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Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 25
1. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 7x + 10, and verify the relationship between [2]
the zeroes and the coefficients.
3. Use elimination method to find all possible solutions of the following pair of linear [2]
equations:
2x + 3y = 8 ...(1)
4x + 6y = 7 ...(2)
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4. Prove that √3 is irrational. [2]
7. Fill in the blanks in the following table, given that a is the first term, d is the common [2]
difference and an is the nth term of the AP:
a d n an
i 7 3 8 ...
ii -18 ... 10 0
iii ... -3 18 -5
iv -18.9 2.5 ... 3.6
v 3.5 0 105 ...
9. Show that the points A (1, 7), B (4, 2), C (-1, -1) and D (-4, 4) are the vertices of a square. [3]
10. The table below gives the percentage distribution of female teachers in the primary schools [3]
of rural areas of various states and union territories (U.T.) of India. Find the mean
percentage of female teachers by all the three methods discussed in this section.
Percentage of female teachers 15 - 25 25 - 35 35 - 45 45 - 55 55 - 65 65 - 75 75 - 85
Number of states/U.T. 6 11 7 4 4 2 1
11. A box contains 3 blue, 2 white, and 4 red marbles. If a marble is drawn at random from the [2]
box, what is the probability that it will be
i. white?
ii. blue?
iii. red?
12. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability that the [2]
card will
i. be an ace,
ii. not be an ace.