KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN GUWAHATI REGION

Sample Paper for 2020-2021

MATHEMATICS (BASIC) CLASS - X
TIME - 3 Hours Maximum Marks - 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This question paper contains two parts A and B

2. Both part A and B have internal choices.
Part – A:

1. It consists of two sections –I and II

2. Section I has 16 questions. Internal choice is provided in 5 questions
3. Section II has four case study based questions. Each case study has 5 case-based
sub parts. An examinee is to attempt any four out of 5 sub-parts.
Part – B:

1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very short answer Type questions of 2 marks 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 question of 3 marks and
1 question of 5 marks

Question Part- A Marks

No.

Section-I

1. An unbiased die is thrown. What is the probability of getting a number 1

less than 5

2. Find the LCM of smallest two digit composite number and smallest 1
composite number.

3. For what value of k, is 3 a zero of the polynomial 2x2 +x + k? 1

4. State the fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. 1

OR

Find the HCF of 12,15 and 21 by applying prime factorization method

5. Write the ratio of coefficient (condition) if the linear pair of equations 1

has no solution.

6. If p and q are two prime numbers, then what is their LCM? 1

7. Find the length of arc of a circle of radius 21cm and central angle is 60 1
8. In the given figure DE II BC ,then find EC 1

OR

Give two different example of pair of (i) similar figures (ii) non-similar
figures.

9. Find the area of major sector of the circle. 1

OR

Find the radius of the circle, if PQ =24cm PR =7cm and O is the center
of circle

10. The graph of y=p(x) are given in fig. Find number of zeros of p(x) 1
11. Find the 7th term of the AP: 10, 7, 4, …… 1

12. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 – 3x+ 5 = 0 1

13. If sin A = 3/4 , find sec A 1

OR
9 sec2 A –9 tan2 A =?

14. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle, if AB=11cm, 1

BC=13 cm and AD = 10 cm then find the value of DC

OR

A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through

the center O at a point Q so that OQ =12 cm. Find the length of PQ

15. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1:1, then find the 1
angle of elevation of the sun.

16. If the area and the perimeter of a circle are numerically equal, then 1
find the radius of the circle.

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

A survey regarding the heights (in cm) of 51 girls of class X of a modal school was
conducted and the following data was obtained

Height 135-140 140-145 145-150 150-155 155-160 160-165

(in cm)

No. of 4 7 18 11 6 5
girls

(a) What will be the lower limit of the modal class? 1

(i) 165 (ii) 140 (iii) 145 (iv) 150

(b) What will be the frequency of modal class? 1

(i) 5 (ii) 11 (iii) 4 (iv) 18

(c) The construction of cumulative frequency table is useful in determining the 1

(i) Mean (ii) Median (iii) Mode (iv) All the above

(d) Find the upper limit of median class. 1

(i) 150 (ii) 145 (iii) 165 (iv) 160

(e) Find the cumulative frequency of class preceding the median class. 1

(i) 11 (ii) 51 (iii) 18 (iv) 40

CASE STUDY BASED-2

18. There are two friends Rahul and Saurabh. One day they were playing Ludo(die)
and discussing about probability , some questions have been arisen in their
mind which are given as follows:

(a) If the probability of Rahul winning the match is 0.62, then What is the 1
probability of Saurabh winning the match?

(i) 0.63 (ii) 0.38 (iii) 0 (iv) -0.62

(b) If the die is thrown. What is the probability of getting an even number? 1

(i) 2/6 (ii) 6/6 (iii) 3/6 ( iv) none of these

 (c) The probability of sure event is. 1

(i) 100 (ii) 10 (iii) 1 (iv) 6

(d) The probability of an event can never be. 1

(i) 0 (ii) 1.5 (iii) 3/5 (iv) 25%

(e) A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that 5 will come up at least once? 1

(i) 2/6 (ii) 1/6 (iii) 11/36 (iv) 25/36

CASE STUDY BASED-3

19. Shanta runs an industry in a shed which is in the shape of a cuboid surmounted
by a half cylinder. If the base of the shed dimension 7m by 15 m, and if the area
of the four walls of the cuboid is 352 m2. Suppose the machinery in the shed
occupies a total space of 300 m3, and there are 20 workers, each of whom
occupy about 0.08m3 space on an average.

Find the height of the cuboid. 1

(a)
(i) 9m (ii) 10m (iii) 8m (iv) 12m

Find the curved surface area of half cylindrical portion. 1

(b)
(i) 165m2 (ii) 155m2 (iii) 90m2 (iv) 110m2

Find the total surface area of cuboid. 1

(c)
(i) 562m2 (ii) 484m2 (iii) 660m2 (iv) 552m2

Find the volume of cuboid. 1

(d)
(i) 572m3 (ii) 756m3 (iii) 676m3 (iv) 840m3

Approximately How much air is in the shade? 1

(e)
 (i) 880m3 (ii) 827 m3 (iii) 785m3 (iv) 1128m3

CASE STUDY BASED-4

In a classroom, 4 friends are seated at the points A (Alok), B (Binod),

20. C (Chandan) and D (Dipti). Don’t you think ABCD is a square? They are discussing
about coordinate geometry. During discussion few question have been arisen
which are given as follows:

Find the distance between Dipti and Binod. 1

(a)
(i) 6 (ii) 12 (iii) 13 (iv) 5

Write the coordinate point of C. 1

(b)
(i) (9,3) (ii) (4,9) (iii) (9,4) (iv) none of these

Coordinate point of intersection of x-axis and y-axis. 1

(c)
(i) (1,1) (ii) (0,0) (iii) (10,10) (iv) (-1,-1)

Find the distance of A from the origin. 1

(d)
(i) 3 (ii) 6 (iii) 4 (iv) 5

Find the coordinate of Mid-Point of the line segment joining A and C. 1

(e)
(i) (3,9) (ii) (4,4) (iii) (3,0) (iv) (6,4)
 Part-B

All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt anyone.

21. The 17th term of an AP exceeds its 10th term by 7. Find the common difference. 2

OR

How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?

22. In fig DE II AC and DF II AE. Prove that = 2

OR

In fig DE II OQ and DF II OR. Show that EF II QR

23. Find the discriminant of the equation 3x2 - 2x + 1/3 .and also find its roots. 2

24. Solve the pair of linear equations by substitution method 2

x + y = 14 and x – y = 4

25. Check whether 6n can end with the digit 0 for any natural number n. 2

26. Evaluate 2

Part- B

All question are compulsory. Question (27 to 33) are 3 marks each.
27. Prove that √5 is an irrational number. 3

28. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take two points P and Q on one of its extended 3
diameter each at a distance of 7 cm from its center. Draw tangents to the circle
from these two points P and Q.

OR

Draw a circle with the help of bangle. Take a point outside the circle. Construct
the pair of tangents from this point to the circle.

29. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus. 3

30. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of 3
getting:

(i) A king of red colour

(ii) A face card
(iii) A spade.

OR

A bag contains 5 white balls, 7 red balls, 4 black balls and 2 blue balls. One ball
is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is
,

(i) White or blue ball

(ii) Not white
(iii) Neither white nor black

31. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the value of x and y 3

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Total

interval

Frequency 5 X 20 15 Y 5 60

32. Find the area of the shaded portion, where a circular arc of radius 6 cm has 3
been drawn with vertex O of an equilateral triangle OAB of side 12 cm as center.
33. Given a3 =15, S10 =125, find d and a10 3

Part –B

All question are compulsory. Questions (34 to 36) are 5 marks each.

34. A TV tower stands vertically on a bank of a canal. From a point on the other 5
bank directly opposite the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
is 60°. From another point 20 m away from this point on the line joining this
point to the foot of tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 30 .
Find the height of the tower and the width of the canal.

35. Prove: =cosec A + cot A 5

36. In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that BD = 1/3 BC. 5
Prove that 9 AD2 = 7 AB2

OR

In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal
to four times the square of one of its altitudes.