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COMMON REHEARSAL EXAMINATIONS – JANUARY 2021

(ALL INDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION)

Subject: Mathematics - Standard Time: 3 Hours

Subject Code: 041 Max. Marks: 80

General Instructions:

1. This question paper contains two parts A and B.

2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.

Part – A:

1. It consists two sections I and II.

2. Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.

3. Section II has 4 questions on case study. Each case study has 5 case-based sub-parts. An examinee
is to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts.

Part – B:

1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very short answer Type questions of 2 marks each.

2. Question No 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each.
3. Question No 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1 question of 5
marks.

PART- A

Section-I
Sections I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.

1 327 1
The decimal expansion of the number will terminate after how many places?
23 ×5

OR

If a = x6y3 and b = x2y5, where x and y are prime numbers, then find the LCM (a,b).

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2 If ∝ and ∝ are zeros of 4x2 - 17x + k – 4 , find the value of “k”.
1
3 For what value of p, system of equations 2x + py = 8 and x+ y = 6 have no solution?
1
4 Sam has only ₹ 1 and ₹ 2 coins with him. If the total number of coins that he has is 50 and the
amount of money with him is ₹ 75 , then find the number of ₹ 1 and ₹ 2 coins. 1

5 Write the common difference of an A.P whose nth term is given by an= 3n + 7 1

OR

What will be the value of a8 – a4 for the following A.P?

4,9,14………….,254

6 If the discriminant of the equation 6x2 – bx + 2 = 0 is 1, then find the value of b.

1
7 Find the 10th term of the sequence √2 , √8 , √18 …………. 1

8 In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle, PA and PB are tangents to the circle. 1

Find ∠AQB.

9 If two tangents are inclined at 600 are drawn to a circle of radius 3cm then find the length of each 1
tangent.
OR
PQ is a tangent to a circle with centre O at point P. If ∆OPQ is an isosceles triangle ,then find
∠OQP .

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10 In the given figure DE || BC and
AD 3
= . If AC = 6.4cm, find AE. 1
DB 5

OR
In the given figure ∠M = ∠N = 460. Express x in terms of a, b and c

11 To divide a line segment AB in the ratio 3:7, what is the minimum number of points marked on a 1
ray AX at equal distances?
12 3 1
If cos A = , find the value of tan A +cot A
5
13 If x= a sin𝜃 and y = a cos 𝜃 then find the value of x2 + y2 1

14 What is the angle subbtended at the centre of a circle of radius 6 cm by an arc of length 3𝜋 cm? 1

15 Volume of two spheres is in the ratio 64: 125. Find the ratio of their surface areas.
1
16 In a family of 3 children, find the probability of having at least one boy.
OR 1
A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card
drawn is neither an ace nor a king.

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 Section- II
Case study questions are compulsory. Attempt any four subparts of each question.
Each subpart carries 1 mark.

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SCALE : 1000 KM = 1 UNIT

A) The position of two air crafts is given by the coordinates P(-2, 8) and Q(-6, -4) . Find the mid
point of PQ.
i)(-4, -6) ii) (2,6) iii) (-4, 2) iv) (4,2)
B) The distance of the aircraft P(-2, 8) from the X- axis is:

i) -2 ii) 2 iii) -8 iv) 8

C) The distance of aircraft Q(-6, -4) from the origin is:

i) 52 ii) √52 iii) √50 iv) none of these

D) Another aircraft R divides PQ in the ratio 1:2 . Find the coordinates of the aircraft R.
−10 10 10 −10
i) ( , -4) ii) ( , - 4) iii) ( , 4) iv) ( , 4)
3 3 3 3

E) The distance between aircrafts P and Q:

i) 4√23 ii) 4√10 iii) 4√50 iv) none of these

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18 From the figures given below which one fits the following description? 4

A)Triangle PQR is a right triangle with right angle at R. The line RQ is less than the line PR. M is
the midpoint of the line PQ and N is the midpoint of the line QR. S is a point inside the triangle.
The line MN is greater than the line MS.

i) Figure A ii) Figure B iii) Figure C iv) Figure D

B) In figure A, if M,N and S are the mid- points of the sides, then by which similarity criterion
∆𝑀𝑁𝑆 ~ ∆𝑅𝑄𝑃 ?
(i) AAA similarity criterion (ii) SAS similarity criterion
(iii) SSS similarity criterion (iv) RHS similarity criterion

C) If the sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 2:3, then the ratio of their areas is
i) 2:3 ii) 4:6 iii) 2:9 iv) 4:9

D) Michael is 6 feet tall and is standing outside next to

his younger sister. He notices that he can see both of
their shadows and decides to measure each shadow.
His shadow is 8 feet long and his sister's shadow is 5
feet long. How tall is Michael's sister?

i) 3.75 feet ii) 4 .5feet

iii) 3 feet iv) 5.75 feet

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 E) At a certain time of day, a 12 meter flagpole casts an 8m shadow. Write an equation that would
allow you to find the height ‘h’ of the tree that uses the length ‘s’ of the tree’s shadow.

i) 2ℎ = 3𝑠 ii) 3ℎ = 4𝑠 iii) 2ℎ = 5𝑠 iv) 4ℎ = 3𝑠

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A) If h(x) = -16x2 + 64x + 5 , and the ball reaches the ground after 2 seconds, then the maximum
height of the ball is,
i) 70 units ii) 69 units iii) 50 units iv) 65 units

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 B) The number of zeroes of a polynomial 𝑥 = 𝑓(𝑦) is equal to the number of points where the graph
of the polynomial
i) intersects x-axis ii) intersects y-axis iii) intersects x and y axis iv) all the above

C) If the path of the ball is represented by the polynomial ℎ(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 2, then its zeroes are
2 1
i) 𝑥 = 2, 𝑥 = 3 ii) 𝑥 = 1, 𝑥 = 3 iii) 𝑥 = 2, 𝑥 = 3 iv) 𝑥 = 3 , 𝑥 = 1

D )The polynomial representing the path of the ball , if its zeroes are 3 and -2 is
i) 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 6 ii)𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 6 iii)𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 6 iv)𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6

E) If one zero of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑘 is 2, then the value of ‘k’ is

i)10 ii) 5 iii) - 5 iv) -10

20 4

A group of students conducted a survey of their locality to collect the data regarding number of
plants and recorded in the following table.

Number of plants 0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15

Number of houses 2 4 5 1 2

A) Find the modal class.

i) 0-3 ii) 6-9 iii) 9-12 iv) 12-15

B) The median class is:

i)3-9 ii) 12-15 iii) 6-9 iv) 12-15

C) How many houses have minimum 6 plants?

i)5 ii) 9 iii) 12 iv) 8

D) The mode of this data is:

i)6.6 ii) 5.4 iii) 7.2 iv) 5

E) What is the empirical relation connecting the three measures of central tendencies?
i) 3 median = mean + 2 mode ii) 3mean = 2median + mode
iii) 3 mode = 2mean + median iv) 3 median = 2 mean + mode

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 Part –B
Section III
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt any one.

21 In a seminar, the number of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108 2
respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room the same number of
participants are to be seated and all of them being of the same subject.

22 Find the ratio in which the line x- 3y = 0 divides the line segment joining the points (-2 , -5 ) and (6, 2
3). Find the co-ordinates of the point of intersection.

OR
XA 2
Point A lies on the line segment XY joining X(6,-6) and Y(-4,-1 ) in such a way that =5
XY
If point A also lies on the line 3x + k (y+1) = 0 , find the value of ‘k’.

23 Solve by using quadratic formula: √2x2 + 7x + 5 √2 = 0 2

24 Draw a circle of radius 3 cm.Take two points P and Q on one of its extended diameter each at a
distance of 7 cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle from these two points. 2

25 1−sinθ 2
Prove : (sec θ − tan θ)2 =
1+sinθ

OR

1− tan2 φ
Prove : = tan2 φ
cot2 φ−1

26 Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus. 2

Section IV
27 Prove that √2 is an irrational number. 3

28 In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of first 10 terms is 210 and the sum of last 15 terms is 2565. Find the 3
A.P

OR

The sum of first ‘n’ terms of an A.P is 5n2 + 3n. If the mth term is 168,

a) find the value of ‘m’. b) find the 20th term of the A.P.

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29 With vertices A,B and C of a triangle ABC as centres, arcs are drawn with radius 6 cm each. If 3

AB = 20 cm, BC = 48 cm, and CA = 52 cm, find the area of shaded region.

30 Prove that the sum of the squares of the sides of a rhombus is equal to the sum of the squares of its 3
diagonals.

OR

In the given figure DE ║OQ and DF ║ OR. Show that EF ║ QR.

31 The probability of a defective egg in a lot of 400 eggs is 0.035. 3

a) Calculate the number of defective eggs in the lot.

b) Find the probability of taking out a non- defective egg from the lot.

32 The angle of depression of two ships from the top of a lighthouse and on the same side of it are 3
found to be 450 and 300. If the ships are 200m apart, find the height of the lighthouse.

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33 If the median of the given data is 206, find the missing frequencies x and y. The total number of 3
frequencies is 80.

Class
Frequency
Interval
170 – 180 4
180 – 190 x
190 – 200 12
200 – 210 15
210 – 220 13
220 – 230 y
230 – 240 14
240 – 250 6

SECTION - V
34 The angles of elevation of an aeroplane from a point A on the ground is 600. After a flight of 15 5
seconds , the angle of elevation changes to 300. If the aeroplane is flying at a constant height of
1500√3 m , find the speed of the plane in Km/hr.

35 The difference between outer and inner curved surface areas of a hollow right circular cylinder, 5
14cm long is 88 cm2. If the volume of the metal used in making the cylinders is 176 cm3, find the
outer and inner diameters of the cylinder.

OR

36 8 women and 12 men can complete a work in 10 days while 6 women and 8 men can complete 5
the same work in 14 days. Find the time taken by one woman alone and that one man alone to
finish the work.

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