Areas Related to Circles

DPP-01
[Topic: Perimeter and Area of a Circle]
Very Short Answer Type Questions

1. Choose the correct answer from the given options:

(1) If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then the ratio of their areas is
(a) 22: 7
(b) 14: 11
(c) 7: 22
(d) 11: 14

(2) The area of the square that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 8cm is
(a) 256cm2
(b) 128cm2
(c) 64√2cm2
(d) 64cm2

(3) The diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles of radii
24cm and 7cm is
(a) 31cm
(b) 25cm
(c) 62cm
(d) 50cm

2. Fill in the blanks:

(1) If the area of circle is numerically equal to twice its circumference, then the diameter of the circle
is

(2) The perimeter (in cm ) of a square circumscribing a circle of radius 𝑎𝑎cm is

3. Answer the following.

(1) What is the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles of
radii 24cm and 7cm ?

(2) What is the area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6cm.

(3) Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 25cm.

(4) If area of quadrant of a circle is 38.5cm2 , then find its diameter.

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(5) The areas of two circles are in the ratio 9: 4, then what is the ratio of theri circumferences?
 Short Answer Type Questions - I
4. In the given figure, the area of the shaded region between two concentric circles is 286cm2 . If the
difference of the radii of the two circles is 7cm, find the sum of their radii.
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5. The radii of two circles are 8cm and 6cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle having area equal
to the sum of the areas of the two circles.
6. An athlete runs on a circular track of radius 49m and covers a distance of 3080m along its boundary.
How many rounds has he taken to cover this distance?
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7. Find the area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius 𝑟𝑟 units.
8. The cost of fencing a circular field at the rate of ₹ 24 per metre is ₹ 5280 . The field is to be ploughed
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at the rate of ₹0.50 per m2 . Find the cost of ploughing the field. [ Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 �

9. Find the area of circle whose circumference is 22cm.

10. A road which is 7m wide surrounds a circular park whose circumference is 88m. Find the area of the
road.

Short Answer Type Questions - II

11. In the given figure, a square of diagonal 8cm is inscribed in a circle. Find the area of the shaded
region.
12. In the given figure, a square is inscribed in a circle of diameter 𝑑𝑑 and another square is
circumscribing the circle. Is the area of the outer square four times the area of the inner square? Give
reason for your answer.

13. Find the diameter of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumference of the two
circles of diameters 36cm and 20cm.
14. It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two circular parks of
diameters 16m and 12m in a locality. Find the radius of the new park.
15. Following figure depicts a park where two opposite sides are parallel and left and right ends are
semicircular in shape. It has a 7m wide track for walking.

Two friends Seema and Meena went to the park. Meena said that area of the track is 4066m2 . Is she
right? Explain.

16. The area of a circular playground is 22176cm2 . Find the cost of fencing this ground at the rate of ₹50
per metre.
 Areas Related to Circles
DPP-02
[Topic: Areas of Sector and Segment of a Circle]

Very Short Answer Type Questions

1. Choose the correct answer from the given options.

(1) In a circle of radius 21cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60∘ at the centre. The length of the arc is
(a) 11cm
(b) 22cm
(c) 27cm
(d) 44cm

(2) An are of length 15.7cm subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Then the radius of the
circle is
(a) 20cm
(b) 10cm
(c) 15cm
(d) 12cm

2. Fill in the blanks:

(1) The sum of the arcs of minor and major sectors of a circle is equal to the _________of the circle.

(2) The angle described by a minute hand in 5 minutes is _________.

3. Answer the following.

(1) Find the area of the sector in the following figure showing a chord AB of a circle of radius 18cm
subtending an angle of 60∘ at the centre O.

[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14]

(2) The given figure is a sector of circle of radius 10.5cm. Find the perimeter of the sector.
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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = ]
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Short Answer Type Questions -I

4. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if AC = 24cm, BC = 10cm and O is the centre
of the circle.
[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 ]

5. In the given figure, a square OABC is inscribed in a quadrant 𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂𝑂 of a circle. If OA = 20cm, find
the area of the shaded region.[Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 ]
6. In the given figure, OABC is a quadrant of a circle of radius 7cm. If OD = 4cm, find the area of the
shaded region.
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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7
]

7. Two circular pieces of equal radii and maximum area, touching each other are cut out from a
rectangular cardboard of dimensions 14cm × 7cm. Find the area of the remaining cardboard.
[Delhi 2013]

8. In the given figure, OABC is a square of side 7 cm. If OAPC is a quadrant of a circle with centre O,
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then find the area of the shaded region.[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 �

9. From a rectangular sheet of paper ABCD with AB = 40cm and AD = 28cm, semicircular portion
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with BC as diameter is cut off. Find the area of the remaining paper. [Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 �

10. In the given figure, the shape of the top of a table is that a sector of a circle with centre O and
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∠AOB = 90∘ . If AO = OB = 42cm, then find the perimeter of the top of the table. [Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 ]

11. In the given figure, APB and CQD are semicircles

 [Delhi 2011] of diameter 7cm each, while ARC and BSD are semicircles of diameter 14cm each.
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Find the perimeter of the shaded region. [Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 ]

12. A piece of wire 22cm long is bent into the form of an arc of a circle subtending an angle of 60∘ at its
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centre. Find the radius of the circle. [Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 ]

Short Answer Type Questions -II

13. In the given figure, the boundary of shaded region consists of four semicircular arcs, two smallest
being equal. If diameter of the largest is 14cm and that of the smallest is 3.5cm, calculate the area of
the shaded region.
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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = ]
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14. Find the area of the major segment APB in figure of a circle of radius 35cm and ∠AOB = 90∘ .
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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7
]
15. Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 10cm and of central angle 60∘ . Also, find the area
of the corresponding major sector.

16. In the given figure, ABCD is a square of side 14cm. Semicircles are drawn with each side of square as
diameter. Find the area of the shaded region.

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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7
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17. In the given figure, there are shown two arcs PAQ and PBQ. Arc PAQ is a part of circle with centre
O and radius OP while arc PBQ is a semicircle drawn on PQ as diameter with centre M. If OP =
𝜋𝜋
PQ = 10cm, show that area of shaded region is 25 �√3 − 6 � cm2 .

18. The short and long hands of a clock are 4cm and 6cm long respectively. Find the sum of distances
travelled by their tips in 2 days.

19. Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 5cm, if the corresponding arc length is 3.5cm.

20. Find the area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside the given rectangle of length ' 𝑎𝑎 ' cm and
breadth ' 𝑏𝑏 ' cm(𝑎𝑎 > 𝑏𝑏).
21. In the given figure, ABCD is a square of side 7cm. DPBA and DQBC are quadrants of circles, each of
radius 7cm. Find the area of the shaded region.
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[ Take 𝜋𝜋 = �
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22. All the vertices of a rhombus lie on a circle. Find the area of the rhombus, if the area of the circle is
1256cm2 .
[Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 ]

23. Find the difference of the areas of two segments of a circle formed by a chord of length 5cm
subtending an angle of 90∘ at the centre.
24. Find the area of the flower bed (with semicircular ends) shown in the figure.

25. A ceiling fan has three wings as shown in the figure. Find the length of arc described between two
consecutive wings, where the length of each wing is 0.98m.

26. The long and short hands of a clock are 6cm and 4cm long respectively. Find the sum of the
distances travelled by their tips in 24 hours.

27. In given figure, a circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle ABC of side 12cm. Find the radius of
inscribed circle and the area of the shaded region. [Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 and √3 = 1.73 ]
28. In the given figure, PSR, RTQ and PAQ are three semicircles of diameters 10cm, 3cm and 7cm
respectively. Find the perimeter of the shaded region.
[Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 ]

29. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle with AC = 24cm, AB = 7cm and ∠BOD = 90∘ . Find
the area of the shaded region.
[Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14]

30. Two farmers have circular plots. The plots are watered with the same water source placed in the point
common to both the plots as shown in the figure. The sum of their areas is 130𝜋𝜋 and the distance
between their centres is 14m. Find the radii of the circles.
31. For inauguration of Eco-Club of the school, badges were given to teachers by the students. Seema
made these badges in the shape of an equilateral triangle of side 6cm with a circle of radius √3cm
inscribed in it as shown in the figure. Find the area of the shaded portion.

32. A farmer has two types of fields, in the form of a triangle and a rectangle. Rani is allowed to cut
grass of triangular field (shaded) and Ramu of rectangular field (shaded). Calculate the areas of the
shaded portion.

33. In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. A semicircle with centre 𝑂𝑂 and the diameter 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 has
been drawn and it passes through D. If AB = 12cm and OD ⊥ AB, then find the area of the shaded
region.
[Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 ]
34. In the given figure, ABCD is a square with side 7cm. A circle is drawn circumscribing the square.
Find the area of the shaded region.

Long Answer Type Questions

35. Find the area of the shaded region in given figure.

36. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure, where arcs drawn with centres A, B, C and D intersect
in pairs at mid-points P, Q, R and S of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA, respectively of a square ABCD.
(Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 )

37. In the given figure, arcs are drawn by taking vertices A, B, and C of an equilateral triangle of side
10cm to intersect the sides BC, CA and AB at their respective mid-points D, E and F. Find the area of
the shaded region. (Use 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14 )
38. In the given figure, ABCP is a quadrant of a circle of radius 20 cm. With AC as diameter, a semi-
circle is drawn. Find the area of the shaded

39. In the given figure, ABCD is a square of side 7 cm and A, B, C and D are centres of equal circles
which touch externally in pairs. Find the area of the shaded region.

40. Sides of a triangular field are 15m, 16m and 17m. With the three corners of the field, a cow, a
buffalo and a horse are tied separately with ropes of length 7m each to graze in the field. Find the
area of the field which cannot be grazed by the three animals.
41. There are three semi-circles A, B and C having diameter 3cm each and another semicircle E having a
circle D with diameter 4.5cm as shown in the figure. Find the area of the shaded region.
42. Find the area of the shaded region given in the figure.

43. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 12cm, 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 5cm and O is the centre
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of the circle. [Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 ]

44. The length and breadth of a rectangular piece of paper are 28cm and 14cm respectively. A
semicircular portion is cut off from the breadth's side and a semicircular portion is added on length's
side, as shown in the figure. Find the area of the shaded region.
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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7 �
45. In the given figure, three circles each of radius 3.5cm are drawn in such a way that each of them
touches the other two. Find the area of shaded region enclosed between these three circles.
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[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 7
]

46. Floor of a room is of dimensions 5m × 4m and is covered with circular tiles of diameter 50cm each
as shown in figure. Find the area of floor that remains uncovered with tiles.[Take 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14]

47. In the given figure, PQR is a right-angled triangle at 𝑃𝑃. Find the area of shaded region, if 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 4cm,
𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = 5cm and 𝐼𝐼 is centre of incircle of △ 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃.