SHISHU BHARTI INTER COLLEGE

Half Yearly Examination 2017-18

Subject- Maths
Class-IX
Time-2:30 M.M.-100

Section-A
1. Find six rational numbers between 3 and 4.
2. Write the coefficients of x2 in each of the following:
(i) 2 + x2 + x (ii) 2 x2 + x3
3. Find a zero of the polynomial p(x) = 2x + 1.
4. Find the value of the polynomial 5x 4x2 + 3 at (i) x = 0 (ii) x = 1.
5. Factorise : 12x2 7x + 1
6. Evaluate 105 106 without multiplying directly.
7. Express the following linear equations in the form ax + by + c = 0 and indicate the values of a, b and c in
each case: (i) 2x = 5y (ii) 3x + 2 = 0
8. Find the value of k, if x = 2, y = 1 is a solution of the equation 2x + 3y = k.
9. Write herons formula.
10. A coin is tossed 1000 times with the following frequencies: Head : 455, Tail : 545. Compute the
probability for each event.

Section-B
11. Divide p(x) by g(x), where p(x) = x + 3x2 1 and g(x) = 1 + x.
12. Find the remainder obtained on dividing p(x) = x3 + 1 by x + 1.
13. : Factorise 4x2 + y2 + z2 4xy 2yz + 4xz.
14. Write four solutions for each of the following equations: (i) 2x + y = 7 (ii) x + y = 9.
15. The taxi fare in a city is as follows: For the first kilometre, the fare is Rs 8 and for the subsequent
distance it is Rs 5 per km. Taking the distance covered as x km and total fare as Rs y, write a linear equation
for this information, and draw its graph.

16. In Fig. , lines PQ and RS intersect each other at point O. If POR : ROQ = 5 : 7, find all the angles.
17. In Fig. , lines XY and MN intersect at O. If POY = 90 and a : b = 2 : 3, find c.

18. . In Fig. , POQ is a line. Ray OR is perpendicular to line PQ. OS is another ray lying between rays OP
and OR. Prove that ROS = 1 2 ( QOS POS).

19. In Fig. , if PQ || ST, PQR = 110 and RST = 130, find QRS.

20. In Fig. , the side QR of PQR is produced to a point S. If the bisectors of PQR and PRS meet at
point T, then prove that QTR = 1 2 QPR.

21. Line l is the bisector of an angle A and B is any point on l. BP and BQ are perpendiculars from B to
the arms of A (see Fig. ). Show that: (i) APB AQB (ii) BP = BQ or B is equidistant from the arms
of A.

22. Show that the angles of an equilateral triangle are 60 each.

23. BE and CF are two equal altitudes of a triangle ABC. Using RHS congruence rule, prove that the
triangle ABC is isosceles.
24. Find the area of a triangle two sides of which are 18cm and 10cm and the perimeter is 42cm.
25. Find the area of a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 3 cm, BC = 4 cm, CD = 4 cm, DA = 5 cm and AC
= 5 cm.
26. The distance (in km) of 40 engineers from their residence to their place of work were found as follows:
5, 3, 10, 20, 25, 11, 13, 7, 12, 31, 19, 10, 12, 17, 18, 11, 32, 17, 16, 2, 7, 9, 7, 8, 3, 5, 12, 15, 18, 3, 12, 14, 2,
9, 6, 15, 15, 7, 6, 12
Construct a grouped frequency distribution table with class size 5 for the data given above taking the first
interval as 0-5 (5 not included). What main features do you observe from this tabular representation?
27. Given below are the seats won by different political parties in the polling outcome of a state assembly
elections:

(i) Draw a bar graph to represent the polling results.

(ii) (ii) Which political party won the maximum number of seats?
28. The runs scored by two teams A and B on the first 60 balls in a cricket match are given below.

Represent the data of both the teams on the same graph by frequency polygons.
29. Two coins are tossed simultaneously 500 times, and we get
Two heads : 105 times, One head : 275 times, No head : 120 times.
Find the probability of occurrence of each of these events.
30. In a cricket match, a batswoman hits a boundary 6 times out of 30 balls she plays. Find the probability
that she did not hit a boundary.

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