VILLA THERESA HIGH SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAM- MARCH 2021

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MARKS: 80

DATE: 8.3.2021 TIME: 2hrs 30 min

SECTION A
Question 1
a) Solve the inequation and represent the solution set on the number line
5 1 4𝑥 5
−3 6 < 6 − ≤ 26 ; 𝑥∈𝐼 [3]
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b) An AP consists of 60 terms. If the first and the last term are 6 and 124 respectively,
find the 27th term. [3]
c) In the figure,∠𝐷𝐵𝐶 = 37° BD is a diameter of the circle. Calculate
[i] ∠𝐵𝐷𝐶 (𝑖𝑖) ∠𝐵𝐸𝐶 (𝑖𝑖𝑖) ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 [4]

Question 2

1 4 3 2
a) If [ ] + 2𝑀 = 3 [ ], find matrix M [3]
−2 3 0 −3
b) Rama deposits a certain sum of money every month in a recurring deposit scheme for
5 years at 6% p.a. If the amount payable to her at the time of maturity is ` 55,320,
find the monthly deposit. [3]
c) In ∆ ABC, ∠𝐵 = 90°, 𝑃𝑄 ⊥ 𝐴𝐶 .
i. Prove [i] ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ~ ∆𝐴𝑄𝑃
ii. If AB = 15, AQ = 6, AP = 3𝑥 + 4 and QC = 10𝑥 − 1, find 𝑥, AP and AC.
𝐴(∆𝐴𝐵𝐶)
iii. Calculate [4]
𝐴(∆𝐴𝑄𝑃)
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Question 3

a) From the top of 38 m high tower, the angle of depression of the top of a building is
30°. If the height of the second building is 18 m, find the distance between the tower
and the building. [3]
b) When the two polynomials 𝑥 3 − 𝑝𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 − (𝑝 + 3)𝑥 − 6 are divided
by 𝑥 − 3, the remainder is same. Find the value of p. [3]
c) If a, b, c are in continued proportion, prove
(𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 )(𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 ) = (𝑏 2 − 𝑐 2 )(𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 ) [4]

Question 4

a) Find the mode and the median of the following frequency distribution.
𝒙 10 11 12 13 14 15
𝒇 1 4 7 5 9 3
[3]
b) A shopkeeper buys a printer at a discount of 30% on the marked price of `8000. He
sells the printer to a customer at the marked price. GST charged at each stage is
18%. Find
(i) GST paid by the shopkeeper to the government.
(ii) The price paid by the shopkeeper for the article inclusive of tax.
(iii) The cost to the customer inclusive of tax. [3]
c) The base area of a cone is 1386 cm2 and its volume is 12936 cm3. Find the curved
surface area of the cone. [4]
 SECTION B

Answer any four questions from this Section

Question 5

a) Factorise completely 𝑥 3 + 10𝑥 2 − 37𝑥 + 26 [3]

b) Cards are marked with numbers from 15 to 55 and well shuffled. One card is drawn
at random. What is the probability that it is
(i) a perfect square
(ii) a multiple of 3 and 4
(iii) A factor of 8. [3]
tan 𝐴 cot 𝐴
c) Prove + = 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 sec 𝐴 [4]
1−cot 𝐴 1−tan 𝐴

Question 6

a) Solve 5𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 4 = 0 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 3 significant figures. [3]

b) Using properties of proportion solve for 𝑥
√𝑎 + 3𝑏 + √𝑎 − 3𝑏
If 𝑥 = , then show that 3𝑏𝑥 2 − 2𝑎𝑥 + 3𝑏 = 0 [3]
√𝑎 + 3𝑏 − √𝑎 − 3𝑏

c) Point A lies on 𝑋 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 and B lies on the Y axis P [-1, 8] divides AB in the ratio 4:1.
Find the co-ordinates of A and B. Also write the equation of line AB. [4]

Question 7

a) From the top of a light house, the angles of depression of two ships on the same
side of the light house are 60° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 45°. Find the height of the light house, if the
distance between the ships is 36 m. Answer to the nearest metre. [3]
b) Using a graph paper, taking 1 cm = 1 unit along both x and y axis
(i) Plot A (0, 3), B (2, 3), C (3, 0), D (2, -3), E (0, -3).
(ii) Reflect B, C, D in y axis and name them B’, C’ and D’ respectively.
(iii) Write the co-ordinates of B’, C’ and D’
(iv) Write equation B’ D’
(v) State the geometrical name for the figure BCDD’C’B’B. [3]
 c) In the following figure, a circle is inscribed in the quadrilateral ABCD. If BC = 38
cm, QB = 27 cm, DC= 25 cm and AD ⊥ DC. Find the radius of the circle. [4]

Question 8

a) The ages of 48 players in a coaching camp are as follows.

Age in 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25
years
No of 3 6 9 13 8 5 4
players

Calculate the mean age. [3]

b) Find the value of 𝑘 for which the following equations has equal roots
𝑥 2 + 4𝑘𝑥 + 𝑘 2 − 𝑘 + 2 = 0 [3]
3 1 1 0
c) If A =[ ] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 = [ ] 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐴2 − 5𝐴 + 7𝐼 [4]
−1 2 0 1

Question 9

a) ABCD is a parallelogram where A=(𝑥, 𝑦), B = (5, 8), C (4, 7) and D (2, −4). Find
(i) Coordinates of A
(ii) Equation of diagonal BD. [3]
b) In an auditorium, the number of rows was equal to the number of seats in each row.
When the number of rows was doubled and the number of seats in each row was
reduced by 12, then the number of seats was increased by 1300. How many rows were
there? How many seats were there? [3]
 c) Given below are the weekly wages of 40 workers in a small factory. If their mean weekly
age is ` 145, find the values of a and b [4]
Weekly 80-100 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180
wages `
No of 4 6 a b 18
workers

Question 10

1 − sin 𝐴
a) Prove √ 1 + sin 𝐴 = sec 𝐴 − tan 𝐴 [3]

b) If 12th term of an AP is -13 and the sum of its four terms is 24, what is the sum
of first 10 terms? [3]
c) AB is a tangent to the circle with centre Q. PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. If
∠𝑃𝑆𝑄 = 38°, ∠𝑃𝑄𝑅 = 110°. Find:
(i) ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅
(ii) ∠𝑃𝑄𝐴
(iii) ∠𝑅𝑄𝐵

Question 11

a) A car covers a distance of 400 km with certain speed had the speed been
12 km/h more the time taken for the journey would have been 1 hour 40 min less.
Find the original speed of the car. [4]
b) The table shows scores obtained by 120 shooters in a shooting competition. Using
graph, draw an ogive and estimate.

(i) the median

(ii) The inter quartile range
(iii) The number of shooters who scored more than 75% scores.
Scores 0-10 10- 20- 30- 40- 50- 60- 70- 80- 90-
Obtained 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
No. of 5 9 16 22 26 18 11 6 4 3
shooters