Sub: Maths Test

Chapter: Mid term Test

CALSS: 10th. STD. (ICSE)
Time:1½ Hrs. Faculty Name: Anant Bhushan N Max.Marks: 40
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3 7 0 2 1 −5
1) If A =[ ]; B = [ ] and C = [ ] then AB – 5C = ?
2 4 5 3 −4 6
34 32 30 52 30 22 30 52
a) [ ] b) [ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]
24 6 40 −14 16 10 40 10
Questions 2-4
Mohit, Rajeev and Geeta live in the same city. Mohit sells an article to
Rajeev for Rs. 50,000 and Rajeev sells the same article to Geeta at a
profit of Rs. 6,000. If all of the transactions are under GST system at the
rate of 12% than
2) The state Government tax paid by Rajeev is:
a) Rs. 720 b) Rs. 300 c) Rs. 360 d) Rs. 540
3) The total tax received by the central Government is:
a) 50,360 b) 5,720 c) 3,720 d) 3,360
4) The cost that Geeta pay for the article is:
a) Rs. 56,000 b) Rs. 56,360 c) Rs. 62,270 d) Rs. 62,360
1 −2
5) A quadratic equation with and as its roots is:
2 3

a) 6x2 + x – 2 = 0 b) 6x2 – x – 2 = 0
𝑥 1
c) x2 + - =0 d) 6x2 + x – 1 = 0
6 2

6) The number of whole numbers between 200 and 500 that are divisible by
7 is
a) 50 b) 56 c) 43 d) 42
7) The remainder when x4 – 3x2 + 2x + 1 is divided by x + 2 is
a) -1 b) 1 c) 0 d) 3

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8) The No. that should be subtracted from x3 + 3x2 – 8x + 14 so that on
dividing by x – 2, the remainder is 10 is?
a) 8 b) 10 c) 16 d) -16
9) In the given figure – 1, AB|| DC, BO = 6 cm and DQ = 8cm. BP x DO=
a) 54cm2 b) 48cm2 c) 48m2 d) 30 cm2
D Q C

A P B

Figure -1
10) Comment on the truthfulness of the following statements
i) Two similar polygons are necessarily congruent
ii) All equilateral triangles are similar
iii) All isosceles triangles are similar

a) i) – false ii) – false iii) – false

b) i) – false ii) – true iii) – false
c) i) – true ii) – true iii) – false
d) i) – true ii) – true iii) – true
11) If 5x – 3  5 + 3x  4x + 2 is expressed in the form of a x b, then
a=
a) 3 b) 3⁄2 c) 4 d) -3

12) In Q.11, the value of b is

a) 3 b) 3⁄2 c) 4 d) -3

13) The value(s) of m for which the roots of the quadratic equation
(4+m) x2 + (m+1) x + 1 = 0 are equal is:
a) -5 b) 5 and -3 c) -3 d) 4 and 3
14) The standard quadratic equation you get when you simplify

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- = is:
𝑥+2 𝑥+3 2𝑥+1

a) 2x2 + 3x – 14 = 0 b) 2x3 + 3x – 21 = 0
3𝑥
c) x2 + - 14 = 0 d) 3x2 + 2x – 21 = 0
2

15) The solutions for x for the quadratic equation given in Q.14 is
7
a) and -2 b) 2 and -7⁄2 c) 3 and 7⁄2 d) -3 and -7⁄2
2

16) The sum of the last eight terms of the A.P -12, -10, -8 . . . . . . 58 is
a) 8 b) 508 c) 408 d) 837
17) Mr. Manish opens a recurring deposit account with Bank of Patiala and
deposits Rs. 600 per month for 20 months. The maturity value of this
account of the bank pays interest at the rate of 10% p.a. is
a) Rs. 12,224 b) Rs. 13,040 c) Rs. 13,005 d) Rs. 13,050
18) Saif had a recurring deposit account in the Union Bank of India and
deposited Rs. 600 per month. If the maturity vale was Rs. 24,930 and
the rate of interest was 10% p.a. the expression to find the time ‘n’ in
years for which the account was held is
a) 5n3 + 3n2 = 49860 b) n2 + 241n – 9380 – 0
c) n2 + 5n – 600 = 0 d) n2 + 241n – 9372 = 0
19) The actual time in years for which the account was held in Q. 18 is
a) 35 years b) 36 years c) 277 years d) 280 years
20) A polygon of side n has the sum of its angles equal to?
a) 180 b) n x 180 c) (2n – 4) x 180 d) (n-2) x 180
21) If the angles of a polygon are in A.P with a common different of 5 and
the smallest angles being 120, using the result in Q. 20, the number of
sides in the given polygon will be equal to:
a) 9 b) 16 c) 9 or 16 d) 25 or 16

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22) 3x + 5 is a factor of the polynomial (a-1) x3 + (a+1)x2 –(2a+1) x–15.
The value of ‘a’ is:
a) -4 b) 16 c) 4 d) 32
23) The other factor (s) of the polynomial is (are)?
a) √3 b) √3 and -√3 c) 3 and -3 d) 3 and −5⁄3
2 1 7
24) If it is given [ ] 𝑋 = [ ] then the dimension of X is:
−3 4 6
a) 1x 2 b) 2 x 2 c) 4 x 1 d) 2 x 1
25) The value of X in Q. 24 is:
2
2 2 0 3 2
a)[ ] b)[ ] c) [ ] d) [ ]
5 0 3 3 3
2
26) The diagrams below represent for inequations A and B on red number
lines.
A
-2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
B
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
A  B can be represented on the number line as:

a)
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

b)
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

c)
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

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 d)
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
27) In figure-2, AB and DE are perpendicular to BC. If AB = 3cm, DE = 3cm,
and AC = 23 cm, the value of AB is
A

B E C
Figure-2

a) 16 cm b) 8 cm c) 24 cm d) 12 cm

28) The diagonal of a rectangle is 60m more than its shortest side and the
larger side is 30 m more than the shorter side. The length of the shorter
side of the rectangle is
a) 90m b) 180m c) 120m d) 30m
29) The length of the larger side of the rectangle in Q. 28 is
a) 90m b) 180m c) 120m d) 30m
30) The polynomial px3 + 4x2 – 3x + q is completely divisible by x2 – 1. The
value of P is
a) 3 b) -3 c) -4 d) 4
31) The value of q in Q. 30 is
a) 3 b) -3 c) -4 d) 4
32) Which of the following is not the root to the equation 2x4 – 5x2 + 3 = 0
√3 −√6
a) -1 b) 1 c) d)
2 2

33) In ABC, B = 90 and BD ⊥ AC. If CD = 10cm, BD = 8cm, the value of

AD =
a) 8.5 cm b) 6.4 cm c) 5.45 cm d) None of these

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34) If A =[ ] and A2 + A = KI. Then the value of k =
5 −2
a) -17 b) 9 c) 17 d) 34
35) If the replacement set is a set of integers Z between -5 and 8, the
solution set for the linear inequation 15 – 3x > x – 3 is
a) {-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
b) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
c) {-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
d) (-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
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36) If A =[ ] then At - A is
0 −9 3

−1⁄ 3
−15 12 3 −18 2 −2 −2
a)[ ] b)[ ] c)[ ] d)[ ]
18 −45 12 9 −2 −3⁄2 6 −6

2 1 3
37) If B =[ ]; than the value of At B where A is the matrix given in
1 8 5
Q. 36 is

0 45 21 −6 −3 −9
a)[ ] b) [ ]
−9 −72 −45 3 −66 −27
−6 3
−6 −9 −3
c) [ ] d) [−3 −66]
3 −27 −66
−9 −27
Q. 38 – 40
The sum of the first seven terms of A.P is 49 and the sum of the first
seventeen terms of the same A.P is 289.

38) The first term of the A.P is

a) 1 b) -1 c) 2 d) -2

39) The common difference of the A.P is

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 a) 1 b) -1 c) 2 d) -2

40) The sums to n terms for the given A.P is

a) n (n-1) b) n (n+1) c) n2 d) n