Gujarat State Board

Class X Mathematics
Board Paper March – 2015

Part – A: Time: 1 Hour/Marks: 50

Part – B: Time: 2 Hours/Marks: 50

(Part – A)
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. There are 50 objective type questions in Part - A and all are compulsory.
2. The questions are serially numbered from 1 to 50 and each carries 1 mark.
3. Read each question carefully, select proper alternative and answer in the O.M.R. sheet.
4. The OMR sheet is given for answering the questions. The answer of each question is
represented by (A) , (B) , (C) , (D) . Darken the circle as completely of the correct
answer with ball – pen.
5. Rough work to be done in the space provided for this purpose in the Test Booklet only.
6. Set No. of Question Paper printed on the upper-most right side of the Question Paper is to
be written in the column provided in the OMR sheet

1. D, E and F are respectively mid points of sides AB , BC and CA of Δ ABC. Which of the
following correspondence between Δ ABC and Δ DEF is similarity.
(A) ABC  EFD
(B) ABC  FED
(C) ABC  DEF
(D) ABC  EDF

2. The points A(5, 2), B(3, 4) and C(x, y) are collinear points and AB = BC then find the co-
ordinates of C.
(A) (1, 6)
(B) (2, –2)
(C) (4, 3)
(D) (8, 6)

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3. The co-ordinates of the foot perpendicular from P(–3, 1) to X axis are _______
(A) (0, 1)
 3 1
(B)   , 
 2 2
(C) (–3, 0)
(D) (1, 0)

4. A(2, –2), B(4, 3) and C(–3, 11) are the vertices of Δ ABC. If G is centroid of triangle, then
the co-ordinate of G is
(A) (1, 4)
(B) (1, –4)
(C) (–1, 4)
(D) (–1, –4)

5. A(1, 2) and B(3, –2) are the end points of AB . Then the midpoints of AB .
(A) (–1, 0)
(B) (2, 0)
(C) (2, 1)
(D) (0, 0)

6. If 15tan2   4sec2   23 then tan2   _______.

(A) 27/15
(B) 45
(C) 19/11
(D) 1

7. Cot 2  Cosec2  _______ 0    90

(A) –1
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) Not defined

8. 1  2sin2 30
(A) cosec 60
(B) tan 60
(C) sin 60
(D) cos 60

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9. If sin2 45  sin2 60  xcos2 45 then x  _______

(A) 3/2
(B) 3/4
(C) –1/2
(D) 2

10. An observer from the top of the light house, the angle of depression of two ships P and
Q anchored in the sea to the same side are found to have measure 35 and 50
respectively. Then from the light house _______
(A) The distance of P is more than Q.
(B) The distance of Q is more than P.
(C) P and Q are at equal distance.
(D) The relation about the distance of P and Q cannot be determined.

11. In right angle triangle, the side opposite to the angle having measure 30 is _______ to the
hypotenuse
(A) three times
(B) half
(C) double
(D) fourth part

12. An observer 1.5 m tall is 28.5 m away from a tower. The angle of elevation of the top of
the tower from his/her eyes has measure 45. What is the height of the tower?
(A) 28.5 m
(B) 30 m
(C) 27 m
(D) 1.5 m

13. Δ ABC, AB = 5, BC = 12 and AC = 13, then the radius of the circle touching all the three
sides is _______
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 1
(D) 4

14. A chord of ʘ(0, 10) touches ʘ(0, 6). Therefore the length of the chord is _______
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 16
(D) 6

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15. In a circle having radius r, an arc of a circle subtends an angle θ at the centre, then the
length of arc l = _______
 r2
(A)
360
(B) πr2
(C) 2πr
 r
(D)
180

16. The length of the minor arc ACB of a circle ʘ(O, r) is 1/6 part of its circumference. Then
the measure of angle of minor arc ACB subtending at the centre is _______
(A) 60
(B) 90
(C) 30
(D) 120

17. If the radius of a circle increased by 20% then the corresponding increase in the area of
circle is _______
(A) 40%
(B) 44%
(C) 20%
(D) 21%

18. In figure the shaded region indicates

(A) Major segment

(B) Minor sector
(C) Minor segment
(D) Major Sector
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19. The volume of sphere is  cm3 . Then the radius is _______m.
3
(A) 1
(B) 0.02
(C) 0.01
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20. The volume of a cone having radius 2cm and height 6cm is _______ cm3
(A) 14π
(B) 12π
(C) 8π
(D) 16π

21. The curved surface area of a sphere is 1256 cm 2. Find the radius of the sphere.
(π = 3.14)
(A) 100 cm
(B) 10 cm
(C) 1 cm
(D) 314 cm

22. Answer the following question from the given figure.

Here the solid is composed of cube, cylinder and cone.
Here,
The curved surface area of cone is P.
The curved surface area of cylinder is Q.
The area of the base of cone and cylinder is R and the Total
surface area of cube is S.
Then, find the total surface area of solid.
(A) P + Q – R + S
(B) P + Q – 2R + S
(C) P + Q + R + S
(D) P + Q + 2R + S

23. Here is a graph of “Less than type” and “more than type” ogive is drawn.
It shows the information about the yearly salary (In lakhs Rs. ) of officers in a factory.

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Boundary points (Annual Salary)

Both the curves intersect (20.5, 15). Find the median of the information.
(A) 35.5lakhs
(B) 20.5lakhs
(C) 15 lakhs
(D) 17.75 lakhs

24. For some data M  X  22 and M  X  2 then Z = ________

(A) 14
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 12

25. The wickets taken by a bowler in a one day cricket match are 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 0, 3, 2, 3, 5.
The mode of the data is___________.
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 2

26. Following is the information about the number of students studying in a high school. If
one student of the school is to be elected as a representative, find out the probability of
the elected student to be a boy of Std. IX.

Std. Boys Girls Total

IX 220 110 330
X 110 110 220
Total 330 220 550

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(A)
5
3
(B)
5
2
(C)
5
4
(D)
5

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27. The probability that one will get 75 marks in the question paper of 100 marks is
1
(A)
101
75
(B)
100
1
(C)
100
75
(D)
101

28. If n is positive even integer, then n(n + 1)(n + 2) is _______

(A) a prime number
(B) divisible by 20
(C) divisible by 24
(D) divisible by 16

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29. The decimal expansion of is
32
(A) 0.03125
(B) 0.15625
(C) 0.3125
(D) 0.00625

30. If α and β are the zeroes of polynomial P(x) = x2 – 3x + 2k, and α + β = α.β, then the
value of k is ________.
(A) 3
(B) - 3
(C) 1
(D) 3
2

31. The degree of polynomial (x + 1)(x2 – x – x4 + 1) is _______.

(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 1
(D) 3

32. The number of real zeroes of polynomial P(x) = x3 – x is _______

(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) 3
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33. α, β, & γ are the zeroes of cubic polynomial P(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, (a  0) then product
of their zeroes (α.β.γ) = _______.
b
(A)
a
c
(B)
a
a
(C)
b
d
(D)
a

x y 4
34. Equation   can be expressed in the standard form as _______.
5 3 5
(A) 3x – 5y – 4 = 0
(B) 3x – 5y – 12 = 0
(C) 5x – 3y – 4 = 0
(D) 5x – 3y = 12

35. In a two digit number, the digit at tens place is 7 and the sum of the digits is 8 times the
digit at unit place. Then the number is _______.
(A) 17
(B) 71
(C) 70
(D) 78

36. Two lines x + 2y + 7 = 0 and 2x + ky + 18 = 0 do not intersect each other. Find the value
of k.
(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 4

37. Two lines y = 3x and x = 3y intersect each other in _______.

(A) (0, 0)
(B) (0, 3)
(C) (3, 3)
(D) (3, 0)

38. The solution set of the quadratic equation x2 – 30x + 221 = 0 is _______.
(A) {13, 17}
(B) {–13, –17}
(C) {–13, 17}
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39. The discriminant of x2 – 3x + k = 0 is 1 then the value of k = _______.

(A) –2
(B) 4
(C) –4
(D) 2

40. For the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a, b, c  Q, If D = 0 then _______.

Choose the correct option in respect to the statements below.
(P) The roots of the equation are equal.
(Q) The roots of the equation are not equal.
(R) The roots of the equation are rational numbers
(S) The roots of the equation has no roots
Options:
(A) Statements P and R are correct
(B) Statements Q and R are correct
(C) Only statement S is correct
(D) Only statement P is correct

41. _______ is a solution of quadratic equation 2x2 – x – 3 = 0.

(A) 2/3
(B) –1
(C) 0
(D) 1

x k
42. The roots of quadratic equation  are _______.
k x
(A) k, –k
(B) –k, –k
(C) k, k
(D) k2, –k2

43. A student named Akash is observing birds flying in the sky at the evening time. Birds
are flying in the pattern like 1 in the first row, 3 in the second, 5 in the third and so on….
Making total 20 rows as per the figure given below, find out the total number of birds.

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(A) 39
(B) 400
(C) 40
(D) 200

44. A series of steps lead to a temple. The number of steps is 30. The height of each step is
20 cm. Then find the height of the temple from the base.
(A) 5.80 m
(B) 6 m
(C) 30 m
(D) 6.20 m

45. If k + 2, k, 3k – 2 are three consecutive terms of A.P., then k = _______.

(A) –2
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 8

46. In the figure, XY BC

AX  1 cm
XB  3 cm
BC  6 cm
then XY  _____
(A) 2 cm
(B) 1.5 cm
(C) 1 cm
(D) 3 cm

47. In figure which of the following given correspondence between the vertices of two
triangles are similarity.
(P) correspondence ABC  DEF
(Q) correspondence ABC  FDE
(R) correspondence ABC  EFD
Options :
(A) P and R are correct
(B) Only P is correct
(C) Q and R are correct
(D) P, Q and R are correct

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48. In figure, mC = 90 in isosceles triangle ABC , then AB2 = _______.

(A) 2BC2
(B) 2BC2
(C) BC2
(D) 4BC2

49. Which of the following statements are correct for the correspondence between the
vertices of two triangles?
(P) The area of two similar triangles is equal.
(Q) The corresponding angles of both similar triangles are having same proportion.
(R) The corresponding sides of both similar triangles are having same proportion.
(S) The corresponding sides of both similar triangles are congruent.
(A) Only statement R is correct.
(B) Statement Q and S are correct.
(C) Statement P, Q and R are correct.
(D) Statement Q and R are correct.

50. Four pairs of showing measurements of sides AB,BC and CA of ABC are given below.
Show which of the following pair/s is/are shows right angle triangle.
Pair P: AB = 25 BC = 7 AC = 24
Pair Q: AB = 8 BC = 6 AC = 10
Pair R: AB = 3 BC = 4 AC = 6
Pair S: AB = 8 BC = 6 AC = 5
(A) Pairs Q and R show right angle triangle
(B) Pairs P and Q show right angle triangle
(C) Pairs P and S show right angle triangle
(D) Pairs P, Q and S show right angle triangle

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(Part – B)
Time: 1 Hours Maximum Marks: 50

Instructions:
1. Write in a clear handwriting.
2. There are four sections in Part –B of the question paper and total 1 to 17 questions are
there.
3. All the questions are compulsory. Internal options are given.
4. The numbers at the right side represent the marks of the question.
5. Draw figure wherever required. Retain all the lines of construction.
6. Start new section on new page.

SECTION – A

Answer the following questions: [2 marks each]

1. The length of diagonal of square is 2(6 + 2 5)cm. Then find its length of side of square.
[2]
2. Prove that (3x  7) is a factor of (6x + 29x + 44x + 21).
3 2
[2]

3. AB is given. Point P lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB such that

the measure of AP is double than AB. If the perimeter of ABP is 35cm.
Find the measures of sides of ABP. [2]

4. In a game of cricket, the score of team with respect to wicketsfollows [2]

arithematic progression.
First wicket falls on score 35, second falls on 62, third on 89___________
What would be the final score of team.

AM BN 2
5. In trapezium ABCD, M  AD, N  BC are the point s such that   .
MD NC 3
AO
The diagonal AC int ersects MN in O. Then find the value of . [2]
AC

6. A(-5, 2), B(x, -3) and C(-2, y) are the vertices of ΔABC. G is a centroid of ΔABC. The co-
ordinates of G are G(-2, 1). Then find the value of x and y. [2]

7. Prove with the help of trigonometric Identities.

2 sin2θ + 4sec2θ + 5 cot2θ + 2cos2θ – 4tan2θ – 5cosec2θ = 1 [2]
OR
1
In ABC mC  90 and tan A  , find sin A and sinB.
3
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8. Find the mode for the following frequency distribution. [2]

Class 4  8 8  12 12  16 16  20 20  24 24  28
Frequency 9 6 12 7 15 3

SECTION – B

Answer the following: [3 marks each]

9. In a fifth match of India and Srilanka played in November 2014.

The sum of one third runs scored by Indian team and one seventh runs scored by
Srilankan team is 137.
If India won this match by minimum required run, then find the runs scored by Indian
team. [3]

10. A bridge across a valley is 800 metres long. There is a temple in the valley directly
below the bridge. The angle of depression of the top of the temple from the two ends of
the bridge have measure 30 and 60.
Find the height of the bridge above the top of the temple. [3]

11. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 350, find the missing frequency: [3]

Class 100  200 200  300 300  400 400  500 500  600 600  700
Frequency 5 3 3  2 1
OR
The cumulative frequency “more than type” is given in the following table.
Find the median of the following data.

Wages  0  50  100  150  200  250

Cumalative
90 80 60 30 15 0
Frequency

12. Two balance dice are thrown once. Write down all possible outcomes of this
experiment. [3]
What is the probability that
(1) The product of numbers obtained on upper face of the dice is even
number.
(2) The sum of numbers on both the dice is a prime number.

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SECTION – C

Solve the following: [4 marks each]

13. Prove that, In a plane of circle, A tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius
drawn from the point of contact. [4]

14. The radius of a field in the form of a sector is 21m. The cost of constructing a wall
around the field is Rs. 1500 at the rate of Rs. 20 per meter.
What will be the cost of tilling the whole field at the costs of Rs. 15 per square meter. [4]

15. In an experiment of Maths, frustum of cone is made up of seven rings.

The radius of uppermost ring is 4cm and the radius of each ring is increased by 1cm, so
that the radius of the last ring is 10 cm. If the width of each ring is 3 cm. Then find the
volume of entire frustum. (avoid the spaces between rings). [4]

OR
A solid composed of a cylinder with hemispherical ends on both the sides.
The radius and height of the cylinder are 20 cm and 30 cm respectively. Find the total
surface area of solid. (Take п = 3.14)

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SECTION – D

Answer the following questions in detail. [Each question carries 5 marks].

16. Draw a circle of radius 5cm. From a point 8cm away from the centre, construct two
tangents to the circle. Measure them.
(Write the steps of construction) [5]

17. If a line parallel to one of the sides of a triangle intersects the other two sides in distinct
points, then the segment of the other two sides in one halfplane are proportional to the
segments in the other halfplane. [5]
OR
The diagonals of a convex ⃞PQRS intersect at right angles then
prove that
PQ2 + RS2 = PS2 + QR2

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