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Class: 10th
Sample Paper – 11

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. If HCF (a, b) = 4 and LCM (a, b) = 12, then find the value of ab.
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 48 (d) 32
2. Name the criteria of similarity by which following triangle are similar.

(a) SSS (b) SAS (c) AAA (d) ASA

3. The polynomial has sum of its zeroes equal to one third of their product, then
the value of k is
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4
4. Which term of the given AP 3, 7, 11, 14 , …. Is 47?
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 15
5. In and Then, the value of AE is

(a) 20 cm (b) 24 cm (c) 21 cm (d) 23 cm

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6. If , then the value of is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

7. There are two concentric circles with centre O. PRT and PQS are tangents to the inner circle from a
point P lying on the outer circle. If PR = 6, then the length of PS is

(a) 12cm (b) 10cm (c) 6cm (d) 5cm

8. It is given that such that AB = 5cm, AC = 7cm, DF = 15cm and DE = 12cm, 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
9. If the point P(k, 0) divides the line segment joining the points and in the ratio 1:2,
then the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) – 2 (d) – 1
10. Card marked with numbers 3 to 50 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly. Once card is drawn at
random from the box. The probability that the card drawn, shows a two-digits number is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11. The area of a sector of a circle with radius 6cm, if angle of the sector is , is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12. Number of tangents drawn at a point of the circle is/are
(a) Infinite (b) One (c) Two (d) None of these
13. If , then the angle is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
14. The quadratic equation has
(a) Two distinct real roots (b) Two equal real roots
(c) No real root (d) More than two real roots
15. If the points and B(4, 3) are equidistant from the Y-axis, then the coordinates of that point
are
(a) (b) (c) (1, 0) (d) None of these
16. The pair of equations and has
(a) No solution (b) One solution (c) Two solutions (d) Infinitely many solutions
17. The discriminant of the equation is
(a) 100 (b) 0 (c) 288 (d)

18. When two dice are thrown together, then the probability of getting a number always greater than 4 on
the second die is

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 (a) (b) (c) (d)

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 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): The ratio of heights of two right circular cones is 1:2 and radii are in the ratio 2:1.
Then, the ratio of their volumes are 2:1.
Reason (R): Volume of right circular cone is
20. Assertion (A): The length of the minute hand of a clock is 5cm. Then, the area swept by the minute
hand in 10 min is .

Reason (R): The length of an arc of a sector of angle and radius r is given by .

SECTION-B

Very Short Answer Type Questions (Each Question carries 2 marks)

21. Find the value of x, y and z in the given factor tree. Can the value of x be found without finding the
value of y and z?
If yes, explain.

22. If , then verify that

Or
Evaluate .
23. Ramesh, Anupriya and Laxmi were fighting to get first chance in a game. Ramesh says, “Let us toss
two coins. If both heads appear, Anupriya will take first dance, if both tails appear, Laxmi will get it

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 and if one head and one tail appear, I will get the chance”. What is the probability of Ramesh,
Anupriya and Laxmi getting the first chance?
24. Find the mode of the following distribution.
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Number of Students 4 6 7 12 5 6

25. In the given figure, PQ||CB and PR||CD.

Prove that
(i) (ii)
Or
In the given figure, and .

If BD = 6cm and AD = 3cm, then find the value of CD.

SECTION-C

Short Answer Type Questions (Each Question carries 3 marks)

26. In and E are points on the sides AB and AC respectively such that . If
, and , then find the value of x.
27. Without solving the following quadratic equation, then find the value of k for which the given
equation has real and equal roots.

28. If the length of an arc of a circle of radius r is equal to that of an arc of a circle of radius 2r, then the
angle of the corresponding sector of the first circle is double the angle of the corresponding sector of
the other circle .Is this statement false? Why?
Or
In the given figure, arcs have been drawn with radius 7cm each and with centres A, B and C. Find
the area of the shaded region.
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29. If the sum of first four terms of an AP is 60 and that of first 14 terms is 280, then find the sum of its
first n terms.

30. Prove that

Or
Prove that
31. Prove that is an irrational number.

SECTION-D

Long Answer Type Questions (Each Question carries 5 marks)

32. An aeroplane is flying with the speed of box 600 km/h along a straight road towards a point on the
road. At any time, the angle of elevation from that point to the aeropalane is . After 6s, the angle
of elevation from that point to the aerookabe becomes . Find the vertical height of an aeroplane.
Or
From the top of a 100 m high tower, a man observes two cars on the opposite sides of the tower and
in straight line with the base of tower with angles of depression as and . Find the distance
between two cars.
33. In the given figure, O is the centre of a circle with radius 5cm. If T is a point such that
then find the length of AB

34. Find the unknown entries m, n, o, p, q and r in the following distribution of heights of students in a
class and the total number of students is 50.
Height (in cm) 150- 155- 160- 165- 170- 175-
155 160 165 170 175 180
Frequency 12 n 10 p q 2
Cumulative frequency m 25 o 43 48 r
Or
The following table gives weekly wages in rupees of workers in a certain commercial organization.
The frequency of class 49-52 is missing. It is known that the mean of the frequency distribution is
47.2. Find the missing frequency.

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 Weekly wages (in Rs) 40-43 43-46 46-49 49-52 52-55
Number of workers 31 58 60 ? 27

35. A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would have been 6km/h faster, it
would have taken 4h less than the scheduled time and if the train were slower by 6km/h, it would
have taken 6h more than the scheduled time. Find the distance travelled by the train.

SECTION-E

Case-Study/Passage-based (Each Question carries 4 marks)

36. One day, due to heavy storm an electric wire got bent as shown in the figure. It followed some
mathematical shapes of curve. Answer the following questions below.

(i) How many zeroes are there for the polynomial (shape of the wire)? (1)
(ii) Find the zeroes of the polynomial. (1)
(iii) Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes 3 and – 4. (2)
Or
If a zero of the quadratic polynomial is – 3, the value of k. (2)
37. One day Ram went to his home town during Dussehra vacation. During his excursion, he noted the
four places temple, TV tower, mall and school, then he tried to locate all the places using graph sheet
by taking his position at origin. He marked A, B, C and D for school, TV tower, temple and mall,
respectively on the graph sheet by taking scale as 1 unit = 1 km as shown below.

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Find the distance between school and TV tower. (1)
(ii) Find the distance between temple and mall. (1)

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 (iii) If Ram’s school (A) is at coordinates and the mall (D) is coordinates , then
find the coordinate of the mid-point of the line segment joining the school and mall. (2)
Or
The TV tower (B) is at (8, 3) and the temple C is at (6, 7). Find the coordinates of the point
that divides the line segment BC in the ratio 2:3. (2)
38. Kinja is running a lemonade sand in her apartment complex’s Diwali fair. Her mother gave her a
cylindrical container to store the lemonade as shown by the figure below. She used cylindrical paper
cups of height 10cm and radius 2.8 cm to serve the lemonade. To avoid spillage, she fills the cups
only 75% of their height. She sells each cup for Rs 10.

(Note the figure is not to scale)

While selling the lemonade, Kinjal runs out of cups. She goes to the store and buys the first set of
paper cups she finds. The dimensions and the shape of the new paper cup is shown in the figure
below. She continues to fill the cups up to 75% of their height.

(Note the figure is not to scale)

(Note take )
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.
(i) Find the capacity of the cylindrical container.
Or
What is the volume of lemonade in each original paper cup when filled to 75% of their height?
(1)
(ii) Find the amount of lemonade she fills in a single new cup. (1)
(iii) How many new paper cups can be filled from the cylindrical container? (1)

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