PREBOARD.-I! QUESTION PAPER Class X Session 2023-24 MATHEMATICS 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 G2 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 3 marks and 2 Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An intemal choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E 8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take 11 =22/7 wherever required if not stated @ SECTION A javtet 1 If two positive integers p and q can be expressed as p = ab” and q = a b; u,b being Ceeaeh Prime numbers, then LCM (p.q) is ac bearar ra rare xEtb (Ay ab (B) a’ b? cet a’ b? (D) a’ b 2. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x° + 99x + 127 are (A) both positive (A) both negative (C) one positive and one negative (D) both equal 3. Ifzeros of x" — kx + 6 are in the ratio 3: 2, then the value of kis 2 as (B) 5 @1 (D)-1 4. Ifaand Bare the zeros of the polynomial x* — 5x + m such that a = 1, then the value of mis ANG (B) 4 (3 (D) 12 5. If the sum of squares of zeros of the polynomial x* — 8x + pis 40, then the value of p is (A)64 (B) 24 42) 12 (D) -24 6. A pair of linear equations which has a unique solution x = 2 and y =~ 31 (a) x+y =1and 2x -3y(b) 2x + Sy = = 11 and 2x ~ 8y =~ 22 (©) 2x + Sy =~ 11 and 4x + LOy = 22 Sd) x~ ty - 14 =O and Sx-y-13 =0 One of the common solution of ax + by = cand y axis is POD WOH oo oF 8 Values of k for which the quadratic equation 2x” — kx + k = 0 has equal roots is (A) 0 onty (8) 4 (Q8ony gho.8 9. The quadratic equation 2x" ~ 5x + 1 = Ohas (A) two distinct real roots (B) two equal real roots sacl no real roots (D) more than 2 real roots 10.1fx = and x= ~ 3 are roots of the quadratic equation ax’ + 7x + b = 0, then the value of aand bare (A) 4,4 3,6 (C) 1,2 (D) 4% 11. Given that sina = 1/2 and cos = 1/2,, then the value of (a + B) is é 9 ao (B) 30° (C) 60° AD) 90° Yor Ned 12.11 4 tan@ = 3, then S—— ts equal wo @ (Ay% (On Lo 13. A card is selected at random from a well shuffled Probability of its being a face card is Os w+ o£ 14. A bag contains 3 red balls, S white balls and 7 black balls. What is the probability that a ball drawn from the bag at random will be neither red nor black? ose oz M+ 15, The distribution below gives the marks obtained by 80 students on a test: (D)% deck of 52 playing cards. The (DyMarks jess than |lessthan |lessthan |lessthan |lessthan {less than 10 20 30 40 50 60 t _ Number of |3 12 27 57 75 80 students “The modal class of this distribution is: (a) 10-20 (B) 20-30 (9530-40 (D) 50-60 16. In the given figure, AB ||PQ. If AB = 6 em, PQ = 2 cm and OB = 3m, then the length of OP is: % P a (A) 9em (B) 3cm (Cc) 4m yim fs 17.1fP (&, 4) is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points Q(- 6,5) and R (- 2, 3), then the value of a is (A) -4 SB) - 12 (C) 12 (D)-6 4 ‘A cubical ice cream brick of edge 22 cm isto be distributed among some children by filling ice cream cones of radius 2 cm and height 7 cm upto its brim. Number of children who got the ice cream cones were (A) 163, (B) 263 (C) 363 (D) 463 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 (a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of 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 2 19. Statement A (Assertion):In the given figure, the quadrilateral PQRS » circumscribes a circle. Here PA + CS is equal to PS. ~ Statement R( Reason) : Length of tangent from an external point are equal. Also PA = PD and CS= €@D D'Sin (20) statement a (Assertion): If the point P (2, 24) lies on the line segment joining points. A (4, 2) and B (8, 4), then AP = 1/3 Al Statement R( Reason) : P divides AB in the ratio 1:2. SECTION B 21. Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of petrol respectively. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the petrol of either tanker in exact number of times. OR Find the smallest number, which when increased by 17, is exactly divisible by both e 520 and 468, 22. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are +/2 and respectively. Also find its zeroes 23. In a right triangle ABC, right-angled at B, iftan A = 1, then verify that 2 sin A cos A=1 OR IndOPQ, right-angled at P. OP = 7 cm and OQ - PQ = 1 cm. Determine the values of sin Qand cos Q. 24. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle, AB and AC are , tangents drawn to circle from point A. If BAC = 65°, then find’ the measure of ZOBC. @) inthe given figure, XZ is parallel to BC.AZ=3 em, 2¢=2 cm, BM = 3. cmand MC =5 cm. Find the length of XY. SECTION C w 26. Prove that 1/3 is an irrational number. 27. A spiral is made up of successive semicircles, with centres alternately at A and B, starting with centre at A, of radii 0.5 cm, : 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, 2.0 em,...as shown in figure. What is the total ] length of such a spiral made up of thirteen consecutive semicircles\, 7 _/ OR200 logs are stacked in the following manner: 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the next row, 18 in the row next to it and so on. In how many rows are the 200 logs placed and how many logs are in the top row? 28. A shopkeeper gives books on rent for reading. She takes a fixed charge for the first two days, and an additional charge for each day thereafter. Latika paid Rs 22 for a book kept for six days, while Anand paid Rs 16 for the book kept for four days. Find the fixed charges and the charge for each extra day. OR Aand B are two points 150 km apart on a highway. Two cars start with different speeds from A and B at same time. If they move in same direction, they meet in 15 hours. If they move in opposite direction, they meet in one hour. Find their speeds, 29. The decorative block shown in figure is made of two solids — a cube and a hemisphere. The base of the block is a cube with edge 5 cm, and the hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of “| 4.2 cm, Find the total surface area of the block. 4ot 30. Two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time. Write down all the possible outcomes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is (8? (ii) 13? (iii) less than or equal to 12? 31. Prove that cor 8 ~ sin O41 ——— = cosec@ + cote cos + sin 8 — Section D 32. Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite to each other on either side of the road, which is 80m wide. From a point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of the poles are 60° and 30° respectively. Find the height of the poles and the distances of the point from the poles.e lengths of 40 leaves of a plant are measured correct to the nearest millimetre, and the data obtained is represented in the following table : Length [119-126 [127-135 [136-144 | 145-153 |isaaez 163-171 (in mm) 172-180 | 3 5 9 12 5 4 2 | Find the median length of the leaves. oR Hy 4 student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the table given below. Find the mean, and mode of the following data, eo 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | 70-80 | [ | Number of cars 0-10 | 10-20 | 20-30] 30-40 Frequency(period | 7 14 13 12 20 a 15 8 | s) 34. PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents at P and Q intersect ata point T (see figure). Pe Find the length TP. 35.PA, QB and RC are each perpendicular to AC. If AP = x, QB = z, Ww > RC = y, AB=aand BC =b, then prove that + + > OR n In the given figure, CD and RS are respectively the medians of AABC and APQR. If AABC ~APQR then prove that: i) A ADC ~ APSR e OT il) AD x PR = AC x PS k < SECTION E A Db B 36. In an annual day function of a school, the organisers wanted to give a cash pi along with a memento to their best student. Each memento is made as shown in the {igure and its base ABCD is shown from the front side. The rate of silver plating is Rs 20 per em? 5 Sng we Ms & Po Be 44Based on the above, answer the following questions: i) What is the area of quadrant ODCO? ii) Find the area of triangle AOB? iti) What is the total cost of silver plating the shaded part ABCD? Q 3 OR What is the length of arc CD? sine 4 A 3 37.Maria is on a hike. If she hikes to the scenic lookout on the following map first, she will have to cover more distance than if she went straight to the end of the hike. Coordinate values on the map are in kilometres. Answer the following questions based on the given information : 1) What is the distance between Maria and end point through straight path? ii) Origin divides the straight path from Maria to the End point in what ratio? lit) What is the distance of the path to the end of the hike past the scenic lookout? OR d the co-urdinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points Maria and end in the ratio 1:2 38. The speed of a motor boat is 20 km/hr: For covering the distance of 15 km the boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream. sommes i) What will be the speed of the boat upstream and downstream taking the speed of stream as x km/hr. ii) Write the quadratic equation for the above situation, iii) What is the speed of stream? or What is the time taken by boat in going upstream. we L \ a \G Boo yl wy 5 $2 2 V/ a ra \ 5 25 oy _