Class X

Maths Board Pattern Practice Test -1

Max. Marks: 80 Duration: 3 hrs
General Instructions:
1. All the questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consists of 38 questions divided into 4 sections A,
B, C, and D.
3. Section A comprises of 20 (MCQs + One Word answer) questions of
1 mark each.
4. Section B comprises of 5 VSA questions of 2 marks each.
5. Section C comprises of 6 SA questions of 3 marks each.
6. Section D comprises of 4 LA questions of 5 marks each.
7. Section E comprises of 3 case-study based questions of 4 marks each
with sub parts of the values of 1,1 and 2 marks each respectively.
8. Use of calculators is not permitted.

SECTION – A

1. If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab2 and q =

a3b, where a, b being prime numbers, them LCM (p, q) is equal to:
A. ab B. a2b2
C. a3b2 D. a3b3
2. Consider the following frequency distribution

The upper limit of the median class is

A. 17 B. 17.5
C. 18 D. 18.5
3. The product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is
A. always irrational B. always rational
C. rational or irrational D. one
4. For what value of k , do the equations 3x-y+8=0 and 6x-ky+16=0
represent coincident lines?
1 1
A. B. − 2
2
C. 2 D. -2
5. If cos 9∝ =sin∝ and 9∝ <90 , then the value of tan 5∝ is
0

1
A. 3 B. 3

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 C. 1 D. 0
6. If AOBC is a rectangle whose three vertices are A (0, 3), O (0, 0) and
B (5, 0), then the length of its diagonal is
A. 5 B. 3
C. 34 D. 4
7. If  ABC is right angled at C, then the value of cos (A+B) is
A. 0 B. 1
1 √3
C. D.
2 2
8. If the distance between the points (4, p) and (1, 0) is 5, then the value
of p is
A. 4 only B.  4
C. – 4 only D. 0
9. If sin  - cos  = 0, then the value of (sin4  +cos4  ) is
3
A. 1 B. 4
1 1
C. D.
2 4
10. When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an odd number less
than 3 is
1 1
A. B.
6 3
1
C. D. 0
2

(Q11 – Q15) Fill in the blanks

11. The ratio of the total surface area to the lateral surface area of a
cylinder with base radius 80 cm and height 20 cm is _______ .
12. A quadratic polynomial, whose zeros are - 3 and 4, is _______ .
OR
If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k - 1) x² + kx + 1is -
3, then the value of k is ______ .
13. The value of ∠BAD in ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, if D is a point on the side BC such that
∠𝐵 = 70° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐶 = 50° is ______ .
14. The 21st term of an AP whose first two terms are - 3 and 4, is ______.
15. The probability of getting a broken egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The
number of broken eggs in the lot is _______ .

(Q16 – Q20) Answer the following

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16. Without actually performing the long division, find the decimal
987
expansion of 10500.
17. Find the altitude of an equilateral triangle of side 8 cm.
18. If a chord AB subtends an angle of 60 at the center of a circle, then
calculate the angle between the tangents at A and B.
OR
Out of the two concentric circles, the radius of the outer circle is 5 cm
and the chord AC of length 8 cm is a tangent to the inner circle. Find
the radius of the inner circle.
19. Find the sum of last ten terms of the AP 8, 10, 12, …., 126.
20. What is the value of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2–kx+k=0
has equal roots?

SECTION – B

21. On a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps
measure 40 cm, 42 cm, and 45 cm, respectively. What is the minimum
distance each should walk, so that each can cover the same distance
in complete steps?
22. Two tangents PQ and PR are drawn from an external point to a circle
with center O. Prove that QORP is a cyclic quadrilateral.
OR
ABCD is trapezium with AB ∥ DC. E and F are points on non parallel
𝐴𝐸 𝐵𝐹
sides AD and BC respectively such that EF ∥ AB. Show that = .
𝐸𝐷 𝐹𝐶
23. Show that if the height of a tower and the distance of the point of
observation from its foot, both are increased by 10%, then the angle
of elevation of its top remains unchanged.
24. If a card is selected from a deck of 52 cards, then what will be the
probability of the card drawn is a red face card?
OR
What is the probability that a non - leap your selected at random will
contains 53 Sunday?
25. Twelve solid spheres of the same size are made by melting a solid
metallic cylinder of base diameter 2 cm and height 16 cm. What is the
diameter of each sphere?

SECTION – C

26. If sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 36 and that of the first 16 terms is

256, then find the sum of first 10 terms.

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27. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his two children.
After 20 yr, his age will be equal to the sum of the ages of his children.
Find the age of the father.
OR
Solve the following pair of equations
6 8
4x + = 15, 6x − = 14, y ≠ 0
y y
28. If 2 is zero of the cubic polynomial 6x3 + 2x² - 10x - 42, the find it’s
other two zeroes.
29. If the point A(2, - 4) is equidistant from P(3, 8) and Q( - 10, y), then
find the value of y. Also, find distance PQ.
tan A tan A
30. Prove that − = 2 cosec A
1+sec A 1−sec A
OR
cot 2 
Prove that 1+ = cosec
1 + cosec 
31. Find the area of the segment of a circle of radius 12 cm whose
corresponding sector has a central angle of 60. (use  = 3.14)
SECTION – D

32. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a

vertical flag staff of height h. At a point on the plane, the angles of
elevation of the bottom and the top of the flag staff are α and β
 h tan  
respectively. Prove that the height of the tower is  .
 tan  − tan  

33. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect
the other two sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided
in the same ratio.
34. At t min past 2 pm, the time needed by the minute hand of a clock to
t2
show 3pm was found to be 3 min less than min. Find t.
4
OR
At present Asha’s age (in years) is 2 more than the square of her
daughter Nisha’s age. When Nisha grows to her mother’s present age,
Asha’s age would be one year less than 10 times the present age of
Nisha. Find the present ages of both Asha and Nisha.
35. A metallic spherical shell of internal and external diameters 4 cm and
8 cm, respectively is melted and recast into the form a cone of base
diameter 8 cm. Calculate the height of the cone.
OR

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 Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a cylindrical beaker of
diameter 7 cm containing some water. Find the number of marbles that
should be dropped into the beaker, so that the water level rises by 5.6
cm.

SECTION – E
36. In a school there are three sections A, B and C. 30 students are there in
section A, in section B there are 41 students and 29 students in section
C. A periodic test was conducted to assess the performance of students
thereafter analyse and plan the teaching learning process accordingly.
The marks obtained out of 40 are given below:
Marks Obtained Number of students
Less than 5 17
Less than 10 37
Less than 15 55
Less than 20 60
Less than 25 71
Less than 30 85
Less than 35 92
Less than or equal to 40 100

i) How many students have obtained more than or equal to 35 marks?

ii) Arrange the given data in class interval and write the lower limit of the
modal class.
iii) Find the mode of the data.

37. A student drew a quadrilateral ABCD on graph sheet (Cartesian plane).

Observe the figure and answer the questions.
i) Find the length of side AB.
ii) Find the coordinates of midpoint of diagonal BD.
iii) Find the ratio in which x-axis divides the side CD.

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38. Aahana being a plant lover decides to convert her balcony into beautiful
garden full of plants. She brought few plants with pots for her balcony.
She placed the pots in such a way that number of pots in the first row
is 2, second row is 5, third row is 8 and so on.
Based on the above information answer the following questions:
(i) Find the number of pots in the 10th row.
(ii) Find the difference in the number of pots placed in 5 th and 2nd row.
(iii) If Aahana wants to place 100 pots in total, then find the total number of
rows formed in the arrangement.
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