BAI AVABAI F.

PETIT GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (2020 – 2021)
MATHEMATICS
STD: X DATE: 01.12.2020
MARKS: 80 TIME: 2½ Hrs. + 15 Mins.
Reading Time

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Answers to this Paper must be written on single line A4 size paper.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answer.
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Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown and must be done on
the same sheet as the rest of the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The intended marks for the questions or parts of questions are given in the brackets [ ].
Use the Mathematical Log tables prescribed by school.
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SECTION A (40 MARKS)

(Answer all the questions from this Section)
Question 1

a) 3 7 0 2 1 −5 [3]
Find matrix X If ! ' ! ' + 2X = ! '
2 4 5 3 −4 6

b) Solve the following quadratic equation and give your answer correct to 2 decimal places. [3]
x2–3(x+3)=0
c) The printed price of an air conditioner is Rs40,000. The wholesaler allows a discount of [4]
10% on it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper sells the AC to a customer at the marked
price. If GST is charged at the rate of 28%, find

i) GST paid by the shopkeeper to the government

ii) Amount paid by the shopkeeper
iii) Amount paid by the customer
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Question 2

a) The fourth term of an A.P. is 11 and the eighth term exceeds twice the fourth term by 5. [3]
Find the A.P. and the sum of 50 terms
b) In the given figure AD is the diameter of the circle with centre 0. AD is parallel to BC [3]
and ÐCBD= 320. Find:
i) ÐOBD ii) Ð AOB iii) Ð BED

c) Three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD taken in order are A (3, 6), B (5, 10) and [4]
C (3 , 2 ) , find:

i) The coordinates of vertex D

ii) Equation of side AB

Question 3

a) When the two polynomials x3 – px2 + x +6 and 2x3 – x2 – ( p + 3 )x – 6 are divided by [3]
(x – 3), the remainder is same. Find the value of p.

b) Prove that tan2θ = 1 + cosθ [3]

( secθ – 1 )2 1 - cos θ

c) Plot P ( ,2 , 4 ) and Q ( -2 , 1 ) and R ( 5, 0 ) on a graph paper. [4]

i) Reflect P and Q in the line y= 0 to get P1 and Q1 and write their coordinates.

ii) Give a geometrical name to the figure PQQ1P1R.

iii) Find the area of the figure.

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Question 4

a) [3]

b) Sonia had a Recurring deposit account in a bank and deposited Rs 600 per month for [3]
2½ years. If the rate of interest was 10% per annum, find the maturity value of this
account.

c) The mean marks obtained by 50 students in a test is 62.8 where a and b [4]
are two missing data. Find a and b.

Marks 0-20 20 -40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120

No. of 5 a 10 b 7 8
students

SECTION B - 40 MARKS
(Attempt any 4 questions from this Section)
Question 5

a) Solve the following inequation, write the solution set and represent it on a number line. [3]
!" " & &
≤ - 1 < , 𝑥 ∈ R
$ % $ '
b) !"#$%& !*.$%& [3]
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡
'(#)'&*+,- &
-
'(#)'&"+,- &
= 2 ( 1 + cot A )
c) [4]

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Question 6

a) If x2 + y2 =
17 . Use properties of proportion to find the value of [3]
x2 – y2 8
i) x:y

ii) x3 + y3
x3 – y3
b) Sixteen cards are labelled as a, b , c , ………m, n , o , p. They are put in a box and [3]
shuffled. A boy is asked to draw a card from the box. What is the probability that the
card drawn is :
i) a vowel
ii) a consonant
iii) none of the letters of the word median
c) [4]
Given matrix A = !
4𝑠𝑖𝑛30
𝑐𝑜𝑠0
𝑐𝑜𝑠0
4𝑠𝑖𝑛30
' and B = [ 45 ]
If AX = B
i) Write the order of matrix X.
ii) Find the matrix X.

Question 7
a) The marks of 10 students of a class in an examination arranged in ascending order is [3]
as follows:
13 ,35, 43, 46, x ,x + 4 ,55 ,61 ,71 ,80
If the median marks are 48 ,find the value of x. Hence find the mode of the given data

b) Sum of two natural numbers is 8 and the difference of their reciprocal is 2/15. Find the [3]
numbers
c) A line AB meet X axis at A and y axis at B. P ( 4 , -1 ) divides AB in the ratio 1: 2 [4]

i) Find the co -ordinates of A and B.

ii). Find the equation of a line through P and having the same slope as the line

2y = 3x + 5
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Question 8

a) Using factor theorem show that (x - 3) is a factor of x3 - 7x2 +15x – 9. Hence factorise [3]
the expression completely.
b) Find the value of k for which the given equation has real and distinct roots. [3]
3x2 – 6x + k = 0
c) A girl fills a cylindrical bucket 32 cm in height and 18 cm in radius with sand. She [4]

empties the bucket on the ground and makes a conical heap of the sand. If the height

of the conical heap is 24 cm, find:

i) its radius and

ii) it's slant height (Give your answer correct to the nearest cm)

Question 9

a) Priyanka has a recurring deposit account of Rs 1000 per month at 10% p per annum. [3]
If she gets Rs 5550 as interest at the time of maturity, find the total time for which the
account was held.
b) In triangle PQR , PQ = 24cm, QR = 7cm and ÐPQR = 900. Find the radius of the [3]
inscribed circle.
 c) Find the point of intersection of the lines 4x + 3y = 1 and 3x – y + 9 = 0.If this point lies [4]
on the line ( 2k – 1 )x – 2y = 4 ; find the value of k

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Question 10

a) The monthly income of a group of 320 employees in a company is given below. [6]

Monthly income in Rs No of employees

6000 - 7000 20
7000 - 8000 45
8000 - 9000 65
9000 - 10000 95
10000 - 11000 60
11000 - 12000 30
12000 - 13000 5

Draw an ogive taking 2cm = Rs1000 on one axis and 2 cm = 50 employees on the

other axis. From the graph determine

i) The median wage.

ii) The number of employees whose income is below Rs8500.

iii) If the salary of the senior employee is above Rs 11500, find the number of

senior employees.

iv) The upper quartile.

b) An aeroplane at an altitude of 250m observes the angle of depression of two boats on [4]
the opposite banks of the river to be 45º and 60º respectively. Find the width of the
river. Write the answer to the nearest whole number.

Question 11
 a) A shopkeeper buys an article from a manufacturer for 12,000 and mark-up it price by [3]

25%. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% on the marked up price and he gives a

further off season discount of 5% on the balance to a customer of TV .If GST is 12%

find :

i) the price paid by the consumer

ii) the amount of SGST paid by the shopkeeper

iii) the amount of tax received by the Central Government

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b) Find three numbers in AP whose sum is 24 and whose product is 440. [3]

c) In the figure given below O is the centre of the circle and SP is a tangent. [4]

If Ð SRT = 650 Find the values of x, y and z

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