SSC Previous Qs From M'15 To J'23

SSC Previous Public
Examination
Questions from
March 2015
To
June 2023
Ramesh Bandari
M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed.
ZPHS Nekkonda (M)
Warangal
March 2015 to June 2023 REAL NUMBERS
SSC PUBLIC EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

MARCH ‘2015 to AUGUST 2022
REAL NUMBERS
1 MARK
1. Insert 4 rational numbers between and 1 without using formula (M’15)
2. The prime factorization of a natural number(n) is 23 x 32 x 52 x 7. How many consecutive
zeroes will it have at the end of it? justify your answer. (J’15)
3. Find the value of log5 125 (M’16)
4. Write any two irrational numbers lying between 3 and 4. (J’16)
5. Find the value of √ 256. (M’17)
6. Find the HCF and LCM of 90, 144 by prime factorization method ( J’17)
7. Is log3 81 rational or irrational? Justify your answer. ( J’17)
8. Expand log10 385. (M’18)
9. Find the value of √ 128 . ( J’18 )
10. Find the HCF of 24 and 33 by using division algorithm. (M’19)
11. Ramu says, “If log10 x = 0, value of x =0”. Do you agree with him? Give reason. (J’19)
12. Expand log a3b2c5 (May 2022)
13. Expand log (Aug. 2022)
14. Find the mean of the factors of 24.(Jun’23)
2 MARKS
1. Write any three numbers of two digits. Find the L.C.M. and H.C.F. for the above numbers by
the “Prime factorization method” . (M’15)
2. Give an example for each of the following
a. The product of two rational numbers is a rational number.
b. The product of two irrational numbers is an irrational number. (M’15)
3. state with reasons which of the following are rational numbers and which are irrational
numbers. (i) √225x√4 (ii) 6√50 + 8√125 . (J’15)
2 2
4. If x + y = 7xy then show that 2 log(x + y) = logx + logy + 2log 3 (M’16)
5. Express 2016 as product of prime factor. ( J’16)
6. Write any two three-digit numbers. Find their L.C.M. and G.C.D. by prime factorization
method. (M’17)
7. Prove that 2 + √3 is irrational. ( J’17)
8. Show that +2 − = 2. (M’18)
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9. Lalitha says that HCF and LCM of the numbers 80 and 60 are 20 and 120 respectively. Do
you agree with her ? Justify. ( J’18 )
10. If x2 + y2 = 10xy, prove that 2 log (x + y) = log x + logy + 2log 2 + log 3. (J’19, Apr’23)
11. If 2304 = 2x × 3y then find the value of log y x. (Jun’23)
4 MARKS
1. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is an irrational number. (M’15)
2. Expand log (J’15)
3. Express the numbers 6825 and 3825 as a product of its prime factors.
Find the HCF and LCM of the above numbers by using their products of prime factors.
Justify your answer. (J’15)
4. Use Euclid's division Lemma to show that the cube of any positive integer is of the form 7m
or 7m + 1 or 7m + 6. (M’16)
5. Prove that √2 − 3√5 is an irrational number. (M’16)
6. Use Euclid's division lemma, show that the cube of any positive integer is of the form 3p or
3p + 1or 3p + 2 for any integer ‘p’. (J’16)
7. Prove that √3 – √5 is an irrational number. (J’16)
8. Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is of the form 5n
or 5n +1 or 5n + 4 where n is a whole number. (M’17) & (J’19)
9. If x2 + y2 = 27xy, then show that = [ + ] ( J’17)
10. Show that cube of any positive integer will be in the form of 8m or 8m +1 or 8m + 3 or
8m + 5 or 8m + 7, where m is a whole number. (M’18)
11. Prove that √3 + √5 is an irrational number. (M’18)
12. Prove that √2 + √11 is an irrational number. ( J’18 )
13. Prove that √2 + √7 is an irrational number. (M’19)
14. Use division algorithm to show that the square of any positive integer is of the form 5mor
5m +1 or 5m + 4 where m is a whole number. (J’19)
15. Show that √5 − √3 is an irrational number. (J’19)
16. Prove that √5 + √7 is an irrational number. (May 2022)
17. Prove that √3 + √7 is an irrational number. (Aug 2022)
18. Prove that 2√3 + √5 is an irrational number. (Apr’23)

Part - b
1. The number of prime factors of 36 is . . . . . . . (M’15)
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
2. The exponential form of log100.001 = – 3 is . . . . . . (M’15)
A. (0.001)10 = –3 C. (10)3 = – 0.001
B. (– 3)10 = 0.001 D. (10) –3 = 0.001
3. Which of the following is true for an irrational number? (J’15)
A. Which can be written in the form of , where p, q∈ Z, q ≠ 0.
B. Which cannot be written in the form of , where p, q∈ Z, q ≠ 0.
C. Non-terminating repeating decimals.
D. Non terminating, non-repeating decimals.
4. Which one of the following is not rational number? (M’16)
A. B. log103 C. 5. 23 D. 123.123
5. LCM of 24, 36 is . . . . . . (M’16)
A. 24 B. 36 C. 72 D. 864
b
6. The logarithmic form of a = c is . . . . . . (J’16)
A. loga c = b B. logb c = a C. loga b = c D. logb a = c
7. If 3log (x + 3) = log 27, then the value of x is . . . . . . . (J’16)
A. 0 B. 1 C. 6 D. 24
8. Which one of the following rational numbers has terminating decimal expression? ( J’16)
A. B. C. D.
× ×
9. If P1 and P2 are two odd prime numbers such that P1> P2, then P12– P22 is . . . (M’17)
A. An even number C. A prime number
B. An odd number D. An odd prime number
10. In the rational form of a terminating decimal number prime factor of the denominator is .
(J’17)
A. only 2 C. 2 or 5 only
B. only 5 D. any Prime
11. log10 2 + log10 5 value = . . . . . . . (J’17)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 5 D. 10
12. If log3 729 = x, then the value of x is . . . . . . (M’18)
A. 9 B. 243 C. 81 D. 6
13. The number of digits in the fractional part of the decimal form of is . . . . (M’18)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

March 2015 to June’2023 REAL NUMBERS / SETS
14. The decimal expansion of 0.225 in its rational form is . . . . (J’18)

A. 225 B. C. D.
15. Every even positive integer can be written in the form of . . . . (J’18)
A. 2p + 1 (p∈ Z+) C. 2p– 1 (p∈ Z+)
B. 2p (p∈ Z+) D. 3p (p∈ Z+)
16. The exponential form of log √ = y is . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. ay = x4 B. ya= 4 C. ay= x2 D. xy= a2
17. The last (unit place) digit of 62019 in its standard form is . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. 6 B. 4 C. 9 D. 19
18. If 2 = 0.3010, then log1032 is . . . . . . . . (J’19)
A. 5.3010 B. 2.3010 C. 1.5050 D. 0.3010
19. The product of prime factors of 108 is . . . . . (May 2022)
A. 23 x 32 B. 22 x 32 C. 22 x 33 D. 23 x 33
20. The decimal form of is . . . . . . . . (Aug’22)
A. 0.75 B. 0.50 C. 0.25 D. 0.075
21. Prime factorization of 98 is..... (Apr’23)
A. 22 × 7 B. 22 × 72 C. 2 × 72 D. 23 × 7
22. The LCM of the given numbers x and y where y is a multiple of x is..... (Apr’23)
A. x B. y C. xy D. x + y
23. If 125 = 7q + r, where q and r are quotient and remainder respectively, then the value of r is ......
(J’23)
A. 0 B. 1 C. 3 D. 6
SETS
1 MARK
1. If A ={x :x∈ N and x< 20} and B = { x : x∈ N and x ≤ 5 } then write the set A – B in the
set builder form. (M’15)
2. “B is a set of all months in a year having 30 days”. Write the above set in the roster form.
3. If A – B = {3,4, 5}, B – A {1, 8, 9} and A∩B = {6, 7}, then find A∪B. (J’15) (J’15)
4. If A = 1, , , , , then write A In set builder form. (M’16)

5. A = {x: x∈ N, x is a composite number and x < 13}. Write set A In the roster form. (J’16)
6. Represent A∩B through Venn diagram, Where A = {1, 4, 6, 9,10} and
B = {x / x is a perfect square less than 25}. (M’17)
7. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }, b = { 3, 4, 5, 6 }, Find A∩B. ( J’17)
8. Give one example each for a finite set and an infinite set. (M’18)
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March 2015 to June’2023 SETS
9. List all the subsets of the set A = { x, y , z } ( J’18 )

10. If A = {x: x is a factor of 24}, then find n(A). (M’19)
11. If A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {3, 4, 5 } Then find A – B and B – A (J’19)
12. A = {x : x is a factor of 8}, B = {x : x is a factor of 36}. Is A ⸦ B? Justify. (Jun’23)
2 MARKS
1. If A = {x : x ∈ N and x < 6} and B = { x : x ∈ N and 3 < x < 8 } then
Show that A – B ≠ B – A with the help of Venn diagram. (M’15)
2. Answer the following questions and justify your answers.
a. A ={x :x ∈ N, x < 2015 }, is it a finite set or infinite set ?
b. B ={x : x + 5 = 5 } is it a null set or a Universal set ? (J’15)
3. A = { x : x ∈ N, and x is a factor of 30} ; B = {x : x ∈ N, and x is a prime factor of 30}
draw Venn diagram for A∪B ( J’16)
4. If A = { x : x ∈ N, x < 10 }, B = { x : x is a prime number and x x < 10 }, Then show
that A – B ≠ B – A with the help of Venn diagram. ( J’17)
5. If A ={1, 2, 3, 4}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10}, then represent the Venn diagram of A – B. (J’18)
6. If µ = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, A = { 2, 3, 5, 8} and B = {0, 3, 5, 7, 10}. Then
represent A⋂B in the Venn diagram. (M’19)
7. If A ={ x : x is a factor of 12} and B = {x: x is a factor of 6} then find A∪B and A∩B. (J’19)
8. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and B = {2, 4, 6, 8}.
Then show that n(A ∪B) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A∩ B). (May 2022)
9. If A = { 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 }, B = { 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 }, A B µ
then show that n(A∪B) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A∩B) . (AUG 2022)
p
10. . From the given Venn diagram show that b a q
n (A ∪ B) = n (A) + n (B) – n (A ∩ B) . d e
r
m u t
x y z
4 MARKS
1. X is a set of factors of 24 and Y is a set of factors of 36, then find sets X∪Y and X∩Y by
using Venn diagram and comment on the answer. (M’16)
2. A = {x : x ∈ N and x is a multiple of 4}; B = {x : x ∈ N and x is a multiple of 6
C = {x : x ∈ N and x is a multiple LCM of 4 and 6} . Find A∩B. How can you relate the
sets A∩B and C. (J’16)
μ
3. From the following Venn diagram, A B
write the elements of sets A and B. And verify a
c b
d
n(A∪B) + n(A∩B) = n(A) + n(B). (M’17) e
f h g

A B μ
4. Using the Venn diagram, verify
n (A∪B ) = n(A) + n(B) – n(A∩B). ( J’17) 10 1 6 12
2
4 7
5 3 9 8
11
5. A = { x : x is a perfect square, x < 50, x ∈ N },
B = { x : x = 8m + 1, where m ∈ W, x < 50, x ∈ N}. Find A∩B and display it with Venn
diagram. (M’18)
6. If A = {x : x is a prime and x < 10 },B = { x : x is a factor of 6 }, then find A∩B, A∪B and
A – B. ( J’18 )
7. If A = {x : 2x + 1, x∈ N, x ≤ 5 }, B = {x : x is a composite number, x ≤ 12}, then show
that (A⋃B) – (A⋂B) = (A – B) ⋃ (B – A ). (M’19)
8. If A={x : x is a prime less than 20} and B = {x : x is whole number less than 10} then
verify n(A∪B) = n(A) +n(B) – n(A∩B). (J’19)
9. From the given Venn diagram, A B μ
write the sets A ∪ B, A ∩ B, A – B and B – A. (May 2022)
1 6
3 2
5 4 8
9 10
10. From the given when diagram,

A B μ
write the sets A∪B, A∩B, A – B and B – A. (AUG.2022)
2 3
4 6 9
8 12 15
10
1 11
part - b 9, 10
μ
1. In venn diagram given below . . . . . . (M’15) 1, 3 2, 4
5, 7 6, 8
A. A∪B = C. A∩B = μ
A B
B. A∪B = μ D. A∩B =
2. Set A = {F,L, W,O} Which of the following is not a set builder form for set A (J’15)
A. {x : x is a letter from the world FOLLOW}
B. { x : x is a letter from the world FLOW}
C. { x : x is a letter from the world WOLF}
D. { x : x is a letter from the world SLOW}
3. If the union of two sets is one of the set itself, then the relation between
in the two sets is ______ (J’15)
A. One set is a subset of other set C. Equal number of elements of both the sets
B. Disjoint sets D. Empty sets
4. Which one of the following is the example of finite set? (M’16)
A. {x / x∈ N and x2 = 9} C. Set of all multiples of even prime numbers.
B. Set of rational numbers between 2 and 3. D. Set of all odd prime numbers.
5. Number of sub-sets of a set is . . . . . . (M’16)
A. 0 B. 1 C. 3 D. 4
6. Which one of the following statements is false? (J’16)
A. Every set is subset of itself C. Intersection of two disjoint sets is empty set
B. Empty set is subset of every set D. Cardinal number of an infinite set is zero.
7. S = 3, π, √2, −5, 3 + √7, . Which of the following is a subset of ‘S’ Containing all
rational numbers? (M’17)
A. 3, π, , −5, 3 + √7 C. 3, π, √2
B. 3 + √7 , √2, π D. 3, −5, ,
8. From the Venn diagram, A∪B = . . . . . . . . . (M’17)
A. {5, 6} A B
B. {5, 6, 7, 8 }
5 7
C.
6 8
D. {7, 8}
9. If A ⊂ B, then A∩B = . . . . . . (J’17)
A. A B. B C. D. μ
10. The number of subsets of a set is 16, then the set has __________ elements. (J’17)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
11. If A ⊂ B, n(A) = 12 and n(B) = 20, then the value of n(B – A) is . . . . (M’18)
A. 32 B. – 8 C. 8 D. – 32
12. If set A and B are disjoint sets and n(A) = 6, n(B) =5, then n(A∪B) is . . . . (J’18)
A. 11 B. 6 C. 5 D. 1
13. Which of the following is true? (J’18)
A. =0 C. ={0}
B. ={ } D. Both A and C.
14. If A⊂ B, then A – B = _______ (M’19)
A. A B. B C. B – A D. ∅
15. If A = {x : x2 – 16 = 0, x ∈ R} and B = {x : x2 – 5x + 6 = 0, x ∈ R}, then A⋃B is a __ (M’19)
A. Singleton set. C. Null set.
B. Infinite set. D. Finite set.

March 2015 to June’2023 SETS / POLYNOMIALS
16. If the number of subsets of a given set is 32, then the number of elements in the set will
be . . . . . . . (J’19)
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 3
17. If A ⊂ B, then A ∩ B is . . . . . . . (May 2022)
A. A B. B C. μ D. ∅
18. If A = { x : x is a day of a week } is . . . . . . (Aug’22)
A. 6 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7
2
19. The roster form of the set A= { x: x = n , n  N, n < 5 } is . . . . (Apr’23)
A. A = {1, 4, 9, 16, 25} C. A = {1, 4, 9, 16}
B. A = {0, 1, 4, 9, 16} D. A = {0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25}
20. The roster form of the set A = {x: x  N, -2 ≤ x ≤ 2} is.... (J’23)
A. {–2, 2} C. {–1, 0, 1}
B. {–2, –1, 0, 1, 2} D. {– 2, –1, 1, 2}
POLYNOMIALS
1 MARK
1. If x ≠ – 1, then find the quotient of (M’15)
2. “We can write a trinomial having degree 7”.
Justify the above statement by giving one example. (M’15)
3. Write an example for a quadratic Polynomial that has no zeros. (M’16)
4. If p(x) = x3 – 3x2+ 2x – 3 is a polynomial, then find the value of p(1). (J’16)
5. Srikar says that the order of the polynomial (x2 – 5)(x3+1) is 6. Do you agree with him?
6. Find zeros of the polynomial P(x) = x2 – 4. (J’17)
7. Verify the relation between zeros and coefficients of the quadratic polynomial is x2 – 4. (M’18)
8. Weather and 1 all zeros of the polynomial p(x) = 2x2 – 3x + 1 or not? Justify. (J’18)
9. If P(x) = x4 + 1, then find P(2) – P(-2). (M’19)
10. – 3, 0 and 2 are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x3 + (a – 1) x2 + bx + c Find a and c. (J’19)
11. Write any two linear polynomials having one term under three terms. (J’19)
12. If p(x) = x2 + 3x + 4, then find the values of p(0) and p(1). (May 2022)
13. If p(x) = 2x2 + 5x – 7, then find the value of p(0) and p(1). (Aug 2022)
2 MARKS
1. For what value of k, – 4 is a zero of the polynomial x2 – x – (2k + 2). (J’15).
2. Use the table given below to draw the graph. Use the graph drawn to find the values of
a and b. (J’15)
x -2 0 2 1 b
y -3 1 a 3 -7
March 2015 to June 2023 POLYNOMIALS
3. Length of a rectangle is 5 units more than its breadth. Express its perimeter in polynomial form.
(M’16)
4. Show that 2 and − are zeros of the polynomial 3x2 – 5x – 2 (J’16)
5. Which of √2 and 2 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = x3–2x? Why? (M’17)
6. Divide x3 – 3x2 + 5x –3 by x2 – 2. And verify the division lemma. (J’17)
7. Complete the following table for the polynomial y = p(x) = x3– 2x + 3. (M’18)
x –1 0 1 2
3
x
– 2x
3
y
(x, y)
8. If one of the zeros of the cubic polynomial p(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d is zero, then find the product
of other two zeros of p(x). (a ≠ 0). (J’18)
9. Divide x3 – 4x2 + 5x – 2 by x – 2. (M’19)
10. If the zeroes of the polynomial x3 – 9x2 + 26x – 24 are  – , ,  +  then find the values of 
and  (Jun’23)
4 MARKS
1. Lakshmi does not want to disclose the length, breath the height of a cuboid of her project. she
has constructed a polynomial x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6 by taking the values of length, breath and height
as its zeros. Can you open the secret [ i.e., find the measures of length, breath on the height?(M’15)
2. Draw the graph for the polynomial p(x) = x2 + 3x– 4 and find its zeroes from the graph. (M’15,
J’19)
3. Draw the graph of the polynomial p(x) = 3x2 + 2x – 1 on the graph paper. Find its zeros from the
graph. (J’15)
4. Draw the graph for the polynomial p(x) = x2 – 3x + 2 and find the zeroes from the graph. (M’16)
5. Draw the graph of the polynomial p(x) = x2 – 5x + 4 on the graph paper. Find its zeros from the
graph. (J’16)
6. On dividing by x3 – 3x2 + 5x – 7 by x2 – 2x + 4, If the remainder is in the form of Ax + B, find
the values of A and B. (J’16).
7. Divide 3x4 – 5x3 + 4x2 + 3x – 5 by x2 – 3 and verify the division algorithm. (M’17)
The perimeter of a right-angle triangle is 60 cm and its hypotenuse is 25 cm. Then find the
remaining two sides. (M’17)
8. Draw the graph of the polynomial p(x) = x2– 5x + 6 and find the zeros from the graph. (M’17)
9. Draw the graph of p(x) = x2 – 2x – 8 and find the zeros of the polynomial from it. ( J’17)
10. Total number of pencils required are given by 4x4 + 2x3 – 2x2 + 62x - 66. If each box contains
x2 + 2x – 3 pencils, then find the number of boxes to be purchased. (M’18)

11. Draw the graph of the polynomial p (x) = x2 + x – 2 on the graph paper. Find its zeroes from the
graph. ( J’18 )
12. Draw the graph of the polynomial p(x) = x2 – 7x + 12, then find its zeroes from the graph. (M’19)
13. Draw the graph of the polynomial p(x) = x2 + 2x – 3 and find the zeroes of the polynomial from
the graph. (May 2022, Jun’23)
14. Draw the graph of the quadratic polynomial p(x)= x2 – 4x + 3 and find the zeroes of the
polynomial from the graph. (Apr’23)
15. Draw the graph of the polynomial p(x) = x2 – x – 2 and find the zeros of the polynomial from the
graph. (Aug 2022)
part – b
1. The quadratic polynomial, whose zeros are 2 and 3, is . . . . . . . (M’15)
A. x2 – 5x – 6 B. x2 + 5x – 6 C. x2 – 5x + 6 D. x2 + 5x + 6
2. Which of the following is a polynomial with only one zero ? (M’15)
A. p(x) = 2x2 – 3x + 4 C. p(x) = 2x + 3
2
B. p(x) = x – 2x + 1 D. p(x) = 5
3. The coefficient of x7 In polynomial 7x17 – 17x11 + 27x5 – 7 is . . . . . . . (M’16)
A. –1 B. 0 C. 7 D. 17
4. Observe the given rectangular figure, then its area in polynomial function is. . . (M’15)
A. A(x) = x2 + 7x + 30
10 + x
B. A(x) = – x2 + 7x + 30
C. A(x) = x2 – 7x + 30
D. A(x) = – x2 – 7x + 30 x+ 3
5. The following is the graph of a polynomial. Find the zeros of the polynomial from the given
Y
graph (J’15)
A. –2, 3 3
2
B. 1, 3 1
C. –2, 1 X1 -2 O 1
D. 3, 0
6. Observe the following graphs (J’15) Y1
(i) Y y = f(x) (ii) Y (iii Y (iv) Y

y= y=
) p(x)
g(x) O
X1 O X X1 X X1 O X X1 O X
1 1
Y Y Y1 Y1
Which of them are the graphs of quadratic polynomials? y = q(x)
A. (i), (ii) and (iii) C. (i) and (iv)

B. (i) and (iii) D. (i), (iii) and (iv)

7. The quadratic polynomial having and as its zeros is . . . . . . (J’16)

A. x2 + B. – 6x2 – 5x + 1 C. x 2– D. 6x2 – 5x – 1
8. Sum of zeros of a polynomial x3 – 2x2 + 3x – 4 is . . . . . (M’17)

A. –2 B. 2 C. 1 D. 4
9. The graph presented by y = x is . . . . . . (M’17)
Y Y Y Y
A. B. C. D.
X X X X
10. The number of zeros of the polynomial, Whose graph is given below (J’17)
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2 O
D. 3
11. If the polynomial p(x) = x3 – x2 + 3x + k is divided by (x– 1), the remainder obtained is 3, then the
value of k is . . . . . . (M’18)
A. –3 B. 1 C. 1 D. 3
12. In a division, if division is (x + 1), quotient is x and remainder is 4 then dividend is (M’18)
A. x2 + x B. 4(x + 1) + x C. x(x +1) + 4 D. 4 x + 4
13. If p(x) = x2 – 4x + 5, then the value of p(1) is . . . . (J’18)
A. –1 B. 0 C. 1 D. 2
14. If α, β are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 5x + k and α – β = 3, then the value of k . . (M’19)
A. 6 B. 9 C. 5 D. 4
4 3 2
15. The polynomial p(x) = x – 2 x – x – 1 is divided by (x + 1) then the degree of quotient
polynomial is . . . . (J’19)
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 2
16. From the graph, the zeros of the polynomial are . . . . . (J’18)
A. –2 Y1
B. 0
X1 X
C. 2 –2 –1 O 1 2
D. All the above Y
17. The coefficient of x3 in the polynomial 2x4 – 5x3 + 6x2 + 5 is . . . . . . (May 2022)
A. –5 B. 5 C. 6 D. 2
18. The degree of the polynomial p(x) = 3x3 + 0.x4 + 0.x – 2x2 + 4 is … (Aug 2022)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

March 2015 to June’2023 POLYNOMIALS / PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
19. If the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + (a + 1) x + b are 2 and -3, then the values of a and b are.....
A. a = – 5, b = – 1 C. a = -2, b = 6
B. a = 5, b = –1 D. a = 0, b = - 6
20. If x4 + 3x2 + 7 is divided by x + 3, then the possible degrees of quotient and remainder are.
A. 3,0 B. 4,1 C. 3,1 D. 4,0
21. If the length and breadth of a rectangle are (x + 5) and (x + 2) respectively (x > 0) then its area
is represented by..... (J’23)
A. x2 + 5x + 10 C. x2 + 2x + 10
B. x2 + 7x + 10 D. x2 + 10x + 10
Pair of Linear equations in two VariabLes
1 MARK
1. For what value of k, the following system of equations has a unique solution.
x – ky = 2 and 3x + 2y = – 5 (M’15)
2. For what values of m, the pair of equations3x + my= 10 and 9x + 12y = 30 have a unique
solution. (M’16)
3. In a rectangle ABCD, AB = x + y, BC = x – y, CD = 9 and AD = 3. Find the values of
x and y. (J’16)
4. Show that the pair Linear Equations 7x + y = 10 and x + 7y = 10 are consultant. (M’17)
5. Write the Condition for the pair of linear equations in two variables to be parallel lines. ( J’17)
6. If x = a and y = b is solution for the pair of equations x– y = 2 and x + y = 4, then find the
values of a and b. (M’18)
7. Whether the following pair of Linear Equations are parallel? Justify.
6x – 4y + 10 = 0, 3x – 2y + 6 = 0. ( J’18 )
8. For what value of ‘t’ the following pair of linear equations has a no solution? 2x – ty = 5 and
3x + 2y = 11. (M’19)
9. The solution of the linear equation x + y = 5 are (1, 4), (2, 3) and (3, 2). The solution of
another linear equation x – y = 1 are (3, 2), (2, 1) and (5, 4). Plot these points on a graph sheet
and draw lines. (May 2022)
10. The solutions of the linear equation x + y = 8 are (1,8), (2, 6) and (3, 5). The solutions of
another linear equation 3x + 3y =12 are (1, 3), (3,1) and (9, 4). flat these points on a graph
sheet and draw lines.
11. If the pair of linear equations 6x – 4y + 10 = 0 and 3x + ky + 6 = 0 represents parallel lines
graphically, then find the value of ‘k’. (Jun’23)
2 MARKS
1. If we multiply or divide both sides of a linear equation by a non- zero number, then the roots
of that linear equation will remain the same’. is it true? If so, justify with an example. (M’15)
2. If the present ages of A and B are in ratio of 9 : 4 and after 7 years the ratio of the ages will
be 5 : 3 then find their present ages. (J’15)
March 2015 to June’2023 PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
3. Solve the following pair of linear equations by substitution method. 2x – 3y = 19 and

3x – 2y = 21 (M’16)
4. If the measure of angles of a triangle are x0, y0 and 400, and difference between the measures
of angles x0and y0 is 300, then find values of x0 and y0. ( J’16)
5. Given the linear equation 3x + 4y = 11, write linear equations in two variables such that their
geometrical representations form parallel lines and intersecting lines. (M’18)
6. Solve the pair of linear equations 2x + 3y = 8 and x + 2y = 5 by Elimination method. (M’19)
7. For what values of m the following mx + 4y = 10 and 9x + 12y = 30 system of equations will
have no solution? Why? (J’19).
8. Solve 2x + y = 5 and 5x + 3y = 11. (May 2022)
9. Solve 3x + 2y = 11 and 2x + 3y = 4. (Aug 2022)
4 MARKS
1. Solve the following pair of equations by reducing them to a pair of linear equations
+ = 2 and − = 1 (M’15)
2. Draw a graph for the following pair of linear equations in two variables and find their solution
from the graph 2x + y = 5 and 3x – 2y = 4 (M’15)
3. Draw the graphs of the following equations 3x – y – 2 = 0 and 2x + y – 8 = 0 on the graph
paper.
i) Write down the co-ordinates of the point of intersection of the equations.
ii) Find the area of the triangle formed by the lines and the X-axis. (J’15)
4. Draw the graph for the equations 2x – 3y = 5 and 4x – 6y = 15 on the graph paper and check
whether they are consistent or not. (J’15)
5. Draw the graph for the following pair of linear equations in two variables and find their
solution from the graph. 3x– 2y = 2 and 2x + y = 6 (M’16)
6. Draw the graph for the equations 2x – y – 4 = 0 and x + y = 0 on the graph paper and check
whether they are consistent or not. (J’16)
7. Draw the graph of 2x + y = 6 and 2x – y + 2 = 0 and find the solution from the graph. (M’17)
8. Show that the following pair of equations are consistent and show them graphically
x + 3y = 6 and 2x– 3y = 12 (J’17)
9. Find the solution of x + 2y = 10 and 2x + 4y = 8 graphically (M’18)
10. Solve + = 2 and − = 1 ( J’18 )
11. Solve the following pair of linear equations by graph method.
2x + y = 6 and 2x – y + 2 = 0. (J’18)
12. Solve the equations by graphically 3x + 4y = 10 and 4x – 3y = 5. (M’19)
13. Sum of the present ages of two friends are 23 years, five years ago product of their ages was
42. Find their ages 5 years hence. (M’19) (J’19)
14. Draw the graph of x + y = 11 and x – y = 5. Find the solution of the pair of linear equations.
March 2015 to June’2023 PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS
part b
1. Which of the following is not a linear equation? (M’15)
A. 5 + 4x = y + 3 B. x + 2y = y – x C. 3 – x = y2 + 4 D. x + y = 0
2. A pair of linear equations in two variables are 2x – y = 4 and 4x – 2y = 6. This pair of
equations are . . . . . (M’15)
A. Consistent equations C. inconsistent equations
B. Dependent equations D. cannot say
3. Solution for the equations √3x + √5y = 0 and √7x + √11y = 0 is (J’15)
A. x = 3, y = 5 B. x = 7, y = 11 C. x = 1, y = 1 D. x = 0, y = 0
4. The value of x which satisfies the equation 3x – (x – 4) = 3x + 1 is. . . . . (M’16)
A. –3 B. 0 C. 3 D. 10
5. Which of the following is inconsistent equation to 2x + 3y – 5 = 0? (M’17)
A. 4x– 6y – 11 = 0 B. 2x + y = 5 C. x + 3y = 5 D. 4x + 6y – 11 = 0
6. The value of ‘x’, which satisfies 2(x – 1) – (1 –x) = 2x + 3 (J’17)
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
7. The value of k for which the system of equations kx– y = 2 and 6x– 2y = 3 has no solution,
is . . . (M’18)
A. = 3 B. ≠ 3 C. ≠ 0 D. = 0
8. If 2x + 3y = 8 and 4x + py = 16 has infinite solutions then p = . . . . . (J’18)
A. 8 B. 6 C. 10 D. 16
9. The number of solutions of the pair of linear equations 3x + 2y = 6 and 6x + 4y = 18 is (May22)
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. Infinite
10. The total cost of 2 pens and 3 books is Rs. 110. Linear equation representing this data is (May 22)
A. x + y 100 B. 5x = 110 C. x2 + y3 = 110 D. 2x + 3y = 110
11. If 3x + 2y = 6, 9x + ky = 7 represent to inconsistent equations, then the value of k is (May22)
A. 5 B. 6 C. 8 D. 7
12. The total cost of 4 pencils and 5 notebooks is Rs. 180.The linear equation representing this data
is (Aug22)
A. x + y = 180 B. 4x + 5y = 180 C. 9x + y = 180 D. 4x + 5y = 20
13. The pair of equations 9x + 3y + 12 = 0 and 18x + 6y + 26 = 0 has.... (Apr’23)
A. unique solution. C. infinitely many solutions,
B. two solutions. D. no solution.
14. Which of the following is not a linear equation in two variables? (J’23)
A. 5 + 4x = y + 3 C. x + y = 0
B. x + 2y = y – x D. 3 – x = y2 + 4
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1 MARK
1. Check whether 1 and are the roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x + 3 = 0. (J’15)

March 2015 to June’2023 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
2. If b2 – 4ac > 0 in ax2 + bx + c = 0, (a ≠ 0); then what can you say about roots of the equation?
(M’16)
3. Find the value of k, if 2 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – kx+ 6 = 0 (J’16)
4. Write the nature of roots of the quadratic equation 2x2– 5x + 6 = 0 (M’17)
5. Write the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 8x + 16 = 0. ( J’17)
6. Find sum and product of the roots of the quadratic equation x2– 4√3x + 9 = 0. (M’18)
7. Find the values of k for which the quadratic equation 4x2 + 5kx + 25 = 0 has equal roots. (J’18)
8. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 2x – 3 = 0. (M’19)
9. Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 3x2 – 5x + 2 = 0 and hence write the nature of
its roots. (J’19)
10. Is (x + 2)2 = x2 + 3 a Quadratic Equation? Justify. (May 2022)
11. Is x (2x + 3) = x2 + 5 is a Quadratic Equation? Justify (Aug 2022)
12. Solve the quadratic equation 2sin2 θ – 3 sin θ + 1 = 0 where 0° < θ ≤ 90°. (Apr’23)
2 MARKS
1. If 9x2 + kx + 1 = 0 has equal roots, then find the value of k. (M’16)
2. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is Find the number. (M’17)
3. Is it possible to design a rectangular Garden, whose length is twice of its breadth and area is
200 m2? If so, so find its length and breadth. ( J’17)
4. If the equation kx2–2kx + 6 = 0 has equal roots, then find the value of k. (M’18)
5. Without calculating the roots of x2 - 5x + 6 = 0, explain the nature of roots. (J’18)
6. Write the Quadratic equation, whose roots are 2 + √3 and 2 - √3 . (M’19)
7. Find the roots of quartic equation x2 + 4x + 3 = 0 by “completing square method”. (J’19)
8. Shashanka said that (x + 1)2 = 2(x – 3) is a quadratic equation. Do you agree? (J’19)
9. Write a Quadratic Equation, whose roots are 2 – √3 and 2 + √3 .(Aug 22)
4 MARKS
1. If the sum of the areas of two squares is 468m2 and the difference of their perimeters is 24m.,
then find the measurements of their sides. (J’15)
2. Sum of the squares of two consecutive positive even integers is 100; find those numbers by
using quadratic equations. (M’16)
3. If – 4 is a common root for the quadratic equations 2x2 + px + 8 = 0 and p (x2 + x) + k = 0 (J’17)
4. Sum of squares of two consecutive even numbers is 580.Find the numbers by writing a suitable
quadratic equation. (M’18) (J’18)
5. If a number when increased by 12, equals 160 times of its reciprocal, then find the numbers.
6. Sum of the areas of two squares is 850 m2. If the difference of their perimeters is 40 m. Find the
sides of the two squares. (M’19)
7. A train travels 360 km. at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km./h more, it would have
taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train. (J’19)
March 2015 to June’2023 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
8. The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than its denominator. If 2 is added to both numerator and
denominator, the sum of the new fraction formed and original fraction is then find the
original fraction. (Jun’23)
Part - b
1. Which of the following is a quadratic equation? (J’15)
A. x3 – 6x2 + 2x – 1 = 0 C. x + = 3
2
B. x + = 2 D. (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3) = 0
2. Which one of the following quadratic equations has equal roots? (M’16)
A. x2 – 5 = 0 C. x2 + 5x + 6 = 0
B. x2 –10x + 25 = 0 D. x2 – 1
3. If x2 – px + q = 0 ( p, q ∈ R and p ≠ 0, q ≠ 0) has distinct real roots, then . . . . .( M’17)
A. p2 < 4q B. p2 > 4q C. p2 = 4q D. p2 + 4q = 0
4. In a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, if b2 - 4ac > 0, then their roots are . . . . (J’17)
A. real and distinct C. imaginary
B. real and equal D. None
5. If a number is 132 smaller than its square, then the number is . . . . . (M’18)
A. 11 B. 8 C. 9 D. 12
6. If both roots are common to the Quadratic equations x2 – 4 = 0 and x2 + px – 4 = 0,
then p = . . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. 2 B. 0 C. 4 D. 1
2
7. The sum of the roots of 6x = 1 is . . . . . . . . (J’19)
A. 0 B. C. − D. 6
8. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is , then the number is . . . . (J’19)
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 17
2
9. The roots of a quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0 are _____ (J’19)
A. ; C. ;
B. ; D. ;
10. If one root of the Quadratic Equation x2 – kx + 36 = 0 is 4, then the value of ‘k’ is . (May 22)
A. 12 B. 17 C. 18 D. 13
2
11. The sum of the roots of the Quadratic Equation 2x + 6x + 4 = 0 is . . . . ( Aug.22 )
A. 3 B. –3 C. 2 D. –2
2
12. The nature of roots of the Quadratic Equation x + 6x + 9 = 0 is . . . . . . (May 2022
A. Real and distinct. C. No real roots.
B. Real and equal. D. One is positive and the other is negative.
2
13. If the quadratic equation x + kx + 9 = 0 has equal roots, then the value of 'k' is. (J’23)
A. 3 B. –3 C. – 6 D. 9

March 2015 to June’2023 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS / PROGRESSIONS
14. The nature of roots of the Quadratic Equation x2 + 10x + 24 = 0 is ( Aug.22 )

A. Real and district C. No real roots
B. Real and equal D. One is positive and other is negative
15. “The product of two consecutive positive integers is 30”.This can be expressed algebraically as
(Apr’23)
A. x(x + 2) = 30 C. x(x – 3) = 30
B. x(x – 2) = 30 D. x(x + 1) = 30
16. The quadratic equation with roots 2 + √3 and 2 – √3 is..... (Apr’23)
A. x2 + 4x + 1 = 0 C. x2 – 4x + 1 = 0
B. x2 + 4x – 1 = 0 D. x2 – 4x – 1 = 0
17. The quadratic equation having the roots 2 and –2 is..... (J’23)
A. x² + 4x – 4 = 0 C. x2 + 2x – 4 = 0
B. x2 – 2x – 4 = 0 D. x2 – 4 = 0
PROGRESSIONS
1 MARK
1. The hand- bore well dealer charges Rs 200/- for the first one meter only and raises drilling
charges at the rate of rupees 30/- for every subsequent meter. Write a progression for the
above data. (M’15)
2. In a flower garden, there are 23 plants in the first row, 21 plants in the second row,19 plants in
the third row and so on. If there are 10 rows in that flower garden, then find the total number
of plants in the last row with the help of the formula tn = a + (n – 1) d. (M’15)
3. Write the common difference of an Arithmetic Progression, whose nth term is given by
tn = 3n + 7. (J’15)
4. Find the sum of first 200 natural numbers. (M’16)
5. Is ‘zero’ is a term of the Arithmetic Progression 31, 28, 25, . .? Justify your answer. (J’16)
6. In a G.P. tn = (–1) n.2017. Find the common ratio. (M’17)
7. The nth term of AP is 6n + 2. Find the common difference (n∈ N) ( J’17)
8. The sequence √3 , √6 , √9 , √12, . . . form an Arithmetic Progression? Give reason. (M’18)
9. For the A.P. :–3, –7, –11, . . . . . . ; can we find directly a30 - a20 without actually finding a30
and a20. ( J’18 )
10. Radha says “1, 1, 1, . . . . . . . are in A.P. and also in G.P”. Do you agree with Radha? Give
reason. (M’19)
11. Find the 11th term of the A.P. : 15, 12, 9, . . . . . . (J’19)
12. Find the 10th term of the arithmetic progression 3, 5, 7, . . . . . (May 2022)
13. Find the 10th term of an arithmetic progression 5, 9, 13, . . . .

March 2015 to June’2023 PROGRESSIONS
2 MARKS
1. If 7 times of 7th term of an Arithmetic Progression is equal to the 11 times of 11th term of it,
then find the 18th term of that Arithmetic Progression. (J’15)
2. Measures of sides of a triangle are in Arithmetic Progression. Its perimeter is 30 cm., the
difference between the longest and shortest side is 4 cm; then find the measures of the sides.
(M’16)
3. Explain the tops in the formula Sn = [2 + ( − 1) ] ( J’16)
4. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of an A.P. 3, 15, 27, 39, . . . . . . . . (M’17)
5. Find the value of ‘k’ so that k + 2, 4k – 6 and 3k – 2 are the three consecutive terms of an A.P.
( J’17)
6. Find the 7th term from the end of the automatic progression 7, 10, 13, . . . . 184. (M’18)
7. In a rangoli design of 13 rows, every row increases its previous row by two dots and first
row contains 5 dots, then how many total dots are in the design? ( J’18 )
8. Write the formula of nth term of G.P. and explain the terms in it. (M’19)
9. Which term of the G.P. :√2 , 2, 2√2 , 4, . . . . . . . . . . . . is 32. ( J’19)
10. 5, 8, 11, 14, . . . . . . is an arithmetic progression. Find the sum of first 20 terms of it. (May 22)
11. 3, 6, 9, 12, . . . . . . . is an arithmetic progression. Find the sum of first 20 terms of the
progression. (Aug.22)
12. Which term of the A.P. 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81? Also find the term which becomes zero.
(Apr’23)
13. If 6 times of 6th term of an arithmetic progression is equal to 9 times of 9th term of it, then
show that 15th term of that A.P. is zero. (Jun’23)
4 MARKS
1. If the nth terms of the Geometric Progressions 162, 54, 18, . . . . . and , , , . . . . . . . are
equal, then find the value of n (M’15)
2. If the sum of the first 7 terms of an Arithmetic Progression is 49 and that of first 17 terms is
289, then the first ‘n’ terms. (M’15)
3. A manufacturer of TV sets produced 500 sets in the third year and 700 sets in the seventh year.
Assuming that the production increase uniformly by a fixed number every year. Find
i) the production of TV sets in the 15th year
ii) the total production of TV sets in the first 10 years. (J’15)
4. Find the sum of all the three digit numbers as, which are divisible by 4. (M’16).
5. The sum of the three terms which are in in an arithmetic progression is 33. if the product of the
first and the third terms exceeds the second term by 29, find the Arithmetic Progression. (J’16)
6. Find the sum of all three-digit natural numbers, which are divisible by 3 and not divisible by 6.
(M’17)
7. The sum of 5th and 9th terms of A.P. is 72 and the sum of 7th and 12th terms is 97. Find the A.P.
8. Which term of G.P.: 3, 9, 27, . . . . . . . is 2187? (J’17) (J’17)

March 2015 to June’2023 PROGRESSIONS
9. Find the sum of all two-digit odd positive integers which are divisible by 3 but not by 2. (M’18)
10. Find the sum of the integers between 100 and 500 that are divisible by 9. ( J’18 )
11. Find the sum of all two-digit odd multiples of 3. (M’19)
12. Find the sum of all integers the between 1 to 50 which are not divisible by 3. (J’19)
Part - b
1. The common difference of an Arithmetic Progression, whose 3rd term is 5 and 7th term is
9, is . . . . (M’15)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
2. If (i) –1.0, –1.5, –2.0, –2.5, … . . and ( ii) – 1, – 3, – 9, – 27, . . . . are two progressions,
then which of them is a Geometric Progression (J’15)
A. (i) only B. (ii) only C. (i) and (ii) both D. None of them
n-1
3. In Geometric Progression formula tn = ar , r denotes (M’16)
A. nth term C. Common ratio
B. Number of terms. D. First term
4. Which of the following geometric progressions has the common ratio as √ (M’16)
A. √2 , √6,√18 B. √3 , √6 , √12 C. √5 , √15 ,√45 D. √7 , √21 ,√63
5. In the formula of nth term of Geometric Progression, an= arn- 1 , r denotes (J’16)
A. First term C. Common difference
B. Common ratio D. Number of terms
6. The common difference of an Arithmetic Progression in which a25 – a12 = – 52 is . (J’16)
A. 4 B. – 4 C. 3 D. – 3
7. Sum of 10 terms of the progression log 2 + log 4 + log 8 + log 16 + . . . . is . . . (J’16)
A. 45log 2 B. 90 log 2 C. 10 log 2 D. 55 log 2
8. Which term of the arithmetic progression 24, 21, 18, . . is the first negative term?( J’16)
A. 8th B. 9th C. 10th D. 12th
9. The sum of first 100 natural numbers is . . . . . . (J’17)
A. 4050 B. 4500 C. 5500 D. 5050
10. a, b, c are in G.P., then b = . . . . . . (J’17)
A. B. ac C. √ D. a2c2
2 7
11. If − , x, − are in Geometric Progression then the value of x is . . . . (M’18)
7 2
A. 2 B. 1 C. 0 D. 14
12. In an arithmetic progression, 4th term is 11 and 7th term is 17, then its common difference
is . . . . . (M’18)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
13. Sum of the first 10 natural numbers is . . . . . (J’18 & May 2022)
A. B. C. D. Both A and B.

March 2015 to June’2023 PROGRESSIONS /COORDINATE GEOMETRY
14. What does ‘r’ represent in the general for term of G.P., an = arn–1 (J’18)
A. Radius C. Common difference
B. Common ratio D. Common multiple.
15. If the common difference of A.P. is 2, then a10 – a5 = . . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. 5 B. 10 C. 2 D. 20
16. In a G.P., the 5th term is 32 and 7th term is 128, then the common ratio of G.P. (M’19)
A. 2 B. 5 C. 7 D. 3
17. If a, b, care in A.P. then b =. . . . . . (J’19)
A. B. a + c C. √ D. ac
18. The sum of the first 20 even numbers is ______ (J’19)
A. 5050 B. 55 C. 505 D. 420
th th
19. If the n term of an arithmetic progression is 4n – 2, then its 10 term is . . . (May 2022)
A. 38 B. 28 C. 42 D. 24
20. If the sum of first n terms of an arithmetic progression is , then the sum of first 10 terms
is . . . . . . . (AUG.22)
A. 55 B. 110 C. 50 D. 45
21. In and arithmetic progression nth term is an = a + (n – 1)d. In this formula d represents
A. Number of terms C. first term (Aug.22
th
B. n term D. Common difference
22. The 30th term of the A.P. 10, 7, 4, . . . . is . . . (Apr’23)
A. 87 B. 77 C. – 77 D. – 87
th
23. The 8 term of the geometric progression 512, 256, 128....... is . . . (J’23)
A. 64 B. 8 C. 16 D. 4
COORDINATE GEOMETRY
1 MARK
1. Find the centroid of a triangle, whose vertices are (3, 4), (–7, –2) and (10, –5). (M’15)
2. Find the distance between the points (0, 0) and (a, b). (J’15)
3. Find the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (–5, 5) and (5, –5). (M’16)
4. If the slope of the line passing through the two points (2, 5) and (5, 8) is represented by tan θ ;
(where 00 < θ < 900) in trigonometry, then find angle ‘θ’ (J’16)
5. A(0, 3), B(k, 0) and AB = 5. Find the positive value of k. (M’17)
6. Find the distance between the points (1, 5) and (5, 8). (M’18)
7. What is the other end of the diameter of the circle, who’s the centre is (1, 2) and one end
point of the diameter is (3, 4)? ( J’18 )
8. Find the centroid of a ∆PQR, when vertices are P(1, 1), Q(2, 2), R(–3, –3). (M’19)
9. Determine ‘x’ so that 2 is the slope of the line passing through A(– 2, 4) and B(x, –2). (J’19)
10. Find the distance between the points (0, 0) and (sin θ, cos θ), where (0o ≤ θ ≤90o). (May 2022)
March 2015 to June’2023
11. Find the distance between the points (sec θ, 0) and (0, tan θ) when θ = 45° (Aug.22)
12. Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (2, 3), (-4, 7) and (2, – 4). (Apr.23)
2 MARKS
1. Show that the points A(4, 2), B(7, 5) and C(9, 7) are collinear. (M’15)
2. A(3, 6),B (3, 2) and C(8, 2)are the vertices of a rectangle ABCD. Plot these points on a graph
paper. From this find the co-ordinates of vertex D, so that ABCD will be a rectangle. (J’15)
3. Show that the points A (–3, 3) B(0, 0) C(3, –3) are collinear. (M’16)COORDINATE GEOMETRY
4. The distance between the points (8, x) and (x, 8) is 2√2 units, then find the value of x.(J’16)
5. Two vertices of a triangle are (3, 2), (–2, 1) and its centroid is ,− . Find the third vertex
of the triangle. (M’17)
6. Find the angle made by the line joining (5, 3) and (–1, – 3) with the positive direction of
X – axis. (M’17)
7. Determine ‘x’, if the slope of the line joining the two points (4, x), (7, 2) is ( J’17)
8. In the diagram on a lunar eclipse, the positions of the sun, earth and moon are Shown by
(–4, 6) buy, (k, –25) and (5, –6) respectively, then find the value of k. (M’18)
(M’19)
9. Find the coordinates of the point divide the segment joining (2, 3) and (– 4, 0) in 1: 2.( J’18 )
10. Akhila says, “points A(1, 3), B(2, 2), C(5, 1) are collinear”. Do you agree with Akhil? Why?
11. If the area of the triangle formed by joining the points A(x, y) B (3,2) and C(- 2, 4) is 10
square units, then show that 2x + 5y + 4 = 0 (Jun’23)
4 MARKS
1. Name the type of quadrilateral formed by joining the points A(–1, –2), B(1, 0), C(–1, 2) and
D(–3, 0) on a graph paper. Justify your answer. (M’15)
2. If A (–5, 7), B(–4, –5), C(–1, –6) and D(4, 5) are the vertices of a quadrilateral, then find
the area of the quadrilateral ABCD. (J’15)
3. Find the co-ordinates of the points trisection of the line segment joining the points (–3, 3)
and (3, –3) (M’16)
4. If the points P(– 3, 9), Q(a, b) and R(4, – 5) are collinear and a + b = 1, then find the values
of a and b. (J’16)
5. The points C and D on the line segment joining A(–4, 7) and B(5, 13) Such that AC = CD =
DB. Then find the co-ordinates of point C and D. (M’17)
6. The area of the triangle is 18 sq. units, whose vertices are (3, 4), (–3, –2) and (p, –1); then
find the value of ‘p’. ( J’17)
7. Find the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points (–2, 1) and (7, 4). (M’18)
8. Show that the points A (–1 ,–2), B (4, 3), C (2, 5) and D ( –3, 0) in that order form a rectangle.
( J’18 )
March 2015 to June’2023 COORDINATE GEOMETRY
9. Find the ratio in which X – axis divides the line segment joining the points (2, –3) and (5, 6).
Then find the intersecting point on X – axis. (M’19).
10. Find the area of the Rhombus ABCD, whose vertices are taken in order, are A (–1,1),
B(1, –2), C(3, 1), D(1, 4). (J’19).
11. Show that the distance of the points (5, 12), (7, 24) and (35, 12) from the origin are arranged
in ascending order forms an arithmetic progression. Find the common difference of the
progression. (May 2022)
12. Show that the distance of the points (5,12), (7, 24) and (35, 12) from the origin are arranged
in the ascending order, forms and arithmetic progression. Find the common difference of the
progression.
13. If A(- 2, 2) B(a, 6) C(4,b) and D(2, - 2) are the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, then find
the values of a and b. Also find the lengths of its sides. (Apr’23)
14. Show that the quadrilateral formed by joining the points (-4, 2), (4, 4), (2, 12) and (-6, 10)
taken in order is a square. (Jun’23)
Part - b
1. If a straight line passing through the points P(x1, y1), Q(x2, y2 ) is making an angle with
positive X - axis, then the slope of the straight line is . . . . . . . (M’15)
A. B. θ C. D. sinθ
2. In a co–ordinate plane, if line segment AB is parallel to X – axis, then which of the

following is correct. (J’15)
A. x co-ordinates of points A and B are equal.
B. y co-ordinates of points A and B are equal.
C. x co-ordinate of point A and y co-ordinate point B are equal.
D. y co-ordinate of point A and x co-ordinate point B are equal.
3. The area of a triangle whose vertices(points) are (0,0), (3,0) and (0,4) is____ (J’15)
A. 3 sq. units B. 4 sq. units C. 6 sq. units D. 5
4. Slope of the line passing through (– 1, – 1) and ( 1, 1) is . . . . . . ( M’16)
A. – 1 B. 0 C. 1 D. Not define
5. If the co-ordinates of the vertices of a rectangle are (0 , 0), (4, 0) (4, 3) and (0, 3) then the
length of its diagonal is . . . . . . . . (J’16)
A. 4 B. 5 C. 7 D. 3
6. Sum of the distances from A(3, 4) to X – axis and from B(5, 7) to Y – axis is . .(M’17)
A. 8 B. 10 C. 11 D. 9
7. (x, y), (2, 0), (3, 2) and (1, 2) are vertices of a parallelogram, then (x, y) = . . .( M’17)
A. (0, 1) B. (4, 8) C. (1, 0) D. (5, 0)
8. The distance between two points A (a cos θ, 0), B (0, a sin θ) is . . . . . .( M’17)
A. a B. a2 C. √ D. 0

9. If the slope of the line joining the points (2, 5) and (x, 3) is 2, then the value of ‘x’ is . . .
(May 2022)
A. 0 B. 1 C. -1 D. 2
10. The area of the triangle BOA is . . . . . . . sq. units. (J’17)
B (0, 3)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3 O (0, 0) A (2, 0)
D. 4
11. Slope of the line passing through the points (4, 6) and (2, –5) is . . . . . (M’18)
A. B. − . C. D.
12. The Slope of a line is “1”, then the angle between the line and X - axis is . . .(J’18)
A. 450 B. 300 C. 600 D. 900
13. The distance of the point P(x, y) from Y – axis is . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. | | B. | | C. | + | D. | − |
14. If (a, b), (b, c) and (c, a) are the vertices of a triangle and the centroid of triangle is origin.
Then a3 + b3 + c3 = . . . . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. a + b + c B. abc C. 3abc D. 0
15. The distance of (3, 4) from origin is . . . . . . (J’19)
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7
16. The point (-2, -2) is in the ______ quadrant. (J’19)
A. Q1 B. Q2 C. Q3 D. Q4
17. The midpoint of the line segment joining the points (3,5), (x, 3) is (4, 4), then the value of
x is . . . (Apr’23)
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7
18. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0, 4), (0, 0) and (3, 0) is . . . (Apr’23)
A. 7 + √5 B. 5 C. 12 D. 11
19. Slope of the line passing through the points (5, 8) and (6, 10) is (Jun’23)
A. 2 B. C. D.
20. The distance of the point (log 8 , log 81) from the origin is..... (J’23)
A. 32 B. 4 C. 5 D. 2

March 2015 to June’2023 SIMILAR TRIANGLES
SIMILAR TRIANGLES
1 MARK
1. In a ∆DEF; A, B and C are the mid-points of EF, FD and DE respectively. If the area of
∆DEF is 14.4cm2, then find the area of ∆ABC. (M’15)
2. In a ∆PQR and ∆XYZ, it is given that ∆PQR ∼∆XYZ, ∠Y +∠Z= 900 and
XY : XZ = 3 : 4. Then find the ratio of sides in ∆PQR. (J’15)
A
3. In the given figure, ∆ABC ∼∆ADE,
3cm
then find the value of ‘x’. (M’16)
D E
5 cm 6cm
B x C
4. It is given that ∆ABC∼∆DEF. is it true to say that = ? Justify your answer. (J’16)
5. Draw the diagram corresponding to basic proportionality theorem. (J’17)

6. Srivani walks 12 m due to East and turns left and walks another 5 m, how far is she from
the place she started? (M’18) A D
3
7. Write the similarity by criterion by which
5
pair of triangles are similar (M’19) O
C 2.5
6
B
8. Madhavi said “All squares are similar”. Do you agree with her statement? justify your
answer. (J’19)
9. Draw a line segment of length 7.3 cm and divide it it in the ratio 3 : 4. (J’19)
10. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle. A
AD = 3 cm, DB = 5cm, AE = 6 cm and E
D
EC = 10 cm. Is DE ⃦ BC? Justify. (May 2022)
B C
11. The sides of a triangle measure 2√2 , 4 and 2√6 units. Is it a right-angled triangle? Justify.
(Apr’23) A
12. In A ABC, DE is a line such that AD = 3 cm , AB = 5 cm,
AE = 6 cm and AC = 10 cm. Is DE || BC ? Justify (Jun’23) D E
B C

2 MARKS
1. A ladder of 3.9 m length is laid against a wall. The distance between the foot of the wall and
the ladder is 1.5 m. find the height at which ladder touches the wall. (M’15)
2. AB is a chord of the circle and AOC is its diameter, such that ∠ACB = 600. If AT is the
tangent to the circle at the point A, then find the measure of ∠BAT. (J’16)
3. Observe the below diagram and find the values of x and y. (M’15)
A F
6 cm
C
9 cm x 15 cm
y
B D E
4. Observe the below figure. In a ∆PQR, if XY∥ QR and PX = x– 2, X Y

XQ = x + 5, PY = x – 3 and YR = x + 3, then find the value of ‘x’. (J’15) Q R
5. ABC is an isosceles triangle and ∠B = 900, then show that AC2 = 2AB2. (M’16)
A
6. In a ABC AD BC and AD2 = BD X CD,
Prove that ABC is a right-angled triangle. (M’17)
B D C
7. In ABC, PQ ‖ BC and AP = 3x– 19, PB = x– 5, AQ = x– 3, QC = 3 cm. Find x. (M’18)
8. In ABC, D and E are points on AB and AC respectively. If AB = 14 cm; AD = 3.5 cm,
AE = 2.5 cm and AC = 10 cm, show that DE ‖ BC. (J’18)
9. If the ratio of areas of two equilateral triangles is 25 : 36, then find the ratio of heights of the
triangles. (J’19) A
10. In the given figure, if = , AE = 6 cm and

D E
AC = 15 cm, then is DE ⃦ BC? Justify. (Aug.22)
4 MARKS Q
B C
P
1. Observe the figure given below:
X Y
In ∆PQR, if XY∥PQ, PX/XR = 5/3 and QR = 7.2cm,
then find the length of RY. (M’15) R
2. ABC is a right-angled triangle which is right angled at C. let AB = c, BC = a, CA = b and
let p be the length of perpendicular from C on AB. Prove that c = . (J’15)

3. Draw a line segment of length 8.1 cm and divide it in the ratio of 5 : 4. Then measure the
divided two parts. (this problem should be done by construction) (J’15)
4. Construct a triangle of sides 5cm, 6cm and 7cm then construct a triangle similar to it, whose
sides are of the corresponding sides of the first triangle. (M’16)
5. Construct a triangle of sides 5cm, 6cm and 7cm. then construct a triangle similar to it,
whose sides are 1 times the corresponding sides of the first triangle. (J’16)
A B
6. ABCD is a trapezium with AB‖ DC,
the diagonals AC and BD are intersecting at E.
If AED is similar to BCE, E
then prove that AD = BC. (M’17)
D C
7. ABCD is a trapezium, in which AB‖ DC and its diagonals intersect each other at a point
‘O’. show that = . (J’17 ; May 2022)
8. Construct an equilateral triangle XYZ of side 5 cm and construct another triangle similar to
XYZ, each of its sides is of the sides of XYZ. (M’18)
9. Construct a triangle ABC in which AB = 5 cm, BC = 7 cm and ABC = 500, then construct
a triangle similar to it, whose sides are of the corresponding sides of first triangle. (J’18)
10. Construct a triangle PQR, in which PQ = 4 cm, QR = 6 cm and ∠PQR = 700. Construct
triangle such that each side of the new triangle is of the triangle PQR. (M’19)
11. In a right-angle triangle, the hypotenuse is 10 cm more than the shortest side. If third side is
6 cm less than the hypotenuse, find the sides of the right-angle triangle. (M’19)
12. In a right-angle triangle, length of the hypotenuse is 6 cm more than its shortest side. The
length of the other side is 3 cm less than the hypotenuse, then find the sides of right-angle
triangle. (J’19) Q
X
13. In the given figure XY ⃦ QR and YZ ⃦ RS, then prove that = . (Aug22)
Y
P R
Z
14. Construct triangle ABC with BC = 7cm, angle B = 45 deg and angle C = 60°. S
Then construct another triangle similar to ΔABC, whose sides are times of the
corresponding sides of ΔABC. (Apr’23)

Part - b
1. When we construct a triangle similar to a given triangle as per given scale factor, we
construct on the basis of …..…….. (M’15)
A. SSS similarity C. Basic proportionality theorem
B. AAA similarity D. A and C are correct.
0
2. ABC is a right-angle triangle and ∠C = 90 , let BC = a, CA = b, AB = c and p be the length
of the perpendicular from C on AB, then ……. (M’16)
A. = − B. =− + C) = + D) = −
3. If ∆ABC ∼∆EDC, then which of the following representation of figures is true? (M’15)
E C D C
A A E D
A. B. C. D.
B C D B D E A B C E A B
4. Observe the following: (J’15)
i) Any two similar figures are congruent.
ii) Any two congruent figures are similar.
Which of the following is true?
A. Only (i) is true C. Both (i) and (ii) are true
B. Only (ii) is true D. Both (i) and (ii) are false
5. In a trapezium ABCD, if AD∥BC, then it is represented by………… (J’15)
A B D A C D D C
A. B. C. D.
D C C B B A A B
6. Express ‘x’ in terms of a, b and c in the following figure. (J’16)
L
A. x =
B. x = a P
x
C. x = 460 460
M N K
b c
D. x =
7. In a right-angled triangle with integral sides at least one of its measurements must be(J’16)
A. Multiple of 3 B. Multiple of 9 C. Multiple of 2 D. Multiple of 7
8. If ABC ~ DEF and area ABC : area DEF = 49 : 100. Then DE : AB = . . . . . (M’17)
A. 9 : 10 B. 10 : 7 C. 10 : 9 D. 7 : 10
9. In the figure ABC, DE ‖ BC, AD = 1.5 cm, DB = 6 cm, AE = x cm then x = (M’17)

A. 2.5cm A
B. 2cm E
D
C. 3cm
D. 3.5cm B C
2
10. If PQR ~ XYZ, QR = 3 cm, YZ = 4 cm, ar.PQR = 54 cm . Then ar.XYZ =. (J’17)
A. 13.5 cm2 B. 46 cm2 C. 96 cm2 D. 12 cm2
11. ABC ~ XYZ, AB : XY = 9 : 16, then ar. (ABC ) : ar. (XYZ) is . . . . . . (J’18)
A. 3 : 4 B. 4 : 3 C. 81 : 256 D. 6 : 81
12. In ABC with A 900 ; from A, perpendicular AD is drawn on BC. which one of the
following is NOT correct? (J’17)
A. ABC ~ DAC C. ABC ~ DBA
B. DAC ~ DBA D. ABC ~ DBA ~ DAC
13. In the adjacent figure, AB = 3 cm, AC = 8 cm, BE = 4.5 cm, then CD = . . . . (J’17)
A. 10.5 cm
E D
B. 9.5 cm
C. 16 cm
D. 12 cm A B C
14. The perimeter of two similar triangles are in 4 : 9 ratio, the ratio of their corresponding sides
is . . . (M’18)
A. 9 : 4 B. 2 : 3 C. 16 : 81 D. 4 : 9
15. In the given figure, DE ‖ BC, if and EC = 3.6 cm, then AE = . . . . . (J’18)
A. 4.5 cm A
B. 5.6 cm
D E
C. 5.4 cm
D. 4.6 cm B C
16. Ratio of areas of two similar triangles is 144 : 441,then ratio of their perimeters is (M’19)
A. 14 : 41 B. 44 : 41 C. 7 : 4 D. 4 : 7
17. Which of the following statement is true ? ( M’19)
A. All acute angle triangles are similar. C. All right angle triangles are similar.
B. All obtuse angle triangles are similar. D. All isosceles right triangles are similar.
18. In the given figure, PB CF and DP EF, then = …….. (J’19) C
A. 8
B
2
B.
A F
P
C.
D
D. E
March 2015 to June’2023 SIMILAR TRIANGLES / SECSNATS AND TANGENTS TO THE CIRCLE
19. ∆ABC ∼ ∆DEF, if ∠A = 45o and ∠E = 75o, then C is . . . . (May 2022)

A. 90o B. 120o C. 30o D. 60o
20. ∆ABC is a right triangle, right angled at B. If AB = 9 cm, BC = 12 cm, then AC is
. . . . . . (May 2022)
A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16
21. In ΔABC, DE ∥ BC, AD = 6cm, DB = 2 cm, DE = 9 cm and BC = x cm, then the value of x is
A. 6 A
B. 8 6
C. 9 D 9 E
D. 12 2
x
B C
22. Among the following, the pair of triangles which are always similar is..... (Apr’23)
A. two isosceles triangles. C. two equilateral triangles.
B. two scalene triangles. D. two right-angled triangles.
23. Corresponding sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the area of the smaller
triangle is 48 cm2 , then the area of the larger triangle is . . . (Apr’23)
A. 108 cm2 B. 72 cm2 C. 36 cm2 D. 90 cm2
24. ΔABC ~ ΔPQR. If A+ C= 110°, then Q = . . . . (J’23)
A. 110° B. 90° C. 70° D. 20°
TangenTs and secanTs To The circles
1 MARK
1. How many tangents can be drawn to a circle from a point on the same circle ?justify your
answer. (M’15)
2. Find the length of the tangent from a point, which is 9.1cm away from the centre of the circle,
whose radius is 8.4cm. (J’15)
3. The length of the tangent from an external point ‘P’ to a circle with center ‘O’ is always less
than ‘OP’. Is this statement true? Give reasons. ((J’16)
4. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 3.5 cm. Find the area swept by minute hand in 30
minutes.( use = ) (M’17)
5. The length of the tangent to a circle from a point 17 cm from its Centre is 18 cm. Find the
radius of the circle. (M’18)
6. Find the length of the tangent to circle from a point 13 cm away from the centre of the circle of
radius 5 cm. (J’18)
7. A point P is 25 cm from the centre O of the circle. The length of the tangent drawn from P to
the circle is 24 cm. Find the radius of the circle. (M’19)

March 2015 to June’2023 SECANTS AND TANGENTS TO THE CIRCLE
8. In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle, OQ is Q

the radius and OQ = 5 cm. The length of the tangent
drawn from external point to the circle PQ = 12 cm, P
O A
then find the distance between the points ‘O’ and ‘P’.
(May 2022)
9. A circle is inscribed is ΔABC touching the sides AB, BC and CA D F
at points D, E and F respectively. IF AD = 3 cm, BE = 4 cm and
CF = 5 cm, then find the perimeter of the triangle. B E C
10. A strip of width 4 cm is attached to one side of a square to
form a rectangle. The area of the rectangle formed is 77 cm2,
then find the length of the side of the square.
4 cm
2 MARKS
1. Prove that “ in two concentric circles, a chord of the bigger circle, that touches the smaller
circle is bisected at the point of contact with the smaller circle”. (M’15)
2. From an external point, two tangents are drawn to a circle. A line joining the external point
and the centre of the circle bisects the angle between the tangents. Is this true? Justify your
answer. (J’15)
3. Draw a circle with 5 cm radius and construct a pair of tangents to the circle. (J’16)
4. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure. A B
ABCD is a square upside 10.5 cm. (M’17)
A
5. A circle of radius 3 cm is inscribed in a
ABC and AF = 5 cm BF = 3 cm as 5 cm
D 10.5 cm C
shown in the figure. Somu said that F
3 cm
the measure of the side AC is 17 cm. C
B
Do you are agree ? Give reasons. (J’18)
B
6. In the given figure, TA and TB are tangents to
the circle with centre ‘O’. If ∠ATB = 800, O
T
then find the measure of ∠ABT. (M’19) B P
A
7. In the given figure AB, AC and PQ are tangents to a X A
circle and AB = 6 cm. Find the perimeter of  APQ (J’19)
C Q

4/6 MARKS
1. Draw a circle with radius 3cm and construct a pair of tangents from a point 8cm away from the
centre. (M’15)
2. Draw a circle of radius 5cm. from a point 8cm away from its centre, construct a pair of
tangents to the circle. Find the lengths of tangents. (M’16)
3. Two concentric circles of radii 10cm and 6cm are drawn. Find the length of the chord of the
larger circle which touches the smaller circle. ((J’16)
4. Draw a circle of diameter 6 cm from a point 5 cm away from its centre. Construct the pair of
tangents to the circle and measure their length. (M’17)
5. Ten identical mementos is made by my school to awarding
O
10 students first prize winners in games if each mango is made
as shown in figure (shaded portion) its base PQRS is silver S R
plated from the front side at the rate of Rs.20/- per cm2.
Find the total cost of the silver plating of 10 Mentos. P Q
(OR=5 cm., RQ = 6 cm, PS = 8 cm).(J’17)
6. Draw two concentric circles of radii 1.5 cm and 4 cm. From a point 10 cm from its centre,
construct the pair of tangent to the circle. (J’17) Q
7. A square ODEF is inscribed in a quadrant OPEQ E
F
of circle and OD = 14√2 cm. Aarthi said that
“ the area of shaded region is 224 cm2”.
Do you agree ? Give reason. (J’18)
O P
D
8. Draw a circle of radius 6 cm and construct two tangents to the circle so that angle between the
tangents is 60°. (J’19)
9. Draw a circle of radius 4 cm. From a point 9 cm away from it’s centre, construct a pair of
tangents to the circle. (May 2022)
10. Draw a circle of radius 4 cm. From a point 9 cm away from it's centre, construct a pair of
tangents to the circle.(Aug.22)
11. Construct a circle of radius 5 cm. Then construct a pair of tangents to the circle such that the
angle between them is 60°,(Jun’23)
12. Part - b
1. The number of pair of tangents can be drawn to a circle, which are parallel to each other, are
A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. Infinite (M’15)
2. The number of tangents that can be drawn to a circle from an external point is … (J’15)
A. 0 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
3. Observe the following.
(I) The maximum number of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is 2.
(II) The maximum number of secants drawn from an external point to a circle is 2.

Which one of the following is not true? (M’16)

A. (I) only C. Both (I) and (II)
B. (II) only D. Neither (I) nor (II)
4. The length of the tangent point P is 12 cm and the radius of the circle is 5 cm, then the
distance from point P to the centre of the circle is .. . . . . (M’17)
A. 11 cm B. 10 cm C. 13 cm D. 14 cm
5. From the adjacent figure APB = 400, then AOB = . . . . . . . (J’17)
A. 1100 A
B. 1400
O 400 P
C. 800
D. 1600
B
6. If and are tangents to a circle with Centre O, such that POQ =1050, then PAQ =
A. 1050 P
B. 900 (M’18)
O A
C. 750
D. 650
Q
7. is a tangent drawn to a circle with Centre O from an external point A and B is a point of
contact, then which of the following is always true? (M’18)
(i) OA > OB
(ii) OA > AB
(iii) AB > OB
A. only (i) B. only (ii) C. (ii) and (iii) D. (i) and (ii)
8. Number of secants that can be drawn to circle through a point inside it is . . . . . . (M’19)
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. Infinite
9. From the given figure XOY = 1300, then XPO = . . . (J’18) X
0
A. 65
B. 350 P O
0
C. 25
D. 550 Y
0
10. Tangents PA and PB inclined at an angle 60 as shown in the figure, the ratio of lengths of
OA, OP and AP is . . . . . . . . (M’19) A
A. 1 : 2 : 3
B. 3 : 2 : 1
C. √3 : 2 : 1 P 600 O
D. 1 : 2 : √3
11. B
12.
13. Area of the shaded region is …….. (M’19) r
A. r2(2 - π)
B. r2(4 - π) 2r
C. r2(5 - π)
D. r2(6 - π) r
14. At a point ‘P’ on a circle, PQ is a tangent and ‘O’ is the centre of the circle. If OPQ is an
isosceles triangle, then OPQ is equal to . . . . . . . . (J’19)
A. 900 B. 300 C. 450 D. 60
15. In the given figure OA and OB are radii. PA and PB are tangents to the circle at points A and
B. If ∠AOB = 130o, then ∠APB = A (May 2022)
o
A. 40
B. 50o O 1300 P
o
C. 60
D. 70o
B
16. In the given figure, ‘O’ is the centre of the circle, OA and OB are radii. PA and PB are
tangents to the circle at points A and B. If ∠AOB = 120o, then ∠APB = (Aug.22)
o
A. 60 A
B. 30o
C. 90o O 1200 P
o
D. 45
B
17. In the given figure, AP and AQ are two tangents to a circle with centre 'O' such that
POQ = 125°, then PAQ is....... (J’23) P
A. 55°
B. 25°
O 1250 A
C. 35°
D. 45°
18. In the given figure PA and PB attention drawn to the Q
circle and AB is a chord, If PA= 6 cm and PAB = 60°,
A
then the length of the chord AB is (Aug.22)
A. 5 cm
600
B. 6 cm O P
C. 7 cm
D. 4 cm
B
March 2015 to June’2023 SECANTS AND TANGENTS TO THE CIRCLE / MENSURATION
19. If the length of a tangent from an external point 'A' at a distance of 5 cm from the centre of the
circle is 4 cm, then the radius of the circle is. . . . . (Apr’23)
A. 5 + √3 cm B. 5 cm C. 3 cm D. 7 cm
MENSURATION
1MARK
1. If a cylinder and a cone are of the same radius and height ,then how many cones full of milk
can fill the cylinder? Answer with reasons. (M’15)
2. If the radius of hemisphere is 21cm, then find its volume. (J’15)
3. “A conical solid block is exactly fitted inside the cubical box of side ‘a’, then the volume of
conical solid block is π a3 ”. Is this statement true? Justify your answer. (M’16)
4. If the surface area of a hemisphere is ‘S’, then express ‘r’ in terms of ‘S’. (M’16)
5. Find the curved surface area of a cylinder of radius 14cm and height 21cm. = (J’16)
6. Write the formula to find curved surface area of a cone and explain each term in it. (M’17)
7. If a cone is inscribed in a cylinder, what is the ratio of their volumes? (J’17)
8. The vertex angle of a cone is 600. Find the ratio of the diameter with the height of the cone.
9. “cuboid is one of right prism’. Is it true? Justify. (J’17)
10. Write the formula to find the volume of a cone and explain each term in it. (J’18)
11. Find the value of liquid hemispherical bowl can hold, where radius of the ball is 4.2 cm. (J’18)
12. In a hemispherical bowl of 2.1 cm radius ice-cream is there. Find the volume of the bowl. (M’19)
13. If the metallic cylinder of height 4 cm and radius 3 cm is melted under recast into a sphere,
then find the radius of the sphere. (J’19)
14. Write the formula for finding lateral surface area of a cylinder and explain each term in it. (J’19)
15. A joker cap is in the form of a right circular cone, whose base radius is 7 cm and slant height is
25 cm. Find it’s curved surface area. (May 2022)
16. If the ratio of a base radii of two right circular cylinder is 1:2 and the ratio of their heights is 2:3
then find the ratio of their values. (Aug.22)
2 MARKS
1. The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 7cm to 14 cm as air pumped into it. Find the
ratio of the volumes of the balloon before and after pumping the air. (M’15)

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2. Find the volume and surface area of a sphere of radius 42cm = . ((M’16)
3. A solid metallic ball of volume 64cm3 melted and made into a solid cube. Find the side of the
solid cube. (M’16)
4. A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere. The radius of the base and the height
of the cone are 7cm and 8cm respectively. Find the surface area of the toy. (J’16)
5. The diameter of a solid sphere is 6 cm. It is melted and recast into a solid cylinder of height 4
cm. Find the radius of cylinder. (M’17)
6. The height and the base radius of a Cone and a Cylinder are equal to the radius of a Sphere. Find
the ratio of their volumes. (M’18)
7. The diameter of the base of a right circular cone is 12 cm and volume 376.8 cm3. Find its height
(π = 3.14) (J’18)
8. A right circular cylinder has radius 3.5 cm and height 14 cm. Find curved surface area. (M’19)
4 MARKS
1. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends.
If the length of the cylindrical part of the capsule is 14mm and the diameter of hemisphere is
6mm, then find the volume of medicine capsule. (M’15)
2. The area of a sector-shaped canvas cloth is 264m2. With this canvas cloth, if a right circular
conical tent is erected with the radius of the base as 7m, then find the height of the tent.(J’15)
3. DWACRA is supplied cuboidal shaped wax block with measurements 88cm x 42cm x 35cm.
from this how many number of cylindrical candles of 2.8cm diameter and 8cm of height can be
prepared? (M’16)
4. How many spherical balls each 7cm in diameter can be made out of a solid lead cube whose
edge measures 66cm? (J’16)
5. The length of a cuboid is 12 cm, breadth and height are equal in measurements, and its volume
is 432 cm3. The cuboid is cut into two cubes. Find the lateral surface area of each cube. (M’17)
6. How many silver coins of diameter 5 cm and thickness 4 mm have to be melted to prepare a
cuboid of 12 cm X 11 cm X 5 cm dimension? (M’18)
7. A metallic sphere of diameter 30 cm is melted and recast into a cylinder of radius 10 cm. Find
the height of the cylinder. (J’18)

March 2015 to June’2023 MENSURATION
8. A toy is made with seven equal cubes of sides√7cm. Six cubes are joined to six faces of a
seventh cube. Find the total surface area of the toy. (M’19)
9. A cylindrical tank of radius 7 m has water to some level. If 110 cubes of the side off the side
7 cm are completely measured in it, then find the raise in water level. (J’19)
10. The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. if its total
surface area is 1628 cm2, then find the volume of the cylinder = (May’ 2022)
11. A metallic vessel is in the shape of a right circular cylinder mounted over a hemisphere. The
common diameter is 42 cm and the height of the cylindrical part is 21 cm. Find the capacity of
the vessel. (Take π = ). (Aug’ 2022)
PART - B
1. For a right circular cone with radius = r, height = h and slant height = l, which of the
following is not true? (M’15)
A. Always l > h B. Always l > r C. Always r > π D. l2 = r2 + h2
2. Lateral surface area of a right circular cone = πrl, where ‘l’ is……… (J’15)
A. Height of the cone C. Slant height of the cone
B. Diameter of the cone D. None of these
3. Let r, h and l be the radius, height and slant height of a cone respectively, then express l in
terms of r and h is …….. (M’16)
A. √ℎ − B. √ +ℎ C. √ − ℎ D. √4 + ℎ
4. Volumes of two spheres are in the ratio of 8 : 27, the ratio of their surface areas is…(J’16)
A. 2 : 3 B. 4 : 3 C. 2 : 9 D. 4 : 9
5. A solid ball is exactly fitted inside the cubical box of side ‘a’. the volume of the ball is (J’16)
A. πa3 B. πa3 C. πa3 D. πa3
6. The total surface area of a cube is 96 cm2, then side of cube is . . . . (M’17)
A. 3 cm B. 6 cm C. 4 cm D. 5 cm
7. Base area the prism is 36 cm2 air and its height is 10 cm then the volume of the prism is (J’17)
A. 300 cm3 B. 300 cm2 C. 150 cm2 D. 150 cm3
8. The volume of a cone with base radius 7 cm is 462 cc., its height is . . . . . (M’18)
A. 9 cm B. 18 cm C. 3 cm D. 27 cm
2
9. The volume of a cylinder is given by the formula π r h, here “h” represents (J’18)
A. diameter B. height C. radius D. slant height
10. A cylinder and a cone have equal radii and equal heights. If the volume of cylinder is 27
cu. Units, then the volume of cone is . . . (M’19)
A. 27 c.u. B. 18 c.u. C. 9 c.u. D. 36 c.u.
11. Side of a cube and diameter of a sphere are equal, then the ratio of their volume will be (J’19)
A. 4 : π B. 6 : π C. 3 : π D. 2 : π

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12. A metallic sphere of radius ‘r’ is melted and recast into the sphere of solid cylinder of
radius ‘r’, the height of the cylinder is . . . . . (J’19)
A. 3r B. C. D. 4r
13. In the given figure OA and OB are radii. PA and PB are tangents to the circle at points A
and B. If ∠AOB = 130o, then ∠APB = (May 2022)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
2
14. In the formula of volume of right circular cylinder V = πr h, the letter ‘r’ represents . . .
(May 2022)
A. Diameter B. Height C. Volume D. Radius
15. The curved surface area of right circular cone is πrl. In this formula "l" represents (Aug22)
A. Height B. Radius C. Slant Height D. Diameter
16. A cylindrical pencil sharpened at one end is a combination of ..... (Apr’23)
A. a cone and a cylinder. C. a hemisphere and a cylinder.
B. a cone and a hemisphere. D. two cylinders.
17. If a solid sphere is melted and converted into a solid cylinder, then the volume of the
cylinder will (Apr’23)
A. become double. C. increase.
B. remains unchanged. D. decrease
18. The ratio of total surface areas of a hemisphere and a sphere with equal radii is...... (J’23)
A. 3 : 4 B. 1 : 2 C. 4 : 3 D. 2 : 1
19. The total surface area of a right circular cylinder is 2πr(h + r). In this formula, 'h'
represents...... (J’23)
A. Radius B. diameter C. height D. slant height
TRIGONOMETRY
1 MARK
1. Show that tan2 – = –1. (M’15)
θ
2. Explain the meaning of cos A. (J’15)
3. If tan = √3 (where is acute), then find the value of 1 + cos . (M’16)
4. Evaluate : + .(J’16)
5. If Sin A = and cot B = 1, prove that sin (A + B) = 1, where A and B are both are acute
√
angles. (M’17)
6. Express cosθ in terms of tanθ . (M’17)
7. If cosθ = , then find the value of 4 + cotθ. (M’17)
√

March 2015 to June’2023 TRIGONOMETRY
8. Is it correct to say that sinθ = cos (90 – θ) why? (J’17)

9. Find the value of tan 2A, if cos 3A = sin 450. (M’18)
A
2 0 2 0 2 0
10. Prove that 4 tan 45 - cosec 30 + cos 30 = . (J’18)
11. Using the figure given of ABC, prove that sin2θ +cos2θ = 1 (J’18) B θ
C
12. Evaluate cosec 390 .sec 510 – tan 510 . cot 390. (M’19)
13. In a right triangle ABC, right angled at ‘C’ in which AB = 13 cm, BC = 5 cm, determine the
value of cos2 B + sin2 A. (M’19)
14. Ravi says “the value of tan 00.tan10.tan20. . . . . . .. . . . . . .tan890 is zero”. Do you agree
with Ravi? Give reason. (J’19)
15. Express tan θ in terms of sin θ. (May 22)
16. Express sec θ in terms of sin θ. (Aug 22)
17. Express ‘tan θ’ in terms of ‘sin θ’. (Apr’ 23)
18. Express ‘tan θ’ in terms of ‘cos θ’. (Jun’23)
19. 3.Find the value of −2 45 + (Jun’23)
2 MARKS
1. Show that (1 + cot2 ) (1 - cos ) (1 + cos ) = 1. (M’15)
2. Show that √ + = tan + cot . (J’15)
3. Prove that = sec – tan , (where is acute). ((M’16)

√
4. If tan (A + B) = 1 and cos (A – B) = , 00 < A+B < 900 and A > B; find A and B. (M’16)
5. If x = a secθ and y = b tanθ, then prove that – = 1. ((J’16)
6. Prove that − = 2cotA (J’17)

7. If A,B,C are interior angles of ABC,
then show that + = + . (J’17)
8. What can you say about the values of sin A and cos A as the measure of an angle A
increases from 0° to 90°? (J’17)
√ √
9. Find the measure of the angles A and B, if cos (A – B) = and sin(A + B) = . (M’18)
10. If cosec (A + B) = 1 and cot (A – B) = √3 , 00 < A + B ≤ 900, A > B, then find A and B. (J’18)
11. Find the value of (M’19)

12. Prove that – cot2θ = 1 (J’19)

13. In an acute angled triangle ABC, if sin (A + B – C) = and cos (B + C – A) = , then find
 A ,  B and  C (Apr’23)
4 MARKS
1. Find the value of + − . (M’15)
2. If cot = , then find the value of + . (J’15)
3. Evaluate : (M’16)
4. If + = 4 (00 < < 900), then find the value of . (J’16)
5. Prove that (1 + )+ 1+ = (M’17)
6. If = , = , then show that (m2 + n2) cos2 = m2n2. (J’17)
7. If cosecθ + cotθ = k, then write all trigonometric ratios at θ in terms of k. (J’17)
8. Prove that + = sin A + cos A (M’18)
9. Show that (secθ - tanθ)2 = (M’18)
10. Prove that = sec θ – tan θ (J’18)
11. Show that + = 2sec (M’19)
12. If cosecA= √2, then find the value of . (J’19)

( )
13. If sec θ + tan θ = P, then that sin θ = . (May 2022)
14. Show that + = 2sec (Aug’22)
PART - B
1. If cot A = , then sin A + cos A is……. (M’15)
A. B. C. D.
2. Which of the following values is not a possible value of sin x? (M’15)

A. B. C. D.

3. Which of the following is NOT defined? (J’15)

A. Tan 00 B. Tan 900 C. Cot 900 D. Sec 00
4. If sin A= , then cot A =……….. (J’15)
A. B. C. D.
5. If sin = cos , where 00< < 900, then tan + cot =…….. (M’16)
A. 2√3 B. C. 2 D. 1
√
6. If sec + tan =3, then sec - tan =………….. (M’16)
A. B. C. D.
7. In a ∆ABC, AB = c, BC = a, AC = b and ∠BAC = q, then area of ∆ABC is..…… (M’16)
A. ab sin B. ca sin C. bc sin D. b2 sin
8. The value of tan θ in terms of cosec …….. (J’16)

. .
A. B. C. D.
9. Observe the following:

I) Sin2200 + sin2700 = 1 II) log sin 90 = 1.
Which one is correct? (J’16)
A. (I) only. C. Both (I) and (II)
B. (II) only D. neither (I) nor (II)
10. In ∆ABC, AC = 12cm, AB = 5cm and ∠BAC = 900, the area of ∆ABC is……..(J’16)
A. 30cm2 C. 60 cm2
B. 15cm2 D. 20cm2
11. tan360. Tan540 + sin 300 = . . . . . . (M’17)
A. B. C. 2 D.
12. Which one of the following is not defined? (J’17)
A. Sin 900 B. Cos 00 C. Sec 900 D. Cos 900
13. If Sin A= , then secA = . . . . . . . . . (M’17)
A. B. C. D.
14. = . . . . . (J’17)
A. Sin A B. √ C. Sin2A D. Sin4A
15. If cot θ – cosec θ = p, then cot θ + cosec θ = . . . . (M’18)
A. B. − C. p D. –p

16. tan θ in terms of cosθ is . . . . (M’18)

√ √
A. . B. C. D.
√ √
17. 2 – 2sin2600 = . . . . . . (J’18)

A. sin600 B. tan 600 C. cos 600 D. sec 600
18. The value of cos150 X cos 450 X 2cosec 750 is . . . . . (J’18)
√ C. D. √2
A. B. √
√
19. Choose the correct figure for which sin A = …….(M’19)
A B
C D. B
A. B. 13 C. 13
5 5 5 5
A 13 B B C C A C 13 A
20. Sec θ = . . . . . . . . . . . (J’19)
A. √1 − B. √1 − C. Tan2θ - 1
D.
21. If secθ + tan θ = x, then secθ = ..……….. (J’19)
A. B. C. D.
22. If sin θ = , then the value of cos θ is ( θ is acute angle) . . . . . (May 2022)
A. 0 B. C. D.
23. If θ is acute, angle, then sin θ x sec θ = . . . . . . . . (May 2022)
A. tan θ B. cot θ C. 1 D. Cosec θ
24. Which of the following is not true? (Aug.22)
A. sin θ = √1 − C. cos θ cosec θ = 1
B. sec2 θ – tan2 θ = 1 D. tan θ cot θ = 1
25. If θ = 450, then the value of is . . . . (Aug.22)
A. 2 B. Infinity C. 1 D. 0
26. In ABC, B = 900, AB = 100 cm and BC = 100 cm, then the Value of angle is . . . (Aug.22)
A. 300 C
0
B. 60
C. 450 θ
D. 250 A B
27. If ΔABC is right-angled at C, then the value of cos (A + B) is (Apr’23)
A. 0 B. C.
√ D. 1
28. The value of (sin 30° + cos 60°) - (sin 60° + cos 30°) is.....(Apr’23)
A. 0 B. 1 + 2√3 C. 1 – √3 D. 1 + √3

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29. If sin A = cos B, where A and B are acute angles, then..... (J’23)
A. A + B = 180° B. A + B = 90° C. A – B = 90° D. A = B
2 2
30. The value of sin 29° + sin 61° is....... (J’23)
A. –1 B. 2 C. 0 D. 1
31. If θ = 45°, then the value of is . . . (J’23)
A. 2 B. 1 C. –1 D. 0
APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONAMETRY
1 MARK
1. A person from the top of a building oh height 25m has observed another building’s top and
bottom at an angle of elevation of 450 and at an angle of depression 600 respectively. Draw a
diagram for this data. (M’15)
2. A person observed the top of a tree at an angle of elevation of 600 when the observation point
was 5m away from the foot of the tree. Draw a diagram for this data. (J’15)
3. “If the angle of elevation of Sun increases from 00 to 900, then the length of a tower
decreases”, is this statement true? Justify your answer. ((M’16)
4. If a tower of height ‘h’ is observed from a point with a distance ‘d’ and angle ‘ ’, then express
the relation among h, d and . (J’16)
5. A pole and its shadow have same length, find the angle of the ray male with the earth at that
time. (M’18)
6. An observer observes the top of a tower from two points on the same side of a tower and on
the same straight line which are at distances of 5 m and 8 m with angles of elevation 60° and
45° respectively. Draw a suitable diagram for the given data. ( Aug.22)
7. .”An observer standing at a distance of 10m from the foot of a tower, observes its top with an
angle of elevation of 60° ”. Draw a suitable diagram for this situation. ( Apr’.23)
2 MARKS
1. A boat has to cross a river. It crosses the river by making an angle of 600 with the bank of the
river due to stream of the river and travels a distance of 450m to reach the another side of the
river. Draw the diagram for this data. (M’16)
2. A person 25 m away from a cell tower observes the top of the cell tower at an angle of
elevation 30°. Draw the suitable diagram for this situation. (M’17)
3. A State highway a leads to foot of the tower. A Man Standing at the top of the tower observes
a car at an angle of depression of θ , which is approaching to the foot of the tower with a
uniform speed. 6 seconds later the angle of depression is . Draw a diagram for this data and
analyze. (J’17)

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4. From the top of the tower of height h m height, Anusha observes the angles of depression of
two points X and Y on the same side of the tower on the ground to be and . Draw the
suitable figure for the given information. (M’18)
5. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 50m away
from the foot of the tower, is 450. Draw the diagram for the situation. (J’18)
6. From the top of the building the angle of elevation of the top of the cell tower is 600 and the
angle of depression to its foot is 450, if the distance of the building from the tower is 30m,
draw the suitable diagram to the given data. (M’19)
7. From the top of the building, The angle of elevation of the top of a TV tower is and the angle
is 0 and the angle of depression to its (T.V. tower) foot is 0 . if distance of the building from
the tower is ‘d’ metres, draw the suitable diagram of the given data.(J’19)
8. The statue stands on the top of 3 m tall pedestal. From a point on the ground angle of elevation
of the top of the statue is 60° and from the same point the angle of elevation of the top of the
pedestal is 45°. Find the height of the statue.(Aug.22)
4 MARKS
1. An observer flying in an latitude of 900m observes two ships in front of him, which are in the
same direction at an angles of depression of 600 and 300 respectively. Find the distance
between the two ships. (M’15)
2. A person from the top of a building of height 15meters observes the top and the bottom(foot)
of a cell tower with the angle of elevation as 600 and the angle of depression as 450
respectively. Then find the height of the cell tower. (J’15)
3. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other, on either side of the road,
which is 80m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of top of
the poles are 600 and 300 respectively. Find the height of the poles. (M’16)
4. A tree is broken without separating from the stem by the wind. The top touches the ground
making an angle 300 at a distance of 12m from the foot of the tree. Find the height of the tree
before breaking. (J’16)
5. Two poles are standing opposite to each other on the either side of the road which is 90 feet
wide. The angle of elevation from bottom of the first pole to the top of the second Pole is
450.The angle of elevation from the bottom of the second pole to the top of the first pole is
30°. Find the heights of the poles. (use √3 = 1.732) (M’17)
6. The angle of elevation of top of the tower from two points at a distance of 4 m and 9 m from
the base of the tower and in the same to straight line with it, are complementary. Prove that the
height of the tower is 6 m. (J’17)
7. From the top of a tower of 50m high, Neha observes the angles of depression of the top and
foot of another building to be 45° and 60° respectively. Find the height of the building.(M’18)

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8. Two boys on either side of their school building of 20 m height observes its top at the angles of
elevation 30° and 60° respectively. Find the distance between two boys. (J’18)
9. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from the foot of a tower is 600 and the angle of elevation
of the top of the tower from the foot of the hill is 300. If the tower is 50 m high. Find the height
of the hill. (M’19)
10. A man observes top of tower at an angle of elevation of 30°. When he walked 40 m towards the
tower, the angle of elevation is changed to 600. Find the height of the tower and distance from
the first observation point to the tower. (J’19).
11. If two persons standing on either side of a tower of height 100 metres observes the top of it
with angles of elevation of 60o and 45o respectively, then find the distance between the two
persons. (May 2022)
12. If two boys standing on either side of their school building of height 20m, observed the top of
it with angles of elevation of 30° and 60° respectively, then find the distance between the two
boys. (Jun’23)
Part - b
1. A ladder ‘x’ meters long is laid against a wall making an angle ‘ ’ with the ground. If we want
to directly find the distance between the foot of the ladder and the foot of the wall, which
trigonometrical ratio should be considered? (M’15)
A. sin B. cos C. tan D. cot
2. Two persons A and B observe the top of a pole at an angle of elevation α and β
respectively. If, α > β, then………….. (J’15)
A. A is nearer to the pole than A C. A, B are at same distance from the pole.
B. B is nearer to the pole A D. Can’t compare their distances
3. Top of a building was observed at an angle of elevation “α” from a point, which is at a
distance ‘d’ meters from the foot of the building. Which trigonometrical ratio should be
considered for finding height of the building? (M’16)
A. tanα B. sin α C. cosα D. sec α
4. If the angle of elevation of sun increases from 00 to 900, then the length of shadow of the
tower..……… (J’16)
A. No change B. increases C. decreases D. Can’t be decided
5. The angle of depression from the top of the tower is 12 m height it, the ground is 30°. The
distance of the point from the top is . . . . . . (J’17)
A. 12√3 m B. 7.5 m C. 6m D. 10m
6. A ladder touches a wall at a height of 5 m. The angle made by the ladder with the ground, if
its length is 10 m, will be . . . . . (M’18)
A. 300 B. 600 C. 450 D. 900
March 2015 to June’2023 APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY / PROBABILITY
7. A 20m long ladder is placed on a pole of 10 m height making “α” angle with the
ground, then α = . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. 600 B. 450 C. 300 D. 00
8. A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of 600
with the wall. Then the height of the wall is ……. (J’19)
A. 15√3m B.
√
m C. 7.5 m D. 15 m
PROBABILITY
1 MARK
1. When a die is rolled once unbiased, what is the probability of getting a multiple of 3 out
of possible outcomes? (M’15)
2. The probability of an event is always in between 0 and 1 why? (J’15)
3. Find the probability of getting a sum of the numbers on them is 7, when two dice are
rolled at a time. ((M’16)
4. Find the probability of getting a prime number, when a card drawn at random from the
numbered cards from 1 to 25. (J’16)
5. From the first 50 natural numbers, find the probability of randomly selected number is a
multiple of 3. (M’17)
6. A dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a composite number. (J’17)
7. What is the probability of getting exactly 2 heads, when three coins are tossed
simultaneously. (M’18)
8. When a dice is rolled, find the probability of getting on odd prime number.(J’18)
9. From English alphabet if a letter is chosen at random, then find the probability that the
letter is a consonant. (M’19)
10. Write two examples for equally likely events. (J’19)
11. If a dice rolled once, then find the probability of getting an odd number. (May 2022)
12. If an unbiased dice is rolled once, then find the probability of getting a prime number on
its top face. (Aug22)
13. Find the probability of getting a 'vowel' if a letter is chosen randomly from the word
"INNOVATION" (Apr’23)
2 MARKS
1. There are 12 red balls, 18 blue balls and 6 white balls in a box. When a ball is drawn at
random from the box, what is the probability of not getting a red ball? (M’15).
2. When a card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, then find the probability of
NOT getting a red faced card. (J’15)
3. There are 5 red balls, 4 green balls and 6 yellow balls in a box. If a ball is selected at
random, what is the probability of not getting a yellow ball? ((J’16)

March 2015 to June’2023 PROBABILITY
4. One card is selected from a well shuffled Deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
a red card with prime number. (M’17)
5. From the following data, Find the probability of selecting “B” blood group student. (J’17)
Blood Group A B AB O
Number of students 10 13 12 5
6. What is the probability of a number picked from first 20 natural numbers is even
composite number? (M’18)
7. A bag contains 7 red, 5 white it and 6 black balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at
random; find the probability that the ball drawn is not black.(J’18)
8. A bag contains balls which are numbered from 1 to 50. A ball is drawn at random from the
bag, the probability that it bears two digit number multiple of 7. (M’19)
9. A box contains 4 red balls, 5 green balls and P white balls. If the probability of randomly
picked a ball from the box to be read ball is , then find the number of white balls. (J’19)
10. A bag contains 5 red, 8 white, 4 green colour balls. If a ball is selected randomly from the
bag then find the probability that selected ball is (i) a green ball (ii) not white ball.
11. A box contains four slips numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and another box contains five slips
numbered 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. If one slip is taken randomly from each box,
(i) How many number pairs are possible?
(ii) What is the probability of both being odd?
(iii) What is the probability of getting the sum of the numbers 10? (Apr’23)
12. If one card is randomly selected from a well shuffled deck of cards, then find the
probability of getting-
(i) a face card, (ii) a jack of hearts and (iii) an ace card. (Jun’23)
4 MARKS
1. There are 100 flash cards labeled from 1 to 100 in a bag. When a card is drawn from the bag
at random, what is the probability of getting……..
i) A card with prime number from possible outcomes
ii) A card without prime number from possible outcomes. (M’15).
2. A shopkeeper has 100 memory cards in a box. Among them, 15 memory cards are
defective. When a person came to the shop to buy a memory card, the shopkeeper drew a
memory card at random from the box. Then
(i) What is the probability that this memory card is defective?
(ii) After drawing the first memory card which is defective, it is not placed back in the
box. Then another memory card is drawn at random. What is the probability that this
memory card is NOT defective? (J’15)
3. A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is
double that of red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag. (M’16)
4. Two dice are rolled at same time and the sum of the numbers appearing on them is noted.
Find the probability of getting each sum, from 3 to 5 separately. (J’16)
5. A bag contains some square cards. A prime number between 1 and 100 has been written on
each card. Find the probability of getting a card that the sum of the digits of a prime number
written on it, is 8. (M’17)
6. From the Deck of 52 cards, if a what is randomly chosen, find the probability of getting a
card with (i) a prime number on it, ( ii ) face on it. (M’18)
7. Suppose you drop a dies at random on the circular region of diameter 28 cm as shown in the
figure. What is the probability that it will land inside the rectangle?(J’18)
7 cm 11 cm
8. If two dice are thrown at the same time, find the probability of getting sum of the dots on
top is prime. (M’19)
9. From a pack of 52 playing cards, Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces of red colour are removed.
From the remaining, a chord is drawn at random. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) a block queen, (ii) a red card. (J’19)
10. A box contains 20 cards which are numbered from 1 to 20. If one card is selected at random
from the box, find the probability that it bears (i) a prime number, (ii) an even number.
(May 2022)
Part - b
1. If P(E) = 0.82, then P( ) =…….(M’15)
A. 0.18 B. 0.28 C. 0.38 D. P(E)= P( )
2. When an unbiased die is rolled once, what is the probability of getting a prime number
out of all possible outcomes? (J’15)
A. B. C. D. 1
3. Let E, be the complementary events, in a random experiment, then which of the

following is true ?(M’16)
A. P(E) + P( ) = 2 B. P(E) + P( ) = 3 C. P(E) + P( ) = 1 D. P(E) + P( ) = 4
4. Which one of the following can not be the probability of the event? (J’16)
A. B. C. D.
5. On Random selection, the probability of getting a composite number among the numbers
from 51 to 100 is. . . . . (M’17)
A. B. C. D.

6. Let E and E be the complementary events. If P(E ) = 0.65, then P(E) = . . . . . . (M’17)
A. 0.40 B. 0.45 C. 0.35 D. 0.30
7. At what value of ‘x’, may possible probability of an event? (J’17)
A. 2 B. 1 C. 4 D. 6
8. If P(E) is the probability of an event E then . . . . . . (M’18)
A. 0 < P(E) < 1 B. 0 ≤ P(E) < 1 C. 0 ≤ P(E) ≤ 1 D. 0 < P(E) ≤ 1
9. The probability of getting right answer to a question is is 0.68 the probability of getting
wrong answer is . . . . . . (M’18)
A. 0.32 B. 32% C. 32 D. A and B
10. From a set of single digit natural numbers, if a number is chosen at random, then the
probability that the number chosen is a multiple of 2, is . . . (J’18)
A. B. C. D.
11. If P(E) The probability of an event then . . . (J’18)
A. P(E) ≥ 1 C. 0 ≤ P(E) ≤ 1
B. P(E) ≤ 0 D. P(E) ≤ 1
12. A letter is chosen from the word “BAHUBALI”, the probability that it was not a vowel is
. . . . . . . . . .. (M’19)
A. B. C. D.
13. The probability of sure event is . . . . . . (J’19)
A. 0 B. C. 1 D. Undefined
14. A dice is thrown once. The probability of getting a prime number is. . . . . . . (J’19)
A. B. C. D.
15. If E and E are mutually complementary events in a random experiment and P( E ) = 0.3,
the value of P( E ) is . . . . (May 2022)
A. 0.3 B. 0.7 C. 1 D. 0
16. If one letter is selected randomly from the letters of the word “COVID”, then the
probability of getting a vowel is . . . . . . . (May 2022)
A. B. C. D.
17. Among the following, the value which is not possible for the probability of an event is
A. B. 0.5 C. 25% D.
18. If one letter is selected randomly from the letters of the word "EXAMINATION", then the
probability of getting a vowel is (Aug22)
A. B. C. D.

March 2015 to June’2023 PROBABILITY / STATISTICS
20. A fish tank has 5 male fish and 8 female fish. If a fish is randomly taken out of it, then the
probability of getting a male fish is. (Apr’23)
A. B. C. D.
21. In a random experiment E and E are complementary events. If P(E) = 0.43 then P(E)
is...... (Apr’23)
A. 0.57 B. 0.43 C. 0.17 D. 1
22. In a random experiment, E and are complementary events. If P(E) = , then P( )
(J’23)
A. B. C. 0 D. 1
23. Which of the following can't be the probability of an event? (J’23)
A. B. 0.75 C. 2 : 3 D. 46%
24. A bag contains 10 black balls. If one ball is selected randomly from the bag, then the
probability of getting a white ball is...... (J’23)
A. 0 B. C. D.
STATISTICS
1 MARK
1.
Class Interval 10 – 25 25 – 40 40 – 55 55 – 70 70 – 85 85 -–100
Frequency 2 3 7 6 6 6
How do you find the deviation from the assumed mean for the above data? (M’15)
2. Write the formula to find the median of a grouped data and explain each term. (M’16, Aug’22,
A’23)
3. When an observation in a data is abnormally more than or less than the remaining
observations in the data, does it affect the mean or mode or median? Why? (J’15)
4. Write the formula to find the mean of a grouped data, using assumed mean method and
explain each term. (J’16)
5. “The median of observations, – 2, 5, 3, – 1, 4, 6 is 3.5”. Is it correct? (M’17)
6. Write the first 10 prime numbers and find their median. (J’17)
7. Write the formula to find the median of grouped data and explain the alphabet in it. (M’18)
8. Prathyusha stated that” the average of first 10 odd numbers is also 10”. Do you agree with
her? Justify your answer.(M’18)
9. Find the median of first seven composite numbers. (M’19)
10. Find the mode of the data 6, 8, 3, 6, 3, 7, 4, 6, 7, 3, 6. (J’19)

March 2015 to June’2023 STATISTICS
2 MARKS
1. The heights of six members of a family are given below in the table.
Height(in ft.) 5 5.2 5.4 5.6
Number of Family members 1 2 2 1
Find the mean height of the family members. (J’15)
2. Find the value of fixi for the above data, where xi is the mid value of each class. (J’16)
Class Interval 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency (fi) 5 8 10 5 2
3. The height of 12 members are given below in the table.
Height(in ft.) 5 5.2 5.4 5.6
Number of Family members 3 4 3 2
Find the mean height of the family members. (J’17)
4. Find a median of , , , , . (M’18)
5. Find the mean of prime numbers less than 30. (J’18)
6. Write the mode formula for grouped data and explain the terms in it. (J’15, M’17,19,’22, J’23)
7. Find the median of first 6 prime numbers. (J’19)
4 MARK
1. In a village, an enumerator has surveyed for 25 households. The size of the family(number
of family members) and the number of families is tabulated as follows:-
Size of family (No. of members) 1–3 3–5 5–7 7–9 9 – 11
No. of families 6 7 9 2 1
Find the mode of the data. (M’15)
2. Daily expenditure of 25 householders is given in the following table:
Daily expenditure of a family(Rs) 100–150 150–200 200–250 250–300 300–350
No. of households 4 5 12 2 2
Draw a “ less than type” cumulative frequency Ogive curve for this data. (M’15)
3. If the median of 60 observations given below is 28.5, then find the values of x and y. (J’15)
Class Interval 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency 5 x 20 15 y 5
4. The following distribution gives the daily profits ( in rupees) earned by 50 shops in a
locality. Convert the above distribution to a ‘less than type’ cumulative frequency
distribution and draw its Ogive. (J’15)
Daily Profits ( inRs.) 0 – 50 50 – 100 100 – 150 150 – 200 200 – 250 250 – 300
No. of shop 6 9 13 10 8 4
5. Consider the following distribution of daily wages of 50 workers of a factory. (M’16)
Daily wages in Rupees 200–250 250–300 300–350 350–400 400–450
No. of workers 6 8 14 10 12

Find the mean daily wages of the workers in the factory by using step-deviation method
6. The following table gives production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms of a village.
Production Yields(Quintals/Hect.) 50 – 55 55 – 60 60 – 65 65 – 70 70 – 75 75 – 80
No. of farmers 2 24 16 8 38 12
Draw both ogives for the above data. Hence obtain the median production yield. (M’16)
7. The scores of 20 students in a test is tabulated as follows. Find the mode of the data. (J’16)
Marks 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
No. of students 1 6 7 4 2
8. The literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities is given in the following table. (J’16)
Literacy arte % 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 – 90
No. of. cities 3 11 10 8 3
Prepare ‘more than type’ cumulative frequency table and draw ogive curve for this data.
9. The daily wages of 80 workers of a factory (M’17)
Daily wages(Rs.) 500–600 600–700 700–800 800–900 900–1000
Number of workers 12 17 28 14 9
Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory using an appropriate method.
10. The following data gives the information on the observed lifespan (in hours )of 90 electrical
components. Draw both ogives for the about data. (M’17)
lives span (in hours) 0–20 20–40 40–60 60–80 80–100 100–120
Frequency 8 12 15 23 18 14
11. Daily income of 40 coal-mine labours are given in the following table.
Daily Income in Rs. 100–150 150–200 200–250 250–300 300–350 350 – 400
Number of labours 4 3 3 8 13 9
Draw Ogive Curves (Cumulative frequency) for this data. (J’17)
12. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2 if mean of 50 observations given below is 36.4 (J’17)
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 3 5 f1 10 f2 8 5
13. Incomes of the families in a locality are given. Find the mode of the data. (M’18)
Income in Rs. 1–200 201–400 401–600 601–800 801–1000 STATISTICS
Number of families 7 10 16 12 3
14. Heights of the peoples of a particular school are given. Draw greater than compared to come
and find the median height from it. (M’18)
Height (in cm) 90 - 100 100 - 110 110 - 120 120 - 130 130 - 140 140 – 150
No. of Pupils 5 2 3 8 8 6
15. The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year.
Age in years 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70
No. of Patients 8 15 25 27 18 7
Draw a less than ogive curve for the about data. (J’18)

16. The below distribution gives the weight of 40 students In a class. Find the median weight of
the students. (J’18)
Weight in kg 30 – 35 35 – 40 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55 55 – 60
No. of students 4 5 10 8 8 5
17. Draw less than Ogive for the following frequency distribution. Find the median from
obtained curve. (M’19)
IQ 60–70 70–80 80–90 90–100 100–110 110–120 120–130
No. of students 2 5 12 31 39 10 4
18. Find the mean age of 100 residents of a colony from the following data. (M’19)
Age (in yrs) 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70
No. of persons 10 15 25 25 10 10 5
19. If the mean of the following frequency distribution is 50, then find the value of k. (J’19)
Class 0 – 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 100
Frequency 17 20 32 k 19
20. The following table gives the marks obtained by buy 100 students in SA – I exams in
Mathematics subject. Draw ogive graph of less than and greater than. (J’19)
Marks 50 – 55 55 - 60 60 - 65 65 - 70 70 - 75 75 - 80
No. of students 2 8 12 24 38 16
21. Find the median for the following data. (May 2022)
Class interval 0 - 10 10 – 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
Frequency 6 10 12 8 8
22. Find the mode of the following data (Aug22)
Class
0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60
interval
Frequency 3 16 26 31 16 8
23. Find the mode for the following data. (A’23)
Class 1000- 1500- 2000- 2500- 3000- 3500- 4000- 4500-

interval 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
Frequency 24 40 33 28 30 22 16 7
24. Find the mode for the following data.(J’23)
Class
0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
interval
Frequency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

Part - b
25. In “ more than Ogive curve”, we consider in drawing..……….. (M’15)
A. More than cumulative frequency, lower limits
B. More than cumulative frequency, upper limits
C. Less than cumulative frequency, lower limits
D. Less than cumulative frequency, upper limits
26. Observe the following tables
1)
Class interval Frequency (f) Class mark(x) fx
2)
Class interval Frequency (f) Lower limit (x) fx
For finding arithmetic mean by direct method, the suggested frequency distribution table
is…… (M’15)
A. only (1) is true C. (1) and (2) are true
B. only (2) is true D. None of the above
27. Median = l + x h, where cf= ..………. . (J’15)
A. Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class

B. Cumulative frequency of the median class
C. Cumulative frequency of the class succeeding the median class
D. Sum of the frequencies
28. Observe the following graphs.
29. which of the above given figures represents ‘less than’ Ogive curve? (J’15)
More than cf
Less than cf
A. Only (1) is true

B. Only (2) is true
C. Both (1) and (2) are true
Lower limits Upper limits
D. None of these
Figure (1) Figure (2)
30. letx1, x2,. …, xn be the n observations and ̅ be the mean of n observations, then (M’16)
A. 0 B. C. n ̅ D. 2
31. 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, x, 6. If the mode of this data is 3 then x = . . . . . (M’17)
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 5

32. Mode of the grouped data can be calculated by using the formula, (M’16)
Mode = l + x h, f1 represents........
A. Frequency of the modal class

B. Frequency of the class preceding the modal class
C. Frequency of the class succeeding the modal class
D. Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the modal class
33. The X– coordinate of the point of intersection of the two ogives of grouped data is… (J’16)
A. Median of the data C. Mean of the data
B. Mode of the data D. Average of mid values of the data
34. For the terms x + 1, x + 2, x – 1, x + 3 and x – 2 (x∈ N), the median of the data is 12 then
x = . . . . . . . (M’17)
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 13
35. Which one of the following is NOT a measure of Central tendency (J’17)
A. Mean B. Median C. Range D. Mode
36. The most stable measure of Central tendency is . . . . (M’18)
A. Mean B. Median C. Mode D. Deviation
37. 14 is deleted from the data 12, 14, 15, 16 17, 18, 19 and 20, then the median increases by
A. 1 B. 1.5 C. 2 D. 0.5 (J’18)
38. The mean of the first 8 multiples of 3 is . . . . (J’18)
A. 8 B. 13.5 C. 13 D. 27
39. If the less than type Ogive and more than type Ogive intersect each other at (42, 18), then
the median of the given data is . . . . . . . . . . . (M’19)
A. 60 B. 42 C. 18 D. 26
40. Mean of certain number of observations is ̅ . If each observation is divided by m
(m ≠ 0) and then increased by n, then the mean of new observations is . . . . . . (J’19)
̅ B. ̅ + ̅
A. + C. ̅ + D. +
41. From the given Ogive curve, the value of the median of the data is . . . . . . . (May 2022)
A. 20 B. 25 C. 15 D. 30
42. From the given ogive curve the value of the median of the data is (Aug22)
A. 20
B. 25 30
25
Less than cf
C. 15
20
D. 30
15
10
5
10 20 30 40 50
Upper boundary
43. If the mean of a, a + 3, a + 6, a + 9 and a + 12 is 10, then the value of 'a' is. (Apr’23)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
44. The mode of the values of sin 90°, con 90°, tan 60°, sec 60°, cosec 90° is (J’23)
A. 0 B. 2 C. 1 D. √3
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14. The decimal expansion of 0.225 in its rational form is . . . . (J’18)

4. If A = 1, , , , , then write A In set builder form. (M’16)

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9. List all the subsets of the set A = { x, y , z } ( J’18 )

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10. From the given when diagram,

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(i) Y y = f(x) (ii) Y (iii Y (iv) Y

A. (i), (ii) and (iii) C. (i) and (iv)

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7. The quadratic polynomial having and as its zeros is . . . . . . (J’16)

8. Sum of zeros of a polynomial x3 – 2x2 + 3x – 4 is . . . . . (M’17)

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3. Solve the following pair of linear equations by substitution method. 2x – 3y = 19 and

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14. The nature of roots of the Quadratic Equation x2 + 10x + 24 = 0 is ( Aug.22 )

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2. In a co–ordinate plane, if line segment AB is parallel to X – axis, then which of the

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5. Draw the diagram corresponding to basic proportionality theorem. (J’17)

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4. Observe the below figure. In a ∆PQR, if XY∥ QR and PX = x– 2, X Y

10. In the given figure, if = , AE = 6 cm and

let p be the length of perpendicular from C on AB. Prove that c = . (J’15)

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sides are of the corresponding sides of the first triangle. (M’16)

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9. In the figure ABC, DE ‖ BC, AD = 1.5 cm, DB = 6 cm, AE = x cm then x = (M’17)

19. ∆ABC ∼ ∆DEF, if ∠A = 45o and ∠E = 75o, then C is . . . . (May 2022)

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8. In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle, OQ is Q

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Which one of the following is not true? (M’16)

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8. Is it correct to say that sinθ = cos (90 – θ) why? (J’17)

3. Prove that = sec – tan , (where is acute). ((M’16)

5. If x = a secθ and y = b tanθ, then prove that – = 1. ((J’16)

6. Prove that − = 2cotA (J’17)

11. Find the value of (M’19)

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12. Prove that – cot2θ = 1 (J’19)

2. If cot = , then find the value of + . (J’15)

4. If + = 4 (00 < < 900), then find the value of . (J’16)

5. Prove that (1 + )+ 1+ = (M’17)

6. If = , = , then show that (m2 + n2) cos2 = m2n2. (J’17)