SAMPLE

QUESTION PAPER 03
Class-X (2017–18)
Mathematics

Time allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

General Instructions:
(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. Section D contains 8 questions of 4
marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in four
questions of 3 marks each and three questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt only one
of the alternatives in all such questions.
(v) Use of calculators is not permitted.

Section A

Q.1 Find the value of so that the point , lies on the line represented by

Q.2 Write the next term of the AP:

Q.3 If the value of .

Q.4 If areas of two similar triangles are in ratio 25: 64, write the ratio of their corresponding
sides.

Q.5 In figure, CP and CQ are tangents to a circle with centre O . ARB is another tangent
touching the circle at R. If CP , BC = 7 cm, then find the length of BR .

Q.6 A bag contains 4 red and 6 black balls. A ball is taken out of the bag at random. Find the
probability of getting a black ball.

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 Section B

Q.7 Prove that is an irrational number.

Q.8 Solve:

Q.9 Find the value of p so that the quadratic equation has two equal
roots.

Q.10 Evaluate :

Q.11 The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from a point on the ground, which is 30 m
away from the foot of the tower, is 30 . Find the height of the tower.

Q.12 A solid sphere of radius 10.5 cm is melted and recast into smaller solid cones, each of

radius 3.5 cm and height 3 cm. Find the number of cones so formed.

Section C

Q.13 In a flight of 2800 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average
speed is reduced by 100 km/h and time increased by 30 minutes. Find the original duration
of the flight.

Q.14 The sum of 4th and 8th term of an AP is 24 and sum of 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find AP.

Q.15 If one diagonal of trapezium divides the other diagonal in the ratio 1: 3. Prove that one
of the parallel sides is three times the other.

Q.16 Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD whose vertices are

.

Or

The points A(4, –2), B(7, 2), C(0, 9) and D(–3, 5) form a parallelogram. Find the length of the
altitude of the parallelogram on the base AB.

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Q. 17 An aeroplane, when 3000 m high passes vertically above plane at any instant, when the
angle of elevation of the two aeroplanes from the same point on the ground are and
respectively. Find the vertical distance between aeroplanes.

Or

The angles of depression of the top and bottom of a building 50 metres high as observed from
the top of a tower are 30° and 60°, respectively. Find the height of the tower and also the
horizontal distance between the building and the tower.

Q.18 If all sides of a parallelogram touch a circle, show that the parallelogram is rhombus.

Q.19 Construct a triangle ABC in which BC = 8 cm, B = and C . Construct

another triangle similar to ABC such that its sides are of the corresponding sides of
ABC.

Or

Draw a triangle ABC with side BC = 7 cm, . Then, construct a triangle

whose sides are times the corresponding sides of ABC.

Q.20 Show that the point A (3, 5), B (6, 0), C (1, -3) and D (-2, 2) are the vertices of a square
ABCD.

Q.21 The median of distribution given below is 14.4. Find the values of and , if the sum of
frequency is 20.

Class interval 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30

Frequency 4 x 5 y 1

Or

Find the mean, mode and median for the following data:

Classes 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

Frequency 4 8 10 12 10 4 2

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Q.22. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that
a) 5 will not come up on either of them?
b) 5 will come up on at least one?
c) 5 will come up on at both Dice?

Section D

Q.23 Use Euclid’s Division Algorithm to show that the square of any positive integer is either
of the form or 3m+1 for some integer m.

Or

Show that exactly one of the numbers n, n + 2 or n + 4 is divisible by 3.

Q.24 if the polynomial is divided by the

reminder comes out to be

Q.25 Draw the graphs of the following equations: x + y = 5, x - y = 5

(i) Find the solution of equation from the graph.
(ii) Shade the triangular region formed by the lines and y-axis.

Or

Find the solution of pair of linear equation with the help of graph.2x + y = 6, 4x − 2y = 4

Q.26 In an equilateral triangle ABC, D is a point on side BC such that 4BD = BC. Prove that

Q.27 If prove that

Q.28 In the given figure, three circle each of radius 3.5 cm are drawn in such a way that each
of them touches the other two. Find the area of shaded region enclosed between these three
circles. [Use

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Q.29 Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/hour through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a
cuboidial pond which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time will the level of water in
pond rise by 21 cm?

Q. 30 Find the mean, mode and median of the following frequency distribution :

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 4 4 7 10 12 8 5

Or

The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The
mean pocket allowance is Rs18. Find the missing frequency k.

Daily Pocekt
11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25
Allowence

Number of
3 6 9 13 k 5 4
Children

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 CBSE SAMPLE PAPER 03
CLASS X Mathematics
Solutions

Solution 1: Since point lies on line

Then

Solution 2:

AP is and so on

Common difference

Next term

Solution 3:

Solution 4: We know that,

If two triangle are similar then,

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Solution 5: CP = CQ = 11 cm

[Tangents from same external point]

CQ = BC + BQ

ButBQ = BR

11 = 7 + BR [as BC = 7 cm ]

BR = 4 cm

Solution 6: Number of ways t0o select a ball = 10

Number of ways to select a black ball = 6

Probability of getting a black ball =

Solution 7 Let, If possible, is a rational number.

From , we notice

LHS is an irrational number and RHS is rational number, which is not possible.

Hence, our supposition is wrong. Hence,

Is an irrational number.

Solution 8:

Adding (i) and (ii) we get

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Subtract (i) from (ii) we get

Solving and we get

Solution 9:

Here,

For equal roots,D=0

But m [ In quadratic equation, q ]

Solution 10:

Solution 11: Let h be the height of the tower

In

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Solution 12: Volume of solid sphere

Volume of 1 cone

Number of cones formed

Solution 13: Let original duration of flight be hours.

Distance km
Usual speed
When time is increased, then time taken hrs
And new speed

A.T.Q. ,

Original duration of the flight hours

Solution 14: Let the 4th term

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And 8th term

Then their sum

Similarly

On subtracting equation from we get

[From ]

Therefore, AP is

Solution 15:

DE = EB = 1 : 3

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In (alt. angles)

(V.O.A.)

Solution 16:

Area of

Similarly, area of

Area of quadrilateral ABCD Area of Area of

Or

Let the height of parallelogram taking AB as base be h.

Now AB =

Area of
=

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Now,

Solution 17: one aeroplane flying at point

Another aeroplane flying at point C. Both are in the same line.

In right

In right

From

Since

Vertical distance between two aeroplane = 3000-1732 m

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 Or

In

As BP = GR then From (i) and (ii)

Now, TR = TP + PR = (25 + 50) m.

Height of tower =TR = 75 m.
Distance between building and tower = GR =

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Solution 18:

Sides of parallelogram ABCD, touch circle at P, Q, R, S

AP = AS, BP = BQ, CQ =CR, DR = DS

[Length of the tangents from a point outside the circle is equal ]

Consider, AB + CD AP + PB + CR + DR

AS + BQ +CQ +DS

(AS +SD ) + (BQ +QC)

AD + BC

AB + AB AD + AD
[ Opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal ]

2 AB 2AD

AB AD
AS Adjacent sides of a parallelogram are equal. Hence parallelogram is a rhombus

Solution 19:

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Steps of construction:
1. Draw a line segment BC = 8 cm.

2. Then construct B = at B.

3. Then construct C = at C.

4. Line segment from the angles B and C, when produced, meet at A.

5. ABC is the constructed triangle.

6. Draw an acute angle CBX below BC.

7. Take points at BX, such that

8. Join

9. Draw parallel to meeting BC at C’.

10. Draw C’A’ parallel to CA, meeting BA at A’.

Or

Draw ABC in which BC = 7 cm, and hence C = 30°. Construction

of similar triangle A'BC' as shown below:

A’BC’ is the required triangle similar to ABC where each side is of the side of ABC

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Solution 20:

AB

BC

Solution 21:

Class interval Frequency cf

0-6 4 4

6-12 x 4+x

12-18 5 9+x

18-24 y 9+x+y

24-30 1 10+x+y

20

Median

Median class

Median

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14.4

Or

We have

Classes Mid value (xi) fi fiu i c.f

10-20 15 4 -3 -12 4

20-30 25 8 -2 -16 12

30-40 35 10 -1 -10 22

40-50 45 12 0 0 34

50-60 55 10 1 10 44

60-70 65 4 2 8 48

70-80 75 2 3 6 50

Let assumed mean a = 45, Here h = 10

We know that mean

Mean

Since maximum frequency = 12

Modal class = 40-50

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Here,

Now Mode

Mode = 45

Now

Median class is 40-50

Now median

Here

Median =

Thus, Median = 42.5

Solution 22: Elementary Events are

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Total number of elementary events =36

a) Let A=5 will not come up on either of them.

Total number of elementary events favorable to A=25

b) Let B=5 will come up at least one die.

Total number of elementary events favorable to B=11

c) Let C=5 will come up at both dice.

Total number of elementary events favorable to C=1

Solution 23: Let n be any positive integer.

When

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When N

(Where )

When

(Where

Square of any positive integer is either of the form

Solution 24: P ( )

( )

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Equating the coefficients, we get

Also

Using

From and we get

Solution 25:

5 0

0 5

5 0

0 5

(i) Both lines intersect at point (5,0) on x- axis

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(ii) Required portion is shaded in the graph.

Or

2x + y = 6, 4x − 2y = 4

For equation 2x + y – 6 = 0, we have following points which lie on the line

x 0 3

y 6 0

For equation 4x – 2y – 4 = 0, we have following points which lie on the line

x 0 1

y -2 0

We can clearly see that lines are intersecting at (2, 2) which is the solution.

Hence x = 2 and y = 2 and lines are consistent.

Solution 26: In equilateral

4BD=BC

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Construction: Draw

In right AED,

In right

[using (i)]

Solution 27:

Now, LHS

Solution 28:

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 ABC is an equilateral triangle each of whose side is of length = 3.5 + 3.5 = 7 cm

ar( ABC) =

=
Area of 3 sectors

Area of shaded region

Solution 29: let the level of water rises in the tank in hours

Length of the water flow in hours = 15000 metres

Diameter of the pipe = 14 cm

Radius

Volume of water

Volume of water flow in hours in the pond

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Volume of cuboidal pond with water level of height 21 cm

ATQ,

Hence, the level of water in the pond will rise by 21 cm in 2 hours.

Solution 30: Table for mean, mode and median :

C.I

0-10 5 4 -3 -12 4

10-20 15 4 -2 -8 8

20-30 25 7 -1 -7 15

30-40 35 10 0 0 25

40-50 45 12 1 12 37

50-60 55 8 2 16 45

60-70 65 5 3 15 50

Mean

For Median :

Median Class :

Median

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For Mode: Maximum frequency

Modal Class is

Mode

Or

Daily Pocket Number of Mid-point

f iu i
Allowance Children(fi) (xi)

11-13 3 12 -3 -9

13-15 6 14 -2 -12

15-17 9 16 -1 -9

17-19 13 18 0 0

19-21 k 20 1 k

21-23 5 22 2 10

23-25 4 24 3 12

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