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Class 10 circles practice paper

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CIRCLES

Class 10 circles practice paper

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CIRCLES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS


1. A straight line passing through a point on a circle is_______
2. In a circle, the angle between the tangents and the radius at the point of
contact is____
3. The distance between two parallel tangents in a circle of radius 3cm
is_______
4. The maximum number of tangents drawn to a circle from an external
point is_____
5. A straight line intersecting a circle at two points is called________
6. Write the measure of the angle formed between the tangent to a circle
and radius drawn from the centre of the circle to the point of contact of
the tangent.
7. In the fig secant is _______
(a) AB (b) PQ (c) XY (d) MN

8. In the figure, O is the centre of a circle, AC is a diameter. If ACB=50▫ then


find the measure of BAC.
9. In the fig BP and BQ are the tangents to the circle with centre ‘O’. if
OPQ=20▫, then the measure of PBQ.

10.In the given fig, PB is a tangent drawn at the point A to the circle with
centre ‘O’. if AOP=45, then the measure of OPA is________

11.In the given fig QP is a tangent at P. if OP=PQ, then POQ=_________

12.In the given fig, OP⊥ AB is_________

13.In the given fig, PA, PC and CD are tangents drawn to a circle of centre O.
if AP=3cm, CD=5cm, then the length of PC is______
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Prove that “lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle
are equal”.
2. Prove that “the tangent at any point on the circle is perpendicular to the
radius at that point”
3. In the given fig, PQ and RS are two parallel tangents to a circle with
centre O and another tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting PQ
at A and RS at B. Prove that |AOB=90▫.

4. Two concentric circles of radii 5cm and 3cm are drawn. Find the length
of the chord of the larger circle which touches the smaller circle.

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