NAME:______________ R.

NO:_____________ SECTION_________

CRPF PUBLIC SCHOOL, ROHINI

CLASS 10
MATHS (BASIC)
PRE-BOARD 1(2022-23)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks:80

General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-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
subparts 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 2 marks questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.

SECTION A
Q1. The H.C.F. of 52 and 130 is
a) 52 b) 130 c) 26 d) 13
Q2. The missing number in the following tree is
a) 2 b) 6 c) 3 d) 9

Q3. The number of zeroes of the polynomial from the graph is

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

Q4. The pair of equations 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 5 = 0 and -3𝑥 − 6𝑦 + 1 = 0 has

a) Infinite number of solutions b) unique solution
c) No solution d) one solution

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Q5. If 𝛼 , 𝛽 are the roots of the quadratic equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 = 0,then + is
𝛼 𝛽
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) none of these
𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶
Q6. If in ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 and ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 , = , then they will be similar when
𝐷𝐸 𝐹𝐷

a) ∠ 𝐵 = ∠ 𝐸 b) ∠ 𝐴 = ∠ 𝐷
c) ∠ 𝐵 = ∠ 𝐷 d) ∠ 𝐴 = ∠ 𝐹

Q7. In the following fig. DE || BC, then AD=

a) 2 cm b) 2.4 cm c) 3 cm d) none of the above

Q8. A point P divides the join of A (5, -2) and B (9,6) in the ratio 3:1. The coordinates of P
are
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a) (4,7) b) (8,4) c) ( , 5) d) (12,8)
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2 𝑡𝑎𝑛30°
Q9. The value of
1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2 30
°
𝑎)𝑠𝑖𝑛 60 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 60° c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛60° d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 30°
Q10. The height of a tower is 10 m. What is the length of its shadow when sun’s altitude is
45° ?
a)10 m b) 30 m c) 20 m d) none of these
Q11. A point P is 26 cm away from the centre of a circle and the length of a tangent drawn
from P to the circle is 24 cm. The radius of the circle is
a)11 cm b) 10 cm c) 16 cm d) 15 cm
Q12. The area of the sector of a circle of radius 𝑟 and central angle 𝜃, is
1 2𝜋𝑟 2 𝜃 2𝜋𝑟𝜃 𝜋𝑟𝜃
a) 𝑙. 𝑟 b) c) d)
2 7200 3600 3600

Q13. Two cubes each of edge 12 cm are joined. The surface area of the new cuboid is
a) 140 𝑐𝑚2 b) 1440 𝑐𝑚2 c) 144 𝑐𝑚2 d) 72 𝑐𝑚2

Q14. The height of a cone is 16 cm and base radius is 12 cm. Its slant height is
a) 10 cm b) 15 cm c) 20 cm d) 8 cm
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Q15. The value of sin 𝐴 = , then the value of cos 𝐴 is
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𝑎) b) c) 1 d) none of these
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Q16. Construction of cumulative frequency table is useful in determining the

a) Mode b) Median c) Mean d) all the above

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Q17. The median of 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 is
a) 12 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16
Q18. A dice is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a prime number?
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𝑎) 6 b) 2 c) 1 d) 0
Q19. Statement A: Assertion(A) : For any two positive integers a and b , HCF(a, b) x
LCM(a, b) = ab
Statement R: Reason(R): The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150. Then their
LCM is 40.
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are correct But R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect.
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct.
Q20. Statement A: Assertion(A) : Point A is on the Y axis at a distance of 4 units from the
origin. If the coordinates of the point B are ( - 3,0), then the length of AB is 5 units.
Statement R:Reason(R): Distance between points (x1 , y1) and (x2 , y2) is
√(𝑥2 − 𝑥1 )2 + (𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2
(a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are correct But R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct but R is incorrect.
(d) A is incorrect but R is correct
SECTION B

Q21. Prove that 15 + 17√3 is an irrational number.

Q22. ABCD is a trapezium in which AB∥ DC and its diagonal intersect each other at O.Show
𝐴𝑂 𝐶𝑂
that 𝐵𝑂 = 𝐷𝑂
4 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃−1
Q23. If sin 𝜃 = ,find the value of
5 2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃

OR
In right triangle ABC,∠𝐵 = 900 ,AB=3cm and AC=6cm.Find ∠𝐶 and ∠𝐴.
Q24. Find the length of tangent drawn to a circle with radius 7cm from a point 25cm away
from the centre.

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Q25. Find the area of a sector with radius 6cm if angle of the sector is 600.
OR
The radii of two circles are 19cm and 9cm respectively. Find the radius of the circle which
has circumference equal to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles.
SECTION C
Q26. In a morning walk,three persons step off together.Their steps measure 80cm,85cm and
90cm respectively.What is the minimum distance each should walk so that all can cover the
same distance in complete steps?
Q27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6 and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and the coefficients.
Q28. The sum of two numbers is 137 and their difference is 43.Find the numbers.
OR
Solve:
𝑏 𝑎
𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 ; 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑎𝑏
𝑎 𝑏
1 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 1
Q29. Prove that 2 {1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + }=
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃

Q30. 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 given figure and X’Y’ are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another
tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and X’Y’ at B.Prove that ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 =
900

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Q31. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards.Find the probability of getting
(a) An ace card
(b) A red card
(c) Either red or king card
SECTION D
Q32. The difference of squares of two numbers is 180.The square of the smaller number is 8
times the larger number.Find the two numbers.
OR
A teacher attempting to arrange the students for mass drill in the form of a solid square found
that 24 students were left.When he increased the size of the square by 1 student,he found that
he was short of 25 students.Find the number of students.
Q33. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two
sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.(BPT)
Q34. A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to
hold pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each
of the depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire
stand.

OR
A juice seller was serving his customers using glasses as shown in the figure.The inner
diameter of the cylindrical glass was 5cm,but the bottom of the glass had a hemispherical
raised portion which reduced the capacity of the glass.If the height of a glass was 10cm,find
the apparent capacity of the glass and its actual capacity.(Use 𝜋 = 3.14)

Q35. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5,find the values of x and y.
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 TOTAL
F 5 x 20 15 y 5 60

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 SECTION E
Q36. Siya being a plant lover came up with an idea of opening a nursery during the lockdown
and she bought a few plants with pots.She wants to place pots in such a way that the number
of pots in row one is 3,pots in row second is 5 and in third is 7 and so on.

(i). What is the difference in number of pots increasing per row? (1)
(ii). What will be the number of pots in row 5? (1)
(iii). If Siya wants to place 120 pots,how many rows will it require? (2)
OR
(iii) Find the difference in number of pots placed in third and eighth row. (2)
Q37.

Cartesian coordinate system is considered inside the area of a garden to understand the
heights,distances and various other mathematical measurement parameters.The above
positions A,B,C,D,E and F are for the plants grown in the garden.Garderner’s position is at
origin (0,0).He grows the plant A first,then B,C,D,E and F, as according to the alphabetical
manner.
(i). Write the coordinates of plant E. (1)
(ii). Write the coordinates of plant F. (1)
(iii). How far are the plants A and B grown? (2)
OR
(iii) Are plants A,E and F collinear?Give reason with the help of distance formula (2)

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Q38.
Boojho went to a park.He went up the slide to play.The angle of elevation 𝜃 of the slide is
30° .But the base from which the angle of elevation is measured is 5cm above the ground
level and the distance from the staircase is 10cm.
(i). What is the distance of the staircase from the point from which the angle of elevation of
the slide measured? (1)
(ii). What is the angle of depression from the top of the slide to its base? (1)
(iii). What is the height of the staircase? (2)
OR
(iii)What is the length of the slide? (2)