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FIRST PRE BOARD EXAMINATION, NOV-DEC, 2023
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
GRADE: 10 MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
SUBJECT CODE: 041 ARYA PATTL DATE: 30/11/2023

General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying l mark each
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. SectionC 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 assessment(4 mnarks each) with
subparts of the values of l, l and 2 marks each respectively.
7. AllQuestions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5marks, 2Qs
of3 marks and 2Questions of 2narks has been provided. An internalchoice has
been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take n =22/7 wherever required if not stated
Q MARKS
No:
Section-A
Section has 20 questions of 1mark each.
1 If n isa natural number, then which of the following numbers end with zero? 1

(3 x 2)r b. (2 X 5) C (6x 2)n d. (5x 3)r

1
2 Aquadratic polynomial whose roots are (2 + V3) and (2 - V3) is
a. x' - 4x + 1 b. 4x2-3 C. x 4x + 1 d. x2-1
3 If 2x + 3y = 15 and 3x + 2y = 25, then x-y is
a. -10 b. 10 c. 8 d. -8
4 Which of the following equations have two distinct real roots? 1
a. 2x2 -3V2x +4 b. x +x-6
C. x' +3x + 3V2 d. 5x2 -3x+1
The 10th term from the end of the A.P. 4, 9,14, ..., 254 is 1
a. 209 b. 205 C. 214 d. 213
6 If 7times the 7h term of an A.P. is equal to 11times its 11h term, then 18 term

a. 18 b. 9 c. 77 d. 0
7 In AABC, D and E are points on sides AB and AC respectively such that 1
DE ||BC and AD: DB =3: 1. If EA= 6.6 cm then find AC.
a. 2.2 b. 8.8 C. 6.6 d. None of these
1
Thepoints P (1,-2); Q(2, 3); R(m, 2) and S(-4, -3) are the vertices of a
parallelogram PQRS taken in order. Find the value of m.
a. Zero b.3 C. -3 d. -1
1
9 Find the ycoordinate of the point Pwhich divides the join of A(-2, 5) and
B(3,-5) in the ratio 2:3.
a. -1 b. 1 C. zer0 d. -2
1
10 If sin a and tan ß= 1, then find the value of sin (a+ß), where aand ßare both
acute angles.
a. 1 1 1 d. Not defined
b C.

11 Find the value of cos 60 cos 30° - sin 60° sin 30

1
a. b. 1 d, Zero
1
12 Ifapole6 mhigh casts a shadow 2 V3 m long on the ground, find the sun's
elevation.
a. 30° b. 45° C. 60° d. None of these
13 In the given figure, RJ and RL are tangents of the circle. What is the measure of
LJRL?

a 180°-70° b. 180°-140° c. 90° -70° d. 90° - 140°

14 In the given figure, the perimeter of AABC is
Cm

5 cm

a. 30Cm b. 60 cm C. 45 Cm d. 15 cm

15 Mode and Mean of the data are 13 and 16. Find the median of the data. 1

a. 12 b. 14 C. 15 d. 16
16 For the following distribution 1
Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Interval
20 30 24 40 18
f
the sum of lower limits of the modal class and the median class is
a. 20 b. 30 C. 40 d. 50

17
The probability of getting a spade card from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards is
12
a.
1
b. C
13
d.
13

18 Which of the following can be the probability of an event? 1

18 10
b. 1.004
a. -0.4 C.
23 d.

2
19 Assertion (A): If S, is the sum of the first n terms of an A.P.. then its nth term is
given by a, = Sn - Sn -1.
Reasoning(R:The 10th term of the A.P. 5, 8, 11, 14, is 35.
a Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
C A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
20 Assertion (A): If the length of shadow ofa vertical pole is equal to its height, 1
then the angle of elevation of the sun is 45°
Reason (R): According to Pythagoras Theorem.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true
SECTION B
Section has 5 questions of 2 marks each.
21 Prove that 6 - /7 is an irrational number, given that y7 is an irrational number 2
22 If the system of linear equations 2x + 3y = 7 and 2ax + (a + b)y = 28 have 2
infinite nimber of solutions, then find the values of 'a' and 'b?
23 In the given figure, DEFG is a square and 2
LBAC=90º. Show that DE? = BD×EC

D E
24 sin 8- cos 0 + 1
If3tan =4. evaluate 4 sin 2
0 + cos -1

OR
if sin - cos = 0, then find the value of sin0+ cos0.
25 In the given figure, XP and XQ are two tangents to the 2
circle with centre 0, drawn from an external point X.
ARB is another tangent, touching the circle at R. Prove
that XA + AR = XB + BR.

OR
Prove that the tangents drawn at the end points of a chord ofa circle make equal
angles with the chord.

SECTION C
Section has 6 questions of 3 marks each.
26 105 goats, 140 donkeys and 175 cows have to be taken across a river. There is only 3
one boat which will have to make many trips in order to do so. The lazy boatman
has his own conditions for transporting thenm. He insists that he will take the same
number of animals in every trip and they have to be of the same kind. He will
naturally like to take the largest possible number each time. Can you tell how many
animals went in each trip.
If the zeroes of the polynomial x t px + q are double in value to the zeroes of 3
27
2x2- 5x-3. Find the value ofp and q.
3
 3
28 digits. The number formed by
A two-digit number is seven times the sum of the
reversing thedigits is 18less than thegiven number. Find the given number.

OR

Draw the graphs of the equation x -y +1 = 0and 3x + 2y - 12 = 0.

Determine thecoordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines
and the x- axis, and shade the triangular region.
Prove that (1 + cot - cosec 0) (1 + tan 0 + sec ) =2 3
30 Prove that, the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are 3
equal.
31
The median of the distribution given below is 14.4. Findthe values of xand y, if 3
the total frequency is 20.
Class interval 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
frequency 4

OR
A life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100
policy holders. Calculate the median age, if policies are given only to persons
having age 18 years onwards but less than 60 year.
Age (inBelow Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
years) 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60

No. of 2 6 24 45 78 89 92 98 100
policy
holders

SECTION D
Section has 4 questions of 5 marks each.
32 Seven years ago Varun's age was five times the square of Swati's age. Three 5
years hence, Swati's age will be two-fifth of Varun's age. Find their present ages.
OR
9,000was divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been
20 more persons, each would have got ? 160 less. Find the original number of
persons.
33 If the sum of first 7 terms of an A.P is 49 and that of its first 17 terms is 289, find
the sum of firstn terms of the A.P.
OR
The minimum age of children to be eligible to participate in a painting
competition is 8 years. It is observed that the age of the youngest boy was years.
and the rest of the participants are having a common difference of 4 months. If
the sum of the ages of all the participants is 168 years, find the age of the eldest
participant in the painting competition?
34 a) Prove that, if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the 3
other two sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same
ratio.
b) If the diagonals of a quadrilateral divide each other proportionally, prove that 2
it is a trapezium.
4
35 Given below is the distribution of weckly pocket money rcceived by students of a 5
class. Calculate the pocket money that is received by most of the students and the
mean of the amount that the students received as pocket money.
Pocket money 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80- 100 120
(in rupees) 100 120 140

No. of students 2 2 3 12 18 5 2

SECTION E- CASE STUDY

Section has 3 questions of 4 marks each.
36 In an examination hall, students are seated at a distance of 2 m from each other,
tomaintain the social distance due to CORONA virus pandemic. Let three
students sit at points A, B and C whose coordinates are (4, -3); (7, 3)and (8, 5)
respectively.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

1
a. Findthe distance between A and C.
b. Find the mid-point of the linesegment joining A and C.
2
A and C
c. Find the ratio in which the point B divides the line segment
OR

Prove that the points A, B and C are collinear.

door is
37 There is fire incident in the house. The house
locked so, the fireman is trying to enter the house from
the window. He places the ladder against the wall such
that its top reaches the window as shown in the figure.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

a. If the window is 6m above the ground and angle made by the foot of ladder to the
ground is 30°, then findthe length of the ladder.
b. If the fireman places the ladder 2.5m away from the wall and angle of elevation is
observed to be 60°, then find the height of the window. (Take v3 = 1.73)
5
 c If the fireman gets a 9m long ladder and window is at 6m height, then how far the
ladder should be placed? 2
OR
If the height of the window is 8m above the ground and the angle of elevation is
observed to be 45°, then find the horizontal distance between the foot of the ladder and
the wall.

38 Anup and Athul planned to play Business (board game)in which they were
supposed to use two dice.
1
a. Anup got first chance to roll the dice. What is the probability that he got the
sum of the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is 8?
1
b. Athul got next chance. What is the probability that he got the sum of the two
numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is 13?
got 2
c. Now it was Anup's turn. He rolled the dice. What is the probability that he or
than
the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice is less
equal to 11?
OR
Now it was Athul's turn. He rolled the dice. What is the probability that he got
is greater than
the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top face of the dice
8?