SET 3

Term 1- Practice Examination

Code No.: 041 /1/3

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• Please check that this question paper contains 10 printed pages.

• Please check that this question paper contains 50 questions.
• 20 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question paper
will be distributed at 9.40 am. From 09:4 0 am to 10:00 am, the students will read
the question paper and plan a proper strategy to attempt the questions .

MATHEMATICS (STANDARD)

Date: 02/11/2021 Time: 90 minutes

Max. Marks:40

Class X
Session: 2021-22, Term - 1
Mathematics STANDARD
Time Allowed: 90 minutes
Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:
1. The question paper contains three parts A, B and C. Each part is
compulsory.
2. Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each (MCQ’s). Any 16
questions are to be attempted.
3. Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each (MCQ’s). Any 16
questions are to be attempted.
4. Section C consists of 10 questions based on two CASE STUDIES. Attempt
any 8 questions.
5. There is NO NEGATIVE marking.

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SECTION A

Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be

attempted.

Q.1. If HCF (a, b) = 12 and a × b = 1800, then LCM of (a, b) is:

(A) 170 (B) 180 (C) 120 (D) 150

Q.2. The lines represented by the equations 5x – 4y + 8 = 0; 7x + 6y - 9 = 0 will:

(A) intersect at a point (B) be coincident

(C) be parallel (D) none of these

Q.3. 𝟐𝟐
If 𝒂𝟐 = , then a is:
𝟐𝟓

(A) rational (B) irrational

(C) whole number (D) integer

Q.4. If the equations kx – 2y = 3 and 3x + y = 5 represent two intersecting lines at

unique point, then the value of k is:

(A) 6 (B) all real numbers except 6

(C) (- 6) (D) all real numbers except (- 6)

Q.5. The point on the Y-axis which is equidistant from (2, -5) and (-2, 9) is:

(A) (0, 3) (B) (0, 2) (C) (0, 5) (D) (0, -2)

Q.6. A quadratic polynomial, whose zeroes are - 4 and - 5 is:

(A) x2 – 9x + 20 (B) x2 + 9x + 20

(C) x2 – 9x - 20 (D) x2 + 9x - 20

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Q.7. In the figure ABCD is a rectangle. The values of x and y respectively are:

(A) x=12, y =16 (B) x=16, y =10 (C) x= 22, y = 8 (D) x= 15, y = 18

Q.8. Cards bearing 3 to 20 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A card is taken
out from the bag at random. The probability that the card drawn is an even
number is:

(A) 𝟓 (B) 𝟒 (C) 𝟗 (D) 𝟏

𝟗 𝟗 𝟏𝟔 𝟐
Q.9. The LCM of the smallest two-digit number and the largest multiple of 6 which is
less than 50 is:

(A) 2 (B) 48 (C) 120 (D) 240

Q.10. In the given figure, ∆ABC is right angled at B. If AC = 17 cm and BC = 8 cm, then
15secA +8cotA is:

(A) 23 (B) 32 (C) 120 (D) 27

Q.11. If 5 sin P = 12 cos P, then the value of tan P is:

(A) 𝟓 (B) 𝟏𝟐 (C) 1 (D) 5

𝟏𝟐 𝟓
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Q.12. If two positive integers A and B can be expressed as A = xy3 and B = x4y2z; x, y
being prime numbers, the HCF(A, B) is:

(A) xy2 (B) x4y2z (C) x4y3 (D) x4y3z

Q.13 𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐄
In Fig, in ΔABC, = and ∠ADE = 70° and ∠ACB = 50° then ∠BAC is:
𝐁𝐃 𝐂𝐄

(A) 70° (B) 50° (C) 80° (D) 60°

Q.14 Two lines are given to be intersecting. The equation of one of the lines is 2x
- 3y = 7. The equation of the second line can be:

(A) 3x + 4y = 14 (B) 4x - 6y = -14

(C) 12x - 18y = 24 (D) -12x + 18y = -42

Q.15 The value of (𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐀 + 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐀)(𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐀) is:

(A) sec A (B) sin A (C) cosec A (D) cos A

Q.16 If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is:
(A) 10 (B) -10 (C) 5 (D) -5

Q.17 𝟔
The decimal representation of will terminate after how many places of
𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟎
decimal?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Q.18 The value(s) of k for which the pair of linear equations 3x – y – 5 = 0 and 6x
- 2y + k = 0 have no solution is:

(A) 10 (B) both 10 and (-10)

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 (C) (-10) (D) all real values of k except (-10)

Q.19 Which of the following can be the probability of an event?

(A) -0.05 (B) 1.007 (C) 𝟏𝟖 (D) 𝟗

𝟐𝟑 𝟕
Q.20 The graph of y = p(x), where p(x) is a polynomial in variable x, is as follows. The
number of zeroes of p(x) is:

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

SECTION B

Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be

attempted.

Q.21 𝟐𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝒙(𝐬𝐞𝐜𝟐𝒙−𝟏)

=
𝐜𝐨𝐬𝟑𝒙
(A) 2 tan3𝑥 cosec 𝑥 (B) 2 tan3𝑥 sec3 𝑥

(C) 2 tan3𝑥 cosec3 𝑥 (D) 2 cot3𝑥 sec3 𝑥

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Q.22 In the figure, the larger circle with radius 4 cm is touched internally by two
smaller circles which also touch each other externally at the centre O of the larger
circle. The area of the shaded portion is:

(A) 4𝝅 sq. units (B) 7𝝅 sq. units (C) 12𝝅 sq. units (D) 16𝝅 sq. units

Q.23 The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm. Then, the length
of the side of the rhombus is:

(A) 9 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 8 cm (D) 20 cm

Q.24 The area of sector of a circle with radius 14 cm and central angle 45° is:

(A) 77cm2 (B) 11 cm2 (C) 66 cm2 (D) 154 cm2

Q.25
If tan (3x + 30°) = 1, then the value of x is:

(A) 5 (B) 15 (C) 45 (D) 60

Q.26 The coordinates of a point A, where AB is diameter of the circle whose center is (2,
- 3) and B is the point (3, 4) is:

(A) 𝟓 (B) (1, -10) (C) 𝟏𝟓 (D) (-10, 1)

,𝟏 ) ( , )
( 𝟐𝟐
𝟐𝟐
Q.27 If the area of a circle is 154 cm2, then its circumference is:

(A) 11 cm (B) 22 cm (C) 44 cm (D) 55 cm

Q.28 A pendulum swings through an angle of 30° and describes an arc 8.8 cm in length.
The length of the pendulum is:(Take 𝝅 = 𝟐𝟐 )
𝟕
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 (A) 16 cm (B) 16.8 cm (C) 16.4 cm (D) 16.2 cm
Q.29 The two legs AB and BC of right triangle ABC right angled at B are in a ratio 1:3.
Then the value of sin C is:

(A) 𝟏 (B) 𝟑 (C) 𝟏 (D) 𝟏

√𝟏𝟎 √𝟏𝟎 𝟑 𝟐
Q.30 𝟏
If 𝜶 and are zeroes of 4x2 – 17x + k – 4, the value of k is:
𝛂
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 8

Q.31 If 𝜶 and 𝜷 are the zeroes of the polynomial 2𝒚𝟐 + 7y + 5, the value of 𝜶 + 𝜷 + 𝜶𝜷 is:

(A) 𝟑𝟓 (B) -1 (C) −𝟑𝟓 (D) 6

𝟒 𝟒

Q.32 If x = a cos 𝜽 and y = b sin 𝜽, the value of b2x2 +a2y2 is:

(A) a2 + b2 (B) 𝒂𝟐 (C) a2b2 (D) a2 - b2

𝒃𝟐
Q.33 Solve the following pair of equations:
𝟐 𝟑 𝟓𝟒
+ = 13; - = -2
𝒙 𝒚 𝒙𝒚
(A) x= 2, y =3 (B) x =3, y = 2 (C) 𝟏 𝟏 (D) 𝟏 𝟏
x=,y= x=,y=
𝟐 𝟑 𝟑 𝟐

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Q.34 The coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed between the lines and-axis
from the graph is: y

(A) (0,5), (0,0) and (6.5,0) (B) (4,2), (5,0) and (6.5,0)

(C) (4,2), (0,0) and (0,5) (D) (0,0), (4,2) and (6.5,0)

Q.35 If ABC DEF, BC = 3 EF and area ( ABC) = 117 cm2, then ar ea ( DEF) is:

(A) 23 cm2 (B) 27 cm2 (C) 13 cm2 (D) 39 cm2

Q.36 A card is selected at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 playin g cards. The
probability of it being a face card is:

(A) 𝟑 (B) 𝟒 (C) 𝟔 (D) 𝟗

𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟑

Q.37 Rahul has 40 cm long red and 84 cm long blue ribbon. He cuts each ribbon into
pieces such that all pieces are of equal length. The length of each piece is:

(A) 2cm (B) 4cm (C) 6cm (D) 8cm

Q.38 The value of (sin30° + cos30°) – (sin60° + cos60°) is:

(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

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Q.39 The ratio in which X-axis divides the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(5, 6) is:

(A) 3:5 (B) 1:2 (C) 2:1 (D) 2:3

Q.40 The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it the digits of the
number get reversed. The original number is:

(A) 45 (B) 54 (C) 63 (D) 36

SECTION C

Case study-based questions:

Section C consists of 10 questions of 1 mark each. Any 8 questions are to be
attempted.

Q41-Q45 are based on Case Study -1

Case Study -1

In a classroom, 4 friends of class 10 are seated at the points A, B, C , and D as

shown in Figure. Two of their classmates Champa and Chameli observes the
positions of these four friends for few minutes. They made a chart for the positions
of A, B, C and D which is given below.

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Q.41 The coordinate of C is:

(A) (4,9) (B) (3,4) (C) (9,0) (D) (9,4)

Q.42 The distance of point B from origin is:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

√𝟗𝟓 √𝟖𝟓 √𝟏𝟑 𝟑√𝟓
Q.43 The distance between A and B is:

(A) (B) (C) 𝟑 (D)

2√𝟑 2√𝟓 √𝟓
Q.44 The distance between B and D is:

(A) 6 (B) (C) 𝟑𝟔 (D)

3√𝟔 2√𝟑𝟓
Q.45 The figure formed by joining A, B, C and D in order is:

(A) trapezium (B) parallelogram

(C) rectangle (D) square

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 Q46-Q50 are based on Case Study -2
Case Study -2
Two trees are standing parallel to each other. The bigger tree 8 m high, cast a
shadow of 6m.

Q.46 If AB and CD are the 2 trees and AE is the shadow of the longer tree, then:

(A) ∆𝑨𝑬𝑩~ ∆𝑪𝑬𝑫 (B) ∆𝑨𝑩𝑬~ ∆𝑪𝑬𝑫

(C) ∆𝑨𝑬𝑩~ ∆𝑫𝑬𝑪 (D) ∆𝑩𝑬𝑨~∆𝑬𝑪𝑫

Q.47 Since AB ‖ CD, by Basic Proportionality Theorem we have:

(A) 𝐀𝐄 𝐁𝐃 (B) 𝐀𝐂 𝐃𝐄 (C) 𝐀𝐄 𝐀𝐁 (D) 𝐀𝐄 𝐁𝐄

= = = =
𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐄 𝐀𝐄 𝐁𝐄 𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐃 𝐂𝐄 𝐃𝐄
Q.48 If the ratio of the height of the two trees is 3: 1, then the shadow of the smaller tree
is:

(A) 2m (B) 6m (C) 𝟖 (D) 8m

m
𝟑
Q.49 The distance of the point B from E is:

(A) 10 m (B) 8m (C) 18 m (D) 𝟏𝟎

m
𝟑

Q.50 𝒂𝒓(∆𝑨𝑩𝑪) 𝟒
If ∆𝐀𝐁𝐂~ ∆𝐏𝐐𝐑, = , PQ = 10 cm, then AB is:
𝒂𝒓(∆𝑷𝑸𝑹) 𝟐𝟓

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 (A) 4 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 𝟖
cm
𝟓

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