Delhi Public School, Udaipur

Half Yearly Examination,

Session2020-21
Class –X
Subject – Mathematics

Time: 2.5 Hrs. M.M. : 50

SECTION A

 Each question carries 1 mark. (1x20=20)

1. If the system of equations 3x+y=1 and (2k-1)x +(k-1)y=2k+1 is inconsistent,

then k=

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) 2

2. The area of the triangle formed by the lines y=x , x=6 and y=0 is

(a)36 sq. units (b) 18 sq. units (c) 9 sq. units (d) 72 sq. units

3. For what value of k, do the equations 3x-y+8=0 and 6x-ky+16=0 represent

coincident lines ?

(a) ½ (b) -1/2 (c)2 (d) -2

4. If one root of the equation 4x2-2x + (k-4) =0 be the reciprocal of the other, then
k=

(a) 8 (b) -8 (c)4 (d) -4

5. If the sum and product of the roots of the equation kx2+6x+4k=0 are equal, then
k=

(a)-3/2 (b) 3/2 (c)2/3 (d) -2/3

6. If y=1 is a common root of the equations ay2+ ay +3 =0 and y2 +y +b =0, then ab

equals

(a) 3 (b) -7/2 (c)6 (d) -3

7. The first three terms of an A.P respectively are 3y-1, 3y+5 and 5y+1. Then,y
equals

(a) -3 (b) 5 (c)4 (d) 2

8. If 18, a, b, -3 are in A.P, the a+b =

(a)19 (b) 7 (c)11 (d) 15

9. The ratio in which the x axis divides the segment joining (3, 6) and (12,-3) is

(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c)-2:1 (d) 1: -2

10. If the points A(5,p) , B(1,5) , C(2,1) and D(6,2) form a square ABCD, then p =

(a) 7 (b) 3 (c)6 (d) 8

11. A line intersects the y- axis and x -axis at P and Q respectively. If (2,-5) is the
midpoint of PQ, then the coordinates of P and Q are, respectively

(a)(0,-5) and (2,0) (b) (0,10) and (-4,0)

(c)(0,4) and (-10,0) (d) (0,-10) and (4,0)

12. The maximum volume of a cone that can be carved out of a solid hemisphere of
radius r is

(a) 3πr2 (b) πr3/3 (c) πr2/3 (d) 3πr3

13. The arithmetic mean and mode of a data are 24 and 12 respectively, then its
median is-

(a) 25 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 22

14. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -3,-2,-1, 0, 1 ,2, 3 the
probability that IxI ≤2 is -
5 2 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7

15. If two different dice are rolled together, the probability of getting an even
number on both dice is,
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 2 6 4

16. The 4th term from the end of the A.P : -11,-8,-5,……..,49 is

(a) 37 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 58

17. A spherical ball of radius r is melted to make 8 new identical balls each of
radius r1. Then r:r1 =

(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 4:1 (d) 1:4

18. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0,4) and (0,0) and (3,0) is

(a) 7+√5 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 12

 𝟏 𝟏−𝟑𝒃 𝟏−𝟔𝒃
19. The common difference of the A .P: , , ,………….. is
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑

1 1
(a) (b)- (c) -b (d) b
3 3

20. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2+ bx + c , c≠0 are equal ,then

(a) a and c have opposite signs (b)c and b have opposite signs

(c) a and c have the same signs (d) c and b have the same signs

SECTION - B

Case study based question. Each question carries 1 mark. (1x5=5)

21. Case study based question

Mathematics teacher of a school took her 10th standard students to show Tajmahal.
The teacher said in this monument one can find combination of solid figures.

(i)Write the formula to find the volume of a hemispherical dome.

(ii)Find the lateral surface area of 4 pillars if height of each pillar is 20m and radius of the
base is 1.4m.

(iii)How much is the volume of 2 small hemispheres each of radius 2.1m?

(iv)How much cloth material will be required to cover 1 big dome of radius 4.2m?

(v)What is the ratio of sum of volumes of four hemispheres of radius 1m each to the
volume of a sphere of radius 2m?
 SECTION- C

Each question carries 2 marks. (2x7=14)

22. If α and β are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial f(x) =2x2-5x+7, find a polynomial
whose zeros are 2α+3β and 3α+2β.

23. Determine the ratio in which the line 2x + y - 4= 0 divides the line segment joining
points A (2,-2) and B(3,7).

24. If the sum of the first n terms of an A .P is 4n – n2; find the nth term.

25. For what values of a and b does the following pair of linear equations have an infinite
number of solutions?

2x+3y =7

(a-b) x + (a+b) y =3a+ b -2

26. The following data gives the information on the observed lifetimes (in hours) of 225
electrical components:

Lifetime(inhrs.) 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120

Frequency 10 35 52 61 38 29

Determine the modal lifetime of the components.

27. A cubical block of side 7cm is surmounted by a hemisphere. What is the greatest
diameter the hemisphere can have? Find the surface area of the solid.

28. Cards marked between the numbers 2 to 101 are placed in a box and mixed
thoroughly. One card is drawn from this box. Find the probability that the number on the
card is:

(i) a number less than 10

(ii) a number which is a perfect square

SECTION –D

Each question carries 3 marks. (3x2=6)

29. One card is drawn from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability of
getting

(i) Either a black card or a king

(ii) A queen

(iii) Neither an ace nor a king

30. Water is flowing through a cylindrical pipe of internal diameter 2cm,into a cylindrical
tank of base radius 40 cm at the rate of 7m/sec. By how much will the water rise in the
tank in half an hour?

SECTION –E

(5x1=5)

31. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5 , find the values of
‘ X’ and ‘Y’

Class Frequency
interval

0-10 5

10-20 X

20-30 20

30-40 15

40-50 Y

50-60 5

Total 60