Properties of Triangle

20. In ABC , A  50 . Its sides AB and AC are produced to the point D and E. If the
bisectors of CBD and BCE meet at the point O, then BOC is equal to
(a) 70° (b) 65° (c) 55° (d) 40°
21. In the figure (not drawn to scale) given below, if AD = DC = BC and BCE  96 ,
then DBC is

(a) 32° (b) 84° (c) 64° (d) 96°

22. x, y and z are the sides of a triangle. If z is the largest side and x 2  y2  z2 , then the
triangle is z/an:
(a) Isosceles right angled triangle (b) Acute angled triangle
(c) Obtuse angled triangle (d) Right angled triangle
23. Taking any three of the line segments out of segments of length 2 cm, 3 cm, 5 cm and 6
cm, the number of triangles that can be formed is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
24. In a triangle ABC, the side BC is extended up to D. Such that CD = AC, if
BAD  109 and ACB  72 then the value of ABC is
(a) 35° (b) 60° (c) 40° (d) 45°
25. The sum of three altitudes of a triangle is
(a) equal to the sum of three sides (b) less than the sum of sides
(c) greater than the sum of sides (d) twice the sum of sides
26. If two angles of a triangle are 21° and 38°, then the triangle is
(a) Right-angled triangle (b) Acute-angled triangle
(c) Obtuse-angled triangle (d) Isosceles triangle
27. In a  ABC , A  B  70 and B  C  130 , value of A is
(a) 20° (b) 50° (c) 110° (d) 30°

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28. In a  ABC , 2 A  3 B  6 C , value of B is
(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°
29. ABC is a triangle and the sides AB, BC and CA are produced to E, F and G
respectively. If CBE  ACF  130 then the value of GAB is
(a) 100° (b) 130° (c) 80° (d) 90°
30. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 7 : 9 : 12. The difference between the lengths
of largest and smallest sides is 15 cm. The length of the largest side would be:
(a) 36 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 60 cm (d) 24 cm
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31. The side BC of a triangle ABC is produced to D. If ACD  112 and B  A ,
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then the measure of B is
(a) 30° (b) 48° (c) 45° (d) 64°
32. BE and CF are two altitudes of a triangle ABC. If AB = 6 cm, AC = 5 cm and CF = 4
cm, then the length of BE is
(a) 4.8 cm (b) 7.5 cm (c) 3.33 cm (d) 5.5 cm
33. An exterior angle of a triangle is 115° and one of the interior opposite angles is 45°.
Then the other two angles are
(a) 65°, 70° (b) 60°, 75° (c) 45°, 90° (d) 50°, 85°

34. If the measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and if the length of the
smallest side of the triangle is 10 cm, then the length of the longest side is
(a) 20 cm (b) 25 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 35 cm
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35. In an acute-angled triangle ABC if sin  B  C  A   and tan  C  A  B   1 , then
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C is equal to
(a) 37.5° (b) 67.5° (c) 52.5° (d) 72.5°
36. In triangle ABC, ABC  90 . BP is drawn perpendicular to AC. If BAP  50 ,
what is the value (in degree) of QPR ?
(a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 100
37. In a triangle ABC, ABC  15 BD is a point on BC such that AD and BD. What is the
measure of ADC (in degrees)?
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 60
38. PQR is a triangle in which PR = QR side PR is extended to S, such that QR = RS. If
QPR  40 , then what is the value (in degrees) of QSR ?

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 (a) 45 (b) 50 (c) 55 (d) 41
39. In the given figure, BAC  70 , ACB  45 and DEA  140 . What is the value
of BDE ?

(a) 10° (b) 15° (c) 20° (d) 25°

40. Classify the triangle as a type of triangle if the sides of the triangle are 6, 12 and 13
units.
(a) Right angled triangle (b) Obtuse angled triangle
(c) Acute angled triangle (d) None of these
41. Which of the following combination of sides results in the formation of obtuse angled
triangle ?
(a) 6, 7, 13 (b) 5, 6, 8 (c) 4, 5, 6 (d) None of these
42. In ABC , AD  BC and BE  AC , AD and BE intersect each other at F. If BF =
AC, then the measure of ABC is
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 70° (d) 50°
43.  ABC is a triangle, where B is obtuse. AD is perpendicular on CB produced at D.
If 20+.2AB = 8 cm, BC = 7 cm and BD = 4 cm, then AC is equal to
(a) 14 cm (b) 13 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 12 cm

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44. In triangle ABC, the length of BC is less than twice the length of AB by 2 cm. The
length of AC exceeds the length of AB by 10 cm. The perimeter is 32 cm. The length
(in cm) of the smallest side of the triangle is :
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 6
45. Two sides of a triangle are of length 3 cm and 5 cm. If the length of the third side is ‘x’
cm, then
(a) 5 < x (b) 5 < x < 11 (c) 0 < x < 11 (d) x > 11
46. Let D and E be two points on the side BC of  ABC such that AD = AE and
BAD  EAC . If AB   3x  1 cm, BD = 9 cm, AC = 34 cm and EC   y  1 cm,
then the value of  x  y  is
(a) 19 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 20
47. In LMN , LM  5 2 cm, LN  13 cm and LMN  135 . What is the length (in
cm) of MN?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 8 2 (d) 7 2
48. In a triangle ABC, if the three sides are (a = 5, b = 7) and c = 3, what id angle B ?
(a) 120° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) 150°
49. In the given figure, x = ?

(a) a  b  c (b) a  b  c (c) a  b  c (d) a  c  b

50. In the given figure, AM = AD, B  63 and CD is an angle bisector of C , then
MAC  ?

(a) 27° (b) 37° (c) 63° (d) None of these

51. In the given figure, A  B  C  D  E  F 

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 (a) 900° (b) 720° (c) 180° (d) 540°
52. In the figure, if AD = BD = AC then the value of C will be

124 142
(a) (b) (c) 39° (d) None of these
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53. Consider ABD such that ADB  20 and C is a point on BD such that AB = AC
and CD = CA. Then the measure of ABC is

(a) 40° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 30°

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54. The side BC of  is produced to D. If ACD  108 and B  A then A is
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(a) 36° (b) 108° (c) 59° (d) 72°
55. In the given figure, AB divides DAC in the ratio 1 : 3 and AB = DB. The value of x:

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 (a) 90° (b) 80° (c) 100° (d) 110°
56. In the given triangle ABC, BC = CD and  ABC, BAC   30 . The measure of
ABD is

(a) 30° (b) 45°

(c) 15° (d) can’t be determined
57. In the given figure below, if AD = CD = BC, and BCF  96 , How much is DBC ?

(a) 32° (b) 84°

(c) 64° (d) can’t be determined

58. In the given figure, AD = 11 cm, AB = 18 cm and AE = 9 cm. Find EC:

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 (a) 13 cm (b) 14 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 11 cm
59. In the given figure AD is the external bisector of EAC , intersects BC produced at D.
If AB = 12 cm, AC = 8 cm and BC = 4 cm, find CD:

(a) 10 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 8 cm (d) 9 cm

60. In the given figure, AD : DC = 3 : 2, then ABC :

(a) 30° (b) 40° (c) 45° (d) 50°

61. In the given figure, ABCD is a square and DCE is an equilateral triangle, then DAE
will be

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(a) 45° (b) 30° (c) 15° (d) 22
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62. In the given figure, if B  C  78 , BC = EC, CD = BC and DE not parallel to BC,
then EDB 

(a) 18° (b) 12° (c) 22° (d) None of these

63. In the given figure, if AB = BC = CD = EF = DE = GA = FG, then x =

153 180
(a) (b) 28° (c) (d) None of these
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64. In the given figure, AB  DC . If x  y and y  z , then BAC
3 8

(a) 48° (b) 96° (c) 108° (d) 84°

65. In the given figure, ABCD is a rhombus and AR = AB = BP, then the value of RTP
is

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 (a) 60° (b) 90° (c) 120° (d) 75°
66. In the given figure, if AD = DE = EC = BC then A : B 

(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 5 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 2

67. Number of distinct triangles with integral valued sides and with perimeter 18 units is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 7
68. In a triangle ABC the base BC is trisected at D & E. The line through D, parallel to AB
meets AC at F and the line through E parallel to AC meets AB at G. Let EG and DF
intersect at H, what is the ratio of sum of the area of 11 gm AGHG and the area of the
triangle DHE to the area of triangle ABC ?
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 4 : 5 (c) 2 : 9 (d) 1 : 2
69. In an isosceles ABC from it vertices B & C perpendicular has been drop on sides AC
& AB at point D & E respectively, BD & CE cut each other at point O. It is given that
OBC  25 . Find ACO  ? (AB = AC)
(a) 30 (b) 65 (c) 50 (d) 40
70. In ABC B  90 and DE = DC. Find EC ?

(a) 16 cm (b) 25 cm (c) 32 cm (d) 18 cm

71. AB and CD are the parallel sides of a trapezium ABCD with AB = 12 cm & AD  8 3
also D  30 & C  60 . Find the sum of squares of diagonals.

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 (a) 25° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°
72. AB = 20 cm, BC = 10 cm. In rectangle ABCD, A line BE has been drawn such that
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DE  DC . Area of BEC will be equal to
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8 4 3 3
(a) ABCD (b) ABCD (c) ABCD (d) ABCD
9 9 9 4
73. D is a point on side BC of triangle ABC, while E is a point on AD. Find the ratio AE :
ED. If the area of triangle ABC is 150% grater than of triangle AEC and DC is twice
BD.

(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 3 : 2

74. In ABC , AC = CD, & CAB  ABC  30 . Find BAD .

(a) 15° (b) 30° (c) 10° (d) 45°

75. In fig CD = BF = 10 & CED  BAF  30 . Find BC = ?

10 3
(a) (b) (c) 10 (d) 10 3
3 20
76. If shaded are a is half the area of ABC which is right-angled at B. Find AD = ?

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 w
(a) (b) 2x 2  z 2 (c) w 2  3y 2 (d) y2  z2
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77. In ABC , AB = BC & ACB  50 . D is a point on Ac such that AD = BD. E is a
point on BD such that BE = CD. Find EAD
(a) 30° (b) 20° (c) 50° (d) 25°
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78. In given figure, AG is parallel to CD & AG  CD . Point B on AC is such that
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2
BC  AC . If line BG meets AD at F & the line through C is parallel to BG meets AD
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FG
at E, Find .
EC

1 3 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
79. If the angles of a  are in ratio of 2 : 3 : 7, then sides are opposite to the angles are in
the ratio
1 2 1 1 3 1
(a) 2 : 2 : 3 1 (b) 2 : 2 : 3  1 (c) : 2: (d) : :
2 3 1 2 2 2
80. What fraction of large equilateral  is hashed ?

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 (a) 2/3 (b) 1/2 (c) 7/16 (d) 9/16
81. Two of the altitudes of a scalene triangle have lengths 8 cm and 24 cm respectively. If
the length of third altitude is an integer, and then find the largest value of it.
82. In triangle DEF shown in figure, points A, B and C are taken on DE, DF and EF,
respectively, such that EC = AC and CF = BC. If D  40 , then find ACB .

83. Based on figure, what is the value of x, if y = 10?

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 8 (d) 9

84. In PQR  PQ  5cm, QR  8cm , PQR  45 . The medians of the given triangle are
used to form a second triangle, then the medians of the second one are used to form the
third  and so on. Find the sum of the areas of all s in the above sequence.

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(a) 40 2 cm (b)80 (c) 80 2 (d) none
85. An isosceles triangle with one angle = 120° has an area of 4 3 cm 2 . Find its perimeter.
86. Consider an obtuse-angled triangle with sides 8 cm, 15 cm and x cm. If x is an integer
then how many such triangles exist?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 13
87. In the triangle ABC, AD and AE are the bisectors of BAC and DAB , respectively.
If BAE  30 . AE = 30 cm and EC = 78 cm, then find area of AEC .

88. If one of the sides of a right angled triangle with integer sides is 9 cm, find the largest
possible area of the triangle.
89. In a right angled  , if the median drawn from the vertex containing right angle to
hypotenuse is twice one of three sides, then what is the ratio of legs of triangle?
(a) 3 :1 (b) 15 :1 (c) 19 :1 (d) 10 :1

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