SAMPLE

QUESTION PAPER 10
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

1. The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after how many places

of decimal?

2. Find the nature of the roots of the equation .

3. A boy walks 12m due east and 5 m due south. How far is he from the starting point?

4. If the point C(k, 4) divides the join of points A(2, 6) and B(5, 1) in the ratio 2 : 3, then find
the value of k.

5. Find the area of annulus whose inner and outer radii are 6 cm and 8 cm.

6. In a family of three children, find the probability of having at least one boy.

SECTION - B

7. Check whether on simplification gives a rational or irrational number.

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8. Gunal saved Rs.10 in the first week of a month and then increased his weekly savings by
Rs.2.75. If in the nth week, his savings become Rs.59.50, find ‘n’.

9. Without using trigonometric tables prove that:

tan 1° tan 11° tan 21° tan 69° tan 79° tan 89° = 1

10. Find the third vertex of the triangle ABC. If two of its vertices are at A(-3, 1) and B(0, 2)

and the mid-point of BC is at D

11. D and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a ABC. If AD = 5.7 cm, DB =
9.5 cm, AE = 4.8 cm and EC = 8 cm, then determine whether DE || BC or not.

12. Three cubes each of side 15 cm are joined end to end. Find the total surface area of the
resulting cuboid.

SECTION - C

13. Show that any positive odd integer is of the form (4m + 1 ) or ( 4m + 3), where m is some
integer.

14. If two zeroes of the polynomial x4 + 3x3 - 20x2 - 6x + 36 are and - , then find the
other zeroes of the polynomial.

15. Solve:

16. A class consists of a number of boys whose ages are in A.P., the common difference being
4 months. If the youngest boy is just eight years old and if sum of the ages is 168 years, then
find the number of boys in the class.

OR

Find for the AP in -9, -14, -19, -24…

17. Find the coordinates of the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are A( ),

OR

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In figure, ABC is a right triangle right-angled at B. Medians AD and CE are of respective
lengths 5 cm and , find length of AC.

18. If then show that

19. Prove that:

OR

If , show that

20. A square field and an equilateral triangular park have equal perimeters. If the cost of

ploughing the field at rate of Rs 5 perm2 is Rs 720, find the cost of maintaining the park at

therate of Rs 10 per m2.

21. The following table shows the marks obtained by 100 students of class X in a school
during a particular academic session. Find the mode of this distribution.

Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less

Marks
than 10 than 20 than 30 than 40 than 50 than 60 than70 than 80

No of
7 21 34 46 66 77 92 100
students

OR

The percentage of marks obtained by 100 students in an examination are given below:

Marks 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65

Frequency 14 16 18 23 18 8 3

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Determine the median percentage of marks.

22. A bag contains 6 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball
from the bag is double that of a red ball, find the number of blue balls in the bag.

SECTION - D

23. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically: 3x + y = 12 and x - 3y = -6.
Shade the region bounded by these lines and the x-axis. Also find the ratio of areas of
triangles formed by given lines with x-axis and the y-axis.

OR

A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours it can go 40 km

upstream and 55 km down stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in
still water.

24. A plane left 30 minutes late than its scheduled time and in order to reach the destination
1500 km away in time, it had to increase the speed by 250 km/h from the usual speed. Find its
usual speed.

25. Prove that the ratio of areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of
their corresponding sides. Use the above theorem, in the following. The areas of two similar

triangles are 81 cm2 and 144 cm2. If the largest side of the smaller triangle is 27 cm, find the
largest side of the larger triangle.

OR

In a triangle if the square of one side is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two
sides. Prove that the angle apposite to the first side is a right angle. Use the above theorem to
find the measure of in figure given below.

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26. Prove that the intercept of a tangent between two parallel tangents to a circle subtends a
right angle at the centre of the circle.

27. Construct a triangle similar to given ABC in which AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm and ABC = 60°,
such that each side of the new triangle is of given ABC.

28. The angle of elevation of the top a tower at a point on the level ground is 30°. After
walking a distance of 100m towards the foot of the tower along the horizontal line through
the foot of the tower on the same level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
is 60°. Find the height of the tower.

29. A container (open at the top) made up of a metal sheet is in the form of a frustum of a
cone of height 16 cm with radii of its lower and upper ends as 8 cm and 20 cm respectively.
Find
(i) the cost of milk when it is completely filled with milk at the rate of Rs 15 per litre.

(ii) the cost of metal sheet used, if it costs Rs 5 per 100 cm2

30. The median of the following data is 20.75. Find the missing frequencies x and y, if the
total frequency is 100.

Class-Interval 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40

Frequency 7 10 x 13 y 10 14 9

OR

In the following distribution, locate the median mean and mode.

Monthly consumption
65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205
of electricity

No. of Consumers 4 5 13 20 14 7 4

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 SAMPLE PAPER 10
(CLASS X - MATHEMATICS )
Marking Scheme

1.

The decimal expansion of will terminate after 4 places of decimal

2.

D = 108 > 0
Therefore the roots are real and distinct.

Let the starting point be B.

Then BC =12 m & CA = 5m
By using Pythagoras theorem,

The distance between the starting point and end point = 13 m.

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By using section formula,

5. Area of Annulus =

6 Sample Space = { BBB, BBG, BGB, BGG , GBB, GBG, GGB,GGG}

n(S) = 8
P(having at least one boy) =

Section – B

Question numbers 7 to 12 carry two marks each

7.

= ( a rational number)

8. a = 10 ; d = 2.75
an = 59.50

59.50 = 10 + (n – 1) (2.75)
n = 19

OR

a = -9
d = -14 - (-9) = -14 + 9 = -5
a30 - a20 = (a + 29d) - (a + 19d)

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= 10d = 10 x (-5) = -50

9. LHS = tan (90°-89°) tan (90°- 79°) tan (90°- 69°) tan 69° tan 79° tan 89°
= cot 89° cot 79° cot 69° tan 69° tan 79° tan 89°
= cot 89° cot 79° cot 69° × × ×

= 1

10. Let the third vertex be (x, y)

11. AD = 5.7 cm, DB = 9.5 cm, AE = 4.8 cm and EC = 8 cm

Since D and E are the points on AB and AC respectively.
Check whether

or not.

0.6 = 0.6

Therefore,
(each equal to 0.6)
Hence, by the converse of Thales theorem DE || BC

12. Resulting solid is a cuboid with length = 3(15) = 45 cm ; breadth = 15 cm ;

Height = 15 cm
TSA of the cuboid = 2 (lb + bh + hl)
= 2 ( 675 + 225 +675)

= 3150 cm2

Section C

Question numbers 13 to 22 carry three marks each

13. Let n be any arbitrary positive odd integer.

On dividing n by 4, let m be the Quotient and r be the remainder. So, by Euclid’s division
lemma, we have

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n = 4m + r, where m ≠ 0 and r < 4.
As m ≠ 0 and r < 4 and r is an integer, r can take values 0, 1, 2, 3.
n = 4m or n = 4m + 1 or n = 4m + 2 or n = 4m + 3
n = 4m + 1 or n = 4m + 3( since n is odd)
Thus, any positive odd integer is of the form (4m + 1) or (4m + 3), where m is some integer.

14. Since and - are two zeroes of the polynomial

(x - ) (x + ) is a factor of the polynomial.

By long division method x4 + 3x3 - 20x2 - 6x + 36

= (x2 - 2) (x2 + 3x - 18)

= (x2 - 2) (x + 6) (x - 3)
The other zeroes of the Polynomial are -6,3. 1

15.

(x2- 5x + 4) +(x2 - 5x + 6)=

(x2 - 6x + 8)

6x2 – 30x +30 = 10x2 -60x +80

4x2 – 30x +50=0

2x2 – 15x +25 = 0

(x-5)(2x-5) = 0
x=5; x=5/2

16. 96,100, 104,.........

a = 96 , Sn = 168 ×12 = 2016 ; d = 4

Sn = (2×96 + (n – 1) 4)=2016

n2+47n-1008=0
(n+63)(n-16) =0
n=-63 is rejected; n =16
Therefore no of boys in the class = 16

17. The vertices of triangle are A(2 , ),

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Therefore the coordinates of centroid are

18.

19

= RHS

OR

L.H.S

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20. Let the side of the park be ‘a’ meter.

5 x a2 = 720 a = 12m.
Perimeter of square = 48 m.
Perimeter of triangle = 48m.
Side of triangle = 16m.
Now Area of triangle

= = 64 m 2.
Cost of maintaining the park
= Rs. (10 x 64 )
= Rs. 1108.48

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No.of
Marks
students(fi)

0 – 10 7

10 - 20 14

20 - 30 13

30 - 40 12(f0)

40 - 50 20(f1)

50 - 60 11(f2)

60 - 70 15

70 - 80 8

TOTAL 68

Modal class is 40 – 50 because it has highest frequency

Mode =

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 OR

Marks (class) No. of students (Frequency) Cumulative Frequency

30-35 14 14

35-40 16 30

40-45 18 48

45-50 23 71

50-55 18 89

55-60 8 97

60-65 3 100

Here n = 100

Therefore , which lies in the class 45-50

l1 (The lower limit of the median class) = 45

c (The cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class) = 48

f (The frequency of the Median class)= 23
h (The class size) = 5

Median

So, the median percentage of marks is 45.4

22. Let the number of blue balls be ‘x’.

Thus the sum of the possible outcomes = 6 +x

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Now the sum of the favourable outcomes if the red balls are drawn = 6
P(E) =
Again the sum of the favourable outcomes if the blue balls are drawn = x
P(E) =
=2 ×

x=12
Hence the number of blue balls = 12.

Section – D

23

Since the lines intersect at (3, 3), there is a unique solution given by x=3, y = 3
Area of triangle ABC formed by lines with x - axis = ½ x 10 x 3 = 15sq. units
Area of triangle BDE formed by lines with y - a x is = ½ x 10 x 3 = 15 sq units
Ratio of these areas = 1 :1

OR

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Let the speed of boat is }x\text{ km/h in still water
and stream y km/h
According to question,

on solving eq. (i) and (ii) we get,

on solving eq. (iii) and (iv) we get,

x = 8km/h
y = 3km/h

24. Let the usual speed of plane be x km/hour

Time taken = hrs. with usual speed

Time taken after increasing speed = hrs

Given that

x2 + 250x - 750000 = 0
(x + 1000 ) ( x -750 ) = 0
x = 750 or -1000 (Rejected)
Usual speed of plane = 750km/h.

25 Given: ABC ~ DEF

To Prove:

Construction: Draw AG BC and DH EF

Proof :

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Now in ABG and DEH, B = E
AGB = DHE(Each 90°)
AGB ~ DHE

But,

From (i) and (ii), we get,

Similarly, we can prove

Let the largest side of the larger triangle be x cm, then

(Using the theorem)

x = 36 cm

OR

Given: A such that

To prove: Triangle ABC is right angled at B

Construction: Construct a triangle DEF such that

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 and
Proof: is a right angledtriangle right angled at E [construction]
By Pythagoras theorem, we have

Thus, in and we have

[By Construction and (i)]

Hence, is a right triangle.

In

Now in
is right angled at K

26

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Since tangent is perpendicular to the radius of the circle
SPO = SRO = OQT = 90°
In right triangles OPS and ORS
OS = OS (common)
OP = OR (radii of circle)
OPS ORS(RHS congruence)
1 = 2
Similarly 3= 4
Now 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 =180°
2 + 3 =90°
SOT = 90°

27. DABC in which AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm and ABC = 60°

DA’BC’ is the required similar triangle.

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28

In right BAC ,

AB = (100 + AD) x ---(i)

In right DBAD ,

AB = AD x ---(ii)
From (i) and (ii) we get
100 + AD = 3 AD
AD = 50 m
From (ii) AB = 50 m
= 50 x 1.732m
or, AB = 86.6 m

29. The Container is a frustum of cone h = 16cm, r = 8cm, R = 20cm

Volume of the container = x ph ( R2 + Rr + r2 )

= x 3.14 x 16 ((20)2 + 20(8) + (8)2) cm3

= x 3.14 x 16 (400 + 160 +64) cm3

= ( x 3.14 x 16 x 624 ) cm3

= (3.14 x 3328) cm3

= 10449.92 cm3
= 10.45 litres
Cost of milk = Rs (10.45 x 15) = Rs 156.75

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Now, slant height of the frustum of cone = l

Total surface area of the container = pl ( R+r) +p r2

= 3.14 x 20 (20 + 8) + 3.14 (8)2 cm2

= 3.14 [ 20 x 28 + 64 ] cm2

= 3.14 x 624 = 1959.36 cm2

Cost of metal Used = Rs 1959.36 x
= Rs 19.5936 x 5
= Rs 97.968
= Rs 98 (Approx.)

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CLASS INTERVAL FREQUENCY CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY

0-5 7 7

5-10 10 17

10-15 x 17+x

15-20 13 30+x

20-25 y 30+x+y

25-30 10 40+x+y

30-35 14 54+x+y

35-40 9 63+x+y

Given n(total frequency ) = 100

100 = 63 + x + y
x + y = 37 ----------(1)

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The median is 20.75 which lies in the class 20-25
So, median class is 20-25
l = 20
f = y
c.f = 30 + x
h = 5
Using formula,

Median = l +

20.75 = 20 +

3y = 400 - 20x
20x + 3y = 400 ------(2)
Solving (1) and (2), we get
x = 17
y = 20

OR

Monthly consumption of electricity No. of consumers (F) C.F Class Mark (X) FX

65-85 4 4 75 300

85-105 5 9 95 475

105-125 13 22 115 1495

125-145 20 42 135 2700

145-165 14 56 155 2670

165-185 8 64 175 1400

185-205 4 68 195 780

∑ƒx=9320

Now and this is in 125-145 class

Median class = 125-145

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Here,

We know that

Hence, Median = 137

Again Mean

For mode, since the maximum frequency is 20 and this corresponds to the class 125-145
Here,

Thus, Median = 137, Mean = 137.05 and Mode = 135.76

The three measures are approximately the same in the class.

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