(ii) of getting a sum 10 , on the two dice.

33 Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting such numbers on the two
dice, whose product is 12
34 All cards of ace , jack and queen are removed from a deck of playing cards. One card
is drawn at random from the remaining cards. Find the probability that the card drawn
is
(i) a face card
(ii) a black king
35 A number is selected at random from the numbers 3 ,5 , 5 , 7 , 7 ,7 , 9 , 9 , 9, 9, . Find
the probability that the selected number is their average.
36 A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 and another number
y is selected at random from numbers 1 , 2 ,3 4 . Find the probability that the value of
xy is more than 16
37 A group consists of 12 persons, out of which 4 are extremely patient, other 6 are
extremely honest and the rest are extremely kind. A person from the group is selected
at random. Assuming that each person is equally likely to be selected , find the
probability of selecting a person who is
(i) extremely patient.

(ii) extremely kind or honest.

38 A card is drawn from a well – shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is neither a red card nor a queen
39 A card is drawn from a well – shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is either a red card or a queen
40 A card is drawn from a well – shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of
getting
(i) a red king
(ii) a queen or jack

41 A square of side 5 cm is drawn in the interior of another square of side 10 cm and

shade as shown in the figure. A point is selected at random from the interior of the
square. What is the probability that the point will be chosen from the shaded part?

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42 A bag contains 2 green, 3 red and 4 black balls. A ball is taken out of the bag at
random. Find the probability that the selected ball is
(i) not green
(ii) not black
43 12 defective pens are accidentally mixed with 132 good ones. It is not possible to just
look at a pen and tell whether or not it is defective. One pen is taken out at random
from the lot .Determine the probability that the pen taken out is a good one
44 Two players, Sangeeta and Reshma, play a tennis match. It is known that the
probability of Sangeeta winning the match is 0.62. What is the probability of Reshma
winning the match?

PART C - ( 3 MARK QUESTIONS)

45 A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below:

The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting

(i) A
(ii) D?
(III) Vowels:
46 Out of 400 bulbs in a box, 15 bulbs are defective. One bulb is taken out at random
from the box. Find the probability that the drawn bulb is not defective.
47 A bag contains 15 white and some black balls. If the probability of drawing a black
ball from the bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, find the number of black balls
in the bag.
48 A bag contains 12 balls out of which x are white. (i) If one ball is drawn at random,
what is the probability that it will be a white ball? (ii) If 6 more white balls are put in
the bag, the probability of drawing a white ball will be double that in case (i). Find x.
49 A pair of dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting
(i) doublet of prime numbers
(ii) a doublet of odd numbers.

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50 All the three face cards of spades are removed from a well- shuffled pack of 52 cards.
A card is drawn at random from the remaining pack. Find the probability of getting
(i) a black face cards
(ii) a queen
(iii) a black card
51 A box contains cards bearing numbers 6 to 70. If one card is drawn at random from
the box ,find the probability that it bears
( a) not a one digit number
(b) a number not divisible by 5
(c) number is a perfect square
52 There are 100 cards in a bag on which numbers from 1 to 100 are written. A card is
taken out from the bag at random. Find the probability that the number on the selected
card
I. is divisible by 9 and is a perfect square
II. (ii) is a prime number greater than 80
53 A bag contains 24 balls of which x are red, 2x are white and 3x are blue. A ball is
selected at random. What is the probability that
(i) it is red
(ii) it is blue
(iii) neither red nor blue
54 A bag contains white, black and red balls only. A ball is drawn at random from the
bag. The probability of getting a white ball is 3 and that of black is 2 . Find the
10 5
probability of getting a red ball. If the bag contains 20 black balls, then find the total
number of balls in the bag.
55 A child’s game has 6 triangles of which 3 are blue and the rest are red and 10 squares
of which 6 are blue and the rest are red. One piece Is lost at random. Find the
probability that that it is a
(i) Triangle
(ii) Square
(iii) Square of blue colour
56 A lot consists of 48 mobile phones of which 42 are good, 3 have only minor defects
and 3 have major defects. Varnika will buy a phone if it is good but the trader will

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 only buy a mobile if it has no major defect. One phone is selected at random from the
lot. What is the probability that it is:
(i) acceptable to. Varnika? (ii) acceptable to the trader?

57 Five cards – the ten, jack, queen, king and ace of diamonds, are well-shuffled with
their face downwards. One card is then picked up at random.
(i) What is the probability that the card is the queen?
(ii) If the queen is drawn and put aside, what is the probability that the second card
picked up is (a) an ace? (b) a queen?
58 A bag contains 5 black, 7 red and 3 white balls. A ball is drawn from the bag at
random. Find the probability that the ball drawn is:
(i) red.
(ii) black or white.
(iii) not black.
59 The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only
blue, black and green marbles is 1/5. The probability of selecting a black marble at
random from the same jar is 1/4. If the jar contains 11 green marbles, find the total
number of marbles in the jar.

SECTION D ( 4 MARK QUESTIONS)

60 All the black Ace cards are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining cards are
well shuffled and then a card is drawn at random. Find the probability of getting
i) a Ace card ii) a red card iii) a black card iv) a Jack

61 . Cards marked with the number 2 to 101 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. One card
is drawn from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is:

(i) An even number (ii) A number less than 14 (iii) A number is perfect square
(iv) A prime number less than 20

62 Out of the families having three children, a family is chosen at random. Find the probability
that the family has (i) Exactly one girl (ii) At least one girl (iii) At most one girl

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63 The Ace, number 10 and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards and
remaining cards are shuffled. A card is drawn from the remaining cards. Find the probability
of getting a card of

(a) heart

(b) Ace

(c) clubs

(d) either 10 or jack

64 Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that:

(a) 5 will not come up either of them?

(b) 5 will come up at least one time?

(c) 5 will come at both dice?

(d) Sum of 5 comes on both the dice together

65
Cards bearing numbers 3, 5… 35 are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from the bag.
Find the probability of getting a card bearing (a) a prime number less than 15 (b) a number
divisible by 3 and 5

66
A bag contains 8 red balls & some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is 3
times of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.

67
Three coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting

(i) Exactly 2 heads (ii) at least 1 head (iii) at most 2 tails (iv) exactly 3 heads

Case study questions

68

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 Akshith & Dikshith are good friends. During vacation Dikshith went to Akshith’s house to play
Ludo.They played Ludo with 2 dice.

(i)To win a game Dikshith needs a total of 7. What is the probability of winning a game by
Dikshith ?

(ii) Find the probability that 5 will come up at least in one die?

69 CASE STUDY 2

Two friends Neha and Sohan have some savings in their piggy bank. They decided to count
the total coins they both had. After counting they find that they have fifty ₹ 1 coins, forty
eight ₹ 2 coins, thirty six ₹ 5 coins, twenty eight ₹10 coins and eight ₹ 20 coins. Now, they
said to Isha, their other friends, to choose a coin randomly

( i) Find the probability of getting a denomination of ₹10

(ii) Find the probability of getting a denomination of₹ 2 or ₹ 5

70 CASE STUDY 3

Eric bought balls for decorating the Christmas tree. The bag contains 24 balls ,of which x
number are red balls

( i) If one ball is drawn at random, find the probability of getting a red ball

(ii) If 6 more red balls are put in the bag ,the probability of drawing a red ball is double that in
first case , find the number of red balls

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71 Gunjan is fond of playing cards. She tries to find out probability in different situations. One
such situation is given below

Five cards – ten, jack, queen, king, and an ace of diamonds are shuffled face downwards.
One card is picked at random.
(i) What is the probability that the card is a queen?
(ii) If a king is drawn first and put aside, what is the probability that the second card picked
up is the (a) ace? (b) king?

72 CASE STUDY 5

Blood Group describes the type of blood of a person has. It is a classification

of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances
on the surface of red blood cells. Blood type predicts whether a serious
reaction will occur in a blood transfusion
In a sample of 50 people, 21 had type O, 22 had A, 5 had Type B and rest had
type AB blood group. (CBSE 2023

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 Based on the above , answer the following questions
i. What is the probability that a person chosen at random had type O blood?
ii. What is the probability that a person chosen at random had Type AB blood
group?
iii. What is the probability that a person chosen at random had neither type A nor
type B blood group?
iv. What is the probability that person chosen at random had either type A, type
B or type O blood group.

73 CASE STUDY 6

Computer – based learning (CBL)refers to any teaching methodology that makes use of
computers for information transmission. At an elementary school level, computer
application can be used to display multimedia lesson plans. A survey was done on 1000
elementary schools of Assam and they were classified by the number of computers they
had. (CBSE – 2023

The following table shows the salaries (in percent) received by 50 employees during
lockdown.

Number of 1 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 50 51 - 100 101 and

computors more
Number of 250 200 290 180 80
schools
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i. Find the probability that the school chosen at random has more than 100
computers.

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 ii. (a) Find the probability that the school chosen at random has 50 or fewer
computers

(b) Find the probability that the school chosen at random has 10 or less more
than 20 computers.

iii. Find the probability that the school chosen at random has 10 or less than 10
computers

74 Some students were asked to list their favourite colour. The measure of each colour is shown
by the central angle of a pie chart given below. (CBSE – 2023

Study the pie chart and answer the following questions.

(i) If a student is chosen at random, then find the probability of his/her favourite colour being
white.

(ii) What is the probability of his/her favourite colour being blue or green?

(iii) a) If 15 students liked the colour yellow, how many students participated in the survey?

OR

(iii) b) What is the probability of the favourite colourbeing red or blue?

75 A middle school decided to run the following spinner game as a fund raiser on Christmas
carnival (CBSE – 2023

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 Making purple : Spin each spinner once. Blue and red make purple. So, one spinner shows
Red(R) and another Blue(B), then you ‘win’. One such outcome is written as ‘RB’.

Based on the above answer the following questions

(i) List all possible outcomes of the game.

(ii) Find the probability of ‘Making Purple’.

(iii) a) For each win, a participant gets Rs 10, but if he /she loses, he/she has to pay Rs 5
to the school. If 99 participants played, calculate how much fund could the school have
collected?

OR

(b) If the same amount of Rs 5 has been decided for winning or losing the game ,
then how much fund had been collected by school?

ANSWER KEY
Q NO ANSWER Q NO ANSWER Q NO ANSWER

1 1 20 25 39 7
5 49 13
2 21 21 11 40 1 , (ii) 2
26 13
26 13
3 1.5 22 162 41 1
4
4 0.95 23 1 42 7 5
,
9 9
6
5 1 24 1 43 11
3 4 12
6 7 25 6 44 0.38
9

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 7 1 1 1
7 14 26 45 , ,
3 6 2
8

8 1 27 5 46 77
2 26 80

9 12 28 1 47 45
13 2

10 1 29 4 , (ii) 1 48 1 ,3
65 5 4
7

13 1 1
11 4 30 49 ,
12 12
20

3 3 3 23
12 31 3 , (ii) 7 50 , ,
4 20 49 49 49
4

13 7 32 1 , (ii) 1 51 61
,
52
,
6
6 12 65 65 65
12

10 1 3 3
14 33 52 ,
100 100
13 9

23 1 1 2
15 34 1 (ii) 1 53 , ,
10 20 6 2 3
50

16 1 35 3 54 3 , 50
10
26 10

17 1 36 3 55 3 5 3
, ,
8 8 8
9 8

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18 10 37 1 2 56 7 15
, (ii) ,
3 3 8 16

19 81 38 6 57 1 ,1 ,0
5 4
89 13

7 8 2 25 11 1 1
58 , , 64 , , , 70 1 ,4
15 15 3 36 36 36 9 6

5 2 3 3 3
59 20 65 , 71 , ,
17 17 47 46 46

1 13 12 2
60 , , , 66 24 72 i) 21 ii) 1 iii) 23 iv) 24
25 25 25 25 50 25 50 25

1 3 9 2 67 3 7 7 1 73
, , , , , , (i) 80 0.08
2 25 100 25 8 8 8 8 1000
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(ii) (a) 740 0.74
3 7 1 1 11 1000
62 , , 68 ,
8 8 2 6 36
(b) 450 0.45
1000

13 3 10 6 14 42 250
63 , , , 69 , ( ) 0.25
49 49 49 49 85 85 1000

1
74 i. P(favourite colour being white) =120 =
360 3

(ii) 1
P( favourite colour being blue or green) = 60+60
360 3

(a) 15 1
Let the total number of students be ⇒ =
4

⇒ = 60

Total number of participants = 60

(b) 1
P( favourite colour being Red or Blue) = 60+30 =
360 4

75 (i) All possible out come: RR, RG,RB,GR,GB,GG,YR,YB,YG

(ii) Number of favourable outcome (RB) = 1

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 (iii) P(Making Purple) = 19
1
P(winning)= 99 × = 11
9

Game lost by 88 persons

Fund collected = 88 × ₹5 − 11 × ₹10 = ₹330

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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
Class X Session 2023-24
MATHEMATICS STANDARD (Code No.041)
TIME: 3 HOURS 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
3marks and 2 Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been
provided in the 2marks questions of Section E
Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1 If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3, where x, y are prime 1
numbers, then the result obtained by dividing the product of the positive integers by the
LCM (a, b) is
(a)
(b) 2
(c) 3 3
(d) 2 2

2 The given linear polynomial y = f(x) has 1

(a) 2 zeros
(b) 1 zero and the zero is ‘3’
(c) 1 zero and the zero is ‘4’
(d) No zero

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3 The lines representing the given pair of linear equations are non-intersecting. Which of 1
the following statements is true?

4 The nature of roots of the quadratic equation 9x2 – 6x – 2 = 0 is: 1

(a) No real roots
(b) 2 equal real roots
(c) 2 distinct real roots
(d) (d) More than 2 real roots
5 Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is –1 and 1

that ofthe other is – 8. The difference between their 4th terms is

(a) 1
(b) -7
(c) 7
(d) 9
6 What is the ratio in which the line segment joining (2,-3) and (5, 6) is divided by x-axis? 1
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 2:5 (d) 5:2
7 A point (x,y) is at a distance of 5 units from the origin. How many such points lie in the 1

thirdquadrant?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinitely many
8 In ABC, DE ‖ AB. If AB = a, DE = x, BE = b and 1
EC = c.
Then x expressed in terms of a, b and c is:

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9 If O is centre of a circle and Chord PQ makes an angle 50° with the tangent PR at the point of
contactP, then the angle subtended by the chord at the centre
(a) 130°
(b) 100°
(c) 50°
(d) 30°

10 A quadrilateral PQRS is drawn to circumscribe a circle. If PQ = 12 cm, QR = 15 cm and

RS = 14 cm, then find the length of SP is
(a) 15 cm
(b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm
(d) 11 cm
11 Given that = , ℎ is

(a)
√ 2− 2

(b)

√ 2− 2
(c)
(d)
√ 2− 2

12 (sec A + tan A) (1 – sin A) equals:

(a) sec A (c) cosec A
(b) sin A
(c) cosec A
(d) cos A
13 If a pole 6 m high casts a shadow 2 √3m long on the ground, then the Sun’s
elevation is
(a) 60°
(b) 45°
(c) 30°
(d) 90°
14 If the perimeter and the area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of the

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 circleis
(a) 2 units
(b) π units
(c) 4 units
(d) 7 units
15 It is proposed to build a new circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two
circularparks of diameters 16 m and 12 m in a locality. The radius of the new park is
(a) 10m (b) 15m (c) 20m (d) 24m
16 There is a square board of side ‘2a’ units circumscribing a red circle. Jayadev is asked to
keep a dot on the above said board. The probability that he keeps the dot on the shaded
region is.

a) 4
4−
b) 4

−4
c) 4
4
d)

17 2 cards of hearts and 4 cards of spades are missing from a pack of 52 cards. A card is drawn
atrandom from the remaining pack. What is the probability of getting a black card?
22
a) 52

22
b) 46

24
c) 52
24
d)
46

18 The upper limit of the modal class of the given distribution is:

(a) 165 (b) 160 (c) 155 (d) 150

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19 DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is
followed bya statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option

Statement A (Assertion): Total Surface area of the top is the sum of the
curved surface area of the hemisphere and the curved surface area of the
cone.
Statement R(Reason): Top is obtained by joining the plane surfaces of th
hemisphere and cone together.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanationof assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20 Statement A (Assertion): -5, -5/2, 0, 5/2 … is in Arithmetic Progression. 1
Statement R (Reason) : The terms of an Arithmetic Progression cannot have both
positiveand negative rational numbers.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct
explanationof assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and 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 Prove that √2 is an irrational number. 2

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22 ABCD is a parallelogram. Point P divides AB in theratio 2:3 and point Q divides DC 2
in the ratio 4:1. Prove that OC is half of OA.

23 From an external point P, two tangents, PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O. 2
At a point E on the circle, a tangent is drawnto intersect PA and PB at C and D,
respectively. If PA = 10 cm, find the perimeter of ∆PCD.

24 2
1
If tan (A + B) = √3 and tan (A – B) = ; 0° < A + B < 90°; A > B, find A and B.
√3

OR
Find the value of if
3
2 230° + 260°− tan2 30° = 10
4
25 With vertices A, B and C of ΔABC as centres, arcs are drawn with radii 14 cm and the 2
threeportions of the triangle so obtained are removed. Find the total area removed
from the
triangle.

OR

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 Find the area of the unshaded region shown in thegiven figure.

SECTION C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each
26 National Art convention got registrations from students from all parts of the country, 3
of which 60 are interested in music, 84 are interested in dance and 108 students are
interested in handicrafts. For optimum cultural exchange, organisers wish to keep them in
minimum number of groups such that each group consists of students interested in the
same artformand the number of students in each group is the same. Find the number of
students in eachgroup. Find the number of groups in each art form. How many rooms are
required if each group will be allotted a room?
27 If , β are zeroes of quadratic polynomial 5 2 + 5 + 1, find the value of 3
1. 2 + 2

2. –1 + –1
28 The sum of a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. If 3
the digits of the number differ by 2, find the number. How many such numbers are there?
OR
3 4 9
Solve:- 2 + =2; − = −1, , >0
√ √ √ √

29 PA and PB are tangents drawn to a circle of centre O from an external point P. Chord 3
ABmakes an angle of 30° with the radius at the point of contact.If length of the chord is
6 cm, find the length of the tangent PA and the length of the radiusOA.
OR
Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point T.
Prove that ∠ PTQ = 2 ∠ OPQ.
1
30 If 1 + sin2 = 3 , then prove that =1 3
2
31 The length of 40 leaves of a plants are measured correct to nearest millimeter, and the 3
data obtained is represented in the following table. Find the mean length of the leaves.
Length [ in Number of
mm] leaves

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 118 - 126 3
127 – 135 5
136 – 144 9
145 – 153 12
154 – 162 5
163 – 171 4
172 – 180 2
SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each
32 A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km 5
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of stream.
OR
3
Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10
8

hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap
can separately fill the tank.
33 (a) State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem. 5

(b)
In the given figure ∠CEF = ∠CFE. F is the midpoint of DC.

Prove that =

34 Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/h through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a cuboidal
5
pond which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time will the level of water in pond rise
by21 cm?
What should be the speed of water if the rise in water level is to be attained in 1 hour?
OR
A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and radius

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 of the cylindrical part are 3 m and 14 m respectively, and the total height of the tent is 13.5
m,find the area of the canvas required for making the tent, keeping a provision of 26 m 2
of canvas for stitching and wastage. Also, find the cost of the canvas to be purchased at the
rate of ₹ 500 per m2.
35 The median of the following data is 50. Find the values of ‘p’ and ‘q’, if the sum of all 5
frequencies is 90. Also find the mode of the data.

SECTION E
CASE BASED QUESTIONS
36 Manpreet Kaur is the national record holder
for women in the shot-put discipline. Her
throw of18.86m at the Asian Grand Prix in
2017 is the maximum distance for an Indian
female athlete. Keeping her as a role model,
Sanjitha is determinedto earn gold in
Olympics one day. Initially her throw reached
7.56m only. Being an athlete in school, she
regularly practiced both in themornings and
in the evenings and was able to improve the
distance by 9cm every week. During the
special camp for 15 days, she started with40 throws and every day kept increasing the numberof
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 (i) How many throws Sanjitha practiced on 11th day of the camp? 1
(ii) What would be Sanjitha’s throw distance at the end of 6 weeks? 2
(or)
When will she be able to achieve a throw of 11.16 m?
(iii) How many throws did she do during the entire camp of 15 days ? 1
37 Tharunya was thrilled to know that the football tournament is fixed with a monthly timeframe from
20th July to 20th August 2023 and for the first time in the FIFA Women’s World Cup’s history,
two nations host in 10 venues. Her father felt that the game can be better understood if the position
of players is represented as points on a coordinate plane.

(i) At an instance, the midfielders and forward formed a parallelogram. Find the position 1
of the central midfielder (D) if the position of other players who formedthe
parallelogram are :- A(1,2), B(4,3) and C(6,6)
(ii) Check if the Goal keeper G(-3,5), Sweeper H(3,1) and Wing-back K(0,3) 2
fall on asame straight line.
[or]
Check if the Full-back J(5,-3) and centre-back I(-4,6) are equidistant from
forward C(0,1) and if C is the mid-point of IJ.
(iii) If Defensive midfielder A(1,4), Attacking midfielder B(2,-3) and Striker E(a,b) 1
lie on the same straight line and B is equidistant from A and E, find the position of E.

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38
One evening, Kaushik was in a park. Children were playing cricket. Birds were singing
on anearby tree of height 80m. He observed a bird on the tree at an angle of elevation of
45°. When a sixer was hit, a ball flew through the tree frightening the bird to fly away. In
2 seconds, he observed the bird flying at the same height at an angle of elevation of 30°
and the ball flying towards him at the same height at an angle of elevation of 60°.

(i) At what distance from the foot of the tree was he observing the bird sitting on the 1
tree?
(ii)How far did the bird fly in the mentioned time? 2
(or)
After hitting the tree, how far did the ball travel in the sky when Kaushik saw theball?
(iii) What is the speed of the bird in m/min if it had flown 20(√3 + 1) m? 1

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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
Class X Session 2023-24
MATHEMATICS BASIC (241)
TIME: 3 HOURS MAX.MARKS: 80
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 sourced based/Case Based/passage based/integrated units of
assessment (4 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 2 marks,
2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Questions of 5 marks has been provided. An internal
choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not
stated.

SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1 If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3, where x, y are prime 1
numbers, then HCF (a, b) is
(a)
(b) 2
(c) 3 3
(d) 2 2

2 1
The LCM of smallest two digit composite number and smallest composite
number is:

a) 12

b) 4

c) 20

d) 44
3 1. If x = 3 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2kx – 6 = 0, then 1

the value ofk is

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 a) 1
−
2
b) 1
2

c) 3
d) 2
4 1
The pair of equations y = 0 and y = -7 has:
a) one solution
b) two solutions
c) infinitely many solutions
d) no solution
5 1
Value(s) of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 – kx + k = 0 has equal roots is :
a) 0 only b) 4 c) 8 only d) 0,8
6 1
The distance of the point (3, 5) from x-axis is k units, then k equals:

a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 8

7 If in ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR, = = 1

a) ∆PQR ~∆CAB b) ∆PQR ~∆ABC c) ∆CBA ~∆PQR d) ∆BCA ~∆PQR

8 Which of the following is NOT a similarity criterion of triangles? 1

a) AA b) SAS c) AAA d) RHS

9
In figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle
with centre O so that ∠POQ = 110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to
(a) 60° (b) 70° (c) 80° (d) 90°

4
10 If = , ℎ is
5

(e) 3
5

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 (f) 3
4

(g) 4
3

(h) 1
8

11
In figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so that ∠POQ =
110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to

(a) 60° (b) 70° (c) 80° (d) 90°

12
(1 – cos2 A) is equal to (c) co
a) sin2 A b) tan2A c) 1 – sin2A d) sec2A

13
The radius of a circle is same as the side of a square. Their perimeters are in the ratio
a) 1:1 b) 2: c) :2 d) √ : 2

14
The area of the circle is 154cm2. The radius of the circle is
a) 7cm b) 14cm c) 3.5cm d) 17.5cm

15
When a dice is thrown once, the probability of getting an even number less than
4 isa) 1/4 b) 0 c) 1/2 d) 1/6

16 For the following distribution:

Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25

10 15 12 20 9
Frequency

The lower limit of modal class is:

a) 15 b) 20 c) 10 d) 5

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A rectangular sheet of paper 40cm x 22cm, is rolled to form a hollow cylinder
ofheight 40cm. The radius of the cylinder(in cm) is :
e) 3.5
f) 7
80
g) 7

h) 5

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Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
12 10 15 8 11
Frequency
The median class is:
a) 6-12 b) 12-18 c) 18-24 d) 24-30
19 DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by
a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option

Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis.

Reason(R): The x-coordinate of a point on y-axis is zero

(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the
correctexplanation of assertion (A).

(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the
correctexplanation of assertion (A).

(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

(d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

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2. Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150.
Then their LCMis 40.
Reason(R): For any two positive integers a and b, HCF (a, b) x LCM (a, b) = a x
b.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the
correctexplanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not
the correctexplanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
SECTION B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.
21 Find whether the following pair of linear equations is consistent or 2

inconsistent:
3x + 2y = 8
6x – 4y = 9

22 In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB║CD ║ EF, then 2

prove that =

OR
In figure, if AD = 6cm, DB = 9cm, AE = 8cm and EC = 12cm and 2
∠ADE = 48˚. Find ∠ABC.
.

OR
23 The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5cm from thecentre of the circle is
4cm. Find the radius of the circle.
24 Evaluate: sin2 60˚ + 2tan 45˚ - cos2 30˚. 2

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25 Find the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of two circles ofradii
40cm and 9cm.
OR

A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of
minor segment. (Use = 3.14)
SECTION C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each
26 Prove that √3 is an irrational number. 3

27 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4s2 – 4s + 1 and verify the 3

relationshipbetween the zeroes and the coefficients.

28 The coach of a cricket team buys 4 bats and 1 ball for Rs. 2050. Later, she buys 3

3 batsand 2 balls for 1600. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
OR
A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for
each day thereafter. Saritha paid 27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid
21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed charge and the charge for each
extra day.
29 A circle touches all the four sides of quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that AB + CD = AD + BC. 3

30 Prove that
1−
( − )2 =
1+
OR
30 Prove that sec A (1 – sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1. 3
31 A bag contains 6 red, 4 black and some white balls. 3

I. Find the number of white balls in the bag if the probability of drawing a white ball is 1.
2

II. How many red balls should be removed from the bag for the probability of
drawing a white ball to be 1 ?
2

SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each

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32 A train travels 360km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5km/h more, it 5

wouldhave taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
OR
A motor boat whose speed is 18km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24km
upstreamthan to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream
33 Prove that If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other 5
twosides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

In ΔPQR, S and T are points on PQ and PR respectively. = and ∠PST = ∠PRQ. Prove
that PQR is an isosceles triangle

34
A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder 5
with two hemispheres stuck at each of its ends.
The length of the entire capsule is 14mm and
the diameter of the capsule is 5mm. Find its
surface area.
OR
A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of itsvolume.
Find approximately how much syrup would be found in 45 gulab
jamuns, each shape like cylinder with two hemispherical ends with
length 5cm and diameter 2.8cm.

35 The following table gives the distribution of the life time of 400 neon lamps: 5
Life time (in Number of lamps
hours)
14
1500-2000

56
2000-2500

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2500-3000

86
3000-3500

74
3500-4000

62
4000-4500

48
4500-5000
Find the average life time of a lamp.

SECTION E
CASE BASED QUESTIONS
36 India is competitive manufacturing location due to
the low cost of manpower and strong technical and
engineering capabilities contributing to higher
qualityproduction runs. The production of TV sets
in a factory increases uniformly by a fixed number
every year. Itproduced 16000 sets in 6th year and
22600 in 9th yeardistance by 9cm every week.
During the special camp for 15 days, she started
with40 throws and every day kept increasing the numberof throws by 12 to achieve this
remarkable progress.
1) In which year, the production is 29,200 sets? 1

2) Find the production in the 8th year. 2

OR
Find the production in first 3 years.
3) Find the difference of the production in 7th year and 4th year. 1

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37 Alia and Shagun are friends living on the same street in Patel Nagar. Shagun’s house is
at theintersection of one street with another street on which there is a library. They both
study in the same school and that is not far from Shagun's house. Suppose the school is
situated at the point O, i.e., the origin, Alia's house is at A. Shagun’s house is at B and
library is at C. Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) How far is Alia's house from Shagun’s house? 1

(i) How far is the library from Shagun’s house? 2

1
(i) Show that for Shagun, school is farther compared to Alia’s house and library.
OR

Show that Alia’s house, shagun’s house and library for an isosceles right triangle
38 A boy is standing on the top of light house. He observed that boat P and boat Q
are approaching the light house from opposite directions. He finds that angle of
depression of boat P is 45° and angle of depression of boat Q is 30°. He also
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(i) What is the measure of ∠APD?
(ii) If ∠YAQ = 30°, then ∠AQD is also 30°, Why? 1

2
(iii) Find length of PD
OR
Find length of DQ

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