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CLASS - X AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES BY: SANJAY GUPTA
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:-
1. Radii of two circles are 6 cm and 8 cm. the diameter of another circle, whose area is sum of the areas of the
two circles is
(a) 14 cm (b) 28 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 20 cm
2. If the sum of the circumferences of two circles with radii R
1
and R
2
is equal to the circumference of a circle of
radius R, then
(a) R
1
+ R
2
= R
(b) R
1
+ R
2
> R
(c) R
1
+ R
2
< R
(d) We can say nothing about the relation among R
1
, R
2
and R.
3. If circumference of a circle is 44 cm and the sum of two sides of a square is 22 cm, then
(a) Area of the circle = Area of the square
(b) Area of the circle > Area of the square
(c) Area of the circle < Area of the square
(d) Nothing can be said definite about the relation between the area of the circle and that of the square.
4. Area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle of radius r units is
(a) r
2
sq. units
(b)

r
2
sq. units
(c) 2r
2
sq. units
(d) r
2
sq. units
5. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then the ratio of their areas is
(a) 22 : 7 (b) 14 : 11 (c) 7 : 22 (d) 11 : 14
6. The area of a circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 10 cm is
(a) 100 cm
2
(b) 50 cm
2
(c) 20 cm
2
(d) 25 cm
2

7. The radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumferences of other two circles of
diameter 36 cm and 20 cm is
(a) 56 cm (b) 42 cm (c) 28 cm (d) 16 cm
8. Area of the greatest circle of the circles constructed on the sides of a right triangle, taking these sides as
diameters, if the two smaller sides are 1.5 cm and 2 cm, is
(a)

cm
2

(b) 25 cm
2

(c)

cm
2

(d) cm
2

9. In the adjoining figure, ABCO is a semicircle with diameter 16 m and PQRO is a quadrant of another circle. The
area of the shaded region is
(a) 15 m
2
(b) 16 m
2
(c) m
2
(d) m
2

10. A horse is tethered by a rope of 7 m long to the intersection of diagonals of a field in the shape of a square of
side 14 m to graze the grass. The area of ungrazed field is
(a) 154 m
2
(b) 42 m
2
(c) 196 m
2
(d) 5.5 m
2

11. Find the area of the triangle made in a semicircle of radius 5 cm, you are given that the length of one of the
sides is 5 cm
(a)

cm
2

(b) 25 cm
2

(c) 25 cm
2

(d)

cm
2

12. The area of a sector of a circle with radius r, if the corresponding chord of the sector is of length r, is
(a)

r
2
sq. units
(b)

r
2
sq. units
(c)

r
2
sq. units
(d)

r
2
sq. units
13. Area of a circle of diameter d m is
(a)

(b) 2

(c)

(d)

14. If the perimeter and area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of the circle is
(a) 2 units (b) units (c) 4 units (d) 7 units
15. Area of a sector of circle with radius R and angle p is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

16. Area of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm is
(a) 22 cm
2
(b) 3.5 cm
2
(c) 38.5 cm
2
(d) 380.3 cm
2

17. If the circumference of a circle exceed the diameter by 16.8 cm, then radius of the circle is
(a) 16 cm (b) 3.92 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 39.2 cm
18. A rectangle of sides 6 cm and 8 cm is inscribed in a circle, then area of a circle excluding rectangle is
(a) 20 cm
2
(b) 30.57 cm
2
(c) 20 cm
2
(d) 48 cm
2

19. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11 km, then diameter of the wheel is
(a) 35 cm (b) 105 cm (c) 70 cm (d) 0.7 cm
20. If the race track is in the form of a ring whose inner circumference is 352 m and outer circumference is 396 m,
then width of the track is
(a) 14 m (b) 3.5 m (c) 7 m (d) 10 m
21. A copper wire, when bent in the form of a square, encloses an area 484 cm
2
. If the same wire is bent in the
form of a circle, then the area enclosed is
(a) 616 cm
2
(b) 606 cm
2
(c) 661 cm
2
(d) 166 cm
2

22. If the perimeter and area of a circle are numerically equal, then radius of the circle is
(a) 2 units (b) unit (c) 4 units (d) 7 units
23. Area of sector of a circle of radius r, arc length l and angle subtending at the Centre , is
(a)
(b)

(c)
(d)

24. The difference between the circumference and the radius of a circle is 74 cm. The area of the circle is
(a) 600 cm
2
(b) 610 cm
2
(c) 616 cm
2
(d) 620 cm
2

25. The circumference of a circle exceeds its diameter y 67.2 cm. the circumference of the circle is
(a) 98.56 cm (b) 98 cm (c) 90 cm (d) 92 cm
26. The area of the two circles are in the ratio 4 : 9. The ratio between their circumference is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 4 : 5
27. The ratio of the circumference of two circles is 3 : 1. If the circumference of the bigger circle is 39.36 cm, the
radius of the smaller circle is
(a)

cm (b)

cm (c)
.

cm (d)
.

cm
28. The radius of a circular field is 35m. How many rounds should be taken round the field so as to cover a
distance of 1540m?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
29. The distance covered by the wheel of radius 21 decimeter, when it makes 100 revolutions is
(a) 1.32 km (b) 1.30 km (c) 1.31 km (d) 1.35 km
30. A car is moving with the speed of 22 decimeter/second. The diameter of the wheel, if it performs 700
revolutions per second is
(a) 0.0 m (b) 0.2 m (c) 1.5 m (d) 0.1 m
31. If the perimeter of a semicircular protector is 36cm, its diameter is
(a) 10 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 14 cm
32. The perimeters of a circular field and a square field are same. The area of square field, if the area of circular
field is 3850 sq. meter is
(a) 3000 m
2
(b) 4000 m
2
(c) 3025 m
2
(d) 3050 m
2

33. The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140cm. How many revolutions per minute must the wheel make
in order to keep a speed of 66 km per hour?
(a) 200 (b) 210 (c) 250 (d) 240
34. The inner circumference of circular track is 24. The track is everywhere 2 m wide. The quantity of wire
required to surround the path completely is
(a) 80 m (b) 81 m (c) 82 m (d) 88 m
35. A race track is in the form of a ring whose inner circumference is 440m and the outer circumference is 506 m.
the width of the track is
(a) 10.2 m (b) 10.4 m (c) 10.5 m (d) 10.1 m
36. A path 7 m width runs around outside a circular park whose radius is 18 m. the area of the path is
(a) 948 m
2
(b) 960 m
2
(c) 942 m
2
(d) 946 m
2

37. The areas of two concentric circles are 962.5 cm
2
and 1386 cm
2
respectively. The width of the ring is
(a) 3.4 cm (b) 3.5 cm (c) 3.2 cm (d) 3.1 cm
38. A man runs around a circle of radius 60 m at a speed of 12 km/hr. The time taken by him for going around it
ten times is
(a) 10 min 42 sec
(b) 12 min 35 sec
(c) 15 min 42 sec
(d) 10 min 35 sec
39. The perimeter of a sector of a circle of radius 5.2 cm is 16.4 cm. The area of the sector is
(a) 15.1 cm
2
(b) 15.5 cm
2
(c) 15.6 cm
2
(d) 15.9 cm
2

40. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60
o
at the center. The length of arc is
(a) 20 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 24 cm (d) 26 cm
41. A horse is placed for grazing inside a rectangular field 40 m by 36 m and is tethered to one corner by a rope 14
m long. Over how much area can it graze?
(a) 150 m
2
(b) 152 m
2
(c) 151 m
2
(d) 154 m
2

42. The area of the segment of a circle in shaded region the angle of the sector is 120
o
and the radius of the circle
is 21 cm, is (approximately)
(a) 270 cm
2
(b) 400 cm
2
(c) 570 cm
2
(d) 300 cm
2

43. A park is in the form of a rectangle 120 100 m. At the center of the park, there is a circular lawn. The area
of the park excluding the lawn is 8700 m
2
. Radius of the circular lawn is
(a) 35.41 m (b) 27.41 m (c) 32.41 m (d) 50.41 m
44. A rectangular piece is 20 m long and 15 m wide. From its four corners, quadrants of radii 3.5 m have been cut.
The area of the remaining part is
(a) 261.5 m
2
(b) 250.5 m
2
(c) 230.5 m
2
(d) 271.5 m
2

45. Three equal circles, each of radius 6 cm, touch one another. The area enclosed between them is
(a) 5.76 cm
2
(b) 5.66 cm
2
(c) 5.86 cm
2
(d) 5.96 cm
2

46. A playground is in the form of a rectangle having semicircles on the shorter sides. The area, when the length
of rectangular portion is 80 m and the breadth is 42 m, is
(a) 4746 m
2
(b) 4756 m
2
(c) 5740 m
2
(d) 6750 m
2

47. In the figure ABCD is a rectangle inscribed in a circle of diameter BD = 10 cm, AB = 6 cm. the area of the
shaded portion is approximately
(a) 30 cm
2
(b) 40 cm
2
(c) 50 cm
2
(d) 60 cm
2

48. A square park has each side 100 m. At each corner of the park, there is a flower bed in the form of a quadrant
of radius 14 m. the area of the remaining part of the park is
(a) 9548 m
2
(b) 9348 m
2
(c) 9384 m
2
(d) 9684 m
2

49. A chord AB of a circle of radius 10 cm makes a right angle at the Centre of the circle. The area of the major
and minor segments are respectively
(a) 28.5 cm
2
, 285.5 cm
2

(b) 20.5 cm
2
, 280.5 cm
2

(c) 25.5 cm
2
, 250.5 cm
2

(d) None of these
50. The inside perimeter of a running track is 400 m. The length of each of the straight portion is 90 m and the
ends are semicircles. If the track is 14 m wide everywhere, the length of the outer running track is
(a) 480 m (b) 482 m (c) 450 m (d) 488 m
51. The difference between the areas of a regular hexagon of sides 72 cm and the area of its inscribed circle is
(a) 1260 cm
2
(b) 1250 cm
2
(c) 1240 cm
2
(d) 1230 cm
2

52. The length of the smaller and bigger hands of a watch is 3.50 cm and 4.62 cm respectively. The ratio of
distances trans versed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. is
(a) 15.84 : 1 (b) 16.82 : 3 (c) 15.82 : 3 (d) 16.84 : 1
53. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. the area swept by the minute hand in one hour is
(a) 615.44 cm
2
(b) 616.44 cm
2
(c) 620.44 cm
2
(d) 651.44 cm
2

54. A wire is in the form of a circle of radius 28 cm. the area of the square into which it can be bent is
(a) 1936 cm
2
(b) 1900 cm
2
(c) 1836 cm
2
(d) 1800 cm
2

55. A steel wire when bent in the form of a square encloses an area of 121 sq. cm. if the same wire is bent in the
form of a circle, the area of the circle is
(a) 150 cm
2
(b) 154 cm
2
(c) 160 cm
2
(d) 165 cm
2