Class- X Session- 2020-21 || Subject- Mathematics -Standard || Sample Question Paper



Class- X Session- 2020-21
Subject- Mathematics -Standard
Sample Question Paper
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs    M. Marks: 80 

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General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains two parts A and B. 
2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.

Part – A:
1. It consists three sections- I and II. 
2. Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions.
3. Section II has 4 questions on case study. Each case study has 5 case-based sub-parts. An examinee is to attempt any 4 out of 5 sub-parts.

Part – B:
1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very short answer Type questions of 2 mark each, 
2. Question No 27 to 33 are Short Answer Type questions of 3 marks each
3. Question No 34 to 36 are Long Answer Type questions of 5 marks each.
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks, 2 questions of 3 marks and 1 question of 5 marks.

Part-A

Section-I
Section I has 16 questions of 1 mark each. Internal choice is provided 
in 5 questions.

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1. If xy=180 and HCF(x,y)=3, then find the LCM(x,y).
Sol.
 OR
The decimal representation of 
14587/(2¹ × 5⁴) will terminate after how many decimal places?

2. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x²-kx+6 is 3, then find the value of k.
Sol.

3. For what value of k, the pair of linear equations 3x+y=3 and 6x+ky=8 does not have a solution.
Sol.

4. If 3 chairs and 1 table costs Rs. 1500 and 6 chairs and 1 table costs Rs.2400. Form linear equations to represent this situation.
Sol.

5. Which term of the A.P. 27, 24, 21,…..is zero?
Sol.
 OR
In an Arithmetic Progression, if d= - 4, n=7,an=4, then find a.
Sol.

6. For what values of k, the equation 9x²+6kx+4=0 has equal roots?
Sol.

7. Find the roots of the equation x²+7x+10=0
Sol.
 OR
For what value(s) of ‘a’ quadratic equation 3𝑎𝑥² − 6𝑥 + 1 = 0 has no real roots?
Sol.

8. If PQ = 28cm, then find the perimeter of ∆PLM
Sol.
9. If two tangents are inclined at 60˚ are drawn to a circle of radius 3cm then find length of each tangent. 
Sol.
 OR
PQ is a tangent to a circle with centre O at point P. If ∆OPQ is an isosceles 
triangle, then find ∠OQP.
Sol.

10. In the ∆ABC, D and E are points on side AB and AC respectively such that DE II BC. If AE=2cm, AD=3cm and BD=4.5cm, then find CE.
Sol.

11. In the figure, if B1, B2, B3,…... and A1,A2, A3,….. have been marked at 
equal distances. In what ratio C divides AB?
Sol.
12. 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐴 + 𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝐵 = 1, 𝐴 = 30° and B is an acute angle, then find the value of B. 
Sol.

13. If x=2sin2Ɵ and y=2cos2Ɵ+1, then find x+y.
Sol.

14. In a circle of diameter 42cm,if an arc subtends an angle of 60˚ at the centre where π = 22/7, then what will be the length of arc.
Sol.

15. 12 solid spheres of the same radii are made by melting a solid metallic cylinder of base diameter 2cm and height 16cm. Find the diameter of the each sphere.
Sol.

16. Find the probability of getting a doublet in a throw of a pair of dice.
Sol.
 OR
Find the probability of getting a black queen when a card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards.
Sol.

 Section-II

Case study based questions are compulsory. Attempt any four sub 
parts of each question. Each subpart carries 1 mark 

17. Case Study based-1
SUN ROOM
The diagrams show the plans for a sun room. It will be built onto the wall of a house. The four walls of the sunroom are square clear glass panels. The roof is made using 
• Four clear glass panels, trapezium in shape, all the same size
• One tinted glass panel, half a regular octagon in shape
(a) Refer to Top View
Find the mid-point of the segment joining the points J (6, 17) and I (9, 16).
(i) (33/2,15/2).         (ii) (3/2,1/2)
(iii)(15/2,33/2).         (iv) (1/2,3/2)

(b) Refer to Top View
The distance of the point P from the y-axis is 
(i) 4.    (ii) 15.     (iii) 19.     (iv) 25

(c) Refer to Front View
The distance between the points A and S is
(i) 4.    (ii) 8.    (iii)16.     (iv)20

(d) Refer to Front View
Find the co-ordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points A and B in the ratio 1:3 internally.
(i) (8.5,2.0).         (ii) (2.0,9.5)
(iii) (3.0,7.5).        (iv) (2.0,8.5)

(e) Refer to Front View
If a point (x,y) is equidistant from the Q(9,8) and S(17,8),then
(i) x+y=13.               (ii) x-13=0
(iii) y-13=0.               (iv)x-y=13
Sol.

18. Case Study Based- 2
SCALE FACTOR AND SIMILARITY
SCALE FACTOR
A scale drawing of an object is the same shape as the object but a different size.
The scale of a drawing is a comparison of the length used on a drawing to the length it represents. The scale is written as a ratio.
SIMILAR FIGURES 
The ratio of two corresponding sides in similar figures is called the scale 
factor.
If one shape can become another using Resizing then the shapes are Similar.
Hence, two shapes are Similar when one can become the other after a resize, flip, slide or turn.

(a) A model of a boat is made on the scale of 1:4. The model is 120cm long. The full size of the boat has a width of 60cm. What is the width of the scale model?
(i) 20 cm .         (ii) 25 cm 
(iii) 15 cm .        (iv)240 cm

(b) What will effect the similarity of any two polygons?
(i) They are flipped horizontally 
(ii)They are dilated by a scale factor
(iii)They are translated down
(iv)They are not the mirror image of one another 

(c) If two similar triangles have a scale factor of a: b. Which statement regarding the two triangles is true?
(i)The ratio of their perimeters is 3a :b
(ii)Their altitudes have a ratio a:b
(iii)Their medians have a ratio 𝑎/2: b
(iv)Their angle bisectors have a ratio a² : b²

(d) The shadow of a stick 5m long is 2m. At the same time the shadow of a tree 12.5m high is
(i)3m.   (ii)3.5m.    (iii)4.5m.    (iv)5m

(e) Below you see a student's mathematical model of a farmhouse roof with measurements. The attic floor, ABCD in the model, is a square. The beams that support the roof are the edges of a rectangular prism, EFGHKLMN. E is the middle of AT, F is the middle of BT, G is the middle of CT, and H is the middle of DT. All the edges of the pyramid in the model have length of 12 m.
What is the length of EF, where EF is one of the horizontal edges of the 
block?
(i)24m.    (ii)3m.    (iii)6m.    (iv)10m
Sol.

19. Case Study Based- 3
Applications of Parabolas-Highway Overpasses/Underpasses 
A highway underpass is parabolic in shape.
Parabola
A parabola is the graph that results from p(x)=ax²+bx+c. Parabolas are symmetric about a vertical line known as the Axis of Symmetry. 
The Axis of Symmetry runs through the maximum or minimum point of the parabola which is called the


(a) If the highway overpass is represented by x2–2x –8. Then its zeroes are
(i) (2,-4).             (ii) (4,-2)
(iii) (-2,-2).          (iv) (-4,-4)

(b) The highway overpass is represented graphically.
Zeroes of a polynomial can be expressed graphically. Number of zeroes of polynomial is equal to number of points where the graph of polynomial 
(i) Intersects x-axis
(ii) Intersects y-axis
(iii) Intersects y-axis or x-axis
(iv)None of the above

(c) Graph of a quadratic polynomial is a
(i) straight line.    (ii) circle
(iii)parabola.         (iv)ellipse

(d) The representation of Highway Underpass whose one zero is 6 and sum of the zeroes is 0, is
(i)x² – 6x + 2
(ii) x² – 36
(iii)x² – 6
(iv)x² – 3

(e) The number of zeroes that polynomial f(x) = (x – 2)² + 4 can have is:
(i)1.    (ii) 2.    (iii) 0.    (iv) 3
Sol.


20. Case Study Based- 4

100m RACE
A stopwatch was used to find the time that it took a  group of students to run 100m.
(a) Estimate the mean time taken by a student to finish the race.
(i)54.   (ii)63.    (iii)43.    (iv)50

(b) What wiil be the upper limit of the modal class ?
(i)20.    (ii)40     (iii)60.    (iv)80

(c) The construction of cummulative frequency table is useful in determining the
(i)Mean.          (ii)Median
(iii)Mode.         (iv)All of the above

(d) The sum of lower limits of median class and modal class is
(i)60.    (ii)100.    (iii)80.    (iv)140

(e) How many students finished the race within 1 minute?
(i)18.    (ii)37.    (iii)31.    (iv)8

Sol.
 
Part –B
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt any one. 

21. 3 bells ring at an interval of 4,7 and 14 minutes. All three bell rang at 6 am, when the three balls will the ring together next?
Sol.

22. Find the point on x-axis which is equidistant from the points (2,-2) and (-4,2) 
Sol. 
OR

P (-2, 5) and Q (3, 2) are two points. Find the co-ordinates of the point R on PQ such that PR=2QR.
Sol.

23. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 5-3√2 and 5+3√2. 

24. Draw a line segment AB of length 9cm. With A and B as centres, draw 
circles of radius 5cm and 3cm respectively. Construct tangents to each circle from the centre of the other circle.
Sol.
Steps of Sonstructions
1. A line segment AB 9 cm.
2. Draw a circle at A with radius 5 cm.
3. Draw a circle at B with radius 3 cm.
4. Now draw the bisector of of AB which intercept AB at O.
5. Take a distance of OA or OB in the campus and drow the third circle with centre O. This circle cuts the both circles at the point P, Q, R and S.
6. Join AR and AS and BR and BS.
7. AR and AS and BR and BS are required tangents.

25. If tanA=3/4, find the value of 1/sinA+1/cosA 
Sol.

 OR

If √3 sinƟ – cosƟ = 0 and 0˚<Ɵ <90˚, find the value of Ɵ
Sol.
26. In the figure, quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribing a circle with centre O and AD⊥AB. If radius of incircle is 10cm, then the value of x is
Sol.

27.. Prove that 2 –√3 is irrational, given that √3 is irrational. 
Sol.
28. If one root of the quadratic equation 3x² + px + 4 = 0 is 2/3, then find the value of p and the other root of the equation.
Sol.
 OR

The roots α and β of the quadratic equation x² –5x + 3(k–1) = 0 are such that α – β = 1. Find the value k.
Sol.

29. In the figure, ABCD is a square of side 14 cm. Semi-circles are drawn with each side of square as diameter. Find the area of the shaded region.
Sol. 

30. The perimeters of two similar triangles are 25cm and 15cm respectively. If one side of the first triangle is 9cm, find the length of the corresponding side of the second triangle.
 
OR

In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = 1/3 
BC. Prove that 9 AD2 = 7 AB2

31. The median of the following data is 16. Find the missing frequencies a and b, if the total of the frequencies is 70.
Sol.

32. If the angles of elevation of the top of the candle from two coins distant ‘a’ cm and ‘b’ cm (a>b) from its base and in the same straight line from it are 30˚ and 60˚, then find the height of the candle.
Sol.

33. The mode of the following data is 67. Find the missing frequency x.
Sol. 


34. The two palm trees are of equal heights and are standing opposite each other on either side of the river, which is 80 m wide. From a point O 
between them on the river the angles of elevation of the top of the trees 
are 60° and 30°, respectively. Find the height of the trees and the 
distances of the point O from the trees.
Sol. 


 OR

The angles of depression of the top and bottom of a building 50 meters 
high as observed from the top of a tower are 30˚ and 60˚ respectively. 
Find the height of the tower, and also the horizontal distance between the 
building and the tower.
Sol. 

35. Water is flowing through a cylindrical pipe of internal diameter 2cm, into a cylindrical tank of base radius 40 cm at the rate of 0.7m/sec. By how much will the water rise in the tank in half an hour?
Sol. 


36. A motorboat covers a distance of 16km upstream and 24km downstream in 6 hours. In the same time it covers a distance of 12 km upstream and 36km downstream. Find the speed of the boat in still water and that of the stream.
Sol.


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