Maths Assignment

By- Dhiren Mathur (10249)

MCQ ( 25 Qns.)

1. The length of the tangent from a point A at a circle, of radius 3 cm, is 4 cm. The distance of A from the
centre of the circle is
(a) 14 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 5 cm (d) 25 cm

2. PQ is a tangent drawn from a point P to a circle with centre O and QOR is a diameter of the circle such
that ∠POR = 120° , then ∠OPQ is
(a) 60° (b)45° (c) 90° (d) 30°

3. In the adjacent figure, if AB = 12 cm , BC = 8 cm and AC = 10 cm, then AD =

(a) 5 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 7 cm

4. In the adjacent figure, if tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle such that ∠APB = 30° and the chord

AC is drawn parallel to the tangent PB, then ∠ABC =

(a)60° (b)30° (c)90° (d)45°

5. If PT is a tangent drawn from a point P to a circle touching it at T and O is the centre of the circle, then
∠OPT + ∠POT =
(a)90° (b)60° (c)30° (d)None of these

6. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1 : √3. The angle of elevation of the sum is
(a)30° (b)45° (c)60° (d)90°

7. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point h metre above a lake is  the angle of depression of its
reflection in the lake is 45°. The height of the cloud is
(a) h tan ( 45°+ bh cot ( 45° -  (c) h tan ( 45° -  ) (d) h cot ( 45° + 

8. A tower subtends a angle of 30° on a point on the same level as its foot. At a second point h meters
above the first, the depression of the foot of the tower is 60°. The height of the tower is
ℎ ℎ ℎ
(a) m (b)√3ℎ m (c) m (d) m
2 3 √3

9. If the point of elevation of a cloud 200m above a lake is 30° and the angle of depression of its reflection
in the lake is 60°, then the height of the cloud above the lake is,
(a)200m (b) 400m (c) 300m (d) 25√3 m

10. The tops of two poles of height 16m and 10m are connected by a rope of length l m if the rope makes an
angle of 30° with the horizontal then, l =
(a)26m (b) 16m (c)12m (d) 10m

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11. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain test question is . If the probability of not
12
2
guessing the corrent answer to this question is , then x =
3
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4

12. A number is selected at random from the numbers 3,5,5,7,7,7,9,9,9,9. The probability that the selected
number is their average is
1 7 9 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 10 10 10

13. A card is picked from a pack of playing cards. The probability of it being an Ace is
1 1 1 12
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 13 52 13

14. Aarushi sold 100 lottery tickets in wich five tickets get prixes. If Priya purchases a ticket, what is her
probability?
19 1 1 17
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 25 20 20
15. Two numbers a & b are selected successively without replacement in that order from the integers 1 to
𝑎
10. The probality that 𝑏 is an integer is
17 1 17 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
45 5 90 45

16. The difference between the circumference and radius of a circle is 37cm. The area of the circle is
(a)111𝑐𝑚2 (b) 148𝑐𝑚2 (c) 154𝑐𝑚2 (d) 259𝑐𝑚2

17. A wire can be bent in the form of a circle of radius 56 cm. If it is bent in the form of a square, its area
would be
(a) 3250𝑐𝑚2 (b )6400𝑐𝑚2 (c) 7744𝑐𝑚2 (d) 8800𝑐𝑚2

18. The area of incircle of an equilateral triangle is 154𝑐𝑚2 . The perimeter of the triangle is
(a) 71.5cm (b) 71.7cm (c)72.3cm (d) 72.7cm

19. If the radius of a circle is diminished by 10%, the area is diminished by

(a) 10% (b) 19% (c) 20% (d)36%

20. The area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed into a semi-circle of radius r is
(a)2r (b) 𝑟 2 (c) r (d)√𝑟

21. If three metallic spheres of radii 6cm, 8cm and 10cm are melted to form a single sphere, The diameter of
the sphere is
(a) 12cm (b) 24cm (c) 30cm (d) 36cm

22. The curved surface area of a cylinder is 264𝑚2 , and its volume in 924𝑚3 . The ratio of its diameter to its
height is
(a) 3 : 7 (b) 7 : 3 (c) 6 : 7 (d) 7 : 6

23. The ratio of lateral surface area to the total surface area of a cylinder with base diameter 1.6m and height
20cm is
(a) 1 :7 (b) 1 : 5 (c) 7 : 1 (d) 5 : 1

24. 12 spheres of the same size are made by melting a solid cylinder of 16cm diameter and 2cm height. The
diameter of each sphere is
(a) √3 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 4 cm

25. The radii of the circular ends of a frustum are 6 cm and 14 cm. If its slant height is 10cm, then its
vertical height is
(a) 6 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 7 cm