Date : 03-05-2025 STD 10 Maths Total Marks : 30
Time : 1 Hour Chapter 2 and 4
Section A
* Choose the right answer from the given options. [1 Marks Each] [5]
1. Two equations are given below :
(i) (x + 1)(x + 3) − x + 7 = 0
(ii) x + 2x + = 0; x ≠ 0
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Rohit and Mohit said the following :
Rohit : Equation (i) is quadratic.
Mohit : Equation (ii) is quadratic.
Which of them is/are correct ?
(A) Only Rohit
(B) Only Mohit
(C) Both Rohit and Mohit
(D) Neither of them
2. Which of the following equations has two distinct real roots?
–
(A) 2x 2
− 3√2x +
9
4
= 0 (B) x 2
+x−5 = 0
–
(C) x 2
+ 3x + 2√2 = 0
(D) 5x 2
− 3x + 1 = 0
3. Choose the correct answer from the given four options in the following
questions:
The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 99x + 127 are:
a. Both positive.
b. Both negative
c. One positive and one negative.
d. Both equal.
4. It is given that the difference between the zeroes of 4x2 - 8kx + 9 is 4 and k > 0.
Then, k = ?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7
5. The ratio of the sum and product of the roots of the equation 7x
2
− 12x + 18 = 0
is
(A) 7 : 12 (B) 7 : 18 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 2 : 3
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* A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). [2]
Choose the correct option.
6. Statement-1 (A): The polynomial f (x) = x − 2x + 2 has two real zeros.
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Statement-2 (R): A quadratic polynomial can have at most two real zeroes.
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(B) Statement- 1 is true, Statement- 2 is true; Statement- 2 is not a correct explanation
for Statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
7. Statement-1 (A): If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial
f (x) = 3x
2
+ kx + 5 is −
2
3
, Then the value of k is 2 .
Statement-2 (R): The product of zeroes of the polynomial 2
ax + bx + c is c
a
.
(A) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement- 1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement- 1 is false, Statement- 2 is true.
Section B
* Given section consists of questions of 2 marks each. [4]
1. State whether the following quadratic equations have two distinct real roots.
Justify your answer.
x2 - 3x + 4 = 0
2. Determine the nature of the root of the following quadratic equation:
2
–
3x − 2√6x + 2 = 0
Section C
* Given section consists of questions of 3 marks each. [6]
1. For the following, find a quadratic polynomial whose sum and product
respectively of the zeroes are as given. Also, find the zeroes of these
polynomials by factorization.
−3 1
,−
2 √5 2
2. Write the number of real roots of the equation x2 + 3 |x| + 2 = 0
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Section D
* Given section consists of 5 marks [5]
1. In a class test, the sum of Kamal's marks in Mathematics and English is 40. Had
he got 3 marks more in Mathematics and 4 marks less in English, the product of
the marks would have been 360. Find his marks in two subjects separately.
2. A train travels 180km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 9km/hr more, it
would have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
Section E
* Case study based questions [8]
1. A highway underpass is parabolic in shape as shown in the following picture.
(i) If the highway overpass is represented by 2
x − 2x − 8 . Then its zeros are
(a) 2, −4 (b) 4, −2 (c) −2, −2 (d) −4, −4
(ii) Number of zeros of the polynomial representing highway overpass is equal
to number of points where the graph of polynomial
(a) intersects x-axis
(b) intersects y-axis
(c) intersects y-axis or x-axis
(d) none of these
(iii) Graph of quadratic polynomial is a
(a) straight line (b) circle (c) parabola (d) ellipse
(iv) The representation of Highway Underpass whose one zero is 6 and sum of
the zeros is 0 , is
(a) x
2
− 6x + 2 (b) x
2
− 36 (c) x
2
−6 (d) 2
x −3
2. Johan and Jayant are very close friends. They decided to go to Ranikhet with
their families in Separate cars. Johan's car travels at a speed of xkm/hr while
Jayant's car travels 5km/hr faster than Johan's car. Johan took 4 hours more
than Jayant to complete the Journey of 400 km .
(i) The distance covered by Jayant's car in two hours is
(a) 2(x + 5)km (b) (x − 5)km
(c) 2(x + 10)km (d) (2x + 5)km
(ii) The quadratic equation describing the speed of Johan's car is
(a) x
2
− 5x − 500 = 0 (b) x
2
+ 4x − 400 = 0
(c) x
2
+ 5x − 500 = 0 (d) x
2
− 4x + 400 = 0
(iii) The speed of Johan's car is (in km/hour)
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 10
(iv) The speed of Jayant's car in km/hr is
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 15
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