TERM -IEXAMINATION SET -A

Anika Jan SESSION - 2024-25

CLASS -X
X-I SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS
Max, Marks. 80
Time: 3 Hrs.
General Instructions:
compulsory.
l. Allquestions are consists of5, sections A, B, C, Dand E.
2. The question paper questions of 1 mark each.
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3. Section A consists of each.
guestions of 2marks
Section B consistsof 5
. questions of 3marks each.
Section C consists of 6
6. Section Dconsists of 4
question of5 marks and Section Econsists of 3 case study
questions.
SECTION A
and q are prime numbers.
Let a and b be two positive integers such that a =pqand b=p g', where p
1.
=p, then(m+n)(r+s) =
If HCF(a,b)=p" q and LCM(a,b)
c) 35 d) 72
a) 15 b) 30
is
polynomial kx' +3x + k is 2, then the value ofk
2. If one zero of a quadratic -5

a 5
b)
6
d)
px-2x + 3p and a + B= aß, then p is
3. Ifa and ß are the zeros of apolynomial f(x)=
1
2
c);
at(0-)d
4. The zeroes of the polynomial x -3x + 2 are
c) 3,4 d) 4, 5
a) 1, 2 b) 2, 3
5. The pair of equations 3x+4y =7 and 3x + y= 10 has
a) No solution b) Infinite solution unique solution d) None of these
y = -5 have?
6. How many solutions does the pair of equations y = 0 and
b) 1 c) 2 d) infinite
a) 0
-0 and 2x + ky=3, has no solution, is
7. The value of kfor which the system of equations x +y - 4
a) k-2 b) k=3 c) k=4 d) k=5

8. If the roots of quadratic equation px'+ 6x +1=0 are real, then find p.
a) p=9 b) p<9 ) p29 d)p9
in sign then find p.
9. If 7x-(2p-8)x + 16=0 has two roots which are equal in magnitude but opposite
a) p =2 b) p=-2 c)p=4 )p= +2
10. If one root of the quadratic equation ax² +bx +tc= 0is the reciprocal of the other, then
a) a =b b) a=c c) b=c d) a=-b
11. The first term of AP is pand the common difference is q, then its 10th term is
a) p+q b)p+9q c)p-q d) p-9q
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12. What is the common difference of an AP in which A8-A4 327
a) 6 c) 5 d) 4
b) 8
DF =7.5 cm, find the perimeter of
13. AABC ~ADEE. IfAB = 4cm, BC-3.5 cm.CA =25 cm and
ADEF.
a) 30 cm b)20 cm c) 10cm d) 15 cm
then find the value of DB.
14. In ADEW, AB| EW,IfAD = 4 cm, DE = 12 cm and DW = 24 cm.
a) 8 cm b)5 cm c) 10cm d) 4 cm

15. If AABCis right angled at B, what is the value of sin ( 2

a) 1 c) V2 d) 1/2

16. If Sin A = Find Tan A.

4
3 3
6
a)3
of the sun is
17. The ratio of the length ofa rod and its shadow is 1: /3 then the angle of elevation
a) 35° b) 40° ) 30° d) 50°
getting
18. Two dice are rolled together, the probability of 5 sum of numbers on the two dice as 2,3 or 5 is
b)7 4
c) 36
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ASSERTION-REASON ÌUESTIONS:
DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option
(A).
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R)are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion
of assertion
(b) Both assertion (A)and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation
(A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A)is false but reason (R) is true.
plays. The
19. Assertion(A): In acricket match a batsman hits a boundary 9 times out of 45 balls he
probability that in a given ball he does not hit the boundary is .
Reason(R): P(E) + P(Not E) = 0
2\2
isY
20. Assertion (A): If SinA = (0<A < 90), then the value of Cos A 3
Reason(R): For every angle A, Sin A+ Cos²A = 1,
SECTION B

21. Prove that 3+2V5 is irrational, given that v5 is irrational.

OR 3, 11025
Find LCM and HCF of numbers whose prime factorization are eXpressible as 3 x 52 and 3 x 7.

22. If ax+by = a-b and bx + ay = 0, find the value of (x + y), n

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 23. A cottage industry produces acertain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on aparticular
day th¡t the cost of nroduction of each article (in rupees) was 3more than twice the number of articles
produced on that day. Tf the total cost of production on that day was Rs 90, find the number of articles
produced and the cost of each article.
OR
equal roots. 4
Find the value of mso that the quadratic equation-’ mx (r-7) + 49 =0 has two
24. Diagonals AC and BD of atrapezium ABCD with AB| DC intersect each other at the point 0. Using a
OA OB
similarity criterion for two triangles, show that OC OD
having
25. In a family of 3 children calculate the probability of
(i) at least one boy
(ii)At most one boy SECTION C

equations. Also find the coordinates of the points

26. Solve graphically the following systems of linear
where the lines meet y-axis.
x+2y-7=0,
2x -y-4=0.
27. State and prove basic proportionality theorem.
OR
BC BE
CFIAE. Prove that BD
In given figure, EB I AC, BG L AE and BA

B
term? What is the common
28. If the sum of the first n terms of an AP is 4n -n, what is the first
difference? Also, find the 10h term. -I5
1
29, Solve for x if a+b+x
=+-+-(x0,
b
x#-(a+ b)).
values of sin P, cos P
30. In APQR, right-angled at Q, PR + QR=25 cm and PÌ=5 cm. Determine the
and tan P.
OR
Ifx =p sec + q tan and y =p tan + q sec 0, then prove that x-y'=p- q.

31. A girl of height 90cm is walking away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of 1.2 m/s. If the lamp is
3.6 m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 4 seconds.
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 SECTION D

32. If 1+ sin² 3sin cos ,then prove that tan =1 or,

OR of cos and sin 0.
that sec 9+ tan A= and hence find the values
If sec 0 - tan =X, show
seconds the
airplane from a pointon the ground is 60°. After a flight of 30
33. The angle of elevation of an airplane is flying at a constant height of 3000V3
m,find the
angle of elevation becomes 30°. If the
speed of the airplane.
OR 20o are 45°
depression of the top and bottom ofa 50m high building from the top of atower
tower and the
The angles of of the tower and the horizontal distance between
the
and 60° respectively. Find the height
building. [Use v3 = 1.73].
A card is drawn at random from the bOx. Calculate the
34. A box contains cards numbered 6to 20.
probability that the drawn card has a
i) Perfect square number.
i) Prime number.
iüi)Composite number
iv) Multiple of 2 and 3.
v) Multiple of 2 or 3.

35. i) Ifp and q are the zeroes of x+px + q, then find the values of p
and g. 2225
ii) Finda'+B, if aand ß are zeroes of the polynomial x- 3x +5. 3/5
SECTION E |575
36. CASE STUDY 1:
number 2 in her
Miss Mukta prepared a prime number game for class 5 students. She announces the student.
class and ask the first student to multiply it by a prime number and then pass it to second
Second student alsO multiplied it by a prime number and passed it to the third student. In this way by
multiplying to a prime number the last student got 173 250. 5232xx )| 6
Now Mukta asked some questions as given below to the students:
What is the least prime number used by students? 2
i1) How many students are in the class?
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What is the highest prime number used by students?
iii) Which prime number has been used maximum times?;
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37. CASE STUDY 2:
A growing company is giving a regular nke ne wages of the workers on yearly basis. The vearly
A.P. If the n term of the AP is a, =3 +4n,
wages are forming an (1)
i) Find the 7th term. 31 (1)
difference? 4
11) What is the commmon (2)
terms. 250
111) Find the sum of first 10
OR
Find the sum of n terms.

38. CASE STUDY 3: the basis of navigation, whether it is by land, sea or air.
forms
Trigonometryin the form of triangulation position on earth with the help of satellites. A guard,
helps to locate our clinometer or
GPS a radio navigation system observed an unidentified boat coming towards it. A
stationed at the top of a 240m tower, measuring angles or slopes(tilt). The guard used the clinometer to
inclinometer is an instrument used for coming towards the lighthouse and found it to
be 30°.
the boat
measure the angle of depression of

from
information and calculate the distance of the boat
on the basis of the given (1)
i)Makea labelled figure
observation tower. 2403 distance from
the foot of the approaching the tower and its
minutes, the guard observed that the boat was now?41)
ii) After 10
What is the boats distance from the foot of the tower
m.
tower is reduced by 240(V3 - 1) the boat from the top of the observation
tower? 4E (2)
of depression of
ii) What was the new angle
OR
What is the speed of the boat in m/sec?

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