SEE 2081 Sudurpashchim Province — Maths Past Paper
- Q1.
In a survey conducted among 120 students studying in class Ten of a secondary school, it was found that 60 students liked cricket game, 55 students liked basketball game and 20 students did not like any of these games.
- (a) If C and B denote the sets of students who liked cricket and basketball game respectively, write the cardinality of n((B∪C)′).
- (b) Present the above information in a Venn diagram.
- (c) Find the number of students who liked cricket game only.
- (d) Compare the number of students who liked cricket game only and who liked basketball game only.
- Q2.
Aatmik wants to deposit Rs.4,00,000 in a bank for 2 years. The bank offers 10% per annum compound interest to Aatmik with three alternates (annual compound interest, semi-annual compound interest and quarterly compound interest).
- (a) Which option among the above three alternates does Aatmik have to use to get more interest? Write it.
- (b) How much compound interest does he receive at the end of 2 years compounded semi annually? Find it.
- (c) Is the semi-annual compound interest received by Aatmik in 2 years double than the quarterly compound interest received in 1 year? Justify with calculation.
- Q3.
A photocopy machine is purchased for Rs.80,000. After using it for 2 years, only Rs.30,000 is earned. The price of the machine depreciates annually at the rate of 20% and the machine is sold after 2 years.
- (a) The initial price of a machine is V₀, annual rate of compound depreciation is R and the price of machine after T years is Vₜ, express Vₜ in terms of V₀, R and T.
- (b) Find the total profit or loss amount on selling the machine.
- (c) If he had sold the machine after using it one year more, then by how much is the selling price less or more than the purchased price? Compare it.
- Q4.
A businessman exchanged Australian dollars with NRs.1,29,090 at the exchange rate of Australian dollar 1 = NRs.86.06. After some days, the Nepali currency was revalued up by 2% in comparison to the Australian dollar, and on that day he exchanged the Australian dollars into Nepali currency again.
- (a) How many Australian dollars did the businessman exchange? Find it.
- (b) How many Nepali rupees did the businessman receive when he exchanged the Australian dollar after revaluation in Nepali currency? Find it.
- (c) What profit or loss percent did the businessman make in that transaction? Find it.
- Q5.
The vertical height of the square based pyramid is 24 cm and the length of one side of the base is 20 cm.
- (a) Write the formula to find the volume of the pyramid.
- (b) Find the total surface area of the pyramid.
- Q6.
In the figure, a metallic solid made of a hemisphere and a cone is given, where the height of the cone is 24 cm and the diameter of the base is 14 cm.
- (a) Write the formula to find the slant height of a cone when the vertical height and radius of base are given.
- (b) Find the volume of the solid object.
- (c) If the solid object is melted and turned into a cylindrical object of radius 7 cm, what is the height of the cylinder? Calculate it.
- Q7.
The volume and height of a square based room are 75 cubic meter and 3 meter respectively. The area occupied by a door and two windows in the room is 6 square meter.
- (a) What is the total cost of plastering the four walls without door and windows at the rate of Rs.200 per square meter? Find it.
- (b) If the rate of plastering per square meter is increased by one-fourth, then what will be the increment in the total cost of plastering the walls? Find it.
- (c) What length of carpet having its width 2 meters should be purchased from the market for carpeting the room? Find it.
- Q8.
Hira collected the following sum of money in the first 5 days of the month of Baishakh: Baishakh-1 Rs.10, Baishakh-2 Rs.20, Baishakh-3 Rs.40, Baishakh-4 Rs.80, Baishakh-5 Rs.160.
- (a) What is the mean value of the amounts collected on 2nd Baishakh and 4th Baishakh? Write it.
- (b) How much money will be collected by the 10th day? Find using formula.
- (c) Up to how many days of Baishakh can Rs.1,63,830 be collected? Find it.
- Q9.
The length of a rectangular field is twice its breadth and its area is 200 square meters.
- (a) Write the standard form of a quadratic equation.
- (b) Find the length and breadth of the rectangular field.
- (c) How many maximum numbers of pieces having the size 5 m × 4 m can be made in the field? Also present it in a diagram.
- Q10.
- (a) Simplify: 1/(x−y) − 1/(x+y)
- (b) If x² = 3^(2/3) + 3^(−2/3) − 2, prove that: 3x³ + 9x = 8.
- Q11.
In the given figure, parallelogram EBCF and square ABCD are on the same base BC and between the same parallel lines AF and BC.
- (a) Write the relation between the areas of parallelograms standing on the same base and between the same parallel lines.
- (b) Prove that: Area of parallelogram EBCF = Area of square ABCD.
- (c) In the given figure PQRS is a parallelogram and M is the mid-point of TR. Prove that: ΔTQM = ½(ΔPQT + ΔSRT).
- Q12.
- (a) Construct a triangle ABC having BC = 6.4 cm, AB = 5.6 cm and AC = 6 cm. Also construct a triangle DAB having one side 7 cm equal in area to ΔABC.
- (b) Why are the areas of ΔABC and ΔDAB equal? Give reason.
- Q13.
Central angle AOB and inscribed angles ADB and ACB are standing on the same arc AB in a circle with centre O.
- (a) Write the relation between the inscribed angles standing on the same arc.
- (b) Experimentally verify that the central angle AOB is double the inscribed angle ACB. (Two circles with radii at least 3 cm are necessary.)
- (c) The measure of central angle is (5x)° and the measure of inscribed angle is (2x + 10)° standing on the same arc in a circle, find the value of x.
- Q14.
A tree x meter high is broken by the wind at a height of 6 meter from the ground so that its top touches the ground and makes an angle of 30° with the ground.
- (a) What is called the angle of elevation? Write it.
- (b) Express the length of the broken part of the tree in terms of x.
- (c) What was the height of the tree before broken? Find it.
- (d) At what height should the tree be broken so that its top makes an angle of 45° with the ground? Find it.
- Q15.
The first quartile of the given data is 35.
- (a) Illustrate the class where the first quartile lies.
- (b) Find the value of x.
- (c) Find the mode from the given data.
- (d) Find the ratio of students who are above and below the first quartile class.
- Q16.
A married couple has given birth to two children in the interval of five years.
- (a) Define independent events.
- (b) Show all the possible outcomes in a tree diagram.
- (c) Find the probability of having both daughters.
- (d) By how much is the probability of getting both children son less or more than the maximum probability? Calculate it.
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