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Sample Question Paper Class 10 Mathematics SA-1

Section-A 1. ABC is right angled at A. The value of tan B . tan C is _______ (a) tan B (b) tan C (c) 0 (d) 1

2. If the mean of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, x, 14, 16 is 9 then the value of x is (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

3. The relationship in mean, median and mode is (a) Mode = 2 median 3 mean (c) Mode = 3 median + 2 mean (b) Mode = 2 median - mean (d) Mode = 3 median 2 mean

4. If x = tan 2 tan 36 tan 54 tan 88 then the value of x is ______ (a) 45 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 90

5. Which of these numbers always ends with the digit 6? Where n is a natural number. (a) 4n (b) 2n (c) 6n (d) 8n

6. For a pair to be consistent and dependent the pair must have (a) no solution these 7. Graph of every linear equation in two variables represents a ___ (a) point (b) straight line (c) curve (d) triangle 8. If in ABC, AB = 6 cm, BC = 12cm and CA= 6 3 cm then the measure of A is (a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 90 (b) unique solution (c) infinitely many solutions (d) none of

9. The area of two similar triangles are in the ratio 9 : 16. The corresponding sides must be in the ratio ______ (a) 9 : 16 (b) 16 : 9 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 4 : 3 10. If sin (90 ) cos = 1 and (a) 90

is an acute angle then = ____ (c) 30 (d) 0

(b) 60

Section-B 11.A man goes 10 m due north and then 30 m due east. Find his distance from the starting place. 12. Prove that 5+ 3 is an irrational

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13. If cot = 5/8, Evaluate [1 sin2]/[1 cos2] 14. If sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial is 12 and product of them is 5, find the polynomial. 15. In a triangle ABC, DE//BC and AD = 1 cm, BD = 2 cm. What is the ratio of the area of triangle ABC to the area of triangle ADE? 16. In fig. DE II BC, AD/AB = 2/3 and AC = 18cm, find AE.

17.Find the median when mean = 20 and mode = 18. 18. Find the value of k for which the following system of equations has infinitely many solutions. 2x + 3y = 4 ( k + 2 )x + 6y = 3k + 2 Section-c 19. Check whether 12n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n. 20. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AC = BC. If AB2 = 2AC2, prove that ABC is a right triangle. 21. Without using trigonometric tables, find the value of : [sin 390 ] / [cos510 ] 3 ( sin2210 + sin2690 ) + 2sin2300

22. The difference of squares of two numbers is 180. The square of the smaller number is 8 times the larger number. Find the two numbers. 23. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2 in the following frequency distribution table, it is given that the mean of the distribution is 56. C.I f 0 - 20 16 20 - 40 f1
sin A sin A

40 - 60 25

60 - 80 f2

80 - 100 100 - 120 12 10

Total 90

24. Prove

1 1

sec A

tan A

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25. If one zero of the polynomial p(x)=3x3 5x2 11x 3 is polynomial. 26. Two trains leave a railway station at the same time. The first train travels due west and the second train due north. The first train travels 5 km/h faster than the second train. If after two hours, they are 50 km apart, find their average speeds. 27. Prove that 28. Solve by factorization
sec tan
m n x
2

1 3

, then find the other zeros of the

tan sec
n m 1

1 1
2x .

cos 1 sin

Section-D

29. In a right triangle, prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of squares of their corresponding altitudes. Apply the above theorem Solve the following: ABC is a triangle and PQ is a straight line meeting AB in P and AC in Q. If AP=1cm, PB=3cm, AQ=1.5cm, QC=4.5 cm. Prove that area of APQ is one sixteenth of the area ABC. 30. For the following frequency distribution, draw a cumulative frequency curve of more than type and hence obtain the median value. Class interval 5 frequency 15 20 23 17 11 9 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

31. Prove that in a right angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. 33. In ABC is an acute angled triangle. If tan (A + B C) = 1 and sec (B + C A) = 2 find A, B

,and < C 34. Show that the square of any positive integer is of the form 5q, 5q + 1, 5q + 4 for some positive integer q.

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