Board Question Paper: March 2018: Geometry
Board Question Paper: March 2018: Geometry
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Q.P. SET CODE
i. Solve all questions. Draw diagrams wherever necessary.
ii. Use of calculator is not allowed.
iii. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
iv. Marks of constructions should be distinct. They should not be rubbed off.
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v. Diagram is essential for writing the proof of the theorem.
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ii. In the following figure, ray PA is the tangent to the circle at point A and PBC is a secant. If
AP = 14, BP = 10, then find BC.
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A P
iii. Draw the circle with centre C and radius 3.6 cm. Take point B which is at distance 7.2 cm
from the centre. Draw tangents to the circle from point B.
1 sin x
iv. Show that: = sec x tan x.
1 sin x
v. Write the equation of the line passing through points C(4, 5) and D(1, 2) in the form of
ax + by + c = 0.
4. Attempt any two sub-questions from the following : [8]
i. Prove that, “the lengths of the two tangent segments to a circle drawn from an external point
are equal”.
ii. A tree is broken by the wind. The top of that tree struck the ground at an angle of 30 and at a
distance of 30 m from the root. Find the height of the whole tree. ( 3 = 1.73)
iii. A(5, 4), B(3, 2) and C(1,8) are the vertices of a triangle ABC. Find the equation of
median AD.
5. Attempt any two sub-questions from the following : [10]
i. Prove that, in a right-angled triangle, the square of hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the
square of remaining two sides.
SH 3
ii. SHR SVU, in SHR, SH = 4.5 cm, HR = 5.2 cm, SR = 5.8 cm and = .
SV 5
Construct SVU.
iii. If ‘V’ is the volume of a cuboid of dimensions a b c and ‘S’ is its surface area, then prove
that:
1 2 1 1 1
= .
V S a b c
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