CLASS-10

ISMO – PRACTICE PAPER

SECTION – I
Mathematical Reasoning
01.

Which circle below should replace the circle with the question mark?
1) 2) 3) 4)

02. MO : 1315 :: HJ : ?
1) 810 2) 1618 3) 1816 4) 811
03. If COMPUTER is coded as DPNQVUFS, then the code for the word LAPTOP is ___
1) SFDOJE 2) WEOFDK 3) FWERWW 4) MBQUPQ
04. Find the missing term: 5, 10, ? 17, 19, 20.

1) 15 2) 14 3) 13 4) 12
05. When the following words are arranged in the alphabetical order, which word comes
second?
1) BROTHER 2) BROKE 3) BROOD 4) BROOM

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 SECTION – II
Mathematics
06. The number 4567 is tripled. The one’s digit (unit’s digit) in the resulting number is
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 1

x 
x 2 + 4x - 60
07. The sum of all values of x that satisfy the equation 2
- 5x + 5 =1 is
1) –4 2) 3 3) 1 4) 5

08. Consider the equation log  x + π  = log  x  + log  π  , where x is positive real
10 10 10
number. This equation has
1) no solutions 2) exactly one solution
3) Exactly two solutions 4) infinitely many solutions

09. Consider the equation x2 + 2 + x - x2 + 2 - x = 2.4 2 . The number of rational

numbers x that solve the equation is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3

10. Suppose the digits of an integer N consists of the integers from 1 to 100 written in
order from left to right, so that N = 123456789101112 . . . . . . . . . . . 9899100 what is
the remainder when N is divided by 11?
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8

11. A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15 km/h
more, it would have taken 30 minutes less for the journey. Find the original speed of
the train
1) x = 50 2) x = 45 3) x = 40 4) x = 55

12. A sequence of numbers has 6 as its first term, and every term after the first is defined
1
as follows: If a term, ‘t’ is even, the number next term in the sequence is t. If a
2
term ‘s’ is odd, the next term is 3s + 1. Thus, the first four terms in the sequence are
6, 3, 10, 5. The 100th term is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4

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13. In the diagram, the equation of line AD is y = 3  x - 1 , BD bisects ADC. If the
co-ordinates of B are (p, q), what is the value of q
y

x
D C
(13, 0)

1) 6 2) 6.5 3) 10 4) 12
3 3
14. The angle of elevation of a bird from a point 100 metres above a lake is 30º and the
angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is 60º. Find the height of the bird
above the lake
1) 100 m 2) 200 m 3) 300 m 4) 400 m

15. Two circles C1 and C2 touch each other externally and the line l is a common tangent.
The line m is parallel to l and touches the two circles C1 and C3. The three circles are
mutually tangent. If the radius of C2 is 9 and the radius of C3 is 4 what is the radius of
C1?

C3

C1
C2

1) 10.4 2) 11 3) 8 2 4) 12

16. Two circles with equal radius are enclosed by a rectangle, as shown. The distance
between their centers is 2x . The values of x is
3
10

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 15 60
1) 2) 5 3) 6 4)
4 7

17. The result of a survey of the hair colour of 600 people are shown in this circle graph.
How many people have blonde hour?

1) 30 2) 160 3) 180 4) 200

18. Four of the six numbers 1867, 1993, 2019, 2025, 2109 and 2121 have a mean
(average) of 2008. What is the mean (average) of the other two numbers?
1) 1994 2) 2006 3) 2022 4) 2051
19. JKLM is a square. Points P and Q are outside the square such that triangles JMP and
MLQ are both equilateral. The size, in degrees, of angle PQM is
P

J
M
Q

K L
1) 10 2) 15 3) 25 4) 30
20. A fraction becomes 4 when 1 is added to each of the numerator and denominator.
5
However if we subtract 5 from each of them, it becomes 1 . The numerator of the
2
fraction is
1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9

SECTION – III
HOTS (Mathematics)
21. Harry the Hamster is put in a maze, and he start at point S. The paths are such that
Harry can move forward only in the direction of the arrows. At any junction he is

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 equally likely chosen any of the forward paths. What is the probability that Harry
ends up at B?

A B C D
2 13 11 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 8 18 3

22. Mark has a bag that contains 3 black marbles, 6 gold marbles, 2 purple marbles and
6 red marbles. Mark adds a number of white marbles to the bag and tells Susan if she
now draws a marble at random from the bag, the probability of it being black or gold
3
is . the number of white marbles that Mark adds to the bag is
7
1) 5 2) 2 3) 6 4) 4

23. A number lies between 300 and 400. If the number is added to the number formed by
reversing the digits, the sum is 888 and if then units digit and the ten’s digit change
places, the new number exceeds the original number by 9. Find the number
1) 339 2) 341 3) 378 4) 345

24. Match the following:

Column-I Column-II
(i) sin 6 x  cos6 x  (p) 1  2sin 2 x cos2 x
(ii) sin 4 x  cos 4 x  (r) 1  3sin 2 x cos 2 x
(iii) cos8 x  sin8 x  (s)  cos 2
x  sin 2 x 1  2sin 2 x cos 2 x 

(iv) cot x (t) cos x


1  cot x2

1) i-q, ii-p, iii-r, iv-s 2) i-p, ii-q, iii-r, iv-s

3) i-r, ii-q, iii-s, iv-p 4) i-q, ii-p, iii-s, iv-r

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 25. x and y are positive integers such that 5 x  9 y  33 . Then which of the following
statements are true?
(I) There is only one solution for the ordered pair (x,y)

(II) The value of 3x+2y is a single digit number

1) Both I and II 2) Only I 3) Only II 4) Neither I nor II

CLASS-10
ISMO – PRACTICE PAPER
Answers
1) 1 2) 1 3) 4 4) 2 5) 3 6) 4 7) 1 8) 2 9) 2 10) 3
11) 1 12) 4 13) 4 14) 2 15) 4 16) 3 17) 3 18) 4 19) 2 20) 2
21) 3 22) 4 23) 4 24) 1 25) 2

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