FINAL EXAM

SUBJECT:- MATHS
STD:- 10TH
DATE:- 19/02/2022
TOTAL MARKS:- 80
TIME:- 3 HOURS
SECTION A (24 MARKS)
- TRUE OR FALSE. (04)
Q1. (√2 − √3)(√3 + √2) is an irrational number.
Q2. A cubic polynomial has degree 3.
Q3. The graph of y = 5 is a line parallel to the y-axis.
Q4. If one root of the equation x² + px + 12 = 0 is 4, while the equation x² + px + q = 0 has
equal roots, the value of q is 49.
- FILL IN THE BLANKS BY SELECTING PROPER OPTIONS. (06)
Q5. The sum of the squares of two consecutive natural numbers is 313. The numbers is
______. ({12 and 14}, {13, 14}, {12, 13})
Q6. If LCM (77, 99) = 693, then HCF (77, 99) is _____. (12, 13, 11)
Q7. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the digits of the
number get reversed. The number is ______. (27, 72, 36)
Q8. If in the equation x + 2y = 10, the value of y is 6, then the value of x will be _____. (-2, 2,
1)
Q9. All squares are _____. (equal, similar, congruent)
Q10. The distance of point (5, 3) to X-axis is ______. (-3, 3, -2)
- ANSWER IN ONE WORD. (06)
Q11. Write the standard form of a quadratic polynomial.
Q12. Define the term linear arithmetic progression.
Q13. Define congruent triangles.
Q14. In ∆ABC right angled at B, AB = 24 cm, BC = 7 cm. Determine sin A, Cos A
Q15. If a point P is 17 cm from the centre of a circle of radius 8 cm, then find the length of
the tangent drawn to the circle from point P.
Q16. From an external point P, tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O. If
∠PAB = 50°, then find ∠AOB.

- MCQ (08)
Q17. If Cos (40° + A) = sin 30°, then value of A is
(a) 30° (b) 40° (c) 60° (d) 20°
Q18. The perimeter of the sector with radius 10.5 cm and sector angle 60° is
(a) 32 cm (b) 23 cm (c) 41 cm (d) 11 cm
Q19. Eight solid sphere of same size are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder of base
diameter 6 cm and height 32 cm. The diameter of each sphere is:
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 12 cm (d) 8 cm
Q20. The number of conical bottles of radius 2 cm and height 3.6 cm, required to empty the
liquid from a cylindrical bottle of radius 6 cm and height 10 cm is:
(a) 100 (b) 9 (c) 75 (d) 20
Q21. Mean of 100 items is 49. It was discovered that three items which should have been
60, 70, 80 were wrongly read as 40, 20, 50 respectively. The correct mean is
(a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 60
Q22. While computing mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are
(a) centred at the upper limits of the classes (b) centred at the lower limits of the classes
(c) centred at the classmarks of the classes (d) evenly distributed over all the classes
Q23. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to:
(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001 (c) 0.01 (d) 0.1
Q24. If the sum of first n terms of an AP is An + Bn² where A and B are constants. The
common difference of AP will be
(a) A + B (b) A – B (c) 2A (d) 2B
SECTION B (18 MARKS)
- SOLVE THE FOLLOWING. (ANY 9)
Q25. Prove that root 7 is an irrational number.
Q26. Trusha, Rameez and Khush are going around a circular ground in Dream village. Trusha
takes 9 minutes to complete one round while Rameez takes 12 minutes and Khush takes 15
minutes for the same. Suppose they start at the same point and at the same time and go in
same direction, after how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?
Q27. Find the roots by factorization:- √2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 5√2 = 0
Q28. Which term of A.P. 3, 15, 27, 39........Will be 132 more than its 54th term?
Q29. Nitya has to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks. She requires Rs. 3150 for the
same. She saves Rs. 100 in the first week and then increased her weekly savings by Rs. 30.
Find whether Nitya will be able to fulfill her requirements.
2 1
Q30. Evaluate:- 4(sin430° + cos460°) - (sin260° - cos245°) + (tan260°)
3 2
Q31. Two concentric circles are of radius 7 cm and 25 cm. Find length of chord of the larger
circle which touches the smaller circle.
Q32. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
Q33. Prakhar on his birthday distributes cake, of length 50 cm, breadth 25 cm and height 10
cm, equally among his 50 friends. How much of cake each friend gets?
Q34. A man of height 156 cm stands under a semicircular arc at a distance of 36 cm from
one end such that his head touches the arc. Find the width of arc.
Q35. Marks obtained, out of 50, 100 students in a test are given in the frequency table
given below. Find the median of the data.
Marks 20 29 28 33 42 38 43 25
obtained
No. of 6 28 24 15 2 4 1 20
students
Q36.
Marks 20 25 28 29 33 38 42 43
obtained
No. of 6 20 24 28 15 4 2 1
students
(a) Find the probability of the students getting more than 40 marks.
(b) Find the probability of the students getting less than 30 marks.
SECTION C (18 MARKS)
- SOLVE THE FOLLOWING. (ANY 6)
Q37. Find all the zeroes of 2x4-3x3-3x2+6x-2 if you know that two of its zeroes are √2 and -√2
Q38. On dividing x3-3x2+x+2 by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and remainder were (x-2)
and (-2x+4) respectively. Find g(x).
Q39. The sum and difference of reciprocals of the ages of Aishwarya and her daughter
Aaradhya is 5/40 and 3/40 respectively. Find their ages.
Q40. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can
go 40 km upstream and 55 km down-stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that
of the boat in still water.
Q41. Find the area of the triangle formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of the
triangle whose vertices are (0, -1), (2, 1) and (0, 3). Find the ratio of this area to the area of
the given triangle.
Q42. The quadrilateral whose vertices are A (1, 0), B (7, 0), C (6, 3) and D(2, 3). Find it’s
area.
Q43. From each corner of a square of side 4 cm a quadrant of a circle of radius 1 cm is cut
and also a circle of diameter 2 cm is cut as shown in the figure. Find the area of the
remaining portion of the square.

Q44. In the figure, AB and CD are two diameters of a circle (with centre O) perpendicular to
each other and OD is the diameter of the smaller circle. If OA = 7 cm, find the area of the
shaded region.
Q45. A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and
diameter of the cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the
top is 2.8 m, find the area of the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the
canvas of the tent at the rate of Rs 500 per m2. (Note that the base of the tent will not be
covered with canvas.)
SECTION D (20 MARKS)
- SOLVE THE FOLLOWING. (ANY 5)
Q46. CD and GH are respectively the bisectors of angle ACB and angle EGF such that D and
H lie on sides AB and FE of ∆ABC and ∆EFG respectively. If ∆ABC ~ ∆EFG show that:-
(1) CD/GH = AC/FG
(2) ∆DCB ~ ∆HGE
(3) ∆DCA ~ ∆HGF
Q47. In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BC = 3BD then prove
𝐴𝐷2 7
that 2 = .
𝐴𝐵 9
Q48. Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. taking A as centre, draw a circle of radius 4 cm
and taking B as a centre draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct tangents to each
circle from centre of the other circle. Write steps of construction.
Q49. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 7 cm, ∠B = 45°, ∠A = 105°. Then, construct a
triangle whose sides are 4/3 times the corresponding sides of ∆ABC. Write steps of
construction.
Q50. An observer spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of
105 m from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon after sometime reduces from
60° to 30°. Find the distance travelled by the balloon during the interval.
Q51. A tank in a shape of frustum having diameter of top and bottom are 6 m and 10 m
respectively. If the height is 3 m then how many liters of oil can be filled in it? How many
drums of 200 liter each can be filled?
Q52. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical
tank in his field, which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water flows through the pipe at
the rate of 3 km/h, in how much time will the tank be filled?
Q53. The mean of the following 125 observations is 22.12. Find the missing frequencies
F1 and F2.

Class 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44
Frequency 3 8 12 F1 35 21 F2 6 2