Mathematics-ALGERBRA (Paper-I)

Time : 2 Hours Marks : 40

Question Paper – 3
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Q.1. Attempt any five subquestions from the following :

i. For an A.P. write the next two terms of -9,-6,-3,……, …….,

ii. If one root of the quadratic equation is 3, then find the value of .
iii. If D = -7 and are the values of the determinant for certain simultaneous
equations in .
iv. If one card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, find the probability of getting (a) a
black card.
v. If ∑ and If ∑ , then find the mean ̅.
vi. For an A.P., , find .

Q.2 Attempt any four subquestions from the following :

i. Find if the nth term of the Sequence 5,8,11,14,………… is 68.

ii. Solve : by factorization method.
iii. Find the value of for which have infinitely many
solutions.
iv. Form two digit numbers using the digits 0,1,2,3 without repeating the digits. Write
sample spac ‘S’,n(S) event P and n(P) is the event that the number so formed is
divisible by 3.
v. The product of the two consecutive odd natural numbers is 63. Find the numbers.
vi. What is the equation of ? Hence, the point of intersection of and
find the line .
Q.3 Attempt any three of the following subquestions:

i. The sum of the first 55 terms of an A.P. is 3300. Find the 28th term.
ii. Solve : ( )( ) + 24 = 0.

iii. Solve :

iv. A box contains 20 cards marked with the numbers 1 to 20. One card is drawn from
this box at random. What is the probability that numbers on the card is (a) a prime
number (b) perfect square (c) multiple of 5 ?
v. The adjoining pie diagram show percentage of persons to blood group. Answer the
following questions.
(a) Find the measure of the central angle for each blood group.
(b) Find total number of persons if there are 600 persons of blood group (B).

Q.4 Attempt any two subquestions from the following :

i. If the difference of the roots of the quadratic equation is 5 and the difference of their
cubes is 215, find the quadratic equation.
ii. A bus covers a certain distance with uniform speed. If the speed of the bus would
have been increased by 15 km/hr, it would have taken two hours less to cover the
same distance. And if the speed of the bus would have been decreased by 5 km/hr.
It would have taken one hour more to cover the same distance. Find the distance
covered by the bus.
iii. The sales of salesmen in a week are given in the pie diagram. Study the diagram
and answer the following questions. If the total sale due to salesman A is Rs. 18,000
then :
(a) Find the total sale.
(b) Find the sale of each salesman
(c) Find the difference between the highest sale
and the lowest sale.

Q.5 Attempt any two of the following subquestions :

i. Find three consecutive terms in an A.P. whose sum is -3 and the product of their
cubes is 512.

ii. Two dice are thrown. Find the probability of getting (a) The sum of the numbers on
their upper faces is at least 10. (b) The sum of the numbers on their upper faces is
divisible by 6. (c) The sum of the numbers on their upper faces is at the most 4.

iii. Following table gives frequency distribution of trees planted by different housing
societies in a particular locality.
No. of trees 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
No. of societies 2 7 9 8 6 4
Find mean number of trees planted by housing society by using ‘step deviation
method’.