ICSE 2025 EXAMINATION
Sample Question Paper - 3
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Mathematics Total Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in
reading the question paper.
3. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
4. Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
5. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [].
SectionA
(Attempt all questions from this section.)
Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. [15]
i. Which of the following is not an irrational number?
(a) 5+2√3
(b) √23-7+√34+2
(c) √9+√7
(d) √51-2-√8
ii. A person invests Rs. 20,000 for the year at a certain rate of interest compounded annually.
If the amount he receives after 1 year is Rs. 22,400, find the rate of interest per annum.
(a) 10%
(b) 11%
(c) 12%
(d) 13%
iii. Expand (x + 9)(x + 11).
(a) x2 + 20x +99
(b) x2 + 2x +99
(c) 12x +99
(d) x2 - 2x+2
iv. The factors of 2a² + bc - 2ab - ac are
(a) (a + b) and (2a - с)
(b) (2a -b) and (c + 2a)
(c) (a - c) and (2a - b)
(d) (2a - c) and (a - b)
v. Which of the following ordered pair satisfies the two equations 2x + y = 35, 3x + 4y = 65?
(a) (12, 11)
(b) (14, 7)
(c) (15, 5)
(d) (16, 3)
vi. The value of am x an is equal to
(a) am-n
(b) amn
(c) am+n
(d) am/n
vii. Which of the following in not one of the congruency criteria?
(a) SSS
(b) AAA
(c) RHS
(d) SAS
viii. In AABC, C = 90°, If BC = 8 cm and AC = 6 cm, then AB =
(a) 2 cm
(b) 14 cm
(c) 10 cm
(d) 12 cm
ix. A chord of length 8 cm is drawn in a circle of diameter 20 cm, its distance from the centre
of the circle is
(a) 4 cm
(b) 10 cm
(c) 6 cm
(d) 8 cm
X. Which term will be the median if there are 9 numbers arranged in ascending order?
(a) 2nd & 3rd
(b) 3rd & 4th
(c) 4th
(d) 5th
xi. For n = 2 years,
2
r
Statement1:When interest is compounded yearly,A=P(1 100
2
r
Statement 2: When interest is compounded half-yearly, A=P 1+
2×100
Which of the following is valid?
(a) Both the statements are true.
(b) Both the statements are false.
(c) Statement 1 is true, and Statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 1 is false, and Statement 2 is true.
xii. The dimensional ratio of a cuboid is 1: 2: 3. If its volume is 1296 cm³, the actual
dimensions of the cuboid are:
(a) 8 cm, 12 cm and 12 cm
(b) 12 cm, 8 cm and 8 cm
(c) 12 cm, 12 cm and 12 cm
(d) 6 cm, 12 cm and 18 cm
13
xiii. Given sec 0= then the value of sin is
12'
12
(a)
13
5
(b)
13
1
(c)
13
(d) 0
xiv. Assertion (A): Trinomial 6x² + 17x + 5 is factorisable.
Reason (R): A trinomial ax² + bx + c is factorisable if the value of b2 - 4ac is a perfect square.
(a) A is true, R is false.
(b) A is false, R is true.
(c) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct reason for A.
(d) Both A and R are true, and R is the incorrect reason for А.
xv. Distance between the points P(5, 2) and Q(9, 5) is equal to
(a) 1 unit
(b) 3 units
(c) 5 units
(d) 6 units
Question 2
i. Find the amount and the compounded interest on Rs. 64000 for 112 years at 15% per
annum, compounded half-yearly (Without using formula). [4]
ii. Solve using the method of elimination by equating coefficients:
6 4
4x + = 15, 3x -=7 [4]
y y
iii. In triangle ABC, the medians BE and CF are produced to points P and Q, respectively, such
that EP = BE and FQ = CF. Prove that [4]
(a) Q A and P are collinear.
(b) A is the mid-point of QP.
Q A
F E
B C
Question 3
i. A ladder 15 m long reaches a window which is 9 m above the ground on one side of the
street. Keeping its foot at the same point, the ladder is turned to the other side of the street
to reach a window 12 m high. Find the width of the street. [5]
ii. The diagonals of a quadrilateral are of lengths 10 cm and 24 cm. If the diagonals bisect each
other at right angles, find the length of each side of the quadrilateral. Name the type of the
quadrilateral. [4]
iii. Factorise: [4]
A. x3 + 3x2 + 3x -7
B. [(674)2 - (326)2]
Section В
(Attempt any four questions from this Section.)
Question 4
i) Prove that √5+√11 is an irrational number. [3]
ii) Calculate the amount and the compound interest (Without using formula) on Rs. 25000
for 2 years at 8% per annum compounded annually. [3]
iii) If parallel chords AB and CD are in the same half plane of a line containing diameter
parallel to them and AB 8, CD 6 and the perpendicular distance between
= = them is 1,
then find the length of the diameter of the circle. [4]
A B
C D
Question 5
a2 b² 2
i) Find
bc ac ab
, given a+b+c= 0. [3]
2
ii) Factorise: a3-1 -2a+ [3]
a3 a
iii) The mean of the ages of three students Vijay, Rahul and Rakhi is 15 years. If their ages
are in the ratio 4:5:6, respectively, then find their ages. [4]
Question 6
i) Find the two numbers such that the sum of twice the first and thrice the second is 103,
and four times the first exceeds seven times the second by 11. [3]
ii) Solve forx: 5*3 ×32x-8=225 [3]
iii) The following table gives the distribution of two sections according to marks obtained:
Section A Section B
Marks Frequencу Marks Frequencу
0-10 3 0-10 5
10-20 9 10-20 19
20-30 17 20-30 15
30-40 12 30-40 10
40-50 9 40-50 1
Represent the marks of students of both sections on the same graph by two frequency
polygons.
[4]
Question 7
7
i) If cot 0 = evaluate [5]
8
(1+sin 0)(1-sin 0)
(a) (b) tan2 0
(1+cos0)(1-cos0)
ii) In the given figure, ABCD is a square with diagonal 44 cm. How much paper of each shade
is needed to make a kite given in the figure? (√39 =6.25) [5]
C
Yellow Green
B
IV
Red Yellow
YA
20 cm/ 20 cm
Green
E 14 cm
Question 8
i) In the figure, PQRS is a rhombus and RST is an equilateral triangle. T and Q lie on opposite
sides of RS. If <SPQ = 72°, then calculate the measures of RQT and SQT. [3]
72
Q
ii) In the figure given below, P and Q are centres of the two circles intersecting at B and C,
and ACD is a straight line. Find the value of x. [3]
D
C
P
A
150°
F
iii) A wooden bookshelf has external dimensions as follows:
Height = 110 cm, breadth = 25 cm, length = 85 cm.
The thickness of the plank is 5 cm everywhere. The external faces are to be polished, and
the inner faces are to be painted. If the rate of polishing is 20 paise per cm² and the rate
of painting is 10 paise per cm², find the total expenses required for polishing and painting
the surface of the bookshelf. [4]
85 cm
110 cm
25 cm
Question 9
i) In the given figure, if x = y and AB = CB, then prove that AE = CD. [3]
D A
B
E y°
0
ii) If E and F are the mid-points of non-parallel sides AD and BC, respectively, of a trapezium
ABCD, then prove that EF is parallel to AB and EF = ½ (AB + CD). [3]
D C
E F
A B
iii) In the given figure, a AABC has been given in which AB 7.5 cm, AC 6.5 cm and BC 7= = =
cm. On base BC, a parallelogram DBCE of the same area as that of AABC is constructed.
Find the height DL of the parallelogram. [4]
A
D E
B
L C
Question 10
i) How many bricks will be required to construct a wall 8 m long, 6 m high and 22.5 cm
thick if each brick measures 25 cm × 11.25 cm × 6 cm? [3]
ii)
Find the area of a circle whose centre is (5, -3) and it passes through the point
(-7, 2). [3]
iii) Solve the below pair of simultaneous equations graphically:
2x + 3y = 2 and x - 2y = 8 [4]