Maths worksheet

Congruence of Triangles

Question 1.
‘Under a given correspondence, two triangles are congruent if the three sides of the one are equal
to the three corresponding sides of the other.’
The above is known as
(a) SSS congruence of two triangles
(b) SAS congruence of two triangles
(c) ASA congruence of two triangles
(d) RHS congruence of two right-angled triangles

Answer
Answer: (a) SSS congruence of two triangles

Question 2.
‘Under a given correspondence, two triangles are congruent if two sides and the angle included
between them in one of the triangles are equal to the corresponding sides and the angle included
between them of the other triangle.’
The above is known as
(a) SSS congruence of two triangles
(b) SAS congruence of two triangles
(c) ASA congruence of two triangles
(d) RHS congruence of two right-angled triangles

Answer
Answer: (b) SAS congruence of two triangles
Question 3.
‘Under a given correspondence, two triangles are congruent if two angles and the side included
between them in one of the triangles are equal to the corresponding angles and the side included
between them of the other triangle.’
The above is known as
(а) SSS congruence of two triangles
(b) SAS congruence of two triangles
(c) ASA congruence of two triangles
(d) RHS congruence of two right-angled triangles

Answer
Answer: (c) ASA congruence of two triangles

Question 4.
‘Under a given correspondence, two right-angled triangles are congruent if the hypotenuse and a
leg of one of the triangles are equal to the hypotenuse and the corresponding leg of the other
triangle.’
The above is known as
(а) SSS congruence of two triangles
(b) SAS congruence of two triangles
(c) ASA congruence of two triangles
(d) RHS congruence of two right-angled triangles

Answer
Answer: (d) RHS congruence of two right-angled triangles

Question 5.
The symbol for congruence is
(a) ≡
(b) ≅
(c) ↔
(d) =

Answer
Answer: (b) ≅
Question 6.
The symbol for correspondence is
(a) =
(b) ↔
(c) ≡
(d) ≅

Answer
Answer: (b) ↔

Question 7.
If ∆ ABC = ∆ PQR, then ABcorresponds to
(a) PQ
(b) QR
(c) RP
(d) none of these
Answer

Answer: (a) PQ
Question 8.

If ∆ ABC = ∆ PQR, then BC corresponds to

(a) PQ
(b) QR
(c) RP
(d) none of these
Answer

Answer: (b) QR

Question 9.

If ∆ ABC = ∆ PQR, then CA corresponds to

(a) PQ
(b) QR
(c) RP
(d) none of these
Answer

Answer: (c) RP
Question 10.
If ∆ ABC = ∆ PQR, then ∠A corresponds to
(a) ∠P
(b) ∠Q
(c) ∠R
(d) none of these

Answer
Answer: (a) ∠P

Question 11.
If ∆ ABC = ∆ PQR, then ∠B corresponds to
(a) ∠P
(b) ∠Q
(c) ∠R
(d) none of these

Answer: (b) ∠Q

Question 12.
If ∆ ABC= ∆ PQR, then ∠C corresponds to
(a) ∠P
(b) ∠Q
(c) ∠R
(d) none of these

Answer: (c) ∠R

Question 13.
We want to show that ∆ ART = ∆ PEN and we have to use SSS criterion. We have AR = PE and RT
= EN. What more we need to show?
(a) AT = PN
(b) AT = PE
(c) AT = EN
(d) none of these
Answer: (a) AT = PN

Question 14.
We want to show that ∆ ART = ∆ PEN. We have to use SAS criterion. We have ∠T = ∠N, RT = EN.
What more we need to show?
(a) PN = AT
(b) PN = AR
(c) PN = RT
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) PN = AT

Question 15.
We want to show that ∆ ART = ∆ PEN. We have to use ASA criterion. We have AT = PN, ∠A = ∠P.
What more we need to show?
(a) ∠T = ∠N
(b) ∠T = ∠E
(c) ∠T = ∠P
(d) None of these

Answer: (a) ∠T = ∠N

Question 16.
Which congruence criterion do you use in the following?

Given AC = DF
AB = DE
BC = EF
So, ∆ ABC ≅ ∆ DEF
(a) SSS
(b) SAS
(c) ASA
(d) RHS

Answer
Answer: (a) SSS

Question 17.
Which congruence criterion do you use in the following?

Given : ZX = RP
RQ = ZY
∠ PRQ = ∠ XZY
So, ∆ PRQ = ∆ XYZ
(a) SSS
(b) SAS
(c) ASA
(d) RHS

Answer
Answer: (b) SAS

Question 18.
Which congruence criterion do you use in the following?
(a) SSS
(b) SAS
(c) ASA
(d) RHS

Answer
Answer: (c) ASA

Question 19.
Which congruence criterion do you use in the following?

(a) SSS
(b) SAS
(c) ASA
(d) RHS

Answer: (d) RHS

Question 20.
In the following figure, the two triangles are congruent. The corresponding parts are marked. We
can write ∆ RAT = ?

(a) ∆ WON
(b) ∆ WNO
(c) ∆ OWN
(d) ∆ ONW

Answer
Answer: (a) ∆ WON

Question 21.
Complete the congruence statement ∆ BCA = ?

(a) ∆ BTA
(b) ∆ BAT
(c) ∆ ABT
(d) ∆ ATB

Answer
Answer: (a) ∆ BTA
Question 22.
Complete the congruence statement ∆ QRS

(a) ∆ TPQ
(b) ∆ TQP
(c) ∆ QTP
(d) ∆ QPT

Answer
Answer: (a) ∆ TPQ

Question 23.
If ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR are to be congruent, name one additional pair of corresponding parts

(a) BC = QR
(b) BC = PQ
(c) BC = PR
(d) none of these

Answer
Answer: (a) BC = QR
Question 24.
By which congruence, is ∆ ABC = ∆ FED?

(a) SSS
(b) SAS
(c) ASA
(d) RHS

Answer
Answer: (c) ASA
Hint:
∠B = ∠E, BC = ED, ∠D = ∠C
(By angle sum property of a triangle).