CBSE – MATHS CLASS : X

SAMPLE PAPER - 7
Class : X Board: CBSE Max. Marks : 80
Subjects : Mathematics 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 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 Case Based integrated units of assesment (4 marks each).
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 2
marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = 22 / 7 wherever required if not stated.

SECTION - A
(Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each)

1. Given that HCF (2520, 6600) = 120 and LCM (2520, 6600)= 252k, then the value of k is [ ]
a) 165 b) 550 c) 990 d) 1650
2. Which of the following numbers is a prime number ? [ ]
a) 105 b) 109 c) 117 d) 119
3. The zeroes of the polynomial 3x2 + 11x – 4 are [ ]
1 1 1 1
a) , −4 b) − , 4 c) ,4 d) − , −4
3 3 3 3
4. The pair 3x + 2 = 0 and 2x – 3y – 7 = 0 of linear equations has [ ]
a) no solution b) one solution
c) two solution d) infinitely many solution
5. The sum of two natural numbers is 25 and their differnce is 7. The numbers are [ ]
a) 17 and 8 b) 16 and 9 c) 18 and 7 d) 15 and 10
6. If the point P (x, 4) lies on a circle whose centre is at origin and radius is 5 units, then the values of x
are [ ]
a) ± 2 b) ± 3 c) ± 4 d) ± 5

7. If Δ PQR : ΔΑΒC , PQ = 6 cm, AB = 8 cm and perimeter of Δ ΑBC is 36 cm, then perimeter of

Δ PQR is [ ]
a) 20.25 cm b) 27 cm c) 48 cm d) 64 cm

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8. A vertical pole 10 m long casts a shadow of 5 m long on the ground. At the same time, a tower casts
a shadow of 12.5 m long on the ground. The height of the tower is [ ]
a) 15 m b) 25 m c) 50 m d) none of these
9. In the adjoing figure, TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O. If ∠POQ = 110°,
then ∠PTQ is P [ ]
a) 60° T
b) 70° O 110°
c) 80°
Q
d) 90°
10. In the adjoing figure, the value of sin B cos C + sin C cos B is [ ]
a) 0 A C

b) 1

5 6 10
c)
3
d) 2 B

p p sin A − q cos A
11. If tan A = , then is equal to [ ]
q p sin A + q cos A

q2 − p2 p2 − q2 2 pq
a) 2 b) 2 c) d) 0
p − q2 p + q2 p2 + q2

12. In the adjoing figure, the length of BC is [ ]

C
a) 2 3
m
b) 3 3 6c

c) 4 3
30°
d) 3 cm A B
2
13. If the area of a circle is 154 cm , then its perimeter is [ ]
a) 11 cm b) 22 cm c) 44 cm d) 55 cm
14. In the adjoining figure, OACB is a quadrant of a circle of radius 7 cm. The perimeter of the quadrant
is B [ ]
a) 11 cm
C
b) 18 cm
c) 25 cm
d) 36 cm O A

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15. If the base area of a cone is 51 cm2 and its volume is 85 cm2, then its vertical height is [ ]
a) 3.5 cm b) 4 cm c) 4.5 cm d) 5 cm
16. The Emprical relation for measuring the mode is [ ]
a) Mode = 3 median – 2 mean b) Mode = 3 mean – 2 median
c) Mode = 2 median – mean d) Mode = 2 mean – median
17. If the clases of a frequency distribution are 1 – 10, 11– 20, 21– 30, ....., 51– 60, then the size of each
class is [ ]
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 5.5
18. If a fair coin is tossed twice, then the probability of getting two heads is [ ]

1 1 3
a) b) c) d) 0
4 2 4

Direction :
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R)
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
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
19. Assertion (A) : The HCF of two numbers is 45 and their LCM is 675. If one number is 135, then
the other number is 240. [ ]
Reason (R) : The relation between two natural numbers a, b and thier HCF and LCM is a × b =
HCF (a, b) × LCM (a, b).
20. Assertion (A) : If points P and Q trisect the line segments joining the points A(–2, 0) and B (0, 8)
such that P is nearer to A, then the coordiantes of the points P, Q are

⎛ 4 8 ⎞ ⎛ 2 16 ⎞
⎜ − , ⎟ , ⎜ − , ⎟ respectively. [ ]
⎝ 3 3⎠ ⎝ 3 3 ⎠

Reason (R) : The points which divide the line segment AB in the ratio 1 : 3 and 3 : 1 are called
ponits of trisection.

SECTION - B
(Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each)
21. The sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 132. If the two
digits differ by 2, find the number (s).
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BE BE
22. In the adjoining figure, DE || AC and DF || AE. Prove that =
FE EC
A

B F E C
(OR)

Β E BC
In the adjoining figure, DE || AC and = . Prove that DC || AP.
EC EC
A

B E C P
23. In the adjoining figure, PQ is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle with centre O. The tangents at P and
Q intersect. at T. If the radius of the circle is 5 cm, find the length PT.
P

T
O

(OR)
In the adjoining figure, two equal circles with centres 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
DO '
perpendicular to AC. Find the value of .
CO

D
A O' X O

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1 cos ec 2θ − sec 2 θ
24. If tan θ = , find the value of .
5 cos ec 2θ + sec2 θ
25. Find the area of the sector of a circle with radius 4 cm and of angle 30°. Also, find the area of the
corresponding major sector (use π = 3.14).

SECTION - C
(Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each)

1
26. If cosec θ = x + 1 , prove that cos ec θ + cot θ = 2 x or .
4x 2x

1
27. Prove that is an irrational number.
2
28. Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomial by factorisation method and verify the
7 3
realationship between the zeroes and coefficients of the polynomial: 2 x 2 + x+
2 4

1 1 11
29. Solve the following equation for x : − = , x ≠ −4, 7.
x + 4 x − 7 30
(OR)

Solve the following quadratic equation for x : 9x2 – 6b2x – (a4 – b4) = 0

30. Prove that the tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of
contact.

31. In a game entry fee is <5. The game consists of tossing a coin 3 times. If one or two heads show,
Shweta gets her entry fee back. If she throws 3 heads, she receives doubled the entry fee. Otherwise
she will lose. For tossing a coin three times, find the probility that she
i) loses the entry fee
ii) gets double entry fee
iii) just gets her entry fee back.
(OR)
Red queens and black jacks are removes from a pack of 52 palying cards. A card is drawn at radom
from the remaining cards, after reshuffling them. Find the probability that the card drawn is
i) a king ii) of red colour
iii) a face card iv) a queen.

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SECTION - D
(Section s consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each)

32. A peacock is sitting on the top of a pillar, which is 9 m high. From a point 27 m away from the bottom
of a pillar, a snake is coming to its hole at the base of a pillar, seeing the snake, the peacock pounces
on it. If their speeds are equal, at what distance from the hole is the snake caught ?
(OR)
A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 54 km and then travels a distance of 63 km
at an average speed of 6 km/h more than the first speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the jouney,
what is its first speed ?
33. In the adjoining figure, ∠BED = ∠BDE and E divides BC in the ratio 2 : 1. Prove that AF × BE = 2
AD × CF.
A

C
B E

F
(OR)
In Δ ΑΒC , AD is the internal bisector of ∠A which meets BC at D.
ar (Δ ΑΒD ) AB
Prove that = .
ar (Δ ΑCD) AC
34. From a cuboidal solid metallic block of dimensions 15 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm, a cylindrical hole of
diameter 7 cm is drilled out. Find the surface area of the remaining block.

7 cm
5 cm

cm
10
15 cm

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35. Find ‘p’ if the mean of the given data is 15.45:

Class 0-6 6 - 12 12 - 18 18 - 24 24 - 30
Frequency 6 8 p 9 7

SECTION - E
(Case study based questions are compulsory)
36. Case - study 1
The following diagram shows the position of three electric poles A, B and C in a society park.

Y
3 C(2, 3)
2 A(3, 2)
1

X' -3 -2 -1 O 1 2 3 X
-1
-2
B(-2,, -3) -3
Y'
Inspite of three poles in the park, the kids playing in the park complained about darkness in the
park. So the society president decided to place 2 more poles in the park.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions :
i) identify the type of triangle formed by joining the points A, B and C, in terms of lengths of the
sides.
ii) The fourth pole is placed at a point D such that ABCD forms a paralleogram. Find the coordinates
of D.
iii) The fifth pole E is to be placed such that it divides the line segment joining B and A in the ratio
2 : 3. Find the coordinates of E.
(OR)
Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the diagonals of ABCD.
37. Case - study 2
A part of a root with trapezoidal shape needs to be tiled with roof tiles. The bottom row needs 95
roof tiles and every higher row needs one roof tiles less than the row below it until there are 76
roof tiles needed for the top row.
76 tiles

95 tiles

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Based on the above information, answer the following questuions:
i) What is the common difference of the AP?
ii) How many rows of tiles are there ?
iii) Find the total number of tiles in the middle two layers.
(OR)
Find the total number of tiles required to make the roof.
38. Case - study 3
Humanyun’s Tomb : Humayun’s Tomb is an early example of Mughal architecture built in Delhi.
To clean the Minaret top which is at a height of 47 m from the ground, two ladders were made and
placed at an angle of 60° and 30° to the horizontal as shown in the figure.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

AC
i) Which of the trigonometric ratio of the ∠B will respresent ?
AB
ii) Find the length of the ladder AB in m.
iii) Find the length of the ladder AD.
(OR)
Which is greater DC or BC ?

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KEY
SECTION - A
1) b 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) b 6) b 7) b 8) b

9) b 10) b 11) b 12) d 13) c 14) c 15) d 16) a

17) b 18) a 19) d 20) c

SECTION - B

20 1 2
21) 57 23) cm (OR) 24) 25) 46.05 cm2
3 3 3

SECTION - C

−3 −1 b2 − a 2 b2 + a 2
28) , 29) 2 and 1 (OR) and
2 4 3 3
1 1 3 1 1 1 1
31) i) ii) iii) (OR) i) ii) iii) iv)
8 8 4 12 2 6 24

SECTION - D
32) 12m (OR) 36 km/hr 34) 583 cm2 35) p = 10

SECTION - E
36) i) Right angled triangle ii) D(–3, –2) iii) (0, –1) (or) (0, 0)

37) i) – 1 ii) 20 rows iii) 171 tiles (or) 1710 tiles

94 3
38) i) sinB ii) m iii) 74 m (or) DC > BC
3

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