SAMPLE PAPER 3

Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:

(i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) The question paper consists of 40 questions divided into four sections A, B, C and D.
(iii) Section A contains 20 objective questions of 1 mark each. Section B contains 6 questions of 2 marks each. Section C
contains 8 questions of 3 marks each. Section D contains 6 questions of 4 marks each.
(iv) In section A, 20 objective questions will have four options out of which only one is correct.
(v) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in 2 questions of 2 marks each, 3 questions of
3 marks each and 2 questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(vi) Use of calculators is not permitted.

3m , 4 m,7 13
SECTION - A 7. If x < , y< and x ∗ y < , then the value
5 3 3
1. Expressing 0.23 + 0.23 as a single decimal, we get
of m is :
(a) 0.465 (b) 0.465 (a) 6 (b) 8
(c) –8 (d) –4
(c) 0.465 (d) 0.4654
8. If in a group of goats and hens, the number of legs is 24
2. If the common difference of an A.P. is – 2, then a30 – a12 is more than twice the number of heads, then the number of
equal to
goats in the group is
(a) 24 (b) 36
(a) 18 (b) 16
(c) – 36 (d) –60
(c) 14 (d) 12
3. If the nth term of an A.P. is given by an = 5n – 3, then the
9. Cost of 2 apples, 3 bananas and one coconut is ` 26. Also
sum of first 10 terms is
the cost of 3 apples, 2 bananas and two coconuts is ` 35.
(a) 225 (b) 245
Then the cost of 12 apples, 13 bananas and 7 coconuts is
(c) 255 (d) 270 (a) ` 172 (b) ` 148
4. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + 5n, then its nth term is (c) ` 143 (d) ` 126
(a) 4n –3 (b) 3n – 4 10. In the adjoining figure, if AB || ED, then the two triangles
(c) 4n + 3 (d) 3n + 4 ABC and DEC are
5. If (1 – b) is a root of quadratic equation
A E
x2 + bx + 1 – b = 0, then its roots are
(a) 0, 1 (b) 0, –1
(c) –1, 1 (d) 0, 2 C
B
1 1
6. The roots of the equation x + = 5 are:
x 5
(a) similar D
1 (b) congruent
(a) 5, (b) 5, –5
5 (c) both similar and congruent
(c) –5, –5 (d) None of these (d) neither similar nor congruent
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tan q + cot q
AB BD 15. If = 2, (0° £ q £ 90°), then the value of q is
11. In D ABC, < , ÐB < 70↓ tan q - cot q
AC DC
and ÐC = 50°. Then ÐBAD = ? (a) 60° (b) 30°
(c) 90° (d) 45°
A 16. What type of a triangle is formed with points

∋ (
(3, –3), (–3, 3) and ,3 3, ,3 3 as vertices?
(a) A scalene triangle
(b) An equilateral triangle
(c) An isosceles triangle
(d) A right triangle
17. When two dice are thrown, what is the probability that the
sum of the numbers is divisible by 3 ?
1 1
B C (a) (b)
D 4 3
2 1
(a) 30° (b) 40° (c) (d)
(c) 50° (d) 45° 5 6
12. PQRS is a parallelogram and M, N are the mid-points of PQ 1 1
and RS respectively. Which of the following is not true ? 18. If the mean of x and is M, then the mean of x2 and is :
x x2
P S
M2
(a) M 2 (b)
M N 4
(c) 2M2 – 1 (d) 2M2 + 1
19. The following table gives the number of pages written by
Q R Sarika for completing her own book for 30 days:
(a) RM trisects QS (b) PN trisects QS
(c) DPSN ~ D QMR (d) MS is not parallel to QN Numbers of pages
16-18 19-21 22-24 25-27 28-30
13. In a given figure in trapazium ABCD if AB || CD, then value written per day
of x is:
Number of days 1 3 4 9 13
A B
Find the mean number of pages written per day.
2
x –2 (a) 26 (b) 25
(c) 24 (d) 23
O
+5 5 20. The number of solution of the equation x 2 = x - 2 is
2x (a) 0 (b) 1
D C
(c) 2 (d) 4
29 8
(a) (b) SECTION - B
8 29
1 21. When 2256 is divided by 17 then find the remainder.
(c) 20 (d)
20 22. In what ratio, the line segment joining the points (3, 5) &
14. In a DXYZ, if the internal bisector of ÐX meets YZ at ‘P’, (–4, 2) is divided by Y–axis?
then ….
Z x y
23. Find the solution of the pair equations + - 1 = 0 and
10 5
P
x y
+ = 15 . Hence, find l, if y = lx + 5.
X Y 8 6
XY + XZ YZ XY XZ
(a) = (b) = OR
XZ PZ PZ YP
Solve the following pairs of equations by reducing them to
XY PZ XZ YP
(c) = (d) =
XZ YP XY YZ 1 1 1 1 13
a pair of linear equations: + = 2 and + =
2x 3 y 3x 2 y 6
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24. Find the sum of first 24 terms of the sequence whose n th the circle at Q. If PA = 12 cm, QC = QD = 3 cm, then find
PC + PD.
2n A
term is a n = 3 + C
3
OR Q P
O
The first and the last terms of an AP are 5 and 45 respectively. If
D
the sum of all its terms is 400, find its common difference. B
32. In figure, ABCD is a square of side 10 cm and semicircles
25. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first are drawn with each side of the square as diameter. Find
area of the shaded region.
prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, how many
tickets has she bought? D C
26. A book containing 100 pages is opened at random. Find the
probability that a doublet page is found.

SECTION - C
27. Show that any positive odd integer is of the form 8q ± 1 and
8q ± 3, where q is some integer.
28. If a and b are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial A
10 cm
B

a2 b2 33. Without using trigonometric tables, prove that:- tan7° tan

f(x) = ax2 + bx + c then evaluate +
2 2
b a 23° tan 60° tan 67° tan 83° = 3
29. In the given fig, BD ^ AC and CE ^ AB. Prove that OR
(i) DAEC ~ DADB 5 sin q - 3 cos q
C If 5tan q = 4, then find the value of
5 sin q + 2 cos q
CA CE
(ii) = D 34. A copper rod of diameter 1cm and length 8 cm, is drawn into
AB DB a wire of length 18 m of uniform thickness. Find the thickness
of wire.

A E B
SECTION - D
OR 35. What is the value of x if
5
cot x = tan13° tan 37° tan 45° tan 53° tan 77°
OA OD 3
In the given fig, = , prove that
OC OB 2 2
- cosec 2 58° + cot 58° tan 32° .
3 3
ÐA = ÐC and ÐB = ÐD æ 2x - 3 ö æ x - 1 ö
36. Solve the equation : ç ÷ - 4ç ÷ = 3, x ¹ 1, 3 / 2
è x - 1 ø è 2x - 3 ø
37. Find the median of the following data :

Height (in cm) Number of students

Less than 120 12
Less than 140 26
30. Prove that the area of a triangle with vertices (t, t – 2), Less than 160 34
(t + 2, t + 2) and (t + 3, t) is independent of t.
Less than 180 40
OR
The three vertices of a parallelogram , taken in order, are Less than 200 50
(1, –2), (3, 6) and (5, 10). Find the coordinates of its fourth
vertex .
31. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle
from an external point P. CD is another tangent touching
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OR
The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of 38. Find the volume and total surface area of a tumbler in the
x and y if the total frequency is 100. form of a frustum of a cone, if the diameter of the ends are
6.50 cm and 3.50 cm and the perpendicular height of the
Class Interval Frequency tumbler is 7.80 cm.
0 –100 2 39. Draw a circle of radius 4 cm. Draw two tangents to the circle
100 – 200 5 inclined at an angle of 60° to each other.
200 – 300 x 40. An aeroplane is flying at a height of 300 m above the ground.
300 – 400 12 Flying at this height, the angles of depression from the
400 – 500 17 aeroplane of two points on both banks of a river in opposite
500 – 600 20 directions are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the width of the
600 – 700 y river. [Use 3 = 1.732]
700 – 800 9 OR
800 – 900 7 The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60 m above the
900 –1000 4 surface of the water of a lake is 30° and the angle of
depression of its shadow in water of lake is 60°. Find the
height of the cloud from the surface of water.