QUESTION BANK

CHAPTER 4 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

Q1 Check whether the following are quadratic equations : 2
(i) (x + 1)2 = 2(x – 3) (ii) x 2 – 2x = (–2) (3 – x)
Q2 Find the roots of the equation 2x 2 – 5x + 3 = 0, by factorisation. 2
Q3 Find the values of k for each of the following quadratic equations, so that they 2
have two equal roots. EA
(i) 2x 2 + kx + 3 = 0 (ii) kx (x – 2) + 6 = 0 CH
Q4 Find two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 365. 3
Q5 Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose squares is 290. 3
Q6 Find the roots of the following quadratic equations, if they exist, using the 3
quadratic formula: EA
(i) 3x 2 – 5x + 2 = 0 (ii) x 2 + 4x + 5 = 0 CH
Q7 Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182. 3
Q8 A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km 4
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the
stream.
Q9 A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it 4
would have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
Q10 Two water taps together can fill a tank in 3 9 8 hours. The tap of larger diameter 4
takes 10 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in
which each tap can separately fill the tank.
CASE STUDY :

The speed of a motor boat is 20 km/hr. For covering the distance

of 15 km the boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream.
1 Let speed of the stream be x km/hr. then speed of the motorboat in 1

upstreamwill b

(a)20 km/hr (b)(20 + x) km/hr (c) (20 - x) km/hr (d) 2 km/hr

2 What is the relation between speed ,distance and time? 1

(a)speed = (distance )/time (b)distance = (speed )/time

(c )time = speed x distance (d)speed = distance x time

3 Which is the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ? 1
(a) x2+ 30x − 200 = 0 (b) x2+ 20x − 400 = 0
(c) x 2+ 30x − 400 = 0 (d)x2− 20x − 400 = 0
4 What is the speed of current ? 1
(a)20 km/hour (b) 10 km/hour
c) 15 km/hour (d) 25 km/hour
5 How much time boat took in downstream? 1

(a)90 minute (b)15 minute

(c )30 minute (d) 45 minute

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CHAPTER 5 ARITHMATIC PROGRESSION
Q1 Find the 10th term of the AP: 2, 7, 12…… 2
Q2 Which term of the AP: 21, 18, 15 . . . is – 81? 2
Q3 Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9. 2E
Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6. AC
H
Q4 How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 5? 3
Q5 Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first term) of the 3
AP: 10, 7, 4 . . ., – 62.
Q6 Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8. 3
Q7 How many terms of the AP: 24, 21, 18….. must be taken so that their sum is 78? 3
Q8 If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum 3
of first n terms.
Q9 Find the sum of first 24 terms of the list of numbers whose nth term is given by 4
an = 3 + 2n
Q10 A sum of ` 1000 is invested at 8% simple interest per year. Calculate the interest at 4
the end of each year. Do these interests form an AP? If so, find the interest at the
end of 30 years making use of this fact.
 CASE STUDY :

India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost

of manpower and strong technical and engineering
capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs.
The production of TV sets in a factory increases uniformly by a
fixed number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and
22600 in 9th year.

1 Based on the above information, answer the following questions: 1

1. Find the production during first year.

(a)4000 (b) 5000 (c)6000 (d)7000
Find the production during 8th year. 1
2
(a)24000 (b) 20000 (c)20400 (d)40200
3 2. Find the production during first 3 years. 1
(a)21600 (b) 26100 (c)21000 (d)20600
4 3. In which year, the production is Rs 29,200. 1
(a)10 (b) 11 (c)12 (d)13
5 4. Find the difference of the production during 7th year and 4th year. 1

(a)6400 (b) 6060 (c)6000 (d)6600

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 CHAPTER 9 APPLICATIONS OF TRIGNOMETRY
Q1 An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from a chimney. The angle of elevation of 2
the top of the chimney from her eyes is 45°. What is the height of the chimney?
Q2 A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground, which is 15 2
m away from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
is found to be 60°. Find the height of the tower.
Q3 The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 40 m longer 3
when the Sun’s altitude is 30° than when it is 60°. Find the height of the tower.
Q4 From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10 m tall 3
building is 30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of
elevation of the top of the flagstaff from P is 45°. Find the length of the flagstaff
and the distance of the building from the point P. ( take 3 = 1.732)
Q5 The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of an 8 m tall building from 3
the top of a multi-storeyed building are 30° and 45°, respectively. Find the height
of the multi-storeyed building and the distance between the two buildings.
Q6 From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on 3
opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45°, respectively. If the bridge is at a height
of 3 m from the banks, find the width of the river.
Q7 A tree breaks due to storm and the broken part bends so that the top of the tree 4
touches the ground making an angle 30° with it. The distance between the foot of
the tree to the point where the top touches the ground is 8 m. Find the height of
the tree.
Q8 As observed from the top of a 75 m high lighthouse from the sea-level, the angles 4
of depression of two ships are 30° and 45°. If one ship is exactly behind the other
on the same side of the lighthouse, find the distance between the two ships
Q9 A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the 4
tower observes a car at an angle of depression of 30°, which is approaching the
foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six seconds later, the angle of depression
of the car is found to be 60°. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of
the tower from this point.
Q10 The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 4 m 4
and 9 m from the base of the tower and in the same straight line with it are
complementary. Prove that the height of the tower is 6 m.
CASE STUDY :
A Satellite flying at height h is watching the top of the two tallest mountains in
Uttarakhand and Karnataka ,them being Nanda Devi(height 7,816m) and
Mullayanagiri (height 1,930 m). The angles of depression from the satellite , to the
top of Nanda Devi and Mullayanagiri are 30° and 60° respectively. If the distance
between the peaks of two mountains is 1937 km , and the satellite is vertically
above the midpoint of the distance between the two mountains.
1 1
The distance of the satellite from the top of Nanda
Devi is

(a) 1139.4 km (b) 577.52 km (c) 1937 km

(d) 1025.36 km
2 1
The distance of the satellite from the top of
Mullayanagiri is

(a) 1139.4 km (b) 577.52 km (c) 1937 km (d)

1025.36 km
3 1
The distance of the satellite from the ground is

(a) 1139.4 km (b) 577.52 km (c)1937 km (d)1025.36 km

4 What is the angle of elevation if a man is standing at a distance of 1

7816m fromNanda Devi?

(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 0
5 1
If a mile stone very far away from, makes 450 to the top of
Mullanyangiri mountain .So, find the distance of this mile stone form
the mountain.
(a) 1118.327 km (b) 566.976 km (c) 1937 km (d) 1025.36 km

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 CHAPTER 10 CIRCLES
Q1 Show that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are 2
equal.
Q2 Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel. 2
Q3 The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5 cm from the centre of the 2
circle is 4 cm. Find the radius of the circle.
Q4 Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of 3
the larger circle which touches the smaller circle.
Q5 Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus. 3
Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend
supplementary angles at the centre of the circle.
Q6 Prove that in two concentric circles, the chord of the larger circle, which touches 3
the smaller circle, is bisected at the point of contact.
Q7 Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point 4
T. Prove that ∠ PTQ = 2 ∠ OPQ.
Q8 PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents at P and Q 4
intersect at a point T. Find the length TP.
Q9 XY and X′Y′ are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another tangent 4
AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and X′Y′ at B. Prove that ∠ AOB =
90°.
Q10 Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a 4
circle is supplementary to the angle subtended by the line-segment joining the
points of contact at the centre.
CASE STUDY
Varun has been selected by his School to design logo for Sports Day T-
shirts for students and staff . The logo design is as given in the figure and
he is working on thefonts and different colours according to the theme. In
given figure, a circle with centre O is inscribed in a ΔABC, such that it
touches the sides AB, BC and CA at points D, E and F respectively. The
lengths of sides AB, BC and CA are 12 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm respectively
 .

1 Find the length of AD 1

(a)7 (b)8 (c)5 (d)9
2 Find the Length of BE 1

(a)2 (b)8 (c)5 (d)9

3 Find the length of CF 1

(a)3 (b)2 (c)5 (d)9

4 If radius of the circle is 4cm, Find the area of ∆OAB 1

(a)20 (b)36 (c)24 (d)46

5 Find area of ∆ABC 1

(a)50 (b)60 (c)100 (d)90

CHAPTER 13 SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME

Q1 2 cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the 2
resulting cuboid.
Q2 A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii 2
being equal to 1 cm and the height of the cone is equal to its radius. Find the
volume of the solid in terms of π.
Q3 A cone of height 24 cm and radius of base 6 cm is made up of modeling clay. A 2
child reshapes it in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the sphere.
Q4 A metallic sphere of radius 4.2 cm is melted and recast into the shape of a cylinder
of radius 6 cm. Find the height of the cylinder.
Q5 A well of diameter 3 m is dug 14 m deep. The earth taken out of it has been 3
spread evenly all around it in the shape of a circular ring of width 4 m to form an
embankment. Find the height of the embankment.
Q6 How many silver coins, 1.75 cm in diameter and of thickness 2 mm, must be 3
melted to form a cuboid of dimensions 5.5 cm × 10 cm × 3.5 cm?
Q7 A cubical block of side 7 cm is surmounted by a hemisphere. What is the greatest 3
diameter the hemisphere can have? Find the surface area of the solid.
Q8 From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity 3
of the same height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area
of the remaining solid to the nearest cm2.
Q9 A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find 4
approximately how much syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns, each shaped
like a cylinder with two hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and diameter 2.8 cm.
Q10 A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its 4
top, which is open, is 5 cm. It 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.
Q11 Water in a canal, 6 m wide and 1.5 m deep, is flowing with a speed of 10 km/h. 4
How much area will it irrigate in 30 minutes, if 8 cm of standing water is needed?
Q12 A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical 4
tank in her field, which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water flows through
the pipe at the rate of 3 km/h, in how much time will the tank be filled?

CASE STUDY :

On a Sunday, your Parents took you to a fair. You could see

lot of toys displayed, and you wanted them to buy a RUBIK’s
cube and strawberry ice-cream for you. Observe the figures and
answer the question

1 The length of the diagonal if each edge measures 6 cm is

(a)√3 (b)6√3 (c)2√3 (d)3√3

2 Volume of the solid figure if the length of the edge is 7cm is-
(a)256 (b)196 (c)343 (d)434
3 What is the curved surface area of hemisphere (ice cream) if the
base radius si 7cm?
(a)309 (b)19308 (c)803 (d)903

4 Slant height of a cone if the radius is 7cm and the height is 24 cm

(a)26 (b)25 (c)52 (d)62

5 The total surface area of cone with hemispherical ice cream is

(a)858 cm2 (b)885 cm2 (c)588 cm2 (d)855 cm2

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CHAPTER 14 STATISTICS
Q1 A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment 2
awareness programme, in which they collected the following data regarding the
number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per
house.

Q2 The following table gives the literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities. Find the 2
mean literacy rate.

Q3 A survey conducted on 20 households in a locality by a group of students resulted 2

in the following frequency table for the number of family members in a
household:

Find the mode of this data.

Q4 The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a 3
locality. Find the mean daily expenditure on food by assume mean method.
Q5 A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 3
periods each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the table given below. Find the
mode of the data :

Q6 The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total 4
frequency is 100.

Q7 If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y. 4
Q8 100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and the 4
frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabets in the
surnames was obtained as follows: Determine the median number of letters in the
surnames. Find the mean number of letters in the surnames? Also, find the modal
size of the surnames.

Q9 : A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 51 girls of Class X of a school was 4
conducted and the following data was obtained: Height (in cm) Number of girls
Less than 140

Find the median height.

Q10 CASE STUDY
 COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as coronavirus pandemic,
is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease caused by the

transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus

2 (SARS-CoV-2) among humans.

The following tables shows the age distribution of case admitted

during a day in two different hospitals

Refer to table 1 1
1 The average age for which maximum cases occurred is

(a)32.24 (b) 34.36 (c) 36.82 (d) 42.24

2 The upper limit of modal class is 1
(a)15 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 45
3 The mean of the given data is 1
(a)26.2 (b) 32.4 (c) 33.5 (d) 35.4
4 Refer to table 2 1
The mode of the given data is
(a)41.4 (b) 48.2 (c) 55.3 (d) 64.6
5 1
The median of the given data is
(a)32.7 (b) 40.2 (c) 42.3 (d) 48.6
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