Sri.Vijay Vidyashram Sr.Sec.

School-DPI/BGR/TPT/TVM

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT ( CH.3,4&5 )

Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40
Section A
1. Assertion (A): If the pair of lines are coincident, then we say that pair of lines is [1]
consistent and it has a unique solution.
Reason (R): If the pair of lines are parallel, then the pair has no solution and is called
inconsistent pair of equations.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

2. Assertion (A): Both lines represented by x + y = 0 and x – y = 0 meet at origin. [1]

Reason (R): Equations of type ax + by = 0 and bx + ay = 0 always pass through origin,
i.e., meet at origin.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

3. Assertion (A): The equation x2 + 3x + 1 = (x - 2)2 is a quadratic equation. [1]

Reason (R): Any equation of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0 where a ≠ 0, is called a
quadratic equation.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

4. Assertion (A): (2x - 1)2 - 4x2 + 5 = 0 is not a quadratic equation. [1]

Reason (R): x = 0, 3 are the roots of the equation 2x2 - 6x = 0

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

5. Assertion (A): The equation 8x2 + 3kx + 2 = 0 has equal roots then the value of k is ± 8

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[1]

Reason (R): The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots if D = b2 - 4ac = 0

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.
 c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

6. Assertion (A): The constant difference between any two terms of an AP is commonly [1]
known as common difference.
Reason (R): The common difference of 2, 4, 6, 8 this A.P. is 2.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

7.
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Assertion (A): √3, 2√3, 3√3, 4√3 this series forms an A.P. [1]
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Reason (R): Since common difference is same and equal to √3 therefore given series
is an AP.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

8. Assertion (A): If nth term of an A.P. is 7 - 4n, then its common difference is -4. [1]
Reason (R): Common difference of an A.P. is given by d = an - 1 - an

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not
correct explanation of A. the correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
Question No. 9 to 12 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
A coaching institute of Mathematics conducts classes in two batches I and II and fees for
rich and poor children are different. In batch I, there are 20 poor and 5 rich children,
whereas in batch II, there are 5 poor and 25 rich children. The total monthly collection of
fees from batch I is ₹ 9000 and from batch II is ₹ 26,000. Assume that each poor child pays ₹
x per month and each rich child pays ₹ y per month.

9. Represent the information given above in terms x and y.

10. Find the monthly fee paid by a poor child.
11. Find the difference in the monthly fee paid by a poor child and a rich child.
12. If there are 10 poor and 20 rich children in batch II, what is the total monthly collection of
fees from batch II?
Question No. 13 to 16 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
Two schools P and Q decided to award prizes to their students for two games of Hockey ₹ x
per student and Cricket ₹ y per student. School P decided to award a total of ₹ 9,500 for the
two games to 5 and 4 students respectively; while school Q decided to award ₹ 7,370 for the
two games to 4 and 3 students respectively.

13. Represent the following information algebraically (in terms of x and y).
14. What is the prize amount for hockey?
15. Prize amount on which game is more and by how much?
16. What will be the total prize amount if there are 2 students each from two games?
Question No. 17 to 20 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
While designing the school year book, a teacher asked the student that the length and width
of a particular photo is increased by x units each to double the area of the photo. The
original photo is 18 cm long and 12 cm wide.

17. Write an algebraic equation depicting the above information.

18. Write the corresponding quadratic equation in standard form.
19. What should be the new dimensions of the enlarged photo?

20. Can any rational value of x make the new area equal to 220 cm2?
Question No. 21 to 24 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
The tradition of pottery making in India is very old. In fact, it is older than Indus Valley
Civilization. The shaping and baking of clay articles has continued through the ages. The
picture of a potter is shown below:
A potter makes a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a particular
day the cost of production of each article(in ₹) was one more than twice the number of
 articles produced on that day. The total cost of production on that day was ₹ 210.

21. Taking number of articles produced on that day as x, form a quadratic equation in x.
22. Find the number of articles produced and the cost of each article.
23. Find the cost of production of 15 articles.
24. Find the number of articles made by Potter in a day if the total cost of production is ₹ 1575.
Question No. 25 to 28 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
Shreya has a field with a flowerbed and grassland. The grassland is in the shape of
rectangle while flowerbed is in the shape of square. The length of the grassland is found to
be 3 m more than twice the length of the flowerbed. Total area of the whole land is 1260
m2.

25. If the length of the square is x m then find the total length of the field.
26. What will be the perimeter of the whole figure in terms of x?
27. Find the value of x if the area of total field is 1260 m2.
28. Find area of grassland and the flowerbed separately.
Question No. 29 to 32 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato,
and the other potatoes are placed 3 m apart in a straight line. There are ten potatoes in the
line. A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest potato, runs back with it,
drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in,
and she continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total
distance the competitor has to run?

29. Find the terms of AP formed in above situation.

30. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?
31. Find distance cover after 4 potato drop in the bucket?
32. Find the distance covered by competitor in order to put 5th potato in the bucket.
 Question No. 33 to 36 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
Your elder brother wants to buy a car and plans to take loan from a bank for his car. He
repays his total loan of ₹ 1,18,000 by paying every month starting with the first instalment
of ₹ 1000. If he increases the instalment by ₹ 100 every month , answer the following:

33. Find the amount paid by him in 30th installment.

34. Find the amount paid by him in 30 installments.
35. If total installments are 40 then amount paid in the last installment?
36. Find the 10th installment, if the 1st installment is of ₹ 2000.
Question No. 37 to 40 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer [4]
the questions:
The students of a school decided to beautify the school on an annual day by fixing colourful
flags on the straight passage of the school. They have 27 flags to be fixed at intervals of
every 2 metre. The flags are stored at the position of the middlemost flag. Ruchi was given
the responsibility of placing the flags. Ruchi kept her books where the flags were stored.
She could carry only one flag at a time.

37. How much distance did she cover in pacing 6 flags on either side of center point?
38. Represent above information in Arithmetic progression
39. How much distance did she cover in completing this job and returning to collect her books?
40. What is the maximum distance she travelled carrying a flag?