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 Points inside the Triangle, Similarity of Triangles QA - 27
CEX-Q-0228/21

Number of questions : 30

Properties of four centres in a triangle 4. In the following figure, the equilateral triangle
ABC has an area of 900 3 m2 . Points P
1. If an equilateral triangle of side 6 cm is rotated and Q are the mid-points of AB and AC
(by 360°) about an axis perpendicular to its respectively. Find the area of the shaded
plane and passing through its centroid, then region.
what is the area of the figure that is formed?
A
(1) 36
(2) 12
(3) 3
(4) 9 P Q
(5) 15

2. CD is a median of ABC. BE and AF are

B C
drawn perpendicular to CD. Which of the
2
following is not necessarily true? (1) 64 3 m (2) 80 3 m2
(1)ACD = BCD (3) 75 3 m2 (4) 72 3 m2
(2) BE = AF
(3) Area of ADC = Area of BDC 5. ABC is a triangle in which AD and BE are
(4) DBE = DAF medians. G is the centroid of the triangle.
(5) None of these What is the ratio of the area of triangle BGD
to the quadrilateral DGEC?
3. Unequal side of an isosceles triangle is 2
cm long. The medians drawn to the equal 6. ABC is a triangle. AD is the median. A point
sides are perpendicular to each other. Find E on the median is such that it divides the
the area of the triangle. median in the ratio 1 : 4. The ratio of the length
(1) 3 cm2 GE to GD is 7 : 5.
(a) What is the ratio of the area of AEC to
(2) 10 cm2
area AEB?
(3) 2 3 cm2 (b) What is the ratio of the areas of AEC to
ADB?
(4) 2 2 cm2
7. ABC is a triangle with AB = 12, AC = 20 and
(5) 3 2 cm2 BC = 18. What are the lengths of the three
medians of the triangle?

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8. Find the ratio of the area of a square to the 13. In ABC, the internal bisector of A meets
area of the circumcircle of an equilateral BC at D. If AB = 4, AC = 3 and A = 60°, then
triangle that has sides of same length as that the length of AD is (CAT)
of the square. 12 3
(1) 2 3 (2)
(1) 3 :  (2) 3 :  7
(3) 4 :  (4) 2 :  15 3 6 3
(3) (4)
8 7
9. In a triangle PQR, PQ = 12 cm and QR

= 4 3 cm. If the measure of PRQ = 60°, 14. In a ABC, D is the mid point of the side BC
and P is a point on AB such that DP is the
then what is the ratio of the inradius to the angular bisector of the ADB. If AP : PB
circumradius of the triangle PQR? = 1 : 3 and AB:AC = 2 : 3, then find the ratio
AB : BC.
1 1
(1) 2:3 (2) 1: 2
(1)  3 2  (2)  3 1 3 :7 5
(3) 2 7 : 5 11 (4)
2 2 (5) 2 5 : 3 13
(3)
 3 1 (4)
 3 2  15. Consider equilateral triangle T inscribed in
circle C, what is ratio of the areas of T and C?
Consider Circle C inscribed in equilateral
10. In a triangle ABC, the lengths of the sides AB triangle T, what is ratio of the areas of T and
and AC are equal to 17.5 cm and 9 cm C?
respectively. Let D be a point on the line
(1) 3 3 : , 3 3 : 16
segment BC such that AD is perpendicular
to BC. If AD = 3 cm, then what is the radius (2) 3 3 : 4, 3 3 : 
(in cm) of the circle circumscribing the triangle
(3) 3 : , 3 3 : 4
ABC? (CAT)
(1) 17.05 (2) 27.85 (4) 3 : , 3 : 16
(3) 22.45 (4) 32.25
(5) 26.25 16. ABC is an isosceles right angled triangle
with B = 90°. Bisectors of external angles
11. ABC is a triangle with AB = 12, AC = 20 and ACY and CAX meet at ‘O’. If BC = x, then
BC = 18. BD and AE are the angular bisectors. find the perpendicular distance of ‘O’ from BY.
They meet at I. What is the ratio BI : ID? x
(1)
2
1 (2) 2  
2 1 x
12. In ABC, ‘O’ is the point of intersection of the
altitudes and I is the point of intersection of  2  1
the angle bisectors. If BOC = 130°, then (3)  2 1 x (4) 
 2 
x

find the measure of BIC.

(1) 125° (2) 120°  2  1
(5)  x
(3) 105° (4) 95°
 2 
(5) 115°

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17. C
p p q
90° 20 (1) (2) (3)
q pq p
15
P Q
q pq
(4) (5)
pq pq
A D B
In the above figure, ACB is a right-angled
triangle. CD is the altitude. Circles are
22. A
inscribed in ACD and BCD. P and Q are
the centres of the circles. The distance PQ
is (CAT) F
E
(1) 5 (2) 50
(3) 7 (4) 8
B C
18. In ABC, AB = 5 cm, BC = 7 cm and D
CA = 6 cm, such that its incircle touches the
In the given figure, BD : DC = 1 : 1 and AF :
sides AB, BC and CA at the points D, F and
E respectively. What is the length of BD? FC = 1 : 1. Through D, DE is drawn parallel
(1) 6 cm (2) 3.5 cm to CA meeting AB at E. How many of the
(3) 4 cm (4) 3 cm following statements are correct?
I. Quadrilateral AFDE is a rectangle.
19. ABC is an equilateral triangle and D is a point II. The areas of DEB and DFC are equal.
on the side BC. A perpendicular DE is drawn III. Perimeter of DEF = 1/4 × Perimeter of
from D on AC and another perpendicular EF
ABC
is drawn from E on BC. The length of the side
BC is 6 cm and the ratio of the lengths of BD 1
to BC is 1 : 3. Find the area (in square cm) of IV. Area of DEF   Area of ABC.
4
EFC.
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2
3 (4) 3 (5) 4
(1) 3 (2)
2
3 23. In the adjoining figure QPR = SQR. If QR
(3) (4) 2
4 = 12, QS = 7 and SR = 9, find the ratio of the
perimeter of PQR to that of SQR.
20. What is the distance between the orthocentre
and the circumcenter of a triangle who sides
P
measure 24 cm, 26 cm and 10 cm?
(1) 13 cm (2) 12 cm S
(3) 7.5 cm (4) 30 cm
9
7
21. In the adjoining figure, if RB, SC and TD are
perpendiculars to BD, then x/y is equal to Q 12 R
R

T 5 4 13
(1) (2) (3)
S 7 3 9
x
y
z 19 4
B D (4) (5)
p C q 14 7

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24. Consider the triangle ABC shown in the (1) 14 (2) 16
following figure where BC = 12 cm, DB (3) 19 (4) 17
= 9 cm, CD = 6 cm and BCD = BAC.
What is the ratio of the perimeter of ADC to 28. PQRS is a trapezium in which the length of
that of the BDC? (CAT) the parallel sides PQ and RS is in the ratio
A 2 : 3. If the diagonals intersect at O, then find
the ratio of area of POQ to ROS.
(1) 9 : 4 (2) 4 : 9
D (3) 3 : 2 (4) 2 : 3
(5) 5 : 36
9
6 29. In the figure (not drawn to scale) given below,
P is a point on AB such that AP : PB = 4 : 3.
B C PQ is parallel to AC and QD is parallel to CP.
12 In ARC, ARC = 90°, and in PQS, PSQ
7 8 = 90°. The length of QS is 6 cm. What is the
(1) (2) ratio of AP : PD? (CAT)
9 9
6 5 C
(3) (4)
9 9

25. In a rectangle PQRS, PQ = 8 cm and QR = R

Q
6 cm. If RT  SQ, then find the ratio of the S
areas of QRT and SRT.
(1) 16 : 9 (2) 25 : 9 (3) 9 : 16
A P D B
(4) 1 : 4 (5) None of these
(1) 10 : 3 (2) 2 : 1
26. In right angled triangle ABC right angled at (3) 7 : 3 (4) 8 : 3
B, AB = 1 unit, BC = 2 units. D is a point on
AC such that BD = AB and E is the foot of 30. Two circles are placed in an equilateral triangle
the perpendicular from D on BC. The area of as shown in the figure. What is the ratio of
triangle BDE as a fraction of the area of the area of the smaller circle to that of the
triangle ABC is equilateral triangle?
9 3
(1) (2)
25 5
6 7
(3) (4)
25 25

27. In the figure given below, B, C and D are

right angles, and AB = CB = 5, CD = 10,
ED = 3 units. Find the length of AE.
E
3
C
D
10
5 (1)  : 36 3 (2)  : 18 3
A B
5 (3)  : 27 3 (4)  : 42 3

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QA - 27 : Geometry - 2

A ; 1:1
1 2 2 1 3 1 4 3 5 1 : 2 6 7 - 8 2 9 2 10 5
B ; 1:5
11 3 : 2 12 5 13 2 14 5 15 2 16 5 17 2 18 4 19 2 20 1
21 1 22 3 23 2 24 1 25 3 26 3 27 4 28 2 29 3 30 3

1. 2 Hence, area of ADC = Area of BCD (option (3))

ACD will always not be equal to BCD since a
C
median needs not be a bisector of the vertical angle.
(option (1)).
A
O

3. 1 A
B

E F
AO = radius of the circle formed
G
 3  2
=  2  6   3  2 3
 
B 2 C
 Area  r 2  12.

As AB = AC, GB  GC  2 cm.
2. 1 C
1
GE  GF  cm [Since ‘G’ is the centroid of the
2
1
 ABC and GE  GB]
2
E 5
 EB  cm
2
A B
D  AB  AC  10 cm
F
A
D is the mid-point.
So in right-angled ADF and BDE,
AD = DB and  EBD =  DAF (Alternate angles)
 ADF  BDE (Vertically opposite angles)
 The two triangles are congruent. B1 D 1 C
 AF = BE (option (2))
DBE  DAF (option (4)) AD  height  10  1  3 cm
A median divides any triangle into two equal halves in
term of area. 1
 Area   3  2  3 cm2.
2

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4. 3 A 1
Area of POQ  (area of PBQ)
3

1
F  225 3  75 3 m2.
P Q 3

O 1
Because BO:OQ = 2 : 1  OQ  BQ. (O is the
3
E C centroid of the ABC which divides median BQ in the
B
ratio 2 : 1).
Here side of the equilateral triangle is 60 m. (Using
3 2 5. 1 : 2 Consider the triangle ABC with medians AD, BE and
area of equilateral triangle with side 'a '  a )
CF.
4
In the equilateral triangle, PQ||BC because P and Q are A
the mid points of sides AB and AC.
So, BC = 2PQ  PQ = 30 m
F G E
3
Now AE   60  30 3 m.
2
‘O’ is the centroid, So AO : OE = 2 : 1.
B D C
OE  10 3 m and AO  20 3m.
W e know that the three medians divide the triangle
1 into six smaller triangles that are all of the same area.
AF  AE  15 3m and FO  AO  AF  5 3m. Hence, it is clear that the ratio of the area of triangle
2
BGD to the area of quadrilateral DGEC = 1 : 2.
1
Therefore area of PQO  PQ  FO 6. A. 1 : 1
2
B. 1 : 5
1 In the figure triangle AEC and triangle AEB have the
  30  5 3  75 3 m2. same base and same height.
2
X A Y
Alternative method:
A
E

P Q D C
B
Consider the parallel lines BX, AD and CY. Since BD
O = CD, the height of triangle AEC and triangle AEB is
also the same because they lie between the same
parallel lines. Hence, the required ratio = 1 : 1.
B C Now AE : ED = 1: 4  AE : AD = 1 : 5. Consider AE
and AD as the base so heights of both the triangles is
1
Area of ABQ  (area of ABC) the same.
2 Hence, area of triangle AEC and ADB will be in the
1 ratio of their bases = 1 : 5.
  900 3  450 3 m2.
2
7. Apollonius’s theorem states that “the sum of the
(as BQ is a median of ABC). squares of any two sides of a triangle equals twice
1 the square on half the third side and twice the square
Area of BQP  (area of ABQ) on the median bisecting the third side”.
2
a2 1
1 b2  c 2   2m2a  ma  2(b2  c 2 )  a2 where
 450 3  225 3 m2. 2 2
2
ma is the length of the median from A to base BC.
(as QP is a median of AQB).

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 So the lengths of the three medians are,
abc ac
1 1 or R  
ma  2b2  2c 2  a2  2  202  2  122  182 1  2  AD
2 2 4    b  AD 
2 
1
 764  191 17.5  9
2    26.25 cm.
23
1 1
mb  2a2  2c 2  b2  2  182  2  122  202
2 2 11. 3 : 2
It is given that BD and AE are the angular bisectors
1 and they meet at I, which is the incentre of the triangle
 536  134
2 ABC.
We know that the incentre divides the angle bisectors
1 1 in the ratio (b + c) : a, (c + a) : b and (a + b) : c, where
mc  2a2  2b 2  c 2  2  182  2  202  122
2 2 a, b and c are the sides of the triangle.
Here we consider the angle bisector BD, which is
1 divided into BI and ID by the incentre I.
 1304  326.
2 The ratio in which it is divided = (12 + 18) : 20 = 3 : 2.

8. 2 Let length of the side of triangle = side of square = x 12. 5 A

Area of square = x2
2
 x 
Area of circumcircle of the equilateral      .
 3 O I

2
x
 Required ratio = 3: .
x 2 B C
3
 BOC = 180° –  BAC
BAC  50
9. 2 P
1
Hence, BIC  90  BAC = 115°.
2

12 cm
13. 2 A

60° 30° 30°

4 y 3
Q R
4 3 cm
B D C
Since the ratio of length of PQ to QR is 3 and the
measure of angle PRQ is 60 degrees, therefore PQR Let BC = x and AD = y.
is a right angled triangle right angled at Q.
BD AB 4
Let the inradius and the circumradius of the triangle be As per Bisector Theorem,  =
‘r’ and ‘R’ respectively. DC AC 3

1  4x 3x
  PQ  QR  Hence, BD = ; DC 
r 
  2   4 3 , 7 7
s 1
PQ  QR  PR  3  1 16x 2
2 (4)2  y 2 –
where ‘s’ is the semi-perimeter of the triangle. In ABD, cos30  49
r 1 2 4 y
PR
Also, R  4 3  
2 R 3 1
3 16x 2
 24y  16  y 2 –
10. 5 We can use the formula for the circum radius of a 2 49
triangle:
16x 2
R
abc  4 3y  16  y 2 – ... (i)
4  (Area of the triangle) 49

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 9x 2 In triangle QGM it is clear that
9  y2 –
Similarly, from ADC, cos30  49 r 3r
23 y h = r × sin 30°  h =  PM =
2 2
9x 2 r 3
 3 3y  9  y 2 – ... (ii) Also QM = r × cos 30°  QM =  QR  r 3
49 2
Now (i) × 9 – 16 × (ii), we get
1 3r 3 3r 2
2 2 12 3 Hence area of triangle PQR = r 3  
36 3y – 48 3y  9y – 16y y 2 2 4
7
Alternate solution: 3 3r 2
Required ratio of T : C = : r 2  3 3 : 4.
Area of ABC = Area of  ABD + Area of  ADC 4
1 1 In the second case where the circle is inscribed in
  4  3 sin60º   4  y the equilateral triangle, let the side of the triangle
2 2
1 3a2
sin30º   3  y  sin30º be a. Area of triangle = .
2 4
Radius of inscribed circle
12 3
 12 3  4y  3y  y  . area of triangle
7
=
semi  perimeter of triangle
14. 5 A
3a2
a
 4 
3a 2 3
P 2
2
 a  a 2
Area of circle =     
 (2 3)  12
B D C
 3a2   a2 
Since DP is the angular bisector of ADB, therefore Required ratio =  4  :  12   3 3 : .
   
AD AP 1 BD
   AD 
BD PB 3 3
16. 5 X
Also, in ABC, AB2 + AC2 = 2(AD2 + BD2)
O
L
9  BD2 
 AB  AB2  2  BD 2 
2

4  9 

A
13 20 5 AB 2 5
 AB2  BD2  BC2   .
4 9 9 BC 3 13 N

15. 2 In the first case where the equilateral triangle is B Y

x C M
inscribed in the circle, let the radius of the circle be r.
Area of circle = r 2 AC = 2x
P Drop perpendicular ON on AC.
ONC is congruent with OCM [OC common side,
 OCN =  OCM, OC bisector. ON = OM = exradii]
1 x
 NC = CM = 2x  
2  2
G
x  2  1
r  BM = x   x
h 2  2 
30°
Q M R

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 Now OMBL is a square since OM = OL = Ex-radii 19. 2 A
 2  1
 OM = BM =   x.
 2 
E
17. 2 30°
B
60°

20 B D F C
15 4
Q
P Given that BC = 6 cm and BD : BC = 1 : 3.
M
So, DC = 4 cm and ECF  60
A C
D In EFC, ECF  60,
x 25 – x
So, FEC  30
(15)2 – x 2  (20)2 – (25 – x)2 In DCE, EC = DC cos 60°= 2 cm
FC = EC cos 60° = 1 cm
x=9
 BD = 12 and EF = 22  12 or 3 cm

1 1 3
Area of ABD   12  9  54  Area of EFC =  3 1 = sq. cm.
2 2 2

1
s (15  12  9)  18 20. 1 The sides measure 24 cm, 26 cm and 10 cm form a
2 Pythagorean triplet.
Area So circumcenter is the midpoint of the hypotenuse.
r1   r1  3 Orthocenter is the vertex with the right angle.
s

1
Area of BCD   16 12  96
2

1
s  (16  20  12)  24
2

Area
r2   r2  4 C
s
In PQM, PM = r1 + r2 = 7 cm
26

QM = r2 – r1 = 1 cm 24 cm
cm

Hence, PQ = 50 cm.

18. 4 A

O
10 cm
Hence, the answer is 13 cm.
D E
21. 1 In RBD and SCD,
D is common to both triangles and B  C
(because each angle is a right angle).
B F C
RB BD x p q
  or 
Let BD = x z q
SC CD
AD = AE = 5 – x
Similarly, TDB and SCB are similar.
EC = CF = 6 – (5 – x) = 1 + x
BD = BF = 7 – (1 + x) = 6 – x SC BC z p
x=6–x   or 
TD BD y p q
 x = 3 cm.
 x  z  pq p x p
  .
z y q pq y q

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22. 3 A SBDC  27
21 7
Hence, r  
F 27 9
E
25. 3 P 8 Q
T
B C
D
I. AFDE is a parallelogram and not necessarily a 6
rectangle. Hence, this statement is wrong.
II. Areas of all the four small triangles are equal.
Hence, this statement is correct. S R
III. Sides are becoming half 1
 Perimeter is half and not one-fourth. Since area of QRS   6  8  24 cm2
2
Hence, this statement is wrong.
1 1
1 or  SQ  TR   10  TR  5TR
IV. Area of  DEF   Area of ABC. 2 2
4  5TR = 24 or TR = 4.8 cm.
Hence, this statement is correct.
In QTR, T  90 . So, TQ  6  4.8 = 3.6 cm
2 2

23. 2 In PQR & SQR, R is common, or ST = 10 – 3.6 = 6.4 cm

QPR  SQR 1
 QT  TR
 PQR is similar to SQR Area of QRT 2 QT 3.6 9
 Area of SRT  1    .
PQ QR RP  ST  TR ST 6.4 16
   2
QS SR QR
QR 12 28
 PQ   QS  7 = cm 26. 3 A
SR 9 3
PQ
 RP   QR  16 cm D
QS
28
 16  12
3 4
 Ratio of perimeter = 12  7  9  3 . B E
C

AB = 1; BC = 2; BD = 1.
24. 1 A Let DE = f.
Triangles ABC and DEC are similar.
 So, CE = 2f. Then BE = 2 – 2f.
D Applying Pythagoras theorem in triangle BDE we get
f2 + 4(f – 1)2 = 1. Solving this quadratic equation, we
9 get
6
3 3
 f or 1. It cannot obviously be 1. Hence f  .
 5 5
B C
12
3 4
Here ACB    180 – (2   )  180 –      So that DE = and BE = .
5 5
So here we can say that triangle BCD and triangle
ABC will be similar. BCD ~ BAC DE 3 BE 2
  and 
Hence, from the property of similar triangles AB 5 BC 5
AB 12
  AB = 16 6
12 9 So the area of BED = (Area of ABC).
AC 12 25
  AC = 8
6 9
 AD = 7 27. 4 Extend AB and DE to meet at K, and apply Pythagoras’

SADC  8  7  6  21 theorem. AE  (5  10)2  (5  3)2  17 units.

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 P 2x Q a
28. 2
In-radius of equilateral triangle of side a =
2 3
O
a
S R Diameter of larger circle =
3x 2 3
If PQ = 2x, then RS = 3x. PQ touches the two circle at R, center of smaller circle
2
Area of POQ PQ2  2x  4 is I.
   
Area of SOR SR 2  3x  9 PQ is parallel to BC. AR is perpendicular to PQ.
(Since triangles are similar.) Triangle PQR is also an equilateral triangle

3
29. 3 PQ || AC AD = a
2
CQ AP 4
  
QB PB 3 a
RD =
QD || PC 3
PD CQ 4
   a
DB QB 3 So AR =
2 3
PD 4
As 
DB 3 1
 AR = AD
4 3
 PD  PB
7
1
AP AP 7 AP 7 4 Radius of smaller circle = radius of larger circle
      = 7 : 3. 3
PD 4 4 PB 4 3
PB
7 a
Radius of smaller circle = =
30. 3 A 6 3
Area of smaller circle = r 2
2
 a  a2
O    =
6 3 108
P Q
R
3 2
Area of triangle = a
4
I
Hence, required ratio = : 27 3 .

B C
D

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