FIITJEE

MOCK TEST
for X Board  ICSE (Semester – 2)
SET  I
MATHEMATICS
Time allowed: 1½ Hours Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:

(i) Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
(ii) You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.
(iii) This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
(iv) The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
(v) Attempt all questions from Section A and any three questions from Section B.
(vi) The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

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SECTION – A
(Attempt all questions from this Section)

Question 1

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the
question, Write the correct answer only.) [10]

(i) A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a
point Q, so that OQ = 12 cm. Length of PQ is :
(A) 12 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 8.5 cm (D) 119 cm


(ii) If 7 sin   24 cos ; 0    , then value of 14 tan   75 cos   7 sec  is equal to
2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

50 3
(iii) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of metres from the foot is
3
60o. Find the height of the tower
20
(A) 50 3 metres (B) metres (C) -50 metres (D) 50 metres
3

(iv) The Shadow of a tower, when the angle of elevation of the sun is 30o, is found to be 5 m
longer than when it was 45o, then the height of tower in metre is
5 5 5
(A) (B) ( 3  1) (C) ( 3  1) (D) None of these.
3 1 2 2

(v) In the given figure, the radius of the inner circle, if other circles are of radii 1 m, is :

(A)  2  1m  (B) 2 m (C)

1
2
m (D)
2
2
m

(vi) A sphere of radius 3 cms is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of radius 4 cms. If the
sphere is submerged completely, then the height (in cm) to which the water rises, is
(A) 2.35 (B) 2.30 (C) 2.25 (D) 2.15

(vii) Two cones have their heights in the ratio 1 : 3 and the radii of their bases are in the ratio 3
: 1 , then the ratio of their volumes is
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 27 :1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 27

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(viii) If the mean and median of a set of numbers are 8.9 and 9 respectively, then the mode will
be
(A) 7.2 (B) 8.2 (C) 9.2 (D) 10.2

(ix) A bag contains three green marbles four blue marbles, and two orange marbles. If marble
is picked at random, then the probability that it is not a orange marble is
1 1 4 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 9 9

(x) A number is selected from number 1 to 27. The probability that it is prime is
2 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 3 9

SECTION – B
(Attempt any three questions from this Section)

Question 2

(i) Given that cos (A - B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B, find the value of cos 15o. [2]

(ii) The base diameter of solid in the form of a cone is 6 cm and the height of the cone is 10
cm. It is melted and recast into spherical balls of diameter 1 cm. Find the number of balls,
thus obtained. [2]

(iii) In figure,  and m are two parallel tangents at P and R. The tangent at Q makes an
intercept ST between  and m. Prove that SOT = 90o. [3]

(iv) Find the mean for the following distribution : [3]

Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 6 8 13 7 3 2 1

Question 3

(i) If sin   cos  = m and sec   cos ec  n, then prove that n (m2 - 1) = 2m. [2]

(ii) PQR is a right-angled triangle with PQ = 12 cm and QR = 5 cm. A circle with centre O
and radius x is inscribed in  PQR. Find the value of x. [2]

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(iii) By melting a solid cylindrical metal, a few conical materials are to be made. If three
times the radius of the cone is equal to twice the radius of the cylinder and the ratio of the
height of the cylinder and the height of the cone is 4 : 3 find the number of cones which
can be made. [3]

(iv) Two unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting [3]
(i) two heads (ii) at least one head (iii) at most one head.

Question 4

(i) A Rhombus of side of 10 cm has two angles of 60o each. Find the length of diagonals
and find its area. [2]

(ii) If  is an acute angle and tan  + cot  =2 find the value of tan9   cot9  [2]

(iii) Water flows at the rate of 10 m per minute through a cylindrical pipe having its diameter
as 5 mm. How much time till it takes to fill a conical vessel whose diameter of the base is
40 cm and depth 24 cm ? [3]
cos2 B  cos2 A sin2 A  sin2 B
(iv) Prove that : tan2 A – tan2 B = 2 2
 [3]
cos B cos A sin2 A sin2 B

Question 5
(i) If sin 3  = cos (  - 600) and 3  and  - 600 are acute, find the value of  . [2]

(ii) Prove that : [2]

sin A  cos A sin A  cos A 2 2
  
sin A  cos A sin A  cos A sin A  cos A 1  2 cos2 A
2 2

(iii) The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all frequencies is
50. Compute the missing frequency f1 and f2 [3]
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120
Frequency 5 f1 10 f2 7 8

(iv) All the three face cards of spades are removed from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. A
card is then drawn at random from the remaining pack.
Find the probability of getting [3]
(i) black face card (ii) a queen (iii) a black card.

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Question 6

3 sec   cos ec 1

(i) If cot   , prove that  . [2]
4 sec   cos ec  7

(ii) A die is thrown, Find the probability of [2]

(i) prime number (ii) multiple of 2 or 3 (iii) a number greater than 3

(iii) The angles of depressions of the top and bottom of 8m tall building from the top of a
multistoried building are 30o and 45o respectively. Find the height of multistoried building
and the distance between the two buildings. [3]

(iv) The daily wages (in rupees) of 100 workers in a factory are given below : [3]
Daily wages (in Rs.) 125 130 135 140 145 150 160 180
No. of workers 6 20 24 28 15 4 2 1
Find the median wage of a worker for the above date.

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