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General Instructions:

contains three Sections A, B and C

a The question payer
A comsists of 20 questions of T1 mark each. Any 16 questions are to be
Se attempted
çii) dimBconsists of 20 questions of 1mark ench. Any 16 questions are to be attempted.
Section Ccomsist of 10 questions based on two Case Studies. Attempt any 8 questions.
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There is negatve marking.
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SECTIONA
Section A consists of 20 questions of I mark each. Any 16 questions are to be attempted

A rational
number between 2 and v7 is

(b) 2 (c) 2.8 (d) 3

(a)1

Ifa and Bare the zeroes of the polynomial x* -4x+1, then the value of a+is

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 4

3.The graphic representation of the equations x + 2y 3 and 2x + 4y + 7 =0 gives a pair of

(a) intersecting lines. (6) parallel lines. (c) perpendicular lines. (d) coincident lines.
4.The distance between the points (7, 4) and (-1, 8) is
(a) 45 units (b) 5 units (c) 5V2 units (d) 20 units

5.The of two similar triangles ABC and DEF

areas are 64 cm* and 121 em* respectively. If EF =

15.4 cm, then the value of BC will be

(a) 11.2 cm (b) 5.71 cm (c) 8.14 cm (d) 11.4 cm

6. In APQR, if 2Q=90° and sin R ,5 = then the value of cos Pis

()
( ()

lF the area of the circle is 154 cm?, then its perimeter is

.
(a) 11 cm (b) 22 cm (c) 44 cm (d) 55 cmn
. Sushil sold 100 lottery tickets in which 4 tickets carry prizes. If Salma purchased a ticket, what is

the
probability of her winning a prize ?
(a)
100 ()0 ()
25
 Thevalue ot p tw whivh the pvlynomial 41-p 8 is evartly divisible by (r- 2) Is

3) is
tn AtNC thevontinatesof ventroid G, where Au, -1), B0, 4) and -5,
() (2.4) ) (3,2)
t)(42

20AC =s0°, 20DR 70, then

11 tn the figure, ? m,

DB

() AOCA AOBD (c) AAOC ABOD (d) AAOC ADBO

) ACA AODB

12 If sec A =2 where A is acute, then the value of tan A is

()3 (c) 1
()0
wheel is 7 The number of revolutions it will make in moving 11 m is
13 The diameter of a car cm.

50 () 2000 (d) 22
a) 50 ()
14 20 tickets, on which numbers 1 to 20 are written, are mixed thoroughly and then a ticket is drawn at

random out of them. The probability that the number on the drawn ticket is a multiple of 3 or 7 is

a ()
5

15 The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ad-13r + 40 are

(a) 8,5 () -8,-5 (c) 8,-5 (d)-8,5

8). The coordinates of the mid-point of the line
16. The coordinates of two points are (6, 0) and (0,
-

segment joining them are

(a) (3,4) () (3,-4) (c) (0,0) (d)-4,3)
17. The end-points of diameter of circle are (2, 4) and (-3, 1). The radius of the circle is
-

(a) units. (b) 52 units. (c) 32 units.

5/2 units.
(d)2

18. The point which divides the line segment joiningthe points (8,-9) and (2, 3) in ratio 1:2internally
lies in the
(a) I quadrant. (b) Il quadrant. (c) Il quadrant. (d) IV quadrant.
9.The lengths ofthe diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 12 cm. The length of side of the rhombus
is

(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm

 daure, P S :=3
PS cm, Qs =4 cm,
2PRQ=8, LPSQ 90,
20.
In figure,
=
PQ L RQ and RQ = 9 cm. Then the value o
tan 0 is

P 3 cm

4 cm
R
9 cm Q

(b) (c)
9 (d)

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

The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after

1250
(a) one decimal place.
(b) two decimal places.
(c) three decimal places. (d) four decimal places.
22. The zeroes of the polynomial 5/5x2+30x + 85 are

a) - 2
5
54
5 5 5
(c) 2/5, 4/5 (d) 2,4

23. If the centroid of the triangle formed by (9, a), (b, - 4) and (7, 8), is (6, 8), then the value of a and b
are

(a) a =4, b=5 (b) a =5,b=4 (c) a = 5, b = 2 (d) a = 20, b = 2

24. AABC and ABDE are two equilateral triangles such that D is the mid-point of BC. Ratio of the areas
of triangles ABC and BDE is
(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 4:1 (d) 1:4

25. If tan 0=; then the value of cos 6+ sin 6 is

cos 6- sin 0

(a) 4+b ab (d)

a-b
(b) ba
(c) a +b
(d) a bba b

26. It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas of two circular parks
of diameters 16 m and 12 m in a locality. The radius of the new park would be
(a) 10 m (b) 15 m (c) 20m (d) 24 m
27. A box contains cards numbered 6 to 50. A card is drawn at random from the box. The probability
that the drawn card has a number which is a perfect square, is

a) 45 () 15
28. & and B are the roots of the quadratic polynomial px) = * - k + 6)x + 2(2k - 1). The value of k, for
(d)45
which a+B-aß is
(a) 6 (b) -2 (c) 7 )
 of vertex A of AABC are (-4, 2) and a point D which is mid-point of BC are (2
29, The coordinates
centroid of AABC a r e
The coordinates of

() (0, 4) (-13) -2 (d) (0, 2)

of intersection of two chords AB and

CD such that OB =
OD, then trianeles
30, In figure, O is the point
OAC and ODB a r e

ASyo
B

(b) isosceles but not similar.

but not similar.
(a) equilateral
(d) isosceles and similar.
and similar.
(c) equilateral
and B= 30° then sin (a - B) is equal to
31. If cos (a + B) =0 (c) sin ß (d) sin a
(b) cos 2B
(a) cos a
circle is 44 cm. The area of its quadrant (in cm) is
circumference of a
32. The (c) 38.5 cm2 (d) 33 cm
(a) 33.5 cm2 (b) 38 cm
cards and then the remaining
of clubs a r e removed
from a pack of 52
King, Queen
and Jack cards. The probability of gettinga
33. The
A card is selected from the remaining
cards are well shuffled.

card of spade is
13 (a)13
(b) )50 49

x + (a + 1)x + b are 2 and -3, then

of the quadratic polynomial (d)a =
0, b = -

6
34. If the zeroes
b=-6
(b) a
=5, b=-1 (c)a =2,
(a) a =-7, b=-1
the vertices ofa
0) and (0, 3) are
35. The points (-4, 0), (4, (b) isosceles triangle.
(a) right triangle. (d) scalene triangle.
in theratio
(c) equilateral triangle.
and B(2,
-

1) is divided by the y-axis

joining the points A(-2, -3) (d) 1:3
36. The line segment (c) 1:1 the
(b) 2:1 distance of the foot of
(a) 1:2 then the
window 8 m above the ground,
reaches a
37. If a ladder 10 m long
base of the wall is (d) 4 m
ladder from the (c) 6 m
(b) 8 m
(a) 18 mn
what value of x will make DE || AB ?
38. In figure,
7B
A
/3x+4
3x+ 19

D
X+3

(d) 4
(c) 5
(b) 2
(a) 3
 3cos 0+ 2
coss
39 If 3 sin = cos 0, then
3 cos 0+2
(d) 3
(a) (b)
sin 0) is
40. The simplest form of (sec 0- tan 0)(1
+

(a) 1-sin (b) 1+ tan 0 (c) 1+sin 0 (d) sin 0+ Cos 6

SECTIONC
questions of I mark each. Any 8 questions are to be attempted.
Section C consists of 10
a.41-045 are based on Case Study -
1.

Cose Study - 1

To enhance the reading skills

of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of your friends

to set up a class library.

There are two Sections Section A and Section B of grade X. There are 32
students in Section A and 36 students in Section B.

will acquire for the class library, so that they can be

41. What is the minimum number of books you
Section A or Section B?
distributed among students of
equally
c) 288 (d) 272
(a) 144 (b) 128
to the product of their HCF and LCM is true then,
42. If the product of two positive integers is equal
the HCF (32,36) is (c) 6 (d) 8
(a) 2 (b) 4

product of its primes

as
45. 36 can be expressed as a
(c) 28 x3 (d) 2x 3
() 2'x33
(a) 22 x 32
44. 7x 11x 13 x 15 + 15 is a
(b) Composite number.
a) Prime number.
(d) None of these.
(C)Neitherprime nor composite. prime numbers,
then
such that p =abé and q
=
a'b, where a, b are

45 f and q positive integers

p are

the LCM (p, q) is (d) a'3

(c) a'b2
(a) ab (6) aPt
 Q.46-Q.50 are based on Case Study 2.

Case Study 2
The speed of a motorboat is 20 km/h. For covering the distance of 15 km the boat took 1 hoir ma.
downstream.
for upstream than
DoWNSTREAM (») UPSTREAM (b)

Direction of Boat Direction of Boat

Direction of Stream Direction of Stream

46. Let speed of the stream be x km/h then speed of the motorboat in upstream will be
(a) 20 km/h (b) (20+x) km/h (c) (20-x) km/h (d) 2 km/h
47. What is the relation between speed, distance and time?
(a) Speed =(Distance)/Time (6) Distance = (Speed)/Time
(c) Time = Speed x Distance (d) Speed = Distance x Time
48. Which is the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ?
a) + 30x -200 00 (b) x*+20x-400 0 =

(c) 30x -400 =0 (d) -20x - 400 = 0

49. What is the speed of current?
(a) 20 km/h (b) 10 km/h (c) 15 km/h (d) 25 km/h
50. How much time boat took in downstream?
(a) 90 minutes (6) 15 minutes (c) 30 minutes (d) 45 minutes