1)In triangle ABC, DE || BC, AE = a units, EC = b units, DE = x unit and BC = y units.

Which of the following is true?

a+b ax ay
a) x = b) y = c) x = d) xy = ab
ay a+b a+b
2. If sum of the first n terms of an AP is 4n – n2 then 3rd term is
a)1 b) 3 c) -1 d)-3

3. If two tangents inclined at an angle of 60° are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then the
length of each tangent is equal to
3
a) b) 3 cm c) 6 cm d) 3 √ ❑ cm
√❑
4. If x tan 60°cos 60° = sin60°cot 60°, then x =
a) cos 30° b) tan 30° c) sin 30° d) cot 30°
5. If sin θ + cos θ = √ ❑ , then tan θ + cot θ is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
6. In what ratio does the x-axis divides line segment joining points (2, -3) and (5, 6)
a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 2:5 d) 5:2
7. For the following distributions
Class Frequency
0-5 10
5-10 15
10-15 12
15-20 20
20-25 9
The sum of the lower limits of the median and modal class is ------------
a) 15 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35
8. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability that 6 will come up at least
once?

1 7 11 13
a) b) c) d)
6 36 36 36
9. The number of revolutions made by a circular wheel of radius 0.25m in rolling a distance
of 11km is
a) 2800 b) 4000 c) 5500 d) 7000
10. What is the line drawn from the eye of the observer to the object viewed by the observer?

a) Line of sight b) Vertical line c) Transversal line d) Horizontal line

11) Two bells toll at intervals of 24 minutes and 36 minutes respectively. If they toll together
at 9am, after how many minutes do they toll together again, at the earliest?
 5 sin sinθ−3 cos cos θ 16
12. If 5 cot θ = 3. Prove that =
4 sin sin θ+3 cos cosθ 29

13. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x2-2 and verify the relationship between the
zeroes and the coefficients.
[Link] the value of k, if –1 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = kx2 – 4x + k.

15. PA and PB are tangents drawn to a circle of centre O from an external point P. Chord AB
makes an angle of 30° with the radius at the point of contact. If length of the chord is 6 cm,
find the length of the tangent PA and the length of the radius OA.
16. Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T.
Prove that ∠PTQ = 2 ∠OPQ

17. A box contains 12 balls of which some are red in colour. If 6 more red balls are put in the
box and ball is drawn at random the probability of drawing a red ball doubles than what it
was before. Find the number of red balls in the box.
[Link] angles of depression of the top and the bottom of an 8 m tall building from the top of
a multi-storeyed building are 30° and 45° respectively. Find the height of the multi-storeyed
building and the distance between the two buildings.
[Link] angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60m above a lake is 30° and the angle of
depression of the reflection of cloud in the lake is 60°. Find the height of the cloud.

The school auditorium was to be constructed to accommodate atleast 1500 people. The
chairs are to be placed in concentric circular arrangement in such a way that each
succeeding circular row has 10 seats more than the previous one.

20. If the first circular row has 30 seats, How many seats will be there in the 10th row?
(1 m)
21) If there were 17 rows in the auditorium. How many seats will be there in the middle
row?(1m)
22) For 1500 seats in the auditorium, how many rows need to be there? (2 m)
23)If 1500 seats are to be arranged in the auditorium , how many seats are still left to be
put after the 10th row?
24)If tan245°- cos230° = x sin 45°cos45°, then the value of x is
a) 1/2 b) 1 c) 2 d) 1/3
25) In the figure, PQ ∥ MN. If KP/PM = 5/11 and KN = 20 cm, then the value of KQ is

a) 6.25 cm b) 6 cm c) 20 cm d)11 cm
26. The number of solutions of the pair of equations x=0 and x=3 is(a)
infinitely many solutions (b) no solution (c) one s olution (d) two
solutions
27. The diameter of a wheel is 1.26m. How long will it travel in 500 revolutions?
a) 1492 m b) 2530 m c) 1980 m d) 2880 m
28. A tower stands near an airport. The angle of elevation 𝜽 of the tower from a point on the
ground is such that its tangent is 5/12. The height of the tower, if the distance of the observer
from the tower is 120 m is
a) 60 m b) 50 m c) 40 m d) None of these
[Link] the given figure, PT and PS are tangents to a circle from a point P such that PT =
4cm and ∠TPS=60°

[Link] the length of chord TS. How many lines of same length TS can be drawn in the
circle?
[Link] is a diameter and AC is a chord of a circle with centre O such that ∠BAC = 30°. If
the tangent at C intersects AB produced at D, prove that BC=BD.

sec sec θ
32. Given cos𝜽 = 21/29, determine the value of
tanθ−sin sin θ

33. Find the points on the x-axis, which are at a distance of 25 from the point (7, -4). How many such points

[Link] (a, b) is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points A (10, –6) and B (k, 4) and
a – 2b = 18, find the value of k and the distance AB.

35. If α ∧β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) =3x 2 -5x -2, then
find (α 2 / β ) + ( β 2 /α ¿

36. From a point on the ground the angle of elevation of the bottom and top of a
transmission tower fixed at the top of 20 m high building are 45° and 60°, respectively. Find
the height of the transmission tower.
37. Find the median of the following data:

MONTHLY CONSUMPTION NO. OF CONSUMERS

BELOW 85 4
BELOW 105 9
BELOW 125 22
BELOW 145 42
 BELOW 165 56
BELOW 185 64

[Link] the mode of the following data.

Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Frequency 7 13 14 5 11

[Link] AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides
PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that △ABC ~ △PQR.

TO celebrate Diwali festival among senior citizens of an old age home, four friends of a
society Rohan, Amar, Saran and Madhukar decided to pool some money to gift packs to
every old man/woman staying in the neighbouring old age home. They pooled money in the
ratio 2:3:4:5. With the pooled money of Rs.3500, they start preparing gift packs. In the
preparation of one gift pack Rohan, Amar, Saran, Madhukar spend 7,6,8 and 9 minutes
respectively.
40)How much time (in minutes) was spent on one gift? (1 mark)
41)If each gift costs to them Rs.70, how many senior citizens were given the gifts? (1
mark)
42)How much amount was pooled by Rohan and Madhukar together for giving the gifts and
how much time (in hours) was spent in preparing all the gift packs? (2 mark)
43)How much amount was pooled by Saran?

There are three friends and they want to play some interesting game.
Firstly, they consider some cards and marked with the numbers 2 to 101 are placed in a box
and mixed thoroughly. One card is drawn from this box. On the basis of above information,
answer the following questions.
44) Find the probability that the drawn card is an even number.(1 mark)
45) Find the probability that the drawn card is a number less than 14. (1 mark)
46) Find the probability that the drawn card is a number which is a perfect square.(2 mark)
47)Find the probability that the drawn card is a prime number and it is less than 20.
On the highway, points A and B which stand in for Chandigarh and
Kurukshetra, respectively are located nearly 90km apart. At the same
time, a car departs from Kurukshetra and one from Chandigarh. These
cars will collide in 9 hours if they are travelling in the same direction, and
in 9/7 hours if they are travelling in the other direction. Let X and Y be two
cars that are travelling at x and y kilometres per hour from places A and B
respectively.
48) Find the speed of car X (1 mark)
49) Find the speed of car Y (1 mark)
50) When both cars move in the same direction, find the situation can be
represented algebraically. (2 mark)
51)When both cars move in the opposite direction, then find the situation can be represented
algebraically.
52) If one zero of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 -6kx + 6x-7 is negative of the other , then find
the value of k.

53)The roots α and β of the quadratic equation x2-5x+3(k-1)=0 are such that α - β =[Link] the
value of k.

54) If (a+b) x + (2a –b) y = 21 and 2x + 3y =7 has infinitely many solutions, then what is’a’
and ‘b’?

55) Find the value of p, for which one root of the quadratic polynomial px2 – 14x +8 =0 is 6
times the other.

56) Prove that 2 +5√ 3 is an irrational number , given that √ 3 is an irrational number.

57)Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

58)Prove that the lengths of two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.

59) Sides of a right triangular field are 25 m , 24 m and 7 m. At the three corners of the field,
a cow, a buffalo and a horse are tied separately with ropes of 3.5m each to graze in the field.
Find the area of the field that cannot be grazed by these animals.
60) The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a light house and on the same side
of it are found to be 45° and 30° . If the ships are 200 m apart, find the height of the light
house.

61)An observer in a lighthouse observes two ships on the same side of the lighthouse, and in
the same straight line with the base of the lighthouse. The angles of depression of the ships
approaching it are 30° and 60° . If the height of the lighthouse is 150 m. Find the distance
between the ships.

62) Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours 36 minutes. The tap of larger diameter
takes 8 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each
tap can separately fill the tank.

63) In the given figure, OP is equal to diameter of the circle. Prove that ABP is an
equilateral triangle.
64) Given below is the distribution of weekly pocket money received by students of a class.
Calculate the pocket money that is received by most of the students.

Jack is much worried about his upcoming assessment on A.P. He was vigorously practicing
for the exam but unable to solve some questions. One of these questions is as shown below. If
the 3rd and the 9th terms of an A.P. are 4 and - 8 respectively, then help Jack in solving the
problem, 65)What is the first term? (1 mark)

66)Which term of the A.P. is -160? (1 mark)

67)What is the 75th term of the A.P.? (2 mark)

68) Find the 24th term of the A.P?

Radio towers are used for transmitting a range of communication services

including radio and television. The tower will either act as an antenna itself or
support one or more antennas on its [Link] are the tallest human made
structures. On a similar concept, a radio station tower was built in two sections
A and B. Tower is supported by wires from a point O. Distance between the
base of the tower and point O is 36m. From point O, the angle of elevation of
the top of the section B is 30° and the angle of elevation of the top of section A
is 45°

69) What is the height of the

section B ? (1 mark)
70) What is the height of the
section A ? (1 mark)

71) What is the length of the

wire structure from the point
O to the top of
section A ? (2mark)
72)What is the length of the
wire structure from the point
O to the top of
Section B?
73)If sin A+sin2 A=1 , t h en t h e value of t h e expression( cos2 A +cos 4 A )is
a) 1 b) 1/2 c) 2 d) 3
5 sinβ−2 cosβ
74). If 5 tan β = 4, then =¿
5 sinβ+ 2 cosβ
a) 1/3 b)2/5 c)3/5 d)6
1
75. If cot θ= is
√❑
a) 1 b) 40/9 c) 38/9 d)16 /3

76. A pole 6m high casts a shadow 2√ ❑ m long on the ground, then the sun’s elevation is

a)60° b ¿ 45° c ¿ 30° d ¿ 90°

77. A man goes 15 m due west and then 8 m due north. How far is he from the starting point?
a) 15m b) 8m c) 17m d) 16m
78)An observer 1.5 m tall is 20.5 m away from a tower 22 m high. Determine the angle of elevation of
the top of the tower from the eye of the observer.
cosθ−sinθ 1− √ ❑
79. Find an acute angle θ when =
cosθ +sinθ ❑
80)In ∆ OPQ , right angled at P, OP =7cm,OQ-PQ = 1cm. Determine the values of sin Q and cos Q.
The aviation technology has evolved many up gradations in the last few years. It
has taken in account speed, direction, and distance as well as other features of
the flight. The wind plays a vital role, when a flight will travel. Angle of elevation
the angle of elevation of an object viewed is the angle formed by the line of sight
with the horizontal, when it is above the horizontal level.

Based on the given information, answer the following questions.

81)If the point M moves towards the point B, then how does the angle
of elevation vary? (1 mark)
82) Find the distance of point M from the object. (1 mark)
83)If the angle of elevation is 45o instead of 60o then what is the length
of BM? (2mark)

84. From the point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides
of the river are 30° and 45 ° respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 3 m from the banks, find the
width of the river.
 sinθ−cosθ+1 1
85. Prove that =
sinθ+cosθ−1 secθ−tanθ
86. The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of a 8 m tall building from the top of a multi-
storeyed building are 30° ∧45° respectively. Find the height of the multi-storeyed building and the
distance between the two buildings.
An electrician has to repair an electric fault on the pole of height 5 m. He needs to reach a point 1.3 m
below the top of the pole to undertake the repair work.

87)What is the length of BD?

88)What should be the length of ladder, when inclined at an angle of 60° to the horizontal?

89) How far from the foot of the pole should he place the foot of the ladder?
3 12
90. If tan A = , then sin A cos A = . Prove the following statement.
4 25
sin sinθ 1+ cos cos θ
91. Prove that + = 2 cosec 𝜽
1+ cos cos θ sinθ
92. The angles of depression of two ships from the top of a light house and on the same side of it are
found to be 45° and 30° . If the ships are 200 m apart, find the height of the light house.

[Link] poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road,
which is 80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of
the poles are 60° and 30° respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distances of the point
from the poles.

94. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road,
which is 80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the
top of the poles are 60° and 30°, respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distances
of the point from the poles.
[Link] a point on the ground the angle of elevation of the bottom and top of a transmission
tower fixed at the top of 20 m high building are 45° and 60°, respectively. Find the height of
the transmission tower.
[Link] angles of depression of the top and the bottom of an 8 m tall building from the top of a multi-
storeyed building are 30° and 45° respectively. Find the height of the multi-storeyed building and the
distance between the two buildings.
 There are two windows in a house. First window is at the height of 2m above the ground and
other window is 4m vertically above the lower window. Ankit and Radha are sitting inside
the two windows at points G and F respectively. At an instant, the angles of elevation of a
balloon from these windows are observed to be 60° and 30° as shown below

Based on the above information answer the following:

97)Find the value of DF. (1 Mark)
98) Find the value of h. (1 Mark)
99) If the height of the window is 8m above the ground and ladder makes an angle of
45°, then find the horizontal distance between the foot of ladder and wall.
100) The sides of similar triangles ΔPQR and ΔDEF are in the ratio 5 ∶ 6. If area of ΔPQR is
equal to 75 cm2, what is the area of ΔDEF?

(a) 150 [Link] (b)90 [Link] (c) [Link] (d) [Link]

101. In ΔABC, ∠
A = 135°, CA = 52 cm and AB = 7 cm. E and F are midpoints of sides AC and AB, respec

(a)5.5 (b)6.5 (c)6 (d)5

102. The altitude drawn to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle divides it into two
triangles, both of which are
a) similar to each other b) congruent to each other c) isosceles d) equilateral
103. The probability of getting a consonant from the word MAHIR is

(a) 2/5 b)3/5 c)4/5 d)1

104. What is the probability of getting atleast one head if three unbiased coins are tossed?
(a) 7/8 (b)1/2 (c)5/8 (d)8/9

105. If two dice are thrown together, what is the probability of getting an even number on one
dice and an odd number on the other dice?
(a) ¼ (b) 3/5 (c) ¾ (d) 1/2
106. The eighth term of an A.P. is half of its second term and the eleventh term exceeds one
third of its fourth term by 1. Find the 15th term.

(a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)More than one of the above

107. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. be 3n2 + n and its common difference is 6, then its first
term is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) More than one of the given

108. The sum of the series 5 + 9 + 13 + … + 49 is

(a) 351 (b)535 (c)324 (d)435

[Link] triangle PQR, if PQ = 6 cm, PR = 8 cm, QS = 3 cm and PS is the bisector of angle

QPR, what is the length of SR?

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

110. Diagonals of a trapezium PQRS intersect each other at the point O, PQ || RS and PQ = 3
RS, Then the ratio of areas of triangles POQ and ROS is
(a) 1:9 (b)9:1 (c) 3:1 (d) 1:3
111. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB|| DC and P, Q are points on AD and BC respectively
such that PQ || DC. If PD = 18 cm, BQ = 35 cm and QC = 15 cm, find AD.
(a) 55cm (b) 57cm (c)60cm (d) 62cm
112. If ABCD is parallelogram, P is a point on side BC and DP when produced meets AB
produced at L, then select the correct option
(a) DP/BL = DC/PL (b) DP/PL = DC/BL (c) DP/PL = BL/DC (d) DP/PL = AB/DC

113. A 5 m long ladder is placed leaning towards a vertical wall such that it reaches the wall
at a point 4 m high. If the foot of the ladder is moved 1.6 m towards the wall, then the
distance by which the top of the ladder would slide upwards on the wall is

(a) 2 m (b)1.2m (c)0.8m (d)0.5m

114. If the probability of an event A is 0.3, what is the probability of the complement of A?
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.7 (c) 1.3 (d) None of the above
115. If the probability of an event A is 0.2 and the probability of its complement is 0.8, what
can be said about the event A?
(a) It is a sure event (b) It is an impossible event
(c) It is an unlikely event (d) None of the above

116. The probability that at least one of the events Q and R occur is 0.6. If Q and R have
probability of occurring together as 0.2, then P(Q) + P(R) is
(a)1.2 (b)0.8 (c)0.4 (d)Indeterminate

117. If the common difference of the AP. is 5, what is a18 – a13?

(a) 5 (b) 20 (C) 25 (d) 30
118. Two AP’s have the same common difference. The first term for one of these is –1, and
that for the other is –8. Then the difference for the 4th term is
(a) –1 (b) –8 (c) 7 (d) –9
119. The sum of all odd integers between 2 and100 divisible by 3 is
(a)17 (b)867 (c)876 (d)786
[Link] p, q, r are in AP, then p3 +q3-8q3 is equal to
(a)4pqr (b) - 6pqr (c)2pqr (d)8pqr
121. If the nth term of an AP is (2n +1), then the sum of its first three terms is
(a)6n+3 (b)15 (c)12 (d)21
122. Which geometric figures are always similar?

(a) Circles (b) Circles and all regular polygons

(c) Circles and triangles (d) Rectangle and circle

123. Two congruent triangles are actually similar triangles with the ratio of corresponding
sides as
(a) 1:2 (b) 1:1 (c) 1:3. (d) 2:1

124. If triangles ABC and DEF are similar and AB=4cm, DE=6cm, EF=9cm and FD=12cm,
the perimeter of triangle is:

(a)22cm (b)20cm (c)21cm (d)18cm

125. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to

(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001 (c) 0.01 (d) 0.1

126. A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time.
Aryan wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e. three heads or three tails and loses
otherwise. Then the probability that Aryan will lose the game is
(a) ¾ (b) ½ (c) 1 (d) 1/4

127. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -2, -1, 0 , 1, 2. Then the probability
that x2 < 2 is

(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 4/5

128. A jar contains 24 marbles. Some are red and others are white. If a marble is drawn at
random from the jar, the probability that it is red is 2/3, then the number of white marbles in
the jar is
(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 7
129. If the sum of three numbers in an A.P. is 9 and their product is 24, then the numbers are
(a)2,4,6 (b)1,5,3 (c)2,8,4 (d)2,3,4
130. If a, b and c form an A.P. with common difference d, then the value of a- 2b-c is equal
to
(a) 2a + 4d (b) 0 (c) -2a- 4d (d) -2a - 3d