Q1.
How many postulates does Euclidean geometry have?
5
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Q2.
Euclid belonged to which country?
Greece
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Q3.
Which of the following has no dimension?
Q4.
Which of the following does a line have?
Q5.
Euclid’s Elements is divided into how many books?
Q6.
Axioms apply to which of the following?
Q7.
Which of the following is an undefined term in Euclidean geometry?
Q8.
If AB = CD and \( CD\neq EF \), which of the following is true?
Q9.
Which of the following is not an axiom of Euclid?
Q10.
In the adjoining figure, if AC = BD then:
Q11.
What is a statement that is accepted without proof called?
Axiom
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Q12.
Of whom was Pythagoras a student?
Thales
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Q13.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Q14.
If A = B and B = C, then A = C represents which of the following?
Q15.
Which of the following statements is not justified by Euclid’s postulates?
Q16.
According to the Postulates of Euclidean Geometry, how many planes pass through 3 non-collinear points?
1
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Q17.
Euclid’s fifth postulate deals with:
Q18.
A point C is called the midpoint of a line segment AB if:
Q19.
If A, B and C are three points on a line and B lies between A and C, then:
Q20.
How many lines can be drawn passing through two coincident points?
Q21.
Which of the following is true?
Q22.
Which of the following is derived from axioms?
Q23.
If AB = PQ and PQ = XY then:
Q24.
Assertion (a): if X = Y and Z = Y then X = Z
Reason (b): Things equal to same things are equal to one another.
Q25.
Assertion (a): if X = 2Y and Z = 2Y then X = Z.
Reason (b): Things equal to same things are equal to one another.
Q26.
How many dimensions does a point have?
0
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Q27.
How many dimensions does a surface have?
2
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Q28.
How many definitions does Book I of Euclid’s Elements contain?
23
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Q29.
How many subsidiary triangles does the interwoven triangles in the Sri Yantra (given in the Atharvaveda) produce?
43
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Q30.
Name the Scottish mathematician who formulated the simplified version of the fifth postulate of Euclidean geometry.
John Playfair
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Q31.
How many propositions / theorems did Euclid deduce in The Elements?
465
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Q32.
A line segment has how many midpoints?
1
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Q33.
If \( \text {l} \) is a line and P is a point not lying on it, then how many lines are there which pass through P and parallel to \( \text {l} \)?
1
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Q34.
Ramesh is of the same age as Suresh. Ram is also of the same age as Suresh. Which of Euclid's Axiom illustrates the relationship between the ages of Ramesh and Ram?
Q35.
How many lines can pass through three non-collinear points?
3
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Q36.
In the adjoining figure, if \(\angle 1 = \angle 3 \text { and } \angle 2 = \angle 4 \), Then \(\angle A = \angle C \). Which of the following is the most appropriate reason?
Q37.
Who is known as the Father of Geometry?
Euclid
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Q38.
To whom is the statement “A circle is bisected by its diameter” the first known geometric theorem attributed?
Thales
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Q39.
In how many directions a terminated line can be produced indefinitely?
2
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Q40.
Which of Euclid’s postulates does the given figure illustrate?
Fifth postulate
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