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Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 90

Class : 10 (CBSE 6 Chapters test Real Numbers, Polynomials, Pair of linear equation
in two variables, Trigonometric ratios, Trigonometric identities, Quadratic equations)
General Instructions :
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper consist of 31 questions divided in to four sections A, B, C and D.
Section - A comprises of 4 questions of 1 mark each, Section - B comprises of 6
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questions of 2 marks each, Section - C comprises of 10 questions of 3 marks each and

Section D comprises of 11 questions of 4 marks each.
3. Question number 1 to 4 in Section - A are multiple choice questions where you are to
select one correct option out of the given four.
4. Use of calculation is not permitted.
5. An additional 15 minutes time gas been allotted to read this question paper only.

SECTION A
Question number 1 to 4 are of 1 mark each
1. If n is any natural number, then always ends with
(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 0

2. Given that two of the zeros of the cubic polynomial are 0, the
third zero is
(a) (a) (a) (a)

3. If the system of the equations , has infinitely many

solutions, then k =
(a) 1 (a) 6 (a) 8 (a) 9

4. The value of + is
(a) 1 (a) 0 (a) (a)

SECTION B
5. If

6. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization method

7. Prove that
is irrational number.

8. Find the highest common factor of 240 and 6552.

9. Find the highest number which divided 615 and 963 leaving the reminder 6 in each
case.

10.
If and are roots of quadratic polynomial , evaluate
 SECTION C
11. If , show that

12. The cost of 2kg apple and 1 kg grapes on a day was found to be Rs 160. After a
month, the cost of 4 kg apple and 2 kg grapes is Rs 300. Represent the situation
algebraically and geometrically.

13. Evaluate:

14. The denominator of a fraction is one more than twice the numerator. If the sum of
the fraction and its reciprocal is , find the fraction.

15. A ladder 15 metres long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes
an angle with the wall, find the height of wall.

16. Solve :
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17. Solve the following system of equation by elimination method

,

18. The cost of 4 pen and 4 pencil boxes is Rs 100. Three times the cost of a pen is Rs 15
more than the cost of a pencil box. Form the pair of linear equation for the above
situation. Find the cost of a pen and a pencil box.

19. What must be added to ( ) so that the resulting

polynomial is divisible by ( ) ?

20. Show that is divisible by 8, if n is an odd positive integer.

SECTION D
21. Show that the square of any positive number cannot be of the form 5q+2 or 5q+3 for
any integer q.

22. Show that one and only one out of n, n+2 or, n+4 is divisible by 3, where n is any
positive integer.

23. Evaluate

24. Prove the following identity

( )( )
 25. The lower window of a house is at a height of 2m above the ground and its upper
window is 4m vertically above the lower window. At certain instant the angles of
elevation of a balloon from these window are observed to be and
respectively. Find the height of the balloon above the ground.

26. Solve for x :

( )
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)(
( )

27. In the centre of a rectangular lawn of dimension 50m x 40m, a rectangular ponds
has to be constructed so that the area of the grass surrounding the pond would be
1184 m2. Find the length and breadth of the pond.

28. It can take 12 hours to fill a swimming pool using two pipes. If the pipe of larger
diameter is used for four hours and the pipe of smaller diameter for 9 hours, only
half of the pool can be filled. How long would it take for each pipe to fill the pool
separately?

29. Given that is a zero of the cubic polynomial , find its

other two zeros.

30. Let a, b, c be the rational numbers such that p is not a perfect cube. If

, then prove that a = b = c= 0.

31. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in in such a
way that all books are stored topic- wise and the height of each stack is the same the
number of English books is 96, the number of Hindi books is 240 and the number of
Mathematics books is 336. Assuming that the books are of the same thickness,
determine the number of stacks of English, Hindi and Mathematics books.

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