CHAPTER- 9: CIRCLES

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q1. In the fig, if ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 = 40°, then ∠ACB is: [AO2]

(A) 50° (B) 40° (C) 60° (D) 70°

Q2. AD is a diameter of a circle and AB is a chord. If AD = 34 cm, AB = 30 cm, the distance
of AB from the centre of the circle is [AO2]
(A) 17 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 4 cm (D) 8 cm
Q3. In fig, if ∠𝐴𝐵𝐷 = 70° and ∠𝐴𝐷𝐵 = 30°, then ∠𝐵𝐶𝐷is: [AO1]

(A) 50° (B) 80° (C) 100° (D) 70°

Q4. In Fig, if AOB is a diameter of the circle and AC = BC, then ∠CAB is: [AO2]

(A) 50° (B) 80° (C) 45° (D) 90°

Q5. In fig, OA = 5 cm, AB = 8 cm and OD is perpendicular to AB. CD is equal to….: [AO2]

(A) 2 cm (B) 3 cm (C) 4 cm (D) 5 cm

Q6. AB and BC are chords of a circle such that AB = 12 cm, BC = 16 cm and AB is
perpendicular to BC. The radius of the circle passing through the point A, B and C is:

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(A) 6 cm (B) 8 cm (C) 10 cm (D) 12 cm
Q7. In the given figure ABCD and ABEF are cyclic quadrilaterals. If ∠BCD = 110° then
∠BEF = ? [AO1]

(A) 110° (B) 55° (C) 90° (D) 70°

Q8. In the given figures, ∠ECB = 40° and ∠CEB = 105°, then ∠EAD = …. ? [AO1]

(A) 45° (B) 35° (C) 50° (D) 40°

ASSERTION AND REASON QUESTIONS
In questions given below a statement of assertion(A) is followed by a statement of
Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
A). Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
B). Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
C). Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
D). Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

Q9. Assertion (A): The quadrilateral ABCD with ∠A = 90°, ∠B = 70°, ∠C = 95° and ∠D =
105° is not a cyclic quadrilateral.
Reason (R): If the sum of a pair of opposite angles of a quadrilateral is 180, the
quadrilateral is cyclic. [AO1]
A)
Q10. Assertion: AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle whose diameter is AC. Then
AB ≠ CD.
Reason: Perpendicular from the centre of a circle bisects the chord. [AO2]

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Q11. Assertion: In the given figure, ∠ABC = 70° and ∠ACB = 30°. Then, ∠BDC = 80°.
Reason: Angles in the same segment of a circle are equal. [AO1]

A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but R is not the correct explanation of
A.
C) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
D) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true
Q12. Assertion: In the given figure, O is the centre of circle. If ∠AOC = 140°, then ∠ABC
=110°.
Reason: In cyclic quadrilateral, opposite angles are supplementary. [AO1]

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Q13. A sports academy has developed circular region as shown in the figure to create various
sports culture and to train rural boys for Olympic purposes. Find the relation between ∠AOB
and ∠COD, where O is the centre of the circle and both AB and CD are equal. [AO1]

Q14. In a cyclic quadrilateral PQRS, if ∠P - ∠R = 50°, find ∠P. [AO2]

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Q15. In Fig. ∠ABC = 45°, prove that OA ⊥ OC. [AO1]

Q16. In the figure, if ΔABC is an equilateral triangle then what will be the measure of ∠BDC
and ∠BEC. [AO1]

Q17. In the given figure, OD is perpendicular to the chord AB of a circle whose centre is O.
If BC is a diameter, show that CA = 2OD. [AO2]

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Q18. If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which AB is extended to F and BE || DC. If ∠FBE =
20° and ∠DAB = 95°, then what will be the measure of ∠ADC? [AO2]

Q19. For a Board members meeting of a company they have arranged on a round table. The
positions of different members are represented by the figure given below. In Figure,
AOB is a diameter of the circle and C, D, E are any three points on the semi-circle. Find
the value of ∠ACD + ∠BED.

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Q20. In the given figure, determine a, b and c if ∠BCD = 43° and ∠BAF = 62°. [ AO1]

Q21. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral whose diagonals intersect at a point E. If ∠DBC = 70°,
∠BAC is 30°, find ∠BCD. Further, if AB = BC, find ∠ECD. [AO2]

Q22. In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle. Prove that ∠x + ∠y = ∠z. [AO2]

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Q23. During Maths day celebration children were asked to make rangoli using geometrical
shapes. One of the children make the design given below which further analysed by her math
teacher as follows. Bisectors of angles A, B and C of a triangle ABC intersect its circumcircle
at D, E and F respectively. Prove that the angles of the triangle DEF are 90° – (½)A, 90° –
(½)B and 90° – (½)C. [AO2]

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Q24. AB and AC are two chords of a circle of radius r such that AB = 2AC. If p and q are the
distance of AB and AC from the centre, prove that 4q2 = p2 + 3r2. [AO2]
Q25.In figure, O is the centre of the circle, ∠BCO = 30°, AE ⊥ BC and DO ⊥ AE.
Find x and y. [AO2]

CASE BASED QUESTION (4 MARKS EACH)

Q26.A non-government organisation has a circular piece of land as shown in the figure
.Under the mission of women empowerment the NGO wants to develop a vocational training
institute for poor girls to provide tailoring skills, self-defence skill and computer
programming. The listed vocational institutes are represented by point A, B and C
respectively. Here O is the centre of the ground and Point D represent the main entrance of
the circular land. In the figure ∠ADB is 30°

i) What will be the measure of angle formed by tailoring institute (A) and Self-defence
institute (B) at the centre O. [AO2]
ii) What will be the measure of ∠ACB? [AO1]
iii) If ∠ADB is increased to 45° then what is the measure of reflex angle AOB? [AO2]
OR
What impression does the society receive through this activity? [AO2]

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Q27. Shwetha went to the central park of her society which is circular in shape. There she
observed a beautiful butterfly flying all around the park and sitting on different flowers. She
marked its different positions and represented through the figure given below. In figure, O is
the centre of the circular park, BD = OD and CD ⊥ AB.

i) What type of ∆OBD is? Justify [AO1]

ii) What is the measure of ∠AOD? [AO2]
iii) What is the measure of ∠CAB? [AO2]
OR
iii) Is it possible for a parallelogram to be a cyclic quadrilateral? If yes specify the conditions.
[AO2]
Q28.In order to spread awareness about physical health of growing children of Vikrant
society, the society plans to organise a kho kho match. Raghav marked the positions of some
players by the figure given below. Two circles whose centres are O and O′ intersect at P.
Through P, a line l parallel to OO′, intersecting the circle at C and D is drawn.

i) What is the relation between CP and AP? [AO1]

ii) What is the relation between BP and DP? [AO1]
iii) Prove that the distance between player C and D is twice the distance between player O
and O′. [AO2]
OR
iii) What impression does the society receive through this Match? [AO2]
Q29. Ankit visited a mall with his father. He sees that three shops are situated at P, Q, R as
shown in the figure from where they have to purchase things according to their need.
Distance between shop P and Q is 8 m, that of between shop Q and R is 10 m and between
shop P and R is 6 m.

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Considering O as the centre of the circle, answer the following questions.

i)What is the measure of ∠QPR ? [AO1]

ii) What will be the length of the longest chord of the circle? [AO1]
iii) What will be the area covered by the triangular carpet placed in the triangular
portion between three shops represented by ∆PQR? [AO2]
OR
iii) Is it possible to have an equilateral triangle circumscribed by a semicircle? Justify
your answer. [AO2]
Q30. A farmer has a circular garden of radius 13m with centre O as shown in the picture. He
has different types of plants and trees in his garden. In the garden, there are two Mango trees
A and B at a distance of 10m. Also has Ashoka trees C and D at a distance of 10m. AB
subtend ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 1200 at the centre O. The perpendicular distance of AC from centre is 5m.

i) What is the value of ∠𝐶𝑂𝐷? [AO1]

ii) What is the measure of AO? [AO1]
iii) What is the distance between Mango tree A and Ashoka tree C? [AO2]
Or
iii) What is the area of triangular part of the circular garden ie ∆AOB if, perpendicular
distance from O to AB is 4m?

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