BHARAT PATIL

Lunsikui, Navsari

IMP QUESTIONS
Class 10 - Mathematics

1. Given that HCF (306, 657) = 9, find LCM (306, 657). [1]
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2. Prove that √5 is irrational. [3]
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3. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is irrational. [3]

4. Find the zeroes of quadratic polynomial t2 – 15 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and their [2]
coefficients.
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5. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 0 and √5 , respectively. [2]
6. Solve 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x – 4y = –24 and hence find the value of m for which y = mx + 3. [3]
7. If we add 1 to the numerator and subtract 1 from the denominator, a fraction reduces to 1. It becomes 1

2
if we [3]

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only add 1 to the denominator. What is the fraction? Solve the pair of the linear equation obtained by the

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elimination method.
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Represent the situation in the form of the quadratic equation: [5]
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A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/hr less, then it would have
taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. We need to find the speed of the train.
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9. Find the roots of the quadratic equation √2x 2
+ 7x + 5√2 = 0 by factorization. [2]
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10. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the other two sides. [3]
11. A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a particular day that [5]
cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than twice the number of articles produced on that day.
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If, the total cost of production on that day was ₹ 90, find the number of articles produced and the cost of each
article.
12. The amount of money in the account every year, when ₹ 10000 is deposited at compound interest at 8% per [3]
annum. Is this situation make an arithmetic progression and why?
13. The amount of air present in a cylinder when a vacuum pump removes 1

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of the air remaining in the cylinder at a [3]
time. Is this situation make an arithmetic progression and why?
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14. Is the given series 3, 3 + √2, 3 + 2√2, 3 + 3√2 ,...... form an AP? If It forms an AP, then find the common [2]
difference d and write the next three terms.
15. Two APs have the same common difference. The difference between their 100th terms is 100, what is the [2]
difference between their 1000th terms?
16. In figure DE || AC and DF || AE. Prove that BF

FE
=
BE

EC
[2]

17. In figure A, B and C are points on OP, OQ and OR respectively such that AB || PQ and AC || PR. Show that BC [2]
|| QR.

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18. In Figure, QS
=
PR
and ∠ 1 = ∠ 2. Show that △P QS ∼ △T QR . [2]

19. In a classroom, 4 friends are seated at the four points A, B, C and D as shown in Fig. Champa and Chameli walk [2]
into the class and after observing for a few minutes Champa asks Chameli, Don’t you think ABCD is a square?
Chameli disagrees. Using distance formula, find which of them is correct.

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20. Find the point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, -5) and (-2, 9). [2]
21. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x, y) is equidistant from the point (3, 6) and (-3, 4). [2]
22. To conduct Sports Day activities, in your rectangular-shaped school ground ABCD, lines have been drawn with [3]
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chalk powder at a distance of 1m each. 100 flower pots have been placed at a distance of 1m from each other
along AD, as shown in Figure. Niharika runs 1

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th the distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a green flag. Preet
runs 1

5
th the distance AD on the eighth line and posts a red flag. What is the distance between both the flags? If
Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway between the line segment joining the two flags, where should she
post her flag?

23. Find the coordinates of a point A, where AB is the diameter of a circle whose centre is (2, -3) and B is (1, 4). [2]
24. Find the area of the rhombus if its vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), (-1, 4) and (-2, -1) taken in order. [2]
[Hint: Area of a rhombus = 1

2
(product of its diagonals)]

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25. In a right triangle ABC, right-angled at B, if tan A = 1, then verify that 2 sin A cos A = 1. [3]
26. If sin (A - B) = 1

2
, cos (A + B) = 1

2
, 0° < A + B ≤ 90°, A > B, find A and B. [1]
27. Express the ratios cos A, tan A and sec A in terms of sin A. [3]
28. Prove that sin θ−cos θ+1

sin θ+cos θ−1

=
sec θ−tan θ
1
, using identity sec 2
θ = 1 + tan θ
2
. [3]
29. Prove that:
cot A−cos A
=
cosecA−1
[2]
cot A+cos A cosecA+1

[2]
(1+sin θ)(1−sin θ)
30. If cot θ = , evaluate .
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8 (1+cos θ)(1−cos θ)
2

31. If 3 cot A = 4, check whether

1−tan

2
A
= cos
2
A − sin
2
A or not. [5]
1+tan A

32. In △ABC , right angled at B, if tan A = 1

. Find the value of cos A cos C - sin A sin C [3]
√3

33. In △P QR, right angled at Q, PR + QR = 25 cm and PQ = 5 cm. Determine the values of sinP, cosP and tanP. [3]

34. Evaluate: 2 tan2 45° + cos2 30° - sin2 60° [1]

∘ ∘ ∘

35. Evaluate:
sin 30 +tan 45 − cosec 60

∘ ∘ ∘
[3]
sec 30 +cos 60 +cot 45
2 ∘ 2 ∘ 2 ∘

36. Evaluate: 5 cos 60 +4 sec

2 ∘
30 −tan

∘
45
[2]
2
sin 30 +cos 30
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37. If tan (A + B) = √3 and tan (A - B) = ; 0° < A + B ≤ 90°; A > B, then find A and B. [2]
1

√3

38. Express the trigonometric ratios sin A, sec A and tan A in terms of cot A. [3]
2

39. Prove 1+sec A

=
sin A
, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the expressions are defined. [2]
sec A 1−cos A

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40. Prove sin θ−2 sin θ

= tan θ , where the angles involved are acute angles for which the expressions are defined. [2]
41.
2 cos
2
θ−cos θ

Prove (cosec A - sin A) (sec A - cos A) =

expressions are defined.
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tan A+cot A
, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the [2]
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42. Prove (sin A + cosec A)2 + (cos A + sec A)2 = 7 + tan2A + cot2A, where the angles involved are acute angles for [2]
which the expressions are defined.
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43. Prove (
1+tan
2
A 1−tan A
= tan2 A, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the [2]
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) = ( )
2
1+cot A 1−cot A

expressions are defined.

44. Prove cos A−sin A+1
= cosec A + cot A, using the identity cosec2 A = 1 + cot2 A. where the angles involved are [2]
cos A+sin A−1
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acute angles for which the expressions are defined.

45. A contractor plans to install two slides for the children to play in a park. For the children below the age of 5 [2]
years, she prefers to have a slide whose top is at a height of 1.5 m, and is inclined at an angle of 30° to the
ground, whereas for elder children, she wants to have a steep slide at a height of 3 m, and inclined at an angle of
60° to the ground. What should be the length of the slides in each case?
46. A kite is flying at a height of 60 m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is temporarily tied to a point [2]

on the ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is 60o. Find the length of the string, assuming that
there is no slack in the string.
47. A statue, 1.6 m tall, stands on the top of a pedestal. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top [5]

of the statue is 60o and from the same point the angle of elevation of the top of the pedestal is 45o. Find the
height of the pedestal.
48. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other on either side of the road, which is 80 m wide. From [5]

a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of the poles are 60o and 30o respectively.
Find the height of the poles and the distances of the point from the poles.
49. 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. [2]
The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any instant is 60°. After some time, the angle of

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 elevation reduces to 30°. Find the distance traveled by the balloon during the interval.

50. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel. [2]
51. Prove that the perpendicular at the point of contact to the tangent to a circle passes through the centre of the [3]
circle.
52. 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 [2]
the circle.
53. Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the larger circle which touches [3]
the smaller circle.
54. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle. Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC [2]

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Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is supplementary to the [3]
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angle subtended by the line-segment joining the points of contact at the centre.
56. Prove that parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus. [3]
57. A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 cm such that the segments BD and DC into which [3]
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BC is divided by the point of contact D are of lengths 8 cm and 6 cm respectively (see figure). Find the sides AB
and AC.
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58. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in 5 minutes. [2]
59. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22 cm. [2]

60. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60o at the center. Find: [3]

i. the length of the arc.

ii. area of the sector formed by the arc.
iii. area of the segment formed by the corresponding chord
61. A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 15 m by means of a 5 m long rope. [2]
Find
i. the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze.

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 ii. the increase in the grazing area if the rope were 10 m long instead of 5 m (Use π = 3.14)

62. A brooch is made with silver wire in the form of a circle with diameter 35 mm. The wire is also used in making [3]
5 diameters which divide the circle into 10 equal sectors as shown in figure. Find:
i. the total length of the silver wire required.
ii. the area of each sector of the brooch.

63. To warm ships for underwater rocks, a lighthouse spreads a red coloured light over a sector of angle 80° to a [2]

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distance of 16.5 km. Find the area of the sea over which the ships are warned. (use π = 3.14)

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 ₹ 0.35 per cm 2. (use √3 = 1.7)

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65. A decorative block shown in Figure is made of two solids - a cube and a hemisphere. The base of the block is a [3]
cube with edge 5 cm, and the hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter 4.2 cm. Find the total surface area of
the block. (Takeπ = 22
).
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66. Shanta runs an industry in a shed which is in the shape of a cuboid surmounted by a half cylinder. If the base of [5]
the shed is of dimension 7 m × 15 m and the height of the cuboidal portion is 8 m, find the volume of air that
the shed can hold. Further, suppose the machinery in the shed occupies a total space of 300 m3, and there are 20
workers, each of whom occupy about 0.08 m3 space on an average. Then, how much air is in the shed? (Take
π =
22

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67. Two cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area and volume of the resulting [3]

cuboid.
68. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends (see figure). The [3]
length of the entire capsule is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm. Find its surface area.

69. From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same height and same [3]

diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid to the nearest cm 2.
70. A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block such that the diameter l of the [5]
hemisphere is equal to the edge of the cube. Determine the surface area of the remaining solid.
71. A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal to 1 cm and the [2]

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height of the cone is equal to its radius. Find the volume of the solid in terms of π.
72. A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find approximately how much syrup would [3]
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be found in 45 gulab jamun, each shaped like a cylinder with two hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and
diameter 2.8 cm.
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73. A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its top, which is open, is 5 cm. It [3]
is filled with water up to the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of radius 0.5 cm are dropped into
the vessel, one-fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped in the vessel.
74. A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm is surmounted by another [2]

cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pole, given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately
8 g mass. (Use π = 3.14)
75. A spherical glass vessel has a cylindrical neck 8 cm long, 2 cm in diameter the diameter of the spherical part is [2]
8.5 cm. By measuring the amount of water it holds, a child finds its volume to be 345 cm3. Check whether she is
correct, taking the above as the inside measurements and π = 3.14.

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