FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

CATEGORY –E
Formal School Education/IX,X
(MATHEMATICS)
PAPERA
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 40

Name:................................................................................. Marks:

Subject:…………………………...........................................

Instructions

 Attempt all questions.

 PAPER-A has two parts I and II. Each question of partI carries 2 marks and that of
partII carries 4 marks.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted.

PARTI
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1. The area of a right angled triangle is ‘s’ cm and one of the side contain the right angle is ‘t’ cm. Then
find the length of altitude on the hypotenuse in terms of t and s.

2. Find the distance of the line 3x + 4y = 100 from the origin.

3. Find the value of x which satisfy the equation log |x + 1| =  1.

4. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2, then find the ratio of the perimeter of the triangle to
the longest side.

If a is a real number such that a + 4a  8 = 0, then find the value of a + 64a .

3 7 2
5.

If x  3x + 1 = 0, then find the value of x + x + x9 + x7.

2 9 7
6.

7. One-fourth of a herd of camels was seen in the forest. Twice the square root of the herd had gone to
mountains and the remaining 15 camels were seen on the bank of a river. Find the total number of
camels.

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8. If sec  = x  , then find the value of sec  + tan .
4x

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9. If a1, a2, a3, …, an are in A.P., then find the value of    ...  in terms
a1  a2 a2  a3 a3  a4 an1  an
of n, a1 and an.

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10. ABCD is a parallelogram in which AB = BC. AB is produced to E and BA is produced to F in such a
2
way that AB = BE = AF. Find the angle between the line ED and FC.

PARTII

n n
5  3 5 1 5  5  3 5 1 5 
1. Let f (n) =      . Express f (n + 1)  f (n  1) in terms of f (n).
10  2  10  2 

2. An isosceles triangle AOB with AB = OB has semicircle on side AO. Let D be the area of triangle AOB
E
and E be the area of the semicircle. If ABO = , then find the value of in terms of .
D

3. The elevation of a tower at a station A due North of it is  and at a station B due West of A is . Find
the height of the tower in terms of sin , sin  and AB.

sin θ cos4 θ 1 sin8 θ cos8 θ

4. If   . Find the value of  in terms of a and b.
a b ab a3 b3

5. The square ABCD is inscribed in a circle of radius 1 unit. ABP is a straight line (where P is a point
outside of the circle) and PC is tangent to the circle. Find the length of PD.

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