SHREE SATYA SAI VIDYALAYA

Prelim 3 Question Bank (2024-'25)

Subject: Mathematics (18)
Grade: X(EM)
Lessons : 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14 (* questions covered from samples papers)
Note: Prepare text book thoroughly including solved examples

CHAPTER- 3 PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

1. Solve 2x+3y=11 and 2x-4y=-24 and hence find the value of 'm' for which y=mx+3.
2. Solve the following pair of linear equations by substitution method: 2x+3y=13, 4x+5y=23
3. Solve the following pair of linear equations by elimination method: 0.2x+0.3y=1.3, 0.4x+0.5y=2.3.
4. The difference between two numbers is 26 and one number is three times the other. Find them.
5. Five years ago, Nuri was thrice as old as Shalu. Ten years later, Nuri will be twice as old as
[Link] old are Nuri and Shalu?
6. Solve the following pair of equations: 6x+3y=6xy and 2x+4y=5xy, x and y is not equal to 0.
7. The difference of the digits of a two-digit number is [Link] sum of that two-digit number and the
number obtained by interchanging the places of its digits is 132. Find the two- digit number/s.
8. If we add 1 to the numerator and subtract 1 from the denominator a fraction reduces [Link] becomes
1/2 if we only add 1 to the denominator. What is the fraction?
9. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the elimination method and substitution method:
x+y=5 and 2x-3y=4.
10. 5 pencils and 7 pens together cost Rs.50, where as7pencils and 5 pens together cost [Link]
the cost of one pencil and that of one pen.
11. Two rail tracks are represented by the equations x+2y-4=0 and 2x+4y -12=[Link] the rail tracks
cross each other? if yes, find the solutions of the equations.
12. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the number
obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.
CHAPTER-5 ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
13. Find the sum of first 20 multiples of 7.
14. Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39, ... will be132 more than its 54 th term?
15. Find the 30th term of the AP 10, 7, 4...?
16. How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3?
17. Determine the AP whose 3rd term is 5 and the 7th term is 9.
18. Which term of the AP 3, 15, 27, 39, ...will be 132more than its 54 th term?
19. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
20. For a given AP, a12 =37 and d=[Link] a and S12.
21. If the sum of first 7 terms of an AP is 49 and that of 17 terms is 289, find the sum of first n terms.
22. Find the sum of the first 40 positive integers divisible by 6.
23. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 8.
24. Find the sum of the odd numbers between 0 and 50.
25. Find the sum of AP:-5,-8,-11,……-230.
26. The sum of the 4th and 8th terms of AP is 24 and the sum of the 9th and 10th terms is [Link] the first
three terms of the AP.
27. Two APs have the same common difference between their 100th terms is 100, what is the
difference between their 1000th?
28. A sum of Rs. 700 is to be used to give seven cash prizes to students of a school for their overall
academic performance. If each prize is Rs.20 less than its preceding prize, find the value of each of
the prizes.
29. Salman saved Rs.5 in the first week of a year and then increased his weekly savings by Rs.1.75. if in
the nth week, his weekly saving become Rs. 20.75, find n.
30. A manufacturer of TV sets produced 600sets in the third year and 700 sets in the seventh year.
Assuming that the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year, find:
(i) the production in the 1st year (ii) the production in the 10th year
31. In a flowerbed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second, 19 in the third, and so
on. There are 5 rose plants in the last row. How many rows are there in the flower bed?

CHAPTER–6TRIANGLES
32. Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ
and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that ∆ABC~∆ PQR.
33. If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then prove that the line is parallel to
the third side.
34. If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in
distinct points, prove that the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
35. Ex6.2Q2,3,Ex6.3Q1,2,7
 CHAPTER-8 Trigonometry
36. Evaluate:2cot45°+sin²30°-cos²60°.
37. If angle A and B are acute angles such that cos A = cos B, then show that angle A=angleB.
38. If3cotA=4checkwhether(1-tan²A)=cos²A - sin²A or not
(1+tan²A)
39. If tan (A+B) =√3 and tan(A-B) = 1/√3; 0°<A+B≤90°;A>B, find A and B.
40. Evaluate:-sin30°+tan45°-cosec60°
sec30°+cos60°+cot 45°
41. If sin A=3/5, find the value of cos A and tan A.
42. Find x if sin2x = sin 60.̊cos30̊-cos60̊.sin30̊
43. Find the value of x if, xcot2 45̊-- sec260+̊ sin230̊=1/8
44. Prove the following identities, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the expressions
are defined: (sin A+ cosec A)²+ (cos A+ sec A)² = 7 + tan² A + cot² A.
45. Prove the following identities, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the expressions
are defined.
(i) (sinθ-2sin³θ)=tanθ
(2cos³θ - cosθ)
(ii) tanθ+cotθ = 1+secθcosecθ
(1-cotθ)(1-tanθ)

CHAPTER-9APPLICATIONOFTRIGNOMERTRY
46. An electrician has to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 5m. he needs to reach a point1.3m
below the top of the pole to undertake there pair of work. What should be the length of the ladder that
he should use which, when inclined at an angle of60 ̊ to the horizontal, would enable him to reach the
required height? ( √3 = 1.73)
47. A kite is flying at a height of 60m above the ground. The string attached to the kite is temporarily tied
to a point on the ground. The inclination of the string with the ground is 60.̊
assuming that there is no slack in the string. Find the length of the string.

48. A circus artist is climbing a 20m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a
vertical pole to the ground. Find the height of the pole, if the angle made by the rope with the ground
level is 30 .̊
49. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30m away from the
foot of the tower is 30.̊. Find the height of the tower.
50. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is15m away from the
Foot of the tower, is 60.̊. Find the height of the tower.
51. As observer 1.5m tall is 28.5 m away from a chimney. The angle of elevation of the top of the chimney
from the eyes of the observer is 45.̊ What is the height of the chimney?
52. Ex9.1Q1to6
CHAPTER-11 AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES
53. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circumference is 22cm.
54. The length of the minute hand of a clock is14cm. Find the area swept by the minute hand in 5minutes.
55. A chord of a circle of radius12cm subtends an angle of 120° at the centre. Find the area of the
corresponding segment of the circle. (Use л=3.14 and √3 = 1.73).
56. A car has two wipers which do not over lap. Each wiper has a blade of length 25cm
sweeping through an angle of 115°. Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the blades.
57. Ex11.1:1,2,3,4,5
CHAPTER-14 PROBABILITY

58. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles, one marble is taken out of the
box at random. What is the probabilities that the marble taken out will be i)red ii)white iii) notgreen
59. A box contains 90discs which are numbered from1 to 90, if 1disc is drawn at random from the box,
find the probability that it bears i)2 digit number ii)a perfect square number iii)a number divisible by 5
iv)a perfect cube number
60. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting:
i) taking of red color ii) not a spade iii) the queen of heart iv) the queen of diamonds v) a face card
vi)a spade
61. 2dice,1blue,1grey are thrown at the same time, write down all the possible outcomes. What is
the probability that the sum of two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is:
i) 8ii)≤ 12
62. A bag contains lemon flavored candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking into the
bag. What is the probability that she takes out i) an orange flavored candy ii)a lemon flavored
candy?
63. A piggy bank contains hundred 50pcoins, fifty Rs.1coins, twenty Rs.2coins and tenRs.5coins. If it is
equally likely that one of the coins will fall out when the bank is turned upside down, what is the
 Probability that the coin i) will be a 50p coin ii) will not be a Rs.5coin
64. Five cards– the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well shuffled with their
face downwards, one card is then picked up at random
i) What is the probability that the card is the queen?
ii) If the queen is drawn and put a side, what is the probability that the second card picked up is
a)an ace? b) a queen?
65. A lot of 20 bulbs contains 4 defective ones. one bulb is drawn at random from the lot. What is
the probability that this bulb is defective?
66. Two balanced dice are tossed once. Write the total number of possible outcomes of this
experiment and find the probability of: i) The sum of the integers found on both sides is greater than
10 ii) The sum of the integers on both sides is a multiple of 2.
67. A die is thrown twice. What is the probability the i) 5 will not come up either time? ii) 5 will come
up at least once?
68. In a fair game, boxes with numbers from1 to 1000 written on each box are placed in a box. Each
player randomly selects a box and that box is not put back. If the chosen basket has full class marks
of more than 500 the player wins, the prize if, i) First player win the prize ii) If the first player wins,
find the probability that the second player wins the prize.
69. A coin is tossed three times, find the probability of the following events :i) A:Get atleast two heads
ii)B:Get at exactly two heads iii)C:Get at most one head
70. Suppose you drop a die at random on the rectangular region shown in fig. What is the
probability that it will land inside the circle with diameter 1 m?
3m

2m

71. A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below: A, B, C, D, E,A The
die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting: i) A? ii) D?
72. There are 5 red, 2 yellow and 3 white roses in a flowerpot. One rose is selected from it at random.
What is the probability that the selected rose is i) red colour ii) yellow in colour iii) not white colour?