Mid-point Theorem and Medians - Class IX

Questions covering the mid-point theorem, medians, and related properties of triangles including areas, parallel lines, and coordinate geometry applications

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
State true or false:

$ D, E $ and $ F $ are the mid-points of the sides $ AB, BC $ and  $ CA $ of an isosceles $ \bigtriangleup ABC $  in which $ AB= BC $. then
 $ \bigtriangleup DEF $  is also isosceles.

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

In $\Delta ABC$, D and E are mid points of AB and BC respectively and $\angle ABC=90^o$, then

  1. $AE^2+CD^2=AC^2$
  2. $AE^2+CD^2=\frac {5}{4}AC^2$
  3. $AE^2+CD^2=\frac {3}{4}AC^2$
  4. $AE^2+CD^2=\frac {4}{5}AC^2$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the midpoint of the segment connecting the points $(a, -b)$ and $(5a, 7b)$.

  1. $(3a, -3b)$
  2. $(2a, -3b)$
  3. $(3a, -4b)$
  4. $(-2a, 4b)$
  5. <span>none of these</span>
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fill in the blanks:
(i) The ling segment joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of its opposite side is called a $\underline { P } $ of the triangle.
(ii) The perpendicular line segment from a vertex of a triangle to its opposite is called an $\underline { Q } $ of the triangle
(iii) A triangle has $\underline { R } $ altitudes and $\underline { S } $ medians

  1. $P-$ Altitude; $Q$- Median; $R-1$; $S-1$
  2. $P-$ Altitude; $Q$- Median; $R-3$; $S-3$
  3. $P-$ Median; $Q$- Altitude; $R-3$; $S-3$
  4. $P-$ Median; $Q$- Altitude; $R-2$; $S-3$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is parallel to the _______ side.

  1. first
  2. second
  3. third
  4. none of the above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Fill in the blank:

Line joining the mid-points of any two sides of a triangle is _____ to the third side.
  1. perpendicular
  2. parallel
  3. Inclined at $60^o$
  4. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the lengths of the medians $AD, BE$ and $CF$ of the triangle $ABC$, are $6,8,10$ respectively, then

  1. $AD$ and $BE$ are perpendicular
  2. $BE$ and $CF$ are perpendicular
  3. area of $\Delta ABC=32$
  4. area of $\Delta DEF=8$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\triangle ABC , \angle B=90^0$ and D is the mid-point of BC then
$BC^2=4(AD^2-AB^2)$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If a line cuts sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ of $\triangle ABC$ at $P, Q, R$ respectively then " $\dfrac {BP}{PC}\cdot \dfrac {CQ}{QA}\cdot \dfrac {AR}{RB} = 1$. "  that statement is ?

  1. True
  2. False
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a triangle $ABC,D$ and  $E$ are the mid-points of $BC,CA$ respectively. If $AD=5,BC=BE=4$, then $CA=$

  1. $5$
  2. $\sqrt{7}$
  3. $2\sqrt{7}$
  4. $5\sqrt{5}$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $m {a},\ m {b},\ m {c}$ are lengths of medians through the vertices $A,B, C$ of $\triangle ABC$ respectively, then length of side $b=$

  1. $\sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } } $
  2. $\dfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } }$
  3. $\dfrac { 2 }{ 3 } \sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } }$
  4. $\dfrac { 3 }{ 4 } \sqrt { { 2m } _{ a }^{ 2 }+{ 2m } _{ c }^{ 2 }-{ 2m } _{ b }^{ 2 } }$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\triangle ABC, D, E$ and $F$ are the mid points of $BC, CA$ and $AB$ respectively, then, $BDEF$=________$ABC$

  1. $2$
  2. $\dfrac{1}{2}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{4}$
  4. $\dfrac{31}{4}$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider $\Delta$ABC and $\Delta A _{1}B _{1}C _{1}$ in such a way that $\bar { AB } =\bar { { A } _{ 1 }{ B } _{ 1 } } $ and M,N,$M _{1}N _{1}$ be that mid points of AB,BC, $A _{1}B _{1}$ and $B _{1}C _{1}$ respectively, then _____________.

  1. $\bar { M{ M } _{ 1 } } =\bar { NN _{ 1 } } $
  2. $\bar { { CC } _{ 1 } } =\bar { MM _{ 1 } } $
  3. $\bar { { CC } _{ 1 } } =\bar { NN _{ 1 } } $
  4. $\bar { { MM } _{ 1 } } =\bar { BB _{ 1 } } $
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A triangle ABC in which AB=AC, M is a point on AB and N is a point on AC such that if BM=CN then AM=AN

  1. True
  2. False
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In triangle $ ABC $, $ M $ is mid-point of $ AB $ and a straight line through $ M $ and parallel to $ BC $ cuts $ AC $ in $ N $. Find the lenghts of $ AN $ and $ MN $ if $ BC= 7 $ cm and $ AC= 5 $ cm.

  1. $ AN= 2.5 $ cm and $ MN= 3.5 $ cm
  2. <span>$ AN= 1.5 $ cm and $ MN= 3.5 $ cm</span>
  3. <span>$ AN= 2.5 $ cm and $ MN= 4.5 $ cm</span>
  4. none of the above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
State true or false:

In triangle  $ ABC  $,  $ P  $ is the mid-point of side  $ BC  $. A line through $ P  $ and Parallel to  $ CA  $ meets  $ AB  $ at point  $ Q  $; and a line through  $ Q  $ and parallel to  $ BC $ meets median  $ AP  $ at point  $ R  $. Can it be concluded that,
$ AP= 2AR $ ?

  1. True
  2. False
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State true or false:


In triangle $ ABC $, angle $ B $ is obtuse. $ D $ and $ E $ are mid-points of sides $ AB $ and $ BC $ respectively and $ F $ is a point in side $ AC $ such that $ EF $ is parallel to $ AB $. Then, $ BEFD $ is a parallelogram. 

  1. True
  2. False
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In $\bigtriangleup : ABC$ , $E$ and $F$ are mid-points of sides $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. If $BF$ and $CE$ intersect each other at point $O$, then the $\bigtriangleup :OBC$ and quadrilateral $AEOF$ are equal in area.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $D, E, F$ are respectively the midpoints of the sides $AB, BC, CA$ of $\Delta ABC$ and the area of $\Delta ABC$ is $24\ sq.\ cm$, then the area of $\Delta DEF$ is:

  1. $24\ {cm}^{2}$
  2. $12\ {cm}^{2}$
  3. $8\ {cm}^{2}$
  4. $6\ {cm}^{2}$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose the triangle ABC has an obtuse angle at C and let D be the midpoint of side AC Suppose E is on BC such that the segment DE is parallel to AB. Consider the following three statements
i) E is the midpoint of BC
ii) The length of DE is half the length of AB
iii) DE bisects the altitude from C to AB

  1. only (i) is true
  2. only (i) and (ii) are true
  3. only (i) and (iii) are true
  4. all three are true
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $P$ be an interior point such that $\angle BPC = 90$, $\angle BAP = \angle BCP$. Let $M, N$ be the mid-points of $AC, BC$ respectively. Suppose $BP = 2PM$. Then $A, P, N$ are collinear ?

  1. True
  2. False
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \Delta ABC$ is an isosceles triangle and midpoints $D, E,$ and $F$ of $AB, BC,$ and $CA$ respectively are joined, then $\displaystyle \Delta DEF$ is:

  1. Equilateral
  2. Isosceles
  3. Scalene
  4. Right-angled
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

M is the midpoint of $\displaystyle\overline{AB}$. The coordinates of A are $(-2,3)$ and the coordinates of M are $(1,0)$. Find the coordinates of B.

  1. $(-1/2, 3/2)$
  2. $(4,-3)$
  3. $(-4,3)$
  4. $(-5,6)$
  5. <span>none of these</span>
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The straight line joining the mid-points of the opposite sides of a parallelogram divides it into two parallelogram of equal area  

  1. True
  2. False
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a $\triangle ABC$, if $D, E, F$ are the midpoints of the sides $BC, CA, AB$ respectively then $\overline {AD} + \overline {BE} + \overline {CF} =$

  1. $\overline {0}$
  2. $\overline {AE}$
  3. $\overline {BD}$
  4. $\overline {CE}$