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Test / Exam Name: Maths Standard: 10th Subject: Mathematics

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Questions: 36 Time: 01:00 hh:mm Marks: 183

Q1. The following table gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory: 6 Marks
Daily income (in Rs.) 100 -120 120 - 140 140 - 160 160 - 180 180 - 200
Number of workers 12 14 8 6 10

Find the Mean, Mode and Median of the above data.

Q2. A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 50 girls of Class X of a school was conducted and the following data was obtained: 6 Marks
Height in cm 120 - 130 130 -140 140 - 150 150 - 160 160 - 170 Total
Number of girl 2 8 12 20 8 50

Find the mean, median and mode of the above data.

Q3. The ages of two friends Ani and Biju differ by 3 years. Ani's father Dharma is twice as old as Ani and Biju as twice as old as his 6 Marks
sister Cathy. The ages of Cathy and Dharam differ by 30 years. Find the ages of Ani and Biju.

Q4. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of squares of their corresponding sides. 6 Marks
Using the above result, prove the following:
In a △ABC, XY is parallel to BC and it divides △ABC into two parts of equal area.
BX √2−1
Prove that AB
=
√2

Q5. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60m above a lake is 30° and the angle of depression of the reflection of the cloud 6 Marks
in the lake is 60°. Find the height of the cloud from the surface of the lake.
Q6. Find the mean, mode and median of the following data: 6 Marks
Classes Frequency
0 - 10 5
10 - 20 10
20 - 30 18
30 - 40 30
40 - 50 20
50 - 60 12
60 - 70 5

Q7. In a triangle, if the square of one side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, then prove that the angle 6 Marks
opposite the first side is a right angle.
Using the above, do the following:
In an isosceles triangle PQR, PQ = QR and PR2 = 2PQ2. Prove that ∠Q is a right angle.
Q8. Prove that the lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal. 6 Marks
Using the above theorem prove that:
If quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribing a circle, then AB + CD = AD + BC.
Q9. In a class test, the sum of the marks obtained by P in Mathematics and Science is 28. Had he got 3 more marks in Mathematics 6 Marks
and 4 marks less in Science, the product of marks obtained in the two subjects would have been 180. Find the marks obtained in
the two subjects separately.
Q10. A man on the deck of a ship, 12 m above water level, observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a cliff is 60° and the angle 6 Marks
of depression of the base of the cliff is 30°. Find the distance of the cliff from the ship and the height of the cliff.
[Use √3 = 1.732]
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Q11. Prove that, if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct points, the other two 6 Marks
sides are divided in the same ratio.
Using the above result, do the following:
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In Fig. 7, DE||BC and BD = CE. Prove that △ABC is an isosceles triangle.

Q12. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes a car at an angle of depression 6 Marks
of 30°, which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six seconds later the angle of depression of the car is
found to be 60°. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.
Q13. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares on their corresponding sides. 6 Marks
Using the above, do the following:
The diagonals of a trapezium ABCD, with AB||DC, intersect each other at the point O.
If AB = 2CD, find the ratio of the area of ΔAOB to the area of △COD.
Q14. Prove that the lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal. 6 Marks
Using the above, do the following:
In Figure 7, TP and TQ are tangents from T to the circle with centre O and R is any point on the circle. If AB is a tangent to the
circle at R, prove that
TA + AR = TB + BR.

Q15. If (–5) is a root of the quadratic equation 2x2 + px – 15 = 0 and the quadratic equation p (x2 + x) + k = 0 has equal roots, then find 6 Marks
the values of p and k.
Q16. Find the mean, mode and median of the following frequency distribution: 6 Marks
Class 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70
Frequency 4 4 7 10 12 8 5

Q17. If m = (cos θ − sin θ) and n = (cos θ + sin θ), then show that √ m + √ n = 2
. 5 Marks
n m √1−tan2 θ

Q18. 5 Marks

A clinometer is a tool that is used to measure the angle of elevation, or angle from the ground, in a right - angled triangle.
Manish got a clinometer from school lab and started measuring the elevation angle in surrounding. He saw a building on which
society logo is painted on wall of building. From a point P on the ground level, the angle of elevation of the roof of the building is
45°. The angle of elevation of the centre of logo is 30° from same point. The point P is at a distance of 24m from the base of the
building. Find the answers to the following questions:
1. What is the height of the building logo from ground?
1. 8√2m
2. 4√3m
3. 8√3m
4. 8√3m
2. What is the height of the building from ground?
1. 24(3 − √3)m
2. 8(3 − √3)m
3. 24m
4. 32m

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3. What is the aerial distance of the point P from the top of the building?
1. 24√3m
2. 24√2m
3. 32√3m
4. 32√2m
4. If the point of observation P is moved 9m towards the base of the building, then the angle of elevation θ of the logo on
building is given by:
1. tan θ = √3
−2
2. tan θ =
√3
1
3. tan θ = 2
8√ 3
4. tan θ = 15
5. If the point of observation P is moved 9m towards the base of the building, then the angle of elevation ϕ of the top of
building is given by:
1. tan θ = 1.6
2. tan θ = 1.5
3. tan θ = 0.75
4. tan θ = 0.8
Q19. Find the unknown entries a, b, c, d, e, f in the following distribution of heights of students in a class: 5 Marks
Height (in cm) Frequency Cumulative frequency
150-155 12 a
155-160 b 25
160-170 10 c
165-170 d 43
170-175 e 48
175-180 2 f
Total 50

Q20. Prove the following identities: 5 Marks

sec θ+tan θ
sec θ−tan θ
= (sec θ + tan θ)2
= 1 + 2 tan2 θ + 2 sec θ tan θ
1
Q21. In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = 3
BC. Prove that 9AD2 = 7AB2. 5 Marks

Q22. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of height 'h'. At a point on the plane, the 5 Marks
angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of the flag staff are α and β respectively. Prove that the height of the tower is
( tanhβ−tan
tan α
α
).

Q23. Solve the following quadratic equation: 5 Marks

a b
(ax−1)
+ (bx−1) = (a + b), x ≠ 1a , b1

Q24. If (sin θ + cos θ) = √2 cos θ, show that cot θ = (√2 + 1). 5 Marks

Q25. In Fig. O is a point in the interior of a triangle ABC, OD⊥BC, OE⊥AC and OF⊥AB. Show that: 5 Marks

1. OA2 + OB2 + OC2 – OD2 – OE2 – OF2 = AF2 + BD2 + CE2.

2. AF2 + BD2 + CE2 = AE2 + CD2 + BF2.
Q26. 5 Marks

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Junko Takei the first woman to climb the mount everest reaches the summit and wants to measure the distance from the
summit to the starting point in miles But she has a major problem that the globe is not flat. It is spherical and it is not possible to
scale.
1. A tangent to a circle intersects it in _____ point(s).
1. Exactly one
2. Two
2. To measure the distance she has to consider the circle of sphere of ______ circumference.
1. Highest
2. Smallest
3. Centre of earth is C. Starting point of Junko Tabei is H. Also consider the summit of the mount everest as E. If we consider
the distance from the starting point H to the summit E as a line, Then what is ∠CHE.
1. 80°
2. 90°
3. 100°
4. None Of These
4. The height of the summit above sea level is approximately 29,000 ft. The radius of the earth is approximately 4,000 miles.
What is the length of CE?
1. 1,60,42,969.37 miles
2. 1,60,44,999.37 miles
3. 1,60,43,969.37 miles
4. None Of These
5. If radius of the earth is 4,000 miles and height of the summit above sea level is 29,000 ft. Then what is the length of EH?
1. 210 miles
2. 220 miles
3. 230 miles
4. 240 miles
Q27. If ( x sin θ − = 1 and ( xa cos θ + b sin θ) = 1, prove that ( xa2 +
y2
) = 2.
2
y
cos θ)
y 5 Marks
a b b2

Q28. Some kindergarden students were playing near a lamp-post. They were so excited to see their shadows and trying to show that 5 Marks
their shadow is the longest. The lamp was 3.6m above the ground. One of the girl of height 90cm was walking away from the
base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2m/ s.

1. Which of the following line segment shows the length of the shadow?
1. CE
2. BE
3. DE
4. CD
2. What would be the length of her shadow after 4 seconds?
1. 1.2m
2. 1.6m
3. 2.3m
4. 1.4m
3. How far is the girl from the lamp-post?
1. 4.8m
2. 1.2m
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3. 12m
4. 6.4m
4. Triangle ABE and CDE are similar because:
1. All sides are equal.
2. The shadow of a girl is equal to the height of the lamp-post.
3. Angle B and Angle E are common.
4. Both are related to the same length of the shadow.
5. AB denotes the ________ and CD ________ after walking for 4 seconds away from the lamp-post.
1. The girl, lamp-post
2. The shadow, the girl
3. The girl, the shadow
4. Lamp-post, the girl
Q29. In Fig. two chords AB and CD of a circle intersect each other at the point P (when produced) outside the circle. Prove that: 4 Marks
1. △PAC ∼ △PDB
2. PA.PB = PC.PD.

Q30. In Fig. 8, O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT = 13 cm and OT intersects circle at E. If AB is a tangent 4 Marks
to the circle at E, find the length of AB, where TP and TQ are two tangents to the circle.

Q31. Prove the following identities: 4 Marks

3 3 3 3
cos θ+sin θ cos θ−sin θ
cos θ+sin θ
+ cos θ−sin θ
=2

Q32. A triangle PQR is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 8cm such that the segments QT and TR, into which QR is divided by the 4 Marks
point of contact T,
are of lengths 14cm and 16cm respectively. If area of △PQR is 336cm2, find the sides PQ and PR.

Q33. In Fig. 7, two equal circles, with centres O and O', touch each other at X.OO' produced meets the circle with centre O' at A. AC is 4 Marks
DO'
tangent to the circle with centre O, at the point C. O'D is perpendicular to AC. Find the value of CO .

Q34. In the given figure, a circle is inscribed in a quadrilateral ABCD in which ∠B = 90∘ . It AD = 23cm, AB = 29cm and DS = 5cm, find 3 Marks
the radius r of the circle.

Q35. In the given figure, a circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 6cm, BC = 7cm and CD = 4cm. Find AD. 3 Marks
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Q36. In the given figure, a circle touches the side DF of △EDF at H and touches ED and EF produced at K and M respectively. If EK = 1 Mark
9cm then the perimeter of △EDF is:

A 9cm B 12cm C 13.5cm D 18cm

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