Maths Sample Paper

SA-2
General Instructions
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 31 questions divided into 4 Sections A, B, C and D.
Section A comprises of 4 questions of 1 mark each, Section B comprises of 6
questions of 2 marks each, Section C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and
Section D comprises of 11 questions of 4 marks each.
3. There is no overall choice and use of calculator is not permitted.

Section A 7. Two tangents PA and PB are drawn to the

circle with centre O, such that APB = 120 .
1. An unbiased die is thrown. Find the probability Prove that OP = 2 AP.
of getting a number between 3 and 6.
8. How many cubes of side 3 m can be cut from a
2. In an AP , if a = 10, n = 6 and an = 10, then find
cuboid measuring18 m 12 m 9 m ?
the value of d.
3. If the perimeter and the area of a circle are 9. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle, where
numerically equal, then find the radius of the the circumference of the circle is 44 cm.
circle. ( take, = 22 / 7)

4. In the given figure, if DBC = 70 and 10. Two cubes, each of side 4 cm are joined end to
end. Find the surface area of the resulting
BAC = 40 , then find the value of BCD.
cuboid.
C
D

40
70 Section C
A B
11. In the given figure, AB and B
PQ are perpendicular
diameters of the circle

Section B whose centre is O and radius Q

OA = 7 cm. Find the area of
O P

the shaded region.

5. If the radius and height of a cylinder are in the
( take, = 22 7) A
ratio 5 : 7 and its volume is 550 cm3 , then find
its radius. 11
12. How many terms of an AP, 6,
, 5, ... are
6. Which term of the sequence 2
1 1 3 needed to give the sum 25? Explain the
20, 19 , 18 , 17 , is the first negative double answer.
4 2 4

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13. Solve the following quadratic equation by 24. A solid iron rectangular block of dimensions
factorisation method. 4.4 m, 2.6 m and 1 m is cast into a hollow
x x + 1 34 cylindrical pipe of internal radius 30 cm and
+ = ; x 0, x 1 thickness 5 cm. Find the length of the pipe.
x +1 x 15
14. A right circular cone is 3.6 cm high and radius 25. A lead pencil consists of a cylinder of wood
of its base is 1.6 cm. It is melted and recast into with a solid cylinder of graphite filled into it.
a right circular cone with radius of its base as The diameter of the pencil is 7 mm, the
1.2 cm. Find its height. diameter of the graphite is 1 mm and the length
of the pencil is 10 cm. Calculate the weight of
15. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for the whole pencil, if the specific gravity of the
` 800. If he had bought four more books for the wood is 0.7 g/cm3 and that of the graphite is
same amount, each book would have cost him 2.1 g/cm3 .
` 10 less. How many books did he buy?
26. Two stations due South of a leaning tower
16. In the given figure, PT is a tangent and PAB is which leans towards the North are at distances
a secant. If PT = 6 cm and AB = 5 cm, then find a and b from its foot. If and are the
the length of PA. elevations of the top of the tower from these
T stations, then prove that its inclination to the
horizontal is given by
P O b cot a cot
cot = .
A b a
B
27. Draw a circle of radius 4 cm, take a point P

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17. Given a line segment AB. Divide it in the ratio outside the circle. Construct the pair of
m : n, where both m and n are positive integers tangents from this point to the circle. Also,
and let m = 4 and n = 3. justify it.
18. If the point ( x , y ) is equidistant from the points 28. The lower window of a house is at a height of
( a + b, b a) and ( a b, a + b), then prove that 2 m above the ground and its upper window is
bx = ay . 4 m vertically above the lower window. At
certain instant, the angles of elevation of a
19. A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue marbles. A balloon from these windows are observed to be
marble is drawn at random. What is the 60 and 30, respectively. Find the height of the
probability of drawing a blue marble? balloon above the ground.
20. Determine the AP, whose fourth term is 18 and 29. Find the third vertex of an equilateral triangle
the difference of the ninth term from the whose two vertices are(6, 0) and(3, 0).
fifteenth term is 30.
1 5 7 7
30. If D , , E(7, 3) and F , are the
2 2 2 2
Section D mid-points of sides of ABC, then find the area
of ABC.
21. A takes 6 days less than the time taken by B to
finish a piece of work. If both A and B together 31. A carton consist of 200 shirts of which 176 are
can finish it in 4 days, then find the time taken good, 16 have minor defects and 8 have major
by B to finish the work. defects. A trader Jyoti will only accept two
shirts which are good while another trader
22. If there are (2 n + 1) terms in an AP , then prove Riya will only reject the shirt which have major
that the ratio of the sum of odd terms and the defects. One shirt is drawn at random from the
sum of even terms is( n + 1) :n. carton.
23. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral and PQ is a (i) What is the probability that it is acceptable to
tangent to the circle at C. If BD is a diameter, (a) Jyoti?
DCQ = 40 and ABD = 60 , then find the (b) Riya?
measure of (ii) What value is indicated from the above
(i) DBC (ii) BCP question?
(iii) BDC (iv) ADB

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