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Sample Paper 2012 Class X Subject MATHEMATICS

Time allowed : 3 hours General Instructions: All questions are compulsory. The question paper consists o 3! questions di"ided into our sections A# $# % and &. 'ection A comprises o (0 questions o ( mark each# section $ comprises o 8 questions o ) marks each# section % comprises o (0 questions o 3 marks each and section & comprises * questions o ! marks each.
I. II. III. Question numbers 1 to 10 in section A are multiple choice questions where you are to select one correct option out of the given four. There is no overall choice. However, internal choice have been provi e in 1 question of two mar!s, " questions of three mar!s each an # questions of four mar!s each. $ou have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions. %se of calculator is not permitte .

Maximum Marks : 80

Section - A Question numbers 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. For each question, four alternative choices have been provided of hich only one is correct. !ou have to select the correct choice.
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b. c. . 1" If two tangents incline at an angle .02 are rawn to a circle of ra ius " cm, then length of each tangent is equal to a. cm b. #.3" cm c. "3" cm . . cm To ivi e a line segment A4 in the ratio " 5 6, first a ray A7 is rawn so that angle 4A7 is an acute angle an then at equal istances, points are mar!e on the ray A7 such that the minimum number of these points is

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a. 6 b. . c. 0 . / In 8ig. given, the length of a tangent to a circle is #( cm from a point 1 an point 1 is at a istance of#6 cm from 9entre :, then ra ius is a. 0cm b. .cm c. /cm . 6cm A circle touches all the four si es of a qua rilateral 1Q;< whose three si es are . cm, / cm an , cm respectively, fourth si e is a. .cm b. 0cm c. /cm . (cm The areas of two circles are in the ratio 1. 5 #6. The ratio of their perimeter is a. 1.5 #6 b. #6 5 1. c. (56 . 65( The area of a circle is (, =. Its circumference is a. b. c. d. The angle forme by the line of sight with the hori>ontal when it is above the hori>ontal level is a. vertical angle b. angle of epression c. angle of elevation . none of these If the event cannot occur a. 1 b. #?" c. @ . 0

Section " Question numbers 11 to 1# carry $ marks each. 11. 1#. &ithout fin ing the roots, comment on the nature of the roots of the qua ratic equation p) # + # )+ q - 0. If the numbers AA * #, (A *1 an 6A. + # are in A1, fin the values of AA. %&

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<how that tangent lines at the en points of a iameter of a circle are parallel. 8in the area of circle whose circumference is .. cm. Two cubes have their volumes in the ratio /5 1#6. &hat is the ratio of their surface areas' AAA is a point all the y*a)is whose or inate is 6 an 4 is the point C* ", 1D. 9alculate the length of A4. 8in the ratio in which the line segment Eoining the points C., (D an C1, *0D is ivi e by )*a)is. A car is rawn from a well*shuffle pac! of 6# car s. 9alculate the probability of getting i. Feither a car of club nor a car of spa e. ii. Feither a car of spa e nor an ace. Section '

Question numbers 1( to $# carry ) marks each. 1,. #0. 8in the roots of the equation 6) # * .) * # - 0 by the metho of completing the square. Getermine a so that #a + 1, a# + a + 1 an "a# * "a + " are consecutive terms of an A1.
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If the first term of an A1 is # an the sum of first five terms is equal to one*fourth of the sum of the ne)t five terms, fin the sum of the first "0 terms. #1. 22. #". Two tangents 1Q an 1 ; are rawn from an e)ternal point to a circle with centre :. 1rove that Q:;1 is a cyclic qua rilateral. Graw a HA49 with si e 49 - 0 cm, angle 4 - (62 an angle A - 1062. Then, construct a triangle whose si es are times the correspon ing si es of HA49. Area of a sector of a circle of ra ius ". cm is 6( = cm #. 8in correspon ing arc of the sector. ( Leave your answer in . )
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8in the ifference of the areas of sector of angle 1#02 an its correspon ing maEor sector of a circle of ra ius #1 cm. #(. #6. A cone of ra ius ( cm is ivi e into two parts by rawing a plane through the mi *point of its a)is an parallel to its base. 9ompare the volumes of the two parts. A person, stan ing on the ban! of a river, observes that the angle subten e by a tree on the opposite ban! is .00. &hen he retreats #0 m from the ban!, he fin s the angle to be "02. 8in the height of the tree. Give your answer correct to 2- decimal places. If G C D, I C0, "D an 8 C D are the mi *points of si es of HA49, fin the area of

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the HA49. <how that the points 1 C0, *#D, Q C", 1D, ; C0, (D an < C*", 1D are the vertices of a square.
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8in the coor inates of the point Q on the )*a)is which lies on the perpen icular bisector of the line segment Eoining the points A C*6, * #D an 4 C(, * #D. Fame the type of triangle forme by the points Q, A an 4. #/. Two ice are thrown together. 8in the probability that the pro uct of the numbers on the top of the ice is a. . b. 1# c. 0 Section - * Question numbers $( to )+ carry + marks each. #,. A ealer sells a toy for ;s "1.#6 an gains as much percent as the cost price of the toy .8in the cost price of the toy.
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In a class test, the sum of JamalAs mar!s in Kathematics an Inglish is (0. Ha he got " mar!s more in mathematics an ( mar!s less in Inglish, the pro uct of the mar!s woul have been ".0. 8in his mar!s in two subEects separately. "0. J. ;aEalingam ;amaswammy repays his total loan of ;s 1,1/,000 by paying every month starting with the first installment of ;s1000. If he increases the installment by ;s100 every month, what amount will be pai by him in the "0th installment' + &hat amount of loan oes he still have to pay after the "0th installment' 1rove that the lengths of tangents rawn from an e)ternal point to a circle are equal. . 8in the area of the circle e)clu ing the area of triangle 1Q; in 8ig. given alongsi e, if 1Q - #( cm, 1; - 0 cm an : is the 9entre of the circle. A buil ing is in the form of a cylin er surmounte by a hemispherical ome. The base iameter of the ome is equal to of the total height of the buil ing. 8in the height of the buil ing, if it contains .0 m" of air. A vertical tower stan s on a hori>ontal plane an is surmounte by a vertical flagstaff of height h. At a point on the plane, the angle of elevation of the bottom an the top of the flagstaff are
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respectively. 1rove that the height of the tower is

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The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at istances a an b from the base an on the same straight line with it are complementary. 1rove that the height of the tower is. .

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