CIRCLES

1. In a circle, there are two parallel chords on the same side of a diameter have length 96
and 72 cm. If the distance between these two chords is 12 cm, find the radius of the
circle (in cm.)

a. 50 b. 60 c. 65 d. 64

2. In a circle, two parallel chords on the same side of a diameter have length 4 cm and 6
cm. If the distance between these chords is 1 cm, then the radius of the circle (in cm) is:
(CAT 18)

a. √11 b. √14 c. √12 d. √13

3. A chord of length 5 cm subtends an angle of 60 degrees at the centre of a circle. The

length, in cm, of a chord that subtends an angle of 120 degrees at the centre of the same
circle is: (CAT 18)

a. 10 b. 8 c. 62 d. 53

4. Two-unit circles intersect each other such that convex quadrilateral formed by their
centres and two points of intersection is a square. Find common area between these two
intersecting circle. (CAT)
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
a. – 0.5 b. –1 c. 1 – d. 2 –
4 2 4 2

5. Two unit circles intersect each other such that each passes through the other’s
centre. Find the common area. (CAT)

𝜋 √3 2𝜋 √3 2𝜋 √3
a. − b. − c. − d. none of these
3 2 3 4 3 2
6. Let ABC be right angled isosceles triangle with hypotenuse BC. Let BQC be a semi-
circle, away from A, with diameter BC. Let BPC be an arc of a circle centred at A and
lying between BC and BQC. If AB has length 6 cm, then the area (in square cm) of the
region enclosed by the BPC and BQC is: (CAT 17)

a. 9𝜋 – 18 b. 18 c. 9𝜋 d. 9

7. From a rectangle ABCD of area 768 sq. cm, a semi-circular part with diameter AB and
area 72𝜋 sq. cm is removed. The perimeter of the leftover portion, in cm, is: (CAT 18)

a. 88 + 12𝜋 b. 86 + 8𝜋

c. 80 + 16𝜋 d. 82 + 24𝜋

Q: 8

9. In a circle of radius 11 cm, CD is a diameter and AB is a chord of length 20.5 cm. If

AB and CD intersect at point E inside the circle and CE has length 7 cm, then find the
difference of lengths of BE and AE (in cm). (CAT 19)

a. 1.5 b. 0.5 c. 2.5 d. 3.5

10. AB is a diameter of a circle of radius 5 cm. Let P and Q be two points on the circle so
that the length of PB is 6 cm, and the length of AP is twice that of AQ. Then the length of
QB is nearest to: (CAT 19)

a. 9.1 cm b. 8.5 cm c. 9.3 cm d. 7.8 cm

11. AB is a chord of a circle. The length of AB is 24 cm. P is the midpoint of AB.
Perpendiculars from P on either side of the chord meets the circle at M and N
respectively. If, PM < PN and PM = 8 cm. then what will be the length of PN? (XAT 17)

a. 17 cm b. 18 cm c. 19 cm d. 20 cm

12. Two chords AB and CD in a circle intersect at right angles at a point O, not being the
centre. If AO = 77 cm, OB = 27 cm, CO= 99 cm and OD= 21 cm, find the radius of circle?

a. 65 b. 55 c. 75 d. 58

13. Two chords, AB and CD are perpendicular to each other. If their point of
intersection, E is in interior of the circle and AE = 2, BE = 6, CE = 3, find the diameter of
the circle.

a. 10 b. 9 c. √72 d. √65

14. The radius of a circle with centre O is √50 cm. A and C are two points on the circle,
and B is a point inside the circle. The length of AB is 6 cm, and the length of BC is 2 cm.
The angle ABC is a right angle. Find the square of the distance OB. (XAT 13)

a. 26 b. 25 c. 24 d. 23

15. Three footballers – Messi, Ronaldo and Suarez – stand at three points, that lie on a
circle with radius 25 metres. Messi passes the ball directly to Ronaldo and the ball
travels 30 metres. Ronaldo passes the ball directly to Suarez and the ball covers 30 m
again. If Suarez passes the ball to Messi, what is the distance the ball will travel?
Assume the area enclosed by the path of the ball encloses the centre of the circle.

a. 30 m b. 45 m c. 48 m d. 50 m
Question on Angles:

16. PQRST is a pentagon inscribed in a circle. If angle PQR = 110 degrees, angle PTS =
100 degrees, find angle RPS.

a. 30 b. 60 c. 120 d. None

17. ABCD is a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle with centre O. If ∠COD = 120 degrees
and ∠BAC is 30 degrees, then find the measure of ∠BCD (in degrees). (CAT 17)

a. 90 b. 120 c. 80 d. 150

18. In the figure given below, AF, BF, BE and CE are straight lines. If the points A, B, C
and D are concyclic, what is the value of FDC – BEC (in degrees) if BFA is given as
32 degrees?

a. 26 b. 32 c. 30 d. 36

Measure of ARC

19. A, B, C and D are four points on a circle in that order.

AC and BD intersect inside the circle at E, whereas AB and
CD intersect outside the circle at F. If angle ABD = 40
degrees, Angle AED = 50 degrees, find angle AFD.
a. 30 b. 45 c. 20 d. 25
20. A circle is divided in 12 equal segments namely, A, B,
C, D,…………., K, L. The chords AF and DG intersect inside
the circle at point P, find the measure of APD (in degrees).
a. 30 b. 60 c. 75 d. 90

TANGENT SECANT:

21. A pentagon ABCDE is inscribed in a circle. From a point P outside the circle, two
tangents, which touch the circle at B and C respectively, are drawn. If angle BCA is 36
degrees and angle AEC = 78 degrees, then find angle BPC (in degrees).

a. 96 b. 78 c. 102 d. 84

22. PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. The tangents at P and R meet externally at point Y. If
angle PQR is 100 degrees, then angle PYR (in degrees) is equal to

a. 20 b. 40 c. 60 d. 80

23. In the figure below, PC is a tangent to the circle from

the point P and B is a point on the circle such that PB =
CB. Find DCP (in degrees), if DPC = 20°.

a. 120 b. 140 c. 160 d. 100

24. If ΔPAB is formed by three tangents to a circle having centre O and ∠APB = 40º, find
∠AOB (in degrees).

a. 75 b. 70 c. 80 d. 60

Two CIRCLEs, Common Tangent

25. The length of a direct common tangent of two circles, whose radii are in the ratio 1 :
2, is 6√5 cm. If the length of the transverse common tangent of the two circles is 2√13
cm, what is the distance between their centres?

a. 12 b. 14 c. 16 d. 10

26. Two circles with centres A and B, touch each other externally at R. PQ is a direct
common tangent to the two circles. The common tangent at R intersects PQ at S. If AB =
25, PQ = 24, find AS. (Circle with A as the centre is larger of the two circles).

a. 12 b. 16 c. 20 d. 15

27. Two circles, each of radius 4 cm, touch externally. Each of these two circles is
touched externally by a third circle. If these three circles have a common tangent, then
the radius of the third circle, in cm, is: (CAT 19)

a. √2 b. 𝜋 : 3 c. 1 : √2 d. 1
28. Two circles touch each other at point Q. Two common tangents to the circles meet at
point F, none of which passes through Q. These tangents touch larger circle at D and E.
If radius of the larger circle if 3 units, DF = 4 units, find the radius of the smaller circle.

a. 1 b. 0.5 c. 0.75 d. 0.8

Two Intersecting circles and common chord

29. P and Q are the centres of two circles intersecting at R and S. If PR = 26 cm, QR = 30
cm and PQ = 28 cm, find the length (in cm) of the common chord of the two circles.

a. 52 b. 56 c. 48 d. 60

30. Two circles having radii 16 and 30 units intersect orthogonally. If the distance
between their centres is 34 units, find the length of the common chord.

a. 26.4 b. 28.2 c. 14.4 d. 29.6

31. Two circles of equal radii intersect each other. If their centres are 32 cm apart and
the length of the common chord is 16 cm, find their radius.

a. 8√5 b. 10√5 c. 6√5 d. 10

32. If the length of the common chord of the two intersecting circles is 30 units, find the
distance between their centres if radii of those two circles are 25 and 17 units.

TITA______________

MIXED BAG:

33. Consider a square ABCD of side 60 cm. It contains arcs BD and AC drawn with
centres at A and D respectively. A circle is drawn such that it is tangent to side AB, and
the arcs BD and AC. What is the radius of the circle? (XAT 2011)

a. 9 cm b. 10 cm c. 12 cm d. 15 cm
34. In the figure given below, area of cyclic quadrilateral AEDC is 28 square units. Ratio
of BD, DC and DE is 1 : 2 : 3. Find the area of triangle ABC (in square units) if ∠A = ∠C =
65° .

B C
D

a. 42 b. 31.5 c. 35 d. 33.75

35. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle with centre O and radius 6 units. From a point
T, two tangents are drawn, touching the circle at A and C respectively. If angle ACT is 45
degrees, find the area of the triangle ACT (in square units)?

a. 6 b. 3 c. 9 d. None of these

36. In a circle with centre O, two tangents PA and PB are drawn from the external point
P touching the circle at points A and B respectively. If the radius of the circle is 8 units
and the measure of the angle APO is 30 degrees, then find the area of the triangle AOB.

8 3 b. 12 3 c. 16 3 d. 20 3

37. An isosceles trapezium is circumscribed about a circle. One of the parallel sides is
thrice the other. Find the area of the trapezium if its perimeter is 8 units.

a. 2 3 b. 3 3 c. 4 3 d. 6 3

38. A circle is inscribed inside an isosceles trapezium with lengths of the parallel sides
as 75 and 108 units, find the diameter of the circle.

a. 120 b. 90 c. 80 d. 102

39. ABCD is a cyclic isosceles trapezium where AD and BC are the two parallel sides and
the lengths of the sides AB, AD and BC are in the ratio 4 : 4 : 5. What is the ratio AD :
AC?

a. 2 : 5 b. 2 : 3 c. 4 : 5 d. 4 : 7
40. A trapezium is inscribed in a semicircle of diameter 28 cm such that the diameter of
the semicircle is one of the sides of the trapezium. If one of the sides of trapezium is 14
cm long, then the area enclosed by the trapezium is

a. 147 3 b. 49 3 c. 98 3 d. 343 3

41. Let ABCD be a rectangle inscribed in a circle of radius 13 cm. Which one of the
following pairs can represent, in cm, the possible length and breadth of ABCD? (CAT 18)

a. 24, 12 b. 24, 10 c. 25, 9 d. 25, 10

42. The radius of the incircle of a triangle is 4 cm and the segments into which one side
is divided by the point of contact are 6 cm and 8 cm. Determine the other two sides of
the triangle.

a. 11, 12 b. 11, 15 c. 13, 15 d. 11, 13

43. An equilateral triangle and a right-angled triangle, having the same base are
inscribed in a circle. What is the ratio of the areas of the equilateral triangle and the
right-angled triangle?

a. 3 : 2 b. 3 : 4 c. 2 : 1 d. 5 : 4

44. A trapezium ABCD is inscribed in a circle with centre O. AB is parallel to CD (AB and
CD being on opposite sides of the centre and CD > AB) and the tangent at the point C
intersects the line AB produced at E. If BE = 2units, CE = 4 units and triangle BCE is
isosceles, then what is the area of the trapezium ABCD in sq. units?

32 b. 24 c. 7 15 d. 8 15

45. On a triangle ABC, a circle with diameter BC is drawn, intersecting AB and AC at

points P and Q, respectively. If the lengths of AB, AC, and CP are 30 cm, 25 cm, and 20
cm respectively, then the length of BQ, in cm, is (CAT 18)

Type answer here ________________

46. Consider a triangle PQR. A circle is drawn with QR as the diameter. The circle
intersects PQ at S and PR at T. RS bisects angle PRQ and QT bisects angle PQR. Find
(QT + RS) if QR = 10 cm

a. 5√3 b. 10√3 c. 8√3 d. 6√3

47. PQRS is a parallelogram such that all the four vertices lie on the circumference of a
circle with radius 10 cm and centre O. Also angle OPQ is 30 degrees, what is the length
of the inradius of triangle PQR?

a. 10(√3 – 1) b. 5(√3 – 1) c. 10(√3 + 1) d. 5(√3 + 1)

48. BC is a diameter of circle. Chord AD is perpendicular to BC. If DAB = 30 degrees
and AD is 12 cm, find the distance of the chord AB from the centre.

Write your answer here:________________

49. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle of radius 6 cm such that side BC is the diameter
of the circle. If AB = 6 cm, what is the radius of the incircle of triangle ABC (in cm)?

a. 6(√3 − 1) b. 3(√3 + 1) c. 3(√3 − 1) d. 3

50. The sides of a cyclic quadrilateral, taken in an order are 15, 21, 18 and 20 units. If
one of the diagonals is 23 units, then find the other diagonal.

Write your answer here:________________

51. PQ is the diameter of the circle. R is a point on the circle. RS is an altitude of triangle
PQR. RS = 24 units and PR = 30 units and RQ = 40 units. Find the area of the circle.

a. 676𝜋 b. 625𝜋 c. 312.5𝜋 d. 600𝜋

52. In the figure given below, ABC is a right-angled isosceles triangle with AQ = QP = PC.
The circle touches the triangle at points R and S. Find the radius of the circle if AC = 6√2
units?

a. 2 b. 2 c. 4 d. 22
ANSWER KEY

1. b 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A

8. c 9. B 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. A

15. c 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. A 20. B 21. A

22. a 23. B 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. C

29. c 30. B 31. A 32. 28 33. B 34. B 35. B

36. c 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. A 41. B 42. C

43. a 44. C 45. 24 46. B 47. B 48. 6 49. C

50. 30 51. B 52. B