CHAPTER 10- Circle
1. How many tangents can a circle have?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite
2. A tangent intersects the circle at:
(a) One point (b) Two distinct point (c) At the circle (d) None of the above
3. A line through point of contact and passing through centre of circle is known as
(a) Tangent (b) Chord (c) Normal (d) Segment
4. The length of the tangent from an external point A on a circle with centre O is
(a) Always greater than OA (b) equal to OA (c) always less than OA (d)
cannot be estimated
5.A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a _______.
(a) Secant (b) Chord (c) Diameter (d) Tangent
6. The tangent to a circle is ___________ to the radius through the point of contact.
(a) Parallel (b) Perpendicular (c) Perpendicular bisector (d) Bisector
7. The distance between two parallel tangents of a circle of radius 4 cm is
(a) 2 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 8 cm
8. In the given figure, if ∠RPS = 25 º, the value of ∠ ROS is
(a) 135° (b) 145° (c) 165° (d) 155°
9. A tangent is drawn from a point at a distance of 17 cm of circle C (0, r)
of radius 8 cm. The length of its tangent is
(a) 5 cm (b) 9 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 23 cm
10. The length of tangents drawn from an external point to the circle
(a) are equal (b) are not equal
(c) sometimes are equal (d) are not defined
11. A Circle is inscribed in triangle ABC having sides AB=8 cm, BC=10 cm, and AC=12 cm as shown
in the given figure. Find the length of AD?
(a) 2.8 cm (b) 3cm (c) 5 cm (d) 3.5 cm
12. The tangents drawn at the extremities of the diameter of a circle are
(a) Perpendicular (b) Parallel (c) equal (d) none of these
13. In given figure, CP and CQ are tangents to a circle with centre O.
ARB is another tangent touching the circle at R. If CP = 11 cm and BC =
6 cm then the length of BR is
(a) 6 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 3 cm
14. From a point P which is at a distance of 13 cm from the centre O of a
circle of radius 5 cm, the pair of tangents PQ and PR to the circle are
drawn. Then the area of the quadrilateral PQOR is
(a) 60 (b) 65 (c) 30 (d) 32.5
15. In the given figure, AB and AC are tangents to the circle with
centre O such that ∠ BAC = 40°, then ∠BOC is equal to
(a) 40° (b) 50° (c) 140° (d) 150°
16. In the given figure, point P is 26 cm away from the centre O of a
circle and the length PT of the tangent drawn from P to the circle is 24
cm. Then the radius of the circle is
(a) 25 cm (b) 26 cm (c) 24 cm (d) 10 cm
17. C1 (O, r1) and C2(O, r2) are two concentric circles with r1 > r2 AB is a chord
of C1(O, r1) touching C2(O, r,2) at point C then which one statement is true
(a) AB = r1 (b) AB = r2 (c) AC = BC (d) AB = r1 + r2
18. Two parallel lines touch the circle at points A and B respectively. If area of the circle is 25
π , then AB is equal to
(a) 5 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 25 cm
19. In figure AT is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that
OT = 4 cm and ∠ OTA = 30°. Then AT is equal to
(a) 4 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 2 cm (d) 4 cm
20. In figure if O is centre of a circle, PQ is a chord and the tangent PR at P makes an angle of 50°
with PQ, then ∠POQ is equal to
(a) 100° (b) 80° (c) 90° (d) 75°
21. In figure, O is the centre of a circle, AB is a chord and AT is the tangent at A. If
∠AOB = 100°, then ∠BAT is equal to
(a) 100° (b) 40° (c) 50° (d) 90°
22. If the angle between two radii of a circle is 110º, then the angle between the tangents at the
ends of the radii is:
(a) 90º (b) 50º (c) 70º (d) 40º
23. AB is a chord of the circle and AOC is its diameter such that angle ACB = 50°. If AT is the
tangent to the circle at the point A, then ∠BAT is equal to
(a) 65° (b) 60° (c) 50° (d) 40°
24. In the given figure, AB is a diameter of a circle with centre O and AT is a tangent .If ∠ AOQ
=58 º, find ∠ATQ
(a) 56° (b) 61° (c) 65° (d) 72°
25. If a parallelogram circumscribes a circle, then it is a:
(a) Square (b) Rectangle (c) Rhombus (d) None of the above
26. In figure, PQ is a chord of a circle with centre O and PT is a tangent.
If ∠QPT=60°, find ∠PRQ.
(a) 110° (b) 160° (c) 120° (d) 100°
27. If angle between two radii of a circle is 130°, the angle between the tangents at the ends of the
radii is
(a) 90° (b) 50° (c) 70° (d) 40°
28. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a point
Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Length PQ is:
(A) 12 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 8.5 cm (D) √119 cm
29. If two tangents inclined at an angle 60° are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then length of each
tangent is equal to
(a) √3 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 3√3 cm
30. In the figure below, PQ is a chord of a circle and PT is the tangent at P such that ∠QPT = 60°.
Then ∠PRQ is equal to
(a) 135° (b) 150° (c) 120° (d) 110°
