SS I TECHNICAL DRAWING

PAPER 1
(OBJECTIVE) Section A

D. 75°

8. Which is not the use of divider?

A. To divide curved or straight lines into the
1. The drawing instrument shown in the desired number of equal parts
figure above is used for drawing B. To draw circles
A. vertical line. C. To transfer dimensions from one part of the
B. horizontal line. drawing to another part
C. slanting line. D. To set-off given distances from the scale to
D. curve. the drawing
2. Which of the following materials should not 9. If a polygon has 6 sides, how many
be used to hold paper on a drawing board? diagonals can be drawn from one vertex?
A. Paper tape A. 3
B. Cello-tape B. 4
C. Pin C. 5
D. Clip D. 6
3. Which of the following angles cannot be 10. A quadrilateral with all sides equal and all
constructed with instrument? angles equal is called a:
A. 30° A. Square
B. 45° B. Trapezium
C. 60° C. Rhombus
D. 70° D. Rectangle
4. What is the ratio of length PX to PQ in the
figure below? 11. Which of the following grades of pencil is
suitable for lettering?
A. HB
B. 2H
C. 3H
D. 4H
A. 5:2
B. 4:2 12. The space between two concentric circles
C. 2:5 is called __________.
D. 2:4 A. segment
B. sector
5. Which of the following is not a plane C. annular.
figure? D. quadrant
A. Square
B. Cone 13. Which or the following has eight
C. Trapezium triangular faces?
D. Parallelogram A. Octahedron
B. Tetrahedron
C. Hexahedron
D. Decahedron

6. In the figure above, the line X-X divides the 14. In a scale drawing, if the scale is 1:50,
circle into what does a measurement of 50mm in the
A. semi-circle. drawing represent in real life?
B. sector. A. 250 cm
C. segment. B. 1 cm
D. quadrant C. 2500 cm
D. 10 cm
7. The angle which we can't make using a
single Set-square is ________ 15. Which type of triangle has all its sides of
different lengths?
A. 45°
B. 60° A. Equilateral triangle
C. 30° B. Isosceles triangle
C. Scalene triangle

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D. Right triangle II.points of tangency
16. What is the interior angle sum of a
pentagon?
A. 360 degrees
B. 540 degrees
C. 720 degrees
D. 900 degrees
17. In a triangle, what is the name of the side
opposite the right angle?
A. Hypotenuse 4. Construct a regular pentagon with side
B. Adjacent side length of 60mm in ratio of 5:3.
C. Opposite side
D. Base 5. In one drawing using general method,
construct a 5, 7 and 9 sided polygon of length
18. When enlarging a shape with a scale 40mm.
factor of 3, what happens to its area
compared to the original shape?
A. It remains the same
B. It becomes 3 times smaller
C. It becomes 3 times larger
D. It becomes 9 times larger
19. How many degrees are in the exterior
angle of a regular hexagon?
A. 60 degrees
B. 120 degrees
C. 150 degrees
D. 180 degrees
20. In a scale drawing, if the distance between
two points is 6 cm on the drawing with a scale
of 1:20, what is the actual distance between
the points?
A. 120 cm
B. 100 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 12 cm
SECTION B
Answer all
1. List 4 properties of a polygon. [ 4 marks ]

2. Two unequal circles, A and B, are 100mm

apart from their centers. If circle A has a
circumference of 220mm and the distance
from its center point to a point on the
circumference of circle B is 80mm, what is the
radius of Circle B. [ 6 marks ]

SECTION C
Answer question 1 and any other two
1. A Square with length 50 is reduced to
ratio 7:4.
State with construction, the size length of the
reduced circle.

2. Construct an octagon from a circle of

R60.

3. Construct, full size, the template shown

below, showing clearly the:
I.centres of the arcs