AP X | MATHEMATICS

Sample Paper 1 Paper II

Andhra Pradesh Board

Class X Mathematics
Sample Paper 1 Paper II
Time: 15min + 2 hr. 30 min.

Total Marks: 40

General Instructions:

1. Read the whole question paper and understand every question thoroughly, without
writing anything. 15 minutes of time is allotted for this.
2. Answer all the questions.
3. Write answers to the objective type questions on the answer sheet, but at the same
place.

I. Answer all the following questions. Each question carries 1 mark.

[7 1 = 7]
1. The areas of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are in the ratio 9 : 16, If BC = 4.5 cm.
Find the length of QR.
2. What is the angle between the tangent at a point on a circle and the radius at the
point of contact?
3. A spherical steel ball is melted to make 8 new identical balls. Then the radius of each
new ball is how many times the radius of the original ball?
4. Simplify:
tan 35 cot 78

1
cot 55 tan 12
5. Two unbiased coins are tossed. Calculate the probability of getting exactly two
heads.
6. The ratio of the length of rod and its shadow is 1 : 3. Find the angle of elevation of
the Sun.
7. What is the mean of the first ten prime numbers?
II. Answer all the following questions. Each question carries 2 marks.
8. In the figure, if A = B and AD = BE show that DE || AB in ABC.

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[6 2 = 12]

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9. A circle touches the side BC of a ABC at P and the extended sides AB and AC at Q
and R respectively. Prove that
1
AQ BC CA AB
2
10. A solid right circular cylinder has radius of 14 cm and height of 8 cm. Find its total
surface area.
11. If tan + sin = m and tan sin = n, then show that

m2 n2 4 mn
12. What is the probability of having 53 Thursdays in a non-leap year?
13. Draw less than ogive curve for the following data:
C.I.
f

5 10
2

10 15
12

15 20
2

20 25
4

25 30
3

30 35
4

35 40
3

III. Every question has internal choice in the following.

Answer to any one alternative. Each question carries 4 marks.
[4 4 = 16]
14. (a) Construct a triangle similar to a given triangle ABC, with sides measuring 5 cm,
6
6cm and 8 cm, such that its sides are of the corresponding sides of ABC.
5
OR
(b) Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct
the pair of tangents to the circle.
15. (a) A vessel in the form of a hemispherical bowl is mounted by a hollow cylinder.
The diameter of the hemisphere is 14 cm and the total length of the vessel is 13
cm. Find the surface area of the vessel.
OR
(b) A tent is in the shape of a right circular cylinder surmounted by a cone. The total
height and the diameter of the base are 13.5 m and 28 m respectively. If the
height of the cylindrical portion is 3 m, find the total surface area of the tent.
16. (a) Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either sides of
a road, 80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of
elevation of the top of the poles are 60 and 30, respectively. Find the height of
the poles and the distances of the point from the poles.
OR
(b) The angle of elevation of an airplane from a point on the ground is 45. After
flying for 18 seconds, the elevation changes to 30. If the airplane is flying at the
height of 2500 metres, find the speed of airplane in km/hour.

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17. (a) If mean of the following data is 86, then what is the value of p?
Wages
(in Rs.)
Number of
workers

50-60

60-70

70-80

80-90

90-100

100-110
13

OR
(b) During the medical check-up of 35 students of a class, their weights were
recorded as follows:
Weight (in kg)
Less than 38
Less than 40
Less than 42
Less than 44
Less than 46
Less than 48
Less than 50
Less than 52

Number of students
0
3
5
9
14
28
32
35

Draw a less than type ogive for the given data. Hence obtain the median weight
from the graph.
IV. Choose the correct alternative for the following problems and write your answer
A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. Each question carries mark.
[10 = 5]
18. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
2
A.
3
B. -15
C. 15%
D. 0.7
19. In the adjoining figure, PB & QA are perpendiculars to
AB. If PO = 6 cm, QO = 9 cm and area of POB = 120
cm2, find the area of QOA.
A. 180 cm2
B. 240cm2
C. 270cm2
D. None of the above

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20. The cumulative frequency of class 20-30 of the frequency distribution given below is
Class
Frequency

0-10
7

10-20
15

20-30
13

30-40
17

40-50
10

A. 25
B. 35
C. 15
D. 40
21. In the given figure, DE || BC. If AB = 7.6 cm, AD = 1.9 cm, then AE : EC is
A. 2 : 3
B. 1 : 3
C. 1 : 1
D. 4 : 3
22. For some data Mode Median = 2.5. If the mean of the data is 20, then mode =
A. 21.25
B. 22.75
C. 23.75
D. 22.25
23. The volume of a cone with radius 2 cm and height 6 cm is
A. 8 cm3
B. 12 cm3
C. 14 cm3
D. 16 cm3
24. If cos2 45 cos230 = x cos45 sin45 , then x =
A. 2
3
B.
2
1
C.
2
3
D.
4

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25. If tan 2

(1 sin )(1 sin )

8
, then
is
(1 cos )(1 cos )
7

7
8
8
B.
7
49
C.
64
64
D.
49

A.

26. The sum of probability of event A and the probability of event A (not A) is
A. 0
B. 1
C. 0.5
D. 0.4
27. If the angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of 400 m from its foot has
measure of 30, then the height of tower is
A. 200 2
400
B.
3
C. 200 3
400
D.
2

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