Class- X Session- 2022-23

Subject- Mathematics (Standard)

Sample Question Paper
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Maximum Marks : 80

General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 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 internal choice has been provided
in the 2marks questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.

SECTION A

Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

S.NO MARKS
.

1 The decimal expansion of the rational number 327/23 x 5 1

will terminate after
(a) One decimal place (b) Two decimal place
(c) Three decimal place (d) More than three decimal place

2 If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + (a + 1)x + b are 2 and – 3, 1

then
(a) a = – 7, b = – 1 (b) a = 5, b = – 1
(c) a = 2, b = – 6 (d) a = 0, b = – 6
3 If a pair of linear equations in two variables is consistent, then the lines 1

represented by two equations are:

(a) Intersecting (b) Parallel

(c) always coincident (d) intersecting or coincident

4 Roots of Quadratic equation x2 – 7x = 0 will be 1

(a) 7 (b) 0, –7
(c) 0, 5 (d) 0, 7

5 The ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the 1

(a) ratio of their corresponding sides.
(b) ratio of their corresponding altitudes.
(c) ratio of the square of their corresponding sides.
(d) ratio of their perimeter.

6 The length of the diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm. Then, the 1
length of the side of the rhombus is
(a) 9 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) 8 cm (d) 20 cm

7 The coordinates of two points are (6, 0) and (0, – 8). The coordinates of the 1
mid points are
(a) (3, 4) (b) (3, – 4)
(c) (0, 0) (d) (– 4, 3)

8 If A and B are complementary angles, then 1

(a) sin A = sin B (b) cos A = cos B
(c) tan A = tan B (d) sec A = cosec B
9 In Fig. if AD = 4 cm, BD = 3 cm and CB = 12 cm. then cot θ = 1

(a) 12/5
(b) 5/12
(c) 13/12
(d) 12/13

10 The value of tan 1° x tan 2° x tan 3° x ... x tan 89° is. 1

(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these

11 A ladder leaning against a wall makes an angle of 60° with the 1

horizontal. If the foot of the ladder is 2.5 m away from the wall, the
length of the ladder is —
(a) 3 m (b) 4 m (c) 5 m (d) 6 m

12 If a tower is 30 m high, casts a shadow 10√3 m long on the ground, then the 1
angle of elevation of the sun is:
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°

13 The length of the tangent to a circle from a point P, which is 25 cm away from 1
the centre, is 24 cm. What is the radius of the circle.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 7

14 If the area of a circle is 616 cm², then what is its circumference? 1

(a) 88 (b) 44 (c) 77 (d) 66
15 A cylinder, a cone and a hemisphere are of the same base and of the same 1
height. The ratio of their volumes is
(a) 1:2:3 (b) 2:1:3 (c) 3:1:2 (d) 3:2:1

16 A solid sphere of radius ‘r’ is melted and recast into the shape of a solid cone of 1
height ‘r’. Then the radius of the base of cone is
(a) 2r (b) r (c) 4r (d) 3r

17 1
If the class intervals of a frequency distribution are 1 – 10, 11 – 20, 21 – 30,

....., 51 – 60, then the size of each class is:

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 5.5

18 1
Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

(A) 0.7 (B) 2/3

(C) – 1.5 (D) 15%

19 DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) 1
is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option

Assertion : The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their product is 3072. Then their
LCM = 169.

Reason : If a, b are two positive integers, then HCF x LCM = a x b.

(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.

20 1
Assertion : The point (0, 4) lies on y -axis.

Reason : The x co-ordinate on the point on y -axis is zero.

(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.

 SECTION B

Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

S.No. Mark
s

21 Solve for x and y 2

3x + 2y = 11 and 2x + 3y = 4
Also find p if p = 8x + 5y

22 In the given figure, find the value of x which will make DE || AB ? 2

23 In the given fig. AP = 4 cm, BQ = 6 cm and AC = 9 cm. Find the semi perimeter 2
of ABC.
24 The length of the minute hand of a clock is 5 cm. Find the area swept by the 2
minute hand during the time period 6:05 am to 6:40 am.

OR
In fig. OAPBO is a sector of a circle of radius 10.5 cm. Find the perimeter of the
sector.

25 If sin + sin2 = 1, prove that cos2 + cos4 = 1 2

OR

Prove that :

(sinA+cosecA)2+(cosA+secA)2=7+tan2A+cot2 A

SECTION C

Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

S.N Marks
o

26 Given that √3 is irrational, prove that 5 + 2√3 is irrational. 3

27 If m and n are the zeros of the polynomial 3x2 + 11x – 4, find the value of 3
m/n + n/m.

28 Ramkali required Rs. 2500 after 12 weeks to send her daughter to school. She 3
saved Rs.100 in the first week and increased her weekly savings by 20 every
week. Find whether she will be able to send her daughter to school after 12
weeks.

OR
Find the sum of first 16 terms of an Arithmetic Progression whose 4th and 9th

terms are –15 and –30 respectively.

29 Prove the following that- 3

If sinA + cosA = √3 , then prove that tanA + cotA = 1

30 In the given figure, a circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD. 3
If AB = 6 cm, BC = 9 cm and CD = 8 cm, then find the length of AD.

OR
 In figure, PA is a tangent from an external point P to a circle with centre O, If
POB = 115°. Find APO.

31 A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is 3
drawn at random from the box, find the probability that it bears
(i) a two digit number
(ii) a perfect square number
(iii) a number divisible by 5.

SECTION D

Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.

S.N Marks
o
32 A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm, 5
which is surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find
the mass of the pole, given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8 gm mass. (Use
π = 3.14)
OR
A container opened at the top and made up of a metal sheet, is in the form of a
frustum of a cone of height 16 cm with radii of its lower and upper ends as 8 cm
and 20 cm respectively. Find the cost of milk which can completely fill the
container, at the rate of Rs. 50 per litre. Also find the cost of metal sheet used to
make the container, if it costs Rs.10 per 100 cm2.

33 5
Draw a circle of radius 2.5 cm. Take a point P outside the circle at a distance of 7
cm from the centre. Then construct a pair of tangents to the circle from point P.

34 A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block 5
of edge 21 cm, such that the diameter of the hemisphere is equal to edge of the
cube. Determine the volume of the remaining block.
OR
A solid is in the shape of a cone surmounted on a hemisphere. The
radius of each of them being 3.5 cm and the total height of the
solid is 9.5 cm. Find the volume of the solid.
35 If mean of the given distribution is 65.6 find the missing frequency. 5

SECTION E

Case study based questions are compulsory.

36 In a class the teacher asks every student to write an example of A.P. Two friends Geeta and
Madhuri writes their progressions as -5, -2, 1, 4, ... and 187, 184, 181,.... respectively. Now,
the teacher asks various students of the class the following questions on these two
progressions. Help students to find the answers of the questions.

(i) Find the 34th term of the progression written by Madhuri. 1

(ii) Find the sum of common difference of the two progressions. 1

(iii) Find the 19th term of the progression written by Geeta. 2

OR
Find the sum of first 10 terms of the progression written by Geeta.
37 Alia and Shagun are friends living on the same street in Patel Nagar. Shagun's house is at
the intersection of one street with another street on which there is a library. They both study
in the same school and that is not far from Shagun's house. Suppose the school is situated
at the point O, i.e., the origin, Alia's house is at A. Shagun's house is at B and library is at C.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

1
(i) How far is the library from Shagun's house?

(ii) How far is the library from Alia's house? 1

(iii) How far is the school from Alia's house than Shagun's house?
OR 2
Tell the type of Triangle ABC forms on the basis of side.
38
There are two windows in a house. First window is at the height of 2 m above the
ground and other window is 4 m vertically above the lower window. Ankit and Radha
are sitting inside the two windows at points G and F respectively. At an instant, the
angles of elevation of a balloon from these windows are observed to be 60° and 30° as
shown below-

Based on the above information, answer the following questions. 1

(i) Who is more closer to the balloon, Radha or Ankit?

1
(ii) Value of DF is equal to

(iii) Value of h is
2
OR

Height of the balloon from the ground is

Answer Key and Hints
1. (c) Three decimal places
2. (d) a=0 ,b= -6
3. (d) intersecting and coincident
4. (d) 0, 7
5. (c) Ratio of the square of their corresponding sides.
6. (b) 10 cm
7. (b) (3,-4)
8. (d) SecA = CosecB
9. (a) 12/5
10. (a) 1
11. (c) 5m
12. (c) 60°
13. (d) 7
14. (a) 88
15. (c) 3 : 1 : 2
16. (a) 2r
17. (b) 10
18. (c) -1.5
19. (d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20. (a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion
(A).
21. x = 5, y = – 2, p = 30
22. x=2
23. AP = AR = 4 cm
CR = CQ = (9 – 4) cm = 5 cm
Semi perimeter =1/2 [AC + AB + BC]
=1/2[9 + 10 + 11]
= 15 cm
24. 1650/36 cm2 OR 32cm
27. 145/12
28. a = 100, d = 20, n = 12
S12 =12/2 [200 + 220] = 6 × 420 = 2520 > 2500
Ram kali will be able to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks.
OR
a4 = – 15, a9 = – 30
a + 3d = –15, a + 8d = – 30
Solve to get a = –6, d = –3
S16 = – 456 [Sn = n/2{2a + (n – 1) d}]
29. (sinA + cosA ) = √3
square both sides and get value of 1/(sinA x cosA)
Change tanA + cotA into sinA and cosA proceed.
30. AD= 5cm OR 25°
31. (i) 9/10
(ii) 1/10
(iii) 1/5
32.

Volume of solid = 3.14 × (12)2 × 220 + 3.14 × (8)2 × 60 = 111532.8 cm3

Mass of the pole = 111532.8 ×8/1000kg
= 892.2624 kg
OR
Volume of the container = 3.14 x 16/3 [(20)2 + (8)2 + 20 × 8]
= 10450 cm3 approx.
= 10.45 litres
Cost of milk = 10.45 × 50 = Rs. 522.50
Slant height = √[(16)2 (20-8)2]= 20 cm
Surface area of container
= 3.14 × 20 (20 + 8) + 3.14 × (8)2
= 1959.36 cm2
Cost of metal sheet = 10/100 x 1959.36 = Rs. 195.94
34. Radius of hemisphere = 21/2 = 10.5 cm
Volume of remaining block = (21)3 –2/3 x 22/7 x (10.5)3 = 6835.5 cm3
OR

Height of cone = 9.5 – 3.5 = 6 cm

Volume of solid = 2/3 x 22/7 x (3.5)3 + 1/3 x 22/7 x 3.52 x 6 = 166.83 cm3 approx.
35.

35 + f1 + f2 = 50
f1 + f2 = 15 ....(1)
Mean = Σfixi / Σfi
65.6 = (2260 + 60 f1 + 100 f2)/50
3 f1 + 5 f2 = 51 ...(2)
Solve (1) & (2) f1 = 12, f2 = 3
36. (i) 88
 (ii) 0
(iii) 49 OR 85
37. (i) 2 units
(ii) 2√2 units
(iii) √13 OR Isosceles Triangle
38. (i) Radha
(ii) h√3
(iii) 2 OR 8