Pre Board II Exam 2024-25
Time: 3 hours Class X (Mathematics Standard - 041) (Set C) MLM: 80
General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them:
1. This question paper contains 38 questions
2. This Question Paper is divided into 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
3. In Section 4, Questions no. 1-18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and questions no, 19 and 20 are
Assertion- Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
4. In Section B, Questions no. 21-25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 02 marks each.
5. In Section C, Questions no. 26-31 are short answer (SA) type questions, carrying 03 marks each,
6. In Section D, Questions no. 32-35 are long answer (LA) type questions, carrying 05 marks each.
7. In Section E, Questions no. 36-38 are case study based questions carrying 4 marks each with sub parts of the
values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively:
8. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Questions of section B, 2 Questions of section C
and 2 Questions of section D has been provided. And internal choice has been provided in all the 2 marks
questions of Section E.
9. Draw neat and clean figures wherever required.
10. Take x =22/7 wherever required if not stated. 5
Section A
§2) The pair of linear equations 3x+4y = 12 and y=4 has
(a) No common solution (b) one common solution ~
(©) infinitely many solution (4) None of these
2) The graph of y = f(x), ‘where f{x) is a quadratic polynomial meets the x-axis at A(-2, 0) and B(-3,0), then the
‘expression for f(x) is = ne
(a) x? +5x+6 (b)x?- 5x46 (c)x? +5x- 6 (d) x? -5x-6
3) What is/are the roots of 5x?= 25x?
(a) only 5 (b) only 25 (©) Oands (@) 0 and 25
4) The line segment joining the points (3, -1) and (-6, 5) is trisected. The coordinates of point of trisection are
(a) G, 3) (b) 3,3) (©) G,-3) @(3,-3)
5) APQR is shown below. ST is drawn such that 2PRQ = 2STQ. If ST divides QR in a ratio of 2:3, then what is
the length of ST?
(a) 10/3 em (b)8em (©) 12cm (@) 403 cm
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6) Which of the following are not similar figures?
(a) Circles (b) Squares: (©) Equilateral triangles (@) Isosceles triangles
7) The 2st term of AP whose first two terms are -3 and 4 is:
(a) 17 (b) 137 (0) 143 (4) -143
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Page 1 of 68) Two circles with centres © and N touch each other at point P as shown. O, P and N are collinear. The radius)
the circle with centre O is twice that ofthe citcle with centre N. OX is a tangent to the circle with centre N, and
OX = 18 om.
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What is the radius of the circle with centre N?
(a) 18 /N2 em (b) 9. cm. (92cm (d) 18/ V10 em.
2 ae a alongside a circle with centre O having tangents at points P, T and S. If QR = 12 cm and the radius of
circle is 7 cm, what is the perimeter of the polygon PQTRSO?
(@) 26cm (b) 31 em (©) 38cm «A@) (cannot say with the given information.)
10) The value of the expression sin‘® + cos‘8 + 3 sin’9 cos" is
@0 (3 4 (@) None of these
11) If sin A = 1/2 and cos B = 1/2, then tan (A +B) =?
(a) 60° (b) 30° 45° () None of these
12) If the height of the building and distance from the building foot’s to a point is increased by 20%, then the
angle of elevation of the top of the building:
(2) Increases (b) Decreases (©) Do not change (@) None of these
13) The area of the cirele that can be inscribed in a square of side 8 em is
(2) 36 xem? (b) 16 x em? (©) 12 nem? (09 xem?
14) Ifthe length of an are of a circle of radius r is equal to that of an are of a circle of radius 2r, then
(a) The angle of the corresponding sector of the first circle is double the angle of the corresponding sector of
the other circle.
(b) The angle of the corresponding sector of the first circle is equal the angle of the comesponding sector of
the other circle.
(©) The angle of the corresponding sector of the first cirele is half the angle of the corresponding sector of the
other circle,
(@)_ The angle of the corresponding sector of the first circle is 4 times the angle of the corresponding sector of
the other circle.
15) A cuboid of base area P sq units is filled with water upto a height of Q units.A sphere of volume R cu units is
dropped into the cuboid such that it is completely submerged. A representation of the submerged sphere is shown
alongside.
Which of these represents the increase in the height of water?
(@) 0 units (b) R/P units (©) R units (@)(Q+R)/P units
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16) Ifthe mean of frequeney
ibution is 7.5 and Sf, x; = 120+ 3k, Ef, = 30, then k is equal to:
(a) 40 ()35 (©) 50 (45
17) If the mean of first n natural numbers is 3n/5, then the value of nis:
(a3 (4 (os (6
18) Aksha flipped a fair coin three times and tails came up each time. She wants to flip the coin again. What is the
probability of getting heads in the next coin flip?
@0 (b) 0.25 (05 @1
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.
19) A number q is prime factorised as 3* x 7? x b, where b is a prime number other than 3 and 7.
Assertion (A): q is definitely an odd number.
Reason (R): 3° 7? is an odd number.
20) Assertion(A): The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of good eggs in the lot
386
Reason(R): If the probability of an event is p, the probabil
Section B
‘Check whether the statement below is true or false.
“The square root of every composite number is rational.” Justify your answer by proving rationality or
irrationality as applicable.
complementary event will be I-p
22) The larger of two supplementary angles exceeds the smaller by 18 degrees. Find the angles.
23) Two tangents AP and AQ are drawn to a cirele with centre O from an external point A. Prove that
Z0PQ=+2PAQ,
24) Shown below is a right circular cone of volume 13,600 em’. Find the angle which the slant height makes with”
the base radius.
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Page 3 of 6Shown alongside two right triangles
Find the length of the unknown side marked"
ints A and C
25) As shown in the figure ABCD is a rhombus with side 3 om. Two ares are drawn from poi
Tespectively such that the radius equals the side of the rhombus.
TEBD is a line of symmetry for the figure, then find the area of the shaded part of the an in terms of m.
cibe A
B . d l
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Rahul made a model of Pac-Man (As shown in the figure), after playing the famous video game of the same name.
The area of the model is 120x em* . Pac-Man’s mouth forms an angle of 60° at the centre of the circle
Rahul wants to decorate the model by attaching a coloured ribbon tothe entre boundary ofthe shape. What is the
‘minimum length of the ribbon required in terms of ‘2?
G2 and B are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x’ ~ 1 find a quadratic polynomial whose zeros
; ‘are 2a/B and 2B/a,
27) Given alongside is a pair of linear equations: 2x -my=9 and 4x ~ny=9,
Find at least one pair of the possible values of m and n, if exist, for which the above pair of linear equations has:
i) a unique solution
infinitely many soltions |.) i) no solution vy =
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(6.0) and (0, 2) are two of the points of intersections of two lines represented by a pair of linear equations.
|) How many points of intersections does the pair of linear equations have in total? Justify your answer.
")) Find the equation that represents one of the lines ofthe above air.
Page 4 of 63) Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus
~ OR
Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumseribi
the circle
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29) Prove that :- SESS 4ST} = cosec A + cot A
circle subtend supplementary angles at the centre of
30) Priyanshi is playing a game and has two identical dice. She has to roll the two dice simultaneously and has
two options to choose from before rolling the dice. She wins a prize if:
Option 1: the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the two dice is odd. — T
Option 2: the product of the two numbers appearing on top of the two dice is odd. \~ 7
Which option should she choose so that her chances of winning a prize is higher? Show your work.
31) Prime factorisation of three numbers A, B and C is given below:
A= (2x 3" x58), B=(2"* 3'x 5), C= (24x 39x 5?) such that, p