CLASS 10TH MATHEMATICS QUESTION BANK

CHAPTER – 2
POLYNOMIALS
1. Find a quadratic polynomials whose zeroes are -3 and 2.(1 M)

2. If  and  be two zeros of the quadratic polynomial p(x)=2x2–3x+7, evaluate.

1 + 1 (2M)

 

3. Find the zeroes of 4√3x2 +5x-2√3 and verify the relation between the zeroes and the
coefficients of the polynomial. (3 M)

4. Find all the zeroes of 2x4–3x3-3x2+6x+2, if you know that two of its zeroes are 2 and -
2. (4M)

CHAPTER-3 PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

1. Find the value of k for which the following equations will represent coincident lines.
2x+ky = 7, 4x+8y = 14 (1 M)
2. Solve 67x+43y = 24, 43x+67y = -24 (2 M)
3. Solve the following system of linear equations by cross-multiplication method.
2(ax-by)+(a+4b) = 0, 2(bx+ay)+(b-4a) = 0 (3 M)
4. 8 men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 10 days, while 6 men and 8 boys can
finish it in 14 days. Find the time taken by 1 man alone and 1 boy alone to finish the work.
(4 M)
CHAPTER – 4 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1. Check whether the following is a quadratic equation.
(x-3)(2x+1) = x(x+5) (1M)
2. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation
3x2-√7x+1 = 0 (2 M)
3. A two digit number is such that the product of the digits is 18. When 63 is subtracted from
the number, the digits interchange their places. Find the number. (3 M)
4. A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/min. After 1 minute a policeman runs after the
thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 100 m/min in the first minute and increases the
 his speed by 10 m/min every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman
will catch the thief. (4 M)

CHAPTER – 6 TRIANGLES
1. ABC and BDE are two equilaterals such that D is the mid-point of BC. Find the ratio of
the areas of triangles ABC and BDE. (1M)
2. In ∆ABC, ∠BAC = 90º and AD⊥BC . prove that : AB2 +CD2 = BD2+AC2. (2M)
3. P and Q are the mid-points of the sides CA and CB respectively of ∆ABC right angled at
C. prove that 4(AQ2+BP2)= 5AB2 (3M)
4. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio
of their corresponding sides. (4 M)

CHAPTER-8 INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY

1. If x = 2 sin2θ and y=2cos2θ+1, then find the value of x+y. (1M)

2. If sin (A-B)=1/2, cos(A+B)=1/2 and 0º<A+B<90º and A>B, then find the values A and B.
(2M)
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
3. Prove that + = 1+ secθ cosecθ. (3M)
1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
4. If m sin θ + n cos θ = p and m cos θ - n sin θ = q, then prove that m2+n2 = p2+q2.
(4 M)

CHAPTER-9 APPLICATION OF TRIGONOMETRY

1. If the ratio of the length of a pole and its shadow is 1:1, then find the angle of elevation.
(1M)
2. A 1.6 m tall girl stands at a distance of 3.2 m from a lamp post and casts shadow of 4.8
m on the ground. What is the height of lamp post? (2M)
3. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of ‘a’ and
‘b’ from the base and in the same straight line with it are complementary. Prove that
the height of the tower is √ab. (3M)
4. There is a small island in the middle of a 100 m wide river and a tall tree stands on the
island. P and Q are points directly opposite to each other on two banks and in line with
the tree. If the angles of elevation of the top of the tree from P and Q are respectively
30º and 45º, find the height of the tree. (4M)

CHAPTER-14 STATISTICS
1. If ∑ fi =11 and ∑ fi xi =2p + 32 and the mean of any distribution is 6, find the value of p.
(1M)
2. If the mean of the following distributions is 6 ,find the value of p. (2M)
 X 2 4 6 10 P+2
y 3 2 3 1 2

3.If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5 , find the value of x and y (3M)

Class interval Frequency

0-10 5
10-20 X
20-30 20
30-40 15
40-50 Y
50-60 5
Total 60

3. The following frequency distribution shows the distance (in m) thrown

by 68 students in a javelin throw competition.
Distance ( in m) Number of Students
0-10 4
10-20 5
20-30 13
30-40 20
40-50 14
50-60 8
60-70 4

Draw a less than type Ogive for the given data and find the median distance thrown
using this curve. (4M)
CHAPTER 15- PROBABILITY
1. A letter is chosen at random from the letter of the “word PROBABILITY”. Find the
probability that it is not a vowel. (1M)
2. A bag contains 24 marbles, some of which are green and others are blue. A marble is drawn
at random from the bag. If the probability that it is green is 2/3 , then find the number of
the blue marbles in the bag. (2M)
3. Three unbiased coins are tossed together. What is the probability of getting: (3M)
(a) Two heads
(b) At least two heads
(c) At most two heads
4. A child’s game has 8 triangles of which 3 are blue and the rest are red, and 10 squares of
 which 6 are blue and the rest are red. Find the probability of getting: (4M)
(a) Triangle
(b) Square
(c) Square of blue color
(d) Triangle of red color