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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN GURUGRAM REGION

कक्षा- X Class-X
2022-23

PRACTICE PAPER-III

Subject- Mathematics –Basic

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 Case Based integrated units of assessment (4 marks each)
with sub-parts of
the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 2
marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks
and 2 Questions of 5 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been
provided in the 2
marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not
stated.
SECTION A
Q.NO. Marks
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1. If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m – 117, 1
then the value of m is
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 3
2 The multiplication of two irrational numbers is: 1
(a) irrational number
(b) rational number
(c) Maybe rational or irrational
(d) None
3 The product of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial 1
ax3 + bx2 + cx + d is
(a) -b/a
(b) c/a
(c) -d/a
(d) -c/a
4. The pairs of equations x+2y-5 = 0 and -4x-8y+20=0 have: 1
(a) Unique solution
(b) Exactly two solutions
(c) Infinitely many solutions
(d) No solution
5 Which one of the following is not a quadratic equation? 1
(a) (x + 2)2 = 2(x + 3)
(b) x2 + 3x = (–1) (1 – 3x)2
(c) (x + 2) (x – 1) = x2 – 2x – 3
(d) x3 – x2 + 2x + 1 = (x + 1)3
6. The area of a rhombus whose vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), (-1, 4) 1
and (-2,-1) taken in order, is:
(a) 12 sq.units
(b) 24 sq.units
(c) 30 sq.units
(d) 32 sq.units
7. The height of an equilateral triangle of side 5 cm is: 1
(a) 4.33 cm (b) 3.9 cm (c) 5 cm (d) 4 cm
8. If TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so 1
that ∠POQ = 110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to

(a) 60°
(b) 70°
(c) 80°
(d) 90°
9. A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a _______. 1
(a) Secant
(b) Chord
(c) Diameter
(d) Tangent
10. sin 2A = 2 sin A is true when A = 1
(a) 30°
(b) 45°
(c) 0°
(d) 60°
11. The value of tan 60°/cot 30° is equal to: 1
a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
12. 2 tan 45 ° +cos 30 ° – sin 60 ° =
2 2 2
1
(a) -2
(b) 1
(c) 0
(d) 2
13. The area of the square that can be inscribed in a circle of 1
radius 8 cm is
(a) 256 cm2
(b) 128 cm2
(c) 642 cm2
(d) 64 cm2
14. In a circle of radius 21 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 60° at 1
the centre. The length of the arc is;
(a) 20cm
(b) 21cm
(c) 22cm
(d) 25cm
15. The surface area of cuboid-shaped box having length=80 cm, 1
breadth=40cm and height=20cm is:
a. 11200 sq.cm
b. 13000 sq.cm
c. 13400 sq.cm
d. 12000 sq.cm
16. If the mean of frequency distribution is 7.5 and 1
∑fi xi = 120 + 3k, ∑fi = 30, then k is equal to:
(a) 40 (b) 35 (c) 50 (d) 45
17. Construction of a cumulative frequency table is useful in 1
determining the
(a) mean (b) median
(c) mode (d) all the above three measures
18 If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A, then 1
(a) P(A) < 0
(b) P(A) > 1
(c) 0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
(d) –1 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1
DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of
 assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). choose
the correct option
19. Assertion: (18, 25) is a pair of co-primes. 1
Reason: Pair of co-prime has a common factor 2.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R)
is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is
not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
20. Assertion (A): Mid-point of a line segment divides line in the 1
ratio 1 : 1.
Reason (R): The ratio in which the point (–3, k) divides the line
segment joining the points (–5, 4) and (–2, 3) is 1 : 2.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is
the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is
not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
Section B
It has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks
each.
21. The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 2
400. Find the number of terms and the common difference.
Or

Which of the following are APs ? If they form an AP, find the
common difference d and write three more terms.
5 7
2, 2 , 3, 2 , …….

22. In the adjoining Fig., DE || AC and DF || AE. 2

 BF BE
Prove that FE = EC

23 Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from external point 2

are equal.
Or
Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of
circle are parallel.

24 If 2sin2θ – cos2θ = 2, then find the value of θ. 2

Or
(sin A + cosec A) + (cos A + sec A)2 = 7 + tan2 A + cot2 A
2

25. Find the area of the major sector of a circle with a radius of 4 2
cm and of angle 30°. (Use π = 3.14)

Section C
It has 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3
marks each.
26. Find two consecutive odd positive integers, sum of whose 3
squares is 290.
Or
In a class test, the sum of shifali’s marks in Mathematics and
English is 30. Had she got 2 marks more in Mathematics and 3
marks less in English, the product of their marks would have
been 210. Find her marks in the two subjects.
27. Prove that √3 is irrational 3
28. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2 – 2√ 6 x + 2 = 0 3
OR
The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the
hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the other two sides.

29. Prove that:

√ 1+ sin A
1−sin A
=sec A+ tan A
3

30. A lot consists of 144 ball pens of which 20 are defective and 3
the others are good. Nuri will buy a pen if it is good, but will
not buy if it is defective. The shopkeeper draws one pen at
random and gives it to her. What is the probability that
(i) She will buy it ? (ii) She will not buy it?

31 In figure, if PA and PB are tangents to the circle with centre O 3

such that ∠APB = 50°, then ∠OAB is equal to

Section D
It has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks
each.

32 The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x 5

and y, if the total frequency is 100.

Class Interval frequency

0-100 2
 100-200 5
200-400 X
300-400 12
400-500 17
500-600 20
600-700 Y
700-800 9
800-900 7
900-1000 4
Or

The following distribution gives the state-wise teacher-student

ratio in higher secondary schools of India. Find the mode and
mean of this data.

33 A manufacturer of TV sets produced 600 sets in the third year 5

and 700 sets in the seventh year. Assuming that the
production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year,
find:
(i) the production in the 1st year
(ii) the production in the 10th year
(iii) the total production in first 7 years

34 A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and 5

base diameter 24 cm, which is surmounted by another cylinder
of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pole,
given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8g mass.
(Use π = 3.14)
Or
A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two
 hemispheres stuck to each of its ends. The length of the entire
capsule is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm.
Find its surface area.

35. State and prove BASIC PROPORTIONALITY THEOREM (BPT). 5

SECTION E
Case study based questions are compulsory.
36. India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost
of manpower and strong technical and engineering capabilities
contributing to higher quality production runs. The production
of TV sets in a factory increases uniformly by a fixed number
every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in
9th year.

Based on the above information, answer the following

questions:
1. Find the production during first year.
1
2. Find the production during 8th year.
3. In which year, the production is 29,200 sets. 1

Or
Find the difference of the production during 7th year and 4th 2
year.
37
Analysing Distance
Alia and Shagun are friends living on the same street in Patel
Nagar. Shogun’s house is at the intersection of one street with
another street on which there is a library. They both study in
the same school and that is not far from Shagun’s house.
Suppose the school is situated at point 0, i.e., the origin, and
Alia’s house is at A. Shoguns house is at B and library is at C.
Based on the above information, answer the following
questions:

(a) How far is Alia’s house from Shagun’s house?

1
(i) 3 units (ii) 4 units (iii) 5 units (iv) 2 units
(b) How far is library from Shagun’s house?
1
(i) 3 units (ii) 2 units (iii) 5 units (iv) 4 units
(c) Which of the following is true?
2
(i) ABC is a scalene triangle
(ii) ABC is an isosceles triangle
(iii) ABC is an equilateral triangle
(iv) None of these

OR

How far is the school from Alia’s house?

(i) √ 13 units (ii) √ 5 units (iii) √ 17 units (iv) √ 23 units
38 Vijay is trying to find the average height of a tower near his

house. He is using the properties of similar triangles. The

height of Vijay’s house if 20m when Vijay’s house casts a

shadow 10m long on the ground. At the same time, the tower

casts a shadow 50m long on the ground and the house of Ajay

casts 20m shadow on the ground.

i) What is the height of the tower?

(A) 20m (B) 50m
(C) 100 (D) 200m
(ii) What will be the length of the shadow of the tower when
Vijay’s house casts a shadow of 12m?
(A) 75m (B) 50m
(C) 45m (D) 60m 1
(iii) When the tower casts a shadow of 40m, same time what
will be the length of the shadow of Ajay’s house?
(A) 16m (B) 32m
(C) 20m (D) 8m
OR 2
When the tower casts a shadow of 40m, same time what will
be the length of the shadow of Vijay’s house?
(A) 15m (B) 32m
(C) 16m (D) 8m