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Curriculum Aligned Competency Based Test Items
Mathematics
Class 10 – Chapter 11
Constructions
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1 Jeenal wants to divide a line segment internally in the ratio p:q. What is the least number of equal parts
of the line segment Jeenal needs to make to divide the line in the required ratio?
A. p
B. q
C. p–q
D. p+q
Here is Jeenal’s process to divide a line segment PQ externally in the ratio 4:5.
Step 1: Draw the line segment PQ of the given length.
Step 2: Draw any ray PY.
Step 3: On the ray PY, mark nine arcs of equal length (label the points of intersection A1, A2, A3, A4
and so on up to A9).
Step 4: Join the point A4 to the end point Q of the line segment.
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3 Arush wants to use a protractor to draw a line parallel to A4Q. He measures ∠PA4Q as 80°.
What is the measure of the angle that Arush must draw to get a line parallel to A4Q?
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Sarah wants to cut a straw in the ratio 2:3.
She places the straw on her notebook and marks different points on it as shown in the picture.
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4 Along which point should she cut the straw to get the desired ratio?
A. Q
B. R
C. S
D. T
Pawan wants to draw a triangle AB’C’ similar to triangle ABC where length of AB’ = ¾ AB.
She does the following
Step 1 – Draw triangle ABC.
Step 2 – Find the point that divides AC internally in the ratio 3:1.
Step 3 – Find the point that divides BC internally in the ratio 3:1.
Step 4 – Join the two points so found.
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Priyanka inds this piece of a circular disc in her grandma’s trunk.
She wants to ind the diameter of the disc.
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7 What could Priyanka do to ind the diameter of the disk?
A. Find the centre of the inner circle by drawing the diameter and inding its mid-point.
B. Find the greatest distance between any two points on the boundary of the broken disc found.
C. Find the point P where rotation of the disc about the point P by 360° gets the disc in the
same position.
D. Draw the perpendicular bisectors of two non-parallel chords to get the centre point and
calculate the diameter.
Abhilasha wants to ind the radius of a circle. She places a setsquare on the circle as shown below.
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Curriculum Aligned Competency Based Test Items Mathematics
Class 10 – Chapter 11
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8 Based on the position of the setsquare and the readings shown on the setsquare, what is the diameter
of the circle?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 7
Here is a circle with centre O.
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9 She says, “The radius of the circle is 3 cm.”
Explain with reasons why Shrishti is correct.
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Pooja does the construction of tangents to a circle from a point outside it as shown below.
Step 1 – Given a circle and a point outside it.
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Step 2 – Draw a line from the centre of the circle O to the given point P.
Step 3 – Construct a perpendicular bisector of OP.
Label intersection of OP and the perpendicular bisector as M.
Step 4 – With M as centre and OM as radius, mark an arc across the
circle at two points J and K.
Step 5 - Find the tangents from the point P to the circle by joining JP
and KP.
Rajat claims that, in step 2, the perpendicular bisector can still be
found using an alternate way. Draw intersecting arcs on one side of
OP using the same radius and on the other side of OP with another
radius as shown below and join the points of intersection.
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10 Explain why Rajat is correct.
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