Sample Question Paper - 9

Mathematics-Standard (041)
Class- X, Session: 2021-22
TERM II

Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:

1. The question paper consists of 14 questions divided into 3 sections A, B, C.

2. All questions are compulsory.

3. Section A comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks each. Internal choice has been provided in two

questions.

4. Section B comprises of 4questions of 3 marks each. Internal choice has been provided in one
question.

5. Section C comprises of 4 questions of 4 marks each. An internal choice has been provided in one
question. It contains two case study-based questions.

Section A
1. Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers which are divisible by 13. [2]
OR
An A.P. consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and the sum of the past
three terms is 429. Find the A.P.
2. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization: [2]
abx2 + (b2 - ac) x – bc = 0.
3. Two concentric circles of radii a and b (a >b) are given. Find the length of the chord of the [2]
larger circle which touches the smaller circle.
4. A girl empties a cylindrical bucket full of sand, of base radius 18 cm and height 32 cm, on the [2]
floor to form a conical heap of sand. If the height of this conical heap is 24 cm then find its
slant height correct to one place of decimal.
5. Compute the mode of the following data: [2]

Class 0 - 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 100

Frequency 25 16 28 20 5

6. Find the values of k for which the given equation has real and equal roots: [2]

(k + 1)x2 - 2(k - 1)x + 1 = 0

OR
Find two consecutive positive integers, sum of whose squares is 365.
Section B
7. Data regarding the weights of students of Class X of a school is given below. [3]

Weight(in kg) 50 - 52 52 - 54 54 - 56 56 - 58 58 - 60 60 - 62 62 - 64
 Number of students 18 21 17 28 16 35 15

Compute the mean weight of the students.

8. Draw two concentric circles of radii 4 cm and 6 cm. Construct a tangent to the smaller circle [3]
from a point on the larger circle. Measure the length of this tangent.
9. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 32.5, find the values of f1 and f2. [3]

Class Interval 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 Total

Frequency f1 5 9 12 f2 3 2 40

10. A tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground 100 m away from the [3]
foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 45°. Find the height of the
tower.
OR
The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If the string makes an
angle θ with the ground level such that tan θ = 15/8 then find the height of the kite from the
ground. Assume that there is no slack in the string.
Section C
11. Water is flowing at the rate of 7 metres per second through a circular pipe whose internal [4]
diameter is 2 cm into a cylindrical tank the radius of whose base is 40 cm. Determine the
increase in the water level in 1/2 hour.
12. In the figure, AB is diameter of a circle with centre O and QC is a tangent to the circle at C. If [4]
∠ CAB = 30°, find ∠CQA and ∠CBA.

OR
In the given figure, AB is a diameter of the circle. The length of AB = 5 cm. If O is the centre of the
length of tangent segment BT = 12 cm, determine CT.

13. Basant Pandey noticed that one of the street lights in front of his society gate was not working. [4]
He called BSES customer care and registered the complaint. The electricity department of
BSES sent an electrician to check the fault. The electrician has to repair an electric fault on the
pole of height 5 m. He needs to reach a point 1.3m below the top of the pole to undertake the
 repair work (see fig. ).

i. What should be the length of the ladder that she should use which, when inclined at an
angle of 60° to the horizontal, would enable her to reach the required position?
ii. Also, how far from the foot of the pole should she place the foot of the ladder? (You may
–
take √3 = 1.73 )
14. Kamla and her husband were working in a factory in Seelampur, New Delhi. During the [4]
pandemic, they were asked to leave the job. As they have very limited resources to survive in
a metro city, they decided to go back to their hometown in Himachal Pradesh. After a few
months of struggle, they thought to grow roses in their fields and sell them to local vendors as
roses have been always in demand. Their business started growing up and they hired many
workers to manage their garden and do packaging of the flowers.

In their garden bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 are in the 2nd, 19 in 3rd row
and so on. There are 5 plants in the last row.
i. How many rows are there of rose plants?
ii. Also, find the total number of rose plants in the garden.