Maths Class X Periodic Test II 40 Marks Sample Paper 02
Maths Class X Periodic Test II 40 Marks Sample Paper 02
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS(041)
MCQ VSA SA – I SA – II LA
Chapter Total
(1 mark) (1 mark) (2 marks) (3 marks) (4 marks)
Introduction to 2(1)*
2(2) 1(1) 3(1) -- 10(6)
Trigonometry 2(1)
Some Application of
1(1) 1(1) -- 3(1) 4(1) 9(4)
Trigonometry
Total 5(5) 5(5) 6(3) 12(4) 12(3) 40(20)
SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.
1. A vertical pole of length 20 m casts a shadow 10 m long on the ground and at the same time a
tower casts a shadow 50 m long, then the height of the tower.
(a) 100 m (b) 120 m (c) 25 m (d) none of these
2. What is the midpoint of a line with endpoints (–3, 4) and (10, –5)?
(a) (–13, –9) (b) (–6.5, –4.5) (c) (3.5, –0.5) (d) none of these
3
4. If A + B = 900, cot B = then tanA is equal to;
4
3 4 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 4 3
5. If the ratio of the height of a tower and the length of its shadow is 3 : 1, what is the angle of
elevation of the Sun?
(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) none of these
6. In ΔABC, D and E are points on sides AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC and AD : DB
= 3 : 1. If EA = 6.6 cm then find AC.
7. A tower is 50m high, Its shadow ix ‘x’ metres shorter when the sun’s altitude is 450 than when it
is 300. Find the value of ‘x’
ABC ~ DEF and their areas be, respectively, 64 cm2 and 121 cm2. If EF = 15.4 cm, the find
value of BC.
9. If tan9 = cot and 9 < 900, then find the value of cosec5.
10. Find the coordinates of a point A, where AB is the diameter of a circle whose centre is (2, – 3)
and B is (1, 4).
4 1
11. Evaluate: 2 0
2 0 2cos2 450 sin 2 00
cot 30 sin 30
12. Find the ratio in which P(4, m) divides the line segment joining the points A(2, 3) and B(6, –3).
Hence find m.
13. ABC is a right triangle, right angled at C. If A = 30° and AB = 40 units, find the remaining two
sides of ΔABC.
OR
Find the value of x if tan 3x = sin 45°. cos 45° + sin 30°.
SECTION – C
Questions 14 to 17 carry 3 marks each.
sin A sin A
14. Prove that 2 .
cot A cos ecA cot A cos ecA
15. Diagonals of a trapezium ABCD with AB || CD intersects at O. If AB = 2CD, find the ratio of
areas of triangles AOB and COD.
16. From the top of a tower 50 m high the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a pole are
observed to be 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the pole.
17. The x-coordinate of a point P is twice its y-coordinate. If P is equidistant from the points Q(2, –
5) and R(–3, 6), find the coordinates of P.
OR
Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points (5, – 6) and (–1, –
4). Also find the point of intersection.
SECTION – D
Questions 18 to 20 carry 4 marks each.
18. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other on either side of the road, which is
80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of the poles
are 60° and 30°, respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distances of the point from the
poles.
19. Prove that “In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of
the other two sides.
OR
1
In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = BC. Prove that 9AD2 =
3
2
7AB .
20. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices, taken in order, are (– 4, – 2), (– 3, – 5), (3, – 2)
and (2, 3).