Chapter-wise Previous Years' Questions (Class-10) Mathematics 45

Chapter - 10 : Circles

1. In figure, ABC is circumscribing a circle. Find 5. In below figure, a circle with centre O is
the length of BC. [2009, 2012] ...[1M] inscribed in a quadrilateral ABCD such that, it
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P, Q, R and S respectively. If AB = 29 cm, AD
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radius of the circle (in cm) is [2013] ...[1M]
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2. If figure, O is the centre of a circle, PQ is a chord * )
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TPQ is equal to [2011] ...[1M]
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6. In below figure, PA and PB are two tangents
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drawn from an external point P to a circle with
centre C and radius 4 cm. If PA PB, then the
(A) 55° (B) 70° length of each tangent is [2013] ...[1M]
(C) 45° (D) 35°
3. In figure, AB and AC are tangents to the circle
with center O such that BAC = 40°. Then !
BOC is equal to [2011] ...[1M]
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(A) 40° (B) 50° (C) 5 cm (D) 6 cm
(C) 140° (D) 160°
7. In figure, QR is a common tangent to the given
4. In figure, a circle touches the side DF of EDF
circles, touching externally at the point T. The
at H and touches ED and EF produced at K
tangent at T meets QR at P. If PT = 3.8 cm,
and M respectively. If EK = 9 cm, then the
then the length of QR (in cm) is [2014] ...[1M]
perimeter of EDF (in cm) is [2012] ...[1M]
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(A) 18 (B) 13.5 (A) 3.8 (B) 7.6

(C) 12 (D) 9 (C) 5.7 (D) 1.9

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