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PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLE
CLASS XII
1. If the angles of ABC are in the ratio 1: 2 : 3 then the corresponding sides are in the ratio
a) 2 : 3 : 1
b) 3 : 2 : 1
c) 2 : 3 : 1
d) 1 : 3 : 2
+
is equal to
+

+
b)

ABC, if A = 60, then

+
+
+

2. In triangle ABC
a)

+
+

c) +

3. In a triangle
equals
a) 0
b) 1
c)
+
4. In a triangle ABC, 2ac sin 2 is equal to
a) a2 + b2 c2
b) c2 + a2 b2
c) b2 c2 a2
4
2
2 2
4
2 2
5. In a triangle ABC, if c 2(a + b )c + a + a b +b4 = 0 then angle C=
a) 60 or 120
b) 45 or 135
c) 30 or 150
6. In a triangle ABC, a(b cos C c cos B) =
a) a2
b) b2 c2
c) 0

d) None of these
d) None of these
d) c2 a2 b2
d) 45
d) None of these

++ + + (+)
4 2 2

7. The expression
is equal to
2
2
a) Cos A
b) sin A
c) cos A cos B cos C d) None of these
2
cos
2 cos

8. In a triangle ABC, if + + = + is equal to

a) 30
b) 45
c) 60
d) 90
9. If the radius of the circumcircle of an isosceles triangle ABC is equal to AB= AC, then the angle
A is

2
a) 6
b) 3
c) 2
d) 3
10. If the sides of a triangle are in ratio 2 : 6 : (3 + 1) then the largest angle of the triangle will be
a) 60
b) 75
c) 90
d) 120
11. If A = 45 , B = 75, then a + c2 is equal to
a) 2b
b) 3b
c) 2b
d) b
+
+
+
12. With usual notation, if in a triangle ABC, 11 = 12 = 13 , then cos A equals
a) 1/5
b) 19/35
c) 5/7
d) Data inadequate
13. In an isosceles triangle ABC, AB = AC. If vertical angle A is 20, then a3+b3 is equal to
a) 3ac2
b) 3a2b
c) abc
d) None of these

14. In a triangle ABC of 1 + + 1 + = k , then k lies in the interval

a) [-1, 1]
b) [0, 1]
c) [- 4, 4]
d) [0, 4]
15. Which of the following pieces of data does not uniquely determine acute angled ABC ( R =
circumradius)
a) a , sin A, sin B
b) a, b, c
c) a, sin B, R
d) a, sin A, R
16. in a triangle ABC a 3 cos (B C)+ b3 cos (C A ) + c 3 cos (A + B) =
a) 3abc
b) 3(a + b+ c)
c) abc (a + b + c)
d) 0
2 sin ()

2 sin
()

2 sin ()

17. In a triangle ABC, sin +sin + sin +sin + sin +sin =

a) abc
b) a + b+ c
c) 0
18. In triangle ABC, a sin (B C) + b sin (C A )+ c sin (A B) is
a) abc
b) a + b+ c
c) 1
19. In a triangle ABC, (b 2 c2)cot A + (c 2 a2) cot B + (a 2 b2)cot C is
1
1
1
a) 0
b) 1
c) + +

d) 1
d) None of these
d)

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20. If semi perimeter of a triangle is 15 then value of (b+c)cos (B + C)+( c + a)cos (C+ A)+ (a +b)
cos (A+B) is equal to
a) 15
b) 30
c) cannot be determined
d) None of these
21. In a triangle ABC, (sin C(a sin A + b sin B) cos C(a cos A + b cos B)) is equal to
a) a + b + c
b) a
c) b
d) c
22. In a triangle ABC, a = 5, b = 4, and cos (A B) = 31/32 then the third side is equal to
a) 36
b) 66
c) 6
d) (216) 1/3

23. In a triangle if 3a = b+ c, then cot 2 cot 2 =

a) 1
b) 2
c) cot A/2
d) 2 cot A/2
24. If cos

+
2

, then

a) a2 + b2 = c2
b) b2 + c2 = a2
A

25. In a ABC, bc cos 2 +ca cos 2 + ab cos 2 =

2
2
2
a) (s a )2
b) (s b )2

26. In a triangle ABC, 1 tan tan =

a)

b)

2
2

c) c2 + a2 = b2

d) None of these

c) (s c )2

d) s2

c)

d) 0
2

27. In a triangle ABC, if a = 8, b = 10 and c = 12 then bc cos (B/2) is equals to

a) 49
b) 25
c) 9
d) 180
28. In a triangle ABC, a = 4, b = 3 , angle A = 60. Then c is a root of the equation
a) c2 3c 7 = 0
c) c2 3c + 7 = 0
2
b) c + 3c + 7 = 0
d) c2 + 3c 7 =0
29. In a triangle ABC, angle A is greater than angle B. if the measure of angles A and B satisfy the
equation 3 sin x 4 sin3x k = 0, 0< k< 1, then the measure of angle C is

2
5
a) 3
b) 2
c) 3
d) 6
30. If a cos A = b cos B, then the triangle is
a) Equilateral
b) right angled
c) isosceles
d) right angled or isosceles
31. In a triangle ABC, sin A + sin B + sin C = 1 + 2, cos A + cos B + cos C = 2, if the triangle is
a) Equilateral
b) isosceles
c) right angled
d)right angled isosceles
32. In a triangle ABC, if cot A/2 = (b + c)/a , then the triangle ABC is
a) Isosceles
b) equilateral
c) right angled
d) None of these
a
b
c
33. If cos A = cos B = cos C , then the triangle is
a) right angled
b) isosceles
c) obtuse angle
sin A
sin
(AB)
34. If sin C = sin (BC) , then the sides of ABC are in

d) equilateral

a) A.P
b) G.P
c) H.P
d) None of these
35. ABC is a triangle such that sin (2A + B)= sin (C - A) = - sin (B + 2C) = . If A, B, C are in A.P
then
a) A = 45, B = 60, C = 75
c) angle A = B = C = 60
b) A = 75, B = 60, C = 45
d) A = 30, B = 60 , C = 90
36. The perimeter of a triangle ABC is 6 times the arithmetic mean of the sines of its angles. If the
side a is 1, then the angle A is

a) 6
b) 3
c) 2
d)
2
2
2
37. If a , b , c are in A.P, then cot A, cot B, cot C are in
a) A.P
b) G.P
c) H.P
d) None of these
38. In a triangle ABC, tan A/2 = 5/6 , tan C/2 = 2/5, then
a) a, c, b are in A.P.
c) b, a, c are in A.P
b) a, b, c are in A.P.
d) a, b, c are in G.P.
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39. If the angles A, B, C of ABC are in A.P. then

a) c2 = a2 + b2 ab
b) b2 = a2 + c2 ac

c) c2 = a2 + b2
d) None of these

40. If a2, b2, c2 are in A.P. then which of the following are also in A.P.
a) Sin A, sin B, sin C
c) cot A , cot B , cot C
b) Tan A, tan B, tan C
d) None of these
41. If the sides of a triangle ABC are in A.P. then tan A/2, tan C/2 equals
a) 1/ 3
b) 3
c) 1
d) None of these
42. In a triangle PQR, sin P, sin Q, sin R are in A.P. then
a) The altitudes are in A.P.
c) The medians are in A.P.
b) The altitudes are in H.P.
d) The medians are in H.P.
43. If stands for the area of a triangle ABC then a 2 sin 2B + b 2 sin 2A =
a) 3
b) 2
c) 4
d)
44. In a ABC, angle C= 90, a = 3 and b = 4 and D is a point on AB, so that angle BCD = 30, then
CD =
24
24
24
24
a) 4 +4 3
b) 3 +4 3
c) 4 +3 4
d) 3 +3 3

45. In a triangle ABC, median AD and CE are drawn. If AD = 5, angle DAC = /8 and angle ACE =
/4 , then area of is
a) 25/3
b) 25/6
c) 25/9
d) 25/12
46. In a triangle ABC, angle C = 60, angle A = 75. If D is a point on AC such that area of BAD
is 3 times that of BCD, then angle ABD is
10

47.

48.
49.
50.

51.
52.
53.

54.
55.
56.

a) 30
b) 15
c) 22 2
d) None of these
If the angles of a triangle are 30 and 45 and the included side is (3 + 1) cms, then the area of
the triangle is
1
1
a) 2(3 1 )
b) (3 1 )
c) 2(3 + 1 )
d) (3 +1 )
2
2
2
If b + c = 3a , then cot B + cot C cot A =
ab
ac
a) 1
b)
c) 0
d)
4
4
If c2= a2 + b2, 2s = a + b+ c, then 4s(s a )( s b )( s c )is equal to
a) s4
b) b2c2
c) c2 a2
d) a2b2
two medians AD and BE of a triangle ABC are of length 42 and 6 and angle AGB between
them is 45, where G is centroid of the triangle, then area of the triangle ABC is
a) 16
b) 162
c) 32
d) Data inadequate
If sides of a triangle are 6, 8 and 10. Then area of the triangle ABC is
a) 4
b) 8
c) 16
d 6
cos
cos
cos
In a triangle ABC if = = and a = 2 then area of the triangle ABC is
a) 1
b) 2
c) 32
d) 3
The sides of a triangle inscribed in a given circle subtend angle , and at centre. The
minimum value of the arithmetic mean cos ( + /2), cos ( + /2) and cos ( + /2) is equal to
a) 0
b) 1/2
c) 1
d) - 3/ 2
In an acute angled triangle ABC, the least value of sec A + sec B + sec C is
a) 6
b) 3
c) 9
d) 4
The medians AD of a triangle ABC is r to AB, then tan A + 2 tan B =
a) 1
b) 1
c) 2
d) 0
In a triangle ABC, angle B = / 3 and angle c = / 4. Let D divide BC internally in the ratio1: 3.
sin
Then sin equals
a) 1/6

b) 1/ 3

c) 1/ 3

d)

2
3

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57. In a triangle ABC, AD is the altitude from A. Given b> c. C = 23 and AD = 2 2 then angle B

is equal to
a) 23
b) 113
c) 67
d) 90
58. In a triangle ABC the line joining the circumcentre to the incentre is parallel to BC then cos B +
cos C is equal to
a) 3/2
b) 1
c)
d) 0
59. If the hypotenuse of right angled triangle is four times the length of perpendicular drawn from
opposite vertex to it, then the difference of two acute angles will be
a) 75
b) 15
c) 60
d) 30
60. If in a triangle ABC cos A cos B + sin A sin B. sin C = 1 then the sides are proportional to
a) 1 : 1 : 2
b) 1 : 2 : 1
c) 2 : 1 : 1
d) None of these
61. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side a. The area of any square inscribed in the
circle is
a) a2/4
b) a2 /6
c) a2/9
d) 2a2/3

62. If r1, r2, r3 are ex-radii of triangle AB then + + is equal to

1

a) 0
b) a+ b+ c
c) (a + b + c) /2
1
1
1
63. In a triangle ABC, + + is equal to
a) 2/Rr
b) 1/Rr
c) 1/4Rr
64. If sides of a triangle are 4,5,6 then length of its smallest median is
a)

46
2

b)

46
2

c)

d) 3r
d) 1/2Rr

23
2

d) None of these

65. In a triangle ABC; b = 2 , c = 3 and angle A = 30, then in radius of the triangle is
3+1

66.
67.

68.

69.

70.
71.

31

a)
b) 3+1
c) 2
d) 3 1
2
If ex radii of a ABC are 3, 4 and 6 then its in- radius is
a) 3 /4
b) 4/3
c) 5/6
d) None of these
In a ABC, let angle C= /2. If r and R are in - radius and circum radius respectively of the
triangle then 2(r + R) is equal to
a) a + b
b) b + c
c) c + a
d) a + b+ c
if R = circum radius and r = in radius of a triangle ABC, then which of the following CANNOT
follow the ordered pair (R, r)
a) (14, 7)
b) (13, 7)
c) (15, 7)
d) None of these
A circle of radius 4 unit is inscribed in an equilateral triangle ABC. Sides AB and AC of a
triangle are produced and a circle is drawn touching the sides BC and produced part of sides AB
and AC . The area of the circle drawn is
a) 16 sq. unit
b) 64 sq. unit
c) 144 sq. unit
d) 256 sq. unit
If r1 , r2 and r3 are ex radii and r 1 = 2r2= 3r3 then a : b : c equal
a) 3 : 4 : 5
b) 5 : 4 : 3
c) 1 : 2 : 3
d) 1 : 4 : 9
1
1
If notations have their usual meaning in a triangle and 1
1
= 2 then the triangle is
2

a) Equilateral
b) isosceles
c) right angled
d) none of these
72. In a triangle ABC, a : b: c = 4 : 5 : 6. The ratio of the radius of the circumcircle to that of in
circle is
a) 16 : 5
b) 7 : 16
c) 5 : 16
d) 16 : 7
73. Two adjacent sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are 2 and 5 and the angle between them is 60 . If the
third side is 3, then the fourth side is
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
74. A regular polygon of nine sides, each of length 2 is inscribed in a circle , he radius of the circle
is
a) Sec / 9
b) sin / 9
c) cosec / 9
d) tan /9
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75. Let A0, A1, A2, A 3, A4, A5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius. Then the
product of length of segment A 0A1, A0A2 and A0A4 is
a) 3/4
b) 33
c) 3
d) 33 / 2
76. The area of a circle and the area of a regular polygon of n sides of perimeter equal to that of the
circle are in the ratio

a) Tan :
b) cos :
c) sin :
d) cot :

In the following (77 to 82 ) one or more than one alternatives may be correct
77. There exists a triangle ABC satisfying the condition

a) b sin A = a , A < 2
c) b sin A < a, A < 2

b) b sin A > a , A >

d) b sin A < a, A < , b>a
2
2
78. If a, b, A be given in a triangle and c 1 and c2 two possible values of third side such that
12 + 1 2 + 22 = 2 , then A is equal to
a) 30
b) 60
c) 90
d) 120
79. In a triangle ABC, points D and E are taken on sides BC such that DB = DE = EC. If angle ADE
= angle AED = then
6 tan

a) Tan = 3 tan B
b) tan = 3 tan C
c) tan A = 2
d) 9 cot 2 = tan2
tan 9
2
2
80. For a triangle ABC, which of the following is true?
cos
cos
cos
cos
cos
cos
3
a)
=
=
c)
+
+
=

cos

cos

cos

2 + 2 + 2
2

sin 2
2

2
sin 2
sin 2
= 2 = 2

b)
+
+
=
d)
81. If cos (), cos , cos ( + ) one in H.P then cos sec2/2 is equal to
a) 1
b) 2
c) 2
d) 2
82. In a triangle the length of two larger sides are 10 and 9 respectively. If the angles are in A.P. the
length of third side can be
a) 5 6
b) 5 + 6
c) 6 5
d) 6 + 5

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