PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION

CLASS X

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS

Time: 3 Hrs M.M.: 80

Instructions
1. This question paper contains two parts A and B.
2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.
PART – A
1. It consists of two sections – Section I and Section II.
2. Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.
3. Section II has 4 questions on case study. Each case study has 5 case -based sub-parts. An
examinee is to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts.
PART – B
1. Question No. 21 to 26 are Very Short Answer Type questions of 2 marks each.
2. Question No. 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each.
3. Question No. 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1
question of 5 marks.

PART A

SECTION – I

Directions (Q. No. 1-16) Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in
5 questions.

1. What is the smallest number which when divided by 35, 56 and 91 leaves remainder 3 in
each case?
OR
Prove that 29 × 23 × 19 × 13 + 29 is a composite number.
2. What is the value of 𝑘 for which the zeroes of quadratic polynomial 𝑘𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 5 are
reciprocal of each other?
3. Determine the value of 𝑎 for which the following system of linear equations has infinite
solutions:2𝑥 − (𝑎 − 4)𝑦 = 3 ; 4𝑥 − (𝑎 − 1) 𝑦 = 6.
4. If the mean of the first 𝑛 natural numbers is 15, then find 𝑛.
5. If α and β are the roots of equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 12 = 0 and 𝛼 − 𝛽 = 1, find 𝑘.
OR
Prove that 𝑝 (𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 5 has no real roots.
 6. If AB is a tangent drawn from point A to a circle with centre O and BOC is a diameter of
the circle such that ∠𝐴𝑂𝐶 = 120 o, then find ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵.
𝑚
7. If sin 𝜃 = , then find tan 𝜃.
𝑛

8. A tower is 200 √3 metres high. Find the angle of elevation of its top from a point on the
ground 200 metres away from its foot.
9. For what value of 𝑝, 𝑥 = 𝑏 is a zero of the polynomial 𝑥 2 − (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑥 + 𝑝?
10. How many terms of the A.P. 3, 5, 7……. must be taken so that the sum is 120?
OR
Find the 5 th term of an A.P. of n terms whose sum is 𝑛2 − 2𝑛.
11. The perimeter of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are respectively, 48 cm and 36 cm. If
PQ = 12 cm, then find AB.
12. If mean = 31, median = 30, find mode.
13. Find the value of cos 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 tan 𝐴 .
OR
sin 𝜃 cos𝜃
Find
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃
+ sec 𝜃.
14. Find the probability of getting a doublet in a throw of a pair of dice.
15. Divide a line segment in the ratio of 2 : 3.
16. 12 solid spheres of the same radii are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder of base
diameter 2 cm and height 16 cm. Find the diameter of each sphere.
OR
A metallic sphere of radius 15 cm is melted and then recast into small cones each of radius
3 cm and height 2 cm. find the number of such cones.

SECTION – II

Directions (Q. No. 17-20) Case study-based questions are compulsory. Attempt any four sub-
parts of each question. Each sub-part carries 1 mark.

17. In a sports day celebration, the school decided to make activity between students in such a
way that Vicky, Garvit and Shalini are standing at positions A, B and C whose coordinates
are (3, 3), (5, 9) and (9, 3) respectively. The teacher asked Deepanshi to fix the country
flag at the mid-point of the line joining point A and B.
(a) Find the coordinates of the mid-point of A and B.
(i) (4, 3) (iii) (3, 4)
(ii) (4, 6) (iv) (6, 4)
 (b) Find the distance between Garvit and Vicky.
(i) 3 √10 (iii) 2 √10
(ii) √10 (iv) 4 √10
(c) Find the point on X-axis, which is equidistant from point A and C.
(i) (0, -6) (iii) (-6, 0)
(ii) (0, 6) (iv) (6, 0)
(d) Find the ratio of a point P (7, 3) lying between the coordinates of Vicky and Shalini.
(i) 1:1 (iii) 2:1
(ii) 1:2 (iv) 3: 2
(e) Find the centroid of a triangle formed by joining these points.
17 15
(i) (17, 5) (iii) ( , )
3 3
17 15
(ii) ( , ) (iv) (8.5, 7.5)
4 4

18. A man standing at the top of the tower observes a car at an angle of depression of 30 o,
which is approaching the foot of the tower with a uniform speed. Six seconds later, the
angle of depression of the car is found to be 60 o, whose distance is 5m from the foot of the
tower.
(a) Find the height of the tower.
(i) 5 √3 m (iii) 6 √3 m
(ii) 5m (iv) 6m
(b) Find the distance between the two positions of the car.
(i) 8m (iii) 9m
(ii) 10 m (iv) 11 m\
(c) Find the further time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower.
(i) 2s (iii) 3s
(ii) 5s (iv) 4s
(d) If we interchange the positions of the angles, then it will be logically correct.
(i) Yes (iii) No
(ii) Cannot say (iv) None of the above
(e) Find the distance from observer to the car, in which it makes an angle 60 o.
(i) 10 cm (iii) 9 cm
(ii) 8 cm (iv) 11 cm
19. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from one end and cone from the
other end from a cylinder. If the height of the cylinder is 40 cm, radius of the cylinder is 7
cm and height of the cone is 24 cm.
 (a) Find the slant height of the cone.
(i) 24 cm (iii) 26 cm
(ii) 25 cm (iv) 27 cm
(b) Find the volume of the hemisphere.
(i) 718.67 cm 3 (iii) 720.5 cm 3
(ii) 721.6 cm 3 (iv) None of these
(c) Find the total volume of the article.
(i) 4209.33 cm 3 (iii) 4250 cm3
(ii) 4210.5 cm 3 (iv) None of these
(d) Find the curved surface area of a cone.
(i) 580 cm 2 (iii) 575 cm 2
(ii) 555 cm 2 (iv) 550 cm 2
(e) Find the surface area of the article.
(i) 2618 cm2 (iii) 2619 cm 2
(ii) 2620 cm 2 (iv) 2625 cm 2
20. A highway is in the shape of a parabola. A parabola is the graph that result from 𝑝(𝑥) =
𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐. Parabolas are symmetric about a vertical line known as the Axis of
Symmetry. The axis of symmetry runs through the maximum or minimum point of the
parabola which is called the vertex.
(a) If the highway overpass is represented by 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 8. Then, its zeroes are
(i) (2, - 4) (iii) (4, - 2)
(ii) (- 2, - 2) (iv) (- 4, - 4)
(b) Number of zeroes of a polynomial is equal to the number of points where the graph of
polynomial
(i) Intersects X-axis (iii) Intersects Y-axis
(ii) Intersects Y-axis or X-axis (iv) None of the above
(c) Graph of a quadratic polynomial is
(i) Straight line (iii) Circle
(ii) Parabola (iv) Ellipse
(d) The representation of Highway underpass whose one zero is 6 and sum of the zeroes is
0, is
(i) 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 2 (iii) 𝑥 2 − 36
(ii) 𝑥2 − 6 (iv) 𝑥2 − 3
(e) The number of zeroes that polynomial (𝑥 − 2) 2 + 4 can have is
(i) 1 (iii) 2
(ii) 0 (iv) 3
 PART B

Directions (Q. No. 21-26) These are Very Short Answer Type questions of 2 marks each.

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21. Write the denominator of the rational number in the form of 2𝑚 × 5𝑛, where 𝑚, 𝑛 are
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non-negative integers. Hence, write the decimal expansion, without

actual division.
22. In the given figure, quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribed and AD ⊥
AB. If the radius of incircle is 10 cm, CR = 27 cm and BC = 38 cm,
find AB.
23. The coordinates of the mid-point of the line joining the points (3𝑝, 4) and (−2, 2𝑞) are
(5, 𝑝). Find the values of 𝑝 and 𝑞.
OR
Find the point on the 𝑥-axis which is equidistant from (2, −5) and (−2, 9).
(tan 60𝑜 )2 +4𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 45𝑜 +4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐2 60𝑜 +2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 90𝑜
24. Evaluate: 7
2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 30𝑜 +3𝑠𝑒𝑐60𝑜 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 30𝑜
3

25. A hemispherical bowl of internal diameter 36 cm contains a liquid. This liquid is to be

filled in cylindrical bottles of radius 3 cm and height 6 cm. How many bottles are required
to empty the bowl?
26. Prove that the line segment joining the mid points of contact of two parallel tangents to a
circle is a diameter of the circle.
OR
Prove that parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

Directions (Q. No. 27-33) These are Very Answer Type questions of 3 marks each.

27. Prove that √3 − √2 is irrational.

28. If the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞 are double in value to the zeroes of 2𝑥 2 −
5𝑥 − 3, find the value of 𝑝 and 𝑞.
OR
1 −3
Show that and are the zeroes of the polynomial 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 3 and verify the
2 2

relationship between zeroes and coefficients of polynomial.

29. If the sum of 𝑛 terms of two Arithmetic Progressions are in the ratio of 7𝑛 + 1 ∶ 4𝑛 + 27;
find the ratio of their 11 th terms.
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼
30. If =𝑚 and 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽 =𝑛, show that(𝑚2 + 𝑛2 )𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝛽 = 𝑛2 .
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽
31. Draw a pair of tangents to a circle of radius 4.5 cm, which are inclined to each other at an
angle of 75 o.
 32. The king of spades, the queen of diamonds, the jack of hearts and the two black cards
numbered 5 and 10 are lost from a pack of 52 playing cards. A card is drawn from the
remaining well shuffled pack. Find the probability of getting:
i. A card numbered 5
ii. A red card
iii. A non – ace
33. Find the area of the shaded region in the given figure if
semicircles are drawn with AB, BP and AP as diameters,
given AP = 7 cm and AB = 12 cm. Use π = 3.14)
OR
A round table cover has six equal designs as shown in the
figure. If the radius of cover is 28 cm, find the area of the
shaded region. (Use √3 = 1.7)

Directions (Q. No. 34-36) These are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
34. Draw the graph of the following pair of linear equations in two variables: 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5 and
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 4. Write the intersection point of two lines and mention whether the pair of
linear equations are consistent or inconsistent. Also, shade the common area along with y-
axis and find its area.
35. State and prove Pythagoras theorem.
OR
In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that 4BD = BC. Prove that
16AD2 = 13BC2.
36. The following is the frequency distribution of marks obtained by 10 th class students of a
school in secondary school examination in Mathematics:
Marks No. of students
30-40 8
40-50 7
50-60 𝑎
60-70 15
70-80 5
80-90 𝑏
90-100 7
If the total number of students is 60 and the mean of the data is 64, find the values of 𝑎 and
𝑏. Also, find mode.