Maharashtra State Board

Class X Mathematics - Geometry

Board Paper – 2017
Time: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:
(i) Solve all questions. Draw diagrams wherever necessary
(ii) Use of calculator is not allowed
(iii) Diagram is essential for writing the proof of the theorem.
(iv) Marks of constructions should be distinct. They should not be rubbed off.

1. Solve any five sub-equations 5

(i) In the following figure, seg BE  seg AB and seg BA  seg AD. If BE = 6
A  ΔABE
and AD = 9 find .
A  BAD

(ii) If two circles with radii 8 cm and 3 cm respectively touch internally, then
find the distance between their centres.

(iii) Find the height of an equilateral triangle whose side is 6 units.

(iv) If the angle  = -45o , find the value of tan .

(v) Find the slope and y - intercept of the line y = 3x – 5.

(vi) Find the circumferences of a circle whose radius is 7 cm.

2. Solve any four sub-questions 8

(i) In  PQR, seg RS is the bisector of PRQ, PS = 6, SQ = 8, PR = 12. Fin QR.

(ii) In the given figure PA = 10, PB = 2 and PC = 5. Find PD.

(iii) Draw  ABC of measures 135o and bisect it.

(iv) Find the sine ratio of  in standard position whose terminal arm passes
through (3,4)

(v) Find the slope of the line passing through the points G(4,5) and H (-1,-2).

(vi) The dimensions of a cuboid in cm are 50  18  10. Find its volume.

3. Solve any three sub-questions : 9

(i) Prove that: If the angles of a triangle are 45o – 45o – 90o, then each of the
1
perpendicular sides is times the hypotenuse.”
2

(ii) Find the angle between two radii at the centre of the circle as shown in the
figure. Lines PA and PB are tangents to the circle at other ends of the radii
and APR = 140o

(iii) Construct tangents to the circle from the point B, having radius 3.2 cm and
centre „C‟. Point B is at a distance 7.6 cm from the centre.

(iv) From the top of a lighthouse, an observer looks at a ship and finds the
angle of depression to be 60o. If the height of the lighthouse is 90 metres,
then find how far is that ship from the lighthouse?  3=1.73 

(v) The volume of a cube is 343 cm3. Find its total surface area.
4. Solve any two sub questions : 8

(i) Prove that “The opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary”.

(ii) Eliminate , if
x = 3 cosec  + 4 cot 
y = 4 cosec  - 3 cot 

(iii) A toy is a combination of a cylinder, hemisphere and a cone, each with

radius 10 cm as shown in the figure. Height of the conical part is 10 cm and
total height is 60 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.
( =3.14, 2=1.41)
5. Solve any two sub-questions : 10

(i) In the given figure, AD is the bisector of the exterior A of ABC. Seg AD
intersects the side BC produced in D. Prove that :
BD AB
=
CD AC

(ii) Construct the circumcircle and incircle of an equilateral XYZ with side 6.5
cm and centre O. Find the ratio of the radii of incircle and circumcircle.

(iii) A (5, 4), B (-3,-2) and C (1,-8) are the vertices of a triangle ABC. Find the
equation of median AD and line parallel to AB passing through point C.
 Maharashtra State Board
Class X Mathematics - Geometry
Board Paper – 2017 Solution

1.
i. Given that seg BE  seg AB and seg BA  seg AD
In ABE and BAD,
Basefor theboth trianglesissame.
Hence,
A  ABE  BE

A  BAD  AD
6 2
 
9 3

ii. Given that the two circles touch eachother internally.

So, distance between their centres = 8  3  5 cm.

iii. Given that sideof an equilateral triangle is6 units.

Height of an equilateral triangle
3
  side
2
3
 6
2
3
3 units
2
iv. the angle    45o
then,
 
tan 45o   tan 45o  1

v. Given line is y  3x – 5.
Comparing with y  mx  c,
where m is slope of the line and c is y  int ercept of theline.
m  3 and c  5

vi. The circumferences of a circle whose radius is 7 cmis,

22
2r  2  7
7
 44cm
2.

i. In ΔPQR, seg RS is the bisector of ΔPRQ,

Hence, using angle bisector theoem,
PR PS
=
QR SQ
Put PS = 6, SQ = 8, PR = 12,
12 6
=
QR 8
8
QR = 12 ×
6
QR = 16 units

ii. From the given diagram,

PA × PB = PC × PD
Given that PA = 10, PB = 2 and PC = 5,
10 × 2 = 5 × PD
10 × 2
= PD
5
PD = 4 units

iii.
iv. Thestandard position whose terminal arm passes through 3,4 .
then x  3and y  4.
r  x2  y 2
r  32  42
r  5units
y 4
Hence,sin   
r 5

v. Thepoints on the line are G  4,5 and H  1, 2 .

Let,G(x1 , y 1 )  (4,5) and H(x 2 , y 2 )  ( 1, 2)
The slope of the line GH is,
y2  y1
m
x 2  x1
2  5
m
1  4
7
m
5
7
m
5
vi.
The dimensions of a cuboid in cm are 50  18  10.
Volumeof cuboid
 l  b h
 50  18  10
 900cm3
The volume of cuboid is 900 cm3 .

3.
i.
 Given :In ABC, A  C  45o and D  90o

1
To Pr ove :AB  BC  AC
2
Pr oof :
In ABC,
A  C  45o .....(Given)
AB  BC .....(i)(Sideopposite tocongruent angles)
In ABC,
AC2  AB2  BC2 ......(By Pythagoras theorem)
AC2  AB2  AB2 .......(From(i))
AC2  2AB2
1 2
 AC  AB2
2
1
 AC  AB ......(By taking square root)
2
1
AB  BC  AC ......(From(i)and(ii))
2
If the angles of a triangle are 45o  45o  90o , then
1
each of the perpendicular sides is times the hypotenuse.
2

ii.
Given that linesPA andPBare tan gents to thecircleat other endsof theradii
and APR  140o
APR  APB  180o .....(Linear pairs)
140  APB  180
o o

APB  180o  140o

APB  40o
Consider,  AOPB,
OAP  OBP  90o .....(PA andPBare t an gents)
OAP  OBP  180 o

Hence,
APB  AOB  180o
40o  AOB  180o
AOB  140o
Anglebetween two radiiat the centreof thecircleis140o.
iii.

Steps of construction :
1. Draw a circle with radius 3.2 cm. Let C be the centre of the circle.
2. Take a point B such that CB = 7.6 cm.
3. Draw perpendicular bisector of seg CB and mark the midpoint of seg CB as ‘M’.
4. With ‘M’ as a centre and radius MP draw a semicircle .
5. Let ‘A’ be the point of intersection of semicircle and the circle.
6. Draw a line joining B and A. Line BA is the required tangent.
iv.

Let AB be the height of lighthouse.

 AB  90m .....(Given)
Thepo int 'C'such that ACB  60o.
AB
tan60o 
BC
90
 3
BC
90
 BC 
3
 BC  30 3
 BC  51.9m.
The ship is 51.9 m is away from lighthouse.

v.

Volume of a cube is 343 cm3 .

Volumeof cube  343

a3  73
a  7cm
Totalsurfacearea of a cube  6s2
 677
 294cm2
Total surface area of a cube is 294 cm2 .
4.

i.

Given :ABCDiscyclic quadrilateral.

To prove : BAD  BCD  180o and ABC  ADC  180o
Pr oof :
Arc BCDis int ercepted by the inscribed BAD.
1
BAD  m(arcBCD) .....(1)(Inscribedangle theorem)
2
Arc BADis int ercepted by the inscribed BCD.
1
BCD  m(arcDAB) .....(2)(Inscribedangle theorem)
2
From (1) and (2), we get
1
BAD  BCD  [m(arcBCD)  m(arcDAB)]
2
1
  360o
2
 180o
Again,as thesum of the measuresof anglesof a quadrilateral is360o.
ADC  ABC  360o  (BAD  BCD)
 360o  180o
 180o
Hence, the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary.
ii.

Let x  3cosec  4cot  .....(i)

y  4cosec  3cot  ......(ii)

Multiplying by 4and3to(i)and(ii)respectively,
4x  12cosec  12cot  ....(iii)
3y  12cosec  12cot  ....(iv)
Consider,
Subtracting(iv)from(iii),
4x  3y  24cot 
4x  3y
cot  
24
2
 4x  3y 
cot 2     .....(v)
 24 
Adding(iii)and(iv),
4x  3y  24cosec
4x  3y
cosec 
24
2
 4x  3y 
cosec   
2
 ....(vi)
 24 
Usin g cosec2  cot 2   1
2 2
 4x  3y   4x  3y 
 24    24   1
   
(4x  3y)  (4x  3y)  242
2 2

(4x  3y)2  (4x  3y)2  576

iii.
radius of the cylinder, hemisphere and cone = 10 cm
height of the conical part = 10 cm
total height = 60 cm
Height of the conical part(h)= 10 cm
Height of the hemisperical part = its radius = 10 cm
So, height if the cylindrical part (h1 )  60  10  10  40 cm
l2  r 2  h2
 l2  102  102
 l2  200
 l  10 2 cm = 10  1.41  14.1 cm
Total surface area of the toy
= curved surface area of the cone
+curved surface area of the cylinder
+curved surface area of the hemisphere
= rl  2rh  2r2
= r(l  2h  2r)
= 3.14  10(14.1  2  40  2  10)
= 31.4(114.1)
 3582.74 cm2
Hence, the total surface area of the toy is 3582.74 cm2 .

5.
(i)
 Given : AD is the bisector of the exterior A and intersects BC produced in D.
BD AB
Prove that : 
CD AC
Construction : Draw CE || DA meeting AB in E.
Proof :
CE || DA ......(By construction)
1  3 ......(Alternate interior angle)
......(Corresponding angles since CE || DA and BK
2  4
is a transversal
AD is a bisector of A ......(Given)
1  2 ......(AD is the bisector of the exterior A)
3  4 .....(Since 1  3)
AE  AC ......(If angles are equal then side opposite to them
are also equal
BD AB
  ......[By Basic proportionality theorem  EC || AD ]
CD EA
BD AB
  .......[Since AE  EC]
CD AC

(ii)
 Steps of construction :
1. Construct an equilateral ABC.
2. Draw perpendicular bisectors of any two sides of ABC at point O.
3. Draw a circle with centre O and radius OA.
4. This circle is the circumcircle of ABC.
5. Next draw the angle bisector of any two angles of the ABC.
6. Draw a circle with centre O and radius equal to the distance from the centre to the sides.
7. This is the incircle of ABC.

(iii)
AD is given to be the median on BC.
So, it divides BC in two halves.
D(x, y)= mid - point of BC
 x  x y  y2 
 D(x, y)=  1 2 , 1
 2 2 
 3  1 2  ( 8) 
 D(x, y)=  , 
 2 2 
 D(x, y)=  1,3
Usin g the slope - point form,
y y 3 4 1
m AD  2 1  
x 2  x1 1  5 6
y  y 1  m(x  x1 )
1
 y  3  (x  ( 1))
6
 6y  18  x  1
 x  6y  19
which is the required equation of median AD.
Since the line is parallel to AB, slope of AB = slope of the line
2  4 3
 slope of the line  
3  5 4
Usin g y  y 1  m(x  x1 )
3
 y  ( 8)  (x  1)
4
 4y  32  3x  3
 3x  4y  35
which is the equation of the required line.