General Instructions : 3.

The pair of equations x = 2a and y = 3b (a, b ¹ 0) graphically represents straight

Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them : lines which are :
(i) This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory. (A) coincident (B) parallel
(ii) This question paper is divided into five Sections – A, B, C, D and E.
(C) intersecting at (2a, 3b) (D) intersecting at (3b, 2a)
(iii) In Section A, Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and
questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark 4. If k + 7, 2k – 2 and 2k + 6 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the value
each. of k is :
(iv) In Section B, Questions no. 21 to 25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions, (A) 15 (B) 17
carrying 2 marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions no. 26 to 31 are short answer (SA) type questions, (C) 5 (D) 1
carrying 3 marks each. 5. In the given figure, PA and PB are two tangents drawn to the circle with centre O
(vi) In Section D, Questions no. 32 to 35 are long answer (LA) type questions and radius 5 cm. If Ð APB = 60°, then the length of PA is :
carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Questions no. 36 to 38 are case study based questions carrying
4 marks each. Internal choice is provided in 2 marks questions in each
case study.
(viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in
2 questions in Section B, 2 questions in Section C, 2 questions in Section D and
3 questions in Section E.
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(ix) Draw neat diagrams wherever required. Take p = 7 wherever required, if not
stated.
(x) Use of calculator is not allowed.
(A) 5 cm (B) 5 3 cm
SECTION A
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This section comprises Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of 1 mark each. 20´ 1=20 (C) 10 cm (D) 10 cm
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1. If x = 5 is a solution of the quadratic equation 2x 2 + (k – 1)x + 10 = 0, then the 6. In the given figure, if M and N are points on the sides OP and OS respectively of
value of k is :
D OPS, such that MN y PS, then the length of OP is :
(A) 11 (B) – 11
(C) 13 (D) – 13
2. Two positive integers m and n are expressed as m = p5q2 and n = p3q4, where p
and q are prime numbers. The LCM of m and n is :
(A) p8q6 (B) p3q2
(A) 6.8 cm (B) 17 cm
(C) p5q4 (D) p5q2 + p3q4 (C) 15.3 cm (D) 9.6 cm
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7. All queens, jacks and aces are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The 12. The diagonals of a rhombus ABCD intersect at O. Taking ‘O’ as the centre, an arc
remaining cards are well-shuffled and one card is picked up at random from it. of radius 6 cm is drawn intersecting OA and OD at E and F respectively. The area
of the sector OEF is :
The probability of that card to be a king is :
(A) 9p cm2 (B) 3p cm2
(A) 1 (B) 1
10 13 (C) 12p cm2 (D) 18p cm2

(C) 3 (D) 3 13. The probability of getting a chocolate flavoured ice cream at random, in a lot of
10 13
600 ice creams is 0.055. The number of chocolate flavoured ice creams in the lot
is :
8. PQ is a diameter of a circle with centre O(2, – 4). If the coordinates of the point P
(A) 33 (B) 55
are (– 4, 5), then the coordinates of the point Q will be :
(C) 11 (D) 44
(A) (– 3, 4.5) (B) (– 1, 0.5)
(C) (4, – 5) (D) (8, – 13) 14. If tan2 q + cot2 a = 2, where q = 45° and 0° £ a £ 90°, then the value of a is :
(A) 30° (B) 45°
æ 1 ö
9. The value of ç sin 2 q + ÷ is : (C) 60° (D) 90°
ç 2 ÷
1 + tan q ø
è
15. The point on x-axis which is equidistant from the points (5, – 3) and (4, 2) is :
(A) 0 (B) 2
(A) (4.5, 0) (B) (7, 0)
(C) 1 (D) –1
(C) (0.5, 0) (D) (– 7, 0)
10. A cap is cylindrical in shape, surmounted by a conical top. If the volume of the 16. If the length of an arc of a circle subtending an angle 60° at its centre is 22 cm,
cylindrical part is equal to that of the conical part, then the ratio of the height of then the radius of the circle is :
the cylindrical part to the height of the conical part is :
(A) 21 cm (B) 21 cm
(A) 1:2 (B) 1:3
(C) 42 cm (D) 42 cm
(C) 2:1 (D) 3:1

11. The 7th term from the end of the A.P. : – 8, – 5, – 2, ..., 49 is : 17. If the length of the shadow on the ground of a pole is 3 times the height of the
pole, then the angle of elevation of the Sun is :
(A) 67 (B) 13 (A) 30° (B) 45°
(C) 31 (D) 10 (C) 60° (D) 90°
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18. Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of the numbers appearing SECTION B
on them is noted. The probability that the product of the numbers lies between
8 and 13 is : This section comprises Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each. 5´2=10
(A) 7 (B) 5
36 36 21. PQRS is a trapezium with PQ y SR. If M and N are two points on the non-parallel
sides PS and QR respectively, such that MN is parallel to PQ, then show that
(C) 2 (D) 1
9 4 PM = QN .
Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions. Two statements MS NR
are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Select
the correct answer to these questions from the codes (A), (B), (C) and (D) as given below.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false. 22. Prove that 7 – 3 5 is an irrational number, given that 5 is an irrational
(D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true. number.
19. Assertion (A) : If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-axis at exactly two 23. (a) A chord is subtending an angle of 90° at the centre of a circle of radius
points, then the number of zeroes of that polynomial is 2. 14 cm. Find the area of the corresponding minor segment of the circle.
Reason (R) : The number of zeroes of a polynomial is equal to the number of
OR
points where the graph of the polynomial intersects x-axis.
(b) Find the area of the shaded region if length of radius of each circle is 7 cm.
20. Assertion (A) : TA and TB are two tangents drawn from an external point T to a
circle with centre ‘O’. If Ð TBA = 75° then Ð ABO = 25°. Each circle touches the other two externally.

Reason (R) : The tangent drawn at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the
radius through the point of contact.
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24. In the given figure, PAQ and PBR are tangents to the circle with centre ‘O’ at the 27. Prove that :
points A and B respectively. If T is a point on the circle such that Ð QAT = 45°
æ 1 + tan 2 A ö (1 – tan A ) 2
and Ð TBR = 65°, then find Ð ATB. ç ÷ =
ç 1 + cot 2 A ÷ (1 – cot A ) 2
è ø
28. (a) If a hexagon PQRSTU circumscribes a circle, prove that,
PQ + RS + TU = QR + ST + UP
OR
(b) In the given figure, two concentric circles have radii 3 cm and 5 cm. Two
tangents TR and TP are drawn to the circles from an external point T such
that TR touches the inner circle at R and TP touches the outer circle at P. If
25. (a) If cos (A + B) = 12 and tan (A – B) = 1 , where 0 £ A + B £ 90°, then TR = 4 10 cm, then find the length of TP.
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find the value of sec (2A – 3B).
OR
(b) Find the value of x such that,
3 tan2 60° – x sin2 45° + 43 sec2 30° = 2 cosec2 30°
SECTION C
This section comprises Short Answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each. 6´3=18
26. The government rescued 100 people after a train accident. Their ages were
recorded in the following table. Find their mean age. 29. Find a quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 8 and difference of the
Age (in years) Number of people rescued zeroes is 2.
10 – 20 9 30. (a) The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 12. Seven times the number is
20 – 30 14 equal to four times the number obtained by reversing the order of the
30 – 40 15 digits. Find the number.
40 – 50 21 OR
50 – 60 23 (b) Find the values of x and y from the following pair of linear equations :
60 – 70 12 62x + 43y = 167
70 – 80 6 43x + 62y = 148
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31. A school has invited 42 Mathematics teachers, 56 Physics teachers and 34. (a) If Nidhi were 7 years younger than what she actually is, then the square of
70 Chemistry teachers to attend a Science workshop. Find the minimum number her age (in years) would be 1 more than 5 times her actual age. What is her
of tables required, if the same number of teachers are to sit at a table and each present age ?
table is occupied by teachers of the same subject. OR
SECTION D (b) A shopkeeper buys a number of books for ₹ 1,800. If he had bought
This section comprises Long Answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks each. 4´5=20 15 more books for the same amount, then each book would have cost him
₹ 20 less. Find how many books he bought initially.
32. In the given figure, MNOP is a parallelogram and AB y MP. Prove that QC y PO.
35. (a) The largest possible hemisphere is drilled out from a wooden cubical block
of side 21 cm such that the base of the hemisphere is on one of the faces of
the cube. Find :
(i) the volume of wood left in the block,
(ii) the total surface area of the remaining solid.
OR
(b) A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular
33. An age-wise list of number of literate people in a block is prepared in the
cone. Ratio of the radius of the cone to its slant height is 3 : 5. If the
following table. There are total 100 people and their median age is 41.5 years.
volume of the toy is 240p cm3, then find the total height of the toy.
Information about two groups are missing, which are denoted by x and y. Find the
value of x and y. SECTION E
Age (in years) Number of literate people This section comprises 3 case study based questions of 4 marks each. 3´4=12
10 – 20 15
20 – 30 x Case Study – 1
30 – 40 12
36. Due to short circuit, a fire has broken out in New Home Complex. Two buildings,
40 – 50 20
50 – 60 y namely X and Y have mainly been affected. The fire engine has arrived and it has
60 – 70 8 been stationed at a point which is in between the two buildings. A ladder at point
70 – 80 10 O is fixed in front of the fire engine.

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 The ladder inclined at an angle 60° to the horizontal is leaning against the wall of Case Study – 2
the terrace (top) of the building Y. The foot of the ladder is kept fixed and after
37. A school has decided to plant some endangered trees on 51 st World Environment
some time it is made to lean against the terrace (top) of the opposite building X at
Day in the nearest park. They have decided to plant those trees in few concentric
an angle of 45 ° with the ground. Both the buildings along with the foot of the
circular rows such that each succeeding row has 20 more trees than the previous
ladder, fixed at ‘O’ are in a straight line.
one. The first circular row has 50 trees.

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :
(i) Find the length of the ladder. 1
(i) How many trees will be planted in the 10th row ? 1
(ii) Find the distance of the building Y from point ‘O’, i.e. OA. 1
(ii) How many more trees will be planted in the 8 th row than in the 5th row ? 1
(iii) (a) Find the horizontal distance between the two buildings. 2 (iii) (a) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many rows are
required ? 2
OR
OR
(b) Find the height of the building X. 2 (b) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many trees are
still left to be planted after the 11th row ? 2
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 Case Study – 3
38. Partha, a software engineer, lives in Jerusalem for his work. He lives in the most
convenient area of the city from where bank, hospital, post office and
supermarket can be easily accessed. In the graph, the bank is plotted as A(9, 5),
hospital as B(– 3, – 1) and supermarket as C(5, – 5) such that A, B, C form a
triangle.

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :

(i) Find the distance between the bank and the hospital. 1
(ii) In between the bank and the supermarket, there is a post office plotted at E
which is their mid-point. Find the coordinates of E. 1
(iii) (a) In between the hospital and the supermarket, there is a bus stop
plotted as D, which is their mid-point. If Partha wants to reach the
bus stand from the bank, then how much distance does he need to
cover ? 2
OR
(b) P and Q are two different garment shops lying between the bank and
the hospital, such that BP = PQ = QA. If the coordinates of P and Q
are (1, a) and (b, 3) respectively, then find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’. 2
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