SSLC EXAMINATION, MODEL, JANUARY 2024

MATHEMATICS

(English)

Time : 2Hour 30Minutes Total Score : 80

Instructions:

 Read each question carefully before answering.

 Give explanations wherever necessary.
 First 15 minutes is cool-off time. You may use this time to read the questions and plan
your answers.
 No need to simplify irrationals like √2, √3, π etc , using approximations unless you are
asked to do so.

Answer any 3 questions from 1 to 4. Each question carries 2 scores.

1. What is the common difference in the Arithmetic Sequence 2, 7, 12,..........?

( 2, 4, 5, 7)
ANS: Common difference 7-5=2
2. The score of 5 students in mathematics examination are given below 28, 37, 25, 42, 18 Find
the median score?
ANS: Arranging in ascending order 18,25,28,37,42 to find median =28
3. If P(X) = 3X 2 - 2X + 5 then find P (1)
ANS: P(1) = 3 (1)2 – 2(1) +5 = 3 – 2 +5 = 6
4. (X-2)2 + (y-3)2 = 52 is an equation of a circle
a. Find co-ordinates of its center?
b. Find the radius of the circle?
ANS: (a) (2,3). (b) 5

Answer any 4 questions from 5 to 10. Each carries 3 scores.

5. Draw a traingle with circumradius 4 cm and two angles 270 and 340
o ANS: To draw circle with 4 centimeter radius
o To mark two angles
o To complete the triangle

6. (a) How many two digit numbers are there?

(b) What is the probability of both digits being the same?
(c) What is the probability of both digits being different?
ANS: (a) 90 (b) 9/90 (c) 81/90
7. Find the area of the triangle?

ANS: To find height of triangle is 4 √ 3

To find area = 20 √3 cm2
8. Sides of a rectangle is parallel to the axis of co-ordinates. The co-ordinate of two opposite
Vertices are (-2, -4) and (5, 6). Find co-ordinates of the other vertices of rectangle?
ANS: (-2,6) (5,-4)
9. In the figure P,Q and R are mid points of sides of triangle ABC.
a. Find x?
b. Find y?
c. Find the coordinate of Q?
 ANS: (a) x =4
(b) y =9
(c) Q (8,7)
10. Heights of six students in a class are given below 100, 110, 96, 120, 104, 106
a. Find mean height?
b. Find median height?
ANS: (a) To find mean = (100 + 110 +96 + 120 + 104 + 106 )/6 = 106
(b) To arrange in sequence 96,100,104,106,110,120 median =( 104 +106) /2
=105

Answer any 8 questions from 11 to 21. Each question carries 4 scores.

11. Circle exactly fitting inside a square of side 4cm

a. Find Area of the circle
b. Find the probability of a dot put, without looking to be within the circle

ANS: a)πr 2 = π∗2∗2=4 π

b)4 π /16 = π /4

12. Draw a rectangle of width 5 cm and height 3 cm . Draw a square of the same area .
13. A bag contains 10 white and 8 blue balls. In another box there are 15 white and 12
blue balls. Take one ball from this
a. What is the probability of getting a white ball from the first bag?
b. What is the probability of getting a white ball from the second bag?
c. If all the balls are put in a single bag, what is the probability of getting a white
ball from it?
d. If all the balls are put in a single bag, the probability of getting a white ball is x
and probability of getting a blue ball is y, what is the value of x + y ?
ANS: a ) 10/18
b ) 15/27
c ) 25/45
d)1
14. The longer side of a rectangle is 4 centimeters more than its shorter side . The area of
the rectangle is 320 square centimeters .
a) Write down a second degree equation by taking the shorter side as x
b) What are the lengths of its the sides?
ANS: a ) x2+4 x=320
b ) x2+4 x+22=320+22
c ) x+2=±18
16, 20
15. The coordinates of the vertices of the triangle ABC are ABC A ( 1 , 3) , , B (6 , 2) and
C (4 , 5)
 a) What is the length of AB ?
b) What is the length of BC ?
c) Prove that ABC is an isosceles triangle ?
ANS:
a ) AB=√(6−1) 2 +(2−3)2=√26
b ) BC=√(4−6)2+(5−2)2=√13
c ) AC=√(4−1)2+(5−3)2=√13

Since BC=AC , ABC is an isosceles triangle .

16. The base radius and height of a solid metal cylinder are 18 centimeters and 24
centimeters. The cylinder is melted and recast into cones of base radius 6 centimeters
and height 8 centimeters .
a) What is the volume of the cylinder ?
b) What is the volume of a cone ?
c) What is the number of cones obtained ?
d) If another solid metal cylinder of same dimensions as the first is melted and recast
into cones of base radius 3 centimetres and height 8 centimetres , what will be the
number of cones obtained ?
ANS:
a ) π×182×24=7776 π cm3
b ) 1/3×π×62×8=96 π cm3
c ) 7776 π/96 π=81
d) 7776 π/24 π=324

17. The table below shows the workers in a factory sorted according to their daily wages .
 a) If the workers are arranged in increasing order of daily wage , what is the daily
wage of the worker at the 19th position ?
b) If the workers are arranged in increasing order of daily wage , the daily wage
of the worker at what position is taken as the median ?
c) Find the median daily wage ?
ANS:

a) 1000
b) Half the sum of the daily wages of the 25th and 26th workers .
ie ,(x25+x26)/2
c) (1250+1250)/2=2500/2=1250
18. Draw a circle of 3cm. Mark a point 7cm away from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle
from this point.
 ANS:

Steps of construction:

 Draw a circle of 3cm radius and O as its centre.

 From the centre, mark OP = 7cm.
 Draw a perpendicular bisector of the line OP such that it meets at M.
 Draw a circle with radius OM and cut the circle at Q and R.
 Joint PR and PQ.
 Hence, PR and PQ are tangents.

19. Consider the polynomial p(x)=x2−9 x−k

a) Find p(10) ?
b) What is the value of k if x−10 is a factor of p(x) ?
c) Write p(x) as the product of two first degree polynomials if one of its factor is
x−10 ?
ANS:
a ) 102−9×10−k=10−k
b ) 10
c ) (x−10)(x+1)
20. In the figure ABCD is a parallelogram.Two vertices A and B are on y axis.A(0, 1) and D(12,
6) Also, the diagonal BD can divide the parallelogram into two equal right triangles.
 a) What are the coordinates of B
b) Write the coordinates of C
c) What is the length of parallel sides AB and CD
d) Find the perimetre of the parallelogram.
ANS:
a) B(0, 6)
b) C(x, y). x = 6 + 12 − 0, y = 0 + 6 − 1 C(12, 11)
c) AB =| 6 − 1 |= 5, CD = 5
d) AD = √ 5 2 + 122 = 13
Perimetre = 13 + 13 + 5 + 5 = 36
21. In the figure ABCDis a rectangle .∠DP A = 30◦ , ∠CP B = 45◦ , P B = 4 cm then

a) What is the length of BC?

b) What is the length of AP?
c) Find the area of the rectangle ?
d) Find the length of P Dand P C
ANS:
a) △P BC is a 45◦ − 45◦ − 90◦ triangle. BC = 4cm
b) △AP D is a 30◦ − 30◦ − 90◦ triangle. AD = 4cm, AP = 4√ 3cm.
c) AB = 4 + 4√ 3cm,BC = 4cm Area = 4(4 + 4√ 3) = 16(1 + √ 3) sq.cm
d) P D = 8cm, P C = 4√ 2cm

22. In triangle ABC, ∠C = 30◦ . AB = AC = 12cm3

a) What is the measure of ∠A?

b) Calculate the altitude from C to AB.
 c) Find the area of the triangle ABC
ANS:
a) Produce BA and draw CP perpendicular to AB. Since AC = AB, opposite angles
are equal to 30◦ each. ∠A = 180 − 60 = 120◦

b) ∠CAP = 30◦ + 30◦ = 60◦ In CP A, CP = 6√ 3.

c) Area = 1/2 × 12 × 6 √ 3 = 36√ 3 sq.unit
Answer any 8 questions from 22 to 29. Each question carries 5 scores.
23. In the figure PQ is a tangent . BE = CE
< AEB = 300 , < BCE= 700

a) What is the measure of < BDE ?

b) What is the measure of < BAE ?
c) What is the measure of < BAQ ?
d) What is the measure of < PAE ?
e) What is the measure of < ABC ?

ANS:
 a ) 700
b ) 1100
c ) 300
d ) 400
e ) 40+70=1100

24. A man standing on the top of a building sees the top of a tower at an elevation of 450
and its base at a depression of 300 . The height of the building is 40 meters.
a) Draw a rough figure based on the given details?
b) What is the distance between the building and the tower?
c) What is the height of the tower?
d) What is the ratio of the sides of a triangle having angles 450, 600and 750?
ANS:

a)
b) 40√3 m
c) 40+40√3 m
d) marking the angles
80 : 40√6 : 40+40√3 = 2 : √6 : 1+√3
25. The vertices of a triangle are A ( 3 , 5 ) , B ( 9 , 13 ) , C ( 10 , 6 ) .
a) What is the length of the side AB ?
b) Prove that ABC is an isosceles triangle ?
c) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of AB ?
d) What is the area of the triangle ABC ?
ANS:
 a ) √(9−3)2+(13−5)2=10
b ) BC=√(10−9)2+(6−13)2=√50AC=√(10−3)2+(6−5)2=√50
BC=AC
c ) (9+32,13+52)=(6,9)

d ) Perpendicular distance from C to AB = √(10−6)22+(6−9)2=5

Area of the triangle =1/2×10×5=25 cm
26. The table shows the consumption of electricity in houses in a region.

Use of electricity in
Number of houses
unit

80-90 3

90-100 6

100-110 7

110-120 10

120-130 9

130-140 5

a) If the houses are arranged according to the increasing order of consumption which
house comes in the middle .In which class it belongs to?
b) If the consumptions in the median class are in an arithmetic sequence what is the
consumption of 17th house?
c) What is the consumption amount of the houses comes in the middle?
d) Calculate the median consumption of electricity?
ANS:
a) Look at the table given below Total number of houses is 40. Therefore
20th and 21st houses come in the middle. These houses belongs to the
class 110 – 120
 b) There are 10 houses in the class and the width consumption is 10 unit. If 10
unit is divided equally among 10 houses each one’s share is 1. Consumption
of 17th house is 110 + 1/2 = 110 + 0.5 = 110.5
c) 20th and 21st consumption units come in the middle. These are 4th and 5th
terms of the arithmetic sequence with first term 110.5 and common difference
1. x4 = 110.5 + 3 × 1 = 113.5, x5 = 114.5
d) Median = (113.5+114.5)/2 = 114
27. Draw a triangle of sides 4, 5, 6 centimeters? .Draw a square of the same area ?
28. If x2−14 x+48=(x−a)(x−b)
a) What is the value of a+b ?
b) What is the value of ab ?
c) Write a x2−14 x+48 s the product of two first degree polynomials ?
ANS:
a ) a+b=14
b ) ab=48
c ) a=8 , b=6
(x−8)(x−6)
29. A sphere is fixed inside a conical vessel of diameter 10cm and height 12cm. It
touches the curved surface of the cone and its base.

a) What is the slant height of the cone ?

b) Find the radius of the sphere?
c) Calculate the volume of the sphere ?
d) What fraction of the inner volume of the cone is occupied by the sphere?
ANS:
 a) l = √ h 2 + r 2 = √ 122 + 52 = 13cm
b) When the solid is divided by two equal parts along the diameter we can
see a triangle and its incircle. Perimeter of the triangle 13 + 13 + 10 =
36cm s = 18.
Area of triangle = 1/2 × 10 × 12 = 60sq.cm
r = A/s = 60/18 = 10/3 cm
c) Volume of sphere = 4/3 × π × ( 10/3 ) 3 = 4000π/81 cubic cm
d) Volume of cone 1/3 π × 5 2 × 12 = 100π.
4000π/81 ÷ 100π = 40/81 part .
30. Consider the numbers (1, 2),(5, 7)
a. What is the slope of the line passing through these points ?
b. Write the equation of this line
c. At what point the line cut x axis ?
d. At what point the line cut y axis ?
ANS:
a) Slope = (y2−y1)/( x2−x1) = (7−2)/( 5−1) = 5/4
b) Let(x, y) be a point on the line. Take (x, y) and (1, 2) , (y−2)/( x−1) = 5/ 4 , (y −
2) × 4 = (x − 1) × 5, 5x − 4y + 3 = 0
c) When the line cut x axis , y = 0. 5x − 4 × 0 + 3 = 0, 5x = −3, x = −3 /5 .
The point is ( −3/ 5 , 0)
d) When the line cut y axis , x = 0. 5 × 0 − 4y + 3 = 0, −4y = −3, y = −3 /−4 = 3/ 4
.
The point is (0, 3 /4 )