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Time: 2 hours Paper Solution – November 2020 Total Marks: 40
Note: (i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Use of a calculator is not allowed.
(iii) The numbers to the right of the questions indicate full
marks.
(iv) In case of MCQ's [Q. No. 1(A)] only the first attempt
will be evaluated and will be given credit.
(v) For every MCQ, the correct alternate (A), (B), (C)
or (D) of answer with sub-question number is to be
written as an answer.
Q.1. (A) Four alternative answers are given for every subquestion.
Choose the correct alternative and write its alphabet with
subquestion number. [4]
(1) To draw graph of 4x + 5y = 19, what will be the value of y when
x = 1?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) –3
(2) What is the sum of the first 10 natural numbers?
(a) 55 (b) 20 (c) 65 (d) 11
(3) From the following equations, which one is the quadratic
equation?
5
(a) – 3 = x2 (b) x(x + 5) = 2
x
1
(c) n – 1 = 2n (d) 2 (x + 2) = x
x
(4) In the format of GSTIN there are alpha-
numericals.
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 15
Q.1. (B) Solve the following sub-questions. [4]
(1) For simultaneous equations in variable x and y, if Dx = 25,
Dy = 40, D = 5, then what is the value of x?
(2) Find the first term and common difference for the following
A.P.: 127, 135, 143, 151....
(3) A die is rolled then write sample space ‘S’ and number of
sample points n(S).
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(4) If Σfidi = 108 and Σfi = 100, then find d = ?
Q.2. (A) Complete the following activities and rewrite it.
(Any two)[4]
(1) Activity:
3 2
= 3× – ×4
4 5
= –8
=
7
(2) One of the roots of quadratic equation 5m2 + 2m + k = 0 is – .
5
Complete the following activity to find the value of k.
Activity:
7
– is a root of quadratic equation
5
5 2 + 2m + k = 0
Put m = in the equation
( 75 ) + 2 × + k
2
∴5 × – = 0
∴ + ( – 14 ) + k = 0
5
∴ k =
(3) Complete the activity to prepare a table showing the
co-ordinates which are necesaary to draw a frequency polygon:
Class 18–19 19–20 20–21
Class Mark 18.5 19.5 21.5
Frequency 4 15 19
Co–ordinates
of point ( , ) (19.5, 13) (20.5, 15) (21.5, 19)
(B) Solve the following subquestions. (Any four)[8]
(1) Sum of two numbers is 7 and their difference is 5. Find the
numbers.
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(2) Solve the quadratic equation by factorisation method:
x2 + x – 20 = 0.
(3) Find the 19th term of the following A.P:
7, 13, 19, 25, .......
(4) For the following experiments, write sample space ‘S’ and
number of sample points n(S):
Two digit numbers are formed using digits 2, 3 and 5 without
repeating a digit.
(5) The following table shows causes of noise pollution. Find the
measure of central angles for each, to draw a pie diagram:
Construction Traffic Aircraft take Industry
offs
10% 50% 15% 25%
Q.3. (A) Complete the following activity and rewrite it. (Any
one)[3]
(1) In an A.P. the first term is –5 and last term is 45. If sum of ‘n’
terms in the A.P. is 120, then complete the activity to find n.
Activity:
t1 = –5, tn = , Sn =
n
Sn =
2 1
[t + ]
n
= [ –5 + 45]
2
240 = n ×
∴n =
(2) A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards.
Complete the acitivity to find the probability of the event that
the card drawn is a red card.
Activity:
‘S’ is the sample space.
n(S) = 52
Event A : Card drawn is a red card.
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Total number of red cards = hearts + diamonds
∴ n(A) =
p(A) = n(S)
p(A) =
52
p(A) =
(B) Solve the following subquestions. (Any two)[6]
(1) Solve the following simultaneous equations graphically:
x + y = 5; x – y = 1.
(2) Solve quadratic equation using formula method:
5m2 + 13m + 8 = 0.
(3) A retailer sold 2 tins of lustre paint and taxable value of each
tin is ` 2,800. If the rate of GST is 28%, then find the amount
of CGST and SGST charged in the tax invoice.
(4) Time allotted for the preparation of an examination by some
students is shown in the table. Draw a histogram to show this
information:
Time (minutes) No. of students
60–80 14
80–100 20
100–120 24
120–140 22
Q.4. Solve the following subquestions. (Any two)[8]
(1) If one root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is half of
9ac .
the other root, show that, b2 =
2
(2) Bhujangrao invested ` 2,50,590 in shares of F.V. ` 10 when
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M.V. is ` 250. Rate of brokerage is 0.2% and GST is 18%,
then find:
a. the number of shares purchased,
b. the amount of brokerage paid, and
c. GST paid for the trading.
(4) The following table shows frequency distibution of number of
trees planted by students in the school:
No. of Trees Planted No. of Students
0–10 30
10–20 70
20–30 100
30–40 70
40–50 40
Find the mode of trees planted.
Q.5. Solve the following subquestions. (Any one)[3]
(1) Six faces of a die are as shown below:
A B C D E O
If the die is rolled once, find the probability of event ‘M’ that
‘English vowel appears on upper face’.
(2) Construct any one linear equation in two variables. Obtain
another equation by interchanging only coeffcients of
variables. Find the value of the variables.
