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"The only angle from which to approach a problem


is the TRY-Angle"
01

Find the values of the variables in the following problems:


A

45

8
45

X
X

(a) 8, 60, 5
02

(b) 7, 30, 6

(c) 6, 45,5

(d) 8, 40,7

What value must x be less than in the triangle below? What value must x be
greater than?

(a) 10 > X > 5


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(b) 11 > X > (c) 13 > X > 7 (d) 15 > X > 4


3
In the diagram below, if the area of triangle LNP is 32, then what is the area
of the triangle LMN?
M

N
6
8

Note : Figure not drawn to scale


(a) 24

(c) 243

(d) 32

In the circle given below, if the arc RT is equal to 1/6 of the circumference,
what is the value of the angle x?
R
x

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(b) 242

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(a) 50

(c) 80

(d) 30

In the figure given below, P is the center of the larger circle and N is the
center of the smaller, shaded circle. If the radius of the smaller circle is 5,
what is the area of the unshaded region?

(a) 100

(b) 25

(c) 75

(d) 20

06

There is a square field with each side 500 metres long. It has a compound
wall along its perimeter. At one of its corners, a triangular area of the field is
to be cordoned off by erecting a straight line fence. The compound wall and
the fence will form its borders. If the length of the fence is 100 m, What is
the maximum area in square metres than can be cordoned off?
(a) 5,000
(b) 20,000
(c) 10,000
(d) 2,500

07

The figure below shows 2 concentric circles with centre O.PQRS is a square,
inscribed in the outer circle. It also circumscribes the inner circle, touching it
at point B, C, D and A. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the outer circle to
that of polygon ABCD?

(a) /2
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(b) 3/2

(c)

(d) /4

In the figure, AB is parallel to CD.If A =128, F = 136 and DCE = X,


find X.
A

136
C

X
E

128

P
D

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(b) 60

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(a) 46
09

(b) 44

(c) 84

(d) 64

In the adjoining figure AB CD and PQ, QR intersects AB and CD both at E,F


and G,H respectively. Given that mPEB =80,mQHD =120 and
mPQR=X, find the value of x.
C

A
G
H
E

Q
X

12
0

P
F

D
B

(a) 40
10

(b) 20

In the given figure XY

(c) 100

PQ, find the value of x.


E

60
35

20
Y
B

(a) 70
11

(d) 30

(b) 40

In the given figure AB

CD

(c) 75
EF

and GH

(d) 15
KL .Find HKL.

C
E

(a) 85
12

K
6
0
G

(b) 145

2
5

B
D
F

(c) 120

(d) 95

If a,b,c are sides of the ,and a2 +b2+c 2= ab+bc+ca then the triangle is
(a) Isosceles
(b) Scalene
(c) Equilateral (d) Cannot say

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Side AB of a triangle ABC is 80 cm long, whose perimeter is 170 cm. A angle


= 60 degrees, the shortest side of triangle ABC measures (cm).
(a) 40
(b) 36
(c) 17
(d) 14

14

A ladder 50 dm long is placed so as to reach a window 48 dm high and on


turning the ladder over to the other side of the street, it reaches a point on
the opposite wall 14dm high. Find the breadth of the street.
(a) 56 dm
(b) 60 dm
(c) 64 dm
(d) 62 dm

15

In the diagram, side BC and side AB of ABC are produced to D and F.If x+y
210, then Z is ?
A

Z
X

Y
F

(a) 150

(b) 75

(c) 60

(d) 30

16

The sides of a triangle are 5 cm; 7 cm and 10 cm. Find the length of the
median to the longest side.
(a) 4.5 cm
(b) 1 cm
(c) 3.5 cm
(d) 4.2 cm

17

Suppose the medians of AD and BE of triangle ABC intersect at right angles


inside the triangle. If BC= 3 AC =4, AB =?
(a) 33
(b) 5
(c) 25
(d) 22

18

The unequal side of an isosceles triangle is 2 cm; the medians drawn to the
equal sides are perpendicular. The area of the triangle is
(a) 3
(b) 10
(c) 23
(d) 22

19

If M,N,O and P are the mid- points of AB,BC,CD and AD respectively of the
A
given figure, then MNOP
is a
C
D
B

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(b) trapezium

(c) rhombus

(d) parallelogram

ABC and DBC are right with common hypotenuse BC.The side AC and
BD are extended to intersect at P,then AP *PC/DP*PB =?
(a) 2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1
(d) None of these

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(a) rectangle

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DID YOU KNOW?


1.Among all shapes with the same perimeter a circle has
the largest area
2.Among all shapes with the same area circle has the
shortest perimeter
3.A diamond is the same thing as Rhombus (a quadrilateral with all
four sides the same). A diamond is a parallelogram but they are
not the same thing since a parallelogram only has to have
*opposite* sides the same size.
4.A kite has two adjacent sides the same length and the other two
side equal to each other but different than the first two sides. A
trapezoid is nothing like a diamond.
5.Sum of all interior angles in any polygon = (n-2) 180
21

The perpendicular dropped from the mid-point of one of the legs of a right
triangle to the hypotenuse divides the hypotenuse into two segments of
lengths 3 cm and 5 cm .Find the lengths of the legs.
(a) 43,4
(b) 5,4
(c) 43,5
(d) 3,5

22

A triangle has sides 20, 48 and 52 cm. This triangle is cut into 2 pieces of
equal areas by a single straight cut. What is the maximum possible sum of
the perimeters of the two pieces?
10

52

20

10

(a) 178

ABC is an equilateral triangle and PQRS is a square inscribed in the triangle


in such a way that P and q lie on AB and R, S lie on BC and AC
respectively .What is the Cvalue of RC : RB?
R

(a) 1 : 2
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(d) 218

(b) 1 : 3

(c) 3 : 2

(d) 1 : 2

ABCD is a square. E is appointed on AB such that BE = 17 cm. The area


triangle ADE is 84 cm2. What is the area of square?

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48 (c) 198

(b) 190

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(a) 400 cm2


(b) 625 cm2
(c) 729 cm2
(d) 576 cm2
ABCD is a square, Another square EFGH is put on the square ABCD whose
sides are parallel to the diagonals of square ABCD. Thus a new figure is
formed as shown in the figure. What is the area enclosed by the given figure
if each side of the square is 4 cm?
G
D

(a) 32 (2- 2)
26

B
E

(b) 16(

(d) None of these

(c) 32(

In a right triangle ABC, what is the maximum possible area of a square that
can be inscribed when one its vertices coincide with the vertex of right angle
c
of the triangle?
c
b

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

In triangle ABC, if a = 5,b=4 and c= 3, D and E are the points on BC such


that BD = EC.
If DAE is equals to
A

5/3

q
4

5/
3

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90

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(a) 3/8

(b) 2/3

(c) 18/25

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7
cm

5
cm
6
cm

(d) 1/3

D
5
cm

7
cm

The length of four sides and a diagonal of the given quadrilateral are
indicated in the above diagram. If F denotes the area and I the length of the
other diagonal, then F and I are respectively
(a) 12

(b) 12

(c) 6

(d) 6

29

Gidwanis Padyatra Party wanted to go from Gwalior to Bhubaneshwar. The


walkers travelled 150 km straight and then took a 45 turn towards Varanasi
and walked straight and then took a 45 turn towards Varanasi and walked
straight for another 120km. Approximately, how far the party has travelled
from the starting point?
(a) 250 km
(b) 90 km
(c) 81 km
(d) 30 km

30

A vertical pole PO is standing at the centre O of a square ABCD. If AC


subtends an angle of 90 at the point P of the pole, then the angle
subtended by a side of the square at the point P is
(a) 35
(b) 45
(c) 30
(d) 60

31

In the given figure AM BC and AN is the bisectors of A. What is the


measure of MAN
A

65

(a) 17.5

(b) 75.5

(c) 20

(d) 25

In the given figure QPR = 90,QR =26 cm,PM =6cm,MR =8cm and PMR
=90, find the area of PQR
P

90

M
Q

(a) 180 cm2

8
cm

(b) 240 cm2

(c) 120 cm2

(d) 150 cm2

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30

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In the given figure, AC =13cm, CE =4 cm and AD =6 cm.Find the length of


A
BD.
A

(a) 13.5 cm
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E
C

(b) 12 cm

In the figure XY

(c) 14.5 cm

(d) 15 cm

AC and XY divides triangular region ABC into two part

equal in area. Then

is equal to
A
X

(a)

(c)

(b)

(d)

35

In a ABC ,P,Q and R are the mid-points of sides BC,CA and AB


respectively .If AC =21 cm,BC=29 cm and AB =30cm.The perimeter of the
quadratic ARPQ is
(a) 91 cm
(b) 60 cm
(c) 51 cm
(d) 70 cm

36

ABCD is a parallelogram is the midpoint of AB and CE bisects BCD. The


C
DEC is
D

(a) 60

(b) 90

(c) 100

(d) 120

AB BC, BD AC and CE bisects C,A =30.Then ,What is CED?


A
30

D
E

(a) 30

(b) 60

(c) 45

(d) 65

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In the figure below, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and AOF =90.FO is


parallel to ED. What is the ratio of the area of the triangle AOF to that of the
hexagon ABCDEF?
A

a
F

(a)

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(c)

(b)

(d)

In the below diagram, ABCD is a rectangle with AE =EF =FB .what is the ratio
of the area of the triangle CEF and that of the rectangle?
D

(a) 1 : 4

(b) 1 : 6

(c) 2 : 5

(d) 2 : 3

40

Consider the circle with unit radius .There are seven adjacent sectors,S 1,S2,S3,
S7 ,in the circle such that their total area is 1/8 of the area of the circle.
Further, the area of the jth sector is twice is the angle subtended by the area
of S1 at the centre of the circle ?
(a) /508
(b) /2040
(c) /1016
(d) /1524

41

In the adjoining figure there are three semicircles in which BC =6cm and BD
=63 cm. What is the area of the shaded region(in cm):
D

42

A 9
(b)

(c) 27

(d) 28

Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure of square ABCD.

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(a) 12

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In the adjoining figure PQRS is a square and MS =RN and A,P,Q and B lie on
the same line. Find the ratio of the area of two circles to the area of the
square. Given that AP=MS:

R
N

(a) /3
45

(b)2/3

(c) 3/2

(d) 6/

ABCD is a rectangle and there are four equilateral triangles. Area of ASD
equals to area of BQC and area of DRC equals to area of OB.The
perimeter of the rectangle is 12 cm. Also the sum of the areas of the four
triangle is 103 cm2 then the total of the figure thus formed
R

D
S

Q
A

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(a) 128 cm2


(b) 192 cm2
(c) 148 cm2
(d) 168 cm2
There are two rectangular fields of same area .The length of first rectangular
field is x% less than the length of the second field and breadth of the first
field is (5 x)% greater than the breadth of the second field. What is the value
of x?
(a) 15
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) 80

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(b)
(d) None of these
(c) 423 cm2
2
5(4+23)cm
ABCD and EFGA are the squares of side 4 cm, each .In square ABCD,DMB and
PMQ are the arcs of circles with centers at A and C respectively. In square
AEFG, the shaded region is enclosed by two arcs of circles with centers at A
and F, respectively. What is the ratio of the shaded regions of the squares
ABCD and AEFG respectively?
(a) 2(4+53)cm2

46

(a)

(b)

C
Q

(c) 4/3

(d) None of these

Direction forQ47 to Q49: A regular hexagon Is inscribed in a circle of


radius R. Another circle is inscribed in the hexagon. Now another hexagon is
inscribed in the second (smaller) circle

48

What is the sum of perimeters of both the hexagons?


(a) (2 +3) R
(b) 2 (2 + 3) (c) 3(3 + 2) R (d) None of these
R
What is the ratio of area of inner circle to the outer circles?
(a) 3:4
(b) 9:16
(c) 3:8
(d) None of these

49

One angle of a pentagon is 140. If the remaining angles are in the ratio
1:2:3:4. The size of the greatest angle is
(a) 150
(b) 180
(c) 160
(d) 170

50

The difference between an exterior of (n-1) sided regular polygon and an


exterior angle of (n+2) sided regular polygon is 6, then the value of n is
(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 13
(d) 12

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ABCD is trapezium in which AB DC and AD = BC. IF P,Q,R,S be respectively


the mid-points of BA, BD and CD, CA. The PQRS is
DR
C

A
(a) Rhombus
52

(b) rectangle

(c)
(d) square
parallelogram
ABCD is a parallelogram P,Q,R and S are points on sides AB, BC, CD and DA
respectively such that AP =DR. if the area of the parallelogram ABCD is 16
cm2, then the area of the quadrilateral PQRS is
D R
C
Q
S
A

(a) 6 cm2
(b) 6.4 cm2
(c) 4 cm2
(d) 8 cm2
Four friends start from four towns, which are at the four corners of an
imaginary rectangle. They meet at a point which falls inside the rectangle,
after travelling the distances of 40 m, 50m and 60m. the maximum distance
that the fourth could have travelled is approximately
(a) 67 m
(b) 52 m
(c) 22.5 m
(d)
cannot
be
determined

54

Four points A, B, C and D lie on a straight line in the X-Y plane, such that AB
= BC =CD, and the length of AB is 1 metre. An ant at A wants to reach a
sugar particle at D. but there are insect repellents kept at points B and C. the
ant would not go within one metre of any insect repellent. The minimum
distance in metres the ant must traverse to reach the sugar particle is
(b) 1 +
(c) 4/3
(d) 5
(a) 32

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Direction for Q55 to Q60: For the following questions, please give the
complete solution
The sides of a triangle are 13,14
A and 15cm. what is the inradius of the
triangle?
1
4

1
3
r
B

1
5

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(a) 5 cm

(c) 3 cm

(d) 2 cm

In the above problem, the circum radius


is
A

14

1
3
R
B

(a) 8 cm

15

(b) 8.125 cm

(c) 7 cm

(d) 6 cm

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One side of right triangle is 3/5 times of the hypotenuse and the sum of that
side and hypotenuse is 16cm. what is the circumradius of the triangle?
(a) 6 cm
(b) 4 `cm
(c) 5 cm
(d) 7 cm

58

Three equal cubes are placed adjacently in a row. Find the ratio of total
surface area of the new cuboid to that of the sum of the surface areas of the
three cubes

(a) 7:9
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(b) 6:9

(c) 3:4

The area of the given figure is


4
1
2

(a) 112 sq. cm

1
0
8

60

(d) 4:5

1
0

(b) 132 sq. cm

4
8

1
2
4

(c) 120 sq. cm

(d) 144sq. cm

In the given figure, a solid consists of a cone and a hemisphere with common
radius 6 cm. if the height of the cone is 10 cm, then the volume of the whole
solid is
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(b) 4 cm

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(a) 246 cu. Cm

(b) 264 cu. (c) 288


cm
Cm

cu. (d) 528 cu. Cm

SMART CHALLENGE

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1. A fish is fifteen inches long. Its head is as long as its tail. If the head were twice
as long as it really is, the head and tail would together be as long as what's in
between. How long is each part of the fish?
2. A rectangular sheet of paper is folded so that two diagonally opposite corners
come together. If the crease formed is the same length as the longer side of
the sheet, what is the ratio of the longer side of the sheet to the shorter side?
3. Take a long rope, tie it to the bottom of the goal post at one end of a football
field. Then run it across the length of the field (120 yards) to a goal post at the
other end. Stretch it tight, and then tie it to the bottom of that goal post, so
that it lies flat against the ground.

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