Triangles
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Top 10 SSC CGL PYQs to practise first
The questions and kinds of question asked most often come first. Each one says how often and in which papers.
Question 1
This type asked 11 times: 18 Jul 2023 S2, 20 Jul 2023 S4, 21 Jul 2023 S2, 11 Sep 2024 S2, 12 Sep 2025 S2, 14 Sep 2025 S3, 15 Sep 2025 S1, 17 Sep 2025 S1, 17 Sep 2025 S3, 19 Sep 2025 S1, 24 Sep 2025 S3. This one: 24 Sep 2025 S3 See all 11 of this type
61Two similar hexagons have their perimeters in the ratio . If the smaller hexagon has an area of , what is the area of the larger hexagon?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
This type asked 7 times: 10 Sep 2024 S3, 11 Sep 2024 S2, 13 Sep 2024 S1, 18 Sep 2024 S1, 19 Sep 2024 S2, 24 Sep 2024 S1, 22 Sep 2025 S1. This one: 22 Sep 2025 S1 See all 7 of this type
70Consider two triangles, and . It is stated that these two triangles are congruent to each other, which is denoted as and , what is the measure of ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
This type asked 6 times: 9 Sep 2024 S2, 16 Sep 2025 S1, 19 Sep 2025 S1, 19 Sep 2025 S3, 21 Sep 2025 S2, 22 Sep 2025 S3. This one: 22 Sep 2025 S3 See all 6 of this type
71Two triangles, and , have , , and . By what rule are they congruent?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
This type asked 5 times: 17 Jul 2023 S1, 19 Jul 2023 S3, 10 Sep 2024 S2, 13 Sep 2024 S3, 20 Sep 2025 S1. This one: 20 Sep 2025 S1 See all 5 of this type
70If and AB=4 cm, BC=6 cm, XY=8 cm, what is the length of YZ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
This type asked 4 times: 26 Jul 2023 S1, 26 Sep 2024 S2, 26 Sep 2025 S1, 26 Sep 2025 S3. This one: 26 Sep 2025 S3 See all 4 of this type
71If in triangle ABC, DE || BC and AD/DB=, and AE = 5 cm, then EC is:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 6
This type asked 4 times: 23 Sep 2025 S2, 24 Sep 2025 S1, 24 Sep 2025 S3, 26 Sep 2025 S1. This one: 26 Sep 2025 S1 See all 4 of this type
69A triangle with all its angles less than has its Orthocenter located where?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 7
This type asked 4 times: 18 Jul 2023 S3, 20 Jul 2023 S4, 24 Jul 2023 S4, 15 Sep 2025 S1. This one: 15 Sep 2025 S1 See all 4 of this type
70In , a line segment DE is parallel to BC, with D on AB and E on AC. If the ratio of the area of to the area of the trapezoid DECB is 4:21, what is the ratio of AD to DB?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 8
This type asked 4 times: 25 Jul 2023 S2, 12 Sep 2024 S1, 24 Sep 2024 S3, 26 Sep 2024 S1. This one: 26 Sep 2024 S1 See all 4 of this type
69If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio , then the value of the largest angle is:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 9
This type asked 4 times: 17 Jul 2023 S2, 20 Jul 2023 S3, 17 Sep 2024 S3, 25 Sep 2024 S1. This one: 25 Sep 2024 S1 See all 4 of this type
73If the lengths of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 6 cm and 12 cm, then find the length of the third side.Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 10
Asked 3 times: 13 Sep 2024 S1*, 18 Sep 2024 S1*, 19 Sep 2024 S2 (* = numbers or wording changed that year) See all 3 times it was asked
54and are two triangles such that . If AB=17 cm, and , then which of the following options is true?Tap an option to check your answer.