KiiT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

(2024 -25)

GRADE- X MATHEMATICS WORKSHHET CHAPTER: TRIANGLES

MCQ:
1. In the given figure, if DE || BC, then x equals
(a) 6 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) 8 cm (d) 12.5 cm
2. All ____________ triangles are similar.
(a) isosceles (b) equilateral (c) scalene (d) right angled
3. All circles are_________
(a) congruent (b) similar (c) not similar (d) none of these
4. All squares are ________
(a) congruent (b) similar (c) not similar (d) none of these
5. In the given fig DE || BC then the value of EC is

(a) 1 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 4 cm

6. In the given below figure, the value of P is
(a) 60o
(b) 80o
(c) 40o
(d) 100o
7. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2 m/s. If
the lamp is3.6 m above the ground, then the length of her shadow after 4 seconds.
(a) 1.2m (b)1.6m (c) 2 m (d) none of these
8. A vertical pole of length 6 m casts a shadow 4 m long on the ground and at the same time a
tower casts a shadow 28 m long. Find the height of the tower.
(a) 42 m (b) 48 m (c) 54 m (d)none of these.
AB BC
9. If in triangle ABC and triangle DEF, DE = FD, then they will be similar when
(a)B = E (b)A = D (c)B = D (d)A = F
10. In ABC, DE || BC and AD = 4cm, AB = 9cm. AC = 13.5 cm
then the value of EC is
(a) 6 cm
(b) 7.5 cm
(c) 9 cm
(d) none of these
11. In figure DE || BC then the value of AD is
(a) 2 cm (b) 2.4 cm (c) 3 cm (d) none of the above
12. A ladder is placed against a wall such that its foot is at distance of 2.5 m from the wall and its
top reaches a window 6 m above the ground. The length of the ladder is
(a) 6.5m (b) 7.5 m (c) 8.5 m (d) 9.5 m
13. Sides of triangles are given below. Which of these is a right triangle?
(a) 7 cm, 5 cm, 24 cm (b) 34 cm, 30 cm, 16 cm
(c) 4 cm, 3 cm, 7 cm (d) 8 cm, 12 cm, 14 cm
14. A girl walks 200 towards East and the she walks 150m towards North. The distance of the
girl from the starting point is
(a) 350m (b) 250m (c) 300m (d) 225m
𝑃𝑋 𝑃𝑌 1
15. In the following fig. XY || QR and𝑋𝑄 = 𝑌𝑅 = 2, then
1
(a)𝑋𝑌 = 𝑄𝑅 (b)𝑋𝑌 = 3 𝑄𝑅
1
(c)𝑋𝑌 2 = 𝑄𝑅 2 (d)𝑋𝑌 = 2 𝑄𝑅
16. In the following fig QA ⊥ AB and PB⊥ AB, then AQ is:
(a) 15 units (b) 8 units
(c) 5 units (d) 9 units
17. The ratio of the sides of two similar triangles is equal to the:
(a)ratio of their corresponding medians
(b)ratio of their corresponding attitudes
(c)ratio of the of their corresponding perimeters
(d)all of these
18. In a right triangle ABC, in which C = 90° and CD ⊥AB. If BC = a, CA = b, AB = c and CD = p.

1 1 1
(a)𝑝2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏2
1 1 1
(b)𝑝2 ≠ 𝑎2 + 𝑏2
1 1 1
(c)𝑝2 < 𝑎2 + 𝑏2
1 1 1
(d)𝑝2 > 𝑎2 + 𝑏2

19. Given Quad. ABCD ~ Quad PQRS then x is

(a)13 units
(b)12 units
(c)6 units
(d) 15 units
20. The similarity criterion used for the similarity of the given triangles shown in fig (iii) is

(a)AAA
(b)SSS
(c) SAS
(d) AA
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION-I
𝐴𝐷 3
1. In triangle ABC, DE || BC and𝐷𝐵=5.If AC = 4.8 cm, find AE.
2. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp post at a speed of 1.2m/s. If the
lamp is 3.6 m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4 seconds.
3. E is a point on the side AD produced of a ||gm ABCD and BE intersects CD at F. Show that ABE
~ CFB.
4. AD is a median of ABC. The bisector of ADB and ADC meet AB and AC in E and F
respectively. Prove that EF || BC.
5. In the figure given at right, DE || BC, find EC
6. In the above right sided figure, DE || BC, find AD.

𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐸
7. In given figure = 𝐸𝐶 and AED = ABC. Show that AB = AC
𝐷𝐵
𝐴𝑀 𝐴𝑁
8. In the below figure, if LM || CB and LN || CD, prove that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐷 .

9. If ABC ~ DEF, AB = 4 cm, DE = 6 cm, EF = 9 cm and FD = 12 cm, find the perimeter ofABC.
10. A vertical pole of length 6 m casts a shadow 4 m long on the ground and at the same time a
tower casts a shadow 28 m long. Find the height of the tower.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION-II
1. If a line intersects sides AB and AC of aABC at D and E respectively and is parallel to BC, prove
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐸
that𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐶
2. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O.
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
Show that𝐵𝑂 = 𝐷𝑂
3. Prove that "If in two triangles, corresponding angles are equal, then their corresponding sides
are in the same ratio (or proportion) and hence the two triangles are similar.
4. Prove that "If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of the other triangle and the sides
including these angles are proportional, then the two triangles are similar.
5. Prove that "If in two triangles, sides of one triangle are proportional to (i.e., in the same ratio
of) the sides of the other triangle, then their corresponding angles are equal and hence the
two triangles are similar.
6. D is a point on the side BC of a triangle ABC such that ADC = BAC. Show thatCA2 = CB.CD.
7. Sides AB and BC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ
and QR and median PM of PQR. Show that ABC ~ PQR.
8. If AD and PM are medians of triangles ABC and PQR, respectively where ABC ~ PQR, prove
𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐷
that𝑃𝑄 = 𝑃𝑀
9. D, E and F are respectively the mid-points of sides AB, BC and CA of ABC. Find the ratio of the
areas of DEF and ABC.
10. Prove that "If a perpendicular is drawn from the vertex of the right angle of a right triangle to
the hypotenuse, then triangles on both sides of the perpendicular are similar to the whole
triangle and to each other."
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS:
1. State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem and based
on the theorem answer the following: If DE is parallel to
BC in triangle ABC then find the length of AD.
2. State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem In the below Figure,
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐸
D = E and 𝐷𝐵 = 𝐸𝐶 . Prove that BAG is an isosceles triangle.

3. In the below figure, if AB|| DC and AC and PQ intersect each other at

 the point O, prove that OA.CQ = OC.AP.

4. In the following figure, if 1 =2 and NSQ MTR, then prove

that PTS ~PRQ.

5. In the below Figure, OB is the perpendicular bisector of the line

segment DE, FA OB and FE intersects OB at the point C.
1 1 2
Prove that𝑂𝐴 + 𝑂𝐵 = 𝑂𝐶.

6. In the below figure, line segment DF intersect the side AC of a triangle

ABC at the point E such that E is the mid-point of CA and AEF = AFE.
𝐵𝐶 𝐵𝐹
Prove that𝐶𝐷 = 𝐶𝐸 .

CASE STUDY QUESTIONS:

1. Rahul of class X was interested in photography and his friend Amit’s elder brother Sonu was
doing wild image photography and he had a powerful zoom lens camera. Rahul was very keen
to know deep about the parts of that camera and met Sonu. Sonu said it is related to application
of similar triangles and explained him about Bow tie. Triangle “BOW TIE” mathematics is
involved with optics, example- camera lens and eyes glasses. Camera does apply to an
application of similar triangle are used them on network towers. Photography uses similar
triangles to calculate distances from the lens to the object and to the image size.

i) By what similarity criteria the two triangles blue and pink are similar?
ii) Suppose in the Bow tie triangle, AB= 5 cm, AC=8 cm, CD = 24 cm, then find ED.

iii) Two-line segments AC and BD intersects each other at the point P such that PA= 6 cm, PB=
3cm, PC= 2.5 cm, PD =5cm, ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 50° and ∠𝐶𝐷𝑃 = 30°. Then, ∠𝑃𝐵𝐴 =?
Or If in triangle ABC and DEC, ∠𝐵 = , ∠𝐸, AB= 3 DE. Then the two triangles are
 CASE STUDY-2

Two vertical poles are placed at some distance between them on a plane. Their tops are
attached with straight strings to one another’s base to keep them strong. The strings are
meeting at a place in between their connection. The structure is being used at Manufacturing
sectors for building the structural alignment of machineries. The above figure an example of
this situation. Observe and answer the following
(i) If CI is the height of the joint position of both the strings , then what is the relation of
it with the other two poles.
(ii) Find the height of CI.
(iii) Find the distance of the foot of the two poles from the given condition.
OR If the heights of the two extreme poles would be 25 ft and 50 ft respectively the find
the height of the joint position of the strings.
CASE STUDY-3
Madhu is very particular about her health. She usually goes to a park near by her house as she
knows jogging help to build strong bones, as it is a weight bearing exercise strengthen muscles
improve cardiovascular fitness burn plenty of kilojoules help maintain a healthy weight. The park
has two similar triangular jogging path as shown. The dimensions of the inner path are 300m,
350m, 550m.The shortest side of the outer path is 600m.

(i) Find the length of the longest side of the outer path.
(ii) What can we say about the ratio of the perimeter of inner path to outer path?
(iii) By which criteria the two triangular paths are similar?
OR If the park is like the figure given below and FG = EG, BE =15cm,
CF = 20cm,AE = 9cm, DF = 12cm,then which triangles are similar?