Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum.

marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper is divided illto five Sections -A, B, C, D and E.
3. In Section A, Question 11umbers 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) at1d
Question numbers 19 and 20 are Assertion - Reason based questions of 1 mark each. .
4. In Section B, Question numbers 21 to 25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions carrying 2 marks
each.
5. In Section C, Question numbers 26 to 31 are short answer (SA) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
6. In Section D, Question numbers 32 to 35 are long answer (IA) type questions carrying 5 ":arks each.
7. In Section E, Question numbers 36 to 38 are case-study based integrated questions carrying 4 marks
each. Internal choice is provided in 2 marks question in each case-study. . . .
8. There is no overall choice, However, a11 internal choice has been provided in 2 questions tn section B,
2 questions ill Section C, 2 questions i,i Section D and 3 questions of 2 marks in Section E.
9. Draw neat diagrams wherever required. Take n = ~2 wherever required, if 11ot stated.
10. Use of calculators is NOT allowed.

SECTION-A
This Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. (20 X 1 = 20)
1. If the sum of zeros of the polynomial p(x) = 2x2 - k ./2 x + 1 is ./2 ,then value of k is 1
1
(a) ./2. (b} 2 (c) 2 ..fi. (d) 2
2. If the probability of a player winning a game is 0.79, then the probability of his losing the same
game is 1
(a) 1.79 (b) 0.31 (c) 0.21% (d) 0.21
2
= *
3. If the roots of equation ax + bx + c 0, a 0 are real and equal, then which of the following
relation is true? 1
b2 2
(a) a= - (b) b2 = ac
ll b
C
(c) ac = -4 (d) c = -
fl
.
4. In an AP, 1f the first term a = 7, 11th term a,, 84 and the sum of first 11 terms Sn = -2093
= - , then
2
nisequ~to 1
(a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 23 (d) 26
5. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed asp =18 a b2 4
and q =20 a3b2, where a and b
are prime numbers, then LCM (p, q) is 1
(a) 2 a 2b2 (b) 180 a 2b2 (c) 12 tt2b 2
(d) 180 (?b·'
6. AD is a median of MBC with vertices A (5, -6), B(6, 4) and C(0, 0). Length AD is equal to 1
(a) /68 units (b) 2 /15 units (c) Ml units (d) IO units
7. If sec 0 - tan 0 = m, then the value of sec 0 + tan 0 is 1
I - ..!_ 2
(a) 1/l
(b) 111 - I (c) ..!_ (d) -111
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8. From the data 1, 4, 7, 9, 16, 21, 25, if all the even numbers are removed, then the probability
of getting at random a prime number from the remaining is 1
2 I I 2
(a) - (b) - (c) - (d) -
5 5 7 7
9. For some data x1, x2, .... xn with respective frequencies f , f , .... fn, the value of
~~~
1 2 tJ; ( X; - x) is
1
(a) nx (b) 1 (c) L f; (d) 0
10. The zeros of a polynomial x 2
+ px + q are twice the zeros of the polynomial 4x2 - 5x - 6. The
value of p is 1
(a) -~ (b) ~ (c) -5 (d) 10
11. If the distance between the points (3, -5) and (x, _ 5) is 15 units, then the values of x are 1
(a) 12, -18 (b) -12, 18 (c) 18, 5 (d) -9, -12
12. If cost + ~) = 0, then val~e of cos ( a ; S) is equal to 1

(a) /2 (b) (c) O (d) ./2.

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13. A solid sphere is cut into two hemispheres. The ratio of the surface areas of sphere to that of two
hemispheres taken together, is 1
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
14. The middle most observation of every data arranged in order is called 1
(a) mode (b) median (c) mean (d) deviation
15. The volume of the largest right circular cone that can be carved out from a solid cube of edge
2~b 1
4,c 5rr 8rr 2rr
(a) cu cm (b) cu cm (c) cu cm (d) cu cm
3 3 3 3
16. 1\vo dice are rolled together. The probability of getting sum of numbers on the two dice as 2,
3 or 5, is 1
7 (b) .!_!_ () 5 (d) _!
(a) 36 36 C 36 9
17. The centre of a circle is at (2, 0). If one end of a diameter is at (6, 0), then the other end is at 1
(a) (0, 0) (b) (4, 0) (c) (-2, 0) (d) (-6, 0)
18. In the given figure, graphs of two linear equations are shown. The pair of these linear equations
b y 1
(a) consistent with unique solution.
(b) consistent with infinitely many solutions.
(c) inconsistent. x·-------- -x
(d) inconsistent but can be made consistent by extending these lines.

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DIRECTION: In Q.No. 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option.
(a) Both, assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both, assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

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19. Assertion (A) : l"-.he Langenls drawn al Lhe en d pomLs
e1• l
Reason (R) : Diameter of a circle is the longest chord.
.
20. Assertion (A) : lfthe graph ofa polynomtal toucI1esx-ax,s
, • at only one point, then the poly .
norn1a\
cannot be a quadratic polynomial. l
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Reason (R) : A polynomia of degree n(n > 1) can have at most n zeros.

SECTION-B
This section consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.
21. Solve the following system of linear equations
7x- 2y = 5 and 8x + 7y = 15 and verify your answer. 2
22. In a pack of 52 playing cards one card is lost. From the remaining ~ard5 • a card is _drawn at
random. Find the probability that the drawn card is queen of heart, if the loS t card is a black
Q~.
2
23. (A) Evaluate: 2/2 cos 45° sin 30° + 2./3 cos 30°
OR
(B) If A = 60° and B = 30°, verify that: sin (A + B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B 2
24. In the given figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral. C
Diagonal BD bisects LB and LD both.
Prove that:
2
(i) MBD ~ t:.CBD
(ii) AB= BC A
25. (A) Prove that 5 - 2 ./3 is an irrational number. It is given that ./3 is an irrational number. 2
OR
(B) Show that the number 5 x 11 x 17 +3 x 11 is a composite number. 2
SECTION-C
This section consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. (A) Find the ratio in which the point (:, y) divides the line segment joining the points (1, 2)
and (2, 3). Also, find the value of y. 3
OR
(B) ABCD is a rectangle formed by the points A(-1, -1), B(-1, 6), C(3, 6) and D(3, -1). P, Q, R
and S are mid-points of sides AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Show that diagonals of the
quadrilateral PQRS bisect each other. 3
27. In a teacher's workshop, the number of teachers teaching French, Hindi and English are 48, 80
and 144 respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room the same
number of teachers are seated and all of them are of the same subject. 3
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28. Prove that : S+ l e = 1 + sec 8cosec 0 3
1- cot - tan
29. Three years ago, Rash mi was thrice as old as Nazma. Ten years later, Rashmi will be twice as old
as Nazma. How old are Rashmi and Nazma now? 3

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30. (A) In the given figure,AB is a diameter of the circle with centre 0. AQ, BP and PQare tangents
to the circle. Prove that L.POQ = 90°. 3
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OR
(B) A circle with centre O and radius 8 cm is inscribed in a
quadrilateral ABCD in which P, Q, R, Sare the points of contact
as shown. If AD is perpendicular to DC, BC = 30 cm and BS =
24 cm, then find the length DC. 3

The difference between the outer and inner radii of a hollow right circular cylinder of length
14 cm isl cm. If the \'olume ofthe metal used in making the cylinder is 176 cm3, find the outer
and inner radii of the cylinder.

SECTION-D
• section consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.
An arc of a circle of radius 21 cm subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find:
(i) the length of the arc.
(ii) the area of the minor segment of the circle made by the corresponding chord. 5
(A) The sum of first and eighth terms of an AP is 32 and their product is 60. Find the first term
and common difference of the AP. Hence, also find the sum of its first 20 terms. 5
OR
(8) In an AP of 40 terms, the sum of first 9 terms is 153 and the sum of last 6 terms is 687.
Determine the first term and common difference of AP. Also, find the sum of all the terms of
the AP. 5
(A) If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct
points, then prove that the other two sides are divided in the same ratio. 5
OR
(B) In the given figure PA, QB and RC are each perpendicular to AC. If AP = x, BQ = y and
CR =z, then prove that } + ½= y. R 5

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35. A pole 6 m high is fixed on the top of a tower. The angle of elevation of the top of the pole
observed from a point P on the ground is 60° and the angle of depression of the point P from
the top of the tower is 45°. Find the height of the tower and the distance of point P from the foot
of the tower. (Use ./3 = l.73) 5

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 SECTION-E
This section consists of 3 Case-study Based Questions of 4 marks each.
3 6. A rectangular floor area can be completely tiled with ~O~ square
tiles. If the side length of each tile is increased by 1 umt, it would
take only 128 tiles to cover the floor.
(i) Assuming the original length of each side of a tile ~e x units,
make a quadratic equation from the above informatwn. 1
(ii) Write the corresponding quadratic equation in standard form.
1
(iii) (a) find the value of x, the length of side of a tile by factorisation. 2
OR
(b) Solve the quadratic equation for x, using quadratic formula. 2
37. BINGO is game of chance. The host has 75 balls numbered
4
1 through 75. Each player has a BINGO card with some L----l-~--+-:--t,-,-ct-- ---'7-L__.L
numbers written 011 it. The participant cancels the number
on the card when •I
called out a number written on the ball L--1-----'--,_____._~_
6 ..__....i._-L_J
selected at random. Whosoever cancels all the number on
his/her card, says BINGO and wins the game.
The table given below, shows the data of one such game where 48 balls were used before Tara
said 'BINGO'
Numbers announced 0- 15 15- 30 30-45 45-60 60-75
Number of times 8 9 10 12 9
Based on the above informatimh qnswer the following questions :
(i) Write the median class. I
(ii) When first ball was picked up, 'Yhat was the probability of calling out an even number? I
(iii) (a) Find median of the given data. 2
OR
(b) Find mode of the given data. 2
38. A backyard is in the shape of a triangle ABC with right angle at B. AB = 7 m and BC = 15 m.
A circular pit was dug inside it such that it touches the walls AC, BC and AB at P, Q and R
respectively such that AP = x m.
A

--15m---

Based on the above information, answer the following questions :

(i) Find the length of AR in terms of x.
1
(ii) Write the type of quadrilateral BQOR.
1
(iii) (a) Find the length PC in terms of x and hence find the value of x.
2
OR
(b) Find x and hence find the radius r of circle.
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