Meccademia Education Institute

Grade 10th: Mathematics

Time: 3 Hours Marks: 80
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General Instructions:

● All questions are compulsory.

● This question paper contains 38 questions.
● Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions carrying 1 mark
each.
● Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
● Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
● Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
● Section E has 3 Source based/Case based/passage based/integrated units of
assessment (4 marks each) with subparts.

Section A

1) If two positive integers 𝑝 and 𝑞 can be expressed as 𝑝 = 12𝑎2 𝑏 3 and 𝑞 = 10𝑎𝑏 4 ,

where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are prime numbers, then 𝐻𝐶𝐹(𝑝, 𝑞) is
a. 2𝑎𝑏 3 b. 2𝑎2 𝑏 2 c. 12𝑎𝑏 3 d. None of these

2) If one zero of the polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1 is reciprocal of the other, then the
value of 𝑘 is
a. 1/2 b. 0 c. −1 d. no such value of 𝑘
3) In the given figure, graph of 2 linear equations
are shown. The pair of these linear equations
is :
a. consistent with unique solution
b. consistent with infinitely many solutions
c. inconsistent
d. None of these

4) Evaluate the value of √6 + √6 + √6 + √6 + ⋯

a. 3 b. 2 c. 6 d. −3

5) If the sum of 𝑛 terms of an Arithmetic Progression is given by 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛2 − 2𝑛, then its

common difference is
a. 0 b. 1 c. −1 d. 2

6) The length of median AD of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 with vertices 𝐴(5, −6), 𝐵(6,4) and 𝐶(0,0) is
a. 10 units b. √68 units c. √101 units d. 2√15 units

7) The distance between the points (0, −𝑎 cos 𝜃) and (𝑎 sin 𝜃 , 0) is

a. 𝑎 sin 𝜃 b. 𝑎𝑏 c. 𝑎 d. 𝑎 cos 𝜃

8) A 30 m high building casts a shadow of 50 m. At the same time, a 1.5 m long person
will cast a shadow of __________ m.
a. 3 m b. 2 m c. 2.5 m d. None of these

9) In the given figure, if PA and PB are tangents to the circle

with centre O such that ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 50°, then ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 =
a. 40° b. 25°
c. 65° d. 30°
10) If radius of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm, then the length of each chord
of one circle which is tangent to the other circle is
a. 3 cm b. 6 cm c. 9 cm d. 1 cm

𝛼−𝛽 1
11) If sin ( )= , then the value of sin(𝛼 − 𝛽) is equal to :
2 √2
a. 0 b. 1/2 c. 1 d. None of these

12) The value of cos 0° × cos 1° × cos 2° × cos 3° … × cos 90° is equal to
a. 0 b. 1 c. −1 d. Can’t be calculated

13) At certain time of a day, the shadow of a pole ℎ meters high is ℎ√3 meters long. The
angle of elevation of the sun at this time is
a. 60° b. 45° c. 30° d. 15°

14) A wire in shape of a square of side 11 cm, is rebent in shape of a circle, what is the
area of this circle?
a. 77 cm2 b. 154 cm2 c. 110 cm2 d. None of these

15) Area of a square that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 8 cm is

a. 256 cm2 b. 128 cm2 c. 64√2 cm2 d. 64 cm2

16) Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

a. 2023/2024 b. 2024/2023 c. 20.24 % d. 0.0001

17) The probability of Naira winning a lottery is 0.024. If 2000 tickets were sold in total,
then how many tickets did she purchase?
a. 24 b. 48 c. 72 d. 12
18) In the following distribution :

the number of families having income in the range (in Rs.) 16000 − 19000 is
a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 19

ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

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 A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

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

c. A is true but R is false.

d. A is false but R is true.

19) Assertion (A) : The surface area of largest sphere that can be inscribed in a hollow
cube of side ′𝑎′ cm is 𝜋𝑎2 cm2.
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Reason (R) : The surface area of a sphere of radius ′𝑟′ is 𝜋𝑟 3 .
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20)Assertion (A) : Sum of first 10 even natural numbers is 120.

Reason (R) : If ′𝑎′ is the first term, ′𝑙′ is the last term and ′𝑑′ is the common
difference of an AP, then its 𝑛𝑡ℎ term from the end is given by 𝑙 − (𝑛 − 1)𝑑.
 Section B

21) Prove that 5 − 2√3 is an irrational number. It is given that √3 is an irrational

number.

22) In triangle ABC, right angled at B, D is a point on AC such that BD ⊥ AC. Show that
AB2 = AD×AC.

23)Two tangents PQ and PR are drawn from an external point P to a circle with centre
O. Prove that QORP is a cyclic quadrilateral.
OR
In the figure given below, common tangents AB and CD to two circles intersect at E.
Prove that AB = CD.

24) Evaluate: 2√2 cos 45° sin 30° + 2√3 cos 30°.

25) Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 5 cm, if the corresponding arc length
is 3.5 cm.
OR
The length of minute hand of a clock is 12 cm. Find the area of the face of the clock
described by the minute hand in 35 minutes.

Section C
26) A forester wants to plant 66 mango trees, 88 orange trees and 110 apple trees in
equal rows (in terms of number of trees). Also, he wants to make distinct rows of
trees (i.e. only one type of trees in one row). Find the number of minimum rows.
27) If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − (𝑘 − 6)𝑥 + 2(2𝑘 − 1), then
𝛼𝛽
find the value of 𝑘, if 𝛼 + 𝛽 = .
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28) Solve for 𝑥 and 𝑦:

𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
+𝑏 =𝑎+𝑏; + 𝑏2 = 2; 𝑎, 𝑏 ≠ 0
𝑎 𝑎2
OR
The combined ages of two people is 34 years. If one person is 6 years younger than
the other, then find their ages.

29) In two concentric circles, prove that all chords of the outer circle which touch the
inner circle are of equal length.
OR
In the given figure, 𝐴𝐵 is the diameter of the circle with centre 𝑂. 𝐴𝑄, 𝐵𝑃 and 𝑃𝑄 are
tangents to the circle. Prove that ∠𝑃𝑂𝑄 = 90°.

tan 𝜃 cot 𝜃
30) Prove that : + = 1 + sec 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃
1−cot 𝜃 1−tan 𝜃

31) The percentage of marks obtained by 100 students in an examination are given
below:
Marks 30 − 35 35 − 40 40 − 45 45 − 50 50 − 55 55 − 60 60 − 65

Frequency 14 16 18 23 18 8 3

Determine the median percentage of marks.

 Section D

32) In the centre of a rectangular lawn of dimensions 50 m × 40 m, a rectangular pond

has to be constructed so that the area of the grass surrounding the pond would be
1184 m2, as shown in the figure given below. Find the length and breadth of the
pond.

OR
A train travelling at uniform speed for 360 km, would have taken 48 minutes less to
travel the same distance if its speed were 5 km/hr more. Find the original speed of
the train.

33) State and prove Basic Proportionality Theorem.

34) A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical vaulted dome

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and contains 41 21 m3 of air. If the internal diameter of the dome is equal to its total
height above the floor, find the height of the building?
OR

A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each
of its ends (as shown in the figure below). The length of the entire capsule is 14 mm
and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm. Find its surface area.
35) If the mean of the following data is 53, then find the missing frequencies 𝑓1 and 𝑓2 .

Section E

36) Applications of AP in day-to-day life:

Do you know, we can find A.P. in many situations in our
day-to-day life. One such example is a tissue paper roll,
in which the first term is the diameter of the core of the
roll and twice the thickness of the paper is the common
difference. If the sum of first 𝑛 rolls of the tissue on a roll
is 𝑆𝑛 = 0.1𝑛2 + 7.9𝑛 (in cm), then answer the following
questions.

i) Find the radius of the core of the roll. 1 mark

ii) Find the value of 𝑆2 . 1 mark

iii) Find the value 𝑎2 i.e. the 2nd term. 2 marks

OR
Find the thickness of each tissue sheet.

37) Satellite view:

Satellite image of a colony is shown below. In this view, a particular house is pointed
out by a flag, which is situated at the point of intersection of 𝑥 and 𝑦-axes. If we go 2
cm east and 3 cm north from the house, then we reach to a Grocery store. If we go 4
cm west and 6 cm south from the house, then reach to a Electrician’s shop. If we go 6
cm east and 8 cm south from the house, then we reach to a food cart. If we go 6 cm
west and 8 cm north from the house, we reach to a bus stand.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

i) Find the distance between bus stand and house. 1 mark

ii) Find the coordinates of midpoint line segment joining food cart and 1 mark
bus stand.

iii) Find the ratio in which the house divides the line segment joining 2 marks
Electrician’s shop and grocery store.
OR
Check whether the coordinates of positions of bus stand, grocery
story, food cart and electrician’s shop form a parallelogram.
38) Applications of Trigonometry for Moving car:
Rohit is standing at the top of the building observes a car at an angle of 30°, which is
approaching the foot of the building with a uniform speed. Six seconds later, angle of
depression of the car changes to 60° and the distance of the car from the building at
this instant is 25 m.

Answer the following questions based on the above information.

i) The height of the building is __________ m. 1 mark

ii) Find the distance between the two positions of the car. 1 mark

iii) Find the uniform speed of the car (in m/s). 2 marks
OR
Find the total time taken by the car to reach the foot of the building
from the starting point.

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