CBSE_Pre - Final Exam X – CLASS

PRE - FINAL - III EXAMINATION

Class : X (Set - 1) BOARD : CBSE Max. Marks : 80
Subject : Mathematics (Standard) Time : 3 Hrs.

General Instructions :
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer - I (SA - I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer - II (SA - II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has Case Based integrated units of assessment (4 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 2 marks, 2 Qs of 3
marks and 2 Questions of 5 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in
the 2 marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures whereever required. Take π = 22 / 7 wherever required if not stated.

SECTION - A
Multiple Choice Questions 20 × 1 = 20 M

1. The product of LCM and HCF of 510 and 92 is [ ]

a) 49460 b) 46920 c) 32440 d) 28480

2. If ' α ' and ' β ' are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x2 + 11x – 4, then the value of α 2 + β 2 , is
150 145 152 144
a) b) c) d) [ ]
9 9 9 9
3. If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is less than zero, then it has [ ]
a) equal roots b) real roots c) no real roots d) can’t be determined
4. If the first term of an A.P. is – 5 and the common difference is 2, then the sum of the first 6
terms is [ ]
a) 0 b) 5 c) 6 d) 15
5. The value of y, if the points P(7, –2) and Q(5, y) are the points of trisection of the line segment
joining A(9, –1) and B(3, –7) is [ ]
a) 5 b) –4.5 c) 6.5 d) –5
6. If the distance between the points (x, –1) and (3, 2) is 5, then the value of x is [ ]
a) – 7 or – 1 b) –7 or 1 c) 7 or 1 d) 7 or –1
7. If ΔABC : ΔRPQ, AB = 3 cm, BC = 5 cm, AC = 6 cm, RP = 6 cm and PQ = 10 cm, then what
is value of QR. [ ]
a) 11 cm b) 12 cm c) 15 cm d) None of these

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8. ΔABC is such that AB = 3 cm, BC = 2 cm, CA = 2.5 cm. If ΔABC : ΔDEF and EF = 4 cm,
then perimeter of ΔDEF is [ ]
a) 7.5 cm b) 15 cm c) 22.5 cm d) 30 cm
9. In the given figure, quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribed, touching the circle at P, Q, R and S.
If AP = 5 cm, BC = 7 cm and CS = 3 cm. Then the length of AB is [ ]
D S C
a) 8 cm
b) 9 cm P R

c) 10 cm
A B
d) 12 cm Q

10. PQ is a tangent drawn from a point P to a circle with center O and QOR is the diameter of the
circle such that ∠POR = 120°, then ∠OPQ is [ ]
a) 60° Q
P
b) 45° O
120°
c) 30°
R
d) 90°
11. 9sec2A – 9tan2A = [ ]
a) 1 b) 9 c) 8 d) 0
12. The area of a circle whose area and circumference are numerically equal, is [ ]
a) 2π sq.units b) 4π sq.units c) 6π sq.units d) 8π sq.units
13. If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is 36cm, then its diameter is [ ]
a) 10 cm b) 12 cm c) 14 cm d) 16 cm

14. If the volume of a 7 cm high right circular cylinder is 448π cm3 , then the radius is equal to
a) 10 cm b) 4 cm c) 6 cm d) 8 cm [ ]
15. The arithmetic mean and mode of a data are 24 and 12 respectively, then its median is
a) 25 b) 18 c) 20 d) 22 [ ]
16. Which one of the following is not a measure of central tendency ? [ ]
a) Mean b) Median c) Mode d) Standard deviation
17. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. The probability that it is a prime
number is [ ]
2 1 1 11
a) b) c) d)
3 6 3 30
18. A bag contains 8 red, 2 black and 5 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. The probability
that the ball drawn is not white is [ ]
1 2 1 2
a) b) c) d)
2 3 4 5
19. Assertion (A) : If two angles of any triangle are equal to the corresponding two angles of
another triangle then the third angles are not necessarily equal. [ ]
Reason (R) : The sum of three angles of any triangle is equal to 180°
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.
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Assertion (A) : If x = 2sin 2 θ and y = 2 cos θ + 1 then the value of x + y = 3
2
20.
Reason (R) : For any value of θ , sin 2 θ + cos 2 θ = 1 [ ]
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.

SECTION - B
Answer the following Questions 5 × 2 = 10 M
21. Determine the values of m and n so that the prime factorisation of 10500 is expressible as
2m × 3 × 5n × 7.
22. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250?
(OR)
An AP consists of 50 terms of which 3rd term is 12 and the last term is 106. Find the 29th
term.
23. ΔABC circumscribes a circle of radius r such that ∠B = 90° . If AB = 3 cm and BC = 4 cm,
then find the value of r.

1
24. If tan(A + B) = 3 and tan(A – B) = ; 0° < A + B ≤ 90° find the A and B.
3
(OR)

Prove that 2 cos θ − 1 = cot θ − tan θ .

2

sin θ cos θ
25. Find the area swept by 7 cm long minute hand of a clock in 10 minutes ?

SECTION - C
Answer the following Questions 6 × 3 = 18 M
26. Pens are sold in pack of 8 and notepads are sold in pack of 12. Find the least number of pack of
each type that one should buy so that there are equal number of pens and notepads.
27. Solve 2x + 3y = 11 and 2x – 4y = – 24 and hence find the valueof ‘m’ for which y = mx + 3.
(OR)
The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number obtained by interchanging
the two digits exceeds the given number by 18. Find the number.
28. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for <80. If he had bought 4 more books for the same
amount, each book would have cost <1 less. How many books did he buy ?
29. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.
(OR)
Prove that the tangents at the extremities of any chord make equal angles with the chord.
cos A 1 + sin A
30. Prove that + = 2 sec A .
1 + sin A cos A

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31. Shown below is a square dart board with circular rings inside.

4 units

(Note : The figure is not to scale.)

Find the probability that a dart thrown at random lands on the shaded area. Show your steps.

SECTION - D
Answer the following Questions 4 × 5 = 20 M
32. Graphically, solve the following pair of equations 2x + y = 6 and 2x – y + 2 = 0. Find the ratio
of the areas of the two triangles formed by the lines representing these equations with the X -
axis and the lines with the Y - axis.
33. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle intersecting the other two sides
in distinct points, then the other two sides are divided in the same ratio. Using the above
AM AN
theorem, Prove that = if LM // CB and LN // CD as shown in the figure.
MB ND

B
M
L
A C

N
D

34. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower ob-
serves a car at an angle of depression of 30°,which is approaching the foot of the tower with a
uniform speed. Six seconds later,the angle of depression of the car is found to be 60°. Find the
time taken by the car to reach the foot of the tower from this point.
(OR)
The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30° and the angle
of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of the building is 60°. If the tower is 60 m
high, find the height of the building.
35. A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone of same radius.
The height of the cone is 10 cm and the radius of the base is 7 cm. Determine the volume of the
22
toy. Also find the area of the coloured sheet required to cover the toy. (Use π = and
7
149 = 12.2 )
(OR)
The radius and slant height of a right circular cone are in the ratio of 7 : 13 and its curved
æ 22 ÷ö
surface area is 286cm 2 . Find its radius. ççUse ð = ÷
çè 7 ÷ø

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SECTION - E
Case Study Based Questions 3 × 4 = 12 M
36. In a game to entertain themselves, students of class - 10 have drawn following figure with
th

chalk on the ground. They have some questions in their mind which they want to solve. Please
answer and solve their questions.
Y

6
5
4
y = p(x) 3
2
(0,1)
1
1
(1,0) (3,0)
X o X
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
-4

Y1
i) Find the number of zeroes of the polynomial P(x) ? [ 1M ]
ii) If p and q are zeroes of the above polynomial then evaluate (1- p) (1 - q) [ 2M ]
(OR)
What is the expression of the polynomial ?
iii) What is the degree of the polynomial? [ 1M ]
37. A group of students decided to make a project on Statistics. They are collecting the heights (in
cm) of their 51 girls of Class X - A, B and C of their school. After collecting the data, they
arranged the data in the following less than cumulative frequency distribution table form :
Height (in cm) Number of girls
Less than 140 4
Less tahn 145 11
Less than 150 29
Less than 155 40
Less than 160 46
Less than 165 51
i) What is the lower limit of median class? [ 1M ]
ii) Find the median [ 2M ]
(OR)
What is the mean of lower limits of median and modal class?
iii) What is the width of the class? [ 1M ]

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38. The following figure is the seating arrangement in a classroom. The teacher’s position is at
(0, 0) and the student position in top left corner is addressed at (–3, – 1).

Teacher
(0,0)
(-3,-1)
Ram

Sam

Mina

i) Find the distance of Mina from the origin? [ 1M ]

ii) If Amit is at the position dividing the line segment joining. Mina and Ram in the ratio 1 : 2,
then find the position of Amit? [ 2M ]
(OR)
If the point (x, y) is equidistant from Mina and Sam, find the relation in terms and x and y?
iii) Find the midpoint of the line segment joining Sam and the student in the bottom left corner.
[ 1M ]

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