SANSKRITI SCHOOL

Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2014-15

Unit Test: 1
Class X
Subject: Mathematics
Set: 2

Time: 1hr 30 min. Max Marks. 45

General Instructions
 Question 1to 2 carries 1 mark each
 Questions 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each
 Questions 7 to 11 carry 3 marks each
 Questions 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each
____________________________________________________________________________________

Section A

𝐵𝐶 1 𝑎𝑟(∆𝑃𝑄𝑅)
Q1. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 and 𝑄𝑅
= 3 , find 𝑎𝑟(∆𝐴𝐵𝐶)
.

Q2. If 𝜃 is an acute angle such that 2 sin 2𝜃 = √3, find 𝜃.

Section B

1 1
Q3. If sin(𝐴 − 𝐵) = 2 , cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) = 2 , 0° < 𝐴 + 𝐵 ≤ 90°, 𝐴 > 𝐵, find A and B.

𝐵𝐹 𝐵𝐸
Q4. In the figure below, 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝐹 ∥ 𝐴𝐸 Prove that = .
𝐹𝐸 𝐸𝐶

𝑝 cos 𝜃+sin 𝜃
Q5. If tanθ = , find
𝑞 cos 𝜃−sin 𝜃

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 𝑄𝑅 𝑄𝑇
Q6. In the figure below, 𝑄𝑆
= 𝑃𝑅 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠1 = ∠2 . Show that ∆𝑃𝑄𝑆~∆𝑇𝑄𝑅 .

Section C

sec 𝐴−1 sec 𝐴+1

Q7. Prove that √ + √sec 𝐴−1 = 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴
sec 𝐴+1

Q8. In ∆𝑂𝑃𝑄, right angled at P, 𝑂𝑄 − 𝑃𝑄 = 1𝑐𝑚, and OP = 7cm. Determine the values of
sin 𝑄, cos 𝑄, tan 𝑄.

OR

3 5 sin 𝜃−3 cos 𝜃

If cot 𝜃 = , evaluate
5 4 sin 𝜃+3 cos 𝜃

Q9.

A girl CD of height 90cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post AB at a speed
of 1.2m/s. If the lamp is 3.6m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4
seconds.

Q10. Prove that the ratio of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratios of its
corresponding medians.

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Q11. If areas of two similar triangles are equal, prove that they are congruent.

OR

Prove that the sum of the squares of sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of squares
of its diagonals.

Section D

Q12. ABCD is a trapezium in which 𝐴𝐵 ∥ 𝐶𝐷. Its diagonals intersect each other at the
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
point O . Show that = .
𝐵𝑂 𝐷𝑂

cos 𝜃−sin 𝜃+1

Q13. Prove that = cosec 𝜃 + cot 𝜃
cos 𝜃+sin 𝜃−1

OR

(sin 𝐴 + cosec 𝐴)2 + (cos 𝐴 + sec 𝐴)2 = 7 + tan2 𝐴 + cot2 𝐴

Q14. The perpendicular drawn from A on side BC of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 intersects BC at D, such that
DB = 3CD. Prove that : 2𝐴𝐵2 = 2𝐴𝐶 2 + 𝐵𝐶 2

Q15. Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle described on one side of a square is equal
to half the area of an equilateral triangle described on one of its diagonals

OR

State and prove the Pythagoras Theorem.

1
Q16. Evaluate : 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 30° 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 45° + 4𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 60° + 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 90° − 2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 60°

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2014-15

Unit Test: 1
Class X
Subject: Mathematics
Set: 1

Time: 1hr 30 min. Max Marks. 45

General Instructions
 Question 1to 2 carries 1 mark each
 Questions 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each
 Questions 7 to 11 carry 3 marks each
 Questions 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each
____________________________________________________________________________________

Section A

𝐵𝐶 1 𝑎𝑟(∆𝑃𝑄𝑅)
Q1. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 and 𝑄𝑅
= 3 , find 𝑎𝑟(∆𝐴𝐵𝐶)
.

Q2. If 𝜃 is an acute angle such that 2 cos 3𝜃 = 1, find 𝜃.

Section B
𝑎 cos 𝜃+sin 𝜃
Q3. If tanθ = , find
𝑏 cos 𝜃−sin 𝜃

Q4. If A and B are acute angles such that sin 𝐴 = cos 𝐵, prove that 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 90°

𝐵𝐹 𝐵𝐸
Q5. In the figure below, 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝐹 ∥ 𝐴𝐸 Prove that 𝐹𝐸
= 𝐸𝐶 .

𝑄𝑅 𝑄𝑇
Q6. In the figure below, 𝑄𝑆
= 𝑃𝑅 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠1 = ∠2 . Show that ∆𝑃𝑄𝑆~∆𝑇𝑄𝑅 .

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 Section C

Q7. Prove that the ratio of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratios of its
corresponding medians.

Q8. In ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅, right angled at Q, 𝑃𝑅 + 𝑄𝑅 = 25𝑐𝑚, and PQ = 5cm. Determine the values of
sin 𝑃, cos 𝑃, tan 𝑃.

OR

20 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = , evaluate
21 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

Q9.

A girl CD of height 90cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post AB at a speed of
1.2m/s. If the lamp is 3.6m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4
seconds.

1+sin 𝜃 1−sin 𝜃
Q10. Prove that √1−sin 𝜃 + √1+sin 𝜃 = 2 sec 𝜃

Q11. D, E and F are respectively the mid-points of sides AB, BC and CA of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶. Find the
ratio of the areas of ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 and ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.

OR

Prove that the sum of the squares of sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of squares
of its diagonals.

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 Section D

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Q12. Evaluate : 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 30° 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 45° + 4𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 60° + 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 90° − 2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 60°

Q13. The perpendicular drawn from A on side BC of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 intersects BC at D, such that
DB = 3CD. Prove that : 2𝐴𝐵2 = 2𝐴𝐶 2 + 𝐵𝐶 2

sin 𝜃−cos 𝜃+1 cos 𝜃

Q14. Prove that : = 1−sin 𝜃
sin 𝜃+cos 𝜃−1

OR

(sin 𝐴 + cosec 𝐴)2 + (cos 𝐴 + sec 𝐴)2 = 7 + tan2 𝐴 + cot2 𝐴

Q15. Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle described on one side of a square is equal
to half the area of an equilateral triangle described on one of its diagonals

OR

State and prove the Basic Proportionality Theorem.

Q16. The diagonals of a quadrilateral ABCD intersect each other at the point O such that
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
𝐵𝑂
= 𝐷𝑂. Show that ABCD is a trapezium.

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 Academic Session: 2015-16
Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test-1
Class X
Set-2
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Max Marks: 45

General Instructions

 All questions are compulsory.

 Question no. 1 and 2 carry 1 mark each, question no. 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each, question no. 7
to 11 carry 3 marks each and question no. 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
 There are three printed sheets.

Section A

Q1. In the figure, find the value of x which will make DE // AB?

A B

3x+19 3x+4

D E

x+3 x

Q2. In ∆OPQ, right-angled at P, OP = 7 cm and OQ – PQ = 1 cm. Determine the value of cos Q.

Section B
Q3. If 5 cosec 𝜃 = 7, then evaluate sin 𝜃+ cos 2 𝜃 - 1.
Q4. If the areas of two similar triangles are equal, prove that they are congruent.
Q5. If ∠ B and ∠ Q are acute angles of ∆ABC and ∆PQR respectively such that sin B = sin Q, then
prove that ∠ B = ∠ Q.

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 𝐵𝐹 𝐵𝐸
Q6. DE || AC and DF || AE. Prove that = .
𝐹𝐸 𝐸𝐶

OR

𝑃𝑇 𝑃𝑆
= and ∠ PST = ∠ PRQ. Prove that PQR is an isosceles triangle.
𝑇𝑅 𝑆𝑄

Section C
Q7. The diagonals of a quadrilateral ABCD intersect each other at the point O such that
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
=  Show that ABCD is a trapezium.
𝐵𝑂 𝐷𝑂
Q8. Find the value of x if tan3x = sin 45°cos 45° + sin30°.
Q9. In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal to four times
the square of one of its altitudes.
Q10. If AD ⊥ BC, then prove that: 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐶𝐷 2 = 𝐵𝐷 2 + 𝐴𝐶 2 .

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 4𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
Q11. If 3 sin𝜃 = 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, evaluate
5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
OR
1
If cos(A+B)= 0 and sin (A-B) = , find the value of A and B.
2

Section D
sin 30°+𝑡𝑎𝑛45°−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐60°
Q12. Evaluate:
sec30°+𝑐𝑜𝑠60°+𝑐𝑜𝑡45°
Q13. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of
their corresponding sides.
1− 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
Q14. If 3 cot A = 4, check whether = cos 2 𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 or not.
1+ 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
Q15. An aeroplane leaves and airport and flies due north at a speed of 1000 km per hour. At the
same time, another aeroplane leaves the same airport and flies due west at a speed of 1200
km per hour. How far apart will be the two planes after 1.5 hours?

Q16. Prove that the sum of the squares of the sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of the squares
of its diagonals.
OR

Sides AB and BC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ
and QR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that Δ ABC ~ Δ PQR.

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 Academic Session: 2016-17
Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test -1
Class X
Set -1
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Max Marks: 45

General Instructions

 All questions are compulsory.

 Question no. 1&2 carry 1 mark each, question no. 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each,
question no. 7 to 11 carry 3 marks each and question no. 12 to 16 carry 4
marks each.
 There are 3 printed sheets.

Section A

1. Find the value of x + y , given ΔABC ~ ΔDEF

A
D

12 cm
4
y
6

E F
B C
x
10 cm

2. ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 20 cm. Find the length of its altitude.

Section B

3. A pole of length 10 m casts a shadow 2 m long on the ground. At the same time, if a
tower casts a shadow of length 50 m on the ground, then find the height of the
tower.

4. ABC is an isosceles triangle right angled at C. Prove that AB 2  2AC 2

5. Given that ABC PQR , ar ( ABC ) = 4 ar( PQR ) .If BC = 12 cm, then find
the value of QR.

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6. If 15 cotA = 8, find sinA and sec A
Section C
7. In the given figure DE ║OQ and DF ║ OR. Show that EF ║ QR.
P

F
E
O

R
Q

8. Diagonals AC and BD of a trapezium ABCD with AB ║ CD intersect each other at

AO OB
the point O. Using a similarity criteria , show that 
OC OD
9. The perpendicular AD of ΔABC intersects BC at D such that BD = 3CD. Prove
that 2 AB 2  2 AC 2  BC 2
1
10. In a ΔABC, right angled at B, if tan A  , find the value of cosA cosC- sinA
3
sinC
2
11. If tan   , prove that sin 2   cos 2   1
3

Section D

12. Prove that the sum of the squares of the sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of the
squares of its diagonals.
13. In the figure given below, AD  BC. Prove that AB 2  CD 2  BD 2  AC 2

B A

14. Prove that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the
squares of other two sides.

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15. ABC is a triangle. XY ║BC is a line segment intersecting AB in X and AC in Y and
BX 2 1
divides ΔABC into two parts equal in area. Prove that 
AB 2
B
X

Y
C

16. In ΔPQR, right angled at Q, PR+QR =25 cm and PQ =5 cm. Find all t – ratios of P

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 Academic Session 2020-21
Unit Test 1
Mathematics
Class X
Time: 40 mins Max. Marks 20
Writing Time: 7.40 am to 8.20 am

Note:

❖ This question paper has 3 sections : SectionA has ​3 q ​ uestions for 2 ​marks each,
Section-B has 2 ​questions for ​3 ​marks each, ​Section-C has ​2 questions for ​4 marks
each.
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sides
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❖ Presentation should be neat, write in legible handwriting, ​use a pen which writes well.
(not faded)
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 Section-A

1. Prove that

2. The vertices of a triangle are (-2, 0) , (2,3) and (1, -3). Is the triangle equilateral, isosceles
or scalene?

3. If the point P ( a , -11) Q ( 5, b) , R( 2, 15) and S (1, 1) are the vertices of a parallelogram
PQRS, find the values of a and b.
​ ection-B
​S

4. Find the relations between x and y such that the point (x, y) is equidistant from the
points (3, 6) and ( -3, 4)
Or
Let A( 4, 2) , B( 6,5) and C( 1, 4) be the vertices of triangle ABC.
(i) The median from A meets BC at D. Find the coordinates of the point D
(ii) Find the coordinates of the point P such that AP : PD = 2 : 1

5. The 8 th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38 th term is triple its 18 th term.

Section-C

6. How many terms of the AP ​ 17, 15, 13, 11, ..​. must be added to get the sum ​72 ​?
Explain the double answer.

OR
The sum of the 4 th term and 8 th term of an AP is 24 and the sum of the 6th term and
10 th term is 44. Find the first three terms of the AP.

7. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A ( 1, -5) and B ( -4 , 5) is divided by
the x axis. Also, find the co- ordinates of the points of division.

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 Academic Session: 2015-16
Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test-1
Class X
Set-1
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Max Marks: 45

General Instructions

 All questions are compulsory.

 Question no. 1 and 2 carry 1 mark each, question no. 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each, question no. 7
to 11 carry 3 marks each and question no. 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
 There are three printed sheets.

Section A

Q1. If Δ ABC ~ Δ PQR, then find the value of x?

A R x Q

6 cm 5 cm 3.75 cm 4.5 cm

B 4 cm C
4 cm
P

Q2. In ∆OPQ, right-angled at P, OP = 7 cm and OQ – PQ = 1 cm. Determine the value of sin Q.

Section B
Q3. If 5 cosec 𝜃 = 7, then evaluate sin 𝜃 + cos 2 𝜃 - 1.
Q4. D is a point on the side BC of a triangle ABC such that ∠ ADC = ∠ BAC. Show that 𝐶𝐴2 = CB x CD.
Q5. If ∠ B and ∠ Q are acute angles of ∆ABC and ∆PQR respectively such that sin B = sin Q, then prove
that ∠ B = ∠ Q.

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 𝑃𝑇 𝑃𝑆
Q6. = and ∠ PST = ∠ PRQ. Prove that PQR is an isosceles triangle.
𝑇𝑅 𝑆𝑄

OR

𝑄𝑅 𝑄𝑇
= and ∠ 1 = ∠ 2. Show that Δ PQS ~ Δ TQR.
𝑄𝑆 𝑃𝑅

Section C

Q7. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O.
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
Show that = .
𝐵𝑂 𝐷𝑂
Q8. If cos (A-B) = cosAcosB + sinAsinB, then evaluate cos 15°
Q9. CM and RN are respectively the medians of Δ ABC and Δ PQR. If Δ ABC ~ Δ PQR, prove that :

𝐶𝑀 𝐴𝐵
(i) Δ AMC ~ Δ PNR (ii) =
𝑅𝑁 𝑃𝑄

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Q10. Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle described on one side of a square is equal to half the
area of the equilateral triangle described on one of its diagonals.
√3
Q11. If sin(2A+B) = and cos(A+2B) = 0, find the value of A and B.
2
OR
𝑝 𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−𝑞𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
If tan𝜃= , evaluate
𝑞 𝑝𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+𝑞𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

Section D

Q12. An aeroplane leaves and airport and flies due north at a speed of 1000 km per hour. At the same
time, another aeroplane leaves the same airport and flies due west at a speed of 1200 km per
hour. How far apart will be the two planes after 1.5 hours?
1− 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
Q13. If 3 cot A = 4, check whether = cos 2 𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 or not.
1+ 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
Q14. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their
corresponding sides.
Q15. Prove that the sum of the squares of the sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of the squares of
its diagonals.
OR
Sides AB and BC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ
and QR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that Δ ABC ~ Δ PQR.

5𝑐𝑜𝑠2 60°+4𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 30°−𝑡𝑎𝑛2 45°

Q16. Evaluate:
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 30°+𝑐𝑜𝑠2 30°

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Marg,
New Delhi
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Academic Session 2013 -14 A
N
UNIT TEST 2
S
Subject : Mathematics K
Class X R
( Set 1 ) I
T
Time : 1.30 hours Max: marks
I : 45
S
General Instructions : C
i. Answer all questions. Some questions have internal choice . H
ii. This Question Paper has 17 questions. O
iii. This Question Paper has 2 printed sides. O
L
SECTION A (1 4  4)
Questions 1- 4 carry 1 mark each. For each question, four alternative choices have been
provided of which only one is correct. You have to select the correct choice.

1. The roots of the equation x 2  18x  81  0 are

a) 9,9 b) 9,0 c) 9, -9 d) -9, -9
2. In an AP the difference between the 15th term and the 11th term is 12 , then the common
difference is
a) -3 b) 12 c) 4 d) 3
3. The sum of first five multiples of 3 is
a) 45 b) 55 c) 65 d) 75

4. A pole 6 m high casts a shadow 6 3m long on a ground , then the sun’s elevation is
a) 30 b) 45 c) 90 d) 60

Section B ( 3 x 2 =6)
5. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from two points distant 9 mts and 4 mts from its
foot are complementary. Prove that the height of the tower is 6 mts.
6. For what value of k the equation k x ( x  2)  6  0 has two real equal roots?

7. Which term of the sequence -50, -47, -44,………is the first positive term?

Section C ( 5x 3 = 15)
8. The last term of an AP is 252. Its first term and common difference are 12 and 6 respectively.
Find the sum of the AP
Or
In an AP if sn  n(4n  1) find the AP

9. Find the 12th term from the end of the AP: -2, -4,-6 …………. -100

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10. Find the roots of 6 x  2 x  2  0 by quadratic formula method.
2

11. Solve for x : 15x 2  15( x  1) 2  34x( x  1)

12. From the top of a 7 m high building the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60◦
and the angle of depression of its foot is 45 . Find the height of the tower.

Section D ( 5 X 4 = 20)

13. A telephone tower stands vertically on the road. From a point on the other side of the road
directly opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 60 . From
another point 20 meters away from this point on the line joining this point to the foot of the
tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 30 . Find the height of the tower and
width of the road. Do you support the proposal of erecting a telephone tower near a
residential colony.? Give reasons
14. Find a natural number whose square diminished by 84 is equal to thrice of 8 more than the
given number
Or
The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 metres more than the shorter side. If the longer side
is 30 metres more than the shorter side, find the sides of the field
15. How many terms of the AP 17, 15, 13, 11 ….must be added to get the sum 72? Explain the
double answer.
16. Ram asks the labour to dig a well up to a depth of 10 metre. Labour charges Rs. 150 for first
metre and Rs. 50 for each subsequent metres. As labour was uneducated, he claims Rs. 550
for the whole work. What should be the actual amount to be paid to the labour? What value
of Ram is depicted in the question if he pays Rs. 600 to the labour?
x x  1 34
17. Solve the equation:   , x  0,1
x 1 x 15

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 Academic Session: 2014-15
Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test -2
Class X
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Max Marks: 45

General Instructions

 All questions are compulsory.

 Question no. 1&2 carry 1 mark each, question no. 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each, question no. 7 to 11
carry 3 marks each and question no. 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
 There are three printed sheets.

Section A

1. What types of roots exist for the quadratic equation: 2 – 3x + 5 = 0?

2. The first three terms of an A.P. are 3p-1, 3p + 5 and 5p + 1 respectively. Find the value of p.

Section B

3. Which term of an A.P: 120, 116, 112,….is its first negative term?

OR
Which term of the A.P : 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81?

4. Find all the three digit numbers divisible by 9.

5. Solve the equation for x: 4√ + 5x - 2√

6. Represent the following situations in the form of quadratic equations :

Rohan’s mother is 26 years older than him. The product of their ages (in years) 3 years from now will be
360. We would like to find Rohan’s present age.

Section C

7. The 19th term of an A.P. is equal to three times its sixth term. If its 9 th term is 19, find the A.P.
OR

If the seventh term of an A.P is and its ninth term is , find its 63rd term.
8. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground making
an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point where the top touches the
ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.

9. Find the number of terms of the A.P 18, 15 ½ , 13,……-49 ½ and find the sum of all its terms.

10. Is the following situation possible? If so, determine their present ages.
The sum of the ages of two friends is 20 years. Four years ago, the product of their ages in years
was 48.

11. Which of the following form an A.P? If they form an A.P, find the common difference.
i. 0.2, 0.22, 0.222, 0.2222, . . .
ii. √ √ √ ,√

Section D

12. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation (k+4) + (k + 1) x + 1 = 0 has equal roots. Also
find these roots.

13. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 18 km/h takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream, than to return
downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

14. While boarding an aeroplane, a passanger got hurt. The pilot made arrangements to hospitalize the injured
and so the plane started late by 30 minutes. To reach the destination, 1500 km away, in time, the pilot
increased the speed by 100 km/h. Find the original speed of the plane.

What values have been shown by the pilot?

15. From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides of the river
are 30° and 45°, respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 3 m from the banks, find the width of the river.
OR
The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 40 m longer when the Sun’s altitude is 30°
than when it is 60°. Find the height of the tower.

16. A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with centers alternately at A and B, starting with
center at A, of radii 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0 cm, . . . as shown in the figure. What is the total
length of such a spiral made up of thirteen consecutive semicircles? (Take π = )
 Academic Session: 2014-15
Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test-2
Class X
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Max Marks: 45

General Instructions

 All questions are compulsory.

 Question no. 1&2 carry 1 mark each, question no. 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each, question no. 7 to 11
carry 3 marks each and question no. 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
 There are three printed sheets.

Section A

1. What types of roots exist for the quadratic equation: 2 – √ x + 1 = 0?

2. If k, 2k-1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an A.P, find the value of k.

Section B

3. Find the number of natural numbers between 1010 and 999 which are divisible by both 2
and 5.
OR
The first and last term of an A.P. is 5 and 45 respectively. If the sum of all its terms is 400,
find its common difference.

4. Find whether -150 is a term of the A.P 17, 12, 7, 2…..?

5. Solve the equation for x : 3 - 2√ x + 2 = 0

6. Represent the following situations in the form of quadratic equations :

In a class test, the sum of Shefali’s marks in Mathematics and English is 30. Had she got 2
marks more in Mathematics and 3 marks less in English, the product of their marks would
have been 210.
Section C

7. The sum of the 5th and the 9th term of an A.P. is 30. If its 25th term is three times its 8th term,
find the A.P.
 OR
If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 49 and the sum of first 17 terms is 289, find the sum
of first n terms.
8. Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first term) of the AP : 10, 7, 4, . . ., – 62.

9. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the
ground making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point
where the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.

10. Is the following situation possible? If so, determine their present ages.
The sum of the ages of two friends is 20 years. Four years ago, the product of their ages in
years was 48.

11. Which of the following are A.P? If they form an A.P, find the common difference.
i. 0.2, 0.22, 0.222, 0.2222, . . .
ii. √ √ √ ,√

Section D

12. On the Independence Day, students of a school participated in an activity ‘Make your gift’
wherein each child makes handmade gifts and gives one gift each to the all others. If the
total number of gifts are 90, then find the number of children in the group.
What do we learn from this type of activity?

13. A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of 88.2
m from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any
instant is 60°. After some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 30°.Find the distance
travelled by the balloon during the interval.

OR

As observed from the top of a 75 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles of depression of
two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the
lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships.

14. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 18 km/h takes 1 hour more to go 24 km
upstream, than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
15. Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation (k+4) + (k + 1) x + 1 = 0 has equal
roots. Also find these roots.
16. A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with centers alternately at A and B, starting
with center at A, of radii 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0 cm, . . . as shown in the figure. What is
the total length of such a spiral made up of thirteen consecutive semicircles? (Take π = )
 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2016-17

Unit Test: 2
Subject: Mathematics
Class: X
Set:1
Time: 1hr 30 min. Max Marks. 45
General Instructions
 Question 1to 2 carries 1 mark each
 Questions 3 to 6 carry 2 marks each
 Questions 7 to 11 carry 3 marks each
 Questions 12 to 16 carry 4 marks each
____________________________________________________________________________________

Section A

Q1. An observer 1.7 cm tall, is 20 √3 m away from the tower. The angle of elevation from the eye of
the observer to the top of tower is 30°. Find the height of the tower.

Q2. Find the sum of first 500 positive integers.

Section B

Q3. A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 12. When 36 is added to the
number, the digits interchange their places. Formulate the quadratic equation whose
roots are digits of the number.

Q4. How many natural numbers between 101 and 999 are divisible by both 2 and 5?

4
Q5. Find the nature of the roots of the equation: 3 − = 7𝑥
𝑥

Q6. The fourth term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 25th term is triple its 11th term.

Section C

Q7. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of a tower is 30° and the
angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 45°. If the tower
is 30 m high, find the height of the building.

Q8. If the sum of first five terms of an AP is equal to one-fourth the sum of next five terms of
the AP and the first term of the AP is 2, then find the sum of the first 20 terms of the
AP.
OR
Which term of the AP: 121, 117, 113, …. is the first negative term?

Q9. Solve the quadratic equation for x: 𝑎2 𝑏 2 𝑥 2 + (𝑏 2 − 𝑎2 )𝑥 − 1 = 0.

Q10. The sum of first n terms of an AP is 5𝑛2 + 3𝑛. If its mth term is 168, find the value of m.

Q11. If -4 is the root of 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 − 4 = 0 and the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 has real roots,

find k.

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 Section D

Q12. The angle of elevation of a stationary cloud from a point 60 m above the lake is 30° and
the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is found to be 60°. Find the height of
the cloud.

Q13. A club consists of members whose ages are in AP, the common difference being 3
months. If the youngest member of the club is 7 years old and the sum of the ages of
all the members is 250 years, find the number of members in the club.

Q14. A bird is sitting on top of an 80 m high tree. From a point on the ground, the angle of
elevation of the bird is 45°. The bird flies away horizontally in such a way that it
remained at a constant height from the ground. After 2 seconds, the angle of elevation
of the bird from the same point is 30°. Find the bird’s speed.
(Take √3 = 1.73)

Q15. The speed of a boat in still water is 15km/hr. It can go 30 km upstream and return
downstream to the original point in a total 4 and a half hours. Find the speed of the
stream.
OR
The sum of ages of a father and his son is 45 years. 5 years ago, the product of their
ages (in years) was 124. Determine their present ages.

Q16. For what value of k will the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘(4𝑥 + 𝑘 − 1) + 2 = 0 have equal
roots?

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2017-18

Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test – 2
Class – X
Set 1
Time : 1hr 30 minutes MM : 40
General Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory.
• There are 2 printed sides and 15 questions in all.
• Q 1- 3 carry 1 mark each; Q 4-6 carry 2 marks each; Q 7-11 carry 3 marks each and
Q 12-15 carry 4 marks each.
• In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
Section A

1. For linear equation 5x  7 y  2  0 , write another linear equation in two variables such that
the lines represented by them are parallel.

2. Express cot in terms of sec.

3. ABC is isosceles with AC = BC. If AB2 = 2AC2, prove that ABC is a right triangle.
Section B
k 
4. Find the value of k if cos81     sin    .
 3 
5. Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle drawn on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is
equal to the sum of the areas of the equilateral triangles drawn on its legs.

6. Without drawing the graph, find out whether the lines representing the following pair of
linear equations are intersecting, parallel or coincident:
3x 5y 7
9 x  10 y  21 ,  
2 3 3
Section C
7. If sec + tan = m, find the values of sec and tan.
OR
sin  sin 
Prove that: 2
cot   cos ec cot   cos ec

8. If A and P are acute angles such that sinA = sinP, then prove that A = P.

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9. For what value(s) of p will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many
solutions?
px  3y  p  3
12x  py  p

10. In rhombus ABCD, prove that AB 2  BC 2  CD 2  AD 2  AC 2  BD 2 .

11. Solve for x and y:

ax  by  a  b
bx  ay  a  b
Section D
12. In right triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC such that BD = DE = EC. Prove that

8 AE 2  3 AC 2  5 AD 2 .
OR
In an equilateral triangle ABC, the side BC is trisected at D. Express AB in terms of AD.
Hence find the length of AB if AD = 14cm.

13. Solve graphically: x  3y  6 and 2 x  3 y  12.

Also, determine the area of the triangle formed by these lines and y-axis.

cot   cos ec  1 1  cos

14. Prove that: 
cot   cos ec  1 sin 

15. Solve for x and y:

5 2
  1
xy xy
15 7
  10
xy xy

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2017-18

Subject: Mathematics
Unit Test – 2
Class – X
Set 2
Time : 1hr 30 minutes MM : 40
General Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory.
• There are 2 printed sides and 15 questions in all.
• Q 1- 3 carry 1 mark each; Q 4-6 carry 2 marks each; Q 7-11 carry 3 marks each and
Q 12-15 carry 4 marks each.
• In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
Section A

1. Express sec in terms of cot.

2. ABC is an isosceles triangle right angled at C. Prove that AB 2  2 AC 2 .

3. For linear equation 5x  7 y  2  0 , write another linear equation in two variables such that
the lines represented by them are parallel.

Section B
4. Without drawing the graph, find out whether the lines representing the following pair of
linear equations are intersecting, parallel or coincident:
3x 5y 7
9 x  10 y  21 ,  
2 3 3

5. Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle drawn on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is
equal to the sum of the areas of the equilateral triangles drawn on its legs.

k 
6. Find the value of k if cos60     sin    .
3 

Section C
7. For what value(s) of p will the following pair of linear equations have no solution?
px  3y  p  3
12x  py  p

8. If A and P are acute angles such that sinA = sinP, then prove that A = P.

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9. If cosec + cot = m, find the values of cosec and cot.
OR
sin  sin 
Prove that: 2
cot   cos ec cot   cos ec

10. In rhombus ABCD, prove that AB 2  BC 2  CD 2  AD 2  AC 2  BD 2 .

11. Solve for x and y:

xyab
ax  by  a 2  b 2

Section D
tan  sec   1 1  sin 
12. Prove that: 
tan  sec   1 cos

13. Solve for x and y:

5 2
  1
xy xy
15 7
  10
xy xy

14. In right triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC such that BD = DE = EC. Prove that

8 AE 2  3 AC 2  5 AD 2 .
OR
In an equilateral triangle ABC, the side BC is trisected at D. Express AB in terms of AD.
Hence find the length of AB if AD = 14cm.

15. Solve graphically: x  3y  6 and 2 x  3 y  12.

Also, determine the area of the triangle formed by these lines and y-axis.

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 Academic Session 2020-21
UT 3
Mathematics
Class X
MM: 20 Time: 40 mins
Writing Time: 7:40 am - 8:20 am

Note:

❖ This question paper has 4 sections: Section A has 2 questions for 1 mark each,
Section B has 2 questions for 2 marks each, Section C has 3 questions for 3 marks each,
Section D has 1 question for 5 marks.
❖ All questions are compulsory however there are internal choices. This paper has 3 typed sides.
❖ Write your name on the top right corner of the first page.
❖ Presentation should be neat, write in legible handwriting, use pen which writes well (not faded)
❖ You will have to submit the (scanned file) paper by 8:30 am
❖ Resubmission will not be accepted.
❖ it is required that you stay signed in the Google Meet all through the test time. In case of
connectivity issues do join in as soon as possible.

📌Instructions for scan:

❏ Use any scanning app for scanning the sheets.
❏ Take portrait mode only
❏ Collate all scanned pages into ONE pdf.
❏ Keep the order of sheets correct (write page numbers).
❏ Do not take picture of work and submit.
❏ Upload the pdf in Google Classroom (in the assignment on UT3) by clicking (on the right side
of this assignment) +Add/create button to add the scanned file and click Turn in.

This test is to give you a focussed time to assess your understanding. Do not try to copy the
solution from somewhere.

Section-A

1. Evaluate (1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴)(1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛⁡ 𝐴) (1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴)

2. A point P is 17 cm from the centre of a circle. The length of the tangent drawn from P to
the circle is 15 cm. Find the radius of the circle.

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 Section-B

1−sin 𝜃
3. Prove: (sec 𝜃 − tan 𝜃)2 =
1+sin 𝜃

4. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.

OR
In the given figure, PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with centre O so that ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 105°,
then find⁡∠𝐴𝑃𝐵.

Section-C

5. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of a transmission
tower fixed at the top of a 30 m high building are 30° and 45° respectively. Find the height of
the tower.

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6. Prove: (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴)(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴) =⁡
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴

OR

1+𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
Prove: =
1+𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

7. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

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 Section-D

8. From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides
of the river are 45° and 60° respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 3m from the banks, find
the width of the river.

OR

A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes
a car at an angle of depression of 30°, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform
speed. Eight seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60°. Find the time
taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.

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 Academic Session 2021-22
UNIT TEST -3
Subject: Mathematics
Class X

Max. Marks: 40 Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Note:
• There are 3 sections in this paper.
Section A has 6 questions of 2 marks each, internal choice has been provided in two
questions.
Section B has 4 questions of 3 marks each, internal choice has been provided in one
question.
Section C has 4 questions of 4 marks each & internal choice has been provided in
one question.
• All questions are compulsory.
• This paper has 3 printed sides.
• Write your name on the top right corner of the first page.
• Presentation should be neat, write in legible handwriting, use a pen which writes
well (not faded).
• In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions is to be attempted.
• If you wish to attempt any question again, then cancel out the previous attempt.

Section-A

1) Find 𝑎 and 𝑏 such that the numbers 𝑎, 9, 𝑏, 25 form an AP.

2) PA and PB are tangents to a circle with centre O. If∠OAB = 35°, then find ∠APB .

OR

A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O

at a point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Find the length PQ.

3) Find the 11th term from the end of the AP: 10, 7, 4, ……., -62.

4) Two concentric circles with centre O are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. From an external
point P, tangents PA and PB are drawn to these circles. If AP = 12 cm, find BP.
A

P
B

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5) Which term of the AP 24, 21, 18, 15, ... is the first negative term?

OR

If the 10th term of an AP is 0, then find 27th term : 15th term.

6) A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle (see fig). Prove that

AB+ CD= AD+BC

Section-B

7) Prove: The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.

8) For what value of n are the nth terms of the following two APs the same 13 19 25 … ,
and 69, 68, 67, …? Also, find this term.
OR

The angles of a triangle are in AP. The greatest angle is twice the least. Find all the
angles.

9) AB is the tangent to a circle with centre O through a point A outside the circle. If
OA = x + 2 cm, OB = x − 6 cm, AB = x + 1 cm, find the actual lengths of AB, OA and
OB.

10) Find the middle term of the AP 213, 205, 197, …, 37.

Section C

11) The sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 42. The ratio of its 10th term to 30th term is 1 : 3.
Find the first and the 13th term of the AP.

12) The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an AP is 6 and their product is 8. Find
the sum of first sixteen terms of the AP.

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13) From a point P, two tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O and
radius r. If OP is 2r, find ÐAPB . What kind of a triangle is ∆APB?

OR
Prove that the opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend
supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.

14) In the given figure 𝑋𝑌 & 𝑋 / 𝑌 / are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and
another tangent AB with point of contact C intersects 𝑋𝑌 at 𝐴 and 𝑋 / 𝑌 / at B. Prove
that ÐAOB = 90°.

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 Academic Session: 2014 – 15
First Term Examination
Subject: Mathematics
M/7/1

Time : 3hrs MM : 90
General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C and D.
Section A: 4 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B: 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C: 10 questions of 3 marks each.
Section D: 11 questions of 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions has to be attempted.
 An additional 15 minutes has been allotted to read the question paper.
 There are 4 printed sides and 31 questions in all.

Section A

129
1. Without actually performing the long division , state whether will have a terminating or
22 ×57 ×75
non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.

2. Which measure of central tendency is given by the x coordinate of the point of intersection of the
‘more than Ogive’ and the ‘less than Ogive?
3. In the given figure, if ∆ABC~∆PQR, find x.

A R x Q

3.75cm
6cm
5cm 4.5cm

B C
4cm P

4. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3 + √5 and 3 − √5 .

Section B
5. If 𝜃 is an acute angle and 5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 7, then evaluate 𝑠inθ+𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 − 1. c
6. Show that 6𝑛 never ends with a zero, for any value of 𝑛.
OR
The LCM of two numbers is 1449 and their HCF is 23. If one of the numbers is 161, find the other.

M/7 Page 1 of Set 1

 𝐶𝐴 𝐶𝐵
7. D is a point on side BC of a triangle ABC such that ∠𝐴𝐷𝐶 = ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶. Show that = 𝐶𝐴
𝐶𝐷

8. Find the mode of the following distribution:

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 5 7 9 12 4

9. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the system of linear equations 𝑘𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3 and 6𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3 has a
unique solution.
10. If one zero of the polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑎2 + 4)𝑥 2 + 13𝑥 + 4𝑎 is reciprocal of the other, find the
value of 𝑎.
Section C
11. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial 3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 4, then find the value of
1 1
+ − 2𝛼𝛽.
𝛼 𝛽

OR

Find the quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 6 and one zero is 3 − √5

12. Prove that 2 + √3 is an irrational number.

13. Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that Prove that the cube of any positive integer is of the
form 9m or 9m+1 or 9m+8 for some positive integer m.

14. Solve the following pair of equations: 3𝑥 − 5𝑦 − 19 = 0 and − 7𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 1 = 0.

15. In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal to four times the
square of one of its altitudes.
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−2𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝜃
16. Show that: = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃.
2𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

17. Five years ago Ali was thrice as old as Mohit and ten years from now Ali will be twice as old as
Mohit. What are the present ages of Ali and Mohit?

18. Calculate the mean of the following distribution:

Class Intervals 50-70 70 – 90 90 - 110 110 - 130 130 – 150 150-170
Frequencies 18 12 13 27 8 22

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19. The following distribution gives the amount of pocket money donated by
50 students for the Prime Minister’s relief fund.
Pocket Money(Rs) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
Number of students 15 7 8 16 4
(i) Convert the distribution to a More than type cumulative frequency
distribution and draw its ogive.
(ii) What value is depicted of the students here?

3𝑐𝑜𝑠55° 4(𝑐𝑜𝑠70°.𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐20°) sec(90°−𝜃)

20. Evaluate: − +
7𝑠𝑖𝑛35° 7(𝑡𝑎𝑛5°𝑡𝑎𝑛25°𝑡𝑎𝑛65°𝑡𝑎𝑛85°) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃

Section D
21. In the figure CM and RN are respectively the medians of ∆ABC and ∆PQR. If ∆ABC~ ∆PQR,
𝐶𝑀 𝐴𝐵
Show that : (i) ∆AMC ~ ∆PNR (ii) = (iii) ∆CMB ~ ∆RNQ
𝑅𝑁 𝑃𝑄

Q N P
A

B C

22. Prove that: (1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃)(1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃) = 2

23. Solve the following system of equations graphically :

4𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 16 = 0 and 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6 = 0
Also, find the area of the region bound by these lines and 𝑦 = 0.

24. Without using trigonometric tables find the value of:

2 𝑠𝑒𝑐56° 1
(
3 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐34°
)− 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 20° + 2 𝑐𝑜𝑡18°𝑐𝑜𝑡35°𝑐𝑜𝑡45°𝑐𝑜𝑡72°𝑐𝑜𝑡55° − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 70°.

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25. State and prove the converse of Pythagoras theorem.
OR
Prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares of their
corresponding sides.

26. Obtain all the zeros of the polynomial, 3𝑥 4 − 15𝑥 3 − 13𝑥 2 + 25𝑥 − 30, if two of
5
its zeros are ± √3

1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
27. Prove the following identity: + = (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃)2
1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃

28. Solve the following pair of equations:

5 1 6 3
𝑥−1
+ 𝑦−2 =2 and 𝑥−1
− 𝑦−2 = 1

29. The median value for the following frequency distribution is 35 and the sum of all frequencies is
170. Find the missing frequencies.

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 10 20 x 40 Y 25 15

30. In a city, scooter charges consist of a fixed charge and remaining depending upon the distance
travelled in km. If a person travels 10km he pays Rs65 and for travelling 16km he pays Rs95.
Find the fixed charge and the rate per km. If for travelling a distance of 12.5km, the driver
charges Rs77.50, what can you say about the character of the driver.
31. Calculate the mean and mode of the following distribution. Using empirical formula find the
median.

Class 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200

Frequency 12 14 8 6 10

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 Academic Session: 2014 – 15
First Term Examination
Subject: Mathematics
M/7/2

Time : 3hrs MM : 90
General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C and D.
Section A: 4 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B: 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C: 10 questions of 3 marks each.
Section D: 11 questions of 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions has to be attempted.
 An additional 15 minutes has been allotted to read the question paper.
 There are 4 printed sides and 31 questions in all.

Section A

1. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3 + √2 and 3 − √2 .

2. Which measure of central tendency is given by the x coordinate of the point of intersection of the
‘more than Ogive’ and the ‘less than Ogive?
3. In the given figure, if ∆ABC~∆PQR, find x.

A R x Q

3.75cm
6cm
5cm 4.5cm

B C
4cm P

328
4. Without actually performing the long division, state whether will have a terminating or
22 ×53 ×74
non-terminating decimal expansion.
Section B
𝐶𝐴 𝐶𝐵
5. D is a point on side BC of a triangle ABC such that ∠𝐴𝐷𝐶 = ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶. Show that = 𝐶𝐴
𝐶𝐷

6. Show that 4𝑛 never ends with a zero, for any value of 𝑛.

OR
The HCF of two numbers is 11 and their LCM is 7700. If one number is 275, find the other.
7. If 5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 7. find 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 − 1

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8. Find the mode of the following distribution:
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 3 8 9 10 3

9. If one zero of the polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑎2 + 4)𝑥 2 + 13𝑥 + 4𝑎 is reciprocal of the other, find the
value of 𝑎.
10. Find the values of 𝑘 for which the system of linear equations 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3 and 3𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 1 has a
unique solution.

Section C
11. Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the cube of any positive integer is of the
form 9m or 9m+1 or 9m+8 for some positive integer m.

12. Prove that 2+ √5 is an irrational number.

13. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial 3𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 4, then find the value of
1 1
𝛼
+ 𝛽 − 2𝛼𝛽.

OR
Find the quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 8 and one zero is 4 + 2√3.

14. Solve the following pair of equations: 23𝑥 − 29𝑦 = 98 and 29𝑥 − 23𝑦 − 110 = 0.
OR
𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
Solve the following pair of equations: + = 𝑎 + 𝑏 and + = 2.
𝑎 𝑏 𝑎2 𝑏2

1
15. In an equilateral ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, D is a point on side BC such that𝐵𝐷 = 3 𝐵𝐶. Show that 9𝐴𝐷 2 = 7𝐴𝐵2 .

16. Five years ago Ali was thrice as old as Mohit and ten years from nowAli will be twice as old as
Mohit. What are the present ages of Ali and Mohit?
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−2𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝜃
17. Show that: = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃.
2𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

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18. Calculate the mean of the following distribution:
Class Intervals 0-50 50 - 100 100 - 150 150 – 200 200 – 250
Frequencies 17 35 43 40 21

19. The following distribution gives the amount of pocket money donated by
50 students for the Prime Minister’s relief fund.
Pocket Money(Rs) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
Number of students 15 7 8 16 4
Convert the distribution to a More than type cumulative frequency distribution and draw its
ogive.
4𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 60°+𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 30°−2𝑠𝑖𝑛2 45°
20. Evaluate:
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 60°+𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 45°
Section D
21. Obtain all the zeroes of the polynomial, 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 − 11𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 30, if two of
its zeroes are √5 and −√5 .
22. Solve the following pair of equations:
5 1 6 3
+ =2 and − =1
𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑥−1 𝑦−2

23. Solve the following system of equations graphically:

3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 15 and 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 12 = 0
Also, find the area of the region bound by these lines and 𝑦 = 0.
1
24. Prove that: (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴)(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴) = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴

25. Prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares of their
corresponding sides.
26. In the figure CM and RN are respectively the medians of ∆ABC and ∆PQR. If ∆ABC~ ∆PQR,
𝐶𝑀 𝐴𝐵
Show that : (i) ∆AMC ~ ∆PNR (ii) = (iii) ∆CMB ~ ∆RNQ
𝑅𝑁 𝑃𝑄

Q N P
A

B C

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 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
27. Prove the following identity: 1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 1 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃

28. Without using trigonometric tables find the value of:

𝑐𝑜𝑠2 20°+𝑐𝑜𝑠2 70°
. +2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 58° − 2𝑐𝑜𝑡58°𝑡𝑎𝑛32°
𝑠𝑒𝑐2 50°−𝑐𝑜𝑡2 40°

29. The median value for the following frequency distribution is 525. Find the missing frequencies
if the total frequency is 100.

Class Interval Frequency

0-100 2
100-200 5
200-300 X
300-400 12
400-500 17
500-600 20
600-700 Y
700-800 9
800-900 7
900-1000 4

30. A boat goes 12Km upstream and 40Km downstream in 8 hours. Also it covers 16 Km upstream
and 32Km downstream in the same time. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed
of the stream.
OR
2 men and 5 boys can finish a piece of work in 4 days, while 3 men and 6 boys can do
the same in 3 days. Find the time taken by one man alone and that by one boy alone to
finish the work.

31. In a city, scooter charges consist of a fixed charge and remaining depending upon the distance
travelled in km. If a person travels 10km he pays Rs65 and for travelling 16km he pays Rs95.
Find the fixed charge and the rate per km. If for travelling a distance of 12.5km, the driver

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charges Rs77.50, what can you say about the character of the driver.

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 Academic Session: 2015-16
First Term Examination
Subject- Mathematics
M/7/1
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 90

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 4 pages with 31 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
3. Section-A comprises of 4 questions of 1 mark each; Section-B comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks
each; Section-C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section-D comprises of 11 questions
of 4 marks each.
4. There is an internal choice given in each Section B, C and D.

Section A

1. The area of two similar triangles ABC and DEF are 121 and 64 respectively. If BC = 15.4 cm,
find EF.
2. Without using trigonometric tables, evaluate the following:

54

3. 5 x 7 x 11x 13 + 11 is a composite number. Give reason(s).

4. Weekly household expenditure of families living in a housing society are shown below:

Weekly Expenditure (in Rupees) Upto 3000 3000-6000 6000-9000 9000-12000 12000-15000
Number of families 4 25 31 48 10

Find the upper limit of the modal class.

Section B

5. 10 students of Class X took part in a Mathematics quiz. If the number of girls is 4 more than the number
of boys, find the number of boys and girls who took part in the quiz. Represent the above situation
algebraically using two variables.

6. Prove the following identity:

√ = sec A - tan A

Or

Find the acute angle , satisfying the equation: + = 3.

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7. Apply Euclid’s division algorithm to find the H.C.F of 468 and 520.

8. For which value of k will the following pair of linear equations has no solution?

2x + 3y = 1

(k-1) x + (2k + 1) y = (k-1)

9. Mean of four observations is 12. If first, second, third and fourth observations are decreased by 1, 2, 3
and 4 respectively, then find the new mean.

10. In the given figure, if AC= 2 m, OC = 3 m and OD = 7 m, then find BD.

Section C

11. On comparing the ratios of the coefficients of the given pair of linear equations, find:
5x – 8y + 1 = 0
15x - 24y + 3 = 0

i. What kind of solution do they have?

ii. If these equations are represented graphically, what can you say about the pair of straight lines
thus obtained?(Don’t use graph)

12. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and the product of whose zeroes are -12 and 1 respectively.
Hence, find the zeroes.

13. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the number
obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.

14. Prove that √ is irrational.

15. If one of the zeroes of the polynomial (a+2) + 6x + 5a is reciprocal of the other, find the value of a.

16. On dividing by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and the remainder were (x – 4) and
6 respectively. Find g(x).

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17. If 4 sec , then evaluate : .

18. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds and 108
seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 8 a.m., at what time will they change together
again?
19. A, B and C are points on OP, OQ and OR respectively such that AB || PQ and AC || PR.
Show that BC || QR.

Or
E is a point on side CB produced of an isosceles triangle ABC with AB = AC. If AD ⊥BC and EF⊥AC,
prove that ΔABD ~ Δ ECF.

20. In an institution, age of employees is given in the following frequency distribution:

Age (in below 24 below 30 below 36 below 42 below 48 below 54 below 60
years)
Number of 2 16 26 38 49 57 60
employees
For above data, draw a ‘less than type’ ogive and, find the median using the curve.

Section D

21. If a polynomial has two zeroes as 1 and - 4, then find the other zeroes.

22. Use Euclid’s Division lemma to show that cube of any positive integer is of the form 9m, 9m+1 or 9m+8.

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23. Evaluate :

24. Prove that

25. Three lines 3x + 5y = 15, 6x - 5y = 30 and x = 0 are enclosing a beautiful triangular park. Find the points
of intersection of the lines graphically and the area of the park, if all measurements are in km.

26. The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxis on CNG fuels instead of petro/diesel. The taxi
charges in city comprise of fixed charges together with the charge for the fuel as per the distance (km)
covered. For a journey of 12 km, the charge paid is Rs.89 and for journey of 20 km, the charge paid is
Rs.145.
(i) Find the fixed charge and the charge per km.
(ii) Why did the owner decide to use CNG as a fuel?

27. BL and CM are medians of a triangle ABC right angled at A. Prove that: 4 ( + )=5 .

28. Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same
time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If they travel
towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
Or

Ritu can row downstream 20 km in 2 hours, and upstream 4 km in 2 hours. Find her speed of rowing in
still water and the speed of the current.

29. In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = BC. Prove that: 9 =7 .

30. If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct points, the
other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

31. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 48 and the total frequency is 50. Find the missing
frequency x and y.
Class Interval 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 8 6 x 11 y

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 Academic Session: 2016-17
First Term Examination
Subject- Mathematics
Class X
Set 1
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 90

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 4 pages with 31 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
Section-A comprises of 4 questions of 1 mark each; Section-B comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks
each; Section-C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section-D comprises of 11 questions
of 4 marks each.
3. There is an internal choice in each of the sections B, C and D.

Section A

1. Let ∆ABC ∼ ∆PQR, 4BC = 3QR and ar(∆ABC) = 81 cm2, then find ar(∆PQR).
2. Express sec 50° + cot 78° in terms of t-ratios of angles between 0° and 45°.
3. Which measure of central tendency is given by the x-coordinate of the point of intersection of ‘more
than ogive’ and ‘less than ogive’?
4. Evaluate : 5cot 2 30° + 7cosec 2 45°.

Section B

5. Consider the frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a class.

Height (in cm) Number of students Cumulative frequency

150-155 16 16
155-160 12 28
160-165 9 37
165-170 7 44
170-175 10 54
175-180 6 60
Find the sum of the lower limit of the modal class and the upper limit of the median class.

6. Is 7 x 5 x 3 x 2 + 3 composite number? Justify your answer.

OR
Write one rational and one irrational number between √2 and √3 .

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7. If one zero of a polynomial (a2 + 9)x 2 + 13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other, find the value of a.
8. Find the acute angle 𝜃, satisfying the equation: cosec 2𝜃 + cot 2 θ = 3.
9. For what value(s) of k will the following pair of linear equations has no solution?

kx + 3y = k – 2

12x + ky = k

10. D and E are respectively the points on the sides AB and AC of a ∆ABC such that AB = 5.6 cm,
AD = 1.4 cm, AC = 7.2 cm and AE = 1.8 cm. Show that DE ǁ BC.

Section C

11. Prove that 5  2 3 is irrational.

12. On dividing x 3 − 3x 2 + 5x + 2 by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and the remainder were x-2 and
2x + 4 respectively. Find g(x).
13. Check graphically whether the pair of linear equations 4x – y – 8 = 0 and 2x – 3y + 6 = 0 is consistent. If
it is consistent, find its solution.
PS PT
14. In ∆PQR, S and T are points on sides PQ and PR respectively such that  and ∠PST = ∠PRQ.
SQ TR
Prove that PQR is an isosceles triangle.

15. Solve for x and y :

5 2
 1  0
x y x y
15 7
  10  0
x y x y

1  sec A sin 2 A
16. Prove that : 
sec A 1  cos A
17. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 minutes respectively.
In 30 hours, how many times do they all toll together?
18. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 − 2x + 3, find the polynomial whose zeroes are
α+2 and β+2.
19. If A, B, C are interior angles of ∆ABC, show that:
BC A
cos ec 2 ( )  tan 2  1
2 2

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20. Find the mean age (in years) from the frequency distribution give below-

Age(in years) 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59

Frequency 4 14 22 16 6 5 3

OR

Find the mode of the following frequency distribution:

Class 10-14 14-18 18-22 22-26 26-30 30-34 34-38 38-42

Interval
Frequency 8 6 11 20 25 22 10 4

Section D

21. A lending library has a fixed charge for one week and charges fine for keeping the book for each day
thereafter. Manan had issued a book and paid 25 as he delayed it by one day due to a rainy day.
Diptanshu had issued a book, but paid 85 for a book as he had forgotten to return it and delayed it by
5 days. He returned the book after getting a reminder from the concerned person. Find the fixed charge
and the amount of fine per day. What value of Diptanshu’s character is being depicted here?
22. Obtain all the zeroes of the polynomial x 4 + 3x 3 − 3x 2 − 15x − 10, if two of its zeroes are √5 and - √5.
tan A
23. If tan A = √3 − 1, evaluate .
1  tan 2 A
24. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f 2 in the table given below, given that the mean of the given
frequency distribution is 50.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total
Frequency 17 f1 32 f2 19 120

25. For the following frequency distribution, draw a cumulative frequency curve of less than type. Also,
find the median using the ogive curve.
Class 200-250 250-300 300-350 350-400 400-450 450-500 500-550 550-600
frequency 30 15 45 20 25 40 10 15

1 1 1 1
  
26. Prove that: sec A  tan A cos A cos A sec A  tan A

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27. The area of a rectangle reduces by 160 m2 if its length is increased by 5 m and breadth is reduced by
4 m. However if length is decreased by 10 m and breadth is increased by 2 m, then its area is decreased
by 100 m2 . Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
OR
4
If 1 is added to both the numerator and the denominator of a given fraction, it becomes . If, however,
5
1
5 is subtracted from both the numerator and the denominator, the fraction becomes . Find the
2
fraction.

28. Three sets of books-English, Mathematics and Science containing 336, 240 and 96 books respectively
have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored subject-wise and the height of each stack
has to be same. What is the greatest number of books possible in each stack?
29. In a ∆ABC, right angled at A, if tan C = √3 , find the value of sin B cos C + cos B sin C.
30. The perpendicular from A on side BC of a ∆ABC intersects BC at D such that DB = 3 CD.

Prove that : 2 AB 2  2 AC 2  BC 2 .
31. Prove that if in a triangle, the square of one side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two
sides, then the angle opposite to the first side is a right angle.

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 Academic Session: 2018-19
First Term Examination
Subject: Mathematics
M/3/1

Time: 3 Hrs. M.M:80

General Instructions

1. All questions are compulsory

2. The question paper consists of 30 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
3. Section A contains 6 questions of 1 mark each.
4. Section B contains 6 questions of 2 marks each.
5. Section C contains 10 questions of 3 marks each.
6. Section D contains 8 questions of 4 marks each.
7. This paper has 3 printed sides.

Section A

43
Q1. After how many places of decimal will the decimal expansion of the rational number 24 .53
terminate?

Q2. For what value of k is -4 a zero of the polynomial 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 2𝑘.

Q3. If the areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio 25: 64, write the ratio of their
corresponding sides.

Q4. If cosec𝜃 + cot𝜃 = 𝑥, find the value of cosec𝜃 - cot𝜃.

Q5. Find the value of t if P (4, -2) is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points A (5t, 3)
and B (-t, -7).

Q6. Determine the set of values of p for which the equation 𝑝𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 = 0 has real roots.

Section B

Q7. Point P divides the line segment joining the points A (2, -5) and B (5,2) in the ratio 2:3. Find
the coordinates of point P. Also, name the quadrant in which P lies.

Q8. α and β are the zeroes of p(x) = 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9, then form a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes
are -α and -β.

Q9. Solve for x: 𝑥 2 − 4𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏 2 + 4𝑎2 = 0.

Q10. For what value of k the following pair of equations has no solution:
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5 and 6𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 15.

Q11. If the area of the triangle with vertices (x,0), (1,1) and (0,2) is 4 square units, then find the
value of x.

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Q12.Prove that 𝑠𝑒𝑐 4 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛4 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃
OR
2 2 1
If 7𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 + 3𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 4, show that 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3
√

Section C

Q13. Find the HCF of 65 and 117. Also, find a pair of integral values of m and n such that
HCF= 65m +117n.

Q14. A girl is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years)
will be 160. Find their present ages.
OR

Find the value of k for which the roots of the equation 𝑘𝑥(3𝑥 − 4) + 4 = 0 are equal.

Q15. A circular field has circumference of 360km. Two cyclists Sumeet and Jagriti start
together and cycle at the speed of 12km/hr and 15km/hr respectively, round the circular
field. After how many hours will they meet again at the starting point?

OR
Show that any positive odd integer is of the form 4q+1 or 4q+3 where q is a positive
integer.

Q16. Solve the following equation for x and y:

𝑥 y
− = 0, ax + by = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 (x≠0, y≠0)
a b

Q17. Determine the ratio in which line segment joining A (5, -6) and B (-1, -4) is divided by
y-axis. Also, find the point of intersection.

Q18. BL and CM are the medians of a triangle ABC right angled at A. Prove that:
4(𝐵𝐿2 + 𝐶𝑀2 ) = 5𝐵𝐶 2 .

1 1 1 1
Q19. Prove that: − = − .
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃

OR

𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃−2𝑠𝑖𝑛4 𝜃
Prove that: 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − [ ] = 1.
2𝑐𝑜𝑠4 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠2 𝜃

Q20. A straight highway leads to the foot of the tower. A man standing at the top of the tower
observes a car at an angle of depression of 30°, which is approaching the foot of the tower
with uniform speed. 10 seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60°.
Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.

1 2 4
Q21. Solve for x: + = , 𝑥 ≠ −1, −2, −4
𝑥+1 𝑥+2 𝑥+4

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 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 37°− 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 53°
Q22. Without using trigonometric tables, find the value of: + 2𝑐𝑜𝑡35°𝑐𝑜𝑡55°
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 31°+ 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 59°

Section D

Q23. Show that 3+2√2 is an irrational number.

Q24. Find the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2𝑥 2 − (1 + 2√2)𝑥 + √2 and verify the
relationship between the zeros and coefficients of the polynomial.

Q25. A number consists of two digits. When the number is divided by the sum of its digits,
the quotient is 7. If 27 is subtracted from the number, the digits interchange their place.
Find the number.
OR
A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go
40 km upstream and 55 km downstream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of
the boat in still water.

Q26. Prove that the area of the semi-circle drawn on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
is equal to the sum of the areas of the semi-circles drawn on the other two sides of the
triangle.

Q27. A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of
1.2m/s. If the lamp is 3.6 m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4
seconds.

Q28. Solve graphically the system of linear equations: x-y+1=0 and 2x+y-10=0.
Also, find the area of the region bounded by these lines and x-axis.

Q29. What must be added to p(x)= 8𝑥 4 + 14𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 12 so that 4𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 2 is a

factor of p(x)?

OR

Obtain other zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 − 15 if two of its zeroes are
√5 and -√5.

Q30. A vertical tower stands on the horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flagstaff
of height h. From a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom and the top
ℎ tanα
of the flagstaff are α and β respectively. Prove that the height of the tower is
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛽−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼

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 Academic Session: 2017-18
First Term Examination
Subject: Mathematics
M/3/1

Time: 3 Hrs. M.M:80

General Instructions

1. All questions are compulsory

2. The question paper consists of 30 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
3. Section A contains 6 questions of 1 mark each.
4. Section B contains 6 questions of 2 marks each.
5. Section C contains 10 questions of 3 marks each.
6. Section D contains 8 questions of 4 marks each.
7. This paper has 3 printed sides.

Section A

Q1. If a and b are two positive integers such that a= 14b, find HCF of a and b.

Q2. For what value of p, the pair of linear equations 5x+7y=10 and 2x+3y=p has a unique
solution.

Q3. The ratio of the corresponding altitudes of two similar triangles is 3:5. Is it correct to say that
the ratio of their areas is 6:5? Why or why not?

Q4. If cos (α +β) =0, show that sin(α-β) = cos2β.

Q5. Find the area (in square units) of the triangles formed by the points A(a,0), B (0,0) and C (0,
b).

Q6. A circle is drawn with origin as the centre and radius of 6.5 units. Then the point (-6, 5/2)
lies in the interior of the circle. True/ False. Justify.

Section B

Q7. Show that cannot end in digits 0,2,4,6 and 8 for any natural number n.

Q8. α and β are the zeros of p(x) = . Find the value of a if: 3α + 2β = 20.

Q9. In . M is a point on side PR such that

QM PR. Prove that: QM2= PM x MR.

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Q10. The income of X and Y are in the ratio 8:7 and their expenditures are in the ratio of 19:16.
If each saves Rs. 1250, find their incomes.

Q11. Prove that

OR
If , find the value of:
√

Q12. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x, y) is equidistant from the points
(7,1) and (3,5). Also, describe the graph of this relationship

Section C

Q13. Show that √ √ is an irrational number, given that √ is irrational.

OR
Use Euclid’s algorithm to find HCF of 85 and 51. Then express it in the form of 85x+ 51y.

Q14. A man wishes to give Rs 12 to each person and found that he fell short of Rs 6when he
wanted to give to all the persons present there. Then, he distributed Rs 9 to each person
and found that Rs 9 were left over.
(i) How much money did he have? (ii) How many persons were there?

Q15. A forester wants to plant 66 apple trees, 88 banana trees and 110 mango trees in rows
having equal number of trees. Also, he wants to have only one type of trees in a row.
Find the number of minimum number of rows required.

Q16. Find the ratio in which the line 2x+3y-5=0 divides the line segment joining the points
(8, -9) and (2,1).

Q17. If show that √ .

Q18. In such that D lies on QR. If PQ = a, PR = b, QD = c and DR = d, then

prove that: (a+b) (a-b) = (c+d) (c-d).

Q19. Prove that: (coescA-sinA) (secA-cosA) = .

OR
Prove that:

Q20. The angle of elevation of a jet fighter from a point A on the ground is 60 . After a flight of
15 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30 . If the jet is flying at a speed of
720km/hr in the same direction, find the constant height.

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Q21. Without using trigonometric tables, find the value of: +2

Q22. The base BC of an equilateral triangle ABC lies on the y-axis. The coordinates of point
C are (0, -3). If the origin is the midpoint of base BC, find the coordinates of points A and
B.

Section D

Q23. Show that the square of any positive integer cannot be of the form 5q+2, 5q+3.

Q24. Find the zeros of the polynomial p(x) = √ √ and verify the
relationship between the zeros and coefficients of the polynomial.

Q25. A takes 3 hour more than B to walk 30km. If A doubles his speed, he is ahead of B by
3/2 hours. Find their speed of walking.
OR
Raman has two daughters, Deepa and Anju. Present age of Raman is nine years more
than that of twice the sum of Deepa and Anju. 5 years hence, the age of Raman will be
four years more than one-and-a-half times the sum of the ages of Deepa and Anju.
Determine the present age of Raman.

Q26. Prove that the area of the semi-circle drawn on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
is equal to the sum of the areas of the semi-circles drawn on the other two sides of the
triangle.

Q27. In an equilateral triangle, D is a point on side BC such that 4BD = BC. Prove that:
.

Q28. Solve graphically the system of linear equations: x-y+1=0 and 2x+y-10=0.
Also, find the area of the region bounded by these lines and x-axis.

Q29. If the polynomial p(x)= is exactly divisible by the polynomial

g(x)= , then find the values of a and b.

Q30. From the top of the tower h m high, angles of depressions of two objects, which are in
line with the foot of the tower are α and β. (β α). Show that the distance between the
two objects is: h(cotα – cotβ).

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2013 – 14

First Term Examination
Subject: Mathematics
Class –X
Set 1

Time : 3hrs MM : 90
General Instructions:
 All questions in section A carry 1 mark each, section B, 2 marks each ,
section C , 3 marks each and section D, 4 marks each.
 In questions with internal choice, only one of the questions has to be attempted.
 There are 4 printed sides and 34 questions in all.

SECTION A

1. The decimal representation of will terminate after how many decimal

places?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
2. If the sum of the zeros of the polynomial, is 4,then the
value of is

(a) 4 (b) (c) (d)

3. Which one of the following points lies on the line represented by the
equation 2x – 3y = 12 ?
(a) (0,4) (b) (3,-2) (c) (1,0) (d) (3,1)
4. If A = , then the value of is
√ √
(a) (b) (c) (d)
√ √ √ √

5. If where and are acute angles, then the value of is

(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 15 (d) 20
6. Which measure of central tendency is given by the x co ordinate of the point
of intersection of the ‘more than Ogive’ and the ‘less than Ogive.
(a)Mean (b)Mode (c)Median (d)Mean and Median.
7. If the Median of a data is 42 and its Mean is 43, then the Mode of this data is
(a) 42 (b) 43 (c) 40 (d) 41
8. The Mean of 25 observations is 9.If each observation is increased by 4,then
the new mean is
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

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 Section B

9. Find the HCF and the LCM of 270 and 405 ,by using Fundamental Theorem of
Arithmetic.
10. Show that never ends with a zero, for any value of .
OR
Is a composite number?
Give Reason for your answer.
11. Find the value(s) of ‘p’ for which the following pair of equations have no
solution: px + 3y = p - 2 and 12x + py = p.

12. If , find .
√

13. The mean monthly salary of 12 employees in a firm is Rs. 1450.If one more
person joins the firm, whose monthly salary is Rs. 2100, then what will be the
mean monthly salary now?

14. If then show that .

√

Section C
15. Prove that the square of any positive integer is of the form 4m or 4m+1 for
some positive integer, m.
√
16. Prove that is an irrational number, given that √ is irrational.

OR
Prove that √ is an irrational number.
17. If are the zeros of the polynomial , then find the value of

18. Solve the following pair of equations: 2a + b = 5 and 3a + 2b – 8 = 0

19. The perpendicular from A on side BC of a intersects at , such that

Prove that
A

C D B

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20. Sides AB and BC and median AD of ∆ABC are respectively proportional to
the sides PQ and QR and median PM of ∆PQR.
Show that ∆ABC ~∆PQR.

21. If Evaluate

OR

If , find the value of

22. The median of the following distribution is 28.5.Find the missing frequencies
p and q, if the total frequency is 60.

Class Intervals 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60
Frequencies 5 p 20 15 q 5

23. The following distribution gives the amount of pocket money donated by
50 students for the Uttrakhand flood victims.
Pocket Money(Rs) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
Number of students 12 10 8 6 14
(i) Convert the distribution to a More than type cumulative frequency
distribution and draw its ogive.
(ii) What value is depicted of the students here?
24. Find the Mode of the following data:
Class Intervals 10 - 15 15 - 20 20 - 25 25 - 30 30 - 35 35 - 40
Frequencies 30 45 75 35 25 15

Section D
25. Obtain all the zeros of the polynomial, if two of

its zeros are √ and √ .

26. Solve the following pair of equations:

and

27. Solve the following system of equations graphically :

and
Also, find the area of the region bound by

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28. A trust has Rs. 30,000 ,which it invested in 2 different types of bonds. The first
bond pays 7% simple interest per annum which will be given to an orphanage
and the second bond pays 5% simple interest which will go to an N.G.O for women.
The trust obtains an annual interest of Rs. 1800.
(i) How much amount is invested in each type of bond?
(ii) Which value is depicted by the Trust?
29. State and prove the Basic Propotionality Theorem.
OR
State and prove Pythagoras theorem.

30. In an equilateral is a point on side such that

Prove that
OR
Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of
the ratios of their corresponding medians.

31. Prove that √ +√

32. Evaluate:

33. The following frequency table gives the monthly consumption of electricity of
68 households in a locality.
Monthly consumption(in units) Number of households
65-85 4
85-105 5
105-125 13
125-145 20
145-165 14
165-185 8
185-205 4

(i) Find the Mean for the above.

(ii) What steps can be taken at home, to reduce the consumption of electricity?
34. Prove :
+
OR

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 Academic Session: 2014 -15
Summative Assessment II
Subject- Mathematics
M/7/1

Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum

Marks : 90
General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 The question paper consists of 31 questions. Section A comprises of 4 questions of
1 mark each, Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks each, Section C
comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 11
questions of 4 marks each.

Section A
Question numbers 1 to 4 are of one mark each.

1. 1. Find the angle of elevation of the Sun when the shadow of 30 m long pole is 10 3 m.
2. Given co-ordinates of centre of a circle are ( -2, 5).If co-ordinates of one end of a diameter
are ( 2, 3) , find the co-ordinates of the other end.
3. What is probability of having 53 Mondays in a leap year?
4. The radii of two spheres are 5 cm and 12cm. Find the radius of the sphere whose surface
area is equal to sum of the surface areas of two given spheres.
SECTION B
Question number 5 to 10 carry Two marks each
5. Without finding the roots, comment upon the nature of roots of the equation

2x 2  6x  3  0 .
6. Find the sum of first 15 terms of an AP whose nth term is given by t n  2  3n .

7. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe the circle with centre O. Prove that
AB +CD = AD+BC.
OR
PA and PB are tangents from an external point P to a circle with centre O and
APB  80 . Find POA .
8. The area enclosed between two concentric circles is 770 sq.cm. If the radius of the outer
circle is 21 cm, find the radius of the inner circle.
9. A number is selected at random from first 50 natural numbers. What is the probability
that the number is selected is a multiple of 3 and 4.?
10. A coin is tossed twice. Find the probability of getting
i) at most one head ii) no head

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 Section C
Questions 11 to 20 carry 3 marks each
11. Find the middle term(s) of an AP 12, 15, 18, ……. 99
12. “ The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal” : Prove
13. Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. Take a point P which 10 cm away from its centre, construct a
pair of tangents to the circle. Measure its lengths.
14. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60 at the centre. Find
(i) the length of the arc (ii) area of the sector formed by the arc
15. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4m and 9m
from the base of a tower and in the same straight line with it are complementary. Prove
that the height of the tower is 6m.
OR
The angle of elevation of the tower from a point in a horizontal plane is 30 .After
moving 30 metres towards the tower the angle of elevation changes to 60 .Find the
height of the tower.
16. Find the value of k if A(7, -2) , B(5, 1) and C(3, k) are collinear.
17. A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 3.5 cm mounted on a hemisphere of same radius.
If the total height of the toy is 15.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.
18. Three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A(1,2), B( 1,0) C (4, 0). If E is
midpoint of DC , find the area of triangle ADE.

19. Solve for x: 4 3x 2  5x  2 3  0

20. A company produced 600 smartphones in the third month.700 in the seventh month.
Assuming that production increases uniformly every month find
i) the production in the first month
ii) the production in the 10th month

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 Section D

Questions 21 to 31 carry 4 marks each

21. The line segment joining A(2,1) and B(5, -8) is trisected at the points P and Q such that P
is nearer to A. Find the co ordinates of P and Q. Also ,if P also lies on the line given by
2x-y+k=0, find the value of k.
22. Rs 9000 were divided equally among certain number of students. Had there been 20
more students each would have got Rs 160 less. Find the original number of students.
23. Construct a triangle ABC with BC = 6 cm , AB = 5 cm and ABC  60 .Then construct
3
a triangle whose sides are of the corresponding sides of Δ ABC.
4
24. A container, opened from the top and made up of metal sheet, is in the form of a
frustum of cone of height 16 cm with radii of its lower and upper ends are 8 cm and 20
cm, respectively. (i) Find the cost of metal sheet used to make the container, if its cost
Rs 8 per 100 Sq. m. (ii) Find the Capacity of the container in litres ( Use   3.14 )
25. How many terms of the AP 54, 51, 48, ……………… should be taken so that their sum is
513?Explain the double answer .
26. In the figure a triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 10 cm such
that the segments BP = 15 cm and CP = 20 cm. Find the lengths of the sides AB and AC.

B P C

OR

Prove that the opposite sides of a quadrialteral circumscribing a circle subtend

supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.

27. A boys throws two dice at the same time. Find the probability of getting
i) a doublet

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 ii) an odd number as the sum
iii) the sum is not a prime number
iv) the product as a perfect square number
1 1 11
28. Solve for x :   , x   4, 7
x4 x7 30
29. In figure ABCD is a trapezium of area 24.5 sq.cm. In it AD ІІ BC , DAB  90 ,
AD = 10cm and BC =4 cm. If ABE is a quadrant of a circle, find the area of the shaded
22
region ( use   )
7

30. From solid cylinder whose height is 24 cm and diameter 14 cm, a conical cavity of the
same height and samediameter is hollowed out.Find the volume and surface area of the
remaining solid.
31. A hoarding on “ SAVE YAMUNA” , 5 m high is fixed on the top of the tower. The
angle of elevation of the top of the hoarding as observed from a point A on the ground
is 60 and the angle of depression of point A from the top of the tower is 45 . Find the
height of the tower . ( 3  1.73) .Why is it necessary to spread awarness for saving
Yamuna River?

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 Academic Session: 2014 -15
Summative Assessment II
Subject- Mathematics
M/7/2

Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 90

General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 The question paper consists of 31 questions. Section A comprises of 4
questions of 1 mark each, Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks
each, Section C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section D
comprises of 11 questions of 4 marks each.

Section A
Question numbers 1 to 4 are of one mark each.

1. Find the angle of elevation of the top of the pole 75 3 m high from a point at the
distance of 75 m from the base of the pole in a horizontal plane.

2. Find the value(s) of d if the distance between (d, 2) and (3, 4) is 8 units.
3. Two circular cylinders of equal volumes have their radii in the ratio 2: 1. Find the ratio of
their heights.
4. What is the probability of having 53 Mondays in a non-leap year?
SECTION B
Question number 5 to 10 carry Two marks each
5. Without finding the roots, comment upon the nature of roots of the equation

2 x 2  5 3x  6  0 .
6. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe the circle with centre O. Prove that
AB +CD = AD+BC.
OR
PA and PB are tangents from an external point P to a circle with centre O and
APB  80 . Find POA .
7. Find the sum of first 20 terms of an AP whose nth term is given by t n  3  4n

8. If the difference between the circumference and the radius of a circle is 37 cm, then find
the area of the circle.
9. Cards marked with numbers 5, 6, 7,…….74 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A
card is chosen at random. Find the probability that the number on the card is a cube
number.

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10. A coin is tossed twice. Find the probability of getting
i) at most one head ii) no head
Section C
Questions 11 to 20 carry 3 marks each
11. Find the middle term(s ) of an AP 12, 15, 18, ……. 99
12. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 90 at the centre. Find

(i) the length of the arc (ii) area of the sector formed by the arc

13. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4m and 9m
from the base of a tower and in the same straight line with it are complementary. Prove
that the height of the tower is 6m.
OR
The angle of elevation of the tower from a point in a horizontal plane is 30 .After
moving 30 metres towards the tower the angle of elevation changes to 60 .Find the
height of the tower.
14. Find the value of k if A(7, -2) , B(5, 1) and C(3, k) are collinear.

15. Three vertices of a parallelogram ACD are A(3,-4), B(-1,-3) and C(-6,2) . If E is the
mid point of AD, find the coordinates of E.
16. Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. Take a point P which is 10 cm away from its centre,
construct a pair of tangents to the circle. Measure its lengths.

17. Solve for x: 3x 2  2 2 x  2 3  0

18. A company produced 600 smartphones in the third month.700 in the seventh month.
Assuming that production increases uniformly every month find
i) the production in the first month
ii) the production in the 13th month
19. Arav wants to colour wooden top which is in the form of a cone surmounted by a
hemisphere. The total height of the top is 5 cm and the diameter of the top is is 3.5 cm.
Find the area he will have to colour.

20. “The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal” : -Prove.

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 Section D

Questions 21 to 31 carry 4 marks each

21. The line segment joining A(2,1) and B(5, -8) is trisected at the points P and Q such that P
is nearer to B. Find the co-ordinates of P and Q. Also if P also lies on the line given by
2x-y+k=0, find the value of k
22. Construct a triangle ABC with BC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and ABC  60 .Then construct a
4
triangle whose sides are of the corresponding sides of Δ ABC.
3
23. A container, opened from the top and made up of metal sheet, is in the form of a frustum
of cone of height 16 cm with radii of its lower and upper ends are 8 cm and 20 cm,
respectively. (i) Find the cost of metal sheet used to make the container, if it costs Rs 8 per
100 Sq. cm. (ii) Find the capacity of the container in litres ( Use   3.14 )
24. How many terms of the series 54, 51, 48 ……… be taken so that their sum is 513?
Explain the double answer.
25. Some students planned to donate Rs 2,000 to help a child. But 5 students could not
contribute due to some reason and thus contribution amount increased by Rs. 20 per
student. How many students paid the amount and how much they contributed?
26. In the figure ABC is a right triangle with AB= 6cm, AC = 8cm and A  90 .A circle
with centre O is inscribed in it. Find r, the radius of the circle.

A P B

OR

Prove that the opposite sides of a quadrialteral circumscribing a circle subtend

supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.

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27. A wooden toy was made by scooping out a hemisphere of same radius from each end of
a solid cylinder. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm,
find the surface area and volume of wood in the toy.
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28. Solve for x :   1 , x   18, 18
18  x 18  x

29. In the given figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AD ІІ BC , DAB  90 , AD = 10cm and
BC =4 cm. Area of trapezium is 24.5 sq. cm. If ABE is a quadrant of a circle, find the area
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of the shaded region. ( use   )
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30. A hoarding on “ SAVE YAMUNA” , 5 m high is fixed on the top of the tower. The angle
of elevation of the top of the hoarding as observed from a point A on the ground is 60
and the angle of depression of point A from the top of the tower is 45 . Find the height

of the tower . ( 3  1.73) .Why is necessary to spread awarness for saving Yamuna

River?

31. A boys throws two dice at the same time. Find the probability of getting
i) a doublet of odd number
ii) an even number as the sum
iii) the sum is not a prime number
iv) the product as a perfect cube number

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 Academic Session: 2015-16
Annual Examination
Subject: Mathematics
M/7/1

Time: 3 hours M.M:90

General Instructions:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) The question paper consists of 31questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
Section A comprises of 4 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and
Section D comprises of 11 questions of 4 marks each.
3) This question paper has 5 printed sides.

Section-A

Q1. What will be the angle of elevation of the Sun when the length of the shadow of a vertical
pole is equal to its height?

Q2. If k,2k-1, and 2k+1 are the three consecutive terms of an AP, find the value of k.

Q3. In the figure, if length of AB = 9cm, find the length of CP

Q4. To divide a line segment AB in the ratio a: b (a, b are positive integers) a ray AX is drawn
so that ∠𝐵𝐴𝑋 is an acute angle and points on ray AX are marked at equal distances. What
should be the minimum number of points?

Section B

Q5. A box contains 88 discs numbered 1 to 88. A disc is drawn at random from the box. What
is the probability that the number is not divisible by 8?

Q6. Solve the following quadratic equation for x:

3𝑥 2 − 2√6𝑥 + 2 = 0

Q7. If the point A (0,2) is equidistant from the points B (3,5) and C(p,5), find p.

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Q8. The product of Tina’s age (in years) five years ago and her age ten years later is 16.
Determine Tina’s present age.

Q9. The in-circle of an isosceles triangle ABC in which AB = AC, touches the sides BC, CA and
AB at D, E and F respectively. Prove that BD = DC

Q10. How many silver coins 1.75cm in diameter and thickness 0.2cm must be melted in order
to form a cuboid of dimensions 5.5cm x 10cm x 3.5cm?

Section C

Q11. In the figure, a square OABC is inscribed in a quadrant OPBQ of a circle. If OA = 20cm,
find the area of the shaded region. ( use 𝜋 = 3.14 )

Q12. The ages of members of a youth club are in AP with a common difference equal to 3
months. The youngest member is a child of 7 years. The sum of the ages of all the
members is 250 years. Find the number of members of the club.

Q13. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

Q14. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank
in her field which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If the water flows through the pipe
at the rate of 3 km / hr, in how much time will the tank be filled?

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 Q15. Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T.
Prove that: ∠𝑃𝑇𝑄 = 2∠𝑂𝑃𝑄.

Q16. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting:
(i) At least 2 heads
(ii) At most 2 tails
(iii) At least 1 head

Q17. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other on either side of the road,
which is 80m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of
the top of the poles are 60°𝑎𝑛𝑑 30° respectively. Find the height of the poles and the
distances of the point from the poles.

Q18. Solve for x: 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑏𝑥 − (𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 ) = 0

Q19. Draw a triangle with sides 5cm,6cm and 7cm.Then construct another triangle whose
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sides are of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
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Q20. Rahul donates some part of his income to an orphanage every month. In a particular
month, he wishes to donate toys for the children. Each toy is in the form of a cone
mounted on a cylinder of a common base radius 7 cm. The total height of the toy is 25
cm and the height of the conical part is 3 cm.
(1) Find the volume of each toy.
(2) What type of nature is shown by Rahul?

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 Section D

Q21. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower
observes a car at an angle of depression of 30°, which is approaching the foot of the
tower at a uniform speed. Six seconds later, the angle of depression of the car was found
to be 60°. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.

Q22. ABC is a triangle. A circle touches sides AB and AC produced at X and Y respectively,
1
and the side BC at Z. Show that: 𝐴𝑋 = 𝐴𝑌 = 2 perimeter of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.

Q23. A point M with y-coordinate 7 lies on the line segment joining the points P (-7,9) and Q
(-20, -4). Find the x coordinate of the point M.

Q24. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from one end of a cylinder
and a cone from the other end as shown in the figure. If the height of the cylinder is 40
cm, radius of cylinder is 7 cm and the height of the cone is 24 cm, find the total surface
area of the article.

Q25. A circle is completely divided into n sectors in such a way that the angles of the sectors
are in arithmetic progression. If the smallest of these angles is 8°, and the largest is 72°,
and we know that the sum of the angles of all the sectors is 360°, calculate n and the
angle in the fourth sector.

Q26. Find the ratio in which the line 3𝑥 + 𝑦 − 9 = 0 divides the line segment joining the points
A (1, 3) and B (2,7).

Q27. A two-digit number is such that the product of its digits is 12. When 36 is added to this
number, the digits interchange their places. Find the number.

Q28. A bucket open at the top and made of a metal sheet is in the form of a frustum of a cone.
The depth of the bucket is 24 cm and the diameters of its upper and lower circular ends
are 30 cm and 10 cm respectively. Find the cost of the metal sheet used in it at the rate
of Rs. 10/- per 100 cm2. (Use π = 3.14)

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Q29. A bag contains 35 balls out of which x are blue.
(1) If one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it will be a blue ball?
(2) If 7 more blue balls are put in the bag, the probability of drawing the blue ball will
be double of that in (i), find x.

Q30. A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km / hr
less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. Find the speed
of the train.

Q31. The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 17320.5 cm2. With each vertex of the triangle
as centre, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of the triangle.
Find the area of the shaded region. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 √3 = 1.73205 ).

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 Academic Session 2016- 17
Summative Assessment – II
Subject – Mathematics
Class x

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 90

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
Section A contains 4 questions of 1 mark each. Section B contains 6 questions of2 marks
each. Section C contains 10 questions of 3 marks each. Section D contains 11 questions
of 4 marks each.
3. Use of calculator is not permitted.
4. This paper contains 4 printed sides.

Section A

 a
1. If P   4,  is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points Q(- 6, 5) and R
 3
( -2, 3) ,then find the value of a.
2. What is the distance between two parallel tangents of a circle of radius 4 cm?
3. To construct a triangle similar to ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 in which BC = 45 cm, ∠𝐵 = 45° and ∠𝐶 = 60°.
3
Using a scale factor 7
, a ray BX is drawn so that ∠𝐴𝐵𝑋 is an acute angle and points on

ray BX are marked at equal distances. What should be the minimum number of these
points?
4. A student says that “If you throw a die, it will show either 4 or not show 4. Therefore the
1
probability of each outcome is 2 ” Do you agree with the argument. Give reasons.

Section B

5. Find the point on y axis which is equidistant from the points (-5 2) and (9, -2 ).
6. What is the length of the arc that subtends an angle of 120 at the centre of the circle of
radius 21 cm?

7. Find the discriminant and the nature of the roots of the equation 2 x 2  3 5 x  18  0
8. Find the value of n if 1000 is the nth term of the A.P . 25, 50, 75………
9. The vertices of a triangle are A (-1, 3), B (1, -1) and C (5, 1). Find the length of the median
through the vertex C.

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10. In the given figure, if AD = 12cm, CE = 9 cm and BE= 8 cm find the perimeter of the
triangle.

Section C

11. A wheel makes 5,000 revolutions in moving 11 km. Find the diameter of the wheel.
12. Find the sum of last 15 terms of the A.P 3, 8, 13, ………. 253

13. Solve for x : 3a 2 x 2  8abx  4b 2  0, a0

14. A metallic sphere of radius 4.2 cm is melted and recast into a right circular cylinder of
radius 6 cm, Find the height of the cylinder.
15. Out of 800 bolts 20 % are too large, and 10 % are too small. The remaining are considered
to be suitable . A bolt is selected at random. Find the probability that a bolt selected is
(i) not suitable (ii) suitable
16. In the given figure, O is the centre of two concentric circles with radii 6 cm and 4 cm. If
AP is the tangent to the larger circle and BP to the smaller circle and length of AP is 8cm,
find the length of BP.

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17. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of 50 m high building from the top of a
tower are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the tower and the horizontal
distance between the tower and the building ( use √3 = 1.73)

18. In the figure given below, AB is chord of a circle with centre O and radius 20cm that
subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Find the area of the minor segment AQB.
( Use   3.14)

19. Two cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the lateral surface area of
the resulting cuboid.
20. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be
drawn. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) a jack (ii) a black queen (iii) a face card

Section D

21. Milk in a container, which is in the form of frustum of a cone of height 30 cm and the radii
of lower and upper circular ends are 20 cm and 40 cm respectively , is to be distributed in
a camp for flood victims. If 880 litres of milk is needed daily for a camp, find how many
such containers are needed for a camp ? What value is indicated through this by the donor
agency?
22. Prove that the lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal

23. If ( 3, 0), ( 4, 5) , ( x, 4) and ( -2, y) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find
the values of x and y.Also, find the area of the parallelogram.

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24. The altitude of a right triangle is 7cm less than its base.If the hypotenuse is 13 cm , find
the other two sides. Also find the area of the triangle.

25. How many terms of the AP 30, 29, 28…….. are needed to make the sum 360 ? Explain
the reason for double answer.
26. Quadrilateral ABCD is a rectangle. Sectors with centre C and D are drawn as shown in
the figure. If AB = 21 cm, CB = 14 cm, find the area of the shaded region

27. Draw a circle of diameter 4 cm. From a point P , 4.5 cm away from its centre, construct a
pair of tangents to the circle. Measure the lengths of the tangent segment.

28. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a right circular cone mounted on hemisphere. If the
radius of the hemisphere is 3.5 cm and the total height of the toy is 15.5 cm, find the surface
area of the toy.

29. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road,
which is 80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the
top of the poles are 60°and 30° respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distance
of the point of observation from the poles.
1 1 1 1
30. Solve for x:    , x  0,(a  b)
a b x ab x

31. The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. If the
total surface area of the cylinder is 1628 sq.cm find the volume of the cylinder. (
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use 𝜋 = 7 )

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 Academic Session 2016- 17
Summative Assessment – II
Subject – Mathematics
Class X
Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Max. Marks: 90

General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D
Section A contains 4 questions of 1 mark each. Section B contains 6 questions of2
marks each. Section C contains 10 questions of 3 marks each. Section D contains 11
questions of 4 marks each.
3. Use of calculators is not permitted.
4. This paper contains 4 printed sides.

Section A

a 
1. If P  ,4  is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points Q(- 6, 5) and
3 
R ( -2, 3) then find the value of a.
2. What is the distance between two parallel tangents of a circle of radius 7 cm?
3. To construct a triangle similar to ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 in which BC = 45 cm, ∠𝐵 = 45° and ∠𝐶 = 60°.
7
Using a scale factor , a ray BX is drawn so that ∠𝐴𝐵𝑋 is an acute angle and points on
3
ray BX are marked at equal distances. What should be the minimum number of these
points?
4. A student says that “ If you throw a dice, it will either show 3 or not show 3. Therefore
1
the probability of each outcome is ” Do you agree with the argument.? Give reasons.
2

Section B
5. Find the point on x axis which is equidistant from the points (7, 6) and ( -3, 6)
6. What is the length of the arc that subtends an angle of 36 at the centre of the circle of
radius 7 cm?

7. Find the discriminant and the nature of the roots of the equation 2 x 2  3 5 x  18  0
8. Find the value of n if 1000 is the nth term of the A.P . 25, 50, 75………

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9. The vertices of a triangle are A (-1, 3), B (1, -1) and C (5, 1). Find the length of the median
through the vertex B.
10. Find the sum of last 15 terms of the A.P , 8, 10, 12,………. 126
Section C

11. Solve for x : 3a 2 x 2  8abx  4b 2  0, a0

12. A metallic cone with radius of base 12 cm and height 24 cmi s melted and recast into 32
spherical balls. Find the radius of a spherical ball .
13. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of 50 m high building from the top of a
tower are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the tower and the horizontal
distance between the tower and the building ( use √3 = 1.73)

14. In the given figure , if AD = 16cm, CF = 9 cm and BE= 8 cm find the perimeter of the
triangle.

15. Out of 600 bolts 20 % are too large, and 10 % are too small. The remaining are
considered to be suitable . A bolt is selected at random. Find the probability that a bolt
selected is (i) not suitable (ii ) suitable
16. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be
drawn. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) an ace (ii) red queen (iv) a face card
17. Two cubes each of volume 512 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the
resulting cuboid
18. The diameter of a wheel is 70 cm. How many complete revolutions does the wheel make
to cover the distance of 11 km?

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19. In the given figure(1), O is the centre of two concentric circles with radii 6 cm and 4
cm. If AP is the tangent to the larger circle and BP to the smaller circle and length of
AP is 8cm, find the length of BP.

20. In the figure (2) given above , AB is chord of a circle with centre O and radius 10cm,
that subtends a right angle at the centre of the circle. Find the area of the minor segment
AQB. ( use   3.14)

Section D
21. Prove that the lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal

22. If ( 1, 2), ( 4, y) , ( x, 6) and ( 3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find
the values of x and y.Also, find the area of the parallelogram.

23. The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 m more than the shorter side. If the longer side
is 30 m more than the shorter side. Find the sides of the field.

24. How many terms of the AP -15, -13, -11 …….. are needed to make the sum -55?
Explain the reason for double answer.

25. Milk in a container, which is in the form of frustum of a cone of height 30 cm and the
radii of lower and upper circular ends are 20 cm and 40 cm respectively , is to be
distributed in a camp for flood victims. If 880 litres of milk is needed daily for a camp,
find how many such containers are needed for a camp ? What value is indicated
through this by the donor agency?

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26. Quadrilateral ABCD is a rectangle. Sectors with centre C and D are drawn as shown in
the figure. If AB = 21 cm, CB = 14 cm, find the area of the shaded region

27. Draw a circle of diameter 7 cm. From a point P, 8 cm away from its centre, construct a
pair of tangents to the circle. Measure the lengths of the tangent segment.

28. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a right circular cone mounted on hemisphere. If the
radius of the hemisphere is 3.5 cm and the total height of the toy is 15.5 cm, find the
surface area and volume of the toy.

29. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road,
which is 100 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of
the top of the poles are 60°and 30° respectively. Find the height of the poles and the
distance of the point of observation from the poles.

1 1 1 1
30. Solve for x:    , x  0,(a  b)
a b x ab x
31. The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. If the
total surface area of the of the cylinder is 1628 sq.cm find the volume of the cylinder
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( use 𝜋= )
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 Academic Session: 2017-18
Second Term Examination
Subject - Mathematics
M/3 /1
Time: 3 hours MM- 80
General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 This paper contains 4 printed sides and 30 questions divided into 4 sections A,B,C and D.
Section A: 6 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B: 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C: 10 questions of 3 marks each.
Section B: 8 questions of 4 marks each.
There is no overall choice however an internal choice is provided in 4 questions of 3marks
each and 3 questions of 4marks each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in
all such questions.

Section-A
Question Numbers 1-6 carry one mark each
1. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 = √5, then find the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 .

2. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 12cm. Find the area swept by the minute
hand in 5 minutes.
3. Find the value(s) of 𝑘 for which the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + (𝑘 + 3) = 0 has
real and equal roots.
4. Find the median of a data whose mode and mean are 12 and 13 respectively.
5. Find the 11th term of the AP: -11, -8, -5,…….,49.
6. If the base radii of a cone and a cylinder are equal, and their volumes are also equal,
then find the ratio of the height of the cone to the height of the cylinder.

Section-B
Question Numbers 7-12 carry 2 marks each
7. For what value of “k” are 3k+2, 4k+3 and 6k-1 in AP?
8. A natural number, when increased by 12, equals 160 times its reciprocal. Find the
number.

9. A carton of 24 bulbs contains 6 defective bulbs. One bulb is drawn at random. What
is the probability that the bulb is not defective? If the bulb selected is defective and is
not replaced and a second bulb is selected at random from the rest, what is the
probability that the second bulb is defective?

10. From a solid cube of side 7cm, a conical cavity of height 7cm and radius 3cm is
hollowed out. Find the volume of the remaining solid.

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11. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue
ball is double that of a red ball, find the number of balls in the bag.
12. The perimeter of a sheet of tin in the shape of a quadrant of a circle is 12.5cm. Find
its area.

Section-C
Question Numbers 13-22 carry 3 marks each
13. Split 207 into three parts such that these are in AP and the product of two smaller
parts is 4623. Find the three parts.
OR
The third term of an AP is 8 and the ninth term of the AP exceeds three times the
third term by 2. Find the sum of its 19 terms.

14. Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
15. In given figure ABPC is a quadrant of a circle of radius 14 cm and a semicircle is
drawn with BC as diameter. Find the area of the shaded region .

16. The mean of the following distribution is 62.8, and the sum of all frequencies is 50.
Find the two missing frequencies P and Q.

Classes 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120

Frequencies 5 P 10 Q 7 8

17. Water in a canal, 6 m wide and 1.5 m deep, is flowing with a speed of 10 km/h. How
much area will it irrigate in 30 minutes, if 8 cm of standing water is needed?

OR
A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The
height of the cone is 2cm and the diameter of the base is 4cm. Find the volume of the
toy. If a right circular cylinder circumscribes the toy, find the difference of the
volumes of the cylinder and the toy. (Take 𝜋 = 3.14)

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18. Check whether the following equation has real root, and if real roots exist, then find
them. Do any one.
1 2 4
i) + = 𝑥 ≠ −1, −2, −4
𝑥+1 𝑥+2 𝑥+4
2 2 2 )𝑥
ii) 𝑥 − 2(𝑎 + 𝑏 + (𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 )2 = 0

19. From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on the
opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45° respectively. If the bridge is at a height of
3m from the bank, Find the width of the river.

20. Construct a triangle with sides 5cm, 6cm and 7cm, and then another triangle whose
7
sides are 5 of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.

21. Prove any one of the following identities, where the angles involved are acute angles
for which the expressions are defined.

sin 𝜃−2𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝜃
i) = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
2𝑐𝑜𝑠3 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
ii) + = 1 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃
1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃

22. Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

Section-D
Question Numbers 23-30 carry 4 marks each
23. Draw a circle of radius 3cm. Take two points P and Q on one of its extended
diameter each at a distance of 7cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle from
these two points P and Q.

24. In an AP the sum of the first 10 terms is -150 and the sum of the next 10 terms is -550.
Find the AP.
OR
An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and the
sum of the last three terms is 429. Find the AP.

25. A train travelling at a uniform speed for 360 km would have taken 48 minutes less to
travel the same distance if its speed were 5 km/hour more. Find the original speed
of the train.
OR
In a class one third students had gone to watch drama, twice the square root of
students had gone to help out in adult education and the remaining 12 students had
gone to do Yoga. Find the total number of students in the class.

26. 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐(90°−𝜃)−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 cot(90°−𝜃)+𝑠𝑖𝑛2 55°+𝑠𝑖𝑛2 35°

Evaluate:
𝑡𝑎𝑛10°𝑡𝑎𝑛20°𝑡𝑎𝑛60°𝑡𝑎𝑛70°𝑡𝑎𝑛80°

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27. Two dairy owners A and B sell flavoured milk filled to capacity in mugs of
negligible thickness, which are cylindrical in shape with a raised hemispherical
bottom. The mugs are 14 cm high and have diameter of 7 cm. Both A and B sell
flavoured milk at the rate of Rs 80 per litre. The dairy owner A uses the formula
𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ to find the volume of milk in the mug and charges Rs 43.12 for it. The dairy
owner B is of the view that the price of actual quantity of milk should be charged.
What according to him should be the price of one mug of milk? Which value is
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exhibited by the dairy owner B? (Take 𝜋 = 7 )

28. The marks obtained by 80 students of a school in a unit test are given below:
Marks 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35
No. of 12 8 15 15 10 12 8
students
Draw a less than ogive from the data and read the median from the ogive.
OR
The percentage of marks obtained by 100 students in an exam are given below:
Marks 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
No. of 14 16 18 23 18 8 3
students
Determine the median percentage of marks.
29. A hollow cone is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the upper portion is
8
removed. If the curved surface of the remainder is 9 of the curved surface of the
whole cone, find the ratio of the line segments into which the altitude of the cone is
divided by the plane.

30. In the figure there are two parallel tangents to the circle drawn at the ends of the
diameter PQ. Another tangent AB with point of contact C , intersects the parallel
tangents at A and B. Show that∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 is a right angle.

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 Academic Session: 2017-18
Second Term Examination
Subject - Mathematics
M/ 3 /2
Time: 3 hours MM- 80
General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 This paper contains 4 printed sides and 30 questions divided into 4 sections A,B,C and D.
Section A: 6 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B: 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C: 10 questions of 3 marks each.
Section B: 8 questions of 4 marks each.
There is no overall choice however an internal choice is provided in 4 questions of 3marks
each and 3 questions of 4marks each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in
all such questions.

Section-A
Question Numbers 1-6 carry one mark each
1. Find the value(s) of 𝑘 for which the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 has real
and equal roots.
2. Find the median of a data whose mode and mean are 10 and 7 respectively.
3. Find the 9th term of the AP: -11, -8, -5,…….,49
4. If the base radii and curved surface areas of a cone and cylinder are equal, then find
the ratio of the slant height of the cone to the height of the cylinder.

5. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 = √5, then find the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 .

6. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 7cm. Find the area swept by the minute
hand in 30 minutes.
Section-B
Question Numbers 7-12 carry 2 marks each
7. A box contains 12 balls of which some are red in colour. If 6 more red balls are put in
the box and a ball is drawn at random, the probability of drawing a red ball doubles
than what it was before. Find the number of red balls in the bag.

8. Area of a sector of central angle 200° of a circle is 770 𝑐𝑚2 , find the length of the
corresponding arc of this sector.

9. Which term of the AP 6, 13, 20, 27, …... is 98 more than its 24th term?
10. A carton of 24 bulbs contains 6 defective bulbs. One bulb is drawn at random. What
is the probability that the bulb is not defective? If the bulb selected is defective and is
not replaced and a second bulb is selected at random from the rest, what is the
probability that the second bulb is defective?

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11. If Ali were younger by 5 years than what he really is, then the square of his age (in
years) would have been 11 more than 5 times his actual age. What is his age now?

12. A solid metallic hemisphere of radius 8cm is melted and recast into a right circular
cone of base radius 6cm. Find the height of the cone.

Section-C
Question Numbers 13-22 carry 3 marks each
13. Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
14. The mode of the following frequency distribution is 55. Find the missing frequencies
P and Q.

Classes 0-15 15-30 30-45 45-60 60-75 75-90 Total

Frequencies 6 7 P 15 10 Q 51

15. Construct a triangle with sides 4cm, 5cm and 6cm, and then another triangle whose
2
sides are of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
3

16. In the figure AB=CF=7cm. Semicircles are drawn taking AB and CF as diameters.
Semicircles are also drawn taking AC and BF as diameters measuring 14cm each.
22
Find the perimeter and area of the shaded region . (Take 𝜋 = 7 )

17. Prove any one of the following identities, where the angles involved are acute angles
for which the expressions are defined.

1
i) (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃)(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) =
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃

𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
ii) 1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
+ 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 1 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃

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18. If the sum of the first five terms of an AP is equal to one fourth the sum of the next
five terms, and the first term is 2, then find the sum of the first 20 terms of the AP.
OR
The sum of three numbers in an AP is 24 and the sum of their squares is 194. Find
the numbers.

19. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point on the ground is
60°.From another point 10m vertically above the first, its angle of elevation is 45°.
Find the height of the tower.

20. Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
21. Check whether the following equation has real roots , and if real roots exist, then
find them. Do any one.
i) 𝑎2 𝑥 2 + (𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 )𝑥 − 𝑏 2 = 0

1 1 3
ii) 2𝑥−3
+ 𝑥−5 = 1, 𝑥 ≠ 2 , 5

22. A well of diameter 3m is dug 14m deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread
evenly all around in the shape of a circular ring of width 4m to form an
embankment. Find the height of the embankment.
OR
A canal is 300cm wide and 120cm deep. The water in the canal is flowing with a
speed of 20km/hr. How much area will be irrigated in 20 minutes if 8cm of standing
water is desired?

Section-D
Question Numbers 23-30 carry 4 marks each
23. One fourth of a group of people claim that they are innovative, twice the square root
of the group claim to be protective and the remaining 84 claim they are realistic.
Find the total number of people in the group.

OR
A train travelling at a uniform speed for 360 km would have taken 48 minutes less to
travel the same distance if its speed were 5 km/hour more. Find the original speed
of the train.

24. The height of a cone is 32cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to
1
its base. If its volume is 64 of the volume of the given cone. At what height above the
base is the cone cut?

25. 3𝑐𝑜𝑠43° 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠37°𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐53°

Evaluate: ( 𝑠𝑖𝑛47° ) − 𝑡𝑎𝑛5°.𝑡𝑎𝑛25°.𝑡𝑎𝑛45°.𝑡𝑎𝑛65°.𝑡𝑎𝑛85°.

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26. Two dairy owners A and B sell flavoured milk filled to capacity in mugs of
negligible thickness, which are cylindrical in shape with a raised hemispherical
bottom. The mugs are 14 cm high and have diameter of 7 cm. Both A and B sell
flavoured milk at the rate of Rs 80 per litre. The dairy owner A uses the formula
𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ to find the volume of milk in the mug and charges Rs 43.12 for it. The dairy
owner B is of the view that the price of actual quantity of milk should be charged.
What according to him should be the price of one mug of milk? Which value is
22
exhibited by the dairy owner B? (Take 𝜋 = 7 )

27. In the figure, ABC is a right angled triangle with AB=6cm, and AC=8cm.A circle
with centre O has been inscribed inside the triangle. Calculate the radius of the
inscribed circle.
B

A C
F

28. Draw a line segment AB of 8cm. Taking A as centre, draw a circle of radius 4cm and
taking B as centre draw a circle of radius 3cm. Construct tangents to each circle from
the centre of the other circle.

29. An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and the
sum of the last three terms is 429. Find the AP.
OR
In an AP the sum of the first 10 terms is -150 and the sum of the next 10 terms is -550.
Find the AP.

30. The marks obtained by 80 students of a school in a unit test are given below:
Marks 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35
No. of 10 10 20 10 10 14 6
students
Draw a less than ogive from the data and read the median from the ogive.
OR
The percentage of marks obtained by 100 students in an exam are given below:
Marks 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
No. of 14 16 18 23 18 8 3
students
Determine the median percentage of marks.

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 Academic Session: 2018-19
Pre-board Examination
Subject - Mathematics
M/ 3 /2
Time: 3 hours MM- 80
General Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory.
• This paper contains 5 printed sides and 30 questions divided into 4 sections A,B,C and D.
Section A: 6 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B: 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C: 10 questions of 3 marks each.
Section B: 8 questions of 4 marks each.
There is no overall choice however an internal choice is provided in 2 questions of
Section-A, 2 questions of section-B, 4 questions of 3marks each and 3 questions of 4marks
each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.

Section-A
Question Numbers 1-6 carry one mark each
1. If the radii of two concentric circles are 15cm and 17cm, then find the length of the
chord of the bigger circle which is a tangent to the smaller one.

2. Twelve solid spheres of the same size are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder
of base diameter 2cm and height 16cm. What will be the diameter of each sphere?
3. Find the common difference of an AP if its ℎ term is 6 + 2.
OR
Determine so that + 4 + 8, 2 + 3 + 6, 3 + 4 + 4 are three consecutive
terms of an AP.
4. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the
probability that the card drawn is a non-face card of red colour.

5. Find the sun’s elevation if a pole 6m high casts a shadow 2√3 m long on the ground.
OR

If = , find the value of 4 + 4 .

6. is a point on the y-axis whose ordinate is 4 and is a point on the x-axis whose
abscissa is -3.Find the length of the line segment .

Section-B
Question Numbers 7-12 carry 2 marks each
7. Find the probability of having 53 Sundays in
(i)A non-leap year (ii) A leap year

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 8. Find the 15th term from the end of the AP 2, -1, -4, -7,…., -115.
9. If the area of a sector of a circle of radius 36cm is 54" # , then find the length of the
corresponding arc of the sector.
OR
A chord of a circle of radius 12cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the
area of the corresponding segment of the circle. (use π=3.14, √3 = 1.73)
10. If the equation ' + 4)( + ' + 1)( + 1 = 0 has equal roots, then find the value(s) of
.

OR
If Ali were younger by 5 years than what he really is, then the square of his age (in
years) would have been 11 more than 5 times his actual age. What is his age now?

11. The frequency distribution table of agricultural holding in a village is given below:
Area of land 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13
(in hectares)
Number of 20 45 80 55 40 12
families

Find the modal agricultural holding in the village.

12. If * and - are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial .'() = ( − ( − 2, find a
polynomial whose zeroes are 2* + 1 and 2- + 1.

Section-C
Question Numbers 13-22 carry 3 marks each
13. From a thin metallic piece, in the shape of a trapezium ABCD, in which AB ǁ CD and
∠BCD = 90°, a quarter circle BFEC is removed. Given AB = BC = 3.5cm and DE = 2cm,
calculate the area of the remaining piece of the metal sheet.

14. Construct a triangle with sides 4cm, 5cm and 6cm, and then another triangle whose
sides are C of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.

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15. How many lead shots each of diameter 3 # can be made from a lead cuboidal solid
of dimensions 9 # × 11 # × 12 #.
OR
A canal is 300cm wide and 120cm deep. The water in the canal is flowing with a
speed of 20km/hr. How much area will be irrigated in 20 minutes if 8cm of standing
water is desired?

16. Solve the following pair of linear equations:

23( + 37E = 32
37( + 23E = 88
OR
For which values of and F, will the following pair of linear equations represent
coincident lines?
( + 2E = 1
' − F)( + ' + F)E = + F − 2

17. “The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of
their corresponding sides.” Prove this statement.
OR
“ If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in
distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.”
Prove the above statement.

18. Using Euclid’s division lemma show that the cube of any positive integer is of the
form 9m or 9m+1or 9m+8 for some integer m.

19. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point on the ground is
60°.From another point 10m vertically above the first, its angle of elevation is 45°.
Find the height of the tower.

20. If A(-2,-1), '1,0), G'(, 3) and D'1, E) are the vertices of a parallelogram, find the
values of ( and E.
OR
Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(5,-6) and B(-1,-4) is divided by the
E-axis. Also find the coordinates of the point of division.
21. Check whether the following equation has real roots , and if real roots exist, then
find them. Do any one.

i) ( +' − F )( − F = 0

H H C
ii) + IJ = 1, ( ≠ , 5
IJC

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22. Prove any one of the following:
LMNO PLMQRLOJH HPLMQO
i) =
STU OJLMQRLOPH QVWO

QVWOJ QVWX O
ii) = Y
LMQX OJLMQO

Section-D
Question Numbers 23-30 carry 4 marks each
23. Triangle ABC is right angled at B, AB=28cm and BC=21cm. With AC as diameter, a
semi circle is drawn and with BC as radius a quarter circle is drawn. Find the area of
the shaded region correct to two decimal places.

24. If √5 and −√5 are two zeroes of the polynomial Z'() = ( [ + ( C − 11( − 5( + 30,
obtain all the zeroes.

25. Evaluate: CLMQ ° − ['LMQ\]°LMQRL ]°)

\QVWC ° \'N^W °.N^W °.N^W[ °.N^W_ °.N^W` °).

26. A bucket is in the form of a frustum of a cone and holds 28.490 litres of water. The
radii of the top and bottom are 28cm and 21cm respectively. Find the height of the
bucket.

27. In an equilateral triangle G, a is a point on side G such that a: aG = 2: 1. Prove

that 9 a = 7 .
OR
Sides AB, BC and median AD of a ∆ ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ,
QR and median PM of ∆ PQR. Show that ∆ G ~∆efg.

28. If and are (-2,-2) and (2,-4), respectively, find the coordinates of P such that
C
e=\ and P lies on the line segment .

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29. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 # such that the
segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by the point of contact D, are of
lengths 8 # and 6 # respectively. Find the sides AB and AC.

C D B
OR
1
In the following figure, prove that AF + BD + CE = Perimeter of ∆ABC.
2
A

F
E

B D C

30. The percentage of marks obtained by 100 students in an exam are given below:
Marks 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
No. of 14 16 18 23 18 8 3
students
Draw the less than and more than ogive from the data and read the median from the
ogives.
OR
The table below shows the salaries (in thousand Rupees) of 280 persons. Calculate
the median of the data.
Salary 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Number 49 133 60 15 6 7 10
of
persons

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 Academic Session: 2018-19
Pre-board Examination
Subject - Mathematics
M/ 3 /1
Time: 3 hours MM- 80
General Instructions:
 All questions are compulsory.
 This paper contains 5 printed sides and 30 questions divided into 4 sections A,B,C and D.
Section A: 6 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B: 6 questions of 2 marks each.
Section C: 10 questions of 3 marks each.
Section B: 8 questions of 4 marks each.
There is no overall choice however an internal choice is provided in 2 questions of
Section-A, 2 questions of Section-B, 4 questions of Section-C and 3 questions of
Section-D. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.

Section-A
Question Numbers 1-6 carry one mark each
1. 𝐴 is a point on the 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 whose ordinate is 4 and 𝐵 is a point on the 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
whose abscissa is -3.Find the length of the line segment 𝐴𝐵.

2. If the radii of two concentric circles are 15cm and 17cm, then find the length of the
chord of the bigger circle which is a tangent to the smaller one.
3. Find the 7th term of the AP: -11, -8, -5,…….,49.
OR
Determine 𝑘 so that 𝑘 2 + 4𝑘 + 8, 2𝑘 2 + 3𝑘 + 6, 3𝑘 2 + 4𝑘 + 4 are three consecutive
terms of an AP.
4. Find the sun’s elevation if a pole 6m high casts a shadow 2 3 m long on the ground.
OR
𝑎 2
If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑏 , find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃.

5. A metallic solid cone is melted to form a solid cylinder of equal radius. If the height
of the cylinder is 6cm, then what was the height of the cone?
6. Tickets numbered from 1 to 20 are mixed up together and then the tickets are drawn
at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a
multiple of 3 or 7?

Section-B
Question Numbers 7-12 carry 2 marks each
7. If the 5th and 21st terms of an AP are 14 and -14 respectively, then which term of the
AP is zero?

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 8. If the equation 𝑘 + 4 𝑥 2 + 𝑘 + 1 𝑥 + 1 = 0 has equal roots, then find the value(s) of
𝑘.
OR
A natural number when increased by 12 equals 160 times its reciprocal. Find the
number.

9. The frequency distribution table of agricultural holding in a village is given below:

Area of land 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13
(in hectares)
Number of 20 45 80 55 40 12
families

Find the modal agricultural holding in the village.

10. Find the quadratic polynomial sum of whose zeroes is 6 and one of whose zeroes is
3 − 5.

11. Find the probability of having 53 Sundays in

(i)A non-leap year (ii) A leap year

12. If the area of a sector of a circle of radius 36cm is 54𝜋𝑐𝑚2 , then find the length of the
corresponding arc of the sector.
OR
A chord of a circle of radius 12cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the
3 = 1.73)

Section-C
Question Numbers 13-22 carry 3 marks each
13. “ If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in
distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.”
Prove the above statement.
OR
“The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of
their corresponding sides.” Prove this statement.

14. From the top of a building 12m high, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is
found to be 30°. From the bottom of the same building the angle of elevation of the
top of a tower is found to be 60°. Find the height of the tower and the distance
between the tower and the building. (Take 3 = 1.732)

15. Using Euclid’s division lemma show that the square of any positive integer is of the
form 3m or 3m+1, for some integer m.

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16. Draw a pair of tangents to the circle of radius 5cm which are inclined to each other
at an angle of 60°.
17. Solve the following pair of linear equations:
71𝑥 + 37𝑦 = 253
37𝑥 + 71𝑦 = 287
OR
For which values of 𝑝 and 𝑞, will the following pair of linear equations have
infinitely many solutions?
4𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 2
2𝑝 + 7𝑞 𝑥 + 𝑝 + 8𝑞 𝑦 = 2𝑞 − 𝑝 + 1

18. A spherical bowl of internal radius 9cm is full of liquid. The liquid is to be filled into
cylindrical shaped bottles each of diameter 3cm and height 4cm.How many bottles
are needed to empty the bowl?
OR
A canal is 300cm wide and 120cm deep. The water in the canal is flowing with a
speed of 20km/hr. How much area will be irrigated in 20 minutes if 8cm of standing
water is desired?

19. O is the centre of a circular arc and AOB is a straight line. Find the area of the shaded
region correct to )

20. If A(-2,-1), 𝐵(𝑎, 0), 𝐶(4, 𝑏) and D(1,2) are the vertices of a parallelogram, find the
values of 𝑎 and 𝑏.
OR
Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A (1,-5) and B(-4,5) is divided by
the 𝑥-axis. Also find the coordinates of the point of division.
21. Check whether the following equation has real root, and if real roots exist, then find
them. Do any one.
i) 𝑎2 𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 𝑥 − 𝑏 2 = 0

1 1
ii) 𝑥
− 𝑥−2 = 3, 𝑥 ≠ 0, 2

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22. Prove any one of the following:
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 +𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 −1 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
i) tan 𝜃−𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 +1
= 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃

𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 −2𝑠𝑖𝑛 3 𝜃
ii) 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
= 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃

Section-D
Question Numbers 23-30 carry 4 marks each
23. If 5 and − 5 are two zeroes of the polynomial 𝑝 𝑥 = 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 − 11𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 30,
obtain all the zeroes.

24. Triangle ABC is right angled at B, AB=28cm and BC=21cm. With AC as diameter, a
semi circle is drawn, and with BC as radius a quarter circle is drawn. Find the area of
the shaded region correct to two decimal places.

25. Evaluate: 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 58° 𝑐𝑜𝑠 38°𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 52°

𝑠𝑖𝑛 32°
− 3 𝑡𝑎𝑛 15°𝑡𝑎𝑛 60°𝑡𝑎𝑛 75°

26. A well of diameter 3m is dug 14m deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread
evenly all around in the shape of a circular ring of width 4m to form an
embankment. Find the height of the embankment.

27. Prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio
of their corresponding medians.
OR
Sides AB, BC and median AD of a ∆ ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ,
QR and median PM of ∆ PQR. Show that ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅.

28. If 𝐴 and 𝐵 are (-2,-2) and (2,-4), respectively, find the coordinates of P such that
3
𝐴𝑃 = 7 𝐴𝐵 and P lies on the line segment 𝐴𝐵.

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29. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4𝑐𝑚 such that the
segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by the point of contact D, are of
lengths 8𝑐𝑚 and 6𝑐𝑚 respectively. Find the sides AB and AC.
A

C D B

OR
1
In the following figure, prove that AF  BD  CE  Perimeter of ABC.
2
A

F
E

B D C

30. The marks obtained by 80 students of a school in a unit test are given below:
Marks 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35
No. of 12 15 15 8 14 10 6
students
Draw a less than and a more than ogive from the data and read the median from the
ogives.
OR
The table below shows the salaries (in thousand Rupees) of 280 persons. Calculate
the median of the data.
Salary 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Number 49 133 60 15 6 7 10
of
persons

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr S Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2020-21

Pre-Board Examination
Subject: Mathematics
Class – X

Time : 3hrs MM : 80
General Instructions:

• This Question Paper contains two parts A and B.

• Both Part A and B have internal choices.
• This paper has 11 printed sides

Part A
• Section I contains 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5
questions.
• Section II contains 4 questions based on case study. Each case study has 4
case- based sub-parts. Any four out of 5 subparts are to be attempted. Each
sub-part carries 1 mark.
Part-B
Contains 16 questions from question number 21 to 36.
• Question No 21 to 26 are short answer type questions of 2 marks each.
• Question No 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each
• Question No 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
• Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1
question of 5 marks.
Part-A
Section-I
1) The LCM of 𝑥 and 18 is 36 and their HCF is 2. What is 𝑥 ?

2) Which term of the AP 27, 24, 21……. Is zero?

OR

In an AP if the common difference is -4, n=7, nth term is 4, find the first term.

3) Find if the lines given by 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 3 and 4𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 6 are parallel, coincident or

intersecting?

4) If θ=45°, find the value of 2𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃.

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5) One root of the equation 2𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 − 𝑚 = 0 is 2
find the other root and the value of m.
OR
How many real roots does the equation (𝑥 + 2)2 − 𝑥 2 = 0 have?
2

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6) A die is rolled once. Find the probability of getting a factor of 36.

7) If the Sun’s elevation is 30°, the shadow of the tower is 30m. What would be the length
of the shadow if the Sun’s elevation is 60°?

8) In the figure, O is a point inside ∆MNP such that ∠𝑀𝑂𝑃 = 90° OP=12cm and OM=16cm
if MN=21cm and NMP is a right angle then find the length of NP.

OR

In the given figure ∠𝐴𝐷𝐸 = ∠𝐵. If AD=3.8cm, AE=3.6cm. BE=2.1cm, and BC=4.2cm,

find DE.

9) If the points A(6,1), B(8,2), C(9,4) & D(p,3), are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in
order, find the value of p.

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10) In a circle of diameter 42cm an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre where 𝜋 = ,
7
then what will be the length of the arc?
OR
If the side of an equilateral triangle is equal to the radius of a circle whose area is
154sqcm, what will be the area of the triangle?

11) 12 solid spheres of the same radii are made with melting a solid metallic cylinder of base
diameter 2cm and height 16cm. Find the diameter of each such sphere.

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12) The midpoint of the line segment joining A(2a,4) and B(-2,3b) is (1, 2a+1). Find the value
of a and b.

13) In the given figure AT is the tangent to the circle with centre O such that OT=4cm and
∠𝑂𝑇𝐴 = 30° Find AT.

14) If the median and mode of a frequency distribution are 26 and 29 respectively then find
the mean of the distribution.
OR
The following table gives the production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms in a
village. Change the distribution to a more than type of distribution.

Production 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70

yield
Frequency 4 6 16 20 30 24

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15) 𝛼, 𝛽 are zeroes of the polynomial 2𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 5 find the value of (𝛼 + 𝛽) × (𝛽 + 𝛼)

16) A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball
from the bag is thrice that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.

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 Section-II

Case -study based Questions are compulsory. Attempt any 4 sub-parts of each question. Each
sub-part carries 1 mark.

17) One day due to heavy storm an electric wire got bent as shown in figure below. It
followed a mathematical shape of curve. Answer the following questions.

(i) How many zeroes are there for the polynomial (shape of the wire)
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
(ii) The zeroes of the polynomial are:
a) 2,0,-2
b) 2,-2,-5
c) -2,2,-5.5
d) None of the above
(iii) Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are -3 & 4
a) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 2
b) 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 12
c) 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 12
d) None of the above
(iv) What type of a polynomial does the graph represent?
a) Linear
b) Quadratic
c) Cubic
d) Bi-quadratic
(v) If one zero of the polynomial 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 6 is 6 find the other zeroes.
a) 1
b) -1

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 c) 2
d) -2
18) A group of students decided to make a project on statistics. They are collecting the
heights (in cm) of the 51 girls of X A, B & C of their school. After collecting the data they
arranged the data in the following less than cumulative frequency table form:

i) What is the lower limit of median class?

a) 145
b) 150
c) 155
d) 160
ii) What is the upper limit of modal class?
a) 145
b) 150
c) 155
d) 160
iii) What is the mean of lower limits of median and modal classes?
a) 145
b) 150
c) 155
d) 160
iv) What is the width of the class?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 5
d) None of these
v) The median is:
a) 149.03cm
b) 146.03cm

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 c) 147.03cm
d) 148.03cm

19) A die is numbered in such a way that its faces show the numbers 1,3,3,4,2,6. It is thrown
twice and the product of the numbers is noted. Complete the table and answer the
questions below:

X 1 3 3 4 2 6

1 1 3 3 4 2 6

3 9 12 6

3 9 18

4 12 16

2 2 6 4

6 18 24 36

i) What is the probability that the product is 18?

1
a)
6
1
b)
36
1
c)
9
1
d)
12
ii) What is the probability that the product of the numbers is odd?
1
a)
18
1
b)
6
1
c)
4
2
d)
9
iii) What is the probability that the product of the numbers is at least 10?
1
a)
6
18
b)
36
14
c)
36
2
d)
3

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 iv) The probability of getting the only even prime number is:
1
a)
4
1
b)
36
1
c)
18
1
d)
9
v) The probability that the product is a perfect square
1
a)
6
1
b) 16
1
c) 36
1
d)
4

20) Reema is rowing a boat. She takes 6hrs to row 48km upstream whereas she takes 3hrs to
go the same distance downstream.

Based on the above situation answer the following questions.

i) What is her speed of rowing in still water?
a) 8 km/hr
b) 12 km/hr
c) 10 km/hr
d) 16 km/hr
ii) What is the speed of the stream?
a) 6 km/hr
b) 4 km/hr
c) 8 km/hr
d) 12 km/hr
iii) If the speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the speed of the stream is
3km/hr, how much time will a person take to row 45km downstream?
a) 2.5h
b) 3h
c) 3.75h

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 d) 4.5h
iv) A girl walks at the speed of 6km/hr in still air. If there is a strong breeze blowing
at the speed of 1.5km/hr, what would her speed be if she is walking against the
breeze?
a) 7.5 km/hr
b) 6.5 km/hr
c) 4.5 km/hr
d) 1.5 km/hr
v) How much time will she take to walk 15km if she is walking along the wind?
a) 2h
b) 1.5h
c) 1h
d) 0.5h

Part-B
Question 21-26 will be very short answer type questions of 2marks each.

21) Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are (5 − 3√2) & (5 + 3√2)

22) Prove the identity:

𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−2𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝜃
2𝑐𝑜𝑠3 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
= 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
OR
Prove that:
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
= 1 + 2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 − 2𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃

23) Prove that √5 is not a rational number.

24) How many shots each with diameter 3cm can be made from a cuboidal lead solid of
dimensions 9𝑐𝑚 × 11𝑐𝑚 × 12𝑐𝑚 ?
OR
A solid is in the shape of a cone mounted on a hemisphere of the same base radius. If the
curved surface area of the hemispherical part and the conical part are equal then find the
ratio of the radius and the height of the conical part.

25) Find the values of k for which the system of equations 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3 & 3𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 1 has a
unique solution.

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26) In the given figure, E is a point on side CB produced of an isosceles ∆ABC, with AB=AC.
If AD⊥ BC & EF⊥AC. Prove that ∆𝐴𝐵𝐷~∆𝐸𝐶𝐹.

Question No 27 to 33 will be Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each

27) Find the area of the shaded region where ABCD is a square of side 10cm and semi circles
are drawn with each side of the square as diameter. (use π=3.14).

28) A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle. Prove thar AB+CD=AD+BC

OR
Two tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point P.
Prove that: ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 2∠𝑂𝐴𝐵

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29) There is a track of length 120meters. Two friends A and B are running around it at the
speed of 12m/minute and 20m/min respectively in the same direction. After how long
will they meet at the starting point and how many rounds would each of them have
completed by then?

30) Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5cm which are inclined to each other at an
angle of 60◦.

31) A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The
height of the cone is 2cm and the diameter of the base is 4cm. Determine the volume of
the toy. (use π=3.14).

32) Find the ratio in which the P(11,y) divides the line segment joining the points A(15,5)
and B (9,20). Also find the value of y.

OR

Find a relation between 𝑥 & 𝑦 such that the point (𝑥, 𝑦) is equidistant from the points
A(1,4) and B(-1,2)

33) The mode of the following data is 67. Find the missing frequency x.

Class 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90

Frequency 5 X 15 12 7

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 Question No 34 to 36 will be Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.

34) A man on the deck of a ship 10m above the water level observes that the angle of elevation
of the top of a cliff is 60° and the angle of depression of the base of the cliff is 30°. Calculate
the distance of the ship from the cliff and the height of the cliff.

OR
Two poles of equal heights stand on either side of a road 100m wide. From a point on the
road between the poles, the angle of elevation of the top of the two poles are found to be
60° and 30°. Find the height of the poles and the position of the point of observation. (use
√3=1.732

35) State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem and using it find PN in the adjoining figure
given MN ∥ QR.

36) Solve graphically the following pair of equations.

𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 6 and 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 12.
Are these equations consistent?

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 SANSKRITI SCHOOL
Dr S. Radhakrishnan Marg
New Delhi

Academic Session: 2020-21

Pre Board Examination
Subject: Mathematics
Class X

General Instructions: Maximum Marks: 80

1. This question paper contains two parts A and B.
2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.

Part – A:
1. It consists two sections- I and II.
2. Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.
3. Section II has 4 questions on case study. Each case study has 5 case-based sub-parts.
An examinee is to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts

Part – B:
1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very short answer Type questions of 2 mark each
2. Question No 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each
3. Question No 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1
question of 5 marks

• Undertaking time is from 9:15 am to 9:25 am.

• The reading time is from 9:25 am to 9:40 am.
• The writing time is from 9:40 am to 12:40 pm.
• By 1pm, the pdf file of the answer sheets needs to be created, attached, and
submitted. Once submitted, it cannot be resubmitted.
• Children who avail extra time, may submit the answer sheets by 2 pm.
• The Answer sheets need to be scanned and uploaded as a pdf file in portrait mode.
• It is required that you stay signed in the Google Meet all through the test time.
• This paper has 7 printed sides.

Part – A
SECTION–I
Q 1. What are the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 𝑚(𝑚 + 3) ?
OR
If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial f(x)= 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 𝑘 such that 𝛼 − 𝛽 = 1, find the
value of k
Q 2. Find the ratio in which x -axis divides the join of A (2, -3) and B (5,6).

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Q 3. What are the angles of depression from the observing positions O1 and O2 respectively of
the object A?

Q 4. The diameter of a metallic sphere is 6 cm. The sphere is melted and drawn into a wire o
uniform cross section. If the length of the wire is 36 cm, find its radius.
OR
A solid cylinder of radius r and height h is placed over other cylinder of same height and
radius. What is the total surface area of the shape so formed?

Q 5. Find the value of 𝜃 if √3 𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃 − 3 = 0

Q 6. If the numbers k – 2, 4k – 1 and 5k +2 are in AP, then what is the value of k?
Q 7. Find the length of an altitude in an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’ cm.
Q 8. Find the area of the circle (in terms of 𝜋) that can be inscribed in a square of side 8 cm.
Q 9. If two tangents inclined at an angle of 60° are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then what
will be the length of each tangent?
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Q 10. After how many places will the decimal expansion of 125 terminate ?

Q 11. In triangle PQR, if PQ = 6 cm, PR = 8 cm, QS = 3 cm, and PS is the bisector of ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅,
what is the length of SR?
OR
In the figure, AB ∥ED. Show triangle ∆ABC ~ ∆DEC.

Q 12. The perimeter of a semi - circular protractor is 36 cm. Find its diameter.
Q 13. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is either red or queen.
OR
A number is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. What will be the
probability that square of this number is less than or equal to 1?

Q 14. Find the LCM and HCF of 23 × 35 × 7 and 25 × 33 × 5 (final multiplication not
required)
OR
Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds,
respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together?

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Q 15. Find the median of the first 50 even natural numbers.
Q 16. Determine the value(s) of k for which the given equation kx² + 6x + 1 = 0 has real roots.

SECTION–II
Q 17.A fruit seller was selling apples in packing boxes containing varying number of apples.

No of 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55

apples
No of 25 34 50 42 38 13
boxes

Answer the following questions:

(Answer any four)
1. Estimate the modal number of apples kept in a packing box.
a. 37 b. 38.3 c. 36.7 d. 53.8

2. What is the lower limit of median class?

a. 40 b. 45 c. 30 d. 35

3. Which of the following is not a measure of central tendency?

a. Mean b. Median c. Range d. Mode

4. The difference of the upper limit of median and modal class.

a. 0 b. 1 c. 5 d. 7

5. How many boxes contain ≥ 40 apples?

a. 93 b. 53 c. 13 d. 42

Q 18. Malini goes to a grocery shop for purchasing some glass jars for gifting in a party. She
observed that the jars are arranged one above the other in a specific pattern. 3,6, 9……

Answer the following questions:

(Answer any four)
1. How many total jars are there?
a. 52 b. 108 c. 24 d. 96

2. If there are 100 such rows, then how many jars are there the 56th row?
a. 200 b. 168 c. 300 d. 303

3. If the shopkeeper puts 2 more rows on the top having 2 jars and 1 jar respectively,
will it be an arithmetic sequence?
a. Yes, because the common difference between each row is the same.
b. No, because the common difference between each row is not the same.
c. Yes, because the common difference between each row is not the same.
d. No, because the common difference between each row is the same.

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4. Ms Malini asked the shopkeeper to pack it in the same fashion as it is displayed.
Shopkeeper used a box of dimension as shown. Front face of the box is an equilateral
triangle. The capacity of the box used is:
a. 480 X 1.73 cubic cm
b. 240 X 1.73 cubic cm
c. 2880 X 1.73 cubic cm
d. 1440 X 1.73 cubic cm

5. Malini asked the shopkeeper to gift wrap it with a gift paper.

The total surface area of the paper used is:
a. 1.73 X 12 X 24 + 3X (10 X 24) square cm
b. 3.14 X 12 X 24 + 3X (10 X 24) square cm
c. 1.41 X 12 X 24 + 3X (10 X 24) square cm
d. 1.73 X 24 X 24 + 3X (10 X 24) square cm

Q 19. A computer animation below shows a cat moving in a straight line, its height b
metres above the ground, is given by 𝟖𝒔 − 𝟑𝒃 = −𝟗 where s is the time in seconds
after it starts moving. In the same animation, a mouse starts to move at the same
time as the cat and its movement is given by −𝟑𝒔 + 𝒃 = 𝟏.
Answer the following questions:
(Answer any four)
1. Will the mouse and cat be able to meet at one point?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Cannot be said
d. Incomplete data

2. What condition is used to determine the above answer?

𝑎1 𝑏1
a. ≠
𝑎2 𝑏2
𝑎1 𝑏 𝑐
b. 𝑎2
= 𝑏1 = 𝑐1
2 2
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
c. = ≠
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
d. None of the above

3. If yes, after how much time?

a. 7 sec
b. 6 sec
c. 10 sec
d. 5 sec

4. If yes, at what height?

a. 9 m
b. 19 m
c. 15 m
d. 7 m

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5. If the movement of the cat is given by 2𝑠 − 𝑏 = 9 and that of the mouse is given by
6𝑠 − 3𝑏 = 21, will they meet?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Cannot be said
d. Incomplete data

Q 20. The quadratic function can model the natural shape of a banana. From the picture
we can see that this function is able to model the banana quite accurately with
a=0.1, b=0 and c=0. Therefore, the equation here is f(x)= 0.1 x2

Answer the following questions:

(Answer any four)
1. Name the shape of the banana curve from the given figure.

2. The number of zeroes of the polynomial for the shape of banana.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 1 d. 0

3. If the curve of the banana is represented by f(x)= 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 12, its zeroes will be
a. 3,4 b. -3, -4, c. -3,4 d. 3, -4

4. For the graph of the quadratic polynomial 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 to be opening

downwards:
a. a> 0 b. a< 0 c. b=0 d. b > 0
5. The representation of the curve whose one zero is 4 and sum of zeros is zero, will be
the quadratic polynomial:
a. 𝑥 2 + 16 b. 𝑥 2 − 16 c. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 16 d. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 16

Part – B
Q 21. Find the middle most term (s) of the AP: 11, –7, –3, ..., 49
OR
Which term of the AP: 134, 129, 124…. is the first negative term?

Q 22. A line intersects the x and y axes at P and Q, respectively. If (2,6) is the midpoint
of PQ, then find the coordinates of P and Q.

Q 23. Check whether 6𝑛 can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n.

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1−√3
Q 24. If = , find the value of 𝜃.
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1+√3
OR
Prove that √𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃

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Q 25. Solve for x: 4𝑥 2 − 2(𝑎2 + 𝑏 2) 𝑥 + 𝑎2 𝑏 2 = 0

Q 26. ABC is a triangle. A circle touches sides AB and AC produced and side BC at X, Y
1
and Z, respectively. Show that AX = AY = 2 Perimeter of ∆ ABC.

Q 27. The given figure depicts a racing track whose left and right ends are semi-circular.
The distance between the two inner parallel line segments is 60 m and they are
each 106 m long. If the track is 10 m wide, find:

(i) the distance around the track along its inner edge.
(ii) the area of the track.

Q 28. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial p(x)= 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3, find the
value of 𝛼 4 𝛽3 + 𝛼 3 𝛽4
OR
Find the zeros of the polynomial f(x)= 𝑥 2 + √3𝑥 − 60 and verify the relationship
between the zeros and their coefficients.

Q 29. In the given Fig, AD is a median of a ∆ABC and A M ⊥ BC.

𝐵𝐶 2
Prove that: 𝐴𝐶 2 = 𝐴𝐷 2 + 𝐵𝐶. 𝐷𝑀 + ( 2 )

OR
An aeroplane leaves an airport and flies due north at a speed of 1000 km/hr. At
the same time, another aeroplane leaves the same airport and flies due west at a
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speed of 1200 km /hr. How far will the two planes be after 12 hour?

Q 30. (i) A game consists of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times and noting the outcome
each time. Ramesh wins the game if all the tosses give the same result (i.e., three
heads or three tails) and loses otherwise. Find the probability of Ramesh losing
the game.

(ii) In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the probability of getting the sum a
perfect square?

Q 31. The vertices of a ∆ ABC are A (5, 5), B (1,5) and C (9,1). A line is drawn to intersect
𝐴𝑃 𝐴𝑄 3
sides AB and AC at P and Q respectively, such that = = 4. Find the length of
𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐶
the line segment PQ.

Q 32. Prove that 2 + √3 is irrational

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 Q 33. In figure, are shown two arcs PAQ and PBQ. Arc PAQ is a part of circle with
centre and radius OP while arc PBQ is a semicircle drawn on diameter with centre
M. If OP = PQ = 10 cm, show that area of shaded region is 25 (√3- 𝜋/6) cm²

Q 34.

Q 35. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of a 50m high building from the top of
a tower are 45° and 60° , respectively. Find the height of the tower and the
horizontal distance between the tower and the building. (Use √3 = 1.73)

Q 36. Water is flowing at the rate of 5 km/hr through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a
rectangular tank which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. Determine the time in which the
level of the water in the tank will rise by 7 cm.
OR
Due to sudden floods, some welfare associations jointly requested the government to
get 100 tents fixed immediately and offered to contribute 50% of the cost. If the lower
part of each tent is of the form of a cylinder of diameter 4.2 m and height 4 m with the
conical upper part of same diameter but of height 2.8 m, and the canvas to be used costs
100 rupees per sq. m, find the amount, the associations will have to pay.

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 Academic Session:2021-22
Pre board 1 Examination
Class X
Mathematics
General Instructions: Maximum Marks: 40
1. The question paper contains three parts A, B and C.
2. Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
3. Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
4 Section C consists of 10 questions based on two Case Studies. Attempt any 8 questions.
5. There is no negative marking.
6. This paper consists of 5 pages.

SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted.

Q No
1. 63
Let 𝑥 = be a rational number. Then 𝑥 has decimal expansion, which terminates:
72×175
A. after four places of decimal B. after three places of decimal
C. after two places of decimal D. after five places of decimal

2. If 0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90°, the minimum value of 2 sin2 𝜃 + 3 cos2 𝜃 is :

A. 0 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1

3. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, c ≠0 are equal, then

A. c and a have opposite sign B. c and b have opposite sign
C. c and a have the same sign D. c and b have the same sign

4. 15
If a pair of equations 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5 and 5𝑥 + 2 𝑦 = 𝑘 represent two coincident lines, then the
value of 𝑘 is
−25 25 −5
A. −5 B. 2 C. 2 D. 2

5. The points A (0, –2), B (3, 1), C (0, 4) and D (–3, 1) are the vertices of a
A. Parallelogram B. Rectangle C. Square D. Rhombus

6. The perimeter of a sector of radius 5.2 cm is 16.4 cm, the area of the sector is
A. 31.2 cm² B. 15 cm² C. 15.6 cm² D. 16.6 cm²

7. From a deck of 52 playing cards, Jacks and kings of red colour and Queen and Aces of black
colour are removed. The remaining cards are mixed and a card is drawn at random. What is the
probability that the drawn card is a face card?
1 1 3 7
A. 2 B. 4 C. 22 D. 22

8. If 𝑚𝑛 = 32 where m and n are positive integers, then the value of 𝑛𝑚𝑛 is:
A. 32 B. 25 C. 510 D. 525

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9. If If 𝜃 be an acute angle and 7 sin2 𝜃 + 3 cos2 𝜃 = 4 then the value of tan 𝜃 is:
1
A. √3 B. 3
C. 1 D. 0
√

10. In the given figure, ∠T and ∠B are right angles. If the length of AT, BC and AS (in cm) are 15, 16,
and 17 respectively, then the length of TC (in cm) is:

A. 18 B. 16 C. 19 D. 12

11. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 3 then 𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 is

39 5 37 4
A. 5 B. 39 C. 4 D. 37

12. If a pair of equation is consistent, then the lines will

A. be parallel B. always coincident C. always intersecting D. intersecting or coincident

13. In ∆ABC, the internal bisector of ∠A meets BC at D. If BD = 5 cm, BC= 7.5 cm, then AB : AC is:
A. 2 : 1 B. 1 : 2 C. 4 : 5 D. 3 : 5

14. The point which divides the lines segment joining the points (7, -6) and (3, 4) in ratio 1 : 2
internally lies in the
A. I quadrant B. II quadrant C. III quadrant D. IV quadrant

15. Two concentric circles of radius 5 cm and 8 cm are shown below. What is the area of the shaded
region?

77 11 195
A. 38𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 B. 2
𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 C. 2
𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 D. 6
𝜋 𝑐𝑚2

16. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word ASSASSINATION, then the probability
6
that the letter chosen is a vowel is in the form of 2𝑥+1. The value of 𝑥 is :
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

17. There are 576 boys and 448 girls in a school that are to be divided into equal sections of either
boys or girls alone. The total number of minimum sections thus formed are:
A. 22 B. 16 C. 36 D. 21

18. The value of cos 10 cos2° cos3° … … … … . cos 1780 cos 1790 is
1
A. 0 B. ½ C. 2 D. 1
√

19. The zeroes of a polynomial 𝑥 2 − √2𝑥 − 12 are

A. √2, −√2 B. 3√2, −2√2 C. − 3√2, 2√2 D. 3√2, 2√2
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20. If sin (A – B) = ½ and cos (A + B) = ½ , then the value of A and B, respectively are
A. 45° and 15° B. 90° and 60° C. 60° and 30° D. 45° and 30°

SECTION B
Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted.

21. The point which lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points
A (-2, -5) and B (2, 5) is
A. (0, 0) B. (0, 2) C. (2, 0) D. (-2, 0)

22. In ΔABC, if DE || BC, AD = 𝑥, DB = 𝑥 – 2, AE = 𝑥 + 2 and EC = 𝑥 – 1, then value of 𝑥 is

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 3.5

23. A patient admitted to the Jaipur Golden hospital was prescribed a pain medication to be given
every 4 hr and an antibiotic to be given every 5 hr. Bandages applied to the patient’s external
injuries needed changing every 12 hr. The nurse changed the bandages and gave the patient
both medications at 6:00 A.M. Monday morning.
On which day and at what time will the patient be given both medications and has his bandages
changed at the same time?
A. Wednesday at 8 p.m. B. Wednesday at 6 p.m.
C. Thursday at 6 p.m. D. Thursday at 8 p.m.

24. If 𝑥 tan 600 + cos 450 = sec 450 then the value of (𝑥 2 + 1) is:
6 7 5 6
A. 7 B. 6 C. 6 D. 5

25. The zeroes of a polynomial 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 are reciprocal of each other if

A. 𝑏 = 2𝑎 B. 𝑐 = 𝑏 C. 𝑏 = 𝑎 D. 𝑐 = 𝑎

26. A pair of linear equations which has a unique solution 𝑥 = 2, 𝑦 = −3 is

A. 𝑥 + y = —1 ; 2𝑥 – 3y = - 5 B. 2𝑥 + 5y = -11 ; 4𝑥 + 10y = 22
C. 2𝑥 – y = 1 ; 3𝑥 + 2y = 0 D. 𝑥 - 4y - 14 = 0 ; 5𝑥 -y - 13 = 0

27. If the ratio of the perimeters of two similar triangles is 4 : 25, then the ratio of the areas of the
similar triangles is
A. 16 : 625 B. 2 : 5 C. 5 : 2 D. 625 : 16

28. Two vertices of ABC are A (–1, 4) and B (5, 2) and its centroid is G (0, –3). The coordinate of C is
A. (4, 3) B. (4, 15) C. (–4, –15) D. (–15, –4)

29. The minute hand of a clock is 15 cm long. Calculate the area swept by it in 20 minutes.
(Take 𝜋 = 3.14 )
A. 253.5 𝑐𝑚2 B. 235.5 𝑐𝑚2 C. 255.3 𝑐𝑚2 D. 233.5 𝑐𝑚2

30. Cards numbered 2 to 101 are placed in a box. A card is selected at random from the box, what is
the probability that the card selected has an odd number which is not less than 70?
91 9 21 4
A. 100 B. 100 C. 25 D. 25

31. The value of p and q such that the prime factorization of 2520 is expressible as 23 x 3𝑝 x q x 7
respectively are
A. 2,3 B. 3,5 C. 2,5 D. 5,7

32. In triangle PQR, right-angled at Q, PR + QR = 25 cm and PQ = 5 cm, then the value of sin P is
5 12 12
A. 13 B. 5 C. 1 D. 13
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33. If α, β are the zeros of the polynomial f(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 𝑘 such that α − β = 1, find the value of k.
A. 6 B. 6 C. −3 D. 3

34. Line formed by joining (- 1,1) and (5, 7) is divided by a line x + y = 4 in the ratio of
A. 1 : 4 B. 1 : 3 C. 1 : 2 D. 3 : 4

35. On rolling a die two times, the sum of numbers that appear on the uppermost face is 8. What is
the probability that the first throw of the die yields 4?
2 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
36 36 6 5

36. The LCM of two numbers is 9 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 500. The product of
the two numbers is:
A. 4500 B. 2250 C. 22500 D. 45000

37. 4
If tan 𝜃 = then the value of
3 sin 𝜃+2 cos 𝜃
is
3 3 sin 𝜃−2 cos 𝜃
A. 0.5 B. – 0.5 C. 3 D. – 3

38. The given graph can be a representation of which of the following polynomial:

A. 𝑥 2 − 1 B. 𝑥 2 + 1 C. 𝑥 3 − 1 D. 𝑥 3 + 1

39. The fourth vertex D of a parallelogram ABCD whose three vertices are A (-2, 3), B (6, 7) and
C (8, 3) is
A. (0, 1) B. (0, -1) C. (-1, 0) D. (1, 0)

40. In ∆PQR, right-angled at Q, PQ = 3 cm and PR = 6 cm, then ∠QPR =

A. 0° B. 30° C. 45° D. 60°

SECTION C
Case study-based questions:
Section C consists of 10 questions of 1 mark each. Any 8 questions are to be attempted.
Q41-Q45 are based on Case Study -1
Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain was an American basketball player and played in the NBA during
the 1960s. He is the first and only basketball player to score 100 points in an NBA game. In the 1961–1962
NBA basketball season, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors made 30 baskets. Some of the
baskets were free throws worth 1 point each and some were field goals worth 2 points each. The number
of field goals was 10 more than the number of free throws.

41. If number of free throws are taken as y and number of field goals are taken as 𝑥, which two
equations represent the given situation?
A. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 10 ; 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 30 B. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 30 ; 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 10
C. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 100 ; 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 30 D. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 30 ; 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 2

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42. How many field goals did he make?
A. 10 goals B. 20 goals C. 15 goals D. 18 goals

43. How many free throws did he make?

A. 10 B. 20 C. 15 D. 18

44. What was the total number of points scored?

A. 50 B. 60 C. 80 D. 45

45. If Wilt Chamberlain played 5 games during this season, what was the average number of points
per game?
A. 5 B. 8 C. 10 D. 4

Q46-Q50 are based on Case Study -2

Ramesh places a mirror on level ground to determine the height of a pole (with traffic light fired on it).
He stands at a certain distance so that he can see the top of the pole reflected from the mirror. Ramesh’s
eye level is 1.5 m above the ground. The distance of Ramesh and pole from the mirror is 1.8 m and 6 m
respectively.

46. Which criterion of similarity is applicable to similar triangles?

A. SAS B. ASA C. SSS D. AA

47. What is the height of the pole?

A. 6 metres B. 8 metres C. 5 metres D. 4 metres

48. If angle of incidence is ⅈ, find tan ⅈ .

5 6 5 3
A. tan ⅈ = 6 B. tan ⅈ = 5 C. tan ⅈ = 3 D. tan ⅈ = 5

49. Ramesh moves behind such that the distance between pole and Ramesh is 13 meters. He places
the mirror between him and pole to see the reflection of light in right position. What is the
distance between mirror and Ramesh now?
A. 7 metres B. 3 metres C. 5 metres D. 4 metres

50. If we want to calculate the distance of the mirror from the top of the pole, then which property
will be used?
A. Thales Theorem B. Converse of Thales theorem
C. Pythagoras theorem D. Converse of Pythagoras theorem