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1. The radius of a circle is 13 cm and the length of 8. PQ and RS are two parallel chords of a circle whose
one of its chords is 10 cm. Find the distance of the centre is O and radius is 10 cm. If PQ=16 cm and
chord from the centre. RS = 12 cm, Find the distance between PQ and
2. The radius of a circle is 8 cm and the length of one RS, if they lie :
of its chords is 12 cm. Find the distance of the chord i) On the same side of the centre O.
from the centre. ii) On opposite side of the centre O.
3. Find the length of a chord which is at a distance if 5 9. The lengths of two parallel chords of a circle are 6
cm from the centre of a circle of radius 13 cm. cm and 8 cm. If the smaller chord is at a distance
4. Find the length of a chord which is at a distance of of 4 cm from the centre, what is the distance of the
5 cm from the centre of a circle other chord from the
of radius 10 cm. centre ?
5. Find the length of a chord which is at a distance of 10. AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle
4 cm from the centre of a circle such that AB = 10 cm and CD = 24 cm. If
of radius 6 cm. the chord are on the opposite sides of the centre
6. In Fig 1, O is the centre of the circle of radius 5 cm. and the distance between them is 17
OP  AB, OQ  CD , AB||CD, AB=6 cm and cm, find the radius of the circle.
CD=8cm. Determine PQ. 11. Two chords AB, CD of lengths 5 cm, 11 cm
respectively of a circle are parallel to each other
and are on the same side of its centre. If the distance
P between AB and CD is 6 cm,
A B find the radius of the circle.
C Q D 12. AB and CD are two chords of a circle such that
AB = 6 cm and CD = 12 cm and AB||CD. If the
O distance between AB and CD is 3 cm,
find the radius of the circle.
Fig. 1 13. Two chords AB, CD of lengths 5 cm, 11 cm
respectively of a circle are parallel. If the distance
between AB and CD is 3 cm, find
7. In Fig.2, O is the centre of the circle of radius 5
the radius of the circle.
cm. OP  AB, OQ  CD, AB||CD, AB=6cm and 14. In the Fig. 3, OD is perpendicular to the
CD= 8 cm. Determine PQ. chord AB of a circle whose centre is O. If
BC is a diameter, Show that CA = 2OD.

P
A B
D
A B
O
O

C Q D
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15. In a circle of radius 5 cm, AB and AC are two P

chords such that AB=AC=6cm. Find the
length of the chord BC.
16. A circular park of radius 20 m is situiated in C B
A
a colony. Three boys Ankur, Syed and David are
sitting at equal distance on its boundary each having
a toy telephone in his hands ti talk to each other.
Q
Find the length of the Fig. 6
string of each phone.
17. If a diameter of a circle bisects each of the two
24. A line segment AB is of length 5 cm. Draw a circle
chords of a circle. prove that the chords
of radius 4 cm passing through A and B. Can you
are parallel.
draw a circle of radius 2 cm passing through A and
18. AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle
B ? Give reason in
whose diameter is AC. Prove that AB =CD.
support of your answer.
19. Two concentric circles with centre O have A,B,C,D
25. An equilateral triangle of side 9 cm is
as the points of intersection with the line l as shown
inscribed in a circle. Find the radius of the
in Fig .5. If AD = 12cm and BC = 8 cm, find the
circle.
lengths of AB, CD,
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AC and BD.
ANGLES SUBTENDED AT THE CENTRE OF
THE CIRCLE

1. In Fig. 20, O is the centre of the circle. If

O
l  APB = 500, Find  AOB and  OAB.
A B M C D
P
Fig. 5
500

20. Two circles whose centres are O and O'

intersect at P. Through P, a line l parallel to OO' O
intersecting the circles at C and D is
A B
drawn. Prove that CD = 2OO'.
21. Two circles of radii 10 cm and 8 cm intersect and
the length of the common chord is Fig. 20
12 cm. Find the distance between their centres.
22. Two circles of radii 5 cm and 3 cm intersect at two
2. In Fig. 21, It is given that O is the centre of the
points and the distance between their centres is 4
cm. Find the length of the circle and  AOC=1500. Find  ABC.
common chord.
23. If Fig. 6, two circles with centres A and B and of
radii 5 cm and 3 cm touch each other internally. If
the perpendicular bisector of segment AB meets
the bigger circle in P and
Q, find the length of PQ.

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A
O
1500 800
A C B 110 0
O
C
B
Fig. 21
Fig. 22

3. In Fig. 9, O is the centre of the circle and the

measure of arc ABC is 100 0 . Determine 5. In Fig. 10, O is the centre of the circle. The angle
subtended by the arc BCD at the centre is 1400.
ADC and ABC .
BC is produced to P. Determine
BAD and DCB .
D

A
O

1000
O
A C 1400 D
B
Fig. 9 B C P
Fig. 10
1. In Fig.1, Calculate the measure of  AOC .
6. In Fig.2, A, B and C are three points on a circle
sich that the angles subtended by the chords AB
B
and AC at the centre O are 90 0 and 110 0 ,
respectively. Determine  BAC .

40 0
30 0

O C A
A

Fig. 1
90 0

110 0
B O
4. In Fig. 22, O is the centre of the circle, Find C
 BAC.
Fig. 2

7. In Fig. 8, A,B,C are three points on a circle such

that the angles subtended by the chords AB and
AC at the centre O are 800 and 1200 respectively.
Determine BAC and the

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degree measure of arc BPC. OPR .

Q
A
1000
P
0 R
80 12 O
00
B O
C Fig. 5

Fig. 8
13. In Fig. 6, A, B, C and D are four points on a circle.
AC and BD intersect at a point E such that BEC
9. In Fig. 3, ABC is a triangle in which BAC =300. = 130 0 is a straight line and
Show that BC is the radius of the circumcircle of
ECD = 200. Find BAC .
ABC , whose centre
is O.
D
A E
20 0
A B 1300
C

300
O

Fig. 6

B C 14. BC is a chord with centre O. A is a point on an arc

Fig. 3 BC as shown in Fig. 7. Prove that
(i) BAC +  OBC =900, If A is the point on
10. A chord of a circle is equal to the radius of the the major arc.
circle find the angle subtended by the chord at a (ii) BAC -  OBC =900, If A is the point on
point on the minor arc and also at the minor arc.
a point on the major arc.
11. In Fig. 4,  ABC =690,  ACB = 310, Find
A A
 BDC . x
x
B y t y C
D
O O
A
z z
y y
B C
0 31 0
69
B C Fig . 7
Fig. 4
15. In a circle with centre O, chords AB and CD
intersect inside the circumference at E.
12. In Fig. 5, PQR =1000, where P, Q and R are points
on circle with centre O. Find Prove that  AOC+  BOD=2  AEC.

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16. In Fig. 13, Chord ED is parallel to the
diameter AC of the circle. Given  CBE =
650, Calculate  DEC. A

B
650 P
O B C
A C Q
Fig. 18
E D
Fig. 13 21. In Fig. 19, AB is a diameter of the circle,
CD is a chord equal to the radius of the
17. D is a point on the circumcircle of triangle ABC circle. AC and BD when extended intersect
in which AB=AC such that B and D are on the at a point E. Prove that  AEB=600.
opposite side of line AC. If CD is
produced to a point E such that CE=BD,
prove that AD=AE. E
18. The bisector of  B of an isosceles triangle ABC
with AB = AC meets the circumcircle of triangle
C
ABC at P shown in Fig. 17. If AP and BC produced D
meet at Q, prove that
CQ = CA. A B
O

A
Fig. 19
P
O

B 22. In Fig. 24, O is the centre of the circle,

Prove that  x=  y+  z.
C
Q Fig. 17

D
19. AB is a diameter of a circle with centre O and z
radius OD is perpendicular to AB. If C is any points
3 4
on arc DB, find  BAD and y 2
1
 ACD. O
20. In Fig. 18, P is any point on the chord BC of x
a circle such that AB=AP. Prove that CP=CQ.
B
A
Fig. 24

23. In Fig. 25, O and O' are centres of two

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circles intersecting at B and C. ACD is a
straight line, find x.
P
3x
D S
5y
C y
x0 x
O O' Q
R
1300
A B
Fig. 1

Fig. 25
2. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which :
(i) BC|| AD,  ADC = 1100 and  BAC = 500.
24. In Fig. 26, O is the centre of a circle and PQ
Find  DAC.
is a diameter. If  ROS=400. Find  RTS.
(ii)  DBC = 800 and  BAC = 400. Find  BCD.
(iii)  BCD = 100 0 and  ABD = 70 0 . Find
R  ADB.
P T 3. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD if AB||CD and
 B = 700, Find the remaining angles.
400
O 4. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, if m  A =
S 3(m  C). Find m  A.
5. In Fig.2, DBC=70 0 and BAC=30 0 , Find

Q BCD. Further, if AB=BC, find ECD.

Fig. 26
A
25. In Fig. 27, If  ACB=40 0 ,  DPB=120 0 .
C
Find  CBD.
D E
300 70 0
D B
A
C
Fig. 2
4 00

1200
P
A 6. In Fig. 3, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral; O is the
B centre of the circle. If  BOD=160 0 .
find the measure of BPD.
26. A Chord of a circle is equal to the radius of the
circle. Find the angle subtended by the chord at a
point on the minor arc and also at
a point on the major arc.
CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS
1. In Fig.1, PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. Find the
measure of each of its angles.

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O
1600
D B

P C
Fig. 3

7. In Fig. 21, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. 10. In Fig. 18, Triangle ABC is an equilateral
If  BCD=1000 and  ABD=70 0 , find triangle. Find m  BEC
 ADB.

11. In Fig. 20, O is the centre of the circle. If

 BOD=160 0 , find the values of x and y..
8. In Fig. 23, O is the centre of the circle. Find
 CBD.

12. In Fig. 6, C and D are points on the semi-circle

described on BA as diameter given
m BAD =70 0 and m DBC =30 0 . Calculate

9. If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which ABD and BDC .

AD||BC (Fig. 22). Prove that  B =  C.
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C D
300
700
B Fig. 6 A

13. In Fig. 5,ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral whose side

AB is a diameter of the circle throught A, B, C,D.
If ADC =130 0 ,Find
BAC .

16. On a semi-circle with AB as diameter, a point C is

taken, so that m(  CAB)= 30 0 .
C
1300 Find m(  CBD) and m(  ABC).

D 17. In Fig. 25, O is the centre of the circle and  DAB

= 500 . Calculate the values of x and y.

A B

Fig. 5

14. In Fig. 8, BD=DC and DBC = 25 0 , Find

BAC .
18. In Fig. 26, if  BAC = 600 and  BCA = 200,
A find  ADC.

B 25 0 C

Fig . 8

15. In Fig. 28, O is the centre of the circle. If

 CEA = 300. find the values of x, y and z.

19. In Fig. 27, if ABC is an equilateral triangle.

Find  ADC and  BEC.

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= 70 0 , determine other three angles if
the trapezium.
25. In Fig. 31, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in whch
AC and BD are its diagonals. If  DBC =550
and  BAC = 45 0 , Find  BCD.

D C

20. In Fig. 29,  BAD = 780 and  DCF = x0, 55 0

0
and  BAD = y0 . Find the values of x and y.. 45
A B
Fig. 31

26. In Fig. 9, Two circles intersect at two points B and

C. Through B, two line segments ABD and PBQ
are drawn to intersect the circles at A, D and P, Q
respectively. Prove that

ACP = QCD .
21. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, if  A -  C =
600 , prove that the smaller o two is 600.
22. In Fig. 30, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.
Find the value of x.

27. ABCD is a parallelogram. The circle through A, B

and C intersects CD produced at E,
Prove that AE = AD
23. In Fig. 24, AB and CD are diameters of a 28. In Fig 13, A  600 and  ABC  800 ,
circle with centre O. Find  OBD = 500,
find DPC and BQC .
find  AOC.

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intersect BP produced at Q such that  ABQ =
 ACQ. Prove that :
1
ACQ  900  BAC
2

29. In Fig. 14, AB is a diameter of a circle C(O, r).

Chord CD is equal to radius OC. If AC and BD
when produced intersect at P, Prove
that  APB is constant.

34. Prove that the perpendicular bisector of the

sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are concurrent.
TANGENTS AND SECANTS
3. A tangent PQ at a point of a circle of radius 5 cm
meets a line through the centre O at a point Q so
that OQ = 13 cm. Find the length of PQ.
4. Find the length of the tangent drawn from a point
whose distance from the centre of a circle is 25
cm. Given that the radius of the circle is 7 cm.

30. P is a point on the side BC of a triangle ABC uch 5. A line through the centre O of a circle of radius 7
that AB=AP, Through A and C lines are drawn cm cuts the tangent, at a point P on the circle, at Q
parallel to BC and PA, respectively, so as to intersect
such that PQ= 24 cm. Find
at D as shown in Fig. 16.
Show that ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. OQ.
6. O is the centre of a curcle of radius 8 cm.
The tangent at a point A on the circle cuts a line
A D through O at B such that AB=15 cm.
Find OB.
7. If the tangent at a point to a circle with centre O
cuts a line through O at Q such that PQ=24 cm
and OQ = 25 cm. Find the radius of a
B P C circle.
Fig. 16 8. A point P is 13 cm from the centre of the circle.
The length of the tangent drawn from P to the
31. Prove that the bisector of any angle of a triangle
circles is 12 cm. Find the radius of the circle.
and the perpendicular bisector of its opposite side
intersect, they will intersect 9. PA and PB are tangents from P to the circle with
on the circumcircle of the triangle.
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centre O. At point M, a tangent is drawn cutting PA
16. PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5
at K and PB at NB. Prove that
cm. The tangents at P and Q intersect
KN = AK + BN.
10. In Fig. 13, a circle touches all the four sides of a at a point T. Find the length TP.
quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 6 cm, 17. In Fig. 7, l and m are two parallel tangents at A and
BC = 7 cm and CD= 4 cm. Find AD B. The tangents at C makes an intercept
0
11. ABCD is a quadrilateral such that D  90 . DE between l and m. Prove that
A circle C(O, r) touches the sides BC, CD and DA DFE  900 .
at P, Q, R & S respectively. If BC= 38 cm, CD =
25 cm and BP = 27 cm, find r.
12. In Fig. 15, a circle is inscribed ina quadrilateral
ABCD in which  B 900. If AD = 23 cm, AB = 29
cm and DS = 5 cm, find
the radius r of the circle.

18. In two concentric circle, a chord of length 24cm of

larger circle becomes a tangent to the smaller circle
Fig.15 whose radius is 5 cm. Find
13. In Fig. 25, a Triangle ABC drawn to circum- the radius of the larger circle.
scribe a circle of radius 4 cm such that the
19. Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm.
segments BD and DC are of lengths 8 cm
and 6 cm respectively. Find the lengths of Find the length of the chord of the larger circle which
sides AB and AC, when area of triangle touches the smaller
ABC is 84 cm2. circle.
20. The radii of two concentric circles are 13 cm and 8
cm. AB is a diameter of the bigger circle. BD is a
tangent to the smaller circle
touching it a D. Find the length AD.
21. In Fig. 8, O is the centre of the circle. PA and PB
are tangent segments. Show that the
quadrilateral AOBP is cyclic.

14. The radius of the incircle of a triangle is 4

cm and the segments into which one side
is divided by the point of contact are 6 cm
and 8 cm. Determine the other two sides
of the triangle.
15. 
A circle is inscribed in a ABC having sides 8 cm,
10 cm and 12 cm as shownin the Fig. 6
Find AD, BE and CF..
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28. Two circles touch externally at a point P.
From a point T on the tangent at P, tangents TQ
and TR are drawn to the circles with points of
A contact Q and R respectively. Prove
that TQ=TR.
O 29. If AB, AC, PQ are tangents in Fig. 10 and AB = 5
cm, find the perimeter of triangle APQ.
P
B
Fig. 8

22. In Fig. 9, circles C(O,r) and C(O', r/2) touch

internally at a point A and AB is a chord of the
circle C(O, r) intersecting C(O', r/2) at
C. Prove that AC = CB.

O
B

O' C
30. From an external point P, tangents PA and
PB are drawn to a circle with centre O. If
A CD is the tangent to the circle at a point E and PA
Fig. 9 = 14 cm, find the perimeter of
triangle PCD.
31. In Fig. 11, PQ is tangent at a point R of the circle
23. Let A be one point of intersection of two intersecting
0
circles with centres O and Q. The tangents at A to with centre O. If TRQ  30 , find
the two circles meet the circles again at B and C, mPRS .
respectively. Let the point P be located so that
AOPQ is a parallelogram. Prove that P is the
circumcentre of the triangle ABC.
24. Two circles with centres A and B of radii 3 cm and
4 cm respectively intersec at two points C and D
suh that AC and BC are tangents to the two circles.
Find the length
of the common chord CD.
25. If an isosceles triangle ABC in which AB=AC=6
cm is inscribed in a circle of
radius 9 cm, find the area of the triangle.
26. AB is a diameter of a circle. P is a point on the
Fig. 11
semi-circle APB. AH and BK are perpendiculars
32. If PA and PB are tangents from an outside point P.
from A and B respectively to
Such that PA = 10 cm and
the tangent at P. Prove that AH + BK = AB.
27. If from any point on the common chord of two APB  600 . Find the length of chord AB.
intersecting circles, tangents be drawn 33. In Fig. 12, ABC is a right triangle right-angled at B
to the circles, prove that they are equal. such that BC = 6 cm and AB = 8

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cm. Find the radius of its incircle.

Fig. 14

39. In Fig. 16, there are two concentric circles

with centre O of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. From
an external point P, tangents PA and PB are
drawn to these circles. If AP= 12 cm, find
Fig. 12 the length of BP.
34. In Fig. 19, BDC is a tangent to the given
circle at point D such that BD = 30 cm and
CD = 7 cm. The outer tangents BE and CF
are drawn respectively from B and C to the
circle and meet when produced at A
making BAC a right angle triangle.
40. In Fig. 17, AB is a chord of length 16 cm
Calculate (i) AF (ii) radius of the circle.
of a circle of radius 10 cm. The tangents at
A and B intersect at a point P. Find the
length of PA.

35. From an point P, tangents PA and PB are

dr awn to a circle with centre O. If
OP = diameter of the circle, show that
triangle APB is equilateral. 41. In Fig. 20, PO  QO. The tangents to the
36. Two tangent segments PA and PB are drawn to a circle at P and Q intersect at a point T.
circle with centre O such that
Prove that PQ and OT are right bisectors
 APB = 1200. Prove that OP = 2AP..
of each other.
37. If triangle ABC is isosceles with AB=AC and C(O,
r) is the incircle of the triangle ABC
touching BC at L, prove that L bisects BC.
38. In Fig. 14, O is the centre of the circle and BCD is
tangent to it at C. Prove that  BAC
+  ACD = 900.

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42. In Fig. 22, BC is a tangent to the circle with

centre O. OE bisects AP. Prove that
AEO ABC .
46. In Fig.27, tangents PQ and PR are drawn
from an external point P to a circle with
centre O, such that  RPQ = 30 0 . A chord
RS is drawn parallel to the tangent PQ.
Find  RQS.

43. Equal circles with centres O and O' touch

each other at X. OO' produced to meet a
circle with centre O', at A. AC is a tangent
to the circle whose centre is O. O' D is
perpendicular to AC. Find the value of
DO'
.
CO
44. In Fig. 24, OQ : PQ = 3 : 4 and perimeter
of triangle POQ = 60 cm. Determine PQ,
QR and OP.

45. In Fig. 26, AB is a diameter of a circle with

centre O and AT is a tangent. If  AOQ = 580 ,
Find  ATQ.

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