BRIDGE ASSIGNMENT

(Minimum questions to solve before XI class syllabus to begin)

CLASS IX BASED QUESTIONS

Q1. Find the HCF of the following polynomials:

(a) x2 – 3x + 2, x2 – 6x + 5, x2 – 8x + 7 (b) 42(2x3 – 5x2 – 3x) and 60(8x4 + x)
Q2. Find the LCM of the following polynomials:
(a) 16 – 4x2 and x3 + 8 (b) 4x2(x2 – a2) and 9x3(x3 – a3)
Q3. The HCF of two polynomials is (x – 2) and their LCM is x 3 – 4x2 + x + 6. If one of the polynomial
is x2 – 5x + 6. Find the other.
Q4. Find the values of p and q so that the polynomials f(x) = px3 + 2x2 – 19x + q is divisible by
x2 + x – 6.
Q11. AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle which are on opposite sides of the centre such that

AB = 10 cm, CD = 24 cm and the distance between them is 17 cm. Find the radius of the circle.

Q12. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 13:14:15 and its perimeter is 210 cm. Find its area.

Q13. Calculate the area of the shaded portion, in the given figure.

Q14. ABC is a right triangle right angled at A with AB = 6 cm, AC = 8cm. A circle with centre O and

radius r is inscribed in the triangle. Find r.

Q15. Find the area of a trapezium ABCD in which AB || DC, AB = 77 cm, BC = 25 cm, CD = 60 cm

and DA = 26 cm.

CLASS X BASED QUESTIONS

Q16. Obtain all the zeroes of the polynomial , if two of its zeroes are

and .

Q17. Determine graphically the vertices of a triangle whose sides are:

(a) 3x – y = 7 ; 4x – 5y = 2 ; x = -2 (b) x – 2y + 8 = 0 ; 5y – x – 14 = 0 ; 2x – y + 1 =

Q18. Solve the following equations:

(a) 2x + 3y = 28 ; 3x – 4y = – 9 (b)
(c) (d)

Q19. The age of the father is 3 years more than 3 times the son’s age. 3 year’s hence, the age of the

father will be 10 years more than twice the age of the son. Find their present ages.

Q20. If the numerator of a fraction is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is reduced by 5, the fraction

becomes 6/5. And, if the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased by 8, the fraction

becomes 2/5. Find the fraction.

Q21. The sum of digits of a two-digit number is 9. The number obtained by reversing the order of digits

of the given number exceeds the given number by 27. Find the number.

Q22. A person invested Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 at two different rates of interest, earning Rs 1,400 at

the end of the year. Later, he found that by interchanging the two amounts invested, he would have

received Rs 200 more. Find the two rates at which he invested his money.

Q23. Solve the following quadratic equations:

(a) 4x2 – 4a2x + (a4 – b4) = 0 (b) x2 – (p2 + q2)x + p2q2 = 0

(c) (d)

Q24. If the roots of are equal, prove that .

Q25. Find if the roots of are real and equal.

Q26. The numerator of a fraction is one more than its denominator. If its reciprocal is subtracted from it,

the difference is 11/30. Find the fraction.

Q27. The area of a right angled triangle is 600 sq. cm. If the base of the triangle exceeds the altitude by

10 cm, find the dimensions of the triangle.

Q28. For what value of are the terms of two A.P.s same. 13, 19, 25 , … and 69, 68, 67, …? Also

find this term.

Q29. If five times the 5th term of an A.P. is equal to 8 times the 8th term, show that its 13th term is zero.

Q30. Find sum of all 3-digit numbers which are multiple of 7.

Q31. How many terms of A.P. –6, –11/2, –5,…. are needed to give the sum –25 ? Explain double

answer.

Q32. A club consists of members whose ages are in A.P. the common difference being 4 months. If the

youngest member of the club is 8 year old and the sum of ages of all the members is 168 years, find the

total number of members in the club.

Q33. Find the co-ordinates of circum-center of a ∆ ABC where A( 1, 2) , B ( 3, –4) and C ( 5, –6 ).

Q34. In what ratio the line segment joining the points (–2, –3) and (3, 7) divided by y-axis?

Also, find the co-ordinates of the point of division.

Q35. A line segment joining the points (3, –4) and (1, 2) is trisected at the points P and Q. If the

co-ordinates of P and Q are (p, –2) and (5/3, q) respectively. Find p and q.

Q36. If the area of the quadrilateral whose angular points, taken in order, are (1, 2), (–5, 6), (7, –4),
(p, –2) be zero, find the value of p.
Q37. Evaluate each of the following :

(i) 2 (cos2 45° + tan2 60°) – 6 (sin245° – tan230°)

(ii)

Q38. If , find all other trigonometric ratios.

Q39. Prove that following identities:

(a) (b)

Q40. If , , find .

Q41. If x = a sec  + b tan  and y = a tan  + b sec , prove that x2 – y2 = a2 – b2.

Q42. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flagstaff of height

5m. At a point on the plane, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flagstaff are 30 0 and

600 respectively. Find height of the tower.

Q43. A person standing on the bank of river observes that the angle of elevation of top of the tree

standing on opposite bank is 600. When he moves 40m away from the bank, he finds the angle of

elevation to be 300. Find height of the tree and also width of the river.

Q44. Two circles touch externally. The sum of their areas is 130  sq. cm and the distance between their

centres is 14 cm. Find the radii of the circles.

Q45. A wire when bent in the form of an equilateral triangle encloses an area of . If the same

wire is bent in the form of a circle, find the area of the circle.

Q46. In the given figure, ABC is an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle of radius 4 cm. Find the area

of the shaded region.

O
B C

Q47. PQRS is a diameter of a circle of radius 6 cm. The lengths PQ, QR and RS are equal, semi-circles

are drawn on PQ and QS as diameters as shown in figure. Find the perimeter and area of the shaded

region.

P S
Q R
Q48. A sphere of diameter 6 cm is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel partly filled with water.

The diameter of the cylindrical vessel is 12 cm. If the sphere is completely submerged in water, by how

much will the level of water rise in the cylindrical vessel?

Q49. Four right circular cylindrical vessels each having diameter 21 cm and height 38 cm are full of ice-

cream. The ice-cream is to be filled in cones of height 12 cm and diameter 7 cm having a hemispherical

shape at top. Find the total number of such cones which can be filled with ice-cream.

Q50. The height of a cone is 30 cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to the base.

If its volume be of the volume of given cone, at what height above the base is section made?

Q51. Three coins are tossed once. Find probability of:

(a) 3 heads (b) exactly 2 heads (c) atleast 2 heads (d) atmost 2 heads

(e) no tails (f) head and tail appear alternatively (g) atleast one head and one tail

Q52. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find:

(a) P(an odd number as a sum) (b) P(sum as a prime number)

(c) P(a doublet of odd numbers) (d) P(a total of atleast 9)

(e) P( a multiple of 2 on one die and a multiple of 3 on other die)

(f) P(a doublet) (g) P(a multiple of 2 as sum) (h) P(getting the sum 9)

(i) P(getting a sum greater than 12) (j) P( a prime number on each die)

(k) P( a multiple of 5 as a sum)

Q53. A card is drawn from a well-shuffled pack of cards. Find the probability that the card drawn is:

(a) a queen (b) a king bearing diamond sign (c) a black card

(d) a jack (e) black and a queen (f) either black or a queen

(g) a red card (h) a face card (i) a diamond or a club

(j) neither heart nor a jack (k) a 2 of diamond

(l) an ace of hearts (m) a face card of red color (n) 10 of a black “suit”
 ANSWERS

1. a) x – 1 (b) 6x(2x + 1) 2. (a) 4(2 – x) (x3 – 8) (b) 36x3(x3 – a3) (x + a)

3. x2 – x – 2 4. p = 3, q = 6

8. (i) 0 (ii) 0

11. 13 cm 12. 2100 cm2 13. 384 cm2 14. 2 cm 15. 1644 cm2
16. 17. (a) (3,2), (-2,-13), (-2,-2) (b) (4,-2), (1,3), (2,5)

18. (a) x = 5, y = 6 (b) x = ,y= (c) x = a2, y = b2 (d) x = 8, y = 3

19. Father’s age 33 years, son’s age 10 years 20. 12/25 21. 36 22. 4% and 2%
23. (a) (a2 – b2)/2 , (a2 + b2)/2 (b) p2 , q2 (c) 4, -2/9 (d) 1, 6 25.
26. 6/5 27. 30cm, 40cm, 50cm 28. 30. 70336
31. 20 or 5 32. 16 33. (11, 2) 34. 2:3 and (0, 1) 35. p = 7 /3 and q = 0

36. 3 37. (i) 6 (ii) 9 38.

40. 42. 2.5m 43. 34.64m 44. 11 cm and 3 cm

45. 346.5 cm2 46. (16 – 12 ) cm2 47. 12 cm, 37.71 cm2 48. 1 cm

49. 216 50. 20 cm

51. (a) 1/8 (b) 3/8 (c) 1/2 (d) 7/8 (e) 1/8 (f) 1/4 (g) 3/4
52. (a) 1/2 (b) 5/12 (c) 1/12 (d) 5/18 (e) 11/36 (f) 1/6 (g) 1/2
(h) 1/9 (i) 0 (j) 1/12 (k) 7/36
53. (a) 1/13 (b) 1/52 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/13 (e) 1/26 (f) 7/13 (g) 1/2

(h) 4/13 (i) 1/2 (j) 9/13 (k) 1/52 (l) 1/52 (m) 3/26 (n) 1/26