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1. 1990/II/23

In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon. A. 120o B. 112o C. 110o 2. 1990/II/39

Find AFD. D. 108o

E.

100o

In the figure, AM = MB = MC = 5 and BC = 6. The area of triangle ABC = A. 12 B. 16 C. 24 D. 30 E. 48 3. 1991/II/12

In the figure, ABCD is a square of side a and MNPQ is a square of side b. The four trapeziums are identical. The area of the shaded region is: A. 3b 2 + a 2 4 B. 3b 2 a 2 2 C. 5b 2 + a 2 4 D. 5b 2 a 2 4 E. ( a b) 2 + b2 4

4. 1991/II/14 An equilateral triangle and a square have equal perimeters.

Area of the triangle = Area of the square

A.

9 3 16

B.

3 4

C.

3 3

D.

4 3 9

E.

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5. 1991/II/23

In the figure, ABCDE and ABXYZ are two identical regular pentagons. Find AEZ. A. 15o B. 18o C. 24o D. 30o E. 36o

6. 1991/II/25

In the figure, E and F are the mid-points of AB and AC respectively. in the ratio 1 : 3. A. 3 B. If EF = 12, find GH. 4 C. 6 D. 8 E. 12

G and H divide DB and DC respectively

7. 1992/II/54

In the figure, ABCD is a square of side a and BDEF is a rhombus. CEF is a straight line. Find the length of the perpendicular from B to DE. A.
1 a 2 B. 2a 3 C. a 2 D. 3 a 2 E.

8. 1993/II/38

In the figure, the rectangle has perimeter 16cm and area 15cm2. Find the length of its diagonal AC. A. 32 cm B. 34 cm C. 7cm D. 226 cm E.

241 cm

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9. 1993/II/41

In the figure, ABCD is a square and ABE is an equilateral triangle. A. 1 4 B. 1 3 C. 3 8 D. 3 4 E. 3 2

Area of ABE = Area of ABCD

10. 1993/II/52

In the figure, ABCD and EFGH are two squares and ACH is an equilateral triangle. Find ABEF. A. 1:2 B. 1:3 C.

1: 2

D.

1: 3

E.

2: 3

11. 1993/II/53

In the figure, a rectangular piece of paper ABCD is folded along EF so that C and A coincide. If AB = 12 cm,
BC = 16 cm, find BE . A. 3.5cm B. 4.5cm C. 5cm D. 8cm E. 12.5cm

12. 1994/II/14

In the figure, ABCD is a rectangular field of length p metres and width q metres. The path around the field is of width 2 metres. A. (4 p + 4q ) m2 D.

(4 p + 4q + 16) m2

Find the area of the path. B. (2 p + 2q + 4) m2 E.

( pq + 4 p + 4q + 16) m2

C.

(2 p + 2q + 16) m2

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13. 1994/II/53

In the figure, AB//DC and DAB=DBC. Which of the following is/are true I. II. III. A. AB BD = BD DC AB AD = BD BC AD BD = BD CD I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. II and III only

14. 1994/II/54

In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AB // DC, ABC = 90 and MN is the perpendicular bisector of AD. If AB = 9, BN = 2 and NC = 6, find CD. A. 4 1 2 B. 6 3 4 C. 7 D.

41

E.

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15. 1995/II/14

In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium. Find its area. A. 36cm2 B. 45cm2 C. 48cm2 D. 72cm2 E. 90cm2

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16. 1995/II/24

In the figure, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. If DAB = 110 and BC = BD, find DAC. A. 20 B. 35 C. 40 D. 55 E. 70

17. 1996/II/17

In the figure, the area of ABCD is A. 36 B. 40 C. 44 D.

4 21 + 24

E.

4 29 + 24

18. 1996/II/28

In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon and ABF is an equilateral triangle. Find x. A. 120 B. 126 C. 144 D. 156 E. 168

19. 1996/II/46

In the figure, if A. 1 10

Area of triangle CDE 1 Area of triangle CDE = , find . Area of triangle BCE 2 Area of trapezium ABCD 1 1 1 1 B. C. D. E. 9 8 7 6

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20. 1996/II/51

In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AB // DC. AH bisects BAD and DH bisects ADC . Which of the following must be true? I. II.

AHD = 90

ADC = BCD III. BAD + BCD = 180 A. I only B. II only

C.

III only

D.

I and III only

E.

II and III only

21. 1997/II/19

In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon and ABF is an equilateral triangle. Find . A. 66 B. 84 C. 90 D. 96 E. 108

22. 1997/II/52

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. PDC, PQRS and ABS are straight lines. If AQ = 4, QD = 2 and BR = RC = 3, then PQ : QR : RS = A. 1:1:1 B. 1:2:6 C. 2:1:3 D. 2:3:4 E. 8 : 12 : 9

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23. 1997/II/53

on BC such that BF : FC = 3 : 1, find the area of DEF . A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6

In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. CDE is a straight line and AE // BD. If the area of ABCD is 24 and F is a point E. 8

24. 1997/II/54

In the figure, AB // DC. If the areas of ABE and CDE are 4 and 9 respectively, find the area of BCE . A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 6.5 E. 9

25. 1998/II/21

In the figure, find the area of the pentagon ABCDE. A. 16 cm2 B. 18 cm2 C. 20 cm2 D. 24 cm2 E. 32 cm2

26. 1998/II/26

In the figure, PQRS is a trapezium. Find x correct to 3 significant figures. A. 3.01 B. 5.57 C. 5.77 D. 6.00 E. 9.54

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27. 1998/II/30

In the figure, AB = BC = CA = CD. Find CBD . A. 20 B. 25 C. 27.5 D. 30 E. 35

28. 1998/II/38

In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium. Which of the following must be true? I. A. AED is an equilateral triangle I only B. II only II. C. EBCD is a parallelogram I and II only D. III. I and III only AB = 2DC E. I, II and III

29. 1999/II/20

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find ABC correct to the nearest degree. A. 83 B. 97 C. 104 D. 124 E. 139

30. 1999/II/29

In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon and ABFG is a square. Find x. A. 18 B. 27 C. 30 D. 36 E. 45

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31. 1999/II/54

In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. M is the midpoint of BC and AC intersects MD at N. Area of NCD : area of ABMN = 1:2 B. 1:3 A. C. 2:3 D. 2:5 E. 4:7

32. 2000/II/7

In the figure, a square of side x cm is cut into 9 equal squares. If the total perimeter of the 9 small squares is 72 cm more than the perimeter of the original square, then x = A. 6 B. 8 C. 9 D. 12 E. 18

33. 2000/II/8

The figure shows a trapezium of area 6 cm2. Find x. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6 E.

11

34. 2000/II/12

In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle formed by four squares each of area 1 cm2. DB is a diagonal. Find the area of the shaded region. A. 9 cm2 10 B. 7 cm2 8 C. 5 cm2 6 D. 4 cm2 5 E. 3 cm2 4

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35. 2000/II/19

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find BDE. A. 30 B. 35 C. 40 D.

50

E.

55

36. 2000/II/27

In the figure, find x correct to 3 significant figures. A. 63.8 B. 78.5 C. 84.5 D. 87.3 E. 89.1

37. 2000/II/32 The figure shows a square, a triangle and a sector with areas a cm2 , b cm2 and c cm2 respectively.

Which of the following is true? A. a>b>c B. a>c>b C. b>a>c D. b>c>a E. c>a>b

38. 2001/II/9

The figure shows a regular pentagon. Find its area correct to the nearest 0.01 cm2. A. 3.63 cm2 B. 5.88 cm2 C. 6.18 cm2 D. 6.88 cm2 E. 8.51 cm2

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39. 2001/II/30

In the figure, find x correct to 3 significant figures. A. 8.86 B. 9.34 C. 9.48 D. 10.7 E. 11.3

40. 2002/II/18

The figure shows a parallelogram ABCD with its diagonals meeting at E. the area of the parallelogram correct to the nearest 0.1 cm . A. 2.3cm2 B. 7.7cm2 C. 9.2cm2 D. 18.3cm2
2

If AE = 3 cm and BE = 2 cm, find

41. 2002/II/27

In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon. x + y + z = A. 60 B. 67.5 C. 82.5 D.

90

42. 2002/II/44

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E and F are points on AD and BC respectively such that AB // EF. EF meets AC at G. If AG : GC = 1 : 2 , then area of ABFG : area of EGCD = A. 1: 2 B. 1: 4 C. 3: 4 D. 5: 8

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43. 2002/II/50

In the figure, E and F are the mid-points of AB and AC respectively. G and H are points on BD and CD DG DH 3 respectively such that = = . If EF = 6 cm, then GH = GB HC 5 A. 3.6 cm B. 4.5 cm C. 7.2 cm D. 7.5 cm

44. 2003/II/16

The length of a side of a regular 8-sided polygon is 6 cm. Find its area, correct to 3 significant figures. A. 27.6 cm2 B. 29.8 cm2 C. 66.5 cm2 D. 174 cm2

45. 2003/II/18

In the figure, AEDC is a parallelogram. If AB : BC = 1: 2 and AF : FE = 2 : 1, then the area ABF : area of BCD A. 1:2 B. 1 : 3. C. 1 : 4. D. 2 : 9.

46. 2003/II/44

In the figure, ABCD and PQRS are two rectangles of equal perimeter. If AB : BC = 3 : 2 and PQ : QR = 4 : 3 ,

then area of ABCD : area of PQRS = 1:1 B. 1:2 C.

A.

25 : 49

D.

49 : 50

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47. 2003/II/53

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram and ADH, EBC and EFGH are straight lines. If AD = 6 , DH = 4 and EB : BC = 3 : 4 , then EF : GH = A. 1:1 B. 3:4 C. 5:4 D. 9:8

48. 2004/II/17

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram and E is a point on AD such that AE : ED = 1 : 3 . If the area of ABE is 3 cm2, then the area of the shaded region is A. 9 cm2 B. 15 cm2 C. 21 cm2 D. 24 cm2

49. 2004/II/19
If the area of a regular 10 - sided polygon is 123 cm2, find the length of the side of the 10-sided polygon. Give the answer correct to the nearest 0.l cm. A. 3.9 cm B. 4.0 cm C. 6.8 cm D. 8.0 cm

50. 2005/II/16

In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus and CDE is an equilateral triangle. If ADE is a straight line, then the area of the quadrilateral ABCE is A. 2 3 cm2 B. 3 3 cm2 C. 4 3 cm2 D. 6 3 cm2

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51. 2005/II/26

If AC = BD and AB // DC, how many pairs of similar triangles are there in the figure? A. 2 pairs B. 3 pairs C. 4 pairs D. 5 pairs

52. 2005/II/27

In the figure, ABCD is a square. If CEF is an equilateral triangle, then CBF = A. 45 B. 50 C. 60 D. 80

53. 2005/II/28

In the figure, x = A. 50 B.

60

C.

70

D.

90

54. 2005/II/30

In the figure, the length of the line segment joining A and F is A. 68 B. 77 C. 82 D. 85

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55. 2005/II/43

In the figure, ACE and BDF are straight lines. If the areas of the quadrilaterals ABDC and CDFE are 16 cm2 and 5 cm2 respectively, then the length of AB is A. 4.5 cm B. 5 cm C. 5.5 cm D. 6 cm

56. 2005/II/52

respectively, then GIF + GHE = A. 120 B. 150

AF divide BAD into three equal parts and BG bisects ABC. If AE and AF intersect BG at H and I C. 180 D. 210

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram E, F and G are points lying on BC, CD and DA respectively. AE and

57. 2006/II/17

In the figure, the area of the trapezium ABCD is A. 345 cm2 B. 349 cm2 C. 690 cm2 D. 698 cm2

58. 2006/II/45 If the length of a side of a regular tetrahedron is 3 cm , then the height of the tetrahedron is
A. 3 cm B. 3 cm C. 6 cm D. 3 3 cm 2

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59. 2007/II/19

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E is a point lying on AB . If EC and BD intersect at F , then the ratio of the area of DEF to the area of CBF is A. 1:1 B. 1:2 C. 2:1 D. 2:3

60. 2007/II/27 If the sum of the interior angles of a convex n-sided polygon is 4 times the sum of the exterior angles of the polygon, then n =
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10

61. 2007/II/28

In the figure, AY and CY are the angle bisectors of BAX and DCX respectively. If AXC = 100 , then

AYC =
A.

40

B.

50

C.

60

D.

80

62. 2008/II/7

In the figure, the rectangle ABCD is divided into eight identical rectangles. Find the area of the rectangle ABCD. A. 40 cm2 B. 80 cm2 C. 96 cm2 D. 112 cm2

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63. 2008/II/21

In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. M is a point lying on BC such that BM : MC = 1 : 2 . If BD and AM intersect at G and the area of BGM is 1 cm2 , then the area of the parallelogram ABCD is A. 9 cm2 B. 11 cm2 C. 12 cm2 D. 24 cm2

64. 2008/II/27

In the figure, AB // CD and AC = BD . If CAD = 20 and ADB = 80 , then ADC = A. 30 B. 40 C. 50 D. 60

65. 2008/II/28

According to the figure, which of the following must be true? A. a+b=c B. a + b = c + 90 C.

a + c = b + 540

D.

a + b + c = 720

66. 2008/II/48

In the figure, AB // CD , AB = 150 cm and CD = 80 cm . Find BD correct to the nearest cm. A. 60 cm B. 62 cm C. 64 cm D. 65 cm

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