
Two circles or more circles are called circles if and only if they have same centre and different radii.

Important Questions on Circles
What is the circumference of the largest circle which can be inscribed in a square of side ? ()






In the figure, is a unit square. A circle is drawn with centre on the extended line and passing through If the diagonal is tangent to the circle, then the area of the shaded region is


Let and be the regions on defined by
Denote by and the areas of the regions and respectively. Then



A semi - circle of diameter unit sits at the top of a semi-circle of diameter units. The shaded region inside the smaller semi-circle but outside the larger semi-circle is called a lune . The area of the lune is -








Let be a sector of a circle with centre and radius and be a point on such that is perpendicular. Let be the mid-point of and be a point on the arc such that is parallel to . Then, the ratio of length of the arc to the length of the arc is

