TARGET – 40

MINIMUM LEARNING MATERIAL

CLASS - X
Kindly select 10 units as per choice of the student
Topics Marks

1. Irrationality of numbers (5 questions) 3

2. Polynomials(long division) (5 questions) 4

3. Quadratic equations (10 questions) 4

4. Graphical method of solution of

linear equations in two variables(4 questions)4

5. Arithmetic progression (20 questions) 5

6. Geometry (6 theorems)4

7. Construction(10 questions) 3

8. Coordinate geometry (20 questions)5

9. Statistics (10 questions)4

10. Probability(10 questions)4

11. Mensuration (5 questions) 5

12. Trigonometry (5 questions) 5

Total Marks (110questions)50

MINIMUM LEARNING MATERIAL

 TARGET – 40
1.Irrationality of numbers
1. Prove that 2 is an irrational number.

2. Prove that 3 is an irrational number.

3. Prove that 2 3 is irrational.

5

4. Prove that3 +2 5 is irrational.

5. Prove that 4 -5 3 is irrational.

2. Polynomials(long division)
6. Find all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) =2x4 -7x3 +19x2 -14x +30 if two of zeroes are 2 and - 2
7. Find all the zeroes of p(x)= 2x4 – 3x3 – 3x2 + 6x – 2, if you know that two of its zeroes are √2 and√-2.
8. Find all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x4 + 3x3 -x2 -9x -6 if two of zeroes are 3 and - 3

9. Obtain all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2x4 -6x3 +3x2 +3x -2 if two of zeroes are 1 and -1
2 2

10. Find the other two zeroes of p(x) = 3x4 +6x3 -2x2 -10x -5. if two of zeroes are 5 and - 5
3 3

3. Quadratic equations
11. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations,
(i) 3x – 5x + 2 = 0 (ii) x + 4x + 5 = 0 (iii) 2x – 2√2 x + 1 = 0 (iv) x2 + x – 156 = 0
2 2 2

12. The product of two consecutive positive integers is 306. We need to find the integers.

13. Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182.

14. Find two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 365.

15. The sum of two numbers is 15, if the sum of their reciprocals is 3 , find the numbers.
10

16. Solve the quadratic equation

1 2 4 3x -4 7 5 4 5
(i ) + = (ii) + = (iii) x - 3 =
x +1 x +2 x +4 7 3x -4 2 2x +3
17. If the roots of the Equation (a-b)x2+(b-c)x+(c-a)=0 are equal. Prove that 2a=b+c
18. For what value of k does 2x2+ kx + 3 = 0 have equal roots?
19. For what value of k does (k-12) x2 + 2(k-12) x + 2 = 0 have equal roots?
20. Find the values of k ,so that quadratic equation have two equal roots kx (x – 2) + 6 = 0

4. Graphical method of solution of

linear equations in two variables
 21. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the coordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and shade the triangular region.

22. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x – 3y – 17 = 0 and 4x + y – 13 = 0.

Shade the region bounded by the above lines and x-axis.
23. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x + 3y = 4 and 3x – y = –5. Shade the
region bounded by the above lines and y-axis.
24. Draw the graphs of the equations 5x – y = 5 and 3x – y = 3. Determine the co-ordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the y axis.

5. Arithmetic progression(two questions)

The nth term of the APan= a + (n – 1) d.

25. The first term of an AP is -7 and the common difference 5, find its 18th term and general term.

26. Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9.

27. If the 7th term of an AP is 1 and its 9th term is 1 , find its 63rd term.
9 7

28. Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.

29. Which term of the AP : 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81?

30. Which term of the AP : 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81? Also, is any term 0? Give reason for your answer.
31. Which term of the AP : 3, 15, 27, 39, . . . will be 132 more than its 54th term?

32. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?

33. How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7?

34. An AP consists of 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the 29th term.

n n
Sum of n terms of AP :Sn = {2a +(n -1}d} and Sn = {a +an}
2 2
35. Find the sum of first 22 terms of an AP in which d = 7 and 22nd term is 149.
36. Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and third terms are 14 and 18
respectively.

37. How many terms of the AP : 24, 21, 18, . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78?

38. How many terms of the AP : 9, 17, 25, . . . must be taken to give a sum of 636?

39. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.

40. The sum of 5th term and 9th term of an AP is 72 and the sum of 7th and 12th terms is 97. Find
the AP.

41. Find the sum of series 103+101+99+…..49.

42. Find the sum of AP in -5 + (-8) + (-11) +........+ (-230).

43. If sum of n terms of an AP is 2n2 +5, then prove that an =4n +3
44. Find the sum of all multiples of 7 lying between 500 and 900.
 6.Geometry- 6 theorems
45. State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem.

46. State and prove Pythagoras Theorem.

47. State and prove converse of Pythagoras Theorem .

48. The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their corresponding
sides.

49. Prove that a tangent at any point on the circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of
contact.

50. Prove that the lengths of the tangents from an external point to a circle are equal.

7. Construction
TYPE-1
51. Construct a triangle of sides 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm and then a triangle similar to it whose sides
are2of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
3
52. Construct an isosceles triangle whose base is 8 cm and altitude 4 cm and then another triangle
whose sides are 1 1times the corresponding sides of the isosceles triangle.
2
53. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and ∠ ∠ ABC = 60°. Then construct a
triangle whose sides are 3 of the corresponding sides of the triangle ABC.
4
54. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 7 cm, ∠ ∠ B = 45°, ∠ ∠ A = 105°. Then, construct a triangle
whose sides are 4 times the corresponding sides of ∆ABC.
3
55. Draw a right triangle in which the sides (other than hypotenuse) are of lengths 4 cm and 3 cm.
Then construct another triangle whose sides are 5 /3 times the corresponding sidesof the given
triangle.

TYPE-2
56. Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4 cm from a point on the concentric circle of radius 6
cm and measure its length. Also verify the measurement by actual calculation.
57. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take two points P and Q on one of its extended diameter each at a
distance of 7 cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle from these two points P and Q.
58. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5 cm which are inclined to each other at an angle of
60°.
59. Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. Taking A as centre, draw a circle of radius 4 cm and taking B as
centre, draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct tangents to each circle from the centre of the other
circle.
60. Let ABC be a right triangle in which AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and ∠ ∠ B = 90°. BD is the
perpendicular from B on AC. The circle through B, C, and D is drawn. Construct the tangents
 from A to this circle.

8. Coordinate geometry (two questions)

TYPE 1 Distance Formula

61. Show that the points (1, 7), (4, 2), (–1, –1) and (– 4, 4) are the vertices of a square.

62. Prove that the points (3, 0) (4, 5) (-1, 4) and (-2,-1) taken in order form a rhombus
63. Find the value of P if the point A (0,2) is equidistant from (3, p)and ( p,3)

64. Find the point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, –5) and (–2, 9).
65. Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P(2, – 3) and Q(10, y) is 10 units.

TYPE 2 Section Formula

66. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the join of (–1, 7) and (4, –3) in the ratio 2 : 3.

67. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (– 3, 10) and (6, – 8) is divided by (– 1, 6).

68. Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, –1) and (–2, –3).

69. Find the coordinates of the points which divide the line segment joining A(– 2, 2) and B(2, 8) into four
equal parts.

70. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(1, – 5) and B(– 4, 5) is divided by the x-axis. Also find
the coordinates of the point of division.

TYPE 3 Midpoint Formula

71. If P (2, p) is the midpoint of line segment joining the points A(6, -5) and B(-2, 11), find the value of p?

72. If P (4, -2) is the midpoint of line segment joining the points A(5k, 3) and B(-k, -7), find the value of k?

73. If A(1, 2), B(4, 3) and C(6, 6) are the three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, find the coordinates of fourth
vertex D
74. If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find x and y.
75. Find the length of median AD if vertices are A (1, –1),B (– 4, 6) and C (–3, –5).

TYPE 4 Area of a triangle

76. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (1, –1), (– 4, 6) and (–3, –5).

77. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices, taken in order, are (– 4, – 2), (– 3, – 5), (3, – 2) and (2,
3).

78. For what value of p are the points (2, 1) (p,-1) and (-1, 3) collinear?
79. In each of the following find the value of ‘k’, for which the points are collinear.
(i) (7, –2), (5, 1), (3, k) (ii) (8, 1), (k, – 4), (2, –5)
80. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the triangle whose vertices
are (0, –1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the area of the given triangle.

9. Statistics
81. Find the mean of the following frequency distribution by a suitable method.
C.I. 50-70 70-90 90-110 110-130 130-150 150-170

Frequency 8 12 13 27 18 22

82. The arithmetic mean of the following distribution is 50. Find the missing frequency p.
C.I. 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

Frequency 7 6 9 13 P

83. Find the mode of the following data:

C.I. 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85

Frequenc
7 31 33 17 11 1
y

84. The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:

Age (in years) 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65

No. of participants 6 11 21 23 14 5

Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two measures of
central tendency.

85. Find the median of the following data.

C.I. 1-4 4-7 7-10 10-13 13-16 16-19

Frequency 6 30 40 16 4 4

86. Find the mean , mode and median of the following frequency distribution by a suitable method.
C.I. 50-70 70-90 90-110 110-130 130-150 150-170

Frequency 8 12 13 27 18 22

87. Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution table if n = 100 and median is 32.
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Frequency 10 f1 25 30 f2 10

88. The following distribution gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory.
Daily income (in Rs.) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200

No. of workers 12 14 8 6 10

Convert the distribution above to a less than type cumulative frequency distribution, and draw its ogive.

89. The following table gives production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms of a village.
 Production yield (in 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
kg/ha)

No. of farms 2 8 12 24 38 16

Change the distribution to a more than type distribution, and draw its ogive.

90. Write the following frequency distribution as ‘less than type’ and ‘more than type’ cumulative frequency
distribution. Also find the median
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Frequency 5 15 20 23 17
10.
Probability
91. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting:

(i) a king of red colour (ii) a face card (iii) a red face card

(iv) the jack of hearts (v) a spade (vi) the queen of diamonds

(vii) a black queen (viii) a Jack a queen or a king (ix) neither an ace nora king
(x) a non-face card (xi) a black king or a red queen(xii)a black face card

92. From a well shuffled pack of 52 cards black aces and black queens are removed. From the remaining
cards a card is

drawn at random find the probability ofdrawing (i) a king or a queen. (ii) a red card

93. From a pack of 52 playing cards, Jacks, queens, kings and aces of red colour are removed. From the
remaining a card is drawn at random. Find the probability thatthe card drawn is (i) a black queen
(ii) a red card (iii) a black Jack (iv) a honorable card
94. All the three face cards of spade are removed from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards &card is drawn from
the
remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
a) a black face card b) a queen of diamond c) a spade d) a black card
95. In a single throw of two dice, find probability of getting a) doublets b) a total of 11

96. A black die and a white die are thrown at the same time. Write all the possibleoutcomes.
(a) What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that turn up is8?
(b) Find the probability of obtaining (i) a total of 6 (ii) a total of 10 (iii) Thesame no. on both dice
97. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at
random.
What is the probability that the marble taken out will be
(i) red ? (ii) white ? (iii) not green? (iv) not red? (v) either red or green

98. Cards marked with numbers 1,2,3,……..25 are placed in a box and mixedthoroughly and one card is drawn
at
random from the box what is the probabilitythat the number on the card is
(i) a prime number? (ii) a multiple of 3 or 5? (iii) an odd number?
(iv) neither divisible by 5 nor by 10? (v) perfect square (vi) a two digit number.
99. Find the probability of having 53 Sundays in
(i) a leap year (ii) a non leap year

100. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double that of a
red ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag.

11.Mensuration
101. In the adjoining figure, AB is a diameter of the circle with centre O and OA = 7 cm. Find the area
of the shaded region.

102. ABCP is a quadrant of a circle of radius 14 cm. With AC as diameter a semicircle is drawn. Find
the area of the shahded region.

103. A container, shaped like a right circular cylinder, having diameter 12 cm and height 15 cm is full
of ice-cream. This ice-cream is to be filled into cones of height 12 cm and diameter 6 cm having a
hemispherical shape on the top. Find the number of such cones which can be filled with ice-cream.

104. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemishphere from each end of a solid cylinder. If
the height of the cylinder is 20 cm and radius of the base is 3.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the
article.

105. A container open at the top, is in the form of frustum of a cone of height 24 cm with radii of its
lower and circular ends as 8 cm and 20 cm respectively. Find the cost of milk which can completely
fill the container at the rate of Rs. 21 per litre.

12.Trigonomentry
106. If sin 3A + cos (A-26), where 3A is an acute angle. Find the value of A.

107. the angle of elvation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 45°. After flight for 15
seconds the elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 3000 m. Find the speed
of the aeroplane.

108. Without using trigonometric tables, evaluate-

 cos2 20° + cos2 70°
2 2
x 2 sec2 60°
sec 50° - cot 40°
-2cot 58°cot32°- 4tan 13° tan 37° tan 45° tan 53° tan 77°

109. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from foot of a tower is 60° and the angle of elevation of
the top of the tower from the foot the hill is 30°. If tower is 50m high, then find the height of the hill.

110. Two pillars of equal height are on either sides of a road, which is 100m wide. The angles of the
top of the pillars are 60° and 30° at a point on the road between the pillars. Find the position of the
point between the pillars. Also, find the height of each pillar.

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 1 M.M. 40

1. Prove that 2 is an irrational number.

2. Find all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) =2x4 -7x3 +19x2 -14x +30 if two of zeroes are 2 and - 2
3. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations 3x2 – 5x + 2 = 0
4. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the coordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and shade the triangular region.
5. The first term of an AP is -7 and the common difference 5, find its 18th term and general term ORFind
the sum of first 22 terms of an AP in which d = 7 and 22nd term is 149.
6. State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem.

7. Construct a triangle of sides 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm and then a triangle similar to it whose sides
are2of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
3
8. Show that the points (1, 7), (4, 2), (–1, –1) and (– 4, 4) are the vertices of a square. ORIf P (2, p)
 is the midpoint of line segment joining the points A(6, -5) and B(-2, 11), find the value of p?

9. Find the mean of the following frequency distribution by a suitable method.

C.I. 50-70 70-90 90-110 110-130 130-150 150-170

Frequency 8 12 13 27 18 22

10. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting:
(i) a king of red colour (ii) a face card (iii) a red face card (iv) a spade

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 2 M.M. 40

1. Prove that 3 is an irrational number.
4 3 2
2. Find all the zeroes of p(x)= 2x – 3x – 3x + 6x – 2, if you know that two of its zeroes are √2 and √-2.
3. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations x2 + x – 156 = 0
4. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x – 3y – 17 = 0 and 4x + y – 13 =
0.
Shade the region bounded by the above lines and x-axis.

5. Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9. ORFind the sum of first 51 terms of
an AP whose second and third terms are 14 and 18 respectively.

6. State and prove Pythagoras Theorem.

7. Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4 cm from a point on the concentric circle of radius 6
cm and measure its length. Also verify the measurement by actual calculation.
8. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the join of (–1, 7) and (4, –3) in the ratio 2 :
3.ORFind the area of a triangle whose vertices are (1, –1), (– 4, 6) and (–3, –5).

9. The arithmetic mean of the following distribution is 50. Find the missing frequency p.
C.I. 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

Frequency 7 6 9 13 p

10. From a well shuffled pack of 52 cards black aces and black queens are removed. From the remaining
cards a card is drawn at random find the probability of drawing (i) a king or a queen. (ii) a red card

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 3 M.M. 40

 1. Prove that 2 3 is irrational.
5

2. Find all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x4 + 3x3 -x2 -9x -6 if two of zeroes are 3 and - 3

1 2 4
3. Solve the quadratic equation: + =
x +1 x +2 x +4
4. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x + 3y = 4 and 3x – y = –5. Shade
the
region bounded by the above lines and y-axis.
5. If the 7th term of an AP is 1 and its 9th term is 1 , find its 63rd term.ORHow many terms of the AP :
9 7
24, 21, 18, . . . must be taken so that their sum is 78?

6. State and prove converse of Pythagoras Theorem.

7. Construct an isosceles triangle whose base is 8 cm and altitude 4 cm and then another

triangle whose sides are 1 1times the corresponding sides of the isosceles triangle.
2
8. Prove that the points (3, 0) (4, 5) (-1, 4) and (-2,-1) taken in order form a rhombusORIf P (4, -2) is the
midpoint of line segment joining the points A(5k, 3) and B(-k, -7), find the value of k?

9. Find the mode of the following data:

C.I. 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85

Frequenc
7 31 33 17 11 1
y

10. From a pack of 52 playing cards, Jacks, queens, kings and aces of red colour are removed. From the
remaining a card is drawn at random. Find the probability thatthe card drawn is (i) a black queen
(ii) a red card (iii) a black Jack (iv) a honorable card

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 4 M.M. 40

1. Prove that3 +2 5 is irrational.

2. Obtain all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2x4 -6x3 +3x2 +3x -2 if two of zeroes are 1 and -1
2 2

4 5
3. Solve the quadratic equation - 3 =
x 2x +3
4. Draw the graphs of the equations 5x – y = 5 and 3x – y = 3. Determine the co-ordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the y axis.
5. Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.ORHow many
terms of the AP : 9, 17, 25, . . . must be taken to give a sum of 636?

6. The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their corresponding
sides.

7. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take two points P and Q on one of its extended diameter each at
 a distance of 7 cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle from these two points P and Q.

8. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (– 3, 10) and (6, – 8) is divided by (– 1,
6).ORFind the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices, taken in order, are (– 4, – 2), (– 3, – 5), (3, – 2)
and (2, 3).

9. The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:

Age (in years) 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65

No. of participants 6 11 21 23 14 5

Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two measures of
central tendency.

10. All the three face cards of spade are removed from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards &card is drawn
from the
Remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
a) a black face card b) a queen of diamond c) a spade d) a black card

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 5 M.M. 40

1. Prove that 4 -5 3 is irrational.

2. Find the other two zeroes of p(x) = 3x4 +6x3 -2x2 -10x -5. if two of zeroes are 5 and - 5
3 3

3. If the roots of the Equation (a-b)x2+(b-c)x+(c-a)=0 are equal. Prove that 2a=b+c
4. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the coordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and shade the triangular region.

5. Which term of the AP : 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81?OR Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers
divisible by 6.

6. Prove that a tangent at any point on the circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point
of contact.

7. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and ∠ ∠ ABC = 60°. Then construct a
triangle whose sides are 3 of the corresponding sides of the triangle ABC.
4
8. Find the value of P if the point A (0,2) is equidistant from (3, p)and ( p,3)ORIf A(1, 2), B(4, 3) and C(6, 6)
are the three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, find the coordinates of fourth vertex D
9. Find the median of the following data.
C.I. 1-4 4-7 7-10 10-13 13-16 16-19

Frequency 6 30 40 16 4 4

10. In a single throw of two dice, find probability of getting a) doublets b) a total of 11
TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 6 M.M. 40
1. Prove that 2 is an irrational number.

2. Find all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) =2x4 -7x3 +19x2 -14x +30 if two of zeroes are 2 and - 2
2
3. For what value of k does (k-12) x + 2(k-12) x + 2 = 0 have equal roots?
4. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x – 3y – 17 = 0 and 4x + y – 13 =
0.
Shade the region bounded by the above lines and x-axis.
5. Which term of the AP : 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81? Also, is any term 0? Give reason for your answer.OR The
sum of 5th term and 9th term of an AP is 72 and the sum of 7th and 12th terms is 97. Find the
AP.

6. Prove that the lengths of the tangents from an external point to a circle are equal.
7. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5 cm which are inclined to each other at an angle
of 60°.
8. Find the coordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining (4, –1) and (–2, –3).ORFor
what value of p are the points (2, 1) (p,-1) and (-1, 3) collinear?
9. Find the mean , mode and median of the following frequency distribution by a suitable method.
C.I. 50-70 70-90 90-110 110-130 130-150 150-170

Frequency 8 12 13 27 18 22

10. A black die and a white die are thrown at the same time. Write all the possible outcomes.
(a) What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers that turn up is8?
(b) Find the probability of obtaining (i) a total of 6 (ii) a total of 10 (iii) The same no. on
both dice

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 7 M.M. 40

1. Prove that 3 is an irrational number.
4 3 2
2. Find all the zeroes of p(x)= 2x – 3x – 3x + 6x – 2, if you know that two of its zeroes are √2 and √-2.
3. Find the values of k ,so that quadratic equation have two equal roots kx (x – 2) + 6 = 0

4. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x + 3y = 4 and 3x – y = –5. Shade
the
region bounded by the above lines and y-axis.
5. Which term of the AP : 3, 15, 27, 39, . . . will be 132 more than its 54th term? OR Find the sum of series
103+101+99+…..49.

6. State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem.

7. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 7 cm, ∠ ∠ B = 45°, ∠ ∠ A = 105°. Then, construct a
 triangle whose sides are 4 times the corresponding sides of ∆ABC.
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8. Find the point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, –5) and (–2, 9). ORIf (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3,
5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find x and y.
9. Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution table if n = 100 and median is 32.
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Frequency 10 f1 25 30 f2 10

10. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box
at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be
(i) red? (ii) white? (iii) not green? (iv) not red? (v) either red or green

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 8 M.M. 40

91. Prove that 2 3 is irrational.

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92. Find all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x4 + 3x3 -x2 -9x -6 if two of zeroes are 3 and - 3

93. The product of two consecutive positive integers is 306. We need to find the integers.

94. Draw the graphs of the equations 5x – y = 5 and 3x – y = 3. Determine the co-ordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the y axis.

95. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250? ORFind the sum of AP in -5 + (-8) + (-11) +........+ (-230).
96. State and prove Pythagoras Theorem.

97. Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. Taking A as centre, draw a circle of radius 4 cm and taking B as
centre, draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct tangents to each circle from the centre of the other
circle.
98. Find the coordinates of the points which divide the line segment joining A(– 2, 2) and B(2, 8) into four
equal parts. OR In each of the following find the value of ‘k’, for which the points are collinear. (7, –2), (5,
1), (3, k)
99. The following distribution gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory.
Daily income (in Rs.) 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200

No. of workers 12 14 8 6 10

Convert the distribution above to a less than type cumulative frequency distribution, and draw its ogive.

100. Cards marked with numbers 1,2,3,……..25 are placed in a box and mixedthoroughly and one card is
drawn at
random from the box what is the probabilitythat the number on the card is
(i) a prime number? (ii) a multiple of 3 or 5? (iii) an odd number?(iv) neither divisible by 5 nor by 10?
TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 9 M.M. 40
1. Prove that3 +2 5 is irrational.

2. Obtain all the other zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2x4 -6x3 +3x2 +3x -2 if two of zeroes are 1 and -1
2 2

3. Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182.

4. Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 12 = 0. Determine the coordinates of the
vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and shade the triangular region.

5. How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7? OR If sum of n terms of an AP is 2n2 +5 , then prove
that an =4n +3
6. State and prove converse of Pythagoras Theorem .

7. Draw a right triangle in which the sides (other than hypotenuse) are of lengths 4 cm and 3 cm.
Then construct another triangle whose sides are 5 /3 times the corresponding sidesof the given
triangle.

8. Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P(2, – 3) and Q(10, y) is 10 units. ORFind
the length of median AD if vertices are A (1, –1), B (– 4, 6) and C (–3, –5).

9. The following table gives production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms of a village.
Production yield (in 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
kg/ha)

No. of farms 2 8 12 24 38 16

Change the distribution to a more than type distribution, and draw its ogive.

10. Find the probability of having 53 Sundays in

(i) a leap year (ii) a non leap year

TIME: 60 MIN PRACTICE PAPER 10 M.M. 40

1. Prove that 4 -5 3 is irrational.

2. Find the other two zeroes of p(x) = 3x4 +6x3 -2x2 -10x -5. if two of zeroes are 5 and - 5
3 3

3. The sum of two numbers is 15, if the sum of their reciprocals is 3 , find the numbers.
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4. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x – 3y – 17 = 0 and 4x + y – 13 =

0.
Shade the region bounded by the above lines and x-axis.

5. An AP consists of 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the 29th
term. OR Find the sum of all multiples of 7 lying between 500 and 900.
6. The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their corresponding
sides.
7. Let ABC be a right triangle in which AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and ∠ ∠ B = 90°. BD is the
perpendicular from B on AC. The circle through B, C, and D is drawn. Construct the tangents
from A to this circle.
8. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(1, – 5) and B(– 4, 5) is divided by the x-axis. Also find
the coordinates of the point of division. ORFind the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points
of the sides of the triangle whose vertices are (0, –1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the
area of the given triangle.
9. Write the following frequency distribution as ‘less than type’ and ‘more than type’ cumulative frequency
distribution. Also find the median
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Frequency 5 15 20 23 17

10. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double
that of a red ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag

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