MasterMind Classes
Class: 10th
Sample Paper – 13
General Instructions:
(i) This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
(ii) Section A has 18 MCQs and 02 Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
(iii) Section B has 5 Very Short Answer type questions carrying 02 marks each.
(iv) Section C has 6 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
(v) Section D has 4 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
(vi) Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each).
(vii) All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Questions of 2 marks,
2 Questions of 3 marks and 2 Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has
been provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E
(viii) Draw neat figures wherever required. Take = 22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION-A
Multiple Choice Questions (Each Question carries 1 mark)
1. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents drawn from point P outside the circle and OP is the
perpendicular bisector of AB such that PA = 10cm and , then the length of chord AB is
(a) 5cm (b) 10cm (c) 8cm (d) cm
2. The nature of roots of the quadratic equation is
(a) Real, unequal and rational (b) Not real
(c) Real and equal (d) Real, unequal and irrational
3. A cylinder and a cone are of same radius and of same height. The ratio of the volume of cylinder to
that of the cone is
(a) 1:1 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:4 (d) 3:1
4. The probability of getting a multiple of 3 in a single throw of a die is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5. is
(a) An integer (b) A rational number
(c) An irrational number (d) None of these
6. If the Sun’s angle of elevation is and height of the pole is 8m, then the length of the shadow is
(a) 16m (b) (c) (d)
7. If the mean and the median of a data are 8 and 13 respectively, then its mode is
(a) 24 (b) 23 (c) 26 (d 27
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8. The value of is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) (d) 0
9. The similarity criterion such that if is
(a) ASA (b) SAS (c) AA (d) SSS
10. In the given figure, the graph of a polynomial p(x) is shown as below
The number of zeroes of p(x) is
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 5
11. If is the mid-point of the segment joining the points and then the value
of a is
(a) 12 (b) – 6 (c) – 12 (d) – 4
12. If one of the equation is the reciprocal of the other, then the value of k is
(a) 5 (b) – 3 (c) – 9 (d) 11
13. If then the value of is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
14. For what value of k, do the equations and represent coincident lines?
(a) (b) (c) – 2 (d) 2
15. In the given figure, and then is
(a) 18cm (b) 17cm (c) 16cm (d) 15cm
16. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 6cm meets a line through the centre O at a point Q so
that OQ = 10cm. The length of PQ is
(a) 3cm (b) cm (c) 8cm (d) 5cm
17. , then cosec A is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18. The sum of the roots of the equation is
(a) 8 (b) (c) (d)
Assertion-Reason Based Questions
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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 Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
19. Assertion (A): If a line divides any two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is parallel
to third side.
Reason (R): Line segment joining the mid-point of any two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third
side.
20. Assertion (A): If and the mean of distribution is 6, then the value of P is 7.
Reason (R): Mean .
SECTION-B
Very Short Answer Type Questions (Each Question carries 2 marks)
21. In the given figure, and are two right angled triangles, right angled at R and T,
respectively.
Prove that
22. Ramesh asks the labour to dig a well upto a depth of 10m. Labour charges Rs 150 for first metre and
increases Rs 50 for each subsequent metres. As labour was uneducated, he claims Rs 550 for the
whole work. Was labour right?
Or
th th
If the 16 term of AP exceeds its 10 term by 6, find the common difference.
23. Find the ratio in which the line segment joining and is divided by the point
.
24. Solve the equation by factorisation method.
25. Explain whether is prime number or a composite number.
Or
Find the LCM and HCF of the following pairs of integers and verify that product of
the two numbers 26 and 91.
SECTION-C
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Short Answer Type Questions (Each Question carries 3 marks)
26. On throwing two dice together, what is the probability of getting numbers on the dice
(i) Whose sum is greater than 7 but not more than 10.
(ii) Whose product equals to 10?
27. If a, b and c are the sides of right triangle, where c is hypotenuse, then prove that the radius r of the
circle which touches the sides of the triangle, is given by .
28. Two years ago, Salim was thrice as old as his daughter and 6 yr later, he will be 4 yr older than twice
her age. How old are they now?
Or
Taxi charges in a city consist of fixed charges and the remaining depending upon the distance
travelled in kilometers.
If a person travels 60km, he pays Rs 490 and for travelling 90km, he pays Rs 700. Express the above
statements with the help of simultaneous equations and hence find the fixed charge and the rate per
kilometer.
29. The x-coordinate of a point P is twice its y-coordinate. If P is equidistant from and
, then find the coordinates of P.
30. Find the zeroes of the polynomial . Also, verify the relation between the coefficients and
zeroes of the polynomial.
Or
If and are the zeroes of , then find the value of .
31. Prove that is an irrational number.
SECTION-D
Long Answer Type Questions (Each Question carries 5 marks)
32. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemisphere stuck to each of its ends (see
below figure). The length of the entire capsule is 14mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5mm. Find
its surface area.
Or
A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height of this
cone is 4cm and the diameter of the base is 8cm. Find the volume of the toy.
33. State and prove converse of basic proportional theorem.
34. If , then prove that .
Or
In and .
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Find the length of BC and also find the value of .
35. The sum of the first 6 terms of an AP is 54 and that of its next 6 times is 144. Find the first term and
common difference of the AP.
SECTION-E
Case-Study/Passage-based (Each Question carries 4 marks)
36. On the occasion of Diwali colourful rangoli is formed by using different colours, diya, candles and
light etc. On this occasion, we fire out the crackers and eat sweets etc. Riya made a rangoli using two
different colours red and green as shown in the figure.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the area of rangoli covered by both red and green colours. (1)
(ii) Find the area of rangoli covered by green colour only. (1)
Or
Find the length of arc CD of green colour.
(iii) If the cost of colour used in the rangoli is Rs per , then find the total cost of colour used in
the rangoli. (2)
37. In a village, a group of people complained for an electric fault in their area. On their complaint, an
electrician reached village to repair an electric fault on a pole of height 5m. She needs to each a point
1.3 m below the top of the pole to undertake the repair work (see the adjoining figure). She used
ladder, inclined at an angle of to the horizontal such that , to reach the required position.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the angle of elevation (1)
(ii) Find the length of ladder. (1)
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(iii) How far from the foot of the pole should she place the foot of the ladder? (2)
Or
If the height of pole i.e. distance BD is doubled, then what will be the length of the ladder.
38. Overweight and obesity may increase the risk of many health problems, including diabetes, heart
disease and certain cancers. The basic reason behind is the laziness, eating more junk foods and less
physical exercise. The school management give instruction to the school to collect the weight data of
each student. During medical check of 35 students from Class X-A, there weight was recorded as
follows:
Weight (in kg) Number of Students
Less than 38 0
Less than 40 3
Less than 42 5
Less than 44 9
Less than 46 14
Less than 48 28
Less than 50 32
Less than 52 35
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the median class of given data. (1)
(ii) Calculate the median weight of the given data. (2)
Or
Find the mean of the given data.
(iii) Find the modal class of the given data. (1)
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