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C) Question numbers 1 to 8 in section A are multiple choice questions where you are to
select one correct option out of the given four.
E) An additional 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper only
Section A
1. A rope that attaches a swing to a tree is 2.6 m long and the maximum difference between
trajectories is an angle of 150°. The maximum distance travelled by the swing when the swing
angle is maximum is
a) 4.2 m
b) 6.8 m
c) 13.2 m
d) 8.6 m
4. 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 that instant is
60°. After some time the angle of elevation reduces to 30°. Find the distance travelled by the
balloon during the interval.
a)
b)
c) ×
d)
5. Ticket numbered from 1 to 50 are mixed up together and then a ticket is drawn at random. What
is the probability that the ticket has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 7?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Section B
9. A bag contains 12 green balls and some red balls. If the probability of drawing a red ball is half
of that of a green ball, then the number of red balls in the bag is?
11. A horse is tied to a pole fixed at the middle of the side of a square field of edge 65m with a rope
of 18m long. Find the area of the field in which the horse can graze?
12. For what values of P the equation has coincident roots?
13. Find the AP if the 6th term of an AP is 19 and the 16th term is 15 more than the 11th term.
Section C
15. If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at angle
of 70°, then find ∠POA.
A
O 70°
P
16. An electrician needs to reach a point 1.6m below the top of the pole of height 8 m to undertake
the repair work. If he has to incline the ladder at 60° angle to the horizontal, what should be the
length of the ladder to enable him to reach the required position?
17. Point P divides the line segment joining points A and B such that If P
lies on the line find the value of
18. Find the area of the shaded region, if diameter of the circle with centre ‘O’ is 28 cm and
19. In a single throw of two dice, find the probability that neither a doublet nor a total of 9 will
appear.
20. A cone is cut into two parts by a horizontal plane passing through the midpoint of its axis. Find
the ratio of the volumes of the upper part and the cone.
22. In an A.P. the Sum of first n terms is Find its 25th term.
23. The inner edge of a circular track has the diameter of 70cm. The track is 2.5m wide and the cost
of laying the bricks is Rs. 12 per m2. Find the total cost of laying the bricks on the track?
24. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. Determine ∠AQB and ∠AMB if PA and PB are
tangents.
A
P 75° M O Q
Section D
sec tan cos
25. Prove that:
tan sec sin
26. In the given figure, D, E, and F are the points where the incircle of the triangle ABC touches the
sides BC, CA, and AB respectively.
Show that AF + BD + CE = AE + BF + CD = (perimeter of triangle ABC)
A
F E
C
B D
28. The denominator of a fraction is one more than twice the numerator. If the sum of the fraction and
its reciprocal is find the fraction.
30. A train 418km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 16km/h less, it would have taken 8 hrs
more for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
31. A container shaped like a right circular cylinder has a diameter (d) equal to 12cm and height (h)
equal to 15cm, is full of ice cream. The ice cream is to be filled into 10 equal cones having a
hemispherical shape on the top. If the height of the cone is 4 times its radius, find the height of
the cone.
32. For the following system of equations determine the value of for which the given system has no
solution.
33. If A (5,−1), B (−3,−2) and C (−1,8) are the vertices of ∆ ABC, find the length of median through
A and the co-ordinates of the centroid.
34. If α and β are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial find a quadratic
polynomial whose zeros are and