VEDANSH SCIENCE CLASSES

TERM- I (2023-2024)
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
CLASS: X
Test-IV_Half-Yearly
Time: 3 hours M.M: 80
General Instructions:
1. The question paper contains 3 sections.
2. Section A has 18 questions. Attempt all questions.
3. Section B has 6 questions. Attempt any 5 questions.
4. Section C has 6 questions. Attempt any 5 questions.
5. Section D has 4 questions. Attempt any 3 questions.

Section A
Attempt all 5 questions.

1. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x 5y4 and b = x6y3, where x, y are prime numbers, then the
result obtained by dividing the product of the positive integers by the LCM (a, b) is
(a) x2y2 (b) x5y3 (c) x6y4 (d) xy
2. The lines representing the given pair of equations are non-intersecting. Which
of the following statements is true?
a1 a2 a3 a1 a2 a3
(a) = = (b)= ≠
b1 b2 b3 b1 b2 b3
a1 a2 a3 a1 a2 a3
(c) ≠ = (d) ≠ ≠
b1 b2 b3 b1 b2 b3
3. The difference between the first term of two A.P.’s is 1000. If their common
difference is same, then the difference between their 99th term is
(a) 99 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) insufficient data
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4. The nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 15x + 12x – 3 = 0 is:
(a) No real roots (b) 2 equal real roots (c) 2 distinct real roots (d) More than 2 real roots
5. The line 2x + y – 4 = 0 divides the line segment joining A(2, -2) and B(3, 7) in the ratio
(a) 2 : 9 (b) 2 : 7 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 2 : 5
6. (x, y) is 13 units from the origin. How many such points lie in the third quadrant?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinitely many
a
7. Given that sin θ = , find cos θ
b

(c) √ b
b b 2−¿a
2
a
(a) (b) ¿ (d)
√b √b
2 2
2−¿a
¿ a b 2−¿a
¿
8. (cosec A + cot A) (1 – cos A) =
(a) sec A (b) sin A (c) cosec A (d) cos A
9. A pole of length 18m casts a shadow 6√ 3m long on the ground, then the Sun’s elevation is
(a) 600 (b) 450 (c) 300 (d) 900
10. If the endpoints of a diameter of a circle are (-4, -3) and (2, 7), then the coordinate of the centre is
(a) (1, -2) (b) (0, 0) (c) (2, -1) (d) (-1, 2)
0
2 tan 30
11. Find the value of 2 0
1−tan 30
(a) sin 300 (b) tan 600 (c) cos 600 (d) sin 600
2 x + y +2 3 x − y+ 1 3 x +2 y +1
12. If = = then
5 3 6
(a) x = 2, y = 1 (b) x = -1, y = -1 (c) x = 1, y = 1 (d) x = 1, y = 2
13. The line segment is of length 10 units. If the coordinates of its one end is (2, -3) and the abscissa of the other
end is 10, then its ordinate is
(a) -3, 9 (b) 9, -6 (c) 9, 6 (d) 3, -9

14. LCM of (23 x 3 x 5) and (24 x 5 x 7) is

(a) 560 (b) 1120 (c) 1680 (d) 40
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15. A fraction becomes , if 2 is added to both numerator and denominator. If 3 is added to both numerator
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and denominator it becomes , then the fraction is
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9 −9 7 −7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 9 9
16. Figure show the graph of the polynomial
f(x) = ax2 + bx + c for which
(a) a ¿ 0, b ¿ 0 and c ¿ 0 (b) a ¿ 0, b ¿ 0 and c ¿ 0
(c) a ¿ 0, b ¿ 0 and c ¿ 0 (d) a ¿ 0, b ¿ 0 and c ¿ 0
17. DIRECTION: In the question number 17 and 18, a statement of assertion (A)
is followed by a statement of reason (R) . Choose the correct option
5 5
Statement A (Assertion) : -5, - , 0, , …………….. is in A.P.
2 2
Statement R (Reason) : The terms of an A.P. cannot have both positive and negative rational numbers.
(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 and reason (R) is the 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
18. Statement A (Assertion) : A quadratic polynomial, sum of whose zeroes is 8 and their product is 12 is
x2 - 20x + 96
Statement R (Reason) : If α and β be the zeroes of the polynomial f(x), then the polynomial is given by
f(x) = x2 – (α + β )x + αβ
(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 and reason (R) is the 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

Section B
Attempt any 5 questions of 2 marks each.

19. Prove that √ 3 is irrational number.

20. If sin (A + B) = 1 and sin (A – B) =
√3 , 00 ¿ A + B ≤ 900 ; A ¿ B, find A and B
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21. Solve equation 6x2 + (12 – 8a)x - 16a = 0 using quadratic formula.
22. Find the largest number which divides 129 and 545, leaving remainders 3 and 5 respectively.
tanθ cotθ
23. Prove that: + = 1 + tan θ + cot θ
1−cotθ 1−tanθ
24. Prove that: (sin α + cos α ) (tan α +cot α ) = sec α + cosec α
Section C
Attempt any 5 questions of 3 marks each.

25. National Art convection got registration from students from all parts of the country, of which 60 are
interested in music, 84 are interested in dance and 108 students are interested in handicrafts. For optimum
culture exchange, organizers wishes to keep them in minimum numbers of groups such that each group consists
of students interested in the same art form and the number of students in each group is the same. Find the
number of students in each group. Find the number of group in each art form. How many rooms are required
if each group will be allotted a room.
26. Two rails are represented by the linear equations x + 2y = 4 and 2x + 4y = 12. Represents this
situation geometrically.
27. If sec θ + tan θ = p, obtain the values of sec θ , tan θ and sin θ in terms of p.

28. A right triangle BOA is given. C is the midpoint of hypotenuse AB.

Show that. It is equidistance from the vertices O, A and B
29. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of bottom and top of a
transmission tower fixed on the top of a 20 m high building are 450 and 600
respectively. Find the height of the tower.
30. In an Arithmetic Progression d= -4, n= 11, an= 12, then find a

Section D
Attempt any 3 questions of 5 marks each.

31. If (-5) is a root of the quadratic equation 2x2 +px +15 = 0 and the quadratic equation p (x2 + x) + k = 0 has
equal roots, then find the value of p and k.
32. The length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle exceeds the length of the base by 2cm and exceeds
twice the length of the altitude by 1cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle.
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33. Two pipes running together can fill a tank in 11 minutes. If one pipe takes 5 minutes more the other to fill
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the tank, find the time in which each pipe would fill the tank separately.
34. A straight highway leads to the foot of the tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes a car at an
angle of depression of 300, which is approaching the foot of the tower with uniform speed. 8 second later, the
angle of depression of the car is found to be 600. Find the time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower
from this point.
Section E
35. Manpreet Kaur is the national record holder for women in the shot-put discipline. Her throw of 18.86m at
the Asian Grand Prix in 2017 is the biggest distance for an Indian female athlete.
Keeping her as role model , Sanjitha is determined to earn gold in Olympics one day. Initially her throw reaches
7.56m only. Being an athlete in school, she regularly practiced both in the morning and in the evening and was
able to improve the distance by 9cm every week.
During the special camp for 15 days, she started with 40 throws and every day kept increasing the number of
throws by 12 to achieve this remarkable progress.
(i) How many throws Sanjitha practiced on 11th day of the camp? (1)
(ii) What would be Sanjitha’s throw distance at the end of 6 months? (2)
Or
When will she able to achieve a throw of 11.16m?
(iii) How many throws did she do during the entire camp of 15 days? (1)
36. A person is riding
his bike on straight
road towards East
from his college to
city A and then to
city B. At some point
in between city A and B,
he suddenly realizes that there is not
enough petrol for the journey. Also, there is no petrol pump on the road between these two cities.
Based on above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the value of y. (1)
(ii) Find the value of x. (1)
(iii) If M is any point exactly between city A and city B, then find the coordinates of M. (1)
(iv) The ration in which A divides the line segment joining the points O and M. (1)