The document provides instructions for a pre-board mathematics examination for class 10. It contains 5 sections (A to E) with multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions. Section A has 20 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Section B has 5 short answer type 1 questions worth 2 marks each. Section C has 6 short answer type 2 questions worth 3 marks each. Section D has 4 long answer questions worth 5 marks each. Section E has 3 case-based integrated assessments worth 4 marks each with sub-parts worth 1, 1, and 2 marks. All questions are compulsory.
The document provides instructions for a pre-board mathematics examination for class 10. It contains 5 sections (A to E) with multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions. Section A has 20 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Section B has 5 short answer type 1 questions worth 2 marks each. Section C has 6 short answer type 2 questions worth 3 marks each. Section D has 4 long answer questions worth 5 marks each. Section E has 3 case-based integrated assessments worth 4 marks each with sub-parts worth 1, 1, and 2 marks. All questions are compulsory.
The document provides instructions for a pre-board mathematics examination for class 10. It contains 5 sections (A to E) with multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions. Section A has 20 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Section B has 5 short answer type 1 questions worth 2 marks each. Section C has 6 short answer type 2 questions worth 3 marks each. Section D has 4 long answer questions worth 5 marks each. Section E has 3 case-based integrated assessments worth 4 marks each with sub-parts worth 1, 1, and 2 marks. All questions are compulsory.
The document provides instructions for a pre-board mathematics examination for class 10. It contains 5 sections (A to E) with multiple choice, short answer, and long answer questions. Section A has 20 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Section B has 5 short answer type 1 questions worth 2 marks each. Section C has 6 short answer type 2 questions worth 3 marks each. Section D has 4 long answer questions worth 5 marks each. Section E has 3 case-based integrated assessments worth 4 marks each with sub-parts worth 1, 1, and 2 marks. All questions are compulsory.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: 1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E. 2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each. 3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each. 4. Section C has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each. 5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each. 6. Section E has 3 Case Based integrated units of assessment (4 marks each) with sub-parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively. 7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 2 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Questions of 5 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E. 8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
Q.NO Section A MARKS
1 If two positive integers a and b can be expressed as a=pq2 and b= p3q, p,q being prime 1 numbers , then LCM (a,b) is: a. pq b. p2q2 c. p3q2 d. p3q3 2 A sweet seller has 420 kaju barfis and 130 badam barfis. She wants to stack them in such 1 a way that each stack has the same number, What is the maximum number of that can be placed in each stack for this purpose?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25
Page 1 of 7 3 If the sum of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x2 – kx + 6 is 3, then find the value of k 1
a. -9 b. 3 c. 9 d. -3 4 The lines represented by the following pair of linear equations is: 1 3x + 2y = 8 6x – 4y = 9 a. Intersecting at exactly one point b. Parallel c. Coincident d. Intersecting at exactly two point 5 What will be the nature of roots of quadratic equation 2x2 + 4x – 1 = 0 1
a. No real roots b. Real and equal roots c. None of the above d. Real and unequal roots 6 ABCD is a rectangle whose three vertices are A (0, 3), B (0, 0) and C (5, 0). Find the 1 length of its diagonal a. √34 b. √43 c. √5 d. √3 7 Find the ratio in which the line segment joining A(1, – 5) and B(– 4, 5) is divided by the 1 x-axis a. 1 : 2 b. 1 : 1 c. 2 : 1 d. None of the above 8 If ABC and DEF are similar triangles such that ∠A = 47° and ∠E = 63°, then the measures 1 of ∠C is: a. 900 b. 700 c. 330 d. 270 9 If a point P is 17 cm from the centre of a circle of 1 radius 8 cm, then find the length of the tangent drawn to the circle from point P.
a. 20cm b. 10cm c. 15cm d. 25cm 10 (sin30° + cos30°) – (sin 60° + cos60°) 1
a. -1 b. 1 c. 2 d. 0
Page 2 of 7 11 Given that: Cos A = 3/5, then Sin A = ? 1
a. 5/2 b. 3/5 c. 4/5 d. 3/2 12 The value of (sin0° sin1° sin 2° sin 3° ... sin 89° sin90°) is 1
a. 1 b. 0 c. -1 d. 2 13 Find the area of a sector of a circle with radius 7 cm if angle of the sector is 60° 1
a. 77/3 cm2 b. 77/6 cm2 c. 117/3 cm2 d. 117/6 cm2 14 The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm is 1
a. 12 π cm2 b. 9 π cm2 c. 18π cm2 d. 36π cm2 15 If two solid hemispheres of same base radii r, are joined together along their bases, then 1 curved surface area of this new solid is a. 6πr2 b. 4πr2 c. 8πr2 d. 3πr2 16 For the following distribution, the lower limit of Modal class is 1
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 10 15 12 22 19 20
a. 50 b. 40 c. 30 d. 20 17 For the following distribution, find the median class: 1
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30
Frequency 6 9 21 8 10 12
a. 25 b. 15 c. 20 d. 45
Page 3 of 7 18 A dice is thrown. Find the probability of getting an even number. 1
a. 2/3 b. 1/3 c. 5/6 d. 1/2 19 Assertion: The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their product is 3072. Then their LCM is 1 169. Reason: If a, b are two positive integers, then HCF x LCM=a x b a. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason(R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A). b. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason(R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A). c. Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false. d. Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true. 20 Assertion: The point (4, 0) lies on y-axis. 1
Reason : The x-coordinate on the point on y-axis is not zero
a. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion b. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion. c. assertion is true but the reason is false. d. both assertion and reason are false. Section B
21 For which value of k will the following pair of linear equations have no solution? 2 kx + 3y = 1 12x + ky = 2 22 In the given figure DE || BC. Find EC 2
OR
In Figure, ∆ ODC ~ ∆ OBA, ∠ BOC =
125° and ∠ CDO = 70°. Find ∠ DOC, and ∠ OAB.
23 The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle is 4 2 cm. Find the radius of the circle. 24 Given 15 cot A = 8, find sin A and sec A. 2
Page 4 of 7 25 The radii of two circles are 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle 2 having area equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles OR The radii of two circles are 19 cm and 9 cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle which has circumference equal to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles. Section C
26 Prove that √3 is irrational. 3
27 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 7x + 10, and verify the relationship 3 between the zeroes and the coefficients 28 The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If 3 each of them manages to save Rs. 2000 per month, find their monthly incomes. OR Five years hence, the age of Jacob will be three times that of his son. Five years ago, Jacob’s age was seven times that of his son. What are their present ages? 29 Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the 3 larger circle which touches the smaller circle. 30 If 3 cot A = 4, check whether 1− 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 = cos2 A – sin2 A or not. 3 1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 OR Evaluate the 2 tan2 45° + cos2 30° – sin2 60° 31 Three unbiased coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting: 3 (a) exactly two Heads. (b) at least two Tails (c) at the most one Head Section D
32 The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 metres more than the shorter side. If the longer side is 30 metres more than the shorter side, find the sides of the field. 5 OR Sum of the areas of two squares is 468 m2. If the difference of their perimeters is 24 m, find the sides of the two squares. 33 Prove that 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. 5 And solve If E and F are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively of a ∆ PQR. and PE = 3.9 cm, EQ = 3 cm, PF = 3.6 cm and FR = 2.4 cm, state whether EF || QR 34 A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Figure If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article. 5
OR
Page 5 of 7 A juice seller was serving his customers using glasses as shown in Figure. The inner diameter of the cylindrical glass was 5 cm, but the bottom of the glass had a hemispherical raised portion which reduced the capacity of the glass. If the height of a glass was 10 cm, find the apparent capacity of the glass and its actual capacity. (Use π = 3.14.)
35 The following frequency distribution gives the monthly consumption of electricity of 68
consumers of a locality. Find the mean of the given data. Monthly 65 - 85 85 -105 105 - 125 125 - 145 - 165 - 185 - consumption 145 165 185 205 5 (in units) Number of 4 5 13 20 14 8 4 consumers Section E
36 Aditya is celebrating his birthday. He invited
his friends. He bought a packet of toffees/candies which contains 120 candies. He arranges the candies such that in the first row there are 3 candies, in second there are 5 candies, in third there are 7 candies and so on.
On the basis of the above information, answer
4(1+1+2) any four of the following questions:
a. Find the common difference of the AP
b. Find the difference in number of candies
placed in 7th and 3rd rows.
c. Find the total number of rows of candies
OR
Find the difference in number of candies
d. placed in 9th and 4th rows.
Page 6 of 7 37 A music album is kept on the table, assuming its top in the cartesian system as shown above as a quadrilateral ABCD. determine the answers for the given questions a. what is the value of ordinate in the left side bottom point
4(1+1+2) b. what is the value of absicca in the right- side top point c. Determine the distance between second and fourth point of album OR Determine the distance between third and fourth point of album
38 A group of students of class X visited India
Gate on an education trip. The teacher and students had interest in history as well. The teacher narrated that India Gate, official name Delhi Memorial, originally called All-India War Memorial, monumental sandstone arch in New Delhi, dedicated to the troops of British India who died in wars fought between 1914 and 1919. The teacher also said that India Gate, which is located at the eastern end of the Rajpath (formerly called the Kingsway), is
4(1+1+2) about 138 feet (42 metres) in height a. What is the angle of elevation if they are standing at a distance of 42m away from the monument? b. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1:1. The angle of elevation of the Sun is c. If the altitude of the Sun is at 60o, then the height of the vertical tower that will cast a shadow of length 20 m is OR If the altitude of the Sun is at 30o, then the height of the vertical tower that will cast a shadow of length 10 m is
