PRE BOARD EXAMINATION-II : 2022-23 (SET-A)

Class : X Subject : Mathematics (041)

Name : Total Marks : 80
Date : Time : 3 hours
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with subparts of the values of 1, 1 and
2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Questions of
2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2marks questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.

SECTION – A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1) The LCM of smallest two-digit composite number and smallest composite number is __________.
a) 12 b) 4 c) 20 d) 44
2) The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If one number is 280,
then the other number is _________.
a) 20 b) 28 c) 60 d) 80
3) If LCM (x, 18) = 36 and HCF (x, 18) = 2 then x is ________.
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
4) If p and q are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f (x) = 2x2 – 7x + 3, find the value of p + q – pq
is _____.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) none of these
1 1
5) Write a quadratic polynomial whose sum of zeroes is – and product of zeroes is .
4 4
a) 4x2 + x + 1 b) x2 + 4x – 1 c) 2x2 + 3x – 1 d) x2 – 2x + 1

6) If  and  are the zeroes of a polynomial f (x) = px2 – 2x + 3p and  +  =  then p is ______.
2 2 1 1
a)  b) c) d) 
3 3 3 3
7) The solution of the pair of equations x – 3y = 2 and 3x – y = 14 is ______.
a) x = 5, y = 1 b) x = 2, y = 3 c) x = 1, y = 2 d) x = 1, y = 4
8) The value of k so that the following system of equations has no solution 3x – y – 5 = 0, 6x – 2y + k = 0
is _________.
a) 10 b) – 10 c) both 10 and – 10 d) R – { – 10}

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 9) If x = 3 is a root of quadratic equation kx2 – kx – 3 = 0, then the value of k is _______.
1 1 1
a) b) 3 c) d)
2 3 4
10) If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 – 5x + k = 0, then what is the value of k such that  +  = 1 ?
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
11) The quadratic equation 2x2 – 5 x + 1 = 0 has _________.
a) two district real roots b) two equal real roots
c) no real roots d) more than 2 real roots
12) In an A.P. if d = – 4, n = 7, an = 4 then ‘a’ is _________.
a) 6 b) 7 c) 20 d) 28
OA OC
13) In the figure if = then which pair of angles are equal.
OD OB

a) A = C, B = D

b) A = B, C = D

c) C = B, A = D

d) none of these

14) In the ABC, D and E are points on side AB and AC respectively such that DE || BC. If AE = 2cm, AD = 3
cm and BD = 4.5 cm then CE equals.

a) 1 cm b) 2cm c) 3 cm d) 4 cm

15) ABCD is a trapezium with AD || BC and AD = 4 cm. If the diagonals AC and BD intersect each other at
AO DO 1
‘O’ such that = = then BC = _______.
OC OB 2

a) 6 cm b) 7 cm c) 8 cm d) 9 cm

16) Points A (3, 1), B (5, 1), C (a, b) and D (4, 3) are vertices of a parallelogram ABCD. The values of ‘a’ and
‘b’ are respectively.

a) a = 6, b = 3 b) a = 2, b = 1 c) a = 4, b = 2 d) none

17) The distance of point A (– 5, 6) from the origin is _______.

a) 11 units b) 61 units c) 11 units d) 61 units

18) The zeroes of the quadratic equation 4s2 – 4s + 1 = 0 are _________.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
a) , b) , c) , d) ,
2 4 2 2 4 4 3 4

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 DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option

19) Statement A (Assertion) : The sum of difference of a rational number and an irrational number is
an irrational.
Statement R (Reason) : Negative of an irrational number is rational.
a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true &reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A)
b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true & 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) Statement A (Assertion) : The value of y is 3. If the distance between the points P (2, - 3) and
Q = (10, y) is 10.
Statement R (Reason) : Distance between two points is given by ( x 2  x1)2  ( y 2  y1)2
a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true &reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A)
b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true & 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.

SECTION – B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21) Given that 5 is irrational, prove that 2 + 3 5 is irrational.

(OR)
The length, breadth and height of a room are 8 m, 50 cm, 6m 25 cm and 4m 75 cm respectively. Find
the length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room exactly.

22) Find the zeroes of the polynomial P (x) = 5 5 x2 + 30x + 8 5 .

23) For what value of k for which the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many solutions.
2x + 3y = 7, (k – 1) x + (k + 2) y = 3k.

24) D is a point on the side BC of a triangle ABC, such that ADC = BAC. Show that CA2 = CB x CD.
25) Find the point on the x – axis which is equidistant from (2, – 5) and (–2, 9).
(OR)
In a parallelogram ABCD, A (3, 1), B (5, 1), C (a, b) and D (4, 3) are the vertices. Find vertex C (a, b).

SECTION – C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26) Prove that 3 is an irrational number.

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27) A fraction becomes when 1 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes when 8 is added
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to its denominator, find the fraction.
(OR)
The present age of father is three years more than three times the age of his son. Three years later
the father’s age will be 10 years more than twice the age of the son. Determine their present ages.

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28) A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would have taken 1
hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.

29) If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 4n – n2.

a) What is the first term ?
b) Find the 10th term

c) Find the nth therm.

30) A girl of height 90 cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2 m/s. If the lamp
is 3.6 m above the ground. Find the length of her shadow after 4 seconds.
(OR)
In Similar triangles ABC and PQR, AD and PM are the medians respectively.
AD AB
Prove that =
PM PQ
31) Find the co-ordinates of the points of trisection of the lien segment joining (4, – 1) and (– 2, – 3).

SECTION – D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.

32) Places A and B are 100 km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B, at the same
time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours. If they travel
towards each other, they meet in 1 hour. What are the speeds of the two cars ?

33) A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream than to
return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

(OR)

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Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10 hours less
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than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can separately fill the
tank.

34) a) How many three-digit numbers are divisible by 7 ? 2M

b) An A.P. consists 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the 29th term.

(OR)

If Sn denotes the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. Prove that S12 = 3 (S8 – S4).

35) State and prove basic proportionality theorem.

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 SECTION - E
Case study based questions are compulsory. (3 questions and each of 4 marks)
36) Vijay is trying to find the average height of a tower near his house. He is using the properties of similar
triangles. The height of Vijay’s house if 20 m when Vijay’s house casts a shadow 10 m long. On the
ground. At the same time the tower casts a shadow 50 m long on the ground and the house of Ajay
casts 20 m shadow on the ground.

i) What is the height of the tower ? 1M

ii) What will be the length of the shadow of the tower when Vijay’s house
costs a shadow of 12 m ? 2M
(OR)
When the tower casts a shadow of 40 m, same time what will be the length of the shadow of Ajay’s
house ?
iii) What is the height of the Ajay’s house ? 1M

37) Read the following and answer the questions.

The diagrams show the plans for a sun room. It will be built onto the wall of a house. The four walls
of the sunrooms are square clear glass panels. The roof is made using
 Four clear glass panels, trapezium in shape, all the same size.
 One tinted glass panel, half a regular octagon in shape.

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 i) Find the mid-point of the segment joining the points J (6, 17) and I (9, 16).
ii) Find the distance between the points A and S.
iii) Find the co-ordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points A and B in the
ratio 1 : 3 internally.
(OR)
iii) If a point (x, y) is equidistant from the Q (9, 8) and S (17, 8) then find the relation between x and y.
38) Case study-I.
The school auditorium was to be constructed to accommodate at least 1500 people. The chairs are
to be placed in concentric circular arrangement in such a way that each succeeding circular row has
10 seats more than the previous one.

i) If the first circular row has 30 seats, how many seats will be there in the 10 th row ? 1M
ii) For 1500 seats in the auditorium, how many rows need to be there ? 2M
(OR)
If 1500 seats are to be arranged in the auditorium, how many seats are still left to be put after 10 th
row ? 2M
iii) If there were 17 rows in the auditorium, how many seats will be there in the middle row ? 1M
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