Grade X Mathematics (Set 3)

General Instructions:
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
(i) This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper is divided into five sections – A, B, C, D and E.
(iii) In Section A, Questions no. 1 to 18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs)
and questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion – Reason based questions
of 1 mark each.
(iv) In Section B, Questions 21 to 25 are very short answer (VSA) type
questions carrying 2 marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions 26 to 31 are short answer (SA) type questions
carrying 3 marks each.
(vi) In Section D, Questions 32 to 35 are long answer (LA) type questions
carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Questions 36 to 38 are case study-based questions carrying 4
marks each.
(viii)There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided
in 2 questions in section B, 2 questions in Section C, 2 questions in Section
D and 3 questions in section E.
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(ix) Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = wherever required, if not
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stated.
(x) Use of calculators is not allowed

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 Section A

1. If HCF (336, 54) = 6, LCM (336, 54) will be

(a) 2024 (b) 3024 (c) 1012 (d) 1512

2. If A and B are acute angles and sin A = cos B, then the value of A + B is

(a) 60° (b) 180° (c) 90° (d) 120°

3. An observer, 1.5 m tall is 20.5 away from a tower 22m high, then the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the eye of observer is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
4. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18- a13?
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

1 1
5. + =?
1+sin θ 1− sin θ

(a) 1 (b) 2sec2θ (c) 2sin2θ (d) 2Cos2θ

6. In figure, if ∠ AOB = 125°, then ∠ COD is equal to

(a) 62.5° (b) 45° (c) 35° (d) 55°

7. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2+ 99x + 127 are

(a) both positive (c) one positive and one negative
(b) both negative (d) both equal

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8. In the figure, PQ is parallel to MN. If = and KN = 20.4 cm then find
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KQ.

(a) 4.8 cm (b) 4.6 cm (c) 4.4 cm (d) 4.2 cm

9. If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A, then

(a) P(A) < 0 (c) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
(b) P(A) > 1 (d) – 1 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1

10. x and y are 2 different digits. If the sum of the two-digit numbers formed by
using both the digits is a perfect square, then value of x + y is
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

11. If the lines given by 3x + 2ky = 2 and 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel, then the
value of k is
5 2 15 3
(a) − (b) (c) (d)
4 5 4 2

12. If the mean of the observation x, x + 3, x + 5, x + 7 and x + 10 is 9, the mean

of the last three observation is
1 2 1 2
(a) 10 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 11
3 3 3 3

13. The probability that a number selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3,
......, 15 is a multiple of 4 is
4 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 5

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14. If the perimeter of one face of a cube is 20 cm, then its surface area is
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 150 cm2 (c) 125 cm2 (d) 400 cm2

15. If the point P (k, 0) divides the line segment joining the points A (2, – 2) and
B (– 7, 4) in the ratio 1 : 2, then the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) -1

16. The points (3,0), (6,4) and (– 1, 3) are the vertices of a

(a) equilateral triangle (c) isosceles triangle
(b) scalene triangle (d) right angled isosceles triangle

17. From a solid circular cylinder with height 10 cm and radius of the base 6 cm,
a right circular cone of the same height and same base is removed, then the
volume of remaining solid is
(a) 280π cm3 (b) 330 π cm3 (c) 240 π cm3 (d) 440π cm3

18. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre.
The length of the arc is

(a) 21 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 18.16 cm (d) 23.5 cm

Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
For selecting the correct answer, use the following code:
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.

19. Assertion(A) : 4x2− 12x + 9 = 0 has repeated roots.

Reason(R) : The quadratic equation ax2+ bx + c = 0 have repeated roots if
discriminant D > 0.

20. Assertion(A) : PA and PB are two tangents to a circle with centre O. Such
that ∠ AOB = 110°, then ∠ APB = 90°.
Reason(R) : The length of two tangents drawn from an external point are
equal.

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 Section B
21. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48
seconds, 72 seconds and 108 seconds respectively. If they all change
simultaneously at 8 a.m. then at what time will they again change
simultaneously?

22. (a) The minute hand of a clock is 12 cm long. Find the area swept by it in
35 minutes.
OR
(b) A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm makes a right angle at the centre.
Find the area of the minor segment of the circle.

23. (a) Evaluate

tan2 60° + 4sin2 45° + 3sec2 30 + 5cos2 90°
cosec 30° + sec60° − cot2 30°

OR
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(b) If tan (A + B) = √3 and tan (A – B) = , 0 < A + B < 90° and A > B,
√3
find the values of A and B.

24. In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle. PT and PQ

are tangents to the circle from an external point P.
If ∠ TPQ = 70°, find ∠ TRQ.

25. In the given figure, AB ∥ CD. Prove that Δ AOB ~ Δ DOC.

Section C

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 Sec θ + tan θ − 1 Cos θ
26. Prove that =
tan θ −sec θ + 1 1−sin θ

27. (a) Two different dice are rolled together. Find the probability of getting

(i) the sum of numbers on two dice to be 5.

(ii) even number on both dice.
(iii) a doublet.
OR
(b) A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which is equally likely to
come to rest pointing to one of the numbers
1, 2, 3, …, 12 as shown in the figure. What is
the probability that it will point to
(i) an even number?
(ii) a prime number?
(iii) a number which is a multiple of 5?

28. Each one of A and B has some money. If A gives Rs. 30 to B then B will have
twice the money left with A. But if B gives Rs.10 to A then A will have thrice
as much as is left with B. How much money does each have?

29. (i) Find the zeros of the polynomial f (x) = x2 – 2 and verify the
relationship between its zeros and coefficients.

OR

(ii) If α and β are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = 6x2 + x – 2, find the
𝛼 𝛽
value of + .
𝛽 𝛼

30. Prove that (3 + 5√2) is irrational, given that √2 is an irrational number.

31. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

Section D

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32. A solid cylinder of diameter 12 cm and height 15 cm is melted and recast into
12 toys in the shape of a right circular cone mounted on a hemisphere. Find
the radius of the hemisphere and the total height of the toy, if the height of the
conical part is thrice its radius.

33. (a)
(i) Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to
intersect the other two sides in distinct points then the other two sides
are divided in the same ratio.
(ii) In a Δ ABC, a line DE ∥ BC intersects AB in D and AC in E, then
AD AE
prove that =
AB AC
OR
(b) Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively
proportional to sides PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR.
Prove that Δ ABC ~ Δ PQR.

34. (a) Find the values of p for which the quadratic equation
(2p + 1) x2 – (7p + 2) x + (7p – 3) = 0 has real and equal roots.
OR
(b) A motorboat whose speed in still water is 24 km/hr, takes 1 hour more to
go 32 km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the
speed of the stream.

35. Find the mean and mode for the following data:

Section E

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36. A garden is in the shape of rectangle. Gardener grew sapling of Ashoka tree
on the boundary of garden at the distance of 1 meter from each other. He
wants to decorate the garden with rose plants. He chooses triangular region
inside the park to grow rose plants. On the above situation, gardener took help
from the students of class 10th. They made a chart for it which looks as the
figure given below.

(i) If A is taken as origin, what is the coordinate of Point P?

(ii) If C is taken as origin, what are the co-ordinates of points P, Q and R?

OR
If B is taken as origin, what are the co-ordinates of points P, Q and R?
(iii) What is distance between P and Q if origin is taken A?

37. Road Roller: A road roller (sometimes called a roller compactor, or just roller)
is a compactor-type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel,

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 concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations. Similar
rollers are used also at landfills or in agriculture. Road rollers are frequently
referred to as steamrollers, regardless of their method of propulsion.

RCB Machine Pvt Ltd started making road roller 10 year ago. Company
increased its production uniformly by fixed number every year. The company
produces 800 rollers in the 6th year and 1130 rollers in the 9th year.
(i) What was the increase in the company’s production every year?

(ii) What was the company’s production in the 21st year?

OR
What was the company’s total production of the first 6 years?
(iii) In which year the company’s production was 1350 rollers?

38. Lakshman is riding on a hot air balloon. After reaching at height x at point P,
he spots a lorry parked at B on the ground at an angle of depression of 30°.

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The balloon rises further by 50 metres at point Q and now he spots the same
lorry at an angle of depression of 45° and a car parked at C at an angle of
depression of 30°.

(i) What is the relation between the height x of the balloon at point P and
distance d between point A and B?

(ii) What is the distance AB on the ground?

OR
What is the new height of the balloon at point Q?
(iii) What is the distance AC on the ground?

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