CLASS – X

SUBJECT: Maths
Time: 3:00 hours M.M. - 80
Date: 02.01.2024
Instructions: (a) Please note down the test start and end time.
(b) Parents are requested to play the role of exam invigilator.

General Instructions:
1. The question paper has 5 sections A, B, C, D and E.
2. Section A consists of 20 multiple choice questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B consists of 05 short answer type-I questions (SA-I) carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C consists of 06 short answer type-II questions (SA-II) carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D consists of 04 long answer type questions (LA) carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E consists of 03 Case Based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts of the value
1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 02 marks, 2 Qs of 03 marks and 2 Qs of 05 marks
has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 02 marks questions of section E.
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8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π= wherever required if not stated.
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Section – A
Section – A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
Q.1. If 𝑎 is an odd number, 𝑏 is not divisible by 3 and LCM of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is 𝑃 then the LCM of
3𝑎 and 2𝑏 is:
(a) 5𝑃 (b) 3𝑃 (c) 6𝑃 (d) 2𝑃
Q.2. Which of the following could be the graph of the polynomial (𝑥 − 1)2 (𝑥 + 2) ?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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Q.3. 𝑥 and 𝑦 are two different digits. If the sum of the two, 2-digit numbers that can be
formed by using the digits 𝑥 and 𝑦 and by reversing the digits is a perfect square, then
value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 is
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
Q.4. The lines 𝑘1 , 𝑘2 and 𝑘3 represent three different equations as shown in the graph below.
(𝑘1 ∥ 𝑘2 ) The solution of the equations represented by 𝑘1 and 𝑘3 is 𝑥 = 3 and 𝑦 = 0
while the solution of the equations represented by 𝑘2 and 𝑘3 is 𝑥 = 4 and 𝑦 = 1.

Which of these is the equation of the line 𝑘3 ?

(a) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3 (b) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = −3 (c) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 3 (d) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
Q.5. What is/are the roots of 3𝑥 2 = 6𝑥 ?
(a) only 2 (b) only 3 (c) 0 and 6 (d) 0 and 2
Q.6. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑝(𝑥 + 1) − 𝑐 , then
(𝛼 + 1)(𝛽 + 1) =
(a) 1 − 𝑐 (b) 𝑐 − 1 (c) 1 (d) 𝑐
Q.7. ΔPQR is shown below. ST is drawn such that ∠PRQ = ∠STQ.

If ST divides QR in a ratio of 2:3, then what is the length of ST?

10 40
(a) 𝑐𝑚 (b) 8 𝑐𝑚 (c) 12 𝑐𝑚 (d) 𝑐𝑚
3 3
Q.8. In ΔABC and ΔDEF, ∠B = ∠E, ∠F = ∠C and AB = 3DE. Then, the two triangles are
(a) congruent but not similar (b) similar but not congruent
(c) neither congruent nor similar (d) congruent as well as similar
Q.9. Two circles with centres O and N touch each other at point P as shown. O, P and N are
collinear. The radius of the circle with centre O is twice that of the circle with centre N.
OX is a tangent to the circle with centre N, and OX = 18 cm.

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 What is the radius of the circle with centre N?
18 9 18
(a) 𝑐𝑚 (b) 9 𝑐𝑚 (c) 𝑐𝑚 (d) 𝑐𝑚
√2 √2 √10
Q.10. In the below given figure, if length of AB is 16 cm, then, find the length of CP.

(a) 4 𝑐𝑚 (b) 8 𝑐𝑚 (c) 4√2 𝑐𝑚 (d) 8√2 𝑐𝑚

Q.11. Triangle TRY is a right-angled isosceles triangle then, cos 𝑇 + cos 𝑅 + cos 𝑌 is:
1
(a) √2 (b) 2√2 (c) 1 + 2√2 (d) 1 +
√2
Q.12. If 3 sec 𝜃 − 5 = 0 then, cot 𝜃 is equal to:
5 4 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 5 4 5
Q.13. If 𝛼 + 𝛽 = 90° and 𝛼 = 2𝛽, then cos 2 𝛼 + sin2 𝛽 is equal to:
1
(a) 1 (b) (c) 0 (d) 2
2
Q.14. The shadow of a tree 6 m in its height is 2√3 m. The angle of elevation of the sun is:
(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 85° (d) 45°
Q.15. The area of a circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle is 48 𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 . Then the perimeter of
triangle (in 𝑐𝑚) is given as:
(a) 72√3 (b) 72 (c) 48√3 (d) 36
Q.16. The curved surface area of a solid cylinder is one-third of its total surface area. If the
radius of the cylinder is 2.5 cm, then its height is equal to
(a) 1.5 cm (b) 0.675 cm (c) 2 cm (d) 1.25 cm
Q.17. While computing the mean of group data, it is assumed that the frequencies are
(a) centered at the lower limits of the classes
(b) centered at the upper limits of the classes
(c) evenly distributed over all the classes
(d) centered at the class marks of the classes

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 𝑥
Q.18. The probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain question is . If the
𝑦
2
probability of not guessing the correct answer to the questions is , then
3
(a) 𝑦 = 4𝑥 (b) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 (c) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 (d) 𝑦 = 𝑥
Q.19. Assertion (A): A student says that if you throw a die, it will show up 1 or not 1. So, the
1
probability of getting 1 and the probability of getting ‘not 1’ each is equal to .
2
Reason (R): P(E) + P(not E) = 1.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true
Q.20. Assertion (A): For the AP: –3, –7, –11, ..., we can directly find 𝑎30 − 𝑎20 without
finding 𝑎30 and 𝑎20 .
Reason (R): Because 𝑎30 − 𝑎20 = 10𝑑.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true

Section – B
Section – B consists of 5 questions of 02 marks each.
Q.21. Prove that 5 − 7√3 is irrational, given that √3 is an irrational number.
Q.22. In the below given figure, the line segment AB is divided into five equal parts at P, Q, R
and S. If P is (8, 12) and R is (4, 16), find the coordinates of A and S.

OR
The centre of a circle is (𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 − 1). Find 𝑥 if the circle passes through (2, -2) and
(8, -2).
−4 −2 1
Q.23. Find the sum of the two middle most terms of the AP , −1, , … ,4 .
3 3 3
Q.24. From a balloon vertically above a straight road, the angles of depression of two cars on
the same side at an instant are found to be 45° and 60°. If the cars are 100 m apart, find
the height of the balloon.
sin 𝐴 − sin 𝐵 cos 𝐴 − cos 𝐵
Q.25. Prove that + = 0.
cos 𝐴 + cos 𝐵 sin 𝐴 + sin 𝐵
OR
sin3 𝐴 + cos3 𝐴 sin3 𝐴 − cos3 𝐴
Prove that + = 2.
sin 𝐴 + cos 𝐴 sin 𝐴 − cos 𝐴

Section – C
Section – C consists of 6 questions of 03 marks each.
Q.26. Three bulbs red, green, and yellow flash at intervals of 80 sec, 90 sec and 110 sec. All
three flash together at 8:00 am. At what time will the three bulbs flash altogether again?
Q.27. If the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞 are double in value to the zeroes of the
polynomial 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 3, then find the values of 𝑝 and 𝑞.
Q.28. Find the area of the minor segment of a circle of radius 14 cm, when the angle of the
corresponding sector is 90°. Also find the perimeter of the segment.

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Q.29. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are the sides of a right triangle where 𝑐 is the hypotenuse, prove that the radius 𝑟
𝑎+𝑏−𝑐
of the circle which touches the sides of the triangle is given by 𝑟 = .
2
OR
A chord PQ of a circle is parallel to the tangent drawn at a point R of the circle. Prove
that R bisects the arc PRQ.
Q.30. Find the value of x. ABCD is a trapezium in which 𝐴𝐵 ∥ 𝐷𝐶 and its diagonals intersect at
O. If 𝐴𝑂 = (3𝑥 − 1) 𝑐𝑚 , 𝑂𝐶 = (5𝑥 − 3) 𝑐𝑚 , 𝐵𝑂 = (2𝑥 + 1) 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑂𝐷 =
(6𝑥 − 5) 𝑐𝑚 find the value of x.
OR
AQ and AR are tangents from A to the circle with centre O. P is a point on the circle.
Prove that AQ = ½ (Perimeter of Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶).

Q.31. All the black face cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining
cards are well shuffled. Find the probability of getting a
(i) black ace (ii) red face card (iii) black card

Section – D
Section – D consists of 4 questions of 05 marks each.
Q.32. A fisherman can cover 75 km upstream and 35 km downstream in 4 hours. In the same
time, he can cover 50 km upstream and 70 downstream. Find how long the fisherman
would take to cover 60 km in still water.
OR
On increasing the length by 5 m and breadth by 6 m, the area of a rectangle is increased
by 58 𝑚2 . On increasing the length by 2 m and breadth by 4 m, the area increases by 24
𝑚2 . Find the perimeter of the actual rectangle.
Q.33. From a cuboidal solid metallic block, of dimensions 15 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm, a cylindrical
hole of diameter 7 cm is drilled out on the 15 cm × 10 cm face. Find the surface area and
volume of the remaining block.
OR
Diameter of a golf ball is 4.2 cm. It has 300 hemispherical dimples each of radius 1.75
mm. Find the surface area of the ball nearest to two decimal places.
Q.34. In the given figure, DEFG is a square and ∠BAC = 90°. Prove that (i) ΔAGF~ ΔDBG (ii)
ΔAGF~ ΔEFC (iii) ΔDBG~ ΔEFC (iv) DE2 = BD.EC

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Q.35. Life time of 1200 fans are given in the following frequency distribution:
Life time (in 100 hours) 20 – 24 24 – 28 28 – 32 32 – 36 36 – 40
Number of fans 𝑎 250 400 𝑏 100
(i) If modal life of fans is 3000 hours, find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏.
(ii) Also find the average life time of fans in hours.

Section – E
Case based questions are compulsory.
Q.36. Case Study - 1:
Kimaya and Heena started walking from the
point P at the same moment in opposite directions
on an 800 m long circular path as shown below.
Kimaya walked to the club house at an average
speed of 100 m/min and Heena walked to the
badminton court at an average speed of 80 m/min.
The length of the circular track between the
clubhouse and the badminton court is 180 m.
If Heena took 1 minute more than Kimaya
to reach her destination,
(i) Find the distance covered by Kimaya. (1)
(ii) Find the time taken by Heena to reach her destination. (1)
(iii) If Kimaya walks along with Heena, then find the time taken by her to reach (2)
her destination.
OR
Find the angle subtended at the centre of the circle by Heena while covering the
distance from point P to her destination.

Q.37. Case Study – 2:

In a GPS, the lines that run east-west are known as lines of latitude, and the lines
running north-south are known as lines of longitude. The point of intersection of latitude
and the longitude of a place gives its coordinates. The distance between two parallel lines
is approximately 150 km. A family from Uttar Pradesh planned a round trip from
Lucknow (L) to Puri (P) via Bhuj (B) and Nashik (N) as shown in the given figure
below.

Based on the above information answer the following questions using the
coordinate geometry:
(i) Find the distance between Lucknow (L) to Bhuj(B). (1)
(ii) If the family plans for a halt at the mid-point between Nashik and Puri, find (1)
the coordinates of that place.
(iii) If Kota (K), internally divides line segment joining Lucknow (L) to Bhuj (B) (2)
into 3:2 then find the coordinates of Kota (K).
OR
Find a place (point) on the longitude (y-axis) which is equidistant from the points
Lucknow (L) and Puri (P).

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Q.38. Case study – 3
Ram is watching the top and bottom of
a lighthouse from the top of the building. The
angles of elevation and depression of the top
and bottom of a lighthouse from the top of a
60 m high building are 30° and 60°
respectively.

(i) Draw a neat labelled figure to show the above situation diagrammatically. (1)
(ii) If the ratio of the height of a light house and the length of its shadow on the (1)
ground is √3: 1. What is the Sun’s elevation at that time?
(iii) What is the difference between the heights of the lighthouse and the building? (2)
OR
Determine the distance between the lighthouse and the building.

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