DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

Class: IX Session (2017 – 2018)

Chapter 10 : Circles

1. O is the centre of the circle of radius 5 cm AB and CD are two parallel chords, on the
either side of the centre, AB = 6cm and CD = 8cm. Find the distance between the two
chords.
2. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which AC and BD are its diagonals. If DBC  59 °
and BAC  45 °, then find angle BCD
3. Collection of points in a plane equidistant from a fixed point forms what?
4. If BC is a diameter of a circle of centre O and OD is perpendicular to the chord AB of
circle.Then what is the relation between CA and OD.
5. If AB = 12cm, BC = 16cm and ABC  90 °, then what is the radius of the circle passing
through the points A, B and C.
6. AB and AC are two chords of a circle of radius r such that AB = 2AC. If p and q are the
distances of AB and AC from the centre, prove that 4q2 = p2 + 3r2
7. In the figure O is the centre of the circle. BC is a diameter A D B
of the circle. OD  AB. If OD = 4cm,
BD = 5cm, then CD = ? O
C
8. ABCD is a quadrilateral whose vertices are on a semicircle
such that AB = BC = CD = 15 cm and AD is diameter of the circle having centre at O.
Find the perimeter of the quadrilateral ABCD.
9. In the figure O is the centre of the circle. Find angles x and y.
AOB  x
OAC  y
O
ACB  32 ° C

OBC  47 °
A B
10. AB and CD are parallel chords of a circle
whose centre is O and radius 20 cm. If AB = 24 cm and CD = 32 cm, find the distance
between AB and CD when it is given that they lie on the opposite sides of the centre O.
11. Prove that a cyclic trapezium is isosceles and its diagonals are equal. P
12. PQ and RQ are chords of a circle equidistant from the centre.
Prove that the diameter passing through Q bisects Q
PQR and PSR . S

R
 D C
13. P ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. If AP, BP, CR and DR are the
angle bisectors of A, B, Cand D respectively.
A
R Then prove that APB  CRD  180 ° x
A B
D E
14. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle.
Prove that x  y  z
y
15. Prove that the circle drawn on any one of the
O
equal sides of an isosceles triangle as z
diameter bisects the base.
C C
B

16. A B

O
O is the centre of the circle. A, B, C are points on the
circle. If BCA  x and OBA  y , then find the
relation between x and y.

17. Two circles with centres A and B intersect at X and Y. PQ is a chord of one circle
parallel to XY. Prove that AB produced bisects PQ.
18. AB is the chord of a circle with a centre O. AB is produced to C, such that
BC = BO. CO is joined and produced to meet the circle in D.If ACD  y and
AOD  x , prove that x  3 y
19. ∆ ABC is an isosceles triangle on a circle, with AB = AC and ∠ABC = 50°. D and E are
two points on the circle on the either side of BC. Find ∠BDC and ∠BEC.
20. From the figure find the value of a, b and c