Pre-Board Examination 2023

Class- X
Subject – Mathematics (041)
Time Allowed: 3 hours M.M. 80
General Instructions:
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
1. This question paper contains five Sections A, B, C, D and E. Each Section is compulsory.
However, there are internal choices in some questions.
2. Section A has 18 multiple choice questions (MCQs) and two Assertion-Reason based
questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has short answer (SA) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 long answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/ case study/ passage based/ integrated units of assessment (4
marks each) with sub parts.
SECTION-A

1. If α and β are the zeros of quadratic polynomial 4 x 2+5 x +7, then αβ 2+ α 2 β+ αβ is

−5 −7 7 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 16 16 4

2. If ABCD is a rectangle, then

(a) x=6, y=4 (b) x=6, y=3 (c) x=12, y=4 (d) x=3, y=6

3. The roots of quadratic equation 2 x 2+3 x−14=0 are

7 7 −2 −7
(a) ,2 (b) , (c) 7, 2 (d) ,2
2 2 3 2

4. A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at the points P and Q respectively. If (2, -5) is the

mid point 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)

5. In ∆ABC, EF ││ BC, AB=4 cm, AE=1.8 cm, ∠ C=∠ A , then the value of EF is

(a) 2 cm (b) 2.1 cm

(c) 1.8 cm (d) 2.2 cm

6. In the given figure, ABCD is a trapezium in which diagonals intersect at O. If AO= 2

units, BO=3 units, and CO= 5 units, then DO is

(a) 6 units (b) 10 units (c) 7.5 units (d) 2.5 units

7. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is +1 and

that of the other is -8. Then the difference between their 4th terms is

(a) 1 (b) -7 (c) 7 (d) 9

8. In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle and PQ is the chord. If the tangent PR at

P makes an angle of 500 with PQ. Then ∠ POQ is

 (a) 1000 (b) 800 (c) 900 (d) 750

9. In figure, the perimeter of ∆ABC is

(a) 15 cm (b) 30 cm (c)

32 cm (d) 120 cm

a
10. If tanθ= , thensin θ is
a+b

a+ b a+ b
(a) (b)
√2 a + b −2 ab
2 2
√2 a + b2 +2 ab
2

a a
(c) (d)
√ a +b +2 ab
2 2
√2 a + b2 +2 ab
2

0
2 tan 30
11. 2 0 is equal to
1−tan 30

(a) cos 600 (b) sin 600 (c) tan 600 (d) sin 300

5
12. If sec ϕ= , then value of 3+5 sin2 ϕ is
3

31 4 17
(a) (b) 31 (c) (d)
5 5 5

13. A wire is in the form of a circle of radius 14 cm, bent to a square then the side of square

into which it can be bent is

(a) 22 cm (b) 2π cm (c) (π+14) cm (d) 11 cm

14. If the perimeter and the area of a circle are numerically equal, then the radius of circle is
(a) 2 units (b) π units (c) 4 units (d) 7 units

15. If a marble of radius 2.1 cm is put into a cylindrical cup full of water of radius 5 cm and

height 6 cm, then the volume of water which flows out of a cylindrical cup is

(a) 38.808 cm3 (b) 55.4 cm3 (c) 19.4 cm3 (d) 471.4 cm3

16. Which one of the following is the correct relationship between Mean, Median and Mode?

(a) Mode= 2 Median- 3 Mean (b) Mode=Median- 2 Mean

(c) Mode= 2 Median – Mean (d) Mode= 3 Median – 2 Mean

17. For the following distribution

Class Interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40

Frequency 15 18 11 16

the sum of lower limit of median class and lower limit of modal class is

(a) 30 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 40

18. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. The probability of getting a king or spade is

1 1 15 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
52 26 52 13

ASSERTION-REASON BASED QUESTIONS

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of

Reason (R). Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false but R is true

q
19. (Assertion) (A): If HCF of two numbers is ‘p’ and LCM is q, then is always a natural
p

number
 (Reason) (R): The HCF is always factor of LCM

20. (Assertion) (A): The points (1, -3), (2, 3) and (-4, 6) are collinear.

(Reason) (R): Three points A, B and C are collinear if AB+BC=AC

SECTION-B

21. Prove that √ 2is an irrational number.

22. If 49x+51y=499, 51x+49y=501, then find the value of x and y

23. In the given figure, O is the centre of circle. Find ∠ AQB, given that PA and PB are

tangents to the circle and ∠ APB=750

24. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 6cm. Find the area swept by it when it moves

from 07:05 P.M. to 7:40 P.M.

OR

In the given figure, arcs have been drawn of radius 10.5 cm each with vertices A, B, C and D

of quadrilateral ABCD as centres. Find the area of the shaded region.

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25. If area of a sector of a circle having radius 7 cm is cm , find length of corresponding
3

arc.

OR

Find the area of corresponding minor segment formed by chord of length equal to the radius

of the circle that is 6 cm.

SECTION-C

26. Find the product of the least number divisible by 18, 24 and 36 and the greatest number

which divides 18, 24 and 36.

27. If α and β are the zeros of polynomial x2+7x+8, then find the polynomial whose zeros are

1
2
∧1
α .
2
β

28. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 sq units, if its length is reduced by 5 units and

the breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and breadth by 2 units,

the area is increased by 67 square units. Find the length and breadth of the rectangle.

OR

A shopkeeper sells a saree at 8% profit and a sweater at 10% discount, thereby getting a sum

of Rs.1008. If she had sold the saree at 10% profit and the sweater at 8% discount, she would

have got Rs.1028. Find the cost price of saree and the marked price of the sweater.

29. In the figure XY and XʹYʹ are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre O and another

tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and XʹYʹ at B, what is the measure

of ∠ AOB

OR

Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

30. Prove the following

3 3
tan θ cot θ
2
+ 2
=sec θ . cosecθ−2 sin θ .cos θ
1+ tan θ 1+cot θ

31. Three coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting

(i) at least one head? (ii) at most one tail?

(iii) a head and a tail?

32. A peacock is sitting on the top of a pillar, which is 9 m high. From a point 27 m away

from the bottom of the pillar, a snake is coming to its hole at the base of the pillar. Seeing the

snake the peacock pounces on it. If their speeds are equal, at what distance from the hole is

the snake caught?

OR

A piece of cloth costs Rs.200. If the piece was 5 m longer and each metre of cloth costed Rs.2

less, then cost of cloth would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece and what is

the original rate per metre?

33. Find the Median of the following data:

Marks Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less

than 10 than 20 than 30 than 40 than 50 than 60 than 70 than 80

Frequency 0 10 25 43 65 87 96 100

34. Two rectangular sheets of dimensions 45 cm X 155 cm are folded as malice hollow right

circular cylindrical pipes, such that there is exactly 1 cm of overlap when sticking the ends of

the sheet. Sheet 1 is folded along its length, while Sheet 2 is folded along its width. That is

the __ edge of the sheet is joined with its bottom edge in both the sheets as depicted by the

arrow in the figure below. Both pipes are closed on both ends to form cylinders.
 OR

14 lead shots each of radius 2 cm are packed in a cuboidal box of internal dimensions 18 cm

X 8cm X 6 cm and then the box is filled with water. Find volume of water filled in the box.

35. State and prove basic proportionality theorem and using the theorem prove that, if ABCD

is a parallelogram, P is the point on side BC and DP when produced meets AB produced at L,

DP DC
then =
PL BL

SECTION-E
This Section comprises of three case study/ passage based questions of 4 marks
each. First two case study questions have three sub parts (i), (ii) and (iii) of marks
1, 1 and 2 respectively. The third case study question has two sub parts of 2 marks
each.
36. We can determine whether a quadrilateral placed on coordination plane is a parallelogram

or not. In coordinate geometry, distance formula and mid point formula are enough to show

that quadrilateral placed on coordinate axes is a parallelogram or not. If vertices of triangle

are given then using distance formula we can find length of sides of triangle, e.g. ABCD is a

quadrilateral placed on coordinate axes as shown

Answer the questions based on above:

(i) If A(2, 3), B(4, 6), C(7, 4) and D(a, b) are the vertices of a quadrilateral, such that

diagonals AC and BD intersects each other at O. If O is mid point of AC and BD then find

the value of a and b.

(ii) Three vertices of a parallelogram taken in order are (0, 3), (0, 0) and (5, 0), then find the

fourth vertex.

(iii) If P(5, 2), Q(2, -2) and R(2, y) are vertices of a right-angled triangle where ∠ Q =900 then

find y.

OR

Three vertices of a rectangle AOBC are A(0, 3), O(0, 0), B(5, 0), then find the length of

diagonals AB and OC.

37. India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong

technical and engineering capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs. The

production of TV sets in a factory increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It

produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.

Based on the above

information, answer the following questions

 (i) Find the production in the first year

(ii) In which year the production will be 29200?

(iii) Find the difference of the production during 7th year and 4th year.

OR

Find the difference between 12th year and first year.

38. Point A is the position of jet fighter flying in the sky. The angle of elevation of point A

from ground is shown. After 15 seconds, the jet fighter moves in direction AP and reaches at

point P. The angle of elevation of point P on the ground is shown (Assume that fighter is

flying at the constant height above the ground)

Based on the above information, answer the

following questions

(i) What is the distance of AP, if jet is flying with speed 720 km/h in 15 seconds?

(ii) If the jet is flying at the speed of 360 km/h then find the distance covered in 15

seconds.

(iii) If the jet is flying at a speed of 720 km/h then find the constant height at which it

is flying

OR

If the jet is flying at the speed of 360 km/h then find the constant height at which

it is flying.