Angle sum property of a triangle - class-VIII

Covers angle sum property and related triangle geometry concepts including exterior angles, similarity, and basic trigonometry appropriate for Class VIII mathematics curriculum.

23 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\triangle ABC$, if $b\cos A=a\cos B$ then the triangle is 

  1. right angled
  2. isosceless
  3. equilateral
  4. scalene
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
State true or false.
The sum of interior angles of a triangle is ${ 180 }^{ \circ  }$.
  1. True
  2. False
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2: 1: 3. Is the triangle right-angled triangle,

  1. True
  2. False
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a $\triangle ABC$, $\angle A - \angle B = 30^{\circ}$ and $ \angle B -\angle C = 42^{\circ}$; find $\angle A$.

  1. $84^o$
  2. $94^o$
  3. $32^o$
  4. none of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2:3:4, find the three angles.

  1. $80^o, 120^o, 160^o$
  2. $20^o, 30^o, 40^o$
  3. $40^o, 60^o, 80^o$
  4. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a $\triangle ABC$, the sides AB and AC have been produced to D and E. Bisectors of $\angle CBD$ and $\angle BCE$ meet at O. If $\angle A={ 64 }^{ 0 }$, then $\angle BOC$ is 

  1. ${ 52 }^{ 0 }$
  2. ${ 58 }^{ 0 }$
  3. ${ 26 }^{ 0 }$
  4. ${ 112 }^{ 0 }$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of two ______ opposite angles.

  1. interior
  2. exterior
  3. vertical
  4. none of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\displaystyle \triangle ABC,\angle C=30^{\circ},\angle B=90^{\circ},BC=10 cm,BD\perp AC$ then the length of AD is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{5}{\sqrt{3}}$ cm
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{6}{\sqrt{3}}$ cm
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{7}{\sqrt{3}}$ cm
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{8}{\sqrt{3}}$ cm
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The interior and boundary of a triangle is called

  1. exterior
  2. interior
  3. triangular region
  4. plane
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One of the exterior angle of a triangle is $ 105^0$ and the interior opposite angles are in the ratio 2 : 5 . Find the angles of the triangle.

  1. $ 30^o ; 45^o ; 105^o$
  2. $ 45^o ; 45^o ; 90^o$
  3. $ 30^o ; 75^o ; 75^o$
  4. $ 60^o ; 30^o ; 90^o$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$\Delta ABC$ is a right angled at A, the value of tan B $\times$ tan C is:

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. $- 1$
  4. None of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\Delta ABC$, if $\angle A+\angle B=90^{\circ}$, cot $B=\dfrac{3}{4}$, then the value of tan A is :

  1. $\dfrac{4}{5}$
  2. $\dfrac{3}{4}$
  3. $\dfrac{4}{3}$
  4. $\dfrac{3}{5}$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There are m points on a straight line AB & n points on the line AC none of them being the point A. Triangles are formed with these points as vertices, when (i) A is excluded (ii) A is included.

The ratio of number of triangles in the two cases is?

  1. $\dfrac{m+n-2}{m+n}$
  2. $\dfrac{m+n-2}{m+n-1}$
  3. $\dfrac{m+n-2}{m+n+2}$
  4. $\dfrac{m(n-1)}{(m+1)(n+1)}$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The position vectors of vertices of $\Delta ABC$ are $(1, -2), (-7, 6)$ and $\left(\dfrac{11}{5}, \dfrac{2}{5}\right)$ respectively. The measure of the interior angle $A$ of the $\Delta ABC$, is

  1. acute and lies in $(75^o, 90^o)$
  2. acute and lies in $(60^o, 75^o)$
  3. acute and lies in $(45^o, 60^o)$
  4. obtuse and lies in $(120^o, 150^o)$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
In the above figure, $ABC$ is a right-angled triangle, right angled at $B$ and $AD$ is the external bisector of angle $A$ of triangle $ABC$.

Find $AD$, if $AC= 17 \,cm$ and $BC = 8 \,cm$.
  1. $15 \,cm$
  2. $23 \,cm$
  3. $60 \,cm$
  4. $15\sqrt{17} cm$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a triangle $ABC$, three force of magnitudes $3\overline {AB}\cdot\ 2\overline {AC}$ and $2\overline {CB}$ are acting along the sides $AB,AC$ and $CB$ respectively. If the resultant meets $AC$ at $D$, then the ratio $DC:AD$ will be equal to :

  1. $1:1$
  2. $1:2$
  3. $1:3$
  4. $1:4$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\Delta ABC$. If $x=\tan\left(\dfrac{B-C}{2}\right)\tan\dfrac{A}{2}, y=\tan\left(\dfrac{C-A}{2}\right)\tan\dfrac{B}{2}, z=\tan\left(\dfrac{A-B}{2}\right)\tan\dfrac{C}{2}$, then $x+y+z$ (in terms of $x,y,z$ only) is 

  1. $xyz$
  2. $2xyz$
  3. $-xyz$
  4. $\dfrac{1}{2}xyz$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Let $ A(1,2,3), B(0,0,1), C(-1,1,1)$ are the vertices of a $\triangle ABC$. Then, the equation of internal angle bisector through A to side BC is 
  1. $\underset{r}{\rightarrow}=\widehat{i}+2\widehat{j}+3\widehat{k}+\mu (3\widehat{i}+2\widehat{j}+3\widehat{k})$
  2. $\underset{r}{\rightarrow}=\widehat{i}+2\widehat{j}+3\widehat{k}+\mu (3\widehat{i}+4\widehat{j}+3\widehat{k})$
  3. $\underset{r}{\rightarrow}=\widehat{i}+2\widehat{j}+3\widehat{k}+\mu (3\widehat{i}+3\widehat{j}+2\widehat{k})$
  4. $\underset{r}{\rightarrow}=\widehat{i}+2\widehat{j}+3\widehat{k}+\mu (3\widehat{i}+3\widehat{j}+4\widehat{k})$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a  $\triangle A B C,$  side  $A B$  has the equation  $2 x + 3 y = 29$  and the side  $A C$  has the equation  $x + 2 y = 16.$  If the mid point of  $B C$  is  $( 5,6 ) ,$  then the equation of  $B C$  is

  1. $2 x + y = 16$
  2. $x + y = 11$
  3. $2 x - y = 4$
  4. $x + y = - 11$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In triangle, three angles are  $x , x + 10 ^ { \circ } + x + 20 ^ { \circ }$  then the biggest is

  1. $70 ^ { \circ }$
  2. $80 ^ { \circ }$
  3. $90 ^ { \circ }$
  4. none
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In. triangle ABC,$\angle A$ + $\angle B$ = 144 and$\angle A$ + $\angle C$ = 124.
Calculate smallest angle of the triangle.

  1. $36^o$
  2. $56^o$
  3. $46^o$
  4. none of these
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If every side of a triangle is doubled, then the area of the new triangle is 'K' times the area of the old one. The value of K is

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. $\sqrt 2$
  4. 4
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the

  1. ratio ofcorresponding medians
  2. ratio ofcorresponding sides
  3. ratio of the squares ofcorresponding sides
  4. none of these