Class X Session 2024-25

Subject - Mathematics (Standard)

Sample Question Paper - 3

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:

1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.

2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each

3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.

4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.

5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.

6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 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 5 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Questions of

2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2marks questions of Section E

8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = wherever required if not stated.
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Section A
1. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196, is [1]

a) 5 b) 3

c) 4 d) 2
2. Find the number of zeroes of p(x) in the figure given below. [1]

a) 2 b) 4

c) 1 d) 3
3. The lines represented by the linear equations y = x and x = 4 intersect at P. The coordinates of the point P are: [1]

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 a) (4, 4) b) (-4, 4)

c) (0, 4) d) (4, 0)

4. If y = 1 is a common root of the equations ay2 + ay + 3 = 0 and y2 + y + b = 0, then ab equals [1]

a) 3 b) -3

c) 6 d) -7/2
1−p 1−2p
5. The common difference of the AP
1

p
, p
, p
, ...is [1]

a) -1 b)
1
−
p

c) 1 d)
1

6. A well-planned locality has two straight roads perpendicular to each other. There are 5 lanes parallel to Road - I. [1]

Each lane has 8 houses as seen in figure. Chaitanya lives in the 6th house of the 5th lane and Hamida lives in the

2nd house of the 2nd lane. What will be the shortest distance between their houses?

a) 12 units b) 5 units

c) 6 units d) 10 units
7. Three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram ABCD are A(1, 2), B(1, 0) and C(4, 0). The co – ordinates of the [1]
fourth vertex D are

a) (– 4, 2) b) (4, – 2)

c) (4, 2) d) (– 4, – 2)
8. In the given figure, if AB||DC, then AP is equal to [1]

a) 5 cm. b) 7 cm.

c) 6 cm. d) 5.5 cm.

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 9. In the given figure, if OQ = 3 cm, OP = 5 m, then the length of PR is [1]

a) 4 cm b) 3 cm

c) 5 cm d) 6 cm
10. AB and CD are two parallel tangents to a circle of radius 5 cm. The distance between the tangents is [1]
−−
a) 5 cm b) √50 cm
–
c) 2√5 cm d) 10 cm
2

11. 1+
cot α
= [1]
1+cos ecα

a) sinα b) secα

c) cosecα d) tanα
12. cos
2
30
∘
cos
2
45
∘ 2
+ 4 sec 60
∘
+
1

2
2
cos 90
∘
− 2 tan
2
60
∘
=? [1]

a) b)
75 73

8 8

c) d)
83 81

8 8

13. A vertical tower stands on a horizontal plane and is surmounted by a vertical flag staff of height 5 m. From a [1]
point on the plane the angles of elevation of the bottom and top of the flagstaff are respectively 30° and 60°. The
height of the tower is

a) 10 m b) 5 m

c) 2.5 m d) 2 m
14. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 21 cm. The area swept by the minute hand in 10 minutes is [1]

a) 252 cm2 b) 126 cm2

c) 231 cm2 d) 210 cm2

15. The length of an arc of a sector of angle θ ° of a circle with radius R is [1]
2 2

a) πR θ
b) πR θ

180 360

c) d)
2πRθ 2πRθ

360 180

16. If P(E) = 0.05, what will be the probability of 'not E'? [1]

a) 0.55 b) 0.59

c) 0.95 d) 0.095
17. An unbiased die is thrown once. The probability of getting a composite number is [1]

a) b)
2 1

5 3

c) d)
2 1

3 2

18. The arithmetic mean of 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., n is: [1]

n−1
a) 2
b) n(n+1)

n+1
c) d)
n

2 2

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19. Assrtion (A): A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere with the same radius. The radius of the [1]
conical portion is 4 cm and its height is 3 cm. the surface area of the toy is 163.28 cm2 . [Take π = 3.14]
Reason (R): Volume of hemisphere is 2

3
2
πr

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

– – – –
20. Assertion (A): √3, 2√3, 3√3, 4√3 this series forms an A.P. [1]
–
Reason (R): Since common difference is same and equal to √3 therefore given series is an AP.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
21. Find the LCM and HCF of the pairs of integers 336 and 54 and verify that LCM × HCF = product of the two [2]
numbers.

22. In Fig. DE∥BC and C D∥EF . Prove that AD2 = AB × AF. [2]

23. A circle is inscribed in a △ABC , touching BC, CA and AB at P, Q and R respectively, as shown in the given [2]
figure. If AB = 10 cm, AQ = 7 cm and CQ = 5 cm then find the length of BC.

24. If A = B = 60°, verify that sin (A - B) = sin A cos B - cos A sinB [2]
OR
Prove the trigonometric identity:

tan2A sec2B - sec2A tan2B = tan2A - tan2B

25. Find the difference of the areas of a sector of angle 120° and its corresponding major sector of a circle of radius [2]
21 cm.
OR
A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of the corresponding:
i. minor segment
ii. major sector.
Section C
26. For a morning walk, three persons steps off together. The measure of their steps is 80,85 and 90 cm [3]
respectively.What is the minimum distance each should walk so that all can cover the same distance in complete
steps?

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 Which value is preferred in this situation?
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 6x2 - 3 - 7x and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the [3]

coefficients of the polynomial.

28. Half of the difference between two numbers is 2. The sum of the greater number and twice the smaller number is [3]
13. Find the numbers.
OR
Solve algebraically the following pair of linear equations for x and y
31x + 29y = 33
29x + 31y = 27
29. In a given figure, AB is a chord of length 8 cm of a circle of radius 5 cm. The tangents to the circle at A and B [3]
intersect at P. Find the length of AP.

OR
PQ is a chord of length 4.8 cm of a circle of radius 3 cm. The tangents at P and Q intersect at a point T as shown in
the figure. Find the length of TP.

30. Prove that: 1

cosecA−cot A
−
1

sin A
= 1

sin A
−
1

cosecA+cot A
. [3]
31. Compute the median for the following cumulative frequency distribution: [3]

Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

0 4 16 30 46 66 82 92 100

Section D
32. Solve for x [5]
1

a+b+x
=
1

a
+
1

b
+
1

x
where a + b + x ≠ 0 and a, b x ≠ 0

OR
If x = - 4 is a root of the equation x 2
+ 2x + 4p = 0 , find the values of k for which the equation x2+ px(l + 3k) +
7(3 + 2k) = 0 has equal roots.
33. In a trapezium ABCD, AB | | DC and DC = 2AB. EF | | AB, where E and F lie on BC and AD respectively such [5]
that . Diagonal DB intersects EF at G. Prove that, 7EF = 11AB.
BE 4
=
EC 3

34. A tent is in the form of a right circular cylinder surmounted by a cone. The diameter of the base of the cylinder [5]
or the cone is 24 m. The height of the cylinder is 11 m. If the vertex of the cone is 16 m above the ground, find
the area of the canvas required for making the tent. (Use π = 22

7
)
OR
From a cubical piece of wood of side 21 cm, a hemisphere is carved out in such a way that the diameter of the
hemisphere is equal to the side of the cubical piece. Find the surface area and volume of the remaining piece.

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35. Find the mean and the median of the following data: [5]

Marks Number of Students

0 - 10 3

10 - 20 5

20 - 30 16

30 - 40 12

40 - 50 13

50 - 60 20

60 - 70 6

70 - 80 5

Section E
36. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Kamla and her husband were working in a factory in Seelampur, New Delhi. During the pandemic, they were
asked to leave the job. As they have very limited resources to survive in a metro city, they decided to go back to
their hometown in Himachal Pradesh. After a few months of struggle, they thought to grow roses in their fields
and sell them to local vendors as roses have been always in demand. Their business started growing up and they
hired many workers to manage their garden and do packaging of the flowers.

In their garden bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 are in the 2nd, 19 in 3rd row and so on. There are
5 plants in the last row.
(a) How many rows are there of rose plants?
(b) Also, find the total number of rose plants in the garden.
OR
If total number of plants are 80 in the garden, then find number of rows?
(c) How many plants are there in 6th row.
37. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Karan went to the Lab near to his home for COVID 19 test along with his family members.
The seats in the waiting area were as per the norms of distancing during this pandemic (as shown in the figure).
His family member took their seats surrounded by red circular area.

(a) What is the distance between Neena and Karan?

(b) What are the coordinates of seat of Akash?

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 OR
Find distance between Binu and Karan.
(c) What will be the coordinates of a point exactly between Akash and Binu where a person can be?
38. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
An observer on the top of a 40m tall light house (including height of the observer) observes a ship at an angle of

depression 30o coming towards the base of the light house along straight line joining the ship and the base of the
light house. The angle of depression of ship changes to 45o after 6 seconds.

(a) Find the distance of ship from the base of the light house after 6 seconds from the initial position when

angle of depression is 45o.

(b) Find the distance between two positions of ship after 6 seconds?
OR
Find the distance of ship from the base of the light house when angle of depression is 30o.
(c) Find the speed of the ship?

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