SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER - 10

Class – X
Session -2021-22 (TERM II) Time Allowed:120 Minutes
Subject- Mathematics Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:
1. The question paper consists of 14 questions divided into 3 sections A, B, C.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Section A comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks each. Internal choice has been provided in
two questions.
4. Section B comprises of 4questions of 3 marks each. Internal choice has been provided in
one question.
5. Section C comprises of 4 questions of 4 marks each. An internal choice has been provided
in one question. It contains two case study based questions

SECTION A

1. Find the value of 𝑎 25

−𝑎 15
for the AP: 6, 9, 12, 15, ........... [2
marks]
OR
If 7 times the seventh term of the AP is equal to 5 times the fifth term, then find the
value of its 12th term. [2 marks]
2
2. Find the roots of the equation 𝑥 + 7𝑥 + 10 by using quadratic formula [2
marks]

3. In the given figure PQ is tangent to the circle with center at O, at the point B. If
∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 100°, then what is the measure of ∠𝐴𝐵𝑃? [2 marks]
4. The median of the following data is 50. Find the values of p and q, if the sum of all the
frequencies is 90. [2 marks]

OR
Compute the mode for the following frequency distribution:

[2 marks]

22
5. If the total surface area of a solid hemisphere is 462 cm²,find its volume.(take π = 7
)
[2 marks]
6. The arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution is 53. Find the value of k.

[2 marks]
 SECTION B

2
7. If the roots of the quadratic equation (𝑎 – 𝑏)𝑥 + (𝑏 – 𝑐)𝑥 + (𝑐 – 𝑎) = 0 are equal,
prove that b + c =2a. [3
marks]

8. A vertical tower standing on a horizontal plane is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of

height ‘h’. At a point on the ground, the angles of elevations at the bottom and the tops of
ℎ 𝑡𝑎𝑛α
the flag staff are a and β respectively. Prove that the height of the tower is
𝑡𝑎𝑛β−𝑡𝑎𝑛α
OR
From the top of a tower of height 50 m, the angles of depressions of the top and bottom of a
pole are 30° and 45° respectively. Find
(A) How far the pole is from the bottom of a
tower?
(B) Height of the pole [3 marks]

9. The digits of a positive number of three digits are in AP and their sum is 15. The number
obtained by reversing the digits is 594 less than the original number. Find the number.
[3 marks]
10. In the given figure, calculate the perimeter of ∆𝑃𝐶𝐷.

[3 marks]
 SECTION C

Q11. A 7 m long flagstaff is fixed on the top of a tower standing on the horizontal plane. From a
point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are 60°
and 45° respectively. Find the height of the tower correct to one place of decimal.
OR
A round balloon of radius r subtends an angle a at the eye of the observer while the angle of
elevation of its center is b. Prove that the height of the center of the balloon is
α
𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑠β 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 .
2
[4 marks]
Q12. Compare the modal age of two groups of students A and B appearing for an entrance
test.

[4 marks]
Case Study Based Questions

Case Study 1 -
1. Krishnanagar is a small town in Nadia District of West Bengal. Krishnanagar clay dolls
are unique in their realism and quality of their finish. They are created by modeling
coils of clay over a metal frame. The figures are painted in natural colors and their hair
is made either by sheep's wool or jute. Artisans make models starting from fruits,
animals, God, goddess, farmer, fisherman, weavers to Donald Duck and present comic
characters. These creations are displayed in different national and international
museums. Here are a few images (not to scale) of some clay dolls of Krishnanagar.
 The ratio of diameters of red spherical apples in Doll-1 to that of spherical oranges in
Doll 2 is 2:3. In Doll-3, male doll of blue color has cylindrical body and a spherical head,
the spherical head touches the cylindrical body The radius of both the spherical head
and the cylindrical body is 3 cm and the height of the cylindrical body is 8 cm. Based
on the above information answer the following question
1. What is the ratio of the surface areas of red spherical apples in Doll-1 to that of
spherical oranges in Doll-2? [2 Marks]
2. The blue doll of Doll-3 is melted and its clay is used to make the cylindrical
drum of Doll-4. If the radius of the drum is also 3 cm, find the height of the
drum. [2 Marks]

Case Study 2 -
The management of a school decided to arouse interest of their students in Mathematics. So
they want to construct some
geometrical shapes in one corner of the school premises. They showed a rough sketch of a
right triangular structure on a plane sheet of paper with sides AB = 6 m, BC = 8 m and ∠B =
90°. The diagram shows a perpendicular from the vertex B to the front side AC.
They wanted to build a circular wall through B, C and D but they had certain problems in doing
so. So they called on some students of class X to solve this problem. They made some
suggestions.
1. What will be the length of AD?
[2 Marks]
2. What is the length of the perpendicular drawn on side AC from vertex B? [2 Marks]

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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER - 10
Class – X
Session -2021-22 (TERM II) Time Allowed: 120 minutes
Subject- Mathematics Maximum Marks: 40

ANSWER KEY

1)[A] 𝑎 25
−𝑎 15
=30 [B] 𝑡 12
=0
2)roots are 5,2
3) ∠𝐴𝐵𝑃 = 50°
4) A] p=5, q=7 B] Mode = 14.46
2
5) V=718.67 𝑐𝑚
6)k=28
7)
8) a) Pole is at 50 m distance from tower b) h=21.13m
9)852
10)20 cm
11)A]h=9.5m
12)The modal age of students of group A > the modal age of students of group B
13) 1] 4:9 2] h=12cm
14)1] 3.6 m 2] 4.8 m