Set - 1 (Basic -241) (QP)

केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन , आगरा संभाग
प्रथम / द्वितीय प्री बोर्ड परीक्षा 2024-2025

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AGRA REGION
FIRST / SECOND PRE BOARD EXAMINATION 2024-2025
कक्षा / CLASS : X समय / TIME : 03
HOURS
विषय / SUBJECT : MATHS (BASIC) पूर्णाक / MAX
MARKS : 80
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and 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
sub-parts 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 2marks questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = 22/7 wherever required if not
stated.
Q SECTION:A M
1 Express 98 as a product of its primes 1
(a) 2² × 7 (b) 2² × 7² (c) 2 × 7² (d) 2 3 × 7
2 If x = 25x7, Y=22x32x5 and z = 3nx52 and LCM (x,y,z) = 25x34x52x7, 1
then n = …..
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
3 The pair of equations 3x – 5y = 7 and – 6x + 10y = 7 have 1
(a) a unique solution (b) infinitely many solutions
(c) no solution (d) two solutions
4 If -5 is a root of the quadratic equation 2x² + px – 15 = 0, then 1
(a) p = 3 (b) p = 5 (c) p = 7 (d) p = 1
5 The equation 2x² + kx + 3 = 0 has two equal roots, then the value of 1
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k is
(a) ±√6 (b) ± 4 (c) ±3√2 (d) ±2√6
6 In ∆ABC, DE II BC, AE = a units, EC = b units DE = x units BC=y 1
units then
a) x=(𝑎+𝑏)/𝑎𝑦 b) y=𝑎𝑥/(𝑎+𝑏) c) x = 𝑎𝑦/(𝑎+𝑏) d) 𝑥/𝑦 =
𝑎/𝑏
7 In ΔLMN, ∠L = 50° and ∠N = 60°, If ΔLMN ~ ΔPQR, then find 1
∠Q :
a) 40° b) 50° c) 70° d)120°
8 In figure if O is centre of a circle, PQ is a chord and the 1
tangent PR at P makes an angle 50° with PQ, then ∠POQ is equal
to:
(a) 100° (b) 80° (c) 90°
(d) 75°
9 In a city, there are two street lights at positions (2,3) and (5,7). A 1
tree is to be planted at the midpoint of the line segment connecting
these two streetlights. Find the coordinate of the tree.
a. (3, 5) b. (3.5, 5) c. (4, 5) d. (3.5, 6)
10 What type of triangle can you form in a garden with three flower 1
beds located at points (−4,0), (4,0), and (0,3).
a) right triangle b) isosceles triangle c) equilateral triangle
d) scalene triangle
11 9 sec2 A – 9 tan2 A = 1
(A) 1 (B) 9 (c) 8 (d) 0
12 Given that sin α = 1/2 and cos β = 1/2, then the value of (β – α) is: 1
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 90°
13 If at some time, the length of the shadow of a tower is √ 3 times its 1
height, then the angle of elevation of the sun, at that time is:
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
14 The area of a circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 10 cm 1
is:
(a) 40π cm² (b) 30π cm² (c) 100π cm² (d) 25π cm²
15 If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is 72 cm where π = 1
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22/7, then the diameter of protractor is:
(a) 14 cm (b) 33 cm (c) 28 cm (d) 42 cm
16 The CSA of Cone having height 24 cm and radius 7 cm is 1
(a) 528 cm2 (b) 1056 cm2 (c) 550 cm2 (d) 500 cm2
17 The mean and mode of a frequency distribution are 28 and 16 1
respectively. The median is:
(a) 22 (b) 23.5 (c) 24 (d) 24.5
18 A card is selected from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of being 1
a red face card is:
(a) 3/26 (b) 3/13 (c) 2/13 (d) 1/2
Directions (for Q.19 and Q.20):
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed
by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
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.
19 Assertion (A): If the value of mode and mean is 60 and 66 1

respectively, then the value of median is 64.
Reason (R): Median = (mode + 2 mean)/2
20 Assertion (A): The HCF of any two numbers is 5 and their 1

products is 150. Then their LCM is 30.
Reason(R): For any two positive numbers a and b,
HCF (a,b)×LCM)(a,b)=a×b
SECTION: B
21 Two rails are represented by the equations x + 2y – 4 = 0 and 2x + 2
4y – 12 = 0. Will the rails cross each other? Give reason for your
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answer.
22 A 15 m high tower casts a shadow of 24 m long at a certain time at 2
the same time a telephone casts a shadow of 16 m high. Find the
height of telephone pole.
OR
Observe the given Figure and then find  P. (Show the steps)
23 Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a 2

circle are equal.
24 In  ABC, right-angled at B, AB = 24 cm, BC = 7 cm. Determine : 2
sin A, cos A
OR
From the given figure, find tan P – cot R.
25 In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the 2

centre. Find:
(i) the length of the arc
(ii) area of the sector formed by the arc
SECTION: C
26 Prove that √3 is irrational number. 3
27 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p(x) = x2 – 3 and verify 3
the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.
OR
Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes
are √2 & -3/2 respectively. Also find its zeroes.
28 Meena went to a bank to withdraw ₹ 2000. She asked the cashier 3

to give her ₹ 50 and ₹ 100 notes only. Meena got 25 notes in all.
Find how many notes of ₹ 50 and ₹ 100 she received.
29 Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from 3
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an external point T. Prove that  PTQ = 2 OPQ.
OR
A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle (see figure).
Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC
30 Prove that:(sin A+cosec A)2 + (cos A + sec A)2 = 7 + tan2 A + cot2 A 3

31 A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one 3
disc is drawn at random from the box, find the probability that it
bears
(i) a two-digit number
(ii) a perfect square number
(iii) a number divisible by 5.
SECTION: D
32 Draw the graphs of the equations x – y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y –12 = 0. 5
Determine the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by
these lines on the x-axis, and shade the triangular region.
33 State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem. 5
OR
Sides AB and BC and median AD of a triangle ABC are
respectively proportional to sides PQ and QR and median PM of 
PQR (see fig). Show that  ABC ~  PQR
34 A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right 5

circular cone. The height of the cone is 2 cm and the diameter of
the base is 4 cm. Determine the volume of the toy. If a right circular
cylinder circumscribes the toy, find the difference of the volumes of
the cylinder and the toy. (Take  = 3.14)
OR
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The decorative block shown in the figure is made of two solids — a
cube and a hemisphere. The base of the block is a cube with edge
5 cm, and the hemisphere fixed on
the top has a diameter of 4.2 cm.
Find the total surface area of the
block. (Take  = 22/7 )
35 A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 50 girls of class Xth of a 5

school was conducted and the following data was obtained.
(i) Find the mean and median of the data.

(ii) Find the mode of the given data.
SECTION: E (Case Based Questions)
36 Ms. Sheela visited a store near her house and found that the glass 4
jars are arranged one above the other in a specific pattern. On the
top layer there are 3 jars. In the next layer there are 6 jars. In the
3rd layer from the top there are 9 jars and so on till the 8th layer.
On the basis of the above situation answer the following questions.
(i) Write an A.P whose terms represent the number of jars in
different layers starting from top . Also, find the common difference.
(ii) Is it possible to arrange 34 jars in a layer if this pattern is
continued? Justify your answer.
(iii) If there are ‘n’ number of rows in a layer then find the
expression for finding the total number of jars in terms of n. Hence
find 𝑆8 .
OR
(iii) The shopkeeper added 3 jars in each layer. How many jars are
there in the 5th layer from the top.
37 In order to conduct Sports Day activities in your School, lines have 4
been drawn with chalk powder at a distance of 1 m each, in a
rectangular shaped ground ABCD, 100 flower pots have been
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placed at a distance of 1 m from each other along AD, as shown in
given figure below. Niharika runs 1/4 th the distance AD on the 2nd
line and posts a green flag. Preet runs 1/5th distance AD on the
eighth line and posts a red flag.
(i) Find the position of green flag.

(ii) Find the position of red flag
(iii) What is the distance between both the flags?
OR
(iii) If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway between
the line segment joining the two flags, where should she post
her flag?
38 Anita purchased a new building for her business. Being in the prime 4
location, she decided to make some more money by putting up an
advertisement sign for a rental ad income on the roof of the
building. 91 From a point P on the ground level, the angle of
elevation of the roof of the building is 30° and the angle of elevation
of the top of the sign board is 45°. The point P is at a distance of 24
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m from the base of the building.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following

questions:
(i) Find the height of the sign board from the ground.
(ii) Find the distance of the point P from the top of the sign board.
(iii) Find the height of the building (without the sign board).
OR
(iii) Find the height of sign board only.
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केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन , आगरा संभाग

प्रथम / द्वितीय प्री बोर्ड परीक्षा 2024-2025

19 Assertion (A): If the value of mode and mean is 60 and 66 1

20 Assertion (A): The HCF of any two numbers is 5 and their 1

23 Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a 2

25 In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the 2

28 Meena went to a bank to withdraw ₹ 2000. She asked the cashier 3

30 Prove that:(sin A+cosec A)2 + (cos A + sec A)2 = 7 + tan2 A + cot2 A 3

34 A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right 5

35 A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 50 girls of class Xth of a 5

(i) Find the mean and median of the data.

(i) Find the position of green flag.

On the basis of the above information, answer the following

END OF THE PAPER

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