CBSE Maths Class 10 Sample Paper 25 Page 1

Sample Paper 25
Class - 10th Exam - 2024 - 25
Mathematics - Standard
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
General Instructions :
1. This question paper contains 38 questions.
2. This Question Paper is divided into 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
3. In Section A, Questions no. 1-18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and questions no. 19 and 20 are
Assertion - Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
4. In Section B, Questions no. 21-25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 02 marks each.
5. In Section C, Questions no. 26-31 are short answer (SA) type questions, carrying 03 marks each.
6. In Section D, Questions no. 32-35 are long answer (LA) type questions, carrying 05 marks each.
7. In Section E, Questions no. 36-38 are case study based questions carrying 4 marks each with sub parts
of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
8. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Question of Section B, 2 Questions of
Section C and 2 Questions of Section D has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in all
the 2 marks questions of Section E.
9. Draw neat and clean figures wherever required.
10. Take π = 227 wherever required if not stated.
11. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section - A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

1. During conversion of a solid from one shape to another, the volume of the new shape will
(a) increase (b) decrease
(c) remain unaltered (d) be doubled

2. Two concentric circles of radii a and b where a > b, The length of a chord of the larger circle which touches
the other circle is
(a) a2 + b2 (b) 2 a2 + b2
(c) a2 - b2 (d) 2 a2 - b2

3. One equation of a pair of dependent linear equations − 5x + 7y = 2 The second equation can be
(a) 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (b) − 10x − 14y + 4 = 0
(c) − 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (d) 10x − 14y =− 4

4. There are 60 terms is an AP of which the first term is 8 and the last term is 185. The 31 st term is
(a) 56 (b) 94
(c) 85 (d) 98

5. It is given that, TABC + TEDF such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm, DF = 15 cm and DE = 12 cm then
the sum of the remaining sides of the triangles is
(a) 23.05 cm (b) 16.8 cm
(c) 6.25 cm (d) 24 cm

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6. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to

(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001
(c) 0.01 (d) 0.1

7. The quadratic equation x2 + 3x + 2 2 = 0 has

(a) two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots
(c) no real roots (d) more than 2 real roots

8. If triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF such that 2AB = DE and BC = 8 cm then find EF.
(a) 16 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm

9. If sin θ + cos θ = 2 cos θ , (θ ! 90c) then the value of tan θ is

(a) 2 -1 (b) 2 +1
(c) 2 (d) - 2

10. If radii of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm , then the length of each of one circle which is tangent
to the other circle, is
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 9 cm (d) 1 cm

11. Observations of some data are x

5 , x, x
3 , 2x
3 , x
4 , 2x
5 and 3x
4 where x > 0. If the median of the data is 4, then
the value of x is
(a) 5 (b) 15
(c) 9 (d) 10

12. Which of the following equations has the sum of its roots as 3 ?
(a) 2x2 − 3x + 6 = 0 (b) − x2 + 3x − 3 = 0

(c) 2 x2 − 3 x + 1 = 0 (d) 3x2 − 3x + 3 = 0

2

13. In a circle of radius 14 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 45c at the centre, then the area of the sector is
(a) 71 cm2 (b) 76 cm2
(c) 77 cm2 (d) 154 cm2

14. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from the points P and Q at distance of a and b respectively
from the base and in the same straight line with it, are complementary. The height of the tower is
(a) ab (b) ab

(c) a (d) b
b a

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15. There are 1000 sealed envelopes in a box. 10 of them contain a cash prize of < 100 each, 100 of them
contain a cash prize of < 50 each and 200 of them contain a cash prize of < 10 each and rest do not contain
any cash prize. If they are well-shuffled and an envelope is picked up out, then the probability that is
contains no cash prize is
(a) 0.65 (b) 0.69
(c) 0.54 (d) 0.57

16. In the given figure, the positions of the observer and the object are mentioned, the angle of depression is

(a) 30c (b) 90c

(c) 60c (d) 45c

17. In figure, AP , AQ and BC are tangents of the circle with centre O . If AB = 5 cm , AC = 6 cm and
BC = 4 cm, then the length of AP (in cm) is

(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 9 (d) 7.5

18. If X , M and Z are denoting mean, median and mode of a data and X: M = 9 : 8 , then the ratio M : Z is
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 9
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 2 : 5

19. Assertion : sin2 67c + cos2 67c = 1

Reason : For any value of θ, sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1
(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 but 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.

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20. Assertion : p ^x h = 14x3 − 2x2 + 8x 4 + 7x − 8 is a polynomial of degree 3.

Reason : The highest power of x in the polynomial p ^x h is the degree of the polynomial.
(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 but 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.

Section - B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. Find the 21 st term of the AP - 4 12 , - 3, - 1 12 , ...

22. If A ^5, 2h , B ^2, - 2h and C ^- 2, t h are the vertices of a right angled triangle with +B = 90º , then find the
value of t.

23. Show that any positive even integer can be written in the form 6q, 6q + 2 or 6q + 4, where q is an integer.


O
Find the smallest natural number by which 1200 should be multiplied so that the square root of the
product is a rational number.

24. If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to eight times its eighth term, show that its 13th term is zero.


O
Find the values of a, b and c , such that the numbers a, 10, b, c, 31 are in AP.

25. In Figure, common tangents AB and CD to the two circle with centres O1 and O2 intersect at E. Prove
that AB = CD.

Section - C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same result in
all the tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game.

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27. For what value of p will the following system of equations have no solution ?
^2p − 1h x + ^p − 1h y = 2p + 1; y + 3x − 1 = 0

28. In figure, two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to circle with centre O from an external point T . Prove
that +PTQ = 2+OPQ .

O
A circle is inscribed in a TABC, with sides AC, AB and BC as 8 cm, 10 cm and 12 cm respectively. Find
the length of AD, BE and CF.

29. A boy, flying a kite with a string of 90 m long, which is making an angle θ with the ground. Find the
height of the kite. (Given tan θ = 458 )

30. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in
Figure. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area
of the article.

O
A wooden toy was made by scooping out a hemisphere of same radius from each end of a solid cylinder.
If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the volume of wood in the toy.
Use π = 227

31. Solve the following quadratic equation for x :

x2 + b a + a + b l x + 1 = 0
a+b a

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Section - D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.

32. In figure, PQRS is square lawn with side PQ = 42 metre. Two circular flower beds are there on the sides
PS and QR with centre at O, the intersection of its diagonals. Find the total area of the two flower beds
(shaded parts).

33. If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, find the values of
(i) α2 + β2 (ii) 1 + 1
α β

(iii) ^α − βh2 (iv) 12 + 12

α β
(v) α2 + β2

O
If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p ^x h = 2x2 + 5x + k satisfying the relation, α2 + β2 + αβ = 21
4
, then find the value of k .

34. In the right triangle, B is a point on AC such that AB + AD = BC + CD. If AB = x, BC = h and

CD = d, then find x (in term of h and d).

35. Find A and B if sin ^A + 2B h = 2

3
and cos ^A + 4B h = 0 , where A and B are acute angles.


O
Evaluate the following :
2 cos2 60º + 3 sec2 30º − 2 tan2 45º
sin2 30º + cos2 45º

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Section - E
Section E consists of 3 case study based questions of 4 marks each.

36. To conduct sports day activities, in a rectangular shaped school ground ABCD , lines have been drawn
with chalk powder at a distance of 1 m each. 100 flower pots have been placed at a distance of 1 m from
each other along AB , as shown in figure. Nishtha runs 14 th the distance AB on the 2nd line and posts
a green flag. Suman runs 15 th the distance AB on the 8th line and posts a red flag.

(i) What is the position of green flag ?

(ii) What is the position of red flag ?
(iii) What is the distance between both the flags ?
(iv) What is the distance of red flag from point A ?

37. The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund was created on 28
March 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The fund will be used for combating, and
containment and relief efforts against the coronavirus outbreak and similar pandemic like situations in
the future.

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The allotment officer is trying to come up with a method to calculate fair division of funds across various
affected families so that the fund amount and amount received per family can be easily adjusted based on
daily revised numbers. The total fund allotted for a village is x3 + 6x2 + 20x + 9 . The officer has divided
the fund equally among families of the village and each family receives an amount of x2 + 2x + 2 . After
distribution, some amount is left.
(i) How many families are there in the village ?
(ii) If an amount of < 1911 is left after distribution, what is value of x ?
(iii) How much amount does each family receive ?
(iv) What is the amount of fund allocated ?

38. Salary Cut : Our personal and professional lives have taken quite a turn in the light of the coronavirus
pandemic. Worklife has been revamped across the globe, in that working from home has become the norm
for those employees and organizations that continue to carry on with their operations and functioning in
the lockdown. Increments, incentives, businesses have all been impacted.

The Covid-19 pandemic has stalled economic activity at an unprecedented scale globally, raising the
spectre of job losses and salary cuts. Most of companies decided to bring down the salary by upto 50 %.
The following table shows the salaries (in percent) received by 80 employee during lockdown.

Salary Received (in %) 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100

Number of employee 4 10 14 20 24 8
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) What is the mean salary (in %) received ?
(ii) How many employee received more than 70 % salary ?
(iii) Find the total number of employee whose salary is reduced by more than 40 % ?
(iv) What is the lower limit of mode class of salary (in %) received ?

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