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Section - A
1. The altitude of the triangle corresponding to the side 15cm , of a triangle whose sides are 13cm , 14cm
and 15cm is

(A) 11.6cm (B) 12.09cm (C) 12cm (D) 11.2cm

2. The sides of the triangle are 35cm , 54cm and 61cm . What is the length of the longest altitude?
(A) 53.7cm (B) 55cm (C) 50cm (D) 53cm

3. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 12:17 : 25 and its perimeter is 540cm . Then the area of the
triangle is equal to?
(A) 8000 cm 2 (B) 9000 cm 2 (C) 8500 cm 2 (D) 10000cm2

4. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle, whose base is equal to 5cm is 11cm . Then the area of this
triangle is
5 5 5 2 5
(A) 11 cm2 (B) 3cm 2 (C) cm (D) 5 cm 2
4 4 4 4

5. What is the area of a rhombus whose perimeter is 120cm and longest diagonal is 48cm ?
(A) 448cm 2 (B) 864 cm 2 (C) 424cm 2 (D) 976cm 2

6. A triangle and a parallelogram stands on the same base and same area. If the sides of the triangle are
9cm , 12cm and 15cm and the parallelogram stands on the base 9cm , find the height of the
parallelogram?
(A) 8cm (B) 12cm (C) 6cm (D) 10cm

7. A square and an equilateral triangle have equal perimeters. If the diagonal of the square is 12 2 cm .
What is the area of the triangle.
(A) 24 2 cm 2 (B) 24 3 cm 2 (C) 48 3cm 2 (D) 64 3 cm 2

8. Find the length of other diagonal of a rhombus, whose one diagonal measures 10cm and area is 90 cm 2

(A) 18cm (B) 36cm (C) 80cm (D) 9cm

9. Find the area of a right angled triangle, if the radius of its circumcentre is 3cm and the altitude drawn to
its hypotenuse is 2cm .

(A) 4cm 2 (B) 6cm 2 (C) 8cm 2 (D) 12cm 2

10. The measurements of a trianglular park is as follows: AB = 11m , BC = 15 m and CA = 6 m . AD is the

median and grass has to be grown for the triangle ADC . What is the cost of ploughing the area of
ADC , at Rs. 120 / sq. m .
(A) Rs. 1296.4 (B) Rs. 112.40 (C) Rs. 1000 (D) Rs. 1696.8
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Section - B

11. Using Heron’s formula, derive a formula for the area of an equilateral triangle.

12. If the area of an equilateral triangle is 36 3 cm 2 , find its height.

13. Find the sides of an isosceles right triangle of hypotenuse 5 2 cm

14. An isosceles right triangle has area 8cm 2 . Find the length of its hypotenuse.

15. Find the area of a parallelogram whose adjacent sides are 26cm and 28cm and one diagonal equal to 30cm .

16. The parallelogram ABCD has its adjacent sides as 9cm and 4cm . Find the ratio of its altitudes.

17. Find the percentage increase in the area of the triangle, if each side is doubled.

18. Find the area of a rhombus one side of which measures 20cm , and one of whose diagonals is 24cm .
A
19. In the given figure,  ABC has sides AB = 7.5 cm , AC = 6.5 cm and BC = 7 cm on the
base BC , A parallelogram DBCE is constructed which is of same area as ABC . Find D E
the height DF of the parallelogram? ?

F C

20. A regular hexagon has a side 8cm . Find its perimeter and area.

Section –C
D C
21. Two adjacent sides of a prallelogram are 5cm and 3.5cm . One of its
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diagonals is 6.5cm . Find the area of the parallelogram. 3.5 𝑐𝑚

A 5 𝑐𝑚 B

22. Using Heron’s formula, find the area of an isosceles triangle, the measure of its equal sides is a units and
the third side is 2b units.

23. The perimeter of a right triangle is 60cm . Its hypotenuse is 25cm . Find the area of the triangle.

24. The difference between the lengths of parallel sides of a trapezium is 8cm , the perpendicular distance
between the sides is 24cm and the area of the trapezium is 312cm 2 . Find the length of each of the parallel
sides.

25. Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD in which AD = 24 cm . A = 90 and BCD forming an equilateral
triangle whose each side is equal to 26cm . Also find the perimeter of the quadrilateral, 3 = 1.732
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Section D AB

26. In the given figure, ABC is an equilateral triangle with side 10cm and  DBC is 10 10
D
a right angled triangle, right angled at D . If BD = 8 cm . Find the area of the
shaded portion. Take 3 = 1.732 .
B 10 cm C

27. In a four sided field, the length of the longer diagonal is 128m . The lengths of the perpendiculars from
the opposite vertices on these diagonals are 22.7m , 17.3m . Find the area of the field.

28. Meena has a triangular field with sides 240m,200m and 360m , where she cultivated wheat. In an
adjacent triangle with sides, 240m,320m and 400m , she wanted to cultivate potatoes and onions. She
divided the field into 2 parts by joining the mid-point of the longest side to the opposite vertex and
cultivated potatoes and onions in one, one part each. How much area is used for wheat, potato and
onions? (in hectares)

29. OABC is a rhombus, which is drawn inside a circle of centre at O . A, B and C are the other vertices
of the rhombus. Which is on the circle. Find the area of the shaded region, if the radius of the circle is
10cm .

C
O

A B

30. Find the area of the field given below with measurements given in metres. D

14 m
H 40m C

E 26 m F 18m
G B
35 m
10 m