Full Marks: 80 Pass Marks: 24
Full Marks: 80 Pass Marks: 24
Full Marks: 80 Pass Marks: 24
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X/14/M
2014
MATHEMATICS
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 24
Time : 3 hours
( For Both Categories of Candidates )
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :
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SECTION—A
( Marks : 10 )
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2 + 7x 2
2. The degree of the polynomial - x 3 is
8
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
1 1 3
3. The common difference of the AP 0, , , , L is
4 2 4
(A) 0
1
(B)
4
1
(C)
2
3
(D)
4
(D) (x + 1)(x + 3) = 0
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(A) 90°
(B) 60°
(C) 45°
(D) 30°
(B) 1 2
pr square units
2
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(A) 6 cm
(B) 4 × 5 cm
(C) 3 cm
(D) 1 × 5 cm
SECTION—B
( Marks : 12 )
Or
Which term of the AP 4, 0, - 4, L is - 392 ?
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Or
Prove that
(1 + tan2 q) (1 + sin q) (1 - sin q) = 1
Or
D C
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SECTION—C
( Marks : 18 )
17. Using Euclid’s division algorithm, find the HCF of 4830 and
759.
18. The third term of an AP is 18 and the seventh term is 30. Find
its 17th term.
Or
The age of father is equal to the square of the age of his son. The
sum of the ages of the father and five times the age of the son is
66 years. Find their ages.
19. Find a point on the y-axis which is equidistant from the points
(5, 4) and (- 2, 3).
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22. A bag contains 6 black, 7 red and 2 white balls. A ball is drawn
from the bag at random. Find the probability that the ball
drawn is—
(a) red;
(b) black or white;
(c) not black.
SECTION—D
( Marks : 16 )
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24. Prove that, the points A (3, 4), B (- 4, 3), C (5, 0) lie on the circle
with centre O (0, 0), the origin.
Or
Show that, the points A (0, 3), B (- 2, 6), C (4, - 3) are collinear.
Or
The height of a tower is half the height of the flagstaff at its top.
The angle of elevation of the top of the tower as seen from a
distance of 10 m from its foot is 30°. Find the angle of elevation
of the top of the flagstaff from the same point.
1 + tan2 q
= tan2 q 2
2
cosec q
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SECTION—E
( Marks : 24 )
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28. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is
equal to the square of the ratio of their corresponding sides. 4
Using the above result, do the following :
The areas of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are 25 cm2 and
49 cm2 respectively. If QR = 9 × 8 cm, find BC. 2
(d) The sum of all the angles of a triangle is two right angles.
(State whether True or False) 1
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No. of students 10 6 8 12 5 9
Or
The daily wages of 160 workers in a building project are given
below :
Wages (in R) 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60 60–70 70–80
No. of workers 12 20 30 38 24 16 12 8
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SECTION—F
( Marks : 20 )
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9
(A) 0, -
2
9
(B) 0,
2
2
(C) 0, -
9
2
(D) 0,
9
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(n) A coin is tossed twice. List all the possible outcomes using
H for head and T for tail.
(d) Write the first two terms of the sequence whose nth term
2n - 3
(tn ) is given by tn = .
6
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(f) Find the distance between the points (4, 7) and (- 4, - 7).
O
x
P R Q
A C B
HHH
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