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Areas Related to Circles: 3 marks Questions (CBSE Class 10)

30 different 3 marks questions on Areas Related to Circles from CBSE Class 10 Maths board exams 2022–2026, newest first.

1 mark (63)2 marks (12)3 marks (30)4 marks (13)5 marks (9)

A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of the corresponding (i) minor segment (ii) major segment.

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Answer: (i) 56 (ii) 560
  1. Area of sector = .
  2. Area of right triangle formed = .
  3. (i) Minor segment = 154 – 98 = 56 .
  4. Area of circle = .
  5. (ii) Major segment = 616 – 56 = 560 .
Also asked in: 2026 Basic 430/4/2

A circle of radius 12 cm is divided into 11 identical sectors. Find the total area of 7 such sectors.

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Answer: 288
  1. Area of circle = .
  2. Area of one sector = .
  3. Area of 7 sectors = .

Chord AB of a circle subtends an angle of at the centre O of the circle. Find the length of arc AB, if radius of the circle is 21 cm.

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Answer: 44 cm
  1. Arc length
  2. cm

Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 42 cm and of central angle . Also, find the area of the corresponding major sector. [Use ]

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Answer: Minor sector = 462 ; major sector = 5082
  1. Area of sector
  2. Area of circle
  3. Area of major sector
Also asked in: 2026 Standard 30/2/3

Find the area of the segment AYB shown in the figure, if the radius of the circle is 21 cm and . [Use ]

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Answer: (≈ 271.0 )
  1. Area of sector OAYB
  2. Area of
  3. (Draw OM AB: OM , AB ; area .)
  4. Area of segment ≈ 462 - 190.95 = 271.05

In the given figure, chord AB subtends an angle of at the centre of the circle with radius 7 cm. Find (i) perimeter of major sector OACB, and (ii) area of the shaded segment, if area of OAB = 21.2 cm.

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Answer: (i) cm (ii) cm
  1. (i) Major sector angle
  2. Arc ACB cm
  3. Perimeter cm
  4. (ii) Area of minor sector OAB cm
  5. Shaded segment cm (approx.)

Chord AB of a circle with centre O and radius 21 mm subtends an angle of at the centre. Find the perimeters of the shaded region. (Use )

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Answer: 80.33 mm
  1. The shaded region is the minor segment bounded by arc AB and chord AB.
  2. Arc AB mm
  3. Draw : ,
  4. mm
  5. Perimeter mm

The perimeter of sector OAB of a circle with centre O and radius 5.6 cm, is 15.6 cm. Find length of the arc AB. Also find the value of .

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Answer: Arc AB = 4.4 cm;
  1. Perimeter = OA + OB + arc AB
  2. cm

Chord AB subtends an angle of at the centre O of the circle with radius cm. Find the perimeter of shaded segment ACB. (Use )

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Answer: 39.85 cm
  1. Arc ACB cm
  2. Draw ; ,
  3. cm
  4. Perimeter cm

A circle of diameter 20 cm is equally divided into five sectors. Find the area and perimeter of one of the sectors.

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Answer: Area (≈ 62.86 ); perimeter cm (≈ 32.57 cm)
  1. Radius cm; each sector has angle .
  2. Area of one sector ≈ 62.86
  3. Arc length cm
  4. Perimeter cm ≈ 32.57 cm
Also asked in: 2026 Standard 30/5/2

A chord of a circle, of radius 14 cm, subtends an angle of at the centre. Find the area of the smaller sector and perimeter of the smaller segment.

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Answer: Area of sector (≈ 102.67 ); perimeter of segment cm (≈ 28.67 cm)
  1. Area of smaller sector ≈ 102.67
  2. Arc length cm
  3. The triangle formed by the two radii and the chord is equilateral (angle , two sides 14 cm), so chord = 14 cm.
  4. Perimeter of smaller segment cm ≈ 28.67 cm

A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends an angle of at the centre O. Find the area of the shaded region.
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Answer: 9.08 cm (approx.)
  1. The shaded region is the minor segment cut off by chord AB.
  2. Area of sector OAB cm.
  3. is equilateral (OA = OB, ), so its area cm.
  4. Area of shaded segment cm.
Also asked in: 2025 Basic 430/4/2

A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm subtends an angle of at the centre. Find perimeter of shaded region. (Use )

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Answer: 41.74 cm
  1. The shaded region is the minor segment bounded by chord AB and arc AB.
  2. Arc AB cm.
  3. is right-angled at O, so chord cm.
  4. Perimeter cm.

AB and CD are diameters of a circle with centre O and radius 7 cm. If , then find the area and perimeter of the shaded region.

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Answer: Area cm (about 25.67 cm); perimeter cm (about 35.33 cm)
  1. The shaded region is two sectors BOD and AOC, each of angle (, vertically opposite).
  2. Area cm.
  3. Each arc cm.
  4. Perimeter = 4 radii + 2 arcs cm.

The length of the hour hand of a clock is 10 cm. Find the area of the minor sector swept by the hour hand of the clock between 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. Also, find the area of the major sector.

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Answer: Minor sector cm; major sector cm
  1. The hour hand turns per hour; from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. is 3 hours, so angle
  2. Minor sector cm
  3. Area of circle cm
  4. Major sector cm

A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Find the area of the corresponding minor segment. [Use ]

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Answer: 28.5 cm
  1. Area of sector cm.
  2. Area of right triangle formed by the two radii cm.
  3. Area of minor segment cm.

A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 21 cm sweeping through an angle of . Find the area cleaned at each sweep of the blades.

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Answer: 924 cm
  1. Each blade sweeps a sector of radius 21 cm and angle .
  2. Area of one sector cm
  3. The wipers do not overlap, so total area cm

To warn ships for underwater rocks, a light house spreads a red coloured light over a sector of angle to a distance of 16.5 km. Find the area of the sea over which the ships are warned. (Use )

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Answer: 189.97 km
  1. Area of sector
  2. km

A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Find the area of the corresponding (i) minor sector (ii) major sector. (Use )

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Answer: (i) cm (ii) cm
  1. Minor sector cm.
  2. Area of circle cm.
  3. Major sector cm.

A horse is tied with a 14 m long rope at one corner of an equilateral triangular field having side 20 m. Find the area of the field where the horse cannot graze.

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Answer: m m
  1. Angle of an equilateral triangle , so the horse grazes a sector of radius 14 m and angle .
  2. Area grazed m.
  3. Area of field m.
  4. Area not grazed m (approx.).

The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand between 8:00 am and 8:05 am.

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Answer: cm cm
  1. In 60 minutes the minute hand turns , so in 5 minutes it turns .
  2. Area swept .
  3. cm.

An arc of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Find the area of the corresponding major sector. (Use )

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Answer: 235.5 cm²
  1. Angle of the major sector .
  2. Area cm².
Also asked in: 2024 Standard 30/5/2

A sector is cut from a circle of radius 21 cm. The central angle of the sector is . Find the length of the arc of this sector and the area of the sector.

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Answer: Arc length = 55 cm; area = 577.5 cm²
  1. Arc length cm.
  2. Area cm².

In the given figure, two concentric circles with centre O are shown. Radii of the circles are 2 cm and 5 cm respectively. Find the area of the shaded region.

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Answer: 11 cm
  1. The shaded region lies between the outer sector OAC and the inner sector OED, both with central angle .
  2. Area of outer sector
  3. Area of inner sector
  4. Shaded area cm

Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 7 cm and of central angle . Also, find the area of corresponding major sector.

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Answer: Minor sector cm; major sector cm.
  1. Area of sector cm.
  2. Area of circle cm.
  3. Area of major sector cm.

A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 21 cm sweeping through an angle of . Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the two blades.

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Answer: 924 cm²
  1. Area swept by one blade cm²
  2. Total for two blades cm²

Reeti prepares a Rakhi for her brother Ronit. The Rakhi consists of a rectangle of length 8 cm and breadth 6 cm inscribed in a circle as shown in the figure. Find the area of the shaded region. (Use )

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Answer: 30.5 cm²
  1. The diagonal of the rectangle is a diameter: cm, so cm.
  2. Area of circle cm²
  3. Area of rectangle cm²
  4. Shaded area cm²

A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm subtends an angle of at the centre. Find the area of the corresponding minor segment of the circle.
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Answer: About 17.80 cm²
  1. Area of sector cm²
  2. The triangle formed by the chord and the two radii is equilateral with side 14 cm.
  3. Area of triangle cm²
  4. Area of minor segment cm²

In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of at the centre. Find the area of the sector formed by the arc. Also, find the length of the arc.

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Answer: Area of sector = 231 cm; length of arc = 22 cm
  1. Area of sector cm
  2. Length of arc cm
Also asked in: 2023 Standard 30/6/3

In the given figure, AB and CD are diameters of a circle with centre O perpendicular to each other. If OA = 7 cm, find the area of shaded region.

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Answer: 28 cm
  1. r = 7 cm and .
  2. Area of one segment = area of quadrant – area of right triangle
  3. cm
  4. Shaded region = 2 segments = cm
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