D A V PUBLIC SHOOL, CLUSTER IV, GURUGRAM

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

Class X
Session 2023-24
MATHEMATICS
TIME: 3 hours MAX.MARKS: 80
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and 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 of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
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. An internal choice has been
provided in the 2marks questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.

Q. QUESTION Marks
No.
SECTION A
1. The distance of the point P(4,7) from the y-axis is 1

(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 65

2. 1
If the difference of mode and median of a data is 24 then the difference of median and
mean is
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 36
3. 1
In the figure, RS || DB || PQ. If CP = PD = 11 cm and DR = RA = 3 cm. Then the
value of x and y are respectively.
(a) 12, 10 (b) 14, 6 (c) 10, 7 (d)16, 8

4. 1
A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at points P and Q respectively. If (2, -5) is the
mid point of PQ, then find the coordinates of P and Q.
(a) (0,-5) and (2,0) (b) (0,10) and (-4,0)
(c) (0,4) and (-10,0) (d) (0,-10) and (4,0)
5. ∆PQR~∆XYZ and XY=4cm, YZ=4.5cm, ZX= 6.5cm, PQ=8cm, then perimeter of 1
∆PQR is

(a)25 cm (b)23cm (c)15 cm(d)30 cm

6. In a family of 3 children, the probability of having atleast one boy is 1
(a) 7/8(b) 1/8(c) 5/8(d)3/8
7. 𝒏𝟐 1
If the mean of first n odd natural numbers is 𝟖𝟏then n =
(a) 9 (b) 81 (c) 27 (d) 88

8. The perimeter of the triangle A(0,4), B(0,0) and C(3,0) is 1

(a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d)16

9. In an isosceles right triangle, the length of the hypotenuse is 10 cm. Then the 1

perimeter of the triangle is:

(a) 20cm (b)20 2(c) 10( 2 + 1)𝑐𝑚 (d)10( 2 + 9)𝑐𝑚
10. A forester wants to plant 66 apple trees, 88 banana trees and 110 mango 1
trees in equal rows (in terms of number of trees). Also he wants to make
distinct rows of trees (i.e., only one type of trees in one row). The
number of minimum rows required are
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12
11. If (x + 1) is a factor of 2x 3 + ax 2 + 2bx + 1, then find the values of a and 1
b given that 2a – 3b = 4
(a) 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = −2 (b) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = 5
(c) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = 2 (d) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = 0
12. The pair of equations x = a and y = b graphically represents lines which are 1
(a) parallel(b) intersecting at (a,b)
(c) coincident(d) intersecting at (b,a)

13. If one root of the equation 4x² -2x+(k-4)=0 be the reciprocal of the other, then 1
k=
(a) 8 (b) -8 (c) 4 (d) -4
14. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 – a13? 1
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
15. The 4th term from the end of the AP: –11, –8, –5, ..., 49 is 1
(a) 37 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 48
16. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x y and b = xy3 ; x, y
3 2
1
are prime numbers, then HCF (a, b) is
(a) xy (b) xy2 (c) x²y (d) x²y²
17. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When 1
the first number is completely divided by 2 the quotient is 33. The other
number is:
(a) 66 (b) 130 (c) 132 (d) 196
18. The quadratic polynomial whose sum of zeroes is 3 and product of zeroes 1
is –2 is :
(a) x 2 + 3x – 2 (b) x 2 – 2x + 3 (c) x 2 – 3x + 2 (d) x 2 – 3x – 2
Direction: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed
by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(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
19. Assertion: -0.4 cannot be the probability of an event. 1

Reason: The probability of an event can neither be a negative value, nor it can
exceed unity.
20. Assertion: If one root of the quadratic equation 6x2 – x – k = 0 is 2/3, then the 1
value of k is 2.
Reason:If discriminant D = b 2 – 4ac < 0 then the roots of quadratic equation
ax2 + bx + c = 0 are imaginary.
 SECTION B
21. 2
In given figure, express x in terms of a, b and c.

OR

ΔABC is right angled at C and DE⊥AB. Prove that ΔABC∼ΔADE and hence find
the lengths of AE and DE.
22. 2
The mean of 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4 is m. The numbers 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, p have mean m − 1
and median q. Then, evaluate p + q.
23. 2
Find the mode of the following frequency distribution

24. Find 𝒙 when 1+6+11…......................+𝒙 = 148 2

OR
Find the middle term of the AP 6,13, 20, …, 216.
25. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9)x2 + 13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other, 2
find the value of a.
SECTION C
26. 3
Point P divides the line segment joining the point A(2, 1) and B(5,-8) such that ABAP
=31. If P lies on the line 2x-y+k=0, find the value of k.
OR

Find the ratio in which the point P(−1,y) lying on the line segment
joining A(−3,10) and B(6,−8) divides it. Also find the value of y.
27. 3
If the median of the following frequency distribution is 46, find the missing
frequencies
Variable 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 Total
Frequency 12 30 f1 65 f2 25 18 230

OR
The mode of the following data is 67. Find the missing frequency
𝒙.
Class Frequency
40-50 5
50-60 𝒙
60-70 15
70-80 12
80-90 7
28. For what values of k will the system of equations have infinitely many 3
solutions?
𝑘𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 𝑘 − 3
12𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 𝑘
29. Find a relation between a, b and c if the roots of the equation (b – c)x 2 + 3
(c – a)x + (a – b) = 0 are equal.
30. Prove that 5- 4 7 is irrational, given that 7 is irrational. 3
31. If the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞 are double in value to the zeroes 3
of 2𝑥 2 – 5𝑥 – 3, find the value of p and q.
SECTION- D
32. If the m term of an AP is 1/n and nth term is 1/m, then find the (mn)thterm.
th
5
OR
Divide 56 in four parts in AP such that the ratio of the product of their extremes
to the product of means is 5 : 6.
33. A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 5
km/h less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance.
Find the speed of the train.
OR
A two-digit number is such that the product of its digits is 18.If 63 is subtracted
from the number, the digits interchange their places. Find the number.
34. Solve graphically: 5
2x + y = 6
2x – y + 2 = 0
 Find the ratio of the area of two triangles formed by the lines representing these
equations with the x-axis and the lines with the line x=0.

35. i) Prove that if a line is parallel to a side of a triangle which intersects the other 5
sides into two distinct points, then the line divides those sides in proportion.

(ii) Let X be any point on the side BC of a triangle ABC. If XM, XN are drawn
parallel to BA and CA meeting CA, BA in M, N respectively; MN meets BC
produced in T, prove that TX2=TB×TC.

SECTION-E
36. Ajay supplies consignments of bread and jam to canteen in a school and a 4
hospital. Bread and Jam are supplied in equal number of pieces. Bread comes in
a pack of 8 pieces and there are 6 small units of jam in a pack. On a particular
day Ajay supplied x packets of bread and y packets of jam to the school. On the
same day he supplied 3x packets of bread along with the required packets of
jam to the hospital. If the strength of students in the school is greater than 500
but less than 520, then answer the following questions:
(i) What is the number of students in the school?
(ii)How many packs of jam are supplied in the school?
(iii)How many bread packets are supplied in both the hospital and school?
OR

How many packets of jam are sufficient to be supplied to the hospital

37. Four persons John, Saurabh, Salim and Ratan are sitting in a courtyard at points 4
A,B,C and D. respectively as shown in Fig. 6.13. The Courtyard has been
divided into small squares by drawing equality spaced horizontal and vertical
lines. Taking OX and OY as the coordinate axes, answer the following
questions:
 (i) Find the distance between the mid-points of AC and BD.

(ii) Identify the type of quadrilateral ABCD.

(iii) Find the area of ∆ ABC.

OR

Find the perimeter of quadrilateral ABCD.

38. In a game of chance consisting of spinning an arrow which comes to rest 4

pointing a one of the numbers 1, 2, 3,., 20 (see Fig.) and these are equally likely
outcomes. Three persons Aarushi, Avni and Mira decide to play the game.
Aarushi wins ₹5000 if the arrow points at an even number. Mira wins ₹8000 if
the arrow points at an odd number Mira and Avni wins ₹12,000 when arrow
points at a prime number.

Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) What is the percentage of Aarushi winning ₹5000?

(ii) What are the chances of all three winning their prizes?

(iii)Find the probability of getting an even or a prime number.

OR

Find the probability of getting an odd and a prime number.