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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION BOARD

SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
CLASS X EXAMINATION
MAY 2015
General Mathematics Paper I
Time: 40 minutes

Marks: 30




  

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