SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-I, 2015-16

CLASS-X, MATHEMATICS
Time allowed: 3 hours

GG-RO-103
Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Question paper contains 31 questions divided into 4 section A, B, C & D.
3. Section-A comprises of 4 questions carrying 1 mark each,
Section-B comprises of 6 questions carrying 2 marks each,
Section-C comprises of 10 questions carrying 3 marks each,
Section-D comprises of 11 questions carrying 4 marks each,
4. Al questions in section-A are very short answer questions.
5. There are no overall choices in the question paper.
6. Use of calculator is not permitted.
7. If required Graph papers will be provided.
Section A
Question numbers 1 to 4 carry 1 mark each.

tan 30o
cot 60o

Q. 1

Find the value of

Q. 2

What is the altitude of an equilateral triangle of each side 6 cm.

Q. 3

If the sum of zeroes of quadratic polynomial 3x 2 kx 6 is 3, then fine the value of k.

Q. 4

Find the class marks of class 35-55.

Section B

Question numbers 5 to 10 carry 2 marks each.

Q. 5

In a right isosceles triangle ABC right angled at C prove that AB2 2AC2

Q. 6

Use Euclids division algorithm to find the HCF of 870 and 255.

Q. 7

Find the mode of the following distribution of marks obtained by 80 students:

Marks obtained

No. of students

0-10

06

10-20

10

20-30

12

30-40

32

40-50

20
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Q. 8

Find the value of k. If the pair of linear equation :

3x 4y k
9x 12y 6
Has infinitely many solutions.
Q. 9

If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then find the value of a.

Q. 10 Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are -3 and 2 respectively.
Section C
Question numbers 11 to 20 carry 3 marks each.
Q. 11 Use Euclids division Lemma, to show that the square of any positive integer is either of the
form 3m or 3m+1 for some integer m.
Q. 12 Solve the following pairs of linear equations by Cross-multiplication method :

4x y 14
5x 6y 27
Q. 13 If the areas of two similar triangles are equal, then prove that they are congruent.
Q. 14

1 sin A
sec A tan A
1 sin A

Q. 15 Find the mean of the following distribution, using step deviation method :
Class

Frequency

0-10

07

10-20

12

20-30

13

30-40

10

40-50

08

Q. 16 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 6x 2 3 7x and verify the relationship between
the zeroes and the coefficients.
Q. 17 In triangle PQR right angled at Q, PR+QR=25cm and PQ=5cm determine the value of sin P, cos
P and tan P.
Q. 18 In figure PQ||CD and PR||CB,
Prove that

AQ AR

QD RB

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Q. 19 Find the median of the following frequency distribution table:

marks

No. of students

0-10

05

10-20

08

20-30

06

30-40

10

40-50

06

50-60

05

1
1
Q. 20 If sin A B cos A B , 00 A B 900 , A B, Find A and B.
2
2
Section D
Question numbers 21 to 31 carry 4 marks each.
Q. 21 Show that: 5 2 3 is an irrational number
Q. 22 Find all the zeroes of the polynomials x 4 x 3 9x 2 3x 18 . If it is given that two of its zeroes
are

3 and 3
OR

Divide 3x 2 x 3 3x 5 by x 1 x 2 and verify the division algorithm.

Q. 23 Prove that in a Right Angled Triangle, the square of the Hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the
square of the others two sides
OR
Prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their
corresponding medians.
Q. 24 Prove that:

tan
cot

1_ sec cosec
1 cot 1 tan
OR

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sin 2sin 3
tan
2cos3 cos
Q. 25 Solve the following system of Linear Equation Graphically:
X Y = 1, 2 X + Y = 8.
Shade the area bounded by these two lines and Y-axis.
Q. 26 The median of the following data is 50. Find the values of p and q if the sum of all the
frequencies is 90.
marks

No. of students

20-30

30-40

15

40-50

25

50-60

20

60-70

70-80

08

80-90

10

Q. 27 If

1
sin Show that 3 cos B 4Cos3 B 0
2

Q. 28 During the medical check-up of the 35 students of a class their weights were recorded as
follows:
Weight in KG

No. of students

38-40

03

40-42

02

42-44

04

44-46

05

46-48

14

48-50

04

50-52

03

Draw a less than type give for the above data.

Q. 29 Solve the pair of linear equation:

1
1
3
1
1
1

,
3x y 3x y 4 2 3x y 2 3x y 8

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OR
The Sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9, Also nine times this number is twice the
number obtain by reversing the order the digits. Find the number.
Q. 30 Evaluate:

7cos70o
3
cos55o cosec35o

2sin 20o 2 tan 5o tan 45o tan85o tan 65o tan 25o

Q. 31 Mr. Balwant Singh has a triangular field ABC. He has three sons. He wants to divide the field
into four equal and identical parts, so that he may give three parts to his three sons and
retain the fourth part with him.
i) Is it possible to divide the field into four parts which are equal and identical?
ii) If yes, explain the method of division.
iii) By doing so, which values is depicted by Mr. Balwant Singh.

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