7.

In the diagram the circle contains the vertices A, B, C of

triangle ABC. Now A BC is 30° and the length of AC
is 5. The diameter of the circle is :
1. In the circle shown AB = 24, and the perpendicular
chord CD bisects AB. If DM is 4 times as long as CM
then the length of BD, is

C B

M
A

(A) 5 3 (B) 8
D
(A) 8 5 (B) 12 5
(C) 10 (D) 5 5
(C) 16 5 (D) 20 5 8. Find the measure of angle y in the figure if P is the
centre of the circle :
2. Let P be a point on the circumference of a circle. Per-
pendiculars PA and PB are drawn to points A and B on
two mutually perpendicular diameters. If AB = 36 cm,
the diameter of the circle is :
(A) 16 cm (B) 24 cm
(C) 36 cm (D) 72 cm
3. A semicircle is drawn with AB as its diameter. From C,
(A) 99° (B) 105°
a point on AB, a line perpendicular to AB is drawn meet-
(C) 90° (D) 109°
ing the circumference of the semicircle at D. Given that
AC = 2 cm and CD = 6 cm, the area of the semicircle 9. In the g iven c ircle AB CD , O is the c en tre an d
is: BDC = 42o. The ACB is equal to :
(A) 32 (B) 50 (A) 48o
(C) 40 (D) 36 D C
(B) 45o 42o
4. The circle and the square have the same center and
the same area. If the circle has radius 1, the length of (C) 42o O
AB, is : o
(D) 60 A B
o
10. In the given figure, CAB = 80 , ABC = 40o. The sum
of DAB + ABD is equal to : D
(A) 80o C
A B
(B) 100o
(A) 4 – (B) 4 – 2
(C) 120o 80º 40º
A B
(C) 2 (D) 4
(D) 140o
5. In the circle with centre ‘O’ as shown, chord AB and CD
intersect at P and are perpendicular to each other. If 11. In the given figure, AB = BC = CD, If BAC = 25º, then
AP = 4, PB = 6 and PC = 2, then the area of the circle is value of AED is :
D C
(A) 50º D
B
(B) 60º
O 25º
(C) 65º
A P B
(D) 75º
C A
(A) 45 (B) 49 E
12. If , then :
(C) 50 (D) 41
6. In the figure given above, A and B are the centers of the
two c ongruent circles with rad ius 17 u nits.
If AB = 30 units, the length of the common chord DC is :
(A) 25 units
(B) 18 units
(C) 10 units
(A) 1= 2 (B) 3 = 4
(D) 16 units
(C) 2 = 3 (D) None of these.

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13. A, B and C are three points on the circle whose centre
is O. If BAC = x, CBO = BCO = y,, BOC = t,
reflex BOC = z, then : 19. The three circles in the figure centered at A, B and C
are tangent to one another and have radii 7, 21 and 6
respectively. The area of the triangle ABC, is

A
C

B
(A) x + y = 90° (B) x – y = 90°
(C) t + 2y° = 90° (D) None of these
(A) 54 (B) 64
14. Find the value of a + b, if b = 2a.
(C) 74 (D) 84
F
D b 20. Triangle PAB is formed by three tangents to circle O

C and APB = 40º, then angle AOB

R
A a
E
B B
O
Q
40º
P
A T
o o
(A) 40 (B) 80 (A) 45º (B) 50º
(C) 120o (D) 160o
(C) 60º (D) 70º
15. In figure, if PQR is tangent to a circle at Q whose centre
is O, AB is a chord parallel to PR and BQR = 70°, 21. On a plane are two points A and B at a distance of 5 unit

then AQB is equal to : apart. The number of straight lines in this plane which
are at distance of 2 units from A and 3 units from B, is:
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
22. In the figure, assume that the circle are mutually tangent
and that the circle with centre at A has radius 1. The
lines AB and AC are tangent to the circle at O in the
(A) 20° (B) 40°
(C) 35° (D) 45° points B and C respectively. If the area of the shaded
16. In the given figure value of 'a' is : region is /4, the radius of the circle centered at O, is
D C
(A) 30º C
130º b
r
(B) 40º a
A O
A B
O
(C) 60º B
(D) 90º
17. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in a circle with (A) r = 2 –1 (B) r = 2– 2
the centre O. Then OAD is equal to :
C (C) r = 1 + 2 (D) 2 + 2
(A) 30º
50º 23. Let C be a circle centre O. Let T be a point on the circle,
D
(B) 40º
O and P a point outside the circle such that PT is tangent
(C) 50º to C. Assume that the segment OP intersects C in a
40º point Q. If PT = 12 and PQ = 8, the radius of C, is :
(D) 60º
A B
(A) r = 40 (B) r = 5
18. In figure, O is centre, then BXD =

(A) 65° (C) r = 4 5 (D) r = 4 13

(B) 60°

(C) 70°

(D) 55°

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24. Two circles of radii 4 cm and 14 cm have a common 31. If two tangents inclined at an angle 60º are drawn to a
external tangent of length 24 cm. The distance between circle of radius 3 cm, then length of each tangent is
equal to :
the centres of these circles (in cm) is :
3
(A) 3 cm (B) 6 cm
2
(C) 3 cm (D) 3 3 cm
32. In figure , ABC is circumscribing a circle. Find the
length of BC.

(A) 24 (B) 25
(C) 26 (D) 27

25. In a triangle ABC, AB = 130, AC = 200 and BC = 260.

Point D is chosen on BC so that the circles inscribed
in triangle ABD and ADC are tangent to AD at the same
point. Length of BD is equal to :
A (A) 8 cm (B) 10 cm
(C) 12 cm (D) 14 cm
33. In figure, there are two concentric circles with centre O
and of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. From an external point P,
tan gents PA and PB are drawn to these circles.
If AP = 12 cm, find the length of BP.
B C A
D
(A) 105 (B) 95
(C) 90 (D) 85
O P
26. Three circles are mutually tangent externally. Their cen-
tres form a triangle whose sides are of lengths 3, 4 B
and 5. The total area of the three circles (in square
units), is : (A) 4 10 cm. (B) 2 10 cm.
(A) 9 (B) 16
(C) 10 cm (D) 3 10 cm
(C) 21 (D) 14
34. A circle is inscribe in trapezoid PQRS. If PS = QR = 25
27. Circles with centres O, O’ and P each tangent of the
cm, PQ = 18 cm and SR = 32 cm, what is the length of
line L and also mutually tangent. If the radii of circle O
the diameter of the circle ?
and circle O’ are equal and the radius of the circle P is
(A) 14 cm P Q
6, then the radius of the larger circle is :
(B) 25 cm
(C) 24 cm
O O'
(D) 674 cm S R
P
L
35. PQ is a chord of a circle. The tangent XR at X on the
(A) 22 (B) 23 circle cuts PQ produced at R. If XR = 12 cm, PQ = x cm,
(C) 24 (D) 25 QR = x – 2 cm, then x in cm is :
28. Two circle touch each other externally at C and AB is a (A) 6 X
common tangent to the circles. Then, ACB = (B) 7 12
(A) 60º (B) 45º (C) 10
x x– 2
(D) 14 R
(C) 30º (D) 90º P Q
36. In the figure shown, the bigger circle has radius 1 unit.
29. ABC is a right angled triangle, right angled at B such
Therefore, the radius of smaller circle must be :
that BC = 6 cm and AB = 8 cm. A circle with centre O is
inscribed in ABC. The radius of the circle is : (A) 2 +1
(A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm 1
(B)
(C) 3 cm (D) 4 cm 2
30. AB and CD are two common tangents to circles which 1
touch each other at C. If D lies on AB such that CD = 4 cm, (C)
2
then AB is equal to :
(A) 4 cm (B) 6 cm 1
(C) 8 cm (D) 12 cm (D)
2 1

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 2. In the following figure, if PA = 12 cm, PC = 15 cm and
37. W hich of the following shapes of equal perimeter, the CD = 7 cm, then the value of AB is :
one having the largest area is : [Raj. NTSE Stage-1 2006]
(A) circle (B) equilateral triangle
(C) square (D) regular pentagon

38. Let XYZ be right angle triangle, with right angle at Z.

Let Ax denotes the area of the circle with diameter YZ.
Let Ay denote the area of the circle with diameter XZ
and let Az denotes the area of the circle diameter XY.
W hich of the following relations is true ? (A) 10 cm (B) 4 cm

2
(C) 3 cm (D) 2 cm
(A) Az = Ax + Ay (B) Az = A x A 2y
3. In the figure, PQ is a chord of a circle with centre O and

2
PT is the tangent at P such that QPT = 70º. Then the
(C) A z A 2x A 2y 2
(D) A z A 2x A 2y
measure of PRQ is equal to :
39. A triangle with side lengths in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 is [Delhi NTSE Stage-1 2006]
inscribed in a circle of radius 3. The area of the triangle
is equal to :
(A) 8.64 (B) 12
(C) 6 (D) 10.28

40. Two legs of a right triangle are 8 and 9 as

shown. A circle is drawn so that the area inside the

(A) 135º (B) 150º
circle but outside the triangle equals the area inside
the triangle but outside the circle. The radius of the (C) 120º (D) 110º

circle is (Use = 22/7) 4. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle and OABC is
rectangle : (NTSE-Stage-I/Kerala/2007)
B
C
A
O 3cm2cm

W hat is the length of AC ?

(A) 6 (B) 6 (A) 4 cm (B) 4.5 cm
(C) 5 cm (D) 5.5 cm
(C) 5 (D) 8
5. In a circle, a 16 unit long chord is at a distance 6 units
away from the center. Find the distance of a 12 unit
long chord from the centre.
(NTSE Stage -I/Gujrat/2007)
(A) 5 (B) 6
1. In the following figure, O is the centre of the circle. The
(C) 7 (D) 8
value of x is : [Raj. NTSE Stage-1 2006]
6. In the d iagram O is th e centre o f a circ le.
AE + EB = CE + ED. OP AB and OQ CD, then true
x
relation between OP and OQ is :
120º
(NTSE Stage-I/Raj./2008)
O D
(A) OP > OQ

(B) OP < OQ
Q
1 O B
(C) OP = OQ E
(A) 60º (B) 45º 2 P
(C) 40º (D) 80º (D) OP = OQ A C

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7. The centre of a circle is at O. AB and CD are two chords 13. In the figure, BC is a chord of the circle with centre O
and A is a po in t on the m in or are B C. T hen
of length d and respectively. If P is the mid point of
BAC – OBC is equal to (NTSE Stage-2 /2015)
CD, then the length OP is : (NTSE-Stage-I/MP/2008) A
(A) 30°
(A) d2 l2 (B) 60° B C

B (C) 80° O
(B) d2 – l 2 O
D (D) 90°
1 2 A P 14. In the figure O is the centre of the circle and POR =
(C) d l2
2 C 80º. Then RQS is [Rajasthan NTSE Stage-1 2016]
(A) 30º S
R
1 2
(D) d – l2 (B) 40º
2 O
Q 80°
(C) 1400
8. Two circles of equal radius touch each other externally
(D) 50º
at point C. AB is their common tangent. Value of CAB P
is : (NTSE Stage-I/Rajasthan/2009)
15. In the figure, the semicirlce centered at O has a diam-
(A) 30º A M B
eter 6 cm. The chord BC is parallel to AD and BC =
(B) 40º
1
(C) 45º AD. The area of the trapezium ABCD in cm2 , is :
C 3
(D) 60º [Haryana NTSE Stage-1 2016]
B C
9. BC is the diameter of a circle. Points A and D are
situated on the circumferen ce of the semi circle
ABD = 35º and BCD = 60º, ADB equals to : A D
O
(NTSE Stage -I/Raj./2009)
(A) 4 (B) 4 2
(A) 20º D
A (C) 8 (D) 8 2

(B) 25º 35º 16. In the figure, the radius of the larger circle is 2 cm and
60º the radius of the smaller circle is 1 cm and the larger
B C
circle passes through the centre of the smaller circle.
(C) 30º
The length (in cm) of the chord AB is :
[Haryana NTSE Stage-1 2016]
(D) 115º A

10. One of the side of a triangle is divided into line segment

of lengths 6 cm and 8 cm by the point of tangency of the
B
incircle of the triangle. If the radius of the incircle is
4 cm, then the length (in cm) of the longer of the two
remaining sides of the triangle is :
[Harayana NTSE Stage-1 2013] 15
(A) (B) 2
(A) 12 (B) 13 2
(C) 15 (D) 16 3 5 34
(C) (D)
2 17
11. The circumference of the circumcircle of the triangle
formed by x -axis, y-axis and graph of 3x + 4y =12 is: 17. In the following figure O is the centre of circle and
[Harayana NTSE Stage-1 2013] ACB = x°, OBA = y° then the value of x° + y° is
(A) 3 units (B) 4 units C
(C) 5 units (D) 6.25 units
x°
12. The lengths of two parallel chords of a circle are 6 cm O
and 8 cm. If the smaller chord is at distance 4 cm from
the centre, then the distance of the other chord from y°
A B
the cnetre is (NTSE Stage -I/Raj./2015)
(A) 5 cm (B) 4 cm
[Rajasthan NTSE Stage-1 2017]
(C) 3 cm (D) 2 cm (A) 90° (B) 120°
(C) 150° (D) 180°

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