KARAVALI SAHODAYA SCHOOLS COMPLEX

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION: 2024-25

MATHEMATICS BASIC (241)
Class: X
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80
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General Instructions:
1. This question paper has 5 sections A – E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C 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 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 2 marks questions of Section – E.
8. Use of calculators is not permitted. Draw neat figures wherever required.

SECTION – A
Question number 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
1. The LCM of two numbers is 182 and their HCF is 13. If one of the numbers is 26, the
othernumber is
(a) 31 (b) 71 (c) 61 (d) 91

2. If p and q are positive integers such that p = a3b2 and q = a2b, where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are prime
numbers,then the HCF (p, q) is ….
(a) a2b (b) a2b2 (c) a3b2 (d) a3b3

3. The quadratic equations x2 – 4x + k = 0 has distinct real roots if

(a) k = 4 (b) k>4 (c) k=16 (d) k<4

4. The number of polynomials having zeroes as -2 and 5 is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3

5. The pair of equations y = 0 and y = -7 has

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

6. The line segment joining the points A (5, 3) and B (-3, 11) is divided by the point C (3,5)
in theratio
(a) 1:3 (b) 3:1 (c) 2:3 (d) 3:2

7. ∆ABC is such that AB = 3 cm, BC = 2 cm, CA = 2.5 cm. If ∆ABC~∆DEF and EF=4cm, then
perimeter of ∆DEF is
(a) 7.5 cm (b) 15cm (c) 22.5 cm (d) 30 cm

8. The value of sin 30° cos 60° + sin 60° cos 30° is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
 9. If 2 sin 2θ = √3, then find the value of θ.
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) 45°

10. A girl walks 200m towards East and then 150m towards North.
The distance of the girl from the starting point is
(a) 350m (b) 250m (c) 300 m (d) 325 m

11. Consider the data:

Class 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205
Frequency 4 5 13 20 14 7 4
The difference of the upper limit of the median class and the lower limit of the
modal class is
(a) 0 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 38

12. From an external point Q, the length of the tangents to a circle is 5 cm and the distance of Q
from the Centre is 8 cm. The radius of the circle is
(a) 39 cm (b) 3 cm (c) √39 cm (d) 7 cm

13. If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii R1 and R2 is equal to the area of a circle of
radius R,then:
(a) R1 + R2 = R (b) R12 + R22 = R2 (c) R1 + R2 < R (d) R1 + R2 < R2

14. The base radii of a cone and a cylinder are equal. If their curved surface areas are also
equal, thenthe ratio of the slant height of the cone to the height of the cylinder is:
(a) 2: 1 (b) 1: 2 (c) 1: 3 (d) 3: 1

15. For the following distribution:

Marks Below Below Below Below Below Below

10 20 30 40 50 60
No. of 3 12 27 57 75 80
Students
the modal class is
(a) 10 – 20 (b) 20 – 30 (c) 30 – 40 (d) 50 – 60

16. The area of a circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 6 cm is:
(a) 36 π cm2 (b) 18 π cm2 (c) 12 π cm2 (d) 9πcm2

17. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.08. If
6000tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 40 (b) 240 (c) 480 (d) 750

18. If sin A = 1/2, cos B = 1, 0 < A, B ≤ π/2, then the value of cot (A + B)
is:
(a) √3 /2 (b) 1/2 (c) 0 (d) √3

19. Assertion (A): The value of y is 3, if the distance between the points (2,-3) and
Q(10,y) is 10.
Reason(R): Distance between two points is given by
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation ofAssertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
 explanation ofAssertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

20. Assertion (A): If HCF (90, 144) = 18, then LCM (90, 144) = 720
Reason (R): HCF (a, b) x LCM (a, b) = a x b
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation ofAssertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation ofAssertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

21. For what value of p will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely many
solutions?( – )

22. If figure, PQ || MN. If = and KN=20.4cm. Find KQ.

OR

In the below figure, if ST||QR. Find PS.

23. If tan (A + B) = √ and tan (A – B) = ; 0° < A+B ≤ 90°; A > B, find A and B.
√
24. XY and MN are the tangents drawn at the end points of the diameter DE of the circle with
centre O. Prove that XY||MN.

25. In the given figure, sectors of two concentric circles of radii 7 cm and 3.5 cm are given. Find
the area of the shaded region. ( use 𝝥= )
 OR
A horse is placed for grazing inside a rectangular field 70 m by 52 m and is tethered to one
cornerby a rope 21 m long. On how much area can it graze?

26. Given that √3 is irrational, prove that (2 + 5√3) is an irrational

number.
27. Find the zeroes of the polynomial , and verify the
relation between the coefficients andthe zeroes of the polynomial.

28. A number consists of two digits. Where the number is divided by the sum of its digits, the
quotientis 7. If 27 is subtracted from the number, the digits interchange their places, find the
number.
OR
Students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 4 students are extra in a row, there would be
two rows less. If 4 students are less in a row, there would be four more rows. Find the number
of students in the class.

29. Prove that: sin θ (1 + tan θ) + cos θ (1 + cot θ) = sec θ + cosec θ.

30. A circle is inscribed in a ∆ABC having sides 16 cm, 20 cm and 24 cm as shown in figure. Find
AD,BE and CF.

OR
In the figure XY and X'Y' are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another
tangent ABwith point of contact C interesting XY at A and X'Y' at B, prove that ∠AOB is a right
angle.
31. Two dice are thrown at the same time. What is the probability that the sum of the two
numbersappearing on the top of the dice is
(i) at least 9? (ii) 7? (iii) less than or equal to
6?

32. State and Prove Basic Proportionality Theorem.

33. The median of the following data is 137. Find the values of x and y, If the total frequency is 68.
Class 105 – 125 – 145 – 165 – 185 –
65 – 85 85 – 105
Intervals 125 145 165 185 205
Frequency 4 x 13 20 14 y 4

34. A juice seller serves his customers using a glass as shown in figure. The inner diameter of the
cylindrical glass is 5 cm, but the bottom of the glass has a hemispherical portion raised which
reduces the capacity of the glass. If the height of the glass is 10 cm, find the apparent capacity
of the glass and its actual capacity. [ π = 3.14]

OR
A rectangular sheet of paper 30 cm × 18 cm can be transformed into the curved surface of a
right circular cylinder in two ways either by rolling the paper along its length or by rolling it
along its breadth. Find the ratio of the volumes of the two cylinders thus formed.

35. A train travels a distance of 480km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8km/h
less, then it would have taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. Find the
speed of the train.

OR
Rs.6500 were divided equally among a certain number of persons. Had there been 15 more
persons,each would have got Rs.30 less. Find the original number of persons.

36. Case Study – 1:

In the month of April to June 2022, the exports of passenger cars from India increased by
26% inthe corresponding quarter of 2021–22, as per a report. A car manufacturing
company planned to produce 1800 cars in 4th year and 2600 cars in 8th year. Assuming
that the production increases uniformly by a fixed number every year.
 Based on the above information. answer the following questions.
(i) Find the production in the 1st year. (1)
(ii) Find the production in the 12th year. (1)
(iii) Find the total production in first 10 years. (2)
OR
(iii) In how many years will the total production reach 31200 cars? (2)

37. Case Study – 2:

In order to conduct sports day activities in your school, lines have been drawn with chalk
powder at a distance of 1 m each in a rectangular shaped ground ABCD. 100 flower pots have
been placed at the distance of 1 m from each other along AD, as shown in the following
figure. Niharika runs distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a green Flag. Preet runs
distance AD on eighth line and posts are red flags. Taking A as the origin AB along x-axis and
AD along y-axis, answer the following questions:

i) Find the coordinates of the green flag. (1)

ii) Find the distance between the two flags. (1)
iii) If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway between the line segment joining the
twoflags, where should she post her flag? (2)
OR
If Joy has to post a flag at one fourth distance from the green flag, in the line
segment joiningthe green and red flags, then where should he post his flag? (2)

38. Case Study – 3:

A lighthouse is a tall tower with light near the top. These are often built on islands, coasts or on
cliffs. Lighthouses on water surface act as a navigational aid to the mariners and send
warning to boats and shipsfor dangers. Initially wood, coal would be used as illuminators.
Gradually it was replaced by candles, lanterns, electric lights. Nowadays they are run by
machines and remote monitoring. Prongs Reef lighthouse of Mumbai was constructed in 1874-
75. It is approximately 40 meters high and its beam can be seen at a distance of 30 km. A ship
and a boat are coming towards the lighthouse from opposite directions. Angles of depression
of flash light from the lighthouse to the boat and the ship are 300 and 600 respectively.
(i) Which of the two, boat or the ship is nearer to the light house? Find its distance from the
lighthouse? (2)
(ii) Find the time taken by the boat to reach the light house if it is moving at the rate of 2 km per
hour. (2)
OR
The ratio of the height of a light house and the length of its shadow on the ground is √3: 1.
What is the angle of elevation of the sun?
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 a) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation
of assertion (A)
b) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true
2. Assertion
a) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation
of assertion (A)
b) Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true

SECTION – B
Question number 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.

SECTION – C
Question number 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each

SECTION – D
Question number 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.

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 3. If the median of the following frequency distribution is 180, find the missing frequencies
f1 and f2.

Classes 0 – 80 80 – 160 160 – 240 240 – 320 320 – 400 Total

Frequencies 20 25 f1 f2 10 100

SECTION – E
Question number 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each.
4. Case study-based question – 1
Roshni being a plant lover decides to start a nursery. She bought few plants with pots.
She placed the pots in such a way that the number of pots in the first row is 2, in the
second row is 5, in the third row is 8 and so on.

Based on the above, answer the following questions:

(i) How many pots are placed in the 4th row ?

(ii) If Roshni wants to place 7 rows in total, then find the total number of pots in 7

rows.

(iii) If Roshni wants to place 100 pots in total, then find the total number of rows
formed in the arrangement.
(OR)

If Sn denotes the sum of n terms of an A.P. and Sn = n² + 2n, then find the 10th
term of an AP.

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5. Case study-based question – 2
Ajay, Bhigu and Colin are friends since childhood. They always want to sit in a row in the

classroom. But teacher doesn’t allow them and rotate the seats row wise every day.

Bhigu is very good in maths and he does distance calculation every day. He considers

the centre of class as origin and marks their position on a paper in co-ordinate system.

One day Bhigu make the following diagram of their seating position.

(i) What are the coordinate of point A ?

(ii) What is the distance of point A from origin ?

(iii) Find the distances BC and AB

(OR)

A point D lies on the line segment between points A and B such that AD : DB = 4 : 3.

What are the coordinates of point D ?

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6. Case study-based question – 3

When an eagle looks at a rat on the ground, eagle does not attack the rat at its initial

position. It takes into account the speed of the rat and the direction in which rat is moving.

After analysing the situation (how? It may be God’s gift) eagle attacks the rat in such a way

that it may successful in catching the rat.

Suppose an eagle sitting on the tree of height 90 m, observe a rat with an angle of

depression 45º, and moving away from the tree with some speed. Eagle start flying with

30º downward and catch the rat in 10 seconds.

i) What is the horizontal distance between tree and initial position of rat ?

ii) What is the distance travelled by eagle to catch rat ?

iii) What is the distance travelled by rat in 10 seconds ?

(OR)

Find the speed of eagle in Km/h ?

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