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Question-1. What helps in forming the shape of all the objects around us?

 (a)    curves    (b)    lines    (c)    Both ‘a’ and ‘b’    (d)    None of them

Answer- (c)    All the objects and things surrounding us are either curved or geometric. Hence, they are made of either curves or straight lines.

Question-2. What is a line segment?

 (a)    A dot             (b)    An unending line

 (c)    A fixed portion              (d)    All of them

Answer-(c)    A line segment is a fixed portion of a line, this makes it possible to measure it.

Question-3. How do we find a relation between two line segments?

     (a)    By comparing their width         (b)    By comparing their length

     (c)    By comparing their height          (d)    None of them

Answer-(b)    Two line segments can be compared with each other by finding the length of both the line segments.

Question-4. Which of the following is the correct definition of length?

     (a)    The distance between the centre of a circle and its circumference.

     (b)    The distance between the endpoints of a line segment.

     (c)    The distance covered during one revolution.

     (d)    None of them

Answer-(b)    Length is the unique measure of a line segment. We use length to compare two or more line segments.

Question-5. Match of the following from the code given below :

(A)    All the three sides of a triangle are of unequal length    (i)   Rectangle

(B)    Parallelogram with all angles 90o is    (ii)  Equilateral Triangle

(C)    All the three sides of a triangle are equal    (iii) Parallelogram

(D)    A quadrilateral has two pairs of parallel sides.    (iv)  Scalene Triangle    

(a)    A-(i); B-(ii); C-(iii); D-(iv)        (b)    A-(iv); B-(i); C-(ii); D-(iii)

(c)    A-(iii); B-(ii); C-(i); D-(iv)        (d)    A-(ii); B-(iii); C-(i); D-(iv)

Answer-(b)    An equilateral triangle has all the 3 sides equal.

A square is a parallelogram with opposite sides parallel and all the angles are 90o.

All the 3 sides of a scalene triangle are unequal.

A parallelogram has opposite sides parallel to each other but the angles are not 90o.

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