FIRST SCHOOL LEVEL PREPARATORY 2019-20

BGHS Cholanayakanahall, Bangalore - 5600

Subject : MATHEMATICS Marks : 80
Class : X Time : 3 Hrs.

I. Four alternates are given to each question. Choose appropriate answer.

Write it along with its alphabet :- 8x1=8
1. The common difference of two terms in the given arithmetic progression
1, 5, 9, 13 ……. is ……………..
a) 1 b) 5
c) 4 d) 6

2. The length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle whose sides are 6 cm
and 8 cm is ……………..
a) 14 cm b) 2 cm
c) 10 cm d) 48 cm

3. The coordinates of the mid point of line joining two points is given by the
formula ……………..
 x1  x 2 y1  y 2   x1  x 2 y1  y 2 
a)  ,  b)  , 
 2 2   2 2 
 y1  x 2 x1  y 2   x 1  x 2 y 1 y 2 
c)  ,  d)  , 
 3 3   2 2 

4. The standard form of a quadratic equation is ……………

a) ax2 + bx + c = 0 b) ax2 + c = 0
c) ax2 + bx + c d) ax2 + c

5. The area of the shaded portion is given by ……………

a) Area of circle – Area of quadrant AOB
b) Area of quadrant
c) Area of circle – Area of segment AOB
d) Area of semicircle – Area of quadrant AOB

6. The median of the scores 55, 35, 15, 25, 45 is ……………

a) 15 b) 55
c) 175 d) 45
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7. If sin A = , then cos A ……………
5
4 5
a) b)
3 4
4 3
c) d)
5 5

8. The curved surface area of a frustum of a cone is ……………

a) rl1l2 b) l (r1 – r2)
c) r2l1l2 d) l (r1 + r2)

II. Answer the following questions :- 8x1=8

9) Write the formula to find the nth term of an arithmetic progression.

AP
10) In the given figure what is the value of ?
PB

11) What is the value of tan2 600 ?

12) The probability of occurance of event A is 1/3. What is the probability of

complement of A ?

13) Find the zero of the polynomial p(x) = 5x + 10.

14) What is the value of APB in the given figure.

(AP & BP are the tangents).

15) State Euclid’s division

16) Find the curved surface area of a solid sphere, whose radius is 7 cm.

III. Answer the following questions :- 8x2=16

17) Using Euclid’s division algorithm, find the HCF of 42 and 455
18) Solve :- 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x – 4y = – 24.
19) Find the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 7x + 12 = 0 by quadratic formula.
20) Find the values of Y for which the distance between the points P (2, 3) and
Q = (10, Y) is 10 units.
21) A vertical pole of length 6 cm costs a shown 4m long on the ground and at the
same time a tower costs a shadow 28m long. Find the height of the tower.
(OR)
Let  ABC   DEF and their areas be, respectively, 54 cm2 and 121 cm2, if
EF = 154 cm, Find BC.
22) Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of numbers appearing
on them is noted. Find the probability that the product is less than 9.
23) Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 3 cm, which are inclined to each
other at an angle of 600.
24) Prove that sin  (1 + tan ) + cos  (1 + cot ) = sec  + cosec .

IV. Answer the following :- 9x3=27

25) Prove that the tangents drawn from an
external point to a circle are equal.

(OR)

A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to a circumscribe

a circle QO shown in the fig. prove that AB + CD = AD + BC.
26) Construct a triangle of sides 5 cm, 6 cm & 5 cm & then a triangle similar to it
whose sides are 2/3 of the corresponding sides of the first triangle.
27) Find the questions and the remainder when p(x) = x3 – 3x2 + 5x – 3 is divided
by g (x) = x2 – 2.
(or)
P(x) = x2 – 2x – 15 have the zeros , 
1) (i + ) 2) 2
28) Draw a …… than type give curve for the following data.
Class Interval 100 – 120 120 – 140 140 – 160 160 – 180 180 – 200

Frequency 12 14 8 6 4

29) Find the perimeter of the triangle whose vertices are (–2, 1), (4, 6) and (6, 3).
(OR)
Three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram are A (1, 2), B (2, 3) and
C (8, 5). Find the fourth vertex.
30) A flower vase is in the form of a frustum of a cone. The perimeter of its bases
are 44 cm and 8.4 . If the depth is 14 cm, then find how much soil it can
hold.
31) Find the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0.
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32) A fraction becomes if 3 is added to both the numerator and the
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denominator, also if 3 is subtracted from the numerator and the denominator it
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becomes . Find the fraction.
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33) Prove that 2  3 is an irrational number.

V. Solve :- 4x4=16
34) Solve the pair of linear equations graphically :-
k – 2y = 0 and 3x + 4y = 20.
35) The sum of the 5th and 9th terms of an arithmetic progression is 40 and the
sum of the 8th and 14th term is 64. Find the sum of the first 20 terms.
sin  1  cos 
36) Show that + = 2 cosec 
1  cos  sin 
37) Find the mean of the following data :-
C.I. 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
Group 3 5 9 5 3

VI. Solve :- 1x5=5

38) State and prove Pythagoras theorem.

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