CLASS TEST(MATHEMATICS)

Class: X Topic:TRIANGLE
1. The foot of a ladder is 6 m away from a wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the ground. If the
ladder is shifted in such a way that its foot is 8 m away from the wall, to what height does its tip reach?
2. In an equilateral ∆ABC, AD ⊥ BC prove that AD2 = 3BD2.
3. In right-angled triangle ABC is which ∠C = 90°, if D is the mid-point of BC, prove that AB2 = 4 AD2 −
3AC2.
4. In ∆ABC, ∠A is obtuse, PB ⊥ AC and QC ⊥ AB. Prove that:

(i) AB ✕ AQ = AC ✕ AP
(ii) BC2 = (AC ✕ CP + AB ✕ BQ)
5. In the given figure,

AB || DC prove that (i) ∆DMU ∼ ∆BMV (ii) DM × BV = BM ✕ DU

CLASS TEST(MATHEMATICS)
Class: X Topic:TRIANGLE
1. The foot of a ladder is 6 m away from a wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the ground. If the
ladder is shifted in such a way that its foot is 8 m away from the wall, to what height does its tip reach?
2. In an equilateral ∆ABC, AD ⊥ BC prove that AD2 = 3BD2.
3. In right-angled triangle ABC is which ∠C = 90°, if D is the mid-point of BC, prove that AB2 = 4 AD2 −
3AC2.
4. In ∆ABC, ∠A is obtuse, PB ⊥ AC and QC ⊥ AB. Prove that:

(i) AB ✕ AQ = AC ✕ AP
(ii) BC2 = (AC ✕ CP + AB ✕ BQ)
5. In the given figure,

AB || DC prove that (i) ∆DMU ∼ ∆BMV (ii) DM × BV = BM ✕ DU

6. Prove that in an equilateral triangle, three times the square of a side is equal to four times the square of
its altitudes.
ar  ACB  BO
7. The diagonals of quadrilateral ABCD intersect at O. Prove that 
ar  ACD  DO
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8. A point D is on the side BC of an equilateral triangle ABC such that DC= 4 BC. Prove that AD2 = 13
CD2.
9. ABCD is a parallelogram and APQ is a straight line meeting BC at P and DC produced at Q. Prove that
the rectangle obtained by BP and DQ is equal to the rectangle contained by AB and BC.
10. Prove that :If two triangles are similar, then the ratio of the area of both triangles is proportional to the
square of the ratio of their corresponding sides and altitudes.
11. Prove that :If two sides in one triangle are proportional to two sides in another triangle and the included
angle in both are congruent, then the two triangles are similar.

6. Prove that in an equilateral triangle, three times the square of a side is equal to four times the square of
its altitudes.
ar  ACB  BO
7. The diagonals of quadrilateral ABCD intersect at O. Prove that 
ar  ACD  DO
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8. A point D is on the side BC of an equilateral triangle ABC such that DC= 4 BC. Prove that AD2 = 13
CD2.
9. ABCD is a parallelogram and APQ is a straight line meeting BC at P and DC produced at Q. Prove that
the rectangle obtained by BP and DQ is equal to the rectangle contained by AB and BC.
10. Prove that :If two triangles are similar, then the ratio of the area of both triangles is proportional to the
square of the ratio of their corresponding sides and altitudes.
11. Prove that :If two sides in one triangle are proportional to two sides in another triangle and the included
angle in both are congruent, then the two triangles are similar.