Important Questions for Class 6

Mathematics
Chapter 4 – Basic Geometrical Ideas

Very Short Answer Type 1 Mark

1. A line segment has no length. Say True or False.

Ans: False. (As a line segment has two fixed points. It has a finite length.)

2. The line AB is same as that of line BA . Say true or false.

Ans: True. (Since line AB and BA are two different methods of writing it.)

3. A _____ has only one end point.

Ans: Ray. (A ray has only one fixed point.)

4. _____ lines can be drawn passing through two given points.

Ans: One. (Only one line can be drawn from two fixed points.)

5. Choose the false statement.

(a) Line PQ is same as that of line QP

(b) Ray PQ is same as ray QP

(c) Line segment PQ is same as the line segment QP

(d) None of these

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Ans: Option (b) is false. (As ray PQ has its fixed point at P and ray QP has its
fixed point at Q.)

6. Quadrilateral is a polygon formed by _____ line segments.

Ans: Four. (A quadrilateral consists of 4 sides.)

7. Curve in which starting point and ending points does not meet is called
_____curve.
Ans: Open. (In an open curve the starting and ending points do meet each other.)

8. All radii of circle are equal. Say True or False.

Ans: True. (As the distance between the centre and the circumference is constant.)

9. Diameter of a circle  2  ____

Ans: Radius. (Diameter is two times the radius.)

10. _____ is the largest chord.

Ans: Diameter.(A chord is a line which has both its end in the circumference.
Diameter is the longest chord as it passes through centre.)

11. A _____ of a circle is a line segment at the one end point in centre and
other end point on circumference.
Ans: Radius (It is the distance between the centre and the circumference.)

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Short Answer Type Questions 2 Marks
1. Identify and Name the line segments and rays.

Ans:
Line segments (it has two fixed points)

 EF , EH , BE

Rays (it has only one fixed point)

 BA, BC, ED, HG, HI

2. Which of the following are polygons?

(a)

(b)

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(c)

(d)

Ans: Simple closed curve are known as polygons, i.e., a closed figure of straight
lines which do not overlaps itself. Therefore, (b) and (d) are polygons.

3. Explain concentric circles with diagram.

Ans: A collection of circles that has same centre but different radius are called

concentric circles.

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Short Answer Type Questions 3 Mark

1. Define curves. Write its different types with example.

Ans: When the line segment is not straight then those lines are said to be curved

lines.

Types of curves:
(a) Open curve: When the starting point and ending point do not meet one another,
it is said to be open curve.

(b) Closed curve: When the starting point and ending point meet one another, it is
said to be closed curve.

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2. Name the vertex and arms of PQR in the figure.

Ans: Vertex is a point from which two or more line arises,

Here point Q is the vertex.

Rays that make up the angle are said to be arms/sides of angle,

Here QP, QR are the sides.

3. Define the following w.r.t to circle with figures.

(a) chord of a circle

(b) secant of a circle

Ans:
(a) Chord – A line segment whose both fixed points lie in the circumference.

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(b) Secant of a circle – A line that passes through the circle. It intersects the
circumference of the circle at two points.

Long Answer Type Questions 4 Marks

1. Define the following:

(a) Intersecting lines

Ans: Two lines that cross one another at a point are called intersecting lines.

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(b) Parallel lines
Ans: When two or more lines are always equidistant from one another, i.e., they
never intersect one another. Such lines are said to be parallel.

(c) Concurrent lines

Ans: When two or more line passes through a same point, those lines are said to be
concurrent lines. Point of intersection of all the lines is said to be point of
concurrence.

Here, point P is the point of concurrence.

(d) Collinear points

Ans: If two or more lines lie on the same lie then such points are said to be
collinear points.

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2. Match the following:

Column I Column II

Triangle 4 sides

Quadrilateral 8 sides

Heptagon 3 sides

Pentagon 5 sides

Octagon 10 sides

Hexagon 6 sides

7 sides

Ans: The correct match is:

Column I Column II

Triangle 3 sides

Quadrilateral 4 sides

Heptagon 7 sides

Pentagon 5 sides

Octagon 8 sides

Hexagon 6 sides

3. In the given figure, list the points which

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(a) are interior of AOB
Ans: Interior of AOB = point Y, point M, point N

(b) are exterior of AOB

Ans: Exterior of AOB = point X, point Z

(c) lie on AOB

Ans: Lie on AOB = point A, point B, point O

4. In the given triangle name the following

(a) side opposite to Z

Ans: side XY is opposite to Z

(b) side opposite to vertex Y

Ans: side XZ is opposite to vertex Y

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(c) angle opposite to side YZ
Ans: X is opposite to side YZ

(d) vertex opposite to side XZ

Ans: Y vertex is opposite to side XZ

Long Answer Type Questions 6 Marks

1. Define the following:

(a) Circumference of circle
Ans: Length of the boundary of a circle is called its circumference.

(b) Segments of circle

Ans: When a chord divides a circle in two parts. Then the area in between chord
and the arc are called segments of circle.
The types of segments are:

(i) major segment

(ii) minor segment

(c) Semicircle
Ans: When a circle is divided by the diameter it is known as semi-circle.

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(d) Sector of a circle
Ans: Area covered by an arc and two radius of a circle.
Two types of sectors:
(i) major sector

(ii) minor sector

2. Say True or False

(a) Two lines are parallel if they do not meet, even when produced.
Ans: True

(b) Two parallel lines are everywhere the same distance apart.
Ans: True

(c) If two line segments do not intersect, they are parallel.

Ans: True

(d) If two rays do not intersect, they are parallel.

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Ans: True

(e) A line between two parallel lines is always perpendicular to each other.
Ans: True

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