DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL INDIRAPURAM, GHAZIABAD

PRACTICE PAPER-1: 2022-23

CLASS –X
Time: 3 Hours M. M.:80 No. of Q.: 38 No. of Pages :5
MATHEMATICS

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General Instructions :
1) This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2) Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
3) Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4) Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5) Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6) Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with subparts of the
values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7) All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2
Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2marks
questions of Section E
Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = wherever required if not stated.

SECTION A

1. The sum or difference of two irrational numbers is always [1]

(a) rational (b) irrational
(c) rational or irrational (d) not determined

2. A polynomial of degree n has: [1]

(a) only 1 zero (b) exactly n zeroes
(c) atmost n zeroes (d) more than n zeroes

3. The angles of cyclic quadrilaterals ABCD are: A = (6x+10), B=(5x)°, C = (x+y)° and [1]
D=(3y-10)°. The value of x and y is:
(a) x=20° and y = 10° (b) x=20° and y = 30°
(c) x=44° and y=15° (d) x=15° and y=15°

4. If one root of equation 4x2-2x+k-4=0 is reciprocal of the other. The value of k is: [1]
(a) -8 (b) 8 (c) -4 (d) 4

5. The sum of the first 2n terms of the AP: 2,5,8……is equal to the sum of the first n terms [1]
of the AP : 57, 59, 61….. Then n is equal to
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

6. If the sum of the first m terms of an AP is n and the sum of its n terms is m, then the sum [1]
of its (m+n) terms will be
(a) m + n (b) -(m+n) (c) m-n (d) 0

7. The area of a rhombus whose vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), (-1, 4) and (-2,-1) taken in order, is: [1]
(a) 12 sq.units (b) 24 sq.units (c) 30 sq.units (d) 32 sq.units

8. The point which lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points [1]
A(–2, –5) and B(2, 5) is
(a) (0, 0) (b) (0, 2) (c) (2, 0) (d) (–2, 0)

9. If triangles ABC and DEF are similar and AB=4 cm, DE=6 cm, EF=9 cm and [1]
FD=12 cm, the perimeter of triangle ABC is:
(a) 22 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 21 cm (d) 18 cm

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10. If in two triangles ABC and PQR, AB/QR = BC/PR = CA/PQ, then: [1]
(a) ΔPQR ~ ΔCAB (b) ΔPQR ~ ΔABC
(c) ΔCBA ~ ΔPQR (d) ΔBCA ~ ΔPQR

11. In the given figure, if ∠AOB = 125°, then ∠COD is equal to [1]

(a)62.5° (b)45° (c) 35° (d) 55°

12. In the figure, PQL and PRM are tangents to the circle with centre O at the points Q and R, [1]

respectively and S is a point on the circle such that ∠SQL = 50° and ∠SRM = 60°. Then ∠QSR
is equal to

(a)40° (b)30° P
(c) 70° (d) 60°

13. A hollow cube of internal edge 22 cm is filled with spherical marbles of diameter 0.5 cm [1]
and it is assumed that 1/8 space of the cube remains unfilled. Then the number of marbles
that the cube can accommodate is
(a) 142296 (b) 142396 (c) 142496 (d) 142596

14. If the mean of frequency distribution is 7.5 and ∑fi xi = 120 + 3k, ∑fi = 30, then k is equal to: [1]
(a) 40 (b) 35 (c) 50 (d) 45

15. Mean of 100 items is 49. It was discovered that three items which should have been 60, 70, [1]
80 were wrongly read as 40,20,50 respectively. The correct mean is:
(a) 48 (b) 49 (c) 50 (d) 60

16. While computing mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are [1]
(A) Evenly distributed over all the classes
(B) Centred at the class marks of the classes
(C) Centred at the upper limits of the classes
(D) Centred at the lower limits of the classes

17. The wheel of a motorcycle is of radius 35cm. The number of revolutions per minute must [1]
the wheel make so as to keep a speed of 66 km/hr will be
(a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 500 (d) 1000

18 If the ratio of the areas of two circles is 25:16 , then the ratio of their circumferences is : [1]
(a)16:25 (b) 4:5 (c) 5:4 (d) 625:256

19 Assertion: If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2-2kx+8 is 2 then value of [1]
k is 1.
Reason: Sum of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial ax2+bx+c is –b/a

a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
C) Assertion is true but reason is false.
d) both Assertion and reason are false

20. Assertion: If one equation of a pair of dependent linear equations is -3x+5y-2=0. The second [1]
equation will be -6x+10y-4=0
Reason: The condition for dependent linear equations is a1/a2 = b1/b2 = c1/c2
a) both assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for assertion
b) both assertion and reason are correct but reason is correct explanation for assertion

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 c) assertion is correct but reason is false
d) both assertion and reason are false

SECTION B

21. A circle is touching the side BC of ∆ABC at P and is touching AB & AC when produced at Q & R. [2]

Prove that 2 AQ = Perimeter of ∆ABC

OR
Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the larger
circle which touches the smaller circle.

22. Two straight paths are represented by the equations x – 3y = 2 and –2x + 6y = 5. [2]
Check whether the paths cross each other or not.

23. In the given figure, AB is the diameter of the circle, AC = 6 cm and BC = 8 cm. Find the area [2]
of the shaded region (Use π = 3.14).

24. The tops of two towers of height x and y, standing on level ground, subtend angles of 30° [2]
and 60° respectively at the centre of the line joining their feet, then find x : y.

25. In the given figure, ABC is a triangle right angled at B and BD ⊥ AC. If AD = 4 cm, and CD = 5 cm, [2]

find BD.

SECTION C

26. Prove that (sin4 θ – cos4θ +1) cosec2θ = 2 [3]

27. If the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + px + q are double in value to the zeroes of [3]
2x2– 5x – 3, find the value of p and q.

28. In the given figure, AB and CD are common tangents to two circles of unequal radii. Prove [3]
that AB = CD.

OR
Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

29. Find the largest number that divides 1251, 9377 and 15628 leaving remainders 1, 2 and 3, [3]
respectively.

30. Raghav throws two dice once and computes the product of the numbers appearing on the [3]
dice. Shikha throws one dice and squares the number that appears on it. Who has a better
chance of getting the number 36? Explain your answer.

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31. Draw the graph of the pair of equations 2x + y = 4 and 2x – y = 4. Write the vertices of the [3]
triangle formed by these lines and the y-axis. Also find the area of this triangle.
OR
Ankita travels 14 km to her home partly by rickshaw and partly by bus. She takes half an
hour if she travels 2 km by rickshaw, and the remaining distance by bus. On the other
hand, if she travels 4 km by rickshaw and the remaining distance by bus, she takes 9
minutes longer. Find the speed of the rickshaw and of the bus.

SECTION D

32. In the centre of a rectangular lawn of dimensions 50 m × 40 m, a rectangular pond has to be [5]
constructed so that the area of the grass surrounding the pond would be 1184 m 2. The
uniform width of the lawn is x meters. Find the length and breadth of the pond.

OR
A motorboat whose speed in still water is 18 km/h, takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream
than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

33. A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height [5]
of the cone is 4 cm and the diameter of the base is 8 cm. Determine the volume of the toy.
If a cube circumscribes the toy, then find the volume of the cube . Also, find the total surface
area of the toy.
OR
Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/h through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a cuboidal
pond which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time will the level of water in the pond rise
by 21 cm?

34. In the given figure, CM and RN are respectively the [5]

medians of ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR.

If ∆ ABC ~ ∆ PQR, prove that :
(i) ∆ AMC ~ ∆ PNR
(ii) CM/ RN = AB/PQ
(iii) ∆ CMB ~ ∆ RNQ

35. Cost of Living Index for some period is given in the following frequency distribution: [5]

Find the mode and median for above data.

SECTION E

36. A group of students of class X visited India Gate on an education trip. The teacher and [4]
students had interest in history as well. The teacher narrated that India Gate, official name
Delhi Memorial, originally called All India War Memorial , monumental sandstone arch in
New Delhi , dedicated to the troops of British India who died in wars fought between 1914
and 1919. The teacher also said that India gate, which is located at the eastern end of the
Rajpath is about 138 feet (42 meters ) in height.

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 (i) What is the angle of elevation if they are standing at a distance of 42 m away from the
monument ?
(ii) They want to see the tower at an angle of 600, so they want to know the distance where
they should stand and hence find the distance.
(iii) If the altitude of the Sun is at 600 , then find the height of the vertical tower that will cast
a shadow of length 20 m .
OR
(iii) The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow is 1:1 .Find the angle of elevation of
the Sun.

37. In a GPS, The lines that run east-west are known as lines of latitude, and the lines running [4]
north-south are known as lines of longitude. The latitude and the longitude of a place are
its coordinates and the distance formula is used to find the distance between two places.
The distance between two parallel lines is approximately 150 km. A family from Uttar
Pradesh planned a round trip from Lucknow (L) to Puri (P) via Bhuj (B) and Nashik (N) as
shown in the given figure below.

Based on the above information answer the following questions using the coordinate
geometry.

1. Find the distance between Lucknow (L) to Bhuj(B).

2. If Kota (K), internally divide the line segment joining Lucknow (L) to Bhuj (B) into 3 : 2
then find the coordinate of Kota (K).
3. Name the type of triangle formed by the places Lucknow (L), Nashik (N) and Puri
(P)ORFind a place (point) on the longitude (y-axis) which is equidistant from the points
Lucknow (L) and Puri (P).

38. 390 plants are to be planted in a garden in a number of rows. There are 40 plants in the [4]
1st row, 38 plants in 2nd row, 36 plants in 3rd row and so on. Each next row has two
plants less than those in the previous row . Based on the above information, answer the
following questions :
(i) Find the number of plants in the tenth row .
(ii) Find the total number of plants in the first five rows.
(iii) In how many rows the 390 plants are planted?
OR
(iii) Is it possible to plant 390 plants in 26 rows ? Give reasons .

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