Summative Assessment-1 2014-2015

Mathematics
Class X
Time allowed: 3:00 hours

Maximum Marks: 90

General Instructions:
a)
b)
c)

d)
e)

All questions are compulsory.

Question paper contains 31 questions divide into 4 sections A, B, C and D.
Question No. 1 to 4 are very short type questions, carrying 1 mark each. Question No. 5 to
10 are of short answer type questions, carrying 2 marks each. Question No. 11 to 20 carry
3 marks each. Question No. 21 to 31 carry 4 marks each.
There are no overall choices in the question paper.
Use of calculator is not permitted.

Section A
Question numbers 1 to 4 carry 1 mark each.
1. In the figure l m , AOD = 90 and ODB = 30 . Are OAC and ODB similar? If yes, by
which criterion?

2. In ABC , C = 90 , A = 45 and AB=10cm. find BC, using trigonometric ratios.

3. Find the value of sin 2 12 + sin 2 78 .
4. If less than type ogive and more than type ogive for a given data are given, then how can
you find its median?
Section B
Question numbers 5 to 10 carry two marks each.
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5. Write the decimal expansion of 2 3 without actual division.
2 5
6. Find the prime factorization of the denominator of rational number expressed as 6.12 in
simplest form.
7. Solve the following pair of linear equations using elimination method:
2x+3y=2
4x-3y-1
8. Two pillars of height 70m and 20m are standing 120m apart. If distance between their feet is
120m, find the distance between their tops.

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9. If x = a cos b sin and y = a sin + b cos , then prove that a 2 + b 2 = x 2 + y 2 .

10. Form a frequency table for that the following cumulative frequency distribution.
Class limits More than More than More than More than More than More than
0
10
20
30
40
50
Cumulative
50
48
45
32
15
5
Frequency
Section C
Question numbers 11 to 20 carry three marks each.
11. Show that 8n can never end with digit 0 for any natural number n.
12. If 4 x 4 + 7 x3 4 x 2 7 x + k is completely divisible by x3 x , then find the value of k.
13. On dividing 2 x 4 4 x3 4 x 2 + 7 x + 2 by a polynomial g(x), the quadrant and the remainder
were 2 x 2 4 x and 2x-2 respectively. Find g(x).
14. If and are zeroes of a polynomial 8 x 2 + 6 x + 9 , then form a polynomial whose zeroes are

2 and 2 .
15. In ABC from any interior point O in the , OD BC and OE AC and OF AB are
drawn. Prove that OA2 + OB 2 + OC 2 = OD 2 + OE 2 + OF 2 + AF 2 + BD 2 + CE 2

16. A vertical pole of length 8 m costs a shadow 6 m long on the ground and at the same time a
tower casts a shadow 30 m long. Find the height of tower.
17. If tan A + cot A=2, then find the value of tan 2 A + cot 2 A

cos ec 2 67 tan 2 23 sin 59

+
sin 2 17 + sin 2 73
cos 31
19. Traffic police of a city gave following distribution showing number of victims and their ages
in accidents in a year in their city. Find the median.
Age of victims
0-15
15-30
30-45
45-60
60-75
75-90
(in years)
Number of
15
35
40
20
8
2
victims
20. Weights of class IX students of a school are given in the following frequency distribution:
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
Weights (in kg) 35-40
Number of
2
9
15
25
12
6
1
students
Find the mode.

18. Find the value of:

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Section D
Question numbers 21 to 31 carry four marks each.
21. Find the HCF of 256 and 36 using Euclids Division Algorithm. Also find their LCM and verify
that HCF LCM =product of the two numbers.
22. The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxi on CNG fuels instead of petrol/diesel.
The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together with the charge for the distance
covered. For a journey of 12 km, the charge paid is Rs. 89 and for 20 km, the charge paid is
Rs. 145.
a) What will a person have a pay for travelling a distance of 30 km?
b) Why did he decide to use CNG for his taxi as a fuel?
23. Obtain all other zeroes of the polynomial x 4 5 x3 + 6 x 2 + 2 x 4 , if two of its zeroes are 1 + 3
and 1 3

1
1
when 1 is added to the numerator and it becomes when 1 is
2
3
subtracted from the numerator and 2 is added to the denominator. Find the fraction. Also
find the number obtained when 5 is added to numerator and 4 is subtracted from the
denominator.
25. If ABC PQR and ar (ABC ) = ar (PQR) then prove that ABC PQR .

24. A fraction becomes

26. Prove: If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle intersecting other two sides at
distinct points then it divides other two sides in equal ratio
27. If = 30 , verify the following:
a) cos 3 = 4cos3 3cos
b) sin 2 = 2sin cos
15
4 cot 5sec 8cos ec
28. If cot = , evaluate:
4
8
5 tan + cot 17 sin
3

m2 1
= cos A
m2 + 1
30. Literacy rates of 40 cities is given in the following table. If it is given that mean literacy rate is
63.5, then find the missing frequencies x and y.
Literacy 35404550556065707580- 85rate
50
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
(in%)
Number
1
2
3
x
y
6
8
4
2
3
2
of cities
29. If cosec A + cot A=m, show that

31. On the annual day of a school, age wise participation of student is given in the following
frequency distribution table:
Age (in
Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
years)
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Number of 2
6
12
22
42
67
76

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students
Draw a less than type ogive for the above data. Also, find median from the curve.

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