MERU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SAMPLE PAPER TEST 07 FOR BOARD EXAM 2025

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 80

CLASS : X DURATION : 3 HRS
General Instruction:
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 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.
SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.

1. The distance of the point (–6, 8) from x-axis is

(a) 6 units (b) – 6 units (c) 8 units (d) 10 units

2. sec θ when expressed in terms of cot θ, is equal to:

1  cot 2  2 1  cot 2  1  cot 2 
(a) (b) 1  cot  (c) (d)
cot  cot  cot 

3. The ratio of HCF to LCM of the least composite number and the least prime number is:
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 3

4. The pair of linear equations 2x = 5y + 6 and 15y = 6x – 18 represents two lines which are:
(a) intersecting (b) parallel (c) coincident (d) either intersecting or parallel

5. If ∆PQR ~ ∆ABC; PQ = 6 cm, AB = 8 cm and the perimeter of ∆ABC is 36 cm, then the perimeter
of ∆PQR is
(a) 20.25 cm (b) 27 cm (c) 48 cm (d) 64 cm

6. The next term of the A.P.: √6 , √24, √54 is:

(a) √60 (b) √96 (c) √72 (d) √216

7. What is the area of a semi-circle of diameter 'd' ?

1 1 1 1 2
(a) d2 (b)  d 2 (c)  d 2 (d) d
16 4 8 2

8. If a, b are zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 1, then value of (a + b) is:

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) – 1 (d) 0

9. If the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has two real and equal roots, then 'c' is equal to
(a) −b/2a (b) b/2a (c) −b²/4a (d) b²/4a

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10. The number of quadratic polynomials having zeroes – 5 and – 3 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3

11. In the given figure, DE||BC. If AD = 3 cm, AB = 7 cm and EC = 3 cm, then the length of AE is
(a) 2 cm (b) 2.25 cm (c) 3.5 cm (d) 4 cm

12. In the given figure, TA is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that OT = 4 cm, ∠OTA = 30°,
then length of TA is:

(a) 2√3 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 2√2 cm (d) 3 cm

13. The volume of a right circular cone whose area of the base is 156 cm² and the vertical height is 8
cm, is:
(a) 2496 cm³ (b) 1248 cm³ (c) 1664 cm³ (d) 416 cm³

14. 3 chairs and 1 table cost Rs. 900; whereas 5 chairs and 3 tables cost Rs. 2,100. If the cost of 1 chair
is Rs. x and the cost of 1 table is Rs. y, then the situation can be represented algebraically as
(a) 3x + y = 900, 3x + 5y = 2100 (b) x + 3y = 900, 3x + 5y = 2100
(c) 3x + y = 900, 5x + 3y = 2100 (d) x + 3y = 900, 5x + 3y = 2100

15. A bag contains 5 pink, 8 blue and 7 yellow balls. One ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is
the probability of getting neither a blue nor a pink ball ?
(a) 1/4 (b) 2/5 (c) 7/20 (d) 13/20

16. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The probability of getting
a face card is
(a) 1/2 (b) 3/13 (c) 4/13 (d) 1/13

17. If θ is an acute angle of a right angled triangle, then which of the following equation is not true?
(a) sinθ cotθ = cosθ (b) cosθ tanθ = sinθ
(c) cosec²θ – cot²θ = 1 (d) tan²θ – sec²θ = 1

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18. If α, β are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 4x² – 3x – 7, then    is equal to:
  
(a) 7/3 (b) −7/3 (c) 3/7 (d) −3/7

Direction : In the question number 19 & 20 , A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a

statement of Reason(R) . Choose the correct option
(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): For 0 < θ ≤ 90°, cosecθ – cotθ and cosecθ + cotθ are reciprocal of each other.
Reason (R): cosec²θ – cot²θ = 1

20. Assertion (A): If 5 + √7 is a root of a quadratic equation with rational coefficients, then its other
root is 5 − √7.
Reason (R): Surd roots of quadratic equation with rational coefficients occur in conjugate pairs.

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.

21. Show that 6n cannot end with digit 0 for any natural number 'n'.
OR
Find the HCF and LCM of 72 and 120.

22. Find the length of the shadow on the ground of a pole of height 18 m when angle of elevation θ of
the sun is such that tanθ = 6/7.

23. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle in which DE||BC. If AD = x, DB = x – 2, AE = x + 2 and EC

= x – 1, then find the value of x.

OR
Diagonals AC and BD of trapezium ABCD with AB||DC intersect each other at point O. Show that
OA/OC = OB/OD.

24. In the given figure, PA is a tangent to the circle drawn from the external point P and PBC is the
secant to the circle with BC as diameter. If ∠AOC = 130°, then find the measure of ∠APB, where O
is the centre of the circle.

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25. A line intersects y-axis and x-axis at point P and Q, respectively. If R(2, 5) is the mid-point of line
segment PQ, then find the coordinates of P and Q.

SECTION – C
Questions 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each.

26. Find the value of 'p' for which the quadratic equation px(x – 2) + 6 = 0 has two equal real roots.

OR

If α and β are roots of the quadratic equation x² – 7x + 10 = 0, find the quadratic equation whose
roots are α² and β².

1  sec A sin 2 A
27. Prove that: 
sec A 1  cos A
OR

Prove that sec A (1 – sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1.

28. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining the points A(6, 3) and B(–2, –5) is divided by x-
axis.

29. Prove that √5 is an irrational number.

30. In the given figure, E is a point on the side CB produced of an isosceles triangle ABC with AB =
AC. If AD ⊥ BC and EF ⊥ AC, them prove that ∆ABD ~ ∆ECF.

31. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. Find the area of the sector
formed by the arc. Also, find the length of the arc.

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 SECTION – D
Questions 32 to 35 carry 3 marks each.

32. 250 apples of a box were weighted and the distribution of masses of the apples is given in the
following table:
Mass (in grams) 80 – 100 100 – 120 120 – 140 140 – 160 160 – 180
Number of apples 20 60 70 x 60
(i) Find the value of x and the mean mass of the apples.
(ii) Find the modal mass of the apples.

33. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term of an A.P. is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of the 5th term to the
21st term. Also, find the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to the sum of first 21 terms.

OR

If the sum of first 6 terms of an A.P. is 36 and that of the first 16 terms is 256, find the sum of first
10 terms.

34. Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T (see below
left figure). Prove that ∠PTQ = 2 ∠OPQ.

OR

A circle touches the side BC of a ∆ABC at a point P and touches AB and AC when produced at Q
1
and R respectively (see above right sided figure). Show that AQ = (Perimeter of ∆ABC).
2

35. A student was asked to make a model shaped like a cylinder with two cones attached to its ends by
using a thin aluminium sheet. The diameter of the model is 3 cm and its total length is 12 cm. If
each cone has a height of 2 cm, find the volume of air contained in the model.

SECTION – E(Case Study Based Questions)

Questions 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each.

36. Aditya is a pilot in Air India. During the Covid-19 pandemic, many Indian passengers were stuck at
Dubai Airport. The government of India sent special aircraft to take them. Mr. Vinod was leading
this operation. He is flying from Dubai to New Delhi with these passengers. His airplane is
approaching point A along a straight line and at a constant altitude h. At 10:00 am, the angle of
elevation of the airplane is 30° and at 10:01 am, it is 60°.

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 (i) What is the distance d is covered by the airplane from 10:00 am to 10:01 am if the speed of the
airplane is constant and equal to 600 miles/hour?
(ii) What is the altitude h of the airplane? (round answer to 2 decimal places)

OR

Find the distance between passenger and airplane when the angle of elevation is 60°.

(iii) Find the distance between passenger and airplane when the angle of elevation is 30°.

37. "Eight Ball" is a game played on a pool table with 15 balls numbered 1 to 15 and a "cue ball" that is
solid and white. Of the 15 numbered balls, eight are solid (non-white) coloured and numbered 1 to
8 and seven are striped balls numbered 9 to 15.

The 15 numbered pool balls (no cue ball) are placed in a large bowl and mixed, then one ball is
drawn out at random.
Based on the above information, answer the following question:
(i) What is the probability that the drawn ball bears number 8?
(ii) What is probability that the drawn ball bears an even number?

OR

What is the probability that the drawn ball bears a number, which is a multiple of 3?

(iii) What is the probability that the drawn ball is a solid coloured and bears an even number?

38. A coaching institute of Mathematics conducts classes in two batches I and II and fees for rich and
poor children are different. In batch I, there are 20 poor and 5 rich children, whereas in batch II,
there are 5 poor and 25 rich children. The total monthly collection of fees from batch I is Rs. 9000
and from batch II is Rs. 26,000. Assume that each poor child pays Rs. x per month and each rich
child pays Rs. y per month.

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Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
(i) Represent the information given above in terms of x and y.
(ii) Find the monthly fee paid by a poor child.

OR

Find the difference in the monthly fee paid by a poor child and a rich child.

(iii) If there are 10 poor and 20 rich children in batch II, what is the total monthly collection of fees
from batch II?

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