Maths Mania # 076

DIRECTIONS: For the following questions, four options are given. Choose the correct option.

1. If a piece of wire 20 cm long is bent into an arc of a circle subtending an angle of 60° at the centre,
then the radius of the circle (in cms) is

π
(1)
120

π
(2)
60

120
(3)
π

60
(4)
π

2. If a square ABCD is inscribed in a circle and AB = 4 cms, then the radius of the circle is
(1) 2 cms
(2) 2 √ 2
(3) 4 cms
(4) 4 √ 2

3. The ratio of the length of a side of an equilateral triangle and its height is
(1) 2 : 1
(2) 1 : 2
(3) 2 : √3
(4) √3 : 2

4. If a square is inscribed in a circle, the ratio of the areas of the circle and the square is
(1) 2 : 1
(2) π : 2
(3) π : 1
(4) 11 : 7

5. Which of the following is rational?

1
(1) Area of a circle with radius
π

1
(2) Radius of a circle with area
π

1
(3) Circumference of a circle with radius
π

1
(4) Radius of a circle with circumference
π
6. The length of a side of rhombus is 5 m and one of its diagonals is of length 8 m. The other diagonal
is of length
(1) 5 m
(2) 6 m
(3) 7 m
(4) 8 m

7. The diagonals of a rhombus are 64 cm and 48 cm. The height of the rhombus is
(1) 30.5 cm
(2) 36.5 cm
(3) 38.4 cm
(4) 58.6 cm

8. The area of a circular ring between two concentric circles of radii r and (r + h) units respectively is
given by
(1) π(2r + h)h sq.units
(2) π(r + h)h sq.units
(3) π(r + 2h)r sq.units
(4) π(r – h)r sq.units

9. If the perimeter of a rhombus is 4a and lengths of its diagonals are x and y, then its area is
(1) a(x + y)
(2) x 2 + y 2
(3) xy

1
(4) xy
2

10. If an arc forms 72° at the centre of the circle, then the ratio of its length to circumference of circle
is
(1) 1 : 5
(2) 1 : 2
(3) 1 : 3
(4) 1 : 4
 Detailed Solutions

60 60
1. 2 π R × = 20 ⇒ R = . Ans.(4)
360 π

1 1 1
2. Radius = (diagonal) = × 42 + 42 = × 4 2 = 2 2 cm. Ans.(2)
2 2 2
3. Let each side of the triangle be a and its height be h.

a2 3a Side a a×2
Then, h 2 = a 2 – ⇒h= . ∴ = = = 2 : 3 . Ans.(3)
4 2 Height h 3a

1
4. Let side of the square be a. Then, Radius =
2
cdiagonal =
1 2
h
2
2
a +a =
1
2
a.

πa2
∴ Area of circle = 2 = π . Ans.(2)
Area of square a2 2

1 1 1
5. (1) Area of a circle with radius =π× = , which is irrational.
π π2 π

1
(2) π R 2 = ⇒ R 2 = 1 ⇒ R = 1, which is irrational.
π
(3) C = 2 πr = 2 π × 1/ π = 2 which is rational. Ans.(3)
6. We know that the diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles.

D C

A B
∴ In right angled ∆ OAB, we have OA = 4 m, AB = 5 m and ∠ AOB = 90°.

∴ OB = AB2 − OA2 = 52 − 42 = 9 = 3m. ∴ BD = 2 × OB = 6 m.

Ans.(2)

7. Area of the rhombus =

FG 1 × 64 × 48IJ cm 2 = 1536 cm2 . Let OA = 32 cm and OB = 24 cm.
H2 K
∴ AB = OA2 + OB2 = c32h + c24h
2 2
= 1600 = 40 cm.

FG 1536IJ cm = 38.4 cm. Ans.(3)

So, Base × Height = 1536 ⇒ Height =
H 40 K
8. Area of the ring = [ π(r + h) 2 – πr 2 ] = π(2 r + h) h sq units. Ans.(1)

1 1
9. Area of rhombus = (product of diagonals) = xy.. Ans.(4)
2 2

72
2 πr ×
Length of the arc 360 1
10. = = i.e. 1 : 5. Ans.(1)
Circumference of circle 2πr 5