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Quantitative Aptitude
Geometry Workshop 2
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PX and QY are medians of triangle PQR, with lengths 18 and 21 units respectively. If

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PX and QY intersect at 90 degrees, find the area of triangle PQR?

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(1) 126 (2) 252 (3) 256 (4) 128

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In DPQR, PX and QY are medians which intersect at O and also XZ is parallel to QY

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such that Z lies on PR. Find the ratio of area of DQOX to that of quadrilateral OYZX?

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(1) 3 : 4 (2) 4 : 5 (3) 4 : 9 (4) 3 : 8

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Question – 17
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In an equilateral triangle ABC, P, Q and R are mid-points of AB, AC and BC

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respectively. Join PC and BQ and S is their intersection point. Let AR meet PQ at O.
Find the area of triangle ABC if area of triangle POS is 40 square unit.
(1) 480 (2) 960 (3) 240

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Question – 18
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Let PQ and RS be tangents at the extremities of the diameter PR of a circle of radius r.

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If PS and RQ intersect at a point X on the circumference of the circle, then 2 r is always

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(1) PQ  RS 

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If p2, q2 and r2 are three sides of a triangle then the triangle with sides p, q and r is
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Question – 15
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In the given triangle, AH : HC = 3 : 1, BC : CD : DE = 1 : 2 : 3. Area of triangle BHC is

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100 cm2. Find the ratio of the area of triangle AHG to the area of triangle AGF.

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(1) 1 : 1 (2) 5 : 4 (3) 4 : 3 (4) 3 : 2

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In a regular octagon PQRSTUVW, each side is of length 2 cm and XYUT is a square

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such that points X and Y are inside the octagon. Find the area of hexagon PQRXYW?

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(1) 4 2  2cm2 (2) 4 3  2cm2 (3) 4 2  4cm2

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(4) 3 2  2cm2

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Question – 7
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Two vertices of a regular pentagon (smaller polygon) intersect with two vertices of a

the angle x?
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regular hexagon (larger polygon) as given in the figure below. What is the measure of

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Question – 9
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A regular polygon of 12 sides is circumscribed by a circle. Find the ratio of the area of
polygon and the circle.

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Question – 10
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Consider a square ABCD with midpoints E, F, G, H of AB, BC, CD and DA respectively.

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Let L denote the line passing through F and H. Consider points P and Q, on L and
inside ABCD, such that the angles APD and BQC both are equal to 120°. What is the

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ratio of the area of ABQCDP to the remaining area inside ABCD?

(1) 2  3 (2) 10  3 3 (3) 1 

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Question – 25
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In the figure below, DPQR is an equilateral triangle, PQRS is a quadrilateral in which
PQ = PS. Find angle QSR (in degrees).

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Question – 13
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Two circles with radii 'a' & 'b' respectively touch each other externally. Let 'c' be the

two circles. Then which of the following is true?

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radius of a circle that touches these two circles as well as a common tangent to these

(1) a, b and c are in G.P.

(2) a, b and c are in H.P.
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Question – 21
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Find the approximate length of the common chord of the circles whose centres are
53 cms apart and radius is 28 cm and 45 cm.

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(1) 47.5 cm (2) 50.5 cm (3) 36.5 cm (4) 30.5 cm

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Question – 24
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is 288 square cms. The perimeter of the figure (in cm) is
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In the adjoining diagram all squares are of the same size. The total area of the figure

a) 86 b) 96 c) 106

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ABCD is a square E,F are point on BC, CD respectively and EAF = 45º.

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of the side of the original square is _______.
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A square is cut into 37 squares of which 36 have area 1 square cms. The length

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In a triangle with integer side lengths, one side is thrice the other.
The third side is 15 cm. The greatest possible perimeter of the triangle is
(in cm) _______.

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ABCD is a quadrilateral. The diagonals intersect at P. Area of the triangles APD and BPC

the triangle APB is 21, 18, 16, 15, 12

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are 27 and 12 respectively. If the area of triangles APB and CPD are equal, then area of

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