MATHEMATICS

CLASS X (Two and Half hours) Marks: 100

Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

Attempt all questions from section A and any four questions from section B. All working,
including rough work, must be clearly shown and must be done on the same sheet
as the rest of the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in bracket []

SECTION A (40 marks)

Attempt all questions from this section
Question 1
a) Vipin bought an article for ₹ 400 which includes a discount of 8% on the marked
price and rate of GST is 5% on the reduced price. Find the market price of the
article. [3]
( )
b) Solve for x : = ( )
[4]
c) How many terms of the AP, 24, 21, 18 ,… must be taken so that the sum is 78? [3]

Question 2
a) Determine the value of ‘m’., if (x – m) is a factor of the polynomial
x3 – (m2 – 1)x + 2. [4]
b) Find the mean, mode and median of the following data:
25,27, 19, 29, 21, 23, 25, 30, 28, 20 . [3]
c) In the given figure, POQ is a diameter and PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral. If
<PSR = 1500, find <RPQ. [3]

Question 3
a) Mr.Jain has a Recurring Account of ₹ 250 per month for a period of 1 year at
the rate of 10% per annum. Find the amount he will receive at the time of
maturity. [3]
b) A solid right circular cylinder of radius 60cm and height 20cm is melted and
recast into a right circular cone of height 3 times that of the cylinder. Find the
curved surface area of the cone. [3]

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 c) The points A(2, 1), B(0, 3) and C(-3, -2) are the vertices of a triangle. [4]
i) Plot the points on the graph paper.
ii) Draw the triangle formed by reflecting these points
in the x-axis. Write the coordinates of the reflecting points

Question 4
a) Prove that - = − [3]
b) Solve and represent the solution set on the number line:
< +1≤ ,x ∈R [4]
2 −2
c) If A = then find - A2 + 6A [3]
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SECTION B (40 marks)

Attempt any four questions from this section
Question 5
a) Solve and give your answer up to two decimal places: 3x – 1 = . [4]
b) A die is rolled once. Find the probability of getting
i) A prime number
ii) Not an even number
iii) A factor of 4. [3]
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c) The area of the base of a right circular cone is 28.26m . If its height is 4m, find its
volume and the curved surface area. Use 𝜋 = 3.14 [3]

Question 6
a) A TV tower stands vertically on a bank of canal. From a point on the other bank
directly opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 600.
From a point 20m away from this point on the same bank, the angle of elevation
of the top of the tower is 300. Find the height of the tower and the width of the
canal. [4]
b) In the given figure, a circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD
whose sides are AB = 6cm, BC = 7cm and CD = 4cm. Find AD. [3]

𝑥 −𝑦 3 2
c) Find the values of x and y if 3𝑥 2𝑦 2 = 11 [3]

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Question 7
a) A train covers a distance of 90km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15km
per hour more, it would have taken 30 minutes less for the journey. Find the
original speed of the train. [4]
b) Jain buys the following items from a departmental store. She pays Rs. 1500
to the departmental store. How much rupees were returned by the shopkeeper to
Jain. [6]
Items Quantity Rate (in ₹.) GST rate
Tea 2kg 250/kg 5%
Sugar 5kg 40/kg 5%
Ghee 1kg 400/kg 12%

Question 8
a) Find the ratio in which the point P(-6, a) divides the join of A(-3, -1) and B(-8,9). Also,
find the value of a . [4]
b) Draw an ogive from the following frequency table.From this ogive, calculate
i) The median
ii) The upper and lower quartile
iii) The inter quartile range [6]

C.I 8 -12 12- 16 16 - 20 20 - 24 24 -28 28 - 32

F 10 16 22 18 12 4

Question 9
a) In the given figure, DE ǁ BC and AD: DB = 5 : 4. Find [3]

b) The daily wages (in ₹ ) of 30 workers in company are distributed as follows. Draw
the histogram and calculate the modal daily wages from the histogram. [4]
Daily 0 -10 10 -20 20 - 30 30-40 40 -50 50 - 60
wages
No:of 1 8 10 5 4 2
workers

c) Find the equation of the line joining the points (3, -1) and (2, 3) [3]

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Question 10
a) In the given figure, ΔABC is inscribed in a circle with centre O. If <AOB = 1400 and
<BOC =1000. Find <ABC [3]

b) (x +2) is the factor of the polynomial ax3 + bx2 + x – 6 and when this polynomial is
divided by (x – 2), it leaves the remainder 4. Find the value of a and b. [3]
c) A rectangle of area 105cm2 has its length equal to x cm. Write down its breadth in
terms of x. Given that the perimeter is 44cm. Write down an equation in x and
solve it to find the dimensions of the rectangle. [4]

Internal Assessment: 20 marks

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