Questions & Answers: "Circles"

Complete guide to "Circles" for Math students. Below you will find important questions and model answers to help you prepare.

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Question 1

1 Mark

In following figure, two congruent circles have centres O and O′. Arc AXB subtends an angle of 75° at the centre O and arc A′ Y B′ subtends an angle of 25° at the centre O′. Then the ratio of arcs A X B and A′ Y B′ is

Diagram for Question 1

Options

Option A

2:1

Option B

1:2

Option C is correct

3:1

Option D

1:3

Question 2

1 Mark

In following figure, AB and CD are two equal chords of a circle with centre O. OP and OQ are perpendiculars on chords AB and CD, respectively. If ∠POQ = 150°, then ∠APQ is equal to

Diagram for Question 2

Options

Option A

30°

Option B is correct

75°

Option C

15°

Option D

60°

Question 3

1 Mark

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

Options

Option A

17 cm

Option B

15 cm

Option C

4 cm

Option D is correct

8 cm

Question 4

1 Mark

In following figure, if OA = 5 cm, AB = 8 cm and OD is perpendicular to AB, then CD is equal to:

Diagram for Question 4

Options

Option A is correct

2 cm

Option B

3 cm

Option C

4 cm

Option D

5 cm

Question 5

1 Mark

If AB = 12 cm, BC = 16 cm and AB is perpendicular to BC, then the radius of the circle passing through the points A, B and C is:

Options

Option A

6 cm

Option B

8 cm

Option C is correct

10 cm

Option D

12 cm

Question 6

1 Mark

In following figure, if ∠ABC = 20º, then ∠AOC is equal to:

Diagram for Question 6

Options

Option A

20°

Option B is correct

40°

Option C

60°

Option D

10°

Question 7

1 Mark

In following figure, if AOB is a diameter of the circle and AC = BC, then ∠CAB is equal to:

Diagram for Question 7

Options

Option A

30°

Option B

60°

Option C

90°

Option D is correct

45°

Question 8

1 Mark

In following figure, if ∠OAB = 40º, then ∠ACB is equal to:

Diagram for Question 8

Options

Option A is correct

50°

Option B

40°

Option C

60°

Option D

70°

Question 9

1 Mark

In following figure, if ∠DAB = 60º, ∠ABD = 50º, then ∠ACB is equal to:

Diagram for Question 9

Options

Option A

60°

Option B

50°

Option C is correct

70°

Option D

80°

Question 10

1 Mark

ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is a diameter of the circle circumscribing it and ∠ADC = 140º, then ∠BAC is equal to:

Options

Option A

80°

Option B is correct

50°

Option C

40°

Option D

30°

Question 11

1 Mark

In following figure, BC is a diameter of the circle and ∠BAO = 60º. Then ∠ADC is equal to:

Diagram for Question 11

Options

Option A

30°

Option B

45°

Option C is correct

60°

Option D

120°

Question 12

1 Mark

In following figure, ∠AOB = 90º and ∠ABC = 30º, then ∠CAO is equal to:

Diagram for Question 12

Options

Option A

30°

Option B

45°

Option C

90°

Option D is correct

60°