KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA GACHIBOWLI, GPRA CAMPUS, HYD–32

PREBOARD QUESTION PAPER (STANDARD) (2019-20)

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 80

CLASS : X DURATION : 3 HRS
General Instruction:
(i) All the questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper consists of 40 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C, and D.
(iii) Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 6 questions of 2
marks each. Section C comprises of 8 questions of 3 marks each. Section D comprises of 6
questions of 4 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in two questions of 1
mark each, two questions of 2 marks each, three questions of 3 marks each, and three questions of 4
marks each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v) Use of calculators is not permitted.

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.

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1. The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after:
2  53
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(a) one decimal place (b) two decimal place s

(c) three decimal places (d) more than three decimal places.

2. If n is an even natural number, then the largest natural number by which n(n + 1) (n + 2) is
divisible is
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 24

3. For what value of k, does the pair of linear equations given below has a unique solution?
2x + ky = 6 and 4x + 6y = 0
(a) k = 3 (b) k  3 (c) k  –3 (d) none of these

4. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7, –6) and (3, 4) in ratio 1 : 2
internally lies in the
(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant (c) III quadrant (d) IV quadrant

5. If the points (7, –2), (5, 1) and (3, k) are collinear then the value of k is
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) –4 (d) 0

6. The point on x-axis which is equidistant from points (–1, 0) and (5, 0) is
(a) (0, 2) (b) (2, 0) (c) (3, 0) (d) (0, 3)
 sin 2 220  sin 2 680 
7. The value of the expression  2 0 2 0
 sin 2 630  cos 630 sin 27 0  tan 2 450  is
 cos 22  cos 68 
(a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

8. If sin 3A = cos (A – 26°), where 3A is an acute angle, find the value of A.

(a) 290 (b) 300 (c) 260 (d) 360

9. In a right triangle ABC, right-angled at B, if tan A = 1, then the value of 2 sin A cos A =
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) not defined
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10. For the following distribution:
Class 0–5 5 – 10 10 – 15 15 – 20 20 – 25
Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
The sum of lower limits of the median class and the modal class is
(a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35

11. In an AP, if a = 3, n = 8, Sn = 192, then the value of d is _____

12. If the probability of an event is p, the probability of its complementary event will be ______
13. A shuttle cock used for playing badminton has the shape of the combination of ___________

14. P and Q are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a triangle ABC. PQ is parallel to BC
and divides the triangle ABC into 2 parts, equal in area. The ratio of PA:AB =______
15. The value(s) of k for which the equation x2 + 5kx + 16 = 0 has real and equal roots is _____
OR
If one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + ax2 + bx + c is –1, then the product of the other
two zeroes is _______

16. AB and CD are two common tangents to circles which touch each other at a point C . If D lies on AB
such that CD = 4 cm then find AB.
OR
TP is a tangent to the circle with centre O. If TOQ = 1200, find the diameter of the circle when
OT = 10 cm.

17. Show that 12n cannot end with the digit 0 or 5 for any natural number n.

18. Find the value(s) of k, if the quadratic equation 3x2 – k 3 x+ 4= 0 has equal roots.
19. Find the eleventh term from the last term of the AP: 27, 23, 19, ..., –65.
20. A girl walks 200 towards East and the she walks 150m towards North then find the distance of
the girl from the starting point.

SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 26 carry 2 marks each.

21. In an equilateral triangle ABC, AD is drawn perpendicular to BC meeting BC in D. Prove that

AD2 = 3BD2.
OR
Prove that the area of an equilateral triangle described on one side of a square is equal to half
the area of the equilateral triangle described on one of its diagonals.

22. If the sides AB, BC and CA of ABC touch a circle at F, D and E respectively, then prove that
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AF + BD + CE = x Perimeter of ABC.
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23. From a point P on the ground the angle of elevation of the top of a 50 m tall building is 30°. A
flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of the flagstaff
from P is 45°. Find the length of the flagstaff.

24. Two dairy owners A and B sell flavoured milk filled to capacity in mugs of negligible thickness,
which are cylindrical in shape with a raised hemispherical bottom. The mugs are 14 cm high
and have diameter of 7 cm as shown in given figure. Both A and B sell flavoured milk at the
rate of Rs. 80 per litre. The dairy owner A uses the formula r2h to find the volume of milk in
the mug and charges Rs. 43.12 for it. The dairy owner B is of the view that the price of actual
quantity of milk should be charged. What according to him should be the price of one mug of
milk?

25. For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs: 63, 65, 67, . . . and 3, 10, 17, . . . equal?

26. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting
(i) neither a red card nor a queen (ii) not a black face card.
OR
Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability :
(i) of getting a doublet
(ii) of getting a sum 10, of the numbers on the two dice.

SECTION – C
Questions 27 to 34 carry 3 marks each.
27. Show that exactly one of the numbers n, n + 2 or n + 4 is divisible by 3.
OR
Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the cube of any positive integer is of the form 9m, 9m
+ 1 or 9m + 8.

28. Solve the following pair of linear equations: (a – b)x + (a + b)y = a2 – 2ab – b2
(a + b)(x + y) = a2 + b2
OR
The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in a row, there would
be 1 row less. If 3 students are less in a row, there would be 2 rows more. Find the number of
students in the class.

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29. Find all zeroes of the polynomial (2x4 – 9x3 + 5x2 + 3x – 1) if two of its zeroes are (2 + 3 ) and
(2 – 3 ).

30. In a classroom, 4 friends are seated at the points A, B, C and D as shown in below figure.
Champa and Chameli walk into the class and after observing for a few minutes Champa asks
Chameli, “Don’t you think ABCD is a square?” Chameli disagrees. Chameli performed certain
calculations and claimed that ABCD is a square. State how did she arrive at this conclusion.

sin   cos   1 1
31. Prove that 
sin   cos   1 sec   tan 
OR
If sec  + tan = p, then find the value of cosec.

32. The houses of a row are numbered consecutively from 1 to 49. Show that there is a value of x
such that the sum of the numbers of the houses preceding the house numbered x is equal to the
sum of the numbers of the houses following it. Find this value of x.

33. In the given figure, ∆ABC is right triangle in which  A = 900. Semicircles are drawn on AB,
AC and BC as diameters. Find the area of the shaded region.

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34. Anil selected a project to prepare more than and less than ogive of the marks obtained by the
100 students in Mathematics Board Examination of the class. After collecting the data, he
analyzed the data and prepared a report on the marks of the class. Using the report, he drew the
following graph as given below:

Based on the above graph, answer the following questions:

(i) Identify less than type ogive and more than type ogive from the given graph.
(ii) Find the median marks of the class.
(iii) Obtain the Mode marks of the data if mean marks of the class is 57.5.

SECTION – D
Questions 35 to 40 carry 4 marks each.
35. A straight highway leads to the foot of a tower. A man standing at the top of the tower observes
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.

36. A right triangle, whose sides are 3 cm and 4 cm (other than hypotenuse) is made to revolve
about its hypotenuse. Find the volume and surface area of the double cone so formed. (Take π
=3.14)
OR
A metallic right circular cone 20 cm high and whose vertical angle is 60° is cut into two parts at
the middle of its height by a plane parallel to its base. If the frustum so obtained be drawn into a
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wire of diameter cm, find the length of the wire.
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37. Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares of
their corresponding sides.

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38. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10 hours
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less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can
separately fill the tank.
OR
A train, travelling at a uniform speed for 360 km, would have taken 48 minutes less to travel the
same distance if its speed were 5 km/h more. Find the original speed of the train.

39. Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 7 cm,  B = 450, A =  1050. Then, construct a triangle
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whose sides are times the corresponding sides of ABC.
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OR
Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take two points P and Q on one of its extended diameter each at a
distance of 7 cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle from these two points P and Q.

40. The following data indicates the marks of 54 students in Mathematics.

Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 – 90 90 – 100
No. of Students 5 3 4 3 4 4 7 9 7 8
Draw more than type ogive for the data above and hence find the median.

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