38 Mathematics Chapter-wise Previous Years' Questions (Class-10)

35. Sum of the first 20 terms of an AP is –240 and its
first term is 7. Find its 24th term. [2012] ...[4M]
36. Find the number of terms of the AP –12, –9,
–6, ... 12. If 1 is added to each term of this AP,
then find the sum of terms of the AP thus
obtained. [2013] ...[4M]
37. In an AP of 50 terms, the sum of first 10 terms
is 210 and the sum of its last 15 terms is 2565.
Find the AP. [2014] ...[4M]
38. Find the 60th term of the AP 8, 10, 12 ..........,
if it has a total of 60 terms and hence find the
sum of its last 10 terms. [2015] ...[4M]
39. The houses in a row numbered consecutively
from 1 to 49. Show that there exists a value of
X such that sum of numbers of houses
preceding the house numbered X is equal to
sum of the numbers of houses following X.
[2016] ...[4M]
40. The sum of four consecutive numbers in an AP
is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and
the last term to the product of two middle terms
is 7 : 15. Find the numbers. [2018] ...[4M]
41. If the sum of first four terms of an AP is 40 and
that of first 14 terms is 280. Find the sum of its
first n terms. [2019] ...[4M]

Chapter - 6 : Triangles

1. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are !" !

30 cm and 40 cm. Find the side of the 6. Given ABC ~ PQR, if " then find
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2. In figure, PQ || BC and AP : PB = 1 : 2. Find !"# "#& $
!"# !"# $ 7. In figure, DE || BC, AD = 1 cm and BD = 2 cm.
% [2008] ...[1M] What is the ratio of the ar( ABC) to the
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! ar( ADE)? [2019] ...[1M]
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3. In LMN, L = 50° and N = 60°. If LMN ~
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PQR, then find Q. [2009] ...[1M] 8. E is a point on the side AD produced of
4. In below figure, S and T are points on the parallelogram ABCD and BE intersects CD at F.
sides PQ and PR respectively of PQR, such Show that ABE ~ CFB. [2008] ...[2M]
that PT = 2 cm, TR = 4 cm and ST is parallel 9. In figure, ABD is a right triangle, right-angled at
to QR. Find the ratio of the areas of PST and A and AC BD. Prove that AB2 = BC.BD.
PQR. [2010] ...[1M] [2009] ...[2M]
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5. In below figure, AHK is similar to ABC. If ! "
AK = 10 cm, BC = 3.5 cm and HK = 7 cm, find 10. In figure, AD BC. Prove that AB 2 + CD 2
AC. [2010] ...[1M] = BD2 + AC2. [2008] ...[3M]
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