NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

PRE-BOARD Examination (2020-21)

Class-X Subject: Mathematics-Basic(241)

Max. Marks: 80 Duration: 3 Hours

General Instructions:

1. This question paper contains two parts A and B.

2. Both Part A and Part B have internal choices.

Part –A:
1. It consists of two section- I and II
2. Section I has 16 Question. Internal Choice is provided in 5 questions.
3. Section II has four case study-based question .Each study has 5 case- based sub-parts
An examinee is to attempt any 4 out 5 sub-parts

Part –B
1. Question No 21 to 26 are Very short answer type questions of 2 marks each
2. Question No 27 to 33 are Short answer type questions of 3 marks each
3. Question No 34 to 36 are Long answer type questions of 5 marks each
4. Internal choice is provided in 2 questions of 2 marks,2 questions of 3 marks and 1 question of 5
marks.
Question Part –A: Marks
No
Section-I

1. Find the HCF of 96 and 404 by the prime factorisation method. 1

2. What is the degree of polynomial p(x) = 5x4 +3x3-2? 1

OR
What is the degree of a constant polynomial?

3. Without actually performing the long division, state whether the 1

13
will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non-
3125
terminating repeating decimal expansion.

4. For which values of p does the following equation has equal roots? 1
2x2-px+8=0

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5. Write one rational and one irrational number such that their product 1
is a rational number.

6. If the perimeter of a semi-circle protractor is 36 cm, find its 1

diameter. (take 𝜋 = 22/7)

OR

The slant height of a cone is 12cm. If the radius of the cone is 5cm,
find the height of the cone.

7. The radii of two circles are 19 cm and 9 cm respectively. 1

Find the radius of the circle which has circumference equal
to the sum of the circumferences of the two circles.

OR

Determine the ratio of the volume of a cube to that of a sphere which will
exactly fit inside cube. (take 𝜋 = 22/7)

8 The mean of first 5 observations is 20 and the mean of last 5 1

observations is 45. What is mean of all 10 observations?

3
9 If tan A = 4 ,find the value of cos A . 1

10 If the area of a circle is 154 cm2 ,find the circumference of the circle. 1
(take 𝜋 = 22/7)

11 Find the class mark of class 18-22. 1

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12 To draw a pair of tangents to a circle which are inclined to each 1
other at an angle of 600, it is required to draw tangents at end points
of those two radii of the circle , what should be the angle between
them.

13 Solve for x and y : 1

x+y = 14

x-y = 4

OR

Find whether the following pair of equations has no solution, unique

solution, or infinite many solutions.

5x-8y+1=0

24 3
3x- 5 y +5 = 0

14 If P(E) = 0.05, what is the probability of ‘not E’? 1

OR

Someone is asked to choose a number from 1 to 51 .What is the

probability of it being an odd number?

15 What is the probability of getting no head when two coins are tossed 1
simultaneously?

16 A pole 6m high casts a shadow 2√3 m long on the ground, find the 1
sun’s elevation.

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 Section –II
Case study –based question are compulsory.
Attempt any 4 sub parts from questions 17 to 20 .
Each question carries 1 mark
17. A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a compactor-
type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the
construction of roads and foundations. Similar rollers are used also at landfills or
in agriculture. Road rollers are frequently referred to as steamrollers, regardless of
their method of propulsion.

RCB Machine Pvt Ltd started making road roller 10 year ago. Company increased
its production uniformly by fixed number every year. The company produces 800
roller in the 6th year and 1130 roller in the 9th year.

On the basis of the above information, answer any four of the following
questions :

I)
What was the company’s production in first year?
1
(a) 150 (b) 200 (c) 250 (d) 290

II) What was the company’s production in the 8th year? 1

(a) 760 (b) 820 (c) 880 (d) 1020

III)
What was the company’s total production of the first 6 years? 1

(a) 3150 (b) 1775 (c) 2250 (d) 1725

IV) What was the increase in the company’s production every year ? 1

(a) 160 (b) 130 (c) 90 (d) 110

In which year the company’s production was 1350 rollers ?

V) 1

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 (a) 5th (b) 11th (c) 6th (d) 9 th

18

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India, and
an important monument of Indian Architecture. It was originally
commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus
was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the
Buddha. .It Is a perfect example of combination of solid figures. A big
hemispherical dome with a cuboidal structure mounted on it.

i) Calculate the volume of the hemispherical dome if the radius of the dome 1
is 3m . (take 𝜋 = 22/7)
a) 18 𝜋 cu. m b)36 𝜋 cu .m
c) 6 𝜋 cu. m d) 54 𝜋 cu. m

II) The formula to find the Volume of Sphere is- 1

2
a) 𝜋𝑟 3
3
4
b) 3 𝜋𝑟 3
c) 4𝜋𝑟 2
d) 2𝜋𝑟 2

III) The cloth require to cover the hemispherical dome if the radius of its base 1
is 14m
(a) 382 𝜋 sq. m (b) 352 𝜋 sq. m
(c) 392 𝜋 sq. m (d) 288 𝜋 sq. m

iv) The total surface area of the hemisphere 1

a) 2𝜋𝑟 2
b) 3𝜋𝑟 2
2
𝑐) 𝜋𝑟 2
3
4 2
𝑑) 𝜋𝑟
3

v) Total surface area of cuboid with dimensions 8m x 6 m x 4 m is

a)104sq. m b) 160 sq. m c) 112 sq. m d) 208 sq. m 1

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19. Amul, is an Indian dairy cooperative society, based at Anand in the
Gujarat. Formed in1946, it is a cooperative brand managed by a
cooperative body, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing
Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), which today is jointly owned by 36 lakh
(3.6million) milk producers in Gujarat. Amul spurred India’s White
Revolution, which made the country the world’s largest producer
of milk and milk products.

Survey manager of Amul dairy has recorded monthly expenditures

on milk in 100 families of a housing society. This is given in the
following frequency distribution :

Monthly expendi- 0- 175- 350- 525- 700- 875- 1050-

ture 175 350 525 700 875 1050 1225
(inRs.)
Number of 10 14 15 X 28 7 5
families

i) 1
How many families spend between Rs 525- Rs 700 on milk ?
(a) 21 (b) 38 (c) 17 (d) 26

II) What is the upper limit of median class ? 1

(a) 1225 (b) 875 (c) 1050 (d) 700

III) What is the median expenditure on milk? 1

(a) 601.4 (b) 636.5 (c) 616.6 (d) 624.5

iv) What is the lower limit of model class ? 1

(a) 1225 (b) 875 (c) 1050 (d) 700

v) What is the model expenditure on milk? 1

(a) 734.25 (b) 743.75 (c) 801.25 (d) 820.25

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20. To conduct Sports Day activities, in your rectangular shaped school
ground ABCD, lines have been drawn with chalk powder at a
distance of 1 m each. 100 flower pots have been placed at a distance
of 1 m from each other along AD, as shown in the following figure.

If Niharika runs 1/4 th the distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a
green flag.
Preeti runs 1/5th the distance AD on the eighth line and posts a red
flag.
I) The coordinates where Niharika posts her flag are - 1
(a) (20,2)
(b) (2,20)
(c) (2,25)
(d) (25,2)

II) The coordinates where Preeti posts her flag are - 1

(a) (8,25)
(b) (8,20)
(c) (25,8)
(d) (20,8)

III) What is the distance between both the flags? 1

(a) 5m
(b) 6m
(c) √𝟏𝟏m
(d) √𝟔𝟏m

iv) If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway between 1

the line segment joining the two flags, in which line she
has to run?
(a) 4th
(b) 5th
(c) 6th
(d) 7th

v) The coordinates where Rashmi post her flag are - 1

(a) (4,20) (b) (5,22.5)
(c) (4,22.5) (d) (5,20)

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 Part –B-(I)
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt anyone.

21 If the distance between the points (4, k) and (1,0) is 5, then what can be the 2
possible values of k.

OR

Find the ratio in which the point (2, y) divides the line segment joining the
points A(-2, 2) and B(3, 7). Also find the value of y.

22 S and T are points on sides PR and QR of ∆PQR such that <P = <RTS. Show that. 2
∆RPQ ~ ∆RTS.

23 In the given figure O is the centre of the circle. PT is the tangent drawn from 2
the point P to the circle and PAB passes through the centre O of the circle .

If PT = 8cm and PA = 4 cm then find the radius of the circle.

24 Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, 2
construct the pair of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths.

1
25 If tan (A +B )=√3 and tan (A-B ) = ; 00 <A+B ≤900 ; A>B, find A and B . 2
√3

OR

Evaluate sin 600 cos 300 +sin 300 cos 600

26 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑥 2 +7x +10 2

And verify the relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.

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 Part –B-(II)
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt anyone.

27 Prove that 5 + √3 is irrational. 3

28 In the given figure, XY and X′Y′ are two parallel tangents to a circle with 3
centre O and another tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A
and X′Y′ at B. Prove that ∠ AOB = 90°.

29 Find the sum of the following series: 3

(-5) + (-8) + (-11) +……………..+ (-230)
.
30 From a pack of 52 playing cards Jacks, queens, kings and aces of red colour 3
are removed. From the remaining, a card is drawn at random. Find the
probability that the card drawn is
(i) a black queen
(ii) a red card
(iii) an ace
OR
Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting
(i) A total of at least 10
(ii) A doublet of even number
(iii) Odd number on both dice

31 A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a 3

cylindrical tank in her field, which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water
flows through the pipe at the rate of 3 km/h, in how much time will the tank
be filled?

32 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 3
Prove that - = - 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙−𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙+𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙

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33. Solve for x :
𝟐𝒙−𝟏 𝒙+𝟑 𝟏
2 ( 𝒙+𝟑 ) -3( 𝟐𝒙−𝟏 ) = 5 ; x ≠-3,𝟐
3

OR

3
Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter
8
takes 10 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time
in which each tap can separately fill the tank.

Part –B (III)
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt anyone.

34 From the top of a building 15 m high the angle of elevation of the top of
tower is found to be 30°. From the bottom of the same building, the angle of 5
elevation of the top of the tower is found to be 60°. Find the height of the
tower and the distance between the tower and the building.

OR

A 1.5 m tall boy is standing at some distance from a 30 m tall building. The
angle of elevation from his eyes to the top of the building increases from 30°
to 60° as he walks towards the building. Find the distance he walked towards
the building.

35 The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by 5
5 units and breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and
the breadth by 2 units, the area increases by 67 square units. Find the dimensions
of the rectangle.
.

36 Prove that “In a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse side is 5
equal to the sum of squares of the other two sides”
Using the result of this theorem find the length of the altitude of an
equilateral triangle of side 2a.

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