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Sample Question Paper – 2

MATHEMATICS – CLASS 10
Time: hours Maximum Marks: 80
Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the top of this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
Attempts all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown, and must be done on the same sheet as the rest of
the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
Mathematical tables and graph papers are provided.

Section A
(Attempt all questions from this Section)
Question 1.
Choose the correct answer to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)
(i) The SGST paid by a customer to the shopkeeper for an article which is priced at ₹ 500 is ₹ 15. The
rate of GST charged is:
(a) 1.5% (b) 3% (c) 5% (d) 6%
(ii) The quadratic equation 2x - √5 x + 1 = 0 has
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(a) Two distinct real roots (c) no real roots

(b) Two equal real roots (d) one real and one non-real roots
(iii) If a rectangular sheet having dimensions 22 cm 11 cm is rolled along its shorter side to form a
cylinder. Then
1. The curved surface area of the cylinder so formed is 242 cm2
2. The volume of the cylinder so formed is 232 m3

Which of the statement is valid?

(a) Only 1. (b) only 2. (c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2
(iv) All the three interior angles bisectors of a triangle meet at a point. The point is:
(a) Orthocentre of the triangle (c) Circumcentre of the triangle
(b) Incentre of the triangle (d) Centroid of the triangle
(v) The trader at each stage always pay GST to the Government on their _____________
(a) Profits (b) Cost price (c) Discount (d) selling price
(vi) Choose the correct solution set of the following number line:

(a) ∶ ∈ , 5 1 (c) ∶ ∈ , 5 1
 (b) ∶ ∈ , 4 2 (d) ∶ ∈ , 4 2
(vii) 1. The dividend received by company A on 80 shares of ₹ 20 if 9% dividend is declared.
2. The dividend received by company B on 80 shares of ₹ 25 if 8% dividend is declared.
3. The dividend received by company C on 80 shares of ₹ 30 if 7% dividend is declared.
Shares of which company have highest dividend?
(a) Company A (b) Company B (c) Company C (d) Company A and C
(viii) The equation of the line AB parallel to the X-axis as shown in the figure is:

(a) X = 2 (b) y = 2 (c) x = - 2 (d) y = - 2

(ix) The probability of getting a prime number on a single throw of a six sided die is
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) 1
(x) Which term of an arithmetic progression 2, 6, 10, 14 is 202?
(a) 50 (b) 51 (c) 49 (d) 52
(xi) Chord AB and tangent PT intersect externally at point P. If PA = 4 cm and AB = 12 cm then PT is
(a) 12 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 16 cm

(a) 12 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 16 cm

(xii) For the line y = 2x
Assertion (A): The slope is 2
Reason (R): The equation of a straight line is y = mx + c and c is the slope.
(a) A is true, R is false (c) A is false, R is true.
(b) Bothe A and R are true (d) Both A and R are false.
(xiii) A man deposited ₹ 1200 in a recurring deposit account for 1 year at 5% per annum simple interest.
The interest earned by him on maturity is
(a) ₹ 14,790 (b) ₹ 390 (c) ₹ 4680 (d) ₹ 780
(xiv) The point (0, - 5) is invariant under reflection in
(a) The origin (b) x-axis (c) y-axis (d) x = - 5
3 2
(xv) When the polynomial 3x – 2x + 5x – 7 is divided by x + 2, the remainder is
(a) – 49 (b) 10 (c) 19 (d) 0

Question 2.
 (a) Mr. Britto deposits a certain sum of money each month in a Recurring Deposit Account of a bank. If the
rate of interest is 8% per annum and Mr. Britto gets ₹ 8088 from the bank after 3 years, find the value of
his monthly instalment. [3]
3 0 4 2
(b) If A = and B = . Find A2 – 2AB + B2. [3]
5 1 1 0
(c) If (a – 2b – 3c + 4d) (a + 2b + 3c + 4d) = (a + 2b – 3c – 4d) (a – 2b + 3c – 4d), show that 2ad = 3 bc. [3]
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(d) If a, b, c, d are in continued proportion, prove that: ! " ! " $ %& '( ) ) "
[4]
Question 3.
(a) In the figure AB ∥ CD and O is the centre of the circle. If ∠ADC = 240, find ∠AEB.

[4]
, - ./01 . /02- .
(b) Prove that , - . 01 ./ $ [4]
30 .
(c) Find the mode of the following distribution by drawing a histogram:
Midvalue 12 18 24 30 36 42 48
Frequency 20 12 8 24 16 8 12
Also, State the modal class. [4]

Section – B
(Attempt any four questions from this section)
Question 4.
(a) The sum of the first three terms of a geometric progression is and their product is - 1. Find the 3
terms.
[3]
(b) A man invests ₹ 6750, partly in shares of 6% at ₹ 140 and partly in shares of 5% at ₹ 125. If his total
income is ₹ 280, how much has he invested in each? [3]
(c) The distance by road between two towns A and B, is 216 km, and by rail it is 208 km. A car travels at a
speed of x km/h, and the train travels at a speed which is 16 km/h faster than the car. Calculate:
(i) The time taken by the car, to reach town B from A, in terms of x.
(ii) The time taken by the train, to reach town B from A, in terms of x.
(iii) If the train takes 2 hours less than the car, to reach town B, obtain an equation in x, and solve it.
(iv) Hence, find the speed of train. [4]
Question 5.
(a) ABC is a triangle with AB = 10 cm, BC = 8 cm and AC = 6 cm (not drawn to scale). Three circles are
drawn touching each other with the vertices as their centres. Find the radii of the three circles.
 [3]
(b) A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its top which is open is 5
cm. It is filled with water up to the rim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of 0.5 cm radius, are
dropped into the vessel, one fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped into
the vessel. (Take 4 $ ) [3]
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(c) A 1.4 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a horizontal line at a height of 91.4 m long from
the ground. The angle of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at the instant is 600. After
some time, the angle of elevation reduces to 300. Find the distance travelled by the balloon during that
interval. Take √3 = 1.732 [4]
Question 6.
(a) Points A and B have coordinates (7, -3) and (1, 9) respectively. Find (i) the slope of AB, (ii) the equation of
the perpendicular bisector of the line segment AB, and (iii) the value of ‘P’ if (-2, P) lies on it. [4]
(b) Solve for x: 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + . . . + x = 287 [3]
(c) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,
(i) Construct a ∆ABC with BC = 6 cm, ∠ABC = 1200 and AB = 3.5 cm.
(ii) In this figure, draw a circle with BC as diameter.
Find a point P on the circumference of the circle which is equidistant from AB and Bc. Measure
∠BCP. [3]
Question 7.
(a) A shopkeeper buys an article from a manufacturer for ₹ 12000 and marks up it price by 25%. The
shopkeeper gives a discount of 10% on the marked-up price and he gives a further oM-season discount
of 5% on the balance to a customer of T.V. If the sales are intra-state and the rate of GST is 12%, find:
(i) The price inclusive of tax (under GST) which the consumer pays for the T.V.
(ii) The amount of tax (under GST) paid by the shopkeeper to the State Government.
(iii) The amount of tax (under GST) received by the Central Government. [4]
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(b) Solve the quadratic equation x – 3(x + 3) = 0; give your answer correct to two significant figures. [3]
(c) From a pack of 52 cards, a black jack, a red queen and two black kings fell down. A caed was then
drawn from the remaining pack at random. Find the probability that the card drawn is
(i) A black card (ii) a king (iii) a red queen [3]
Question 8.
(a) Construct a regular hexagon of 5 cm side. Construct a circle circumscribing the hexagon. [5]
(b) Attempt this question on graph paper: Marks obtained by 200 students in examination are given below:
Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 - 90 90 -
100
No. of 5 10 14 21 25 34 36 27 16 12
students
Draw an ogive for the given distribution. From the graph, find:
(i) The median
(ii) The upper quartile
(iii) The number of students scoring above 65 marks.
(iv) If 10 students qualify for merit scholarship, find the minimum marks required to qualify. [5]
Question 9.
 (a) Solve the following inequation and represent the solution set on a number line
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4x – 19 < -2≤ + x, x ∈ R [3]
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(b) Prove that 2( sin6 θ + cos6 θ ) – 3 (sin4 θ + cos4 θ) + 1 = 0. [4]
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(c) Without actual division, prove that !2 2 !2 3 is exactly divisible by !
2 3 [3]
Question 10.
(a) Points A and B have coordinates (2, 5) and (0, 3). Find:
(i) The image A’ of A under reflection in the x-axis.
(ii) The image B’ of B under reflection in the line AA’. [3]
(b) The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all the frequencies is 50. Find the
values of p and q.
Classes 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 - 120
Frequency 5 p 10 q 7 8
[4]
(c) In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. P is a point
on BC such that BP : PC = 1 : 2 and DP produced meets AB
produced at Q. If area of ∆ CPQ = 20 cm2, find
(i) area of ∆BPQ.
(ii) area of ∆CDP.
(iii) area of ∥ gm ABCD. [4]