BMA'sTalent & Olympiad Exams Resource Book Class VII - Mathematics

• In a tJ. ABC, if AB 2 = BC 2 + AC 2, at which

vertex is the right angle?
• Which of the following statements is false?
(A) The sum of two sides of a triangle is

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greater than the third side.
(A) A (B) B
(C) c (D) Either A or B (B) In a right angled triangle, hypotenuse
is the longest side.
Which type of triangle is formed by BC = 7.2
(C) A, B and C are collinear if
em, AC = 6 em and L c = 120<>? AB+ BC =AC.

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(A) An acute angled triangle. (D) The sum of angles in a triangle is
(B) An obtuse angled triangle. less than 180°.

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(C) A right angled triangle. What is the length of the hypotenuse of
(D) An isosceles triangle. a right angled triangle whose two legs
measure 12 em and 0.35 m?
Which triangle is formed by AB = 3 em,
BC = 4 em and AC = 8 em? (A) 37 em (B) 3.72 em
(C) 0.372 em (D) 37 m
(A) A scalene triangle.
If the two legs of a right angled triangle
(B) An isosceles triangle.
are equal and the square of the
(C) An equilateral triangle. hypotenuse is 100 sq units, what is the
(D) No triangle is formed. length of each leg?

0 If two angles in a triangle are 65° and (A) 10 units (B) 5.J2 units

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85°, what is the third angle? (C) 1o.J2 units (D) 15 units
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) goo
In a tJ. PQR. PQ = PR and L Q is twice that
If one angle is the average of the other two
of LP . What is the measure of L Q ?
angles and the difference between the
greatest and least angles is 60°, which (A) 72° (B) 36° (C) 144° (D) 108°
triangle is formed? If two sides of an isosceles triangle are 3
(A) An isosceles triangle. em and 8 em, what is the length of the
(B) An equilateral triangle. third side?

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(C) A right angled triangle. (A) 3 em (B) 8 em
(D) A right angled isosceles triangle. (C) 3 em or 8 em (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
If in a tJ. ABC, L A = 60° and AB = AC, of
In tJ. ABC, if AB = BC and LB = 80°, what
what type is tJ. ABC?
is the measure of L C ?

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(A) An isosceles triangle.
(A) 50° (B) 100° (B) A right angled triangle.
(C) 130° (D) 180° (C) An isosceles right angled triangle.
Which triangle is formed by (D) An equilateral triangle.
BC = AC = 7.2 em and L C = goo? In a tJ. ABC, if AB + BC = 10 em, BC + CA = 12
(A) A right angled triangle. em, CA + AB = 16 em, what is the sum of
(B) An isosceles triangle. the lengths of its sides?
(C) A right angled isosceles triangle. (A) 1g em (B) 17 em
(D) No triangle is formed. (C) 38 em (D) 30 em

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• Which of the following are the angles in

a right ang led triangle other than the
right angle?
(A) Acute angles (B)
(C) Right angles (D)
Obtuse angles
Reflex angles
An isosceles triangle can be obtuse
angled.
(A) Always false.
(B) Always true.
(C) Cannot be determined.
(D) Sometimes false.
In a D. ABC, if LA = LB + LC , what is the Which of the following statements is
measure of L A correct?
(A) 60° (B) 45° (C) 900 (D) 135° (A) The difference of any two sides is less
than the third side.
If a, b and c are the sides of a triangle,
(B) A triangle cannot have two obtuse
which of the following is correct?
angles.
(A) a - b > c (B) c >a + b (C) A triangle cannot have an obtuse
(C) c=a+b (D) b < c + a angle and a right angle.
If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio A (D) All the above.
1 : 2: 7, what type of a triangle is it? W Two chimneys 18m and 13m high stand
upright on a ground. If their feet are
(A) An acute angled triangle.
12m apart, what is the distance between
(B) An obtuse angled triangle.
their tops?
(C) A right angled triangle.
(A) 5 m (B) 31 m (C) 13 m (D) 18 m
(D) A right angled isosceles triangle.
The top of a broken tree touches the
A triangle always has ground at a distance of 15 m from its base.
(A) exactly one acute angle. If the tree is broken at a height of 8 m from
(B) exactly two acute angles. the ground, what is the actual height of
(C) at least two acute angles. the tree?
(D) exactly 2 right angles. (A) 20 m (B) 25 m (C) 30 m (D) 17 m
How many independent measurements

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• What is the ratio in which the centroid of a
are required to construct a triangle? triangle divides the medians ?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 5 (A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 2: 1 (D) 3 : 1
The centroid of a triangle is the point of
In a !J. ABC, if LB is an obtuse angle,
concurrence of which of these?
which is the longest side?
(A) Angle bisectors

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(A) AB (B) BC (B) Perpendicular bisectors
(C) AC (D) Either (A) or (B) (C) Altitudes
(D) Medians
If P : An isosceles triangle is right angled .
Which of the following statements is
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Q: LA = LB 45° and LC 90°, which = true?
of the following statements is true?
(A) The centroid of an acute angled
(A) P is true and Q is the correct triangle lies in the interior of the
explanation of P. triangle.
(B) The orthocentre of an acute angled
(B) P is true and Q is not the correct
triangle lies in the interior of the
explanation of P.
triangle.
(C) P is false. (C) The medians of a triangle are
(D) P is the correct explanation of Q. concurrent.
(D) All the above.

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In .[Link], Dis t he midpoint of BC and G is

the centroid of the triangle. If GO = 2 em,
• From the figure given, which of the
following statements is true ?

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what is the length of AD ?

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(A) 4 em (B) 6 em (C) 2 em (D) 8 em
In a .6. ABC, E is the midpoint of AC and G
is the centroid of the triangle. What is
BE: GE?
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(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 3
Which of the following statements is true?
(A) L x + Ly =L1 + L 3
(B) Ly = L2

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(A) The orthocentre of a right angled
triangle is the vertex containing the (C) L x = L1
right angle. (D) Lx + Ly = L1 + L 2
(B) The median of a trianglejoins a vertex The exterior angle of a triangle is 110". If
to the midpoint of the opposite side. one of the interior opposite angles is 55",
(C) The centroid of a right angled what is the measure of the other ?
triangle lies in the interior of the

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(A) 45" (B) 65" (C) 55" (D) 35"
triangle.
(D) All the above. 0 In .6. PQR, LQ =go·. Which
following is the longest side?
of the

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In a scalene triangle ABC, X is the
(A) RQ (B) PQ
midpoint of BC. What is AX?
(C) PR (D) Either (A) or (B)
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Which of the following statements is

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NOT true?
(A) A triangle can have three 60° angles.
(B) A triangle can have a right angle.
B X c (C) A triangle can have two right angles.

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(A) Median (B) Altitude (D) A triangle can have all three angles
(C) Centroid (D) Orthocentre equal.
From the following figure, what are the
In APQR, PQ = PR ; M is a point on QR
respective values of x and y?
and PM l_ QR . What do you call PM?

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(A) 80°, 60° (B) 600,400

Q M R (C) 60°, 800 (D) 400,600

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(C) Altitude (D) Vertex
In .6. XVZ , XP is the [Link] of the 1 Angles of a triangle are (x + 10") ,
following is correct? (x + 40") and (2 x- 30") . What is the
value of x?
(A) XP = XV (B) VP = PZ
(C) XP = XZ (D) XV= XZ (A) 30" (B) 40" (C) 20" (D) 1 o·

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• In the figure given, what are the values of

Lb, Lc and La respectively?
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the respective measures of x, y and z.
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(A) 18°, 70° and 92o(B) 92°, 70° and 18°
(C) 70°, 92° and 18o(D) 70°, 18° and 92°
In ~ABC, AB = AC, LA = 40° . 0 is a point B C
inside ~ABC such that LOBC = LOCA . (A) X = 70°, y = 70°, z = 55°
Find the measure of LBOC. (B) X = 70°, y = 55°, z = 55°
A (C) X = 55°, y = 55°, Z = 55°

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(D) X = 70°, y = 55°, z = 70°
Find the angles x andy respectively.
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(A) 11 oo (B) 35° (C) 140° (D) 155°

The triangle XYZ is right angled at X. Which

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is the longest side of !1XYZ ?
(A) XV (B) XZ (C) ZX (D) YZ C B A
Which of the following statements is (A) X=47°, y = 25° (B) X= 27°, y = 45°
correct? (C) x = 45°, y = 27° (D) x = 25°, y = 4 7°
(A) The exterior angle of a triangle is Find the value of x.
equal to its interior adjacent angle.
(B) The median of a triangle joins its ver- B
tex to the midpoint of its opposite side.
(C) The altitude of a triangle is drawn
from a vertex to the midpoint of the

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opposite side.
(D) All the above. (A) 106° (B) 53°
What is the number of medians in a (C) 26° (D) 52°

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triangle ? Find the measure of x in the following
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1 figure .

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Find the measure of yin the given figure.
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(A) 112° (B) 56°
(B) 60° (D) 120° (C) 68° (D) 106°

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