Total marks : 35 CLASS ASSESSMENT : PRELIMS Time : 2 hrs

Ques 1 : Find the roots of the equation 2x2– 5x + 3 = 0, by factorisation. (2)

Ques 2 : Find the roots of the quadratic equation 3 by
formula method (3)
Ques 3 : Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 2x2– 4x + 3 = 0, and
hence find the nature of its roots. (1)
Ques 4 :Find the values of k if quadratic equations kx (x – 2) + 6 = 0 have two
equal roots. (2)
Ques 5 Which term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, 18, . . . ,is 78? (2)
Ques 6 If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an AP are 4 and – 8 respectively, which
term of this AP is zero? (3)
Ques 7 Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, . . ., 253.(2)
Ques 8 Given d = 5, S9= 75, find a and a9 (2)
Ques 9 : Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x , y) is
equidistant from the points (7, 1) and (3, 5). (3)
Ques 10 : Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points (– 3, 10)
and (6, – 8) is divided by (– 1, 6). (2)
Ques 11 If (1, 2), (4, y), (x, 6) and (3, 5) are the vertices of a parallelogram taken
in order, find x and y. (3)
Ques 12 find the distance between the points A(a,b) and B (-a,-b) (1)
Ques 13 The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of
children of a locality.The mean pocket allowance is Rs 18. Find the missing
frequency f. (4)

Ques 14 If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of ‘not E’? (1)

Ques 15 A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that (4)
(i) 5 will not come up either time? (ii) 5 will come up at least once?

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Total marks : 35 CLASS ASSESSMENT : PRELIMS Time : 2 hrs

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