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MAHESH TUTORIALS Semester - I
(STATE BOARD)

MATHEMATICS - I

Duration : 2 hrs. PORTION : 1, 2, 3, 5,

Marks : 40

Q.1. (A) Solve the following : (Any 4) 4

1. Write the following set using rule method: A = {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100}
2. Find the value: |4 – 9|
3. State whether the given algebraic expression is a polynomial ? Justify.
2 – 5
4. Find the reduced form of the ratio of the first quantity to second quantity.
14 `, 12 ` and 40 paise

5. Write five solutions of the equation x + y = 7.

6. If class mark is 10 and class width is 6 then find the class.

Q.1. (B) Solve the following : (Any 2) 4

1. If n(A) = 20, n(B) = 28 and n(A  B) = 36 then n(A  B) = ?

2. Multiply: ( 3 2 − 3 )( 4 3 − 2 )

3. Divide the first polynomial by the second polynomial and find the remainder using
remainder theorem.
(x2 – 7x + 9); (x + 1)

Q.2. Solve the following : 4

1. Find the value of 5 3

7  4
(A) – 1 (B) – 41
(C) 41 (D) 1

2. Which of the following quadratic equations has roots 3, 5 ?

(A) x2 – 15x + 8 = 0 (B) x2 – 8x + 15 = 0
(C) x2 + 3x + 5 = 0 (D) x2 + 8x – 15 = 0

3. For an given A.P., a = 3.5 , d = 0, n = 101 then tn = ...... .

(A) 0 (B) 3.5
(C) 103.5 (D) 104.5

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4. A die is rolled. What is the probability that the number appearing on upperface is less
than 3?
1 1
(A) (B)
6 3
1
(C) (D) 0
2

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Q.2. (B) Solve the following : (Any 2)
1. Solve the following simultaneous equations.
3a + 5b = 26; a + 5b = 22

2. Solve the following quadratic equation by factorization.

x2 + x – 20 = 0

3. Find the 19th term of the following A.P. 7, 13, 19, 25, ...

Q.3. (A) Solve the following activity : (Any 2) 4

1. Complete the following activity to find the sum of natural numbers between 1 to 140
which are divisible by 4.
Between 1 to 140. natural number divisible by 4

4, 8, ............, 136

How many numbers? \ n = 34

n= ,a= ,d=

tn = a + (n – 1)d

136 = + (n – 1)×
n
n= Sn = [2a + (n – 1)d]
2
34
S34 = [2 × 4 + (34 – 1)4] =
2
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2. Activity :
3x – 2y = 3 2x + y = 16
Value of Determinants

D = Dx = Dy =
= = =

According to Cramer’s rule

x =

\ x =

y =

\ y =
\
(x , y) = ( , ) is the solution.

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3. One of the roots of equation 5m2 + 2m + k = 0 is − . Complete the following activity to
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find the value of ‘k’.

Solution:
is the root of the equation 5m2 + 2m + k = 0

\ Put m = in the equation,

\ 5× +2× +k=0

\ + +k=0

\ +k=0

\ k=

Q.3. (B) Solve the following activity : (Any 2) 4

1. Form the quadratic equation from the roots given below.

2 – 5 and 2 + 5

2. In an A.P. 17th term is 7 more than 10th term. Find the common difference?

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3. If two coins are tossed, find the probability of the following events :
(i) Getting atleast one head
(ii) Getting no head

Q.4. Solve the following : (Any 3) 9

1. Write sample space ‘S’ and number of sample point n(S) for each of the following
experiments. Also write events A, B, C in the set form and write n(A), n(B), n(C).
From three men and two women, environment committee of two persons is to be
formed.
Condition for event A : There must be at least one woman member.
Condition for event B : One man, one woman committee to be formed.
Condition for event C : There should not be a woman member.

2. Divide 207 in three parts, such that all parts are in A.P. and product of two smaller parts
will be 4623.

3. Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square method.

9y2 – 12y + 2 = 0

4. Solve the following simultaneous equations using Cramer’s rule.

5 1 −4
3 x− 2 y = ; x + 3y =
2 3 3

Q.5 Solve the following : (Any 1) 4

1. Two dice are thrown, find the probability of getting :
(i) The sum of the numbers on their upper faces is divisible by 9.
(ii) The sum of the numbers on their upper faces is at the most 3.
(iii) The number on the upper face of the first d
ie is less than the number on the up
per face of the second die.

2. Durga’s mother gave some 10 rupee notes and some 5 rupee notes to her, which
amounts to ` 190. Durga said, ‘if the number of 10 rupee notes and 5 rupee notes would
have been interchanged, I would have ` 185 in my hand.’ So how many notes of rupee
10 and rupee 5 were given to Durga?

Q.6 Solve the following : (Any 1) 3

1. Two numbers differ by 3. The sum of twice the smaller number and thrice the greater
number is 19. Find the numbers.

2. In the orange garden of Mr. Madhusudan there are 150 orange trees. The number of
trees in each rows are 5 more than that in each column. Find the number of trees in each
rows and each column.
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