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X – MATHEMATICS CHALLENGERS QUESTIONS – AP– 2023 - 24

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1. REAL NUMBERS
1 Mark Questions
1. Write the fundamental theorem of “Arithmetic”.
2. Write “Euclids division” lemma.
3. Find the HCF 0.12 and 1.2.
4. Find the LCM and HCF of 306 and 657.
343
5. Expand log .
125
6. Write 2log3 + 3log5 – 5log2 as a single logarithm.

2 Marks Questions
1. How will you show that (17 x 11 x 2) + (17 x 11 x 5) is a composite number?
2. Check whether 6n can end with the digit ‘0’ for any natural number n.
3. Show that √3 + √5 is an irrational number.
4. If x2 + y2 = 25xy then prove that 2log(x + y) = 3log3 + logx + logy.
5. If 2x+1 = 31–x then find the value of x.
6. Is log102 a rational or an irrational? Justify your answer.

4 Marks Questions
1. Use division algorithm to show that the square of any positive integer is on the form 3p
or 3p+1.
2. Show that one and only out of n, n – 2 or n + 4 is divisible by 3. Where nI+.
3. Prove that √2 (or) √3 (or) √5 is an irrational number.
𝑥+𝑦 1 𝑥 𝑦
4. log( ) = (logx + logy) then find the value of + .
3 2 𝑦 𝑥
1 1
5. If 2.3x = 0.23y = 1000 then find the value of − .
𝑥 𝑦

6. Using division algorithm to show that the cube of any positive integer is of the form 9m,
9m+1 or 9m+8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following fraction is a non – terminating recurring decimal.
5 6 10 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 48 20 21
2. LCM of 18 and 28 is __________
(A) 252 (B) 142 (C) 28 (D) 172
3. The value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔381 is __________
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 81 (D) 9

4. The logarithmic form of 54 = 625 is _________

(A) 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 625 = 5 (B) 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 5 = 625 (C) 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 625 = 4 (D) 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 4 = 625
5. Which of the following is irrational number.
(A) 1.25 (B) 34.755755…. (C) √6 × √24 (D) 0.121314…..
6. Which of the following is non terminating decimal.
2021 2021 2021 2021
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 5
7. 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 16 = _____________
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 16
8. L.C.M of prime factors of 12 is ___________.
(A) 12 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6
9. Using Euclid Division Algorithm a = bq + r where b = 4, then r = …………..
(A) 0, 1 (B) 0, 1, 2 (C) 0, 1, 2, 3 (D) 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
𝑝
10. Exponential form of 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑞 = 𝑟 is
(A) (𝑞)𝑝 = 𝑟 (B) (𝑞)𝑟 = 𝑝 (C) (𝑝)𝑟 = 𝑞 (D) (𝑟)𝑞 = 𝑝
3
11. Decimal form of is ______________.
4
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.5 (C) 0.75 (D) 0.4
12. 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 = ____________.
20 5

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) 100

73
13. has a ___________ decimal expansion.
32
(A) Terminating (B) Non terminating
(C) Non terminating repeating (D) None
31
14. The decimal representation of the rational number × 52 is _______
22
(A) 193.75 (B) 19.375 (C) 1.9375 (D) 1937.5
15. Which of the following is irrational
(A) 𝜋 (B) 3 − √5 (C) log 2 (D) All
16. log x – log y = _________________.
(A) log (x – y ) (B) log( x + y ) (C) log (xy) (D) log( x/y)
17. LCM of 24 and 36 is
(A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 72 (D) 864
18. Units digit of 6 2021 in its standard form is
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 19
𝑦
19. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑥 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 = ______________.
𝑥⁄
𝑦 𝑥𝑦 𝑦
(A) 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (B) 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (C) 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑥 (D) 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎
20. The product of prime factors of 36 is ______________.
(A) 22 × 32 (B) 33 × 22 (C) 23 × 32 (D) 23 × 33
 2. SETS
1 Mark Questions
1. Let A = {2, 5 , 6 , 8}, B = {5,7,9,1}, find AB.
2. If A = { 2 , 4 , 6 ,8,10}, B = {3,6,9,12,15} then find A – B and B – A.
3. Draw the venn diagram for A – B and B – A , where A = {2,4,6,8,10}, B = {3,6,9,12,15}.
1 1 1 1
4. Write the set builder form of B= {1, , , , }.
2 3 4 5

5. A = {6, 9, 11}, ={ } find A, A.

6. Write the roaster form of A = {x:x  Z and -2 < x < 2}

2 Marks Questions
1. A = {1,2,3,4,5}, B = {4,5,6,7} then find A – B and B – A. Are they equal?
2. A = {x,y,z} list all the subsets.
3. If A = {1,2,3}, B = {3,4,5} then illustrate AB and AB in venn diagram.
4. Draw AB, AB venn diagrams by taking a different example.
5. A = {Prime numbers less than 10}, B = {Odd numbers less than 10}
Find AB and B – A.
6. If A = {1,2,3,4,5}, B = {2,4,6,8} then find n(AB),n(AB).

4 Marks Questions
1. If A = {x:x is a natural numbers}
B = {x:x is an even natural numbers}
C = {x:x is an odd natural numbers}
D = {x:x is a prime numbers}
Find AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD, AB, CD.
2. If A = {3,6,9,12,15,18,21}
B = {4,8,12,16,20}
C = {2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16}
D = {5,10,15,20}
Find (i) A – B (ii) A – C (iii) A – D (iv) B – A (v) C – A (vi) D – A (vii) B – C (viii) B – D
3. From the adjacent figure, find (i) AB (ii) AB (iii) A – B (iv) B – A (v)  (vi) n(AB)
(vii) n(AB) (viii) n(A – B)
4. (a) Show that the sets A and B are equal,
where A = {x:x is a letter in the word ASSASSINATION}
B = {x:x is a letter in the word STATION}
(b) A = {1,2,3,4,5}, B = {3,5,6,7,8}, C={3,5,7}
Verify A(BC) = (AB)  (AC).

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The symbol of the intersection is _________________________
A) ⋃ B) ⋂ C) C D) I
2. Which of the following is a null set.
A) {x : x is a even prime}
B) {x : x is a vowel of English alphabets}
C) {x : x is a natural number less than 1 }
D) {x : x is a factor of 4}
3. If A = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, then n(A) is ____________
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
4. If A, B, C are three sets, A⋃B = A⋃C and A⋂B = A ⋂ B = A ⋂ C and then
A) A = B = C B) A = B C) B = C D) A = C
5. If ‘P’ is a set of letters in the word ‘MATHEMATICS’, then n (P) is _________
A) 3 B) 6 C) 8 D) 11
6. A is a set of even numbers and ‘B’ is set of odd numbers, then A, B are ________
A) Equal sets B) Empty sets C) Disjoint sets D) Finite sets
7. The set-builder form of the set {2, 5, 10, 17, 26} is _______________
A) {x : x = n2 + 1, n∈ N, n < 6} B) {x : x = n2 + 1, n∈ W, n<6}
C) {x : x = n2 – 1, n∈N, n < 6} D) {x : x = n2 -1, n∈W, n<6}
8. If A, B are 2 sets and A⊂B, then A – B = ___________
A) A B) ⏀ C) B D) 𝞵
9. What does the shaded region represent in the Venn diagram

A) A – B B) A ⋃ B C) B – A D) B
10. If A = {a,b,c}; B={p,q,r} then A ⋂ B = ______________
A) {a, b, c, p, q, r} B) {a,b,c} C) {p,q,r} D) { }
11. Venn diagram of B⋂A is _______________

12. n(A) = 5; n(B) = 4 and n(A⋂B) = 2 then n(A⋃B) = _______________

A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 9
13. Roster form of the set of Natural numbers less than 5.
A) {0, 2, 4} B) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} C) {1, 2, 3, 4} D) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
14. If A⊂B, then A-B = _______________ .
A) ⏀ B) A C) B D) 𝞵

15. Two sets A and B are said to be disjoint, if _______________

A) A⋃B=⏀ B) A – B = ⏀ C) A ⋂ B = ⏀ D) None of these
16. Number of elements of set ⏀ is ________________
A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) 2
17. A, B are any two sets. If n(A) = 5, n(B) = 6, then which one of the following is correct.
A) A, B are two equivalent sets B) A, B are finite sets
C) A is finite and B is infinite D) A, B are infinite sets
18. Give that n(A) = 6, n(B) = 7, n(A⋂B) = 2 then n(A⋃B) is ________________
A) 13 B) 8 C) 9 D) 11
19. Which of the following is true.
A) ⏀= 0 B) ⏀ = { } C) ⏀ = {0} D) Both A and C
 3. POLYNOMIALS
1 Mark Questions
1. p(x) = x2 – 4x + 3 find p(0), p(1)
2. Find zeroes of (i) p(x) = 2x + 1 and (ii) p(x) = x4 – 16
3. Find a quadratic polynomial, if the sum and product of whose zeroes are -3 and 2.
4. Write three quadratic polynomials that have 2 zeroes each.
2 Marks Questions
1. Check whether 3 and -2 are the zeroes of the polynomial.
p(x) = x2 – x – 6
1
2. Why are and -1 zeroes of the polynomial, p(x) = 4x2 + 3x – 1.
4
3. Find the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 6x2 – 7x – 3 and verify the relationship between
the zeroes and the coefficients.
1 3
4. Find a quadratic polynomial with zeroes and .
2 2

4 Marks Questions
1. Draw the graph of p(x) = x2 – 6x + 9, find zeroes.
2. Draw the graph of p(x) = x2 + 3x – 4, find zeroes.
3. Verify that 1, -1 and -3 are the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + 3x2 – x – 3 and check
the relationship between zeroes and the coefficients.
1
4. Verify that 3, -1 and − are the zeroes of the cubic polynomial 3x3 – 5x2 – 11x – 3 and
3
check the relationship between zeroes and the coefficients.
5 5
5. Obtain all other zeroes of 3𝑥 4 + 6𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 − 5, if two of its zeroes are √ and −√ .
3 3

6. Find all the zeroes of 2𝑥 4 − 3𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 − 2, if you know that two of its zeroes are
√2 and −√2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The sum of the zeroes of polynomial ax2 + bx +𝑐 is ……
𝑏 −𝑏 𝑐 −𝑐
A) B) C) D)
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
2. Degree of polynomial 3x2 + 5 is__________
A) 2 B) 3 C)5 D) 0
3. Zeros of the polynomial x2 + 5x-6 are_____
A) -1,6 B) 1,-6 C) 2, -3 D) -2,3
4. Product of zeroes of the polynomial 2x3 -8x2+5x-k is -6, then the value of ‘k’_____
A) 12 B) 6 C) 8 D) -12
5. If the zeroes of a cubic polynomial ax + bx + cx +d (a≠ 0) are 𝛼, 𝛽 and 𝛾 then….
3 2
𝑐 −𝑏 −𝑐 𝑏
A) 𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛾 = B) 𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛾 = C) 𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛾 = D) 𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛾 =
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
6. If the sum and product of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial are ‘2’ and ‘-15’
respectively, then the quadratic polynomial is……
 A) x2 -2x+15 B) x2-2x-15 C) x2 + 2x+ 15 D) x2+2x-15
7. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are zeroes of the polynomial 2x2-3x+7 then 𝛼 + 𝛽 =_________
−3 −2 3 2
A) B) C) D)
2 3 2 3
8. The graph y = x2 passes through _______ and _______.
A) Q1, Q2 B) Q2, Q3 C) Q3, Q4 D) Q1, Q4
9. If P(x) = 3x -2x +7 then P(1) = _________
2

A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
10. The following is the graph of a polynomial. Find the zeroes of the polynomial from
the given graph.

A) 2,-4 B) -3,4 C) -2, 4 D) -2,3

11. The co-efficient of x5 in the polynomial x12- 5x11-5x7 + x5-7.
A) 1 B)11 C) -7 D)-5
12. Sum of the zeroes of 5x2 -1 is_________
1 −1
A) B) C) 0 D) 5
5 5
13. Quadratic equation of zeroes 2 and -3 is___________
A) x2-x-6=0 B) x2 +x -6 = 0 C) x2 +5x -6 = 0 D) x2 -5x -6 = 0
14. The graph equation y = ax2 + bx + c is a downward open parabola if,
A) a > o B) a < 0 C) a = 0 D) a =1
15. ax3 +bx2 +cx + d is a polynomial with zeroes 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 then (𝛼𝛽 + 𝛽𝛾+𝛾𝛼, 𝛼𝛽𝛾)=__________
−𝑏 −𝑑 𝐶 −𝑑 −𝑑 𝑏 𝑏 −𝑑
A)( , ) B) ( , ) C) ( , ) D)( , )
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
1 5
16. If is a root of the equation x2 + kx - = 0, then the value of k is _________
2 4
1 1
A) 2 B) -2 C) D)
4 2
17.

The number of zeroes of the above polynomial p(x) =____________

A) 4 B) 2 C) 1 D) 3
18. Product of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial p(x) = 2x -5x-6 is_____
2
5 −5
A) 3 B) C) D) -3
2 2
19. If p(x) = 3x3 + 2x2 + 4x-8 then, the value of p(1) is________
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
 4. PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES
1 Mark Questions
1. Write a pair of linear equations in two variables in standard form.
2. Why 3 − 𝑥 = 𝑦 2 + 4 is not a linear equation in two variables?
3. When two lines are drawn in a plane, draw the three possible situations of them?
4. Define consistent and inconsistent pair of linear equations with an example.
5. Is a dependent pair of linear equations always consistent. Why or Why not?
6. Write the conditions for the pair of linear equations given below:
𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑏1 𝑦 + 𝑐1 = 0 ; 𝑎2 𝑥 + 𝑏2 𝑦 + 𝑐2 = 0,
(i) Parallel lines (ii) Intersecting lines (iii) Coincident lines
7. For what value of K, the pair of equations 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 2 = 0; 9𝑥 + 12𝑦 + 𝑘 = 0 represent
coincident lines.
8. Find the value of ‘P’ for the pair of equations has unique solution.
2𝑥 + 𝑝𝑦 = −5, 3𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −6
9. Write a pair of linear equations with the given statement. “The perimeter of a rectangular
plot is 32m. If the length is increased by 2m and breadth is decreased by 1m, the area of
the plot remains the same”.

2 Marks Questions
1. For what value of k the pair of equations 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 2 = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9𝑥 + 12𝑦 + 𝑘 = 0
represent coincident lines?
2. “If we multiply or divide both sides of a linear equation by a non-zero number. Then the
roots of that linear equation will remain the same.” Is it true? So, justify with an example.
3. “Ten students of class x took part in mathematics quiz. If the number of girls is 4 more
than the number of boys.” Form the equation.
4. Solve the pair of linear equations 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 19 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 21 by using substitution
method.
5. Express the following in algebraic equations.
i) If a number is multiplied by 5 and added to 10 then it is equal to 20.
ii) If units and tens digit of the number are x and y respectively then the form of the
number.
6. Given the linear equation 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 11, write linear equations in 2 variables such that
their geometrical representations for parallel lines and intersecting lines.
7. Is the pair of linear equations 3𝑥 − 𝑦 = 40, 4𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 50 consistent or inconsistent?
Why?
4 Marks Questions
4
1. A fraction becomes equal to if 1 is added to both numerator and denominator. If,
5
however, 5 is subtracted from both numerator and denominator, the fraction becomes
1
equal to . What is the fraction?
2
2. A chemist has two solutions of hydrochloric acid in stock. One is 50% solution and the
other is 80% solution. How much of each should be used to obtain 100 ml of a 68%
solution?
 5 1 6 3
3. Solve the equations + = 2, − =1
𝑥−1 𝑦−2 𝑥−1 𝑦−2
5 2 15 7
4. Solve the equations − = −1, + = 10
𝑥+𝑦 𝑥−𝑦 𝑥+𝑦 𝑥−𝑦
5. A boat goes 30km upstream and 44km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours it can go
40km upstream and 55 km downstream. Determine the speed of stream and that the boat
in still water.
6. Check whether the following equations are consistent or inconsistent. Solve them
graphically. 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 8, 2𝑥 – 3𝑦 = 1
7. Write a pair of linear equations with the given statement. “The perimeter of rectangular
plot is 32m. If the length is increased by 2m and breadth is decreased by 1m, the area of
the plot remains the same”. Find the length and breadth of the plot.
8. In a garden there are some bees and flowers. If one bee sits on each flower then one bee
will be left. If two bees sit on each flower, one flower will be left. Find the number of bees
and number of flowers graphically?
9. Solve the equations 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 10 graphically.
10. Solve the equations 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6 = 0, 4𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 4 = 0 graphically.
11. The sum of two digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66.If the
digits of the number differ by 2, find the number. How many such cases are there?
12. Two angles are complementary. The larger angle is 30 less than twice the measure of the
smallest angle .Find the measure of each angle.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is not a linear equations. [ ]
A) 5 + 4𝑥 = 𝑦 + 3 B) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 𝑦 − 𝑥 C) 3 − 𝑥 = 𝑦 2 + 4 D) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
2. The standard form of a linear equation is [ ]
A) 5 + 4𝑥 = 𝑦 + 3 B) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 𝑦 − 𝑥 C) 3 − 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 4 D) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
2

3. The equation 4𝑥 + 5 = 3 has [ ]

A) No solution B) Unique solution C) Two solutions D) Infinitely many solutions
4. The equation 𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 5 has [ ]
A) No solution B) Unique solution C) Two solutions D) Infinitely many solutions
5. The graph 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2 is a ______ line [ ]
A) Curve B) Straight C) Circular D) None
6. Condition for intersecting lines is [ ]
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
A) ≠ B) = = C) = ≠ D) None
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
7. The number of solutions for consistent and independent equations are [ ]
A) 5 B) 4 C) 2 D) 1
8. Condition for consistent and independent equation is [ ]
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
A) ≠ B) = = C) = ≠ D) None
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
9. Condition for parallel lines is [ ]
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
A) ≠ B) = = C) = ≠ D) None
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
10. The number of solutions for inconsistent equations are [ ]
A) 5 B) Infinite C) 0(No solution) D) 1
11. Condition for inconsistent equation is [ ]
 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
A) ≠ B) = = C) = ≠ D) None
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
12. Condition for coincident lines [ ]
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
A) ≠ B) = = C) = ≠ D) None
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
13. The number of solutions for consistent and dependent equations are [ ]
A) 1 B) infinite C) No solution D) None
14. Condition for consistent and dependent equations is [ ]
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
A) ≠ B) = = C) = ≠ D) None
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
15. The pair of lines 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 30 = 0, 2𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 66 represents ___ lines [ ]
A) Coincident B) Intersecting C) Parallel D) None
 5. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1 Mark Questions
1. Write the possible number of roots to a quadratic equation.
2. Find the sum and product of roots of a quadratic equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0.
3. Write the standard form of a quadratic polynomial.
4. Write the quadratic equation whose roots are -1, 6.
5. Find the roots of 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 = 0.
𝑥 𝑎
6. Find the roots of = .
𝑎 𝑥
7. If the roots of 𝑥 + 6𝑥 + 5 = 0, are 𝛼 and 𝛽, then find 𝛼 + 𝛽.
2
1
8. Find the roots of 𝑥 − =0
𝑥
9. If one root of 2𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 is 2 then find the other root.
10. Write the nature of 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0
11. If 𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑥 + 9 = 0 has equal roots, then find 𝑘.
1
12. If 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 = 0, then find 𝑥 + .
𝑥

2 Marks Questions
1. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the roots of 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 then find (1 + 𝛼) (1 + 𝛽).
2
1 1
2. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the roots of 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9 = 0, then write the equation whose roots are , .
𝛼 𝛽
3. If the sum of the roots 𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 3𝑘 = 0 is equal to their product, the find 𝑘.
1
4. If one root of 2𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1 = 0 is , then find the value of 𝑘.
2
1 1
5. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the roots of the 5𝑥 − 7𝑥 + 1 = 0, then find the value of +
2
.
𝛼 𝛽
6. The product of two consecutive positive integers is 210. Write the representation in
quadratic equation.
7. Write the discriminant of 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 2𝑞 = 0.
8. Write the quadratic equation whose roots are 2 + √3 and 2 − √3.
9. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the roots of 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 + 9 = 0, then find |𝛼 − 𝛽|.
10. If ‘1’ is a common root 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 2 = 0 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0 then find 𝑎. 𝑏
1
11. If 𝑥 > 0 and 𝑥 = + 1, then find 𝑥.
𝑥
12. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the two roots of 6𝑥 2 + 4√2 𝑥 − 3 = 0 then find 𝛼 2 𝛽 + 𝛼𝛽2 .
13. Represent the following situation in the form of quadratic equations and solve:
i. The area of a rectangular plot is 528 m2. The length of the plot (in metres) is one
more than twice its breadth. We need to find the length and breadth of the plot.
ii. The product of two consecutive positive integers is 306. We need to find the
integers.
iii. Rohan’s mother is 26 years older than him. The product of their ages after 3 years
will be 360 years. We need to find Rohan’s present age.
iv.A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8km/h
less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. We need to find
the speed of the train.
 4. Marks Questions
3
1. Two water taps together can fill a tank 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter take 10 hours
8
less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can
separately fill the tank.
2. Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182.
3. The altitude of a right triangle is 7cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13cm, find
the other two sides.
4. Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose perimeter is 28 meters and whose area is 40
square meters.
5. Two trains leave a railway station at the same time. The first train travels towards west
and the second train towards north. The first train travels 5km/hr faster than the second
train. If after two hours they are 50 km. apart find the average speed of each train.
6. A motor boat heads upstream a distance of 24 km on a river whose current is running at
3 km per hour. The trip up and back takes 6 hours. Assuming that the motor boat
maintained a constant speed, what was its speed?
7. Find the roots of the following quadratic equations, if they exist, by the method of
completing the square:
(i) 2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 4 = 0 (ii) 4𝑥 2 + 4 √3𝑥 + 3 = 0
8. Find the roots of the following equations:
1 1 1 11
(i) 𝑥 − = 3, 𝑥 ≠ 0 (ii) − = , 𝑥 ≠ −4, 7
𝑥 𝑥+4 𝑥−7 30
9. The sum of the reciprocals of Rehman’s ages, (in years) 3 years ago and 5 years from now
1
is . Find his present age.
3
10. A train travels 360km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5km/h more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1
1. Form a quadratic equation whose roots are 𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 . [ ]
𝑘
1
(A) 𝑥 2 + (𝑘 + ) 𝑥 + 1 = 0 (B) 𝑥𝑘 2 − 𝑘𝑥 = 1 = 0
𝑘
1
(C) 𝑥 2 − (𝑘 + 𝑘 )𝑥 + 1 = 0 (D) 𝑥 2 − (𝑘 + ) 𝑥 + 1 = 0
𝑘
2. The standard form of a Quadratic Equation [ ]
(A) 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0 (B) 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, 𝑎 ≠ 0
(C) 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑 = 0 (D) 𝑎2 𝑥 + 𝑏2 𝑦 2 + 𝑐 2 = 0
3. The roots of 4𝑥 2 + 4√3𝑥 + 3 = 0 are [ ]
√3 √3
(A) (B) − (C) – 4 (D) -2
2 2
4. 4𝑥 2 − 1 = 0 is an example for a __________________equation [ ]
(A) Complete Quadratic (B) Pure Quadratic
(C) Monic Quadratic (D) Both B & C
5. Which of the following is an example for a quadratic equation? [ ]
(A) 5𝑥 2 = 0 (B) 7𝑦 2 + 8𝑦 − 5 = 0
(C) (𝑥 − 6)2 = 0 (D) All of these
6. The coefficient of 𝑥 2 is unity then the quadratic equation called ____equation. [ ]
(A) Pure Quadratic (B) Monic Quadratic
(C) Both A & B (D) None of these
7. Which of the following is not a quadratic equation? [ ]
1
(A) 𝑥 − =2 (B) (𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 + 1) = (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 7)
𝑥
(C) (𝑥 + 2)3 = 2𝑥 (𝑥 2 − 1) (D) Both B and C
1 1
8. If 𝑥 + = 2 then 𝑥 − = ____________________ [ ]
𝑥 𝑥
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) -4 (D) Both A and C
9. Factors of 2𝑥 + 𝑥 − 3 are _________________
2
[ ]
(A) (2𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 1) (B) (2𝑥 − 3)( 𝑥 − 1)
(C) (2𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 + 1) (D) (2𝑥 + 1)( 𝑥 − 3)
10. If 𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 1 = 0 then the value of log 𝑥 = ____________________
2
[ ]
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3
11. The graph of 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 represents a ____________________ [ ]
(A) Straight line (B) Ellipse (C) Parabola (D) Both A & C
 6. PROGRESSIONS (UPTO EXERCISE 6.3)
1 Mark Questions
1. Write the formula for nth term of an A.P.
2. Write the formula for sum of first n terms of an A.P.
3. What is common difference?
4. Can common difference be negative or positive or zero?
5. In which of the following situations, does the list of numbers involved make an arithmetic
progression, and why?
(i) The taxi fare after each km when the fare is Rs. 20 for the first km and rises by Rs.
8 for each additional km.
(ii) The amount of air present in a cylinder when a vacuum pump removes (1/4)th of
the air remaining in the cylinder at a time.
(iii) The cost of digging a well, after, every metre of digging, when it costs Rs.150 for
the first metre and rises by Rs.50 for each subsequent metre.
(iv) The amount of money in the account every year, when Rs. 10000 is deposited at
compound interest at 8 % per annum.

2 Marks Questions
1. Write first four terms of the AP, when the first term a and the common difference d are
given as follows:
(i) a = 10, d = 10 (ii) a = -2, d = 0
2. Which of the following are APs? If they form an AP, find the common difference d and
write three more terms.
(i) – 1.2, – 3.2, – 5.2, – 7.2,…… (ii) 3, 3 + √2, 3 + 2√2, 3 + 3√2, … ….
(iii) 0.2, 0.22, 0.222, 0.2222, …… (iv) 1, 3, 9, 27,…..
(v) √2, √8, √18, √32, … …. (vi) √3, √6, √9, √12, … ….
3. Find the respective terms for the following APs.
(i) 𝑎1 = 2; 𝑎3 = 26, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎2 . (ii) 𝑎2 = 13; 𝑎4 = 3, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎1 , 𝑎3 .
4. Which term of the AP: 3, 8, 13, 18,…, is 78?
5. Find the number of terms in each of the following APs:
1
(i) 7, 13, 19, ….., 205 (ii) 18, 15 , 13, … , −47
2

4 Marks Questions
1. If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an A.P are 4 and -8 respectively, which term of this A.P is
zero?
2. Two APs have the same common difference. The difference between their 100 th terms is
100, what is the difference between their 1000th terms?
3. (i) How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
(ii) For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs: 63, 65, 67, ….. and 3, 10, 17,… equal?
4. Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by
5. The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of an AP is 24 and the sum of the 6th and 10th terms is 44.
Find the first three terms of the AP.
6. The first and the last terms of an A.P are 17 and 350 respectively. If the common
difference is 9, how many terms are there and what is their sum?
7. Show that 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 … , 𝑎𝑛 , …. form an AP where 𝑎𝑛 is defined as below:
(i) 𝑎 = 3 + 4𝑛
(ii) 𝑎𝑛 = 9 – 5𝑛. Also find the sum of the first 15 terms in each case.
8. If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 4𝑛 – 𝑛2 , what is the first term (remember the
first term is S1)? What is the sum of first two terms? What is the second term? Similarly,
find the 3rd, the 10th and the nth terms.
9. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Among the following an A.P. is [ ]
(A) 2, 4, 8, 16, …… (B) 2, 4, 6, 8, …… (C) 1, 2, 4, 6, ……. (D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, ……..
2. Among the following not an A.P. is [ ]
(A) 0. −1 − 2. −3, … …. (B) −1, −2, −3, −4, … …
1 1 1
(C) 1, , , , … … .. (D) 2, 0, −2, −4, … ..
2 4 6
3. The next term in the A.P. 5, 2, −1, −4, −7, …. [ ]
(A) – 3 (B) 3 (C) – 10 (D) 10
4. The common difference of the A.P. 𝑥 − 𝑦, 𝑥, 𝑥 + 𝑦 is [ ]
(A) 𝑥 (B) y (C) – x (D) – y
5. If 𝑎7 − 𝑎3 = 32 then d = [ ]
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 7
6. The 10 term of the A.P. 13, 8, 3, -2, …… is
th [ ]
(A) – 32 (B) 32 (C) – 57 (D) – 52
7. Which term of the A.P. 21, 18, 15, ……. is 0? [ ]
(A) 10th (B) 8th (C) 9th (D) 7th

8. No.of terms of the A.P. 7, 13, 19, …… 205 is [ ]

(A) 34 (B) 33 (C) 35 (D) 30
9. Common difference of the terms of A.P., x – y, x + y, x + 3y [ ]
(A) y (B) 2x (C) 2y (D) x
10. Common difference of the terms of A.P. 2𝑎 − 𝑏, 4𝑎 − 3𝑏, 6𝑎 − 5𝑏 [ ]
(A) 2𝑎 − 2𝑏 (B) 3𝑎 − 3𝑏 (C) 3𝑎 − 4𝑏 (D) None
 6. PROGRESSIONS (EXERCISE 6.4 & 6.5)
1 Mark Questions
1. Write the formula for nth term of a G.P.
2. Write the formula for sum of first n terms of a G.P.
3. What is common ratio?
4. Can common ratio be negative or positive or zero?
5. In which of the following situations, does the list of numbers involved in the form a G.P.?
(i) Salary of Sharmila, when her salary is Rs. 5,00,000 for the first year and expected
to receive yearly increase of 10% .
(ii) Number of bricks needed to make each step, if the stair case has total 30 steps.
Bottom step needs 100 bricks and each successive step needs 2 bricks less than
the previous step.
(iii) Perimeter of the each triangle, when the mid-points of sides of an equilateral
triangle whose side is 24 cm are joined to form another triangle, whose mid-points
in turn are joined to form still another triangle and the process continues
indefinitely.

6. Write three terms of the G.P. when the first term ‘a’ and the common ratio ‘r’ are given.
1
(i) 𝑎 = 4, 𝑟 = 3 (ii) 𝑎 = √5, 𝑟 =
√5
1 1
(iii) 𝑎 = 81, 𝑟 = − (iv) 𝑎= ,𝑟 = 2
3 64

2 Marks Questions
1. Which of the following are G.P. ? If they are G.P, write three more terms,
(i) 5, 55, 555 , ………. (ii) −2, −6, −18 , ……….
1 1 1
(iii) , , , , ………. (iv) 3, −32 , 33 , ……….
2 4 6
1 1
(v) 𝑥, 1, , ………. (vi) − 2,4√2, , ……….
𝑥 √2
2. Find x so that 𝑥, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 6 are the consecutive terms of G.P. find x.

3. For each geometric progression find the common ratio ‘r’ and then find 𝑎𝑛 .
4 8
(i) −1, −3, −9, −18 … … .. (ii) 5, 2, , … … ..
5 25
4. Find the 10th and nth term of G.P. 5, 25, 125,……
5. Find the indicated term of each geometric progression.
1 1
(i) 𝑎1 = 9, 𝑟 = 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎7 (ii) 𝑎1 = −12, 𝑟 = 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎6
3 3
 4 Marks Questions
1. Which term of the G.P.
(i) 2, 8, 32, ……………. is 512?
(ii) √3, 3, 3√3, … … … . 𝑖𝑠 729
1 1 1 1
(iii) , , , … … … … 𝑖𝑠 ?
3 9 27 2187
2. Find the 12th term of a G.P. whose 8th term is 192 and common ratio is 2.
2 16
3. The 4th term of a G.P. is and 7th term is find Geometric series.
3 81
2 2 2
4. If the G.P. is 162, 54, 18, …… and , , , … .. have their nth terms equal. Find the value
81 27 9
of n.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

11. If a, b, c are in G.P. then [ ]
𝑎+𝑐
(A) 𝑏 − 𝑎 = 𝑐 − 𝑏 (B) 𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐 (C) 𝑏2 = 𝑎𝑐 (D) = 𝑏2
2
2 7
12. If − , 𝑥, − are in G.P. then x = [ ]
7 2

(A) ±1 (B) ±2 (C) ±3 (D) ±4

1
13. In a G.P. 𝑎 = 81, 𝑟 = − then 𝑎3 = [ ]
3

(A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 15

14. Which term of G.P. 2, 8, 32….. is 512? [ ]
(A) 4th (B) 5th (C) 6th (D) 7th
15. If 𝑎 = 1, 𝑟 = 2 then the fourth term of the G.P. is [ ]
(A) 16 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8
1 1
16. The next term of G.P. , , 𝑥, 𝑥 3 , … … .. is [ ]
𝑥3 𝑥
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 𝑥 2 (D) 𝑥 5
𝑥2 𝑥4

17. If the first two terms of G.P. are √3 and 3 then fourth term will be [ ]
(A) 3√3 (B) 9 (C) 9√3 (D) 1
18. The sum of 5 terms of 1.2 + 2.3 + 3.4 + …… [ ]
(A) 5 (B) 70 (C) 20 (D) 40
1 1
19. The 15th term of the G.P. 2, 1, , , … .. [ ]
2 4

1 14 1 15 1 16 1 13
(A) 2 ( ) (B) 2 ( ) (C) 2 ( ) (D) 2 ( )
2 2 2 2

20. If 𝑎7 ÷ 𝑎4 of a G.P. is 343 then the common ratio [ ]

(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 49 (D) 19
21. The third term of a G.P. is 9. The product of its first five terms is [ ]
(A) 35 (B) 39 (C) 310 (D) 312
22. The nth term of the G.P. 25, -125, 625, -3125…… [ ]
(A) (−5)2𝑛−1 (B) (−1)2𝑛 5𝑛−1 (C) (−1)2𝑛−1 5𝑛+1 (D) (−1)𝑛−1 5𝑛+1
23. Geometric mean of data 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 is [ ]
(A) 32 (B) 64 (C) 8 (D) 16
24. Which term of the G.P. 3, 9, 27, 81, ….. is 6561. [ ]
(A) 6th (B) 7th (C) 8th (D) 9th
25. Which term of the G.P. √3, 3, 3√3 … … .. is 729? [ ]
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16
 7. COORDINATE GEOMETRY
1 Mark Questions
1. Find The distance between A(2, 3) and B(4, 1)
2. Find the midpoint of A(2, 6) and B(-4, 8)
3. Find the coordinates of centroid of the triangle whose vertices are
(3,-5) (-7, 4) and (10,-2)
4. Find the radius of the circle whose centre is (3, 2) and passes through (-5, 6)
2 Marks Questions
1. Verify that the points (1, 5) (2, 3) and (-2, -1) are collinear or not.
2. If the distance between two points (x, 7) and (1, 15) is 10. Find the value of x.
3. Find the co-ordinates of the point which divides the line joining of,
(-1, 7) and (4,-3) in the ratio 2:3
4. Find the ratio on which the line segment joining the points (-3, 10) and
(6, -8) is divided by (-1, 6).
5. If (1,2), (4, y),(x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram
taken in order find x and y.
6. Can you draw a triangle with vertices (1, 5) (5, 8) and (13, 14)? Give reason.
4 Marks Questions
1. Show that the following points form an equilateral triangle A(a, 0)
B(-a, 0), C(a, √3).
2. Prove that the points (-7, -3), (5, 10) (15, 8) and (3, -5) taken in order are the corners
of a parallelogram.
3. Find the points of trisection of line joining A(2, 6) and B(-4, 8)
4. Find the co-ordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining A(-2, 2)
and B(2, 8) into four equal parts.
5. If A and B are (-2, -2) and (2, -4) respectively. Find the coordinates of
3
P such that AP = AB and P lies on the segment AB.
7

6. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices, taken in order, are (-4,-2),(-3,-5),(3,-2)
and (2,3).
7. Find the area of the triangle formed by the points by Heron’s formula; (1,1),(1,4)and(5,1).
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. AB is the diameter of the circle whose center is (2,-3) and coordinates of [ ]
A (1,4), then Coordinates of B are
(A) (1,-5) (B) (2,5) (C) (3,- 10) (D) (2,4)
2. The centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (0, 0) (6, 0) and (0, 6) is. [ ]
(A) (0,0) (B) (2,2) (C) (2,0) (D) (0,2)
3. The coordinates of the center of the circle if the ends of the diameter are (4,-10)
and (-4, 18). [ ]
(A) (0, 4) (B) (4,0) (C) (0,14) (D) (14,10)
4. The slope of a ladder making an angle 600 with the floor is _______ [ ]
1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) √3 (D)
√3 2
5. The distance between the points (cos𝜃, 0); (0, sin𝜃); [ ]
(A) 1 (B) -1 (C) 0 (D) -4
6. The point of intersection of the lines, x= a and y=b, is ________ [ ]
(A) (a,a) (B) (a,b) (C) (b,a) (D) (b,b)
7. If a point (a,5) lies on the y-axis then the value of a= ______________ [ ]
(A) a=5 (B) a=-5 (C) a=0 (D) None
8. The centroid divides each median in the _____________ ratio. [ ]
(A) 3:1 (B) 1:3 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2:1
9. Which of the following point lies on x- axis [ ]
(A) (2,3) (B) (2,0) (C) (0,3) (D) 2,-3)
10. Which of the following is centroid of triangle A( 3,0) B(0,0) and C( 0,3) [ ]
(A) (1,0) (B) (0,0) (C) (0,1) (D) (1,1)
11. Distance between the points (0,0) and ( sin 𝜃, cos 𝜃) is [ ]
(A) 1 (B) sin 𝜃 (C) cos 𝜃 (D) 0
12. If the points (1,-1), (a,1) and (11,4) are collinear, then the value of ‘a’ is [ ]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) 2
13. The centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (-3,2), (4,4), (2,6) is [ ]
(A) (5,4) (B) (1,4) (C) (9,4) (D) (2,5)
14. The distance between the points A( a cos𝜃, 0), B( 0, a sin 𝜃) is [ ]
𝑎 𝑎
(A) (B) a (C) a2 (D)
3 2
15. The slope of the line passing through the points A(5,6) and B(0,-4) is _______[ ]
1
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) (D) 2
2
16. The distance between 2 points (0,0) and (3,4) is ___________ [ ]
(A) 4 units (B) 3 units (C) 5 units (D) 7 units
17. The slope of the line joining (1,2) and (2,3) is ______________ [ ]
(A) 0 (B) (C) 1 (D) 3
18. Centroid of a triangle whose vertices are, ( -2,4), (2,4) and (0,4) is [ ]
2 4
(A) (0,0) (B) (1,1) (C) ( , ) (D) (2,5)
3 3
19. Slope of a line passing through ( log2 8,0) and (0, log3 9) is ___________(pf) [ ]
2 −2 3 −3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 2 2
20. The ratio does the point B(4,0) divides the line segment joining the points A(2,0) and
C(7,0) is ____________ [ ]
(A) 1:2 (B) 2:3 (C) 2 :1 (D) 3:2
 8. SIMILAR TRIANGLES
1 Mark Questions

1. Write Pythagoras theorem.

2. Write converse of Pythagoras theorem.
3. From the adjacent figure, find BC.

4. Write converse of “In triangle ABC, if AB = AC then C = A”.

2 Marks Questions
1. ‘O’ is any point inside a rectangle ABCD. Prove that OB2 + OD2 = OA2 + OC2.
2. ABC is an isosceles triangle right angled at C. Prove that AB2 = 2AC2.
3. Prove that three times the square of any side of an equilateral triangle is equal to four
times the square of the altitude.
4. In the given figure, LM∥AB AL=x – 3, AC = 2x, BM = x – 2 and
BC = 2x + 3 find the value of x
5. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB∥DC and its diagonals intersect each other at point
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
‘O’. Show that = .
𝐵𝑂 𝐷𝑂

6. The areas of two similar triangles are 81cm2 and 49cm2 respectively. If the altitude of
the bigger triangle is 4.5cm. Find the corresponding altitude of the smaller triangle.

4 Marks Questions
1. ABC is a right triangle right angled at C. Let BC = a, CA = b, AB = c and let p be the length
of perpendicular from ‘C’ on AB prove that
1 1 1
(i) pc = ab (ii) = +
𝑝2 𝑎2 𝑏2

2. Two poles of heights 6m and 11m stand on a plane ground. If the distance between the
feet of the poles is 12m. ,find the distance between their tops.
3. Prove that the sum of the squares of the sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of the
squares of its diagonals.

4. In ABD, A = 900 and ACBD show that

(i) AB2 = BC.BD
(ii) AC2 = BC.DC
(iii) AD2 = BD.CD
5. AB, CD, PQ are perpendicular to BD. If AB = c, CD = y
1 1 1
and PQ=z prove that + = .
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧

6. In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC

1
such that BD= 𝐵𝐶. Prove that 9𝐴𝐷 2 = 7𝐴𝐵2 .
3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is a Pythagorean triplet. [ ]
(A) (2,4,6) (B) (8,6,10) (C) (5,7,10) (D) (12, 18, 20)
2. In the ∆ABC, DE||BC, If AD:BD=1:2 and AE= 4cm then EC= _______ [ ]
(A) 4 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 8 cm (D) 10 cm
3. If ∆ABC ~∆DEF, ∠A= 500, then ∠E+ ∠F= ____________ [ ]
(A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 900 (D) 1300
4. In a ∆ABC, ∠ A: ∠B: ∠C= 1:2:3, then sin B. [ ]
√3 1
(A)1 (B) (C) (D)0
2 2
5. Find the value of ‘x’ from the figure ST ||QR……. [ ]

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

6. The criterion of similarity from the adjacent figure…… [

(A) SSS criterian (B) SAS Criterian (C) AAA criterian (D) ASA criterian
7. ∆ABC~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 : ∠A = 700, THEN ∠Q + ∠R = __________ [ ]
(A) 1100 (B) 1300 (C) 700 (D) 1200
8. If 82 + 152 = k2, then k = ______________ [ ]
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 20
9. In the figure∆ ABC, AX = ______________ cm [ ]

(A)8.5 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 7.5

10. If ∠P = 500, ∠Q = 600, ∠R = 700 and ∠A = 600, ∠B = 500, ∠C = 700, then which of the
following is true. [ ]
(A)∆𝑃𝑄𝑅~∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 (B) ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅~∆𝐵𝐴𝐶 (C) ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅~∆𝐴𝐶𝐵 (D) All
11. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝐷𝐸𝐹, if ∠A = 30 , then ∠E + ∠F = ……….
0 [ ]
(A) 900 (B) 600 (C) 1200 (D) 1500
12. In the adjacent figure, AB = 3cm, AC = 8 cm, BE = 4.5 cm, then CD = ______ [ ]

(A)10.5 cm (B) 9.5 cm (C) 16 cm (D) 12 cm

13. In a ∆ ABC,D and E are points on AB and BC respectively. Which of the following ratio is
correct to become DE||BC________________ [ ]
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐸 𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐸 𝐴𝐸 𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐷 𝐷𝐸
(A) = (B) = (C) = (D) =
𝐷𝐵 𝐸𝐶 𝐷𝐵 𝐴𝐶 𝐴𝐶 𝐵𝐶 𝐷𝐸 𝐵𝐶
14.

In ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅, ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅=900 then ∠MPR is [ ]

(A) 350 (B) 900 (C) 550 (D) 650
15. A man goes 10m due west and 24m due North, how far is he from the starting
point. [ ]
(A) 17m (B) 13m (C) 25m (D) 26m
16. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an equilateral triangle. Then its side ‘a’ can represented in terms of ‘h’ is[ ]

2ℎ √3ℎ √3 √3
(A) (B) (C) 𝑎 (D) ℎ
√3 2 2 4
17. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵 = 7 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 24 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐶 = 25𝑐𝑚 then the ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑖𝑠 [ ]
(A) Acute Triangle (B) Right Triangle (C) Obtuse Triangle(D) None
 9. TANGENTS AND SECANTS OF A CIRCLE
1 MARK
1. Define tangent of a circle.
2. Define secant of a circle.
3. Write the formula for finding the area of a sector.

2 MARKS
1. Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3cm. Find the length of the chord of the
larger circle which touches the smaller circle.
2. Calculate the length of tangent from a point 15 cm. away from the centre of a circle of
radius 9 cm.
3. Prove that the tangents to a circle at the end points of a diameter are parallel.
4. Find the area of sector, whose radius is 7 cm. with the given angle 120𝑜 .
5. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute
hand in 10 minutes.
6. Define Tangent and secant of circle.
7. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at
a point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Find length of PQ.
8. If a quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle, then prove that
AB + CD = AD + BC.

4 MARKS
1. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5cm which are inclined to each other
at an angle 60°.
2. Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4cm from a point on the concentric circle of
radius 6cm and measure its length. Also verify the measurement by actual calculation.
3. A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm. subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the area

of the corresponding minor segment of the circle (𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝜋 = 3.14 and √3 = 1.732)

4. Find the area of the shaded region in figure, where ABCD is a

square of side 10 cm. and semicircles are drawn with each
side of the square as diameter (𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝜋 = 3.14)
5. AB and CD are respectively arcs of two concentric circles of radii
21 cm. and 7 cm. with centre O (See figure). If ∠AOB = 30°, find
 22
the area of the shaded region. (use 𝜋 = )
7

6. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 3cm. such that the
segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by the point of contact D are of
length 9cm. and 3cm. respectively (See adjacent figure). Find the sides AB and AC.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The parallel distance between two tangents of the circle is 10 cm. Then the radius of
the circle is _________ cm. [ ]
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
2. If a quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle then AD+BC = _______ [ ]
(a) AB+CD (b) AB+AC (c) AB+BC+AD (d) AB+BC+CD+DA
3. If ‘x’ is the distance between centre to external point of a circle with radius ‘y’, then the
length of the tangent can be expressed as….. [ ]
(a) x2 – y2 (b) x2 +y2 (c) √𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 (d) √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2
4. If the radius of the circle is 6 cm, and if a tangent is drawn to it from an external point at
a distance of 10 cm from the centre, then the length of the tangent is [ ]
(a) 8 cm (b) 18 cm (c) 12 cm (d) 16 cm
5. From the adjacent diagram, perimeter of a triangle ABC is …………. [ ]

(a) 60 cm (b) 45 cm (c) 30cm (d) 15 cm

6. Which of the following is not true from the given figure? [ ]

(a) AP = BP (b) ∆AOP≅∆BOP (c) AP = OP (d) OA = OB

7. In the given figure, if PQ is tangent, OQ is radius of a circle. Then which of the following
is true?
 (a) PR||OQ (b) PQ = OQ (c) PQ⊥OQ (d) PQ > OP
8. If tangents PA, PB from a point of ‘P’ to a circle with center ‘O’ are inclined to each other
at an angle of 800 then ∠PQA is equal to [ ]
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 400 (d) 800
9. A tangent is drawn from and external point of a circle of radius 8 cm. If the length of the
tangent is 15 cm. then the distance of the point from the center of the circle is [ ]
(a) 13 cm (b) 17 cm (c) 18 cm (d) 12 cm
10. The angle between a tangent to a circle and the radius drawn at the point of contact is
_____________ [ ]
(a) 0 0 (b) 30 0 (c) 45 0 (d) 90 0

11. ̅̅̅̅, 𝐴𝑄
𝐴𝑃 ̅̅̅̅ are the pair of tangents to a circle with center ‘O’ and ∠PAQ = 60 0 then
∠POQ [ ]
(a) 1050 (b) 1200 (c) 1150 (d) 1000
12. From the figure, x = ____________ cm [ ]

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 12

13. If ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝑃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝑃 are two tangents to a circle with center ‘O’. Such that ∠ AOB = 100 0, then
∠PAO = ______________________ [ ]

(a) 900 (b) 800 (c) 1000 (d) 1200

 10. MENSURATION
1 MARK
1. Write the formula for LSA of a
i. Cuboid ii. Cube iii. Cylinder iv. Cone v. Sphere vi. Hemisphere
2. Write the formula for TSA of a
i. Cuboid ii. Cube iii. Cylinder iv. Cone v. Sphere vi. Hemisphere
3. Write the formula for Volume of a
i. Cuboid ii. Cube iii. Cylinder iv. Cone v. Sphere vi. Hemisphere
2 MARKS
1. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube whose
edge is 7 cm.
2. A joker’s cap is in the form of right circular cone whose base radius is 7cm and height
is 24cm. Find the area of the sheet required to make 10 such caps.
3. A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of diameter 12 m. and height 8 m. Find its volume.
How much canvas cloth is required to cover the heap ? (𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝜋 = 3.14)
4. A metallic sphere of radius 4.2 cm. is melted and recast into the shape of a cylinder of
radius 6cm. Find the height of the cylinder.
5. Surface area of a sphere and cube are equal. Then find the ratio of their volumes.
6. Two cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end together. Find the surface area
of the resulting cuboid.
7. A sphere, a cylinder and a cone are of the same radius and same height. Find the
ratio of their curved surface areas?
8. The curved surface area of a cone is 4070 𝑐𝑚2 and its diameter is 70 cm. What is its
slant height?
9. Metallic spheres of radius 6 cm.,8 cm. and10 cm. respectively are melted to form a single
solid sphere.Find the radius of the resulting sphere.
4 MARKS

1. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two

hemispheres stuck to each of its ends. The length of the
capsule is 14 mm. and the width is 5 mm. Find its surface
area.
2. A well of diameter 14 m. is dug 15 m. deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread
evenly all around it in the shape of a circular ring of width 7 m. to form an embankment.
Find the height of the embankment.
3. A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm. and the radius of its top
is 5cm. It is filled with water up to the rim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere
1
of radius 0.5cm are dropped into the vessel, of the water flows out. Find the number
4
of lead shots dropped into the vessel.
4. A pen stand is made of wood in the shape of cuboid with three conical depressions to
hold the pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius
of each of the depression is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4cm. Find the volume of wood in
the entire stand.

5. Spherical Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm. are dropped into a cylindrical beaker of diameter
7 cm., which contains some water. Find the number of marbles that should be dropped
in to the beaker, so that water level rises by 5.6 cm.
6. A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere. The diameter of the base and
the height of the cone are 6 cm and 4 cm respectively. Determine the surface area of the
toy.[𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝜋 = 3.14]
7. A toy is made in the form of hemisphere surmounted by a right cone whose circular
base is joined with the plane surface of the hemisphere. The radius of the base of the
3
cone is 7cm. and its volume is of the hemisphere. Calculate the height of the cone and
2
22
the surface area of the toy correct to 2 places of decimal(𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = ).
7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The surface area of the hemisphere of diameter 14 cm is _______________ [ ]
(a) 154 (b) 462 (c) 308 (d) 616
2. Volume of two spheres are in the ratio 64 : 27, then the ratio of their surface
areas is [ ]
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 16 : 9 (d) 9 : 16
3. If a rectangular sheet of paper of dimensions 40 cm x 22 cm is rolled to form a hollow
cylinder of height40 cm., then the radius of the cylinder is [ ]
80
(a) 3.5 cm (b) 𝑐𝑚 (c) 7 cm (d) 5 cm
7
4. Which of the following represents the ratio between volume of cone and volume of
cylinder (having same radius and height) [ ]
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 4
5. Surface area of a sphere is _____________ sq. units [ ]
𝜋𝑟 2
(a) (b) 4𝜋𝑟 2 (c) 2𝜋𝑟 2 (d) 2𝜋𝑟ℎ
ℎ
6. If the curved surface area of a cylinder of height 8 cm is 352 cm2, then its
radius is [ ]
(a) 3.5 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 7 cm
7. Formula to find lateral surface area of a cuboid is ______________ [ ]
(a) 2(lb+bn+lh) (b) lbh (c) 2h( l+b) (d) h( l+b)
8. Ratio of curved surface areas of cylinder and sphere if they have same radius and same
height. [ ]
(a) 1 :3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 3 : 2
9. Total surface area of a cube whose side is 4 cm is _______________ [ ]
(a) 16 cm 2 (b) 64 cm 2 (c) 128 cm 2 (d) 96 cm 2

10. The radius of both sphere and Hemisphere are same. The ratio of their volumes =
[ ]
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1
11. The curved surface are of a cone is 𝜋𝑟𝑙, ‘l’ denotes_______________ [ ]
(a) Height (b) Slant height (c) Radius (d) Diameter
12. If the ratio of radii of two spheres is 3:2 then the ratio of their surface areas is [ ]
(a)9:4 (b) 4:9 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 27 : 4
13. Base area of the cone is 154 cm and height is 6 cm, then volume of the cone is
2

________ cm3. [ ]
(a) 308 (b) 924 (c) 368 (d) 624
14. Diameter of the hemisphere is 6 cm, then the curved surface area of hemisphere is
_________ [ ]
(a) 29𝜋 (b) 18𝜋 (c) 36𝜋 (d) 9𝜋
15. Surface area of a sphere of radius 2.1 cm is ____________________ [ ]
(a) 55.44 cm2 (b) 44.55 cm2 (c) 15.41 cm2 (d) 41.15 cm2
 11. TRIGONOMETRY
1 Mark Questions
1. Evaluate sin150sec750.
2. Find the value of tan2450 + cot2300.

3. Find the value of x, if 2sinx = √3.

4. If cosA = sin(A – 60) where 7A is an acute angle. Find the value of A.

5. If x = 2sec, y = 2tan then find x2 – y2.

6. If tan = cot then find .

2 Marks Questions
7
1. If cosA = then find secA and cosecA.
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2. Prove that tan2A – sin2A = tan2A.sin2A

1 √3
3. Find B, if tan(A – B) = and sinA = .
√3 2

𝐴+𝐵 𝐶
4. If A, B and C are interior angles of a triangle ABC, then show that tan( ) = cot .
2 2

1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
5. Prove that √ = cosec + cot, 0 <  < 900.
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃

6. Is it right to say that sin(A + B) = sinA + sinB? Justify your answer.

7. In a right angled triangle ABC, right angle is at B. If tan A = √3, then find the value of
i. Sin A cos C + cos A sin C ii. Cos A cos C – sin A sin C

4 Marks Questions
1. Prove that (sinA + cosecA)2 + (cosA + secA)2 = 7 + tan2A + cot2A
𝑝2 +1
2. If cosec + cot = p then prove that = sec.
𝑝2 −1

3. Prove that (sin – cosec)2 + (cos – sec)2 = cot2 + tan2 – 1

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
4. Solve + = 4, if 0 <  < 900.
1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 × cos 𝜃 × tan 𝜃 × cot 𝜃 × sec 𝜃 × 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) -1 (D) Not defined
2. If 3 tan θ =4, then cosec θ value _______
 5 5 3 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 4 3
3. Sec 60° + sin 30° + cos 60° = _________
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

4. What is the value of ‘θ’ from the adjacent figure.

A

5m

θ
B C
5m

(A) 45° (B) 0° (C) 60° (D) 30°

5. If sec θ + tan θ = 2, then sec θ – tan θ = ………………..
1
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) (D) 0
2
6. If Sin θ = tan 45° then θ = __________.
(A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 0°
7. 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 = ________________.
1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) 0
2
8. cot 60° = ____________.
1 1
(A) √3 (B) (C) √2 (D)
√3 √2
9. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 60° − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 30° is ______.
2 2
1 1 −1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 2 4
10. 5𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 5𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 = __________.
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 10
11. Which of the following is not defined __________
(A) Tan0° (B) Tan 90° (C) cot 90° (D) sec 0°
12. The value of Tan θ in terms of cosec θ is _________
1 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 2
(A) √𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 (B) √𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 (C) √𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 (D) √𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2
𝜃−1 𝜃−1 𝜃−1 𝜃−1
13. If sin θ = cos θ (0< θ < 90), then tan θ + cot θ = _________
2
(A) 2√3 (B) (C) 2 (D) 1
√3
14. The value of sin90° + cos 0° is _________
(A) -1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 1
15. cos θ× sec θ = _____________
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) tan θ (D) cot θ
16. If sin θ = cos θ, then the value of tan θ is ______
1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 1 (D) √2
√3
2
17. If cosec θ = , then the value of ‘θ’ _______
√3
(A) 45° (B) 90° (C) 30° (D) 60°
18. The value of sin230 – cos2 30 is ……….
−1 √3 3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 3
19. If 2 sin 2θ = √3 then the value of θ is ……..
(A) 90° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°
24
20. If Sin A = , then cosec A =
25
7 24 25 25
(A) (B) (C) (D)
24 7 24 7
 12. APPLICATION OF TRIGONOMETRY
1 Mark Questions
1. Define Angle of Elevation.
2. Define Angle of Depression.
3. Draw diagram for the following situations.
(i) A person is flying a kite at an angle of elevation  and the length of thread from his
hand to kite is ‘l’.

(ii) A person observes two banks of a river at angles of depression θ1 and θ2 (θ1 < θ2)
from the top of a tree of height ‘h’ which is at a side of the river. The width of the
river is ‘d’.

d
(iii) You are observing top of your school building at an angle of elevation  from a
point which is at d meter distance from foot of the building. Which trigonometric
ratio would you like to consider to find the height of the building?
(iv) A ladder of length x meter is leaning against a wall making angle θ with the ground.
Which trigonometric ratio would you like to consider to find the height of the point
on the wall at which the ladder is touching?
2 Marks Questions
1. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point which is 15 meter away from the
foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 45°. What is the height
of the tower?
2. A contractor wants to set up a slide for the children to play in the park. He wants to set it
up at the height of 2 m and by making an angle of 30° with the ground. What should be
the length of the slide?
3. You want to setup a pole of height 10 m vertically with the support of three ropes. Each
rope has to make an angle 30° with the pole. What should be the total length of the rope
required?
4. An observer of height 1.8 m is 13.2 m away from a palm tree. The angle of elevation of
the top of the tree from his eyes is 45°. What is the height of the palm tree?

5. In the given figure, AC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and BAC = 30°. Find the area of the triangle.

4 Marks Questions
1. A 1.5 m tall boy is looking at the top of a temple which is 30 metre in height from a point
at certain distance. The angle of elevation from his eye to the top of the crown of the
temple increases from 30° to 60° as he walks towards the temple. Find the distance he
walked towards the temple.
2. A statue stands on the top of a 2 m tall pedestal. From a point on the ground, the angle of
elevation of the top of the statue is 60° and from the same point, the angle of elevation of
the top of the pedestal is 45°. Find the height of the statue.
3. From the top of a building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cell tower is 60° and the
angle of depression to its foot is 45°. If distance of the building from the tower is 7 m,
then find the height of the tower.
4. A wire of length 18 m had been tied with electric pole at an angle of elevation 30° with
the ground. As it was covering a long distance, it was cut and tied at an angle of elevation
60° with the ground. How much length of the wire was cut?
5. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road,
which is 120 feet wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation
of the top of the poles are 60° and 30° respectively. Find the height of the poles and the
distances of the point from the poles.
6. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4 m and 9
m, from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it are complementary.
Find the height of the tower.
7. The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60°. After a flight of
15 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the jet plane is flying at a constant
height of 1500√3 meter, find the speed of the jet plane. (√3 = 1.732)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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1. A kite is flying in the sky with a thread of 68mts and making an angle 𝜃. Id 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = , then
8
find the height of the kite above the ground. [ ]
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 80
2. The tops of two poles of heights 20m and 14m are connected by a wire makes an angle
of 30𝑜 with the horizontal, the length of the wire in meteres in between two poles is ______
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14 [ ]
3. The length of the shadow of a vertical pole is √3 times it original length. The angle of
elevation to the sun is [ ]
(A) 90𝑜 (B) 0𝑜 (C) 60𝑜 (D) 30𝑜
4. A man observes an object on the ground at an angle of depression 30𝑜 from the top of a
tower 30 metres high. Then the distance between the object and the tower is ____
(A) 30√3 (B) 10√3 (C) 10 (D) 15 [ ]
5. From the top of a vertical tower it is observed that the top of a tree and its foot are at
angles and depression 30𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 45𝑜 respectively. If the height of a tree is 10metres, then
the height of the tower in metres is [ ]
(A) 5(√3 + 1) (B) 5(3 + √3) (C) 10(3 + √3) (D) 10(√3 + 1)
6. From the top of a minar of height 60mts, the top and bottom of a clock tower are observed
at the angles of depression of 30𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 60𝑜 respectively. Then the height of the clock tower
in metres is [ ]
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 60 (D) 45
7. From the top of a tower 60 metres high the angles of depression of two objects due north
and due south of the tower are 600 𝑎𝑛𝑑 45𝑜 . The distance between the two objects is
(A) 60√3𝑚 (B) 60 + 20√3𝑚 (C) 60(√3 − 1)𝑚 (D) 60(√3 + 1)𝑚 [ ]
8. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from a point 60m from its foot is 30𝑜 . The
height of the tower is ___________ [ ]
(A) 30√3𝑚 (B) 30m (C) 60m (D) 20√3𝑚
9. In triangle ABC, ∠𝐵 = 90 , BC=10cm, ∠𝐶 = 30 then 𝐴𝐵 =
𝑜 𝑜
[ ]
10
(A) 10√3 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D)
√3
10. In ∆𝑋𝑌𝑍, ∠𝑋 = 90𝑜 , XZ=60cm, ∠𝑍 = 60𝑜 then XY= [ ]
(A) 120 (B) 120√3 (C) 60 (D) 60√3
 13. PROBABILITY
1 Mark Questions
1. Define equally likely events with examples.
2. Define impossible event with an example.
3. What is the probability of certain event?
4. What is the sum of probabilities of all elementary events in an experiment?
5. Define complementary event.
6. If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of ‘not E’?

2 Marks Questions
1. A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking
into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out?
i) an orange flavoured candy? ii) a lemon flavoured candy?
2. Rahim removes all the hearts from the cards. What is the probability of
i. Picking out an ace from the remaining pack. ii. Picking out a diamonds.
iii. Picking out a card that is not a heart. iv. Picking out the Ace of hearts.
3. It is given that in a group of 3 students, the probability of 2 students not having the same
birthday is 0.992. What is the probability that 2 students have the same birthday?
4. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting
(i) a prime number; (ii) a number lying between 2 and 6; (iii) an odd number.
5. What is the probability of drawing out a red king from a deck of cards?

4 Marks Questions
1. A Kiddy bank contains hundred 50p coins, fifty Rs. 1 coins, twenty Rs. 2 coins and ten Rs.
5 coins. If it is equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned
upside down, what is the probability that the coin (i) will be a 50 p coin? (ii) will not be a
Rs. 5 coin?
2. Gopi buys a fish from a shop for his aquarium. The shopkeeper takes out one fish at
random from a tank containing 5 male fish and 8 female fish (See figure). What is the
probability that the fish taken out is a male fish?

3. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest

pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (See figure), and
these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will
point at
(i) 8? (ii) an odd number?
(iii) a number greater than 2? (iv) a number less than 9?
4. One card is drawn from, a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) a king of red colour (ii) a face card (iii) a red face card
 (iv) the jack of hearts (v) a spade (vi) the queen of diamonds.
5. Five cards-the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with their face
downwards. One card is then picked up at random.
i) What is the probability that the card is the queen?
ii) If the queen is drawn and put aside, what is the probability that the second card picked
up is (a) an ace? (b) a queen?
6. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random
from the box, find the probability that it bears
(i) a two digit number (ii) a perfect square number (iii) a number divisible by 5.
7. Suppose you drop a die at random on the rectangular region shown in figure. What is the
probability that it will land inside the circle with diameter 1 m?

2m

3m

8. A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 are defective and the others are good. The
shopkeeper draws one pen at random and gives it to Sudha. What is the probability that
(i) She will buy it (ii) She will not buy it
9. Two dice are rolled simultaneously and counts are added
(i) Complete the table given below:

Event : ‘Sum on 2
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
dice’
Probability 1 5 1
36 36 36

(ii) A student argues that ‘there are 11 possible outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and
1
12. Therefore, each of them has a probability . Do you agree with this argument? Justify
11
your answer.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Among the following which is the correct statement? [ ]
A) 0 ≤ 𝑃(𝐸 ) ≤ 1 B) P(E)=2 C) P(E)<0 D) P(E)>1
2. APR said that probability of impossible event is 1. Sudha said that probability of sure
event is zero and Basha said that the probability of any event is from 0 to 1. In the above
with whom you will agree? [ ]
 A) APR B) Sudha C) Basha D) All of these
3. 𝑃(𝐸 ) + 𝑃(𝐸̅ ) = [ ]
1 2
A) B) 1 C) 0 D)
2 3
4. If 𝑃(𝐸 ) = 0.15, then P(not E)= [ ]
A) 0.5 B) 0.85 C) 0.9 D) – 0.05
5. Among the following, it cannot be the probability of an event [ ]
1 1 4
A) B) C) 25% D)
3 2 3
6. The probability can never be [ ]
A) 0 B) 1 C) 0.5 D) – 2
7. The probability of baby born either boy or girl is [ ]
1 2
A) B) 1 C) 0 D)
2 3
8. Each one of the events has an equal chance of occurrence is [ ]
A) Equally likely event B) Exhaustive events
C) Mutually exclusive events D) Can’t say
9. The collection of all possible events is called [ ]
A) Equally likely event B) Exhaustive events
C) Mutually exclusive events D) Can’t say
10. A coin is tossed 1000 times and 560 time a head occurs. Then the empirical probability
of getting a tail is [ ]
2 1
A) 0.44 B) C) D) 1
3 2
 14. STATISTICS
1 Mark Questions
1. Find mean of
a. x – 5, x, x+5
b. sin900, tan450, cot450, cos00.
c. 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
2. The Median of x, , , , , is 10. Find x.
2 5 4 3
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
3. The Mode of x, , , , , is 5. Find x.
2 2 3 3 3
4. The A.M. of 10 numbers is 10 and A.M. of 30 numbers is 60. Find New A.M.

2 Marks Questions
1. Write the formula of find Mode of grouped data and explain the terms in it?
2. Write the formula to find Median of grouped data and explain the terms in it?
3. Find the mode of below data.
Family size 1–3 3–5 5–7 7–9 9 – 11
No.of families 7 8 2 2 1
4. Find the mode of below data.
Classes 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120
Frequency 10 35 52 61 38 29
5. Find the mode of below data.
Classes 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
Frequency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

4 Marks Questions
1. If the median of 60 observations, given below 28.5. Find the value of ‘x’ and ‘y’.
Classes 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency 5 x 20 15 Y 5

2. Find Median of below data.

Classes 118 – 126 127 – 135 136 – 144 145 – 153 154 – 162 163 – 171 172 – 180

Frequency 3 5 9 12 5 4 2
3. Find Mean of below data.
Classes 65 – 68 68 – 71 71 – 74 74 – 77 77 – 80 80 – 83 83 – 86
Frequency 2 4 3 8 7 4 2
4. Find Mean of below data.
Classes 35 – 38 38 – 41 41 – 44 44 – 47 47 – 50 50 – 53 53 – 56
Frequency 1 3 4 4 7 10 11
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is example of bi-modal data.
(A) 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4 (B) 1, 2, 5, 7, 2, 5, 7, 1
(C) 1, 2, 7, 8, 7 (D) 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4
2. Median of data 5, 8, 3, 2, 10, 9, 11
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 8.5
3. Less than cumulative frequency curve is based on ________
(A) Lower boundary (B) Upper boundary
(C) Mid value (D) Range
4. Range of first 10 natural numbers.
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
5. The sum of 15 observations is 420, then the mean of that observations.
(A) 28 (B) 30 (C) 118 (D) 210
6. In assumed mean method, the deviation 𝑑𝑖 = __________
(A) xi-a (B) a-xi (C) xi+a (D) a+xi
7. If we doubled the largest value in a data, then the Median of that data is ________
(A) doubled (B) No change (C) Half decreased (D) Can’t say
8. Arithmetic mean of 0.6, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 0.7, 0.3 is
(A) 0.4 (B) 0.3 (C) 0.6 (D) 0.5
9. For what value of ‘k’, the median of the data 4, 6, k, 9, 10, 19 is 7.5 which are given in
ascending order.
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6
10. Median of the data from the Ogive curve.

(A) 10 (B) 30 (C) 20 (D) 40

∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑑𝑖
11. Mean (x̅) = a+ ∑ 𝑓𝑖
here di = _________

(A) Frequency (B) Class interval (C) Deviation (D) Range

12. The median of the data 5, 4, 10, 8, 3, 9, 11, 3, 6 is ______-___
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 4
13. Class Mark of the class 11-20 is ______
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 15.5 (D) 10.5
1 1 1 1 1
14. Median of the data , , , , is _______
2 10 5 12 7
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 7 5 10
15. The formula for the arithmetic mean of grouped data in direct method
∑ 𝑤𝑥 ∑𝑥 ∑𝑤 ∑ 𝑓𝑥
(A) (B) ∑ (C) ∑𝑥
(D) ∑𝑓
𝑤 𝑤

16. Which of following figure represents less than Ogive curse.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

17. The mean of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is ______

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) Not defined
18. The median of 2, 3, 4, 5 is _______
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 4.5 (D) 3.5
19. The average of first 10 natural number is ________
(A) 55 (B) 5.5 (C) 10 (D) 6
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑑𝑖
20. Mean = a+ ∑ 𝑓𝑖
in the di = ________
𝑥𝑖
(A) (B) 𝑥𝑖 .a (C) 𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎 (D) 𝑥𝑖 + 𝑎
𝑎