S.D.K.

ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL,

NAGARABETTA
PRACTICE PAER:-2025-26

MARKS:80 SUB:MATHEMATICS TIME:3.15 hrs

General Instructions to the Candidate :

1. This Question Paper consists of 38 questions.
2. Follow the instructions given against the questions.
3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate maximum marks for the questions.
4. The maximum time to answer the paper is given at the top of the question paper.
It includes 15 minutes for reading the question paper.

I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions / incomplete
statements. Choose the correct alternative and write the complete answer
along with its letter of alphabet. 8×1=8
1. 𝜋 is a/an
(A) irrational number (B) rational number
(C) prime number (D) composite number
2. The incorrect statement with respect to the lines represented by the pair of linear
equations among the following is
(A) If the lines are parallel, then the equations have no solution
(B) If the lines are perpendicular to each other, then the equations have no solution
(C) If the lines are coincident, then the equations have infinitely many solutions
(D) If the lines are intersecting, then the equations have unique solution
3. If the graph of a polynomial 𝑃(𝑥) passes through the coordinate points (−3,0),(−1,−5),
(0,−6) and (2,0)
4
x then
3
x the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial are,
(A) −3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 −6 (B) 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 −3
(C) −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 −5 (D) −3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2

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4. The lower limit of the modal class in the given frequency distribution is

 − cf 
Median = l + 
 f 
 
(A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 30 (D) 50

5. The probability of winning a game is 0.3, then the probability of losing

the same game is, ?

(A) 0.1 (B)0.3 (C)1.3 (D)0.7

6. What is the maximum value of

1 3 1
(A)amount of water(B)
7. The required to fill the tank (C)
of 1 5m, breadth 6m
length (D)and
2 2 4
height 2m completely is,
(A) 6L (B) 60L
(C) 20L (D) 60,000L
8. If 4,𝑥1 ,𝑎𝑛,𝑥2 ,28 are in arithmetic progression, then the value of
𝑥1 and 𝑥2 respectively is,
(A) 10 , 16 (B) 16, 10
(C) 10, 22 (D) 22, 16
II. Answer the following questions : 8×1=8
9. Write the number of zeroes of the polynomial y = p ( x ) from the given
graph.

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10. Write the distance of the point P ( 3, 4 ) from the origin.

11. In the given figure, write the similarity criterion used to show that 𝛥 𝐴𝐵𝐶 ~ 𝛥 𝑄𝑅𝑃

12. Write the formula to calculate volume of solid shown in the figure
13. In a class, ‘The number of boys (𝑥) is 1 more than twice the number of girls (𝑦)’.
Form a linear equation in two variables for this statement.

14. Write the quadratic equation 2 x 2 = 3x – 5 in the standard form.

15. If the 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is 13 and the 2 nd term is 8,
then find the first term of the progression.
16. In the figure, find the value of ‘x’.

III. Answer the following questions : 8 × 2 = 16

17. Prove that 5−√2 is an irrational number.

OR
What is a composite number? Which is the composite number among 23 and 24?

18. Solve the given pair of linear equations by elimination method :

2x + y = 13
x–y=2

19. Find the sum of first 30 terms of the arithmetic progression

2, 5, 8……… using formula
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20. In Figure, common tangents AB and CD to the two circles with lo, centres
O1 and O2 intersect at E. Prove that AB = CD.

21. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 2 x 2 + x – 6 = 0.

OR
Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 2 x 2 – 6x + 3 = 0 and write
the nature of roots.
22. In the figure, find the value of tan P – cot R.

23. The floor of an auditorium is to be paved completely with square tiles. The
length and breadth of the floor are 112 feet and 72 feet respectively. Find
the maximum side length of the square tiles which can be used to exactly fit
the area of the floor. Also calculate the total number of tiles required for
flooring the auditorium.
24. A ( 5, 11 ), B ( x, y ), C ( 5, 3 ) and D ( 2, 7 ) are the vertices of a rhombus in
order. Find the coordinates of the point ‘B’ and the length of the diagonal
BD.

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IV. Answer the following questions : 9 × 3 = 27
25. Find the zeros of the polynomial 𝑝 ( 𝑥 ) = ( 𝑥 – 2 ) ( 𝑥 – 1 ) and
verify the relationship between the zeros and the coefficients
OR
Write the quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of the zeroes are 7
and 12 respectively and find the zeroes of this polynomial.
26. Prove that, “The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle
are equal”.
27. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A ( 1, – 10 ) and B ( 4, 5 ) is
divided by the y-axis. Also find the coordinates of the point of division.

28. In an isosceles triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅,𝑃𝑄 = 𝑃𝑅.

The angular bisector of angle 𝑃 meets 𝑄𝑅 at ‘𝑂’. Prove that 𝑂𝑄/𝑂𝑅=1
29. Prove that
sin θ tan θ
+ = cot θ + sec θ . cosec θ
1 − cos θ 1 + cos θ
OR
Prove that
( cosec A – sin A ) ( tan A + cot A ) = cot A . cosec A
30. Find the mean for the following frequency distribution table :
Class-interval Frequency
2-6 4
6-10 8
10-14 2
14-18 1
18-22 5

OR
Find the mode for the following frequency distribution table :
Class-interval Frequency
5 – 15 3
15 – 25 4
25 – 35 8
35 – 45 7
45 – 55 3
31. A farmer wishes to grow a 100 𝑚2 rectangular vegetable garden. Since he has only
30 𝑚 barbed wire, he fences the sides of the rectangular garden letting his house
compound wall act as the fourth side fence. Find the dimensions of the garden

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32. A box consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4
have major defects. Ramesh, a shopkeeper will buy only those shirts which
are good but ‘Kewal [Link] will not buy shirts with major defects.
A shirt is taken out of the box at random What is the probability that:
(i) Ramesh will buy the selected shirt? (ii) ‘Kewal will buy the selected shirt?
33. In the figure, the area of the sector OAYB is 462 cm 2 . Find the length of the
arc AYB if AOB = 120°.

OR
OR
All the vertices of a rhombus lie on a circle. Find the area of the rhombus,
if the area of the circle is 1256 cm2. [Use π = 3.14]

V. Answer the following questions : 4 × 4 = 16

34. Solve the given pair of linear equations by graphical method :
2𝑥−𝑦=7,
𝑥−𝑦=2
35. Prove that, “If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect
the other two sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the
same ratio”.
OR
Prove that, “If in two triangles, sides of one triangle are proportional to ( i.e.,
in the same ratio of ) the sides of the other triangle, then their corresponding
angles are equal and hence the two triangles are similar”.
36. Five integers are in arithmetic progression. The difference obtained on subtracting
the square of the first term from the square of the fifth term is 192 and the sum of
the 2𝑛𝑑 and 4𝑡ℎ term is 16. Find the five terms of the progression
OR
The sum of the first 6 terms of an arithmetic progression is 42. If the ratio of the
10𝑡ℎ term to the 30𝑡ℎ term of the progression is 1:3, then find the 13𝑡ℎ term of the
progression.

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37. A tower and a building are standing vertically on a level ground. The angles
of elevation of the top of the tower from a point on the same ground and
from the top of the building are found to be 30° and 45° respectively as
shown in the figure. If the distance of the point from the foot of the tower is
40 3 m and height of the building is 15 m, then find the distance between
the foot of the tower and building and also the distance between the top of
the tower and the top of the building.

VI. Answer the following question : 1×5=5

38. A water container is made by joining a cylinder and hemisphere of equal
radii. The curved surface area of the hemisphere is 2772 cm 2 . The height of
the cylinder is 140 cm and a water level indicator (I) is fixed at a height of
20 cm below the top of the cylinder as shown in the figure. Water can be
stored in the cylinder up to the level of the indicator. Find the maximum
amount of water that can be stored in the container and also find the
amount of air stored in the remaining portion of the container.

OR

OR

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