Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar

Preboard Examinations
Class X
Subject Mathematics
Set B

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. This question paper has 5 sections A, B, C, D, E.
2. Section A has 20 multiple choiee questions (MCQs) carrying I mark cach.
3. Section B has 5 short answer-1 (SA-1) type questions carrying 2 marks cach.
4. Section C has 6 short answer-1l (SA-I1) type questions carrying 3 marks cach.
5. Section D has 4 long answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units ofassessment (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 Qs of 5
marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2 marks questions of section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take n = 22/7 wherever required if not stated.

Marks
SN Section -A (20 questions of 1 mark each)
between the tangents at the ends of 1
1. Iftheanglebetween tworadii of a circle is 110°, then the angle
the radii is
A. 900 B.50 C. 70° D. 40
The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0,4): (0,0) and (3,0) is
A. 5 units B. 12 units C.11 units D. (7+ Y5) units
3. Ifin AABC and ADEF, = then they will be similar when
DE FD
A. B =E B. 2A =2D C. 4B =D D. LA =F
4. Two concentric circles are of radii Sem and 3 em. The length of the chord of the larger circle which | 1
touches the smaller circle is
A. 8cm B . 10cm C. 12cm D . 18cm
5. If 8 is a root of the equation x^- 10x+k= 0, then the value of k is
A. 2 B. 8 C,-8 D. 16
6. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the probability that 6 will come up at least once?
A . B3.6 C. D. 13
36.
. Ifsin A =then the value of Cos A is

A. B. 1 C.3 D. I
8. I ftwo positive integers a and b are written as a = x'y and b = xy'; x, y are prime numbers, then 1

H.C.F(a,b) is
A. xy B. xy C. xy D.x'
I fthe system of linear equations 2x+3y = 7 and kx + 9y = 15 has a unique solution, then value of k 1
9.
is
A. k=6 B.k#6 C.k=-6D.k#-6
10. | If the difference of mode and median of a data is 24, then the difference of median and mean is
A. 8 B. 12 C. 24 D.36
Given that sin A =;andcosB then the value of A + B is
30 B. 450 C.750 D. 150
12. For thefollowing distribution
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
The sum of the lower limits of the median and modal class is
15 B.25 C. 30 D.35
aulu

2x + 3p and a + B= «p, then p is ued

Bare the zeroes of a polynomial f(x) px* -
=

13. |If a and

A. -2/3 B.2/3 C. 1/3 D. -1/3 AB° : PQ*=4 :9,1.
14. AABC~APQR.If AM and PN are altitudes ofAABC and APQR respectively and
then AM: PN is
A.3:2 B.16:81 C.4:9 D.2:3
T5. If sin A + cosec A 2, then sin A +
=
cosec Ais
A. 4 B. 2 C.. 0 D. 1
and the length of its diagonal is | 1
16.
ne sum length, breadth and height of a cuboid is 6V3cm
of the
2V3em. The total surface arca of the cuboid is
A. 48cm B.72cm2 C. 96cm D.108cm
17. In the given figure, ABI QR; value of x in cm is
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8

2cm

6cm Bcm

| 18. If the radii of two circles are in the ratio of 4:3, then their areas are in the ratio of
A. 4:3 B. 8:3 C. 16:9 D.9:16
Direction for question 19 & 20: In question numbers 19 & 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is

19.
followed by astatement of Reason (R) Choosethecorrect option.
1. Assertion (A): The HCF oftwo numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their LCM Is 162. 1
Reason (R): Ifa and b are two positive integers, then HCFx LCM = ax b
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.
20 2. Assertion (A): The point (-1,6) divides the line segment joining the points (-3,10) and (6,-8) in the | 1
ratio 2:7 internally.
Reason (R): Given these points A, B, C form an equilateral triangle, then AB = BC= AC
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(5 questions of 2 marks each)
21. If 47x +31y =18 and 3lx +47y =60, then find the value of xty.
| 22. AABC and ADEF are similar.Find the length of each side if AB 2x-1, BC =2x+2, AC =3x and 2
DE=18 units, EF =3x+9 and DF =6x
23. | In the given figure AP, AQ and BC are tangents to the the given circle.If AB
5 cm, AC = 6cm and BC = 4cm, then find the length AP.

OR
If radii of two concentric circles are 8cm and 10 then what is the
cm length
of chord that touches the smaller circle.?

24. Iftan p + cot p =2, then what is tan pt cot"p 2

[OR]
If4 tan r =3, evaluate 4sin r-cos r +1/4sin r + cos r- 1
In the given iigure, o is the centre of the circle, the arca of sector OAPB is 5/12
nart of area of circle. Find the value of x.

26. Section C (6 questions of 3 marks each)

Provethat v3 is irrational.
I fzeroes o f a polynomial. x + px + q are double the value to the zeroes o f polynomial 2x* -5x - 5, | 3
27.
find value of p and q

A part of monthly hostel charges are fixed and remaining depend upon the number of days one takes 3
28.
food in the mess. When student A takes food for 25 days, she has to pay 4500 rupees as hostel charges
the fíxed
whereas student B who takes food, days, pays 5200 rupees as hostel charges. Find
for 30
charges and cost of food per day.
[OR]
from B at
Places A and B are 160 km apart on ahighway. One car starts from A and another starts
same direction, they meet in 8 hours but if they travel towards each
the same time. If they travel in the
other, they meet in 2 hours. Find the speed of each car.
29. Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circleis a RhombusS.
30. Cosq
Prove that 1-tanq
Sinq =1+ sin q cos
Sinq-Cosq
OR cotsr
Prove that ( sin r +t cosec r ) +( cos r+sec r )'=7 +tan'r +
31. Red queens and black jacks are removed from a pack of 52 cards . A card is drawn at random from
the remaining cards after reshuffling them. Find the probability that drawn card is (a) a king (b) of
red colour (c) a face card

32.
Section D 4 questions of 5 marks each)
An express train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 132 km between Mysore and 5
express train is 11km/ hr more than that train find
Bangalore. If average speed of the of passenger ,

the average speeds of the two trains.

[OR]
Find the roots of the equation: = 30
#4,7)
33. State and Prove" Basic Proportionality Theorem."
34. .
A solid wooden toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a cone of same radius 3.5 cm. The
total wood used in making the toy is 1001/6 cubic cm. Find the height of the toy.Also find the cost of
painting the hemispherical part of the toy at the rate of Rupees 10 per square cm.
[OR]
From a right circular cylinder of height 12cm and radius of base 5 cm, a right circular cone of same
radius and same height is removed.find the volume and total surface area of the remaining solid.( take
T=3.14)
35
ClassInterval Frequency
0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40

40-50
50-60 0

60-70 14
70-80 9
frequcncies x and y if sum of frequencies
The median of the following data is 43.2. Find the missing
is 100.

Section-E(Case study questions of 4 marks each)

India is a competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong technical4
36.
and engineering capabilities contributing to higher quality
production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory
increases uniformly by a fixed number every year.It produced
16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.
Based on the above information answer the following
T
questions:
1. What is the production during first year. (1)
2. Find the production during 8th year. (1)
3. In which year the production is Rs 29,200?
[OR]
Findthe differencein production during 7th year and 4th year. (2)
37. Some schoolstudents decided tostart a campaign to raise social awareness about hazards of smoking.|4
they started "NO SMOKING" campaign. Some students were asked to prepare banners in the shape
of triangle which is shown in the figure:
Based on the given information answer the following P(6,9)

questions SMOKING
|1. Find the coordinates of mid point of Qand R. (1)
2. The given situation is related to which topic. (1) 3
3. Find the area oftriangle by using formula %x base x
height
[OR
Find the point on x - axis , which is equidistant from points Q and R.
(2)
38. Air traffic is managed and controlled by using various concepts of trigonometry and coordinate 4
geometry. At a certain instance,ATC finds that the angle of elevation of an aircraft from a point on
the ground is 60 degrees.A fter a flight of 30 seconds, it is observed that angle of elevation changes to
30 degrees. The height of the plane remains constant at 3000V3 meters; Use the above information
to answer the questions below:
A. Draw a neat and labelled figure to show the above situation. (1)
B. The given situation is related to which topic.? (1)
C. What is the distancetravelled bythe aircraft in 30 seconds? (2