UNIT -10

CIRCLES
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. If angle between two radii of a circle is 130º, the angle between the tangents at the
ends of the radii is :
(A) 90° (B) 50° (C) 70° (D) 40°

2. In Fig., the pair of tangents AP and AQ drawn from an external point A to a circle with
centre O are perpendicular to each other and length of each tangent is 5 cm. Then the
radius of the circle is
(A) 10 cm (B) 7.5 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 2.5 cm

3. In Fig., PQ is a chord of a circle and PT is the tangent at P such that ∠QPT = 60°. Then
∠PRQ is equal to
(A) 135° (B) 150° (C) 120° (D) 110°

4. If radii of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm, then the length of each chord of
one circle which is tangent to the other circle is

(A) 3 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 9 cm (D) 1 cm

5. In Fig., if ∠AOB = 125°, then ∠COD is equal to

(A) 62.5° (B) 45° (C) 35° (D) 55°

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6. In Fig., AB is a chord of the circle and AOC is its diameter such that ∠ACB = 50°. If AT
is the tangent to the circle at the point A, then ∠BAT is equal to
(A) 65° (B) 60° (C) 50° (D) 40°

7. At one end A of a diameter AB of a circle of radius 5 cm, tangent XAY is drawn to the
circle. The length of the chord CD parallel to XY and at a distance 8 cm from A is
(A) 4 cm (B) 5 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 8 cm

8. In Fig., AT is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that OT = 4 cm and ∠OTA =
30°. Then AT is equal to
(A) 4 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 2√3 cm (D) 4√3cm

9. If two tangents inclined at an angle 60° are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then
length of each tangent is equal to
3
(A) 2 √3 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 3√3 cm

10. In Fig. if PQR is the tangent to a circle at Q whose centre is O, AB is a chord

parallel to PR and ∠BQR = 70°, then ∠AQB is equal to

(A) 20° (B) 40° (C) 35° (D) 45°

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11. From a point P which is at a distance of 13 cm from the centre O of a circle
of radius 5 cm, the pair of tangents PQ and PR to the circle are drawn. Then
the area of the quadrilateral PQOR is
(A) 60 cm2 (B) 65 cm2
(C) 30 cm2 (D) 32.5 cm2

12. In Fig. if PA and PB are tangents to the circle

with centre O such that ∠APB = 50°, then ∠OAB is equal to
(A) 25° (B) 30°
(C) 40° (D) 50

ASSERTION AND REASON QUESTIONS

DIRECTIONS: CHOOSE ANY OF THE FOUR OPTIONS:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

13. Assertion (A): The length of tangent drawn from a point at a distance of 13 cm
from the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm is 10 cm.
Reason (R): A tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of
contact.

14. Assertion (A): In Fig. PQ and PR are tangents drawn from an external point P to a
circle with centre O. If QPR = 80°, then QOR = 100°
Reason (R): The angle between two tangents drawn from an external point to a
circle is supplementary to the angle subtended by the line segments
joining the point of contact to the centre.

15. Assertion (A): If in a circle, the radius of the circle is 3 cm and distance of a point
from the centre of a circle is 5 cm, then length of the tangent will
be 4 cm.
Reason (R): hypotenuse)2 = (base)2 + (height)2

16. Assertion (A): The length of the tangent drawn from a point 8cm away from the
centre of circle of radius 6cm is 2√7 cm.
Reason (R): If the angle between two radii of a circle is 130° , then the angle
between the tangents at the end points of radii at their point of
intersection is 50° .

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SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
17. If d1 , d2 (d2 > d1 ) be the diameters of two concentric circles and c be the length of a
chord of a circle which is tangent to the other circle, prove that d22 = c2 + d12 .

18. If a, b, c are the sides of a right triangle where c is the hypotenuse, prove that the
𝑎+𝑏−𝑐
radius r of the circle which touches the sides of the triangle is given by r = .
2

19. Out of the two concentric circles, the radius of the outer circle is 5 cm and the chord
AC of length 8 cm is a tangent to the inner circle. Find the radius of the inner circle.

20. Two tangents PQ and PR are drawn from an external point to a circle with centre O.
Prove that QORP is a cyclic quadrilateral.

21. If from an external point B of a circle with centre O, two tangents BC and BD are
drawn such that ∠DBC = 120°, prove that BC + BD = BO, i.e., BO = 2BC.

22. If a hexagon ABCDEF circumscribe a circle, prove that AB + CD + EF = BC + DE + FA.

23. In Fig., Common tangents AB and CD to two circles intersect at E. Prove

that AB = CD.

24. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a chord of a circle make equal angles
with the chord.

25. In Fig. 9.10, PQL and PRM are tangents to the circle with centre O at the points Q and
R, respectively and S is a point on the circle such that ∠SQL = 50° and ∠SRM = 60°.
Then find the value of ∠QSR .

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26. If a circle touches the side BC of a
triangle ABC at P and extended sides AB
and AC at Q and R, respectively, prove
1
that AQ = 2 (BC + CA + AB)

27. Let s denote the semi-perimeter of a triangle ABC in which BC = a, CA = b, AB = c. If

a circle touches the sides BC, CA, AB at D, E, F, respectively, prove that BD = s – b

28. From an external point P, two tangents, PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O.
At one point E on the circle tangent is drawn which intersects PA and PB at C and D,
respectively. If PA = 10 cm, find the perimeter of the triangle PCD.

29. If AB is a chord of a circle with centre O, AOC is a diameter and AT is the tangent at
A as shown in Fig. . Prove that ∠BAT = ∠ACB

30. Two circles with centres O and O' of radii 3 cm and 4 cm, respectively intersect at two
points P and Q such that OP and O'P are tangents to the two circles. Find the length of
the common chord PQ.

31. In a right triangle ABC in which ∠B = 90°, a circle is drawn with AB as diameter
intersecting the hypotenuse AC and P. Prove that the tangent to the circle at P bisects
BC.

32. In Fig., tangents PQ and PR are drawn to a circle such that ∠RPQ = 30°. A chord
RS is drawn parallel to the tangent PQ. Find the ∠RQS.

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33. In the given figure, O is the centre of circle. Find ∠AQB,
given that PA and PB are tangents to the circleand
∠APB= 75°

34. In Fig., O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm, T is a point such that OT = 13
cm and OT intersects the circle at E. If AB is the tangent to the circle at E, find the
length of AB.

35. The tangent at a point C of a circle and a diameter AB when extended intersect at P. If
∠PCA=110º , find ∠CBA

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

36. A playground is in the shape of a triangle with right angle at B, AB = 3 m and BC = 4m.
A pit was dig inside it such that it touches the walls AC, BC and AB at P, Q and R,
respectively such that AP = 𝑥 m.

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 Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) The value of AR =

(ii) The value of BQ=
(iii) The value of CQ=
(iv) Radius of the pit is

37. A student draws two circles that touch each other

externally at point K with centres A and B and radii
6 cm and 4cm respectively as shown in the figure
Based on the above information, answer the
following questions.
(i) The value of PA =
(ii) The value of BQ=
(iii) The value of PK =
(iv) The value of QY =

38. ABCD is a playground. Inside the playground a circular track is present such that it
touches AB atpoint P, BC at Q, CD at R and DA at S.

(i) If DR = 5 m, then DS is equal to:

(ii) The length of AS is:
(iii) The length of PB is:
(iv) What is the diameter of given circle?

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39. In given figure, a circle with centre O is inscribed in a ΔABC,
such that it touches thesides AB, BC and CA at points D, E
and F respectively. The lengths of sidesAB, BC and CA are 12
cm, 8 cm and 10 cm respectively.

i) Find the length of AD

ii) Find the Length of BE
iii) If radius of the circle is 4cm, Find the area of Δ OAB:
iv) Find area of ΔABC

40. Three girls Reshma, Salma, and Mandeep are playing a game by standing on a circle.
Reshma throws a ball to Salma, Salma to Mandeep, Mandeep to Reshma. If the
distance between Reshma and Mandeep is 6 m, and between Reshma and Salma is 8
m. Mandeep and Salma are standing at ends of diameter and if O is the centre of the
circle, then,
(i) Length of the longest chord of the circle
(ii) The radius of the circle is.
(iii) Measure of ∠MRS is.
(iv) What is the distance between Reshma and Mandeep?

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ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. A 16. B
19. 3 cm 25. 700 28. 20 cm 30. 4.8 cm 32. 300
33. 10 34. 20 35. 700
52 𝑐𝑚
2 3
36. i) 2 cm ii) 1 cm iii) 3 cm iv) 1 cm

37. i) 10 cm ii) 5 cm iii) 16 cm iv) 1 cm

38. i) 5 cm ii) 18 cm iii) 11 cm iv) 22 cm

39. i) 7 cm ii) 5 cm iii) 24 cm2 iv) 60 cm2

i) 10 m ii) 5m iii) 900 iv) 6m

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