7) ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral whose diagonals Intersect at a point E. If Angle DBC=70°, and angle BAC=30°, then angle BCD=
b) angle ADB. Hence, show that AC is a diameter of the circle.
2) A point P is 10cm from the centre O of a circle. The length of the tangent drawn from P to the circle is 8cm. The radius of the circle is equal to:
14) Point P is 25cm away from the centre O of a circle and the length PT of the tangent drawn from P to the circle is 24cm. The radius of the circle is
3) A point P is 15cm from the centre of a circle. The radius of the circle is 5cm. Find the length of the tangent drawn to the circle from the point P.
5) A circle is touching the side BC of a ∆ ABC at P and touching AB and AC produced at Q and R respectively. Show that AQ= (1/2) perimeter of ∆ ABC.
6) Show that the tangents drawn at ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.
3) ABC is a right angle triangle, right angled at B. A circle is inscribed in it. The length of the two sides containing the right angle are 6cm and 8cm. Find the radius of the circle.
4) Two tangents PA and PB are drawn to the circle with centre O, such that angle APB= 120°. Show that OP= 2AP.
5) Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T. Show that angle PTQ= 2 angle OPQ.
1) Draw a circle with centre O and radius 3.1cm. Take a point P on it. Draw a tangent to the circle at point P.
2) Draw a circle of radius 2.5cm and take a point T on it. Draw a tangent to the circle at a point T, without using the centre.
3) Draw a circle with centre O and radius 2.9cm. Take a point P outside the circle at a distance of 4.6cm from its centre.
Draw two tangents to the circle from the point P.
4) Draw a circle of radius 4cm. Draw any diameter of the circle. At the end points of the diameter of the circle, draw tangents to the circle. Are they parallel?
5) Draw a circle of radius 4.1cm. Draw two tangents to the circle which are inclined to each other at an angle of 60°.
6) Draw two concentric circles of radii 2.5cm and 4cm. Draw a tangent to the inner circle from a point on the outer circle.
1) Draw a line segment AB of length 8cm. Taking A centre, draw a circle of radius 4 cm and taking B as Centre, draw another circle of radius 3cm. Construct tangents to each circle from the centre of the other circle.
2) Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. Take a point P, at a distance of 8cm from its centre. From P, draw two tangents to the circle, which are inclined to each other at an angle of 45°. Measure the length of its tangent.
3) Using ruler and compass construct a ∆ ABC, such that AB =2.6cm, BC =4.1cm and AC= 5.1cm. Draw the circumscribed circle of ∆ ABC.
4) Draw an isosceles triangle PQR , in which PQ= QR= 5 cm and PR= 3.5cm. Draw the incircle of the triangle.
5) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct, a triangle ABC, given AB= 4cm, BC= 6cm and angle ABC= 90°. Then construct a circle passing through the points, A, B, C and mark its centre as O.
6) Construct a regular hexagon of side 4 cm. Construct a circles circumscribing the hexagon.
7) Draw a regular hexagon of side 2.2cm. Inscribe a circle in it.
VOLUME AND SURFACE AREA OF SOLIDS
1) If the volume of a right circular cone of height 9cm is 48π cm³, then diameter of its base is
a) 6cm b) 7cm c) 8 cm d) 10 cm
2) A hemispherical bowl has a radius of 3.5cm. The volume of water it would contain would be :
a) 86.5cm² b) 89.8cm³ c) 92.5cm⅔ d) 93.5cm³
3) The height of a right circular cone is 12cm. If its volume be 100π cm³, then its slant height is:
a) 12cm b) 13cm c) 15cm d) 16cm
4) A conical flask of base radius r and height h is full of milk. The milk is now poured into a cylindrical flask of radius 2r. What is the height to which the milk will rise in the flask?
a) h/2 b) h/6 c) h/9 c) h/12
5) the radius of base and the height of a right circular cylinder are each increased by 20%. The volume of the cylinder will increase by
a) 72.8% b) 80% c) 82% d) 92%
6) A sphere of radius R has volume equal to that of a cone of radius R, the height of the cone is:
a) R b) 3R c) 3R d) 4R
7) A sphere and a cube have the same surface area. The ratio of their volume is:
a) √6: √π b) √3: √π c) π: √2 d) √5:π
8) A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder of diameter 0.5cm, with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends. The length of entire capsule is 2cm. The capacity of the capsule is
a) 0.21cm³ b) 0.42cm³ c) 1.33cm³ d) 0.33 cm³
9) If two solid hemispheres of same base radius r are joined together along their bases, then curved surface area of this new solid is:
a) 4πr² b) 6πr² c) 3πr² d) 8πr²
10) A right circular cylinder of radius r cm and the height h cm (h > 2r) just encloses a spher of a diameter:
a) r cm b) 2r cm c) h cm d) 2h cm
11) During conversion of solid from one shape to another, the volume of the new shape will be
a) increase b) decrease c) remains unaltered d) be doubled
12) Volume up two Sphere are in the ratio 64 : 27. The ratio of their surface area is:
a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 9 : 16 d) 16:9
13) A solid metallic sphere of diameter 21cm is melted and recast into a number of smaller cones, each of diameter 7cm and height 3cm. The number of cones so firmed is:
a) 121 b) 123 c) 125 d) 126
14) A hemispherical bowl of internal diameter 30cm contains some liquid. This liquid is to be filled into cylindrical shaped bottles, each of diameter 5 cm and height 6cm. The number of bottles necessary to empty the bowl is:
a) 30 b) 40 c) 55 d) 60
15) The base radius and height of a right circular solid cone are 2cm and 8cm respectively. It is melted and recast into sphere of diameter 2cm each. The number of spheres so formed is:
a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12
16) In a cylinder, if radius is halved and height is doubled, the volume will be
a) same b) doubled c) halved d) four times
17) The radius of a sphere is 3r, then its volume will be:
a) 4πr³/3 b) 36πr³ c) 8πr³/3 d) 32πr³/3
18) A cone is 8.4 cm high and the radius of its base is 2.1cm. it is melted and recast into a sphere. The radius of the sphere is:
a) 4.2 b) 2.1cm c) 2.4cm d) 1.6 cm
19) In a cylinder, radius is doubled and height is halved, curved surface area will be:
a) halved b) doubled c) same d) four times
20) The total surface area of a cone whose radius is r/2 and slant height 2L is
a) 2πr(L+ r) b) πr(L+ r/4) c) πr(L+ r) d) 2πrL
21) The radius of two cylinders are in the ratio of 2:3 and their heights are in the ratio 5:3. The ratio of their volumes is:
a) 10:17 b) 20:27 c) 17:27 d) 20:37
22) The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132cm and its height is 50 cm. How many litres of water can it hold?
a) 34.39 litres b) 78.50 litres c) 69.30 litres d) 67.67 litres
23) The diameter of a cone is 28cm and slant height is 10.5cm. Then, its lateral surface area is
a) 480cm² b) 490cm² c) 462cm² d) 466cm²
24) The diameter of a cone is 10cm and vertical height is 12cm. Then, the area of curved surface area is:
a) 205.15 cm² b) 214.16 cm² c) 204.28 cm² d) 241.20 cm²
25) The lateral surface area of a cone is 60π cm². If the slant height of the cone be 8cm, then the diameter of its base is
a) 25 cm b) 18cm c) 12cm d) 15 cm
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1) 2.2 dm³ of copper is to be drawn into a cylindrical wire of diameter 0.50cm. find the length of the wire.
2) A wall of diameter 1m is dug 7m deep. The earth taken out of it is completely used for making a conical body of scare-crow. The base diameter of the body is 2m. Find the height of scare crow.
3) The total surface area of a right circular cone of slant height 13cm is 90π cm². Calculate
a) its radius in cm.
b) Its volume in cm³, in terms of π.
4) If the volume of two cylinders are in the ratio 128:75 then, find the ratio of their curved surface areas. It is given that the ratio of their heights is 2:3.
5) How many metres of cloth 5m wide will be required to make a conical tent, the radius of whose base is 7m and whose heights is 24m ?
6) How long would it take to fill a conical vessel whose diameter of base is 20cm and depth is 21cm, if it is filling through a pipe of diameter 5mm, at the rate of 10 m/minutes.
7) An iron sphere of radius 5cm has been melted and recast into smaller sphere each of radius 2.5cm. How many smaller spheres are made.
8) A cone and a hemisphere have equal bases and equal volume. Find the ratio of their heights.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1) The given solid figure is a cylinder surmaunted by a cone. The diameter of the base of the cylinder is 6cm. The height of the cone is 4cm and the total height of the solid is 26cm. (π= 22/7). Find
a) volume of the solid
b) curved surface area of the solid
Give your answers correct to the nearest whole number.
2) A solid metallic sphere of radius 6cm is melted and made into a solid cylinder of height 32cm. Find the
a) radius of the cylinder.
b) curved surface area of the cylinder (π= 3.1).
3) The volume of a conical tent is 1232 m³ and the area of the base floor is 154 m². Find
a) radius of the floor.
b) height of the tent
c) length of the canvas required to cover this conical tent, if its width is 2m.
4) The given figure
represents a hemisphere surmounted by a conical block of wood. The diameter of their bases is 6cm each and the slant height of the cone is 5cm. Find
a) the height of the cone
b) the volume of the solid.
5) A plumber fits a pipe of internal radius 10cm from a tap to a cylindrical tank, which is 5m in radius and 2m deep. If the water flows through the pipe at the rate of 3 km/hr, in how much time will tank filled?
6) Two solid iron poles are lying one over other. The pole at the lower position has height 220 cm and base diameter 24cm, whereas the pole above it has height of 60cm, and base diameter 16cm. Calculate the weight of the pole, if 1 cm³ of iron weight 10g.
7) A small cone is cut off at the top of a cone by a plane parallel to the base. The volume of the small cone is 1/8 of the volume of the bigger cone. At what height above the base is the section made, it is given that height of the complete cone is 40 cm ?
8) From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm, and diameter 1.4cm, a conical cavity of the same height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid to the nearest cm².
TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES
1) {(1+ tanθ)/(1+ tanθ)}² =
a) 1 b) tan²θ c) tanθ d) 4
2) (sinA - 2 sin³A)/(2cos³A - cosA) is equal to
a) secA b) tanA c) cotA d) 1
3) If tanx = cotx, then
a) x - = 90 b) x= y = 90 c) x + y= 90 d) y - x =90
4) (sec²θ -1)(1- cosec²θ) is equal to
a) -1 b) cotθ c) 0 d) cosecθ
5) √{(secθ -1)/(secθ +1)} + √{(secθ +1)/(secθ -1)} is equal to
a) 2cosecθ b) 2secθ c) 2tanθ d) 2sinθ
6) If sinθ + cosθ = a and secθ + cocosθ =b, then the value of b(a²-1) is
a) 2a b) a+ b c) 2b d) a - b
7) If sinθ + cosθ = √2cosθ, then the value of cosθ - sinθ is
a) √cosθ b) sinθ c) √sinθ d) cosθ
8) cosec²θ/(1 + cot²θ) =
a) 0 b) cosec θ c) 1 d) cotθ
9) sinθ + 2cosθ = 1, then the value of 2sinθ - cosθ =
a) 1 b) 2 c) √2 d) 0
10) If (sinθ + cosθ)(tanθ + cotθ) =
a) secθ + tanθ b) secθ c) secθ + coseθ d) cosecθ
11) sinθ/(1+ cosθ) + (1+ cosθ)/sinθ =
a) 2sinθ b) 2cosθ c) 2tanθ d) 2cosecθ
12) cosθ/(1- sinθ) + cosθ/(1+ sinθ) =
a) 2sinθ b) 2cosθ c) 2 cosecθ d) 2secθ
13) 5 tan²θ - 5 se²θ =
a) 5 b) -5 c) 1/5 d) 0
14) If secθ + tanθ =p, then (p²-1)/(p²+1)=
a) tanθ b) cosθ c) sinθ d) cocosθ
15) sin⁶θ + cos⁶θ + 3sin²θ. cos²θ =
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) -2
16) If sinθ + cosθ = √3, then tanθ + cotθ =
a) 1 b) -1 c) 2 d) -2
17) secθ(1- sinθ)(secθ + tanθ) =
a) 0 b) 1/2 c) 1 d) none
18) 9 sec²θ - 9 tan²θ =
a) 1 b) 9 c) 8 d) 0
19) (1+ tanθ + secθ)(1+ cotθ - cosecθ =
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) -1
20) (1+ tan²θ)/(1+ + cot²θ) =
a) sec²θ b) -1 c) cot²θ d) tan²θ
21) (secθ + tanθ)(1- sinθ =
a) secθ b) sinθ c) cocosθ d) cosθ
22) 2 cos²θ + 2/(1+ cot²θ) =
a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 1/2
23) Simplified form of (3- tanθ)/(3cosecθ - secθ) is
a) cosθ b) sinθ c) cocosθ d) tanθ
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Prove the following:
1) secθ/(secθ -1) + secθ/(secθ + 1) = 2cosec²θ.
2) √(sec²θ + cosec²θ) = tanθ + cotθ
3) (cosecθ - sinθ)(secθ - cosθ)(tanθ + cotθ) = 1
4) sinθ/(1+ + cotθ) - cosθ/(1+ tanθ) = sinθ - cosθ
5) sin⁴θ - cos⁴θ = 1- 2cos²θ
6) (1- sinθ)/(1+ sinθ) = (secθ - tanθ)²
7) (sin²x cos²y - cos²x sin²y) = sin²x sin²y.
8) Simplify: (sec²θ - 2 tan²θ)(1- sinθ)(1+ sinθ).
9) For what value of x, 2sin²x - cos²x = 2 ?
10) Find the value: tan²x + cot²x - sec²x cosec²x.
11) sinθ/(cotθ + cosecθ) - sinθ/(cotθ - cosecθ).
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1) If tanθ + sinθ =m and tanθ - sinθ =n, show that m²- n²= 4 √(mn).
2) Show that: (secθ + tanθ -1)/(tanθ - secθ +1) =(1+ sinθ)/cosθ.
3) If tanθ + secθ = m, then find the value of (m²+1)/2m.
4) Express, a cosθ - b sinθ in terms of a, b and c, where a sinθ + b cosθ = c.
5) Show that: tanθ/(1- cotθ) + cotθ/(1 - tanθ) = tanθ + cotθ+ 1.
6) Show that: (secθ + tanθ -1)(secθ - tanθ +1)/tanθ = 2.
7) If x= a secθ + b tanθ and y= a tanθ + b secθ, then evaluate (a²- b²)/(x²- y²).
8) If x= a secm cos n, y= b secm sin n and z= c tan m, then evaluate x²/a² + y²/b² - z²/c².
9) Show that: 1/(secθ - tanθ) - 1/cosθ - 1/(secθ + tanθ).
10) Show that (1+ cotθ - cosecθ)(1+ tanθ + secθ) = 2.
HEIGHT AND DISTANCES
1) If the length of the shadow of a pole is equal to its height, then the angle of elevation of Sun is
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 90°
2) If the length of the shadow of a tower is increasing, then angle of elevation of the Sun is
a) increasing b) first increasing, then decreasing c) decreasing d) not changed
3) if the height of a tower and the distance of the point of observation from its foot both are increased by 10%, then the angle of elevation of its top:
a) gets doubled b) remains unchanged c) gets tripled d) becomes half
4) If the angle of elevation of the sun is 60° and the length of the shadow of a tower is 30m, then the height of tower is
a) 3√3 b) √3 c) 30√3 d) 2√3
5) The angles of depression of two objects from the top of a 100m hill lying to its east are found to be 45° and 30°. The distance between the two objects is (√3=1.73)
a) 73.2m b) 107.5m c) 150 m d) 200 m
6) A kite is attached to a string. The length of the string, when the height of the kite is 60m and the string makes an angle 30° with the ground is
a)120m b) 30 m c) 50m d) 60m
7) The angle of elevation a plane 2x metres above the ground from a point x metres above the ground is θ. At this moment the angle of depression of a point just below the plane will be
a) sin(45-θ) b) cot(45-θ) c) 2θ d) θ
8) If the angles of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from two points A and B on the ground respectively 30° and 60°, then the ratio of the distances of A and B from the upper end of the tower is
a) √3 :1 b) 1:√3 c) √3+1:1 d) 1: √3-1
9) A ladder 15m long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. if the ladder makes an angle of 60° with the wall, then the height of the wall is
a) 6.5m b) 7.5m c) 8.5m d) 15/√3 m
10) A Tower stands vertically on the ground. From a point on the ground, which is 15m away from the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 60°, then height of the Tower is
a) 6√3m b) 15√3m c) 18m d) 25/√3m
11) A bridge, in the shape of a straight path, across a river, makes an angle of 60° with the width of the river. If the length of the bridge is 100 metres, then the width of the river is :
a) 50m b) 175.5m c) 92m d) 100m
12) An observer 1.5 m tall is 18.5m away from the tower. if the angle of the elevation of the top of the tower from his eyes is 45°, the height of the tower is
a) 15m b) 20m c) 8.5m d) 25.6m
13) The shadow of a tower, standing on a level ground, is found to be 40 m longer when the sun's attitude is 30° than when it was 60°. Then height of the tower is
a) 20m b) 10√3m c) 10m d) 20√3m
14) From a point on a bridge across a. river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45° respectively. If bridge is at the height of 30m from the bank, then the width of the river is
a) 90m b) 30√3m c) 30(√3+1)m d) 25(√3-1)m
15) The angle of depression of two ships from the top of a lighthouse are 45° and 30° towards east. If the ships are 100m apart, the height of the lighthouse is
a) 20/(√3+1)m b) 20/(√3-1)m c) 50(√3-1)m d) 50(√3+1) m
Short Answer Type Questions
1) A circle artist is climbing a 30m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tide from the top of a vertical pole to the ground. Find the distance of the pole to the peg in the ground, if the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30°.
2) A tree is a broken by the wind. Find the total height of the tree if the top struck the ground at an angle of 30° and at a distance of 18m from the foot of the pole.
3) A man standing on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving towards the tower at a uniform speed. if it takes 10 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30° to 45°, how soon after this will the car reach the tower ?
4) The angles of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from two points, at a distance a and b (a > b) from the base and in the same straight line with it are complementary. Find the height of the tower.
5) If the angle of depression of the top and the bottom of a tower as observed from the top of a h metre high cliff are 30° and 60° respectively, prove that the height of the Tower is 2h/3.
6) The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical Tower PQ from a point X on the ground is 60°. From a point Y, 40m vertically above X, the angle of elevation of the top Q of the tower is 45°. Find the height of the tower PQ and distance PX. (Use √3=1.73)
7) A man observes the angle of elevation of the top of a building to be 30°. He works towards it in horizontal line through its base. On covering 60m, the angle of elevation changey to 60°. Find the height of the building.
Long Answer Type Questions
1) An observer measures angles of elevation of two towers of equal height from a point between the towers. The angle of elevation of the tops of the two towers from this point are 60° and 30°. If this point is at a distance of 120m from first tower , find the distance between the towers.
2) Two towers AB and CD are standing at some distance apart. From the top of tower AB , the angle of depression of the foot of tower CD is 30°. From the top of the tower CD , the angle of depression of the foot of the tower AB is 60°. If the height of the tower CD is 'h' m, then prove that the height of the tower AB is h/3 m.
3) Two poles of equal are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road, which is 80m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of the elevation of the top of poles are 60° and 30° respectively. Find the height of poles and the distances of the point from the poles.
4) Ab aeroplane is flying at a height of 300m above the ground. Flying at this height, the angles of depression from the plane to two points on both banks of a river in opposite directions are 45° and 60° respectively. Find the width of the river (Use √3= 1.73)
5) There is a building of height 7m next to a cable tower of unknown height. From the top of the building, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 60° and the angle of depression to the foot of the tower is 45°. Find the height of the cable tower.
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF STATISTICAL DATA
1) Class mark of a class is
a) upper limit + lower limit
b) (upper limit + lower limit)/2
c) (upper limit - lower limit)/2
d) (upper limit + lower limit)
2) For constructing frequency polygon,______ must be calculated.
a) class-marks
b) average of frequency
c) median of frequency
d) cumulative frequency
3) Class mark for the class interval 70-80 is
a) 65 b) 75 c) 85 d) 70
4) Which of the following options represents the frequency polygon for given data ?
Weight (kg) number of student
35.5-40.5 5
40.5-45.5 2
45.5-50.5 12
50.5-55.5 2
55.5-60.5 45
5) Class marks of a particular class is 9.5 and the class size 6, then the class interval is
a) 3.5-15.5 b) 6.5-12.5 c) 12.5-18.5 d) 15.5-27.5
6) ____ of the data is the difference between the maximum and the minimum values of the observation.
a) median b) mean c) range d) mode
7) A dice is thrown 50 times. The table below shows the distribution of outcomes. The frequency of getting a number greater than 2 but less than or equals to 5 is
a) no of dice: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency: 10 12 6 4 8 10
a) 10 b) 22 c) 12 d) 18
8) The given figure shows the height of a group of people.
Percentage of people in the height range 149.5-159.5 is equal to:
a) 30% b) 20.5% c) 20% d) 33%
9) The range of the following data is:
26,21,33,17,14,15,27
a) 13 b) 17 c) 15 d) 19
10 The given histogram shows the height of cherry trees.
The correct statement among the options is
a) Total number of trees is 31.
b) The most common range of height of trees is 70-75 feet.
c) Least common range of height is 85-95 feet
d) The range of height 60-65 feet has minimum number of trees.
Short Answer Type Questions
1) Draw histogram for the following data:
Class-interval frequency
00-10 12
10-20 20
20-30 26
30-40 18
40-50 10
50-60 6
2) A random survey of the number of children of various age groups playing in a park was found as follows:
Age(in yrs) no of children
01-02 5
02-03 3
03-05 6
05-07 12
07-10 9
10-15 10
15-17 4
Draw a histogram to represent the above data.
3) To draw a histogram for the following data, find the adjusted frequency for the class 25-45
Class-interval frequency
05-10 6
10-15 12
15-25 10
25-45 8
45-75 15
4) Draw histogram for the following data:
Marks no of students
00-20 10
20-40 15
40-60 20
60-100 25
5) Construct the more cumulative frequency table for the following data:
Class-interval frequency
00-10 3
10-20 8
20-30 12
30-40 14
40-50 10
50-60 6
60-70 5
70-80 2
6) Make a less than cumulative frequency table for the following data:
Class-interval frequency
60-70 2
70-80 5
80-90 12
90-100 31
100-110 39
110-120 10
120-130 4
7) During the medical check up of 35 students of a class, their heights were recorded as follows:
Height in 'cm' no of students
Less than 38 0
Less than 40 3
Less than 42 5
Less than 44 9
Less than 46 14
Less than 48 28
Less than 50 32
Less than 52 35
Draw the ogive for the above data.
Long Answer Type Questions
1) The given histogram depicts the daily wages of workers in a factory.
Construct the frequency table.
2) Following is the data of maximum temperatures recorded in 20 days in a city: 10°C, 12°C, 15°C, 40°C, 25°C, 20°C, 30°C, 28°C, 25°C, 27°C, 18°C, 32°C, 34°C, 27°C, 29°C, 16°C, 36°C, 35°C, 33°C, 22°C.
Prepare the Frequency table and draw a histogram to represent the above data.
3) The following histogram shows the ages of teachers in a school.
Read the histogram and answer the questions that follow:
a) How many teachers are in the age group of 45-50 years?
b) How many teachers are above 45 years of age?
c) How many teachers are below 35 years of age ?
d) Which age group has the maximum number of teachers?
e) Which age group has the minimum number of teachers?
4) The following distribution table shows the IQ level of 270 candidates appearing for a competitive exam.
IQ. No of candidates
55-69 20
69-83 50
83-97 75
97-111 75
111-125 50
Draw a histogram for this distribution.
5) Draw an ogive for the following data:
Marks no of students
00-10 7
10-20 10
20-30 23
30-40 51
40-50 6
50-60 3
MEASURE OF CENTRAL (MEAN)
1) If the classes of a frequency distribution are 0-10, 10-20, 20-30,....50-60, then the size of each class is
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 5.5
2) The measure of central tendency of a statistical data which takes into account all the data is :
a) mean b) median c) mode d) range
3) For a group frequency distribution, we use bar X = ∑fx/∑f, here x stands for :
a) width of a class
b) lower limit of a class
c) class mark of a class d) none
4) For a grouped frequency distribution, we use bar X = A+ ∑fd/∑f to find the mean using shortcut method: here d stands for
a) width a class
b) midpoint of a class
c) frequency of a class
d) deviation of class mark from assumed mean .
5) For a grouped frequency distribution, we use bar X = A + ∑ft/∑f Here ∑f stands for:
a) sum of frequencies
b) Sum of class-marks
c) sum of upper limits of the classes.
d) sum of lower limits of the classes.
6) For a grouped frequency distribution we used bar X = A + ∑ft/∑f to find the mean using step deviation method. Here t is given by:
a) x - A B) (x+ A)/h c) (x - A)/h d) xA/h
7) While computing mean of a grouped data we assume that the frequency are:
a) evenly distributed over the classes
b) centred at the class marks of the classes
c) centred at the upper limits of the classes.
d) Centred at the lower limits of the classes.
8) If xᵢ's are the midpoints of the class intervals of grouped fᵢ's are corresponding frequencies and bar X is the mean, then ∑(fᵢxᵢ - bar X) is equal to:
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) 2
9) The mean of the following frequency distribution to the nearest integer is
Class: 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8
F: 2 1 4 3
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
10) The mean of the following distribution is
Clar: 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12
F: 5 2 1 4
a) 10 b) 8 c) 6 d) 5
Short Answer Type Questions
1) Find the mean of the following data:
C-I: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
F: 12 16 6 7 9
2) Find the mean of the following data using direct method:
C-I: 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19
F: 2 8 7 3
3) Find the mean of the following data using short cut method:
C-I: 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80
F: 10 8 15 7
4) Find the mean of the following data using step deviation method:
C-I: 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 8-11
F: 7 8 2 2 1
5) Find the mean of the following distribution:
Marks no of students
Less than 20 4
Less than 40 16
Less than 60 24
Less than 80 30
6) Find the mean of the following data:
Height (in cm) no of plants
More than 10 50
More than 20 36
More than 30 18
More than 40 5
7) If the mean of the following distribution is 22, then find the value of f:
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
F: 12 16 6 f 9
8) The daily incomes of a group of 10 labourers are tabulated as below. Find the mean daily income of the labourers.
Income(in Rs) no of labourers
100-200 2
200-300 4
300-400 3
400-500 1
Long Answer Type Questions
1) The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all frequencies is 50. Compute the missing frequencies a and b.
Class Frequency
00-20 5
20-40 a
40-60 10
60-80 b
80-100 7
100-120 8
Total 50
2) The daily expenditure of 100 families is given below. Calculate x and y, if the mean daily expenditure is Rs188.
Expenditure(in Rs) no of families
140-160 5
160-180 25
180-200 x
200-220 y
220-240 5
3) Using the assumed mean method, find the mean of the following data:
Class: 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
F: 7 8 12 13 10
4) The following table gives the wages (in Rs) of workers (per day) in a factory:
Wages No of workers
130-134 5
134-138 8
138-142 14
142-146 12
146-150 11
Calculate the mean wage of the workers of the factory by using assumed -mean method (short cut) method.
5) Calculate the mean of the following frequency distribution, using the step deviation method.
Class frequency
00-50 17
50-100 35
100-150 43
150-200 40
200-250 21
250-300 24
6) By using step deviation method, compute the arithmatic mean for the following data:
a) Marks. no of students
Less than 10 14
Less than 20 22
Less than 30 37
Less than 40 58
Less than 50 67
Less than 60 75
7) By using step deviation method, find the mean marks obtained by a student from the following data:
Marks. No of students
0 and above 80
10 and above 77
20 and above 72
30 and above. 65
40 and above 55
50 and above 43
60 and above 28
70 and above 16
80 and above 10
90 and above 8
100 and above 0
Median, Quartiles and Mode
1) From histogram, we can estimate.
a) mean of the data
b) median of the data
c) mode of the data
d) upper quartile of the data
2) In the given book graph,
the modal class is the class will frequency
a) 72 b) 21 c) 48 d) 36
3) Which of the following is correct?
a) mode= 3 median - 2 mean
b) mode= 2 median - 3 mean
c) mode= 3 median + 2 mean
d) mode= 2 mean - 3 median
4) In the given histogram,
the upper limit of the modal class is:
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25
5) The class mark of the median class of the given distribution is
Class Cumulative frequency
00-10 8
10-20 10
20-30 17
30-40 26
40-50 30
a) 15 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35
6) Semi-inter quartile range is given by
a) (Q₃ + Q₁)/2
b) (Q₃ - Q₁)/2
c) (Q₃ + Q₁)
d) (Q₃ + Q₁)/3
7) The median of the data 8,5,-2,4,0,7,10,6,3 is
a) 0 b) 5 c) -2 d) 10
8) The mode of the given observation 10,22,15,18,17,15,10,21,9,6,10,16,15,4,15 is
a) 15 b) 10 c) 22 d) 6
9) From the data 37,35,30,34, 40,39,38,36 if 35 is removed, the median increases by:
a) 0.5 b) 1 c) 2 d) 35
10) The median of the data 78,56,22,34,45,54,39,68,54,84 is
a) 53 b) 54 c) 55 d) 56
11) In a grouped frequency distribution, the class with maximum frequency is called
a) mean class b) media class c) modal class d) quartile class
12) Quartile divide the whole set of observation into ____ equal parts.
a) two b) three c) four d) ten
13) The middle Quartile is also known as
a) median b) mode c) mean d) class mark
14) The difference between upper quartile (Q₃) and lower quartile ( Q₁) is called
a) range
b) semi inter quartile range
c) interquartile range d) limits
15) If the median of the data 24,25,26, x+2, x +3, 30,31,34 arranged in order is 27.5, then the value of x is
a) 25 b) 27 c) 28 d) 30
Short Answer Type Questions
1) The median of the following obser11,12,14,18, (x +4), 30, 32,35,41 arranged in ascending order is 24. Find x.
2) Find the median of 17,26,60,45,33,32,29,34,56. If 26 is replaced by 62, find the new median.
3) The marks scored by 16 students in a class test are: 3,6,8,13,15,5 , 21,23,17,10, 9, 1,20,21, 18,12. Find
a) the median
b) lower quartile
c) upper quartile
4) The mean of the observations 23, (x -5),36, (x -9), (x -1) and 28 is 21. Find the value of x and hence find the median.
5) The median of the observation 11,12,14, (x -2), (x +4), (x +9),32,38 and 47 arranged in ascending order is 24. Find the value of x and hence find the mean,
Long Answer Type Questions
1) Find the median from the following frequency distribution:
Wages. No of workers
280 12
320 16
360 20
440 17
480 13
550 11
2) Find the median from the following frequency distribution:
Weight no of students
56 6
59 8
62 13
64 12
66 9
70 6
3) Calculate first quartile, third quartile and quartile range from the following data:
Weight: 4 5 6 8 11 13 14
F: 2 4 5 7 3 2 1
4) In a class of 40 students, marks obtained by the students in a class test(out of 10) are given below:
Marks no of students
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 3
5 6
6 10
7 5
8 4
9 3
10 3
Calculate the following for the given distribution:
a) median
b) mode
5) The distribution given below shows the marks obtained by 25 students in an aptitude test. Find the median and mode of the distribution.
Marks: 5 6 7 8 9 10
F: 3 9 6 4 2 1
6) A mathematical aptitude test of 50 students was recorded as follows:
Marks no of students
50-60 4
60-70 8
70-80 14
80-90 19
90-100 5
Draw a histogram for the above data using a graph paper and locate the mode.
7) Draw a histogram for the following frequency distribution and find mode from the graph.
Class frequency
00-05 2
05-10 5
10-15 18
15-20 14
20-25 8
25-30 5
8) (Use a graph paper for this question.) The daily pocket expenses of 200 students in a school are given below:
Expenses. Frequency
00-05 10
05-10 14
10-15 28
15-20 42
20-25 50
25-30 30
30-35 14
35-40 12
Draw a histogram representing the above distribution and estimate the mode from the graph.
Long Answer Type Questions - II
1) The table shows the distribution of the scores obtained by 160 shooters in a shooting competition. Use a graph sheet and draw an ogive for the distribution. (take 2cm= 10 score on the x-axis and 2cm = 20 shooters on the y-axis).
Scores no of shooters
00-10 9
10-20 13
20-30 20
30-40 26
40-50 30
50-60 22
60-70 15
70-80 10
80-90 8
90-100 7
Use your graph to estimate the following:
a) the medium
b) the interquartile range
c) The number of shooters who obtained a score of more than 85%.
2) The daily wages of 80 workers in a project are given below:
Wages No of workers
400-450 2
450-500 6
500-550 12
550-600 18
600-650 24
650-700 13
700-750 5
Use a graph paper to draw an ogive for the above distribution. (Use a scale of 2cm = Rs50 on x-axis and 2cm = 10 workers on y-axis). Use your ogive to estimate:
a) the median wage of the workers.
b) the lower quartile wage of workers.
c) the number of workers who earn more than Rs625 daily.
3) Use graph paper for this question.
A survey regarding height (in cm) of 60 boys belonging to class 10 of a school was conducted. The following data was recorded:
Height no of boys
135-140 4
140-145 8
145-150 20
150-155 14
155-160 7
160-165 6
165-170 1
Taking 2cm = height of 10cm along one axis and 2cm= 10 boys along the other axis, draw an ogive for the above distribution. Use the graph to estimate the following:
a) the median
b) lower quartile
c) if above 158cm is considered as the tall boys of the class, find the number of boys in the class who are tall.
4) 40 students enter for a game of shot-put competition. The distance thrown (in metres) is recorded below:
Distance no of students
12-13 3
13-14 9
14-15 12
15-16 9
16-17 4
17-18 2
18-19 1
Use a graph paper to draw an ogive for the above distribution.
Use a scale of 2cm= 1m on one axis and 2cm = 5 students on the other axis.
Hence using your graph find
a) the median
b) upper quartile
c) the number of students who cover a distance which is above 33/2 m.
PROBABILITY
Multiple Choice Questions
1) If an event cannot occur, then its Probability is:
a) 1 b) 3/4 c) 1/2 d) 0
2) Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?
a) 1/3 b) 0.1 c) 3% d) 17/16
3) An event is very unlikely to happen. Its Probability is closest to:
a) 0.0001 b) 0.001 c) 0.01 d) 0.1
4) If the probability of an event is p, The probability of its complementary event will be:
a) p -1 b) p c) 1- p d) 1- 1/p
5) Which of the following can be the probability of an event?
a) -0.04 b) 1.04 c) 18/23 d) 8/7
6) If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A, then
a) P(A) <0 b) P(A)>1 c) 0≤ P(A)≤ 1 d) -1≤ P(A)≤ 1
7) A card is selected from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of its being a red face card is :
a) 3/26 b) 3/13 c) 2/13 d) 1/2
8) The Probability that a non leap year selected at random will contains 53 Sundays is:
a) 1/7 b) 2/7 c) 3/7 d) 5/7
9) When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an odd number less than 3 is:
a) 1/6 b) 1/3 c) 1/2 d) 0
10) If a letter is drawn at random from the letters inword ERROR, then the letters which have equal probability of being drawn are:
a) E and O b) R and E c) O and R d) E, R and O
11) From the data (1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 29) if 29 is removed , then the probability of a getting a number which is neither a prime nor a composite is:
a) 2/5 b) 1/5 c) 3/5 d) 4/5
12) A game of chance consisting of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and these are equally likely outcomes. Then, the probability that it will point at a prime number is
a) 1/8 b) 5/8 c) 3/8 d) 1/2
13) It is given that in a group of three students, the probability of two students not having the same birthday is 0.991. then, the probability of the two students having the same birthday is :
a) 0.009 b) 0.001 c) 0.990 d) 0.007
14) If the probability of success is 38%, then the probability of failure is:
a) 38% b) 62% c) 52% d) 68%
15) In a flower bed, every third plant is a rose plant. if a child picks a flower, then the probability of the flower being other than rose is :
a) 1/5 b) 1/3 c) 2/3 d) 2/5
16) Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the same number on both the dice is
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/6 d) 1/12
17) A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The event E is that the card is not an ace of hearts. The number of outcomes favourable to E is:
a) 4 b) 14 c) 21 d) 51
18) The probability of a getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot is :
a) 7 b) 14 c) 21 d) 28
19) A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. if 6000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought ?
a) 40 b) 240 c) 480 d) 750
20) One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is :
a) 1/5 b) 3/5 c) 4/5 d) 1/3
21) Someone is asked to take a number from 1 to 100. The probability that it is prime is:
a) 1/5 b) 6/25 c) 1/4 d) 13/50
22) In a single throw of 2 dies, the probability of getting 6 as a product is:
a) 4/9 b) 2/9 c) 1/9 d) 5/9
23) The probability of getting an even number, when a die is thrown once, is
a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/6 d) 5/6
24) Many birds were sitting on a tree. Every seventh bird was a sparrow. A bird flew away. What is the probability that the bird was not a sparrow?
a) 5/7 b) 3/7 c) 6/7 d) 1/7
25) A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square is
a) 1/45 b) 2/15 c) 1/9 d) 4/45
Short Answer Type Questions
1) A Jar contains 24 marbles, some are green and other are blue. If a marble is drawn at a random from the jar, the probability that it is given is 2/3. Find the number of blue marbles in the jar.
2) A bag contains 100 identical marble stones numbered from 1 to 100. What is the probability of drawing a marble having a number divisible by both 4 and 5.
3) A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the card is black or king.
4) From a set of 17 cards numbered 1,2,3,....17, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability that number on the drawn card is multiple of 3 or 7?
5) There are 5 green, 6 black and 7 white balls in a bag. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that it is not a white.
6) If an unbiased dice is thrown 5 times and every throw resulted in a 6, what is the probability of getting a 6 on the sixth throw.
7) A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a diamond?
8) A ball is chosen from a bag that contains 30 balls numbered from 1 to 30. What is the probability that the ball chosen will have a number that is divisible by 3?
Long Answer Type Questions
1) 5 defective glasses are accidentally mixed with 20 good ones. The good glasses and the defective one look same. If a glass is chosen at random, what is the probability that the chosen glass is good?
2) A box of 15 chocolates has 6 that contains caramel. 5 that contain nuts and 4 that contain cashews. If you randomly selected a chocolate, what is the probability that you will get one that contains nuts?
3) A bag contains red, blue and green balls. It is twice as likely to pick a blue ball as a compared to a red ball, it is thrice as likely to pick a green ball as compared to a red ball. What is the probability of picking a green ball?
4) A dice is thrown twice. Find the probability of getting a bigger value on the first throw.
5) A box contains 3 black balls, 4 red balls and 3 green balls. All the balls are identical in shape and size. Rohit takes out a ball from the bag without looking into it. What is the probability that the ball drawn is a black or green ball.
6) Two dice are thrown at the same time. Write down all the outcomes. Find the probability that the sum of the two number appearing on the dice is.
a) 8 b) 13 c) lesser than or equal to 12.
7) A card is drawn at random from a pack of cards. Find the probability of getting
a) a red king.
b) a queen or a Jack.