DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BANGALORE NORTH

ACADEMIC SESSION 2023– 2024

UNIT TEST – 1
MATHEMATICS
CLASS: X DURATION : 1 HOUR
MAX MARKS: 25
INSTRUCTIONS:
 The question paper consists of 9 questions.
 In Section A question numbers 1 and 2 are multiple choice questions (MCQ) carrying one mark each.
Q. no. 2 is Assertion – Reason based question.
 In Section B, question numbers 3 and 4 are very short answer (VSA) type carrying 2 marks each.
 In Section C, question numbers 5 and 6 are short answer (SA) type carrying 3 marks each.
 In Section D, question number 7 is long answer (LA) type carrying 5 marks.
 In Section E, question number 8 is case based integrated units of assessment and question number 9
is long answer type carrying 4 marks each.
 All questions are compulsory.
 Usage of calculator is not permitted.
SECTION - A

1 If two positive integers a and b are expressible in the form a = pq2 and b = p3q ; 1
p, q being prime numbers, then LCM (a, b) is
(a) pq (b) p3q3 (c) p3q2 (d) p2q2

2 Assertion: The number of common solutions for the system of linear equations 1
5x+4y+6=0 and 10x+8y=12 is zero.
Reason: The graph of linear equations a1x+b1y+c1=0 and a2x+b2y+c2=0 gives a
pair of intersecting lines if a1/a2 ≠ b1/b2

(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
3 Find the least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both 2
inclusive).

4 If the squared difference of the quadratic polynomial x2 + px + 45 is 144, then 2

find the value of ‘p’.
 SECTION – C
5 Find the zeros of the following quadratic polynomials and verify the relationship 3
between the zeros and the coefficients: 2x2 – x – 6

6 At a certain time in a deer park, the number of heads and the number of legs of 3
deer and human visitors were counted and it was found that there were 39 heads
and 132 legs. Find the number of deer and human visitors in the park.

SECTION – D
7 Draw the graphs of 2x − 3y + 6 = 0 and 2x + 3y − 18 = 0. Find the ratio of areas 5
of triangles formed by the given lines with X-axis and Y-axis.

SECTION - E
8
Anish and his father who is an architect by profession, visited Switzerland. 4
They went to see Gotthard Base Tunnel which is the world's longest tunnel
and has a parabolic cross-section. The mathematical representation of the
tunnel is shown in figure.

(i) Write the expression of the polynomial given in diagram? (1)

(ii) If one zero is -4 and sum of zeroes is 1, then find the representation of
tunnel as a polynomial. (1)
(iii) If the tunnel is represented by -x2 + 3x - 2, then find its zeroes. (2)

9 Prove that √5 is irrational. Is 3 + 2√5 irrational? Justify your answer. 4

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