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Geometry Problems for Students

This document contains 30 questions about geometry topics like similar triangles, properties of triangles, squares, and other shapes. It also provides the answers to each question. Some key questions ask about ratios of corresponding sides and areas of similar triangles, properties of isosceles triangles, relationships between sides and diagonals of squares, and using basic proportional reasoning to solve problems involving similar figures.
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Geometry Problems for Students

This document contains 30 questions about geometry topics like similar triangles, properties of triangles, squares, and other shapes. It also provides the answers to each question. Some key questions ask about ratios of corresponding sides and areas of similar triangles, properties of isosceles triangles, relationships between sides and diagonals of squares, and using basic proportional reasoning to solve problems involving similar figures.
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8. SIMILAR TRIANGLES
1. The ratio of the corresponding sides of the two similar triangles is
1:3, then the ratio of their areas is ____
2. ∆PQR is formed by joining the mid points of the sides of ∆ABC,
then the ratio of the areas of the ∆PQR and ∆ABC is ____
3. D, E are the mid-points of the sides AB and AC of the ∆ABC. If DE
measures 4 cm, then the side BC measures ____
4. If the side of an equilateral triangle is 8 cm, then its area is ____
5. In the given figure DE//BC, AD = 6 cm, DB=8 cm and AE=9 cm,
then EC = ____

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A

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D E
B C

6. In ∆ABC ∠Β=900 then b2 = ____


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A
b
c
A

B a C
7. Two congruent polygons are ____
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8. In the given figure AD ⊥ BC, then AB2 + CD2 = ____


C
D

B A

9.The length of the diagonal of the square is 5√2 cm, then the area of the
square in cm2 is ____
10. The symbol for 'is similar to' is ____
11. ∆ABC ∼∆PQR, if AB = 3.6, PQ = 2.4 and PR = 5.4, then AC = ____
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12. In the given figure, ∠Q = 900 and ∠S = 900; QS = t, PQ = r QR = P


and PR = q then 1/t2 = ____
q
P
s
t r
R p Q

13. ∆ABC ∼∆PQR, if AB = 6, BC = 4, AC = 8 and PR = 6 then PQ+QR


= ____

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14. A man goes 7 metres due east and then 24 metres due north, then his
distance from starting point is ____

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15. If ∆ABC ∼∆DEF, ∠A=500 then ∠E+∠F = ____
16. The side of a rhombus with diagonals 16 cm & 30 cm is ____
17. Basic Proportionality Theorem is also known as ____
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18. A ladder is placed in such a way that its foot is at a distance of 15
metres from the wall and its top reaches a window 8 m above the
ground. Then the length of the ladder is ____
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19. ∆ABC ∼∆PQR, if m∠A = 500 and m∠B = 600 then m∠R = ____
20. In the given figure, AC = 13 cm, then the length of the Median BD =
____
A

A
D
S

B C

21. The areas of two similar triangles are 16 cm2 and 25 cm2
respectively. Then the ratio of their corresponding sides is ____
22. In ∆ABC, DE//BC and DE = 1/2BC, then AD:DB = ____
23. In the given figure ∆ACB ∼∆APQ. If AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and
PQ = 4 cm, then AQ = ____

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B
P
A

C Q

24. The relation between a diagonal of a Square and its side is ____
25. In ∆ABC, ∠B=900 and BM is an altitude. then ∆AMB is similar to
____
26. In the rhombus ABCD, AB = 6cm, then AC2 + BD2 = ____

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27. The area of an equilateral triangle whose height 'h' is ____
28. If the ratio of the medians of two similar triangles is 1:2, then the

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ratio of their areas is ____
29. In an equilateral triangle ABC, if AD ⊥ ΒC then, 3AB2 = ____
30. The length of the diagonal of a Square is 5√2 cm, then the area of
the square is ____
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ANSWERS
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1) 1:9; 2) 1:4; 3) 8 cm; 4) 16 √3cm2; 5) 12 cm; 6) b2 = a2+c2; 7)
similar;
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8) BD2+AC2; 9) 25; 10) ∼; 11) 1.8;

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12) + 0
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2 2 ; 13) 10; 14) 25m; 15) 130 ;


p r 16) 17 cm; 17) Thales
Theorem; 18) 17 m; 19) 700; 20) 6.5 cm; 21) 4:5; 22) 1:1; 23) 3
cm; 24) diagonal = √2 . Side; 25) ∆ABC; 26) 144; 27) h2/√3; 28)
1:4; 29) 4ΑD2; 30) 25 cm2

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