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The document contains a series of previous year CAT questions focused on the topic of circles, including various geometric problems and their corresponding answer choices. Each question is numbered and includes details about the geometry involved, such as dimensions and relationships between different shapes. An answer key is provided at the end for reference.

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2. Circles

The document contains a series of previous year CAT questions focused on the topic of circles, including various geometric problems and their corresponding answer choices. Each question is numbered and includes details about the geometry involved, such as dimensions and relationships between different shapes. An answer key is provided at the end for reference.

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Previous Year CAT Questions

CIRCLES

1. All the vertices of a rectangle lie on a circle of radius R. If 7. In a circle of radius 11 cm, CD is a diameter and AB is a
the perimeter of the rectangle is P, then the area of the chord of length 20.5 cm. If AB and CD intersect at a point
rectangle is E inside the circle and CE has length 7 cm, then the
[CAT 2022 Slot 1] difference of the lengths of BE and AE, in cm, is
𝑃2 [CAT 2019 Slot 1]
(a) − 2𝑃𝑅
2 (a) 0.5
𝑃2
(b) − 2𝑅2 (b) 2.5
8
𝑃2 𝑅2 (c) 3.5
(c) −
8 2 (d) 1.5
𝑃2
(d) − 𝑅2
16
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8. AB is a diameter of a circle of radius 5 cm. Let P and Q be
2. In a triangle ABC, AB = AC = 8 cm. A circle drawn with two points on the circle so that the length of PB is 6 cm,
BC as diameter passes through A. Another circle drawn and the length of AP is twice that of AQ. Then the length,
with center at A passes through B and C. Then, the area in cm, of QB is nearest to
in sq. cm, of the overlapping region between the two [CAT 2019 Slot 1]
circles is (a) 7.8
[CAT 2022 Slot 3] (b) 8.5
(a) 16(π - 1) (c) 9.3
(b) 32(π - 1) (d) 9.1
(c) 16π
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https://youtu.be/0kYM7_NHQ4A 9. Two circles, each of radius 4 cm, touch externally. Each


of these two circles is touched externally by a third
3. A circle of diameter 8 inches is inscribed in a triangle circle. If these three circles have a common tangent, then
ABC where ∠ABC = 90°. If BC = 10 inches then the area the radius of the third circle, in cm, is
of triangle in square inches is. [CAT 2019 Slot 2]
[CAT 2021 Slot 1] (a) π/3
(b) 1
https://youtu.be/y8SXRhrr_R0 (c) 1/√2
(d) √2
4. Let C1 and C2 be concentric circles such that the diameter
of C1 is 2 cm longer than that of C2. If a chord of C1 has https://youtu.be/8yBVCVwESzw
length 6 cm and is a tangent to C2, then the diameter, in
cm, of C1 is 10. In a circle, two parallel chords on the same side of a
[CAT 2020 Slot 2] diameter have lengths 4 cm and 6 cm. If the distance
between these chords is 1 cm, then the radius of the
https://youtu.be/jwtQaQM6rZM circle, in cm, is
[CAT 2018 Slot 1]
5. Let C be a circle of radius 5 meters having center at O. (a) √12
Let PQ be a chord of C that passes through points A and B (b) √13
where A is located 4 meters north of O and B is located 3 (c) √11
meters east of O. Then, the length of PQ, in meters, is (d) √14
nearest to
[CAT 2020 Slot 2] https://youtu.be/xTxfo2K_RFU
(a) 8.8
(b) 6.6 11. In a circle with center O and radius 1 cm, an arc AB
(c) 7.8 makes an angle 60 degrees at O. Let R be the region
(d) 7.2 bounded by the radii OA, OB and the arc AB. If C and D
are two points on OA and OB, respectively, such that OC
https://youtu.be/9gOVLBIN0pw = OD and the area of triangle OCD is half that of R, then
the length of OC, in cm, is
6. The vertices of a triangle are (0, 0), (4, 0) and (3, 9). The [CAT 2018 Slot 1]
area of the circle passing through these three points is (a) (π/6)1/2
[CAT 2020 Slot 3] (b) (π/3√3)1/2
(a) 123π/7 (c) (π/4√3)1/2
(b) 205π/9 (d) (π/4)1/2
(c) 14π/3
(d) 12π/5 https://youtu.be/9s5m_L4AZVY

https://youtu.be/DJYhlH8IxDg 12. A chord of length 5 cm subtends an angle of 60° at the


centre of a circle. The length, in cm, of a chord that

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Previous Year CAT Questions
CIRCLES

subtends an angle of 120° at the centre of the same circle 14. Let ABC be a right-angled isosceles triangle with
is hypotenuse BC. Let BQC be a semi-circle, away from A,
[CAT 2018 Slot 2] with diameter BC. Let BPC be an arc of a circle centered
(a) 5√3 at A and lying between BC and BQC. If AB has length 6
(b) 6√2 cm then the area, in sq. cm, of the region enclosed by BPC
(c) 2π and BQC is:
(d) 8 [CAT 2017 Slot 1]
(a) 9π – 18
https://youtu.be/Fadtju183sI (b) 18
(c) 9π
13. On a triangle ABC, a circle with diameter BC is drawn, (d) 9
intersecting AB and AC at points P and Q, respectively. If
the lengths of AB, AC, and CP are 30 cm, 25 cm, and 20 https://youtu.be/DQkEROmL22g
cm respectively, then the length of BQ, in cm, is
[CAT 2018 Slot 2]

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Answer Key
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. 120 4. 10 5. (a)
6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. 24 14. (b)

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