QUESTION BANK

(CLASS- X )
SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS

BLUE PRINT OF THE QUESTION BANK

4 Marks
1 (case
Chapter Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks study/ 5 Marks
competenc
y based
Real Numbers 1 1+1* 2 -

Polynomial s 2 1 2 2 -

Linear Equations in two variables 1 1 2 2

Quadratic Equations 2 1+1* 2 2 3

Arithmetic Progressions 2 1 1 2 2

Triangles 1 1 2 2

Coordinate Geometry 2 1+1* 2 2

Introduction to Trigonometry 2 1 2 3

Application of Trigonometry 1 1 1 1 2

Circles 1 1+1 1 2

Area related to circles 1 1 2 2

Surface areas and volumes 2 1 2 1 3

Statistics 1 2 2 2 2

Probability 1 1+1* 2

Total 20 15+5* 25 10 25
(Assertion
Reason
Based
question

* Assertion- Reason question

 SECTION A (1 mark each) Ans.

1 Write the common difference of an A.P. whose n th term is an = 3n + 7 d=3

2 For what value of k will k+9,2k -1 and 2k +7 are the consecutive terms of an A.P. k= 18

3 X=

ac/(b+c)

In the figure, x is ……

4 k= 2/3
A point P divides a line segment joining the points A (4,6) and B (-1, -4) in
the ratio k:1.Point P lies on the line x = y. Find the value of k.

5 The co-ordinates of the point where line x/a + y/b =7 intersects y-axis are… (0,7b)

6 Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeros are 5+2√3 and 5-2√3. x2-10x+13

7 If one zero of p(x) = 4x2 – (8k2 – 40k)x – 9 is negative of the other, find values of k. k=0, 5

9 A kite is flying at a height of 70 m,is attached to a string of length 140 m. The 300
angle at which the string is inclined to the horizontal ground is

10 HCF of 33X54 and 34X52 is —-----------. 33X52

11 A motor cyclist is moving along the line x – y = 2 and another motor cyclist is Parallel
moving along the line x – y = 4 find out their moving direction.

12 Find the value of p for which the product of roots of the quadratic equation px2 + -3/2
6x + 4p = 0 is equal to the sum of the roots.

13 The sides of two squares are x cm and (x + 4) cm. The sum of their areas is 656 16cm, 20 cm
cm2. Find the sides of these two squares.

14 If tanα = √ 3 sinα (α ≠ 0) then value of sin 2α – cos 2α is…. 1/3

15 The circumference of a circle is 44 cm. The area of its quadrant is 38.5 cm2

16 Given that sin α = ½ and cosβ = √3/2 , then the value of ( α + β ) 60

17 36
The mean of 25 observation is 36. If the mean of first 13 observation is 32
and that of the last 13 observation is 40, then find the 13th observation.

18 12/98
An integer is chosen randomly between 1 and 100. Find the probability that
 it is divisible by 8.

19 Shreya opened a door hinged at O by an angle of 45°. The width of the door was 800∏ cm2
80cm. Find the area swept by the doors?

20 If two tangents inclined at an angle of 60ᵒ are drawn to a circle of radius 3cm, then 3√3cm
the length of each tangent is equal to

SECTION B (2 marks each) and Assertion/Reason type questions

21 d = -2
The sum of n terms of an arithmetic progression is given by:

Sn = 25n – n2. Find the common difference, d.

22 3 cm

23 The centroid of the triangle whose vertices are ( 3, -7 ), ( - 8, 6) and (5, 10) is … (0,3)

24 Option :d
25 Assertion: The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their Option: A
L.C.M. = 162.
Reason: If a and b are two positive integers, then H.C.F. × L.C.M. = a × b.
(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.

26 Assertion: (2x – 1)2 – 4x2 + 5 = 0 is not a quadratic equation. Option: A

Reason: An equation of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0, where a, b, c ∈ R is
called a quadratic equation.
(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.

27 If HCF of 144 and 180 is expressed in the form 13m – 3, find the value of m. 3

28 If α and β are the zeros of the polynomial x2 – 5x + m such that α – β = 1, find m. m=6

29 Given the linear equation 2x + 3y – 12 = 0, write another linear equation in these (i)
variables, such that. geometrical representation of the pair so formed is (i) Parallel 4x+6y+12=0
Lines (ii) Coincident Lines (ii) 4x+6y-
24=0

30 If the Quadratic equation Px2 – 2√5 Px + 15 = 0 has two equal roots then find the p=3
value of P.

31 The length of the minute hand of a clock is 6cm. Find the area swept by it when it 66 cm2
moves from 7:05 p.m. to 7:40 p.m.

32 3.5 m
The shadow of a statue 8 m long has length 5 m. At the same time the
shadow of a pole 5.6 m high is

33 Prove that the tangents drawn at the end points of a chord of a circle make
equal angles with the chord.
34 If the angle between two tangents drawn from an external point P to a 2a
circle of radius a and centre O, is 60, then find the length of OP.
35 0

36 The radii of two circles are 8 cm and 6 cm respectively. Find the radius of the 10 cm
circle having area equal to the sum of the areas of the two circles

37 Assertion (A): When two coins are tossed simultaneously then the probability of Option(a)
getting no tail is ¼
Reason (R) : The probability of getting a head (i.e. no tail) in one toss of a coin is
½
 (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.

38 Consider the data: 20

Class 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-

205

Frequenc 4 5 13 20 14 7 4
y
What is the difference of the upper limit of the median class and the lower limit of
the modal class?

39 Using the empirical formula, find the mode of a distribution whose mean is 8.32 7.51
and the median is 8.05.

40 A bag contain card numbered from 1 to 49. A card is drawn from the bag at (i) 9/49
random, after mixing the card thoroughly. Find the probability that the number on (ii) 1/7
the drawn card is
(i) a multiple of
(ii) a perfect square

SECTION C (3 marks each)

41 n= 49
Find the sum of those integers between 1 and 500 which are multiples of 2 as well Sn =12,250
as 5.

42 In the given Fig., D and E are points on sides AB and CA of ABC such that B =
<AED. Show that ABC ~ AED.

43 X=7

44 The midpoints of the sides of a triangle are (3, 4), (4, 1) and (2, 0). Find the A(1, 3), B(5,
vertices of the triangle. 5), C(3, –3)
45 If A(–2, 1), B(a, 0), C(4, b) and D(1, 2) are the vertices of a parallelogram ABCD, a = 1, b = 1,
find the values of a and b. Hence find the lengths of its sides. AB = CD = 10
, AD = BC =
10

46 On a morning walk, three persons step off together and their steps measure 40 2520 cm
cm, 42 cm, and 45 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should
walk, so that each can cover the same distance in complete steps?

47 Prove that √3 is an irrational number, hence, prove that 3+2√3 is also an

irrational number.

48 If α and β are zeros of x2 – x – 2, find a polynomial whose zeros are (2α + 1) and x2-x-5
(2β + 1).

49 Obtain zeros of 4√3x2+5x - 2√3 and verify the relation between its zeroes and Zeroes -2/√3,
coefficients. √3/4
50 Solve the pair of linear equations x=2
152x – 378y = – 74 y=1
– 378x + 152y = – 604

51 Father’s age is three times the sum of the ages of his two children. After 5 years 45 years
his age will be twice the sum of the ages of two children. Find the age of the
father.

52 A train travels at a certain average speed of 54 km and then travels a distance of 36km/hr
63 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than the first speed. If it takes 3 hours
to complete the total journey, what is its first speed?

53 A natural number, when increased by 12, equals 160 times its reciprocal. Find the 8
number.

54 240
The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 120 m above a lake is 30º
and the angle of depression of its reflection in the lake is 60º. Find the
height of the cloud

55
In the given fig, from an external point P, two tangents PT and PS are drawn
to a circle with centre O and radius r. If OP = 2r, show that ∠OTS = ∠OST =
30.

56 Water in a canal, 5.4 m wide and 1.8 m deep, is flowing with a speed of 25 km/h. 1.62 km2
How much area can it irrigate in 40 minutes, if 10 cm of standing water is required
for irrigation?
57 If tan A + Sin A =m and tan A - SinA = n, then find m2- n2 4√mn

58

59 (i) 77/8 cm2

In Fig. OACB is a quadrant of a circle with center O and radius 3.5 cm. If
OD = 2 cm, find the area of the (ii) 49/8 cm2

(i) quadrant OACB, (ii) shaded region

60 The area of an equilateral triangle ABC is 17320.5 cm2 . With each vertex of the 1620.5 cm2
triangle as center, a circle is drawn with radius equal to half the length of the side
of the triangle (see Fig). Find the area of the shaded region. (Use π = 3.14 and
√ 3= 1.73205)

61 A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 3.5 cm mounted on a hemisphere of same 214.5 cm2
radius on its circular face. The total height of the toy is 15.5 cm. Find the total
surface are of the toy.

62 Find the value of p, if mean of the following distribution is 7.5 p=3

Classes 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14

Frequency 6 8 15 p 8 4

63 The table below shows the salaries of 280 persons: 13.421

thousand
rupees
Salary (in thousand Rupees) No. of persons

5 - 10 49
 10 - 15 133

15 - 20 63

20 - 25 15

25 - 30 6

30 - 35 7

35 - 40 4

40 - 45 2

45 - 50 1
Calculate the median salary of the data.

64 Two customers are visiting a particular shop in the same week (Monday to (i) ⅙
Saturday). Each is equally likely to visit the shop on any one day as on another.
(ii) ⅚
What is the probability that both will visit the shop on:
(i) the same day? (iii) 5/18
(ii) different days?
(iii) consecutive days?

65 The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a deck of 52 playing cards (i) 13/49
and the remaining cards are shuffled. A card is drawn from the remaining cards. (ii) 10/49
Find the probability of getting (iii) 9/49
(i) a card of heart
(ii) a card of clubs
(iii) a face card

SECTION D (5 marks each)

66 The sum of four consecutive numbers in A.P. is 32 and the ratio of the product of 2, 6, 10, 14 &
the first and last term to the product of two middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the 14, 10, 6, 2
numbers.

Hint:

67 The sum of first 7 terms of an A.P. is 63 and the sum of its next 7 term is 161. a = 3, d = 2
Find the 28th term of this A.P. a28 = 57
Hint:

68

69 i) State and prove Basic Proportionality theorem.

ii) ABCD is a trapezium in which AB II CD and its diagonals intersect each other at
the point . Show that AO /BO = CO / DO

70 The line segment joining the points A(2, 1) and B(5, – 8) is trisected at the point P P(3, – 2) k = –
and Q such that P is nearer to A. If P also lies on the line given by 2x – y + k = 0, 8
find the value of k
71

72 The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60º. After a 720 km/hr
flight of 30 seconds the angle of elevation becomes 30º. If the aeroplane is flying
at a constant height of 3000√ 3 m, find the speed of the aeroplane.

73 An observer, 1.7 m tall, is 20√ 3 m away from a tower. The angle of elevation from 21.7 m
the eye of observer to the top of tower is 30º. Find the height of tower.

74 A railway half ticket cost half the full fare but the reservation charges are the same ₹ 2500 and ₹
on a half ticket as on a full ticket. One reserved first class ticket costs ₹ 2530. One 30
reserved first class ticket and one reserved first class half ticket from stations A to
B costs ₹ 3810. Find the full first class fare from stations A to B and also the
reservation charges for a ticket.

75 Vijay had some bananas and he divided them into two lots A and B. He sold the 500
first lot at the rate of ₹ 2 for 3 bananas and the second lot at the rate of ₹ 1 per
banana and got a total of ₹ 400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of ₹ 1 per
banana and the second lot at the rate of ₹ 4 for 5 bananas, his total collection
would have been ₹ 460. Find the total number of bananas he had.

76 A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minutes. After one minute a policeman 5 min
runs after the thief to catch him. He goes with a speed of 10 m/minute in the first
minute and increases his speed by 10 m/minute every succeeding minute. After
how many minutes the policemen will catch the thief?

77 Two water taps together can fill a tank in 6 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 18 hours, 9
9 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which hours
each tap can separately fill the tank.

78 If the roots of the quadratic equation (b – c)x2 + (c – a)x + (a – b) = 0 are equal,

prove 2b = a + c.

79 If a circle touches the side BC of a triangle ABC at P and extended sides AB and
AC at Q and R, respectively, prove that AQ = ½ (BC + CA + AB).

80
In the given fig, two circles, with centre O and O’, touch each other at X.
OO’produced meets the circle with centre O’at A. AC is tangent to the circle with
centre O, at the point C. O’D is perpendicular to AC. Find the value of DO’/CO Ans: =
DO’/CO = 1/3

81 A chord of a circle of radius 12 cm subtends an angle of 120° at the center. Find 88.4 cm2
the area of the corresponding segment of the circle. (Use π = 3.14 and √3 =
1.73) .
82 A car has two wipers which do not overlap. Each wiper has a blade of length 25 1254.96 cm2
cm sweeping through an angle of 115°. Find the total area cleaned at each sweep
of the blades.

83 If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y. x=8
y=7
Class 0 - 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Total

Frequency 5 x 20 15 y 5 60

84 The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all the x=8
frequencies is 50. Compute the missing frequency x and y. y = 12

Classes 0 - 20 20 - 40 40 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 100 100 - 120

Frequency 5 x 10 y 7 8

85

86

87

88 In the given fig, a decorative block is shown which is made of two solids, a cube (i) 229.86 cm2
and a hemisphere. The base of the block is a cube with edge 6 cm, and the (ii) 235.404
hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of 4.2 cm. Find cm3
(i) the total surface area of the block
(ii) the volume of the block formed, (Use π = 22/7 )

89 From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical 17.6 cm2
cavity of the same height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total
surface area of the remaining solid to the nearest cm2.

90 A vessel full of water is in the form of an inverted cone of height 8 cm and the 0.5 cm
radius of its top, which is open, is 5 cm. 100 spherical lead balls are dropped into
the vessel. One fourth of the water flows out of the vessel. Find the radius of a
spherical ball.

SECTION E (4 marks each) Case Study based/competency-based

questions
91

i) The lemons are placed in a straight line depicts which part of sequence? i) b
a)Geometric b) Arithmetic c) Linear d) Harmonic
ii) b
ii) The total distance covered by Riya is –
a)370 m b)480 m c)460 m d)400m iii)c
iii)
iv)b

iv) The difference between the terms of arithmetic sequence is called as

a) Common ratio b) Common Difference c) Common term d) None of these

92

i) a

ii) d
i) The total number of rows in which the cards are stacked – (1)
a)7 b)6 c)8 d)9 iii) c
ii) The number of cards in the top row is (2)
a)4 b)6 c)1 d)2
iii) The mathematical concept applied in solving the above problem is (1)
a)Linear equations b) Probability c) Arithmetic progression d) Coordinate
geometry

93 While playing in the garden, Sahiba saw a honeycomb and asked her mother what
is that. She replied that it’s a honeycomb made by honey bees to store honey. Also,
she told her that the shape of the honeycomb formed is parabolic. The
mathematical representation of the honeycomb structure is shown in the graph.
 i) b

ii) c

iii) c

iv) a

v) c
(i) Graph of a quadratic polynomial is in___________shape.
a) Straight Line b) Parabola c) Circle d) Ellipse
(ii) The expression of the polynomial represented by the graph is
a) x2-49 b) x2- 64 c) x2- 36 d) x2- 81
(iii) Find the value of the polynomial represented by the graph when x = 6.
a) -2 b) -1 c) 0 d) 1
(iv) The sum of zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 2x – 3 is
a) -2 b) -3 c) 2 d) 3
(v) If the sum of zeroes of polynomial at2 + 5t + 3a is equal to their product,
then find the value of a.
a) -5 b) -3/5 c) -5/3 d) 3

94 Raj and Ajay are very close friends. Both the families decide to go to Ranikhet by a) 2(x + 5)km
their own cars. Raj’s car travels at a speed of x km/h while Ajay’s car travels 5
km/h faster than Raj’s car. Raj took 4 hours more than Ajay to complete the c) x2 + 5x –
journey of 400 km. 500 = 0

1. What will be the distance covered by Ajay’s car in two hours? a) 20 km/hour
a) 2(x + 5)km b) (x – 5)km
c) 2(x + 10)km d) (2x + 5)km
d) 16 hour
2. Which of the following quadratic equation describe the speed of Raj’s
car?
a) x2 – 5x – 500 = 0
b) x2 + 4x – 400 = 0
c) x2 + 5x – 500 = 0
d) x2 – 4x + 400 = 0

3. What is the speed of Raj’s car?

a) 20 km/hour
b) 15 km/hour
c) 25 km/hour
d) 10 km/hour

4. How much time took Ajay to travel 400 km?

a) 20 hour
b) 40 hour
c) 25 hour
d) 16 hour
95 The speed of a motor boat is 20 km/hr. For covering the distance of 15 km the c)
boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream. (20 – x)
km/hr
b) distance =
(speed )/time
c) x2 + 30x −
400 = 0
b) 10
km/hour
d) 45 minute

1. Let speed of the stream be x km/hr. then speed of the motorboat in

upstream will be
a) 20 km/hr
b) (20 + x) km/hr
c) (20 – x) km/hr
d) 2 km/hr

2. What is the relation between speed ,distance and time?

a) speed = (distance )/time
b) distance = (speed )/time
c) time = speed x distance
d) speed = distance x time

3. Which is the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current?
a) x2 + 30x − 200 = 0
b) x2 + 20x − 400 = 0
c) x2 + 30x − 400 = 0
d) x2 − 20x − 400 = 0

4. What is the speed of current ?

a) 20 km/hour
b) 10 km/hour
c) 15 km/hour
d) 25 km/hour

5. How much time boat took in downstream?

a) 90 minute
b) 15 minute
c) 30 minute
d) 45 minute
96

1. a
2. C
3. d

1.Taking A as origin, find the coordinates of P

(a) (4,6) (b) (6,4) (c) (0,6) d) (4,0)

2. What will be the coordinates of R, if C is the origin?

(a) (8,6) (b) (3,10) (c) (10,3) (d) (0,6)

3.What will be the coordinates of Q, if C is the origin?

(a) (6,13) (b) (-6,13) (c) (-13,6) (d) (13,6)

4.Taking A as origin, find the mid-point of QR?

(a) (4.5, 3.5) (b) (3.5, 4.5) (c) (4,3) (d) (3,4)

97 1.D
2.B
3.C
4.
Πx(2.5)2=
19.63 sq. unit
 1.

2.

3.

4. What is the area of the middle circle?

98 Adventure camps are the perfect place for the children to practice decision d) 404.25 cm3
making for themselves without parents and teachers guiding their every move. b) 89.83 cm3
Some students of a school reached for adventure at Sakleshpur. At the camp, the d) Cylindrical
waiters served some students with a welcome drink in a cylindrical glass and glass, 314.42
some students in a hemispherical cup whose dimensions are shown below. After cm3
that they went for a jungle trek. The jungle trek was enjoyable but tiring. As dusk c) 24m
fell, it was time to take shelter. Each group of four students was given a canvas of b) 38.5 m2
area 551m2. Each group had to make a conical tent to accommodate all the four
students. Assuming that all the stitching and wasting incurred while cutting, would
amount to 1m2, the students put the tents. The radius of the tent is 7m.
 1. The volume of cylindrical cup is
a) 295.75 cm3
b) 7415.5 cm3
c) 384.88 cm3
d) 404.25 cm3
2. The volume of hemispherical cup is
a) 179.67 cm3
b) 89.83 cm3
c) 172.25 cm3
d) 210.60 cm3
3. Which container had more juice and by how much?
a) Hemispherical cup, 195 cm3
b) Cylindrical glass, 207 cm3
c) Hemispherical cup, 280.85 cm3
d) Cylindrical glass, 314.42 cm3
4. The height of the conical tent prepared to accommodate four students is
a) 18m
b) 10m
c) 24m
d) 14m
5. How much space on the ground is occupied by each student in the
conical tent
a) 54 m2
b) 38.5 m2
c) 86 m2
d) 24 m2

99 During the annual sports meet in a school, all the athletes were very enthusiastic. 1. 70
They all wanted to be the winner so that their house could stand first. The 2. D
instructor noted down the time taken by a group of students to complete a certain 3. D
race. The data recorded is given below: 4. B
5. a
 Time (in sec) : 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100

Number of 1 4 3 7 5
students:
1. What is the class mark of the modal class?
a. 140 b. 80 c. 70 d. 60
2. The mode of the given data is
a. 71.33 b. 70.33 c. 72.33 d. 73.33
3. The median class of the given data is
a. 0-20 b. 20-40 c. 40-60 d. 60-80
4. The sum of the lower limits of median class and modal class is
a. 140 b. 120 c. 80 d. 100
5. The median time (in seconds) of the given data is
a. 65.7 b. 45.7 c. 85.7 d. 25.7

100

I) c

ii) b

iii) a

iv) c

v) d