DAV PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ODISHA ZONE-D

SAMPLE PAPER -3
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 80

1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.

2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 05 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 06 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 04 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 03 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks) with subparts of the values of 1, 1 and 2
marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 02 Question of 5 marks, 02 Question of 3 marks
and 02 Question 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.

(SECTION-A)
1. One equation of a pair of dependent linear equations is 2x + 5y = 3. The second equation will be
(a) 2x + 5y = 6(b) 3x + 5y = 3(c) -10x – 25y + 15 = 0(d) 10x + 25y = 15
2. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k – 1)x2 + kx + 1 is -3, then the value of k is

3. The pair of equations y = 0 and y = -7 has

(A) one solution(B) two solutions(C) infinitely many solutions(D) no solution.
4. Which of the following equations has 2 as a root?
(A) x2 – 4x + 5 = 0(B) x2 + 3x – 12 = 0(C) 2x2 – 7x + 6 = 0(D) 3x2 – 6x – 2 = 0
5. The first four terms of an AP, whose first term is -2 and the common difference is -2, are
(A) -2, 0, 2, 4(B) -2, 4, -8, 16(C) -2, -4, -6, -8(D) -2, -4, -8, -16

6. If ∆ABC ~ ∆EDF and ∆ABC is not similar to ∆DEF, then which of the following is not true?
(A) BC . EF = AC . FD(B) AB . EF = AC . DE(C) BC . DE = AB . EF(D) BC . DE = AB . FD

7. In ∠BAC = 90° and AD ⊥ BC. A Then

(A) BD.CD = BC²(B) AB.AC = BC²(C) BD.CD = AD²(D) AB.AC = AD²

8. If ∆ABC is right angled at C, then the value of cos (A+B) is

9. The length of the longest pole that can be put in a room of dimensions (10 m × 10 m × 5m) is

(a) 15m (b) 16m (c) 10m (d) 12m

10.If a, b, c are in A.P. then (a−b)/(b−c) is equal to

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 (A)0 (B) 1 (C) a/b (D) c/d
11.The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0, 4), (0, 0) and (3, 0) is
(A) 5 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 7+ √5

12. If sin θ + sin² θ = 1, then cos² θ + cos4 θ = ______

(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

13.If (a/3, 4) is the mid-point of the segment joining the points P(-6, 5) and R(-2, 3), then the value of ‘a’ is :
(a) 12(b) -6(c) -12(d) -4
14. From a point P which is at a distance of 13 cm from the centre O of a circle of radius 5 cm, the pair of
tangents PQ and PR to the circle are drawn. Then the area of the quadrilateral PQOR is
(A) 60 cm2(B) 65 cm2(C) 30 cm2(D) 32.5 cm2

15.The radius of a hemispherical balloon increases from 6 cm to 12 cm as air is being pumped into it. The ratio of
the surface areas of the balloon in the two cases is
(a) 1:4 (b) 1:3 (c) 2:3 (d) 2:1
16.If the circumference of a circle and the perimeter of a square are equal, then
(A) Area of the circle = Area of the square (B) Area of the circle > Area of the square
(C) Area of the circle < Area of the square
(D) Nothing definite can be said about the relation between the areas of the circle & square.
17.

Class 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205

Frequency 4 5 13 20 14 7 4
The difference of the upper limit of the median class and the lower limit of the modal class is
(A)0 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 38
18. A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at
random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be red?
(A) 0.27 (B)0.28 (C) 0.29 (D) 0.30
ASSERTION AND REASONING
Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
a) both Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for Assertion
b) both Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
c) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.
d) Assertions is incorrect but reason is correct.
19. Assertion : Two dice are thrown simultaneously. There are 11 possible outcomes and each of them has a
probability 1/11.
Reason : Probability of an event (E) is defined as P(E) =(Number of favourable outcomes) / (Total number of
possible outcomes).
20. Assertion (A): The point (–1, 6) divides the line segment joining the points (–3, 10) and (6, –8) in the ratio
2 : 7 internally.
Reason(R): The co ordinates of the mid point of a line segment is given by average of abscissas and average of
ordinates of both the ends.

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 (SECTION-B)

21.What is the largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8, respectively?
22. A brooch is made with silver wire in the form of a circle with a diameter 35 mm. The wire is also used in
making 5 diameters which divide the circle into 10 equal sectors.Find the total length of the silver wire required.
23. If sin θ = 1/2, then find the value of 3cos θ – 4 cos3 θ .
Or
If tan(A + B) = √3 and tan(A – B) = 1/√3, then find the value of A and B where A and B are acute angles.
24. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle with centre O such that ∠APB = 50°. Write the
measure of ∠OAB.

25.α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p(x)=x 2 – 6x + a.Find the value of ‘a’ if 3α + 2β = 20.

Or
𝒏 𝒒
If x + a is a factor of the polynomial x + px + q and x 2 + mx + n prove that a=
2
𝒎 𝒑
(SECTION-C)

26.Prove that 3+5√2 is an irrational number given that √2 is irrational.

27.A solid consisting of a right circular cone of height 120 cm and radius 60 cm standing on a hemisphere of radius 60 cm is
placed upright in a right circular cylinder full of water such that it touches the bottom. Find the volume of water left in the
cylinder, if the radius of the cylinder is 60 cm and its height is 180 cm.
28. Sita Devi wants to make a rectangular pond on the road side for the purpose of providing drinking water for
street animals. The area of the pond will be decreased by 3 square feet if its length is decreased by 2 ft. and breadth
is increased by 1 ft. Its area will be increased by 4 square feet if the length is increased by 1 ft. and breadth
remains same. Find the dimensions of the pond.

29. If cosecθ + cotθ = p, then prove that cosθ = P2−1/P2+1

30.A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that the drawn
card is (a)neither a jack nor an ace. (b) red queen (c) not a number card

31.Let s denote the semi-perimeter of a triangle ABC in which BC = a, CA = b, AB = c. If a circle touches the
sides BC, CA, AB at D, E, F respectively, prove that BD = s – b.
Or
Prove that the angles subtended by the opposite sides of a quadrilateral at the centre circumscribing a circle are
supplementary.

(SECTION-D)

32.State and prove the Basic proportionality theorem.

33. A window of a house is h metres above the ground. From the window, the angles of elevation and depression
of the top and the bottom of another house situated on the opposite side of the lane are found to be α and β,
respectively. Prove that the height of the other house is h (1 + tan α cot β) metres.

Or

The lower window of a house is at a height of 2 m above the ground and its upper window is 4 m vertically above
the lower window. At certain instant the angles of elevation of a balloon from these windows are observed to be
60° and 30°, respectively. Find the height of the balloon above the ground.
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34.A train, travelling at a uniform speed for 360 km, would have taken 48 minutes less to travel the same distance
if its speed were 5 km/h more. Find the original speed of the train.

OR

In the centre of a rectangular lawn of dimensions 50 m x 40 m, a rectangular pond has to be constructed so that the
area of the grass surrounding the pond would be 1184 m2.Find the length and breadth of the pond.

35. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all the frequencies is 50. Compute the
missing frequencies.

(SECTION-E)
All the Case Study Based questions are compulsory
36.CASE STUDY-I
The school auditorium was to be constructed to accommodate at least 1500 people. The chairs are to be placed in
concentric circular arrangement in such a way that each succeeding circular row has 10 seats more than the
previous one.

(a)If the first circular row has 30 seats, how many seats will be there in the 10th row?
(b)For 1500 seats in the auditorium, how many rows need to be there?
OR
If 1500 seats are to be arranged in the auditorium, how many seats are still left to be put after 10th row?
(c)If there were 17 rows in the auditorium, how many seats will be there in the middle row?

37.CASE STUDY-II

A person is riding his bike on a straight road towards East from his college to city A and then to city B. At some
point in between city A and city B, he suddenly realises that there is not enough petrol for the journey. Also, there
is no petrol pump on the road between these two cities.

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Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(a)What is the value of y?
(b)What is the value of x ?
(c) What is the ratio in which A divides the line segment joining the points O and M ?
Or
If M is any point exactly in between city A and city B, then find coordinates of M.

38.CASE STUDY-III

A golf ball is spherical with about 300 - 500 dimples that help increase its velocity while in play. Golf balls are
traditionally white but available in colours also In the given figure, a golf ball has diameter 4.2 cm and the surface
has 315 dimples (hemi-spherical) of radius 2 mm. Based on the above, answer the following questions :

(i) Find the surface area of one such dimple.

(ii) Find the volume of the material dug out to make one dimple.

(iii) (a) Find the total surface area exposed to the surroundings.

OR

Find the volume of the golf ball.

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