18 Mathematics - Class 9

Chapter 6: Lines and Angles

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Choose the correct answer from the given four options in the following questions:
1. The measure of an angle which is 24° more than its complement is
(a) 66° (b) 57° (c) 156° (d) 114°
2. The measure of an angle which is 32° less than its supplement is
(a) 148° (b) 58° (c) 74° (d) 122°
3. The measure of an angle which is four times its complement is
(a) 78° (b) 76° (c) 72° (d) 74°
4. If the supplement of an angle is 4 times of its complement, then the angle is
(a) 60° (b) 40° (c) 50° (d) 70°
5. If two complementary angles are in the ratio 2 : 3, then the angles are
(a) 58°, 32° (b) 50°, 40° (c) 56°, 34° (d) 36°, 54°
6. ∠P and ∠Q are complementary angles. If they are represented by the expressions
m∠Q = y and m∠P = 2y + 30°, then their measures respectively are
(a) 70°, 20° (b) 20°, 70° (c) 10°, 80° (d) 80°, 10°
7. In the given figures, which pairs of angles represent a linear pair?

(a) (i) and (iii) (b) (iii) and (iv) (c) (iii) and (v) (d) (i), (ii) and (v)
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8. If in the given figure, OA and OB are opposite rays, then
the value of x is
(a) 40 (b) 44
(c) 46 (d) 42
9. The value of x that will make POQ a straight line is
(a) 30 (b) 25
(c) 35 (d) 40

10. In the given figure, if POQ is a straight line, then

the value of x is
(a) 20° (b) 30°
(c) 40° (d) 50°
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11. In the given figure, ∠AOC = 50°, then A C

∠AOD + ∠COB is equal to 50°
(a) 100°
(b) 140° O
(c) 260°
(d) 130° D B

12. In the given figure AB  CD. Transversal PQ

intersects AB at E and CD at F. Given, ∠CFQ = 47°,
the measure of x and y respectively are
(a) 30°, 150° (b) 37°, 143°
(c) 47°, 133° (d) 39°, 141°

13. In the given figure, l  m  n. If x : y = 5 : 4, then the

measure of angle z is
(a) 40° (b) 50°
(c) 90° (d) 80°

14. In the given figure, AB  CD  EF and GH  KL. The

measure of angle HKL is
(a) 95° (b) 145°
(c) 130° (d) 135°

15. The measure of x in the given figure is

(a) 125° (b) 70°
(c) 105° (d) 100°

16. In the given figure, if l  m, then the value of x is

(a) 18° (b) 72°
(c) 54° (d) 100°

17. In the given figure, AB  CD and EF  BD.

If ∠ABD = 65°, then the measure of ∠CFE is
(a) 120° (b) 115°
(c) 65° (d) 165°

18. In the given figure, if l  m, then the measure of x is

(a) 70° (b) 100°
(c) 40° (d) 30°
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19. In the adjoining figure, if l  m and n ⊥ m, then the

measure of angle P is
(a) 48° (b) 42°
(c) 90° (d) 38°

20. In the given figure, if l  m then the measure of

angle x is
(a) 65° (b) 40°
(c) 25° (d) 90°

21. If two angles of a triangle are complementary, then it is

(a) a right triangle (b) an obtuse angled triangle
(c) an acute angled triangle (d) an equilateral triangle
22. An exterior angle of a triangle is 110° and its two opposite interior angles are
equal. Each of these equal angles is
(a) 70° (b) 55° (c) 35° (d) 110°
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23. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 9. The triangle is
(a) an isosceles triangle (b) an obtuse angled triangle
(c) an acute angled triangle (d) a right triangle
24. An exterior angle is drawn to a triangle. If this exterior angle is acute, then the
triangle must be
(a) an acute angled triangle (b) a right triangle
(c) an obtuse angled triangle (d) an equilateral triangle
25. If the measure of each base angle of an isosceles triangle is seven times the
measure of the vertex angle, then the measure of the vertex angle is
(a) 84° (b) 48° (c) 12° (d) 24°
26. If the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 80°, then the measure of an exterior
angle to one of the base angles of this triangle is
(a) 100° . (b) 120° (c) 110° (d) 130°

27. In the given figure, if PQ  RS and ∠ACS = 127°,

then ∠BAC is equal to
(a) 53° (b) 77°
(c) 50° (d) 107°
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28. The value of x in the given figure is
(a) 100° (b) 70°
(c) 110° (d) 150°
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29. The base BC of triangle ABC is produced both ways

and the measures of exterior angles formed are 94°
and 126°. Then, the measure of ∠BAC is
(a) 94° (b) 54°
(c) 40° (d) 44°

D
30. The value of x in the given figure is
x

25°
(a) 65° (b) 95°
(c) 80° (d) 120°

55° 40°
A B C
31. If one of the angles of an isosceles triangle is 125°, then the angle between the
bisectors of the other two angles is
(a) 125.5° (b) 152.5° (c) 152° (d) 125°
32. ∆ABC is a right triangle in which ∠A is a right angle. AL is drawn perpendicular
to BC. If ∠BAL is 35°, then the measure of ∠ACB is
(a) 70° (b) 17.5° (c) 35° (d) 105°
33. ABC is an equilateral triangle and BDC is A
an isosceles triangle right angled at D.
∠ABD is equal to
(a) 45° (b) 60°
(c) 105° (d) 120° [CBSE SP 2011] B C

D
34. The side BC of ∆ABC is produced to point D. The
bisectors of ∠ABC and ∠ACD meet at a point E. If
∠BAC = 68°, then the measure of ∠BEC is
(a) 30° (b) 32°
(c) 36° (d) 34°

35. In the given figure, if AB  CD, then the values of

x and y respectively are
(a) 25°, 65° (b) 60°, 30°
(c) 65°, 25° (d) 40°, 50°

36. In the given figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral in

which ∠ABC = 73°, ∠C = 97° and ∠D = 110°. If
AE  DC and BE  AD and AE intersects BC at F,
then the measure of ∠EBF is
(a) 23° (b) 70°
(c) 10° (d) 27°
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37. The angle between the bisectors of two acute angles of a right triangle is
(a) 135° (b) 120° (c) 90° (d) 150°
38. The measure of x in the given figure is
(a) 35° (b) 25°
(c) 30° (d) 20°

39. In the given figure, AB  CD. Transversal

EF intersects AB at P and CD at Q. ∠PRQ = x,
∠RPQ = y. If ∠APR = 25°, ∠RQC = 30° and
∠CQF = 65°, then the measures of angle
x and y respectively are
(a) 55°, 40° (b) 50°, 45°
(c) 60°, 35° (d) 35°, 60°
40. If the bisectors of base angles of a triangle enclose an angle of 135°, then the
triangle is
(a) an acute angled triangle (b) an obtuse angled triangle
(c) an equilateral triangle (d) a right triangle
41. In the figure given alongside, if AB  CF and CD  FE, B F E
then the value of x is x
(a) 40° 40°
(b) 65°
(c) 75° 65°
(d) 105° A C D

42. In the given figure, if AB  CD, then the value of x is

(a) 97°
(b) 100°
(c) 107°
(d) 45°
43. BO and CO, the bisectors of ∠B and ∠C respectively, of ∆ABC, meet at O. If
∠A = 60°, then the measure of ∠BOC is
(a) 100°
(b) 90°
(c) 120°
(d) 150°
44. If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the bisectors of the interior
angles on the same side of the transversal intersect each other at
(a) 60° (b) 90° (c) 100° (d) 120°
45. If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, then the bisectors of the
interior angles form a
(a) kite (b) rhombus (c) rectangle (d) trapezium
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46. ABC is a triangle in which BE ⊥ AC and CD ⊥ AB. BE A

and CD intersect at O. If ∠BAC = 75°, then the measure D
E

of ∠BOC is O
(a) 100° (b) 105°
(c) 75° (d) 115°
B C
47. ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. BC = BA.
D is a point on AC produced and a line DEF cuts
CB at E, AB at F. If ∠D = 13° and ∠FAE = 29°, then
the measure of ∠FEA is
(a) 31° (b) 42°
(c) 29° (d) 16°
48. In ∆XYZ, XY = XZ. A straight line cuts XZ at P, YZ
at Q and XY produced at R. If YQ = YR and
QP = QZ, then the measure of ∠PQY is
(a) 100°
(b) 124°
(c) 144°
(d) 140°
49. ABCD is a square. If AP = PQ and ∠QRC = 35°, then
the measure of ∠PAQ is
(a) 40°
(b) 35°
(c) 30°
(d) 25°
50. In the given figure, if AB divides ∠DAC in the ratio
1 : 3, then the measure of angle marked x is
(a) 108° (b) 100°
(c) 80° (d) 90°