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Multiple Choice Questions Based Model Question Paper – 04

2020-21

Subject : Mathematics
Medium : English
Code No : 81E Time : 1 Hour
Total No of Questions : 40 [Link] : 40

Four Choices are give for each of the questions/incomplete statements.

Choose correct answer and shade the correct choice in the OMR given to
you with blue/black ball point pen 𝟒𝟎 × 𝟎𝟏 = 𝟒𝟎
1) If the line given by x + y + 5 = 0 and 3x + ky + 6 = 0 are parallel then the value

of ′𝑘′

A) 3 B) 6

C) 5 D) 1

2) Two lines are given to be parallel the equation of one of the lines is

4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5, then one of the possible second parallel line is

A) 2x + 6y = 6 B) 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 6

C) 8x + 6y = 6 D) 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5

3) How many number of solutions are there to the pair of linear equation

2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 9 and 4𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 18

A) one solution B) infinitely many solutions

C) no solutions D) two solutions

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 4) The lines representing 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 9 = 0 and 4 𝑥 + 6𝑦 − 18 = 0 are

A) Intersecting lines B) perpendicular lines

C) parallel lines D) coincident lines

5) The next term of the AP : 3,1, −1, −3 …is

A) 5 B) −4

C) −5 D) 0

6) If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in AP, then

A) 2𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐 B) 𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐

C) 𝑏 = 𝑎𝑐 D) 𝑏 = √𝑎𝑐

7) How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3 ?

A) 10 B) 20

C) 30 D) 40

8) What is the sum of first 𝑛 natural numbers

𝑛(𝑛+1)
𝐴) B) 𝑛2
2

𝑛(𝑛−1) 𝑛(𝑛+2)
C) D)
2 2

9) The fourth term of the AP is 4. The the sum of the first 7 terms is

𝐴)4 B) 28

C) 16 D) 40

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 10) If the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 4 = 0 has two equal roots, then the value of

‘𝑝’ is

A) 3 B) 4

C) 5 D) 6

11) The discriminant of the quadratic equation 5𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1 = 0 is

A) − 5 B) − 7

C) − 9 D) −11

12) If the roots of the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 𝑚 = 0 are equal, then the value

of ‘m’ is

A) 4 B) 8

C) 12 D) 16

13) The roots of the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 = 0 are

A) 0, −7 B) 0,7

C) 7, −7 D) −7, −7

14) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 is equal to

A) −1 B) 1

C) 0 D) 2

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 15) If 5 cos 𝐴 = 3 then the value of sec 𝐴 is

3 5
A) B)
5 3

4 4
C) D)
3 5

16) sin 60° × cos 30° is equal to

1 √3
A) B)
4 4

3 1
C) D)
4 2

17) In the figure ∠𝐵 = 90°, ∠𝐴 = ∠𝐶 and 𝐵𝐶 = 10 𝑐𝑚 then the value of tan 45° is

A) 0 B) 1

1
C) 2 D)
2

18) The distance of the point (𝛼, 𝛽) from origin is

A) α + β B) 𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2

C) √𝛼 2 − 𝛽 2 D) √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2

19) In which quadrant does the point (3, −3) lie ?

A) 𝐼 B) II

C) 𝐼𝐼𝐼 D) IV

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 20) The area of the triangle whose vertices are (2,3), (2,4) and (2,5) is

A) 0 [Link] B) 2 [Link]

C) 6 [Link] D) 12 [Link]

21) The coordinates of the point which divides the join of (𝑥1 , 𝑦1 ) and (𝑥2 , 𝑦2 ) in the ratio

𝑚1 : 𝑚2 internally , are

𝑚1 𝑥2 +𝑚2 𝑥1 𝑚1 𝑦2 +𝑚2 𝑦1
A) ( , )
𝑚1 +𝑚2 𝑚1 +𝑚2

𝑚1 𝑥2 −𝑚2 𝑥1 𝑚1 𝑦2 −𝑚2 𝑦1
B) ( , )
𝑚1 −𝑚2 𝑚1 −𝑚2

𝑚1 𝑥2 +𝑚2 𝑥1 𝑚1 𝑦2 +𝑚2 𝑦1
C) ( , )
𝑚1 −𝑚2 𝑚1 −𝑚2

𝑚1 𝑥2 −𝑚2 𝑥1 𝑚1 𝑦2 −𝑚2 𝑦1
D) ( , )
𝑚1 +𝑚2 𝑚1 +𝑚2

22) If the following figure represents less than type of ogive graph then the median

is

A) 1500 B) 3500

C) 3000 D) 2000

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 23) The size of class intervals of 20 − 40,40 − 60,60 − 80 is

A) 10 B) 20

C) 30 D) 40

24) The mean and median of given data are 20 and 22 repectively,then the mode is

A) 20 B) 26

C) 22 D) 21

25) All squares are

A) similar but may not be congruent

B) congruent

C) neither similar nor congruent

D) none of these

26) In the figure in ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐷 = 1 𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐸 = 2 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐸𝐶 = 6 𝑐𝑚 Find the

length of 𝐷𝐵

A) 2 𝑐𝑚 B) 4 𝑐𝑚

C) 3 𝑐𝑚 D) 6 𝑐𝑚

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 27) A vertical pole of length 12 𝑚 casts a shadow 8 𝑚 long on the ground and at the

same time a tower casts a shadow 40 𝑚 long .Find the height of the tower.
A) 60 𝑚 B) 40 𝑚

C) 50 𝑚 D) 80 𝑚

28) The length of the diagonal of a square is 7√2 cm .Then ,the area of the square

in 𝑐𝑚2 is

A) 28 B) 14√2

C) 21 D) 49

29) In the following figure 𝑄𝐴 and 𝑃𝐵 are perpendicular to 𝐴𝐵. Then the length of

𝐴𝑄 is P

9
10 O
A
6 B

A) 5 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 B) 8 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠

C) 9 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 D) 15 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠

30) A tangent is drawn from a point 13 𝑐𝑚 away from the centre of the circle whose

radius is 5 cm. then the length of the tangents is

A) 3 𝑐𝑚 B) 8 𝑐𝑚

C) 12 𝑐𝑚 D) 17 𝑐𝑚

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 31) A tangent intersect the circle at ____point

A) 1 B) 2

C) 3 D) 4

32) In the figure ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 120° then ∠𝐴𝑃𝑂

A) 30° B) 60°

C) 90° D) 120°

33) A straight line passing through a point on a circle is

A) 𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 B) 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡

C) 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 D) 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟

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34) To construct a triangle similar to given ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 with it sides of the corresponding
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sides of a ∠𝑅𝑄𝑋 is an acute angle . The minimum number of points to be located

at equal distances on ray 𝑄𝑋 is

A) 5 B) 9

C) 10 D) 14

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 35) In the figure the measure of ∠𝑃𝑄𝑂 is

A) 130° B) 90°

C) 65° D) 80°

36) If the volume of a cylinder is 300 cm3 , the volume of a cone having same radius

and height as that of the cylinder is

A) 900 𝑐𝑚3 B) 600 𝑐𝑚3

C) 150 𝑐𝑚3 D) 100 𝑐𝑚3

37) The formula to find the volume of a frustum of a cone is

1 1
A) 𝜋ℎ(𝑟1 2 + 𝑟2 2 + 𝑟1 𝑟2 ) B) 𝜋ℎ(𝑟1 + 𝑟2 + 𝑟1 𝑟2 )
3 3

1 1
C) 𝜋ℎ(𝑟1 + 𝑟2 + 2𝑟1 𝑟2 ) D) 𝜋ℎ(𝑟1 2 + 𝑟2 2 + 2𝑟1 𝑟2 )
3 3

38) A capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with hemisphere attached to both the

base. The total surface area of the capsule

A) 2𝜋𝑟 2 + 2𝜋𝑟ℎ B) 4𝜋𝑟 2 + 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ

C) 4𝜋𝑟 2 + 2𝜋𝑟ℎ D) 𝜋𝑟 2 + 2𝜋𝑟ℎ

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 39) The radius of a sphere whose surface area is 616 𝑐𝑚2

A) 8 𝑐𝑚 B) 7 𝑐𝑚

C) 9 𝑐𝑚 D) 6 𝑐𝑚

40) A solid is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder with both their radii

equal to [Link] the total height of the solid is 8cm and height of the cylinder is

5cm, then the slant height of the cone is

A) 3 𝑐𝑚 B) 4 𝑐𝑚

C) 5 𝑐𝑚 D) 6 𝑐𝑚

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