CHAPTER – 6

TRIANGLES
IMPORTANT 1 MARK QUESTIONS
1. In ΔABC, D and E are points on sides AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC and AD : DB
= 3 : 1. If EA = 6.6 cm then find AC.
2. In the fig., P and Q are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of ΔABC such that AP = 3.5
cm, PB = 7 cm, AQ = 3 cm and QC = 6 cm. I f PQ = 4.5 cm, find BC.

3. The perimeter of two similar triangles ABC and LMN are 60 cm and 48 cm respectively. If LM
= 8 cm, then what is the length of AB ?
4. In fig.  M =  N = 46°, express x in terms of a, b and c, where a, b and c are lengths of LM,
MN and NK respectively.

5. In figure, DE || BC in ΔABC such that BC = 8 cm, AB = 6 cm and DA = 1.5 cm. Find DE.

ar (APQ )
6. In the fig., PQ || BC and AP : PB = 1 : 2. Find
ar (ABC )

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7. A vertical stick 12 m long casts a shadow 8 m long on the ground. At the same time a tower casts
the shadow 40 m long on the ground. Determine the height of the tower.
8. If ΔABC and ΔDEF are similar triangles such that  A = 57° and  E = 83°. Find C.
9. If the areas of two similar triangles are in ratio 25 : 64, write the ratio of their corresponding
sides.
10. In figure, S and T are points on the sides PQ and PR, respectively of ΔPQR, such that PT = 2 cm,
TR = 4 cm and ST is parallel to QR. Find the ratio of the areas of ΔPST and ΔPQR.

11. In the fig., PQ = 24 cm, QR = 26 cm,  PAR = 90°, PA = 6 cm and AR = 8 cm. Find  QPR.

12. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 30 cm and 40 cm. Find the side of the rhombus.
13. In the given figure, DE || BC. Find AD.

14. The perimeters of two similar triangles are 25 cm and 15 cm respectively. If one side of first
triangle is 9 cm., what is the corresponding side of the other triangle ?

MCQ QUESTIONS (1 mark)

1. In the below, BAC = 90° and AD  BC. Then,

(a) BD . CD = BC2 (b) AB . AC = BC2 (c) BD . CD = AD2 (d) AB . AC = AD2

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2. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm. Then, the length of the side of
the rhombus is
(a) 9 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 20 cm

3. If ABC ~ EDF and ABC is not similar to DEF, then which of the following is not true?
(a) BC . EF = AC. FD (b) AB . EF = AC . DE (c) BC . DE = AB . EF (d) BC . DE = AB . FD

4. In the below figure, two line segments AC and BD intersect each other at the point P such that
PA = 6 cm, PB = 3 cm, PC = 2.5 cm, PD = 5 cm, APB = 50° and CDP = 30°. Then, PBA is
equal to

(a) 50° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 100°

5. If in two triangles DEF and PQR, D = Q and R = E, then which of the following is not
true?
EF DF DE EF DE DF EF DE
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
PR PQ PQ RP QR PQ RP QR
6. In triangles ABC and DEF, B = E, F = C and AB = 3 DE. Then, the two triangles are
(a) congruent but not similar (b) similar but not congruent
(c) neither congruent nor similar (d) congruent as well as similar

BC 1 ar ( PRQ )
7. It is given that ABC ~ PQR, with  . Then is equal to
QR 3 ar ( BCA)
1 1
(a) 9 (b) 3 (c) (d)
3 9

8. It is given that ABC ~ DFE, A =30°, C = 50°, AB = 5 cm, AC = 8 cm and DF= 7.5 cm.
Then, the following is true:
(a) DE = 12 cm, F = 50° (b) DE = 12 cm, F = 100°
(c) EF = 12 cm, D = 100° (d) EF = 12 cm, D = 30°

AB BC
9. If in triangles ABC and DEF,  , then they will be similar, when
DE FD
(a) B = E (b) A = D
(c) B = D (d) A = F

ar ( ABC ) 9
10. If ABC ~ QRP,  , AB = 18 cm and BC = 15 cm, then PR is equal to
ar ( PQR) 4
(a) 10 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 20/3 cm (d) 8 cm

11. If S is a point on side PQ of a PQR such that PS = QS = RS, then

(a) PR . QR = RS2 (b) QS2 + RS2 = QR2
(c) PR2 + QR2 = PQ2 (d) PS2 + RS2 = PR2

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12. A vertical pole of length 20 m casts a shadow 10 m long on the ground and at the same time a
tower casts a shadow 50 m long, then the height of the tower.
(a) 100 m (b) 120 m (c) 25 m (d) none of these

13. The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio 4 : 9. The corresponding sides of these triangles
are in the ratio
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 9 (c) 81 : 16 (d) 16 : 81

14. The areas of two similar triangles ABC and DEF are 144 cm2 and 81 cm2, respectively. If
the longest side of larger ABC be 36 cm, then the longest side of the similar triangle DEF is
(a) 20 cm (b) 26 cm (c) 27 cm (d) 30 cm

15. The areas of two similar triangles are in respectively 9 cm2 and 16 cm2. The ratio of their
corresponding sides is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 4 : 5

16. Two isosceles triangles have equal angles and their areas are in the ratio 16 : 25. The ratio of
their corresponding heights is
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 5 : 7 (d) 4 : 5

17. If ABC and DEF are similar such that 2AB = DE and BC = 8 cm, then EF =
(a) 16 cm (b) 112 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 4 cm

18. XY is drawn parallel to the base BC of a ABC cutting AB at X and AC at Y. If AB = 4BX and
YC = 2 cm, then AY =
(a) 2 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 4 cm

19. Two poles of height 6 m and 11 m stand vertically upright on a plane ground. If the distance
between their foot is 12 m, the distance between their tops is
(a) 14 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 13 cm (d) 11 cm

20. If D, E, F are midpoints of sides BC, CA and AB respectively of ABC , then the ratio of the
areas of triangles DEF and ABC is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 4 : 5

AB BC CA 2 ar (ABC )
21. If ABC and DEF are two triangles such that    , then 
DE EF FD 5 ar (DEF )
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 4 : 25 (c) 4 : 15 (d) 8 : 125

22. In triangles ABC and DEF, A = E = 400, AB : ED = AC : EF and F = 650, then B =

(a) 350 (b) 650 (c) 750 (d) 850

23. If ABC and DEF are similar triangles such that A = 470 and E = 830, then C=
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 800

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