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MATHEMATICS(FT - 1)
(Two hours and a half)
Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.

This time is to be spent in reading the Question paper.

The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the
answers.

Section I is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from section II.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in the
brackets [ ].

All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown and must be done
on the same sheet as the rest of the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
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Section A (40 marks)

(Attempt all fourquestions from this Section)

Question 1
a) Katrina opened a recurring deposit account with a nationalized bank for a period of 2 years.
If the bank pays interest at the rate of 6% per annum and the monthly instalment is Rs. 1000
find the interest earned in two years and the matured value. [3 marks]
sinθ cosθ
b) Prove that + = cosθ + sinθ . [3marks]
1−cotθ 1−tanθ
c) Use a graph paper for this question taking 1cm = 1 unit along both the x and y-axis:
i. Plot the points A(0, 5), B(2, 5), C(5, 2), D(5, -2), E(2, -5) and F(0, -5).
ii. Reflect the points B, C, D and E on the y-axis and name them respectively as B’, C’, D’
and E’.
iii. Write the coordinates of B’, C’, D’ and E’.
iv. Name the figure formed by BCDEE’ D’C’B’.
v. Name a line of symmetry for the figure formed. [4 marks]

Question 2
a) A line AB meets x-axis at A and y-axis at B. P(4, -1) divides AB in the ratio 1 : 2.
i. Find the coordinates of A and B.
ii. Find the equation of the line.

[3 marks]
b) The sum of the first 3 terms of an AP is 42 and the product of the first and the 3rd term is 52
find the first term and the common difference [2 marks]

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0 0
4 sin 30 cos 0 4
c) Given, matrix A = 0 and B =
cos 0 0
4 sin 30 5
If AX = B,
i. Write the order matrix X.

d) PQR is a triangle. S is a point on the side QR of ∆PQR such that ∠PSR = ∠QPR.
ii. Find the matrix ‘X’. [2 marks]

Given QP = 8 cm, PR = 6 cm and SR = 3 cm. (i) Prove ∆PQR ~ ∆SPR (ii) Find the
length of QR and PS (iii) area of ΔPQR/area of ΔSPR [3 marks]

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Question 3
5 1 2x
a) Find the values of x, which satisfy the inequation -2 < - ≤ 2, x ∈ W. Graph the solution
6 2 3
set on the number line. [3 marks]
b)
i. From a pack of 52 playing cards all cards whose numbers are multiples of 3 are
removed. A card is now drawn at random. What is the probability that the card drawn
is a face card and an even numbered red card?
ii. A box contains some black balls and 30 white balls. If the probability of drawing a black
ball is two-fifths of a white ball, find the number of black balls in the box.
[4 marks]
c) An aeroplane at an altitude of 250 m observes the angle of depression of two boats on the
opposite banks of a river to be 45o and 60o respectively. Find the width of the river. Write the
answer correct to the nearest whole number. [3 marks]

Question 4
a) ABC is a right-angled triangle with ∠ ABC = 90o. D is any point on AB and DE is perpendicular
to AC. Prove that:
i. △ ADE ∼ △ ACB.
ii. If AC = 13cm, BC = 5 cm and AE = 4 cm, find DE and AD.
iii. Find, area of △ ADE: area of quadrilateral BCED.

[4 marks]

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b) If the mean of the following frequency distribution is 24, find the value
of a.

[3 marks]
c) Without solving the following quadratic equation, find the volume ‘m’ for which the given
equation has real and equal roots.
x2 + 2(m - 1) x + (m + 5) = 0 [3 marks]

Section B (40 marks)

(Attempt any four questions from this Section)

Question 5

a) A game of numbers has cards marked from 11,12,13,....,40. One card is drawn at random.
Find the probability that
i. The number drawn is divisible by 7.
ii. Is a perfect square number [2 marks]
b) Manjeet, Dilawar and Ravi live in the same city. Manjeet sells an article to Dilawar for
Rs.60,000 and Dilawar sells the same article to Ravi at a profit of Rs.8,000. If all the
transactions are under GST system at the rate of 12%, find : (i) The state-government tax
(SGST) paid by Dilawar. (ii) The total tax received by Central govt. (iii) How much does Ravi
pay for the article [2.5 marks]
c) Using componendo and dividendo, find the value of x.
√ 3 x + 4+ √ 3 x−5 = 9 [2.5 marks]
√3 x +4− √3 x−5
d) In the given figure, ABCDE is a pentagon inscribed in a circle such that AC is a
diameter and side BC||AE. If ∆BAC = 50°, find giving reasons : (i) ∠ACB (ii) ∠EDC
(iii) ∠BEC Hence, prove that BE is also a diameter.

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[3 marks]

Question 6
a) The weight of 50 workers is given below:

Weight in kg No. of workers

50 – 60 4
60 – 70 7
70 – 80 11
80 – 90 14
90 – 100 6
100 – 110 5
110 – 120 3
Draw an ogive of the given distribution using a graph sheet. Take 2mm = 10 kg on 1 axis and
2 mm = 5 workers along the other axis. Use a graph to estimate the following:

i.
the upper and lower quartiles
ii.
if weighing 95 kg and above is considered overweight, find the number of workers
who are overweight. [4 marks]
b) A car covers a distance of 400km at a certain speed. Had the speed been 12 km/hr more, the
time taken for the journey would have been 1hr 40 mins less. Find the original speed of the
car. [3 marks]
c) O is the centre of the circle. ∠ DAE=70 °, find giving suitable reasons, the measure of
(i) ∠ BCD (ii)∠ BOD (iii)∠ OBD

[3 marks]

Question 7
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a) Find the ratio in which the line joining (-2,5) and (-5,-6) is divided by the line y=-3. Hence
find the point of intersection. [3 marks]

b) The given solid figure is a cylinder surmounted by a cone. The diameter of the base of the
cylinder is 6 cm. The height of the cone is 4 cm and the total height of the solid is 25 cm. take
22
π=
7

Find the -
i. volume of the solid
ii. curved surface area of the solid
Give your answer to nearest whole number
[4 marks]
c) ABCD is a parallelogram where A(x, y), B(5, 8), C(4, 7) and D(2, -4). Find
i. coordinates of A
ii. Equation of diagonal BD. [3 marks]

Question 8
a) The histogram below represents the scores obtained by 25 students in a
mathematics mental test. use the data to:
(i) Frame a frequency distribution table.
(ii) To calculate mean.
(iii) To determine the Modal class. [4 marks]

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b) 16 cards are labelled as a,b,c,…..m,n,o,p. They are put in a box and shuffled. A boy is asked
to draw a card from the box. What is the probability that the card drawn is : [3 marks]
(a) a vowel (b) a consonant (c) none of the letters of the word ‘median’.
c) Find the sum of all the integers between 50 and 500 that are the multiples of 7. [3 marks]

Question 9
a) The printed price of a carpet is ₹2500. A whole seller in west Bengal buys the carpet from a
manufacturer in Maharashtra at a discount of 12% on the printed price. The wholesaler sales
the carpet to a retailer in Bihar at 32% above the mark price. If the rate of GST on the carpet
is 5%, find :
i. The price inclusive of tax (under GST) at which the wholesaler bought the carpet.
ii. The price inclusive of tax (under GST) at which the retailer bought the carpet.
iii. The tax (under GST) paid by the wholesaler to the government.
iv. The tax (under GST) received by the central government. [3 marks]
b) Using remainder theorem, find the value of k, if on dividing 2x + 3x – kx + 5 by x – 2. Leaves
3 2

a remainder 7. [2 marks]
c) In the figure given below, AD is a diameter, O is the centre of circle, AD is parallel to BC and
∠CBD = 32o. Find:

(i) ∠OBD (ii) ∠AOB (iii) ∠BED

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[3 marks]
d) Using the Remainder and Factor theorem, factorise the following polynomial:
3 2
x +10 x −37 x +26 [2 marks]

Question 10
a) In the given figure, ABC & CEF are two triangles where BA is parallel to CE and AF : AC = 5 : 8.
i. Prove that △ ADF ∼ △ CEF.
ii. Find AD, if CE = 6 cm.
iii. If DF is parallel to BC, find area of △ ADF : area of △ ABC .

[4 marks]
b) Two poles AB and PQ are standing opposite each other on either side of the road 200m
wide. From a point R between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of the
poles AB and PQ are 60° and 45° respectively. If height of AB = 80m find the height of PQ
correct to the nearest meter. [3 marks]
c) A shopkeeper purchases a certain number of books for Rs. 960. If the cost per book was Rs.8
less, the number of books that could be purchased for Rs. 960 would be 4 more. Write an
equation, taking the original cost of each book to be Rs. x, and solve it to find the original
cost of the book. [3 marks]

Question 11
a) In an AP the fourth and sixth terms are 8 and 14 respectively. Find
i. Common difference
ii. Sum of first 20 terms [2 marks]
3 2
b) What must be subtracted from 16 x −8 x + 4 x +7 so that the resulting expression has
(2x+1) as a factor? [2marks]
c) Given equation of line L1 is y = 4. (i)Write the slope of line L2 , if L2 is the bisector of
angle O. (ii) write the co-ordinates of point P. (iii) Find the equation of L2 [3 marks]

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2
tan θ 1+cosθ
c)Prove that 2 = [3
( secθ−1) 1−cosθ
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