THE BISHOP’S CO-ED SCHOOL, UNDRI

FIRST ASSESSMENT (2021-22)

MATHEMATICS
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(2 hours)
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CLASS: IX M. MARKS: 80
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• Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

• 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 answers.
• Section A is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section B.
• The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION – A

[40m]

Attempt all questions from this section

QUESTION 1

a) Factorize: 𝟐(𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 − 𝟑𝟐 (3)

b) Without doing any actual division, find which of the following rational numbers have
terminating decimal representation:
𝟖𝟓 𝟑𝟗
i) ii) (3)
𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝟗𝟎

c) Find the area of ∆ABC, ∠ABC = 120O, AB = 7cm and BC = 6cm. (use √3 = 1.732) (4)

QUESTION 2

a) Find the expansion of (𝟒𝒂 − 𝟓𝒃 − 𝟐𝒄)𝟐 (3)

b) If 2cos(2θ+10O) = 1 then find θ where θ is an acute angle. (3)

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c) Prove that + =𝟏 (4)
𝟏+𝒙𝒂−𝒃 𝟏+𝒙𝒃−𝒂

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QUESTION 3

a) Simplify 𝟔√𝟕𝟐 − √𝟏𝟖 − 𝟖√𝟑𝟐. (3)

b) Factorise 𝒑(𝒙 − 𝒚)𝟐 − 𝒒𝒚 + 𝒒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒚. (3)

c) In the figure given below ⎕ABCD is a quadrilateral in which AB = AD, ∠A = 90O = ∠C.
If BC = 8cm and CD = 6cm then find the lengths of AB and AD. (4)

QUESTION 4:

a) If 𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟒 and 𝒂𝟑 + 𝒃𝟑 = 𝟐𝟖 then find the value of 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 (3)

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b) In the figure given below, if sin θ = and AC = 52 cm, find AB, BC and tan θ. (3)
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c) Factorize 𝒂𝟔 + 𝟕𝒂𝟑 − 𝟖. (4)

SECTION – B

Answer any four of the following questions. (40m)

QUESTION 5
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a) If 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 = 𝟏, find 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟐 (3)

𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 −𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
b) If 𝟓 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝜽 = 𝟒, find the value of . (3)
𝟓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽+𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽

c) ABC is a right-angled triangle at B. If D and E are the mid-points of sides BC and AB

respectively, prove that AD2 + CE2 = 5 DE2. (4)

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QUESTION 6:

√𝟑−𝟏
a) Simplify . (3)
√𝟑+𝟏

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b) Factorize 𝟗𝒂𝟐 + − 𝟏𝟖 by splitting the last term. (3)
𝟗𝒂𝟐

c) If 1960 = 𝟐𝒂 × 𝟓𝒃 × 𝟕𝒄 , then find the values of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 hence find the value of
𝟐−𝒂 × 𝟓−𝒄 × 𝟕𝒃. (4)

QUESTION 7:

𝑨+𝑩 𝑪
a) For ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, prove that 𝐬𝐞𝐜 ( ) = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝟐. (3)
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b) Evaluate (69)3 + 3(69)2 + 3(69) + 1 using algebraic formula. (3)

c) In ∆PQR, ∠P : ∠Q : ∠R = 1 : 2 : 3 and altitude from P to QR is 4cm. Find the perimeter of

∆PQR. (4)

QUESTION 8:

a) From the following figure, find the values of 𝑥O and 𝑦O. (3)

b) Evaluate sin2 30O – 2 cos3 60O + 3 tan4 45O (3)

c) Find 𝟏. 𝟑 ̅.
̅ + 𝟎. 𝟏𝟐 (4)

QUESTION 9:

(𝟎.𝟔𝟖)𝟑 −(𝟎.𝟏𝟑)𝟑
a) Find the value of (3)
(𝟎.𝟔𝟖)𝟐 +(𝟎.𝟔𝟖)(𝟎.𝟏𝟑)+(𝟎.𝟏𝟑)𝟐

b) Find the value of

𝑠𝑖𝑛370 2 tan 420 sec 540
+ − (3)
𝑐𝑜𝑠530 cot 480 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐360

c) In a parallelogram ABCD, ∠B = 60O. The perpendicular distance between AD and BC is 3cm.

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Find the sides AB and BC if BC is 𝟏 𝟐 times of AB. (use (√3 = 1.732). (4)

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QUESTION 10:

a) Identify the type of a triangle with sides 24cm, 7cm and 25cm. (3)

b) If A = 60O and B = 30O, prove that

sin (A – B) = sin A cos B – cos A sin B (3)

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c) Evaluate (𝟐𝟕)𝟑 + (𝟑𝟐)𝟎.𝟖 + (𝟎. 𝟖)−𝟏 + (𝟎. 𝟖)𝟎 . (4)

QUESTION 11

a) Write the following numbers in descending order.

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(3)
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√𝟓, √𝟑, √𝟖

b) Without calculating the cubes, find the value of (– 34)3 + (19)3 + (15)3. (3)

c) A ladder is placed in a hall resting against a wall reaching 7.5 feet above the ground. Keeping
its foot at the same point, the ladder is turned to the opposite wall to reach 12 feet above the
ground. Find the width of the hall, if the ladder is 12.5 feet long. (4)

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