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प्रश्न
The greatest chord of a circle is called its
पर्याय
radius
secant
diameter
none of these
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उत्तर
diameter
The greatest chord in a circle is the diameter of the circle.
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Use the figure given below to fill in the blank:
______ is a chord of the circle.

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(ii) Assign a special name to AB.
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