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PRBLIMl?fARY ASSESSMENT
MATHEMATICS
Grade : 10 ar s
M ax. Mk .· 80
Date : 05.01.2 024 No. of Questio ns : 10
Duratio n : 2 hour 30 mins No. of Printed sides : 09

Answer s to this Paper must be written on the paper provide d separately.

You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing answer s.

Attemp t all questio ns from Section A and any four questio ns from Section B.
All workin g, includi ng rough work, must be clsarlg shown, and muat be
done on the same sheet as the rest of the anawer .
Omtsai on of essenti al workin g will result in lo" of marks.
The intende d marks for questio ns or parts of questions are gi.ven in bracket s [] .
Mathem atical tables are provide d.

Section A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)
Questio n 1
Choose the correct answer s to the questio ns from the given options . [15)
(Do not copy the questio n, write the correct answer s only.)

i) The length of a tangent from an externa l point T on a circle with centre

0 is
(a) always greater than OT.
(b~ equal to OT.
(c) always less than OT.
(d) insuffic ient data.

ii) Which of the following is a diagona l matrix?

1. [~ ~]

2. [~ ~]

3. [~ ~]

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 Only 1.
(a)
(b)
1. and 3.
(c) Only 2.
(d) Only 3. r
. . _2x 9 - Sx, x e W ,
the mini mum :value of x is
ill) For the given mequ ation , 1
(a) 2!
3
(b) 3

(d)
(c)
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2
. ·cte from a deale r for ,sooo and sold it to a
1v) A shopk eeper purch ased an arti t
custo mer at a profit of 10 %. If the ra e Of GST is 18%' the amou nt of inpu t
CGST for the shopk eeper 1s
. ,
..
(a) , 0
(b) , 900
(c) , 450
(d) , 495

v) -1 is the root of whic h of the following equa tion?

(a) x 2 + 2x - 3 = 0
, 2 -2x -3= 0
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(c) x 2 - 4x + 3 =0
(d) x 2 + 4x - 5 =0
vi) The _points (-1,-2) and (7,6) are two oppo site verti ces
of a recta ngle. The
other two verti ces lie on the line y - 2x - k = 0, then the value
of k is
(a) -4
(b) 2
(c) -1
(d) 4

vii) The ratio of the sl~t heigh t of a cone to the heigh t of

a cylin der with the
same base radiu s and same curved surfa ce area is
(a) 1:2
(b) 3: 1
(c) 1:3
(d) 2: 1

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 viii) P(2,3) is reflected in the line I to get the image P'(8,3).Equation of line 1 is
y•O ,
(b) X = 5
(c) y =3
(d) X =0
ix) Identical cards bearing numbers between 1 and 12 are placed in a bag. A
card is selected from them at random. The probability that the card selected is
an even number and a multiple of 3 is

(a) -61
(b) -107
(c) -32
1
(d)
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x) If sum of n terms of an AP is n2 + Sn, then the general term of the AP is

(a) Sn
(b) 2n+4
(c) n+2
(d) 2n-4

xi) When x3 + 3x2 - kx + 4 is divided by x-2, the remainder is k. The value ofk is
(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) -8
(d) 8

xii) If llABC - llPQR , AM and PN are the ~edians of llABC and llPQR respectively,
then llABM - llPQN by which of the following test?

B M ,

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 ,;; s.s.S test
st
(d) s.A.S te . d"vide the join of AB where A(4,-1) and 8(5,3)?
xiii) In what ratio does x-axis t
(a) 4:5
(b) 1:3
(c) 3: 1
(d) 5:4 .
. the centre of a circle and AB 1s a chord. If the tangen t
xiv) In the figure, O is of 400 with AB, then LAOS is
AC at A makes an ang1e A
-:::::==~:::---------(C

8.

(a) 20°
(b) 40° \

(c) 80°
(d) gqo
xv) Assertion (A) : If 3, x, 12 are in GP, then the value of x = 6
Reason (R): If a, G, bare in GP then·o is the mean of a and b.
(a) A is true, R is false
(b) A is false, R is true
(c) both A and R are true
(d) both A and R are false

Question 2 ,,
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a) 3 -s],/
If A= [-4, 2 , find A 2 - SA- 141 , where I is an unit matrix of order
2x2
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b) Calculate the median and the mode of the following distribution: (4]
Age in 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
years
No of 2 3 5 6 4 3 2
student s .
c) Mira investe d ,24000 in 7% hundre d rupee shares at 20 % discoun t.
After one year she sold these shares at, 75 each and investe d the
proceed s (including dividend of the first yeaij) in 18 % twenty-five rupee
shares at 64% premiu m. Find: • '
i) the original numbe r of shares.
ii) the sale proceeds. ,,,
iii) the change in her annual income from dividend. (4) "i:

Questi on 3 I

a) In the figure given below, AB is the diamete r

• of the circle with centre 0. The tangent at B
and chord AC produce d meet at.P. /

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i) Prove that fl ABC - llAPB .....

If AB = 20cm and AC = 16cm, find AP and BP. (4] ..
ii)
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b) . Prove the following identity: -, , (4]

sin A + cos A
= 1
sec A+ tanA-1 cosec A+ cotA-1
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c) Use graph paper for this questio n. Take scale as 1cm = 1 unit on both
axes.
i) Plot P(3, 1) and Q(0,5) .
ii) Reflect P in the y-axis to get R.
iii) Reflect P, Q, R in the x-axis to get P', Q' and ~•.
iv) Write the geometrical name of the figure PQRR'Q'P'.
v) Find the area of the figure formed.

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Qu est ion 4 .
a) . olu tion set and rep res ent it on·
Solve the following ine qua tion , wn te the s
the num ber line . , (3)
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x+1 EI
-3( x - 7) 15 - 7x > 3 'x
. f 1· e wh
ich has the y-i nte rce pt 4 and is par
b) all
Fin d the equation7-oO aF.~~ the co-
the line 2x -3y - - • 1 ord ina tes of poi nt wh ere it cu ts theel to
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x-a xis . [3]
. ta !!.PQR in wh ich QR = 6.5 cm , £P
cJ i) Co nst rue QR = 60° , PQ = 5cm .
··, c tru ct the loc us of poi nts at a dis .
tan ce o f 3 •5 cm from p •
;;i) c:1 :i:t ruc t the loc us of poi nts eq
uid is~ t fro m QR and PR .
iv) Ma rk 2 poi nts Ma nd N wh ich
are at a dis tan ce of 3.5 cm fro m P
als o equ idi sta nt from QR and PR. ~d
Me asu re MN. [4]
Qu est ion 5
a) Fin d the num ber of ter ms of all two
-digit nat ura l nu mb ers wh ich are
div isib le by 4. Hence, fin d its sum
. (3)
b) A ret aile r buy s an art icle fro m a
wh ole sal er for f 300 00. He ma rks the
pri ce of the art icle 15% abo ve his cos
t pri ce an d sel ls it to a con sum er at
5% dis cou nt on the ma rke d pri ce. If
the sal es are int ra- sta te an d the rat
of GST is 12 %, fin d e
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i} the ma rke d pri ce of the art icle .
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ii) the am ou nt pai d by the con sum er for
ill} the art icle .
the GS T paid by the ret ail er to the Sta
te Go ver nm ent .
[3]
In the figure giv en bel ow , AC is a dia
LBAC = soo me ter of the cir cle an d BC II AE . If
E
Fin d
i) LA CB
ii) L EDC
iii) L BEC
Hence, prove BE is als o a
diameter.
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a} The weigh t of 50 worke rs is given below :

50-60 70-80 80-90 90-10 0 100-1 10 110-1 20

Weigh t (kg) 60-70
4 11 14 6 5 3
No.of worke rs 7

Draw an ogive of the given distri bution . Take 2cm = 10kg on one axis and
2cm= 5 worke rs along the other axis. Use the graph to estim ate:
i) the media n. •
ii) the upper quarti le.
iii) If weigh ing 95kg and above is consi dered overw eight, find the
numb er of worke rs who are overweight. (5)

b) A conic al vesse l of radiu s 12cm and heigh t 16 cm is comp letely ftlled

with water . A spher e is lower ed into the water and its size is such that
when it touch es the sides it is just imme rsed.

16cm

~d:
i) the radiu s of the spher e.
ii) the fraction of the water that overflows. [5]

taest ion 7
J A man depos its , 900 per mont h in a recur ring depos it accou nt for 2
years . If he gets , 1800 as inter est at the time of matu rity, find:
i) the rate of intere st.
ii) the matu rity value. (3)

) Show that (2x+7) is a factor of 2x3 Sx2 - 11 x :_ 14 •Henc e, facto rise the
given expre ssion completely. (3]
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A mode l of a ship is made to scale 1 : 200
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i) If the lengt h of the model is 4m, find the lengt h of the ship.
ii) If the area of the deck of the ship is 1600 00m2 , fin9. the area of
the deck of the model. ,
iii) H the volume of the model is 200 1 , find the volum e of the ship
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mm .
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 Q ue st io n 8
,
a)
tio n and ex pres s yo ur answer c or re ct to 2 si gn ifi ca nt
Solve th e gi ve n eq ua
figures. __,,-
x - .!. =3 • (3]
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b) Fi nd th e m od e of th
e following da ta , us in
g a hi st og ra m . (3)
.
M ar ks 0- 10 10 -2 0 20 -3 0 30 -4 0 40 -5 0
No. of 5
St ud 12 20 9 4
en ts
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.
c) Th e pr od uc t of th e fir
st th re e te rm s of a G.
se co nd te rm an d 7 is P is 10 00 . If 6 is adde
ad de d to its th ird te rm d_ to it s
Fi nd th e G.P. , th en th e te rm s ar e
tn A .P •
(4)
Q ue st io n 9
a) Ca lc ul at e th e m ea n
of th e following di st rib
m et ho d. Gi ve yo ur an ut io n by st ep -d ev ia tio
sw er co rre ct to th e ne n
ar es t w ho le nu m be r.
Cl as se s 0- 20
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20 -4 0 40 -6 0 60 -8 0 80 -1 00
5 10 0- 12 0
8 10 12 7 8
b) A ba g co nt ai ns 18 ba
lls ou t of w hi ch x ba
i) If on e ba ll is dr aw n lls ar e w hi te .
at ra nd om fr om th e
pr ob ab ili ty th at it is ba g, w ha t is th e
a wh ite ba ll.
ii) If tw o ni or e w hi te ba
lls ar e pu t in th e ba
g, th e pr ob ab ili ty of
dr aw in g a w hi te ba ll
w hi te ba ll in pa rt (i).
i
will be tim es th at
of th e pr ob ab ili ty of
Fi nd x.
c) [3]
The angle of elevation
of a pl an e fr om a po
After 12 se co nd s, th e in t P on th e gr ou nd is
an gl e of elevation ch an 60°.
flying ho riz on ta lly at ge s to 30 °. If th e pl an
a sp ee d of 60 0{ 3 km e is
is flying. /h , fin d th e he ig ht
at w hi ch it
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Q u e st io n 1
0

\f x =
a) +-
, p ro v e th
a t 3 a x2 l31
b - 2bX + 3a
b) A yp e5rd ays, he u '"" 0
o f d a so n w a s gm
y s o f h is to e n ' 3 ooo fo r a to u r. If
iv t
s cut dow h e e x te n d
n h is d a il y s
u r p ro g ra m
me. e ,t p e n s e b b is to u r p ro g t' a ll lm
y 2 0 . F in e
d th e n u m
c) F r o m th e fi ber
g u r e g iv e n \3 \
b e lo w ,
F in d :
i) th e e q u a ti
on
ii) th e e q u a ti o f A B .
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