Bharatiya VidyaBhavan’sAtmakuri Rama Rao School

Road No – 45, Jubileehills, Hyderabad -500033

Date :12.10.2023
Class – X Half yearly Examination-SET-2 Max.Marks :80
Subject – Mathematics (2023 -24) Time : 3hrs

a) This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.

b) Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
c) Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
d) Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
e) Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
f) 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.
g) 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
SECTION – A
1. Mean of the given data is 45 and mode is 36, then median of the data is
(a) 30 (b) 27 (c) 42 (d) 33
2. The product of the zeroes of the polynomial 4x + 7x +3 is
2

3 −3 7 −7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 4 4
3. The pair of equations x = b, y = a graphically represents lines which are
(a) Coincident (b) parallel
(c) intersecting at (a,b) (d) intersecting at (b,a).
4. The value of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2− kx + 3 = 0 has equal roots is
(a) ± 2√6 (b) -2√6 (c) 2√6 (d) none
5. For the following distribution the difference of lower limit of median class and modal class
is
C.I 65 - 85 85 - 105 105 - 125 125 - 145 145 – 165 165 - 185 185 – 205
F 4 5 13 20 24 7 4
(a) 19 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 33
𝑓 −𝑓
6. In the formula, Mode = 𝑙 + {2𝑓 −1 𝑓 −0 𝑓 } ℎ , what f1 stands for
1 0 2
(a) frequency of modal class
(b) frequency of median class
(c) frequency is the class preceding the modal class
(d) frequency is the class succeeding the modal class
7. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k – 1)x2+ kx + 1 is −6,
then the value of k is
4 −4 7 −7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 6 6
8. The value of k for which the lines represented by the following pair of linear equations
2x + 3y + 7 = 0, 8x + ky + 12 = 0 are intersecting is
(a) all real values except 12 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) none
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9. The solution of the equations 3x + 2y = 1.5 and 2x + y = 1.5 is
(a) x = 1.5, y = 1.5 (b) x = 1, y = 1 (c) x = 1.5, y = -1.5 (d) x = -1.5, y = 1.5
1 5
10. If is a root of the equation 4x2− kx − 4 = 0, then ‘k’ is ______
2
−1 1
(a) 2 (b) −2 (c) (d)
2 2
AD AE
11. In figure = , ADE = 50° and ACB = 70°, then BAC is equal to
BD EC
(a) 70° (b) 50° (c) 80° (d) 60°
12. If ∆ PRQ ~∆ XZY, then
PR RQ PQ PR PQ QR QR PR
(a) = (b) = (c) = (d) =
XZ YZ XY XZ XZ YZ XZ XY
13. In figure, two line segments AC and BD intersect each other at
the point P such that PA = 6 cm, PC = 2.5 cm, PD = 5 cm,
APB = 50° and CDP = 30°, then PCD is equal to

(a) 50° (b) 30°

(c) 60° (d) 100°
14. The point which divides the line segment joining the points A(8, −9) and B(2,3) in the ratio
2 : 1 internally lies in the
(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant (c) III quadrant (d) IV quadrant
15. If (a,b) is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points A(1, −6) and B(k, -4) and
a− 2b = 12, then the value of k is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) none
16. The point on the X – axis which is equidistant from ( −2, 0) and (0,0) is
(a) (1, 0) (b) (2, 0) (c) (0,0) (d) (-1,0)
17. If 6370 = 2 ,5 ,7 , 13 , then the value of m − n + k -- p is
𝑚 𝑛 𝑘 𝑝

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 5

18. Anwar has 40 cm long and 84 cm long blue ribbon. He cuts each ribbon into pieces such
that all pieces are of equal length. What is the length of each piece?
(a) 4 cm as it is the H.C.F of 40 and 84. (b) 4 cm as it is the L.C.M of 40 and 84.
(c) 12 cm as it is the H.C.F of 40 and 84. (d) 12 cm as it is the L.C.M of 40 and 84.

DIRECTION: In the question numbers 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by
a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A) : The value of y is 6, for which the distance between P(-3 , −3) and
Q(0 , y) is 11.
Reason (R) : distance between two given points A(𝑥1 , 𝑦1 )and B(𝑥2 , 𝑦2 )is given by
AB=√(𝑥2 − 𝑥1 )2 + (𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2
20. Assertion(A) : For any two Z + a and b, HCF(a,b) × LCM(a,b) = a × b.
Reason ( R ) : The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 200. Then their LCM is 40.

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 SECTION – B
21. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 9 and 90 respectively. If one number is 18, find the other.
22. Quadratic polynomial 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1 has zeroes as 𝛼 and 𝛽. Now form a quadratic
polynomial whose zeroes are 2𝛼 and 2𝛽.
(OR)
Find the zeroes of 𝑃(𝑥 ) = 3𝑥 2 − 4√3 𝑥 + 4
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1
23. On comparing the coefficients , , find out whether the following pair of linear
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
−4
equations is consistent or inconsistent. 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 8 ; 2𝑥 − 8𝑦 = 12
3
24. Find the nature of the roots of the equation 30𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 − 30 = 0.

25. Find the ratio in which the point (2, 𝑘) divides the line-segment joining the
points (−5, −4) and (−2, 3). Also find the value of ′𝑘′.
(OR)
Find the coordinates of the points which divide the line-segment joining A(−2,−2) and
B(2, 8) into 3 equal parts.
SECTION – C

26. Prove that √5 is an irrational number

27. Two years ago, a father was five times as old as his son. Two years later , his age will
be 8 more than three times the age of the son. Find present ages of father and son.
(OR)
Solve the following linear equations: 217x + 131y = 913 and 131x + 217y = 827
28. If △ ABC ∼ △ PQR, BC = 18.2 𝑐𝑚, QR = 6.5 𝑐𝑚 and perimeter of △ ABC = 140 𝑐𝑚, then find
the perimeter of △ PQR.
(OR)
In figure, if △ BEA ≅△ CDA, then prove that △ DEA ~ △ BCA.

29. Prove that the points A (0, −5), B (−2, 2), C (5, 0) and D (7, −7) are the vertices of a
rhombus.
30. Find mean by Step deviation method
Class Interval 120 - 130 130 - 140 140 - 150 150 - 160 160 - 170
Frequency 25 80 15 50 30

31. A school organized a diwalee mela . Ages of persons who visited the mela are given in the

following frequency distribution . Find the mode of the given distribution

ages 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No.of persons 3 5 16 12 13 20 6 5

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 SECTION – D
32. Find the missing frequency in the following frequency distribution, if mean is 50.

classes 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 total

frequency 17 F1 32 F2 19 120

(OR)
find the missing frequency in the following frequency distribution, it being given that the median of the distribution
is 35.The sum of all frequencies is 170.

class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

f 10 20 F1 40 F2 25 15

33. (i) State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem.

(ii) A 15 m high tower casts a shadow 24 m long at a certain time and at the same time, a
telephone pole casts a shadow 16 m long. Find the height of the telephone pole.

34. A train travels a distance of 300Km at a constant speed If the speed of the train increased
by 5Km an hour, the journey would have taken 2 hours less. Find the original speed of the train.

(OR)
1 1 11
Solve: - =
x+4 x−7 30

35. Solve x - 2y = 4 and 3x + 5y = 1 graphically. Also shade the region formed by these lines and
𝑋 – axis.
SECTION – E
(Case Study)
36. Vijay is trying to find the average height of a tower near his house. He is using the properties of
similar triangles.The height of Vijay’s house if 20m when Vijay’s house casts a shadow 10m long
on the ground. At the same time, the tower casts a shadow 50m long on the ground and the house
of Ajay casts 20m shadow on the ground

Based on the above information answer the following questions.

(i) What is the height of the tower?
(ii) What is the height of Ajay’s house?
(iii) When the tower casts a shadow of 40m, same time what will be the length of the
shadow of Ajay’s house?
(OR)
When the tower casts a shadow of 40m, same time what will be the length of the shadow of
Vijay’s house?

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37. Water flowing in a fountain follows trajectory as shown below:

Based on the above information answer the following questons.

(i) If the trajectory is represented by 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 18, then write its zeroes.
−1
(ii) If is one of the zeroes of 4𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑥 − 5, then find the value of 𝑘.
3
(iii) If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the zeroes of the polynomial 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5 then what is
the value of 𝛼𝛽.
(OR)
If one zero of the polynomial 𝑃(𝑥 ) = 4𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 − 𝑚 is the reciprocal of the other, then
write the value of ′𝑚′.
38. The class X students school in krishnagar have been allotted a rectangular plot of land for their
gardening activity. Saplings of Gulmohar are planted on the boundary at a distance of 1 m from
each other. There is triangular grassy lawn in the plot as shown in the figure. The students are to
sow seeds of flowering plants on the remaining area of the plot.

On the basis of above information answer the following questions.

(i) Taking A as origin, find the coordinates of P
(ii) What will be the coordinates of Q, if C is the origin?
(iii) Write the distance of PR
(OR)
Write the distance of PQ

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