DISTRICT LEVEL SSLC PREPARATORY EXAMINATION 2018-19

DDPI OFFTCE, RAMANAGARA

Duration: 3hrs MATHEMATICS Max. Marks: 80

Sub code: 81 E Total No. Of questions: 40

J. Four alternatives for each of the following questions below are given . Choose the right answer
and write the answer in the answer sheet provided completely. 1x8=8

1. If th e first term of an AP is 'a' and nth term is 'b', then its common difference is
(a) b- a (c) b- a (d) b+a
n+l n n- 1

2. PQ is a tangent to a circle with centre Oat the po int P. If LiOPQ is an isosceles triangle, then LOPQ is
equ al to

{a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° {d) 90°

3. Th e areas of two similar triangles are 144cm 2 and 81cm 2 respectively . If the longest side of larger

tri angle is 36cm, then the longest side of smaller triangle is

{a) 20cm {b) 26cm {c) 27cm (d) 30cm

4. The di stance between two points P(x 1,y 1 ) and Q(x2,y 2 ) is given by

(a) PQ = ✓ (x1 - x2) 2 - (y1 - Y2)2 {b) PQ = ✓ Cx2 - ;X1) 2 + (Y2 - Y1) 2

(c) PQ = ✓ (x1 + X2) 2 - (yl

'+ Y2) 2 (d) PQ = ✓ (x2 - X1) 2 - (Y2 - Y1) 2
1 5 2
5. Which of t he following rational numbers have terminating decimal? (i) ; {ii) {iii) {iv) :
25 16 21 20
(a) (i) and {ii) {b) (ii) and (i ii ) (c) (i i) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)

6. Th e zeroes of the polynomial x 2 - 2x - 3 are

(a) -3, 1 (b)-3, -1 (c) 3, - 1 (d) 3, 1

7. Th e roots of th e equation 2x 2 - Sx + 3 = 0 are

(a) Rea l and equal (b) Real and distinct (c) imaginary (d) no real root

8. In a fa mily of three children, the probability of having at least one boy is

7 5
(a) - (b) :_ (c) -
8 8 s

II. Answer the following lx6=6

9. St at e Thal es t heorem .

10. Exp ress 234 as prod uct of primes.

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: 1. Write the degree of t he given polynomial expression : P(x) = x3 + 2x - x4 + 3
12. Write th e formul a used to calculate volume of frustum of a cone .

13 The cost of fencing a ci rcular field at the rate of Rs 24 per metre is Rs 5280 . Find th e perimet er of the

circul ar field.

14. 1n an AP, Sr= 55 and S,,. 1 = 45. Find an

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15. In .1ABC, AB = AC and BD..LAC, Prove that 8D 2 +CO 2 = 2AC.CD

16. In a dress emporium, Sanjay purchased one pant and t~o shirts for his son by paying Rs 600. If th e
price of one pant and one shirt together is Rs 450, then find the price of each shirt and each pant.

OR

The sum of the ages of a father and son is 55years. After 16 years, the father will be twice old as his
son . Find their present ages .

17. Find the area of the shaded region in the adjoining figure , where ABCD is a square of
side 14cm.

C D

18. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of ra_dius 5cm which are inclined to each other at an angle of 60°.

19. If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6), and (3, 5) are the vertice~ of P.arallelogram taken in order, find x and y .

20. Find the value of k, if the points (7, -2), (5, 1), (3, k) are collinear.

21. Prove that 2../3 - 4 is an irrational number.

22. Divide 3x 2 - x3 - 3x + 5 by x - 1 - x2.

23 . If a and {3 are the zeroes of polynomial x 2 - 3x + 4 , then find the value of a 2 f3 + a{3 2 .
24. Solve by using Quadratic formula : Sx 2 = 6x + 2 '> "-

25. In L1PQR, right angled at Q, PQ = 7cm and PR - QR = 1cm. Determine the values of sin P and cos R.

26. A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touche s th e ground

making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the point wh ere th e t op

touches the ground is 8m . Find the height of the tree .

27. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from th e box ,

find the probability that it bears (i) a perfect square number (ii) multiples of 6

28. Solve for x and y: 3x - Sy - 4 =0 and 9x =2y + 7

29. The angle of elevation of the top of a flag post from a point on a horizontal ground is found to be 30° .

On walking 6m towards the post, the elevation increased by 15° . Find th e height of th e flag po~t .

OR

From the top of a bu ilding 16m high, the angul ar elevat ion of top of a hill is 60° and the angle of

depression of th e foot of th e hill is 30° . Fi nd th e height of th e hill.

30. The slant height of a fru stu m of a cone is 4cm and the ci rcu mferences of its circular end s are 18cm and
2
6cm . Find co st of paint ing its curved surface area at Rs 0 .50 per cm .

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31. Construct an isosceles triangle whose base is 8 cm and altitude 4 cm and then another triangle whose

sides are 1~ tim es th e correspon d.mg sides

· of the ·isosceles triangle.
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32. The following table gives production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms of a village.

Production yield
50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
{in kg/ha)

Number of farms 2 8 24 38 16
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Change the distribution to a 'more than type distribution', and draw its ogive. Also locate median of
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the distribution on the graph .

33 . The annual profits earned by 30 shops of a shopping complex in a locality give rise to the following

distribution . Calculate the median and mode of the given data .

Profit ( iri ~akh Rs.) Number of shops { frequency)

More than or equal to 5 30
More than or equal to 10 28
More than or equal to 15 l .. 16
More than or equal to 20 14
More than or equal to 25 10

More than or equal to 30 7

More than or equal to 35 3

OR

A Student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on the road for 100 periods each of 3

minutes and summarised it in the table given below. Find the mean and mode of the data .

J. Number of cars 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

1'1~requency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

cos i;@"1O°- 0) + 1+cos0 (

900 - B)
34. Prove that: . ,·mo o ) - . - - = 2sec
l+sm 1!~u - 0 sm 0

OR

Prove that: tan 2 0 + cot 2 0 + 2 = sec 2 0cosec 2 0

35. An aeroplane takes one hour less for a journey of 1200Km. If its speed is increased by 60km/hr from

the initial speed, find the initial speed of the plane.

OR

Sowmya takes 6 days less than the number of days taken by Bhagya to complet e a piece of work . lf

both sowmya and Bhagya together can complete the same work in 4 days, in how many days w ill

Bhagya alone complete the work?

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 36. The length s of ta ngents drawn from an external po int to a circle are eq ual. Prove.

OR

Two t angents TP' and TQ are d. rawn to a circle with centre o from an externa l point T. Prove that

LPTQ = 2LOPQ

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37 . The sum of first seven terms of an arithmetic progression is 182. If its 4 and the 1i h t erms are in the

ratio ~ : 5, find the arithmetic progression .

OR

In an AP the sum of first ten terms is -150 and the sum of its next ten te rms is -550. Find the AP.

38. If two triangles are equ iangular, then their corresponding sides are in proportion . Prove .

39 . A j uice seller serves his customers using a glass as shown in the figure . The inner

diameter of the cylindrical glass is 5cm but the bottom of the glass has a hemispherica l

portion raised, which reduces the capacity of the glass. If the height of the glass is

10cm, find the apparent and actual capacity of the glass .

40. Solve graphically:

2x + y = 8 and x + 2y = 7