ICSE 10th Mathematics Sample Paper 03 Page 1
Sample Paper 03
ICSE Class X 2024-25
MATHEMATICS
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.
3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
5. Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
6. All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown, and must be done on the same sheet as the
rest of the answer.
7. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
8. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
9. Mathematical tables are provided.
SECTION-A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)
QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)
(i) The money required to buy 100, `50 shares quoted at `48.50 is :
(a) `5000 (b) `2425
(c) `2425 (d) `4850
(ii) Lavanya deposited `2000 per month for 24 months in HDFC bank’s recurring deposit account. If the bank
pays an interest of 10% p.a., then the amount she gets on maturity is:
(a) `48,000 (b) `45,000
(c) `53,000 (d) `5,000
(iii) If
5 - 2x
3 1 x
6 - 5 then
(a) x > 8 (b) x < 8
(c) x # 8 (d) x $ 8
(iv) The roots of the quadratic equation x2 − 0.04 = 0 are
(a) ! 0.2 (b) ! 0.02
(c) 0.4 (d) 2
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(v) The ratios 2 : 3, 8 : 15, 11 : 12, 7 : 16 in their ascending order of magnitude are:
2 7 8 11 7 8 2 11
(a) 3 < 16 < 15 < 12 (b) 16 < 15 < 3 < 12
7 8 7 2 2 11 8 7
(c) 16 < 15 < 12 < 3 (d) 3 < 12 < 15 < 16
(vi) If ^x - 2h is a factor of 2x 3 - x2 - px - 2 , then the value of p is:
(a) 6 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 8
cos 45c sin 30c G; sin 45c cos 90c E
(vii) The simplified form of = is
2 cos 0c sin 0c sin 90c cot 45c
(a) ; 0 1 E (b) ; 1 02 E
1
1 0 1
(c) ; 1 0 E (d) ; 0 0 E
1 1 0 0
(viii) Statement 1 : If sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 − 4n. Then its n th term is an = 6n − 7 .
Statement 2 : n th term of an AP, whose sum to n terms is Sn , is given by an = Sn − 1 − Sn
(a) Both the statement are true. (b) Both the statement are false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false. (d) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
(ix) C is the mid-point of PQ , if P is (4, x), C is (y, - 1) and Q is (- 2, 4), then x and y respectively are
(a) - 6 and 1 (b) - 6 and 2
(c) 6 and - 1 (d) 6 and - 2
(x) The gradient of the line joining P (6, k) and Q^1 - 3k, 3h is 1
2 . What is the value of k ?
(a) -11 (b) 7
(c) 7 (d) - 3
(xi) Assertion : In the 3ABC , AB = 24 cm , BC = 10 cm and AC = 26 cm , then 3ABC is a right angle triangle.
Reason : If in two triangles, their corresponding angles are equal, then the triangles are similar.
(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.
(xii) In the given figure if sides PQ, QR, RS and SP of a quadrilateral PQRS touch a circle at point A, B, C and
D respectively, then PD + BQ is equal to
(a) PQ (b) QR
(c) PS (d) SR
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(xiii) During conversion of a solid from one shape to another, the volume of the new shape will
(a) Increase (b) Decrease
(c) Remain unaltered (d) Be doubled
(xiv) If 4 tan θ = 3 , then c
4 sin q − cos q m is equal to
4 sin q + cos q
(a) 2 (b) 1
3 3
(c) 1 (d) 3
2 4
(xv) A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are
sold, then how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 40 (b) 240
(c) 480 (d) 750
QUESTION 2.
(i) The following figure represents a solid consisting of a right circular cylinder with a hemisphere at one end
and a cone at the other. Their common radius is 7 cm. The height of the cylinder and cone are each of 4
cm. Find the volume of the solid.
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(ii) Reeta gets ` 48528 after 36 months. How much money she should invest per month in a R.D. account to
get required amount when the bank pays the rate of interest 8% per annum?
(iii) Prove that :
sec θ − 1 + sec θ + 1 = 2 cosec θ.
sec θ + 1 sec θ − 1
QUESTION 3.
(i) Share of Vegii Foods is sold at premium of ` 25. The face value of a share is ` 100. Now answer the following
:
(i) Find the amount required by Vedant to purchase 5000 shares.
(ii) What would be the gain of the original share holder from Vedant if he had bought each share at 10%
discount?
(ii) In the given figure, AE and BC intersect each other at point D . If +CDE = 90c, AB = 5 cm, BD = 4 cm
and CD = 9 cm, find DE .
(iii) The marks obtained by 120 students in a test are given below
Marks Number of students
0-10 5
10-20 9
20-30 16
30-40 22
40-50 26
50-60 18
60-70 11
70-80 6
80-90 4
90-100 3
Draw an ogive for the given distribution on a graph sheet.
Use suitable scale for ogive to estimate the following
(i) The median.
(ii) The number of students who obtained more than 75% marks in the test.
(iii) The number of students who did not pass the test, if minimum marks required to pass is 40.
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SECTION-B
(Attempt any four questions.)
QUESTION 4.
1 1 a 5
(i) Given matrix B = > H . Find the matrix X if, X = B2 − 4B . Hence solve for a and b given X = > H = > H
8 3 b 50
(ii) Draw a line AB = 5 cm. Mark a point C on AB such that AC = 3 cm. Using a ruler and a compasses only,
construct
(i) a circle of radius 2.5 cm, passing through A and C .
(ii) two tangents to the circle from the external point B . Measure and record the length of the tangents.
(iii) In ∆ABC , P and Q are points on AB and AC such that AP = 4 cm, PB = 13.5 cm, AQ = 7 cm and QC
= 3 cm.
(i) Prove that DAPQ + DACB .
(ii) If BC = 10 cm, find the length of PQ.
(iii) Find the area of ∆APQ : area of ∆ACB .
QUESTION 5.
(i) Find the mean of the following frequency distribution :
Classes 0- 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 3 8 10 15 7 4 3
(ii) Rate of GST for different categories are given below :
Category Rate of GST
Toiletries 18%
Automobiles 28%
Dry Fruits 5%
Edible Oils 5%
Processed food 12%
Printed material 18%
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Anuradha bought the following items from a departmental store :
S. No. Item Price
1. Coconut oil `2400
2. Soap `900
3. Cheese `500
Find the :
(a) Total GST paid.
(b) Total bill amount including GST.
(iii) In figure, PQ is a chord of a circle O and PT is a tangent. If +QPT = 60c, find +PRQ .
QUESTION 6.
(i) Three numbers form an increasing G.P. If the middle term is doubled, then the new numbers are in A.P.
Find the common ratio of the GP.
(ii) A spiral is made up of successive semi-circles with centres alternately A and B starting with A, of radii 1
cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, ...... as shown in the figure. What is the total length of spiral made up of eleven consecutive
semi-circles? (Use π = 3.14 )
(iii) The following histogram represents the number of plants per house in a colony.
Use the data to
(i) Frame a frequency table
(ii) To calculate mean
(iii) To determine the modal class
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QUESTION 7.
(i) Point P divides the joining of line segment A ^2, 5h and B ^7, 15h in the ratio 2 : 3.
(i) Find the co-ordinates of point P.
(ii) Find the equation of a line with gradient - 53 and passing through P.
(ii) Fire towers : Two fire towers are 4 kilometres apart, where tower is due west of tower. A fire is spotted from
the towers, and the angle of fire sight from tower is shown below. Find the distance of the fire from the line
segment.
QUESTION 8.
(i) Solve the following system of inequations and graph the solution set:
x + 5 # 4 (x − 1) and 7 - 2x 2 - 3 , x d R
(ii) In the given figure, O is the centre of the centre, +BAD = 75c and chord BC = chord CD . Find
(i) +BOC .
(ii) +OBD .
(iii) +BCD .
(iii) In what ratio does the y-axis divide the line segment joining the point P (–4, 5) and Q (3, - 7)? Also, find
the coordinates of the point of intersection.
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QUESTION 9.
(i) Using properties of proportion, solve for x . Given that x is positive.
2x + 4x2 − 1 = 4
2x − 4x2 − 1
(ii) One fourth of a herd of camels was seen in forest. Twice of square root of the herd had gone to mountain
and remaining 15 camels were seen on the bank of a river, find the total number of camels.
(iii) Draw a line segment AB of length 12 cm. Mark M, the mid-point of AB. Draw and describe the locus of a
point which is
(i) at a distance of 3 cm from AB.
(ii) at a distance of 5 cm from the point M. Mark the points P, Q, R, S which satisfy both the above
conditions. What kind of quadrilateral is PQRS ? Compute the area of the quadrilateral PQRS.
QUESTION 10.
(i) What must be subtracted from 16x3 − 8x2 + 4x + 7 so that the resulting expression has 2x + 1 as a factor?
(ii) Three digit number are made using the digits 4, 5, 9 (without repetition). If a number among them is
selected at random, what is the probability that the number will :
(i) Be a multiple of 5 ?
(ii) Be a multiple of 9 ?
(iii) Will end with 9 ?
(iii) Use graph paper for this question. The points A(2, 1), B(0, 3) and C (- 2, - 2) are the vertices of a triangle.
(i) Plot the points on the graph paper.
(ii) Draw the triangle formed by reflecting these points in the x-axis.
(iii) Are the two triangles congruent?
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