MADRAS CHRISTIAN

COLLEGE HR. SEC.

SCHOOL,
CHETPET, CHENNAI – 31

10TH STD
MATHEMATICS
2MARK, 5MARK, SSLC PUBLIC &
CREATIVE QUESTIONS
(EM)
2024 – 2025
PREPARED BY
D.S.GNANADASON – B.T. ASST( MATHS )
 2 – MARKS ASSIGNMENT
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

UNIT – 1 ( RELATIONS & FUNCTIONS)

1. If A = { 1, 3, 5 } and B = { 2, 3 } then find A x B and B x A
2. Let A = { 1, 2, 3 } and B = { x | x is a prime number less than 10 }. Find A x B and B x A
3. Find A x B, A x A, B x A and B x B if A = { 2, -2, 3 } and B { 1, -4 }
4. Find A x B, A x A, B x A and B x B if A = B = { p, q }
5. Find A x B, A x A, B x A and B x B if A = { m, n } and B = 
6. If A x B = { ( 3, 2 ), ( 3, 4 ), ( 5, 2 ), ( 5, 4 ) } then find A and B.
7. If B x A = { ( -2, 3 ), ( -2, 4 ), ( 0, 3 ), ( 0, 4 ), ( 3,3 ), ( 3, 4 )} find A and B
8. Let A = { 3, 4, 7, 8 } and B = { 1, 7, 10 }. Which of the following sets are relations from A to B
(i) R1 = { ( 3, 7 ), ( 4, 7 ), ( 7, 10 ), ( 8, 1 ) } (ii) R2 = { ( 3, 1 ), ( 4, 12 )}
(iii) R3 = { ( 3, 7 ), ( 4, 10 ), ( 7, 7 ), ( 7, 8 ), ( 8, 11 ), ( 8, 7 ), ( 8, 10 ) }
9. The arrow diagram shows in figure a relationship between the
sets P and Q. Write the relation in
(i) Set builder form (ii) Roster form
(iii) What is the domain and range of R.
10. Let A { 1, 2, 3, 4, ………, 45 } and R Be the relation defined as “is square of” on A. write R as a subset of
A x A. Also, find the domain and range of R.
11. A Relation R is given by the set { ( x, y ) / y = x + 3, x  { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }}. Detrmine it is domain and the
range.
12. Let X = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, Y = { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 } and R { ( 1, 2 ), ( 2, 4 ), ( 3, 6 ), ( 4, 8 ) }. Show that R is
the function and find its domain, co – domain and range?
13. A relation ‘f’ is defined by f(x) = x2 – 2 where, x  { -2, -1, 0, 3 } (i) List the elements of ‘f’
(ii) Is ‘f’ is a function?
14. Given f(x) = 2x – x2 then find (i) f(1) (ii) f( x + 1 )
15. A function f is defined by f(x) = 3 – 2x. Find x such that f(x2) = (f(x))2.
16. Show that the function f : N  N defined by f(x) = 2x – 1 is one – one but not onto.
17. Show that the function f : N  N defined by f(m) = m2 + m + 3 is one – one function.
18. Find ( f o g ) and ( g o f ) when f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x) = x2 – 2
19. Find the value of k, such that fog = gof f(x) = 2x – k and g(x) = 4x + 5
20. If f(x) = x2 – 1, g(x)= x – 2 find ‘a’, if gof(a) = 1.
21. Find ‘k’, if f(k) = 2k – 1 and fof(k) = 5, where f(k) = 2k – 1
22. If f(x) = 3x – 2, g(x) 2x + k and if (fog) = (gof), then find the value of ‘k’.
23. Using the functions f & g given below, find fog and gof. Check whethger fog = gof
if f(x) = 3 + x and g(x) = x − 4
UNIT – 2 ( NUMBERS & SEQUENCES)
1. A man has 532 flower pots. He wants to arrange them in rows such that each row contains 21
flower pots. Find the number of completed rows and how many flower pots are left over.
2. Use Euclid’s Division Alogrithm to find the HCF of 867 and 255
3. Is 7 x 5 x 3 x 2 + 3 a composite number? Justify your answer.
4. ‘a’ and ‘b’ are two positive integers such that ab x ba = 800. Find ‘a’ and ‘b’.
5. Find the HCF of 252525 and 363636.
6. If 13824 = 2a x 3b then find ‘a’ and ‘b’.
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7. Find the least positive value of x such that 71  x ( mod 8)
8. Find the next three terms of the sequence 5, 2, -1, - 4, ………………
9. Find the next three terms of the following sequence 8, 24, 72, …………..
10. Find the next three terms of the following sequence 5, 1, -3, ……………….
5n
11. Find the indicated terms of the sequences whose nth terms are given by an = n+2 ; a6 and a13
12. The general term of a sequence is defined as
n ( n + 3 ); n ϵ N is odd
an = { 2 find the eleventh and eighteenth terms.
n + 1 ; n ϵ N is even
n2 − 1
; n is even, n ϵ N
n+ 3
13. Find a8 and a15 whose nth term is an = { n2
; n is odd, n ϵ N
2n + 1
14. Check whether the following sequences are in A.P. 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, ………………..
15. Find the first term and common difference of the Arithmetic Progressions whose n th terms are given
below tn = 4 – 7n
16. Find the 19th term of an A.P. -11, -15, -19, …………….
17. Which term of an A.P. 16, 11, 6, 1, ………. is -54?
18. Find the number of terms in the A.P. 3, 6, 9, 12, ……………….., 111
19. Find the middle term(s) of an A.P. 9, 15, 21, 27, ………………………, 183.
20. If 3 + k, 18 – k, 5k + 1 are in A.P. then find the value of ‘k’.
21. In a theatre, there are 20 seats in the front row and 30 rows were allotted. Each successive row
contains two additional seats than its front row. How many seats are there in the last row?
22. In a G.P. 729, 243, 81, ………………..find t7
23. Find the G.P. whose first term and common ratios are given by a = – 7, r = 6
24. Find the sum to infinity of 9 + 3 + 1 + ………………….
1
25. Find the sum 3 + 1 + 3 + ………………….
25. Find ‘x’ so that x + 6, x + 12 and x + 15 are consecutive terms of a Geometric Progression.
26. If 13 + 23 + 33 + ……………+ k3 = 44100 then find 1 + 2 + 3 + ……………+ k
27. If 1 + 2 + 3 + ……………+ k = 325, then find 13 + 23 + 33 + ……………+ k3
28. If 1 + 2 + 3 + …………………….+ n = 666 then find n.
29. Find the sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + …………….+ 55
30. Find the sum of 1 + 3 + 5 + ……..+ to 40 terms

UNIT – 3 ( ALAGEBRA & MATRIX)

1. Find the LCM of the given polynomial x3 – 27, (x – 3 )2, x2 – 9
𝑥−3 𝑥2 − 1
2. Reduce the rational expressions to its lowest form (i) (ii)
𝑥2 − 9 𝑥2 + 𝑥
𝑥 + 10 7𝑝 + 2 𝑥
3. Find the excluded values of the following expressions. (i) (ii) (iii)
8𝑥 8𝑝2 + 13𝑝 + 5 𝑥2 + 1
𝑥3 27𝑦
4. Multiply: ×
9𝑦 2 𝑥5
14𝑥 4 7𝑥 𝑥 2 − 16 𝑥− 4
5. Simplify : (i) ÷ (ii) ÷
𝑦 3𝑦 4 𝑥 + 4 𝑥+ 4
𝑥− 7
6. If a polynomial p(x) = x2 – 5x – 14 is divided by another polynomial q(x) we get , find q(x)
𝑥+ 2
4𝑥 2 𝑦 6𝑥𝑧 2 5𝑡 3 6𝑡 − 12
7. Simplify : (i) × (ii) × (iii)
2𝑧 2 20𝑦 4 4𝑡 − 8 10𝑡
𝑥3 𝑦3
8. Simplify : +
𝑥− 𝑦 𝑦− 𝑥
9. Pari needs 4 hours to complete a work. His friend Yuvan needs 6 hours to complete the same
work. How long will it take to complet if they work together?
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10. Find the square root of the following expression 256 ( x – a )8(x – b)4(x – c )16 ( x – d )20
400𝑥 4 𝑦 12 𝑐 16 144𝑎8 𝑏12 𝑐 16
11. Find the square root of the following rational expression. (i) (ii)
100𝑥 8 𝑦 4 𝑧 4 81𝑓12 𝑔4 ℎ14
121(𝑎 + 𝑏)8 (𝑥 + 𝑦)8 (𝑏 − 𝑐)8
12. Find the square root of the following rational expressions
81(𝑏 − 𝑐)4 (𝑎 − 𝑏)12 (𝑏 − 𝑐)4
14. Find the square root of the following 4x2
+ 20x + 25
15. Find the zeros of the quadratic expression x2 + 8x + 12
1
16. Solve: (i) 2x2 - 2√6𝑥 + 3 = 0. (ii) x4 – 13x2 + 42 = 0 (iii) 2x2 – x + =0
8
17. Write down the quadratic equation in general form for which sum and product of the roots are given
7 5 3 1
below .(i) 9, 14 (ii) − , (iii) − ,− (iv)-9, 20
2 2 5 2
18. Find the sum and product of the roots for each of the following quadratic equations.
(i) x2 + 8x – 65 = 0 (ii) 2x2+ 5x + 7 = 0 (iii) kx2 – k2x – 2k3 = 0
19. Determine the nature of roots for the following quadratic equations.
(i) x2 – x – 20 = 0 (ii) 15x2 + 11x + 2 = 0 (iii) 2x2 – 2x + 9
20. The product of Kumaran’s age (in years) two years ago and his age four years from now is one more
than twice his present age. What is his present age?
24
21. If the difference between a number and its reciprocal is , find the number.
5
22. If a matrix has 18 elements, what are the possible orders it can have? What if it has 6 elements ?
23. Construct a 3 x 3 matrix whose elements are given by (i) aij = | i – 2j | (ii) aij = i2 j2
5 4 3
24. If A = (1 −7 9)then find the transpose of A
3 8 2
√7 −3
25. If A = (−√5 2 )then find the transpose of – A
√3 −5
5 2 2
5
26. If A = (−√17 0.7 2 )then verify (AT)T = A
8 3 1
27. Find the values of x, y and z from the following equations.
𝑥+𝑦+𝑧 9
12 3 𝑦 𝑧
(i) ( )=( ) (ii) ( 𝑥 + 𝑧 )= (5)
𝑥 5 3 5
𝑦+𝑧 7
7 8 6 4 11 −3
28. If A = ( 1 3 9 ), B =(−1 2 4 ) then find 2A + B
−4 3 −1 7 5 0
0 4 9 7 3 8
29. If A =( ) , and B = ( ) then find the value of B – 5A
8 3 7 1 4 9
0 4 9 7 3 8
30. If A =( ) , and B = ( ) then find the value of 3A – 9B
8 3 7 1 4 9
𝑥−3 3𝑥 − 𝑧 1 0
31. Find the values of x, y, z if ( )= ( )
𝑥+𝑦+7 𝑥+𝑦+𝑧 1 6
32. If A is of order p x q and B is of order q x r what is the order AB and BA ?
1 2 1 −2
33. Show that the matrices A =( ) , B =( ) satisfy commutative property AB = BA
3 1 −3 1
2 1 2 0
34. If A =( ),B=( ), find AB and BA. Check if AB = BA
1 3 1 3
𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛
35. If a = ( ) prove that AAT = I
−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑠
5 −4
36. Verify A2 = I when A = ( )
6 −5

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 UNIT – 4 ( GEOMETRY)
1. In  ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively. For each of the following cases show
that DE || BC if AB = 5.6cm, AD = 1.4cm, AC = 7.2cm and AE = 1.8cm.
2. In the figure AD is the bisector of A. If BD = 4cm, DC = 3cm and AB = 6 cm, find AC

𝐴𝐷 3
3. In  ABC, D and E are points on the sidies AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC If = and
𝐷𝐵 4
AC = 15cm find AE.
4. In  ABC, D and E are points on the sidies AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC If AD = 8x – 7,
DB = 5x – 3, AE = 4x – 3 and EC = 3x – 1, find the value of x.
5. In  ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively. For each of the following cases show
that DE || BC AB = 12cm, AD = 8cm, AE = 12cm, AC = 18cm
6. A man goes 18 m due east and then 24 m due north. Find the distance of his current position from the
starting point?
7. What length of ladder is needed to reach a height of 7 ft. along the wall when the base of the
8. Find the length of tangent drawn from a point whose distance from the centre a circle is 5cm and
radius of the circle is 3cm.
9. In the figure,  ABC is circumscribing a circle. Find the length of BC.

10. The length of the tangent to a circle from a point P, which is 25 cm away from the centre is 24 cm.
What is the radius of the circle?
11. A circle is inscribed in  ABC having sides 8cm, 10cm and as shown in the Figure. Find AD, BE and CF

UNIT – 5 ( COORDINATE GEOMETRY)

1. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are ( -3, 5 ), ( 5, 6 ) and ( 5, -2 )
2. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are ( 1, -1 ), ( -4, 6 ) and ( -3. -5 )
3. Show that the points P (-1.5, 3), Q ( 6, -2 ), R ( -3, 4 ) are collinear.
4. Show that the given points are collinear ( -3, -4 ), ( 7, 2 ) and ( 12, 5 )
5. If the area of the triangle formed by the verticies A ( -1, 2 ), B ( k, -2) and C ( 7, 4 ) ( taken in order ) is
22 sq. units, find the value of ‘k’.
6. If the points ( 2, 3 ), ( 4, a ) and ( 6, -3 ) are collinear then find the value of ‘a’.
7. What is the slope of a line whose inclination with positive Direction of x – axis is
(i) 90 0 (ii) 0 0 (iii) 45 0 (iv) 60 0

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8. What is the inclination of a line whose slope is (i) 0 (ii) 1 (iii) √3
9. Find the slope of a line joining the given points ( -6, 1 ) and ( -3, 2 )
10. Find the slope of a line joining the given points ( sin, -cos) and ( -sin, cos)
11. Find the slope of a line joining the given points ( 14, 10) and ( 14, -6 )
12. Find the slope of a line joining the given points (5, √5)with the origin
13. The line r passes through the points ( -2, 2 ) and ( 5, 8 ) and line s passes throught the points ( -8, 7 )
and ( -2, 0 ). Is the line ‘r’ perpendicular to ‘s’ ?
1
14. The line through the points ( -2, a ) and ( 9, 3 ) has slope − . Find the value of ‘a’.
2
15. The line through the points ( -2, 6 ) and ( 4, 8 ) is perpendicular to the line through the points ( 8, 12 )
and ( x, 24). Find the value of ‘x’.
16. Show that the straight lines 2x + 3y – 8 = 0 and 4x + 6y + 18 = 0 are parallel.
17. Show that the straight lines x – 2y + 3 = 0 and 6x + 3y + 8 = 0 are perpendicular.
18. Find the value of ‘a’, if the line through (– 2, 3 ) and ( 8, 4 ) is perpendicular to y = ax + 2.
19. Find the equation of straight line passing through ( 5, 7 ) and is
(i) parallel to X – axis (ii) parallel to Y – axis
20. Find the equation of a straight line passing through the mid – point of a line segment joining the points
( 1, – 5 ), ( 4, 2 ) and parallel to (i) X – axis (ii) Y – axis
21. Find the equation of a straight lije whose
(i) slope is 5 and y – intercept is – 9 (ii) Inclination is 450 and y – intercept is 11
22. Calculate the slope and y intercept of the straight line 8x – 7y + 6 = 0
23. Find the intercepts made by the following lines on the coordinate axes. 3x – 2y – 6 = 0
24. Find the equation of a straight line passing through ( 5, –3 ) and ( 7, –4 ).
25. The hill is in the form of a triangle has its foot at ( 19, 3) . The inclination of the hill to the ground is
450. Find the equation of the hill joining the foot and top.
26. A cat is located at the point ( -6, -4 ) in xy plane. A bottle of milk is kept at ( 5, 11 ). The cat wishes to
consume the milk travelling through shortest possible distance. Find the equation of the path it
needs to take its milk.
−5
27. Find the equation of a straight line which has slope and passing through the point ( -1,2)
4
−5
28. Find the equation of a line passing through the point ( 3, -4 ) and havling slope
7
29. Find the equation of a line whose intercepts on the x and y axes are given below. 4, -6
3
30. Find the equation of a line whose intercepts on the x and y axes are given below. -5,
4
31. Find the intercepts made by the following lines on the coordinate axes. 4x + 3y + 12 = 0

UNIT – 6 ( TRIGONOMETRY)
1. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground, which is 48 m away from the
foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 30° . Find the height of the
tower.
2. Find the angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30m away from
the foot of a tower of height 10√3m
3 A road is flanked on either side by continuous rows of Houses of height 4√3 m with no space in
between them. A pedestrian is standing on the median of the road facing A row house. The angle of
elevation from the pedestrian To the top of the house is 30 0. Find the width of the road.
4. From the top of a rock 50√3m height, the angle of depression of a car on the ground is observed to be
300. Find the distance of the car from the rock.
5. The horizontal distance between two buildings is 70m. The angle of depression of the top of the first
building when seen from the top of the second building is 45 0. If the height of the second building
is 120m, find the height of the first building.

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6. A kite is flying at a height of 75 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is temporarily
tied to a point on the ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is 60°. Find the length of
the string, assuming that there is no slack in the string.
7. A player sitting on the top of a tower of height 20m observes the angle of depression of a ball lying on
the ground as 600. Find the distance between the foot of the tower and the ball. ( √3 = 1.732)

UNIT – 7 ( MENSURATION)
1. Find the diameter of a sphere whose surface area is 154 m2.
2. The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 12cm to 16cm as air being pumped into it. Find the
ratio of the surface area of the balloons in the two cases.
3. If the base area of a hemispherical solid is 1386 sq. meters, then find its total surface area?
4. The radius of a sphere increases by 25%. Find the percentage increase in its surface area.
5. Find the volume of a cylinder whose height is 2m and whose base area is 250 m 2.
6. The volume of a solid right circular cone is 11088 cm3. If its Height is 24cm then find the radius of
the cone.
7. The ratio of the volumes of two cones is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of their radii if the height of second
cone is double the height of the first.
8. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14cm is 88cm2. Find the diameter of the
cylinder.
9. The volume of a solid right circular cone is 11088 cm3. If its height is 24cm then find the radius of the
cone.
10. The volume of two conoes of same base radius are 3600 cm3 and 5040 cm3. Find the ratio of their
heights.
11. If the ratio of radii of two spheres is 4 : 7, find the ratio of their volumes.
12. An aluminium sphere of radius 12cm is melted to make a cylinder of radius 8cm. Find the height of the
cylinder.
13. A cone of height 24cm is made up of modeling clay. A child reshapes it in the form of cylinder of same
radius as cone. Find the height of the cylinder.

UNIT – 8 ( STATISTICS)
1. Find the range and coefficient of range of the following data : 25, 67, 48, 53, 18, 39, 44.
2. Find the range and coefficient of range of the following data 63, 89, 98, 125, 79, 108, 117, 68
3. Find the range and coefficient of range of the following data 43.5, 13.6, 18.9, 38.4, 61.4, 29.8
4. Calculate the range of the following data
Income 400 - 450 450 - 500 500 - 550 550 - 600 600 - 650
No. of workers 8 12 30 21 6
5. Find the range of the following distribution

Age ( in years) 16 - 18 18 - 20 20 - 22 22 -24 24 - 26 26 - 28

Number of students 0 4 6 8 2 2
6. The range of a set of data is 13.67 and the largest value is 70.08. Find the smallest value.
7. If the range and the smallest value of a set of data are 36.8 and 13.4 respectively, then find the
largest value.
8. Find the standard deviation of first 21 natural numbers.
9. Find the standard deviation of first 13 natural numbers.
10. A wall clock strikes the bell once at 1 o’ clock, 2 times 2 o’ clock, 3 times at 3 o’ clock and so on. How
many times will it strike in a particular day. Find the standard deviation of the number of strikes the
bell make a day.
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11. If the standard deviation of a data is 4.5 and if each value of the data is decreased by 5, then find
the new standard deviation.
12. If the standard deviation of data is 3.6 and each value of the data is divided by 3, then find the new
variance and new standard deviation.
13. The mean of a data is 25.6 and its coefficient of variation is 18.75. Find the standard deviation
14. The standard deviation and mean of a data are 6.5 and 12.5 respectively. Find the coefficient of
variation.
16. The standard deviation and coefficient of variation of a data are 1.2 and 25.6 respectively. Find the
value of mean.
17. The mean and coefficient of variation of a data are 15 and 48 respectively, then find the value of
standard deviation.
18. If n = 5, x̅ = 6, ∑ x 2 = 765, then calculate the coefficient of variation.

UNIT – 8 (PROBABILITY)
1. Express the sample space for rolling two dice using tree diagram.
2. Write the sample space for tossing three coins using tree diagram.
3. Write the sample space for selecting two balls from a bag containing 6 balls numbered 1 to 6. ( using
tree diagram).
4. Two coins are tossed together. What is the probability of getting different faces of the coins ?
5. A coin is tossed thrice. What is the probability of getting two consecutive tails ?
6. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed simultaneously. Find the probability that the die shows and odd
number and the coin shows a head.
7. In a two children family, find the probability that there is at least one girl in a family.
8. If A is an event of random experiment such that P(A) : P(A ̅) = 17 : 15 and n(S) = 640, Then find P(A
̅)
and n(A)
9. If P(A) = 0.37, P(B) = 0.42, P(A  B) = 0.09 then find P ( A U B )
2 2 1
10. If P(A) = , P(B) = , P(AUB) = then find P ( A  B )
3 5 3
11. A and B are two events such that, P)A) = 0.42, P(B) = 0.48 and P (A  B ) = 0.16. Find
(i) P ( not A) (ii) P ( not B ) (iii) P ( A or B )
12. The probability that atleast one of A and B occur is 0.6. If A and B occur simultaneouosly with
probability 0.2, then find P(A ̅ ) + P(B ̅).
13. If A and B are two mutually exclusive events of a random experiment and P ( not A ) = 0.45,
P ( A U B ) = 0.65, then find P(B)
14. The proabability of happening of an event A is 0.5 and that of B is 0.3. If A and B are mutually
exclusive events, then find the probability that neither A nor B happen.
15. A bag contains 5 blue balls and 4 green balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. Find the
probability that the ball drawn is (i) blue (ii) not blue.

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 5 – MARKS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

UNIT – 1 ( RELATIONS & FUNCTIONS)

1. Let A = { x  N | 1 < x < 4 }, B = { x  W | 0  x < 2 } and C = { x  N | x < 3 } then verify that
Ax(BUC)=(AxB)U(AxC)
2. Let A = { x  N | 1 < x < 4 }, B = { x  W | 0  x < 2 } and C = { x  N | x < 3 } then verify that
A x ( B  C) = ( A x B )  ( A x C )
3. If A = { 5, 6 }, B = { 4, 5, 6 }, C = { 5, 6, 7 }. Show that A x A = ( B x B )  ( C x C ).
4. Given A = { 1, 2, 3 }, B = { 2, 3, 5 }, C = { 3, 4 } and D { 1, 3, 5 }, check if
( A  C ) x ( B  D ) = ( A x B )  ( C x D ) is true?
5. Let A = { x  W | x < 2 } , B = { x  N | 1 < x  4 } and C = { 3, 5 }. Verify that
Ax(BUC)=(AxB)U(AxC)
6. Let A = { x  W | x < 2 } , B = { x  N | 1 < x  4 } and C = { 3, 5 }. Verify that
Ax(BC)=(AxB)(AxC)
7. Let A = { x  W | x < 2 } , B = { x  N | 1 < x  4 } and C = { 3, 5 }. Verify that
(AUB)xC=(AxC)U(BxC)
8. Let A = { 3, 4, 7, 8 } and B = { 1, 7, 10 }. Which of the following sets are relations from A to B
R1 = { ( 3, 7 ), ( 4, 7 ), ( 7, 10 ), ( 8, 1 ) }
R2 = { ( 3, 1 ), ( 4, 12 )}
R3 = { ( 3, 7 ), ( 4, 10 ), ( 7, 7 ), ( 7, 8 ), ( 8, 11 ), ( 8, 7 ), ( 8, 10 ) }
9. Let A = The set of all natural numbers less than 8, B = The set of all prime numbers less than 8, C = The
set of even prime number. Verify ( A B) x C = ( A x C )  ( B x C )
10. Let A = The set of all natural numbers less than 8, B = The set of all prime numbers less than 8, C =
The set of even prime number. Verify A x ( B – C ) = ( A x B ) – ( A x C )
11. Let A = { 1, 2, 3, 7 } and B = { 3, 0, -1, 7 }, which of the following are relation from A to B?
(i) R1 = { ( 2, 1 ), ( 7, 1 ) }
(ii) R2 = { ( -1, 1 ) }
(iii) R3 = { ( 2, -1 ), ( 7, 7 ), ( 1, 3 ) }
(iv) R4 = { ( 7, -1 ), ( 0, 3 ), ( 3, 3 ), ( 0, 7 ) }
12. A company has four categories of employees given by assistants ( A ), Clerks ( C ), Managers
( M ) and Executive officers ( E ). The company provide ` 10, 000, ` 25, 000, ` 50, 000, ` 1, 00, 000
as salaries to the people who work in the categories A, C, M and E respectively. If A1 , A2 , A3 ,A4
and A5 were Assistants; C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 were Clerks; M1 ,M2, M3 were managers and E1 , E2 were
Executive officers and if the relation R ios defined b y xRy, where x is the salary given to person y,
express the relation R through an ordered pair and an arrow diagram.
13. If X = { -5, 1, 3, 4 } and Y = { a, b, c }, then which of the following relations are functions from x to Y ?
(i) R = { ( -5, a ), ( 1, a ), ( 3, b ) } (ii) R = { ( -5, b ), ( 1, b ), ( 3, a ), ( 4, c ) }
(iii) R = { ( -5, a ), ( 1, a ), ( 3, b ), ( 4, c ), ( 1, b ) }
14. Given the function f : x  x2 – 5x + 6, evaluate
(i) f(-1) (ii) f(2a) (iii) f(2) (iv) f( x – 1 )
15. A graph representing the function f(x) is given in the fugure it is clear
that f(9) = 2.
(i) Find the following the values of the function
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(ii) For what value of x is f(x) = 1
(iii) Describe the following ( i ) Domain (ii) Range
(iv) What is the image of 6 under f?
16. Let A = { 1, 2, 3, 4 } and B = { 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 } be two sets. Let f : A  B be a function give by
f(x) = 3x – 1. Resresent this function
(i) by arrow diagram (ii) in a table form
(iii) as a set of ordered pairs (iv) in a garaphical form
17. Forensic scientists can determine the height (in cms) of a person based on the length of their thigh
bone. They usually do so using the function h(b) = 2.47b + 54. 10 where ‘b’ is the length of the
thigh bone.
(i) Check if the function ‘h’ is one – one
(ii) Also find the hight of a person if the length of his thigh bone is 50cms.
(iii) Find the length of the thigh bone if the height of a person is 147.96 cms.
t2 +t
18. The distance S ( in kms ) travelled by a particle in time ‘t’ hours is given by S(t) = Find the
2
distance travlled by the particle after.
(i) three and half hours. (ii) eight hours and fifteen minutes.
2x + 7, x < −2
19. If the function f : R  R defined by f(x) = { x − 2, − 2 ≤ x < 3
2 Find the
3x − 2, x ≥3
f(1)− 3f(4)
values of (i) f(4) (ii) f(-2) (iii) f(4)+ 2f(1) (iv)
f(−3)
x
20. Let f : A  B be a function defined by f(x) = 2 − 1, wehre A = { 2, 4, 6, 10, 12 },
B = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 }. Respresent f by
(i) Set of ordered pairs, (ii) a table
(iii) a graph (iv) an arrow diagram
x+2, x>1
21. If the function f is defined by f(x) = {2, − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1 Find the values of
x − 1, − 3 < x < −1
(i) f(3) (ii) f(0) (iii) f(-1.5) (iv) f(2) + f (-2)
6x + 1 if − 5 ≤ x < 2
22. A function f : [ -5, 9 ]  R is defind as follows f(x) = { 5x − 1
2
if 2 ≤ x < 6 Find the
3x − 4 if 6 ≤ x ≤ 9
values of
2f(−2)− f(6)
(i) f(-3) + f(2) (ii) f(7) – f(1) (iii) 2f(4) + f(8) (iv)
f(4)+ f(−2)
23. The function ‘t’ which mapes temperature in Celsius (C) into temperature in Fahrenheit (F) is
9
defind by t(c) = F where F = 5 C + 32. Find,
(i) t(0) (ii) t(28) (iii) t(-10) (iv) The vlue of C when t(C) = 212
(v) the temperature when the Celsius value is equal to the Farenheit value.
24. Let f be function f : N  N be defined by f(x) 3x + 2, x  N
(i) Find the images of 1, 2, 3 (ii) Find the pre – images of 29, 53
(iii) Identify the type of function.
25. If f(x) = 2x + 3, g(x) = 1 – 2x and h(x) = 3x. Prove that fo(goh) = (fog)oh
26. Find ‘x’ if gff(x) = fgg(x), given f(x) = 3x + 1 and g(x) = x + 3
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27. If f(x) = x – 1, g(x) = 3x + 1 and h(x) = x2 then prove that fo(goh) = (fog)oh
28. If f(x) = x2, g(x) = 2x and h(x) = x + 4 then prove that fo(goh) = (fog)oh
29. If f(x) = x – 4, g(x) = x2 and h(x) = 3x – 5 then prove that fo(goh) = (fog)oh

UNIT – 2 ( NUMBERS & SEQUENCES)

1. Find the HCF of 396, 504, 636
2. Use Euclid’s Division Alogrithm to find the HCF of 867 and 255
3. If p1x1 x P2x2 x P3x3 x P4x4 = 113400 where P1,P2, P3, P4 are primes in ascending order and x1, x2, x3, x4
are integers, find the values of P1,P2, P3, P4 and x1, x2, x3, x4.
4. If lth, mth and nth terms of an A.P. are, x, y, z respectively, then show that
x(m–n)+y(n–l)+z(l–m)=0
5. The sum of three consecutive terms that are in A.P. is 27 and their product is 288. Find the three
terms.
6. The ratio of 6th and 8th term of an A.P. is 7 : 9. Find the ratio 9th term to 13th term.
7. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 300 and 600 which are divisible by 7.
8. The 13th term of an A.P. is 3 and the sum of first 13 terms is 234. Find the common difference and
the sum of first 21 terms.
9. The sum of first n, 2n and 3n terms of an A.P. are S1, S2, and S3 respectively. Prove that
S 3 = 3 ( S 2 – S1 )
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10. The product of three consecutive terms of Geometric Progression is 343 and their sum is . Find the
3
three terms.
11. Find the 10th term of a G.P. whose 8th term is 768 and the common ratio is 2.
12. Find the sum to n terms of the series 5 + 55 + 555 + ……………………
13. Find the sum to n terms of the series. 0.4 + 0.44 + 0.444 + ……….. to n terms
14. Rekha has 15 square colour papers of sizes 10cm, 11cm, 12cm, ………….24cm. Howmuch area
can be decorated with these colour papers.
15. Find the sum of the following series. 103 + 113 + 123 + …………+ 203
16. Find the sum of all the numbers between 100 and 1000 which are divisible by 11.
17. If Sn = ( x + y ) + ( x2 + xy + y2 ) + ( x3 + x2y + xy2 + y3 ) + …………….. n terms then prove that
x2 (xn − 1 ) y2 (yn − 1 )
( x – y )Sn = [  ]
x−1 y−1
18. Find the sum of all natural number between 300 and 600 which are divisible by 7
19. Find the sum of series ( 23 – 1 ) + ( 43 – 33) + ( 63 – 53) + ……………to (i) n terms (ii) 8 terms.
20. Find the LCM and HCF of 408n and 170 by applying the fundemental theormem of arithmetic.
a−b 3a−2b 5a−3b
21. Find the sum [a+b + a+b + a+b + ⋯ … … … . to 12 terms ]
22. Find the sum to n terms of the series 3 + 33 + 333 + ……………………

UNIT – 3 ( ALAGEBRA & MATRIX)

1. Solve 3x – 2y + z = 2; 2x + 3y – z = 5; x + y + z = 6.
2. Find the GCD of the given polynomials x + x – x + 2 and 2x3 – 5x2 + 5x – 3
3 2

3. Find the GCD of the given polynomials 6x3 – 30x2 + 60x – 48 and 3x3 – 12x2 + 21x – 18
4. Find the LCM of each pair of the following polynomials a2 + 4a – 12, a2 – 5a + 6 whose GCD is (a – 2)
5. Find the GCD of each pair of the following polynomials.
12(x4 – x3), 8(x4 – 3x3 + 2x2) whose LCM is 24x3 ( x – 1 ) ( x – 2 )
𝑎2 + 3𝑎 − 4 𝑎2 + 2𝑎 − 8
6. If x = and y = find the value of x2y-2.
3𝑎2 − 3 2𝑎2 − 2𝑎 − 4

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 2𝑥 + 1 2𝑥 − 1 1 2𝐵
7. If A = , B= find −
2𝑥 − 1 2𝑥 + 1 𝐴− 𝐵 𝐴2 − 𝐵2
8. Find the square root of the following: (4x2
– 9x + 2 ) ( 7x2 – 13x – 2 ) ( 28x2 – 3x – 1 )
9. Find the square root of the following polynomials by division method. 37x2 – 28x3 + 4x4 + 42x + 9
10. Find the square root of the following polynomials by division method. 16x 4 + 8x2 + 1
11. Find the square root of the following polynomials by division method
121x4 – 198x3 – 183x2 + 216x + 144
12. Find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ if the following polymnomials are perfect squares.
ax4 + bx3 + 361x2 + 220x + 100
13. Find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ if the following polymnomials are perfect squares.
x4 – 8x3 + ax2 + bx + 16
24
14. If the difference between a number and its reciprocal is , find the number.
5
15. If  and  are the roots of the equation 3x2 + 7x - 2 =0, find the values of
𝛼 𝛽 𝛼2 𝛽2
(i) + (ii) +
𝛽 𝛼 𝛽 𝛼
16. The roots of the equation x2 + 6x – 4 = 0 are , . Find the quadratic equation whose roots are  2
2 2
and  2 (ii) and (iii)  2 and  2
𝛼 𝛽
17. Vani, her father and her grand father have an average age of 53. One – half of her grand father’s
age plus one – third of her father’s age plus one fourth of Vani’s age is 65. Four years ago if
Vani’s grandfather was four times as old as Vani then how old are they all now?
1 1 1
18. Simplify + −
𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 +15

4 3 1 2 3 4 8 3 4
19. If A = (2 3 −8) , B =( 1 9 2 ) , C =(1 −2 3 ) , then verify that
1 0 −4 −7 1 −1 2 4 −1
A+(B+C)=(A+B)+C
7 0 3 0
20. Find X and Y if X + y = ( ) and X – Y = ( )
3 5 0 4
1 −1
1 2
21. If A = (1 −1 2), B =(2 1 ) and C = ( ) Show that (AB)C = A(BC)
2 −1
1 3
1 1 1 2 −7 6
22. If A =( ) , B =( ) , and C =( ) verify that A ( B + C ) = AB + AC
−1 3 −4 2 3 2
2 −1
1 2 1
23. If A =( ) , and B = (−1 4 )then show that (AB)T = BTAT
2 −1 1
0 2
3 1 2
24. If A = ( ) show that A – 5A + 7 I 2 = 0
−1 2
1 8
25. If A = ( ) then show that A2 – 3A – 54 I2
7 2
−2
26. If A = ( 4 ) and B = (1 3 −6) then verify that (AB)T = BTAT
5
p 0 0 −q 2 −2
27. Given A = ( ), B = ( ), C = ( ) and if BA = C2, find ‘p’ and ‘q’.
0 2 1 0 2 2

UNIT – 4 ( GEOMETRY)
1. State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem (or) State and prove Thales Theorem.
2. State and prove Angle bisector theorem.
3. State and prove Pythagoras Theorem.
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5. P and Q are the mid – points of the sides CA and CB respectively of a  ABC, right angled at C.
Prove that 4 ( AQ2 + BP2) = 5AB2
6. The perpendicular PS on the base QR of a PQR intersects QR at S, such that QS = 3 SR. Prove that
2PQ2 = 2PR2 + QR2

7. In the adjacent figure, ABC is a right angled triangle with right angle at B and points D, E trisect BC.
Prove that 8 AE2 = 3 AC2 + 5 AD2

8. A circle inscribed in  ABC having sides 8cm, 10 cm and 12cm as shown in the figure, Find AD, BE and
CF.

9. An aeroplane leaves an airport and flies due north at a speed of 1000 km / hr. At the same time,
another aeroplane leaves the same airport and flies due west at the speed of 1200 km / hr. How far
apart will be the two planes after 1 ½ hours ?
10. There are two paths that one can choose to go from Sarah’s house to James house. One way is to
take C street, and the other way requires to take A street and then B street. How much shorter is
the direct path along C street? (Using figure).

11. The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 25cm and its perimeter 56cm. Find the length of the
smallest side.
12. AB is a chord of length 6cm to a circle of radius 5cm. The tangents at A and B intersect at a point P.
Find the length of the tangent PA.

UNIT – 5 ( COORDINATE GEOMETRY)

1. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are ( -3, 5 ), ( 5, 6 ) and ( 5, -2 )
2. Show that the points P (-1.5, 3), Q ( 6, -2 ), R ( -3, 4 ) are collinear.
3. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are ( -10, -4 ), ( -8, -1 ) and ( -3, -5 )
4. Determine whether the points are collinear. ( a, b + c ), ( b, c + a ), ( c, a + b )
1
5. Determine whether the points are collinear (− 2 , 3), ( -5, 6 ) and ( -8, 8 )
6. If the area of the triangle formed by the verticies A ( 0, 0 ), B ( p, 8) and C ( 6, 2 ) ( taken in order ) is
20 sq. units, find the value of ‘p’.
7. If the area of the triangle formed by the verticies A ( p, p ), B ( 5, 6 ) and C ( 5, -2 ) ( taken in order ) is
32 sq. units, find the value of ‘p’.
8. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose verticies are at (-9,0), (-8,6), (-1,-2) and ( -6,-3)
9. In the figure, the quadrilateral swimming pool shown is surrounded by the concrete patio. Find
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10. If the points A ( 2, 2 ), B ( -2, -3 ), C ( 1, -3 ) and D ( x, y ) form a parallelogram then find the valaues
‘x’ and ‘y’.
11. Let A ( -3, -4 ), B ( 9, -4 ), C ( 5, -7 ) and D ( 7, -7 ). Show that ABCD is a trapezium.
12. Find the equation of the median and altitude of  ABC through A where the vertices are
A ( 6,2 ), B ( -5, -1 ) and C ( 1, 9 )
13. Find the equation of straight line through the intersection of lines 7x + 3y = 10, 5x – 4y = 1 and parallel
to the line 13x + 5y + 12 = 0.
14. Find the value of ‘k’ if the area of quadrilateral is 28 sq. units, whose vertices are
(-4,-2), (-3,k), ( 3, -2) and ( 2, 3 )
15. Find the equation of a straight line joining the point of intersection of 3x + y + 2 = 0 and x – 2y – 4 = 0
to the point of intersection of 7x – 3y = -12 and 2y = x + 3.
16. If the points A ( -3, 9 ), B ( a, b ) and C ( 4, -5 ) are collinear and if a + b = 1, then find ‘a’ and ‘b’.

UNIT – 6 ( TRIGONOMETRY)
tanA tanB+tanA cotB sin2 A
1. If A + B = 900 then prove that – = cot2 B
sinA Sec B cos2 A
2. The top of a 15m high tower makes an angle of elevation of 60 0 with the bottom of an electronic
pole and angle of elevation of 300 with the top of the pole. What is the height of the electric pole ?
3. Two ships are sailing in the sea on either sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of
the lighthouse as observed from the ships are300 and 450 respectively. If the lighthouse is 200 m
high, find the distance between the two ships. (√3 = 1.732)
4. From the top of a tree of height 13m the angle of elevation and depression of the top and bottom
of another tree are 450 and 300 respectively. Find the height of the second tree. (√3 = 1.732)
5. From the top of a lighthouse, the angle of depression of two ships on the opposite sides of it are
oboserved to be 300 and 600. If the height of the lighthouse is h meters and the line joining the ships
4ℎ
passes through the foot of the lighthouse, show that the distance between the ships is m.
√3
6. Two ships are sailing in the sea on either side of the lighthouse. The angles of depression of two ships
are observed from the top of the light house are 60 0 and 450 respectively. If the distance between
√3+1
ships is 200( ) meters, find the height of the light house.
√3
7. From the top of a tower 50m high, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a tree and
observed to be 300 and 450 respectively. Find the height of the tree. ( √3 = 1.732)
8. From a window ( h metres high above the ground ) of a house in a street, the angles of elevation
and depression of the top and the foot of another house on the opposite side of the street are
𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃2
1 and 2 respectively. Show that the height of the opposite house is h(1 + ).
𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃1
9. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and top of a tower fixed at the
top of a 30 m high building are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the tower. ( √3 = 1.732)
10. To a man standing outside his house, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of a window are
600 and 450 respectively. If the height of the man is 180 cm and if he is 5m away from the wall,
what is the height of the window ? ( √3 = 1.732)
1 +𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
11. Prove that √ + √ = 2 sec
1 −𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
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 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼
12. If = m and = n then show that (m2 + n2)cos2 = n2
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽
13. From the top of a 12m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 600 and the
angle of depression of its foot is 300. Determine the height of the tower.
14. An aeroplane at an altitude of 1800m finds that two boats are sailing towards it in the same direction.
The angles of depression of the boats as observed from the aeroplane are 600 and 300 respectively.
Find the distance between the two boats.( √3 = 1.732)
𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃
15. If =p and = q, then prove that p2q2 ( p2 + q2 + 3 ) = 1
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

UNIT – 7 ( MENSURATION)
1. A right circular cylindrical container of base radius 6cm and height 15cm is full of ice cream. The ice
cream is to be filled in cones of height 9cm. and base radius 3cm, having a hemispherical cap. Find the
number of cones needed to empty the container.
2. From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter is 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same
height and base is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid.
3. If the radii of the circular ends of a frustum which is 45 cm high are 28 cm and 7cm, find the volume
of the frustum.
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4. If the volume of a hollow sphere is cm3 and outer radius is 8cm. Find the inner radius of the
7
22
sphere (𝜋 = 7 )
5. A vessel is in the form of ahemispherical bowl mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter is 14cm
and the height of the vessel is 13cm. Find the capacity of the vessel.
6. The frustum shaped outer portion of the table lamp has to be painted including the top part. Find
the total cost of painting the lamp if the cost of painting 1 sq. cm is ` 2

7. A container open at the top is in the fom of a frustum of a cone of height 16cm with radii of its lower
and upper ends are 8cm and 20cm respectively. Find the cost of milk which can completely fill a
container at the rate of ` 40 per litre.
8. A solid right circular cone of diameter 14cm and height 8cm is melted to form a hollow sphere. If
the external diameter of the sphere is 10cm, find the internal diameter.
9. A solid sphere of radius 6cm is melted into a hollow cylinder of uniform thickness. If the external
radius of the base of the cylinder is 5cm and height is 32cm, then find the thickness of the cylinder.
10. The radius and height of cyinder are in the ratio 5 : 7 and its curved surface area is 5500 sq. cm. Find
the radius and height of the cylinder.
11. A solid iron cylinder has total surface area of 1848 sq. m. Its curved surface area is five – sixth of
its total surface area. Find the radius and height of the iron cylinder.
12. A toy is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a hemisphere. The height of the toy is 25cm. Find
the total surface area of the toy if its common diameter is 12cm.
13. A metallic sphere of radius 16cm is melted and recast into small spheres each of radius 2cm. How
many small spheres can be obtained ?
14. The radius of a conical tent is 7m and height is 24m. Calculate the length of the canvas used to
make the tent if the width of the rectangular canvas is 4m ?

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15. An Industrial Metalic bucket is the shape of frustum of a right circular cone whose top and bottom
diameters are 10m and 4m and whose height is 4m. Find the curved and total surface area of the
bucket.
16. Find the volume of the double cone which is formed when the right angled triangle with sides 3cm,
4cm and 5cm is revolueud about its hypotenuse.
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17. The volume of a cone is 1005 cu.cm. The area of its base is 201 sq. cm. Find the slant height of
7 7
the cone.
18. The volume of two conoes of same base radius are 3600 cm3 and 5040 cm3. Find the ratio of height.
19. A solid sphere of radius 6cm is melted into a hollow cylinder of uniform thickness. If the external
radius of the base of the cylinder is 5cm and height is 32cm, then find the thickness of the cylinder.

UNIT – 8 ( STATISTICS)
1. Find the coefficient of variation of 24, 26, 33, 37, 29, 31.
2. Find the coefficient of variation of 38, 40, 44, 47, 46, 43, 49, 53.
3. The marks scored by the students in a slip test are given below. Find the standard deviation of their
marks.

4. A wall clock strikes the bell once at 1 o’ clock, 2 times 2 o’ clock, 3 times at 3 o’ clock and so on. How
many times will it strike in a particular day. Find the standard deviation of the number of strikes
the bell make a day.
5. For a group of 100 candidates the mean and standard deviation of their marks were found to be 60
and 15 respectively. Later on it was found that the scores 45 and 72 were wrongly entered as 40
and 27. Find the correct mean and standard deviation.
6. Find the variance and standard deviation of the wages of 9 workers give below:
` 310, ` 290, ` 320, ` 280, ` 300, ` 290, ` 320, ` 310, ` 280
7. The rain fall recorded in various places of five districts in a week are given below. Find its standard
deviation.

8. Find the mean and variance of the first ‘n’ natural number
9. Marks of the students in a particular subject of a class are given below. Find its standard deviation.

10. The marks scored by 10 students ina class test are 25, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 44, 48. Find the
standard deviation.

UNIT – 8 (PROBABILITY)
1. Two unbiased dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting
(i) a doublet ( equal numbers on both dice) (ii) the product as a prime number
(iii) the sum as a prime number (iv) the sum as 1
2. A person chooses a date a party. Find the probability that chooses
(i) A Monday
(ii) Wednesday
(iii) A Friday
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 (iv) Saturday (or) Sunday

3. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that sum of outcomes is (i) equal to 4, (ii) greater than 10,
(iii) less than 13
4. If A, B, C are any three events such that probability of B is twice as that of probability of A and B
1 1 1
probability of C is thrice as that of probability of A and if P ( A  B ) = ,p(BC)= ,p(AC)= ,
6 4 8
9 1
P(AUBUC) = , P(ABC)= , then find P(A), P(B) and P(C)?
10 15
5. One number is chosen randomly from the integers 1 to 50. Find the probability that it is divisible by 4
or 6.
6. A box contains cards numbered 3, 5, 7, 9, ……………….., 35, 37. A card is drawn at random from the
box. Find the probability that the drawn card have either multiples of 7 or a prime number.
7. Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting an even number on the first die or a total
of face sum 8.
8. Two dice are rolled together. Find the probability of getting a doublet or sum of faces as 4.
9. Three unbaised coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting atmost 2 tails or atleast 2 heads.
10. A coin is tossed thrice. Find the probability of getting exactly two heads or atleast one tail or two
consecutive heads.
11. In a class of 50 students, 28 opted for NCC, 30 opted for NSS and 18 opted both NCC and NSS. One
of the students is selected at random. Find the probability that
(i) The student opted for NCC but not NSS. (ii) The student opted for NSS but not NCC.
(iii) The student opted for exactly one of them.
12. A coin is tossed thrice. Find the probability of getting exactly two heads or at least one tail or two
consecutive heads.
13. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that sum of outcomes is (i) equal to 4, (ii) greater than 10,
(iii) less than 13
14. In a class of 35 students are numbered from 1 to 35. The ratio of boys to girls is 4 : 3. The roll
numbers of students begin with boys and end with girls. Find the probability that a student selected is
either boy with prime roll number or a girl with composite roll number or an even roll number.
15. Some boys are playing a game, in which the stone thrown by them landing in a circular region
( given in the figure ) is considered as win and landing other than the circular region is considered
as loss. What is the probability to win the game?

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 2 MARK CREATIVE QUESTIONS
UNIT – 1
1. Which of the following relations are functions from A = { 1, 4, 9, 16 } to B = { –1, 2, –3, –4, 5, 6 }?
In case of a function, write down its range. (each subdivision carries two marks)
(i) f1 = { (1, –1), (4, 2), (9, –3), (16, –4) } (ii) f2 = { (1, –4), (1, –1), (9, –3), (16, 2) }
(iii) f3 = { (4, 2), (1, 2), (9, 2), (16, 2) } (iv) f4 = { (1, 2), (4, 5), (9, –4), (16, 5) }
2. Let A ={1,2,3,4,5}, B =ℕ and f : A  B be defined by f(x) = x2. Find the range of f. Identify the type of
function.
3. Write the given function f={(1,3),(2,5),(4,7),(5,9),(3,1)}, write the domain and range.
4. Write the pre- image of 2 and 3 in the function f = {(12,2),(13,3),(15,3),(14,2),(17,17)}
x if x ≥ 0
5. Let | x | = f(x) = { , where x ϵR. Does the relation { ( x, y )|y = | x |, x ϵR } define a
−x if x < 0
function? Find its range.

UNIT – 2
n ( n+1 )( 2n+1 )
1. Write the first three terms in a sequence whose nth term is given by Cn = , ∀nϵN
6

2. Write the first five terms of each of the following sequences.

an
a1 = – 1 , an = , n > 1 and ∀ n ϵ N
n+2
3. Write the first five terms of each of the following sequences.
F1 = F2 = 1 and Fn = F n – 1 + F n – 2, n = 3, 4, 5, 6 , …………………
4. 4, 9, 14, ………are in A.P. Find the 17th term.
1 1 1
5. 24, 23 4 , 22 2 , 21 4 are in A.P. Which term of Arithmetic sequence is 3 ?
6. How many terms are there in the following Arithmetic progression? 7, 13, 19, ………..205
7. How many two digit numbers are divisible by 13?
8. √2, 3√2, 5√2,………………… are in A.P. Then find the 12th term.
9. In a flower garden, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second row, 19 in the third row
and so on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the flower garden?
10. If the 4th and 7th terms of a G.P are 54 and 1458 respectively, find the G.P
1 1
11. In a geometric sequence, the first term is and the 6th term is , find the G.P.
3 729
12. 1, 2, 4, 8…………are in G.P. Which term of geometric sequence is 1024?
13. 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + ……+ x = 148, then find the value of x
14. Find the sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + …………..+ 45
15. Find the sum of the following 2 + 4 + 6 + ……………… + 100
16. Find the sum of the following series 1 + 3 + 5 + …………….. to 25 terms
17. Find the sum of 31 + 33 + + …..+53.
18. Find the sum of 12 + 22 + 32 + …………….+ 252
19. Find the sum of 12 + 32 + 52 + …………..+ 512.
20. If 13 + 23 + 33 + ………………+ k3 = 4356, then find the value of k
21. If 1 + 2 + 3 + …………+ P = 171, then find the value of 13 + 23 + 33 + ……..+P3
22. If 13 + 23 + 33 + …………….. + K3 = 8281, then find the value of 1 + 2 + 3 + …………+ K

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 UNIT – 3
x3 8
1. Simplify +
x− 2 2− x
2. Find the GCD of c2 – d2, c ( c – d )
3. Find the GCD of 35x5y3z4, 49x2yz3, 14xy2z2
4. Find the LCM of x3 + y3, x3 – y3 and x4 + x2y2 + y4
5. Find the LCM of 35a2c3b, 42a3cb2, 30ac2b3
6. Find the LCM of ( a – 1 )5 ( a + 3 )2, ( a – 1 )3 ( a – 2 )2 ( a + 3 )4
7. Find the square root of 16x2 – 24x + 9
64(𝑎+𝑏 )4 ( 𝑥−𝑦 )8 ( 𝑏−𝑐 )6
8. Find the square root of
25( 𝑥+𝑦 )4 ( 𝑎−𝑏 )6 ( 𝑏+𝑐 )10
9. Solve the quadratic equation 6x2 – 5x – 25 = 0
10. Form a quadratic equaion whose roots are 3 + √7, 3 − √7
4 + √7 4 − √7
11. Form a quadratic equaion whose roots are ,
2 2
12. If α and β are the roots of the equation 3x2 – 6x + 4 = 0, find the value of α2 + β2
13. Sove the quadratic equation √5x 2 + 2x − 3√5 = 0
14. Determine the nature of roots x2 – 11x – 10 = 0
15. Determine the nature of roots 4x2 – 28x + 49 = 0
16. Find the values of ‘k’ so that the equation x2 – 2x( 1 + 3k ) + 7(3 + 2k) = 0 has real and equal roots.
65
17. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is Find the number.
8
8 −7
9 −3 2
18. If A = (−2 4 ) and B = ( ) find BA
6 −1 −5
0 3
−3 2 4
19. If A = ( 6 2 −1) then verify that (AT)T = A
0 1 4
−3 −5
20. If A = ( ) then find the additive inverse of A
6 −1
4 −2 8 2
21. If A = ( ) and B = ( ) find 6A – 3B
5 −9 −1 −3
2 3 1 5
22. If A = ( ) − ( ) then find the additive inverse of A
−9 5 7 −1
23. Construct a 2 x 2 matirx A = [ aij] whose elements are given by aij = 2i – j
24. Construct 2 x 3 matrix A = [aij ] whose elements are given by |2i − 3j|
2 3
25. If A = (4 1), then find the transpose of A
5 0
5x + 2 y − 4 12 −8
26. Find the values of x, y and z from the matrix equation ( ) = ( )
0 4z + 6 0 2
2 3 1 5
27. If A = ( ) - ( ), then find additive inverse of A
−9 5 7 −1
4 −2 8 2
28. If A = ( ) and B = ( ) find 6A – 3B
5 −9 −1 −3
1 3
29. If A = ( ) then verify that AI = IA = A where I is the unit matrix of order 2.
9 −6
30. The sum of a number and its square is 90. Find the number.
31. Sum of the squares of 3 consecutive number is 194. Find them.
32. The product of two consecutive odd number is 323. Find them.
1
33. Find the square root of x2 – 2 +
x2

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 UNIT – 4
1. In a  ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively such that DE II BC. If AD = 6cm, DB
= 9cm and AE = 8cm, then find AC
2. In a ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively such that DE II BC. If AD = 8cm, AB =
12cm and AE = 12cm, then find CE
3. In a ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively such that DE II BC. If AD = 4x – 3 , BD
= 3x – 1, AE = 8x – 1 and EC = 5x – 3, then find the value of x.
4. E and F are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively, of a PQR. For each of the following cases,
verify EF II QR. If PE = 3.9cm, EQ = 3cm, PF = 3.6cm and FR = 2.4cm
AD 2
5. In  ABC, DE II BC and = . If AE = 3.7cm then find EC
DB 3
PS 3
6. In  PQR, given that S is a point on PQ such that ST II QR and = If PR = 5.6cm, then find PT
SQ 5
7. In the figure, AP = 3 cm, AR = 4.5cm, AQ = 6cm, AB = 5 cm, and AC = 10 cm. Find the length of AD.

8. In a ABC, AD is the internal bisector of A, meeting BC at D. If BD = 2cm, AB = 5cm, DC = 3cm find AC.
9. In aABC, AD is the internal bisector of A, meeting BC at D. If AB = 5.6cm, AC = 6cm and DC = 3cm
find BC.
10. In aABC, AD is the internal bisector of A, meeting BC at D. If AB = x, AC = x – 2, BD = x + 2 and
DC = x – 1 find the value of x.
11. In the figure, AP = 3cm, AR = 4.5cm, AQ = 6cmAB = 5cm, and AC = 10cm. Find the length of AD

12. In  ABC, the internal bisiector, AD of A meets the side BC at D. If BD = 2.5cm, AB = 5cm and AC =
4.2cm, then find DC.

13. In ABC, AE is the external bisector of A, meeting BC produced at E. If AB = 10cm, AC = 6cm and
BC = 12cm, then find CE.

UNIT – 5
1. Find the equation of a straight line whose slope is -3 and y – intercept is 4
2. Find the equation of a straight line whose angle of inclination is 60 0 and y – intercept is 3
3. Find the slope and y – intercept of the line whose equation is
(i) y = x + 1 (ii) 5x = 3y iii) 4x – 2y + 1 = 0 (iv) 10x + 15y + 6 = 0
4. Find the ‘x’ and ‘y’ intercepts of the straight line
(i) 5x + 3y – 15 = 0 (ii) 2x – y + 16 = 0 (iii) 3x + 10y + 4 = 0
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5. Find the equation of the straight line whose x and y – intercepts on the axes are give by
1 3 2 3
(i) 2 and 3 (ii) − and (iii) and − 4
3 2 5
6. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the points
(i) ( -2, 5 ) and ( 3, 6 ) (ii) ( 0, -6 ) and ( -8, 2 )
7. The centre of a circle is at ( -6, 4 ). If one end of a diameter of the circle is at the origin, then find
the other end.
8. Find the slope of the straight line passing through the points
(i) ( 3, -2 ) and ( 7, 2 ) (ii) ( 2, -4 ) and origin (iii) ( 1 + √3, 2 ) and ( 3 + √3, 4 )
9. Find the equation of the straight line whose
2
(i) slope is -4 and passing through ( 1, 2 ) (ii) slope is and passing through ( 5, -4 )
3
10. Show that the straight lines 3x + 2y – 12 = 0 and 6x + 4y + 8 = 0 are parallel
11. Show that the straight lines 3x – 5y + 7 = 0 and 15x + 9y + 4 = 0 are perpendicular.
y
12. If the straight lines = x – p and ax + 5 = 3y are parallel, then find a.
2
13. Find the value of ‘a’ if the straight lines 5x – 2y – 9 = 0 and ay + 2x – 11 = 0 are perpendicular to each
other.
UNIT – 6
1 − sin θ
1. Prove that √ = sec – tan
1 + sin θ
sinθ cosθ
2. Prove the Identity + =1
Cosecθ Secθ
1 − cosθ
3. Prove the identity √ = cosec – cot 
1 + cosθ
4. Prove that sec( 1 - sin )( sec + tan ) = 1
5. Prove that (sin6  + cos 6 ) = 1 – 3sin2cos2
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower, from a place at a distance of 50m from its foot on
horizontal plane found to be 600. Find the height of the tower.
6. A kite is flying with a string of length 200m. If the thread makes an angle 300 with the ground. Find
the distance of the kite from the ground level. ( Here , assume that the string is along a straight line )
7. A ladder leaning against a vertical wall, makes an angle of 60 0 with the ground. The foot of the ladder
is 3.5m away from the wall. Find the length of the ladder.
8. Find the angular elevation ( angle of elevation from the ground level ) of the sun when the length of
the shadow of a 30m long pole is 10√3m.
9. A girl of height 150cm stands in front of a lamp post and casts a shadow of length 150√3 cm on the
ground. Find the angle of elevation of the top of the lamp post.
10. A ramp for unloading a moving truck, has an angle of elevation of 30 0. If the top of the ramp is 0.9m
above the ground level, then find the length of the ramp.
11. A pendulum of length 40cm subtends 600 at the vertex in one full oscillation. What will be the
shortest distance between the initial position and the final position of the bob?
12. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower as seen by an observer is 300. The observer is at a
distance of 30√3 m from the tower. If the eye level of the observer is 1.5m above the ground level,
then find the height of the tower.
13. A ladder placed against a wall such that it reaches the top of the wall of height 6 m and the ladder is
inclined at an angle of 60. Find how far the ladder is from the foot of the wall.
14. What is the elevation of the sun when the length of the shadow of a pole is 3 times the height of the
pole?
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 UNIT – 7
1. The total surface area of solid hemisphere is 675 cm2. Find the curved surface area of the solid
hemisphere.
2. If the CSA of a solid hemisphere is 2772 sq.cm, then find its total surface area
3. Base area of the cone is 36cm2. Its height is 8cm. Find the volume of cone.
4. The radii of two right circular cylinders are in the ratio 3 : 2 and their heights are in the ratio 5 : 3. Find
the ratio of their CSA.
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5. Volume of a hollow sphere is cm3. If the outer radius is 8cm, find the inner radius of the sphere.
7
1
6. Volume of a solid sphere is 7241 ccm3, then find its radius.
7
7. The radii of two circular ends of a frustum shaped bucked are 15cm and 8cm. If its depth is 63cm. Find
22
the capacity of the bucket in liters. .( = )
7
8. A rectangular sheet of aluminium foil 44 cm x 20 cm is rolled along to form a cylinder of height 20 cm. Find
the volume of the cylinder formed.
9. The radius and height of a cone are 7 cm and 24 cm respectively. Find the volume and curved surface area
of the cone.
10. A cone of height 24 cm has a curved surface area of 550 cm2. Find the volume of the cone.
11. If the radii of the circular ends of a bucket of height 45 cm are 28 cm and 7cm. Find the capacity of the
bucket.

UNIT – 8
1. Find the range and the coefficient of range of 43, 24, 38, 56, 22, 39, 45
2. Find the Standard deviation of the first 10 natural number.
3. Mean of 100 items is 48 and their S.D is 12. Find the Coefficient variation.
4. The coefficient of variation of a series is 57 and its S.D is 6.84. Find the arithmetic mean of the series.
5. Calculate the S.D of the first 13 natural numbers.
6. If n = 10, x̅ = 12 and∑ x 2 = 1530, then calculate the coefficient of variation .
7. If the coefficient of variation of a collection of data is 57 and its S.D is 6.84, then find the mean.
8. The largest of 50 measurements is 3.84kg. If the range is 0.46kg. Find the smallest measurement.
9. If n = 10, x̅ = 12 and ∑ x 2 = 1530 then calculate the coefficient of variation.
10. The standard deviation of 20 observations is √5 if each observation is multiplied by 2, find the
standard deviation and variance of the resulting observations.
11. An integer is chosen from the first twenty natural numbers. What is the probability that it is a prime
number?
12. The standard deviation and the mean of 20 values are 21.2 and 36.6. Find the coefficient of variation.
13. The variance of 5 scores in 16. If each one of them is divided by 2, find the standard deviation and
variance of the new scores.
14. The probability that it will rain on a particular day is 0.76. What is the probability that it will not rain
on that day?
15. If A is an event of random experiment such that P(A) : P(A ̅) = 7 :12, then find P(A)
16. An integer is chosen at random from 1 to 50. Find the probability that the number is divisible by 5.
17. Find the probability of choosing a perfect cube from the numbers 1 to 300.
18. There are 5 dozen oranges in a box. Four oranges are rotten. Find the probability of choosing a good
orange.
19. A coin is tossed three times. Find the probability of getting
i) head and tail alternatively ii) at least two heads iii) exactly two heads iv) no head
20. Two dice are thrown, what is the probability of getting a multiple of 3 on the face of the first die.
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UNIT – 1
1
1. a = { – 2, – 1, 1, 2 } 𝑓 = {(𝑥, 𝑥) ; 𝑥 𝜖 𝐴}. Write down the rage of 𝑓. Is 𝑓 a function from A to A

𝟏
Answer : (range = {− 𝟐 , −𝟏, 𝟏, 𝟐 }, not a function)
2. Let A = { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, B = { –11, 4, 7, –10, –7, –9, –13 } and 𝑓 = { ( x, y ): y = 3 – 2x, x A, y  B }
(i) Write down the elements of 𝑓 (ii) What is the co domain? (iii) What is the range?
(iv) Identify the type of function.
1
3. Let A = { 4, 6, 8, 10 } and B = { 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 }. If  : A B is defined by (x) = 2 x + 1 then represent f by
as a) set of ordered pairs, b) a table c) an arrow diagram, d) a graph.
4. A function : [ – 3, 7 )  R is defined as follows
4𝑥 2 − 1, −3≤x<2
𝑓(𝑥) { 3x − 1, 2≤x≤4 Find the values of
2x − 3, 4<x<7
f(3)+ f(1)
(i) f(45) + f(6) (ii) f(1) – f( – 3 ) (iii) f(–2) – f(4) (iv)
2f(6)−𝑓(1)
5. Let A = { 0, 1, 2, 3, } and B = { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 } be two sets. Let  : A  B be a function given by
(x) = 2x + 1. Represent this function as
a) set of ordered pairs, b) a table c) an arrow diagram d) a graph.

UNIT – 2
1. Find the 18th and 12th terms of the sequence defined by
𝑛(𝑛 + 3) 𝑛𝜖𝑁 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
an = { 2𝑛
𝑛𝜖𝑁 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑑𝑑
𝑛2 +1
2. Find the first five terms of the sequence given by a1 = 2, a2 = 3 + a1 and an = 2 an – 1 + 5 for n > 2
3. If 9th term of an A.P. is zero, Prove that its 29th terms is double ( twice ) the 19th term.
4. The 10th and 18th term of an A.P are 41 and 73 respectively. Find the 27th term. ( Answer : t27 = 109 )
5. The sum of three consecutive terms in an A.P is 6 and their product is –120. Find the three numbers.
( Answer : – 6, 2, 10 or 10, 2, –6 )
6. Find the three consecutive terms in an A.P whose sum is 18 and the sum of their squares is 140.
( Answer : 2, 6, 10 or 10, 6, 2 )
7. If m times the mth term of an A.P. is equal to n times its nth term, then show that the ( m + n )th term of
the A.P. is zero.
1 1 1
8. If a2, b2, c2 are in A.P., the prove that , , are also in A.P
𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
1 1 1
9. If ax = by = cz, x  0, y  0, z  0 and b2 ac, then show that , , are also in A.P
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
10. Find the sum of the first 40 terms of the series : 12 – 22 + 32 – 42 + ………………… ( Answer : – 820 )
11. Find the sum of the first 2n terms of the series : 12 – 22 + 32 – 42 + …………………
( Answer : – (2n2 + n ) or – n(2n + 1 )) )
12. Find the sum of all 3 digit natural numbers which are divisible by 9. ( Answer : 55350 )
13. Find the sum of all numbers between 300 and 500 which are divisible by 11. ( Answer : 7227 )
14. 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + ……+ x = 148, then find the value of x ( Answer : 36 )

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15. If a, b, c, d are in geometric sequence, then prove that ( b – c )2 + ( c – a )2 + ( a – b )2 = ( a – c )2
16. Find the total volume of 15 cubes whose edges are 16cm, 17cm, 18cm, ……………,30cm respectively.
( Answer : 201825 )
17. Find the sum to n terms of the series 6 + 66 + 666 + ……………….
18. Find the sum to n terms of the series 7 + 77 + 777 ……………….

UNIT – 3
1. In a two digit number, the digit in the unit place is twice of the digit in the tenth place. If the digits are
reversed, the new number is 27 more than given number. Find the number. ( Answer : 36 )
2. Eight men and twelve boys can finish a piece of work in 10 days while six men and eight boys can finish
th same work in 14 days. Find the numbner of days taken by one man alone to complete the work and
also one boy alone to complete the work. ( Answer : 1 man = 140 days, 1 boy = 280 days )
3. Find the GCD of 6 (2x2 – 3x – 2 ), 8(4x2 + 4x + 1 ), 12 ( 2x2 + 7x + 3 ) (Answer : 2 ( 2x + 1 ) )
4. 3 3 3 3 4
Find the LCM of x + y , x – y and x + x y + y2 2 4

5. Find the GCD of the polynomials x4 + 3x3 – x – 3 and x3 + x2 – 5x + 3 ( Answer : x2 + 2x – 3 )

6. Find the GCD of the following polynomials 3x4 + 6x3 – 12x2 – 24x and 4x4 + 14x3 + 8x2 – 8x
(Answer : x ( x2 + 4x + 4 ))
7. The GCD of x4 + 3x3 + 5x2 + 26x + 56 and x4 + 2x3 – 4x2 – x + 28 is x2 + 5x + 7. Find their LCM.
( Answer : ( x2 – 2x + 8 ) ( x4 + 2x3 – 4x2 –x + 28 ) or ( x2 – 3x + 4 )( x4 + 3x3 + 5x2 + 26x + 56) )
𝑥3 − 8 𝑥 2 +6𝑥 + 8
8. Multiply : × ( Answer : ( x + 4 ) )
𝑥2 − 4 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥+4
2 2
𝑥 − 1 𝑥 −4𝑥−5 𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙+𝟏
9. Divide : ÷ Answer : (
𝒙𝟐 −𝟏𝟎𝒙+𝟐𝟓
)
𝑥 2 − 25 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥−5
𝑥 2 −2𝑥−6 2
𝑥 +2𝑥−24 𝟐𝒙+ 𝟖
10. Simplify + Answer : ( 𝒙+𝟑 )
𝑥2− 9 𝑥 2 −𝑥−12
11. Find the square root of (6x2 +5x - 6 ) ( 6x2 – x – 2 ) ( 4x2 + 8x + 3 ) Answer : ( 2x + 1 ) ( 3x – 2 ) ( x – 1 )
12. Find the square root of
(i) x4 – 4x3 + 10x2 – 12x + 9 (ii) 4x4 + 8x3 + 8x2 + 4x + 1
(iii) 9x4 – 6x3 + 7x2 – 2x + 1 (iv) 4 + 25x2 – 12x – 24x3 + 16x4
(v) 9x4 + 12x3 + 10x2 + 4x + 1 (vi) 25x4 – 30x3 + 29x2 – 12x + 4
(vii) x4 – 10x3 + 37x2 – 60x + 36 (viii) x4 – 6x3 + 19x2 – 30x + 25
12. Find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’ if the following polynomials are perfect squares.
(i) 4x4 – 12x3 + 37x2 + ax + b (ii) x4 – 4x3 + 10x2 – ax + b
(iii) ax4 + bx3 + 109x2 – 60x + 36 (iv) ax4 – bx3 + 40x2 + 24x + 36
(v) m – nx + 28x2 + 12x3 + 9x4 (vi) 16x4 – 24x3 + ( a – 1)x2+ ( b + 1 )x + 49
6 1 1
13. Solve : − + =0 ( Answer : – 4, 4 )
7𝑥−21 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥+9 𝑥2− 9
14. The speed of a boat in still water is 15km/hr. It goes 30km upstream and return downstream to the
original point in 4 hrs 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
15. A car left 30 minutes later than the scheduled time. In order to reach its destination 150km away in
time, it has to increase its speed by 25km/hr from its usual speed. Find its usual speed.
16. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr. It goes 30 km upstream and return downstream to the
original point in 4 hrs 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
17. Solve the quadratic equation 5x2 – 6x – 2 = 0 by completing square method.
18. Solve the quadratic equation a2x2 – 3abx + 2b2 = 0 by completing square method.
19. If  and  are the roots of the equation 3x2 – 5x + 2 = 0, then find the values of

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 α β α2 β2
(i) + (ii)  -  (iii) +
β α β2 α2
x2
20. Find the values of ‘k’ so that the equation – 2x( 1 + 3k ) + 7(3 + 2k) = 0 has real and equal roots.
21. The roots of the equation3x2 – 4x + 1 = 0 are , . Find the quadratic equation whose roots are
2 2
 2 and  2 (ii) and (iii)  2 and  2
𝛼 𝛽
2 3 2 −2
22. Find X and Y if 2X + 3Y = ( )and 3X + 2Y = ( )
4 0 −1 5
1 0 x
23. Solve (x 1) ( )( ) = 0
−2 −3 5
3 2 −2 5 1 1
24. If A = ( ), B = ( ) and C = ( ) verify that A ( B + C ) = AB + AC
−1 4 6 7 −5 3
1 −1
25. If A = ( ) then prove that A2 – 4A + 5 I2 = 0
2 3
5 2 2 −1
26. If A = ( ) and B = ( ) then verify that (AB)T = BTAT
7 3 −1 1
1 8
27. If A = ( ) then show that A2 – 3A – 54 I2
7 2
3 3 8 7 2 −3
28. If A = ( ), B = ( ) and C = ( )
7 6 0 9 4 6
Find ( A + B ) C and AC + BC, Is ( A + B ) C = AC + BC?
a b 1 0
29. If A = ( ) and I2= A = ( ) then show that A2 – ( a + d ) A = ( bc – ad ) I2
c d 0 1
−2
30. If A = ( 4 ) and B = (1 3 −6) then verify that (AB)T = BTAT
5

UNIT – 5
1. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose verticies are
(i) ( 6, 9 ), ( 7, 4 ), ( 4, 2 ), and ( 3, 7 ) (ii) (–3, 4 ), (–5, –6 ), ( 4, –1 )and ( 1, 2 )
(iii) (–4, 5 ), ( 0, 7 ), ( 5, –5) and (–4, –2 ) (iv) (–4, –2 ), (–3, –5 ), ( 3, –2 ) and ( 2, 3 )
2. Using the concept of slope, show that the points A ( 5, – 2 ), B ( 4, –1 ) and C ( 1, 2 ) are collinear.
3. Using the concept of slope, show that the points (–2, –1 ), ( 4, 0 ), ( 3, 3 ) and (– 3, 2 )taken in order
form a parallelogram.
4. The vertices of  ABC are A (-5, 7 ), B ( -4, -5 ) and C ( 4, 5 ). Find the slopes of the altitudes of the
triangle.
5. The vertices of  ABC are A ( 2, 1 ), B ( -2, 3 ) and C ( 4, 5 ). Find the equation of the median through
the vertex A.
6. If the three points ( h, 0 ), ( a, b ) and ( 0, k ) lie on a straight line, then using area of the triangle
a b
formula show that + = 1, where k  0
h k
7. If P ( x, y ) is any point on the line segment joining the points ( a, 0 ) and ( 0, b ), then prove that
x y
+ = 1 , where a, b  0
a b
8. If the vertices of ABC are A ( 2, -4 ), B ( 3, 3 ) and C ( -1, 5 ). Find the equation of the straight line
along the altitude from the vertex B.
9. Find the equation of the straight line passing through point ( 2, 2 ) and the sum of the intercepts is 9.
10. Find the equation of straight line passing through the point of intersection of the lines 2x + y -3 = 0 and
5x + y + 6 = 0 and parallel to the line joining the points ( 1, 2 ) and ( 2, 1 )

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 UNIT – 6
1. A vertical tree is broken by the wind. The top of the tree touches the ground and makes an angle 30 0
with it. If the top of the tree touches the ground 30m away from its foot, then find the actual height
of the tree.
2. A girl standing on a light house built on a cliff near the seashore. Observes two boats due East of the
light house. The angles of depression of the two boats are 30 0 and 600. The distance between the
boats is 300m. Find the distance of the top of the lighthouse from the sea level.
3. A person in an helicopter flying at a height of 700m. Observes two objects lying opposite to each
other on either bank of a river. The angles of depression of the objects are 300 and 450. Find the
width of the river. ( √3 = 1.732 )
4. A student sitting in a class room sees a picture on the black board at a height of 1.5m from the
horizontal level of sight. The angle of elevation of the picture is 30 0. As the picture is not clear to him,
he moves straight towards the black board and sees the piciture at an angle of elevation of 45 0. Find
the distance moved by the student.
5. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from the foot of a tower is 600 and the angle of elevation of
the top of the tower from the foot of the hill is 30 0. If the tower is 50m high, then find the height of
the hill.
6. A vertical wall and a tower are on the ground. As seen from the top of the tower, the angles of
depression of the top and bottom of the wall are 45 0 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the wall
if the height of the tower is 90m.
7. A boy spots a baloon moving with the wind in a horizonotal line at a height of 88.2 m from the ground
level. The distance of his eye level fromn the ground is 1.2m. The angle of elevation of the baloon
from his eyesat an instant is 600. After some time, from the same point of observation, the angle of
elveation of the baloon reduces to 300. Find the distance covered by the baloon during the interval.
8. A flag post stants on the top of a building. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the
top and bottom of the flag post are 600 and 450 respectively. If the height of the flag post is 10m, find
the height of the building.
9. A light house was observed from two points in a line with it, but on opposite sides of it. The distance
between the point is 120 m. If the angle of elevation are 30and 45, find the height of the light house.
10. Two persons standing 20 m apart observed the top of a tree in between them at angles of elevation of
300 and 45. Find the height of the tree.

UNIT – 7
1. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube whose edge is 14cm.
2. Radius and slant height of a solid right circular cone are 35cm and 37cm respectively. Find the curved
22
surface area and total surface area of the cone. ( = 7 )
3. The diameter of a road roller of length 120cm is 84cm. If it takes 500 complete revolutions to level a
22
playground, then find the cost of leveling it at the cost of 75 paise per square meter. ( = )
7
4. A sector containing an angle of 1200 is cut off from a circle of radius 21cm and folded into a cone. Find
22
the curved surface area of the cone. .( = )
7
5. The perimeter of the ends of a frustum of a cone are 44cm and 8.4cm. If the depth is 14cm, then find
the volume.

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6. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a cone surmounted on a hemisphere. If the radii of the
hemisphere and base of the cone are 3.5cm each and the total height of a toy is 17.5cm. Then find the
22
volume of wood used in the toy. .( = )
7
7. A circus ten is to be erected in the form of a cone surmounted on a cylinder. The total height of the
tent is 49m. Diameter of the base is 42m and height of the cylinder is 21m. Find the cost of canvas
22
needed to make the tent. If the cost of canvas Rs. 12.50m2. .( = )
7
8. Using clay, a student made a right circular cone of height 48cm and base radius 12cm. Another
students reshapes it in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the sphere.
9. An iron right circular cone of diameter 8cm and height 12cm is melted and recast into spherical lead
shots of radius 4mm. How many lead shots can be made?
10. A cylindrical shaped well of depth 20m and diameter 14m is dug. The dug out soil is evenly spread to
form a cuboid – platform with base dimension 20m x 14m. Find the height of the platform.
11. A right circular cylinder having diameters 12cm and height 15cm is full of ice cream. The ice cream is
to be filled in cones of height 12cm and diameter 6cm, having a hemispherical shape on top. Find the
number of such cones which can be filled with the ice cream available.
12. A spherical solid material of radius 18cm is melted and recast into three small solid spherical spheres
of different sizes. If the radii of two spheres are 2cm and 12cm. Find the radius of the third sphere.
13. If the total surface area of a solid right circular cylinder is 880 sq. cm. and its radius is 10cm, find its
curved surface area.
14. If the curved surface area of the right circular cylinder is 704 sq. cm, and height is 8 cm, find the
volume of the cylinder in litres.
15. Spherical shaped marbles of diameter 1.4 cm each, are dropped into a cylinder beaker of diameter
7cm containing some water. Find the number of marbles that should be dropped into the beaker so
that the water level raise by 5.6cm.
16. A well of diameter 3 m is dug to a depth of 20m. The earth taken out is heaped into a cone of height
15 m. Find the radius and slant height of the cone.

UNIT – 8
1. Calculate the standard deviation of the following data 38, 40, 34, 31, 28, 26, 34
2. Calculate the standard deviation of 62, 58, 53, 50, 63, 52, 55
3. Find the coefficient of variation of the following data 18, 20, 15, 12, 25
4. Find the coefficient of variation for the given data 20, 18, 32, 24, 26
5. Calculate the standard deviation of the following data
x 3 8 13 18 23
f 7 10 15 10 8
6. Given ∑ x = 99, n = 9 and ∑(x − 10)2 = 79. Find ∑ x 2 and ∑(x − x̅)2
7. Given ∑ x = 35, n = 5 and ∑(x − 9)2 = 82. Find ∑ x 2 and ∑(x − x̅)2
n2 −1
8. Prove that the standard deviation of the first n natural number is  = √
12
9. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
a) at least one head b) exactly two tails c) at least two heads
10. A number is selected at random from integers 1 to 100. Find the probability that it is
a) a perfect square b) not a perfect square

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11. A box contains 4 Green, 5 Blue and 3 Red balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that
the selected ball is (i) Red in colour (ii) not Green in colour
12. A die is thrown twice. Find the probability that at least one of the two throws comes up with the
number 5.( use addition theorem)
13. A bag contains 10 white, 5 black, 3 green and 2 red balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the ball is white or black or green.
14. If a die is rolled twice, find the probability of getting an even number in the first time or a total of 8 .

GEOMETRY & GRAPH

1. Draw a circle of radius 4.2 cm, and take any point on the circle. Draw the tangent at that point using
the centre.
2. Draw a circle of radius 3.2 cm. Take a point on the circle. Draw the tangent at that point using the
tangent – chord theorem.
3. Draw a circle of diameter 10cm. From a point P, 13cm away from its centre, draw the two tangents
PA and PB to the circle, and measure their lengths.
4. Draw the two tangents from a point which is 10cm away from the centre of a circle of radius 6cm.
Also measure the lengths of the tangents.
5. Take a point which is 9cm away from a circle of radius 3cm, and draw the two tangents to the circle
from that point.
6. Draw a circle of radius 3cm. From an external point 7cm away from its centre, construct the pair of
tangents to the circle and measure their lengths.
7. Construct a ABC such that AB = 6cm, C = 400 and the altitude from C to AB is of length 4.2cm.
8. Construct ABC in which BC = 5.5 cm, A = 600 median AM from the vertex A is 4.5cm.
9. Construct ABC in which BC = 4.5 cm, A = 400 median AM from the vertex A is 4.7cm. Find the
length of the altitude from A to BC.
10. Construct a PQR in which the base PQ = 6cm, R, 60 and the altitude from R to PQ is 4cm.
11. Construct a PQR such that PQ = 4cm, R = 600 and the altitude from R to PQ is 4.5cm.
12. Construct aABC such that BC = 4cm, A = 450 and median from A to BC is 4cm.
13. Construct aABC in which the base BC = 5cm, BAC = 400 and median from A to BC is 6cm. Also
measure the length of the altitude from A.
14. Draw the Graph of xy = 20, x, y > 0. Use the graph to find y when x = 5, and to find x when y = 10
15. A bank gives 10% S.I on deposits for senior citizens. Draw the graph for the relation between the sum
deposited and the interest earned for one year. Hence find
a) the interest on the deposit of ` 650
b) the amount to be deposited to earn an interest of Rs. ` 45.
16. A bus travels at a speed of 40km/hr. Write the distance – time formula and draw the graph of it.
Hence, find the distance travelled in 3 hours.
17. Draw the graph for the following table and identify the variation
X 2 3 5 8 10
y 8 12 20 32 40
Hence, find value of y when x = 4.
16. The cost of the milk per liter is ` 15. Draw the graph for the relation between the quantity and cost.
Hence find
(i) the proportionality constant (ii) the cost of 3 liters of milk.
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 UNIT WISE SSLC PUBLIC QUESTIONS 10TH MATHS
RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS
2 MARKS
1. If A x B = { ( 3, 2 ), ( 3, 4 ), ( 5, 2 ), ( 5, 4 ) } then find A and B. ( Sep. 2019, Aug. 2022 & April 2024)
2. Show that the function f : N  N defined by f(m) = m2 + m + 3 is one – one function. ( Sep.2019)
3. If A = { 1, 3, 5 } and B = { 2, 3 } then find. Show that n ( A x B ) = n ( B x A ) = n(A) x n(B) ( Sep. 2021)
4. Let A { 1, 2, 3, 4, ………, 45 } and R Be the relation defined as “is square of” on A. write R as a subset
of A x A. Also, find the domain and range of R. ( Sep. 2021)
5. Let A = { 1, 2, 3 } and B = { x | x is a prime number less than 10 }. Find A x B and B x A ( May 2022)
6. The arrow diagram shows in figure a relationship between the sets P and Q. Write the relation in
(i) Set builder form (ii) Roster form (iii) What is the domain and range of R. ( May 2022 )

7. If A = { 5, 6 }, B = { 4, 5, 6 }, C = { 5, 6, 7 }. Show that A x A = ( B x B )  ( C x C ). ( Aug. 2022 )

8. If B x A = { ( -2, 3 ), ( -2, 4 ), ( 0, 3 ), ( 0, 4 ), ( 3,3 ), ( 3, 4 )} find A and B ( April 2023 )
9. Find ‘k’ if fof(k) = 5 where f(k) = 2k – 1. ( April 2023 )
10. A Relation R is given by the set { ( x, y ) / y = x + 3, x  { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }}. Detrmine it is domain and
the range. ( June 2023 )
11. Check wheteher ( f o g ) = ( g o f ) if f(x) = x – 6 and g(x) = x2 ***** ( June 2023 )
12. If f(x) = 3x – 2, g(x) 2x + k and if (fog) = (gof), then find the value of ‘k’. ( April 2024 )

5 MARKS
13. Let A = The set of all natural numbers less than 8, B = The set of all prime numbers less than 8, C = The
set of even prime number. Verify ( A B) x C = ( A x C )  ( B x C ) ( Sep. 2019)
14. Let A = { x  W | x < 2 } , B = { x  N | 1 < x  4 } and C = { 3, 5 }. Verify that
A x ( B  C ) = ( A x B )  ( A x C ) (Sep. 2021 )
15. Let A = The set of all natural numbers less than 8, B = The set of all prime numbers less than 8,
C = The set of even prime number. Verify A x ( B – C ) = ( A x B ) – ( A x C ) ( May 2022 )
16. Let A = { 1, 2, 3, 4 } and B = { 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 } be two sets. Let f : A  B be a function give by
f(x) = 3x – 1. Resresent this function ( Sep. 2019 )
(i) by arrow diagram (ii) in a table form
(iii) as a set of ordered pairs (iv) in a garaphical form
17. Represent each of the given relations by ( a ) an arrow diagiram, ( b ) a graph and ( c ) a set in
roster from, wherever possible. { ( x, y ) | y = x + 3 , x, y are natural numbers < 10 } ( Aug. 2022 )
x
18. Let f : A  B be a function defined by f(x) = 2 − 1, wehre A = { 2, 4, 6, 10, 12 }, B = { 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 }.
Respresent f by ( April 2023 )
(i) Set of ordered pairs, (ii) a table (iii) a graph (iv) an arrow diagram
19. Let A = { x  W | x < 3 } , B = { x  N | 1 < x  5 } and C = { 3, 5, 7 }. Verify that
Ax(BUC)=(AxB)U(AxC) ( April 2023 )
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20. Let A = { x  W | x < 2 } , B = { x  N | 1 < x  4 } and C = { 3, 5 }. Verify that
Ax(BUC)=(AxB)U(AxC) ( Sep. 2023 )
21. Let A = { x  N | 1 < x < 4 }, B = { x  W | 0  x < 2 } and C = { x  N | x < 3 } then verify that
Ax(BUC)=(AxB)U(AxC) ( April 2024 )
22. Let A = { 0, 1, 2, 3, } and B = { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 } be two sets. Let  : A  B be a function given by
(x) = 2x + 1. Represent this function as ( April 2024 )
a) set of ordered pairs, b) a table c) an arrow diagram d) a graph.

NUMBERS & SEQUENCES

2 MARKS
1. If m, n, are natural numbers, for what values of m, does 2n x 5m ends in 5? ( Sep. 2019 )
n2 if n is odd
2. Find the 3rd and 4th terms of a sequence, if an = = {n2 ( Sep 2019 )
if n is even
2
3. Find the value of 12 + 22 + 32+ …….. + 102 and hence deduce 22 + 42 + 62 + ………… + 202 ( Sep. 2019 )
4. Find the number of terms in the A.P. 3, 6, 9, 12, ……..111. ( Sep. 2021 )
5. If 3 + k, 18 – k, 5k + 1 are in A.P. then find the value of ‘k’. ( Sep. 2021 )
6. Find the least number that is divisible by the first ten natural numbers. ( Aug. 2022 & June 2023 )
7. th
Find the 19 term of an A.P. -11, -15, -19, ……………. ( Aug. 2022 )
8. a b
If 13824 = 2 x 3 then find ‘a’ and ‘b’. ( May 2022 )
9. Which term of an A.P. 16, 11, 6, 1, ………. is -54? ( May 2022 )
10. Find ‘x’ so that x + 6, x + 12 and x + 15 are consecutive terms of a Geometric Progression.( April 2023)
11. If p2 x q1 xr4 x s3 = 3,15,000 then find the values of ‘p’, ‘q’, ‘r’ and ‘s’ ( April 2023 )
12. th
Find the 8 term of the G.P. 9, 3, 1, ………………….. ( June 2023 )
13. b a
‘a’ and ‘b’ are two positive integers such that a x b = 800. Find ‘a’ and ‘b’. ( April. 2024)
14. Find the HCF of 23 and 12. ( April. 2024 )

5 MARKS
15. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 100 and 1000 which are divisible by 11. ( Sep. 2019 )
16. The sum of three consecutive terms that are in A.P. is 27 and their product is 288. Find the three
terms. ( Sep. 2021 )
17. Find the HCF of 396, 504, 636 ( Sep. 2021 )
18. Find the largest number which dividies 1230 and 1926 leaving remainder 12 in each case. ( Aug. 2022 )
19. In an A.P nine times ninth term is equal to the fifteen times fifteenth term, show that six times
twenty fourth term is zero. ( Aug. 2022 )
20. 30. If lth, mth and nth terms of an A.P. are, x, y, z respectively, then show that ( May 2022 )
(i) x ( m – n ) + y ( n – l ) + z ( l – m ) = 0 (ii) ( x – y )n + ( y – z )l + ( z – x )m = 0
21. The ratio of 6 and 8 term of an A.P. is 7 : 9. Find the ratio 9th term to 13th term. ( May 2022 )
th th

22. The houses of a street are numbered from 1 to 49. Senthil’s house is numbered Such that the sum
of numbers of the houses prior to senthil’s house is equal to the sum of numbers of the houses
following Senthil’s house. Find Senthil’s house number? ( April 2023 )
23. Find the sum to n terms of the series 5 + 55 + 555 + …………………… ( April 2023 )
24. Find the sum to n terms of the series 3 + 33 + 333+ …………………… ( June 2023 )
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25. Rekha has 15 square colour papers of sizes 10cm, 11cm, 12cm, ………….24cm. Howmuch area can
be decorated with these colour papers. ( June 2023 )
3 3
26. Find the sum of 9 + 10 + …………… + 21 3 ( April 2024 )
27. Find the sum to n terms of the series 7 + 77 + 777 ………………. ( April 2024)

ALGEBRA
2 MARKS
1. Find the value of k for which the equation 9x2 + 3kx + 4 = 0 has real and equal roots. ( Sep. 2019 )
√7 −3
2. If A = (−√5 2 )then find the transpose of – A ( Sep. 2019 )
√3 −5
3. Determine the quadratiac equation whose sum and product of roots are – 9 and 20. ( Sep. 2021 )
4. Determine the nature of the roots for the quadratic equation 15x 2 + 11x + 2 = 0 ( Sep. 2021 )
5. 2
Find the value of ‘x’, in x – 4x – 12 = 0 ( Aug. 2022 )
400x4 y12 c16
6. Find the square root of the following rational expressions. ( Aug. 2022 )
100x8 y4 z4
x y 1
7. If P = , Q= then find ( May 2022)
x+y x+y P2 − Q2
7p + 2
8. Find the excluded values of the following expression ( May 2022)
8p2 + 13p + 5
x+ 2 x2 − x − 6
9. Simplify : ÷ ( April 2023 )
4y 12y2
10. Determine the nature of roots for the following quadratic equation. 2x2 – x – 1 = 0 ( April 2023 )
11. Determine the nature of the roots for the quadratic equation 15x 2 + 11x + 2 = 0.( June 2023 )
5 2 2
5
12. If A = (−√17 0.7 2 )then verify (AT)T = A ( June 2023 )
8 3 1
4x2 y 6xz2
13. Simplify : × ( April 2024 )
2z2 20y4
14. Find the sum and product of the roots for each of the following quadratic equation. x 2 + 8x – 65 = 0
( April 2024 )

5 MARKS
15. Solve : 6x + 2y – 5z = 13, 3x + 3y – 2z = 13, 7x + 5y – 3z = 26 ( Sep. 2019 )
4 3 3 2
16. Find the GCD of the given polynomials x + 3x – x – 3 and x + x – 5x + 3 ( Sep. 2019 )
x2 10x 10y y2
17. Find the square root of the following polynomials by division method . − + 27 − +
y2 y x x2
2 −1
18. If A =(1 2 1
) , and B = (−1 4 )then show that (AB)T = BTAT ( Sep. 2019 )
2 −1 1
0 2
19. If the equation ( 𝑙+ m2)x2 + 2mcx + c2 – a2 = 0 has equal roots, then prove that c2 = a2( 𝑙 + m2)
( Sep. 2021 )
20. Solve x + y + z = 5 ; 2x – y + z = 9 ; x – 2y + 3z = 16 ( Sep. 2021 )
21. Find the square root of 64x – 16x + 17x2 – 2x + 1 = 0
2 3 ( Sep. 2021& April 2024 )
b2 + 3b − 28 b2 − 49
22. Simplify : ÷ ( Aug. 2022 )
b2 + 4b + 4 b2 − 5b − 14
23. Find the square root of x4 – 12x3 + 42x2 – 36x + 9 ( Aug. 2022 )
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24. Solve x2 + 2x – 2 = 0 by Formula method. ( Aug 2022 )
4 3 2
25. If 36x – 60x + 61x – mx + n is a perfect square, find the values of ‘m’ and ‘n’. ( May 2022 )
26. Solve pqx2 – ( p + q )2x + ( p + q )2 = 0 ( May 2022 )
−13
27. If  and  are the roots of 7x2 + ax + 2 = 0 and  -  = . Find the values of a. ( May 2022 )
7
3y
28. Solve: x + 20 = + 10 = 2z + 5 = 110 – ( y + z ) ( April 2023 )
2
1 7
5 2 9
29. If A =( ) , and B = (1 2 )then show that (AB)T = BTAT ( April 2023 )
1 2 8
5 −1
30. Solve 3x – 2y + z = 2; 2x + 3y – z = 5; x + y + z = 6. ( June 2023 )
31. Find the square root of the following polynomials by division method.
121x4 – 198x3 – 183x2 + 216x + 144 ( June 2023 )
3 1
32. If A = ( ) show that A2 – 5A + 7 I 2 = 0 ( June 2023 & April 2024)
−1 2

GEOMETRY
2 MARKS
1. Check whether AD is bisector of A of ABC in each of the following AB = 5cm, AC = 10cm BD = 1.5cm
and CD = 3.5 cm ( Sep. 2019 )
𝐴𝐷 3
2. In  ABC, D and E are points on the sidies AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC If = and AC
𝐷𝐵 4
= 15cm find AE. ( Sep. 2021 )
3. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and P, Q are points on AD and BC respectively, such that PQ ||
DC if PD = 18cm, BQ =35cm and QC = 15 cm, find AD. ( Aug. 2022 )
4. In the figure AD is the bisector of A. If BD = 4cm, DC = 3cm and AB = 6 cm, find AC ( May 2022 )

5. In the figure AD is the bisector of BAC, if AB = 10cm, AC = 14cm and BC = 6cm. Find BD and DC ( April 2023 )

6. Check whether AD is bisector of A of ABC in each of the following AB = 4cm, AC = 6cm BD = 1.6cm
and CD = 2.4 cm ( June 2023 )
7. A man goes 18 m due east and then 24 m due north. Find the distance of his current position from the
starting point? ( April 2024 )

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8. State and prove Angle Bisector Theorem. ( Sep. 2019 , Aug. 2022 & April 2023 )
9. State and prove Pythagoras Theorem. ( Sep. 2021 & June 2023)
10. Show that in a triangle, the medians are concurrent. ( Sep. 2021 )
11. A man goes 18 m due east and then 24 m due north. Find the distance of his current position from the
starting point? ( Aug. 2022 )
12. State and Prove Basic Proportionality Theorem (BPT) or Thales theorem. ( May 2022 & April 2024 )
13. An aeroplane leaves an airport and flies due north at a speed of 1000 km / hr. At the same time,
another aeroplane leaves the same airport and flies due west at the speed of 1200 km / hr. How far
apart will be the two planes after 1 ½ hours ? ( May 2022 )
14. Two poles of height ‘a’ metres and ‘b’ metres are ‘p’ meters apart. Prove that the height of the point
of intersection of the lines joining the top of each pole to the foot of the opposite pole is given
ab
by meters. ( April 2023 )
a+ b

COORDINATE GEOMETRY
2 MARKS
1. Find the slope of a line joining the points ( 14, 10 ) and ( 14, – 6 ). ( Sep. 2019 )
2. Show that the given points are collinear ( -3, -4 ), ( 7, 2 ) and ( 12, 5 ) ( Sep. 2021 )
3. Calculate the slope and y intercept of the straight line 8x – 7y + 6 = 0 ( Sep. 2021
4. Find the intercepts made by the following lines on the coordinate axes. 3x – 2y – 6 = 0 ( Sep. 2021 )
5. If area of triangle formed by vertices A ( – 1, 2 ), B ( k, – 2 )and C ( 7, 4 ) is 22 sq. units, find the value of
‘k’. ( Aug. 2022 )
6. The line p passes through the points ( 3, -2 ), ( 12, 4 ) and the line q passses throught the points
( 6, -2 ) and ( 12, 2 ). Is p parallel to q? ( Aug. 2022 )
7. Find the slope of a line joining the given points (5, √5)with the origin ( Aug. 2022 )
8. Show that the points P (-1.5, 3), Q ( 6, -2 ), R ( -3, 4 ) are collinear. ( May 2022 )
9. The line p passes through the points ( 3, -2 ), ( 12, 4 ) and the line q passses throught the points
( 6, -2 ) and ( 12, 2 ). Is p parallel to q? ( May 2022 )
−5
10. Find the equation of a straight line which has slope and passing through the point (-1,2)
4
(May 2022 & April 2024)
11. A cat is located at the point ( -6, -4 ) in xy plane. A bottle of milk is kept at ( 5, 11 ). The cat wishes to
consume the milk travelling through shortest possible distance. Find the equation of the path it
needs to take its milk. ( April 2023 )
12. If the straight lines 12y = - (p + 3 )x + 12, 12x – 7y = 16 are perpendicular then find ‘p’. ( April 2023 )
13. Find the equation of a straight line which is parallel to the line 3x – 7y = 12 and passing through the
point ( 6, 4 ). ( June 2023 )
14. Find the slope of a line joining he given points (5, √5)with the origin ( June 2023 )
15. If the points A ( – 3, 9 ), B ( a, b ) and C ( 4, – 5 ) are collinear and if a + b = 1, then find ‘a’ and ‘b’.
( April 2024 )
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16. Find the value of ‘k’ if the area of quadrilateral is 28 sq. units, whose vertices are (-4,-2), (-3,k), ( 3, -2)
and ( 2, 3 ) ( Sep. 2019 )
17. Find the equation of the median and altitude of  ABC through A where the vertices are
A ( 6,2 ), B ( -5, -1 ) and C ( 1, 9 ) ( Sep. 2021 )

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18. A straight line AB cuts the co – ordinate axes at A and B. If the mid – point of AB is ( 2, 3 ), find the
equation of AB ( Sep. 2019 )

19. If the points P ( – 1, – 4 ), Q ( b, c ) and R ( 5, – 1 ) are collinear and if 2b + c = 4, then find the values of
‘b’ and ‘c’. ( Sep. 2021 )
20. A cat is located at the point ( -6, -4 ) in xy plane. A bottle of milk is kept at ( 5, 11 ). The cat wishes to
consume the milk travelling through shortest possible distance. Find the equation of the path it
needs to take its milk. ( Aug 2022 )
21. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed by the points ( 8, 6 ), ( 5, 11 ), (-5, 12 ) and (-4, 3) ( Aug. 2022)
22. Find the equation of the line passing through ( 22, – 6) and having intercept on x – axis exceeds the
intercept on y – axis by 5 units.( May 2022 )
23. A quadrilateral has vertices A ( -4, -2 ), B ( 5, -1 ), C ( 6, 5 ) and D ( -7, 6 ). Show that the mid –
points of its sides form a parallelogram. ( May 2022 )
24. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed by the points ( 8, 6 ), ( 5, 11 ), ( -5, 12 ) and ( -4, 3)
( Apr. 2023)
25. Find the equation of a straight line parallel to X – axis and passing through the point of intersection of
the lines 7x – 3y = – 12 and 2y = x + 3 ( April 2023 )
26. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose verticies are at ( -9, -2), (-8,-4), (2,2) and (1,-3)
( June 2023 & April 2024 )
27. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points A ( -4, 2 ) and B ( 6, -4 ).
( June 2023 )
28. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points A ( -4, 2 ) and B ( 6, -4 ).
( April 2024 )

TRIGONOMETRY
2 MARKS
1 +sinθ
1. Prove that √ = sec + tan ( Sep. 2019 )
1 −sinθ
2. Find the angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30m away from
the foot of a tower of height 10√3m. ( Sep. 2021 & Aug. 2022)
3. From the top of a rock 50√3m height, the angle of depression of a car on the ground is observed to be
300. Find the distance of the car from the rock. ( May 2022 )
secθ sinθ
4. Prove that − = cot ( April 2023 )
sinθ cosθ
5. Prove that tan2 - sin2 = tan2 sin2 ( June 2023 )
1+ cosθ
6. Prove the identity √ = cosec + cot  ( April 2024 )
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7. From the top of the tower 60m high the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a vertical
lamp post are observed to be 380 and 600 respectively. Find the height of the lamp post. ( tan380 =
0.7813, √3 = 1.732 ) ( Sep. 2019 )
8. Two ships are sailing in the sea on either sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of
the lighthouse as observed from the ships are300 and 450 respectively. If the lighthouse is 200 m
high, find the distance between the two ships. (√3 = 1.732) ( Sep. 2021 & April 2024 )
9. To a man standing outside his house, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of a window are
600 and 450 respectively. If the height of the man is 180 cm and if he is 5m away from the wall, what is
the height of the window ? ( √3 = 1.732) ( Aug. 2022 )
10. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and top of a tower fixed at the
top of a 30 m high building are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the tower. ( √3 = 1.732)
( May 2022 )
11. From the top of a lighthouse, the angle of depression of two ships on the opposite sides of it are
oboserved to be 300 and 600. If the height of the lighthouse is h meters and the line joining the ships
4h
passes through the foot of the lighthouse, show that the distance between the ships is m.
√3
( April 2023 )
1 +sinθ 1−sinθ
12. Prove that √ + √ = 2 sec ( June 2023 )
1 −sinθ 1+sinθ
13. Two ships are sailing in the sea on either sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of
the lighthouse as observed from the ships are300 and 450 respectively. If the lighthouse is 200 m
high, find the distance between the two ships. (√3 = 1.732) ( June 2023 )

MENSURATION
2 MARKS
1. Find the volume of the iron used to make a hollow cylinder of height 9 cm and whose initernal and
external radii are3cm and 5cm respectively. ( Sep. 2019 )
2. Find the diameter of a sphere whose surface area is 154 m2. ( Sep. 2019 )
3. If the base area of a hemispherical solid is 1386 sq. meters, then find its total surface area?
( Sep. 2019 & April 2024)
4. The heights of two right circular conoes are in the ratio 1 : 2 and the perimeters of their bases are in
the ratio 3 : 4. Find the ratio of their volumes. ( Sep. 2021 )
5. Find the volume of a cylinder whose height is 2m and whose base area is 250 m 2.
( Sep. 2021 & April 2024)
2
6. Find its radius and height. radius 7cm is 704cm , then find its slant height. ( Aug. 2022 )
7. If the total surface area of a cone of The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 5 : 7 and its
curved surface area is 5500 sq. cm. ( Aug. 2022 )
8. The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 12cm to 16cm as air being pumped into it. Find the
ratio of the surface area of the balloons in the two cases. ( May 2022 )
9. The volumes of two cones of same base radius are 3600 cm and 5040 cm3. Find the ratio of heights.
3

( May 2022 )
10. The radius of a conical tent is 7m and height is 24m. Calculate the length of the canvas used to
make the tent if the width of the rectangular canvas is 4m ? ( April 2023 )
11. If the ratio of radii of two spheres is 4 : 7, find the ratio of their volumes. ( April 2023 )
12. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14cm is 88cm2. Find the diameter of
the cylinder. ( June 2023 )
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13. The volume of a solid right circular cone is 11088 cm3. If its height is 24cm then find the radius of the
cone. ( June 2023 )
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14. A cylindrical glass with diameter 20cm has water to a height of 9cm. A small cylinderical metal of
radius 5cm and height 4cm is immersed it completely. Calculate the rise of the water in the glass.
( Sep. 2019 )
15. If the radii of the circular ends of a frustum which is 45 cm high are 28 cm and 7cm, find the volume
of the frustum. ( Sep. 2021 & April 2024 )
16. A toy is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a hemisphere. The height of the toy is 25cm. Find
the total surface area of the toy if its common diameter is 12cm. ( Sep. 2021 )
17. A cylindrical drum has height of 20cm and base radius of 14cm. Find its curved surface area and the
total surface area. ( Aug. 2022 )
18. If the circumference of base of a conical wooden piece is 484 cm then find its volume when its
height is 105cm. ( Aug. 2022 )
19. A container open at the top is in the form of a frustum of a cone of height 16cm with radii of its
lower and upper ends are 8cm and 20cm respectively. Find the cost of milk which can completely
fill a container at the rate of ` 40 per litre. ( May 2022 )
20. Nathan, an engineering student was asked to make a model shaped like a cylinder with two cones
attached at its two ends. The diameter of the model is 3cm and its length 12cm. If each cone has
height 2cm, find the volume of the model that Nathan made. ( May 2022 )
21. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 5 : 7 and its curved surface area is 5500 sq. cm.
Find its radius and height. ( April 2023 )
22. Arul has to make arrangements for the accommodation of 150 persons for his family function. For
this purpose, he plans to build a tent which is in the shape of cylinder surmounted by cone. Each
person occupies 4 sq. m of the space on ground and 40 cu. Meter of air to breathe. What should be
the height of the conical part of the tent if the height of cylinderical part is 8m ? ( April 2023 )
23. A metallic sphere of radius 16cm is melted and recast into small spheres each of radius 2cm. How
many small spheres can be obtained ? ( June 2023 )
24. A right circular cylinderical container of base radius 6cm and height 15cm full of ice cream. The ice
cream is to be filled in cones of height 9cm and base radius 3cm, havind hemispherical cap. Find the
number of cones needed to empty the container. ( April 2024 )

STATISTICS & PROBABILITY

2 MARKS
1. Find the range and coefficient of range of the following data 63, 89, 98, 125, 79, 108, 117, 68
( Sep. 2019 )
2. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed simultaneously. Find the probability that the die shows and odd
number and the coin shows a head. ( Sep. 2021 )
3. A bag contains 5 red balls, 6 white balls, 7 green balls, 8 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability that the ball drawn is (i) white ball (ii) black or red ball ( Aug. 2022 )
4. Two coins are tossed together. What is the probability of getting different faces of the coins ?
( May 2022 )
5. Find the range and coefficient of range of the following data 63, 89, 98, 125, 79, 108, 117, 68
( April 2023 )

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6. A and B are two candidates seeking admission to IIT. The probability that A getting selected is 0.5
and the probability that both A and B getting selected is 0.3. Prove that the probability of B being
selected is atmost 0.8. ( April 2023 )
7. Find the standard deviation of first 21 natural numbers. ( June 2023 )
8. A die is rolled and a coin is tossed simultaneously. Find the probability that the die shows and odd
number and the coin shows a head. ( June 2023 )
9. Find the range and coefficient of range of the following data : 25, 67, 48, 53, 18, 39, 44. ( April 2024 )
10. What is the probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Saturdays? ( April 2024 )

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11. The scores of a cricketer in 7 matches are 70, 80, 60, 60, 40, 90, 95. Find the standard deviation
( Sep. 2019)
12. Two unbiased dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting ( Sep. 2019, Aug. 2022 & Apr. 2023)
(i) a doublet ( equal numbers on both dice) (ii) the product as a prime number
(iii) the sum as a prime number (iv) the sum as 1
12. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that sum of outcomes is (i) equal to 4, (ii) greater than 10,
(iii) less than 13 ( Sep. 2021 )
13. In a class of 50 students, 28 opted for NCC, 30 opted for NSS and 18 opted both NCC and NSS. One
of the students is selected at random. Find the probability that
(i) The student opted for NCC but not NSS. (ii) The student opted for NSS but not NCC.
(iii) The student opted for exactly one of them. ( May 2022 )
14. Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting an even number on the first die or a total
of face sum 8. ( June 2023 & April 2024 )
15. Find the coefficient of variation of 24, 26, 33, 37, 29, 31. ( April 2024 )

GEOMETRY & GRAPH

8 MARKS
6
1. Construct a triangle similar to a given triangle ABC with its sides equal to of the corresponding sides
5
6
of the triangle ABC (scale factor >1) ( Sep. 2019 )
5
2. Draw the two tangents from a point which is 10cm away from the centre of a circle of radius 5cm.
Also, measure the lengths of the tangents. ( Sep. 2019 & June 2023 )
3. Graph the following quadratic equation x2 – 8x + 16 = 0 and state their nature of solution.( Sep. 2019 )
4. Draw the graph of y = 2x2 – 3x – 5 and hence use it to solve 2x2  4x – 6 = 0( Sep. 2019 & April 2024)
5. Construct a  PQR which the base PQ = 4.5cm, R = 350 and the median from R to RG is 6cm.
( Sep. 2021 & April 2024 )
6. Draw a circle of diameter 6cm from a point P, which 8cm away from its centre. Draw two tangents PA
and PB to the circle and measure their lengths. ( Sep. 2021, Aug. 2022 & April 2024)
7. Draw the graph of x2 + x – 12 = 0 and state the nature of their solution. ( Sep. 2021 )
8. Draw the graph of y = x2 + 3x – 4 and hence use it to solve x2 + 3x – 4 = 0 ( Sep. 2021 )
7
9. Construct a triangle similar to a given triangle PQR with its sides equal to of the corresponding
3
7
sides of the triangle PQR (scale factor >1) ( Aug. 2022 )
3
10. Graph the following quadratic equation x2 – 9x + 20 = 0 and state their nature of solution.( Aug. 2022)
11. Draw the graph of y = x2 – 4x + 3 and use it solve x2 – 6x + 9 = 0 ( Aug. 2022 & May 2022 )
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12. Construct a  ABC such that AB = 5.5cm, C = 250 and the altitude from C to AB is 4cm.( May 2022 )
13. Draw two tangents from a point which is 5cm away from the centre of a circle of diameter 6cm. Also,
measure the lengths of the tangents. ( May 2022 )
14. Draw the graph of x2 – 4x + 4 = 0 and state the nature of their solution . ( May 2022 )
15. Take a point which is 11cm away from the centre of a circle of radius 4cm and draw the two
tangents to the circle from the point. ( April 2023 )
16. Draw a triangle ABC of base BC = 8cm, A = 600 and the bisector of A meets BC at D such that BD =
6cm. ( April 2023 )
17. Varshika drew 6 circles with different sizes. Draw a graph for the relationship between the diameter
and circumference of each circle as shown in the table and use it to find the circumference of a
circle when its diameter is 6 cm. ( April 2023 )
Diameter (x) cm 1 2 3 4 5
Circumference (y) cm 3.1 6.2 9.3 12.4 15.5

18. Draw the graph of y = x2 – 5x – 6 and hence use it to solve x2 – 5x – 14 = 0 ( April 2023 )
3
19. Construct a triangle similar to a given triangle PQR with its sides equal to of the corresponding
5
3
sides of the triangle PQR (scale factor <1) ( June 2023 )
5
1
20. Graph the following linear function y = x. Identify the constant of variation and verify it with the
2
graph. Also (i) find y when x = 9. (ii) find x when y = 7.5 ( June 2023 )
21. Draw the graph of y = x – 4 and hence solve x2 – x – 12 = 0 ( June 2023 )
2

22. Draw the graph of xy = 24, x, y >0. Using the graph find, (i) y when x = 3 and (ii) x when y = 6
( April 2024 )

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