PAHAL EDUCATION, AMBAMATA CLASS 10

TIME 2 HOURS SESSION 2024-25 MATHEMATICS STANDARD MM 50

SECTION A (Consist of 11 questions of 1 mark each)

1.Three bulbs red, green, and yellow flash at intervals of 80 seconds, 90 seconds and 110 seconds. All three
flash together at 8;00 am. At what time will the three bulbs flash at together again?
(a) 9:00am (b) 9:12am (c) 10:00am (d) 10:12am
2. p and q are the zeros of the polynomial 4y² - 4y + 1. What is the value of 1/p + 1/q + pq?
(a) - 15/4 (b) - 3/4 (c) 5/4 (d) 17/4
3. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. If 27 is subtracted from the number, its digits are
interchanged. Which of these is the product of the digits of the number?
(a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d)20
4. Quadratic polynomial having zeros -√5/2 and +√5/2 is
(a) x2 – 5 √2 x +1 (b) 15x 2 -6 (c) 8 x 2-20 (d) x2 – 5 √2 x -1
5.The distribution below gives the marks obtained by 80 students in a test:

Marks Less than 10 Less than 20 Less than 30 Less than 40 Less than 50 Less than 60
No. of stud. 3 12 27 57 75 80
The modal class of this distribution is
(a) 10-20 (b)20-30 (c)30-40 (d)50-60
6. In a bag containing 24 balls, 4 are blue, 11 are green and the rest are white. One ball is drawn at random.
The probability that drawn ball is white in colour is
(a) 1/6 (b) 3/8 (c) 11/24 (d)5/8
7. The roots of the quadratic equation x 2 + x - 1 = 0 are
(a) Irrational and distinct (b) not real (c) Rational and distinct (d) real and equal
8. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. The probability of getting red face card is
(a) 3/13 (b)1/2 (c)3/52 (d)3/26
3
9. The volume of a solid hemisphere 396/7 cm The total surface area of the solid hemisphere (in sq.cm )
(a) 396/7 (b)594/7 (c) 549/7 (d)604/7
10. A hollow cube of internal edge 22 cm is filled with spherical marbles of diameter 0.5 cm and it is
assumed that 1/8 space of the cube remains unfilled. Then the number of marbles that the cube can
accommodate is
(a) 142296 (b) 142396 (c) 142496 (d) 142596
11. Two APs have same common difference. The first term of one of these is -1 and that of t other is – 8. Then
the difference between their 4th terms is
(a) – 1 (b) – 8 (c) 7 (d) -9

SECTION B (Consist of 2 questions of 2 mark each)

12. (A)Find the H.C.F and L.C.M of 480 and 720 using the Prime factorisation method. “OR”
12(B) Find the largest number which divides 615 and 963 leaving the remainder 6 in each case.
13. A) Two dice are rolled together bearing numbers 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12. Find the probability that the product of
numbers obtained is an odd number “OR”
13(B) How many positive three digit integers have the hundredths digit 8 and unit's digit 5? Find the
probability of selecting one such number out of all three digit numbers.

SECTION C (Consist of 4 questions of 3 mark each)

14. Find the sum of all three digit natural numbers which leave the remainder 3 when divided by 5.
15. Rs. 9,000 were divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been 20 more persons,
each would have got 160 less. Find the original number of persons.
16.(A)Prove that√7 is irrational number “OR”
16.(B) Prove that √2+ √5 is irrational number.
17. If α and ẞ are zeroes of a polynomial x 2 - 5x +1 then find the value of the following: -
(i) 1/ α + 1 /β (ii) α2 + β 2 (iii) α - β

SECTION D (Consist of 3 questions of 5 mark each)

18.A) Solve the following system of linear equations graphically and shade the region between the two
lines and x-axis. Also find the area between the lines and x axis. 3x + 2y - 4=0 2x - 3y - 7 = 0
“OR”
18 B) Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If one student is extra in each row, there would be 2
rows less. If one student is less in each row, there would be 3 rows more. Find the number of students in
the class.
19.A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical vaulted dome and contains

54 10/21 m³ of air. If the internal diameter of dome is equal to 4/5 of the total height above the floor, find the
height of the building.

20. A) If the mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8, then find the missing frequency x

CLASS 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120

FREQUENCY 5 8 x 12 7 8

“OR”

20 B) The median of the following data is 50. Find the values of 'p' and 'q', if the sum of all frequencies is 90.
Also find the mode.

MARKS 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90

NO OF P 15 25 20 q 8 10
STUD.
 SECTION E CASE STUDY (Consist of 2 questions of 4 mark each)
21. Ms. Sheela visited a store near her house and found that the glass jars are arranged one above the other
in a specific pattern. On the top layer there are 3 jars. In the next layer there are 6 jars. In the 3rd layer from
the top there are 9 jars and so on till the 8th layer.

On the basis of the above situation answer the following questions.

(1) Write an A.P whose terms represent the number of jars in different layers starting from top. Also, find the
common difference.

(ii) Is it possible to arrange 34 jars in a layer if this pattern is continued? Justify your answer.

(iii) (A) If there are 'n' number of rows in a layer then find the expression for finding the total number of jars in
terms of n. Hence find Sn “OR”

(iii) (B) The shopkeeper added 3 jars in each layer. How many jars are there in the 5th layer from the top?

22. Radha, an aspiring landscape designer, is tasked with creating a visually captivating pool design that
incorporates a unique arrangement of fountains. The challenge entails arranging the fountains in such a
way that when water is thrown upwards, it forms the shape of a parabola. The graph of one such parabola
is given below...

The height of each fountain rod above water level is 10 cm. The equation of the downward-facing parabola
representing the water fountain is given by P(x)=x² + 5x - 4.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
(i)Find the zeroes of the polynomial P(x) from the graph.
(ii)Find the value of x at which water attains maximum height
(iii)A) If h is the maximum height attained by the water stream from the water level of the pool, then find
the value of h “OR”
(B)At what point(s) on x- axis, the height of water above x- axis is 2 m?
 PAHAL EDUCATION, AMBAMATA CLASS 10
TIME 2 HOURS SESSION 2024-25 MATHEMATICS BASIC MM 50

SECTION A (Consist of 11 questions of 1 mark each)

1. The exponent of 5 in the prime factorisation of 3750 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 52 (d) 6
2 2 2 2 4 3
2. HCF OF (3 x5 x 2), (3 x5 x 2 ) and (3 x5 x 2 ) is
(A) 450 (B) 90 (C) 180 (D) 6303.
3. The value of k for which the quadratic equation k x 2 - 5x + 1 = 0 does not have a real solution, is
(A) 0 (B) 25/4 (C) 4/25 (D) 7
4. The roots of the equation x2+3x-10=0 are
(a) 2,-5 (b) -2,5 (c) 2,5 (d)-2,-5
5.The distribution below gives the marks obtained by 80 students in a test:

Marks Less than 10 Less than 20 Less than 30 Less than 40 Less than 50 Less than 60
No. of stud. 3 12 27 57 75 80
The modal class of this distribution is
(a) 10-20 (b) 20-30 (c) 30-40 (d) 50-60
6. The probability that the drawn card from a pack of 52 cards is neither an ace nor a spade is
(a) 9/13 (b) 33/52 (c) 10/13 (d) 19 26
7. if the mean and median of the data are 12 and 15 respectively
(a) 13.5 (b)21 (c) 6 (d)14
8. A card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of playing cards. The probability of getting not face card is
(a) 3/13 (b)1/2 (c) 10/13 (d)3/26
3
9. The volume of a solid hemisphere 396/7 cm Then radius of the solid hemisphere (in sq.cm ),
(a) 3.5cm (b)2cm (c) 6cm (d)3 cm
10. Curved surface area of a cylinder of height 5 cm is 94.2cm 2. Radius of the cylinder is (Take pie = 3.14 )
(a) 2 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 2.9 cm (d)6cm
11. If k + 2, 4k -6 and 3k- 2 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the value of k is
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c)4 (d) -4
SECTION B (Consist of 2 questions of 2 mark each)

12. An army contingent of 612 members is to march behind an army band of 48 members in a parade. The
two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the maximum number of columns in
which they can march?
13. A) Cards numbered 7 to 40 were put in a box. Poonam selects a card at random. What is the probability
that Poonam selects a card which is a multiple of 7? “OR”
13(B) A bag contains some balls of which x are white, 2x are black and 3x are red. A ball is selected at random.
What is the probability that it is (i) not red? (ii) white?
SECTION C (Consist of 4 questions of 3 mark each)
14.(a) If α and 1/ α are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial 2x² - x + 8k, then write the value of k.
(b) Find the sum of zeros of the polynomial p(x) = 2x²-x + 2.
(c) If the sum of the roots polynomial is -p and product of the roots is -1/p, then find the quadratic equ.
15.(A) Yash scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for each wrong
answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been deducted for each incorrect
answer, then Yash would have scored 50 marks. How many questions were there in the test “OR”
15 (B) solve the linear equations : 152x – 378y = – 74 –378x + 152y = – 604
16.Prove that√3 is irrational number.
17. The 16th term of an AP is 1 more than twice its 8th term. If the 12th term of the AP is 47,
then find its nth term.
SECTION D (Consist of 3 questions of 5 mark each)
18.A) A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/h more, it would have taken 1
hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train. “OR”
18 B) A motor-boat whose speed is 24 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 32 km upstream than to
return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
19. Due to sudden floods, some welfare associations jointly requested the government to get 100 tents fixed
immediately and offered to contribute 50% of the cost. If the lower part of each tent is of the form of a
cylinder of diameter 4.2 m and height 4 m with the conical upper part of same diameter but height 2.8 m, and
the canvas to be used costs 100 per sq. m, find the amount, the association will have to pay.
20. A) If mode of the following frequency distribution is 55, then find the value of x. also find the median
CLASS 0-15 15-30 30-45 45-60 60-75 75-90
FREQUENCY 10 7 X 15 10 12
“OR”
20 B) The median of the following frequency distribution is 32.5. Find the values of f 1 and f2. If the sum of all
frequencies is 40 . Also find the mode.
MARKS 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
NO OF STUD. f1 5 9 12 F2 3 2

SECTION E CASE STUDY (Consist of 2 questions of 4 mark each)

21. India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong technical and
engineering capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory
increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.
A) In which year, the production is 29,200 sets?
B) Find the production in the 8th year. “OR”
Find the production in first 3 years.
C) Find the difference of the production in 7th year and 4th year.

22. A group of school friends went on an

expedition to see caves. One person remarked
that the entrance of the caves resembles a
parabola and can be represented by a quadratic
polynomial f(x) = a x 2 + bx + c a# 0, where a, b
and c are real numbers.
Based on the given information, solve the following questions:
Q1. Draw a neat labelled figure to show above situation diagrammatically.
Q2. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial P(x) = (P-1)x 2 + px + 1 is 4. Find the value of p.
Q3. A) Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 5 and -12. “OR”
B) If one zero of the polynomial f(x) = 5x2 + 13x + m is reciprocal of the other, then find the value of m.