CHAPTER- 1 (REAL NUMBERS)

(Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic) : Every composite number can be expressed (factorised) as a

product of primes, and this factorisation is unique, apart from the order in which the prime factors occur.
For any two positive integers a and b, HCF (a, b) × LCM (a, b) = a × b.
Q.1 Find the LCM and HCF of 6 and 20 by the prime factorisation method
Q.2 Find the HCF of 96 and 404 by the prime factorisation method. Hence, find their LCM.
Q.3 Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657).
Q.4 Check whether 6n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n
Q.5 Prove that √3 , √2 , √7 √11 is irrational.
Q.6 Show that 5–√3 is irrational.

CHAPTER-2(POLYNOMIALS)
Q.1 The graphs of y = p(x) are given in fig. below, for some polynomials p(x). Find the number of zeroes of p(x),
in each case.

Q.2 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 7x + 10, and verify the relationship between the
zeroes and the coefficients.
Q.3 : Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are – 3 and 2, respectively.
Q.4 Find a quadratic polynomial each with the given numbers as the sum and product of its zeroes
respectively.
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(i) (1,1) (ii) ( √3 ,1) (iii) 4 , -1 (iv) ( √2 ,1/3)

CHAPTER-3 (PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES)

Q.1: Check graphically whether the pair of equations x + 3y = 6 and 2x – 3y = 12 is consistent. If so,
solve them graphically.
Q.2 Which of the following pairs of linear equations are consistent/inconsistent?
: (i) x + y = 5, 2x + 2y = 10
(ii) x – y = 8, 3x – 3y = 16
(iii) 2x + y – 6 = 0, 4x – 2y – 4 = 0
(iv) 2x – 2y – 2 = 0, 4x – 4y – 5 = 0
Q.3 Solve 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x – 4y = – 24 and hence find the value of ‘m’ for which y = mx + 3.
Q.4 The taxi charges in a city consist of a fixed charge together with the charge for the distance
covered. For a distance of 10 km, the charge paid is Rs.105 and for a journey of 15 km, the charge
paid is Rs. 155. What are the fixed charges and the charge per km? How much does a person have
to pay for travelling a distance of 25 km?
Q.5 Five years ago, Nuri was thrice as old as Sonu. Ten years later, Nuri will be twice as old as Sonu. How
old are Nuri and Sonu?

CHAPTER-4(QUADRATIC EQUATIONS)
Q.1 A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/h less, then it
would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. We need to find the speed of the train.
Q.2 Find the roots of the quadratic equation 6x2 – x – 2 = 0
Q.3 Find the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2- 2√6 x +2 0
Q.4 Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182.
Q.5: Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 2x2 – 4x + 3 = 0, and hence find the nature of its roots.
Q.6 Find the nature of the roots of the following quadratic equations. If the real roots exist, find them:
(i) 2x2 – 3x + 5 = 0
(ii) 3x2 – 4 √3 x + 4 = 0
(iii) 2x2 – 6x + 3 = 0

CHAPTER-5 (ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS)

Q.1 Find the 10th term of the AP : 2, 7, 12, . . .
Q.2 How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?
Q.3 Find the 31st term of an AP whose 11th term is 38 and the 16th term is 73
Q.4 If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an AP are 4 and – 8 respectively, which term of this AP is zero?
Q.5 Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, . . ., 253.
Q.6 The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms and the
common difference.
Q.7 If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n terms.
Q.8 Find the sum of the odd numbers between 0 and 50.
CHAPTER-6 (TRIANGLES)
Q.1 State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem(BPT).
Q.2 ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O. Show
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
that = .
𝐵𝑂 𝐷𝑂
Q.3 If AD and PM are medians of triangles ABC and PQR, respectively where  ABC ~  PQR, prove that
𝑨𝑩 𝑨𝑫
= .
𝑷𝑸 𝑷𝑴
𝑸.4 In the figure given below , if LM || CB and LN || CD, prove that

𝑨𝑴 𝑨𝑵
= 𝑨𝑫
𝑨𝑩
Q.5 In the figures given below, (i) and (ii), DE || BC. Find EC in (i) and AD in (ii).

CHAPTER-7 (CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY)

Q.1 Check whether (5, – 2), (6, 4) and (7, – 2) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
Q.2 Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x, y) is equidistant from the point (3, 6) and (– 3, 4)
Q.3 Find the distance between the following pairs of points:
(i) (2, 3), (4, 1)
(ii) (– 5, 7), (– 1, 3)
(iii) (a, b), (– a, – b)
Q.4 Find the coordinates of the point which divides the join of (–1, 7) and (4, –3) in the ratio 2 : 3.
Q.5 Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (– 3, 10) and (6, – 8) is divided by (– 1, 6).
Q.6 If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, find x and y.
Q.7 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

CHAPTER-8 (INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY)

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Q.1 If sin A = ,calculate cos A and tan A.
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Q.2 Given 15 cot A = 8, find sin A and sec A.
Q.3 If cot  = 78 evaluate : (i) (1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑄)(1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑄)
(1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑄)(1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑄)
.
Q.4 Evaluate the followings:
(i) sin 60° cos 30° + sin 30° cos 60°
(ii) 2 tan2 45° + cos2 30° – sin2 60°
sin 30° + tan 45° – cosec 60°
(iii)
sec 30° + cos 60° + cot 45°

5 𝑐𝑜𝑠2 60° +4 𝑠𝑒𝑐2 30° −𝑡𝑎𝑛2 45°

(iv)
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 30° +𝑐𝑜𝑠2 30
Q.5 Prove that sec A (1 – sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1.
Q.6 Express the ratios cos A, tan A and sec A in terms of sin A
1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴
Q.7 Prove that √ = secA + tanA
1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴
Q.8 + = sec A .cosec A +1
1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴+1 1
Q.9 Prove that = 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴−1
Q.10 In  ABC, right-angled at B, AB = 24 cm, BC = 7 cm. Determine :
(i) sin A, cos A
(ii) sin C, cos C
 CHAPTER-9(SOME APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY)
Q.1 The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 40 m longer when the Sun’s altitude
is 30° than when it is 60°. Find the height of the tower.
Q.2. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches the ground
making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point where the top
touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of the tree.
Q.3 A statue, 1.6 m tall, stands on the top of a pedestal. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation
of the top of the statue is 60° and from the same point the angle of elevation of the top of the pedestal
is 45°. Find the height of the pedestal.
Q.4 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.
Q.5 A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of 88.2 m from the
ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any instant is 60°. After some
time, the angle of elevation reduces to 30°. Find the distance travelled by the balloon
during the interval.
Q.6 A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes a car at
an angle of depression of 30°, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six
seconds later, the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60°. Find the time taken by the car to
reach the foot of the tower from this point.

CHAPTER-10 (CIRCLES)
Q.1 A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a point Q so
that OQ = 12 cm. then what is the length of PQ?
Q.2 The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle is 4 cm. Find the
radius of the circle.
Q.3 Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the larger circle which
touches the smaller circle.
Q.4 A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle . Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC
Q.5 In Fig. , XY and XY are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another tangent AB
with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and XY at B. Prove that  AOB = 90°.

Q.6 Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

CHAPTER-11(AREA RELATED TO CIRCLES)

Q.1 Find the area of a sector of a circle with radius 6 cm if angle of the sector is 60°
Q.2 Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm.
Q.3 The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in 5
minutes.
Q.4 A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of the
corresponding: (i) minor segment (ii) major sector. (Use  = 3.14)
Q.5 A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 15 m by means of a 5 m
long rope. Find (i) the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze.
(ii) ) the increase in the grazing area if the rope were 10 m long instead of 5 m. (Use  = 3.14)

CHAPTER-12(SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES)

Q.1 2 cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid
Q.2 A vessel is in the form of a hollow hemisphere mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter of the
hemisphere is 14 cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the inner surface area of the
vessel.
Q.3 A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal to 1 cm and
the height of the cone is equal to its radius. Find the volume of the solid in terms of .
Q.4 A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find approximately how much
syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns, each shaped like a cylinder with two hemispherical ends with
length 5 cm and diameter 2.8 cm.
Q.5 A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its top, which is open, is
5 cm. It is filled with water up to the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of radius 0.5 cm
are dropped into the vessel, one-fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped in
the vessel.

CHAPTER-13(STATISTICS)
Q.1 A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme, in
which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the
mean number of plants per house.

Number of 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14

plants
Number of 1 2 1 5 6 2 3
houses

Q.2 The following table gives the literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities. Find the mean literacy rate.
C.I. 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95
fi 3 10 11 8 3

Q.3 Find the mode of the data given below.

C.I. 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65
fi 6 11 21 23 14 5

Q.4 Find the mode of the data given below.

C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
fi 7 14 13 12 20 11 15

Q.5 Find the median of the data given below.

C.I. 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205
fi 4 5 13 20 14 8 4

Q.6 If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 TOTAL
fi 5 x 20 15 y 5 60
Q.7 A life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policy holders. Calculate the
median age, if policies are given only to persons having age 18 years onwards but less than 60 years.

Age in years Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
No. of policy 2 6 24 45 78 89 92 98 100
holders

CHAPTER-14(PROBABILITY)
Q.1 Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should get the ball at the beginning
of a football game?
Q.2 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
Q.3 A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that
(i) 5 will not come up either time?
(ii) 5 will come up at least once?
Q.4 A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at?
(i) 8?
(ii) an odd number?
(iii) a number greater than 2?
(iv) a number less than 9?