Board Questions
Board Questions
23 In the given figure, DEFG is a square and ∠BAC = 90°. Show that FG 2=BG × FC
25 The mean of the following frequency distribution is 25. Find the value of P.
Class 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
interval
Frequency 4 6 10 6 P
26 In figure PQ and RS are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another
tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting PQ at A and Rs at B. Prove that ∠AOB
= 90°.
27. Divide 56 in four parts in A.P. such that the ratio of the product of their extremes (1 st
and 4th) to the product of middle (2nd and 3rd) is 5 : 6.
28. Find c if the system of equations cx + 3y + (3 – c) = 0; 12x + cy – c = 0 has infinitely
many solutions?
OR
30. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.
OR
31. Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. Taking A as centre, draw circle of radius 4
cm, and taking B as centre draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct tangents to
each circle from the centre of the other circle.
32. Find the median for the following table which shows daily wages drawn by 200
workers in a factory.
Daily wages (in Rs.) No. of workers
Less than 100 40
Less than 200 82
Less than 300 154
Less than 400 184
Less than 500 200
33. A die is numbered in such a way that its faces show the numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 6. It is
thrown two times and the total score in two throws is noted. What is the probability
that the total score is (i) Even? (ii) 6? (iii) At least 6?
35
36
3
37
Arithmetic Progression
1. Which term of the sequence 4, 9, 14.... Is 124?
2. Find the 10th term from the end of A.P 3, 8, 13, 18...253
3. For what value of K, the number x, 3x +k, 3x+6, are three consecutive terms of A.P
4. How many numbers of two digits are divisible by 8?
5. Find the middle term of A.P 1, 8, 15..505
6. Write next term of A.P ?8, ?18, ?32....
7. What is the common difference of an A.P in which a23 - a18= 45
8. Find first there terms of an A.P whose nth term is -5+2x
9. In the given A.P, find the missing terms 0, _, -8, -12, _.
10. Find the sum of all odd integers between 1 and 100 which are not multiples of 4
11. How many terms of A.P 18, 16, 14.... Should be taken so that their sum is zero?
12. If the 10th term of an A.P is 47 and first term is 2, find the sum of the first 15 terms
13. Solve the equation -2+5+8..+x =155
14. Which term of A.P 121, 117, 113... Is the first negative term?
15. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
16. IF the sum of n terms of an A.P is n2+ 2x, find the A.P and the 20th term.
17. For what values of n nth term of the series 3, 10, 17...And 63, 65, 67..Are equal.
18. If 9th term of an A.P is 0, prove that 29th term is double of the 19th term
19. Determine the A.P who's zero term is 16 and when 5th term is subtracted from 7th,
we get 12
20. A sums of Rs 1000 is invested at 8% simple interest per year. Calculate the
interest at the end of each year. Do these interests form an AP? If so, find the interest
at the end of 30 years making use of this fact
21. The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the
number of terms and the common difference.
22. The first and the last terms of an AP are 17 and 350 respectively. If the common
difference is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?
Arithmetic Progression
23. A sum of Rs 700 is to be used to give seven cash prizes to students of a school
for their overall academic performance. If each prize is Rs 20 less than its preceding
prize, find the value of each of the prizes
24. For what value of 'K' the number 3K + 2, 4K +3 and 6K - 1 are the consecutive
terms of an A.P.
25. Find the 12th term from the end of the A.P. 3, 8, 13... 253.
26. The sum of three numbers in A.P. is 21 and their product is 231. Find the
numbers,
27. Determine the AP whose 5th term is 15 and the sum of its 3rd and 8th terms is 34.
28. Find the sum of all three digits numbers each of which leave the remainder 3 when
divided by 5.
29. How many terms of the AP 78, 71, 64 . are needed to give the sum 468? Also, find
the last terms of this AP.
30. If the sum of first nth terms of an AP is 3n2-2n. Find the AP and its 18th terms.
31. Which terms of the AP 5, 15, 25 . . . will be 130 more than its 31th terms?
32. If the sum of 20th terms of an AP is 1430. If the first term is 100. Find the last term
and sum of 100th terms.
33. Find the sum 3+ 11+ 19+ - - - +803.
34. If 7 times the 7th term is to 11 times its 11th term of an AP then show that the
18th terms of an AP is zero.
35. If pth terms of an AP is 1/q and qth term of AP is then show that the sum of pq
terms is 1/2(pq+1).
36. How many terms in three digits numbers which is divisible by 7.
37. The first term, common difference and the last term of an AP are 12, 6 and 252
respectively. Find its sum.
38. Which term of an A.P 3, 10, 17..... will be 84 more than its 13 th term?
39. If the 10th term of an A.P is 47 and first term is 2, find the sum of the first 15 terms.
40. In a given AP if pth term is q and the qth term is p, then show that the nth term is
(p+q-n).
41. Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers which are divisible by 13.
42. The sum of 'n' terms of the sequence is 3n2+4n. Find the nth term and show that
sequence of an A.P.
43. Find the value of m so that m+2, 4m-6 and 3m- 2 are three consecutive terms of
an A
44. The sum of the third and the seventh terms of an A.P. are 6 and their product is 8.
Find the sum of first 16 terms of the A.P.
PROBABILITY
Group B (2 or 3 marks)
Q. 12. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One
marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken
out will be
i. red
ii. white
iii. not green.
Q. 13. A bag contains 20 cards numbering from 1, 2, 3, ...,20. One card is drawn at
random from the bag. Find the probability that if has a prime number on it.
Q. 14. It is known that a box of 600 screws, 12 screws are defective. One screw is
taken out at random from this box. Find the probability that it is a good screw.
Q. 15. In 1000 lottery tickets there are 5 prize winning tickets. Find the probability of
winning a prize if a person buys one ticket. "
Q. 16. A card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. Find the probability of having
i. a face card
ii. a black face card.
Group B (2 or 3 marks)
Q. 12. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One
marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken
out will be
i. red
ii. white
iii. not green.
Q. 13. A bag contains 20 cards numbering from 1, 2, 3, ...,20. One card is drawn at
random from the bag. Find the probability that if has a prime number on it.
Q. 14. It is known that a box of 600 screws, 12 screws are defective. One screw is
taken out at random from this box. Find the probability that it is a good screw.
Q. 15. In 1000 lottery tickets there are 5 prize winning tickets. Find the probability of
winning a prize if a person buys one ticket. "
Q. 16. A card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. Find the probability of having
i. a face card
ii. a black face card.
Q. 17. A bag contains 3 red, 4 white and 5 black balls. One ball is drawn at random
from the bag. Find the probability that it i s not red.
Q. 18. One card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. Find the probability that it is
a black card.
Q. 19. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 cards. Then
the cards are well shuffled. One card is drawn at random from the remaining cards.
Find the probability of getting
i. a heart
ii. a king
iii. a club
iv. a 'six' of heart
i. a prime number
ii. a number less than 6.
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Q. 1. Write the nature of the roots of the following quadratic
equations.
Q. 2. The sum of two natural number is 8. Sum of their receprocal is 8/15 , express
this statement in the form of quadratic equation.
Q. 3. If one root of the quadratic equation 2x2 + px – 4 = 0 is 4. Write value of p.
Q. 4. Find the value of p if 4x2 – 3px + 9 = 0 has real roots.
Q. 5. For what value of k, the quadratic equation (k +1)x2 – 2 (k – 1)x + 1 = 0 , has
equal roots.
Q. 6. Find the roots of the following equation by
factorization
Q. 7. Find the roots of the following quadratic equation if they exits, by the method of
completing square . 10ax2 + 3(5a – 2)x – 9.
Q. 8. Find the roots of the following quadratic equation by using quadratic formula.
a2x2 – (a2 + b2)x + b2 = 0
Q. 9. One year ago , a man was 8 times as old as his son. Now his age is equal to the
square os his son’s age. Find their present ages.
Q. 10. A person on tour has Rs 360 for his expenses. If he extends his tour for 4 days,
he has to cut down his
daily expences by Rs 3. Find the original duration of the tour.
Q. 11. A teacher , on attempting to arrange the students for mass P.T. in the form of a
square, found that 24 students were left over, when she increased the size of the
square by one student she found that there was
short of 25 students. Find the numbers of students.
Q. 12. The speed of the boat in still water in 20km/h. It takes one hour more when it
goes 15km upstream than 15km downstream. Find speed of the stream.
Q. 4. If one root of the equation is 2, find the value of k. Also find the
other root.
Q. 7. Find the value of p so that the equation has equal roots. Also
find the roots.
Q. 8. If one root of the quadratic equation is 3, find the other root. Also
find the value of p.
Q. 10. Find the value of p which will make the product of equal in
value of p.
Q. 12.
Q. 13.
III. Using the quadratic formula, solve the following equations for x: (3 marks
each)
Q. 14.
Q. 15.
Q. 16.
Q. 17.
Q. 18.
V. (6 marks each)
Q. 19. One-fourth of a herd of camels were seen in the forest. Twice the square root
of the herd had gone to mountains and the remaining 15 camels were seen on the
bank of a river. Find the total number of camels.
TRIGNOMETRY
Q. 1.
Q. 5. Prove that:
Q. 6.
Q. 8. If
Q. 9. If
Q. 10. If
prove that
Q. 11. If
show that
Q. 12. In the given figure, ABCD is rectangle with AD = 12 cm and DC = 20 cm.
Line segment DE is drawn making an angle of with AD intersecting AB at E. Find
the lengths of DE and AE.
Q. 13. If
Q. 16.
Q. 17. If
Q. 18. If
point of observation is
Q. 9. The angles of elevation and depression of the top and bottom of a light-house
from the top of a building 60 m high, 30° and 60° respectively. Find
Q. 10. From a window 60 metres high above the ground of a house in a street, the
angles of elevation and depression of the top and the foot of another house on the
opposite side of the street are 60° and 45° respectively. Show that the height of the
opposite house is
Q. 11. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower, as seen from two points A and B
situated in the same straight line and at distances a and b respectively from the foot of
the tower, are complementary. Prove that the height of the tower is
Q. 12. An aeroplane when 3000 metres high, passes vertically above another
aeroplane at an instant when the angles of elevation of the two aeroplanes from the
same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Find the vertical distance
between the two planes.
STATISTICS
Q. 1. If mode of the following data is 15, find k.
Q. 3. Using step deviation method, find the mean of the following data:
Weight(in 55 -
25 - 31 31 - 37 37 - 43 43 - 49 49 - 55
Kg) 61
No.of
10 6 8 12 5 9
students
90 -
C.I. 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 80 - 90
100
Frequency 5 14 19 27 43 29 16 12 5
Q. 5. The annual profit earned by 30 shops of a shopping complex in a locality give rise to the
following distribution:
Number of Shops
Profit (in lakhs Rs)
(frequency)
More than or equal to 5 30
More than or equal to 10 28
More than or equal to 15 16
More than or equal to 20 14
More than or equal to 25 10
More than or equal to 30 7
More than or equal to 35 3
Obtain the median profit.
Q. 6. A survey regarding the heights ( in cm ) of 51 girls of class X of a school was conducted and
the following data was obtained:
Age Frequency
5–6 40
6–7 56
7–8 60
8–9 66
9 – 10 84
10 – 11 96
11 – 12 92
12 – 13 80
13 – 14 64
14 – 15 44
15 – 16 22
16 – 17 22
00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Marks and and and and and and and and and and and
above above above above above above above above above above above
Number
of 80 77 72 65 55 43 28 16 10 08 00
Students
Q. 10. The following frequency distribution gives the monthly consumption of electricity 68
consumer of a locality. Find the median, mean and mode of the data and compare them.
Monthly Consumption of
No. of Consumers
electricit
65 – 85 4
85 – 105 5
105 – 125 13
125 – 145 20
145 – 165 14
165 – 185 8
185 – 205 4