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STD: X Level - I MARKS: 40
SUB: ALGEBRA (Set C) TIME: 2 hrs

Q.1.A) Choose the correct alternatives: [4]

1) 149 is the ______ term of the given A.P. 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, .....
A) 24 B) 25 C) 30 D) 31
2) The discriminant (Δ) of the quadratic equation 3x2 + 2x – 9 = 0 is
A) 112 B) –112 C) 56 D) 0
3) If a card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards, then the probability that it is a queen
card is
A) B) C) D)

4) If x – y = 10 and x = 2y, then

A) x = 20, y = 20 B) x = 20, y = 10 C) x = 20, y = 0 D) x = -20, y = 10

Q.1.B) Solve the following: [4]

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1) Write the given equation in the form ax + bx + c = 0, then write the values of a, b, c for given
equation: p(3 + 6p) = -5
2) Write the formula for finding the measure of central angle of a sector.
3) Find the value of given discriminant: | |
4) Write the formula for finding the mean by step deviation method.

Q.2.A) Solve the following: (Any 2) [4]

1) Solve the given simultaneous equation: 2x – 3y = 9; 2x + y = 13

2) Find the first term and common difference of the A.P.: , , , ,…

3) Solve the given quadratic equation by factorization: 2y2 + 27y + 13 = 0

Q.2.B) Solve the following: (Any 4) [8]

1) Solve the simultaneous equation graphically: x + y = 0; 2x – y = 9
2) If and are the roots of x2 + 5x – 1 = 0 then find:
3) A milk centre sold milk to 50 customers. The table below gives the number of customers and
the milk they purchased. Find the mean of the milk sold by direct method.
Milk sold (Litres) 1–2 2–3 3–4 4–5 5–6
No. of Customers 17 13 10 7 3
4) Solve using formula: 5m2 – 4m – 2 = 0
5) Solve the given simultaneous equation using Cramer’s rule: 4m + 6n = 54; 3m + 2n = 28

Q.3.A) Solve the following: (Any 1) [3]

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1) Solve the given quadratic equation by completing square method: 5x = 4x + 7
 2) A man borrows Rs. 8000 and agrees to repay with a total interest of Rs. 1360 in 12 monthly
instalments. Each instalment being less than the preceding one by Rs. 40. Find the amount of
the first and last instalment.

Q.3.B) Solve the following: (Any 2) [6]

1) Grouped frequency distribution of supply of milk to hotels and the number of hotels is given in
the following table. Find the mode of the supply of milk.
Milk (Litres) No. of Hotels
1–3 7
3–5 5
5–7 15
7–9 20
9 – 11 35
11 – 13 18

2) Solve the simultaneous equation: + = 4; – = -2

3) If two coins are tossed, find the probability of the following events:
i) Getting at least one head ii) Getting no head.
4) Suyash scored 10 marks more in second test than that in the first test. 5 times the score of
the second test is the same as the square of the score in the first test. Find his score in the
first test.
Q.4. Solve the following: (Any 2) [8]
1) Divide 207 in three parts, such that all parts are in A.P. and product of two smaller parts will
be 4623.
2) There are six cards in a box, each bearing a number from 0 to 5. Find the probability of each
of the following events, that a card drawn shows,
i) a natural number ii) a number less than 1
iii) a whole number iv) a number is greater than 5
3) The following table shows the average rainfall in 150 towns. Show the information by a
frequency polygon:
Average rainfall (cm) No. of towns
0 – 20 14
20 – 40 12
40 – 60 36
60 – 80 48
80 – 100 40

Q.5. Solve the following: (Any 1) [3]

1) The following table shows classification of number of Workers and the numbers of hours they
work in a software company. Find the median of the number of hours they work.
Daily no. of hours 8 – 10 10 – 12 12 – 14 12 – 14
No. of workers 150 500 300 50
2) Kantabai bought 1.5 kg tea and 5 kg sugar from a shop. She paid Rs. 50 as return fare for
rickshaw. Total expense was Rs. 700. Then she realised that by ordering online the goods
can be bought with free home delivery at the same price. So next month she placed the order
online for 2 kg tea and 7 kg sugar. She paid Rs. 880 for that. Find the rate of sugar and tea
per kg.