Chapter Test CBSE Class 10
Time : 90 min M.M. : 45
Instructions :
Read the following instructions carefully.
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. There is no overall choice.
3. There is no negative marking.
Q.1) The length of tangent drawn to a circle with radius 3 cm from a point 5 cm from the centre
of the circle is [1 Mark]
(a) 6 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 7 cm
Q.2) A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD whose sides AB = 6 cm, BC = 7
cm, CD = 4 cm, then AD = ____ [1 Mark]
(a) 2 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 5 cm (d) 6 cm
Q.3) If a point lies on a circle, then what will be the number of tangents drawn from that point
to the circle? [1 Mark]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) infinite
Q.4) A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle IF AB = 4 cm, CD = 7 cm, BC = 3
cm, then length of AD is [1 Mark]
(a) 7 cm (b) 2cm (c) 8 cm (d) none of these
Q.5) A tangent PQ at point P of a circle of radius 12 cm meets a line through the centre O to a
point Q so that OQ = 20 cm, then length of PQ is [1 Mark]
(a) 14 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 16 cm (d) 10 cm
Q.6) In the given figure, PT is tangent and PAB is a secant. If PT = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm. Find the
length PA. [2 Marks]
Q.7) In the given figure, OD is perpendicular to the chord AB of a circle
CA
whose centre is O. If BC is a diameter, find . [2 Marks]
OD
1
Q.8) In the given figure, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral and PQ is a tangent
to the circle at C. If BD is a diameter, ∠OCQ
D
BCP =40° and ∠ABD = 60° ,
find ∠BCP . [2 Marks]
Q.9) Two chords AB and CD of a circle intersect each other at P outside the
circle. If AB = 5 cm, BP = 3 cm and PD = 2 cm, find CD. [2 Marks]
Q.10) The circle of ∆ABC touches the sides BC, CA and AB at D, E and F respectively. If AB =
AC, prove that BD = CD. [3 Marks]
Q.11) In the given figure, XP and XQ are tangents from X to the
circle with centre O. R is a point on the circle such that ARB is
a tangent to the circle prove that XA + AR = XB + BR.
[3 Marks]
Q.12) A circle touches the side BC of a ∆ABC at a point P and touches AB and AC when produced
1
at Q and R respectively, show that AQ = [Perimeter ofÄ
∆ABC ]. [3 Marks]
2
Q.13) Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus. [3 Marks]
Q.14) Find the length of the tangent drawn to a circle of radius 3cm from [3 Marks]
Q.15) Find the diameter of a circle if the length of the tangents from a point A at a distance of 13
cm from the centre of the circle is 12cm. [3 Marks]
Q.16) Prove that the segment joining the points of contact of two
parallel tangents, passes through the centre. [4 Marks]
Q.17) A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 cm
such that the segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by
the point of contact D are of length 8 cm and 6 cm respectively.
Find the sides AB and AC. [5 Marks]
Q.18) From an external Point P, two tangents PA and PB are drawn to the circle O. Then the angle
between OP abbd AB is _______. [5 Marks]
