Practice Questions Areas Related To Circles Class X

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS (AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES)

CLASS: X : MATHEMATICS
1. The radii of two circles are 19 cm and 9 cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle which
has circumference equal to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles.
2. The radii of two circles are 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle having
area equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles.
3. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then find the ratio of their areas.
4. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm.
5. Find the area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm.
6. If the perimeter of a protractor is 72 cm, calculate its area. (Use π = 22/7)
7. If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is 108 cm, find the diameter of the protractor.
(Take π = 22/7)
8. If the area of a circle is 154 cm2, then find its circumference.
9. The circumference of a circle is 100 cm. Find the side of a square inscribed in the circle.
10. If a square ABCD inscribed in a circle of radius r and AB= 4cm , then find the value of r
11. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in
5 minutes.
12. A horse is tied to a pole with 28 m long rope. The perimeter of the field where the horse can
graze is (Take π = 22/7)
13. An umbrella has 8 ribs which are equally spaced. Assuming umbrella to be a flat circle of
radius 45 cm, find the area between the two consecutive ribs of the umbrella.
14. Two circular pieces of equal radii and maximum area, touching each other are cut out from a
Rectangular card board of dimensions 14 cm × 7 cm. Find the area of the remaining card
board. [Use π = 22/7 ]
15. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 6cm. Find the area swept by it when it moves
from 7:05 p.m. to 7:40 p.m.
16. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of the
corresponding : (i) minor segment (ii) major sector. (Use π = 3.14)
17. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find: (i) the length of
the arc (ii) area of the sector formed by the arc (iii) area of the segment formed by the
corresponding chord
18. A chord of a circle of radius 15 cm subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find the areas of
the corresponding minor and major segments of the circle. (Use π = 3.14 and √3 = 1.73)
19. A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 15 m by means of
a 5 m long rope. Find (i) the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze. (ii) the
increase in the grazing area if the rope were 10 m long instead of 5 m. (Use π = 3.14)
20. In the given figure, arcs have been drawn of radius 7cm each with vertices A, B, C and D of
quadrilateral ABCD as centres. Find the area of the shaded region.

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