PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Preboard 2 (2023-24) Basic

Grade: X Subject: Mathematics
Duration: 180 mins 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.
Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
Q1. The distance of the point A(–5, 6) from the origin is (1)
(a) 11 units (b) 61 units (c) √11 units (d) √61 units
Q2.  20 (1)
is a/an
5
(a) rational number (b) irrational number (c) natural number (d) whole number
Q3. The common root of the equation x  7 x  10  0 and x  10 x  16  0 is (1)
2 2

(a) –2 (b) 2 (c) –3 (d) 3

Q4. The graph of y = f(x) is given alongside. The number of zeroes of (1)
f(x) is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3

Q5. A 20 m long ladder touches the wall at a height of 10 m. The angle which the ladder makes with the (1)
horizontal is
(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

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Q6. The pair of equation x + 2y + 5 = 0 and – 3x – 6y + 1 = 0 has (1)
(a) A unique solution (b) Exactly two (c) Infinitely many (d) no solution
solutions solutions
Q7. ΔABC is such that AB = 3 cm, BC = 2 cm and CA = 2.5 cm. If ΔDEF ~ ΔABC and EF = 4 cm, the (1)
perimeter of ΔDEF is
(a) 7.5 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 22.5 cm (d) 30 cm
Q8. If x tan 45°cos 60° = sin 60°cot 60° then the value of x =? (1)
(a) 1 (b) 3 1 1
(c) (d)
2 2
Q9. The area of the a sector of a circle of radius r and central angle θ is given by (1)
   
(a)  2r (b)  r 2 (c)  r (d)  r 2
360 360 180 180
Q10. If 8 tan x = 15, then sin x – cos x is equal to
8 17 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
17 7 17 17
Q11. If triangles ABC and DEF are similar triangles such that ∠A = 45° and ∠E = 85°, then ∠C = ? (1)
(a) 50° (b) 60° (c) 70° (d) 80°
Q12. 1 5 (1)
is a root of the equation x  kx   0 , then the value of k is
2
If
2 4
(a) 2 (b) –2 1 1
(c) (d)
2 4
Q13. If the sum of three numbers in an A.P. is 9 and their product is 24, then numbers are (1)
(a) 2, 4, 6 (b) 1, 5, 3 (c) 2, 8, 4 (d) 2, 3, 4
Q14. In given figure, the length of AP is (1)

8 3 80 3 (c) 8 3 cm (d) 80 3 cm
(a) cm (b) cm
3 3
Q15. Two cubes each of 10 cm edge are joined end to end. The surface area of the resulting cuboid is (1)
(a) 1200 cm2 (b) 1000 cm2 (c) 800 cm2 (d) 1400 cm2

Q16. Find the number of revolutions made by a circular wheel of area 1.54 m2 in rolling a distance (1)
of 176 m.
(a) 440 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 220

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Q17. A rectangular sheet of paper 40 cm × 22 cm is rolled to form a hollow cylinder of height 40 cm. The (1)
radius of the cylinder (in cm) is
(a) 3.5 (b) 7 80 (d) 5
(c)
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Q18. In the frequency table given below, the modal class is (1)
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 3 9 15 30 18 5

(a) 10-20 (b) 20-30 (c) 30-40 (d) 50-60

Direction for questions 19 & 20: In question numbers 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is
followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
Q19. Assertion: If the probability of occurrence of an event is 0.7, then the probability of its non- (1)
occurrence is 0.3.
Reason: For any event P(A) + P(not A) = 1
(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.

Q20. Assertion: If length of a tangent from an external point to a circle is 8 cm, then length of the other (1)
tangent from the same point is 8 cm.
Reason: The lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
(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
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.
Q21. If the product of two numbers is 1080 and their HCF is 30, find their LCM. (2)
Q22. The three vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, taken in order are A(3, 4), B(3, 8) and C(9, 8). (2)
Find the fourth vertex D.
OR
Determine if the points (1, 5), (2, 3) and (– 2, – 11) are collinear.

Q23. A pendulum is swinging through an angle of 30° and describing an arc of length 8.8 cm. Find the (2)
length of the pendulum.
OR
A horse is placed for grazing inside a rectangular field 70m by 52m and is tethered to one corner by a
rope 21m long. How much area can it graze?

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Q24. QR QT (2)
In the given figure,  and ∠1 =∠2. T
QS PR
P
Show that ΔPQS ~ ΔTQR.

1 2
Q R
Q S Q
Q
Q25. In the given figure, if ∠ATO = 40°, find ∠AOB. A (2)

O T

B
Section C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

Q26. An alarm at Anisha’s room beeps after every 16 minutes and an alarm at Jasmine’s room beeps after (3)
every 20 minutes. They last beeped together at 8: 30 pm. When they will again beep together at the
earliest and at what time?
Q27. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  3x  1 then form a polynomial whose zeroes are (3)
1 1
and 2 
 2

Q28. From Delhi station, if we buy 2 tickets for station A and 3 tickets for station B, the total cost is `77. (3)
But if we buy 3 tickets for station A and 5 tickets for station B, the total cost is `124. What are the
fares from Delhi to station A and to station B?
OR
Solve the following system of equations graphically.
x  2 y  3 and 2 x  y  4
Find the points where the lines intersect x-axis

Q29. 1  cos   sin  (3)

Prove that :  cos ec  cot 
cos   1  sin 
OR
 1  1  1
Prove that 1   1 2   2
 tan    cot   sin   sin 
2 4

Q30. Determine the ratio in which the line 3x + y – 9 = 0 divides the line segment joining the points (1, 3) (3)
and (2, 7).

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Q31. AB is a chord of a circle with centre O, AOC is a diameter and AT is a tangent at A as shown in the (3)
given figure. Prove that ∠BAT = ∠ACB.
C

O B

A T
Section D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.
Q32. The diagonal of a rectangular field is 16 m more than the shorter side. If the longer side is 14m more (5)
than the shorter side then find the lengths of the sides of the field.
OR
The sum of the squares three consecutive positive integers is 110. Find the integers.
Q33. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to (5)
intersect the other two sides in distinct points, the other two sides C
are divided in the same ratio.
E
In the given figure, DE || BC. If AD = x, DB = x – 2, AE = x + 2,
and EC = x – 1 , find the value of x.
A B
D

Q34. Find the mode of the following distribution of marks obtained by the students in an (5)
examination.

Number of
Marks obtained
students
0-20 15
20-40 18
40-60 21
60-80 29
80-100 17

Given the mean of the above distribution is 53, using empirical relationship estimate the
value of its median.
OR
The maximum bowling speeds in km/h, of 33 players at a coaching centre are given as follows:
Speed (km/h) 85-100 100-115 115-130 130-145
Number of players 11 9 8 9
Calculate the median bowling speed.

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Q35. From the top of the tower of height 50 m, the angle of depression of the top and bottom of a pole are (5)
30° and 45°. Find:
(a) How far the pole is from the bottom of tower
(b) The height of the pole
Section E

Case study based questions are compulsory.

Case Study – 1
Q36. Aditya is a fitness freak and great athlete. He always wants to make his nation proud by winning
medals and prizes in the athletic activities. An upcoming activity for athletes was going to be
organised by Railways. Aditya wants to participate in 200 m race. He can currently run that distance
in 51 seconds. But he wants to increase his speed, so to do it in 31 seconds. With each day of practice,
it takes him 2 seconds less.
(i) Write the AP for the time taken by Aditya and also write the common difference. (1)

(ii) What will be the difference between the time taken on 5th day and 7th day. (1)
(iii) He wants to makes his best time as 31 sec. In how many days will be able to achieve his target? (2)
OR
Which term of the arithmetic progression 3, 15, 27, 39 ....will be 120 more than its 21st term?
Case Study – 2
Q37. Two friends are playing a game with two dice. Sanaya has a blue coloured dice and Prateek has a
grey coloured dice. Both the dice are thrown at the same time.

(i) What is the probability that sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is 2? (1)
(ii) What is the probability that sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is 6? (1)
(iii) What is the probability that sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is a prime (2)
number?
OR
What is the probability that the product of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is less
than 9.

Q38. Case Study – 3

Alok and his family went for a vacation to Jaipur. There they had a stay in tent for a night.

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 Alok found that the tent in which they stayed is in the form of a cone surmounted on a
cylinder. The total height of the tent is 42 m, diameter of the base is 42 m and height of the
cylinder is 22 m Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Find the slant height of the cone. (1)

(ii) If each person needs 126 m2 of the floor, then how many persons can be accommodated in (1)
the tent?

(iii) How much canvas is needed to make the tent? (2)

OR

Find the volume of the tent.

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