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Subject: Maths Practice paper

Standard: 10 Marks: 171
Chapter: All

Section - A
‣ Choose the correct option from those given below each question. (Each question carries 1 Marks) (50)
01.

From the given factor tree. the values of x and y are................. respectively.
A. 200 and 40 B. 40 and 200 C. 210 and 35 D. 35 and 210
02.

According to the factor tree given below, the values of x and y are respectively.
A. 231 and 462 B. 462 and 231 C. 132 and 264 D. 264 and 132
03. If HCF (65, 117) = 65m - 117, then m = ……………..
A. 4 B. 2 C. 1 D. 3
04. The greatest 5-digit integer divisible by 93 is ..........
A. 99,999 B. 99,993 C. 99,975 D. 93,093
05. Prime decimal expansion of 12740 is ……….
A. 22 × 52 × 7 × 13
B. 2 × 52 × 72 × 13
C. 22 × 5 × 72 × 13
D. 2 ×5 × 7 × 13
06.

A. 18 B. 11 C. 21 D. 6
07. H.C.F. (136, 221, 391) = ……….
A. 136 B. 17 C. 221 D. 391
08. The last digit of 5𝑛 is ............. (n is natural number)
A. 0 B. 5 C. 2 D. 4
09. If H.C.F. (a, b) = 12, then L.C.M. (a, b) = ............ is not possible.
A. 36 B. 24 C. 90 D. 48
10. Give zeroes of quadradic polynomial 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 − 15.
A. 3 and 5 B. -3 and -5 C. 3 and -5 D. -3 and 5
11. Sign of both the zeroes at polynomial 𝑥2 + 99𝑥 + 127 is …………… .
A. positive B. negative C. same D. opposite
12. Numbers at zeros at the graph at p(x) between 0 and 4 are ......

A. 3 B. 6 C. 2 D. 4
13. Zeroes is linear polynomial p(x) = 3x - 11 is …………… .
A. −113 B. 3
11
C. 11
3
D. − 11
3

14. The graph of p(x) = 3x + 5, x ∊ R is …………… .

A. Line B. Open parabola upwards C. Downward open parabola D. Ray
15. If 2 is a zero of 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 𝑘, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑘:
2

A. 10 B. 5 C. – 3 D. – 10
16. The graph of equation 3x - 5y = 45 intersects the y-axis at point ………… .
A. (15, 0) B. (0, 15) C. (O, 9) D. (0, -9)
17. If the graphs of equations x - ky = 2 and 3x + 2y = -5 are intersecting lines, then ……………… .
A. 𝑘 = 2
3
B. 𝑘 ≠ − 23
C. 𝑘 = 32 D. 𝑘 ≠ − 32
18. If the graphs of equations 3x + 2ky = 2 and 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel lines, then k = …………….. .
A. − 54 B. 2 C. 15 D. 3
5 4 2

19. If the graphs of equations 3x - y + 8 = 0 and 6x - ky = -16 represent coincident lines, then k = ……. .
A. 1
2
B. − 12 C. 2 D. -2

20. Graph lines of equations y = 3x and x = 3y intersect at point ………

A. (0, 0) B. (0, 3) C. (3, 3) D. (3, 0)
21. The graphs of equations 4x + 3y = 14 and ........... are parallel line.
A. -12x = 9y B. 8x + 6y = 28 C. 12x + 9y = 42 D. 3x + 4y = 14
22. The point (- 2, - 2) lies in the ..........quadrant.
A. Third B. fourth C. Second D. First
23. The point of intersection of the line represented by 3x - 2y = 6 and the y-axis is ……….
A. (0,3) B. (0, -3) C. (-2, 0) D. (2, 0)
24. If 7
is one of the roots of equation 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0, then k = ………….. .
2
2
A. 7 B. -7 C. 4 D. 2
25. Roots of 𝑥 = 𝑘 are ……..
𝑘 𝑥
A. k, -k B. -k, -k
C. k, k D. 𝑘2 , − 𝑘2
26. If then quadratic equation has no real roots.
A. discriminant = 0 B. discriminant > 0 C. discriminant < 0 D. discriminant ≥ 0
27. The value of c for which the equation 𝑎𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 has equal roots is ……..
A. 𝑎2 B. 𝑎2
4𝑏 𝑏
2
C. 𝑏 D. 𝑏
2
4𝑎 𝑎

28. The value of √6 + √6 + √6 … . . is ............... .

A. 3.5 B. -2 C. 3 D. 4
29. 30th term of the AP : 10, 7, 4, ..., is
A. -77 B. -87 C. 77 D. 97
30. For a given AP, if a = -5 and d = 2, then 𝑆6 = ........... .
A. 0 B. 5 C. 6 D. 15
31. For a given AP, if d = 5, then 𝑎18 − 𝑎13 = ………… .
A. 5 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30
32. For a given AP, 𝑎18 − 𝑎14 = 32. Then, the common difference of that AP is ………… .
A. 8 B. - 8 C. -4 D. 4
33. For a given AP, if d = -4, n= 7 and 𝑎𝑛 = 4, then a = ....... .
A. 6 B. 7 C. 20 D. 28
34. d=3, then 𝑎5 – 𝑎7 = ……..
A. 2 B. -2 C. 6 D. -6
35. For an arithmetic progression: √8, √18, √32,... 4th term is .……
A. √64 B. √16 C. √56 D. √50
36. For 4, 8, 12, 16, ..., 𝑆100 = ………
A. 19,800 B. 20,000 C. 20,200 D. 20,400
37. Sum of first 50 multiple of 3 natural numbers = ………
A. 3852 B. 3285 C. 3825 D. 3835
38. 2+4+6+...+50 = ……..
A. 650 B. 6500 C. 5050 D. 625
39. If 3+5+7+9+...n=288,then n =.............
A. 12 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17
40. If a=2 and d=4, then 𝑆20 = ……
A. 600 B. 800 C. 78 D. 80
41. In an AP, if a= 3.5, d= 0, n= 101, then 𝑎𝑛 will be............
A. 0 B. 3.5 C. 103.5 D. 104.5

42. The sum of the first a terms of the AP : √2, √8, √18, √32, ……. is ……. .
A. 2𝑛(𝑛 + 1)
B. 𝑛(𝑛 + 1)
2
C. 𝑛(𝑛 + 2)
√2
D. 1
43. The perpendicular distance of the point (-3, 8) from the y-axis is .......... .
A. 3 B. 8 C. 11 D. 5
44. The perpendicular distance of the point (6, 2) from the x-axis is ............ .
A. 6 B. 2 C. 3 D. 1
45. If distance between the points (2, -3) and (5, a) is 5 units, then a ………
A. 6 B. 7 C. -1 D. 1
46. The X-axis divides AB where A (-6, 14) and B (3, -4) in the ratio ………
A. 1:2 B. 2:1 C. 7:2 D. 2:7
47. Point (1, 2), (2, 3), and (3, 4) are
A. collinear B. non-collinear C. non-co-planner D. vertices of triangle
48. The co-ordinates of the foot of perpendicular drawn from (-3, 2) on the Y-axis are
A. (3, 0) B. (0, 2)
C. (32, − 1) D. (-3,2)

49. Distance of point (x, y) from the origin is ……..

A. 𝑥2 + 𝑦2
B. ∣ 𝑥 − 𝑦 ∣
C. ∣ 𝑥 + 𝑦 ∣
D. √(𝑥2 + 𝑦 2)
50. 1 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛245°
2
=…........
1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 45°
A. sin 45° B. 1 C. tan 90° D. 0
51. 2𝑡𝑎𝑛30° =……..
2
1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 30°
A. sin60° B. cos60° C. tan60° D. sin30°
52. 𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ = ............ .
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐θ
A. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ B. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 θ
C. 𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ D. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ
53. 1
2
= ........... .
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ
A. 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 θ B. 𝑐𝑜𝑠2 θ
C. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ
2 D. 𝑐𝑜𝑡2 θ
54. Watching from the top of a 15 m high tower, the angle of depression of boat is 60° . Then, the distance between the tower and the
boat is .......... m.
 A. 5 B. 10 C. 5√2 D. 5√3
55. Watching from the top of a 25 m tall light-house, the angle of depression of a boat is found to be 45°. Then, the distance between
the boat and the light- house is ............ m.
A. 25 B. 25√3 C. 12.5 D. 30
56. When the ratio of the height of a tower and the length of its shadow is √3 , the sun's elevation at that instant is .......... .
A. 30° B. 45° C. 60° D. 75°
57. When the sun's elevation is 30° , the length of the shadow of a 10 m tall tree is ................. m.
A. 10 B. 10
√3 C. 10√3 D. 20
58. In the given figure , if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so that ∠𝑃𝑂𝑄 = 110∘ , then ∠𝑃𝑇𝑄 is equal to ...............

A. 90° B. 80° C. 70° D. 60°

59.

In the given figure, if AB = 10 cm, then AC =............... cm.

A. 10 B. 5 C. 20 D. 7
60.

In the given figure, ∠𝑃𝐵𝐴 =.............. .. ·

A. 55° B. 35° C. 45° D. None of A, B and C
61. ................. tangents can be drawn through the external point of a circle.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
62. If I is the tangent at a circle with centre P and radius 10 units and it touches the circle at point A, then PA = ........ .
A. 8 B. 10 C. 20 D. 5
63. In figure, if PQR is the tangent to a circle at Q whose centre is O, AB is a chord parallel to PR and ∠𝐵𝑄𝑅 = 70∘ , then ∠𝐴𝑄𝐵 is equal to

………..
A. 20° B. 40° C. 35° D. 45°
64. In figure, AT is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that OT = 4 cm and ∠𝑂𝑇𝐴 = 30∘ . Then AT is equal to …………..

A. 4cm B. 2cm C. 2√3𝑐𝑚 D. 4√3𝑐𝑚

65. If the perimeter and the area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of the circle is
A. π units B. 7 units C. 4 units D. 2 units
66. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 7 cm. The area of the region swept by it in 20 minutes is ............ 𝑐𝑚2 .
A. 154 B. 77 C. 154 D. 77
3 3
67. If the radius of a circle is increased by 10%, its area will increase by ................ %.
A. 10 B. 20 C. 21 D. 25
68. The area of a square that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 8 cm is............. 𝑐𝑚2 .
A. 256 B. 128 C. 64√2 D. 64
69. If the radius of a circle is 6, then the length of its minor arc is .........
A. 10 π B. 6 π
C. more than6 π D. Less than6 π
70. Circumference of circle with area 38.5𝑚2 =........... m.
A. 22 B. 2.2 C. 38.5 D. 3.85
71. The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm is …………
A. 36 π 𝑐𝑚2 B. 18 π 𝑐𝑚2
C. 12 π 𝑐𝑚2 D. 9 π 𝑐𝑚2
72. The volume of a hemisphere with radius 3 cm is ............. 𝑐𝑚3 .
A. 21 π B. 14 π C. 18 π D. 24 π
73. The volume of a cylinder with radius and height both 5 cm is ............. 𝑐𝑚3 .
A. 5 π B. 25 π C. 125 π D. 625 π
74. The volume of a cone with radius 5cm and height 12cm is............... 𝑐𝑚 3

A. 100 π B. 300 π C. 200 π D. 400 π

75. From a wooden cube of side a cm, a right circular cylinder of maximum volume is cut. Then, the volume of is the cylinder is
. .............. 𝑐𝑚3 .
A. π 𝑎3
B. π 𝑎3
4
2
C. π𝑎
4
D. 4 π𝑎
3
3

76. Total surface area of a closed cylinder with radius 5 cm and height 7 cm is............ 𝑐𝑚2 .
A. 12 π B. 70 π C. 95 π D. 120 π
77. Volume of a sphere with radius 1 cm =.................. 𝑐𝑚3 .
A. 4 π B. 10 π C. 5 π D. 20 π
3 3 3

78. If the radius of a sphere is 3 cm, then its curved surface area .............𝑐𝑚2 .
A. 9 π B. 18 π C. 27 π D. 36 π
79. In the formula 𝑍 = 𝑙 + ( 𝑓1 − 𝑓0 ) × ℎ for the mode, h= ............. .
2𝑓 − 𝑓 − 𝑓
1 0 2
A. frequency of the modal class
B. class length
C. frequency of the class preceding the modal class
D. frequency of the class succeeding the modal class
80. In the formula 𝑍 = 𝑙 + ( 𝑓1 − 𝑓0
) × ℎ for the mode, ƒ
2𝑓 1 − 𝑓 0− 𝑓 2
= ................ .
2
A. frequency of the modal class
B. lower limit of the modal class
C. frequency of the class preceding the modal class
D. frequency of the class succeeding the modal class
81. In the formula 𝑍 = 𝑙 + ( 𝑓1 − 𝑓0 ) × ℎ for the mode, 𝑓 = ............. .
2𝑓 1 − 𝑓 0− 𝑓 2 0
 A. frequency of the modal class
B. class length
C. frequency of the class preceding the modal class
D. frequency of the class succeeding the modal class
82. In the formula 𝑥¯ = 𝑎 + Σ 𝑓𝑖𝑢𝑖 × ℎ for the mean, 𝑢𝑖 = ........... .
Σ 𝑓𝑖

A. 𝑓𝑖 − 𝑎
ℎ
B. 𝑎 − 𝑓𝑖
ℎ
𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎
C.
ℎ
𝑎 − 𝑥𝑖
D. ℎ
83. In the formula 𝑥¯ = 𝑎 + Σ 𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑖 for the mean, 𝑑𝑖 = ............ .
Σ 𝑓𝑖

A. 𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎 B. 𝑎 − 𝑥𝑖 C. 𝑓𝑖 − 𝑎 D. 𝑎 − 𝑓𝑖
84. A balanced die is rolled. The probability of receiving a number smaller than 3 is ......... .
A. 1
2
B. 1
3
C. 1
4
D. 1
6

85. The probability of the Sun setting in the west is ….…... .

A. 0 B. 1 C. 1
2
D. 1
4

86. The probability of scoring marks more than 60 and less than 66 in a 100 mark test is …………. .
A. 5
101
B. 5
100
C. 6
101
D. 6
100

87. The probability of the month of April in a non-leap year having 5 Sundays is ............ .
A. 1
7 B. 2
7 C. 3
7 D. 4
7

88. The probability of the month of April of a leap year having 5 Fridays is .......... .
A. 1
7
B. 4
7 C. 3
7 D. 2
7

89. If 𝑃(𝐷¯ ) = 6 then P(D) = ........... .

17
A. 6
17 B. 9 C. 11 D. 10
17 17 17
90. If 𝑃(𝐶) = 2
then 𝑃(𝐶¯ ) = ............... .
5
A. 2
5 B. 3
C. 1 D. 4
5 5 5

91. One letter is chosen randomly from the word PROBABILITY. The probability of that letter being a vowel is ............... .
A. 7
11
B. 6
11
C. 5
11
D. 4
11

92. The probability of a leap year having 53 Fridays is …….......... .

A. 1
7
B. 2
7
C. 3
7
D. 4
7

93. If 𝑃(𝐴): 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = 3: 5 , then P(A) = .......... .

A. 35 B. 5 C. 5 D. 3
3 8 8
94. Probability of an event that those who are born, die is ..........
A. 1
3
B. 0 C. 1
2
D. 1

95. Probability of getting 65 marks from 100 marks is ........ .

A. 1
101 B. 65
100 C. 1
100 D. 65
101

96. If P(C) = 2 , Then 𝑃(𝐶¯ ) = .........

7
A. 2
7
B. 0 C. 5
7
D. 1

97. Probability of having an even number in single digit natural numbers is .......... .
A. 5
310
B. 4
9
C. 5
9
D. 1
9

98. If P(A) = 0.35, then (𝐴¯ ) = .............. .

A. 0 B. 0.35 C. 0.65 D. 1
99. Probability of a sure event is ............ .
A. 0 B. 0.5 C. 0.4 D. 1
100. Median + Mean = 22 and Median - Mean = 2, then Mode = ..............
A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 12
101. For a frequency distribution Mode - Median = ................. × (Median - Mean)
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 1
102. If Mean - Mode = 3 and Mean + Mode = 45, then Median = ............
A. 24 B. 22 C. 26 D. 23
103. If Mode = 25 and 𝑥¯ = 25 , then Median = .........
A. 25 B. 75 C. 50 D. 0
 104. Mode - Mean = ................ × (Median - Mean)
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 6
105. ..................is not a measure of central tendency.
A. Range B. Mode C. Median D. Mean
Section - B
‣ Fill in the Blanks. (Each question carries 1 Marks) (30)
106. If H.C.F. (a, b) = 1, then H.C.F (a - b, a + b) = ………
107. 7√5 is ............number.
108. If HCF. (12,40) = 40 + 4x then x =...........
109. The product of two consecutive positive integers is always divisible by ………… .
110. α and β are roots of polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥2 − 3𝑥 + 2𝑚 such that α + β = αβ then m = ......................(2, 1
. 3)
3 3 2
111. For the graph given below, x = p(y) has..................zeroes.

112. The sum of the zeroes of a cubic polynomial is

113. For the graph given below x = p(y) has .................. zeros.

114. For quadratic equation 𝑎𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are real numbers and a ………
115. The value of √2 + √2 + √2 … . . is ...............
116. If a=6,d=6 and n= 5, then S = ………
117. if a, 7, b, 23, c are in arithmetic progression, then a =........,b =…….. and c =……..
118. If a=1,l=1000 and n= 1000, then S= ………
119. If 𝑎10 = 𝑎7 + 12, then d = ………
120. (1)+(1+1)+(1+1+1)+...+(1+1+1+...n- 1 times)= ……..
121. For 2+4+6+8+...+ n terms, S = ……
122. For 1+3+5+7+...+n terms, S=………
123. For 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ... + n, S = ……..
124. The distance of the point (-6, 8) from the origin is ............ .
125. Distance between (2, 3) and (4, 1) is ………
126. If points A (4, a), B (1, 0) and AB = 5, then a = ………
127. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 60° = .............. .
𝑡𝑎𝑛30°
128. The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is called ………. .
129. A circle can have ............. parallel tangents at the most.
130. A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a ……….. .
131. A tangent to a circle intersects it in..............point (s).
132. A tangent drawn through the point of contact to the radius is........... to the radius.
133. A circle has maximum .............. parallel tangents.
134. A line which intersects a circle in two points is called a ........ .
135. If circumference of a circle is 44 cm, then its area is ....... .
136. The area of a quadrant of a circle with radius 28 cm is ............... 𝑐𝑚2 .
137. The volume of a cone with radius 7 cm and slant height 25 cm is ................. 𝑐𝑚3 .
138. If the volume of a cube is 1728𝑐𝑚3 , the length of its edge is................... cm.
139. If the given data has two modes, then the data is called ....... .
140. If 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is given, then mode for given data ......... .
141. Mode of 0, 1, 4, 5, 2, 7, 2, 3, 2, 3 = ............ .
142. Mode for observations 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3 = ......... .
143. Mean of first five prime numbers is ........... .
144. Mean of first 10 natural numbers is ........ .
145. Mean of first five even numbers is ................ .
146. Mean of first five odd natural numbers is ................ .
147. If the mode of the observations 64, 40, 48, x, 43, 48, 43, 34 is 43, then x + 3 = ...............
148. If the mean of 6, 7, x, 8, y, 14 is 9, then x + y = ...............
149. If 𝑃(𝐴): 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = 2: 7 , then 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) =
150. If 𝑃(𝐴) = 8, then 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = .…..….... .
9
151. If 𝑃(𝐸) – 𝑃(𝐸¯ ) = – 0.3 , then P (E) = ……..... .
152. If 𝑃(𝐴) = 3, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = ............... .
4
153. Probability of getting 53 Thursdays in any normal year is ........... .
154. The probability of a randomly selected letter from English alphabets is not a vowel is ....... .
155. A letter is randomly selected from the word PROBABILITY and the probability that the selected letter is a consonant is ......... .
156. Probability of getting 101 marks from 100 marks is .........
157. If P(A)- 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = 0.2, then P(A) = ……….. .
Section - C
‣ Solve the following examples. (Each question carries 2 Marks) (66)
158. Prove that 7√5 is irrational.
159. Complete the following factor tree and find the composite number x.

160. Write the missing numbers in the following factorisation.

161. If HCF (35, 91) = 𝑚 × 91 − 5 × 35, then find m.

162. Prove that 3 is irrational.
√7

163. Prove that 5√3 is irrational.

164. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method. : x + y = 14 x – y = 4
165. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method. : 3x – y = 3 ; 9x – 3y = 9
166. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method. : s – t = 3 ; 𝑠 + 𝑡 = 6
3 2
167. Solve the following pairs of linear equations by the method of substitution:
5x + 3y = 14, 2x - 5y = 18
168. Solve the following pairs of linear equations by the method of substitution:
3x + 4y = 37, x-2y = -11
169. Solve the following pairs of linear equations by the method of substitution:
2x + y = 35, 3x + 4y = 65
170. Solve the following pairs of linear equations by the method of substitution:
x + 2y + 1 = 0, 2x - 3y - 12 = 0
171. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them : 3𝑥2 − 4√3𝑥 + 4 = 0
172. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them : 2𝑥2 − 3𝑥 + 5 = 0
173. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them: 4𝑥2 + 4√3𝑥 + 3 = 0
174. Find the roots of the equation 5𝑥2 − 6𝑥 − 2 = 0 by the method of factorisation.
175. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations by factorisation : 2𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 6 = 0
176. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations by factorisation : 𝑥2 − 3𝑥 − 10 = 0
177. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 6𝑥2 − 𝑥 − 2 = 0 .
178. find the root of the following quadratic equations by factorisation :
√2𝑥2 + 7𝑥 + 5√2 = 0
179. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations by factorisation:
𝑥2 − 4√5𝑥 − 25 = 0
180. Determine the nature of roots of the following quadratic equations:
3 𝑥2 − 2 √6 𝑥 + 2 = 0
181. In an AP : Given a = 8, 𝑎𝑛 = 62, S, = 210, find n and d.
182. In an AP:Given 𝑎12 = 37, d=3, find a and 𝑆12 .
183. In an AP:Given a = 7, 𝑎13 = 35, find d and 𝑆13 = ?.
184. In an AP : Given a = 5, d = 3, 𝑎𝑛 = 50, find n and 𝑆𝑛 .
185. Find the sums given : (-5)+(-8)+(-11)+…..+(-230)
186. Find the sums given : 34 + 32 + 30 + ... + 10
187. Find the sum of the first 1000 positive integers
188. Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9.
189. Answer the following as per standard notations of an AP :
If 𝑎𝑛 = 28, 𝑆𝑛 = 144 and 𝑛 = 9 , find 𝑎 .
190. Answer the following as per standard notations of an AP :
If 𝑎 = 3, 𝑛 = 8 and 𝑆𝑛 = 192 , find 𝑑 .
191. For an arithmetic progression, if a = 100, d=50,n=21,then find S.
192. Check whether -150 is a term of the arithmetic progression: 11,8, 5,2, …
193. Find the sum: 1 + (–2) + (–5) + (–8) + ... + (–236)
194. If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find x and y.
195. Find the point on the x - axis which is equidistant from (2, -5) and (-2, 9).
196. Determine if the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (-2, -11) are collinear.
197. Find the point/s on the x-axis at the distance 13 from the point (11, 12).
198. If the points (-8, 4), (-2, 4) and (5, a) are collinear points, find the value of a.
199. Find the distance AB between points A (5, 8) and B(1, 2).
200. Prove the following identity, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the expressions are defined:
2
(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 θ − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ ) = 1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
201. Given 15cot A = 8, find sin A and sec A.
202. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 = 3 calculate cos A and tan A.
4
203. Prove the following:
2
𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
2 2
= 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 θ
𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
204. Find x in each of the following:
3𝑥 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛30°
205. Find the value of each of the following:
2𝑠𝑖𝑛2 30° − 3𝑐𝑜𝑠2 45° + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 60°
206. Find the value of each of the following:
2𝑡𝑎𝑛30° 1
+ 𝑡𝑎𝑛230°
207. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐 θ = 25 ,7find 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ and 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 θ .
208. The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle is 4 cm. Find the radius of the circle.
209. If OY is the radius of the circle and PY is the tangent of the circle, then find OY.

210. A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 6 cm, BC = 7 cm and CD = 4 cm. Find AD.
211. The lengths of 40 leaves of a plant are measured correct to the nearest millimetre, and the data obtained is represented in the
following table. Find the median length of the leaves.
Length (in mm) 118-126 127-135 136-144 145-153 154-162 163-171 172-180
Number of leaves 3 5 9 12 5 4 2

212. A survey conducted on 20 households in a locality by a group of students resulted in the following frequency table for the
number of family, members in a household :
Find the mode of this data.
Family size 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 9 - 11
Number of families 7 8 2 2 1
213. A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme, in which they collected the
following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house. Which
method did you use for finding the mean, and why?
Number of plants 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14
Number Of houses 1 2 1 5 6 2 3

214. If observations 20, 22, 23, 25, 24 + x, 27 + x, 31, 32, 34, 35 are in an ascending order, and the median is 27.5, then find the value of
x.
215. Find mean of the first 100 natural numbers.
216. Calculate the mean of the following data :
Class 4-7 8-11 12-15 16-19
Frequency 5 4 9 10

217. Calculate the mean of the scores of 20 students in a mathematics test :

Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Number of students 2 4 7 6 1

218. Find the probability that a non-leap year chosen at random has (1) 52 Sundays (2) 53 Sundays.
219. A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that (1) 5 will not come up either time? (2) 5 will come up at least once?
220. A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below: The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (1)
A? (2) D?

221. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability that the card will (1) be an ace (2) not be an ace.
222. There are chits numbered 1 to 20 in a box. One chit is drawn at random. Find the probability that the number on the chit is (1) an
odd number, (2) a prime number, (3) is a multiple of 5.
223. An integer is chosen between 0 and 100. What is the probability that it is (i) divisible by 7? (ii) not divisible by 7?
Section - D
‣ Solve the following examples. (Each question carries 3 Marks) (25)
224. Prove that the following are irrationals : 6 + √2
225. Explain why 5 × 7 × 13 + 13 is a composite number.
226. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients :
3𝑥2 − 𝑥 − 4
227. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients : 𝑡2 − 15
228. Find the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥2 − 3 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.
229. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥2 + 7𝑥 + 10 , and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.
230. What is the difference between the two zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥2 + 5𝑥 + 6?
231. Find a quadratic polynomial each with the given numbers as the sum and product of its zeroes respectively. From that, find the
zeroes of the polynomial:
−2√3, − 9
232. Find a quadratic polynomial whose sum and product respectively of the zeroes are as given. Also find the zeroes of the
polynomial by factorisation: – 2√3, – 9
233. Find the zeroes of the following polynomial by factorisation method and verify the relations between the zeroes and the
coefficients of the polynomial: 4𝑥2 + 5√2𝑥 – 3
234. Find a quadratic polynomial each with the given numbers as the sum and product of its zeroes respectively : −6√3, 15
235. Find a quadratic polynomial each with the given numbers as the sum and product of its zeroes respectively : −2√7, − 21
236. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them: 2𝑥2 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0
237. Determine the roots of 2𝑥2 − 5𝑥 + 3 = 0.
238. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the other two sides.
239. Find two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 365.
240. Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182.
241. Find the sum of the odd numbers between 0 and 50.
242. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8.
243. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.
244. How many terms of the AP : 9, 17, 25,... must be taken to give a sum of 636 ?
245. In an AP : Given d = 5, 𝑆9 = 75 , find a and 𝑎9 .
246. Find the sums given : 7 + 1012+ 14 + . . . + 84
247. Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, ..., 253.
248. Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.
249. The sum of first n terms of an AP is given by 𝑆𝑛 = 3𝑛2 + 10𝑛 . Find the nth term of the AP.
250. If A and B are (-2, -2) and (2, -4), respectively, find the coordinates of P such that AP = 37 AB and P lies on the line segment AB.
251. 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.
252. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (-3, 10) and (6, -8) is divided by (-1, 6).
253. If Q (0, 1) is equidistant from P (5, -3) and R (x, 6), find the values of x. Also find the distances QR and PR.
254. In Δ𝑃𝑄𝑅 , right-angled at Q, PR + QR = 25 cm and PQ = 5 cm. Determine the values of sin P, cos P and tan P.
255. Give 15 cot A = 8, Find sin A and sec A.
256. If sin A = 34 , calculate cos A and tan A.
257. In the given figure, find tan P – cot R.
258. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting (1) a prime number (2) a number lying between 2 and 6 (3) an odd number.
259. A piggy bank contains hundred 50p coins, fifty ₹ 1 coins, twenty ₹ 2 coins and ten Rs 5 coins. If it is equally likely that one of the
coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, what is the probability that the coin (i) will be a 50 p coin ? (ii) will not be
a Rs 5 coin?
260. 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 (1) red ? (2) white ? (3) not green ?
261. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is the probability that it will
be (1) white ? (2) blue? (3) red?
262. The distribution below gives the weights of 30 students of a class. Find the median weight of the students :
Weight (in kg) 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75
Number of students 2 3 8 6 6 3 2

263. A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 51 girls of Class x of a school was conducted and the following data was obtained: Find
the median height.
Height (in cm) Less than 140 Less than 145 Less than 150 Less than 155 Less than 160 Less than 165
Number of girls 4 11 29 40 46 51

264. A student noted the- number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the
table given below. Find the mode of the data.
Number of cars 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

265. The following data gives the information on the observed lifetime (in hours) of 225 electrical components :
Lifetime (in hours) 0 - 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 100 100 -120
Frequency 10 35 52 61 38 29

266. A class teacher has the following absentee record of 40 students of a class for the whole term. Find the mean number of days a
student was absent.
Number of days 0-6 6-10 10-14 14-20 20-28 28-38 38-40
Number of students 11 10 7 4 4 3 1

267. In a retail market, fruit vendors were selling mangoes kept in packing boxes. These boxes contained varying number of mangoes.
The following was the distribution of mangoes according to the number of boxes.
Number of mangoes 50-52 53-55 56-58 59-61 62-64
Number of boxes 15 110 135 115 25

Find the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing box. Which method of finding the mean did you choose?

268. A round table cover has six equal designs as shown in Figure. If the radius of the cover is 28 cm,find the cost of making the
designs at the rate of ₹ 0.35 per 𝑐𝑚2 . (Use √3 = 1.7)

269. A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find approximately how much syrup would be found in 45
gulab jamuns, each shaped like a cylinder with two hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and diameter 2.8 cm (see the figure).
270. Shanta runs an industry in a shed which is in the shape of a cuboid surmounted by a half cylinder (see the given figure). If the
base of the shed is of dimension 7 m × 15 m, and the height of the cuboidal portion is 8 m, find the volume of air that the shed can
hold. Further, suppose the machinery in the shed occupies a total space of 300𝑚3 , and there are 20 workers, each of whom

occupy about 0.08 𝑚3 space on an average. Then, how much air is in the shed ?

271. A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 are defective and the others are good. Nuri will buy a pen if it is good, but will not buy
if it is defective. The shopkeeper draws one pen at random and gives it to her. What is the probability that (1) She will buy it ? (2)
She will not buy it ?
272. (1) A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the lot. What is the probability that this bulb is
defective ? (2) Suppose the bulb drawn in (1) is not defective and is not replaced. Now one bulb is drawn at random from the rest.
What is the probability that this bulb is not defective?
273. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see the
figure ), and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at
(i) 8 ? (ii) an odd number ?
(iii) a number greater than 2 ? (iv) a number less than 9 ?

274. In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice. find the probability of getting (i) a sum less than 7, (ii) an even number on each die, (iii)
the product is 12 and (iv) the product is more than 50.
275. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is (i) a black king, (ii)
either a black card or a king, (iii) neither a heart nor a king, (iv) a spade or an ace,
276. (SAS Criterion) If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of the other triangle and the sides including these angles are
proportional, then prove that the two triangles are similar.
277. Prove the BPT theorem in writing.
278. Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.
279. The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If the digits of the number• differ by 2, find
the number. How many such numbers are there?
280. 10 years ago, the age of a father was four times the age of his son then. 10 years hence, the age of the father will be twice the age
of his son. Find their present ages.
281. The sum of the numerator and the denominator of a fraction is 9. If 3 is added to each of the numerator and the denominator, it
becomes 21 Find the fraction.
282. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method : 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = − 1 and 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3
2 3 3
283. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method : 3x - 5y - 4 = 0 and 9x = 2y + 7
284. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method : x + y = 5 and 2x - 3y = 4
285. solve 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x - 4y = - 24 and hence find the value of ‘m’ for which y = mx + 3
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Subject: Maths Practice paper(Basic)
Standard: 10 Marks: 80
Chapter: All Exam Time: 3

Section - A
‣ Answer as per given instruction. (Question number 1 to 24) (1 mark each) (24)
01. The graphs of equations 3x + 5y = 30 and ........... represent parallel lines.
A. 5x + 3y = 30 B. 6x + 10y = 60 C. 9x + 15y = 90 D. 9x = - 15y
02. If 7 is one of the roots of equation 2𝑥2 − 5𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0, then k = ………….. .
2
A. 7 B. -7 C. 4 D. 2
03. For a given AP, if a = -5 and d = 2, then 𝑆6 = ........... .
A. 0 B. 5 C. 6 D. 15
04. If the point P (x, y) is equidistant from the points A (5, 1) and B (-1, 5), then.................. holds good.
A. 5x = y B. x = 5y C. 3x = 2y D. 2x = 3y
05. 𝑠𝑒𝑐 θ = .......... .
A. √1 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 θ
B. √1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 θ
1
C. 𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ
D. 1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 θ Σ 𝑓𝑖 𝑢 𝑖
06. In the formula 𝑥¯ = 𝑎 + × ℎ for the mean, 𝑢 = ........... .
Σ 𝑓𝑖 𝑖
A. 𝑓𝑖 − 𝑎
ℎ
B. 𝑎 − 𝑓𝑖
ℎ
𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎
C.
𝑎 −ℎ 𝑥
D. 𝑖
ℎ
07. The greatest four digit number that is divisible by 95 is …………...
A. 9975 B. 9950 C. 9985 D. 9995
08. Sign of both the zeroes at polynomial 𝑥2 + 99𝑥 + 127 is …………… .
A. positive B. negative C. same D. opposite
09. If P(A) : 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = 4 : 1 then P (𝐴¯ ) = .…......... .
A. 4
5
B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
5 5 5
10. 2𝑡𝑎𝑛30°
2 =…………
1 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛 30°
A. tan60° B. sin30° C. sin60° D. cos60°
11. Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∼ Δ𝑃𝑂𝑅. The perimeter of Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 60 cm and Δ𝑃𝑄𝑅 is 36 cm. If PQ = 9 cm, then AB = cm.
A. 6 B. 10 C. 15 D. 24
12. For a given AP, if a = 3.5, d = 0 and n = 101, then 𝑎𝑛 = . . . . . . . . . . .
A. O B. 3.5 C. 103.5 D. 104.5
13. True or False : The HCF of 25 and 52 is 1.
14. 2 is one zero at 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥2 − 6𝑥 + 8 polynomial.

15. If (4. a) is a solution of 2x + 3y = 23 then a = 5

16. True or False: Probability of a complement of an impossible event is 1.
17. In an AP : Given a = 3, n = 8, 𝑆𝑛 = 192, find d.
18. In Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐵 = 90° and BD is an altitude. If AD = 9 and CD = 4, find BD.
19. If 𝑃(𝐴) − 𝑃(𝐴¯ ) = 0.2 , find P(A).
20. If median = 15, 𝑥¯ = 10, then find mode.
Based on formulae of Area :

A B

21.
Curved surface area of cylinder a. π 𝑟 ι
22.
Curved surface area of cone b. 4 π 𝑟2
23.
Curved surface area of sphere c. 2( ι 𝑏 + 𝑏ℎ + ℎ ι )ℎ
 24. Total surface area of cuboid d. 2 π 𝑟ℎ

Section - B
‣ Solve the following. (Que. Number 25 to 37 ) (2 Marks each ) (write any 9) (18)
25. Find a quadratic polynomial each with the given numbers as the sum and product of its zeroes espectively : √2 , 13
26. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients : 𝑥2 − 2𝑥 − 8
27. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them : 2𝑥2 − 6𝑥 + 3 = 0
28. Find the sum of following APs : 2, 7, 12, ..., to 10 terms.
29. Which term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, 18,…. is 78?
30. If point A (0, 5) and B (-3, 1), then find AB.
31. Find the point on the x - axis which is equidistant from (2, -5) and (-2, 9).
32. Given 15cot A = 8, find sin A and sec A.
33. If sin (A - B) = 1 , COS(A + B) = 1 ,
2 2
0° < A + B ≤ 90°, A > B, find A and B.
34. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical pole to the ground. Find the height
of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30° ( sec the given figure )

35. If the radius of sphere is 3 cm, then find its volume.

36. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Figure. If the height of the
cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.

37. The following table gives the literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities. Find the mean literacy rate.
Literacy rate (in %) 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95
Number of cities 3 10 11 8 3

Section - C
‣ Solve the following. (Que. Number 38 to 46 ) (3 Marks each ) (write any 6) (18)
38. Which of the following pairs of linear equations has a unique solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions. In case there is a unique
solution, find It by using substitution method : 2x + y = 5 , 3x + 2y = 8
39. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the elimination methods:
8x + 5y = 9; 3x + 2y = 4
40. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n terms.
41. Name the type of quadrilateral formed, if any, by the following points, and give reasons for your answer : (4, 5), (7, 6), (4, 3), (1, 2)
42. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
43. A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 6 cm, BC = 7 cm and CD = 4 cm. Find AD.
44. The following table gives the distribution of the lifetime of 400 neon lamps:
Lifetime (in hours) 1500-2000 2000-2500 2500-3000 3000-3500 3500-4000 4000-4500 4500-5000
Number of lamps 14 56 60 86 74 62 48
Find the median lifetime of a lamp.

45. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the box, what is the probability that it will be (1)
white ? (2) blue? (3) red?
Section - D
‣ Solve the following. (Que. Number 47 to 54 ) (4 Marks each ) (write any 5) (20)
46. In Δ𝑃𝑄𝑅, Z, X and Y are the midpoints of PQ, QR and PR respectively. Prove that Δ𝑃𝑄𝑅 ∼ Δ𝑋𝑌𝑍 .
47. Prove the BPT theorem in writing.
48. The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If the digits of the number• differ by 2, find the
number. How many such numbers are there?
49. 10 years ago, the age of a father was four times the age of his son then. 10 years hence, the age of the father will be twice the age of his son.
Find their present ages.
50. The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:
Age (in years) 5 - 15 15 - 25 25 - 35 35 - 45 45 - 55 55 - 65
Number of patients 6 11 21 23 14 5
 Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two measures of central tendency.

51. Find the mean, median and mode of the following frequency distribution:
Class 0 -10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 5 27 58 20 10

52. In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice. find the probability of getting (i) a sum less than 7, (ii) an even number on each die, (iii) the
product is 12 and (iv) the product is more than 50.
53. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is (i) a black king, (ii) either a
black card or a king, (iii) neither a heart nor a king, (iv) a spade or an ace,
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Subject: Maths Practice paper(Basic)
Standard: 10 Marks: 80
Chapter: All Exam Time: 3

Section - A
‣ Answer as per given instruction. (Question number 1 to 24) (1 mark each) (24)
01. If the graph of y = mx + 3 passes through point (2, 11), then m = .........
A. 4 B. -4 C. 1
4
D. − 14

02. If the equation 2𝑥2 − 𝑘𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 has equal roots, then k = ......... .

A. 0 B. 4 C. 8 D. 0 or 8
03. For a given AP, if d = -4, n= 7 and 𝑎𝑛 = 4, then a = ....... .
A. 6 B. 7 C. 20 D. 28
04. (x, 4) is a point on the circle with the origin as the centre and radius 5 units. Then, x = ............ .
A. ±15 B. ±3 C. 0 D. ±4
2
05. 1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 = ............... .
2
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐴
A. 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 B. 𝑐𝑜𝑡2 𝐴
C. -1 D. 𝑠𝑒𝑐2 𝐴
06. The probability of the Sun setting in the west is ….…... .
A. 0 B. 1 C. 1
2
D. 1
4

07. −√5 and √5 are zeroes at polynomial with power two then 𝑝(𝑥) =........................(𝑥2 + 5, 𝑥2 ± 5, 𝑥2 − 5)
08. The product of zeroes of 𝑝(𝑥) = 6𝑥2 − 3 − 7𝑥 is ...........................(1, − 1 , 1)
2 2
09. Probability of an event E + Probability of the event ‘not E’ = ………......
10. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 = 45 , then tan A = ............ .
11. A tangent to a circle intersects it in ............. point (s).
12. For a given frequency distribution, if M = 15 and 𝑥¯ = 18, then Z = ..............
13. If HCF. (12,40) = 40 + 4x then x =...........
14. Sum of roots at reciprocal of polynomial : 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥3 + 7𝑥2 − 36 is .......................(0, 1, 2)
15. If x = 2, y = 3 is a solution of equation 5x - 3y = k, then k = ………
16. Probability of having 5 Sundays in July of any year is ...... .
17. For any AP, 𝑆𝑛 − 2𝑆𝑛 − 1 + 𝑆𝑛 − 2 = . . . . . . . . .
18. All circles are…… (congruent, similar)
19. If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of ‘not E’?
20. Find the mean of first 19 natural numbers.
Based on formulae of Area :

A B

21. Curved surface area of cylinder a. π 𝑟 ι

22. Curved surface area of cone b. 4 π 𝑟2

23.
Curved surface area of sphere c. 2( ι 𝑏 + 𝑏ℎ + ℎ ι )ℎ

24.
Total surface area of cuboid d. 2 π 𝑟ℎ
Section - B
‣ Solve the following. (Que. Number 25 to 37 ) (2 Marks each ) (write any 9) (18)
25. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients : 4𝑢2 + 8𝑢
26. One of the zeroes of 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑎 is 2 then find the value of a.
27. Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them : 3𝑥2 − 4√3𝑥 + 4 = 0
28. In an AP : Given a = 5, d = 3, 𝑎𝑛 = 50, find n and 𝑆𝑛 .
29. Find the sums given : 34 + 32 + 30 + ... + 10
30. Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P (2, -3) and Q (10, y) is 10 units.
31. Check whether A (5, -2), B (6, 4) and C (7, -2) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
 32. In the given figures (1) and (2), 𝐷𝐸 | | 𝐵𝐶. Find EC in (1) and AD in (2).

33. Evaluate the following : 5𝑐𝑜𝑠260° + 4𝑠𝑒𝑐230° − 𝑡𝑎𝑛245°

2 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 30° + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 30°
34. The length of the shadow of a tower is 90 m when the sun's elevation is 30° . Find the height of the tower.
35. 2 cubes each of volume 64𝑐𝑚3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.
36. If the radius of sphere is 3 cm, then find its volume.
37. A survey conducted on 20 households in a locality by a group of students resulted in the following frequency table for the number of
family, members in a household :
Find the mode of this data.
Family size 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 9 - 11
Number of families 7 8 2 2 1

Section - C
‣ Solve the following. (Que. Number 38 to 46 ) (3 Marks each ) (write any 6) (18)
38. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the elimination methods:
8x + 5y = 9; 3x + 2y = 4
39. solve 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x - 4y = - 24 and hence find the value of ‘m’ for which y = mx + 3
40. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8.
41. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (-3, 10) and (6, -8) is divided by (-1, 6).
42. A chord of a circle of radius 20 cm subtends an angle of 90° at the centre. Find the area of the corresponding major segment of the circle.
(Use π = 3.14)

43. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle (see the given Figure). Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC.

44. A student noted the- number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the table
given below. Find the mode of the data.
Number of cars 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

45. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting (1) a prime number (2) a number lying between 2 and 6 (3) an odd number.
Section - D
‣ Solve the following. (Que. Number 47 to 54 ) (4 Marks each ) (write any 5) (20)
46. If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then prove that the line is parallel to the third side. Theorem (Converse of
BPT)
47. Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle
PQR. Show that Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∼ Δ𝑃𝑄𝑅.
48. The sum of the numerator and the denominator of a fraction is 9. If 3 is added to each of the numerator and the denominator, it becomes 1
2
Find the fraction.
49. Solve the following pair of linear equations : 152x - 378y = -74 , -378x+ l52y = -604
50. A life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policy holders. Calculate the median age, if policies are given
only to persons having age 18 years onwards but less than 60 years.
 Age (in years) Below 20 Below 25 Below 30 Below 35 Below 40 Below 45 Below 50 Below 55 Below 60
Number of policy holders 2 6 24 45 78 89 92 98 100

51. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.
Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 કુ લ
Frequency 5 x 20 15 y 5 60

52. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (see the figure ), and
these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at
(i) 8 ? (ii) an odd number ?
(iii) a number greater than 2 ? (iv) a number less than 9 ?

53. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is (i) a black king, (ii) either a
black card or a king, (iii) neither a heart nor a king, (iv) a spade or an ace,