By Saxena Sir

1. Find the product of the least number divisible by 18, 24 and 36 and the greatest number which
divides 18, 24 and 36.
2. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 sq. units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and the
breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and breadth by 2 units, the
area is increased by 67 square units. Find the length and breadth of the rectangle.
3. A shopkeeper sells a saree at 8% profit and a sweater at 10% discount, there by getting a sum of
₹ 1008. If she had sold the saree at 10% profit and the sweater at 8% discount, she would have
got ₹ 1028. Find the cost price of saree and the marked price of the sweater.
4. If  and  are the zeroes of polynomial x2 + 7x + 8, then find the polynomial whose zeroes are
1 1
and 2 .
 2

tan  + sec  − 1 1 + sin 
5. Prove that =
tan  − sec  + 1 cos 
6. A circle touches the sides of a quadrilateral ABCD at P, Q, R and S respectively. Show that the
angles subtended at the centre by a pair of opposite sides are supplementary.
7. In the given figure, ABC is a right-angle triangle right-angled at A. A circle is inscribed in the
triangle and touches the sides of triangle at points D, E and F. If BD = 30 cm, CD = 7 cm. Find the
other two sides of the triangle.

8. Two customers are visiting a particular shop in the same week (Monday to Saturday). Each is
equally likely to visit the shop on any one day as on another. What is the probability that both
will visit the shop on (i) the same day? (ii) different days? (iii) consecutive days?
9. A two-digit number is such that the sum of its digits is 11. The number obtained by reversing the
order of digits is 7 more than the twice of original number. Find the number.
10. A fraction becomes 1/3 if the denominator is increased by 1 and it will become 1/2 when both
the numerator and denominator are increased by 1. Find the fraction.
1 1
11. If  and  are the roots of the equation x 2 + 3 x − 4 = 0 then find the value of − .
 2
2
12. If 3sin + 4cos = 5 , prove that 3cos − 4sin = 0 .
13. In the given figure, from an external point P, a tangent PD and a line segment PAB is drawn to a
circle with centre O. OM is perpendicular on the chord AB prove that PD2 = PA  PB.
14. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that
the card drawn is (i) a card of spade or an ace. (ii) neither a jack nor a king. (iii) a black king.
15. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial such that  +  = 24 and  −  = 8. Find the quadratic
polynomial.
16. The taxi charges in a city consist of a fixed charge together with the charge for the distance
covered. For a distance of 10 km, the charge paid is ₹ 105 and for the journey of 15 km, the charge
paid is ₹ 155. What are the fixed charges and charges per km? How much does a person have to
pay for travelling a distance of 25 km?
17. A and B has some money if A gives 20 to B then B will have 3/2 times of the money left with A.
But if B gives 50 to A then A will has 10 more than the twice of the money left with B. How much
money does each have?
sin A sin A
18. Prove that = 2+
cot A + cos ecA cot A − cos ecA
19. In the given figure, BT is a tangent to a circle with centre O. BT = 36 cm, AB = 24 cm. Find the
radius of the circle.

20. Prove that the intercept of a tangent between two parallel tangents to a circle subtends a right
angle at the centre.
21. In the figure, XY and X'Y' are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another tangent
AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and X'Y' at B, what is the measure of  AOB?
22. A box contains 20 balls bearing numbers 1, 2, 3 ... 20 respectively. A ball is drawn at random from
the box find the probability that number on the ball is (i) a number divisible by 2 or 3.
(ii) a number divisible by 2 and 3. (iii) a two-digit number divisible by 3.
23. Rakesh is preparing dinner plates. He has 12 pieces of chicken and 16 rotis. to make all the plates
identical without any food left over, what is the greatest number of plates Rakesh can prepare?
24. Kiara and Kiaan went with their parents to watch a dolphin show. They were so fascinated by
watching the dolphin play in the water that they noticed they follows a parabolic path.

If the above graph is represented by a polynomial and the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + px + q
are double in value to the zeroes of the polynomial 2x2 − 5x − 3, then find the values of p and q.
25. A person invested some amount at the rate of 12% simple interest and the remaining at 10%. He
received yearly an interest of ₹ 130. Had he interchanged the amounts invested, he would have
received an interest of ₹ 134. How much money did he invest at different rates?
26. Show graphically that the following pair of linear equations has no solution:
2 x + 4 y = 10; 3 x + 6 y = 12 .

27. Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

tan A tan A
28. Prove that − = 2cos ecA
1 + sec A 1 − sec A
29. In the given table, heart-beats of 30 women are recorded. If mean of the data is 76, find the
missing frequencies x and y
No of heart-beats (per min) No. of Women
65 – 68 x
68 – 71 4
71 – 74 3
74 – 77 7
77 – 80 8
80 – 83 4
83 – 86 y

30. Classroom P has 12 benches, Q has 18 benches and R has 24 benches. In each classroom, the
benches are arranged in rows with the same number of benches in each row. What is greatest
possible number of benches in each row in the three classrooms?
31. Aayush while skating in a ground, magically forms a parabolic graph as shown below in the
graph.
 The above graph is represented by a quadratic polynomial where zeroes are in the ratio 2 : 3 and
their sum is 27. Find the product of these zeroes.
32. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would have been 6 km/h faster,
it would have taken 4 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by 6
km/hr, it would have taken 6 hours more than the scheduled time. Find the length of the journey.
33. Anuj had some chocolates, and he divided them into two lots A and B. He sold the first lot at the
rate of ₹ 2 for 3 chocolates and the second lot at the rate of ₹1 per chocolate, and got a total of
400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of ₹1 per chocolate, and the second lot at the rate of
₹ 4 for 5 chocolates, his total collection would have been ₹460. Find the total number of
chocolates he had.
34. A circle is inscribed in a ABC having sides 8 cm, 10 cm and 12 cm as shown in the figure. Find
AD, BE and CF.

35. Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point
T. Prove that PTQ = 2OPQ .
 tan 3  cot 3 
36. Prove that + = sec cos ec − 2sin 
1 + tan 2  1 + cot 2 
37. Find the mean and median of the following data:
Age (In Years) Frequency
Less than 10 5
Less than 20 15
Less than 30 20
Less than 40 24
Less than 50 30
38. Obtain the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3b2 + 2b − 120 and verify the relationship
between its zeroes and coefficients.
39. A computer animation below shows a cat moving in a straight line.

Its height, h metres, above the ground, is given by 3s − 3h = −9, where s is the time in seconds
after it starts moving. In the same animation, a mouse starts to move at the same time as the
cat and its movement is given by −3s + h = 1.
(i) Draw the graph of the two equations on the same sheet of graph paper.
(ii) Will the mouse be able to catch the cat?
(iii) If yes, after how much time and at what height?
40. 5 books and 7 pens together cost ₹ 79, whereas 7 books and 5 pens together cost ₹77. Represent
this situation in the form of linear equation in two variables. Find the cost of one book and one
pen.
41. In a Diwali occasion, colourful rangoli is formed by using different colours, Diya, candles and
light etc. In the figure, all three sides of a ABC touch the circle at points P, Q and R. Find the
value of x.
42. If sin  + cos  = 3 , then prove that tan + cot  = 1

43. If sin A + cos A = p and sec A + cos ecA = q , then prove that q ( p 2 − 1) = 2 p .

44. Twenty-five balls are placed in a bag, six of them are blue, four of them are green, nine of them
are yellow and the rest are red. If one ball is picked at random, what is the probability that it is:
(i) not red? (ii) neither blue nor green? (iii) any colour except blue?
45. The product of the LCM and HCF of two numbers is 24. Write all the possibilities of pair of two
numbers.

46. Obtain the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3 x 2 − 8 x + 4 3 = 0 and verify the relationship
between its zeroes and coefficients.
47. A shopkeeper gives books on rent for reading. He takes a fixed charge for the first two days, and
an additional charge for each day thereafter. Latika paid ₹ 22 for a book kept for six days, while
Anand paid ₹ 16 for the book kept for four days. Find the fixed charges and the charge for each
extra day.
48. Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the
same time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If
they travel towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars?
49. In the figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents at P and Q meet
at a point T. Find the length TP.

50.
51. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) a red king (ii) a queen or a jack.
52. Two concentric circles are of radii 6.5 cm and 2.5 cm. Find the length of the chord of the larger
circle which touches the smaller circle.
53. From an external point P, tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O. If CD is the
tangent to the circle at a point E and PA = 14cm, find the perimeter of ∆PCD.
54. Solve for x and y: 71x + 37y = 253, 37x + 71y = 287
55. Find all possible values of y for which the distance between the points A (2, −3) and B (10, y) is
10 units.
56. In what ratio does the point P (2,5) divide the join of A (8,2) and B (−6, 9)?

57. Given that 5 is an irrational number, prove that 3 + 5 is irrational.

58. In the given figure, AM: MC = 3: 4, BP : PM = 3 : 2 and BN = 12 cm. Find AN.

59. In the given figure, O is the centre of circle, State true or false. PA and PB are tangents to the circle
and APB = 75o . The value of AQB is 50o.

2 tan A
60. State true or false. In a ABC right angled at B, if AB : AC = 1 : 2 , then the value of
1 + tan 2 A
is 1.

1 − sin 
61. If 5cos = 3 , find the value of .
1 + sin 

62. The length of minute hand of the clock is 6 cm. Find the area swept by it when it moves from
7 : 05 pm to 7 : 40 pm .
63. In the given figure, arcs have been drawn of radius 7 cm each with vertices A, B, C and D of
quadrilateral ABCD as centres. Find the area of the shaded region.

64. Prove that 11 is an irrational number.

65. In the given figure, if ACB = CDA , AC = 8 cm and AD = 3 cm, then find BD.
66. State true or false. If in two concentric circles, a chord AB of the outer circle is a tangent to the
inner circle at P, then P is the mid-point of AB.

3 0
67. If sin ( A + B ) = 1 and cos ( A − B ) = , 0  ( A + B )  90o and A > B then find the measure of
2
angles A and B.

cos  − sin  1 − 3
68. Find the acute angle  when = .
cos  + sin  1 + 3

69. Two circles with radii of 20 cm and 7 cm, respectively. Find the radius of the circle whose
circumference equals the sum of the circumference of the two circles.
70. Roshni has an umbrella that has 8 ribs which are equally spaced. Assuming umbrella to be a flat
circle of radius 45 cm, find the area between the two consecutive ribs of the umbrella.

71. For what values of k will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many solutions?
kx + 3 y − ( k − 3) = 0
12 x + ky − k = 0

72. In the figure, altitudes AD and CE of ABC intersect each other at the point P. Show that:

(i) D CBE

(ii) PDC C
73. In the given figure, QA ⊥ AB and PB ⊥ AB . If AO = 20 cm, PB = 18 cm find AQ.
74. Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the bigger circle
which touches the smaller circle.
75. Find the area and perimeter of a sheet of a paper which is a sector of a circle of radius 21 cm and
central angle 600.
76. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to area of a square (in numerical value), then find the ratio of
the area of the circle to the area of the square.

77. Prove that: sin 2 A + sin 2 A tan 2 A = tan 2 A

78. Write the value of k for which the system of equations x + ky = 0, 2 x − y = 0 has unique solution.

BF BE
79. In the figure, DE || AC and DF || AE, Prove that = .
FE EC

AD AC
80. State true or false. In the given figure below, = and 1 = 2 . BAE is not similar to
AE BD
CAD .

81. In the figure, if AB = AC, prove that: BE = EC

 12 sin 2  − cos 2  1
82. If sin  = , find the value of − .
13 2sin  cos  tan 2 
83. A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm subtends an angle of 1200 at the centre. Find the area of the
corresponding segment of the circle. (Use  = 3.14 and 3 = 1.73)

84. The perimeter of a sheet of paper which is in the shape of a quadrant of a circle, is 75 cm. Find
its area.

85. If 3 sin  − cos  = 0 and 0o    900 , find the value of .

86. If sin  + cos  = 2 , then find the value of tan + cot  .

87. Five years hence, the age of Jacob will be three times that of his son. Five years ago, Jacob's age
was seven times that of his son, what are their present ages?
1
88. In ABC , right angled at B, if tanA = , then find the value of sin Acos C + cos Asin C .
3

89. Prove that: sin  (1 + tan  ) + cos  (1 + cot  ) = sec  + cos ec

90. The short and long hands of a clock are 6 cm and 8 cm long, respectively. Then find the sum of
the distance travelled by their tips in 1 day.
 Show that: ( sin A + cos ecA ) + ( cos A + sec A ) − 7 = tan 2 A + cot 2 A
2 2
91.

92. The first term of an A.P. of 20 terms is 2 and the last term is 59. Find its 6th term from the end.
93. Find the sum of first 22 terms of an A.P., in which d = 7 and 22nd term is 149.
94. If all the sides of a parallelogram touch a circle, then prove that the parallelogram is a rhombus.
95. A jar contains 36 marbles, some of them are green and other are blue. If a marble is drawn at
random from the jar, the probability that it is green is 2/3. Find the number of blue marbles in
the jar.

tan 2 30o
96. Evaluate:
1 − tan 2 60o

97. If tan A + cot A = 3, then find the value of tan 2 A + cot 2 A .

98. From a point Q, the length of tangent to a circle is 24 cm and the distance of Q from the centre is
25 cm. Find the radius of the circle.
99. In the given figure T and B are right angles. If the lengths of AT, BC and AS (in centimeters)
are 15, 16 and 17 respectively, then tind the length of TC.