DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, IFFCO, PARADEEP
CLASS-IX
SUB-MATHEMATICS
TOPIC-TRIANGLES
WORKSHEET-BASIC
TIME-45 Min MAX.MARKS:20
Choose the most appropriate option: (2 × 1=2)
1. Which of the following is not a criterion for congruence of triangles?
(A) SAS (B) ASA (C) SSA (D) SSS
2. It is not possible to construct a triangle when sides are:
(A) 8.3cm, 3.4cm, 6.1cm (B) 5.4cm, 2.3cm,3.1cm
(C) 6cm, 7cm, 10cm (D) 3cm, 5cm, 5cm
Fill in the blanks: (2 × 1=2)
3. In ∆ ABC measure of ∠A
A = 50°, ∠B = 30° and ∠C
C = 100°. Then the longest side of
the triangle is ____.
4. Difference of two sides of a triangle is ______than the third side.
Answer the following question: (2 × 1 =2)
5. ∆ PQR is a right angled triangle isosceles triangle having ∠Q=90°.
Q=90°. Name the sides
of the triangle which are equal in length.
6. It is given that ∆ ABC ≅ ∆ RPQ. Is it true to say that BC = QR? Why?
Short Answer Type Question –I (2 × 2=4)
7. ABC is an isosceles triangle in which altitudes BE and CF are drawn to equal sides
AC and AB respectively. Show that these altitudes are equal.
8. Line l is the bisector of an angle ∠ A and B is any point on l.. BP and BQ are
perpendiculars from B to the arms of ∠ A. Show that:
(i) ∆ APB ≅ ∆ AQB
(ii) BP = BQ or B is equidistant from the arms of ∠ A
Short Answer Type Question –II (2 × 3=6)
9. AB is a line segment and P is its mid
mid-point.
point. D and E are points on the same side of
AB such that ∠ BAD = ∠ABE
ABE and ∠ EPA = ∠ DPB. Show that ∆ DAP ≅ ∆ EBP
10.BE and CF are two equal altitudes of a triangle ABC. Using RHS congruence rule,
prove that the triangle ABC is isosceles.
Long answer type question: (1 × 4= 4)
11.In an isosceles triangle ABC with AB = AC, D and E are points on BC such that
BE = CD .Show that AD = AE.