CBSE-X PHASE-I_END_EXAMINATION SUB: MATHS

Time: 3 HRS CBSE_X_MATHEMATICS 80 Marks

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
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8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take   wherever required if not stated.
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SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

1. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7, – 6) and (3,

4) in ratio 1 : 2 internally lies in the

a) I quadrant b) II quadrant c) III quadrant d) IV quadrant

2. The distribution below gives the marks obtained by 80 students on a test :

The modal class of the distribution is :

a) 10 – 20 b) 20 – 30 c) 30 – 40 d) 50 - 60

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3. A vessel having 30 m3 of water is emptied through two openings, one small

and the other large. Water flows out through the smaller opening at the rate

of U m3/h and through the larger one at the rate of V m3/h. Given that 3U +

2V = 70 and that the vessel gets fully emptied in 1 hour, what is V?

a) 10 m3/h b) 20 m3/h c) 30 m3/h d) 50 m3/h

4. If the mean and the median of a data are 12 and 15 respectively, then its
mode is :
a) 13·5 b) 21 c) 6 d) 14

5. The 11th term from the end of an A.P : 10, 7, 4, ……, -62 is :
a) 25 b) 16 c) -32 d) 0
6. The coordinates of the vertex A of a rectangle ABCD whose three vertices
are given as B(0, 0), C(3, 0) and D(0, 4) are :
a) (4, 0) b) (0, 3) c) (3, 4) d) (4, 3)
7. If the value of each observation of a statistical data is increased by 3, then
the mean of the data is :
a) remains unchanged b) increases by 3
c) increases by 6 d) increases by 3n
8. Romy is blindfolded and asked to pick one ball from each of the jars:

The chance of Romy picking a red ball is same in

a) jars 2 and 3 b) jars 1 and 3 c) jars 1 and 2 d) all the three jars
cos2  1
9.  in the simplified form is:
sin  sin2 
2

a) tan2  b) sec 2  c) 1 d) -1

10. In what ratio does x-axis divide the line segment joining the points A(3, 6)
and B(-12, -3) ?
a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 4 c) 4 : 1 d) 2 : 1

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3 0
 4 tan 30  sec 45  sin 60  is equal to:
2 0 2 0 2
11.

a) -1 b) 5/6 c) -3/2 d) 1/6

12. Probability of happening of an event is denoted by p and probability of not

happening an event is denoted by q. Relation between p and q is :

a) p + q = 1 b) p = 1, q = 1 c) p = q -1 d) p + q + 1 = 0

13. In the figure below, what is the length of AB ?

a) 45 3 b)
45
3
c) 45  
3 1 d) 45  
3 1

14. If a pole 6 m high casts a shadow 2 3 m long on the ground, then sun’s
elevation is:
a) 600 b) 450 c) 300 d) 900
15. The next term of an A.P : 6, 24, 54... is:

a) 60 b) 96 c) 72 d) 216
16. Observe the figure below.

If AR is line of sight, which of these angles represents the angle of

elevation?
a) ARC b) RAP c) ACR d) RAC

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17. The two legs AB and BC of right triangle ABC are in a ratio 1 : 3. What will
be the value of sin C ?
1 3 1 1
a) b) c) d)
10 10 3 2
18. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event ?
7 0.07
a) 0 b) c) 0.07 d)
0.01 3
DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is

followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option

19. Assertion (A) : The probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays is 2/7.

Reason (R) : The probability that a non-leap year has 53 Sundays is 5/7.

20. Assertion (A) : a, b, c are in A.P. if and only if 2b = a + c.

Reason (R) : The sum of first n odd natural numbers is n2.

SECTION B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. A bag contains 4 red, 3 blue and 2 yellow balls. One ball is drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability that drawn ball is (i) red (ii) yellow.
22. Show that the points (2, 3), (8, 3) and (6, 7) are the vertices of a right-angled
triangle.

sec A  1 sec A  1
23. Prove that:   2cos ecA
sec A  1 sec A  1

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24. If cos (A + 2B) = 0, 0° ≤ (A + 2B) ≤ 90° and cos  B  A   , 0° ≤ (B - A) ≤ 90°,
2
then find cosec (2A + B). Show your work.
OR

State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons.

(i) As the value of sin θ increases, the value of tan θ decreases.

(ii) When the value of sin θ is maximum, the value of cosec θ is also maximum.

(Note: 0° < θ < 90°.)

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25. The line segment joining the points A(4, -5) and B(4, 5) is divided by the point P

such that AP : AB = 2 : 5. Find the coordinates of P.

OR
Point P(x, y) is equidistant from points A(5, 1) and B(1, 5). Prove that x = y.

SECTION C

Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each

tan   sec   1 1  sin 

26. Prove that 
tan   sec   1 cos 

27. If (-5, 3) and (5, 3) are two vertices of an equilateral triangle, then find
coordinates of the third vertex, given that origin lies inside the triangle (Take
3  1.7 )
28. If pth term of an A.P. is q and qth term is p, then prove that its nth term is
p  q n.
OR
200 logs are stacked in the following manner: 20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in
the next row, 18 in the row next to it and so on (see below figure). In how many
rows are the 200 logs placed and how many logs are in the top row?

29. Find the mean of the following distribution:

OR
The mean of the following frequency distribution is 50 but the frequencies f1 and
f2 in classes 20-40 and 60-80, respectively are not known. Find these frequencies,
if the sum of all the frequencies is 120.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency 17 f1 32 f2 19

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30. Naima is playing a game and has two identical 6-sided dice. The faces of the dice

have 3 even numbers and 3 odd numbers.

She has to roll the two dice simultaneously and has two options to choose from

before rolling the dice. She wins a prize if:

Option 1: The sum of two numbers appearing on the top of the two dice is odd.

Option 2: The product of two numbers appearing on top of the two dice is odd.

Which option should Naima choose so that her chances of winning a prize is

higher? Show your work.

31. From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 10 m tall

building is 30°. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of

elevation of the top of the flagstaff from P is 45°. Find the length of the flagstaff

and the distance of the building from the point P. (You may take 3  1.732 )

SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each
32. The ratio of 11th term to 17th term of an A.P is 3:4. Find the ratio of 5th term to

21st term of the same A.P. Also, find the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to that of

first 21 terms.

OR

How many terms of the arithmetic progression 45, 39, 33, ........ must be taken

so that their sum is 180? Explain the double answer.

33. One observer estimates the angle of elevation to the basket of a hot air balloon to

be 600, while another observer 100 m away estimates the angle of elevation to be

300. Find:

a) The height of the basket from the ground.

b) The distance of the basket

c) The horizontal distance of the second observer from the basket.

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34. The monthly expenditure on milk in 200 families of a Housing Society is given
below:

Find the value of x and also, find the median and mean expenditure on milk.

OR
A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100
periods each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the table given below. Find the
mean and median of the following data.

p2  1
35. If cos ec  cot   p then prove that cos   .
p2  1

SECTION E
36. A golf ball is spherical with about 300 500 dimples that help increase its velocity
while in play. Golf balls are traditionally white but available in colours also. In
the given figure, a golf ball has diameter 4·2 cm and the surface has 315 dimples
(hemi-spherical) of radius 2 mm.

Based on the above, answer the following questions:

(i) Find the surface area of one such dimple. 1
(ii) Find the volume of the material dug out to make one dimple. 1
(iii) Find the total surface area exposed to the surroundings. 2
OR
(iii) Find the volume of the golf ball. 2
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37. A middle school decided to run the following spinner game as a fund-raiser on
Christmas Carnival.

Making Purple: Spin each spinner once. Blue and red make purple. So, if one
spinner shows Red (R) and another Blue (B), then you ‘win’. One such outcome is
‘RB’.
Based on the above, answer the following questions:
(i) List all possible outcomes of the game. 1
(ii) Find the probability of ‘Making Purple’. 1
(iii) For each win, a participant gets Rs.10, but if he/she loses, he/she has to pay Rs.
5 to the school.
If 99 participants played, calculate how much fund could the school have
collected. 2
OR
(iii) If the same amount of Rs. 5 has been decided for winning or losing the game,
then how much fund had been collected by school? (Number of participants = 99)
38. Indian meteorological department observes seasonal and annual rainfall every
year in different sub-divisions of our country.

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It helps them to compare and analyse the results. The table given below shows
sub-division wise seasonal (monsoon) rainfall (mm) in 2018.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions :

(i) Write the modal class. 1
(ii) Find the median of the given data. 2
OR
Find the mean rainfall in this season. 2
(iii) If sub-division having at least 1000 mm rainfall during monsoon season, is
considered good rainfall sub-division, then how many sub-divisions had good
rainfall ? 1

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