Series EAD Paper - 3

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MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks:80

General Instructions:
1. This question Paper has 5 Section A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 01 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts of the values of 1,
1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, and internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2Qs of 3 marks and 2
Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of
Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take  = 22/7 wherever required if not stated.

Name of the Student (In CAPITALS):

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Candidate’s Signature: __________________________

Invigilator’s Signature __________________________

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 SECTION-A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each

1. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are:

(A) 3, 140 (B) 420, 3 (C) 12, 420 (D) 3, 420

2. Number of zeroes of the polynomial p(x) shown in the Figure, are:

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 3

3. A system of linear equations is said to be consistent, if it has

(A) two solutions (B) one or many solutions

(C) no solution (D) exactly one solution

4. If x 2 + 5kx + 16 = 0 , has equal roots, then the value of k is:

64 8 5 25
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
25 5 8 64

5. The next term of the A.P. 18, 32 and 50 is:

(A) 72 (B) 84 (C) 64 (D) 80

6. The points P ( 0, 6) , Q ( −5, 3) and R ( 3,1) are the vertices of a triangle, which is:
(A) scalene (B) equilateral (C) isosceles (D) right angled

7. The point which divides the line segment joining the points ( 7, − 6 ) and ( 3, 4 ) in ratio 1: 2 internally lies in the
(A) III quadrant (B) II quadrant (C) I quadrant (D) IV quadrant

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8. In the given figures, the measures of D and F are respectively:

(A) 20°, 30°. (B) 30°, 20°. (C) 50°, 40°. (D) 40°, 50°.

9. In figure, AB is a chord of a circle and AT is a tangent at A such that BAT = 60 , measure of ACB is :
(A) 120 (B) 150 (C) 90 (D) 110

10. In a right triangle ABC , right angled at B,BC −12 cm and AB = 5 cm . The radius of the circle inscribed in the
triangle (in cm) is:
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

11. 9sec2 A − 9tan 2 A = ?

(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 0 (D) 8

12. ( )
The value of 1 + tan 2  (1 − sin)(1 + sin ) is

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0

13. The upper part of a tree broken by the wind falls to the ground without being detached. The top of the broken part
touches the ground at an angle of 30 at a point 8m from the foot of the tree. The original height of the tree is:
(A) 8 3m (B) 24 3m (C) 8m (D) 24m

14. A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends a right angle at the centre. The area of the minor segments
(given,  = 3.14 ) is
(A) 32.5cm2 (B) 34.5cm2 (C) 30.5cm2 (D) 28.5cm2

15. If AB is a chord of a circle of length 5 3cm with centre O and radius 5cm, then area of sector OAB is
25 2 8 2 3 2
(A) cm (B) 25cm2 (C) cm (D) cm
3 3 8

16. Cards marked with numbers 1, 2, 3, , 25 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly and one card is drawn at
random from the box. The probability that the number on the card is a multiple of 3 and 5 is
12 4 1 8
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 25 25 25

17. Two dice are rolled together. The probability that the sum of the numbers that appeared is 9, is:
5 1 4 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9

18. The mean of the first 10 prime numbers is:

(A) 129 (B) 1.29 (C) 12.9 (D) 11.9

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 Direction: A (Assertion): If the question number 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option

19. Assertion: If we join two hemispheres of same radius along their bases, then we get a sphere.
Reason: The total surface area of hemisphere is 462cm2 then its volume is 60cm2.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are the true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(C) Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(D) Both Assertion and Reason are false.

20. Assertion: The sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n 2 − 4n . Then its nth term a n = 6n − 7
Reason: nth term of an AP, whose sum to n terms is Sn , is given by an = Sn − Sn−1
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are the true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(C) Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(D) Both Assertion and Reason are false.

SECTION-B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. Define HCF of two positive integers and find the HCF of the pair of numbers: 105 and 120.

22. If ABC and DEF are similar triangles such that A = 57 and E = 73 , what is the measure of C ?

23. In the following figure, PQ is the common tangent to both the circles. SR and PT are tangent. If SR = 4cm,
PT = 7cm, then find RP .

5cos2 60 + 4sec2 30 − tan 2 45

24. Evaluate:
sin 2 30 + cos2 30
OR
Prove that: ( )
3 + 1 ( 3 − cot30) = tan 60 − 2tan60
3

25. What is the angle subtended at the centre of a circle of radius 6 cm by an arc of length 3cm ?
OR
Write the formula for the area of a segment in a circle of radius r given that the sector angle is  (in degrees).

SECTION-C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.
26. Amita, Suneha and Raghav start preparing cards for greeting each person of an old age home on new year. In order
to complete one card, they take 10, 16 and 20 minutes respectively. If all of them started together, after what time
will they start preparing a new card together?

27. If one root of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 − 3x + p is 3, find the other root. Also, find the value of p .

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28. Draw the Graphs of the equations x = 3, x = 5 and 2x − y − 4 = 0 . Also find the area of the quadrilateral formed by
the lines and the x-axis.
OR
Check graphically whether the pair of equations x + 3y = 6 and 2x − 3y = 12 is consistent. If so, solve them
graphically.

29. In the given figure, two tangents RQ and RP are drawn from an external point R to the circle with centre O . If
PRQ = 120 , then prove that OR = PR + RQ .

OR
In figure, from an external point P , two tangents PT and PS are drawn to a circle with centre O and radius r. If
OP = 2r , show that OTS = OST = 30 .

cos − sin 1 − 3
30. Find the acute angle  , when = .
cos + sin 1 + 3

31. Find the median of the following frequency distribution:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

No. of students 6 16 30 9 4

SECTION-D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.

32. At t minutes past 2p.m, the time needed by the minute hand of a clock to show 3 p.m. was found to be 3 minutes
t2
less than minutes. Find t.
4
OR
A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a particular day that
cost of production of 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 ₹ 90, find the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.

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33. ABCD is a quadrilateral in which AD = BC . If P, Q, R, S be the midpoints of AB, AC, CD and BD respectively,
show that PQRS is a rhombus.

34. A tent is of the shape of a right circular cylinder upto a height of 3 metres and then becomes a right circular cone
with a maximum height of 13.5 metres above the ground. Calculate the cost of painting the inner side of the tent at
the rate of Rs.2 per square metre, if the radius of the base is 14 metres.
OR
A tent is in the form of a right circular cylinder surmounted by a cone. The diameter of the base of the cylinder or
the cone is 24 m . The height of the cylinder is 11 m . If the vertex of the cone is 16 m above the ground, find the
 22 
area of the canvas required for making the tent.  Use  = 
 7 

35. Find the mean from the following frequency distribution of marks at a test in statistics:
Marks (x): 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

No. of students (f): 15 50 80 76 72 45 39 9 8 6

SECTION-E
Case study-based questions are compulsory.

36. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Your elder brother wants to buy a car and plans to take loan from a bank for his
car. He repays his total loan of ₹ 1,18,000 by paying every month starting with
the first instalment of ₹1000. If he increases the instalment by ₹100 every month,
answer the following:
(i) Find the amount paid by him in 30th installment.
(ii) Find the amount paid by him in 30 installments.
OR

Find the 10th installment, if the 1st installment is of ₹2000.

(iii) If total installments are 40 then amount paid in the last installment?

37. Amit is planning to buy a house and the layout is given below. The design and the measurement has been made
such that areas of two bedrooms and kitchen together is 95 sq.m.

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 Based on the given information, answer the following questions:
(i). Form the pair of linear equations in two variables from this situation.
(ii). Find the length of the outer boundary of the layout.
OR
Find the area of each bedroom and kitchen in the layout.
(iii). Find the area of living room in the layout.

38. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

A man is watching a boat speeding away from the top of a tower. The boat makes an angle of depression of 60°
with the man's eye when at a distance of 200 m from the tower. After 10 seconds, the angle of depression
becomes 45°.

(i) What is the approximate speed of the boat (in km/hr ), assuming that it is sailing in still water?
(ii) How far is the boat from the tower when the angle is 45°?
OR
As the boat moves away from the tower, angle of depression will decrease/increase?
(iii) What is the height of tower?
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