CBSE QUESTION PAPER

CLASS-X
MATHS

SECTION - A
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Question 1:𝑰𝒇 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜶 = , 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟒 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟑 𝜶 − 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜶 𝒊𝒔
𝟐

(𝒂)𝟎
(𝒃)𝟏
(𝒄)– 𝟏
(𝒅)𝟐

Question 2: If 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝜽 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝜽 − 𝟏𝟐°),

𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝟐𝜽 𝒂𝒏𝒅 (𝜽 − 𝟏𝟐°) 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝜽 𝒊𝒔
(𝒂)𝟐𝟒°
(𝒃)𝟐𝟖°
(𝒄)𝟑𝟐°
(𝒅)𝟑𝟒°

Question 3: For a given data with 100 observations the ‘less than ogive and the more than
ogive’ intersect at (525, 50). The median of the data is
(a) 520
(b) 525
(c) 500
(d) 225

Question 4: Which of the following is not a rational number?

 (a) √𝟑
(b) √𝟗
(c) √𝟏𝟔
(d) √𝟐𝟓

Question 5: If 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝑨 = 𝐜𝐨𝐭(𝑨 − 𝟏𝟖°),Where 2A is an acute angle, then the value of A is

(a) 𝟐𝟒°
(b) 𝟏𝟐°
(c) 𝟑𝟔°
(d) 𝟔𝟑°

Question 6: ∆𝑨𝑩𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ∆𝑷𝑸𝑹 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 ∠𝐀 = 𝟑𝟐° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ∠𝐑 = 𝟔𝟓°,

𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, ∠𝐁 𝐢𝐬

(a) 𝟖𝟑°
(b) 𝟑𝟑°
(c) 𝟔𝟑°
(d) 𝟗𝟑°

Question 7: If 𝒙 = 𝒂, 𝒚 = 𝒃𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟓𝟎

𝟒𝒙 + 𝟓𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲.

(a) 𝟏𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟒𝟎
(b) 𝟐𝟓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟓
(c) 𝟐𝟑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟐𝟕
(d) 𝟐𝟎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟑𝟎

Question 8: In the given data:

Classes 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205

Frequency 4 5 13 20 14 7 4
The difference between the upper limit of the median class and the lower limit
of the modal class is
(a) 0
(b) 20
(c) 10
(d) 30
Question 9:

If 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟓𝜽 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝜽 , 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝟓𝜽 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟒𝜽 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝜽 𝒊𝒔
(𝒂)𝟏𝟎°
(𝒃)𝟏𝟎𝟎°
(𝒄)𝟏𝟐°
(𝒅)𝟏𝟓°

𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝜽 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝜽
Question 10: If 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝜽 = 𝟏𝟑 , 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟐 𝜽−𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝜽 𝒊𝒔

𝟑𝟎𝟕
(𝒂)
𝟐𝟓
𝟑𝟏𝟐
(𝒃)
𝟐𝟓
𝟑𝟎𝟗
(𝒄)
𝟐𝟓
𝟑𝟏𝟔
(𝒅)
𝟐𝟓

SECTION - B

Question 11: Find the LCM and HCF of 510 and 92 by the prime factorization method.

Question 12: Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝟖𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝟏 − 𝟐𝟐𝒙 and verify the
relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients of the polynomial

Question 13: Solve 𝟑𝟕𝒙 + 𝟒𝟑𝒚 = 𝟏𝟐𝟑, 𝟒𝟑𝒙 + 𝟑𝟕𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟕

Question14:

√𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 − 𝟏 √𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 + 𝟏
+ = 𝟐 𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨
√𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 + 𝟏 √𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨 − 𝟏
Question 15: In Figure, 𝑫𝑬||𝑩𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝑫 = 𝑪𝑬. Prove that ∆𝑨𝑩𝑪 is an isosceles triangle.

Question 16: Find the median class and the modal class for the following distribution.

C.I. 𝟏𝟑𝟓 − 𝟏𝟒𝟎 𝟏𝟒𝟎 − 𝟏𝟒𝟓 𝟏𝟒𝟓 − 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝟏𝟓𝟎 − 𝟏𝟓𝟓 𝟏𝟓𝟓 − 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝟏𝟔𝟎 − 𝟏𝟔𝟓
f 𝟒 𝟕 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟏 𝟔 𝟓

Question 17: For what value of ‘k’ will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely
many solution.

𝒌𝒙 + 𝟑𝒚 = 𝒌 − 𝟑

𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝒌𝒚 = 𝒌
Question 18:

Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80

Frequency 15 6 18 10

SECTION - C

Question 19: Prove that √𝟕 is an irrational number

OR

Prove that 𝟑 + √𝟓 is an irrational number

Question 20: Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is
either of the form 𝟑𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝟑𝒎 + 𝟏 for some integer m.
Question 21: Solve the following pair of equations:
𝟓 𝟐
− = −𝟏
𝒙+𝒚 𝒙−𝒚
𝟏𝟓 𝟕
+ = 𝟏𝟎
𝒙+𝒚 𝒙−𝒚

𝑶𝑹

Ram travels 760 km to his home, partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hours
if he travels 160 km by train and the rest by the car. He takes 12 minutes more if he
travels 240 km by train and the rest by car. Find the speed of the train and the car
separately.

Question 22: 𝐈𝐟 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐥

𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝛂 + 𝛃 = 𝟐𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛂 − 𝛃 = 𝟖,

𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝛂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝛃 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬

Question 23: In a ∆ABC, P and Q are points on sides AB and AC respectively, such that
PQ || BC. If
AP = 2.4 cm, AQ = 2 cm, QC = 3 cm and BC = 6 cm, find AB and PQ.

Question 24:
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨
= (𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝑨 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝑨)𝟐
𝟏 − 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝑨

Question 25:
tan 𝜃 cot 𝜃
= = 1 + tan 𝜃 + cot 𝜃
1 − cot 𝜃 1 − tan 𝜃

Question 26: Find the length of an altitude of an equilateral triangle of side 2 cm.
Question 27: The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8. Find the value p.

Classes 0 – 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 100 100 - 120

Frequency 5 8 P 12 7 8

OR

Find the mean of the following frequency distribution, using step-deviation method.

classes 25 - 29 30 -34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 – 54 55 - 59
Frequency 14 22 16 6 5 3 4

Question 28: Find the mode of the following frequency distribution

classes 5 -15 15 - 25 25 – 35 35 - 45 45 - 55 55 - 65 65 - 75
Frequency 2 3 5 7 4 2 2

Question 29: Compute the missing frequencies, x and y in the following data if the mean is
𝟗
𝟏𝟔𝟔 𝟐𝟔and the sum of the observations is 52.

Classes Frequency
140-150 5
150-160 X
160-170 20
170-180 Y
180-190 6
190-200 2
Total 52

Now, also calculate the median.

Question 30:
Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 2x+y-8, 3x-2y=12 Also find the
coordinates of the points where the lines meet the z-axis.
Question 31. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of
squares of their corresponding sides.

OR
State and prove the converse of the following theorem :
In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the other two
sides.

Question 32:
If the median of the following data is 32.5, find the missing frequencies.

Class interval: 0- 10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70 Total Frequency: 𝒇𝟏 , 5, 9, 12,
𝒇𝟐 , 3, 2, 40

Question 33:
Prove that in a triangle, if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the
other two sides in distinct points the other two sides are divided in the same ratio
Or
Prove that in a right angle triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum
of squares of the other two sides.

Question34:
During. the medical check-up of 35 students of a class, their weights were recorded as
follows :

Weight (in Kg) Number 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 a less than type ogive for the given data. Hence, obtain the median weight
from the graph and verify the result by using the formula.