SAMPLE PAPER – 1

MATHEMATICS STANDARD (041)

CLASS: X TIME: 3 HOURS
Total Printed Pages: 7 M. MARKS:
80
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and 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 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 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 consist of multiple choice type questions of 1 mark each)

1. What is the greatest possible speed at which a girl can walk 95 m and 171 m in exact
number of minutes?
(a) 17 m/min (b) 19 m/min (c) 23 m/min (d) 13 m/min
2. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − (𝑘 + 6)𝑥 + 2(2𝑘 − 1),
1
then the value of k, if 𝛼 + 𝛽 = 𝛼𝛽, is:
2
(a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
3. Two lines are given to be parallel. The equation of the line is 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 5. The equation
of the second line can be:
(a) 9𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 7 (b) −12𝑥 − 8𝑦 = 7
(c) −12𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 7 (d) −12𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 7
4. The nature of roots of the quadratic equation 9𝑥 2 – 6𝑥 – 2 = 0 is:
(a) No real roots (b) Real and equal roots
(c) Real and distinct roots (d) None of these

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ

 5. The value of 𝑥 for which 2𝑥, (𝑥 + 10)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3𝑥 + 2) are the three consecutive
terms of an A.P., is:
(a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) −18
6. What is the ratio in which the line segment joining (2, -3) and (5, 6) is divided by x-
axis?
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 2:5 (d) 5:2
7. If A(3, √3), B(0, 0) and C(3, k) are the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC, then
the value of k is:
(a) 2 (b) −3 (c) ±√3 (d) −√2
8. In 𝛥 ABC, DE ∥ AB. If AB = a, DE = x, BE = b and EC = c.
Then x expressed in terms of a, b and c is:

𝑎𝑐 𝑎𝑐 𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏
(a) (b) (c) (d)
𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 𝑐 𝑏+𝑐
0
9. If two tangents inclined at an angle of 60 are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then the
length of each tangent is:
3√3
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 3√3 𝑐𝑚 (d) cm
2
10.If O is centre of a circle and Chord PQ makes an angle 50° with
the tangent PR at the point of contact P, then the angle
subtended by the chord at the centre is:
(a) 130° (b) 100°
(c) 50° (d) 30
11.(sec A + tan A) (1 – sin A) equals:
(a) sec A (b) sin A (c) cosec A (d) cos A
12.If 𝜃 is an acute angle of a right angled triangle and tan 𝜃 + cot 𝜃 = 2, then the values
of 2 sin 𝜃 cos 𝜃 is:
1 √3
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) √2
2 2
13.If the length of the ladder placed against a wall is twice the distance between the foot
of the ladder and the wall. The angle made by ladder with the horizontal is:
(a) 600 (b) 300 (c) 450 (d) 22.50
14.The perimeter of a quadrant of a circle of diameter 7 cm is:
(a) 7.5 cm (b) 12.5 cm (c) 7.5 cm (d) 3.5 cm
15.If the circumference and the area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of the
circle is:
(a) 2 units (b) π units (c) 4 units (d) 7 units

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ

 16.In the given figure if the area of the shaded sector POQ is 7/20 of the
area of the whole circle, then the measure of ∠POQ is:
(a) 100° (b) 120° (c) 126° (d) 125°
17.If the probability of guessing the correct answer to a certain question is
1
, then the probability of not guessing the correct answer is:
3
2 1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d)
3 3
18.For the following distribution:
Marks Below Below Below Below Below Below
10 20 30 40 50 60

No of 3 12 27 57 75 80
students
The modal class is
(a) 10 – 20 (b) 20 – 30 (c) 30 – 40 (d) 50 – 60
DIRECTIONS: 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): Ahmad decided to donate canvas for 10 tents conical in
shape with base diameter 14 m and height 24 m to a center for handicapped person’s
welfare. The slant height of the conical tent 25 m.
Statement R (Reason): According to assertion, the curved surface area of 10 tents is
5500 𝑚2 .
(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 and 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.
5 5
20.Statement A (Assertion): -5, − , 0, , …… are in Arithmetic Progression.
2 2
Statement R (Reason): The terms of an Arithmetic Progression cannot have both
positive and negative rational numbers.
(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 and 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.

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ

 SECTION – B
(Section B consist 5 questions 2 marks each)
11
1. Prove that is irrational, it is given that √2 is an irrational.
5−3√2
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐶
2. In the given figure, = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠1 = ∠2. Show that
𝐴𝐸 𝐵𝐷
∆𝐵𝐴𝐸~∆𝐶𝐴𝐷.
3. From an external point P, two tangents, PA and PB are drawn to
a circle with centre O. At a point E on the circle, a tangent is drawn
to intersect PA and PB at C and D, respectively. If PA = 10 cm,
find the perimeter of ∆PCD.
3
4. Find the value of 𝑥 if 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 300 + 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 600 – 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 300 = 10.
4
OR
0
Find the value of sin 45 geometrically.
5. A piece of wire 22 cm long is bent into the form of an arc of a circle subtending an angle
22
of 600 at its centre. Find the radius of the circle. [use 𝜋 = ]
7
OR
In given figure, ABC is a triangle right-angled at B, with
AB = 14 cm and BC = 24 cm. With the vertices A, B and C as
centres, arcs are drawn each of radius 7 cm.
Find the area of the shaded region.

SECTION – C
(Section C consist 6 questions 3 marks each)
6. In an examination, the number of students in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60,
84 and 108. Find the minimum number of rooms required, if in each room, the same
number of students are to be seated and all of them being of the same subject.
11 2
7. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 7𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − and verify the relationship
3 3
between the zeroes and the coefficients.
8. A number consist of two digits. When the number is divided by the sum of digits, the
quotient is 7. If 27 is subtracted from the number, the digits interchange their places,
find the number.
OR
Solve for 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦: (𝑎 − 𝑏)𝑥 + (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑦 = 𝑎2 − 2𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏 2
(𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ

 9. Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T.
Prove that ∠ PTQ = 2 ∠ OPQ.
OR
In the figure, from an external point P, two tangents PT and PS
are drawn to a circle with centre O and radius r. If OP = 2r,
show that ∠OTS = ∠OST = 30°.

cos 𝐴 1+sin 𝐴
10.Prove that: + = 2 sec 𝐴
1+sin 𝐴 cos 𝐴
11.Find the value of f from the following data, if its mode is 65:
Class 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120

Frequency 6 8 f 12 6 5

SECTION D
(Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each)
12.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 stream.
OR
3
Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes
8
10 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each
tap can separately fill the tank.

13. State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem.

In adjacent figure 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝐹 ∥ 𝐴𝐸.
𝐵𝐹 𝐵𝐸
Using above theorem, Prove that = .
𝐹𝐸 𝐸𝐶

14.Due to sudden floods, some welfare associations jointly requested the government to
get 100 tents fixed immediately and offered to contribute 50% of the cost. If the lower
part of each tent is of the form of a cylinder of diameter 4.2 m and height 4 m with the
conical upper part of same diameter but of height 2.8 m, and the canvas to be used costs
22
100 per sq. m, find the amount, the associations will have to pay. (use 𝜋 = )
7
OR (next page)

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ

 A solid wooden toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a cone of same radius.
The radius of hemisphere is 3.5 cm and the total wood used in the making of toy is
5
166 cm3. Find the height of the toy. Also, find the cost of painting the hemispherical
6
22
part of the toy at the rate of ₹10 per cm2. [use 𝜋 = ]
7
15.The median of the following data is 32.5. find the values of x and y.
Class 0– 10 – 20 – 30 – 40 – 50 – 60 – Total
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Frequency x 5 9 12 y 3 2 40

Also find the mode of the above data by using empirical formula if mean is 33.65.

SECTION D
(Section E consists of 3 questions of 4 marks each)
16.Read the following text and answer the questions that follows:
An aero-plane is a vehicle with wings and one or more
engines that enable it to fly through the air. Most people
think about inventors of aero-planes was Wrights
brothers. We have discussed about an aero-plane as
following:
An aero-plane at an altitude of 300 meters observes the
angles of depressions of opposite points on the two banks
of a rivers to be 45° and 60°. [√3 = 1.732]
(i) Find the value of 𝑥.
(ii) Find the value of 𝑦.
(iii) Find the distance of plane from point A.
OR
Find the distance of plane from point B

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ

 17.Read the following text and answer the
questions that follows:
A craftsman thought of making a floor
pattern after being inspired by the adjacent.
design. To ensure accuracy in his work, he
made the pattern on the Cartesian plane.
He used regular octagons, squares and
triangles for his floor tessellation pattern.
Use the adjacent figure to answer the
questions:

(i) What is the length of the line segment joining points B and F?
1M
(ii) What is the mid-point of line segment joining W and P?
1M
(iii) What are the coordinates of the point on y axis equidistant from A and D?
2M
OR
Find the ratio in which the line segment joining points F and L is divided by the
y-axis?
18.Read the following text and answer the questions that follows:
Manpreet Kaur is the national record holder for women in the shot-put discipline. Her
throw of 18.86m at the Asian Grand Prix in 2017 is the maximum distance for an
Indian female athlete. Keeping her as a role model, Sanjitha is determined to earn gold
in Olympics one day. Initially her throw reached 7.56m only. Being an athlete in
school, she regularly practiced both in the mornings and in the evenings and was able
to improve the distance by 9cm every week. During the special camp for 15 days, she
started with 40 throws and every day kept increasing the number of throws by 12 to
achieve this remarkable progress.
(i) How many throws Sanjitha practiced on 11th day of the camp? 1M
(ii) How many throws did she do during the entire camp of 15 days? 1M
(iii) What would be Sanjitha’s throw distance at the end of 6 weeks? 2M
OR
When will she be able to achieve a throw of 11.16 m?

PREPARED BY: ARSHAD ALI (T.G.T. MATH) IISJ