Abhilasha Classes by P.S.

Kushwah
SIMILAR TRIANGLES

EXERCISE – 1 (FOR SCHOOL/BOARD EXAMS)

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONE

1. Triangle ABC is such that AB = 3 cm, BC = 2 cm and CA = 2.5 cm. Triangle DEF is similar to  ABC. If
EF = 4 cm, then the perimeter of  DEF is:
(A) 7.5 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 22.5 cm (D) 30 cm
2. In  ABC, AB = 3 cm, AC = 4 cm and AD is the bisector of  A. Then, BD : DC is :
(A) 9 : 16 (B) 16 : 9 (C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3
3. In a equilateral triangle ABC, if AD  BC, then :
(A) 2AB2 = 3AD2 (B) 4AB2 = 3AD2 (C) 3AB2 = 4AD2 (D) 3AB2 = 2AD2
4. ABC is a triangles and DE is drawn parallel to BC cutting the other sides at D and E. If AB = 3.6 cm, AC =
2.4 cm and AD = 2.1 cm, then AE is equal to :
(A) 1.4 cm (B) 1.8 cm (C) 1.2 cm (D) 1.05 cm
5. The line segments joining the mid points of the sides of a triangle from four triangles each of which is :
(A) similar to the original triangle (B) congruent to the original triangle.
(C) an equilateral triangle (D) an isosceles triangle.
6. In  ABC and  DEF, A  50 , B  70 , C  600 , D  60 0 , E  700 , F  500 , then  ABC is
0 0

similar to :
(A)  DEF (B)  EDF (C)  DFE (D)  FED
7. D, E, F are the mid points of the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of  ABC. Then  DEF is congruent to
triangle
(A) ABC (B) AEF (C) BFD, CDE (D) AFE, BFD, CDE
8. If in the triangles ABC and DEF, angle A is equal to angle E, both are equal to 400, AB : ED = AC : EF and
angle F is 650, then angel B is :-
(A) 350 (B) 650 (C) 750 (D) 850
9. In a right angled  ABC, right angled at A, if AD  BC such that AD = p, if BC = a, CA = b and AB = c, then
1 1 1
(A) p2 = b2 + c2 (B) 2
 2 2
p b c
p p
(C)  (D) p2 = b2 c2
a b
10. In the adjoining figure, XY is parallel to AC. If XY divides the triangle into equal parts, then the value of
AX
=
AB
1 1
(A) (B)
2 2
2 1 2 1
(C) (D)
2 2
11. The ratio of the corresponding sides of two similar triangles is 1 : 3. The ratio of their corresponding heights is
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 1 : 9 (D) 9 : 1
2 2
12. The areas of two similar triangles are 49 cm and 64 cm respectively. The ratio of their corresponding sides is
(A) 49 : 64 (B) 7 : 8 (C) 64 : 49 (D) None of these
13. The areas of two similar triangles are 12 cm2 and 48 cm2. If the height of the similar one is 2.1 cm, then the
corresponding height of the bigger one is :
(A) 4.41 cm (B) 8.4 cm (C) 4.2 cm (D) 0.525 cm

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14. In the adjoining figure, ABC and DBC are two triangles on the same base BC, AL  BC and DM  BC. Then,
area (ABC )
is equal to ;
area (DBC )
AO AO 2
(A) (B)
OD OD 2
AO OD 2
(C) (D)
AD AO 2
15. In the adjoining figure, AD : DC = 2 : 3, then  ABC is equal to :

(A) 300 (B) 400 (C) 450 (D) 1100

16. In  ABC, D and E are points on AB and AC respectively such that DE ║ BC. If AE = 2 cm, EC = 3 cm and
BC = 10 cm, then DE is equal to ;
20
(A) 5 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 15 cm (D) cm
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17. In the given figure,  ABC = 900 and BM is a median, AB = 8 cm and BC = 6 cm. Then, length BM is equal
to :

(A) 3 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 7 cm

18. If D, E, F are respectively the mid points of the sides BC, CA and AB of  ABC and the area of  ABC is 24
sq. cm, then the area of  DFE is :-
(A) 24 cm2 (B) 12 cm2 (C) 8 cm2 (D) 6 cm2
19. In a right angled triangle, if the square of the hypotenuse is twice the product of the other two sides, then one
of the angles of the triangle is :-
(A) 150 (B) 300 (C) 450 (D) 600
20. Consider the following statements :
1. If three sides of a triangles are equal to three sides of another triangle, then the triangles are
congruent.
2. If three angles of a triangles are respectively equal to three angles of another triangle, then the two
triangles are congruent.
Of these statements,
(A) 1 is correct and 2 is false (B) both 1 and 2 are false
(C) both 1 and 2 are correct (D) 1 is false and 2 is correct

(OBJECTIVE) ANSWER KEY EXERCISE-1

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. B C C A A D D C B B
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A B C A B B C D C A

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EXERCISE – 2 (FOR OLYMPIADS)
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONE
1. In a triangle ABC, if AB, BC and AC are the three sides of the triangle, then which of the statements is
necessarily true?
(A) AB + BC < AC (B) AB + BC > AC (C) AB + BC = AC (D) AB2 + BC2 = AC2
2. The sides of a triangle are 12 cm, 8 cm and 6 cm respectively, the triangle is :
(A) acute (B) obtuse (C) right (D) can’t be determined
3. In an equilateral triangle, the incentre, circumcentre, orthocenter and centroid are:
(A) concylic (B) coincident (C) collinear (D) none of these
4. In the adjoining figure D is the midpoint of a  ABC. DM and DN are the perpendiculars on AB and AC
respectively and DM = DN, then the  ABC is :

(A) right angled

(B) isosceles
(C) equilateral
(D) scalene

5. Triangle ABC is such that AB = 9 cm, BC = 6 cm, AC = 7.5 cm, Triangle DEF is similar to  ABC, If EF =
12 cm then DE is :
(A) 6 cm (B) 16 cm (C) 18 cm (D) 15 cm
6. In  ABC, AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm. If AD is the angle bisector of ∠A. Then BD : CD is :
(A) 25 : 49 (B) 49 : 25 (C) 6 : 1 (D) 5 : 7
7. In a  ABC, D is the mid-point of BC and E is mid-point of AD, BF passes through E. What is the ratio of AF
: FC

(A) 1 : 1
(B) 1 : 2
(C) 1 : 3
(D) 2 : 3

8. In a  ABC, AB = AC and AD  BC, then :

(A) AB < AD (B) AB > AD (C) AB = AD (D) AB  AD
9. The difference between altitude and base of a right angled triangle is 17 cm and its hypotenuse is 25 cm.
What is the sum of the base and altitude of the triangle is ?
(A) 24 cm (B) 31 cm (C) 36 cm (D) can’t be determined
10. If AB, BC and AC be the three sides of a triangle ABC, which one of the following is true ?
(A) AB – BC = AC (B) (AB – BC) > AC (C) (AB – BA) < AC (D) AB2 – CB2 = AC2
11. In the adjoining figure D, E and F are the mid-points of the sides BC, AC and AB respectively.  DEF is
congruent to triangle :
(A) ABC
(B) AEF
(C) CDE , BFD
(D) AFE , BFD and CDE

12. In the adjoining figure  BAC = 600 and BC = a, AC = b and AB = c, then :

(A) a2 = b2 + c2
(B) a2 = b2 + c2 – bc
(C) a2 = b2 + c2 + bc
(D) a2 = b2 + 2bc
13. If the medians of a triangle are equal, then the triangle is:
(A) right angled (B) isosceles (C) equilateral (D) scalene
14. The incentre of a triangle is determined by the:
(A) Medians (B) angle bisectors
(C) perpendicular bisectors (D) altitudes
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15. The point of intersection of the angle bisectors of a triangle is :
(A) orthocenter (B) centroid (C) incentre (D) circumcentre
16. A triangle PQR is formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of a triangle ABC, ‘O’ is the circumcentre of
 ABC, then for  PQR, the point ‘O’ is :
(A) incentre (B) circumcentre (C) orthocenter (D) centroid
17. If AD, BE, CF are the altitudes of  ABC whose orthocenter is H, then C is the orthocenter of :
(A)  ABH (B)  BDH (C)  ABD (D)  BEA
18. In an equilateral  ABC, if a, b and c denote the lengths of perpendiculars from A, B and C respectively on
the opposite sides, then:
(A) a > b > c (B) a > b < c (C) a = b = c (D) a = c  b
19. Any two of the four triangles formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of a given triangle are:
(A) congruent (B) equal in area but not congruentAB > AD
(C) unequal in area and not congruent (D) none of these
20. The internal bisectors of  B and  C of  ABC meet at O. If  A = 800 then  BOC is :
(A) 500 (B) 1600 (C) 1000 (D) 1300
21. The point in the plane of a triangle which is at equal perpendicular distance from the sides of the triangle is :
(A) centroid (B) incentre (C) circumcentre (D) orthocenter
22. Incentre of a triangle lies in the interior of :
(A) an isosceles triangle only (B) a right angled triangle only
(C) any equilateral triangle only (D) any triangle
23. In a triangle PQR, PQ = 20 cm and PR = 6 cm, the side QR is :
(A) equal to 14 cm (B) less than 14 cm (C) greater than 14 cm (D) none of these
24. If ABC is a right angled triangle at B and M, N are the mid-points of AB and BC, than 4 (AN2 + CM2) is
equal to-
5
(A) 4AC2 (B) 6 AC2 (C) 5 AC2 (D) AC2
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25. If S is a point on side PQ of a triangle PQR such that PS= QS = RS, then
(a) PR.QR= (B) (C) (D)
26. Let ABC be an equilateral triangle. Let BE  CA meeting CA at E, then (AB2 + BC2 + CA2) is equal to :
(A) 2BE2 (B) 3 BE2 (C) 4 BE2 (D) 6 BE2
27. If D, E and F are respectively the mid-points of sides of BC, CA and AB of a  ABC. If EF = 3 cm, FD = 4
cm, and AB = 10 cm, then DE, BC and CA respectively will be equal to :
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(A) 6, 8 and 20 cm (B) 4, 6 and 8 cm (C) 5, 6 and 8 cm (D) , 9 and 12 cm
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28. In the right angle triangle  C = 900. AE and BD are two medians of a triangle ABC meeting at F. The ratio
of the area of  ABF and the quadrilateral FDCE is :
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 2 : 3
29. The bisector of the exterior  A of  ABC intersects the side BC produced to D. Here CF is parallel to AD.
AB BD
(A) 
AC CD
AB CD
(B) 
AC BD
AB BC
(C) 
AC CD
(D) None of these
30. The diagonal BD of a quadrilateral ABCD bisects  B and  D, then :

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AB AD
(A) 
CD BC
AB AD
(B) 
BC CD
(C) AB  AD  BC
(D) None of these

31. Two right triangles ABC and DBC are drawn on the same hypotenuse BC on the same side of BC. If AC and
DB intersects at P, then
AP BP
(A) 
PC DP
(B) AP  DP  PC  BP
(C) AP  PC  BP  DP
(D) AP  BP  PC  PD
32. In figure, ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. AD and CE are the two medians drawn from A and C
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respectively. If AC = 5 cm and AD = cm, find the length of CE:
2
(A) 2 5 cm
(B) 2.5 cm
(C) 5 cm
(D) 4 2 cm
33. In a  ABC, AB = 10 cm, BC = 12 cm and AC = 14 cm. Find the length of median AD. If G is the centroid,
find length of GA :
5 5 10 8 8
(A) 7, 7 (B) 5 7 ,4 7 (C) , 7 (D) 4 7 , 7
3 9 3 3 3
34. The three sides of a triangles are given. Which one of the following is not a right triangle ?
(A) 20, 21, 29 (B) 16, 63, 65
(C) 56, 90, 106 (D) 36, 35, 74
35. In triangles ABC and DEF, ∠B=∠E, ∠F=∠C and AB=3DE. Then , the two triangles are
(a)Congruent but not similar (b)Similar but not congruent
(c)Neither congruent nor similar (d)Congruent as well as similar
36.  ABC, is a right triangle, right angled at A, AB2 + AC2 = 2500 cm2 and median AD = 25 cm, find BC.
(A) 25 cm (B) 40 cm (C) 50 cm (D) 48 cm
37. In the given figure, AB = BC and  ABC = 1500. AB = 10 cm. Find the area of  ABC.
(A) 50 cm2
(B) 40 cm2
(C) 25 cm2
(D) 32 cm2
DE 2
38. In the given figure, if  and if AE = 10 cm. Find AB
BC 3
(A) 16 cm
(B) 12 cm
(C) 15 cm
(D) 18 cm

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39. In the figure AD = 12 cm. AB = 20 cm and AE = 10 cm. Find EC.
(A) 14 cm
(B) 10 cm
(C) 8 cm
(D) 15 cm

40. In the given fig, BC = AC = AD,  EAD = 810. Find the value of x.
(A) 450
(B) 540
(C) 630
(D) 360

41. What is the ratio of inradius to the circumradius of a right angled triangle?
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 5 (D) Can’t be determined

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ANSWER
7 8 KEY
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. B B B B C D B B B C D B C B C
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. C A C A D B D C C A C C A A B
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Ans. C A D D C C C C A B D