One mark – 20

1. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground which is 25 m away from
the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 45°. Then the
height (in meters) of the tower is

(A) 25√2 (B) 25√3 (C) 25 (D) 12.5

2. The length of shadow of a tower on the plane ground is 3 times the height of the tower. The
angle of elevation of Sun is

(A) 45° (B) 30° (C) 60° (D) 90°

3. A ladder makes an angle of 60º with the ground when placed against a wall. If the foot of the
ladder is 2 m away from the wall, then the length (in meters) is
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(A) √3 (B) 4 √3 (C) 2 √2 (D) 4

4. In figure, AB and AC are tangents to the circle with center O such that BAC = 40°. Then BOC is
equal to

(A) 40° (B) 50° (C) 140° (D) 160°

5. The probability of getting an even number, when a die is thrown once, is

1 1 1 5
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 6
6. If the area of a circle is equal to sum of the areas of two circles of diameters 10 cm and 24 cm,
then the diameter of the larger circle (in cm) is
(A) 34 (B) 26 (C) 17 (D) 14
7. The perimeter (in cm) of a square circumscribing a circle of radius a cm, is
(A) 8a (B) 4a (C) 2a (D) 16a
8. In below figure, PA and PB are two tangents drawn from an external point P to a circle with
centre C and radius 4 cm. If PA  PB, then the length of each tangent is

(A) 3 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 6 cm

9. The angle of depression of a car, standing on the ground, from the top of a 75 m high tower, is
30°. The distance of the car from the base of the tower (in metre) is
(A) 25√3 (B) 50 √3 (C) 75 √3 (D) 150
10. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the box,
the probability that it bears a prime-number less than 23, is
7 10 4 9
(A) 90 (B) 90 (C) 45 (D) 89

11. A ladder leaning against a wall makes an angle of 60º with the horizontal. If the foot of the
ladder is 2.5 m away from the wall, find the length of the ladder.
12. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 30 cm and 40 cm. Find the side of the rhombus.
13. In below figure, S and T are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively of PQR, such that PT = 2
cm, TR = 4 cm and ST is parallel to QR. Find the ratio of the areas of PST and PQR.

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14. If tan A = 12 find the value of (sin A + cos A) sec A
15. What is the value of (cos267° – sin223°)?
16. If the diameter of a semi-circular protractor is 14 cm, then find its perimeter.
17. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability of
getting a red face card
18. Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability that the product of the two numbers
on the top of the dice is 6.
19. If sec2(1 + sin )(1 – sin ) = k, then find the value of k
20. In figure, ABC is circumscribing a circle. Find the length of BC.
Two marks – 6

1. In figure, ABD is a right triangle, right-angled at A and AC  BD. Prove that AB2 = BC.BD.

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2. In a ABC, right-angled at C, if tan A = √3 find the value of sinA cos B + cosA sinB.
3. If sec 4A = cosec(A – 20°), where 4A is an acute angle, find the value of A
4. In figure, an isosceles triangle ABC, with AB = AC, circumscribes a circle. Prove that the point of
contact P bisects the base BC.

5. In figure, OABC is a square of side 7 cm. If OAPC is a quadrant of a circle with centre O, then find
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the area of the shaded region. Use   7

6. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a number which (i) is a prime number (ii) lies
between 2 and 6.
Three marks - 8
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1. In an equilateral ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = 3BC. Prove that 9(AD)2 = 7(AB)2

2. If tan2A = cot (A – 18°), where 2A is an angle, find the value of A.

3. On a straight line passing through the foot of a tower, two points C and D are at distances of 4 m
and 16 m from the foot respectively. If the angles of elevation from C and D of the top of the
tower are complementary, then find the height of the tower
4. In Figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm and centre O. The tangents at P
and Q intersect at point T. Find the length of TP

5. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find (i) the length of the
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arc (ii) area of the sector formed by the arc. Use  
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6. Find the mode of the following frequency distribution
Class Frequency
0 - 10 8
10 - 20 10
20 - 30 10
30 - 40 16
40 – 50 12
50 – 60 6
60 - 70 7

7. A bag contains cards numbers from 1 to 49. A card is drawn from the bag at random, after
mixing the cards thoroughly. Find the probability that the number on the drawn card is
(A) A multiple of 5 (B) A perfect square (C) An even prime number
8. Two ships are there in the sea on either side of a light house in such a way that the ships and the
light house are in the same straight line. The angles of depression of two ships as observed from
the top of the light house are 60º and 45º. If the height of the light house is 200 m, find the
distance between the two ships. Use √3 = 1.73
Four marks – 6

1. Prove that, in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of
the other two sides
sin A − 2 sin3 A
2. Prove that = tan A
2 cos3 A – cos A
3. An aeroplane when flying at a height 3125 m from the ground passes vertically below another
plane at that instant when the angles of elevation of the two planes from the same point on the
ground are 30° and 60° respectively. Find the distance between the two planes at that instant.
4. Prove that the tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of
contact
5. In the given figure, ABCD is a rectangle of dimensions 21 cm × 14 cm. A semicircle is drawn with
BC as diameter. Find the area and the perimeter of the shaded region in the figure.

6. Find the mean, mode and median of the following frequency distribution:
Class Frequency
0 - 10 4
10 - 20 4
20 - 30 7
30 - 40 10
40 – 50 12
50 – 60 8
60 - 70 5