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NCERT Exemplar · Class 8 · Maths

Chapter 5: Understanding Quadrilaterals & Practical Geometry

Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.

Questions

99 questions
Q11Multiple choice

Which of the following is a property of a parallelogram?

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Solution:-

(a) Opposite sides are parallel.

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Q12Written answer

12. What is the maximum number of obtuse angles that a quadrilateral can have?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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Solution:-

(c) 3

As we know that, obtuse angle is an angle between 90o to 180o.

The sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is equal to 360o. So all the angles can’t be obtuse since then the sum will more than 3600. Therefore a maximum of 3 obtuse angles that a quadrilateral have.

Q13Written answer

How many non-overlapping triangles can we make in a n-gon (polygon having n sides), by joining the vertices?

(a) n –1 (b) n –2 (c) n –3 (d) n –4

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Solution:-

(b) n – 2

Q14Written answer

What is the sum of all the angles of a pentagon?

(a) 180° (b) 360o (c) 540o (d) 720o

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Solution:-

(c) 540o

We know that, the sum of all the angles of a polygon is (n – 2) × 180o.

Where ‘n’ is the number of sides in the polygon,

Then, pentagon has 5 sides, i.e. n = 5

So, (n – 2) × 180o

(5 – 2) × 180o

3 × 180o

540o

Q15Written answer

What is the sum of all angles of a hexagon?

(a) 180o (b) 360o (c) 540o (d) 720o

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Solution:-

(d) 720o

We know that, the sum of all the angles of a polygon is (n – 2) × 180o.

Where ‘n’ is the number of sides in the polygon,

Then, hexagon has 6 sides, i.e. n = 6

So, (n – 2) × 180o

(6 – 2) × 180o

4 × 180o

720o

Q16Written answer

If two adjacent angles of a parallelogram are (5x – 5)o and (10x + 35)o, then the ratio of these angles is

(a) 1 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 2

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Solution:-

(a) 1: 3

Q17Written answer

A quadrilateral whose all sides are equal, opposite angles are equal and the diagonals bisect each other at right angles is a __________.

(a) rhombus (b) parallelogram (c) square (d) rectangle

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Solution:-

(a) rhombus

A quadrilateral whose all sides are equal, opposite angles are equal and the diagonals bisect each other at right angles is a rhombus.

Q18Written answer

A quadrilateral whose opposite sides and all the angles are equal is a

(a) rectangle (b) parallelogram (c) square (d) rhombus

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Solution:-

(a) rectangle

Q19Written answer

A quadrilateral whose all sides, diagonals and angles are equal is a

(a) square (b) trapezium (c) rectangle (d) rhombus

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Solution:-

(a) Square

Q20Written answer

How many diagonals does a hexagon have?

(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 6

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Solution:-

(a) 9

We know that,

The number of diagonals in a polygon of n sides is n(n – 3)/2

Where n = 6

Then,

= 6 × (6 – 3)/2

= 6 × 3/2

= 18/2

= 9