Chapter 1: Real Numbers

1. For a number to end with 0, check whether its prime factors include both
2 and 5.
2. Find the LCM of x2 − 4 and x4 − 16 .
3. Given that LCM(91, 26) = 182, find HCF(91, 26) .

4. There is a circular path around a sports field. Digraj takes 18 minutes

to complete one round, while Prashant takes 12 minutes for the same.
Suppose they both start at the same point and at the same time and go
in the same direction. After how many minutes will they meet again at
the starting point?

5. Three bells toll at 12 minutes, 15 minutes, and 18 minutes respectively. If

they start tolling together, after what time will they next toll together?
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6. Prove that 3 is irrational.
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7. Prove that 5 − 3 is irrational.

Polynomials
1. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9)x2 + 13x + 6a is the reciprocal of the
other, then find the value of a .
2. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial ax2 + bx + c, find the value of
α2 + β 2 .
3. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f (x) = −2x2 − 5x + 7 ,
find a polynomial whose zeroes are 2α + 3β and 3α + 2β .

Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables

1. What is the standard form of a pair of linear equations in two variables ?
2. Explain the conditions for consistency and inconsistency of a system of
two linear equations .

3. For what value of k, the pair of equations 4x − 3y = 9 and 2x + ky = 11

has no solution ?
4. Solve the following pair of linear equations for x and y: 41x + 93y = 189
93x + 14y = 45

5. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his two children.
After 20 years, his age will be equal to the sum of the ages of his children.
Find the age of the father.

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 6. On reversing the digits of a two-digit number, the number obtained is 9
less than three times the original number. If the difference of the two
numbers is 45, find the original number.
7. A man travels 300 km partly by train and partly by car. He takes 4 hours
if he travels 60 km by train and the rest by car. If he travels 100 km
by train and the remaining by car, he takes 10 minutes longer. Find the
speeds of the train and the car separately.

Quadratic Equations
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1. Solve the quadratic equation: 4 3x2 + 5x − 2 3 = 0
1 1 1 1
2. Solve the equation: a+b+x = a + b + x

3. Find m, if mx(x − 7) + 49 = 0 has two equal roots .

4. The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than its denominator. If 2 is added
to both the numerator and the denominator, then the sum of the new
fraction and the original fraction is 29
20 . Find the original fraction .

5. While boarding an aeroplane, a passenger got hurt. The pilot, showing

promptness and concern, made arrangements to hospitalize the injured
and so the plane started late by 30 minutes. To reach the destination,
1500 km away in time, the pilot increased the speed by 100 km/hour.
Find the original speed per hour of the plane .
6. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + k(2x + k − 1) + 2 = 0 has
real and equal roots.
7. If ad ̸= bc, then prove that the equation (a2 + b2 )x2 + 2(ac + bd)x + (c2 +
d2 ) = 0 has no real roots .
8. If the equation (1 + m2 )x + 2mcx + c2 − a2 = 0 has equal roots then show
that c2 = a2 (1 + m2 ) .
9. A plane left 30 minutes late than its scheduled time and in order to reach
the destination 1500 km away in time, it had to increase its speed by 100
km/h from the usual speed. Find its usual speed.
10. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then
travels at a distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than
its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete a total journey, what is
the original average speed ?
11. A train travelling at a uniform speed for 360 km would have taken 48
minutes less to travel the same distance if its speed were 5 km/hour more.
Find the original speed of the train.
12. Three consecutive positive integers are such that the sum of the square of
the first and product of rest two integers is 46, find the integers .

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Arithmetic Progression
1. The first and the last terms of an AP are 5 and 45 respectively. If the sum
of all its terms is 400, find its common difference (d) .
2. Which term of the progression 20, 192, 183, 17, . . . is the first negative term
?
3. Which term of the A.P. 3, 14, 25, 36, . . . will be 99 more than its 25th term
?
4. If the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is 21 (3n2 + 7n), then find its nth
term. Hence, write its 20th term.

Triangles
1. Prove the Basic Proportionality Theorem (BPT) and its converse.
2. If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle, intersecting the other
two sides, then it divides the two sides in the same ratio. Prove it.
3. Prove the Converse of Basic Proportionality Theorem (BPT): If a line
divides two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is parallel
to the third side.
4. State and explain the similarity criteria for triangles (AAA, AA, SAS,
SSS).
5. In a trapezium, show that any line drawn parallel to the parallel sides of
the trapezium divides the non-parallel sides proportionally.
6. In the Figure , it is given that DE ∥ OQ and DF ∥ OR, prove that

EF ∥ QR .
7. In the given figure, △ABC is right-angled at C and DE ⊥ AB . Prove
that △ABC ∼ △ADE and hence find the lengths of AE and DE .

8. Given that △ABC ∼ △P QR, where AD is the median to BC and P M

is the median to QR, prove that:
AD AB
=
PM PQ

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Coordinate Geometry
1. Find the point on the x-axis that is equidistant from the points (2, −5)
and (−2, 9) .
2. In what ratio does point P divide the line segment joining the points
A(2, −5) and B(5, 2) ?
3. Prove that the points (7, 10), (−2, 5), and (3, −4) are the vertices of an
isosceles right triangle .
4. If (3, 3), (6, y), (x, 7), and (5, 6) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken
in order, find the values of x and y .

Trigonometry
1. In △P QR, right-angled at Q, given that P R + QR = 25 cm and P Q = 5
cm, determine the values of sin P and tan P .
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2. If cos(A + B) = 0 and sin(A − B) = 2 , then find the values of A and B
where A and B are acute angles.
3. Prove that:
sin θ 1 + cos θ
+ = 2cosecθ
1 + cos θ sin θ
4. Prove that:
tan θ + sec θ 1 + sin θ
=
tan θ − sec θ cos θ
5. Prove that:
1 + sin A
= sec A + tan A
1 − sin A

Some Applications Of Trigonometry

1. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 45◦ .
After flying for 15 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30◦ . If the
aeroplane is flying at a constant height of 2500 m, then find the average
speed of the aeroplane.

2. At a point A, 20 metres above the level of water in a lake, the angle of

elevation of a cloud is 30◦ . The angle of depression of the reflection of the
cloud in the lake, at A, is 60◦ . Find the distance of the cloud from A.
3. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of 120 m from
a point A on the ground is 45◦ . If the angle of elevation of the top of a
◦
flagstaff fixed at the
√ top of the tower, at A, is 60 , then find the height of
the flagstaff. (Use 3 = 1.732)

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Circle
1. Theorem: The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a
circle are equal.
2. Two tangents P A and P B are drawn to a circle with centre O from an

external point P . Prove that ̸ AP B = 2(̸ OAB) .

3. P Q is a chord of length 16 cm, of a circle of radius 10 cm. The tangents
at P and Q intersect at a point T . Find the length of T P .
4. In the given figure, l and m are two parallel tangents to a circle with
centre O, touching the circle at A and B respectively. Another tangent at
C intersects the line l at D and m at E. Prove that ̸ DOE = 90◦ .

5. In the given figure, a circle with centre O is inscribed in a quadrilateral

ABCD such that it touches the sides BC, AB, AD, and CD at points P ,
Q, R, and S respectively. If AB = 29 cm, AD = 23 cm, ̸ B = 90◦ and

DS = 5 cm, then find the radius of the circle .

Chapter 11: Area Related to Circles

1. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11 km. Find the diam-
eter of the wheel.
2. The minute hand of a clock is 12 cm long. Find the area of the face of the
clock described by the minute hand in 35 minutes.

Chapter 12: Surface Areas and Volume

1. A vessel is in the form of a hemispherical bowl surmounted by a hollow
cylinder of the same diameter. The diameter of the hemispherical bowl is

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 14 cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the total (inner)
surface area of the vessel.
2. In the given figure, a decorative block is made up of two solids—a cube
and a hemisphere. The base of the block is a cube of side 6 cm, and the
hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of 3.5 cm. Find the total
surface area of the block. (Use π = 22
7 )

3. A solid right circular cone is cut into two parts at the middle of its height
by a plane parallel to its base. Find the ratio of the volume of the smaller
cone to the whole cone.
4. A wooden toy was made by scooping out a hemisphere of the same radius
from each end of a solid cylinder. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm,
and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the volume of wood in the toy .

Chapter 13 : Statistics
1. In the table below, heartbeats of 30 women are recorded. If the mean of
the data is 76, find the missing frequencies x and y.

No. of heart-beats (per min.) No. of women (fi )

65-68 x
68-71 4
71-74 6
74-77 y
77-80 5
80-83 4
83-86 3

2. Find the values of x and y if the median for the following data is 31.

Class Frequency
0-10 5
10-20 x
20-30 6
30-40 y
40-50 3
50-60 5
Total 40

3. Find the values of x and y if the median for the following data is 31.

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 Class Frequency
0-10 5
10-20 x
20-30 6
30-40 y
40-50 3
50-60 5
Total 40

Probability
1. Find the probability of getting 53 Wednesdays in a leap year.
2. Red queens and black jacks are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards.
A card is drawn at random from the remaining cards, after reshuffling
them. Find the probability that the drawn card is a king.