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# Board Paper of Class 10 2014 Maths - Solutions

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• Question 1
If {(7, 11), (5, a)} represents a constant function, then the value of 'a' is:

(a) 7

(b) 11

(c) 5

(d) 9 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 2
If a, b, c are in A.P. then $\frac{a-b}{b-c}$ is equal to :

(a) $\frac{a}{b}$

(b) $\frac{b}{c}$

(c) $\frac{a}{c}$

(d) 1 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 3
If the nth term of an A.P. is tn = 3 – 5n, then the sum of the first n terms is:

(a) $\frac{n}{2}\left[1-5n\right]$

(b) n(1 – 5n)

(c) $\frac{n}{2}\left(1+5n\right)$

(d) $\frac{n}{2}\left(1+n\right)$
VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 4
If ${x}^{2}+5kx+16=0$ has no real roots, then :

(a) $k>\frac{8}{5}$

(b) $k>-\frac{8}{5}$

(c) $-\frac{8}{5}

(d) $0 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 5
The system of equations x – 4y = 8, 3x – 12y = 24

(a) has infinitely many solutions

(b) has no solution

(c) has a unique solution

(d) may or may not have a solution VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 6
If A is of order 3 × 4 and B is of order 4 × 3 then the order of BA is :

(a) 3 × 3

(b) 4 × 4

(c) 4 × 3

(d) not defined VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 7
The x and y intercepts of the line 2x – 3y + 6 = 0, respectively are :

(a) 2, 3

(b) 3, 2

(c) –3, 2

(d) 3, –2 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 8
Area of the triangle formed by the points (0, 0), (2, 0) and (0, 2) is

(a) 1 sq. unit

(b) 2 sq. units

(c) 4 sq. units

(d) 8 sq. units VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 9
In the figure, if ∠PAB = 120° then ∠BPT =

(a) 120°

(b) 30°

(c) 40°

(d) 60° VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 10
The perimeter of two similar triangles ΔABC and ΔDEF are 36 cm and 24 cm respectively. If DE = 10 cm then AB is :

(a) 12 cm

(b) 20 cm

(c) 15 cm

(d) 18 cm VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 11
sin (90° – θ) cos θ + cos (90° – θ) sin θ =

(a) 1

(b) 0

(c) 2

(d) –1 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 12
9 tan2 θ – 9 sec2θ =

(a) 1

(b) 0

(c) 9

(d) –9 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 13
Curved surface area of solid sphere is 24 cm2. If the sphere is divided into two hemispheres, then the total surface area of one of the hemispheres is:

(a) 12 cm2

(b) 8 cm2

(c) 16 cm2

(d) 18 cm2 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 14
For any collection of n items, $\mathrm{\Sigma }\left(x-\overline{)x}\right)$ =

(a) Σx

(b) $\overline{)x}$

(c) $n\overline{)x}$

(d) 0 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 15
Probability of sure event is :

(a) 1

(b) 0

(c) 100

(d) 0.1 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 16
If A = {4, 6, 7, 8, 9}, B = {2, 4, 6} and C = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} then find A⋃(B ⋂ C) VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 17
Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Examine whether the relation given below is a function from X to X or not. Explain.
f = {(2, 3), (1, 4), (2, 1), (3, 2), (4, 4)} VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 18
Find the 17th term if the A.P. : 4, 9, 14 .......... VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 20
Form the quadratic equation whose roots are . VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 21
If then verify AI = IA = A, where I is the unit matrix of order 2. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 22
The coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (2a + 2,3) and (4, 2b + 1) are (2a, 2b). Find the values of a and b. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 23
AB and CD are two chords of a circle which intersect each other internally at P. If CP = 4 cm, AP = 8 cm, PB = 2 cm, then find PD. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 25
Find the angular elevation (angle of elevation from the ground level) of the sun when the length of the shadow of a 30 m long pole is $10\sqrt{3}$ m. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 26
A solid right circular cylinder has radius of 14 cm and height of 8 cm. Find its total surface area. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 27
How many litres of water will a hemispherical tank hold whose diameter is 4.2 m? VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 28
Find the standard deviation of the first 10 natural number. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 29
Three dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting the same number on all the three dice. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 30
(a) Construct a 2 × 3 matrix A = [aij] whose elements are given by aij = |2i – 3j|

OR

(b) Find  the equations of the straight lines parallel to the coordinate axes and passing through the point (3, –4). VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 31
Use Venn diagrams to verify De Morgan's law for set difference A\(B ⋂ C) = (A\B) ⋃ (A\C). VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 32
A function f : [1, 6) → R is defined as follows:

Find the value of
(a) f(5)
(b) f(3)
(c) f(1)
(d) f(2) – f(4)
(e) 2f(5) – 3f(1) VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 33
Find the total area of 14 squares whose sides are 11 cm, 12 cm, 13 cm, .............., 24 cm. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 34
The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr. It goes 30 km upstream and returns downstream to the original point in 4 hrs 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 35
Simplify : $\frac{{a}^{2}-16}{{a}^{3}-8}×\frac{2{a}^{2}-3a-2}{2{a}^{2}+9a+4}÷\frac{3{a}^{2}-11a-4}{{a}^{2}+2a+4}$ VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 37
Find the area of the quadrilateral formed by the points (–4, –2), (–3, –5), (3, –2) and (2, 3). VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 38
Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the straight line segment joining the points (3, 4) and (–1, 2). VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 39
State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 40
A person in an helicopter flying at a height of 500 m, observes two objects lying opposite to each other on either bank of a river. The angles of depression of the objects are 30° and 45°. Find the width of the river. $\left(\sqrt{3}=1.732\right)$ VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 41
The perimeter of the ends of a frustum of a cone are 44 cm and 8.4 π cm. If the depth is 14 cm, then find its volume. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 42
Using clay, a student made a right circular cone of height 48 cm and base radius 12 cm. Another student reshapes it in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the sphere. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 43
Calculate the standard deviation of the following data:
 x 3 8 13 18 23 f 7 10 15 10 8
VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 44
Two unbiased dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting :
(a) a sum 8
(b) a doublet
(c) a sum greater than 8 VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 45
(a) If S1, S2 and S3 are the sum of first n, 2n and 3n terms of a geometric series respectively, then prove that S1(S3 – S2) = (S2 – S1)2.

OR

(b) If α and β are the roots of the equation 3x2 – 4x + 1 = 0 form a quadratic equation whose roots are . VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 46
(a) Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. From an external point 7 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths.
OR

(b) Construct a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD with AB = 7 cm, ∠A = 80°, AD = 4.5 cm and BC = 5 cm. VIEW SOLUTION
• Question 47
(a) Draw the graph of y = 2x2 and hence solve 2x2 + x – 6 = 0.

OR

(b) The cost of the milk per litre is Rs 15. Draw the graph for the relation between the quantity and cost. Hence find:
(i) the proportionality constant
(ii) the cost of 3 litres of milk.
VIEW SOLUTION
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