KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GACHIBOWLI, GPRA CAMPUS, HYD-32

SAMPLE PAPER TEST 05 (STANDARD) (2019-20)

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 80
CLASS : X DURATION : 3 HRS
General Instruction:
(i) All the questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper consists of 40 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C, and D.
(iii) Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each. Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 1
mark each, two questions of 2 marks each, three questions of 3 marks each, and three questions of 4
marks each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v) Use of calculators is not permitted.
SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.

1. If the HCF of 55 and 99 is expressible in the form 55m – 99, then the value of m is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

2. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3, where x, y are prime
numbers, then LCM(a, b) is
(a) xy (b) xy2 (c) x3 y3 (d) x2y2

3. The points (2, 5), (4, – 1) and (6, – 7) are vertices of an/a
(a) isosceles triangle (b) equilateral triangle (c) right-angled triangle (d) none of these

4. The distance between the points (a cos 35°, 0) and (0, a cos 55°) is _____
(a) 2a (b) a (c) a2 (d) none of these

5. If the mid-point of the line segment joining the points P(6, b – 2) and Q(– 2, 4) is (2, – 3), find
the value of b.
(a) 8 (b) -8 (c) 4 (d) none of these
6. The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits
is 27. What is the difference between the two digits of the number?
(a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 3
7. For the following distribution :
Marks Number of students
Below 10 3
Below 20 12
Below 30 27
Below 40 57
Below 50 75
Below 60 80
the modal class is
(a) 10-20 (b) 20-30 (c) 30-40 (d) 50-60

8. In ΔABC, right angled at B, AB = 5 cm and sin C = 1/2. Determine the length of side AC.
(a) 10 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 15 cm (d) none of these

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9. If sin 3θ = cos (θ – 6°) here, 3θ and (θ – 6°) are acute angles, then the value of θ is
(a) 30° (b) 24° (c) 60° (d) none of these

10. If sec A = 15/7 and A + B = 90°, find the value of cosec B.

(a) 15/7 (b) 7/15 (c) 15/12 (d) 12/15

11. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k – 1)x2 + kx + 1 is –3, then the value of k is
________
OR
2
If the roots of ax + bx + c = 0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then b = _____

12. The next term of the series 2, 8, 18, 32,....... is ______

13. The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio 4 : 9. The corresponding sides of these
triangles are in the ratio is _______

14. The curved surface area of a cylinder is 264 m2 and its volume is 924 m3 then the ratio of its
height to its diameter is _______

15. A card is selected at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The probability of
its being a face card is _________.

16. If a and b are two positive integers such that a = 14b. Find the HCF of a and b.

17. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 3 x 2  2 x  3 = 0.

18. If the common difference of an AP is – 6, find a16 – a12.

19. In the adjoining figure, PQ = 24 cm, QR = 26 cm,  PAR = 90°, PA = 6 cm and AR = 8 cm.
Find  QPR.

20. In the below left figure, find QSR.

OR
In the above right sided figure, PQ and PR are tangents to the circle with centre O such that
 QPR = 500, then find OQR.

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 SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. A box consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major
defects. Ramesh a shopkeeper will buy only those shirts which are good but Kewal another
shopkeeper will not buy shirts with major defects. A shirt is taken out of the box at random.
What is the probability that: (i) Ramesh will buy the selected shirt? (ii) Kewal will buy the
selected shirt?
OR
A bag contains 18 balls out of which x balls are red. (i) If one ball is drawn at random from the
bag, what is the probability that it is not red? (ii) If 2 more red balls are put in the bag, the
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probability of drawing a red ball will be time the probability of drawing a red ball in the first
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case. Find the value of x.

22. The 8th term of an AP is zero. Prove that its 38th term is triple of its 18th term.

23. In an equilateral triangle ABC, AD is drawn perpendicular to BC meeting BC in D. Prove that

AD2 = 3BD2.
OR
Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle described on one side of a square is equal to half
the area of the equilateral triangle described on one of its diagonals.

24. In the given figure, OP is equal to the diameter of a circle with centre O and PA and PB are
tangents. Prove that ABP is an equilateral triangle.

25. Ravi brought one metallic sphere of total volume  cm3. He melted the metallic sphere and
recasted into the shape of a right circular cylinder of radius 0.5 cm. Later Ravi handed over the
cylinder to his friend Mohan and ask him to find the height of the cylinder. How much height of
cylinder Mohan obtained?

26. A girl is observing a ball from the balcony which is 30 m above from the ground (see the below
figure) and the angle of depression of the ball is  such that sec3 = cosec2, find the distance
of line of sight of ball.

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 SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.

27. Prove that 3 is an irrational number. Hence, show that 7  2 3 is also an irrational number.
OR
3
For any positive integer n, prove that n – n is divisible by 6.

28. If tanA + cotA = 2, then find the value of tan2A + cot2A.

OR
1 1
If sec   x  , prove that sec   tan   2 x or .
4x 2x

29. Four friends Aditya(A), Bunny(B), Chotu(C) and Dhanush(D) are sitting in a park and they are
talking to each other using walkie-talkie (see the below figure). Aditya told his friends that their
positions will form a quadrilateral in a park. All friends also agree with Aditya. They are finding
the coordinates of their positions so that they can calculate the area of the quadrilateral formed.
How much area they calculated?

30. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If each of
them manages to save Rs 2000 per month, find their monthly incomes.

OR
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Solve the following pair of equations for x and y: 4 x   15, 6 x   14 and also find the
y y
value of p such that y = px – 2.

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31. If  and  are the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial such that    = 4 and    = 8. Find
the quadratic polynomial having  and  as its zeroes. Verify the relationship between the
zeroes and coefficients of the polynomial.

32. In the below figure, ABCDEF is any regular hexagon with different vertices A, B, C, D, E and F
as the centres of circles with same radius ‘r’ are drawn. Find the area of the shaded portion.

33. Find the middle term of the sequence formed by all three digit numbers which leave a remainder
5 when divided by 7.

34. If the mean of the following data is 14.7, find the values of p and q.
Class 0 – 6 6 – 12 12 – 18 18 – 24 24 – 30 30 – 36 36 – 42 Total
Frequency 10 p 4 7 q 4 1 40

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.

35. 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
A pole has to be erected at a point on the boundary of a circular park of diameter 13 metres in
such a way that the differences of its distances from two diametrically opposite fixed gates A
and B on the boundary is 7 metres. Is it possible to do so? If yes, at what distances from the two
gates should the pole be erected?

36. Prove that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of
the other two sides.

37. Construct an isosceles triangle whose base is 8 cm and altitude 4 cm. Then construct another
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triangle sides are 1 times the corresponding sides of the isosceles triangle.
2
OR
Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. Taking A as centre, draw a circle of radius 4 cm and
taking B as centre, draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct tangents to each circle from the
centre of the other circle.

38. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a distance of 120 m from a point A on the ground
is 450. If the angle of elevation of the top of a flagstaff fixed at the top of the tower, at A is 600,
then find the height of the flagstaff. (Use 3 = 1.73)

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39. A metallic right circular cone 20 cm high and whose vertical angle is 60° is cut into two parts at
the middle of its height by a plane parallel to its base. If the frustum so obtained be drawn into a
wire of diameter 1/16 cm, find the length of the wire.
OR
A solid is composed of a cylinder with hemispherical ends. If the whole length of the solid is
108 cm and the diameter of the hemispherical ends is 36 cm, find the cost of polishing its
surface area at the rate of 70 paise per sq. cm.

40. Aditya went to a factory along with his father to complete his project. He has to collect the
information about the number of workers for different range of daily income. After collected the
data of 50 workers, he prepared less than cumulative frequency distribution table to draw the
less than ogive which is given below. Construct the frequency distribution table using the less
than cumulative frequency curve and then find the mean, mode and median of the data.

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