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Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80

Class : 10 (CBSE term 1), Test - 02

General Instructions :
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consist of 30 questions divided in to four sections A, B, C and D.
Section - A comprises of 6 questions of 1 mark each, Section - B comprises of 6
questions of 2 marks each, Section - C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and
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Section D comprises of 8 questions of 4 marks each.

3. Question number 1 to 4 in Section - A are multiple choice questions where you are to
select one correct option out of the given four.
4. Use of calculation is not permitted.
5. An additional 15 minutes time gas been allotted to read this question paper only.

SECTION A
Question number 1 to 4 are of 1 mark each
1. 5 books and 7 pens together cost Rs 79, whereas 7 books and 5 pens together cost
Rs 77. Represent this situation in the form of linear equation in two variables.
2. Find the median of first ten odd prime numbers.

3. Aftab tells his daughter, Seven year ago, I was seven times as old as you were
then. Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as old as you will be.
Represent this situation algebraically.
4. If the mean of X observation is 30 and their mode is 75, then find its median.

5. Check whether the pair of linear equation is

consistent.
6. Find the zeros of the polynomial, ( ) .

SECTION B
7. Complete the missing entries in the factor three:

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8. The marks obtained by 100 students in a mathematics test consisting of 100 marks
are given in the following tables:
Marks obtained 0-14 14-28 28-42 42-56 56-70
Number of students 8 20 28 18 26
Find the mean of the marks obtained by the students.
9. The sixth term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 31st term is fine times the 11th term.
10. If , then find the value of sec B.

11. In a school, 35 boys and 85 girls appeared in an examination. The mean mark of
boys was found to be 40%, whereas the mean of the girls was 60%. Determine the
 average marks percentage of the school.

12. Which term of an AP: 22, 19, 16, , is its first negative term.
SECTION C
13. Find k so that is the factor of .

14. A ship covered a certain distance with uniform speed. If the speed of ship would
have been 6 km/hr faster, it would have taken 4 hours less than the scheduled time.
And if the speed of the ship were slower by 6 km/hr, it would have taken 6 hours
more than the scheduled time. Find the length of the journey.

15. Without using trigonometric table, evaluate the following:

16. If , prove that:

17. Find the zeros of the polynomial . Also, verify the relationship
between zeros and the coefficients.
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18. Prove that:

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( )
19. If
& , then prove that +
20. What must be added to ( ) so that the resulting
polynomial is divisible by ( ) ?

21. Two zeros of the polynomial ( ) are .

Find the remaining zeros of p(x) if any.

22. If , then prove that:

SECTION D
23. Prove that is irrational number.

24. Eight times of the two digits number is equal to three times time number obtained
by reversing the order of the digits. If the difference between the digits of the
number is 5, find the number.

25. A fire in a building is reported on telephone to two fire stations P and Q, 30 km

apart from each other on a straight road. P observes that the fire is at an angle of
to the road and Q observes that it is at an angle of to the road. Which station
should send its team and how much will this team have to travel?
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26. A swimming pool is filled with three taps with uniform flow of water. The first two
taps operating simultaneously fill the pool in the same time during which the pool
 is filled by third tap alone. The second tap fills the pool 5 hours faster than the first
and 4 hours slower than the third tap. Find the time required by each tap to fill the
pool separately.

27. If the roots of the quadratic equation ( ) ( ) ( ) are

equal, show that
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28. If and , prove that

29. If , prove that:

30. Solve for x and y:

( ) ( )
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