General Instructions : Same as given in UTS-01.

SECTION A
(Question numbers 01 to 20 carry 1 mark each.)
Followings are multiple choice questions. Select the correct option in each one of them.
01. The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least composite and the least prime numbers is
(a) 1: 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1: 1 (d) 1: 3
2
02. If one zero of 3x  8x  k be the reciprocal of the other, then k 
1 1
(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) (d) 
3 3
2 2
03. If x and y are two odd prime numbers such that x  y , then x  y is
(a) an even number (b) an odd number
(c) an odd prime number (d) a prime number
04. If the system of equations 2x  3y  7 and 2ax  (a  b) y  28 has infinite many solutions, then
(a) a  2b (b) b  2a (c) a  2b  0 (d) 2a  b  0
05. The relation between x and y such that the point P(x, y) is equidistant from the points A(1, 4)
and B(1, 2) is
(a) x  y  3  0 (b) x  y (c) x  2y (d) None of these
06. The LCM of two prime numbers p and q, (p  q) is 221. Then the value of (3p  q) is
(a) 4 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 48
4 4
07. If sin   cos   0, then the value of sin   cos  is
3 1 1
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
4 2 4
08. If 3cos   5sin  , then the value of tan   cot  is
16 16 15
(a) (b)  (c) 0 (d) 
15 15 16
09. In the given figure, if ADE  ABC , then CE 

(a) 2
(b) 5
9
(c)
2
(d) 3

10. The shadow of a 5 m long stick is 2 m long. At the same time the length of the shadow of a 12.5
m high tree (in m) is
(a) 3 (b) 3.5 (c) 4.5 (d) 5
11. In the given figure. AT is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that OT  4 cm and
OTA  30. Then, AT 

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(a) 4 cm
(b) 2 cm

(c) 2 3 cm

(d) 4 3 cm

12. Area of segment PBQ (un-shaded region), is

x2
(a) (π  2)
4
x 2 (3π  2)
(b)
4
2
x
(c) (π  1)
4
x2
(d) (π  1)
4
13. Two cubes each of edge 12 cm are joined. The surface area of new cuboid is
(a) 140 cm2 (b) 1440 cm 2 (c) 144 cm2 (d) 72 cm2
14. If the difference of Mode and Median of a data is 24, then the difference of median and mean is
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 36
15. The perimeter (in cm) of a square circumscribing a circle of radius a cm is
(a) 4 a (b) 5a (c) 8a (d) 10a
16. For the following distribution,
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
the sum of the lower limits of the median and modal class is
(a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35
17. In a family of 3 children, the probability of having at least one boy is
7 1 5 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 8 4
 ABC
18. For any ABC, the value of cos  
 2 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
Followings are Assertion-Reason based questions.
In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A) : The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their L.C.M. is
given by 162.
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Reason (R) : If a and b are two positive integers, then H.C.F.  L.C.M.  a  b.
20. Assertion (A) : Mid-point of a line segment divides line in the ratio 1: 1.
Reason (R) : The ratio in which the point (3, k) divides the line segment joining the points
(5, 4) and (2, 3) is 1: 2 .
SECTION B
(Question numbers 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.)
21. In figure, TP and TQ are tangents from T to the circle with centre O and R is any point on the
circle. If AB is any tangent to the circle at R, prove that TA  AR  TB  BR .

OR
Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is
supplementary to the angle subtended by the line-segment joining the points of contact and the
centre.
22. Solve for x and y : 99x  101y  499, 101x  99y  501.
23. If 7sin 2   3cos2   4, then find the value of cot θ .
24. In the figure, two concentric circles with center O have radii 21 cm and 42 cm.

If AOB  60 , then find the area of shaded region.

OR
If the perimeter of a semicircular protractor is 36 cm, find its diameter.
25. E is a point on the side AD produced of a parallelogram ABCD and BE intersects CD at F.
Show that ABE  CFB.
SECTION C
(Question numbers 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each.)
26. If  and  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f (x)  25 x 2  15x  2, then find a
1 1
quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are and .
2α 2β
27. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and
breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and breadth by 2 units, the
area increases by 67 square units. Find the dimensions of rectangle.
OR
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The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra in each row, there
would be 2 rows less. If 4 students are less in each row, there would be 4 rows more. Find the
number of students in the class.
75 3
28. Given that 3 is irrational, hence show that is irrational.
2
29. Prove that the intercept of a tangent between a pair of parallel tangents to a circle subtend a right
angle at the centre of the circle.
OR
Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O, from an external point T.
Prove that PTQ  2OPQ .
cosec   1
30. Prove that (sec   tan ) 2  .
cosec   1
31. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(a) a black king
(b) either a black card or a king
(c) a jack, queen or a king.
SECTION D
(Question numbers 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.)
32. Solve for x : 9x 2  9 (a  b) x   2a 2  5ab  2b 2   0.
OR
A trader bought a number of articles for `900. Five articles were found damaged. He sold each
of the remaining articles at `2 more than what he paid for it. He got a profit of `80 on the whole
transaction. Find the number of articles he bought.
33. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in
distinct points, then the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
In figure, A, B and C are points on OP, OQ and OR respectively such that AB  PQ and
BC  QR. Show that AC  PR .

34. The height of a cone is 40 cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to the base
1
and its volume times the volume of original cone. Find the height from the base at which the
64
section is made.
OR
A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter of the
cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the top is 2.8 m, find the
area of the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of the tent at the
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35. If the mean of the following data is 14.7 , find the values of p and q.
Class 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42 Total
Frequency 10 p 4 7 q 4 1 40

SECTION E
(Question numbers 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each.)
This section contains three Case-study / Passage based questions.
Each question has three sub-parts (i), (ii) and (iii). Two sub-parts are of 1 mark each while the
remaining third sub-part (with internal choice) is of 2 marks.
36. CASE STUDY I : Isha is standing at the top of the building observes a car at an angle of
depression of 30, which approaching to the foot of the building with a uniform speed.

6 seconds later, the angle of depression of the car formed to be 60, whose distance at that
instant from the building is 25 m.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the height of the building.
(ii) Find the distance of the observer from the car when it makes angle of 60 .
(iii) Find the distance between the two positions of the car.
OR
(iii) Find the total time taken by the car to reach the foot of the building from the starting
point.
37. CASE STUDY II : Students of a city school are standing in rows and columns in their school
ground to celebrate their annual sports day.
A, B, C and D are the positions of four students as shown in the figure.

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Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Assume that the sports teacher is sitting at the origin, then which of the four students is
closest to him?
(ii) Write the distance between A and C.
(iii) Find the coordinates of the mid-point of line segment AC.
OR
(iii) If a point P divides the line segment AD in the ratio 1:2, then find the coordinates of P.
38. CASE STUDY III : In a board game, the no. of sea shells in various cells forms an arithmetic
progression.
If the number of sea shells in the 3rd and 11th cell together is 68 and number of shells in the 11th
cell is 24 more than that of 3rd cell.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) What is the difference between the number of sea shells in the 20th and 18th cells?
(ii) How many sea shells are there in the first cell?
(iii) How many total sea shells are there in first 15 cells?
OR
(iii) What is the sum of number of sea shells in the 8th and 9th cell?

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