Due Date: 23.11.

24 Model Examination CLASS: X

[Link]: 80 Duration: Three hours

General Instructions

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 MCQ’s and 2 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment
of 4 marks each with sub-parts.

SECTION A

1. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48 seconds. If they first
beep together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep again for the first time?
(a) 12.20 pm (b) 12.12 pm (c) 12.11 pm (d) 12.30 pm

2. HCF is always
(a) multiple of LCM (b) factor of LCM (c) divisible by LCM (d) Option a and c both

3. If the least prime factor for number ‘a’ is 3 and the least prime factor for number ‘b’ is 7. Then the
least prime factor of number (a+b) is:
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 11

4. Find the greatest number of 5 digits, that will give us remainder of 5, when divided by 8 and 9
respectively.
(a) 99921 (b) 99931 (c) 99941 (d) 99951

5. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is
(a) 10 (b) 210 (c) 504 (d) 2520

6. Arnav has 40 cm long red and 84 cm long blue ribbon. He cuts each ribbon into pieces such that all
pieces are of equal length. What is the length of each piece?
(a) 4 cm as it is the HCF of 40 and 84 (b) 4 cm as it is the LCM of 40 and 84
(c) 12 cm as it is the LCM of 40 and 84 (d) 12 cm as it is the HCF of 40 and 84

7. 1245 is a factor of the numbers p and q. Which of the following will always have 1245 as a factor?

(i) p + q (ii) p × q (iii) p ÷ q

(a) only (ii) (b) only (i) and (ii) (c) only (ii) and (iii) (d) all-(i), (ii) and (iii)

8. A man 6 feet tall casts a shadow 4 feet long at the same time when a flagpole casts a shadow 50 feet
long. The height of the flag pole is:
(a) 80 feet (b) 75 feet (c) 60 feet (d) 70 feet

9. D and E are the points on the sides AB and AC respectively of a triangle ABC such that AD = 8 cm,
DB = 12 cm, AE = 6 cm and CE = 9 cm. 2 BC =
(a) 3 DE (b) 5 AB (c) 5 DE (d) 5 DE

10. The surface area of the walls of a cuboidal room of dimensions length l, breadth b and height h is
(a) 2(l + b + h) (b) l b h (c) 2(l b + b h + l h) (d) 2(l + b) h
11. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 100% the volume of the corresponding sphere is increased
by:
(a) 200% (b) 800% (c) 700% (d) 400%

12. From a right circular cylinder with height 10 cm and radius of base 6 cm, a right circular cone of the
same height and base is removed. The volume of the remaining solid in cm3 is:
(a) 754.28 (b) 714.17 (c) 654.18 (d) 754.82

13. Volume and surface area of a solid hemisphere are numerically equal. What is the diameter of the
hemisphere?
(a) 7 cm (b) 9 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 5 cm

14. If the areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboid are X, Y and Z respectively, then the volume of the
cuboid is
√ √
(a) XYZ (b) 2 XYZ (c) XYZ (d) 2 XYZ

15. The ratio of the volumes of two cones is 2:3. Find the ratio of their radii if the height of second cone
is double the height of the first.
√ √ √
(a) 3:1 (b) 4: 3 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 2: 3

16. If two triangles are similar, and the ratio of their corresponding medians is 4:5, what is the ratio of
their corresponding areas?
(a) 16:25 (b) 25:16 (c) 25:16 (d) 5:4

17. In a ∆ABC, ∠A = 300 , ∠B = 600 and ∠ C= 900 . If ∆PQR ∼ ∆ABC, PQ = 8 cm, PR = 6 cm, what is
the length of side QR in cm of the ∆PQR?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 7

18. It is given that, ∆ABC ∼ ∆EDF such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 7 cm, DF = 15 cm and DE = 12 cm then
the sum of the remaining sides of the triangles is
(a) 23.05 cm (b) 16.8 cm (c) 6.25 cm (d) 24 cm

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.

19. Assertion (A) : Area of circle is numerically equal to its perimeter when its radius is 2 units.
Reason (R) : Area of circle gets quadrupled (four times) when its radius is doubled.
20. Assertion (A) : If two triangles are similar, their corresponding medians are in the same ratio as their
corresponding sides.
Reason (R) : Similar triangles have corresponding sides that are proportional.

SECTION B

21. The volume of a solid hemisphere is 29106 cm3 . Another hemisphere whose volume is two-third of
the above is carved out. Find the radius of the new hemisphere.

22. If a is an odd number, b is not divisible by 3 and LCM of a and b is P, what is the LCM of 3a and 2b?

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23. X and Y are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively of a ∆ PQR. If PX = 4 cm, XQ = 4.5 cm, PY
= 8 cm and YR = 9 cm, then show that XY || QR.

24. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.

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25. The volume of a right circular cylinder with its height equal to the radius is 25 cm3 . Find the height
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22
of the cylinder. [Use: π = ].
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SECTION C

26. National Art convention got registrations from students from all parts of the country, of which 65 are
interested in music, 104 are interested in dance and 117 students are interested in handicrafts. For
optimum cultural exchange, organizers wish to keep them in minimum number of groups such that
each group consists of students interested in the same art form and the number of students in each
group is the same. Find the number of students in each group. Find the number of groups in each art
form. How many rooms are required if each group will be allotted a room?

27. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends. The
length of the entire capsule is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm. Find its surface area.

28. In the given figure, AB || DE, BD || EF. Prove that DC2 = CF × AC.

29. ABCD is a trapezium with AB parallel to DC. Diagonals AC and BD intersect each other at O.
If AO = 3x - 1 , BO = 2x + 1, CO = 5x - 3 and DO = 6x - 5, then find the value of x.
√ √
30. Prove that 2 + 5 is irrational.

31. In given fig. ∠1 = ∠2, and ∠3 = ∠4.

Prove that: PT. QR = PS. ST.

SECTION D
√ √
32. Show that there is no positive integer n for which n − 1 + n + 1 is rational.

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

34. A right triangle, whose sides are 15 cm and 20 cm is made to revolve about its hypotenuse. Find the
volume and surface area of the double cone so formed. [Use: π = 3.14]

35. Prove that if a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the
other two sides in distinct points, then the other two sides are divided in the
same ratio. In the adjacent figure, XZ is parallel to BC, AZ = 3 cm, ZC = 2
cm, BM = 3 cm, MC = 5 cm. Find the length of XY

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 SECTION E

36. A triangular land has been divided into four parts by

drawling three line parallel to the base as shown in the
figure. The farmer decides to grow different type of flowers
in different parts. Given AD = 2DF = 2FH = 2BH and AB =
50 m. Based on the above information, answer the following
questions.

a) Find the length of AD. (1 Mark)

b) If AC =75 m, find the length of EG. (1 Mark)
c) Find the ratio of sides FG and BC. (2 Marks)

37. A right angled triangle with sides 21 cm, 28 cm and 35 cm is revolved about (a) 21 cm side (b) 28
cm side (c) 35 cm side.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

a) Find the volume of solid obtained in first case (a). (1 Mark)

b) Find the volume of solid obtained in second case (b). (1 Mark)
c) Find the ratio of CSA’s of solids obtained in first two cases (a) and (b). (2 Marks)

38. Khushi wants to organize her birthday party. Being health

conscious, she decided to serve only fruits in her birthday
party. She bought 36 apples and 60 bananas and decided
to distribute fruits equally among all. Based on the above
information, answer the following questions.

a) If Khushi decides to add 42 mangoes, how many

guests Khushi can invite at the most? (2 Marks)

b) If the cost of 1 dozen of bananas is |60, the cost of

1 apple is |15 and cost of 1 mango is |20, find the
total amount spent on 60 bananas, 36 apples and 42
mangoes. (2 Marks)

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