KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GACHIBOWLI, GPRA CAMPUS, HYD–32

SAMPLE PAPER TEST 05 FOR TERM-2 EXAM (2021-22)

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 40

CLASS : X DURATION: 2 HRS
General Instructions:
1. The question paper consists of 14 questions divided into 3 sections A, B, C.
2. Section A comprises of 6 questions of 2 marks each. Internal choice has been provided in two
questions.
3. Section B comprises of 4questions of 3 marks each. Internal choice has been provided in one
question.
4. Section C comprises of 4 questions of 4 marks each. An internal choice has been provided in
one question. It contains two case study based questions.

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 6 carry 2 marks each.
1. If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other at angle
of 80°, then find ∠ POA

2. Find the 20th term from the last term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, . . ., 253.

3. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 6x2 – x – 2 = 0.

OR
Find the values of k for quadratic equation kx (x – 2) + 6 = 0, so that they have two equal roots.

4. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the
other two sides.

5. The mode of the following frequency distribution is 34.5. Find the value of x.
Class 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
Frequency 4 8 10 x 8

6. A cone of height 24 cm and radius of base 6 cm is made up of modelling clay. A child reshapes it
in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the sphere.
OR
A copper rod of diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18 m of uniform
thickness. Find the thickness of the wire.

SECTION – B
Questions 7 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

7. The distribution below gives the weights of 30 students of a class. Find the median weight of the
students.
Weight (in kg) 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55 55 – 60 60 – 65 65 – 70 70 – 75
No. of Students 2 3 8 6 6 3 2

8. Draw a line segment AB of length 8 cm. Taking A as centre, draw a circle of radius 4 cm and
taking B as centre, draw another circle of radius 3 cm. Construct tangents to each circle from the
centre of the other circle.

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9. From a point on a bridge across a river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides of
the river are 30° and 45°, respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 3 m from the banks, find the
width of the river.
OR
The angles of depression of the top and the bottom of an 8 m tall building from the top of a multi-
storeyed building are 30° and 45°, respectively. Find the height of the multi-storeyed building and
the distance between the two buildings.

10. If the mean of the distribution given below is 16.5, then find the values of a and b.
Class Interval 0 – 5 5 – 10 10 – 15 15 – 20 20 – 25 25 – 30 30 – 35 Total
Frequency 1 7 11 a b 4 2 40

SECTION – C
Questions 11 to 14 carry 4 marks each.

11. If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms of two APs is (7n + 1) : (4n + 27), then find the ratio of
their 9th terms.

12. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

OR
In the below figure, XY and X′Y′ are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another
tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and X′Y′ at B. Prove that ∠ AOB = 90°.

CASE STUDY QUESTION – 1

13. A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens.
The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of the depressions
is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Find the volume of four conical depressions in the entire stand
(ii) Find the volume of wood in the entire stand
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 CASE STUDY QUESTION – 2

14. A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of 88.2 m
from the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any instant is
60°. After 30 seconds, the angle of elevation reduces to 30° (see the below figure).

Based on the above information, answer the following questions. (Take √3 =1.732)
(i) Find the distance travelled by the balloon during the interval.
(ii) Find the speed of the balloon.

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