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 Circles QA - 28
CEX-Q-0229/21

Number of questions : 30

Circles 5. Find the measure of angles x and z

(in degrees).
1. What is the area of a sector which subtends
an angle of 30° at the center of a circle of
radius 7 cm? C

2. What is the area of the minor segment made O

by a chord which subtends an angle 120° at
x
the center of the circle whose radius is
7 cm?
z 50°
3. Three circles, in one plane, touch each other B
A
at three points A, B and C. C1, C2 and C3 are
the centres of these three circles. 6. ABCD is a rectangle inscribed in a circle of
Further C1C2 = 2; C1C3 = 3. Which of the radius 5 cm. One of the sides of the rectangle
following can be the distance of C3C2? (The is 8 cm long. Find the area of the quadrilateral
radii of all the circles are positive integers.) formed by joining the mid-points of the sides
(1) 1 (2) 2 of the rectangle.
(3) 3 (4) 4 (1) 48 sq. cm (2) 36 sq. cm
(5) 5 (3) 24 sq. cm (4) 30 sq. cm
(5) 32 sq. cm
4. Find the measure of angles a, b, and c
(in degrees). 7. In a semicircle with diameter AD, chord BC
D is parallel to diameter AD. If AB = CD = 2 cm,
and AD = 8 cm, what is the length of BC?
C
B C
50°
b c
18° a
O

A D
(1) 7.5 cm (2) 7 cm
(3) 7.75 cm (4) None of the above
(CAT)

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8. The sides AB and DC of a cyclic quadrilateral 11. In the following figure, AB = BC = CD. Find
are produced to meet at P and the sides AD AED.
and BC are produced to meet at Q. If ADC
= 85° and CPB = 40°, then find the measure
C
of CQD.
D
Q B

25°
D
C
85° A
E

40° (1) 50° (2) 65°

A B P
(3) 75° (4) 90°
(1) 55° (2) 45° (5) 70°
(3) 35° (4) 30°
(5) 40° 12. O is the centre of the circle. AB is a chord
and D is the mid-point of AB. If the length of
9. In the given figure, AB is the diameter of the CD is 2 cm and the length of the chord AB is
circle. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral where 12 cm, then what is the radius of the circle?
AB and CD produced to meet at E. Given
that BEC = 28° and CAD = 32°. What is
C
the measure of ACD?
2
A B
D
A B
28° E O
32°
C
D
(1) 58° (2) 53°
(3) 32° (4) 47° (1) 10 cm (2) 12 cm
(5) 43° (3) 15 cm (4) 18 cm
(5) 16 cm
10. In the given figure, I is the in-centre of the
ABC. If the measure of BAC = 66°, then
13. The line AB is 6 m in length and is tangent to
find the measure of DBC.
the inner one of the two concentric circles at
point C. If the radii of the two circles are
B integers and A and B are points on the outer
A
circle, then the radius of outer circle is
(1) 5 m (2) 4 m
I (3) 6 m (4) 3 m
D (5) 2 m

C 14. The distance between two parallel chords of

(1) 33° (2) 27° length 24 cm and 10 cm is L. If the radius of
(3) 50° (4) 45° the circle is 13 cm, find the value of L?
(5) 35°

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15. Find the angles ADX, ABC, and BCD. 19. A is the centre of the circle with radius ‘r’
units and BD is the tangent to the circle at
point C. If BC = CD, then the area (in sq.
C units) of the shaded part is
D
B

A A r C
54° 30°
Y X
D
B
16. AB and CD are two chords that cut each other
(1) 0.61 r2 (2) 0.214 r2
at P. AP = 12, PB = 10, CP = 15. What is
the length of PD ? (3) 0.72 r2 (4) 0.305 r2
(5) 0.414 r2
17. In the given figure AMD, APQ and ASR are
secants to the given circles. If AM = 3 cm, 20. In the figure given below, O is the centre of
MD = 5 cm and AS = 4 cm, then find the the circle. PA and PB are tangents drawn
length of line segment SR. from P such that the measure of the APB
= 75°. Find the measure of the AMB.
Q
D R
A
5
P
S P 75° M
M O
3 4
B
A (1) 150° (2) 127.5°
(1) 6 cm (2) 5 cm (3) 105° (4) 125°
(3) 4 cm (4) 3 cm (5) 112.5°
(5) 2 cm
21. AD = 6 cm. QO and QP are tangents to the
18. In the following figure, the measure of ACB two semicircles where Q is the mid-point of
= 45° and ABC is a right-angled triangle right DC. The length AB of the rectangle ABCD is
angled at B. If CD = 5 units and BE = 6 2
units, then find the length of AC. D Q C
A
60°

O P
D
A B
C E B
(1) 17 units (2) 20 units (1) 9 cm (2) 3 3 cm
(3) 20 2 units (4) 15 units (3) 6 3 cm (4) 10.5 cm
(5) 22 units (5) 12 cm

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22. Find angles K and H. 25. The radius of two circles with the centers at
A, B are 8 units, 3 units respectively. The
B maximum distance between any two points
A
on the two circles is 24 units. Find
70° h (a) The length of the direct common tangents
to these two circles
(b) The length of the transverse common
tangents
k
l 26. In a circle with center O and radius 1 cm, an
arc AB makes an angle of 60° at O. Let R be
the region bounded by the radii OA, OB and
23. In the figure given below, ABC is the arc AB. If C and D are two points on OA
circumscribed by a circle with center O. A and OB, respectively, such that OC = OD
tangent is drawn touching the circle at C, and the area of triangle OCD is half that of R,
such that BCE = 60°. If AB = BC = 4 cm, then the length of OC, in cm, is (CAT)
then find the radius of the circle circumscribing
the ABC. 1 1
  2   2
A (1)   (2)  
 6  4

1 1
O   2   2
(3)  (4) 
 3 3   4 3 
B C
60°
27. In the following figure the length of the line
segments AX, PQ and QR is 2, 4 and 8
units respectively. If AQ  2 5 units, then
E find the area (in square units) of the
4 3 quadrilateral XAQR.
(1) cm (2) cm
3 2

(3) 4 2 cm (4) 4 3 cm X A
P
(5) 3 3 cm

24. Two circles of radii 4 cm and 14 cm have a Q

direct common tangent 24 cm long. Let P be
any point on the first circle and Q be any
R
point on the second circle. If ‘d’ be the length
of PQ, then (1) 12 5 (2) 16 5
(1) 6  d  42 (2) 8  d  36
(3) 6  d  36 (4) 6  d  44 (3) 9 5 (4) 8 5
(5) 8  d  44 (5) 15 5

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28. 15 identical circles are arranged in a triangle- 4 cms from the centres of the circles. What
like shape as shown in the figure given below. is the area of the triangle SO1O2?
If the height of the given figure is 10 cm, then
find the radius of each circle. 3(4  7) 2
(1) 9 cm2 (2) cm
2
27 2 3 41 2
(3) cm (4) cm
2 2
10 cm
30. In the below figure which of the following holds
good?

5(3 3  1) 5(3 3  2) Q
(1) cm (2) cm
22 22 S
5(4 3  3) 5(2 3  1)
(3) cm (4) cm R
11 11
P
29. Two circles with centres O1 and  O2 touch X’
each other externally at a point R. AB is a O
tangent to both the circles passing through X
R. P’Q’ is another tangent to the circles (1) SOQ = ROP
touching them at P and Q respectively and (2) 2ROP = SOR
also cutting AB at S. PQ measures 6 cm (3) POR = RSO
and the point S is at distance of 5 cms and (4) QOX’ = SOR + ROP

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 Solutions CEX-Q-0229/21
QA - 28 : Geometry - 3

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11 3 12 1 13 1 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 5 18 5 19 2 20 2
21 3 22 - 23 1 24 5 25 - 26 3 27 1 28 4 29 2 30 1

1. Here, r = 7 cm and  = 30°

1
  AOM  BOM  60 and also BM  AM  2 AB
 Area of sector = 360  r
2
 
AM
sin AOM 
30 AO
    72
360
AM
 sin60 
49  7
 cm2
12
= 12.82 cm2. 7 3
 AM  and so, AB  7 3
2

OM
2. and, cos60 
AO

7
 OM 
120° 2
O
1 7 49 3
7 cm 7 cm Area of OAB   7 3 
2 2 4
M 49  49 3
A B Area of sector ACB = 
3 4
C = 51.31 – 21.22
= 30.09 cm2.
In a given circle,
Radius (r) = 7 cm, and  = 120°
Area of segment ACB = Area of sector OACB – Area 3. 3 C1 a C3
of OAB c
a c

Area of sector OACB =  r 2 b
360 b
C2
120
    72
360
a+b=2
49  a+c =3
 cm2 b + c = 5 – 2a
3
a, b, c are integers.
To find area of OAB , draw OM  AB . So b + c can be either 3 or 1.
 OMB  OMA  90 If a = 2, then b = 0 which makes it impossible.
So a = 1; b = 1; c = 2 is the solution.
Now OMA  OMB (By R.H.S. congruency)

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4. D Now, since the diameter of the circle is 10 cm, it will be
the diagonal of the rectangle. Thus, the sides of the
C rectangle would be 8 cm and 6 cm. EFGH will be a
R rhombus, the length of whose diagonals are 6 cm and
50°
8 cm.
b c Thus, the area is given by
18° a
P Q 1 1
O  d1  d2   8  6  24 sq. cm
2 2

7. 2
B C

PRQ  180  150  130

Now RPQ  PRQ  a  180
 18  130  a  180 2 2
a = 32°
PDQ  PCQ  90
 18° + 90° + 32° + c = 180°
 c = 40° and, A E 8 F D
Similarly,
90° + b + 18° + 32° = 180° 1 1
 AB  BD   AD  BE
 b = 40° 2 2

5. Since OA = OB (radius), therefore  2 82  22  8  BE

OAB  OBA
60 15
 BE  
4 2

2
 15  15 1
AE  22     4  
O a  2  4 2

x  1 1
BC  EF  8      7 cm.
 2 2
z
a 50°
A B 8. 4 Q
 z + a = 50° and z + a + x + 50 = 180°
 x = 80°
We know that 2a = x D
 a = 40°
C
 z  a  50 85°
 z  10 55
°

6. 3 A E B 55° 95°
85° 40°
A B P
Opposite angles in a quadrilateral are supplementary.
Hence CBA = 180° – 85° = 95°.
H F
Now we can calculate all the angles in ABQ.
Hence, AQB  CQD  30.

D G C

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9. 5 C
12. 1
2 D
A x° A B

32° O
B
D 28°
x° C E Let the radius be r. OD is perpendicular to chord AB.
Therefore, AD is 6 cm.
In ODA, we have (r – 2)2 + 36 = r2.
Let  BAC  x Solving, r = 10 cm.
 BDC   BAC = x° (Same arc BC)
 ADB  90 (Semi circle) 13. 1 A
In ADE, (32° + x°) + (90° + x°) + 28° = 180° C
 x° = 15
In ADC, ACD = 180° – 90° – 32° – 15° = 43°. O B

10. 1 B If O is considered to be the centre of the circles, then

OC  AB (the radius of a circle is perpendicular to
33° tangent at the tangent point on the circumference).
Hence, AC = BC = 3 m. (Perpendicular from the centre
D of a circle bisects any chord of the circle.) So, if the
radii of the inner and outer circles are r 1 and r 2
33° respectively, then OCB is a right-angled triangle, r12 +
I
33° 32 = r22. Now, since r1 and r2 are integers, they have
A to form a triplet. The only triplet with 3 as a part of it, is
(3, 4, 5). Hence, r2 = 5 m.
C

In ABC, BAC = 66° 14.

AI is the internal angle bisector of BAC C
 BAD = DAC = 33° 24 cm
A B
Also, DBC = DAC = 33°
[... They are the angles held at the circumference by
13 cm
the same chord DC]. O
L

11. 3 C
x a x D 10 cm
x x P R Q
B
a
x OC  AB and AC = CB
x Also OR  PQ and PR = RQ

y Therefore, OC = 132  122 = 5 cm

A
E and similarly, OR =132  52 = 12 cm
BAC = BCA and CBD = CDB L = OC + OR = 17 cm.
In ACD, 3x + a = 180°  a = 105°
In cyclic quadrilateral AEDC,
y + a = 180°  y = 75°.

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 17. 5 Let SR = x cm.
15.
Q
D R
C B
5 x

M P S

A 3 4
54°
X D Y A
AM × AD = AP × AQ = AS × AR
Note that ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. or 3 × 8 = 4 × (4 + x )  x = 2 cm.
Also YDX is a straight line and CDY  54
 CDX  180  54  126 18. 5 A
and so, DCX  180  126  30  24
45°
 DBA [  angle made by same chord on circle]
 BDA [  AB = AD] 45° D
62
Now, BAD  180  24  24  132 C E B
[Sum of angles of triangles property]
Since ABCD is a c yclic quadrilateral and In ACB, C  45
BAD  132 and DBA  BDA  24
So AB = CB and AC  CB 2
 ACB  24  BCD  48
and, DEB  180  45  135
(ADEB is a cyclic quadrilateral)
CDB  CBD  66
 ABC  90 So DEC  45 and CDE  90
And now, ADX  126  90  36 . Hence, DE  AC
So, CE  CD 2  5 2

16. So, CB = CE + EB = 5 2  6 2  11 2

A AC  CB 2  11 2  2  22 units.

19. 2  ACB is a right triangle. BAC  CBA  45

 BC  AC  r. So that, BD = 2r..
12 cm Required area = (Area of triangle) – (Area of sector)
15 P 1 90  
C = r  2r   r 2  r 2  1   = r 2 (0.214)
2 360  4
10 cm D
B
20. 2 A
Note that APC  DPB (AA Similarity Property)

AP PC O
  P
DP PB M
12 15 75°
   15DP  120 B
DP 10
In quadrilateral AOBP, A = B = 90°.
 DP  8 cm.  AOBP is a cyclic quadrilateral.
 AOB = 180°– 75° = 105°

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 23. 1
 reflex angle AOB = 360° – 105° = 255° A
1 1
  AMB = (reflex angle AOB ) = (255°) 60°
2 2
AMB = 127.5°
O
Note: Point M could be any point on the small arc AB.

B D C
Q

°
21. 3 D b

60
C
a
60°
R
E
O P In ABC, AB = BC
BAC = BCA
A B But, using alternate segment theorem,
BCE  BAC  60
 In ABC; all angles are 60°
180  60  ABC is an equilateral triangle.
OQD  PQC   60
2 2 2 3
 Circumradius of ABC = h   a
Hence  RQD = 30° (where R is the centre of the 3 3 2
semicircle)
2 3 4
a 1 =  ×4= cm.
In RQD,  tan30  3 2 3
b 3

ba 3 Q(x2,y2)
24. 5 P(x1,y1)
 2b  AB  2  3 3  6 3 cm. N
M
14
4
22. 24 cm

If the centres are M and N, then MN = 26 cm by

Pythagoras theorem. Now MN is the dis tanc e
A B between the two centres of the circles  PQ will be
70° maximum or minimum only when both P and Q lie on
the line through MN.
h

N Qx
k M
Px Pn Qn

E D  Minimum PQ = PnQn = 26 – 4 – 14 = 8 cm
C
and maximum PQ = PxQx = 26 + 4 + 14 = 44 cm.
Since AC = BC
25. (a)
 CAB  ABC  70
D
 k  180  70  70  40
Note that DC = DB E 8
C
 DCB  CBD  h
3 F
Since AB  CD A 8
E 3 B
 ACE  70
 BCD  180  70  40  70  h .
BC = DE = 3 units
and AD = 8 units

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  AE 5 = units 27. 1
The maximum distance EF = 24 units
X A
 AB = 24 – (8 + 3) = 13 units P

Now, in AEB ,
AE = 5 units, AB = 13 units
 BE = 12 units (Using Pytagoras theorem) Q
 The length of the direct common tangent (CD

here) to these two circles = 12 units.
(b) R
Let, XRQ be ‘’
XAQ = 180 –  [XAQR is a cyclic quadrilateral]
A PAQ = 180° – XAQ = 180° – (180° – ) = 
XPR ~ QPA
8 13
XP PR RX
  
D E QP PA AQ
3 3 XP PR XA  AP PR
  
C B QP PA QP AP
Let AP = x

In ACB ,  x 2  2x  48  0  (x  6)(x  8)  0
CB 2 = 169 – 121  AP = 6 unitss
CB  48  4 3 units  DE  XP 
 RX  AQ    4 5 units
 The length of the transverse common tangent  QP 
= 4 3 units. Ratio of areas of XPR to QPA
2 2
 XP  8 4
=     
 QP  4 1
26. 3
 XPR XAQR   APQ 4
 
 APQ  APQ 1
O
[ Area of XPR  XAQR  QPA]
C 60° D
 XAQR  3 XPR
4
R
A B Now, we can observe that XR2  XP2  PR2
 XPR is a right angled triangle.
1 1 1
Area of OCD  Area of region R.  XPR  RX  XP    4 5  8  16 5 sq. units
2 2 2
1 2 60  3
  1   sq. cm  XAQR   16 5  12 5 sq. units.
 4
2 360 12
As OC = CD and COD = 60°
28. 4
OCD = ODC = 60° A
Hence, OCD is an equilateral .

3  10 cm
 OC2 
4 12
1
  2 B
 OC    cm. C
3 3 
Let the radius of each circle be ‘r’ cm.
AB = 8r cm

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 3 SP, SR are tangents to circle with Center at O1.
Height of equilateral triangle ABC   8r  4 3r Similarly SR, SQ are tangents to circle with the center
2
at O2.
 10  4 3r  2r SP = SR = SQ = 3cm (since PQ = 6cm)
5 5(2 3  1) O1RS is a right angled triangle. So using Pythagoras
r   . theorem we get
2 3 1 11
O1R = 4cm.
29. 2 To calculate the area of a triangle, determine its base Similarly O2R = (4 2  3 2 )  7cm
and altitude!!
O1O2 = O1R + O2R = 4 + 7
P’ Area of the triangle SO1O2  
= 1/2 × SR × O1O2 = 1/2 × 3 × (4 +  7 ) cm2

3(4  7 )
Hence, the answer is cm 2 .
O1 2
P
5
cm

30. 1 Let POX = x°, ROP = y°

POX = PQO = x°
And, ROX = RSO = x° + y°
A B Now, in SQO, RSO is the exterior angle.
R S So, SQO + SOQ = x + y
 x + SOQ = x + y
m  SOQ = y = ROP
4c
O2
Q

Q’

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