PRUDENCE SCHOOL

PERIODIC ASSESSMENT 2
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS (041)
SET A
GRADE: X

Date & Day: 27th September, 2021 & Monday

Time Allowed: 90 minutes Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:
1. The question paper contains three parts A, B and C
2. Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
3. Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted
4. Section C consists of 10 questions based on two Case Studies. Attempt any 8 questions.
5. There is no negative marking.

SECTION A

Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted

Q No Marks
3 4 2
1 If two positive integers A and B can be expressed as A = xy and B = x y z; x, y 1
being prime numbers then HCF (A, B) is
(a) xy² (b) x4y²z (c) x4y3 (d) x4y3z
2 The solution of the equations x – y = 2 and x + y = 4 is: 1
(a) 3 and 1 (b) 4 and 3 (c) 5 and 1 (d) -1 and -3
3 In ∆ ABC, right-angled at B, AB = 24 cm, BC = 7 cm. The value of tan C is: 1
12 24 20 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) 24
7 7 7

4 𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 1
If ABC and DEF are two triangles and 𝐷𝐸 = 𝐹𝐷, then the two triangles are similar if

(a) ∠A=∠F (b) ∠B=∠D (c) ∠A=∠D (d) ∠B=∠E

5 If P(E) = 0.07, then what is the probability of ‘not E’?
1
(a) 0.93 (b) 0.95 (c) 0.89 (d) 0.90
6 𝐵𝐶 1 ar(ΔPRQ) 1
It is given that ΔABC ~ ΔPQR, with 𝑄𝑅 = 4 then, ar(ΔABC) is equal to
1 1
(a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 16
7 tan 60° 1
The value of cot 30° is equal to:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
8 14587 1
The decimal expansion of the rational number 250 will terminate after:
(a) one decimal place (b) two decimal places
(c) three decimal places (d) four decimal places
9 If one equation of a pair of dependent linear equations is -3x + 5y – 2 = 0. The 1
second equation will be:
(a) -6x + 10y – 4 =0 (b) 6x – 10y – 4 = 0
(c) 6x + 10y – 4 =0 (d) -6x + 10y + 4 = 0
10 The distance between the points P(0, 2) and Q(6, 0) is 1
(a) 4√10 (b) 2√10 (c) √10 (d) 20

11 (6 + 5 √3) – (4 – 3 √3) is
(a) a rational number (b) an irrational number 1
(c) a natural number (d) an integer

12 If HCF (16, y) = 8 and LCM (16, y) = 48, then the value of y is 1

(a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 48
13 If √3 sin θ – cos θ = 0 and 0 °< θ < 90°, the value of θ is 1
(a) 60° (b)30° (c) 45° (d) 90°
14 In triangles ABC and DEF, ∠B = ∠E, ∠F = ∠C and AB = 3 DE. Then, the two 1
triangles are
(a) congruent but not similar (b) similar but not congruent
(c) neither congruent nor similar (d) congruent as well as similar

15 The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 8 cm is 1

(a) 36 π cm2 (b) 16 π cm2 (c) 12 π cm2 (d) 9 π cm2
16 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

17 𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 𝐶𝐴 1
If in two triangles ABC and PQR, 𝑄𝑅 = 𝑃𝑅 = 𝑃𝑄 then,
(a) ΔPQR ~ ΔCAB (b) ΔPQR ~ ΔABC
(c) ΔCBA ~ ΔPQR (d) ΔBCA ~ ΔPQR
18 1 – cos2A is equal to: 1
(a) sin2A (b) tan2A (c) 1 – sin2A (d) sec2A
19 If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then the lines will be: 1
(a) Parallel (b) Always coincident
(c) Intersecting or coincident (d) Always intersecting
20 A fish tank has 5 male fish and 8 female fish. The probability of fish taken out is a 1
male fish:
5 5 13
(a) 8 (b) 13 (c) (d) 5
5

SECTION B

Section B consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted

21 4 Bells toll together at 9.00 am. They toll after 7, 8, 11 and 12 seconds respectively. 1
How many times will they toll together again in the next 3 hours?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
 𝑎
22 If cos X = , then sin X is equal to: 1
𝑏
𝑏 2 − 𝑎2 𝑏− 𝑎
(a) (b)
𝑏 𝑏

√𝑏 2 − 𝑎2 √𝑏−𝑎
(c) (d)
𝑏 𝑏

23 1 1 1
If sin (A - B) = 2 , cos (A + B) = 2, the value of A and B is
(a) 30 °& 25° (b) 15° & 45° (c) 20° & 35° (d) 45° & 15°
24 Match the Column: 1

(a) 1 – A, 2 – B, 3 – C
(b) 1 – B, 2 – C, 3 – A
(c) 1 – C, 2 – B, 3 – A
(d) 1 – A, 2 – C, 3 – B
25 Find the greatest number of 5 digits, that will give us remainder 1
of 5 when divided by 8 and 9 respectively.
(a) 99921 (b) 99931 (c) 99941 (d)99951
26 A card is selected at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. The 1
probability of its being a face card is
3 4 6 9
(a) 13 (b) 13 (c) 13 (d) 13

27 If two dice are thrown in the air, the probability of getting sum as 3 will be 1
2 3 1 1
(a) 18 (b) 18 (c) 18 (d) 36

28 If sin A + sin2A = 1, then the value of the expression (cos2A + cos4A) is 1

1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 3

29 The area of a rhombus if its vertices are (3, 0), (4, 5), (-1, 4) and (-2,-1) taken in 1
order, is:
(a) 12 sq.units (b) 24 sq.units (c) 30 sq.units (d) 32 sq.units
30 If S is a point on side PQ of a Δ PQR such that PS = QS = RS, then 1

31 The point which lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the 1
points A(–2, –5) and B(2, 5) is
(a) (0, 0) (b) (0, 2) (c) (2, 0) (d) (–2, 0)
32 It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two 1
circular parks of diameters 16 m and 12 m in a locality. The radius of the new park
would be
(a) 10 m (b)15m (c) 20 m (d) 24 m
33 Two natural numbers whose difference is 66 and the least common multiple is 360, 1
are:
(a) 120 and 54 (b) 90 and 24 (c) 180 and 114 (d) 130 and 64

34 If ΔABC ~ΔDFE, ∠A = 30°, ∠C = 50°, AB = 5 cm, AC = 8 cm and OF = 7.5 cm. 1

Then, which of the following is true?
(a) DE =12 cm, ∠F =50° (b) DE = 12 cm, ∠F =100°
(c) EF = 12 cm, ∠D = 100° (d) EF = 12 cm, ∠D =30°

35 The fourth vertex D of a parallelogram ABCD whose three vertices are A(–2, 3), 1
B(6, 7) and C(8, 3) is
(a) (0, 1) (b) (0, –1) (c) (–1, 0) (d) (1, 0)
36 In figure arcs are drawn by taking vertices A, B and C of an equilateral triangle of 1
side 10 cm to intersect the sides BC, CA and AB at their respective mid-points D, E
and F. The area of the shaded portion is (use π = 3.14)

(a) 13.08 cm² (b) 49.25 cm² (c) 39.25 cm² (d) 49π/2 cm²

37 A fraction becomes 1/3 when 1 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes 1/4 1
when 8 is added to its denominator. The fraction obtained is:
3 4 5 7
(a) 12 (b) 12 (c) 12 (d) 12

38 If p(x) is a polynomial of degree one and p(a) = 0, then a is said to be: 1

(a) Zero of p(x) (b) Value of p(x) (c) Constant of p(x) (d) None of the above

39 If the perimeter and the area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of the 1
circle is
(a) 2 units (b) π units (c) 4 units (d) 7 units
40 The value of k, for which the system of equations x + (k + l) y = 5 and 1
(k + l) x + 9y = 8k – 1 has infinitely many solutions is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

SECTION C
Case study based questions:
Section C consists of 10 questions of 1 mark each. Any 8 questions are to be
attempted.
Q41 – 45 are based on Case Study – 1

Case Study 1:
Junk food is unhealthy food that is high in calories from sugar or fat, with little
dietary fibre, proteins, vitamins, minerals or other important forms of nutritional
value. A sample of few students have taken. If  be the number of students who take
junk food,  be the number of students who take healthy food such that  >  and 
and  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = x2 – 7x + 10, then answer the
following questions:

41 Name the type of expression of the polynomial in the above statement? 1

(a) quadratic (b) cubic (c) Linear (d) bi-quadratic
42 Find number of students who take junk food. 1
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 12
43 Find number of students who take healthy food. 1
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 12
44 Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are – 3 and – 4. 1
(a) x2 + 4x + 2 (b) x2 – x – 12 (c) x2 – 7x + 12 (d) x2 + 7x + 12
45 If one zero of the polynomial x2 – 5x + 6 is 2 then find the other zero. 1
(a) 6 (b) – 6 (c) 2 (d) 3
 Q46 – 50 are based on Case Study – 2

Case Study 2:
A group of Class X students goes to picnic during vacation. There were
three different slides and three friends Ishika, Sharanya & Daiwik are
sliding in three slides. The position of the three friends shown by P, Q
and R in three different slides are given below:

Consider O as origin and answer the following questions:

46 Find the coordinates of the point ‘Q’ which divides the line segment PR in the ratio 1
1:2 internally.
13 13 11 10 13 13
(a) (4, 3 ) (b) ( 3 , ) (c) ( 3 , ) (d) ( 3 , 4)
3 3
47 Find the distance of PR 1
(a) 2 √10 (b) √35 (c) √30 (d) √20
48 Find the coordinates of point on x-axis which is at equal distance PQ. 1
11 13
(a) ( 9 , 0) (b) ( 9 , 0) (c) (3, 0) (d) (1, 3)

49 Find the coordinates of mid-point of PR. 1

(a) (- 4, 5) (b) (4, 5) (c) (5,4) (d) (4, 4)
50 If we shift origin ‘O’ by 2 units towards right and 1 unit towards North. Then find 1
the coordinates of R.
(a) (2, 6) (b) (6,2) (c) (-6, 2) (d) (-2, 6)