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1. SETS AND FUNCTIONS
Two marks:
1. If A C B show that A U B =B (use Venn diagram).
3. Let P = = {a, b c}, Q = {g, h, x, y} and R = {a, e, f, s}. Find (i) P\ R\ (ii) Q∩ R iii) R\ (P ∩Q).
7. Given A = {a, x, y, r s}, B = {1, 3, 5, 7, - 10}, verify the commutative property of set union.
8. Verify the commutative property of set intersection for A = {l, m ,n, o 2, 3, 4, 7} and
10.Let U = { 4, 8, 12 ,16, 20, 24,28 } , A = { 8 ,16 24 } and B = { 4 ,16, 20, 28} . Find (AUB)’
11.Let U = { 4, 8, 12 ,16, 20, 24,28 } , A = { 8 ,16 24 } and B = { 4 ,16, 20, 28} . Find (A∩B)’
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12. Given n (A) = = 285, n (B) = 195, n (U) = 500, n (AUB) = 410, find n(A’UB’).
13 .Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Examine whether each of the relations given below is a function
from X to X or not. Explain.
(i) f = { (2, 3), (1, 4), (2, 1), (3, 2), (4, 4) }
(ii) g = { (3, 1), (4, 2), (2, 1) } (iii) h = { (2, 1), (3, 4), (1, 4), (4, 3) }
14. Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, B = N and f: A→ B be defined by f (x) = x2. Find the range of f.
15. For the given function F= {(1, 3), (2, 5), (4, 7), (5, 9), (3, 1)}, write the domain and range.
16. If R= {(a, 2), (-5, b), (8, c), (d, - 1)} represents the identity function, find the values of a, b,
c and d.
17. Write the pre-images of 2 and 3 in the function f = {(12, 2), (13, 3), (15, 3), (14, 2), (17,
17)}.
18. A = {–2, –1, 1, 2} and f = {(x, 1/x), x €A}.Write down the range of f. Is f a function from A
to A?
19. Represent the function f = { (–1, 2), (– 3, 1), (–5, 6), (– 4, 3) } as (i) a table (ii) an arrow
diagram
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x 5 6 8 10
F(x) a 11 b 19
Five Marks:
1. Use Venn diagrams to verify (AUB)’ = A’∩B’
A\ (B∩ C) = (A \ B) U (A \ C).
A\ (BUC) = (A \ B) ∩ (A \ C
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6. Use Venn diagrams to verify A ∩ (BUC) = (A∩B) U (A∩C)
9. Let A = {10,15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45,50}, B = { 1, 5,10,15, 20, 30} and
10. For A ={x|-3 ≤ x < 4, x є R}, B x = { x| x < 5, x є N} and C = -{ -5,-3,-1,0,1,3}, Show that
A∩(BUC)= (A∩B)U(A∩C)
11. In a group of students, 65 play foot ball, 45 play hockey, 42 play cricket, 20 play foot ball
and hockey, 25 play foot ball and cricket, 15 play hockey and cricket and 8 play all the three
games. Find the number of students in the group.
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13. In a survey of university students, 64 had taken mathematics course, 94 had taken
Computer science course, 58 had taken physics course, 28 had taken mathematics and
physics, 26 had taken mathematics and computer science, 22 had taken computer science
and physics course, and 14 had taken all the three courses. Find the number of students
who were surveyed. Find how many had taken one course only.
14.A radio station surveyed 190 students to determine the types of music they liked. The
survey revealed that 114 liked rock music, 50 liked folk music, and 41 liked classical music,
14 liked rock music and folk music, 15 liked rock music and classical music, 11 liked classical
music and folk music. 5 liked all the three types of music.
Find (i) how many did not like any of the 3 types?
(ii) how many liked any two types only?
(iii) how many liked folk music but not rock ?
15. An advertising agency finds that, of its 170 clients, 115 use Television, 110 use Radio
and 130 use Magazines. Also, 85 use Television and Magazines, 75 use Television
and Radio, 95 use Radio and Magazines, 70 use all the three. Draw Venn diagram to
represent these data. Find
(i) how many use only Radio? (ii) how many use only Television?
(iii) how many use Television and magazine but not radio?
16. In a town 85% of the people speak Tamil, 40% speak English and 20% speak Hindi. Also,
32% speak English and Tamil, 13% speak Tamil and Hindi and 10% speak English and Hindi, find
the percentage of people who can speak all the three languages.
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17. In a village of 120 families, 93 families use firewood for cooking, 63 families use
kerosene, 45 families use cooking gas, 45 families use firewood and kerosene, 24 families
use kerosene and cooking gas, 27 families use cooking gas and firewood. Find how many
use firewood, kerosene and cooking gas.
18.Let A= {0, 1, 2, 3} and B = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9 } be two sets. Let f : A→B be a function given by
f(x ) = 2x+1. Represent this function as
(i) a set of ordered pairs (ii) a table
(iii) an arrow diagram and (iv) a graph.
19. Let A = {6, 9, 15, 18, 21}; B = { 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 } and f :A→B be defined by f(x) = x-3 .
3
Represent f by
(i) an arrow diagram (ii) a set of ordered pairs
(iii) a table (iv) a graph .
2
then represent f by (i) an arrow diagram (ii) a set of ordered pairs and (iii) a table
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20. A function f : [1, 6) →R is defined as follows
1+x 1≤x<2
f(x)= 2x-1 2≤x<4
3x2-10 4≤x<6
Find the value of (i) f(5) (ii) f( 3) (iii) f(1 ) (iv) f (2)-f( 4) (v) 2
f(5 )-3f(1)
4x2-1 -3≤x<2
f(x)= 3x-2 2≤x≤4
2x-3 4<x<7
2 f(6)-f(1)
x2 +2x+1 -7≤x<-5
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f(x)= x+5
x-1
-5≤x≤2
2<x<6
f(-6)- 3 f(1)
23. Let A= {5, 6, 7, 8}; B = {–11, 4, 7, –10,–7, –9,–13} and f = {(x, y): y=3-2x, x є A, y є B}
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Two Marks:
1. Find the common difference and 15th term of the A.P. 125, 120, 115, 110 …
5. If a, b, c are in A.P. then prove that 1/bc, 1/ca, 1/ab are also in A.P.
7. If a person joins his work in 2010 with an annual salary of 30,000 and receives an annual
increment of 600 every year, in which year, will his annual salary be 39,000?
8. In a flower garden, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second row, 19 in the
third row and so on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the
flower garden?
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9. Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 5 : 7. If the first number, the resulting number on the
subtraction of 7 from the second number and the third number form an arithmetic sequence,
then find the numbers.
10. Find the 10th term and common ratio of the geometric sequence 1/4 , -1/2, 1, -2, ……….
11. The fifth term of a G.P. is 1875. If the first term is 3, find the common ratio.
14. Find the sum of the first 25 terms of the geometric series 16 - 48+ 144 - 432+………….
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Five Marks:
1. The 10thand 18thterms of an A.P. are 41 and 73 respectively. Find the 27th term.
2. The sum of three consecutive terms in an A.P. is 6 and their product is –120. Find the three
numbers.
3. Find the three consecutive terms in an A. P. whose sum is 18 and the sum of their squares is
140.
4. If ax=by=cz, x≠0, y≠0, z≠0 and b2=ac then show that 1/x, 1/y, 1/z are in A.P
5. The 4th term of a geometric sequence is 2/3 and the seventh term is 16/81. Find the
geometric sequence.
6. If the 4th and 7th terms of a G.P. are 54 and 1458 respectively, find the G.P.
7. The sum of first three terms of a geometric sequence is 13/12 and their product is -1. Find
the common ratio and the terms.
10. Find the sum of the first 2n terms of the following series. 1 2 - 22+ 32- 42...
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11. Find the sum of the first 40 terms of the following series. 1 2 - 22+ 32- 42...
12. In an arithmetic series, the sum of first 14 terms is -203 and the sum of the next 11 terms is
–572. Find the arithmetic series.
13. In an arithmetic series, the sum of first 11 terms is 44 and that of the next 11 terms is 55.
Find the arithmetic series.
14. How many terms of the arithmetic series 24+ 21+ 18 +…………15 be taken continuously so
that their sum is – 351.
15. Find the sum of all 3 digit natural numbers, which are divisible by 8.
16. Find the sum of all 3 digit natural numbers, which are divisible by 9.
17. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 300 and 500 which are divisible by 11.
18. The ratio of the sums of first m and first n terms of an arithmetic series is m 2:n2 show that
the ratio of the mth and nth terms is (2m-1): (2n-1)
21.If S1, S2,and S3 are the sum of first n, 2n and 3n terms of a geometric series respectively,
then prove that S1(S3-S2) = (S2- S1)2
22. Find the sum of the series 122 + 132 + 142 +………..+352.
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23. Find the sum of the series 162 + 172 + 182 +………..+252.
24.Find the total area of 14 squares whose sides are 11 cm, 12 cm, ……….., 24 cm, respectively.
25.Find the total area of 12 squares whose sides are 12 cm, 13cm, …………, 23cm. respectively.
28.Find the total volume of 15 cubes whose edges are 16 cm, 17 cm, 18 cm, ………., 30 cm
respectively.
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3. ALGERBRA
TWO MARKS:
3. Solve 3x + y = 8, 5x + y = 10
4. The cost of 11 pencils and 3 erasers is 50 and the cost of 8 pencils and 3 erasers is 38. Find
the cost of each pencil and each eraser
5. Find a quadratic polynomial if the sum and product of zeros of it are –4 and 3 respectively.
11. Find the greatest common divisor of 25bc4 d3, 35b2c5, 45c3d
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12. Find the greatest common divisor of 35 x5 y3 z4, 49 x2 y z3, 14 x y2 z2
x -2 2- x
x2 +3x+2 x2-2x-3
x2 -7x+10 x2 -2x-15
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24. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 5 1. Find the number.
5
25. Determine the nature of roots of the following quadratic equations
26. Find the values of k for which the roots are real and equal in each of the following equations.
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28. Form a quadratic equation whose roots are
Five Marks:
2. A fraction is such that if the numerator is multiplied by 3 and the denominator is reduced by 3,
we get 18/11 , but if the numerator is increased by 8 and the denominator is doubled, we get 2/5.
Find the fraction.
3. Three chairs and two tables cost 700 and five chairs and three tables cost 1100. What is the
total cost of 2 chairs and 3 tables?
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8. Factorize x3-3x2-10x+24
10. The GCD x4+3x3+5x2+26x+56 and x4+2x3-4x2-x+28 is x2+5x+7. Find their LCM.
11. Simplify 1 1 2
+ -
x2 +3x+2 x2 +5x+6 x2 +4x+3
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17. A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15 km/hr
more, it would have taken 30 minutes less for the journey. Find the original speed of
the train.
18. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr. It goes 30 km upstream and return
down stream to the original point in 4 hrs 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
19. If the equation (1+m2) x2+2mcx+c2-a2=0 has equal roots, then prove that c2=a2 (1+m2)
21. If α and β are the roots of 2x2-3x-5=0, form a equation whose roots are α2 and β 2
22. If α and β are the roots of x2-3x+2=0, form a equation whose roots are -α and -β
23. If α and β are the roots of x2-3x-1= 0, then form a quadratic equation
Whose roots are 1/ α2 and 1/ β2
24.If α and β are the roots of 3x2-4x+1=0, form a equation whose roots are α2 and β 2
Β α
25. If α and β are the roots of the equations 3x -6x+4=0, find the value of α + β
2 2 2
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27. If α and β are the roots of the equation 3x2-5x+2= 0, then find the values of
β α β α
28. If α and β are the roots of the equation 6x2-x+1= 0, then find the values of
α β
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4. Matrices
Two Marks:
2 2
1 -3 4
4 1
5 0
2 4 -5
3 -5 6
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6. A matrix has 8 elements. What are the possible orders it can have?
7. A matrix consists of 30 elements. What are the possible orders it can have?.
5 9 1 3 0
5x+2 y-4 = 12 -8
0 4z+6 0 2
-9 5 7 -1
5 1 4 3
5 -9 -1 -3
13. Solve 3 2 x 8
4 5 y 13
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14. If A = 1 3 then verify AI=IA=A, where I is the unit matrix.
9 -6
1 2 -1 3
i) 3 -2 4 1
5 1 2 7
ii) 2 9 -3 4 2
4 -1 0 -6 7
-2 1
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18. If A = 5
7
2
3
and B = 2
-1
-1
1
then verify that (AB)T=BTAT
2 3
-1 4 6 7 -5 3
C d 0 1
-2 3 3 -2
4 0 -1 5
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5. COORDINATE GEOMETRY
Two Marks:
1. Find the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (3, 0) and (-1, 4).
2. The centre of a circle is at (-6, 4). If one end of a diameter of the circle is at the origin, then find
the other end.
3. If (7, 3), (6 1), (8, 2) and (p, 4) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, then find the
value of p
4. Find the point which divides the line segment joining the points (3, 5) and (8, 10) internally in
the ratio 2: 3.
5. Find the coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining (3, 4) and (–6, 2) in the
ratio 3: 2 externally.
6. In what ratio does the point P (-2, 3) divide the line segment joining the points A (-3, 5) and B
(4, -9) internally?
7. Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are A (4, -6), B(3,-2) and C(5, 2).
8. If the centroid of a triangle is at (1, 3) and two of its vertices are (-7, 6) and (8, 5) then find the
third vertex of the triangle.
9. If P(x, y) is any point on the line segment joining the points (a, 0) and (0, b) then prove that
a/ x +b/y = 1, where a, b ≠ 0.
10. Find the slope of the straight line passing through the points (3, -2) and (-1, 4).
11. Find the equation of straight line whose angle of inclination is 45 ● and y-intercept is 2/5.
12. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the points (-1, 1) and (2,-4).
13. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point (-2, 3) with slope 1/3.
14. If the x-intercept and y-intercept of a straight line are 2/3 and 3/4 respectively, then find the
equation of the straight line.
15. Find the equation of the straight line parallel to the line x – 8y+ 13 =0 and passing through the
point (2, 5).
16. If the points (a, 1), (1, 2) and (0, b+1) are collinear, then show that 1/a + 1/b =1
18. Show that the straight lines 3x+2 y- 12 = 0 and 6x +4y + 8 = are parallel.
19. Prove that the straight lines x + 2y+ 1 = 0 and 2x- y +5 = 0 are perpendicular to each other.
20. Find the value of a if the straight lines 5x-2y-9 =0 and ay + 2x -11 = 0 are perpendicular to
each other
Five Marks:
1. If C is the midpoint of the line segment joining A (4, 0) and B (0, 6) and if O is the origin, then
show that C is equidistant from all the vertices of ∆OAB.
2. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of a triangle whose
vertices are (0,-1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the area of the given triangle.
(i) (1, 2), (-3, 4), and (-5,-6) (ii) (5, 2), (3, -5) and (-5, -1) (iii) (-4, -5), (4, 5) and (-1, -6)
4. If the area of the ∆ABC is 68 sq.units and the vertices are A(6 ,7), B(-4 , 1) and C(a , –9) taken in
order, then find the value of a.
(i)(-4, -2), (-3, -5), (3, -2) and (2, 3) (ii) (6, 9), (7, 4), (4, 2) and (3, 7)
(iii) (-3, 4), (-5, - 6), (4, - 1) and (1, 2) (iv) (-4, 5), (0, 7), (5, - 5) and (-4,- 2)
6. Using the concept of slope, show that the points A (5, -2), B (4, -1) and C (1, 2) are collinear.
7. Using the concept of slope, show that the points (-2, -1), (4, 0), (3 , 3) and (-3 , 2) taken in order
form a parallelogram
8. Using the concept of slope, show that the vertices (1, 2), (-2, 2), (-4, -3) and (-1, -3) taken in
order form a parallelogram.
9. The vertices of a ∆ABC are A (1, 2), B (-4, 5) and C (0, 1). Find the slopes of the altitudes of the
triangle.
10. The vertices of ∆ABC are A (1, 8), B (-2, 4), C (8, -5). If M and N are the midpoints of AB and AC
respectively, find the slope of MN and hence verify that MN is parallel to BC.
11. The vertices of a ∆ABC are A (2, 1), B (-2, 3) and C (4, 5). Find the equation of the median
through the vertex A.
12. Find the equations of the straight lines each passing through the point (6, -2) and whose sum
of the intercepts is 5.
13. Find the equation of the straight lines passing through the point (2, 2) and the sum of the
intercepts is 9.
14. Find the equation of the line whose gradient is 3/2 and which passes through P, where P
divides the line segment joining A(-2, 6) and B (3, -4) in the ratio 2 : 3 internally
15. A straight line cuts the coordinate axes at A and B. If the midpoint of AB is (3, 2), then find the
equation of AB.
16. If x+2y=7 and 2x+ y =8 are the equations of the lines of two diameters of a circle, find the
radius of the circle if the point (0, -2) lies on the circle.
17. Find the equation of the straight line joining the point of intersection of the lines 3x- y +9 = 0
and x+2 y =4 and the point of intersection of the lines 2x+ y - 4 = 0 and x -2y+ 3 = 0.
18. The vertices of ∆ABC are A (2, 1), B (6, –1) and C (4, 11). Find the equation of the straight line
along the altitude from the vertex A.
19. If the vertices of a ∆ABC are A (2, -4), B (3, 3) and C (-1, 5). Find the equation of the straight
line along the altitude from the vertex B.
20. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the straight line segment joining the points
21. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the point of intersection of the lines
2x +y -3 = 0 and 5x+y -6 = 0 and parallel to the line joining the points (1, 2) and (2, 1).
22. Find the equation of the straight line which passes through the point of intersection of the
straight lines 5x-6 y =1 and 3x+2 y+ 5 =0and is perpendicular to the straight line 3x-5y + 11 = 0.
23. Find the equation of the straight line segment whose end points are the point of intersection
of the straight lines 2x- 3 y + 4 =0, x-2 y +3 = 0 and the midpoint of the line joining the points (3, -
2) and (-5, 8).
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6. GEOMETRY
Two Marks:
AD 2
2. In a ∆ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively such that DE||
BC
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5. AB and CD are two chords of a circle which intersect each other internally at P.
6. AB and CD are two chords of a circle which intersect each other externally at P
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6. A lotus is 20 cm above the water surface in a pond and its stem is partly below the
water surface. As the wind blew, the stem is pushed aside so that the lotus touched
the water 40 cm away from the original position of the stem. How much of the stem
was below the water surface originally?
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7. TRIGONOMETRY
2 Marks:
Cosec Ө Sec Ө
1+Cos Ө
1+Sin Ө
6 6 2 2
4. Prove the identity (Sin Ө+Cos Ө) = 1-3Sin Ө Cos Ө
2
5. Prove the identity 1+Sec Ө = Sin Ө
Sec Ө 1-Cos Ө
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6. Prove the identity
1-Cos Ө
Sin Ө = Cosec Ө + Cot Ө
2cos3 Ө - cos Ө
10. A kite is flying with a string of length 200 m. If the thread makes an angle 30●
with the ground, find the distance of the kite from the ground level.
11. A ladder leaning against a vertical wall, makes an angle of 60● with the
ground. The
foot of the ladder is 3.5 m away from the wall. Find the length of the ladder.
12. A ramp for unloading a moving truck, has an angle of elevation of 30●. If the
top of
the ramp is 0.9 m above the ground level, then find the length of the ramp.
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13. Find the angular elevation (angle of elevation from the ground level) of the
Sun when
the length of the shadow of a 30 m long pole is 10 3 m.
14. A girl of height 150 cm stands in front of a lamp-post and casts a shadow of
length
150 3 cm on the ground. Find the angle of elevation of the top of the lamp-post .
5 Marks:
2 2 2 2
1. Prove the identity (Sin Ө+ Cosec Ө) +(Cos Ө + Sec Ө) = 7+ tan Ө+ Sec Ө
2 2
2. If tan Ө + Sec Ө = m and tan Ө - Sec Ө = m, then show that m -n = 4 mn
2 2 2 2
3. If x = a Sec Ө+ b tan Ө , y = a tan Ө + b Sec Ө then prove that x -y =a -b
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4. Prove the identity (Cosec Ө – Sin Ө)(Sec Ө – Cos Ө) =
tan Ө + cot Ө
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5. A vertical tree is broken by the wind. The top of the tree touches the ground and
makes an angle 30● with it. If the top of the tree touches the ground 30 m away from its
foot, then find the actual height of the tree.
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from the foot of a tower is 60cand the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the hill is 30● .If the tower is 50 m high,
then find the height of the hill.
7. A flag post stands on the top of a building. From a point on the ground, the angles of
elevation of the top and bottom of the flag post are 60● and 45●respectively. If the height
of the flag post is 10 m, find the height of the building
10. From the top of a tower of height 60 m, the angles of depression of the top and the
bottom of a building are observed to be 30● and 60●respectively. Find the height of
the building.
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11. From the top and foot of a 40 m high tower, the angles of elevation of the top of a
lighthouse are found to be 30●and 60● respectively. Find the height of the lighthouse.
Also find the distance of the top of the lighthouse from the foot of the tower.
12. The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point A on the ground is 60● .
After a
flight of 15 seconds horizontally, the angle of elevation changes to 30● . If the
aeroplane is
flying at a speed of 200 m/s, then find the constant height at which the
aeroplane is flying.
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11. STATISTICS
Two Marks:
1. Find the range and the coefficient of range of 43, 24, 38, 56, 22, 39, 45.
2. The largest value in a collection of data is 7.44. If the range is 2.26, then find the smallest value in
the collection.
3. The smallest value of a collection of data is 12 and the range is 59. Find the largest value of the
collection of data.
6. If the coefficient of variation of a collection of data is 57 and its S.D is 6.84, then find the mean.
7. A group of 100 candidates have their average height 163.8 cm with coefficient of variation 3.2.
What is the standard deviation of their heights?
Five Marks:
1. Find the standard deviation of the numbers 62, 58, 53, 50, 63, 52, 55.
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3. Find the coefficient of variation of the following data. 18, 20, 15, 12, 25.
4. Calculate the coefficient of variation of the following data: 20, 18, 32, 24, 26.
x 3 8 13 18 23
f 7 10 15 10 8
x 70 74 78 82 86 90
f 1 3 5 7 8 12
Class interval 3.5-4.5 4.5 -5.5 5.5- 6.5 6.5- 7.5 7.5- 8.5
Frequency 9 14 22 11 17
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8. The time (in seconds) taken by a group of people to walk across a pedestrian crossing is given in
the table below.
No. of people 4 8 15 12 11
Frequency 15 25 28 12 12 8
10. For a collection of data, if ∑ x =35, n =5, ∑(x-9)2 then find ∑ x2 and ∑(x – x) 2
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12. PROBABILITY
Two Marks:
1. An integer is chosen from the first twenty natural numbers. What is the probability that it is a prime
number?
2. There are 7 defective items in a sample of 35 items. Find the probability that an item chosen at
random is non-defective.
4. A ticket is drawn from a bag containing 100 tickets. The tickets are numbered from one to hundred.
What is the probability of getting a ticket with a number divisible by 10?
6. Three rotten eggs are mixed with 12 good ones. One egg is chosen at random. What is the probability
of choosing a rotten egg?
7. Two coins are tossed together. What is the probability of getting at most one head?
9. A two digit number is formed with the digits 3, 5 and 7. Find the probability that the
number so formed is greater than 57 (repetition of digits is not allowed).
10. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting the same number
on all the three dice.
11.A bag contains 6 white balls numbered from 1 to 6 and 4 red balls numbered from 7 to 10. A ball is
drawn at random. Find the probability of getting (i) an even-numbered ball (ii) a white ball.
12. A number is selected at random from integers 1 to 100. Find the probability that it is (i) a perfect
square (ii) not a perfect cube.
13. 20 cards are numbered from 1 to 20. One card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the
number on the card is (i) a multiple of 4 (ii) not a multiple of 6.
14. If A and B are mutually exclusive events such that P (A) = 3/5 P (B) =1/5then find P (AUB).
15. If A and B are two events such that find P (A) = 1/4 P (B) =2/5 and P (AUB)=1/2 then find P (A∩B).
Five Marks:
1. Two unbiased dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting
2. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Using addition theorem on probability, find the probability
that either exactly two tails or at least one head turn up.
3. A die is thrown twice. Find the probability that at least one of the two throws comes up with the
number 5.
4. If a die is rolled twice, find the probability of getting an even number in the first time or a total of 8
5. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the faces is
neither divisible by 3 nor by 4.
6. A bag contains 10 white, 5 black, 3 green and 2 red balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the ball drawn is white or black or green.
7. One number is chosen randomly from the integers 1 to 50. Find the probability that it is divisible by 4
or 6
8. A two digit number is formed with the digits 2, 5, 9 (repetition is allowed). Find the
Probability that the number is divisible by 2 or 5.
9. The probability that A, B and C can solve a problem are 4/5, 2/3, 3/7and respectively. The probability
of the problem being solved by A and B is 8/15 , B and C is 2/7 , A and C is 12/35 . The probability of the
problem being solved by all the three is 8/35 . Find the probability that the problem can be solved by at
least one of them.
10. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a King or a Heart or a Red
card.
11. The probability that a girl will be selected for admission in a medical college is 0.16. The probability
that she will be selected for admission in an engineering college is 0.24 and the probability that she will
be selected in both, is 0.11.
12. The probability that a new car will get an award for its design is 0.25, the probability that it will get
an award for efficient use of fuel is 0.35 and the probability that it will get both the awards is 0.15. Find
the probability that (i) it will get at least one of the two awards (ii) it will get only one of the awards.
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8. MENSURATION
Two marks:
1. A solid right circular cylinder has radius 7 cm and height 20 cm. Find its curved
surface area.
2. A solid right circular cylinder has radius 7 cm and height 20 cm. Find its total
surface area.
3. Radius and slant height of a solid right circular cone are 35 cm and 37 cm
respectively.
4. Radius and slant height of a solid right circular cone are 35 cm and 37 cm
respectively.
5. Total surface area of a solid hemisphere is 675𝜋 sq.cm. Find the curved surface
area of the solid hemisphere.
6. If the circumference of the base of a solid right circular cone is 236 cm and its
slant height is
8. If the volume of a solid sphere is 7241 1/7 cu.cm, then find its radius.
9. Find the volume of a solid cylinder whose radius is 14 cm and height 30 cm.
10. Radius and slant height of a cone are 20 cm and 29 cm respectively. Find its
volume
11. The circumference of the base of a 12 m high wooden solid cone is 44 m. find
the volume.
12. The volume of a cone with circular base is 216 𝜋 cu.cm. If the base radius is 9
cm, then find the height of the cone.
13. The volume of a solid hemisphere is 1152 𝜋 cu.cm. Find its curved surface area
14. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube
whose edge is 14 cm.
15. A hollow sphere in which a circus motorcyclist performs his stunts, has an inner
diameter of 7 m. find the area available to the motorcyclist for riding.
16. Volume of a solid cylinder is 62.37 cu.cm. Find the radius if its height is 4.5 cm
17. The outer and the inner radii of a hollow sphere are 12 cm and 10 cm. Find its
volume.
Five Marks:
1. The diameter of a road roller of length 120 cm is 84 cm. If it takes 500 complete
revolutions to level a playground, then find the cost of levelling it at the cost of 75
paise per square metre.
2. A sector containing an angle of 120● is cut off from a circle of radius 21 cm and
folded into a cone. Find the curved surface area of the cone..
3. The total surface area of a solid right circular cylinder is 1540 cm2 . If the height
is four times the radius of the base, then find the height of the cylinder.`
4. The radii of two circular ends of a frustum shaped bucket are 15 cm and 8 cm. If
its depth is 63 cm, find the capacity of the bucket in litres.
5. The perimeter of the ends of a frustum of a cone are 44 cm and 8.4r cm. If the
depth is 14 cm., then find its volume.
6. A heap of paddy is in the form of a cone whose diameter is 4.2 m and height is 2.8
m. If the heap is to be covered exactly by a canvas to protect it from rain, then find
the area of the canvas needed.
6. Volume of a hollow sphere is 11352/7 cm3 . If the outer radius is 8 cm, find the
inner radius of the sphere.
7. A lead pencil is in the shape of right circular cylinder. The pencil is 28 cm long
and its radius is 3 mm. If the lead is of radius 1 mm, then find the volume of the
wood used in the pencil.
10. A circus tent is to be erected in the form of a cone surmounted on a cylinder. The
total height of the tent is 49 m. Diameter of the base is 42 m and height of the
cylinder is 21 m. Find the cost of canvas needed to make the tent, if the cost of
canvas is `12.50/m2
11. A hollow sphere of external and internal diameters of 8 cm and 4 cm
respectively is melted and made into another solid in the shape of a right circular
cone of base diameter of 8 cm. Find the height of the cone.
12. Using clay, a student made a right circular cone of height 48 cm and base radius
12 cm. Another student reshapes it in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the
sphere.
13. A spherical solid material of radius 18 cm is melted and recast into three small
solid spherical spheres of different sizes. If the radii of two spheres are 2cm and 12
cm, find the radius of the third sphere.
14. An iron right circular cone of diameter 8 cm and height 12 cm is melted and
recast into spherical lead shots each of radius 4 mm. How many lead shots can be
made?
15. A cylindrical bucket of height 32 cm and radius 18 cm is filled with sand. The
bucket is emptied on the ground and a conical heap of sand is formed. If the height
of the conical heap is 24 cm, find the radius and slant height of the heap.
16. A cylindrical shaped well of depth 20 m and diameter 14 m is dug. The dug out
soil is evenly spread to form a cuboid-platform with base dimension 20 m X 14 m.
Find the height of the platform.
17. A right circular cylinder having diameter 12 cm and height 15 cm is full of ice
cream. The ice cream is to be filled in cones of height 12 cm and diameter 6 cm,
having a hemispherical shape on top. Find the number of such cones which can be
filled with the ice cream available.
18. Spherical shaped marbles of diameter 1.4 cm each are dropped into a cylindrical
beaker of diameter 7 cm containing some water. Find the number of marbles that
should be dropped into the beaker so that the water level rises by 5.6 cm.
20. A cuboid shaped slab of iron whose dimensions are 55 cm#40 cm#15 cm is
melted and recast into a pipe. The outer diameter and thickness of the pipe are 8 cm
and 1 cm respectively. Find the length of the pipe
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