KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

MUMBAI REGION
PREBOARD EXAMINATION-( 2023-24)
Class-10
MATHEMATICS (STANDARD)
SET-1
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
This Question Paper consist of 38 questions divided into 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
Section C has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
Section E has 3 sourced based/Case Based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (4
marks each) with sub-parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
All Questions are compulsory. However internal choice has been provided in each section
except section A.
Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION-A
1. What is the HCF of the least prime number and the least composite number
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. If -1 is a zero of the polynomial x2 – 7x – 8, then the other zero is
(a) 6 (b) -8 (c) 8 (d) 1
3. If (6, k) is a solution of the equation 3x + y = 22 then, the value of k is:
(a) 4 (b)- 4 (c) 3 (d) –3
4. The roots of the equation 7x² + x – 1 = 0 are
(a) real and distinct (b) real and equal (c) not real (d) none of these
5. 30th term of the A.P: 10, 7, 4, …, is
(a) 97 (b) 77 (c) -77 (d) -87
6. If k-1, k+3 and 3k-1 are in AP, then find the value of k
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
AB BC CA
7. If in two triangles ABC and PQR, = = , then
QR PR PQ

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 (a) ΔPQR ~ ΔCAB (b) ΔPQR ~ ΔABC (c) ΔCBA ~ ΔPQR (d) ΔBCA ~ ΔPQR

8. In the given figure, AB and AC are tangents to the circle with centre O such that ∠BAC
= 40°, then ∠BOC is equal to
(a) 40° (b) 50° (c) 140° (d) 150°

9. In ∆ ABC, right-angled at B, AB = 24 cm, BC = 7 cm. The value of tan C is:

(a) 12/7 (b) 24/7 (c) 20/7 (d) 7/24
tan 60 °
10. The value of is equal to:
cot 30 °
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
11. If a tower 6m high casts a shadow of 2√3 m long on the ground, then the sun’s
elevation is:
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 90°
12. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at the centre. The area of
the sector formed by the arc is:
(a) 200 cm2 (b) 220 cm2 (c) 231 cm2 (d) 250 cm2
13. The length of the tangent drawn from a point 8 cm away from the centre of a circle
of radius 6 cm is
(a) 10 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 7 cm (d) 2√ 7 cm
14. Savita has a lamp placed at the centre of her square yard, each side measuring 20
m. The light of lamp covers a circle of radius 10 m on yard. What area of the yard is
not lit by the lamp?
(a) 400π sq. m (b) 100π sq. m (c) (40 – 10π) sq. m (d) (400 – 100π) sq. m
15. Two identical fair dice have numbers 1 to 6 written on their faces. Both are tossed
simultaneously. What is the probability that the product of the numbers that turn up
is 12?
(a) 1/36 (b) 1/9 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/3
16. If two coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of getting at most one
tail?
(a) 1/4 (b) 3/4 (c) 1/2 (d) 1
17. Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class 0–5 5–10 10–15 15–20 20–25
Frequency 13 10 15 8 11
The sum of the upper limit and the lower limit of the modal class is
(a) 25 (b) 45 (c) 15 (d) 35

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18. A point (x,y) is at a distance of 5 units from the origin. How many such points lie in the
third quadrant?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinitely many
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 but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
assertion (A).
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
19. Assertion (A): The surface area of largest sphere that can be inscribed in a hollow
cube of side ‘a’ is π a 2cm2 .
4
Reason (R): The surface area of a sphere of radius r is πr3
3
20. Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis.
Reason(R): The x-coordinate of a point on y-axis is zero

SECTION-B
21. Given that LCM (91, 26) = 182. Find the HCF OF 91and 26.

22. In figure, if AD = 6cm, DB = 9cm, AE = 8cm and EC = 12cm and

∠ADE = 48˚. Find ∠ABC.
1
23. If tan (A + B) = √3 and tan (A – B) = 0° < A + B < 90°; A > B,
√3
find A and B.
OR
2 2
Evaluate: sin 60˚ + 2tan 45˚ - cos 30˚.
24. A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the
area of minor segment. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14)
OR
A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 21 cm
Sweep in through an angle 120ᴼ. Find the total area cleaned at each sweep of the
blades. (Use π = 𝟐𝟐/7)
25. A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that
AB + CD = BC + DA
SECTION-C
26. Prove that √5 is an irrational number.
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 7x + 10, and verify the relationship between the
zeroes and the coefficients.
28. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 8. If 18 is added to the number, then the digits
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 interchange their places. Find the number.
OR
For what values of a and b, the following pair of linear equations will have infinitely many
solutions?
x + 2y = 1; (a – b)x + (a + b)y = a + b – 2
29. Prove that: (s𝑖𝑛 𝐴 + c𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 ) 2 + (c𝑜𝑠 𝐴 + s𝑒𝑐 𝐴) 2 = 7 +t𝑎𝑛 2 𝐴 + c𝑜𝑡 2 .
30. Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is
supplementary to the angle subtended by the line-segment joining the points of contact at the
centre.
31. Find the mode of the following distribution:

Class 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Interval
Frequency 30 45 75 35 25 15

SECTION-D
32. (i)State and Prove Basic Proportionality theorem.
AM AN
(ii) In the given Figure. , if LM | | CB and LN | | CD, prove that = .
AB AD

33. The sum of the squares of two consecutive even numbers is 340. Find the numbers.
OR
A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15 km/h more, it
would have taken 30 minutes less for the journey. Find the original speed of the train.
34. A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. The cylindrical part is 3.5 m
high and conical part has slant height 4.2 m. Both the parts have same radius 2 m. Find the
area of the canvas used to make the tent and find the cost of canvas to be purchased at the
rate of ₹50 per square meter considering zero wastage . (Use π = 22/7)
35. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total frequency is 100

Class interval Frequency

0−100 2
100−200 5
200−300 x
300−400 12
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 400−500 17
500−600 20
600−700 y

700−800 9
800−900 7
900−1000 4

SECTION-E
36.Aditya invited his friends on his birthday. He bought a packet of toffees/candies which
contains 120 candies. He arranges the candies such that in the first row there are 3 candies, in
second there are 5 candies, in third there are 7 candies and so on.

On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions:

(i) Find the difference in number of candies placed in 7th and 3rd rows.
(ii) If Aditya decides to make 15 rows, then how many total candies will be placed by
him with the same arrangement?
(iii) Find the total number of rows of candies.
OR
How many candies are placed in last row?
37. One evening, Kaushik was in a park. Children were playing cricket. Birds were singing
on a nearby tree of height 80m. He observed a bird on the tree at an angle of elevation of
45°.When a sixer was hit, a ball flew through the tree frightening the bird to fly away. In 2
seconds, he observed the bird flying at the same height at an angle of elevation of 30° and
the ball coming back towards him at the same height at an angle of elevation of 60°.

Kaushik

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(i) At what distance from the foot of the tree was he observing the bird sitting on the tree?
(ii) How far did the bird fly in the mentioned time?
OR
Find the distance between the Kaushik and the bird after the bird flew from the tree?
(iii) What is the speed of the bird in m/min if it had flown 20(√3 + 1) m?

38. 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 questions.

(i) How far is Alia's house from Shagun’s house?

(ii) How far is the library from Shagun’s house?
(iii) Show that for Shagun, school is farther compared to Alia’s house and library.
OR
Show that Alia’s house, shagun’s house and library for an isosceles right triangle.

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