MATHS X

1. Find the number of integral values of x so that 2 2 x − 7 x + 5

2
= 1.
2. Find the value of 6 + 6 + 6 + ........
3. If a and b are the roots of the equation x2 + ax – b = 0, then find a and b.
4.Solve for x: (i) 22x+3 = 65(2x - 2) + 122
(ii) 3x2 + 21 x– 14 = 0
(iii) (x – 1)2 – 5(x – 1) – 6 = 0
5. If the equation (1+m2 )n2x2 +2 mncx + (c2-a2)=0 of x has equal roots, prove that c2= a2( 1+m2).
6. Which term of the A. P. 84, 80, 76, 72…. _will be the first negative term?
7. If m times the mth term of an AP is the same as n times its nth term, find its (m+n)th term.
8.Which of the following cannot be the general term of an AP? 4n+3 , 3n2+5, (2n–4)/5
9. If sum of first m terms of an AP is am2+bm, find its common difference.
10. If the pth term of an AP is 1/q and the qth term is 1/p, show that the sum of first pq terms is (pq+1) /2.
11. The sums of first n terms of three APs are S1, S2 and S3. The first term of each is unity and their common
difference are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that S1 + S3= 2S2.
12. If Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an AP, prove that S12 = 3(S8 - S4)
13. Find the sum of first n natural numbers.
14. Find the coordinates of the centre of a circle which passes through the points (0, 1), (3, 4) and (–3, 4).
tan 3  cot 3 
15. Prove that + = sec  cos ec − 2 sin  cos 
1 + tan 2  1 + cot 2 
16. A tower stands near an airport. The angle of elevation θ of the tower from a point on the ground is such that its
tangent is 5/12. Find the height of the tower, if the distance of the observer from the tower is 120 metres.
17. A peacock is sitting on the top of a tree. It observes a serpent on the ground making an angle of depression of
30°. The peacock with the speed of 300 m/ min catches the serpent in 12 sec. What is the height of the tree?
18. A boy 2m tall is standing at some distance from a 30m tall building. The angle of elevation from his eyes to
the top of the building increases from 30° to 60° as he walks towards the building. Find the distance he walked
towards the building.
19. From a point on a cricket ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is found to be 30° at a distance of
225 m from the tower. On walking 150 m towards the tower, again the angle of elevation is found. Find the
new angle of elevation.
20. A bag contains 14 balls of which x are white. If 6 more white balls are added, then the probability of drawing a
white ball is ½, find the value of x.
21. If P(E) = 0.06, what is the value of P(notE) ?
22. Cards marked with numbers 3 to 79 are placed in a box. One card is drawn from the box. Find the probability
that the number on the card is odd ?
23. The probability of selecting a green marble at random from a jar that contains green, white and yellow marbles
is 1/3. The probability of selecting a white marble at random from the jar is 2/9. If the jar contains 8 yellow
marbles, find the total number of marbles in the jar.

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24. A conical hole is drilled in circular cylinder of height 15 cm and radius 8 cm, which has same height and same
base radius. Find the total surface area, after drilling of cone. (use  = 3.14).
25. An hour glass is made using identical double glass cones of diameter 10 cm each. If total height is 24 cm, then
find the surface area of the glass used in making it.
26. A warehouse is used as a granary. It is the shape of a cuboid surmounted by a half cylinder. The base of the
warehouse is 6m x 14 m and its height is 8m.Find the surface area of the non-cuboidal part of the warehouse.
27. Two identical solid cubes of sides ‘a’ are joined end to end. Then, find the total surface area of the resulting
cuboid.
28. Marbles of diameter 1.4cm each are dropped into a cylindrical beaker of radius 7cm containing some water.
How many marbles must be dropped so that water in the beaker rises by 28cm ?
29. The barrel of a fountain pen, cylindrical in shape, is 7 cm long and 0.5 cm in diameter. A full barrel of ink in
the pen can be used for writing 275 words on an average. How many words would be written using a bottle of
ink containing one-fourth of a litre ?
30. A wall 24m long, 0.4m thick and 6m high is constructed with bricks each of dimensions 25 cm x 16 cm x
10cm.If the mortar occupies 1/10th of the volume of the wall, find the number of bricks used in constructing
the wall.
cos 2 
31. Solve the equation for x : =3
cot 2  − cos 2 
32. A hemispherical bowl of internal diameter 36 cm contains liquid. This liquid is filled into 72cylindrical bottles
of diameter 6 cm. Find the height of the each bottle, if 10 % liquid is wasted in this transfer.
33. Find the ratio of the area of the semicircle formed on the diagonal of a square of side 14 cm to that of the
semicircle formed on the side of the square.
34. If the area of a sector of a circle is 5/18th of the area of that circle, then find the central angle of the sector.
35. In a triangular park, the three corners are used to make play areas for children in the form of sectors of radii
14m each. If the sides of the park are 52m, 56m and 60 m, find the area of the remaining portion of the park .
36. In the given figure, OAPB is a sector of a circle of radius 3.5 cm P
with the centre at O. If AOB = 120 , then find the length of OAPBO.
0

O
37. Prove that tangents drawn from an external point are equally inclined to line joining the A B
external point and the centre.
38. A circle is inscribed in a square of side 4cm and another circle is circumscribing the
square. Prove that the area of the circumscribed circle is two times the area of the
inscribed circle.
39. Tangents PQ and PR are drawn to a circle such that RPQ = 30°. A chord RS is drawn
parallel to the tangent PQ. Find RQS.
m2 −1
40. If cos ec + cot  = m , show that 2 = cos
m +1