P.S.

TEMPLE GREEN VIDYASHRAM

Mathur Post, Sriperumbudur Taluk,
Kanchipuram District Tamil Nadu 602105
STD : X SUBJECT : MATHS
MCQS AND CASE STUDY QUSETIONS TEST

I. Choose the correct answer

1.If the difference of mode and median of a data is 24, then the difference of median and mean is :
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 08 (d) 36
2. In a single throw of two dice the probability of getting a total of 8 is
(a) 5/36 (b) 1/36(c) 7/36 (d) None of these

3.The zeroes of a polynomial 3x2-2x-5 are

a.-1,5/3(b) 1,5/3 (c) 0,-1 (d) 1,0
4. What is the common difference of an A P in which a18 – a14 = 32
8 (b) -8 (c) -4 (d) 4
5.The pair of linear equations 3x+4y = 12 and y=4 has
(a) No common solution (b) one common solution ( c) infinitely many solution (d) Non of these
6. Find the length of tangent drawn to a circle with radius 7 cm from a point 25 cm away from
the Centre.
(a) 24 cm (b) 27 cm (c) 26 cm (d) 25 cm
7.If p,p+2 and 2p-3 are three consecutive terms of an AP ,find the value of p .
(a)2 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d)12
8.The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0,4) , (0,0) and (3,0)
a.9 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 12
9.The probability that non – leap year has 53 Sundays is
2/7 (b) 5/7 (c) 6/7 (d) 1/7
10.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 :
(a) x 2+5x + 6 (b) x 2- 5x + 6 (c)x 2+5x- 6 (d) x 2-5x– 6
11.sin (45° + θ) – cos (45° – θ) is equal to :
(a) 2 cosec θ (b) 0 (c) sin θ (d) 1
12.The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196 is :
1 b) 2 c ) 4 d) 6

100 𝜋 cm2 b) 30 𝜋 cm2 c) 100 𝜋 cm2 d) 25 𝜋 cm2

13.The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 10cm is ....

14.If point P(x, y) is equidistant from A(5,1) and B(-1,5), then

(a) 5x=y (b) x=5y (c)3x=2y (d)2x=3y
15.If two integers a and b are expressible in the form a=pq2 and b=p3q; p q being prime numbers, then
LCM (a, b) is
(a) p q (b) p3q3 (c) P3q2 (d) p2q2

𝑎)( 0,2)
16.The coordinates of the diameter of a circle are (2,-5) and (2, 9).Then coordinate of the centre
b) ( 2.3) c)( 9,4) d) (2,2)
17.The shadow of a tower is equal to its height at 10.45 a.m. The sun’s altitude is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°

18.The value of ‘k’ for which the pair of equations kx-y = 2 and 6x-2y = 3 has a unique solution is
a.k=3 b.k≠3 c.k≠0 d.k=0
19.If cos A = sinA , find A
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
20.The quadratic polynomial having zeroes as 1 and -2 is
a.x2 – x + 2 b.x2- x -2 c.x2+x -2 d.x2+x +2
21.If the quadratic equation 2x2-kx +3 =0 has equal roots ,then value of ‘k’ is
a.±5 b.±√6 c.±2√6 d.±3√2
22.If the radius of the circle is increased three times how many times will it circumference increased
(a) 2 times (b) 3 times (c) 1/3 times (d) 9 times
23.Consider the following frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a class

Height (in 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180

cm)
No of 15 13 10 8 9 5
students

The upper limit of the median class in the given data is

a) 165 b) 155 c) 160 d)170
24.If 11 times the 11th term of an A.P. is equal to 7times its 7th term, then its 18th term will be :
(a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 18 (d) 0
25. What is the next term of the AP √7, √28, √63, -----------
a.√70 b.√84 c.√97 d. √112
26. Which term of the AP 21,18, 15 …….is zero ?
a.6th b)7th c )8th d) 9th
27.If a 10m long ladder reaches a window 6m above the ground, then how far is the foot of the ladder
from the base of the wall.
a.12m b)8m c) 16m d) 5m
28. How many tangents can a circle have ?
a.1 b .2 C. 3 d. INFINITE
29. Area of a sector to circle of radius 36 cm is 54 𝜋cm2 . Find the length arc of the corresponding arc

a.6 𝜋𝑐𝑚 b.3 𝜋𝑐𝑚 c.5 𝜋𝑐𝑚 d .8 𝜋𝑐𝑚

of the circle is

3 1−cos θ
30. If tan𝜃 = , then the value of
4 1+cos θ
a. -1/9 b. 2/9 c.1 d. 1/9

31. The LCM of smallest two digit composite number and the smallest composite number is
(a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 44
32. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of getting a red
face card?
(a) 1/ 52 (b) 2/52 (c) 3/52 ( d) 3/26
33. The midpoint of segment AB is the point P (0,4).If the coordinates of B are (-2,3) ,then the
coordinates of B are :
a)(2 , 5) b.(-2,-5 ) c.(2,9) d.(-2 ,11)

34. If the points A (1, 2), O (0, 0) and C (a, b) are collinear, then
(a) a = b (b) a = 2b (c) 2a = b (d) a = –b

35. The sum of first 20 odd natural number is,

100 b) 200 c) 400 d) 420

36. The lower limit of the modal class of the following data is :
Class 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35

frequency 5 15 6 10 14 9

(A) 25 (B) 15 (C) 10 (D) 30

37. In figure, the length of PR is :

(A)20 cm (B) 26 cm (C) 24 cm (D)

28 cm

38. In fig . APB is a tangent to a circle with centre O , at point P. If <QPB = 500 ,then the measure of
< POQ is :

(A) 1200 (B) 1400 (C) 1000 (D) 1500

39. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are zeroes of the polynomial p(x) =x2— 5x +6,then the value of 𝛼 + 𝛽 — 3𝛼𝛽 is
a.—5 b) —13 c) 13 d) 6

40. The surface area of a sphere is 616 cm2 ,then its radius is :
7cm b)2cm c) 4cm d) 8cm
41. The length of the shadow of a tower on the plane ground is √3 times the height of the tower.The
angle of elevation of the sun is :
450 b) 300 c) 600 d) 900
42. Mode is the value of the variable which has
(a) maximum frequency (b) minimum frequency
(c) mean frequency (d) middle-most frequency
43. From each corner of a square of sides 4 cm a quadrant of a circle of a radius 1 cm is cut and also a
circle of a diameter 2 cm is cut. The area of the remaining portion of the square is (see the figure)

(a) 10.25 cm2 (b) 9.72 cm2 (c) 11.52 cm2 (d) None of these

44. In Figure, DE || BC . Find the length of side AD , given that AE = 1.8 cm, BD = 7.2 cm and
CE = 5.4 cm.

a.2.4 cm (b) 2.2 cm (c) 3.2 cm (d) 3.4 cm

45. The length of a string between 8a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If the string makes
15
an angle θ with level ground such that tan θ = then the height of kite is
8
a.75 m (b) 78.05 m (c) 226 m (d) None of these

46. The quadratic equation x2- x −2 3= 0 has

a.two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots (c) no real roots(d) more than 2 real
roots

47. If a circular grass lawn of 35 m in radius has a path 7 m wide running around it on the
outside, then the area of the path is
a.1450 m2 (b) 1576 m2 (c) 1694 m2 (d) 3368 m2

48. Volumes of two spheres are in the ratio 64 : 27. The the ratio of their surface areas is
a.3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 9 : 16 (d) 16 : 9

49. HCF of two numbers is 27 and their LCM is 162. If one of the numbers is 54, then the other
number is
a.36 (b) 35 (c) 9(d) 81

50. A ladder, leaning against a wall, makes an angle of 60c with the horizontal. If the foot of
the ladder is 2.5 m away from the wall, find the length of the ladder.
(a) 5 m (b) 5.5 m (c) 2.5 m (d) 4.5 m

51.Two schools ‘P’ and ‘Q’ decided to award prizes to their students for two games of Hockey ₹x per
 student and Cricket ₹y per student. School ‘P’ decided to award a total of ₹9500 for the two
games to 5 and 4 students respectively; while school ‘Q’ decided to award ₹7370 for the two
games to 4 and 3 students respectively.
Based on the above information, answer the questions given
below.
(i) Represent the given information algebraically (in
terms of x and y).
(ii) What is the prize amount for hockey?
OR
(ii) Prize amount on which game is more and by how much?
(iii) What will be the total prize amount if there are
2 students each from two games?

52.A rectangular floor area can be competely tiled with 200 square tiles. If the side length of each tile is
increased by 1 unit, it would take only 128 tiles to cover the floor.

(i) Assuiming the original length of each side of

a tile be x units, make a quadratic equation
from the above information.
(ii) Write the corresponding quadratic
equation in standard form.
(iii) Find the value of x, the length of side of a
tile by factorisation.
OR
(iv) Solve the quadratic equation for x, using
quadratic formula.

53. In the month of September to October 2022, the exports of electric bike from India increased by
25% in the corresponding quarter of 2021-22, as per a newspaper report.
A bike manufacturing company planned to produce 1000 bikes in fifth year and 1800 bikes in
ninth year. Assume that the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year.
(i) Find the production in the first year.
(ii) Find the production in the tenth year.
(iii) Find the total production in first ten years.
OR
(iii) In how many years will the total production
reach 27200 bikes?

54. A wooden toy is shown in the picture. This is a cuboidal wooden block of dimensions 14
cm ,17 cm, 4 cm . On its top there are seven cylindrical hollows for bees to fit in. Each
cylindrical hollow is of height 3 cm and radius 2 cm.

Based on the above, answer the following questions.

(i) Find the volume of wood carved out to make one
cylindrical hollow.
 (ii) Find the lateral surface area of the cuboid to paint
it with green colour.
(iii) Find the volume of wood in the remaining cuboid
after carving out seven cylindrical hollows.
OR
(iii) Find the surface area of the top surface of the
cuboid to be painted yellow.

55.. Blood group describes the type of blood a person has. It is a classification of blood based on the
presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells. Blood
types predict whether a serious reaction will occur in a blood transfusion.
In a sample of 50 people, 21 had type O blood, 22 had type A, 5 had type B and rest had type
AB blood group.
Based on the above, answer the following questions.
(i) What is the probability that a person chosen
at random had type O blood?
(ii) What is the probability that a person chosen at
random had type AB blood group?
(iii) What is the probability that a person chosen at
random had neither type A nor type B blood group?
OR
(iv)What is the probability that person chosen at random
had either type A or type B or type O blood group?

56.Interschool Rangoli Competition was organized by one of the reputed schools of Odissa. The theme
of the Rangoli Competition was Diwali celebrations where students were supposed to make
mathematical designs. Students from various schools participated and made beautiful Rangoli
designs. One such design is given below.
 Rangoli is in the shape of square marked as ABCD, side of square being 40 cm. At each corner
of a square, a quadrant of circle of radius 10 cm is drawn (in which diyas are kept). Also a circle
of diameter 20 cm is drawn inside the square.
(i) What is the area of square ABCD?
(ii) Find the area of the circle.
(iii) If the circle and the four quadrants are cut off from the square ABCD and removed,
then find the area of remaining portion of square ABCD.

57. The discus throw is an event in which an athlete attempts to throw a discus. The athlete spins anti-
clockwise around one and a half times through a circle, then releases the throw. When released,
the discus travels along tangent to the circular spin orbit.

In the given figure, AB is one such tangent to a circle of radius 75 cm. Point O is centre of the
circle and ABO  30o . PQ is parallel to OA.
Based on the above information,
(i) find the length of AB.
(ii) find the length of OB.
(iii) find the length of AP.

58.Radio towers are used for transmitting a range of communication services inluding radio and
television. The tower will either act as an antenna itself or support one or more antennas on its
structure. On a similar concept, a radio station tower was built in two Sections A and B. Tower
is supported by wires from a point O.
Distance between the base of the tower and point O is 36 cm.
From point O, the angle of elevation of the top of the Section B
is 30o and the angle of elevation of the top of Section A is 45o .
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the length of the wire from the point O to the top of
Section B.
(ii) Find the distance AB.
OR
(ii) Find the area of OPB .
(iii) Find the height of the Section A from the base of the tower.

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