CBSE FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS

CLASS IX (F.T-01) Total Marks : 30

Time : 1 hour
HERON'S FORMULA

* Choose the right answer from the given options. [1 Marks Each] [25]
1. If side of a scalene △ is doubled then area would be increased by:
(A) 200% (B) 300% (C) 25% (D) 50%
2. In figure, the ratio of AD to DC is 3 to 2. If the area of △ABC is 40cm2 the area of
△BDC?

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(A) 16cm2 (B) 36cm2 (C) 30cm2 (D) 24cm2
3. If the area of an isosceles right triangle is 8cm2 , what is the perimeter of the triangle?
– – – –
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 2
(D) 2
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8 + √2cm 8 + 4√2cm 4 + 8√2cm 12√2cm

4. Semiperimeter of scalene triangle of side k, 2k and 3k is:

(A) 4k (B) 2k (C) 3k (D) k
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5. If each side of a △ is halved then its perimeter will be decreased by:

(A) 70% (B) 200% (C) 50% (D) 25%
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6. If the length of a median of an equilateral triangle is x cm, then its area is:
(A) 2 2 2
√3 x x
x
(B) 2
x (C) (D) 2
2 √3
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7. Each of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 2cm greater than its height. If
the base of the triangle is 12cm, then its area is:
(A) 48cm2 (B) 36cm2 (C) 30cm2 (D) 24cm2
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8. The area and length of one diagonal of a rhombus are given as 200cm2 and 10cm
respectively. The length of other diagonal is:
(A) 20cm (B) 40cm (C) 25cm (D) 10cm
9. The lengths of the sides of △ABC are consecutive integers. It △ABC has the same
perimeter as an equilateral triangle with a side of length 9cm, what is the length of the
shortest side of △ABC?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10
10. The edges of a triangular board are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm. The cost of painting it at the
rate of 70 paise per cm2 is:
(A) ₹17 (B) ₹16.80 (C) ₹7 (D) ₹16
11. Length of perpendicular drawn on smallest side of scalene triangle is:
(A) Equal (B) No relation (C) Smallest (D) Largest
12.

[1]
 In a four-sided field, the length of the longer diagonal is 128m. The lengths of the
perpendiculars from the opposite vertices upon this diagonal are 22.7m and 17.3m.
Then area of the field is:
(A) 2560m2 (B) 2530m2 (C) 2360m2 (D) 2460m2
13. Write the correct answer in the following:
– 2
If the area of an equilateral triangle is 16√3cm , then the perimeter of the triangle is:
(A) 48cm (B) 24cm (C) 12cm (D) 36cm
14. The area of the the triangle having sides 1m, 2m and 2m is:
−− 2
(A)
√15
m
2
(B)
√15
2
m (C)
15
m
2
(D) 4√15 m
4
4 2

15. Write the correct answer in the following:

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The area of an equilateral triangle with side 2√3cm is:
(A) 5.196cm2 (B) 0.866cm2 (C) 3.496cm2 (D) 1.732cm2
16. If the height of a parallelogram having 500cm2 as area is 20cm, then its base is
of length.

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(A) 50cm (B) 25cm (C) 20cm (D) 15cm

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17. Two adjacent side of a parallelogram are 74cm and 40cm one of Its diagonals is 102cm.
area of the ||gram is:
(A) 4869 sq. m (B) 2448 sq. cm (C) 1224 sq. m (D) 612 sq. m
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18. Each side of an equilateral triangles is 2x cm. If x√3 = √48 , then area of the triangle
is:
– – −−
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(A) 16cm
2
(B) 16√3cm
2
(C) 48√3cm
2
(D) √48 cm
2

19. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 3: 5: 7 and its perimeter is 300cm. Its area will be:
– – – –
(A) 1000√3sq. cm (B) 1500√3sq. cm (C) 1700√3sq. cm (D) 1900√3sq. cm
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20. The product of difference of semi-perimeter and respective sides of △ABC are
given as 13200m3 . The area of △ABC, if its semi-perimeter is 132m, is given by:
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−− 2
(A) 1320m2 (B) 13200m2 (C) 132m2 (D) 20√33 m

21. One of the diagonals of a rhombus is 12cm and area is 96 sq cm. the perimeter of the
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rhombus is:
6 −− 3 −−
(A) 72cm (B) √10 cm (C) 40cm (D) √10 cm

22. The sides of a triangle are 4cm, 8cm and 6cm. The length of the perpendicular from the
opposite vertex to the longest side is:
−− −− −− −−
(A) 4√15 cm (B) 3
√15 cm (C) 3√15 cm (D) 4
√15 cm
4 3

23. The area of one triangular part of a rhombus ABCD is given as 125cm2 . The area of
rhombus ABCD is:
(A) 625cm2 (B) 1250cm2 (C) 500cm2 (D) 2500cm2
24. The sides of a triangle are in ratio 3 : 4 : 5. If the perimeter of the triangle is 84cm, then
area of the triangle is:
(A) 290cm2 (B) 252cm2 (C) 274cm2 (D) 294cm2
25. If the perimeter and base of an isosceles triangle are 11cm and 5cm respectively, then
its area is:

[2]
 −− −− −− −−
(A)
5
√11 cm
2
(B)
5
√11 cm
2
(C)
5
√11 cm
2
(D) 5√11 cm
2

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* A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). [5]

Choose the correct option.
26. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been
put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative
from the following:
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Assertion: If the area of an equilateral triangle is 81√3cm , then the semi perimeter
of triangle is 20.
(a+b+c)
Reason: Semi perimeter of a triangle is s =
2
, where a, b, c are sides of
triangle.
a. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct enatixplaon of
assertion.
b. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
c. Assertion is true but reason is false.

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d. Assertion is false but reason is true.

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27. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been
put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative
from the following:
–
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Assertion: The right angled triangle if hypotenus is 5√2cm then other two side equal
to 5cm each.
Reason: In right angled triangle base2 + perpendicular2 = hypotenus2 .
UN

a. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation
for Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct
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explanation for Assertion.

c. Assertion is true but the reason is false.
d. Both assertion and reason are false.
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28. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been
put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative
from the following:
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−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
Assertion: Area of triangle = √s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c) .

(a+b+c)
Reason: s =
2

a. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation
for Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct
explanation for Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but the reason is false.
d. Both assertion and reason are false.

29. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been
put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative
from the following:
Assertion: The side of an equilateral triangle is 6cm then the height of the triangle is
9cm.
√3
Reason: The height of an equilateral triangle is a.
2

[3]
 a. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct enatixplaon of
assertion.
b. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
c. Assertion is true but reason is false.
d. Assertion is false but reason is true.

30. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been
put forward. Read both the statements carefully and choose the correct alternative
from the following:
Assertion: The area of a triangle 8966.56 whose sides are respectively 150cm, 120cm
and 200cm.
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
Reason: Heron’s formula = √s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c)

a. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation
for Assertion.
b. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct
explanation for Assertion.
c. Assertion is true but the reason is false.

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d. Both assertion and reason are false.

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