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SIMILARITY Questions

The document is an education sprint for Class X mathematics, focusing on similarity and scale factors. It includes various sections with questions requiring one-sentence answers, brief explanations, and calculations related to geometric figures and their properties. The total marks for the assessment are 120, with different question formats and difficulty levels.

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SIMILARITY Questions

The document is an education sprint for Class X mathematics, focusing on similarity and scale factors. It includes various sections with questions requiring one-sentence answers, brief explanations, and calculations related to geometric figures and their properties. The total marks for the assessment are 120, with different question formats and difficulty levels.

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Akash Chaubey
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EDUCATION SPRINT

CLASS- X Total Marks : 120


SIMILARITY

Section A

* Answer The Following Questions In One Sentence. [1]

1. The scale of a map is 1 : 200000. A plot of land of area 20km2 is to be


represented on the map. Find:
The area in km2 that can be represented by 1 cm2

* Answer the following questions. [3 Marks Each] [15]

2. In Δ ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively. If AD= 4cm,
DB=4.Scm, AE=6.4cm and EC=7.2cm, find if DE is parallel to BC or not.
3. The dimensions of a buiIding are 50 m Iong, 40m wide and 70m high. A model of
the same building is made with a scale factor of 1: 500. Find the dimensions of
the model.
4. A ship is 400m laig and 100m wide. The length of its model is 20 cm. find the
surface area of the deck of the model.
5. A model of a ship is made with a scale factor of 1 : 500. Find
The deck area of the model, if the deck area of the ship is 1500000 m2
6. A model of a ship is made with a scale factor of 1 : 500. Find
The volume of the ship, if the volume of its model is 200 cm3.

Section B

* Answer The Following Questions in Brief. [8]

1. A model of a ship is made with a scale factor of 1 : 500. Find


The length of the ship, if the model length is 60 cm.
2. The length of a river in a map is 54cm. if lcm on the map represents 12500m on
land, find the length of the river.
3. The scale of a map is 1 : 200000. A plot of land of area 20km2 is to be
represented on the map. Find:
The number of kilometres on the ground represented by lcm or the map
4. The scale of a map is 1 : 200000. A plot of land of area 20km2 is to be
represented on the map. Find
The area on the map that represents the plot of land.

* Questions with calculation. [4 Marks Each] [96]

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In is parallel to and , find
AD 2
5. △ABC, DE BC
DB
=
7
I F AC = 5.6 AE .

6. Δ ABC ~ Δ DEF. If BC = 3cm , EF=4cm and area of Δ ABC = 54 cm2 , find area of Δ
DEF.
7. Δ ABC - Δ XYZ. If area of Δ ABC is 9cm2 and area of Δ XYZ is 16cm2 and if BC=
2.1cm, find the length of YZ.
8. If Δ ABC , MN || BC .

If AN : AC= 5 : 8, find ar(Δ AMN) : ar(Δ ABC)


9. In △ABC, M N ∥BC .

Ar( trapezium M BCN)


If AB
=
9
, find
AM 4 Ar.(△ABC)

10. In △ABC, M N ∥BC.

If BC = 14cm and M N = 6cm , find


Ar △AM N
In △ABC, M N ∥BC.
Ar. (trapezium MBCN)

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If BC = 14cm and M N = 6cm , find Ar △AM N

Ar. (trapezium MBCN)

11. Figure shows △KLM , P an T on KL and KM respectively such that


∠KLM = ∠KT P .
If , find
KL 9 Ar △KLM

KT
=
5 Ar △KT P
.

12. In Δ PQR, MN is drawn parallel to QR. If PM = x, MQ = (x-2), PN = (x+2) and NR =


(x-1), find the value of x.
13. D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of Δ ABC such that
AB=5.6cm, AD= 1.4cm, AC=7 .2cm and AE = 1.5 cm, show that DE is parallel to BC
14. An aeroplane is 30m long and its model is l5 cm long. If the total outer surface
area of the model is 150 cm2 , find the cost of painting the outer surface of the
aeroplane at Rs. 120 per m2, if 5O m2 is left out for windows.
15. The actual area of an island is 1872km2 . On a map, this area is 117 cm2. if the
length of the coastline is 44cm on the map, find the length of its actual
coastline.
16. On a map drawn to a scale of 1 : 25000, a rectangular plot of land, ABCD is
measured as AB= 12 cm and BC = 16cm. calculate the diagonal distance of the
plot in km and the plot area in km2 .
17. On a map drawn to a scale of 1 : 25000, a triangular plot of a land is marked as
ABC with AB= 6cm, BC = 8cm and ∠ ABC = 90° . Calculate the actual length of AB
in km and the actual area of the plot in km2 .

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18. Figure shows △P QR in which ST ∥QR and SR and QT intersect each other
Ar(△M T S)
at M . If PT

TR
=
5

3
find
Ar(△M QR)

Ar(△F DE)
In and intersects at . if , find
DE 2
19. △ABC DE∥BC , ; DC EB F
BC
=
7 Ar(△F BC)

20. Prove that the area of Δ BCE described on one side BC of a square ABCD is one
half the area of the similar Δ ACF described on the diagonal AC.
21. Δ ABC ∼ Δ PQR. AD and PS are altitudes from A and P on sides BC and QR
respectively. If AD : PS = 4 : 9 , find the ratio of the areas of Δ ABC and Δ PQR.
22. Δ ABC ∼ Δ PQR such that AB= 1.5 cm and PQ=2. 1 cm. Find the ratio of areas of
Δ ABC and ΔPQR.
23. In MBC, DE is drawn parallel to BC. If AD: DB=2:3, DE =6cm and AE =3.6cm, find
BC and AC.
24. AD and BC are two straight lines intersecting at 0. CD and BA are perpendirulars
from Band Con AD. If AB=6cm, CD =9cm, AD =20cm and BC=25cm, find the
lengths of AO, BO, CO and DO.
25. ABCD and PQRS are similar figures. AB= 12cm, BC=x cm, CD= 15 cm, AD= 10 cm,
PQ= 8 cm, QR = 5 cm, RS = m cm and PS = n cm .Find the values of x, m and n.
26. Δ ABC is similar to Δ PQR. If AB = 6cm, BC = 9cm, PQ = 9cm and PR = 10.5cm, find
the lengths of AC and QR.
27. In the figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral.F is a point on AD such that
AF = 2.1cm and F D = 4.9cm E . and G are points on AC and AB
respectively such that EF ∥CD and GE∥BC . Find Ar △BCD

Ar △GEF

28. In figure, DEF is a right -angled triangle with ∠E = 90


∘
. F E is produced to G

and GH is drawn perpendicular to DE = 8cm, DH = 8cm, DH = 6cm and


, find
Ar △DEF
H F = 4cm
Ar △GH F

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