Common Session Ending Examination 2021, Chandigarh Region

Class: IX Max. Marks: 80

Subject: Mathematics Duration: 03 Hours
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General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains two parts A and B.
2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.
Part – A
1. It consists three sections- I and II.
2. Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.
3. Section II has 4 questions on case study. Each case study has 5 case-based sub-parts. An examinee is
to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts.
Part – B
1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very short answer Type questions of 2 mark each,
2. Question No 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each
3. Question No 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1 question of 5
marks.
Question Part-A Marks
No.
Section-I
Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5
questions.
1 Find the value of ( ) 1

2 Are the square roots of all positive integers irrational? If not, give an example of the 1
square root of a number that is a rational number.
OR
Divide √ by √ . 1
3 What kind of decimal expansion the number has? 1

4 Factorise: 1
OR
Find the zero of the polynomial . 1
5 If the point ( ) lies on graph of , find the value of . 1
6 The cost of one table and four chairs is Rs.2500. Write a linear equation in two 1
variables to represent this statement.
7 What is name of each part of the plane formed by horizontal and vertical lines of 1
Cartesian plane?
8 Find the measure of an angle which is complement of itself. 1

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9 In figure, if then find the value of . 1

OR
In fig. POQ is a line, ∠POR = 4x and ∠QOR = 2x then the value of x is 1

10 In a ΔABC, AB=AC and ∠B=50°, then find the value of ∠C. 1

11 Name the congruence criterion by which . 1

12 In Fig., A,B and C are three points on a circle with centre O such that ∠BOC=30° and 1
∠AOB=60°. If D is a point on the circle other than the arc ABC, find ∠ADC.

13 ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. If ∠A=100°, then find ∠C. 1

14 Find the semi-perimeter of a triangle whose sides are 5cm, 8cm and 11cm. 1
15 Find the total surface area of a hemisphere of radius 10 cm. (Use π = 3.14) 1
OR
The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 7 cm to 14 cm as air is being pumped 1
into it. Find the ratio of surface area of the balloon in the two cases.
16 A coin is tossed 60 times and tail appears 35 times. What is the probability to getting a 1
head?
OR
What are the possible outcomes when a dice is thrown once? 1

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 Section-II
Case study based questions are compulsory. Attempt any four sub parts of each
question. Each subpart carries 1 mark.
17 Rectangular Garden
A rectangular garden has length and width as shown in the figure.

We can find area of rectangle by using the formula,

Area of rectangle = length × breadth
= ( )( )
=
So, area of the garden can be expressed in the form of a polynomial.
(a) What is the degree of polynomial expressing area of the garden? 1
(i) 0
(ii) 1
(iii) 2
(iv) 3
(b) What is the type of polynomial expressing area of the garden? 1
(i) Linear polynomial
(ii) Quadratic polynomial
(iii) Cubic polynomial
(iv) Constant polynomial
(c) What is the coefficient of in the polynomial ? 1
(i) 3
(ii) 2
(iii) -9
(iv) -3
(d) If the value of is 11, then find the length of rectangular garden? 1
(i) 11 units
(ii) 22 units
(iii) 25 units
(iv) 33 units
(e) If the value of is 5, then find the area of rectangular garden? 1
(i) 26 sq. units
(ii) 30 sq. units
(iii) 52 sq. units
(iv) 28 sq. units

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18 Quadrilaterals
During a Maths lab activity each student was given four broom sticks of length 8cm,
8cm, 5cm and 5cm and ask them to make different types of quadrilaterals

Using the above information answer the following questions.

(a) How many different types of quadrilateral can be formed using given sticks? 1
(i) Only one type of quadrilateral
(ii) Two types of quadrilaterals
(iii) Three types of quadrilaterals
(iv) Four types of quadrilaterals
(b) Name the types of quadrilateral formed. 1
(i) Rectangle parallelogram, kite
(ii) Rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram and square
(iii) Rectangle, square and kite
(iv) Trapezium, parallelogram and rectangle
(c) What is the sum of all angles of a quadrilateral? 1
(i) 180°
(ii) 300°
(iii) 360°
(iv) 540°
(d) Which two types of quadrilaterals have both diagonals are of equal length? 1
(i) Parallelogram and square
(ii) Square and rectangle
(iii) Rectangle and rhombus
(iv) Rhombus and trapezium
(e) If one angle of a quadrilateral is 108° and other three angles are equal, then find the 1
measure of each of the equal angles.
(i) 90°
(ii) 74°
(iii) 84°
(iv) 72°
19 Swimming Pool
A swimming pool is to be made 8 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 2 meters deep.

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 The water-resistant paint needed for the pool costs Rs. 75 per square meter. We want
to find How much it will cost to paint the pool and amount of water it can hold.
Using the above information answer the following questions.
(a) How many faces of the pool do you have to paint? 1
(i) 3 (ii) 4
(iii) 5 (iv) 6
(b) How much surface (in square meters) do you need to paint the pool? 1
(i) 104 m2 (ii)152 m2
(iii) 96 m2 (iv)108 m2
(c) How much will it cost to paint the pool? 1
(i) Rs.11400
(ii) Rs. 7800
(iii) Rs.7500
(iv) Rs.8100
(d) Find the volume of the pool in cubic metres? 1
(i) 48 m3
(ii) 32 m3
(iii) 72 m3
(iv) 96 m3
(e) How many litres of water the pool can hold? 1
(i) 96000 Litres
(ii) 9600 Litres
(iii) 4800 Litres
(iv) 48000 Litres
20 Oranges
The following data gives the weight (in grams) of 30 oranges picked from a basket:
106, 107, 76, 109, 187, 95, 125, 92, 70, 139, 128, 100, 88, 84, 99, 113, 204, 141, 136,
123, 90, 115, 110, 97, 90, 107, 75, 80, 118, 82.

Grouped frequency distribution table

Class Interval Frequency
60-80 3
80-100 10
100-120 9
120-140 5
140-160 1
160-180 0
180-200 1
200-220 1
Total 30

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(a) Class size of the given data is 1
(i) 20
(ii) 10
(iii) 30
(iv) 15
(b) Class mark of the fourth class is 1
(i) 70
(ii) 130
(iii) 20
(iv) 15
(c) The number of oranges whose weight is more than 180 g. 1
(i) 1
(ii) 3
(iii) 2
(iv) 4
(d) The number of oranges whose weight is less than 100 g. 1
(i) 10
(ii) 3
(iii) 5
(iv) 13
(e) What is the range of the data? 1
(i) 70
(ii) 204
(iii) 134
(iv) 274

Part –B
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt any one.
SECTION-III
21 Represent √ on number line. 2
OR
Express ̅ in the form , where p and q are integers and .

22 Find the value of k, if x = 2, y = 1 is a solution of the equation . 2

23 In Fig, lines PQ and RS intersect each other at point O. If ∠POR: ∠ROQ = 5 : 7, find 2
the angles ∠POR and ∠ROQ.

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24 Prove that Equal chords of a circle subtend equal angles at the centre. 2
OR
In Fig., ∠ABC= 69°, ∠ACB= 31°, find ∠BDC. 2

25 Find the area of a triangle two sides of which are 18cm and 10cm and the perimeter is 2
42cm.
26 To know the opinion of the students about the subject statistics, a survey of 200 2
students was conducted. The data is recorded in the following table.
Opinion Number of students
Like 135
Dislike 65
Find the probability that a student chosen at random
(i) likes statistics, (ii) does not like it.
SECTION-IV
27 √ 3
If both a and b are rational numbers, and = √ then find a and b.
√

28 3
Write in expanded form using suitable identities: ( )
OR
Factorise:
29 Plot the points (2, 3), (–2, 3),( –2, –3) and (2, –3) and join them in order. Name the 3
figure so obtained.
30 In Fig., if AB || CD, ∠APQ = 50° and ∠PRD = 127°, find x and y. 3

OR
In Fig., the side QR of ΔPQR is produced to a point S. If the bisectors of ∠PQR and
∠PRS meet at point T, then prove that ∠QTR = ∠QPR.

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31 In the adjoining Fig., AC=AE, AB=AD and ∠BAD=∠EAC. Show that BC=DE. 3

32 Construct a triangle ABC in which BC=7cm, ∠B=75° and AB+AC=13 cm. 3

33 The following table gives the life-time of 400 neon lamps: 3
Life-time (in hours) Number of lamps
300-400 14
400-500 56
500-600 60
600-700 86
700-800 74
800-900 62
900-1000 48

(i) Represent the given information with the help of a histogram.

(ii) How many lamps have a life time of more than 700 hours?
SECTION-V
34 The taxi fare in a city is as follows: For the first kilometre, the fare is Rs.8 and for the 5
subsequent distance it is Rs.5 per km. Taking the distance covered as x km and total
fare as Rs y, write a linear equation for this information, and draw its graph.
35 ABCD is a rhombus and P, Q, R and S are the mid-points of the sides AB, BC, CD and 5
DA respectively. Show that the quadrilateral PQRS is a rectangle.
OR
In parallelogram ABCD, two points P and Q are taken on diagonal BD such that
DP=BQ (see adjoining figure). Show that:
(i) Δ APD Δ CQB
(ii) AP = CQ
(iii) Δ AQB Δ CPD
(iv) AQ = CP
(v) APCQ is a parallelogram
36 A heap of wheat is in the form of a cone whose diameter is 10.5 m and height is 3 m. 5
Find its volume. The heap is to be covered by canvas to protect it from rain. Find the
area of the canvas required.

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