K.L.

E Society’s School
II Block Rajajinagar, Bengaluru-10

Past CBSE Examination Questions

1. If the area and circumference of a circle are numerically equal, then find the radius of the circle.
2. Find the area of the quadrant of a circle of circumference 22 cm.
3. A chord of a circle of radius 7 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. What is the area of the
minor sector?
4. Find the area of a sector of a circle of radius 6 cm whose central angle is 30 o.(Use 𝜋 = 3.14)
5. Find the perimeter of the sector of a circle with radius of circle as 10.5 cm and central angle is 60o.
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(Use 𝜋 = )
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6. If the perimeter and area of a circle are numerically equal, then find the diameter of the circle.
7. The diameter of a semicircular protractor is 14 cm. Find its perimeter.

2 Marks Questions:
1. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in 5
minutes.
2. If the perimeter of a semi circular protractor is 36 cm, find the diameter of the protractor.
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(Use 𝜋 = )
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3. In fig, a circular track is in the form of a ring whose inner circumference is 88 cm and outer
circumference is 132 cm. Find its width.

3 Marks Questions:
1. In fig, find the area of shaded region where a circular arc of radius 6 cm has been drawn with
vertex O of an equilateral ∆OAB of side 12 cm as centre.
O

A B

2. In the given figure, two concentric circles with centre O have radii 21 cm and 42 cm. If
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∠AOB = 60°, find the area of the shaded region. (Use 𝜋 = )
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O
B 60° D
D
A C

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3. The area of a circular playground is 22176 cm2. Find the cost of fencing this ground at the rate of
Rs 50 per meter.
4. A wheel has diameter 84 cm. Find how many complete revolutions must it take to cover 396 m ?
5. A chord PQ of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Find the
area of the minor segment. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14)
6. Find the area of the minor segment of a circle of radius 42 cm, if the length of corresponding arc
is 44 cm.
7. A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 21 cm sweeping
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through an angle 120 o.Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades. (Use 𝜋 = )
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8. A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm subtends an angle of 60o at the centre. Find the area of the
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corresponding minor segment of the circle. (Use 𝜋 = and √3 =1.73)
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4 Marks Questions:

1. Four equal circles are described at the four corners of a square so that each touches two of the
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others. The shaded region enclosed between the circles is cm2 . Find the radius of each circle.
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2. In fig, AC = 24 cm, BC = 10 cm and O is the centre of the circle. Find the area of the shaded
region. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14) A

B C
3. In fig, AC = 12 cm, AB = 13 cm and O is the centre of the circle. Find the area of the shaded
region. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14) A

B C

4. In fig, find the area of the shaded region, enclosed between two concentric circles of radii 7 cm
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and 14 cm where ∠AOC = 40°.(Use 𝜋 = )
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O
B 40° D
D
A C

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5. In fig, ACPB is quadrant of a circle of radius 14 cm. With BC as diameter, a semicircle is drawn.
Find the area of the shaded region.

B P
P

[[

A C
6. In fig, a semicircle is drawn with O as centre and AB as diameter. Semicircles are drawn with AO
and OB as diameters. If AB = 28 cm, find the perimeter of the shaded region.

A O B
11. In the given figure, ABCD is a rectangle of dimension 21 cm × 14 cm. A semicircle is drawn with
BC as diameter. Find the area and the perimeter of the shaded region in the figure.

A 21 cm B

14 cm

D C

13. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle with AC = 24 cm, AB = 7 cm and ∠ BOD = 90°.
Find the area of ∆ ABC region and also area of the 2 quadrants.

O
C 14 cm B
14 cm

D
14 cm

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