Guess Paper 1

Class X (CBSE) SA II 2016

Subject - Mathematics
Time: 3 Hours

Max. Marks: 90

Date:
General Instructions:
i)
All questions are compulsory.
ii)
The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into Sections A,B,C and D. Section A
comprises of 4 questions of 1 mark each, Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks each,
Section C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section D comprises of 11 questions
of 4 marks each.
iii)
There is no overall choice.
iv)
Use of Calculator is not permitted.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SECTION A
1.
2.
3.
4.

If One letter is selected at random from the word UNNECESSARY. Find the probability of
selecting an E and A
Find the value of k for which the quadratic equation (k+1) x 2 + (k+4) x + 1 = 0 has equal
Roots
Find the sum of first n odd natural numbers.
If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at
angle of 80, then POA is equal to
(A) 50
(B) 60
(C) 70
(D) 80

SECTION B
5.
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8.

A chord of a circle of radius 7 cm subtends a right angle at the center. Find the area of
minor segment.
PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents at P and Q intersect at
a point T. Find the length TP.
The area of a rectangular plot is 528 m2. The length of the plot (in metres) is one more
than twice its breadth. We need to find the length and breadth of the plot.
If two black kings and two red aces are removed from a deck of 52 cards and then well
shuffled. One card is selected from the remaining. Find the probability of getting:

9.
10.

(i) an ace of heart

(ii) a king
(iii) a red card
(iv) a black queen.
The cost of digging a well after every metre of digging, when it costs Rs 150 for the first
metre and rises by Rs 50 for each subsequent metre. Find the cost of digging a 25 m deep
well.
Find the point on the x-axis which is equidistant from (2, 5) and (2, 9).
SECTION C

11.

The angles of elevation and depression of the top and bottom of a light house from the top
of a building, 60m high, are 300 and 600 respectively. Find (i) the difference between the

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heights of the light house and building. (ii) Distance between the light house and the
building.
12.

A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of

radius 4 cm such that the segments BD and DC into
which BC is divided by the point of contact D,
are of lengths 8 cm and 6 cm respectively (see Fig).
Find the sides AB and AC.

13.

Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 6 cm, AB = 5 cm and ABC = 60. Then construct a
triangle whose sides are of the corresponding sides of the triangle ABC.
A chord of a circle of radius 15 cm subtends an angle of 60 at the centre. Find the areas of
the corresponding minor and major segments of the circle. (Use = 3.14 and 3 =
1.73)
Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(1, 5) and B( 4, 5) is divided by the xaxis. Also find the coordinates of the point of division.
Find the value of k, for which the points (8, 1), (k, 4), (2, 5) are collinear.
In Figure, OACB is a quadrant of a circle with
centre O and radius 3.5 cm. If OD = 2 cm,
find the area of the (i) quadrant OACB,
(ii) shaded region.

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17.

18.
19.
20.

A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 3.5 cm mounted on a hemisphere of same radius.
The total height of the toy is 15.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.
Determine the AP whose third term is 16 and the 7th term exceeds the 5th term by 12.
A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

SECTION D
21.

22.
23.
24.
25.

Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9

3
8

hours. The tap of larger diameter 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.
A median of a triangle divides it into two triangles of equal areas. Verify this result for ABC
whose vertices are A(4, 6), B(3, 2) and C(5, 2).
The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30 and the
angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60. If the tower is
50 m high, find the height of the building.
PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents at P and Q intersect at
a point T. Find the length TP.
Find the area of the shaded region in Figure,
where a circular arc of radius 6 cm has
been drawn with vertex O of an equilateral
triangle OAB of side 12 cm as centre.

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26.

The radii of the ends of a frustum of a cone 45 cm high are 28 cm and 7 cm. Find its
volume, the curved surface area and the total surface area (Take

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28.

29.
30.
31.

22
).
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If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n
terms.
A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter
of the cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the top is 2.8
m, find the area of the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of
the tent at the rate of Rs 500 per m2. (Note that the base of the tent will not be covered
with canvas.)
A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that i) 5 will not come up either time? ii) the
sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is 13
Rs 1200 were distributed equally among a certain number of students. Had there
been 8 more students each would have received Rs 5 less. Find the number of
students.
If the pth term of an A.P.is q and the qth term is p, find the (p+q)th term.

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