 24 cm, then find the length
DC.

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LONG ANSWERS (LA) (4M or 5M)
1. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 cm such that
the segments BD and DC are of lengths 10 cm and 8 cm respectively.
Find the lengths of the sides AB and AC, if it is given that area
ABC  90 cm 2 .

2. Two circles with centres O and O ' of radii 6 cm and 8 cm, respectively
intersect at two points P and Q such that OP and O ' P are tangents to the
two circles. Find the length of ther common chord PQ.

3. PQ is a chord of length 4.8 cm of a circle of radius 3 cm. The tangents at

P and Q intersect at a point T as shown in the following figure. Find the
length of TP.

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4. In this figure, AB is a chord of a circle, with centre O, such that AB = 16
cm and radius of circle is 10 cm. Tangents at A and B intersect each
other at P. Find the length of PA.

5. In the given figure, XY and X Y ' ' are two parallel tangents to a circle with

centre O and another tangent AB with point of contact C, is intersecting

XY at A and X Y ' ' at B. Prove that
AOB  900 .

6. In given figure a triangle ABC with B  900 is shown. Taking AB as

diameter, a circle has been drawn intersecting AC at point P. Prove that
the tangent drawn at point P bisect BC.

7. In given figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm.

The tangents at P and Q meet at a point T. Find the length of TP.

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8. In figure, two circles with centres at O and O ' of of radii 2r and r respec-
tively, touch each other internally at A. A chord AB of the bigger circle
meets the smaller circle at C. Show that C bisects AB.

9. In figure, O is centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. PA and BC are tangents

tothe circle at A and B respectively. If OP = 13 cm, then find the length of
tangents PA and BC.

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