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CH 6: Triangles
Weightage :: 10M
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SECTION A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. In the given figure ΔABC is shown. DE is parallel to BC. If AD = 5 cm, DB = 2.5 cm and
BC = 12 cm, then DE is equal to
a) 10 cm
b) 6 cm
c) 8 cm
d) 7.5 cm
2. The perimeter of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are 56 cm and 48 cm respectively.
PQ/AB is equal to
a) 7/8 b) 6/7 c) 7/6 d) 8/7
3. If ΔABC ~ ΔEDF and ΔABC is not similar to ΔDEF, then which of the following is not true?
a) BC.EF = AC.FD b) AB.EF = AC.DE c) BC.DE = AB.EF d) BC.DE = AB. FD
4. The perimeters of two similar triangles are 25 cm and 15 cm respectively. If one side of the
first triangle is 9 cm., what is the corresponding side of the other triangle?
a) 5.4 b) 3.5 c) 5.5 d) 4.5
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐸
5. In the given figure, 𝐵𝐷
= 𝐸𝐶
and ∠ADE = 70o, ∠BAC = 50o, then angle
∠BCA =
a) 70o b) 50o
c) 80o d) 60o
𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 𝐶𝐴
6. If in two triangles ABC and PQR, 𝑄𝑅
= 𝑃𝑅
= 𝑃𝑄
, then
a) ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 ～∆𝐶𝐴𝐵 b) ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 ～∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 c) ∆𝐶𝐵𝐴 ～∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 d) ∆𝐵𝐶𝐴 ～∆𝑃𝑄𝑅
𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶
7. If in triangles ABC and DEF, 𝐷𝐸
= 𝐹𝐷
, then they will be similar, when
a) ∠B = ∠E b) ∠A = ∠D c) ∠B = ∠D d) ∠A = ∠F
8. In Figure DE || BC. If BD = x – 3, AB = 2x. CE = x – 2 and AC = 2x + 3.
Find x.
a) 3 b) 4
c) 9 d) none of these
9. In the figure, AP = 3 cm, AR = 4.5 cm, AQ = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and AC = 10 cm. Find the
length of AD.
a) 6.5
b) 7.5
c) 5.5
d) 4.5
10. In the figure, PQ is parallel to MN. If KP/PM=4/13 and KN = 20.4 cm
then find KQ.
a) 4.8 cm
b) 4.6 cm
 c) 4.4 cm
d) 4.2 cm
11. If a vertical pole of length 7-5 m casts a shadow 5 m long on the ground and at the same
time, a tower casts a shadow 24 m long, then the height of the tower is :
a) 20 m b) 40 m c) 60 m d) 36 m
Assertion-Reason-based questions.(12 & 14)
Directions: Each question contains an assertion followed by a reason. Read them carefully and
answer the questions based on the following options.
a) Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the
assertion.
c) Assertion is true and the reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and the reason is true.
12. Assertion (A): D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a ΔABC such that
DE║BC then the value of x is 11, when AD = 4 cm, DB = (x – 4) cm, AE = 8cm and
EC = (3x– 19) cm.
Reason (R): If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, it is parallel to the
third side.
13. Assertion (A): D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a ΔABC such that
AD = 5.7cm, DB = 9.5cm, AE = 4.8cm, and EC = 8cm then DE is not parallel to BC.
Reason (R): If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, it is parallel to the
third side.
14. Assertion (A): ABCD is a trapezium with DC || AB. E and F are points on AD and BC
𝐴𝐸 𝐵𝐹
respectively, such that EF || AB. Then 𝐸𝐷
= 𝐹𝐶
Reason (R): Any line parallel to parallel sides of a trapezium divides the non-parallel sides
proportionally.

SECTION B
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
𝐸𝐴 𝐸𝐵
1. In the given figure, 𝐸𝐶
= 𝐸𝐷
, prove that ∆𝐸𝐴𝐵～∆𝐸𝐶𝐷

2. In the given figure, ∆𝐴𝐻𝐾～∆𝐴𝐵𝐶. If AK = 8 cm, BC = 3.2 cm and HK = 6.4 cm, then find
the length of AC.
3. In ΔABC, D, and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively, such that DE || BC. If
AD = x, DB = x – 2, AE = x + 2, and EC = x – 1, Find the value of x.
4. In the figure, PQR and QST are right triangles angled at R and T respectively. Prove that
QR × QS = QP × QT

5. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle, right-angled at B and BD ⊥ AC. If AD = 4 cm and

CD= 5 cm, find BD and AB.

6. It is given that, ∆ABC ～∆EDF such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm, DF = 15 cm, and
DE = 12 cm then find the sum of the remaining sides of the triangles.

SECTION C
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. In the figure, D and E are points on AB and AC respectively, such that DE || BC. If AD = ⅓
BD, AE= 4.5 cm, find AC.

2. In the figure, two triangles ABC and DBC lie on the same side of base BC. P is a point on BC
such that PQ || BA and PR || BD. Prove that QR || AD.

3. P and Q are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a triangle ABC. If AP = 2 cm, PB
= 4 cm, AQ = 3cm, QC = 6 cm, prove that BC = 3PQ.
4. In the figure, PQRS is a trapezium in which PQ || RS. On PQ and RS, there are points E
and F respectively such that EF intersects SQ at G . Prove that EQ x GS = GQ x FS.

5. In the given figure, if ∠ACB =∠CDA, AC = 6 cm and AD = 3 cm, then find the length of
AB

.
6. In the given figure, BC || PQ and BC = 8 cm, PQ = 4 cm, BA = 6 5. cm AP = 2 8. cm Find
CA and AQ.

7. Find the length of the second diagonal of a rhombus, whose side is 5 cm and one of the
diagonals is 6 cm.
8. In the given figure, G is the mid-point of the side PQ of TPQR and GH || QR. Prove that H
is the mid-point of the side PR or the triangle PQR.

9. In the figure of TABC, the points D and E are on the sides CA, CB respectively such that
DE|| AB, AD = = 2x, CD=x+3, BE = 2x-1 and CE = x. Then, find x.

SECTION D
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct
points, then prove that the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
2. Sides AB and AC and median AD of ΔABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ and
Pr and median PM of another triangle PQR. show that ΔABC～ΔPQR
3. In the given figure, Δ FEC ≅ ΔGDB and ∠1=∠2., Prove that
ΔADE ~Δ ABC.

4. In ΔABC, if AD⊥BC and AD2 = BD x DC, then prove that

∠BAC = 90o.
5. Through the mid-point M of the side CD of a parallelogram
ABCD, the line BM is drawn
intersecting AC in L and AD produced in E. Prove that EL = 2BL.
6. E is a point on the side AD produced of a parallelogram ABCD and BE intersects CD at F.
Show that ∆𝐴𝐵𝐸～∆ 𝐶𝐹𝐵.
7. Sides AB, BC, and the median AD of Δ ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ, QR,
and the median PM of another Δ PQR. Prove that Δ ABC ~ Δ PQR.

SECTION E
CASE STUDY-BASED QUESTIONS
1. On one day, a poor girl of height 90 cm is looking for a lamp-post to complete her
homework as in her area power is not there and she finds the same at some distance away
from her home. After completing the homework, she walked away from the base of a
lamppost at a speed of 1.2 m/s. The lamp is 3.6 m above the ground (see below figure).

i) Find her distance from the base of the lamp post.

ii) Find the length of her shadow after 4 seconds.
OR
ii) Find the ratio AC : CE.
2. Vijay is trying to find the average height of a tower near his house. He is using the
properties of similar triangles. The height of Vijay’s house is 20 m and Vijay’s house casts a
shadow 10 m long on the ground. At the same time, the tower casts a shadow 50 m long on
the ground and the house of Ajay casts a 20 m shadow on the ground.
a) What is the height of the tower?
b) What is the height of Ajay’s house?
c) What will be the length of the shadow of the tower when Vijay’s house casts a shadow of
12m?
OR
c) When the tower casts a shadow of 40 m, same time what will be the length of the shadow
of Ajay’s house?