Sample Paper - 4

MATHEMATICS
(With Answers)
CLASS X
[Time Allowed : 3 Hours] [Maximum-Marks : 80]

(i) All questions are compulsory.

(ii) The question paper consists of 30 questions divided into four sections
– A, B, C and D.
(iii) Section A contains 6 questions of 1 mark each, Section B contains 6 questions of 2 marks
each, Section C contains 10 questions of 3 marks each and Section D contains 8 question of
4 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice.
(v) Ues of calculators is not permitted.

Section ‘A’
Question numbers 1 to 6 carry 1 mark each.
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1. The decimal expansion of will terminate after how many places of
125
decimal ?

2. In figure, the graph of a polynomial p(x) is shown. Find the number of zeroes
of p(x).

3. If x is the arithmetic mean of n observations x1 x2,........, xn, then find the

arithmetic mean of x1 + a, x2 + a, , xn + a.
4. In an A.P., if a = 15, d = – 3 and an = 0, then find the value of n.
5. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. AE divides the line segment BD in the
ratio 1 : 2. If BE = 1.5 cm, find BC.
6. Two numbers p and q are such that the equation px2 + 3x + 2q = 0 has – 6 as the
sum of roots and as the product of roots, then find the values of p and q.

Section ‘B’
Question numbers 7 to 12 cany 2 marks each.
7. Find the area of the segment of a circle of radius 14 cm, when the angle of the
corresponding sector is 30°.
8. If tan (2A) = cot (A – 18°), where 2A is an acute angle,, find the value of A.
9. Find how. many integers between 200 and 500 are. divisible by 8.
10. Find the roots of the following equation :
1 1 11
– = ;x  – 3 8
x3 x–8 33
11. Write 21975 as a product of itsprime factuis.
12. If a cos  + b sin  = c, then prove that:
a sin  – b cos  = ± a 2  b2 – c 2

Section ‘C’
Question numbers 13 to 22 carry 3 marks each.
13. In figure, S and T trisect the side QR of a right triangle PQR, prove that
8PT2 = 3PR2 + 5PS2.
14. Draw a graph of 2x + y = 6 and 2x – y + 2 = 0, shade the region bounded by
these lines and x-axis. Find the area of the shaded region.
15. The following table gives the number of participants in a yoga camp :

Age (in years) 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70

Number of participants 8 40 58 90 83
Find the modal age of the participants.
16. Find the HCF and LCM of 117, 143, 104 using prime factorisation method. Also
show that HCF × LCM  product of three numbers.
17. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 50 and the sum of all the frequencies
is 120. Find the missing frequencies x and y.

Classes 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 Total

Frequencies 17 x 32 y 19 120

18. Prove that a diameter AB of a circle bisects all those chords which are parallel to the
.tangent at the point A.
19. In figure, in ABC, D and E are the mid-points of the sides BC and AC respectively.
1
Find the length of DE. Prove that DE = AB.
2

20. Prove that (2, – 2), (–2, 1) and (5, 2) are the vertices of a right-angled triangle. Find
the area of the triangle and the length of the hypotenuse.
6
21. The sum of a number and its positive square root is . Find the number..
25
22. Divide 30x4 + 11x3 – 82x2 – 12x + 48 by (3x2 + 2x – 4) and verify the result by
division algorithm.

Section ‘D’
Question numbers 23 to 30 carry 4 marks each.
23. The following distribution gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory :
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