SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CLASS: IX DATE:
[Link]: 80 TIME: 3hrs

General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub- parts of the
values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Questions of 5 marks, 2 Questions
of 3 marks and 2 Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in
the 2marks questions of Section E
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8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = wherever required if not stated.
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SECTION-A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: (20×1M=20M)
1. A linear equation in two variables has _________ solutions.
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Infinite
2. The measure of ∠S is

(a) 1800 (b) 1300 (c) 800 (d) 400

3. The degree of the polynomial 3x – 5x2 + 8x3 + 12 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 8
4. In a parallelogram PQRS, the sum of ∠R and ∠S is
(a) 1800 (b) 900 (c) 3600 (d) none of these
5. The volume of a cone with base radius 12 cm and height 5 cm
(a) 240π (b) 140π (c) 200 π (d) 260 π
6. The class size of the interval 15-20 is _______
(a) 5 (b) 17.5 (c) 20 (d) 35
7. The range of the following data: 25, 18, 20, 22, 16, 6, 17, 15, 12, 30, 32, 10, 19, 8, 11, 20.
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 26
8. The base of a right triangle is 8 cm and hypotenuse is 10 cm. Its area is
(a) 8 cm2 (b) 16 cm2 (c) 24 cm2 (d) 48 cm2
9. The zero of the polynomial, p(y) = 3y is
(a) - 3 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1/3
10. AB and CD are two equal chords of a circle with centre o such that angle ∠AOB = 800, then ∠COD
=

(a) 800 (b) 1000 (c) 450 (d) 1200

11. If the radius of a hemisphere is 3r cm, then its volume (in cm3) is
2 1
(a) 18 π r3 (b) 36 π r3 (c) π r3 (d) π r3
12. The value of 𝑝(𝑥) = 5𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 7 at x=1 is
3 3
2

(a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 5

13. Equal chords of a circle are equidistant from
(a) Diameter (b) Radius (c) Segment (d) Centre.
14. In a histogram, the length of the bars represents
(a) Frequency (b) Class-intervals (c) Range (d) Class Size
15. The curved surface area of a right circular cone whose slant height is 14 cm and base radius is 21 cm
is

16. In Fig. if ∠ABC = 200, then the value of ∠AOC is

(a) 308 cm2 (b) 924 cm2 (c) 232 cm2 (d) 446 cm2

(a) 400 (b) 1400 (c) 100 (d) 200

17. The solution of equation x-2y = 4 is:
(a) (0, 2) (b) (2, 0) (c) (4, 0) (d) (1, 1)
18. The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 7 cm to 14 cm when air is pumped into it. The ratio
of the surface area of original balloon to inflated one is
(a) 1: 2 (b) 1: 3 (c) 1: 4 (d) 4: 3.
19. Assertion: The side of an equilateral triangle is 6 cm then the area of the triangle is 9 cm 2.
Reason: All the sides of an equilateral triangle are equal.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20. Assertion: A square, rectangle and rhombus are all parallelograms.
Reason: A parallelogram is a square.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
 (c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
SECTION- B
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING (5×2M = 10M)
21. If the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 60 m, then find its area.
22. If the point (4, 2) lies on the graph of the equation 5y = ax + 9, find the value of a.
OR
y
Express x – = 8 in the form ax + by + c = 0 and indicate the values of a, b and c
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measure of ∠BDC.
23. In the given figure, ΔABC is an equilateral triangle and ABDC is a cyclic quadrilateral, then, find the

24. Find the value of ‘a’ if (x + 6) is a factor of x3 + 3x2 + 4x + a.

OR
Factorise: 343a3 − 125b3
25. A shot-put is a metallic sphere of radius 2.1 cm. Find the volume of the shot-put.
SECTION- C
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING (6×3M = 18M)
26. Find the area of an isosceles triangle whose equal sides are 25 cm each and the perimeter is 64 cm.
OR
The sides of a triangular field are 33 m, 44 m and 55 m. Find the cost of levelling the field at the rate
Rs 1.20 per m2.
27. The frequency table shows the number of studying hours for some students. Do as directed:

a) The class mark of the fifth class.

b) Draw a histogram to represents the given data
28. In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram in which ∠BDC = 450, ∠BAD = 750, find ∠ADB and
∠CBD.

that ∠ BEC = 125° and ∠ ECD = 30°. Find ∠BAC.

29. In the given figure: A, B, C and D are four points on a circle. AC and BD intersect at a point E such
 30. Find three solutions of the linear equations 5x -4y = 20.
31. The curved surface area of a cone is 12320 square cm. The radius of its base 56 cm find its height.
OR
Eight metallic spheres, each of radius 2 mm, are melted and cast into a single sphere. Calculate the
radius of the new sphere.
SECTION-D
SOLVE THE FOLLOWING (4×5M = 20M)

32. ABCD is a rhombus and P, Q, R and S are the mid-points of the sides AB, BC, CD and DA
respectively. Show that the quadrilateral PQRS is a rectangle.
OR

∠A = ∠B
ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || CD and AD = BC. Show that

∠C = ∠D
(i)

ΔABC ≅ ΔBAD
(ii)
(iii)
(iv) Diagonal AC = diagonal BD

33. (a) Factorize:x3 - 3x2 –9x -5

(b) Evaluate the value of (102)3 using suitable identity.
34. Three girls, Reshma, Salma and Mandip, are playing a game by standing on a circle of radius 5m
drawn in a park. Reshma throws a ball to Salma, Salma to Mandip, and Mandip to Reshma. If the
distance between Reshma and Salma and between Salma and Mandip is 6m each, what is the distance
between Reshma and Mandip?
OR
If ‘O’ is the centre of the circle, find the value of x in the following figures.
(a) (b)

35. A conical tent is 10 m high and the radius of its base is 24 m. Find
a) Slant height of the tent
b) Cost of the canvas required to make the tent, if the cost of 1 m2 canvas is ₹70.
c) Find the total surface area of a conical tent.
 SECTION-E
CASE BASED QUESTIONS (3×4M = 12M)
36. Mathematics teacher of a school took her 9th standard students to show the Red fort. It was a part of
their Educational trip. The teacher had interest in history as well. She narrated the facts of the Red fort
to the students. Then the teacher said that in this monument one can find many solid figures. There are
2 pillars which are cylindrical in shape. Also 2 domes at the corners which are hemispherical. 7
smaller domes at the centre. Flag hoisting ceremony on Independence Day takes place near these
domes.

a) What is the formula for finding the total surface area of a Dome? (1M)
b) What is the circumference of the base of the dome of radius 14 cm? (1M)
c) What is the volume of a hemisphere if the radius of the base is 3.5 m? (2M)
OR
Find the curved surface area of a big hemispherical dome having radius 7 cm. (2M)
37. The sides of a rectangular park are 8m and 9m respectively. A small triangular area of side 8m, 10m
and 6m respectively is to be left out at the four corners of the park for growing flowering plants. The
remaining area is be planted with natural grass.

a) What is the area of the rectangular garden? (1M)

b) What is the semi-perimeter of the triangle for the above measurements? (1M)
c) Find the area used for growing flowering plants (2M)
OR
Find the area of the grass to be planted. (2M)
38. A Mathematics teacher asks students to collect the marks of Mathematics in Half yearly exam. She
instructed to all the students to prepare frequency distribution table using the data collected. Ram
collected the following marks (out of 50) obtained in Mathematics by students of Class IX
21, 10, 30, 22, 33, 5, 37, 12, 25, 42, 15, 39, 26, 32, 18, 27, 28, 19, 29, 35, 31, 24, 36, 18, 20, 38, 22,
44, 16, 24, 10, 27, 39, 28, 49, 29, 32, 23, 31, 21, 34, 22, 23, 36, 24, 36, 33, 47, 48, 50, 39, 20, 7, 16,
36, 45, 47, 30, 22, 17.
a) What is the class mark of the class interval 30 – 40? (1M)
b) How many students scored more than 20 but less than 30? (1M)
c) What is the total number of students in frequency Distribution table? (2M)
OR
How many students scored more than 60% marks? (2M)