Which of the following statements are true for a rhombus?
(i) It has two pairs of parallel sides.
(ii) It has two pairs of equal sides.
(iii) It has only two pairs of equal sides.
(iv) Two of its angles are at right angles.
(v) Its diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
(vi) Its diagonals are equal and perpendicular.
(vii) It has all its sides of equal lengths.
(viii) It is a parallelogram.
(ix) It is a quadrilateral.
(x) It can be a square.
(xi) It is a square.

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Solution

(i) True
(ii) True
(iii) True
(iv) False
(v) True
(vi) False

Diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular, but not equal.

(vii) True
(viii) True

It is a parallelogram because it has two pairs of parallel sides.

(ix) True

It is a quadrilateral because it has four sides.

(x) True

It can be a square if each of the angle is a right angle.

(xi) False

It is not a square because each of the angle is a right angle in a square.

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Which of the following statements are true or false for a rectangle?

(i) It has two pairs of equal opposite sides.

(ii) It has all its sides of equal length.

(iii) Its diagonals are equal.

(iv) Its diagonals bisect each other.

(v) Its diagonals are perpendicular to each other.

Which of the following statements are true (T) and which are false (F) ?

(i) In a parallelogram, the diagonals are equal.

(ii) In a parallelogram, the diagonals bisect each other.

(iii) In a parallelogram, the diagonals bisect each other at right angles.

(iv) In any quadrilateral, if a pair of opposite sides is equal, it is a parallelogram.

(v) If all the angles of a quadrilateral are equal, it is a parallelogram.

(vi) If three sides of a quadrilateral are equal, it is a parallelogram.

(vii) If three angles of a quadrilateral are equal, it is a parallelogram

(viii) If all the sides of a quadrilateral are equal it is a parallelogram.

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