RAHUL TUITION CLASSES

VIVEKANAND H.S. SCHOOL

Std 10 : Maths(B)
Total Marks : 80 marks Pre Board Examination Time : 2.5 Hours
Section A
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 1 Mark] [24]
1. HCF (17, 20) = .......... . (1, 0, 1 and 0)
2. Which type of number is p ?
3. Match the following with correct alternative :

Part-A Part-B
From the given graph state two zeroes of the polynomial. (a) –2, –3
(b) –2, 3

-3-2 -1 1 2 3

4. The product of zeroes of polynomial p(x) = x2 – 3x + 2 is .......... .

3
(A) 2 (B) (C) 1 (D) –2
2
5. True or False : The graph of the equation 3x – 8 = 7 is parallel to Y-axis.
6. If the solution set of the equations px + 3y = p – 3 and 12x + py = p is an infinite set then p = ..........
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
7. .......... is a quadratic equation.
1 1
(A) x + = x2 (B) x3 + x + 5 = 2 (C) 2x + = 5 (D) 4x 4 + 4x + 1 = 0
x x2
n(n + 1)
8. True or False : The arithmetic sum of first n natural numbers is .
2
9. 30th term of the AP 10, 7, 4, ... is ........
(A) 97 (B) 77 (C) –77 (D) –87
10. The distance of the point (5, 3) to X-axis is .......... . (0, 3, 5)
3
11. True or False : sin q = for some value of angle q.
2
12. 12 sin q = 4cos q then cot q = .......... (4, 3, 2)
13. True or False : If a line in the plane of the circle is perpendicular at a point A to the circle with radius
PA then this line is a tangent to the circle.
14. The common point of a circle and the tangent is called ........... (mid point, point of contact, circumcentre)
15. True or False : If q is measure of an angle subtended by corresponding arc at the centre then area of
q
the sector of the circle is ´ pr 2 .
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16. ........ is the length of an arc. If the area of the sector of the circle is 150 cm and radius is 15 cm.
(p = 3.14) (15, 20, 25)
17. The volume of the sphere with radius 1.5 cm is .......... .
(A) 4.5 cm3 (B) 9.5 cm3 (C) 14.14 cm3 (D) 2.8 cm3
18. The curved surface area of the sphere is .......... .
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The curved surface area of the sphere is .......... .

1 2
(A) 2prh (B) 2pr2 (C) 4pr2 (D) pr h
3
19. True or False : 3 ´ median = mode + 2 ´ mean
20. For any frequency distribution, mode is 12 more than the mean then mode is .......... more than the
median.
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 10
21. In usual notation if a = 47.5, Sfi = 30, Sfiui = 29 and h = 15 then x = .......... (95, 62, 68)
22. State whether the following statement is true or false : If E' is the complementary events of E then P(E')
= P(E) – 1
23. Three balanced coins are tossed together. Then .......... is the probability that at most two head comes up.
1 3 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 8 8 8
24. A card is drawn at random from a 12 face cards Find the probability that the card drawn is a king.

Section B
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 2 Marks] [26]

25.
2.4) Find the zeroes of 6x2 – 3 – 7x
1
26. Find the quadratic equation, the sum and product of whose zeroes are respetively : , –1
4
27. Find the roots of the quadratic equations given in Question 1 above by applying the quadratic formula.
4x2 + 4 3x + 3 = 0
28. Write first four terms of the AP, when the first term a and the common difference d are given as follow :
a = 4, d = –3
29. For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs : 63, 65, 67, ... and 3, 10, 17 ... equal ?
30. What is the distance of P(–6, 8) from the origin ?
31. Find the distance between the following pairs of points : (–5, 7), (–1, 3)
cos 45°
32.
14.3) Evaluate the following : sec 30° + cosec 30°

33. Given 15 cot A = 8, find sin A and sec A.

34. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground, which is 30 m away from the
foot of the tower is 30°. Find the height of the tower.
35. A 20 m deep well with diameter 7 m is dug and the earth from digging is evenly spread out to form
a platform 22 m by 14 m. Find the height of the platform.
36. How many canvas will be required to make a conical tent, the radius of whose base is 8.4 m and whose
height is 3.5 m.
37. If Sfixi = 1295 and x = 259 then find the frequency..

Section C
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 3 Marks] [27]
38. Solve the following pair of linear equations by the elimination method and the substitution method :
x + y = 5 and 2x – 3y = 4
39. Solve the given pair of equations by substitution method :
0.2x + 0.3y = 1.3 ....(i)
0.4x + 0.5y = 2.3 ....(ii)
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40. An AP consists of 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the 29th term.
41. In what ratio does the Y-axis divide the line segment joining the points (5, –6) and (–1, –4) ? Also find
the coordinate of the point of intersection.
42. Find the point on the X-axis which is equidistant from (2, –5) and (–2, 9).
43. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
44. Point P is on the circle with radius 9 cm and centre O. PQ is a tangent to the circle. PQ intersect the
line passing through the centre at. OQ = 15 cm then find PQ.
45. A survey was conducted by a group of students as a parts of their environment awareness
programme in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses
in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house.
Number of plants 0–2 2 – 4 4 – 6 6 – 8 8 – 10 10 – 12 12 – 14
Number of house 1 2 1 5 6 2 3

Which method did you use for finding. The mean and why ?
46. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random from the
box, find the probability that it bears
(i) a two-digit number
(ii) a perfect square number
(iii) a number divisible by 5.

Section D
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 4 Marks] [32]
47..2) In a class test, the sum of Kautilya’s marks in Mathematics and English is 40. Had he got 3 marks more
in Mathematics and 4 marks less in English, the product of their marks would have been 360. Find his
marks in the two subjects.
48. Nitya has to send her daughter to school after 12 weeks. She requires ` 3,150 for the same. She saves
` 100 in the first week and then increased her weekly saving by ` 30. Find whether Nitya will be able
to fulfil her requirements.
49. Write basic proportionality theorem (Thales theorem). If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle
intersecting the other two sides, then it divided the two sides in the same ratio.
50. In given figures DE || BC. Find EC in and AD in (ii)
A
A 6.4
D E D E

8.0
B C B C
AD = 3, DB = 4 AD = 12, AE = 6.4
AE = 4.5 then EC = ? CE = 8, AD = ?
51.
7.1) Find the median for the following distribution. (‘More than’ type cumulative frequency is given.)

More than marks 10 20 30 40 50

Number of students 250 200 135 105 85

52. The median of the following data is 8.05. Find the values of a and b, if the total frequency is 100.

Class Interval 1 – 4 4 – 7 7 – 10 10 – 13 13 – 16 16 – 19
Frequency 6 a 40 16 b 4
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53. A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting

(i) a prime number.
(ii) a number lying between 2 and 6.
(iii) an odd number.
54. 2)
Marks obtained 20 25 28 29 33 38 42 43
No. of students 6 20 24 28 15 4 2 1

(a) Find the probability that student gets marks more than 40.

(b) Find the probability that student gets marks less than 30.

(c) Find the probability that student gets marks more than 35.

(d) Find the probability that student gets marks less than 40.

Rahul Sir
(M.Com, B.ed)
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