SAMPLE PAPER 1

(With Solutions)

Time allowed : 3 Hours

Max. Marks : 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each)
with sub-parts of the
values of 1, 1and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions arecompulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 questions of 5 marks, 2
of 3 marks and 2 questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been questions
in the 2 marks questions of Section E. provided
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take n = 22/7 wherever required if not
stated.

SECTION A
(Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.)
1. Given that HCF (2520, 6600) = 120 and LCM (2520, 6600) = 252k, then the value ofk is
(a) 165 (b) 550 (c) 990 (d) 1650
2. Which of the following numbers is a prime number?
(a) 105 (b) 109 (c) 117 (d) 119
3. The zeroes of the polynomial 3x + 11x - 4 are
(a) -4 (b (c) ,4
3 (a) --4
4. The pair 3x + 2 = 0 and 2x - 3y -7 = 0 of linear equations has
(a) no solution (b) one solution
(c) two solutions (d) infinitely many solutions
3. The sum of two natural numbers is 25 and their difference is 7. The numbers are
(a) 17 and 8 (b) 16 and 9 (c) 18 and 7 (d) 15 and 10
6. If the point P(x, 4) lies on a circle whose centre is at origin and radius is 5 units, then the values
of x are
(a) ± 2 (b) ±3 (c) t 4 (d) + 5
7. If APOR - AABC, PO = 6cm, AB = 8 cm and perimeter of AABC is 36 cm, then perimeter of
APQR is
(a) 20.25 cm (b) 27 cm (c) 48 cm (d) 64 cm

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 s. A vertical pole 10 m long casts a shadow of 5 m long on the ground. At the same time, a tower
casts a shadow of 12.5 mlong on the ground. The height of the tower is
(a) 15 m (b) 25 m (c) 50 m (d) none of these

9. In the adjoining figure, TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle

with centre O. If POQ = 110°, then ZPTQ is
(a) 60° (b) 70°
(c) S0° (d) 90°

10. In the adjoining figure, the value of sin B cos C + sin C cos B is
(a) 0 (b) 1 10

5
(c)3
If tan A = P then
(d) 2
psin A-qcos A is equal to
11.
p sin A + qcos A

(a) (b) p-g? (C 2p4 (a) 0

p+
C

12. In the adjoining figure, the length of BC is 6cm

(a) 2 N3 cm (b) 3/3 cm 130

A
(c) 4 V3 cm (d) 3 cm
13. If the area of a circle is 154 cm², then its perimeter is
(a) 11 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 44 cm (d) 55 cm
B

14. In the adjoining figure, OACB is a quadrant of a circle of radius

7 cm. The perimeter of the quadrant is
(a) 11 cm (b) 18 cm
(c) 25 cm (d) 36 cm

15. Ifthe base area of a cone is 51 cm² and its volume is 85 cm, then its vertical height is
(a) 3.5 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 4.5 cm (d) 5 cm
16. The Empirical relation for measuring the mode is
(a) Mode = 3 median - 2 mean (b) Mode = 3 mean - 2 median
(c) Mode = 2 median - mean (d) Mode = 2 mean - mediam
17. class
If the isclasses of a frequency distribution are 1-10, 1120, 2130, .,.51-60, then the size of each
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 5.5
18. If a fair coin is tossed twice, then the probability of getting two heads is
3
(a) 4
(b) 2 (c) (d) 0
4

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 ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose
the correct answer out of the following choices.
(o) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion: The HCF of two numbers is 45 and their LCM is 675.
If one number is 135, then the other number is 240.
Reason: The relation between two natural numbers a, band their HCF and LCM is
axb= HCF (a, b) xLCM (a, b).
20. Assertion: If points P and Q trisect the line segment joining the points A(-2, 0) and B(0, 8) such that
Pis nearer to A, then the coordinates of the points P, Q
(
are--respectively.
Reason: The points which divide the line segment AB in the ratio 1:3 and 3:1 are called points of
trisection.

SECTION B
(Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.)
21. The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 132. If
the two digits differ by 2, find the number(s).
A

BF BE
22. In the adjoining figure, DE |AC and DF WAE. Prove that FE EC

OR
B

BE BC
In the adjoining figure, DE | AC and Prove that DC I| AP.
EC CP
B E

23. In the adjoining figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle

with centre O. The tangents at P and Qintersect at T. If the radius
of the circle is 5 cm, find the length PT.

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 OR

In the adjoining figure, two equal circles with centres O

and O', touch each other at X. O0' produced meets the
circle with centre O' at A. AC is tangent to the circle with
centre O, at the point C. OD is perpendicular to AC. Find
DO'
the value of
Co
sec2 e
find the value of cosec'e
1
24. If tan = cosec²0 + sec? 0
25. Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 4 cm and of angle 30". Also, find the area of
the corresponding major sector (use T = 3.14).

SECTION C
(Section Cconsists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.)
1 1
26. If cosec 0 =X+ ,prove that cosec + cot = 2x or
2x
27. Prove that is an irrational number.
V2
28. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomial by factorisation method and verify the
relationship between the zeroes and coefficients of the polynomial:
3
212 +x + 4
1 11
29. Solve the following equation for x : x+4 ,X*-4,7.
X-7 30

OR
Solve the following quadratic equation for x:9x²-6b²r (at - b) = 0
30. Prove that the tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point
of contact.

31. In a game entry fee is ? 5. The game consists of tossing acoin 3 times. If one or two heads show,
Shweta gets her entry fee back. If she throws 3 heads, she receives double the entry fee. Otherwise
she will lose. For tossing a coin three times, find the probability that she
(i) loses the entry fee (ii) gets double entry fee
(ii) just gets her entry fee back.
OR
Red queens and black jacks are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is drawn at
random from the remaining cards, after reshufling thenm. Find the probability that the card drawn
is

() a king (ii) of red colour (iii) aface card (iv) a queen.

SECTION D
(Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.)
32. Apeacock is sitting on the top of a pillar, which is 9 mhigh. From a point 27 m away from the
bottom of apillar, asnake is coming to its hole at the base of a pillar, seeing the snake, the peacock
pounces on it. If their speeds are equal, at what distance from the hole is the snake caught?
OR
A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 54 km and then travels a distance of
63 km at an average speed of 6 km/h more than the first speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete
the journey, what is its first speed?

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 A

23. In the adjoining figure, ZBED = ZBDE and E divides BC in the

ratio 2 : 1. Prove that
AF x BE = 2 AD x CE B E

OR

In AABC, AD is the internal bisector of ZA which meets BC at D.

ar (AABD) AB
Prove that
ar (AACD) AC" F

x 5 cm, a cylindrical hole of

34. From a cuboidal solid metallic block of imensions 15 cm x 10 cm
diameter 7 cm is drilled out. Find the surface area of the remaining block.

7cm
0
1 0
c m

15 cm

35. Find 'p' if the mean of the given data is 15.45:

6- 12 12 - 18 18 - 24 24 - 30
Class 0-6
9 7
6 P
Frequency
SECTION E
(Case study based questions are compulsory.)
36. Case-study 1
electric poles A, B and C in a society park.
The following diagram shows the position of three
Y
3 "C(2, 3)

2
"A(3, 2)

1+

1 2 3
-1

-2

B(-2, -3) " -3

playing in the park complained about darkness in the

Inspite of three poles in the park, the kids place 2 more poles in the park.
Park. So the society president decided to
following questions:
Based on the above information, answer the
pomts A, B and C, in terms of lengths of
() ldentify the type of triangle formed by joining the
the sides.
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 (ii) The fourth pole is placed at a point D such that ABDC forms a parallelogram. Find the
coordinates of D.
(i) The ith pole Eis to be placed such that it divides the line segment joining Band Ain the
ratio 2:3. Find the coordinates of E.
OR
(iii) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the diagonals of ABDC.
37. Case-study 2
A part of a roof with trapezoidal shape needs to be tiled with roof tiles. The bottom row needs
95 roof tiles and every higher row needs one roof tiles less than the row below it until there are
76 roof tiles needed for the top row.
’ 76 tiles

> 95 tiles

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) What is the common difference of the AP?
(1) How many rows of tiles are there?
(ii) Find the total number of tiles in the middle two layers.
OR
(ii) Find the total number of tiles required to make the roof.
3S. Case-study 3
Humayun's Tomb : Humayun's Tomb is an early example of Mughal architecture built in Delhi.
To clean the Minaret top which is at a height of 47 m from the ground, two ladders were made
and placed at an angle of 60° and 30° to the horizontal as shown in the figure.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) Which of the trigonometric ratio of the B will epresent AB
?
(n) Find the length of the ladder AB in m.
(in) Find the length of the ladder AD.
OR
(ii) Which is greater DC or BC?

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