Subject Code: 041

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Mathematics- Standardd
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 01 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based
integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts of the values
and 2 marks each of 1, 1
respectively
7. All Questions are
compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs 3 marks and
2 marks has been
provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2 marks of 2Qs of
8. Draw neat questions of Section E.
figures wherever required. Take n 22/7 wherever required if not stated.
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SECTIONA
Section A consists of 20
1.
questions of 1 mark each.
The equation which has no real roots is
(a) = 10x - 2
2. In the
(b)-12x=16 (c) 7-1= -8x (d) 2x+ 5x+5 0
given figure, point P is 26 cm
away from the centre O of a circle and the
drawn from P to the circle is 24 length PT of the tangent
cm. Then the radius of the circle is

(a) 25 cm (b) 26 cm (c) 24 cm

3. If the
height of a tree is 6 m, which is broken (d) 10 cm
makes an angles 30° with the by wind in such a way that its top touches the
(a) 2m
ground. The from height the bottom of the tree ground and
(b) 4 m broken by the wind is
4. In the
(c) 8m
following distribution, the class mark of the (d) 10 m
modal class is
Class interval
40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 10 25 28 12
80-90 90-100
(a) 45 10 15
(b) 55
5. If one of the
zeroes of the
(c) 65
quadratic polynomial b (d) 63
+ cx + dis 0, then the
(a)- other zero is
d
()
30 d)
b
 In the adjoining figure, DE|| BC. It AD = 3.4 cm, AB = 8.5 cm and AC = 13.5 cm, then length of AE is
6.

D
(a) 5.4 cm (b) 4.8 cm (c) 5.8 cm (d) 3.5 cm

Given that sin 8

=
T then cos 0 is equal to
7

(a)
b
(b) (c) V-a (d)
Vb-a b
-
The perimeter of a sector of a circle of radius 7 cm and central angle 60° is
(a) 21.3 cm (6) 39 cm c) 14 cm (d) 7 cm

9. The equation which is not a quadratic in nature is

(a) (x+1)(x + 3) -x+7 0
= (b)x+2x+=0
(d) None of these
(c) 2y(3y + 7) =f+3
the distance of
From a point Q, a tangent PQ is
drawn to the circle such that the length of PQ is 12 cm and
10.
The radius of the circle is
Qfrom the centre is 13 cm. (d) 9 cm
(a) 7 cm (b) 6.5 cm (c)5cm
it. If the surface areas of the two
at the bottom and conical (of same radius) above
11. A solid is hemispherical
its radius and the slant height of the conical part is
the ratio
parts are equal,
then of (d) 4:1
(b) 1:2 (c) 1:4
(a) 2:1

12. In the given figure, LABC = 90° and EDI AC, then AABC is similar to
A

(c) ACED (d) AECD

(a) ACDE (b) AEDC
of
diameter 91 cm. There are 22 spokes in the wheel. The length
13. Priyanshu has a motor cycle with wheels of
arc between two adjoining spokes is (c) 15 cm
(d) 18 cm
(a) 26 cm (b) 13 cm

14. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to (d) 0.1
(c) 0.01
(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001
DC 2 cm and AB = 6 cm, the length of ACIS
4
AD is the bisector of ZA. If BD
=
=
cm,
5, In the figure, A

6 Cm

B »C
4 cm D 2 cm
(d) 8 cmn
(c) 3 cmm
(a) 2 cm (b) 5 cmn
cos"6) is
0, then the value of (sin*0
16. If sinG +
-

cos6 =

1 31
3 (c)
(a) 1 (b) 2

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 V3 high casts a shadow 5 m long on the ground. The Sun's elevation at ththis moment is
17. A lamp post 5
m

(b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°

(a) 30°
18. Tony and Monu go to an icecream parlour where they find 5 difterent varieties of icecreams,
one icecream each. The probability that they both order the same variety of icecreams is they orde
(a) (b) (c)

DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statem.
Reason (R). Choose the correct option.

19. Statement A (Assertion): The value

of k for which the equation kx* -

12x + 4 = 0 has equal roots, is o

Statement R (Reason): The equation ax + bx+c=0, (a z 0) has equal roots,if(6- 4ac) > 0.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation
of assertion (A(A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
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assertion (A).
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20. Statement A (Assertion): If the median and mode of a frequency distribution are 8.9 and 9.2
then its mean is 9. respectivel y
Statement R (Reason): Mean, median and mode of a frequency distribution are related as
mode = 3 median-2 mean

(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason
(R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason
(R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

SECTION B
Section B consists of 5 questions
of2 marks each.
21. If the point C(-1, 2) divides
internally the line segment joining the points A(2, 5) and B(x, y) in the ratio
3:4, then find the coordinates of B.
OR
If (3, 3), (6, y), (x, 7) and (5, 6) the vertices of a
x and y.
are
parallelogram taken in order, then find the values of

22. Find the LCM and HCF of 144, 112 and 418
by prime factorisation.
23. Solve the pair of linear equations =2 =12 by substitution method.
a

OR
For which value of k, the following pair of linear
equations has no solution?
2x+ 3y=9; 6x + (k-2)y= (3k - 2)

24. For what value of n is the n" term of the

following two A.Ps is same? The two A.P.s are 1, 7, 13, 19, . . . and
69, 68, 67, ..
25. Two cubes each of volume 64 cm° are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.
SECTIONC
Section C consists of6
questions of 3 marks each.
26. Prove that v2+v3 is irrational.
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 7. From
the given figures, find LP.
A

15 cm/8O \21 cm 42 cm 30 Cm

BA60°
17 cm 34 cm

28. An electrican has to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 7 m. He needs to reach a point 2.2 m
below the top of the pole to undertake the repair work. What should be the length of the ladder
that he should use which, when inclined at an angle of 60" to the horizontal, would enable him to reach the
required position? Also, how far from the foot ofthe pole should he place the foot of the ladder?
29. A bag contains 8 green balls and some yellow balls. If the probability of drawing a yellow ball is three times
af green ball, then find the number of yellow balls in the bag.
a

30. Ifa and Bare the zeroes ofthe quadratic polynomialfx) kx? + =
4x + 4 such that + B= 24, then find the
value of k.
OR

5+ v2 5-2
Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are
s 5-2 5 +v2
31. In the given figure, if PQ
=
QR =
14 cm, then what is the length of the tangent RT

P R

OR
CD+ EF BC DE + FA.
Ifa hexagon ABCDEF circumscribes a circle, prove that AB + = +

SECTIOND
Section D consists of 4 questions of5 marks each.
the first year, R16000 in the second year, R
20000 in the third year. Ifhe
32. A man saves 12000 during
continues his saving in this sequence, then
in how manyyears will he save1000000?
OR
amount to 1600 and
to the students. Ifall the ten prizes together
A school decided to award ten cash prizes
then find the value of each of the prizes.
each prize is 20 less than its preceding prize,
with centre 0. ON is
33. From an external point P, a tangent PT
and a line segment PAB is drawn to a circle
Prove that
perpendicular on the chord AB.
() PA PB PN AN -

Gi) PN AN OP? OT
- =
-

(ii) PA PB PT
of the entire rocket is 26 cm
A wooden rocket is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder. The height while
4 toy conical portion has a diameter of 5 cm,
conical is 6 cm. The base of the
while the height of the part orange and the
is 3 cm. If the conical portion is to be painted [Take
the base diameter of the cylindrical portion n = 3.14]
of the rocket painted with each of these colours.
cylindrical portion yellow, find the area

OR
diameter 30 m and heignt
tent of height 8.25 m is in the form of a right circular cylinder of base canvas used
in making
Amilitary base radius. Find the length of the
surmounted by a right circular cone ofsame
the tent, if the breadth of the canvas is 1.5 m.
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 cot 6 =p, then prove that cose
P-
=
35. Ifcosec +
p +1

SECTION E
Case study based questions are compulsory.
36. A shopkeeper gives books on rent for reading. He takes a fixed charges
each day there after,
for the first two days and an additional charges for
Richa paid 7 22 for a book and kept for six days, while Ruchika paid
T16 for the book kept for four days. Denote the fixed charges by Rx and
charges for each extra day by y and answer the following questions.
Use theabove information to answer the questions that follow:
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) Find the equation that represents the amount paid by Richa.
(ii) Find the equation that represents the amount paid by Ruchika.
(iii) Find the fixed charges for the book.
OR
Find the total amount paid by both Richa and Ruchika, if they kept the books for two extra days.
37. In order to avoid traffic on the road which took place during Ramila, the welfare society of Ganesh Nagar
decided to construct a rectangular community hall ABCD in the society. To enter into the hal, there is a
provision of four gates P, Q, R and S at the centre of each sides.
A(-2, -2) P(-2, 1) B(-2, 4)

Sx, y) Q(2, 4)

D6,-2) R(6, 1) C6,4)

Use the above figure to answer the questions that follow:
(i) IfS is the mid point of AD, then find the coordinates of S.
(ii) Ifall the sides of quadrilateral PQRS are equal, then find the length of PQ.
OR
What is the length of PR?
(ii) What is the length of QS?
38. Car manufacturing company wants to know the
mileage of his
newly made hybrid car. For this, they
recorded the mileage (km per litre) of 50 cars of the same model. Details of which
table. are given in the following
Mileage (km per litre) 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-1
Number of cars 12 18
Use the above information to answer the 13
questions that follow:
(i) Find the average mileage.
(ii) Find the modal value of the given data.
OR
Find the median value of the
(ii) What mileage the manufacturer
given data.
should claim for his car?

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