CBSE 10th Real Number Unsolved Paper

CBSE 10th Real Number

Unsolved Paper
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Question 1:
Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of:
(i) 𝟏𝟑𝟓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟐𝟓
(ii) 𝟏𝟗𝟔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑𝟖𝟐𝟐𝟎
(iii) 𝟖𝟔𝟕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟐𝟓

Question 2:
Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is either of form
𝟑𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝟑𝒎 + 𝟏 for some integer 𝒎.
𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐭: 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝒙 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝟑𝐪, 𝟑𝐪 + 𝟏 𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝐪 + 𝟐.
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𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐦𝐫 𝟑𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝐦 + 𝟏

Question 3:
Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the cube of any positive integer is of the form 𝟗𝒎,
𝟗𝒎 + 𝟏 𝒐𝒓 𝟗𝒎 + 𝟖.

Question 4:
Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of integers and verify that
LCM × HCF = product of the two numbers.
(i) 26 𝑎𝑛𝑑 91
(ii) 510 𝑎𝑛𝑑 92
(iii) 336 𝑎𝑛𝑑 54
Question 5:
Find the LCM and HCF of the following integers by applying the prime factorization
method.
(i) 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟏
(ii) 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟗
(iii) 𝟖, 𝟗 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟓

Question 6:

Prove that √𝟓 is irrational.

Question 7:

Prove that 𝟑 + 𝟐√𝟓 is irrational.

Question 8:
Prove that the following are irrationals:
𝟏
(i)
√𝟐
(ii) 𝟕√𝟓
(iii) 𝟔 + √𝟐

Question 9:
Show that any positive odd integer is of the form 𝟔𝒒 + 𝟏 𝒐𝒓, 𝟔𝒒 + 𝟑 𝒐𝒓, 𝟔𝒒 +
𝟓, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐪 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫.
Question 10:
Prove that the square of any positive integer is of the form 𝟒𝒒 𝒐𝒓 𝟒𝒒 + 𝟏 for some integer
q.
Q.11 Prove that if a positive integer is of the form 6q + 5, then it is of the form 3q + 2 for
some integer q, but not conversely.

Q.12 Prove that the product of three consecutive positive integer is divisible by 6.

Q.13 For any positive integer n , prove that 𝒏𝟑 − n divisible by 6.

Q.14 Define HOE of two positive integers and find the HCF of the following pairs of
numbers:
(i) 32 and 54
(ii) 18 and 24
(iii) 70 and 30
(iv) 56 and 88
(v) 475 and 495

Q.15 Use Euclid’s division algorithm to find the HCF of

(i) 135 and 225 (ii) 196 and 38220

Q.17 If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 m − 408 × 5, find m.

Q.18 If the HCF of 657 and 963 is expressible in the form 657 x + 963 x − 15, find x.

Q.19 Find the largest number which divides 615 and 963 leaving remainder 6 in each
case.

Q.20 Find the greatest number which divides 285 and 1249 leaving remainders 9 and 7
respectively.
Q.21 Find the largest number which exactly divides 280 and 1245 leaving remainders 4 and
3, respectively.
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Question1:
Find the zeroes of each of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and their coefficient:
(i) 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐𝐱 − 𝟖
(ii) 𝐪(𝐱) = √𝟑𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝐱 + 𝟕√𝟑
(iii) 𝐡(𝐭) = 𝐭 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓
(iv) 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐱 𝟐 − (√𝟑 + 𝟏)𝐱 + √𝟑
(v) 𝐠(𝐱) = 𝐚(𝐱 𝟐 + 𝟏) − 𝐱(𝐚𝟐 + 𝟏)
(vi) 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟐√𝟐𝐱 + 𝟔
(vii) 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝐱 𝟐 − 𝟑 = 𝟕𝐱

Question2:
If α and β the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 𝒂𝒙𝟐 + 𝒃𝒙 + 𝒄, then evaluate:
(i) 𝛂−𝛃

𝟏 𝟏
(ii) –
𝛂 𝛃

𝟏 𝟏
(iii) + 𝛃 − 𝟐𝛂𝛃
𝛂

(iv) 𝛂𝟐 𝛃 + 𝛂𝛃𝟐

(v) 𝛂𝟒 + 𝛃𝟒

𝛃 𝛂
(vi) + 𝛂𝛃+𝐛
𝐚𝛂+𝐛
 𝟏 𝟏
(vii) + 𝐚𝛃+𝐛
𝐚𝛂+𝐛

𝛂𝟐 𝛃𝟐 𝛂 𝛃
(viii) 𝒂 [ 𝛃 + ] + 𝒃 [𝛃 + 𝛂]
𝛂

Q.3. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial 𝐟(𝐱) = 𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟐 find the value
𝛂 𝛃
of 𝛃 + 𝛂

Q.4. If 𝛂 and 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒑(𝒙) = 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟏, find the
value of 𝛂𝟐 𝛃 + 𝛂𝛃𝟐 .

Q.5. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟒, find the
𝛂 𝟏 𝟏
value of 𝛃 + 𝛂 + 𝛃 − 𝛂𝛃

Q.6. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟐, find the
𝟏 𝟏
value of 𝛂 − 𝛃.

Q.7. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟒 , find the
𝟏 𝟏
value of 𝛂 − 𝛃 − 𝟐𝛂𝛃

Q.8. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒕) = 𝒕𝟐 − 𝟒𝒕 + 𝟑, find the
value of 𝛂𝟒 𝛃𝟑 + 𝛂𝟑 𝛃𝟒

Q.9. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒑(𝒚) = 𝟓𝒚𝟐 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏, find the
𝟏 𝟏
value of 𝛂 + 𝛃

Q.10. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒑(𝒔) = 𝟑𝒔𝟐 − 𝟔𝒔 + 𝟒, find the
𝛂 𝛃 𝟏 𝟏
value of 𝛃 + 𝛂 + 𝟐 ⌊𝛂 + 𝛃 ⌋ + 𝟑𝛂𝛃
Q.11 If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒑𝒙 + 𝒒, prove that
𝛂𝟐 𝛃𝟐 𝐩𝟒 𝟒𝐩𝟐
+ = − +𝟐
𝛃𝟐 𝛂𝟐 𝒒𝟐 𝐪

Q.12 If the squared difference of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial

𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒌𝒕𝟐 + 𝟐𝒕 + 𝟑𝒌 is equal to their product, find the value of k.

Q.13. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟒𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒌𝒙 − 𝟗 is negative of the
other, find the value of k.

Q.14. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏, find a quadratic
𝟐𝛂 𝟐𝛃
polynomial whose zeroes are 𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝛃 𝛂

Q.15. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐, find a
𝟏 𝟏
quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 𝟐𝛂+𝛃 + 𝟐𝛃+𝛂

Q.16. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial such that a + 13 = 24 and 𝛂 −
𝛃 = 𝟖, find a quadratic polynomial having 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 as its zeroes.

Q.17. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒑(𝒙 + 𝟏) − 𝒄,
Show that (𝛂 + 𝟏)( 𝛃 + 𝟏) = 𝟏 − 𝐜.

Q.18. If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑, find a
𝛂−𝟏 𝛃−𝟏
polynomial whose roots are (𝒊) 𝛂 + 𝟐, 𝛃 + 𝟐 (𝒊𝒊) ,
𝛂+𝟏 𝛃+𝟏

Q.19: If 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 are the zeroes of the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒑𝒙 + 𝒒, form a polynomial
whose zeroes are (𝛂 + 𝛃)𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 (𝛂 − 𝛃)𝟐 .
Q.20. Verify that the numbers given alongside of the cubic polynomials below are their
zeroes. Also, verify the relationship between the zeroes and coefficients in each case:
𝟏
(𝒊) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐 ; , 𝟏, −𝟐
𝟐
(𝒊𝒊) 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐 ; 𝟐, 𝟏, 𝟏

Q.21. Find a cubic polynomial with the sum, sum of the product of its zeroes taken at a
time, and product of its zeroes as 3, -1, and -3 respectively.

Q.22. If the zeroes of the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟑 − 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝟕𝒙 − 𝟑𝟎 are in A.P., find
them.

Q.23. Find the condition that the zeroes of the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑𝒑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒒𝒙 + 𝒓
may be in A.P.

Q.24. If the zeroes of the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒂𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑𝒃𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒄𝒙 +

𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨. 𝑷. , 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝟐𝒃𝟑 − 𝟑𝒂𝒃𝒄 + 𝒂𝟐 𝒅 = 𝟎

Question 25:
If the zeroes of the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝟗𝒙 +
𝒌 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨. 𝑷. , 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒌.

Question 26:
Apply division algorithm to find the quotient 𝒒(𝒙) and remainder 𝒓(𝒙) on dividing 𝒇(𝒙) by
𝒈(𝒙) in each of the following:
(i) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟏𝒙 − 𝟔, 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟏

(ii) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝟒 + 𝟏𝟕𝒙𝟑 − 𝟔𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝟎𝒙 − 𝟑, 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟏

(iii) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟒𝒙𝟑 + 𝟖𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟕, 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟏

(iv) 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟑 − 𝟐𝟎𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐, 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐

Question27:
Check whether the first polynomial is a factor of the second polynomial by applying the
division algorithm:
(i) 𝒈(𝒕) = 𝒕𝟐 − 𝟑 ; 𝒇(𝒕) = 𝟐𝒕𝟒 + 𝟑𝒕𝟑 − 𝟐𝒕𝟐 − 𝟗𝒕

(ii) 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏 ; 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟓 − 𝟒𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏

(iii) 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟑 ; 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟔𝒙𝟓 − 𝒙𝟒 + 𝟒𝒙𝟑 − 𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟓

Question 28:
Obtain all zeroes of the polynomial 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟒 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟗𝒙 if two of its zeroes are
−√𝟑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 √𝟑 .

Question 29:
What must be subtracted from the polynomial 𝒙𝟒 + 𝟑𝒙𝟑 − 𝟏𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝟏, so that the
resulting polynomial is exactly divisible by 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑?
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Question 1:
A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for
each day thereafter. Saritha paid Rs 27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid Rs
21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra
day.

Question 2:
One Says, “Give me a hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you.” The other
replies, “If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you.” Tell me what is the amount
of their respective capital?

Question3:
5 pens and 6 pencils together cost Rs 9 and 3 pens and 2 pencils cost Rs. 5. Find the cost of
1 pen and 1 pencil.

Question 4:
7 audio cassettes and 3 video cassettes cost Rs 1110, while 5 audio cassettes and 4 video
cassettes cost Rs 1350. Find the cost of an audio cassette and a video cassette.

Question 5:
Reena has pens and pencils which together are 40 in number. If she has 5 more pencils and
5 less pens, then number of pencils would become 4 times the number of pens. Find the
original number of pens and pencils.
Question 6:
4 tables and 3 chairs, together, cost Rs 2,250 and 3 tables and 4 chairs cost Rs 1950. Find
the cost of 2 chairs and 1 table.

Question 7:
# bags and 4 pens together cost Rs 257 whereas 4 bags and 3 pens together cost Rs 324.
Find the total cost of 1 bag and 10 pens.

Question 8:
5 books and 7 pens together cost Rs 79 whereas 7 books and 5 pens together cost Rs 77.
Find the total cost of 1 book and 2 pens.

Question 9:
A and B each have a certain number of mangoes. A says to B, “if you give 30 of your
mangoes, I will have twice as many as left with you.” B replies, “If you give me 10, ,I will
have thrice as many as left with you.” How many mangoes does each have?

Question 10:
The coach of a cricket team buys 7 bats and 6 balls for Rs 3800. Later he buys 3 bats and 5
balls for Rs 1750. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.

Question 11:
𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓𝒚 + 𝟐𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟕𝒙 − 𝟐𝒚 − 𝟐𝟎 = 𝟎

Question 12:
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟕𝒚 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎
𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
Question 13:
𝟎. 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟎. 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏. 𝟕
𝟎. 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟎. 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟎. 𝟖

Question 14:
𝒙
+ 𝒚 = 𝟎. 𝟖
𝟐
𝟕
And 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟎
𝒙+
𝟐

Ques15
𝟕(𝒚 + 𝟑) − 𝟐(𝒙 + 𝟑) = 𝟏𝟒
𝟒(𝒚 − 𝟐) + 𝟑(𝒙 − 𝟑) = 𝟐

Question: 16:
𝒙 𝒚
+ =𝟓
𝟕 𝟑
𝒙 𝒚
− =𝟔
𝟐 𝟗

Ques.17:
𝒙 𝒚
+ = 𝟏𝟏
𝟑 𝟒
𝟓𝒙 𝒚
− =𝟕
𝟔 𝟑

Question:18
𝟒𝒖 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟖
𝟔𝒖 − 𝟒𝒚 = −𝟓
Question.19:
𝒚
𝒙+ =𝟒
𝟐
𝒙
+ 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟓
𝟑

Question.20:
𝟑
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 =
𝟐
𝟑
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 =
𝟐

Question.21:

√𝟐𝒙 + √𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎

√𝟑𝒙 − √𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎

Question:22
𝒚+𝟕
𝟑𝒙 − + 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟏
𝒙 + 𝟏𝟏
𝟐𝒚 + = 𝟏𝟎
𝟕

Question: 23
𝟑
𝟐𝒙 − =𝟗
𝒚
𝟕
𝟑𝒙 + = 𝟐, 𝒚 ≠ 𝟎
𝒚

Question: 24
𝟎. 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟎. 𝟕𝒚 = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟒
𝟎. 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟎. 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟎. 𝟓
Question:25
𝟏 𝟏
+ =𝟑
𝟕𝒙 𝟔𝒚
𝟏 𝟏
− =𝟓
𝟐𝒙 𝟑𝒚

Question26:
𝟏 𝟏
+ = 𝟐.
𝟐𝒙 𝟑𝒚
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏𝟑
+ =
𝟑𝒙 𝟐𝒚 𝟔

Question: 27
𝒙+𝒚
=𝟐
𝒙𝒚
𝒙−𝒚
=𝟔
𝒙𝒚

Question:28:
𝟑 𝟏
− = −𝟗
𝒙 𝒚
𝟐 𝟑
+ =𝟓
𝒙 𝒚

Question29:
𝟐 𝟓
+ =𝟏
𝒙 𝒚
𝟔𝟎 𝟒𝟎
+ = 𝟏𝟗, 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎, 𝒚 ≠ 𝟎
𝒙 𝒚
Question 30:
𝟏 𝟏
+ = 𝟏𝟐
𝟓𝒙 𝟔𝒚
𝟏 𝟑
− = 𝟖, 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎, 𝒚 ≠ 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 𝟕𝒚

Question31:
Solve the following pair of linear equations by the substitution method.
(i) 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟒
𝒙−𝒚=𝟒

(ii) 𝒔−𝒕=𝟑
𝒔 𝒕
+ =𝟔
𝟑 𝟐

(iii) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟑
𝟗𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟗

(iv) 𝟎. 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟎. 𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏. 𝟑
𝟎. 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟎. 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟐. 𝟑

(v) √𝟐𝒙 + √𝟑𝒚 = 𝟎

√𝟑𝒙 − √𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎

𝟑𝒙 𝟓𝒚
(vi) − 𝟑 = −𝟐
𝟐
𝒙 𝒚 𝟏𝟑
+ =
𝟑 𝟐 𝟔
Question 32:
Form the pair of linear equations for the following problems and find their solution by
substitution method.
(i) The difference between two numbers is 26 and one number is three times the
other. Find them.
(ii) The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees, Find
them.
(iii) The coach of a cricket team buys 7 bats and 5 balls for Rs 3800. Later, she buys
3 bats and 5 balls for Rs 1750. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
(iv) The taxi charges in a city consist of a fixed charge together with the charge for
the distance covered. For a distance of 10km, the charge paid is Rs 105 and for a
journey of 15km, the charge paid is Rs 155. What are the fixed charges and the
charge per km? How much does a person have to pay for travelling a distance of
25 km.
𝟗
(v) A fraction becomes 𝟏𝟏, if 2 is added to both the numerator and the denominator.
𝟓
If, 3 is added to both the numerator and the denominator it becomes 𝟔 . Find the
fraction.
(vi) 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?

Question 33:
Which of the following pairs of linear equations has unique solution, no solution or
infinitely many solutions? In case there is a unique solution, find it by using cross
multiplication method.

(i) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟑 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟗𝒚 − 𝟐 = 𝟎

(ii) 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟓
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 = 𝟖

(iii) 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟐𝟎
𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎𝒚 = 𝟒𝟎

(iv) 𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟕 = 𝟎
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎
CBSE 10th Arithmetic Unsolved Paper

Solved Paper
 com CBSE 10th Arithmetic Unsolved Paper
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Question 1
Write the first terms of each of the following sequences whose 𝒏𝒕𝒉 term are
(𝒊)𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑𝒏 + 𝟐
𝒏−𝟐
(𝒊𝒊)𝒂𝒏 =
𝟑

(𝒊𝒊𝒊)𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑𝒏
𝟑𝒏 − 𝟐
(𝒊𝒗)𝒂𝒏 =
𝟓
(𝒗)𝒂𝒏 = (−𝟏)𝒏 𝟐𝒏
𝒏(𝒏 − 𝟐)
(𝒗𝒊)𝒂𝒏 =
𝟐
(𝒗𝒊𝒊)𝒂𝒏 = 𝒏𝟐 − 𝒏 + 𝟏
(𝒗𝒊𝒊𝒊)𝒂𝒏 = 𝒏𝟐 − 𝒏 + 𝟏
𝟐𝒏 − 𝟑
(𝒊𝒙)𝒂𝒏 =
𝟔

Question 2
Find the indicated terms in each of the following sequences whose nth terms are:
(𝒊) 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟓𝒏 − 𝟒; 𝒂𝟏𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝟏𝟓
𝟑𝒏 − 𝟐
(𝒊𝒊) 𝒂𝒏 = ; 𝒂𝟕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝟖
𝟒𝒏 + 𝟓
(𝒊𝒊𝒊) 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒏(𝒏 − 𝟏)(𝒏 − 𝟐); 𝒂𝟓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝟖
(𝒊𝒗) 𝒂𝒏 = (𝒏 − 𝟏)(𝟐 − 𝒏)(𝟑 + 𝒏); 𝒂𝟏𝟏 𝒂𝟐𝟏 𝒂𝟑
(𝒗) 𝒂𝒏 = (−𝟏)𝒏 𝒏; 𝒂𝟑 , 𝒂𝟓 , 𝒂𝟖 .
Question 3
For the following arithmetic progressions write the first term a and the common
difference d: (i) 5, 1,3,7,..............
(ii) 1 3 5 7 , , , ,............. 5 5 5 5
(iii)0.3, 0.55, 0.80,1.05,......... (iv) 1.1, 3.1, 5.1, 7.1,..

Question 4
Write the arithmetic progressions write first term a and common difference d are as
follows:
(𝒊)𝒂 = 𝟒, 𝒅 = −𝟑
𝟏
(𝒊𝒊)𝒂 = −𝟏, 𝒅 =
𝟐
(𝒊𝒊𝒊)𝒂 = −𝟏. 𝟓, 𝒅 = −𝟎. 𝟓

Question 5
Show that the sequence defined by 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟓𝒏 − 𝟕 is an A.P., find its common
difference.

Question 6
Show that the sequence defined by 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑𝒏𝟐 — 𝟓 is not an A.P.

Question 7
The general term of a sequence is given by 𝒂𝒏 = −4n + 15. Is the sequence an A.P.? If so,
find its 15th term and the common difference

Question 8
Find
(𝐢) 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 𝟏, 𝟒 , 𝟕, 𝟏𝟎 … .

(𝐢𝐢) 𝟏𝟖𝒕𝒉 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 √𝟐, 𝟑√𝟐 , 𝟓 √𝟐, . . . . . . . . . . . .

(𝐢𝐢𝐢)𝐧𝒕𝒉 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 𝟏𝟑, 𝟖, 𝟑, − 𝟐, . . . . . . . . . ..
(𝐢𝐯)𝟏𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 − 𝟒𝟎, −𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟑𝟓, . . . . . . . ..

(𝐯) 𝟖𝒕𝒉 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟎𝟒, 𝟗𝟏, 𝟕𝟖 … … …

(𝐯𝐢) 𝟏𝟏𝒕𝒉 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 𝟏𝟎. 𝟎, 𝟏𝟎. 𝟓, 𝟏𝟏. 𝟎, 𝟏𝟏. 𝟐 … ….
 𝟑 𝟓 𝟕 𝟗
(𝐯𝐢𝐢)𝟗𝒕𝒉 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐏 , , + , …
𝟓 𝟒 𝟗 𝟒

Question 9
If 9th term of an A.P. is zero, prove that its 29th term is double the 19th term.

Question 10
If 10 times the 10th term of an A.P. is equal to 15 times the 15th term, show that
25th term of the A.P. is zero.

Question 11
The 𝟏𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟏𝟖𝒕𝒉 terms of an A.P. are 41 and 73 respectively. Find 𝟐𝟔𝒕𝒉 term.

Question 12
In a certain A.P. the 𝟐𝟒𝒕𝒉 term is twice the 𝟏𝟎𝒕𝒉 term. Prove that the 𝟕𝟐𝒏𝒅 term is twice
the 𝟑𝟒𝒕𝒉 term.

Question 13
If (𝒎 + 𝟏)𝒕𝒉 term of an A.P. is twice the (𝒏 + 𝟏)𝒕𝒉term, prove that
(𝟑𝒎 + 𝟏)𝒕𝒉 term is twice the (𝒎 + 𝒏 + 𝟏)𝒕𝒉 term.

Question 14
If the n term of the A.P. 9, 7, 5, ... is same as the th term of the A.P. 15, 12, 9, ...
find n.

Question 15
Find the second term and nth term of an A.P. whose 6th term is 12 and the 8th
term is 22.

Question 16
How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
Question 17
How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7?

Question 18
Which term of the arithmetic progression 8, 14, 20, 26, . . . will be 72 more than its
41st term?

Question 19
Find the sum of the following APs.
(i) 2, 7, 12 ,…., to 10 terms.
(ii) − 37, − 33, − 29 ,…, to 12 terms
(iii) 0.6, 1.7, 2.8 ,…….., to 100 terms
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(iv) 𝟏𝟓 , 𝟏𝟐 , 𝟏𝟎 … … … , 𝒕𝒐 𝟏𝟏 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔

Question 20
How many terms of the AP. 9, 17, 25 … must be taken to give a sum
of 636?

Question 21
The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400.
Find the number of terms and the common difference.

Question 22
The first and the last term of an AP are 17 and 350 respectively. If the
common difference is 9, how many terms are there and what is their
sum?
Question 23
Find the sum of first 22 terms of an AP in which d = 7 and 22nd term is
149.
Question 24
Find the sum of first 51 terms of an AP whose second and third terms
are 14 and 18 respectively.

Question 25
If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289,
find the sum of first n terms.

Question 26
Show that 𝒂𝟏 , 𝒂𝟐 … , 𝒂𝒏 , … form an AP where an is defined as below
(𝒊) 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑 + 𝟒𝒏
(𝒊𝒊) 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟗 − 𝟓𝒏
Also find the sum of the first 15 terms in each case.

Question 27
If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 𝟒𝒏 − 𝒏𝟐 , what is the first
term (that is 𝑠1 )? What is the sum of first two terms? What is the second term?
Similarly find the 𝟑𝒓𝒅 , the𝟏𝟎𝒕𝒉 and the 𝒏𝒕𝒉 terms.

Question 28
Find the sum of first 15 multiples of 8.
CBSE 10th Quadratic Equation Unsolved Paper

Solved Paper
 CBSE 10th Quadratic Equation
Unsolved Paper

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Question 1:
In each of the following, find the value of k for which the given value is a solution of the
given equation:
𝟐
(i) 𝟕𝒙𝟐 + 𝒌𝒙 − 𝟑 = 𝟎, 𝒙 = 𝟑

(ii) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙(𝒂 + 𝒃) + 𝒌 = 𝟎, 𝒙 = 𝒂

(iii) 𝒌𝒙𝟐 + √𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒 = 𝟎, 𝒙 = √𝟐

(iv) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒂𝒙 + 𝒌 = 𝟎, 𝒙 = −𝒂

Question 2:
The product of two consecutive positive integer is 306. Form the quadratic equation to find
the integers, if x denotes the smaller integer.

Question 3:
John and Jivanti together have 45 marbles. Both of them lost 5 marbles each, and the
product of the number of marbles they now have is 128. Form the quadratic equation to
find how many marbles they had to start with, if John had x marbles.

Question 4:
A cottage industry produces a certain number of toys in a day. The cost of production of
each toy ( in rupees) was found to be 55 minus the number of articles produced in a day.
On a particular day, the total cost of production was Rs. 750. If x denotes the number of
toys produced that day, form the quadratic equation.
Question 5:
The height of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, form the
quadratic equation to find the base of the triangle.

Question 6:
An express train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 132 km between Mysore
and Bangalore. If the average speed of the express train is 𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓 more that of the
passenger train, form the quadratic equation to find the average speed of express train.

Question 7:
A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/hr more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Form the quadratic equation to find the speed
of the train.

Question 8:
Solve the following quadratic equation by factorization:
1. (𝒙 − 𝟒)(𝒙 + 𝟐) = 𝟎

2. (𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑)(𝟑𝒙 − 𝟕) = 𝟎

3. 𝟒√𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐√𝟑 = 𝟎

4. √𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐√𝟐 = 𝟎

5. 𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝟎𝒃𝒙 + 𝟐𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎

6. 𝒙𝟐 − (√𝟐 + 𝟏)𝒙 + √𝟐 = 𝟎
7. 𝒙𝟐 − (√𝟑 + 𝟏)𝒙 + √𝟑 = 𝟎

8. 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒃𝒙 − (𝒂𝟐 − 𝒃𝟐 ) = 𝟎

𝟏 𝟐
9. (𝒙 − 𝟐) = 𝟒

10. 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒√2𝒙 + 𝟔 = 𝟎

𝒙+𝟑 𝟑𝒙−𝟕
11. = 𝟐𝒙−𝟑
𝒙+𝟐

𝟐𝒙 𝟐𝒙−𝟓 𝟐𝟓
12. + =
𝒙−𝟒 𝒙−𝟑 𝟑

𝒙+𝟑 𝟏−𝒙 𝟏𝟕
13. − =
𝒙−𝟐 𝒙 𝟒

𝒙+𝟏 𝒙−𝟏 𝟓
14. 𝒙−𝟏 − 𝒙+𝟏 = 𝟔 , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒙 ± −𝟏

𝒎 𝒏
15. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒎 = 𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙
𝒏

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
16. (𝒙−𝟏)(𝒙−𝟐)
+ (𝒙−𝟐)(𝒙−𝟑) + (𝒙−𝟑)(𝒙−𝟒) = 𝟔

17. 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 = (𝟐𝒂 + 𝒃)𝒙

18. (𝒂 + 𝒃)𝟐 𝒙𝟐 − (𝟒𝒂𝒃) − (𝒂 − 𝒃)𝟐 = 𝟎

 𝟏
19. 𝒙𝟐 + (𝒂 + 𝒂) 𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟎

𝟏
20. 𝒙 − 𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎

Question 9:
In the following, determine whether the given quadratic equation have real roots and if so,
find the roots:
(i) 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏

(ii) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟎

(iii) √𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟖√𝟑 = 𝟎

(iv) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟎

(v) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐√𝟔𝒙 + 𝟑 = 𝟎

(vi) 𝟑𝒂𝟐 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟖𝒂𝒃𝒙 + 𝟒𝒃𝟐 = 𝟎, 𝒂 ≠ 𝟎

(vii) 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑√𝒃𝒙 − 𝒃 = 𝟎

(viii) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝟎

(ix) 𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓√𝟑 + 𝟔 = 𝟎

(x) √𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟓√𝟐 = 𝟎

Question 10:
𝟏
The sum of the reciprocals of Ram’s ages, (in years) 3 years ago and 5 years from now is 𝟑 .
Find his present age.
Question 11:
In a class test, the sum of Shefali’s marks in Mathematics and English is 30. Had she got 2
marks more in Mathematics and 3 marks less in English, the product of their marks would
have been 210. Find her marks in the two subjects.

Question 12:
The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 metres more than the shorter side. If the longer
side is 30 metres more than the shorter side, find the sides of the field.

Question 13:
The difference of squares of two numbers is 180. The square of the smaller number is 8
times the larger number. Find the two numbers.

Question 14:
A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.

Question 15:
Two water taps together can fill a tank in hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10 hours
less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can
separately fill the tank.

Question 16:
An Express train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 132 km between Mysore
and Bangalore (without taking into consideration the time they stop at intermediate
stations). If the average speeds of the express train is 11 km/h more than that of the
passenger train, find the average speed of the two trains.

Question 17:
Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 𝒎𝟐 . If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m,
find the sides of the two squares.
Question 18:
Three consecutive positive integers are such that the sum of the square of the first and the
product of other two is 46. Find the integers.

Question 19:
The difference of squares of two numbers is 88. If the larger number is 5 less than twice
the smaller number, then find the two numbers.

Question 20:
The difference of square of two numbers is 180 . the square of the smaller number is 8
times the large numbers find two numbers.

Question 21:
The speed of a boat in still water is 8 km/hr. It can go 15km upstream and 22 km
downstream in 5 hours. Find the speed of the stream.

Question 22:
A fast train takes one hour less than a slow train for a journey of 200 km. If the speed of
the slow train is 10 km/hr less than that of the fast train, find the speed of the two trains.

Question 23:
A passenger train takes one hour less for a journey of 150 km if its speed is increased by 5
km/hr from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the train.

Question 24:

The time taken by a person to cover 150 km was 2.5 hrs more than the time taken in the
return journey. If he returned at a speed of 10 km/hr more than the speed of going, what
was the speed per hour in each direction?

Question 25:
A Plane left 40 minutes late due to bad weather and in order to reach its destination, 1600
km away in time, it had to increase its speed by 400 km/hr from its usual speed. Find the
usual speed of the plane.
Question 26:
An aeroplane takes 1 hour less for a journey of 1200 km if its speed is increased by 100
km/hr from its usual speed. Find its usual speed.

Question 27:
A passenger train takes 2 hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5
km/hr from its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the train.

Question 28:
A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15km/hr more,
it would have taken 30 minutes less for the journey. Find the original speed of the train.

Question 29:
A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/hr more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.

Question 30:
Rs. 9000 were divided equally among a certain number of persons. Hand there been 20
more persons, each would have got Rs. 160 less. Find the original number of persons.

Question 31:
The product of Shika’s age five years ago and her age 8 years later is 30, her age at both
times being given in years. Find her present age.
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Q.1. In ∆ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC
i. If AD = 6 cm, DB = 9 cm and AE = 8 cm, find AC
𝑨𝑫 𝟑
ii. 𝒊𝒇 = 𝟒and AC = 15 cm, find AE
𝑫𝑩
𝑨𝑫 𝟐
iii. 𝒊𝒇 = 𝟑and AC = 18 cm, find AE
𝑫𝑩
iv. If AD = 4, AE = 8, DB = x – 4, and EC = 3x – 19, find x
v. If AD = 8cm, AB = 12 cm and AE = 12 cm, find CE
vi. If AD = 4 cm, DB = 4.5 cm and AE = 8 cm, find AC.
vii. If AD = 2 cm, AB = 6 cm and AC = 9 cm, find AE
𝑨𝑫 𝟒
viii. 𝒊𝒇 = 𝟓𝑎𝑛𝑑𝐸𝐶 = 2.5 𝑐𝑚, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝐴E
𝑩𝑫
ix. If AD = x, DB = x − 2, AE = x + 2 and EC = x − 1, find the value of x.
x. If AD = 8x − 7, DB = 5x − 3, AE = 4x − 3 and EC = (3x − 1), find the value of
x.
xi. If AD = 4x − 3, AE = 8x – 7, BD = 3x – 1 and CE = 5x − 3, find the volume of
x.
xii. If AD = 2.5 cm, BD = 3.0 cm and AE = 3.75 cm, find the length of AC.

Q.2. In a ∆ABC, P and Q are points on sides AB and AC respectively, such that PQ || BC. If
AP = 2.4 cm, AQ = 2 cm, QC = 3 cm and BC = 6 cm, find AB and PQ.

Q.3. In a ∆ABC, D and E are points on AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC. If AD =
2.4cm, AE = 3.2 cm, DE = 2cm and BC = 5 cm, find BD and CE.

𝑨𝑩 𝑩𝑫
Q.4. ∆ABC is a triangle such that = , ∠𝐵 = 70°, ∠𝐶 = 50°. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑∠𝐵𝐴𝐷.
𝑨𝑪 𝑫𝑪
Q.5. ∆ACB ~ ∆APQ. If BC = 8 cm, PQ = 4 cm, BA = 6.5 cm and AP = 2.8 cm, find CA and
AQ.

Q.6. ∠ABC = 90° and BD ⊥ AC. If BD = 8 cm and AD = 4 cm, find CD

Q. 7. DE || BC such that AE = (1/4) AC. If AB = 6 cm, find AD.

Q.8. D and E are the points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a ∆ABC such that: AD
= 8 cm, DB = 12 cm, AE = 6 cm and CE = 9 cm. Prove that BC = 5/2 DE.

Q. 9. The corresponding altitudes of two similar triangles are 6 cm and 9 cm respectively.

Find the ratio of their areas

Q.10. ABC is a triangle in which ∠A =90°, AN⊥ BC, BC = 12 cm and AC = 5cm. Find the
ratio of the areas of ∆ANC and ∆ABC.
Q.11. In ∆ABC, D and E are the mid-points of AB and AC respectively. Find the ratio of
the areas of ∆ADE and ∆ABC

Q.12. In ABC, P divides the side AB such that AP : PB = 1 : 2. Q is a point in AC such that
PQ || BC. Find the ratio of the areas of ∆APQ and trapezium BPQC.

Q.13. The areas of two similar triangles are 100 𝒄𝒎𝟐 and 49 𝒄𝒎𝟐 respectively. If the
altitude the bigger triangle is 5 cm, find the corresponding altitude of the other.

Q.14. The areas of two similar triangles are 121 𝒄𝒎𝟐 and 64 𝒄𝒎𝟐 respectively. If the
median of the first triangle is 12.1 cm, find the corresponding median of the other.
Q.15. If ∆ABC ~ ∆DEF such that AB = 5 cm, area (∆ABC) = 20 𝑐𝑚2 and area (∆DEF) = 45
𝑐𝑚2 , determine DE.

Q.16. In ∆ABC, PQ is a line segment intersecting AB at P and AC at Q such that PQ || BC

𝑩𝑷
and PQ divides ∆ABC into two parts equal in area. Find
𝑨𝑩

Q.17. The areas of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are in the ratio 9:16. If BC = 4.5
cm, find the length of QR.

Q.18. ABC is a triangle and PQ is a straight line meeting AB in P and AC in Q. If AP = 1

cm, PB = 3 cm, AQ = 1.5 cm, QC = 4.5 m, prove that area of ∆APQ is one- sixteenth
of the area of ABC.
Q.19. If D is a point on the side AB of ∆ABC such that AD : DB = 3.2 and E is a Point on
BC such that DE || AC. Find the ratio of areas of ∆ABC and ∆BDE.

Q.20. If the sides of a triangle are 3 cm, 4 cm, and 6 cm long, determine whether the
triangle is a right-angled triangle.

Q.21. A ladder 17 m long reaches a window of a building 15 m above the ground. Find the
distance of the foot of the ladder from the building.

Q.22. In an isosceles triangle ABC, AB = AC = 25 cm, BC = 14 cm. Calculate the altitude

from A on BC.

Q.23. A triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Find the length to one decimal place, of
the perpendicular from the opposite vertex to the side whose length is 13 cm.

Q.24. In an isosceles triangle ABC, if AB = AC = 13 cm and the altitude from A on BC is 5

cm, find BC.

Q.25. In a ∆ABC, AB = BC = CA = 2a and AD ⊥ BC. Prove that

(i) 𝑨𝑫 = 𝒂√𝟑

(ii) 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 (∆𝐀𝐁𝐂) = √ 𝟑𝒂𝟐

Q.26. In an acute-angled triangle, express a median in terms of its sides

Q.27. Calculate the height of an equilateral triangle each of whose sides measures 12 cm.

Q.28. In right-angled triangle ABC in which ∠C = 90°, if D is the mid-point of BC, prove
that
𝑨𝑩𝟐 = 𝟒𝑨𝑫𝟐 − 𝟑𝑨𝑪𝟐
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Question 1
In the given figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so
that ∠POQ = 110 , then ∠PTQ is equal to
(𝑨) 𝟔𝟎𝟎 (𝑩) 𝟕𝟎𝟎
(𝒄)𝟖𝟎𝟎 (𝑫)𝟗𝟎𝟎

Question 2
Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel
.
Question 3
The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle
is 4 cm. Find the radius of the circle.

Question 4
A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle (see given figure) Prove
that AB + CD = AD + BC
Question 5
Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a
circle is supplementary to the angle subtended by the line-segment joining the points
of contact at the centre

Question 6
Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

Question 7
A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 cm such that the
segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by the point of contact D are of
lengths 8 cm and 6 cm respectively (see given figure). Find the sides AB and AC.

Question 8
Fill in the blanks
(i) The common point of tangent and the circle is called point of contact.
(ii) A circle may have two parallel tangents.
(iii) A tangent to a circle intersects it in one point.
(iv) A line intersecting a circle in two points A called a secant.
(v) The angle between tangent at a point P on circle and radius through the point is 90°.
Question 9
If PT is a tangent at T to a circle whose center is O and OP = 17 cm, OT = 8 cm. Find
the length of tangent segment PT. Sol: OT = radius = 8cm OP = 17cm PT =
length of tangent = ?

Question 10
If from any point on the common chord of two intersecting circles, tangents be
drawn to circles, prove that they are equal.

Question 11
If AB, AC, PQ are tangents in Fig. and AB = 5cm find the perimeter of ∆APQ.

Question 12
If PA and PB are tangents from an outside point P. such that PA = 10 cm and
∠APB = 60°. Find the length of chord AB.

Question 13
In the fig. ABC is right triangle right angled at B such that BC = 6cm and AB = 8cm.
Find the radius of its in circle.

Question 14
Two tangent segments PA and PB are drawn to a circle with center O such that ∠APB =
120°. Prove that OP = 2AP

Question 15
If ∆ABC is isosceles with AB = AC and C (0, 2) is the in circle of the ∆ABC touching BC
at L, prove that L, bisects BC.

Question 16
In fig.. O is the center of the circle and BCD is tangent to it at C. Prove that ∠BAC +
∠ACD = 90°
Question 17
Two circles touch externally at a point P. from a point T on the tangent at P, tangents
TQ and TR are drawn to the circles with points of contact Q and E respectively. Prove
that TQ = TR.

Question 18
In the fig two tangents AB and AC are drawn to a circle O such that ∠BAC = 120°.
Prove that OA = 2AB.
Sol:

Question 19
In figure OQ : PQ = 3 : 4 and perimeter of ∆PDQ = 60cm. determine PQ, QR and OP.

Question 20
In fig. AB is chord of length 16cm of a circle of radius 10cm. The tangents at A and
B intersect at a point P. Find the length of PA. Sol: Given length of chord AB = 16cm.
Radius OB = OA = 10 cm.

Question 21
In figure PA and PB are tangents from an external point P to the circle with centre
O. LN touches the circle at M. Prove that PL + LM = PN + MN
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Q.1. Construct a triangle of sides 4cm, 5 cm and 6 cm and then a triangle siilar to it
𝟐
whose sides are 𝟑 od the crresponding sides of the first triangle.

Q.2. Construct a triangle with sides 5 cm, 6cm and 7cm and then another triangle whose
𝟕
sides are of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
𝟓

Q.3. Draw a triangle ABC with side 𝑩𝑪 = 𝟔𝒄𝒎, 𝑨𝑩 = 𝟓𝒄𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ∠𝑨𝑩𝑪 = 𝟔𝟎𝟎 . Then
𝟑
construct a triangle whose sides are of the corresponding sides of the triangle
𝟒
ABC.

Q.4. Draw a triangle ABC with side 𝑩𝑪 = 𝟕𝒄𝒎, ∠𝑩 = 𝟒𝟓𝟎 , ∠𝑨 = 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟎 . Then
𝟒
construct a triangle whose sides are times the corresponding sides of triangle
𝟑
∆ABC.

Q.5. Draw a circle of radius 6cm. from a point 10cm away its centre, construe the pair
of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths.

Q.6. Draw a circle of radius 6cm. from a point 3cm. take two point P and Q on one of its
extended diameter each at a distance of 7cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the
circle from these two points P and Q.

Q.7. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5cm which are inclined each other at
an angle of 𝟔𝟎𝟎 .

Q.8. Construct a triangle with sides 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm and then another triangle
𝟑
whose sides are 𝟒 of the corresponding sides of the first triangle. Give the
justification of the construction.
Q.9. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and ∠ABC = 60°. Then
𝟑
construct a triangle whose sides are of the corresponding sides of the triangle
𝟒
ABC. Give the justification of the construction.

Q.10. Draw a right triangle in which the sides (other than hypotenuse) are of lengths 4
𝟑
cm and 3 cm. the construct another triangle whose sides are 𝟒 times the
corresponding sides of the given triangle. Give the justification of the
construction.
.
Q.11. Construct a triangle of sides 4 cm, 5cm and 6cm and then a triangle similar to it
𝟐
whose sides are 𝟑 of the corresponding sides of the first triangle. Give the
justification of the construction.

Q.12. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 5 cm which are inclined to each other
at an angle of 60°. Give the justification of the construction.

Q.13. Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. Taking A as centre, draw a circle of
radius 4 cm and taking B as centre, draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct
tangents to each circle from the centre of the other circle. Give the justification of
the construction.

Q.14. Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct
the pair of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths. Give the justification
of the construction.

Q.15. Let ABC be a right triangle in which AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and ∠B = 90°. BD is

the perpendicular from B on AC. The circle through B, C, and D is drawn.
Construct the tangents from A to this circle. Give the justification of the
construction.
Q.16. Draw a circle with the help of a bangle. Take a point outside the circle. Construct
the pair of tangents from this point to the circles. Give the justification of the
construction.

Q.17. Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4 cm from a point on the concentric circle
of radius 6 cm and measure its length. Also verify the measurement by actual
calculation. Give the justification of the construction.
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Q.1. The wheels of a car are of diameter 80 cm each. How many complete revolutions does
each wheel make in 10 minutes when the car is traveling at a speed of 66 km per hour?
𝟐𝟐
[𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
𝟐𝟐
Q.2. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm. 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = 𝟕

Q.3. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute
𝟐𝟐
hand in 5 minutes. 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = 𝟕

Q.4. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find:
(i) The length of the arc
(ii) Area of the sector formed by the arc
(iii) Area of the segment forced by the corresponding chord
𝟐𝟐
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = 𝟕

Q.5. A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the
area of the corresponding segment of the circle.

[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 √𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑]

Q.6. A round table cover has six equal designs as shown in figure. If the radius of the cover
is 28 cm, find the cost of making the designs at the rate of Rs.0.35 per 𝒄𝒎𝟐 .
𝑼𝒔𝒆 √𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑
Q.7. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if PQ = 24 cm, PR = 7 cm and O
is the centre of the circle.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.8. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if radii of the two concentric
circles with centre O are 7 cm and 14 cm respectively and ∠AOC = 40°.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
Q.9. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if ABCD is a square of side 14
cm and APD and BPC are semicircles.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.10. From each corner of a square of side 4 cm a quadrant of a circle of radius 1 cm is cut
and also a circle of diameter 2 cm is cut as shown in the given figure. Find the area of
the remaining portion of the square.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.11. In the given figure, ABCD is a square of side 14 cm. With centres A, B, C and D, four
circles are drawn such that each circle touches externally two of the remaining three
circles. Find the area of the shaded region.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
Q.12. Thegivenfigure depicts a racing track whose left and right ends are semicircular.

The distance between the two inner parallel line segments is 60 m and they are each
106 m long. If the track is 10 m wide, find:
(i) The distance around the track along its inner edge
(ii) The area of the track
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.13. The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 17320.5 𝒄𝒎𝟐 . With each vertex of the
triangle as centre, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of
the triangle (See the given figure). Find the area of shaded region. [Use π = 3.14 and
√𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟓]
Q.14. In the given figure, a square OABC is inscribed in a quadrant OPBQ. If OA = 20 cm,
find the area of the shaded region. [Use π = 3.14]

Q.15. AB and CD are respectively arcs of two concentric circles of radii 21 cm and 7 cm
and centre O (see the given figure). If ∠AOB = 30°, find the area of the shaded
region.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
Q.16. The circumference of a circle exceeds diameter by 16.8 cm. Find the circumference of
circle.

Q.17. The circumference of two circles are in ratio 2:3. Find the ratio of their areas

Q.18. The sum of the radii of two circles is 140 cm and the difference of their
circumferences in 88 cm. Find the diameters of the circles.

Q.19. If a square is inscribed in a circle, find the ratio of areas of the circle and the square.

Q.20. Find in terms of x the length of the arc that subtends an angle of 30°, at the centre of
circle of radius 4 cm.

Q.22. In circle of radius 6cm, chord of length 10 cm makes an angle of 110° at the centre of
circle find (i) Circumference of the circle
(ii) Area of the circle
(iii) Length of arc
(iv) The area of sector
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Question 1:
In each of the following one of the six trigonometric ratios is given. Find the values of the
other trigonometric ratios.
𝟐
(i) Sin A = 𝟑

𝟒
(ii) 𝐂𝐨𝐬 𝑨 = 𝟓

(iii) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝟏𝟏

𝟏𝟏
(iv) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 = 𝟓

𝟓
(v) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜶 = 𝟏𝟐

√𝟑
(vi) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 = 𝟐
𝟕
(vii) 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 = 𝟐𝟓
(viii) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝟖/𝟏𝟓
𝟏𝟐
(ix) 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽 = 𝟓
 (x)
𝟏𝟑
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 =
𝟓

(xi)
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 = √𝟏𝟎
(xii)
𝐂𝐨𝐬 𝜽 = 𝟏𝟐/𝟓

Question 2:
In Fig below, Find tan P and cot R. Is tan P = cot R?

Question 3:
𝟕
If 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽 = 𝟖 , 𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 ∶
( 𝟏+𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽)( 𝟏−𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽)
(i) ( 𝟏+𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽)( 𝟏−𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽)

(ii) 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝜽

Question 4:
𝟏−𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨
If 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝑨 = 𝟒, Check whether 𝟏+𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝑨 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝑨 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕.
Question 5:
𝒂 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽+ 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
If 𝐓𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝒃 , 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽− 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽

Question 6:
𝟒𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽− 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
If 3 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝟒, find the value of 𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽+ 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽

Question 7:
𝟒 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽−𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
If 𝟑𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽 = 𝟐, find the value of = 𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽+𝟔 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽

Question 8:
𝒂 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽− 𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝒂𝟐 −𝒃𝟐
If 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝒃 , 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 = 𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐
𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽+ 𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

Question 9:
𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝟑𝟎° − 𝟑𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟒𝟓° + 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝟔𝟎°

Question 10:
𝟏 𝟏
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝟑𝟎° 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟒𝟓° + 𝟒 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝟑𝟎° + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝟗𝟎° − 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟗𝟎° + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟎°
𝟐 𝟐𝟒
Question 11:
(𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟎° + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟓° + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎°)(𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟗𝟎° − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝟓° + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟔𝟎°)
Question 12:
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎° − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟗𝟎° + 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟎°
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟎° 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟔𝟎°

Question 13:
𝟒 𝟏
+ − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝟒𝟓°
𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝟑𝟎° 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝟔𝟎°

Question 14:
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎° 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟓° 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟎° 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎°
+ − −
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟓° 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟎° 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟓° 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟔𝟎°

Question 15:
𝐓𝐚𝐧 𝟒𝟓° 𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝟔𝟎° 𝟓𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟗𝟎°
+ −
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟑𝟎° 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟒𝟓° 𝟐 𝐂𝐨𝐬 𝟎°

Question 16:
If 𝐀 = 𝐁 = 𝟔𝟎° . 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚
(i) 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝑨 − 𝑩) = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑩 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑩
(ii) Substitute A & B in (i)
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨− 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑩
(iii) 𝐓𝐚𝐧(𝑨 − 𝑩) = 𝟏+𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑩

Question 16:
𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝑨 − 𝑩) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑩 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑩
𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝑨 − 𝑩) = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑩 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑩
Question 17:
Evaluate the following
𝐒𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎°
𝟏.
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟕𝟎°
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟏𝟗°
𝟐.
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝟕𝟏°
𝐒𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟏°
𝟑.
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟔𝟗°
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟎°
𝟒.
𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟖𝟎°
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟏𝟏°
𝟓.
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟕𝟗°

Question 18:
Prove that
(i) 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎°𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟓°𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟒𝟓°𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟓𝟓°𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟕𝟎° = 𝟏

(ii) 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟖°𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟒𝟐° + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟒𝟐° = 𝟐

𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝟎° 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐𝟎°

(iii) + − 𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟕𝟎° 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐𝟎° = 𝟎
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐𝟎° 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟕𝟎°
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟖𝟎°
(iv) + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟓𝟗° 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟑𝟏° = 𝟐
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟎°

Question 19:
Prove the following trigonometric identities:
1. (𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝑨 )𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝐀 = 𝟏
2. (𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝑨) 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝑨 = 𝟏
 3. 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝜽
4. 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 √𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝜽 = 𝟏
5. (𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝜽 − 𝟏)(𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝜽 − 𝟏) = 𝟏
𝟏
6. 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽

Question 20:
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
=
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

Question 21:
𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝑨 + =𝟏
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝑨

Question 22:
𝟏
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝑨 + =𝟏
𝟏 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨

Question 23:

𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
√ = 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 − 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

Question 24:
𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽
− (𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽)𝟐
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽

Question 25:
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝜽 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝜽 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝜽
Question: 26
𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝑨 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝑨 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝑨 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨 = 𝟏

Question: 27
𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝜽−𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

Question: 28
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝜽
− 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 = 𝜽
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽

Question: 29
𝟏 𝟏
+ = 𝟐 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝑨
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨

Question: 30
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
+ = 𝟐𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽

Question: 31
(𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽)𝟐 + (𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽)𝟐 𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝜽
=
𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝜽 𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝜽

Question: 32

𝟏 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝜽 𝟏 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 𝟐
−[ ] − 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝜽
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽

Question: 33
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝜽
=
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
Question: 34
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽
= = 𝟏 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽
𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝜽 𝟏 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽

Question:35
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟔 𝜽 = 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟔 𝜽 + 𝟑𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝜽 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝜽 + 𝟏

Question: 36
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟔 𝜽 = 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟔 𝜽 + 𝟑𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝜽 + 𝟏

Question: 37
(𝟏 + 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝟐 𝜽) 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝜽
= 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 𝜽

Question: 38
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨 𝟏
𝟐
=
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨

Question 39
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝑨
=
𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨 (𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨)𝟐

Question 40

𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨
√ = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨
𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨
Question 41
𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨
(𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨)𝟐 =
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨

Question 42
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨
= (𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝑨 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨)𝟐
𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨

Question 43
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨
+ = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝑨 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨
𝟏 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝑨 (𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝑨)

Question 44
𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨 + 𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝟐 𝑨 = 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝑨 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝟐 𝑨 − 𝟐

Question 45
𝟏 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨
𝟐
= 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝟐 𝑨
𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝑨 − 𝟏

Question 46
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
+ = 𝟐𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 + 𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 − 𝟏

Question 47

𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝟐 𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

[ ] =
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

Question 48:
(𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 − 𝟏)(𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 − 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 + 𝟏) = 𝟐 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽

Question 49:
𝑰𝒇 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 = 𝒂𝟑 , 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝜽 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽 = 𝒃𝟑 , Prove that 𝐚𝟐 𝒃𝟐 (𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 ) = 𝟏
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Q.1 A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground, 20 m away
from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 600. What
is the height of the tower?

Q.2 A ladder is placed along a wall of a house such that its upper end is touching the top
of the wall. The foot of the ladder is 2 m away from the wall and the ladder is
making an angle of 600 with the level of the ground. Determine the height of the
wall.
Q.3 A kite is flying at a height of 75 meters from the ground level, attached to a string
inclined at 600 to the horizontal. Find the length of the string to the nearest meter.

Q.4. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag-
staff. At a point on the plane 70 metres away from the tower, an observer notices
that the angles of elevation of the top and the bottom of the flag-staff are
respectively 600 and 45°. Find the height of the flag-staff and that of the tower.

Q.5. A person observed the angle of elevation of the top of a tower as 30°. He walked
50 m towards the foot of the tower along level ground and found the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower as  . Find the height of the tower.
Q.6. A parachutist is descending vertically and makes angles of elevation of 45° and
60° at two observing points 100 m apart from each other on the left side of
himself. Find the maximum height from which he falls and the distance of the
point where he falls on the ground from the just observation point.

Q.7. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point A on the ground is 30°.
Moving a distance of 20metres towards the foot of the tower to a point B the
angle of elevation increases to 60°. Find the height of the tower & the distance of
the tower from the point A.
Q.8. From the top of a building 15 m high the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is
found to be 30°. From the bottom of the same building, the angle of elevation of the
top of the tower is found to be 60°. Find the height of the tower and the distance
between the tower and building.
Q.9. The angles of depression of the top and bottom of 8 m tall building from the top of
a multistoried building are 30° and 45° respectively. Find the height of the
multistoried building and the distance between the two buildings.

Q.10 From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable
tower is 60° and the angle of depression of its foot is 45°. Determine the height of
the tower.

Q.11 The angle of elevation of the top of the building from the foot of the tower is 30°
and the angle of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the
tower is 50 m high, find the height of the building.

Question 12
A ladder rests against a wall at an angle 𝜶 to the horizontal. Its foot is pulled away from
the wall through a distance a, so that it slides a distance b down the wall making an
𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐬 −𝐜𝐨𝐬 
angle  with the horizontal, Show that 𝐛 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 −𝐬𝐢𝐧 

Question 13 :
A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree touches
the ground making an angle 𝟑𝟎° with it. The distance between the foot of the tree to the
point where the top touches the ground is 8m. Find the height of the tree.

Question 14:
A contractor plans to install two slides for the children to play in a park. For the
children below the age of 5 years, she prefers to have a slide whose top is at a height of
1.5m, and is inclined at an angle of 𝟑𝟎° to the ground, where ad for the elder children
she wants to have a steep side at a height of 3m, and inclined at an angle of 𝟔𝟎° to the
ground. What should be the length of the slide in each case?

Question 15:
The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30 m
away from the foot of the tower is 𝟑𝟎°. Find the height of the tower.
Question 16:
A 1.5 m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30m tall building. The angle of
elevation from his eyes to the top of the building increases from 𝟑𝟎° to 𝟔𝟎° as he walks
towards the building. Find the distance he walked towards the building.

Question 17:
The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 𝟑𝟎° and the
angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is ° . If the tower
is 50m high, find the height of the building.

Question 18:
Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other an either side of the road,
which is 80m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of
the top of the poles are 𝟔𝟎° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑𝟎°, respectively. Find the height of poles and the
distance of the point from the poles.

Question 19:
From the top of a 7m high building, the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is
𝟔𝟎° and the angle of depression of its foot is 𝟒𝟓°. Determine the height of the tower.

Question 20:
As observed from the top of a 75m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles o
depression of two ships are 𝟑𝟎° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟒𝟓°. If one ship is exactly behind the other on the
same side of the lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships.

Question 21:
A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of
88.2 m from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at
any instant is 𝟔𝟎°. After some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 𝟑𝟎°. Find the
distance travelled by the balloon during the interval.
Question 22:
The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a light house and on the same side
of it re found to be 𝟒𝟓° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑𝟎° respectively. If the ships are 200m apart, find the
height of the light house.

Question 23:
A flag-staff stands on the top of a 5 m high tower. From a point on the ground, the angle
of elevation of the top of the flag-staff is 𝟔𝟎° and from the same point, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is 𝟒𝟓°. Find the height of the flag-staff.

Question 24:
From the top of a building AB, 60 m high, the angles of depression of the top and
bottom of a vertical lamp post CD are observed to be 𝟑𝟎° and 𝟔𝟎° respectively. Find
(i) The horizontal distance between AB and CD.
(ii) The height of the lamp post.
(iii) The difference between the heights of the building and the lamp post.

Question 25:
A man-standing on the deck of a ship, which is 8 m above water level. He observes the
angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 𝟑𝟎° and the angle of depression of the base of the
hill as 𝟔𝟎°. Calculate the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of the hill.
Question 26:
From the top of a 50m high tower, the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a
pole are observed to be 45 and 60 respectively. Find the height of the pole.

Question 27:
The angle of elevation of a stationary cloud form a point 2500m above a lake is 𝟏𝟓° and
the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is 𝟒𝟓°. What is the height of the cloud
above the lake level? ( Use 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟓° = 0.268 )
Question 28:
From the top of a light house, the angles of depression of two ships on the opposite sides
of it are observed to be a and 3. If the height of the light house be h meters and the line
joining the ships passes through the foot of the light house, show that the distance
𝐡(𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜶+ 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜷)
metres
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜶 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜷

Question 29:
The angles of elevation of the top of a rock from the top and foot of a 100 m high tower
are respectively 𝟑𝟎° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟒𝟓°. Find the height of the rock.

Question30:
The length of the shadow of a tower standing on level plane is found to be 3x metres
longer when the sun‘s altitude is 𝟑𝟎° than when it was 𝟒𝟓°. Prove that the height of
tower is 𝒙(√𝟑 + 𝟏) metres.

Question 31
A man on the deck of a ship is 10m above the water level. He observes that the angle of
elevation of the top of a cliff is 45 and the angle of depression of the base is 300.
Calculate the distance of the cliff from the ship and the height of the cliff.
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Q.1. Find the distance between the following pairs of points:

(i) (2, 3), (4, 1) (ii) (−5, 7), (−1, 3) (iii) (a, b), (− a, − b)

Q.2. Determine if the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (− 2, − 11) are collinear.

Q.3. Check whether (5, − 2), (6, 4) and (7, − 2) are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.

Q.4. Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P (2, − 3) and Q (10, y)
is 10 units.

Q.5. If Q (0, 1) is equidistant from P (5, − 3) and R (x, 6), find the values of x. Also find the
distance QR and PR.

Q.6. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x, y) is equidistant from the point
(3, 6) and (− 3, 4).

Q.7. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are:

(i) (2, 3), (− 1, 0), (2, − 4) (ii) (− 5, − 1), (3, − 5), (5, 2)

Q.8. In each of the following find the value of ‘k’, for which the points are collinear.
(i) (7, − 2), (5, 1), (3, − k) (ii) (8, 1), (k, − 4), (2, − 5)
Q.9. Determine the ratio in which the line 2x + y − 4 = 0 divides the line segment joining the
points A(2, − 2) and B(3, 7)

Q.10. Find a relation between x and y if the points (x, y), (1, 2) and (7, 0) are collinear.

Q.11. Find the centre of a circle passing through the points (6, − 6), (3, − 7) and (3, 3).

Q.12. Find the value of a when the distance between the points (3, a) and (4, 1) is √𝟏𝟎.

Q.13. If the points (2, 1) and (1, -2) are equidistant from the point (x, y) from (-3, 0) as well
as from (3, 0) are 4.

Q.14. Prove that the points A (1, 7), B (4, 2), C (−1, −1) and D (−4, 4) are the vertices of a
square.

Q.15. Prove that the points (3, 0) (6, 4) and (-1, 3) are vertices of a right angled isosceles
triangle.

Q.16. Prove that the points (2, 3), (-4, -6) and (1, 3/2) do not form a triangle.

Q.17. Prove that the points (— 2, 5), (0, 1) and (2, — 3) are collinear.

Q.18. Find the value of k, if the point P (0, 2) is equidistant from (3, k) and (k, 5).

Q.19. If two opposite vertices of a square are (5, 4) and (1, —6), find the coordinates of its
remaining two vertices.
Q.20. Find a point on the x-axis which is equidistant from the points (7, 6) and (—3, 4).

Q.22. Find the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points: (i) (5, —6) and (—
7, 5),
(ii) (3, —2) and (—3, —4)
(iii) (2, —2) and (—7, 4).

Q.23. If A (—1, 3), B (1, —1) and C (5, 1) are the vertices of a triangle ABC, find the length
of the median through A

Q.24. If the coordinates of the mid-points of the sides of a triangle be (3, —2), (—3, 1) and
(4, — 3), then find the coordinates of its vertices.

Q.25. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the mid-points of the sides of the
triangle whose vertices are (0, − 1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the
area of the given triangle. Answer:

Q.26. Find the distance between the following pair of points:

(i) 6,7 and   1, 5
(ii) a+b, b+c) and a-b, c-b
(iii) a sin , b cos    and a cos , b sin  
(iv) a,0 and 0,b
CBSE 10th Areas Related to Circles Unsolved Paper
 com CBSE 10th Areas Related to Circles
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Q.1. The wheels of a car are of diameter 80 cm each. How many complete revolutions does
each wheel make in 10 minutes when the car is traveling at a speed of 66 km per hour?
𝟐𝟐
[𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
𝟐𝟐
Q.2. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm. 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = 𝟕

Q.3. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute
𝟐𝟐
hand in 5 minutes. 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = 𝟕

Q.4. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find:
(i) The length of the arc
(ii) Area of the sector formed by the arc
(iii) Area of the segment forced by the corresponding chord
𝟐𝟐
𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝝅 = 𝟕

Q.5. A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the
area of the corresponding segment of the circle.

[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = 𝟑. 𝟏𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 √𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑]

Q.6. A round table cover has six equal designs as shown in figure. If the radius of the cover
is 28 cm, find the cost of making the designs at the rate of Rs.0.35 per 𝒄𝒎𝟐 .
𝑼𝒔𝒆 √𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑
Q.7. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if PQ = 24 cm, PR = 7 cm and O
is the centre of the circle.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.8. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if radii of the two concentric
circles with centre O are 7 cm and 14 cm respectively and ∠AOC = 40°.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
Q.9. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure, if ABCD is a square of side 14
cm and APD and BPC are semicircles.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.10. From each corner of a square of side 4 cm a quadrant of a circle of radius 1 cm is cut
and also a circle of diameter 2 cm is cut as shown in the given figure. Find the area of
the remaining portion of the square.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.11. In the given figure, ABCD is a square of side 14 cm. With centres A, B, C and D, four
circles are drawn such that each circle touches externally two of the remaining three
circles. Find the area of the shaded region.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
Q.12. Thegivenfigure depicts a racing track whose left and right ends are semicircular.

The distance between the two inner parallel line segments is 60 m and they are each
106 m long. If the track is 10 m wide, find:
(i) The distance around the track along its inner edge
(ii) The area of the track
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕

Q.13. The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 17320.5 𝒄𝒎𝟐 . With each vertex of the
triangle as centre, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side of
the triangle (See the given figure). Find the area of shaded region. [Use π = 3.14 and
√𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟓]
Q.14. In the given figure, a square OABC is inscribed in a quadrant OPBQ. If OA = 20 cm,
find the area of the shaded region. [Use π = 3.14]

Q.15. AB and CD are respectively arcs of two concentric circles of radii 21 cm and 7 cm
and centre O (see the given figure). If ∠AOB = 30°, find the area of the shaded
region.
𝟐𝟐
[𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝝅 = ]
𝟕
Q.16. The circumference of a circle exceeds diameter by 16.8 cm. Find the circumference of
circle.

Q.17. The circumference of two circles are in ratio 2:3. Find the ratio of their areas

Q.18. The sum of the radii of two circles is 140 cm and the difference of their
circumferences in 88 cm. Find the diameters of the circles.

Q.19. If a square is inscribed in a circle, find the ratio of areas of the circle and the square.

Q.20. Find in terms of x the length of the arc that subtends an angle of 30°, at the centre of
circle of radius 4 cm.

Q.22. In circle of radius 6cm, chord of length 10 cm makes an angle of 110° at the centre of
circle find (i) Circumference of the circle
(ii) Area of the circle
(iii) Length of arc
(iv) The area of sector
Q.23. AB is a chord of a circle with centre O and radius 4cm. AB is length 4cm and divides
circle into two segments. Find the area of minor segment

Q.24. A plot is in the form of rectangle ABCD having semi-circle on BC. If AB = 60m and
BC = 28m, find the area of plot.

Q.25. A rectangular piece is 20m long and 15m wide from its four corners, quadrants of
3.5m radius have been cut. Find the area of remaining part.
CBSE 10th Surface Areas Volume Unsolved Paper
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Q.1. How many spherical bullets each of 5cm in diameter can be cast from a rectangular block of
metal 11dm ×1 m ×5dm ?

Q.2. 2 2 Cubic dm of grass is to be drawn into a cylinder wire 0 25  cm in diameter. Find the
length of wire?

Q.3 A cylindrical vessel having diameter equal to its height is full of water which is poured into two
identical cylindrical vessels with diameter 42cm and height 21cm which are filled completely.
Find the diameter of cylindrical vessel?

Q.4. 50 circular plates each of diameter 14cm and thickness 0 5 cm are placed one above other to
form a right circular cylinder. Find its total surface area?
Q.5. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut out of a cube where edge is
9cm_____?

Q.6. A conical flask is full of water. The flask has base radius r and height h. the water is proved
into a cylindrical flask off base radius one. Find the height of water in the cylindrical flask?

Q.7. A rectangular tank 15m long and 11m broad is required to receive entire liquid contents from
a full cylindrical tank of internal diameter 21m and length 5m. Find least height of tank that
will serve purpose______?

Q.8 A hollow sphere of internal and external radii 2cm and 4cm is melted into a cone of basse
radius 4cm. find the height and slant height of the cone______?

Q.9. The difference between outer and inner curved surface areas of a hollow right circular
cylinder 14cm long is 𝟖𝟖𝐜𝐦𝟐 If the volume of metal used in making cylinder is 𝟏𝟕𝟔𝐜𝐦𝟑 find
the outer and inner diameters of the cylinder____?
Q.10. An iron spherical ball has been melted and recast into smaller balls of equal size. If the radius
𝟏
of each of the smaller balls is 𝟒 of the radius of the original ball, how many such balls are
made? Compare the surface area, of all the smaller balls combined together with that of the
original ball.

Q.11. A tent of height 77dm is in the form a right circular cylinder of diameter 36m and height
44dm surmounted by a right circular cone. Find the cost of canvas at Rs.3.50 per m2 ?

Q.12. The largest sphere is to be curved out of a right circular of radius 7cm and height 14cm. find
volume of sphere?
Q.13 A copper sphere of radius 3cm is melted and recast into a right circular cone of height 3cm.
find radius of base of cone?

Q.14 A copper rod of diameter 1cm and length 8cm is drawn into a wire of length 18m of uniform
thickness. Find thickness of wire?

Q.14. A well with inner radius 4m is dug 14m deep earth taken out of it has been spread evenly all
around a width of 3m it to form an embankment. Find the height of the embankment?

Q.15 The surface area of a solid metallic sphere is 616 cm2. It is melted and recast into a cone of
𝟐𝟐
height 28 cm. Find the diameter of the base of the cone so formed (𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 = 𝟕
)

Q.16. The difference between the outer and inner curved surface areas of a hollow right circular
cylinder 14cm long is 2 88cm . If the volume of metal used in making cylinder is 3 176cm find
outer and inner diameters of the cylinder?

𝟏
Q.17. The volume of a is 𝟐𝟒𝟐𝟓 𝟐 𝒄𝒎𝟑 . Find its curved surface area ?

Q.18. A solid is in the form of a right circular cylinder, with a hemisphere at one end and a cone at
the other end. The radius of the common base is 3.5 cm and the heights of the cylindrical and
conical portions are 10 cm. and 6 cm, respectively. Find the total surface area of the solid.
𝟐𝟐
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝛑 =
𝟕
Q.19. A petrol tank is a cylinder of base diameter 21cm and length 18cm fitted with conical ends
each of axis 9cm. determine capacity of the tank?
Q.20. A bucket has top and bottom diameters of 40 cm and 20 cm respectively. Find the volume of
the bucket if its depth is 12 cm. Also, find the cost of tin sheet used for making the bucket at
the rate of Rs 1.20 per 𝒎𝟐 . (Use 𝜋 = 3.14)

Q.21. The slant height of the frustum of a cone is 4cm and perimeters of it circular ends are 18cm
and 6cm. find curved surface of the frustum?

Q.22. If the radii of circular ends of a bucket 24cm high are 5cm and 15cm. find surface area of
bucket?

Q.23. A metallic right circular cone 20cm high and whose vertical angle is 90 is cut into two parts
at the middle point of its axis by a plane parallel to base. If frustum so obtained bee drawn
𝟏
into a wire of diameter 𝟏𝟔 cm. find length of the wire?

Q.24. A bucket made up of a metal sheet is in form of a frustum of cone of height 16cm with
diameters of its lower and upper ends as 16cm and 40cm. find thee volume of bucket. Also
find cost of bucket if the cost of metal sheet used is Rs 20 per 100𝒄𝒎𝟐 .
CBSE 10th Statistics Unsolved Paper
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Q.1. Find the mean, median and mode of the following data: Classes: 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-
80 80-100 100-120 120-140 Frequency: 6, ,8 10, 12, 6, 5, 3

Q.2. 100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directly and the
frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabets in the
surnames was obtained as follows: Number of letters: l-4 4-7 7-10 10-13 13-16 16-19
Number surnames: 6, 30, 40, 16, 4, 4 Determine the median number of letters in the
surnames. Find the mean number of letters in the surnames. Also, find the modal size
of the surnames.

Q.3. The following data gives the distribution of total monthly household expenditure of
200 families of a village. Find the modal monthly expenditure of the families. Also, find
the mean monthly expenditure:

Q.4. The following data gives the information on the observed lifetimes (in hours) of 225
electrical components:
Lifetimes (in hours): 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 No. of components: 10,
35, 52, 61, 38, 29
Determine the modal lifetimes of the components.

Q.5. The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:
Age (in years): 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65. No. of students: 6, 11, 21, 23, 14
and 5 Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the
two measures of central tendency.

Q.6. The shirt sizes worn by a group of 200 persons, who bought the shirt from a store, are
as follows: Shirt size: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 Number of persons: 15, 25, 39, 41,
36, 17, 15, 12 Find the model shirt size worn by the group.
Q.7. The following table gives the distribution of the life time of 400 neon lamps:
Lite time: (in hours) Number of lamps 1500-2000 14
2000-2500 56
2500-3000 60
3000-3500 86
3500-4000 74
4000-4500 62
4500-5000 48

Find the median life.

Q.8. If the median of the following data is 32.5, find the missing frequencies.
Class interval: 0- 10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70 Total Frequency: 𝒇𝟏 , 5,
9, 12, 𝒇𝟐 , 3, 2, 40

Q.9. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 28.5 find the missing
frequencies: Class interval: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Total Frequency: 5,
𝒇𝟏 , 20, 15, 𝒇𝟐 , 5, 60
Class Interval Frequency Cumulative frequency
0-10 5 5
10-20 𝑓1 5+𝑓1 (𝐹)
20-30 20(F) 25+𝐹1
30-40 15 40+𝑓1
40-50 𝑓2 40+𝑓1 + 𝑓2
50-60 5 45+𝑓1 + 𝑓2
N = 60

Q.10. Calculate the median from the following data:

Rent (in Rs.): 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95
No. of Houses: 8 10 15 25 40 20 15 7
Q.11. An incomplete distribution is given as follows:
Variable: 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 – 50 50 - 60 60 - 70
Frequency: 10 20 ? 40 ? 25 15
You are given that the median value is 35 and the sum of all the frequencies is 170.
Using the median formula, fill up the missing frequencies.

Q.12. Find the missing frequencies and the median for the following distribution if the
mean is 1.46.
No. of accidents: 0 1 2 3 4 5 total
Frequency (No. of days): 46 ? ? 25 10 5 200

Q.13. Calculate the median from the following data:

Rent (in Rs.): 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95
No. of Houses: 8 10 15 25 40 20 15 7

Q.14. An incomplete distribution is given as follows:

Variable: 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 – 50 50 - 60 60 - 70
Frequency: 10 20 ? 40 ? 25 15
You are given that the median value is 35 and the sum of all the frequencies is 170.
Using the median formula, fill up the missing frequencies.

Q.15. Find the missing frequencies and the median for the following distribution if the
mean is 1.46.
No. of accidents: 0 1 2 3 4 5 total
Frequency (No. of days): 46 ? ? 25 10 5 200
Q.16. If the mean of the following data is 15, find p.
x: 5 10 15 20 25
f: 6 p 6 10 5

17. If the mean of the following data is 20.6. Find the value of p
x: 10 15 15 25 35
f: 3 10 25 7 5

18. Find the mean of the following data:

x: 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
f: 13 15 16 18 16 15 13

Q.19. Find the missing value of p for the following distribution whose mean is 12.5
x: 5 8 10 12 p 20 25
f: 2 5 8 22 7 4 2

Q.20. Find the value of p, if the mean of the following distribution is 20.
x: 15 17 19 20+p 23
f: 2 3 4 5P 6

Q.21. Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution if it is known
that the mean of the distribution is 50.
x: 10 30 50 70 90
f: 17 𝒇𝟏 𝟑𝟐 𝒇𝟐 19 Total 120.

Q.22. The arithmetic mean of the following data is 25, find the value of k
𝑥1 : 5 15 25 35 45
𝑓1 : 3 k 3 6 2
Q.23. If the mean of the following data is 18.75. Find the value of p.
𝑥1 : 10 15 p 25 30
𝑓1 : 5 10 7 8 2

Q.24. The number of telephone calls received at an exchange per interval for 250 successive
one minute intervals are given in the following frequency table:
No. of calls(x): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of intervals (f): 15 24 29 46 54 43 39
Compute the mean number of calls per interval.

Q.25. The following table gives the number of branches and number of plants in the garden
of a school.
No. of calls(x): 2 3 4 5 6
No. of intervals (f): 49 43 57 38 13
Calculate the average number of branches per plant.

Q.26. The following table gives the number of children of 150 families in a village
No. of children (x): 0 1 2 3 4 5
No. of families (f): 10 21 55 42 15 7
Find the average number of children per family.

Q.27. The marks obtained out of 50, by 102 students in a Physics test are given in the
frequency table below:
Marks(x): 15 20 22 24 30 33 38 45
Frequency (f): 5 8 11 20 23 18 13 1
Find the average number of marks.
Q.28. The following distribution gives the number of accidents met by 160 workers in a
factory during a month
No. of accidents (x): 2 3 4 5 6
No. of workers (f): 49 43 57 38 13
Find the average number of accidents per worker.

Q.29. The following table gives the distribution of total household expenditure (in rupees)
of manual workers in a city
Expenditure (in Frequency (𝑓𝑖 ) Expenditure (in Frequency (𝑓𝑖 )
rupees) (x) rupees) (𝑥𝑖 )
100 – 150 24 300 – 350 30
150 – 200 40 350 – 400 22
200 – 250 33 400 – 450 16
250 – 300 28 450 – 500 7
Find the average expenditure (in rupees) per household.

Q.30. Class interval: 0 - 6 6 - 12 12 - 18 18 - 24 24-30

Frequency 6 8 10 9 7

Q.31. Class interval: 0 - 6 6 - 12 12 - 18 18 - 24 24-30

Frequency 7 5 10 12 6

Q.32. Class interval: 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75

Frequency 6 10 8 12 4

Q.33. The blood groups of 30 students of Class VIII are recoded as follows:
A, B, O, O, AB, O, A, O, B, A, O, B, A, O, O,
A, AB, O, A, A, O, O, AB, B, A, O, B, A, B, O.
Represent this data in the form of a frequency distribution table. Which is the most
common, and which is the rarest, blood group among these students?
Q.34. The following number of goals was scored by a team in a series of 10 matches:
2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3
Find the mean, median and mode of these scores.

Q.35. The following observations have been arranged in ascending order. If the median of
the data is 63, find the value of x.
29, 32, 48, 50, x, x + 2, 72, 78, 84, 95

Q.36. Find the mode of 14, 25, 14, 28, 18, 17, 18, 14, 23, 22, 14, 18.

Q.37. Find the mean salary of 60 workers of a factory from the following table:
Salary (in Rs) Number of
workers
3000 16
4000 12
5000 10
6000 8
7000 6
8000 4
9000 3
10000 1
Total 60
 CBSE 10th Probability Unsolved Paper

Solved Paper
 CBSE 10th Probability
Solved Paper

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Question 1:
What is the probability that an ordinary year has 53 Sundays?

Question 2:
Two unbiased dice are thrown. Find the probability that the total of the numbers on the
dice is greater than 10.

Question 3:
An urn contains 10 red and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the ball drawn is white.

Question 4:
A die is thrown. Find the probability of getting:
(i) a prime number
(ii) 2 or 4
(iii) a multiple of 2 or 3
(iv) an even prime number
(v) a number greater than 5
(vi) a number lying between 2 and 6

Question 5:
In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice, find the probability of getting:
(i) 8 as the sum
(ii) a doublet
(iii) a doublet of prime numbers
(iv) a doublet of odd numbers
(v)
 (vi) a sum greater than 9
(vii) an even number on first
(viii) an even number on one and a multiple of 3 on the other
(ix) neither 9 nor 1 1 as the sum of the numbers on the faces
(x) a sum less than 6.
(xi) a sum less than 7.
(xii) a sum more than 7.
(xiii) at least once.
(xiv) a number other than 5 on any dice.

Question 6:
A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that card drawn
is
(i) a black king
(ii) either a black card or a king
(iii) black and a king
(iv) a jack, queen or a king
(v) neither a heart nor a king
(vi) spade or an ace
(vii) neither an ace nor a king
(viii) Neither a red card nor a queen.
(ix) other than an ace
(x) a ten
(xi) a spade
(xii) a black card
(xiii) the seven of clubs
(xiv) jack
(xv) the ace of spades
(xvi) a queen

Question 7:
An urn contains 10 red and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the ball drawn is white.
Question 8:
A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 black balls and 4 white balls. A ball is drawn at random from
the bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is:
(i) White
(ii) Red
(iii) Black
(iv) Not red

Question 9:
A bag contains 6 red, 8 black and 4 white balls. A ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that ball drawn is not black?

Question 10:
A bag contains 5 white and 7 red balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the
probability that ball drawn is white?

Question 11:
If the probability of winning a game is 0.3, What is the probability of losing it?

Question 12:
A bag contains 5 black, 7 red and 3 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at random.
Find the probability that the ball drawn is :
(i) Red
(ii) Black or white
(iii) Not black

Question 13:
A bag contains 4 red, 5 black and 6 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at random.
Find the probability that the ball drawn is :
(i) White
(ii) Red
(iii) Not Black
(iv) Red or white
Question 14:
A black dice and a white dice are thrown at the same time. Write all the possible outcomes.
What is the probability?
(i) That the sum of the two numbers that turn up is 8?
(ii) Of obtaining a total of 6?
(iii) Of obtaining a total of 10?
(iv) Of obtaining the same number on both dice?
(v) Of obtaining a total more than 9?
(vi) That the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is 13?
(vii) That the sum of the numbers appearing on the top of the dice is less than or
equal to 12?

Question 15:
One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting:
(i) A kind of red suit
(ii) A face card
(iii) A red face card
(iv) A queen of black suit
(v) A spade

Question 16:
A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What
is the probability that the ball drawn is :
(i) Red
(ii) Black

Question 17:
In a class, there are 18 girls and 16 boys. The class teacher wants to choose one pupil for
class monitor. What she does, she writes the name of each pupil on a card and puts them
into a basket and mixes thoroughly. A child is asked to pick one card from the basket.
What is the probability that the name written on the card is:
(i) the name of a girl
(ii) the name of a boy
Question 18:
A bag contains 5 red, 8 white and 7 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag.
Find the probability that the drawn ball is
(i) red or white
(ii) not black
(iii) neither white nor black.

Question 19:
A bag contains 8 red, 6 white and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag.
Find the probability that the drawn ball is
(i) Red or white
(ii) Not black
(iii) Neither white nor black

Question 20:
It is given that m a group of 3 students, the probability of 2 students not having the same
birthday is 0.992. What is the probability that the 2 students have the same birthday?

Question 21:
A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What
is the probability that the ball drawn is
(i) red?
(ii) not red?

Question 22:
12 defective pens are accidently mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just look at
pen and tell whether or not it is defective. one pen is taken out at random from this lot.
Determine the probability that the pen taken out is good one.
Question 23:
A bag contains 6 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball the
bag is twice that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.
Question 24:
A bag contains tickets numbered 11, 12, 13,..., 30. A ticket is taken out from the bag at
random. Find the probability that the number on the drawn ticket
(i) Is a multiple of 7
(ii) Is greater than 15 and a multiple of 5.

Question 25:
Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that:
(i) 5 will not come up on either of them?
(ii) 5 will come up on at least one?
(iii) 5 will come up at both dice?

Question 26:
A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken
out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (i) red?
(ii) white? (iii) not green?

Question 27:
A box contains 90 discs which are numbered form 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random
from the box, find the probability that it bears
(i) A two-digit number
(ii) A perfect square number
(iii) A number divisible by 5

Question 28:
A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is
double that of a red ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag.

Question 29:
A box contains 12 balls out of which x are black. If one ball is drawn at random from the
box, what is the probability that it will be a black ball? If 6 more black balls are put in the
box, the probability of drawing a black ball is now double of what it was before. Find x.
Question 30:
A jar contains 24 marbles, some are green and others are blue. If a marble is drawn at
𝟐
random from the jar, the probability that it is green is 𝟑. Find the number of blue balls in
the jar.