CBSE Mathematics Class 10

Sample Paper 13 Page 1

Sample Paper 13
Class- X Exam - 2022-23
Mathematics - Standard

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80

General Instructions :
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Questions
of 2 marks has been provided.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = 227 wherever required if not stated.

Section - A

Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

1. Assertion : p ^x h = 14x3 − 2x2 + 8x 4 + 7x − 8 is a polynomial of degree 3.

View Solution Reason : The highest power of x in the polynomial p ^x h is the degree of the polynomial.
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

2. One equation of a pair of dependent linear equations − 5x + 7y = 2 The second equation can be
View Solution (a) 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (b) − 10x − 14y + 4 = 0
(c) − 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (d) 10x − 14y =− 4

3. The quadratic equation x2 + 3x + 2 2 = 0 has

View Solution (a) two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots
(c) no real roots (d) more than 2 real roots

4. Which of the following equations has the sum of its roots as 3 ?

View Solution (a) 2x2 − 3x + 6 = 0 (b) − x2 + 3x − 3 = 0
(c) 2 x2 − 3 x + 1 = 0 (d)
3x2 − 3x + 3 = 0
2

5. There are 60 terms is an AP of which the first term is 8 and the last term is 185. The 31 st term is
View Solution (a) 56 (b) 94
(c) 85 (d) 98

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6. It is given that, TABC + TEDF such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm, DF = 15 cm and DE = 12 cm then the sum
View Solution of the remaining sides of the triangles is
(a) 23.05 cm (b) 16.8 cm
(c) 6.25 cm (d) 24 cm

7. If triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF such that 2AB = DE and BC = 8 cm then find EF.
View Solution (a) 16 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm

8. Two concentric circles of radii a and b where a > b, The length of a chord of the larger circle which touches the
View Solution other circle is
(a) a2 + b2 (b) 2 a2 + b2
(c) a2 - b2 (d) 2 a2 - b2

9. If radii of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm , then the length of each of one circle which is tangent to the
View Solution other circle, is
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm
(c) 9 cm (d) 1 cm

10. In figure, AP , AQ and BC are tangents of the circle with centre O . If AB = 5 cm , AC = 6 cm and BC = 4 cm,
View Solution then the length of AP (in cm) is

(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 9 (d) 7.5

11. If sin θ + cos θ = 2 cos θ , (θ ! 90c) then the value of tan θ is

View Solution
(a) 2 - 1 (b) 2 +1
(c) 2 (d) - 2

12. Assertion : sin2 67c + cos2 67c = 1

View Solution Reason : For any value of θ, sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
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13. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from the points P and Q at distance of a and b respectively from
View Solution the base and in the same straight line with it, are complementary. The height of the tower is
(a) ab (b) ab

(c) a (d) b
b a

14. In the given figure, the positions of the observer and the object are mentioned, the angle of depression is
View Solution

(a) 30c (b) 90c

(c) 60c (d) 45c

15. In a circle of radius 14 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 45c at the centre, then the area of the sector is
View Solution (a) 71 cm2 (b) 76 cm2
(c) 77 cm2 (d) 154 cm2

16. During conversion of a solid from one shape to another, the volume of the new shape will
View Solution (a) increase (b) decrease
(c) remain unaltered (d) be doubled

17. Observations of some data are x

5 , x, x
3 , 2x
3 , x
4 , 2x
5 and 3x
4 where x > 0. If the median of the data is 4, then the
View Solution value of x is
(a) 5 (b) 15
(c) 9 (d) 10

18. If X , M and Z are denoting mean, median and mode of a data and X: M = 9 : 8 , then the ratio M : Z is
View Solution (a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 9
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 2 : 5

19. There are 1000 sealed envelopes in a box. 10 of them contain a cash prize of < 100 each, 100 of them contain a
View Solution cash prize of < 50 each and 200 of them contain a cash prize of < 10 each and rest do not contain any cash prize.
If they are well-shuffled and an envelope is picked up out, then the probability that is contains no cash prize is
(a) 0.65 (b) 0.69
(c) 0.54 (d) 0.57

20. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to

View Solution (a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001
(c) 0.01 (d) 0.1

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Section - B

Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. Find the 21 st term of the AP - 4 12 , - 3, - 1 12 , ...

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22. In Figure, common tangents AB and CD to the two circle with centres O1 and O2 intersect at E. Prove that
View Solution AB = CD.

23. If A ^5, 2h , B ^2, - 2h and C ^- 2, t h are the vertices of a right angled triangle with +B = 90º , then find the value
View Solution of t.

24. Show that any positive even integer can be written in the form 6q, 6q + 2 or 6q + 4, where q is an integer.
View Solution

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Find the smallest natural number by which 1200 should be multiplied so that the square root of the product is a
rational number.

25. If five times the fifth term of an AP is equal to eight times its eighth term, show that its 13th term is zero.
View Solution

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Find the values of a, b and c , such that the numbers a, 10, b, c, 31 are in AP

Section - C

Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. For what value of p will the following system of equations have no solution ?
View Solution ^2p − 1h x + ^p − 1h y = 2p + 1; y + 3x − 1 = 0

27. Solve the following quadratic equation for x :

View Solution
x2 + b a + a + b l x + 1 = 0
a+b a

28. In figure, two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to circle with centre O from an external point T . Prove that
View Solution +PTQ = 2+OPQ .

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A circle is inscribed in a TABC, with sides AC, AB and BC as 8 cm, 10 cm and 12 cm respectively. Find the
length of AD, BE and CF.

29. A boy, flying a kite with a string of 90 m long, which is making an angle θ with the ground. Find the height of
View Solution the kite. (Given tan θ = 458 )

30. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Figure.
View Solution If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.

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A wooden toy was made by scooping out a hemisphere of same radius from each end of a solid cylinder. If the
height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the volume of wood in the toy. Use π = 227

31. A game consists of tossing a coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. If getting the same result in all the
View Solution tosses is a success, find the probability of losing the game.

Section - D

Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.

32. If α and β are the zeroes the polynomial 2x2 − 4x + 5, find the values of
View Solution (i) α2 + β2 (ii) 1 + 1
α β

(iii) ^α − βh2 (iv) 12 + 12

α β
(v) α2 + β2

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If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p ^x h = 2x2 + 5x + k satisfying the relation, α2 + β2 + αβ = 21
4 , then
find the value of k .

33. In the right triangle, B is a point on AC such that AB + AD = BC + CD. If AB = x, BC = h and CD = d, then
View Solution find x (in term of h and d).

34. Find A and B if sin ^A + 2B h = 2

3
and cos ^A + 4B h = 0 , where A and B are acute angles.
View Solution

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Evaluate the following :
2 cos2 60º + 3 sec2 30º − 2 tan2 45º
sin2 30º + cos2 45º

35. In figure, PQRS is square lawn with side PQ = 42 metre. Two circular flower beds are there on the sides PS and
View Solution QR with centre at O, the intersection of its diagonals. Find the total area of the two flower beds (shaded parts).

Section - E
Case study based questions are compulsory.

36. Salary Cut : Our personal and professional lives have taken quite a turn in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.
View Solution Worklife has been revamped across the globe, in that working from home has become the norm for those employees
and organizations that continue to carry on with their operations and functioning in the lockdown. Increments,
incentives, businesses have all been impacted.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has stalled economic activity at an unprecedented scale globally, raising the spectre of job
losses and salary cuts. Most of companies decided to bring down the salary by upto 50 %.
The following table shows the salaries (in percent) received by 80 employee during lockdown.

Salary Received (in %) 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100

Number of employee 4 10 14 20 24 8
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) What is the mean salary (in %) received ?
(ii) How many employee received more than 70 % salary ?
(iii) Find the total number of employee whose salary is reduced by more than 40 % ?
(iv) What is the lower limit of mode class of salary (in %) received?

37. To conduct sports day activities, in a rectangular shaped school ground ABCD , lines have been
View Solution 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 AB , as shown in figure. Nishtha runs 14 th the distance AB on the
2nd line and posts a green flag. Suman runs 15 th the distance AB on the 8th line and posts a red flag.

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(i) What is the position of green flag ?

(ii) What is the position of red flag ?
(iii) What is the distance between both the flags?
(iv) What is the distance of red flag from point A ?

38. The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund was created on 28 March 2020,
View Solution following the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The fund will be used for combating, and containment and relief
efforts against the coronavirus outbreak and similar pandemic like situations in the future.

The allotment officer is trying to come up with a method to calculate fair division of funds across various affected
families so that the fund amount and amount received per family can be easily adjusted based on daily revised
numbers. The total fund allotted for a village is x3 + 6x2 + 20x + 9 . The officer has divided the fund equally among
families of the village and each family receives an amount of x2 + 2x + 2 . After distribution, some amount is left.
(i) How many families are there in the village?
(ii) If an amount of < 1911 is left after distribution, what is value of x ?
(iii) How much amount does each family receive?
(iv) What is the amount of fund allocated?

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