Merit Students

Time: 1 Hr. Class: X - Maths Total Marks: 132

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Q 1: sec for some value of angle A.
a) True
b) False
Q 2: Check whether the equation is quadratic or not : 3x2 4 = 0
a) Yes
b) No
Q 3: 3x2 + 4x 5 = 0 have
a) real and equal
root
b) real and distinct
root
c) real
root
d) no real
root
Q 4: State whether the following quadrilaterals are similar or not:

a) Yes
b) No
Q 5: All circles are ------
a) congrue
nt
b) simila
r
Q 6: Check whether the equation is quadratic or not : 16x2 3 = (2x + 5) (5x 3)
a) Yes
b) No
Q 7: 3x2 + 2x 1 = 0 have
a) real
root
b) real and distinct
root
c) no real
root
d) real and equal
root

Q 8: Check whether the equation is quadratic or not :

a) No
b) Yes
Q 9: State whether true or false :

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The value of cos q increases as q increases
a) False
b) True
Q 10: State whether the following are true or false. Justify your answer.
The value of tan A is always less than 1.
a) True
b) False
Q 11: Evaluate the following :
2 tan2 45 + cos2 30 sin260
Q 12: Draw graph of the following equation.
2x = 3 2y
Q 13: The data on mode of transport used by students to come to school are given below:

Mode of Bus Cycle Train Car Scooter

transport
Number 120 180 240 80 100
of
students
Represent the above data by a pie-chart.
Q 14: A person goes 10 m due East and then 30 m due North. Find his distance from the starting point.
Q 15: In figure DE || AC and DF || AE.

Prove that

Q 16: Form the pair of linear equations in the following problems, and find their solution (if they exist) by
the elimination method:
A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter.
Saritha paid Rs.27 for a book kept for seven days. While Susy paid Rs.21 for the book she kept five days.
Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day.
Q 17: A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the card drawn
is neither an ace nor a king.
Q 18: Find the common difference. Given a = first term = -18, n = 10, = the nth term = 0, d = common
difference = ?

Q 19: The product of two numbers is 396 576 and their LCM is 6336. Find their HCF.
Q 20: Find the value of k if the equation x2 2 (k + 1) x + k2 = 0 has equal roots ?
Q 21: The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages (in
years) is 124. Find their present ages.
Q 22: Solve the following system of equations by substitution method:
2x 3y = 1.3; y x = 0.5
Q 23: Find the HCF of the following polynomials:
Q 24: State whether the following rational number will have a terminating decimal expansion or a

nonterminating repeating decimal expansion.

Q 25: Find the point on x-axis which is equidistant from (-2, 5) and (2, -3).
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Q 26: A circle touches the side BC of a ABC at P and AB and AC produced at Q and R respectively. Prove
that AQ is half the perimeter of ABC.
Q 27: In the following situation, does the list of numbers involved make an arithmetic progression, and why
?
The taxi fare after each km when the fare is Rs 15 for the first km and Rs 8 for each additional km.
Q 28: Are the given list of numbers APs? If they form an AP, find the common difference d and write three
more terms.
Q 29: D, E and F are respectively the mid-points of sides AB, BC and CA of
ABC.
Find the ratio of the areas of DEF and ABC.
Q 30: A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double that
of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.
Q 31: Apply the division algorithm to find the quotient and remainder an dividing p(x) by g(x) as given
below.

Q 32: If (xk) is the HCF of and , find the value of k.

Q 33: In figure, XY and XY are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another tangent AB with
point of contact C intersecting XY at A and XY at B.

Q 34: A round table cover has six equal designs as shown in figure. If the radius of the cover is 28 cm. Find
the cost of making the designs at the rate of Rs. 0.35 per cm 2.
( = 1.7)

Q 35: Verify that the numbers given of the cubic polynomials below are their zeroes. Also verify the
relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.

Q 36: Prove that the points (0, 1),(1, 4), (4, 3) and (3, 0) are vertices of a square.

Q 37: Solve for x

given that

Q 38: In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip
was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight was increased by 30 minutes. Find the duration of flight.
Q 39: Find the sum of all natural numbers between 100 and 200 which are divisible by 4.
Q 40: A vessel in the form of a cuboid of base area 160 cm2 and height 12 cm, contains some water. If

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three identical spheres are immersed in the water, the level of water increased by 2 cm. Find the radius of
each sphere.
Q 41: Solve the system of equations by using cross multiplication method:

Q 42: Find the values of a and b so that the polynomials P(x) and Q(x) have as their HCF,

where

Q 43: A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is
(i) a king or jack
(ii) a non-ace
(iii)a red card
(iv) neither a king nor a queen.
Q 44: The student of the class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in a row, there would be 1
rows less. If 3 students are less in a row, there would be 2 rows more. Find the number of students in the
class.
Q 45: Solve the following pair of linear equations:
ax + by = c
bx + ay = 1 + c
Q 46: A takes 3 hours more than B to walk a distance of 30 km. but, if a double his pace (speed) he is

ahead of B by hours, find their speed of walking.

Q 47: The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 metres more than the shorter side. If the longer side is 30
metres more than the shorter side, find the sides of field.
Q 48: Solve the system of equations by using cross multiplication method:

7x 2y = 3;

Q 49: An express train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 132 km between Mysore and
Banglore (without taking into consideration the time they stop at intermediate stations). If the average
speed of the express train is 11 km/h more than that of the passenger train, find the average speed of the
two trains.
Q 50: Solve the system of equations by using cross multiplication method:
3x 5y = 20; 7x + 2y = 17

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