The Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem — Class 8 MCQs with Answers
Class 8 CBSE Mathematics · Chapter 9
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The Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 8 Mathematics)
6 solved questions from this chapter's difficulty levels, each with its answer and explanation. Tap an option to check yourself.
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- Q1 of 6Easy
In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the:
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Answer: hypotenuse
Explanation: The side opposite the right angle is always the longest side of the triangle, called the hypotenuse — not the base, altitude, or median, which are different named parts of a triangle.
- Q2 of 6Easy
In a right triangle with legs 3 and 4, the hypotenuse is:
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Answer: 5
Explanation: 3² + 4² = 9 + 16 = 25, and √25 = 5, so the hypotenuse is 5 — not 7, which comes from simply adding the legs (3 + 4) instead of squaring them first.
- Q3 of 6Medium
The diagonal of a rectangle 3 cm by 4 cm is:
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Answer: 5 cm
Explanation: The diagonal is √(3² + 4²) = √25 = 5 cm — not 7 cm, the sum of the sides (3 + 4), and not 12 cm, their product; the theorem needs squares, not simple arithmetic.
- Q4 of 6Medium
Find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 9 and 12.
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Answer: 15
Explanation: 9² + 12² = 81 + 144 = 225, and √225 = 15, so the hypotenuse is 15 — not 21, the sum of the legs (9 + 12) rather than the square root of their squared sum.
- Q5 of 6Hard
A right triangle has legs 6 and 8. The area of the square drawn on its hypotenuse is:
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Answer: 100
Explanation: The hypotenuse is √(6² + 8²) = √100 = 10, so the square drawn on it has area 10² = 100 — matching 6² + 8² = 36 + 64 = 100, exactly as the theorem predicts.
- Q6 of 6Hard
A right triangle has legs 1 and 2. Its hypotenuse is:
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Answer: √5
Explanation: Hypotenuse = √(1² + 2²) = √(1 + 4) = √5 — since 5 is not a perfect square, the answer stays as √5 rather than simplifying to a whole number like 3.
The Baudhayana–Pythagoras Theorem notes: key concepts (Class 8 Mathematics)
This chapter builds the Baudhāyana–Pythagoras theorem, one of the oldest results in geometry. In any right-angled triangle the square on the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) equals the sum of the squares on the other two sides: a² + b² = c². You use it to find a missing side, to recognise Pythagorean triples like (3, 4, 5) and (5, 12, 13), and to solve real problems about diagonals, ladders and distances — as well as Baudhāyana's idea that a square's diagonal builds a square of double the area.
- Right-angled triangle
- A triangle with one 90° angle. The side opposite that angle is the hypotenuse, and it is always the longest side.
- Baudhāyana–Pythagoras theorem
- In a right-angled triangle, a² + b² = c², where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse — the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares on the legs.
- Finding the hypotenuse
- When both legs are known, the hypotenuse is c = √(a² + b²); for legs 6 and 8 the hypotenuse is √100 = 10.
- Finding a leg
- When the hypotenuse and one leg are known, the other leg is √(c² − b²) — you subtract before taking the root.
- Pythagorean triple
- Three whole numbers a, b, c with a² + b² = c², such as (3, 4, 5), (5, 12, 13), (8, 15, 17) and (7, 24, 25).
- Scaling a triple
- Any whole-number multiple of a triple is again a triple, so (6, 8, 10) and (9, 12, 15) come from (3, 4, 5).
- Converse of the theorem
- If a² + b² = c² holds for the longest side c, the triangle must be right-angled — a quick test for a right angle.
- Diagonal of a rectangle or square
- A diagonal makes a right triangle with the sides, so a rectangle's diagonal is √(l² + b²) and a square's diagonal is side × √2.
- Isosceles right triangle
- With two equal legs the hypotenuse is leg × √2; this is why a unit square has a diagonal of √2.
- Doubling a square
- Baudhāyana observed that the diagonal of a square is the side of a square with exactly twice the area.
- Applications
- The theorem measures anything modelled by a right triangle: ladders against walls, straight-line distances, and diagonal braces.
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This chapter builds the Baudhāyana–Pythagoras theorem, one of the oldest results in geometry. In any right-angled triangle the square on the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) equals the sum of the squares on the other two sides: a² + b² = c². You use it to find a missing side, to recognise Pythagorean triples like (3, 4, 5) and (5, 12, 13), and to solve real problems about diagonals, ladders and distances — as well as Baudhāyana's idea that a square's diagonal builds a square of double the area. Key ideas include Right-angled triangle, Baudhāyana–Pythagoras theorem, Finding the hypotenuse, Finding a leg, Pythagorean triple, Scaling a triple.
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