Date : 16-01-2025 STD 10 Maths Total Marks : 500

* Given section consists of questions of 5 marks each. [500]

1. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total
frequency is 100.
Class interval Frequency
0-100 2
100-200 5

200-300 x
300-400 12
400-500 17
500-600 20
600-700 y
700-800 9
800-900 7
900-1000 4

2. Show that the square of any odd integer is of the form 4q + 1, for some
integer q.
3. Find the zeroes of the following polynomials by factorisation method and
verify the relations between the zeroes and the coefficients of the
polynomials:
–
y
2
+
3

5
√5y − 5 .
4. Find whether the following equations have real roots. If real roots exist, find
them.
1 1 3
+ = 1, x ≠ , 5.
2x−3 x−5 2

5. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term of an AP is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of

the 5th term to the 21st term, and also the ratio of the sum of the first five
terms to the sum of the first 21 terms.
6. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and P and Q are points on AD and BC,
respectively such that PQ || DC. If PD = 18cm, BQ = 35cm and QC = 15cm,
find AD.
7. Find the ratio in which the line 2x + 3y - 5 = 0 divides the line segment joining
the points (8, -9) and (2, 1). Also find the coordinates of the point of division.

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 8. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from two points distant s and t
−
−
from its foot are complementary. Prove that the height of the tower is √st .
9. The tangent at a point C of a circle and a diameter AB when extended
intersect at P. If ∘
∠PCA = 110 , find ∠CBA.

[Hint: Join C with centre O.]

10. Prove that the tangent drawn at the mid-point of an arc of a circle is parallel
to the chord joining the end points of the arc.
11. Floor of a room is of dimensions 5m × 4m and it is covered with circular tiles of
diameters 50cm each as shown in Fig. Find the area of floor that remains
uncovered with tiles. (Use π = 3.14)

12. The distribution of heights (in cm) of 96 children is given below:

Height (in cm) Number of children
124-128 5
128-132 8
132-136 17
136-140 24
140-144 16
144-148 12
148-152 6
152-156 4
156-160 3
160-164 1
Draw a less than type cumulative frequency curve for this data and use it to
compute median height of the children.
13. There is a circular path around a sports field. Sonia takes 18 minutes to drive
one round of the field, while Ravi takes 12 minutes for the same. Suppose they

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 both start at the same point and at the same time and go in the same direction.
After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
14. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 + px + q, find a
quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are (α + β)
2
and 2
(α − β) .

15. Find the condition that the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x3 + 3px2 +

3qx + r may be in A.P.

16. Aftab tells his daughter, "Seven years ago, I was seven times as old as you
were then. Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as old as you
will be". Is not this interesting? Represent this situation algebraically and
graphically.
17. Solve the following systems of equations:
2y 7y
7x − = 5, 8x + = 15.
xy xy

18. Form the pair of linear equations in the following problems, and find their
solution graphically:
5 pencils and 7 pens together cost Rs. 50, whereas 7 pencils and 5 pens
together cost Rs. 46. Find the cost of one pencil and a pen.
19. Find the values of a and b for which the following system of equations has
infinitely many solutions:
2x + 3y = 7
(a - b)x + (a + b)y = 3a + b - 2
20. If sec A =
5
, verify that 3 sin A−4 sin
3
A
=
3 tan A− tan
3
A
.
4 3 2
4 cos A−3 cos A 1−3 tan A

21. Following is the distribution of I.Q. of 100 students. Find the median I.Q.
I.Q. 55- 65- 75- 85- 95- 105- 115- 125- 135-
64 74 84 94 104 114 124 134 144
No. of 1 2 9 22 33 22 8 2 1
students

22. Find the mean, median and mode of the following data:
Classes 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350
Frequency 2 3 5 6 5 3 1

23. A piece of cloth costs Rs. 35. If the piece were 4m longer and each meter
costs Rs. one less, the cost would remain unchanged. How long is the piece?
24. A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 16. When 54 is
subtracted from the number, the digits are interchanged. Find the number.

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25. Find the value of k for which root are real and equal in the following
equations:
kx2 + kx + 1 = -4x2 - x
26. Solve the following quadratic equations by factorization:
2
– –
x − (√2 + 1)x + √2 = 0

27. A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It

was observed on a particular day that the cost of production on each article
(in rupees) was 3 more than twice the number of articles produced on that
day. If the total cost of production on that day was Rs. 90, find the number of
articles produced and the cost of each article.
28. The sum of two numbers is 16. The sum of their reciprocals is 1
. Find the
3

numbers.
29. Two pipes running together can fill a tank in 11
1
minutes. If one pipe takes 5
9

minutes more than the other to fill the tank separately, find the time in which
each pipe would fill the tank separately.
30. Solve the following quadratic equations by factorization:
x−3 x+3 48
− = , x ≠ 3, x ≠ −3
x+3 x−3 7

31. In the following, determine whether the given values are solution of the given
equation or not:
2
– – –
x − √2x − 4 = 0, x = −√2, x = −2√2

32. Solve the following quadratic equations by factorization:

x+3 1−x 17
− =
x−2 x 4

33. Find the next five terms of the following sequences given:
a1 = 4, an = 4an-1 + 3, n > 1.

34. Find the next five terms of the following sequences given:
a1 = a2 = 2, an = an-1 - 3, n > 2.

35. The first and the last terms of an A.P. are 7 and 49 respectively. If sum of all
its terms is 420, find its common difference.
36. Find the common difference of the A.P. and write the next two terms:
1 1 3
0, , , ,.....
4 2 4

37. Draw a right triangle in which the sides (other than hypotenuse) are of
lengths 5cm and 4cm. Then construct another triangle whose sides are 5

times the corresponding sides of the given triangle.

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38. Two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time. Complete the
following table:
Event 'Sum on two dice' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Probability
From the above table a student argues that there are 11 possible outcomes
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Therefore, each of them has a probability
1

11
. Do you agree with this argument?
39. ABCD is a rectangle formed by joining the points A(-1, -1), B(-1, 4) C(5, 4)
and D(5, -1). P, Q, R and S are the mid-points of
sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Is the quadrilateral PQRS a square? a
rectangle? or a rhombus? Justify your answer.
40. A spherical ball of radius 3cm is melted and recast into three spherical balls.
The radii of the two of the balls are 1.5cm and 2cm respectively. Determine
the diameter of the third ball.
41. A solid is in the shape of a frustum of a cone. The diameters of the two
circular ends are 60cm and 36cm and the height is 9cm. Find the area of its
whole surface and the volume.
42. A frustum of a cone is 9cm thick and the diameters of its circular ends are
28cm and 4cm. Find the volume and lateral surface area of the frustum.
22
(Take π = )
7

43. A cylindrical bucket, 32cm high and 18cm of radius of the base, is filled with
sand. This bucket is emptied on the ground and a conical heap of sand is
formed. If the height of the conical heap is 24cm, find the radius and slant
height of the heap.
44. Prove that (5 − 2√–
3) is an irrational number.

45. Show that every positive odd integer is of the form (4q + 1) or (4q + 3) for
some integer q.
46. Find the HCF and LCM of 8
,
10
and 16
.
9 27 81

47. Find the quotient and the remainder when:

f(x) = x4 - 5x + 6 is divided by g(x) = 2 - x2

48. If x =
2
and x = -3 are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + 7x + b = 0
3

then find the values of a and b.

49. One zero of the polynomial 3x3 + 16x2 + 15x - 18 is 2
. Find the other zeros of
3

the polynomial.

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50. A lady has only 25-paisa and 50-paisa coins in her purse. If she has 50 coins
in all totalling ₹ 19.50, how many coins of each kind does she have?
51. 5 chairs and 4 tables together cost ₹ 5,600, while 4 chairs and 3 tables
together cost ₹ 4,340. Find the cost of a chair and that of a table.
52. A jeweller has bars of 18-carat gold and 12-carat gold. How much of each
must be melted together to obtain a bar of 16-carat gold, weighing 120 g?
(Given: Pure gold is 24-carat).
53. If △ABC ∼ △DEF such that 2AB = DE and BC = 6cm, find EF.
54. In a trapezium ABCD, it is given that AB || CD and AB = 2CD. Its diagonals AC
and BD intersect at the point O such that ar(△AOB) = 84cm 2
. Find ar(△COD).

55. Find the length of each side of a rhombus whose diagonals are 24cm and
10cm long.
56. For the following statments state whether true (T) or false(F):
The length of the line segment joining the midpoint of any two sides of a
triangle is equal to half the length of the third side.
57. Two vertical poles of height 9m and 14m stand on a plane ground. If the
distance between their feet is 12m, find the distance between their tops.
58. D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a △ABC. In the
following cases, determine whether DE || BC or not.
AB = 11.7cm, AC = 11.2cm, BD = 6.5cm and AE = 4.2cm.

59. In the figure of △PQR, ∠P = θ

∘
and ∘
∠R = ϕ .

Find:
i.
−−−−
(√x + 1 ) cot ϕ

−− −−−−
ii. 3 2
(√x + x ) tan θ

iii. cos θ

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60. If x = cosecA + cos A and y = cosecA − cos A then Prove that
2 2
2 x−y
( ) +( ) − 1 = 0.
x+y 2

61. Evaluate the following:

If sin(A + B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B and cos(A − B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B, Find
the values of:
i. sin 75
∘

ii. cos 15 .
∘

62. Prove the following identities:

2 2
cot θ(sec θ−1) sec θ(sin θ−1)
+ = 0
(1+sin θ) (1+sec θ)

63. Prove the following identities:

2
(1+ cos θ)
sin θ
+ = 2cosecθ
(1+cos θ) sin θ

64. Prove the following identities:

2
1+cos θ− sin θ
= cot θ
sin θ(1+cos θ)

65. If sec θ + tan θ = p, prove that:

1 1
sec θ = (p + )
2 p

66. The difference of two natural numbers is 3 and the difference of their
reciprocals is 3

28
. Find the numbers.
67. Two natural numbers differ by 3 and their product is 504. Find the numbers.

68. The product of Tanvy's age (in years) 5 years ago and her age 8 years later is
30. Find her present age.
69. If the roots of the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and bx
2 −−
− 2√ac x + b = 0 are
simultaneously real then prove that b2 = ac.
70. Solve the following equations by using the method of completing the square:
– 2 –
√2x − 3x − 2√2 = 0

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71. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 6 hours. The tap of larger diameter
takes 9 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the
time in which each tap can separately fill the tank.
72. A two-digit number is 4 times the sum of its digits and twice the product of its
digit. Find the number.
73. Find the roots of the following equations, if they exist, by applying the
quadratic formula:
– 2 –
√2x + 7x + 5√2 = 0

74. The sum of first three terms of an AP is 48. If the product of first and second
terms exceeds 4 times the third term by 12. Find the AP.
Hint: Let these terms be (a - b), a, (a + d).
75. If the numbers a, 9, b, 25 form an AP, find a and b.
76. Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4cm from a point on the concentric
circle of radius 6cm and measure its length. Also, verify the measurement by
actual calculation.
77. Draw a circle with the help of a bangle. Take any point P outside the circle.
Construct the pair of tangents from the point P to the circle.
78. A kite is flying at a height of 75m from the level~round, a ched to a string
inclined at 60° to the hori ontal. Find th length of the string, assuming that
–
there is no slack in it.[Take√3 = 1.732]
79. Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD whose vertices are A(3, -1), B(9, -5), C(14,
0) and D(9, 19)
80. ABCD is a rectangle whose three vertices are B(4, 0), C(4, 3) and D(0, 3). Find
the length of one of its diagonal.
81. Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 42cm, BC =
21cm, CD = 29cm, DA = 34cm and diagonal BD = 20cm.

82. The dimensions of a room are 14m × 10m × 6.5m. There are two doors and
4 windows in the room. Each door measures 2.5m × 1.2m and each window
measures 1.5m × 1m. Find the cost of painting the four walls of the room at ₹
35 per m2.
83. The difference between the sides at right angle in a right-angled triangle is

7cm. The area of the triangle is 60cm2. Find its perimeter.

84. Find the perimeter and area of the quadrilateral ABCD in which AB =
17cm, AD = 9cm, CD = 12cm, ∠ACB = 90
∘
and AC = 15cm.

85. A 80m by 64m rectangular lawn has two roads, each 5m wide, running
through its middle, one parallel to its length and the other parallel to its
breadth. Find the cost of gravelling the roads at ₹ 40 per m2.
86. The area of a rectangle is 192cm2 and its perimeter is 56cm. Find the

dimensions of the rectangle.

87. Four equal circles, each of radius 5cm, touch each other, as shown in the
figure. Find the area included between them. [Take π = 3.14]

88. A square ABCD is inscribed in a circle of radius r. Find the area of the square.
89. If a square is inscribed in a circle, find the ratio of the area of the circle and
the square.
90. The height of a right circular cone is 20cm. A small cone is cut off at the top
by a plane parallel to the base. If its volume be 1

8
of the volume of the given
cone, then at what height above the base is the section made?
91. A right triangle whose sides are 15cm and 20cm (other than hypotenuse), is
made to revolve about its hypotenuse. Find the volume and surface area of
the double cone so formed. (Choose value of π as found appropriate)
92. The rain water from a roof of 44m × 20m drains into a cylindrical tank having
diameter of base 4m and height 3.5m. If the tank is just full, then find the
 rainfall in cm.
93. A spherical glass vessel has a cylindrical neck 7cm long and 4cm in diameter.
The diameter of the spherical part is 21cm. Find the quantity of water it can

hold. [Useπ =
22

7
]

94. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance 63 km and then travels a
distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6km/hr more than the original speed.
If it takes 3 hours to complete total journey, what is its original average speed?
95. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, then find the values of x
and y.
Class Interval frequency
0-10 5
10-20 X
20-30 20
30-40 15
40-50 Y
50-60 5
Total 60

96. Let there be an A.P. with first term 'a', common difference ' d '. If an denotes its
n
th
term and Sn the sum of first n terms, find. n and Sn , if a = 5, d = 3 and
an = 50 .

97. A conical vessel of radius 6 cm and height 8 cm is completely filled with water. A
sphere is lowered into the water and its size is such that when it touches the
sides, it is just immersed as shown in Figure. What fraction of water over flows?

98. The perimeter of a certain sector of a circle of radius 5.6 m is 20.0 m . Find the
area of the sector.
99. Sides AB and AC and median AD to △ABC are respectively proportional to sides
PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR . Show that △ABC ∼ △P QR.
100. E is a point on the side AD produced of a parallelogram ABCD and BE intersects
CD at F . Show that △ABE ∼ ΔCF B .
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