KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGTHAN

PRACTICE PAPER (2023-24)

CLASS: X
Time Allowed: 3:00 Hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains- five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory.
2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion -Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very short answer type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 mark each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 mark each.
6. Section E has 3 sources based /case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (4 marks each)
with sub parts.

SECTION- A
(Multiple Choice Questions)
Each question carries 1 mark 
1. The HCF of the smallest composite number and the smallest prime number is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

2. HCF (a, b) × LCM (a, b) is equal to

(a) a + b (b) a – b (c) a × b (d) a ÷ b

3. In the given graph of the polynomial y = p(x),

the number of its zeroes is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3

4. A quadratic polynomial, whose zeroes are – 4 and 4, is

(a) x² + x + 12 (b) x2 – 16 (c) x2 – 4 (d) x² + x – 16

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5. If the sum and product of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial are  and respectively, then the
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polynomial is
(a)2x2 + 7x + 5 (b)2x2 −7x+5 (c)2x2 −7x−5 (d)2x2 +7x −5

6. A pair of linear equations in two variables is said to be consistent if

(a) it has a solution (either a unique or infinitely many).
(b) it has unique solution only.
(c) it has no solution.
(d) None of these.

7. The pair of equations x = 0 and x = 4 has

(a) infinitely many solutions (b) one solution
(c) two solutions (d) no solution

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8. If is a root of x2 + px – = 0 then value of p is
2 4
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(a) 2 (b) –2 (c) (d)
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9. Which of the following statements is not true .
(a) Every quadratic equation has atleast one real roots.
(b) If the coefficient of x2 and the constant term of a quadratic equation have
opposite signs, then the quadratic equation has real roots.
(c) 0.3 is a root of x2 – 0.9 = 0.
(d) The graph of a quadratic polynomial is a straight line.

10. 30th term of the A.P. 10, 7, 4 .... is

(a) 97 (b) 77 (c) –77 (d) –87

11. Which term of the AP : 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81?

(a)31 (b)25 (c)24 (d)35

12. If the common difference of an A. P. is 7, then a25 – a21 is equal to

(a)29 (b)28 (c) 26 (d) 24

AD AE
13. If a line l intersects sides AB and AC of a Δ ABC at D and E respectively, such that  ,
DB EC
then which of the following is true ?
(a) AD  EC (b) DE  BC (c) AD = BC (d) DE = BC

14. If a line l intersects sides AB and AC of a Δ ABC at D and E respectively,

such that DE  BC, then which of the following is not true ?
AD AE AD AE AD AB AD DB
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
DB EC AB AC AE AC BC AE

15. The distance of the point P (3 , 4) from the origin is

(a) 3 units (b) 4 units (c) 5 units (d) 25 units

a b
16. If P  ,  is the mid-point of the line segment joining A(−4 , 3) and B(−2 , 4), then (a , b) is
3 2
 7  3 7
(a)   3 ,  (b) (7 , −9) (c) ( −9 , 7) (d)   , 
 2  2 2

17. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at
a point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Length PQ is :
(a) 12 cm (b) 13 cm (b) 8.5 cm (d) 119 cm.

18. If tangents PA and PB from a point P to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other
at angle of 80°, then  POA is equal to
(a) 50° (b) 60° (c) 70° (d) 80°

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 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 number 6n, n being a natural number, ends with the digit 5.
Reason (R): The number 9n cannot end with digit 0 for any natural number n.

20. Assertion (A) : (2 – 3 ) is one zero of the quadratic polynomial then other zero will be (2+ 3).
Reason (R) : Irrational zeros (roots) always occurs in pairs.

Section –B
[This section comprises of 5 very short answer type questions (VSA) of 2 marks each]

21. Prove that 3 + 2 5 is irrational.

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22. If  ,  are the zeros of the polynomial f (x)= x2 – 7x + 12 then the value of  .
 
23. Which term of an A.P. 3, 15, 27, 39 .... will be 132 more than its 54th term?

24. Find a relation between x and y such that the point (x , y) is equidistant from the points (7, 1) and (3, 5).

25. In the given figure , if LM || CB and LN || CD, prove that

Section – C
[This section comprises of 6 short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each]
x 2y y
26. Solve the following pair of linear equations :   1 and x   3.
2 3 3

27. The sum of third and seventh terms of an A.P. is 6 and their product is 8. Find the sum of first 16th terms
of the A.P.

28. Find the values of y for which the distance between the points P(2, – 3) and Q(10, y) is 10 units.

29. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the other two
sides.
30. Diagonals AC and BD of a trapezium ABCD with AB || DC intersect each other at the point O. Using a
OA OB
similarity criterion for two triangles, show that  .
OC OD

31. Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.

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 Section –D
[This section comprises of 4 long answer type questions (LA) of 5 marks each]
32. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. Also, nine times this number is twice the number
obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.

33. Is it possible to design a rectangular park of perimeter 80 m and area 400 m2? If so, find its length
and breadth.

34. Prove that : if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct
points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

35. Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the
centre of the circle.
Section –E
[This section comprises of 3 case- study/passage based questions of 4 marks each with sub parts. The
first two case study questions have three sub parts (i), (ii), (iii) of marks 1,1,2 respectively.

36. Due to heavy storm an electric wire got bent as shown

in the figure. It followed a mathematical shape.

Answer the following questions below:

(i) What is the name the shape in which the wire is bent ?
(ii) What are the zeroes of the polynomial for the shape
formed in the graph?
(iii) What will be the expression of the polynomial?
Also write the value of the polynomial if x = –1

37. Rajesh wants to develop a garden as per the dimensions given in the diagram.

On the basis of given information answer the following

questions :
(i) What is the value of x?
(ii) What is the value of y?
(iii) What is the total cost of laying grass in the garden if the cost of laying grass is ₹ 110 per square meter?

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38. Sanjay starts walking from his house to office.
Instead of going to the office directly, he goes to
a bank first, from there to his daughter ‘s school
and then reaches the office. Assume that all the
distances are covered in a straight line. If the
house is situated at (2 , 4), bank at (5 , 8), school
at (13 , 14) snd office at (13 , 26) and coordinates are in Km.

Based on the above information answer the following questions.

(i) Find the distance between house and bank.
(ii) Find the distance between bank and Daughter’s school.
(iii) What is the total distance travelled by Sanjay between house and office?

ANSWERS
1. (b) 2 2. (c) a × b 3. (d) 3 4. (b) x2 – 16
5. (a)2x2 + 7x + 5 6. (a) it has a solution (either a unique or infinitely many).
7. (d) no solution 8. (a) 2 9. (b) 10. (c) –77
AD DB
11. (d)35 12. (b)28 13. (b) DE  BC 14. (d) 
BC AE
15. (c) 5 units 16. (c) ( −9 , 7) 17. (D) 119 cm. 18. (a) 50°
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19. (d) A is false but R is true. 20. (a) 22.
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23. 65th term 24. x – y = 2 26. x = 2, y = –3 27. 76 or 20.
28. – 9, 3 29. 5 cm 32. 18. 33.Length= breadth = 20 m.
36. (i) parabola (ii) –1, 3 (iii) x2 – 2x – 3, 0
37.(i) x = 22 (ii) y = 8 (iii) ₹ 46,200
38.(i) 5 km (ii) 10 km (iii) 27 km