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Sample Paper 01
Class - 10th Exam - 2025 - 26
Mathematics - Basic
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
General Instructions :
1. This question paper contains 38 questions.
2. This Question Paper is divided into 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
3. In Section A, Questions no. 1-18 are multiple choice questions (MCQs) and questions no. 19 and 20 are
Assertion - Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
4. In Section B, Questions no. 21-25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 02 marks each.
5. In Section C, Questions no. 26-31 are short answer (SA) type questions, carrying 03 marks each.
6. In Section D, Questions no. 32-35 are long answer (LA) type questions, carrying 05 marks each.
7. In Section E, Questions no. 36-38 are case study based questions carrying 4 marks each with sub parts
of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
8. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Question of Section B, 2 Questions of
Section C and 2 Questions of Section D has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in all
the 2 marks questions of Section E.
9. Draw neat and clean figures wherever required.
10. Take π = 227 wherever required if not stated.
11. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section - A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.

1. The maximum number of zeroes a cubic polynomial can have, is

(a) 1 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 3

2. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 2x + 1, then 1

α + 1β is equal to
(a) - 2 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) 1

3. In the given figure, PA is a tangent from an external point P to a circle with centre O . If +POB = 115c
, then perimeter of +APO is

(a) 25c (b) 20c

(c) 30c (d) 65c
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4. In an AP, if d =− 4 , n = 7 and an = 4 , then a is equal to

(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28

5. If the probability of an event is p , then the probability of its complementary event will be
(a) p - 1 (b) p
(c) 1 - p (d) 1 - 1
p

6. A sphere is melted and half of the melted liquid is used to form 11 identical cubes, whereas the remaining
half is used to form 7 identical smaller spheres. The ratio of the side of the cube to the radius of the new
small sphere is
(a) b 3 l (b) b 3 l
4 1/3 8 1/3

(c) (3) 1/3 (d) 2

7. Ratio of volumes of two cones with same radii is

(a) h1 : h2 (b) s1 : s2
(c) r1 : r2 (d) None of these

8. If cos 9a = sin a and 9α < 90c, then the value oftan 5α is

(a) 1 (b) 3
3
(c) 1 (d) 0

In the formula x = a + h f
/ f i ui , for finding the mean of grouped frequency distribution, u
/ fi p
9. i is equal to

(a) xi + a (b) h (xi - a)

h

(c) xi - a (d) a - xi
h h

10. The distance of the point P (- 3, - 4) from the x -axis (in units) is
(a) 3 (b) - 3
(c) 4 (d) 5

11. In Figure, DE || BC . Find the length of side AD , given that AE = 1.8 cm, BD = 7.2 cm and CE = 5.4 cm .
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(a) 2.4 cm (b) 2.2 cm

(c) 3.2 cm (d) 3.4 cm

12. A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue marbles. If a marble is drawn at random, then the probability of drawing
a blue marble is:
2 1
(a) 5 (b) 4
3 2
(c) 5 (d) 3

13. 225 can be expressed as

(a) 5 # 32 (b) 52 # 3
(c) 52 # 32 (d) 53 # 3

14. The roots of the quadratic equation x2 − 0.04 = 0 are

(a) ! 0.2 (b) ! 0.02
(c) 0.4 (d) 2

15. Consider the following distribution :

Marks obtained Number of students

More than or equal to 0 63
More than or equal to 10 58
More than or equal to 20 55
More than or equal to 30 51
More than or equal to 40 48
More than or equal to 50 42
The frequency of the class 30-40 is :
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 48 (d) 51

16. From the top of a 7 m high building the angle of elevation of the top of a cable tower is 60c and the angle
of depression of its foot is 45c, then the height of the tower is
(a) 14.124 m (b) 17.124 m
(c) 19.124 m (d) 15.124 m

17. A circus artist is climbing a 20 m long rope, which is tightly stretched and tied from the top of a vertical
pole to the ground. If the angle made by the rope with the ground level is 30c, then what is the height
of pole?
(a) 20 m (b) 8 m
(c) 10 m (d) 6 m

18. If triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF such that 2AB = DE and BC = 8 cm then find EF.
(a) 16 cm (b) 14 cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm


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19. Assertion : If the circumference of a circle is 176 cm, then its radius is 28 cm.
Reason : Circumference = 2π # radius
(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.

20. Assertion : Pair of linear equations : 9x + 3y + 12 = 0, 8x + 6y + 24 = 0 have infinitely many solutions.

Reason : Pair of linear equations a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 and a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0 have infinitely many solutions,
if a1 = b1 = c1
a2 b2 c2
(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.

Section - B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. In figure, two tangents RQ and RP are drawn from an external point R to the circle with centre O . If
+PRQ = 120c, then prove that OR = PR + RQ .

22. Find the value of λ , if the mode of the following data is 20 :

15, 20, 25, 18, 13, 15, 25, 15, 18, 17, 20, 25, 20, λ , 18.


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The mean and median of 100 observation are 50 and 52 respectively. The value of the largest observation
is 100. It was later found that it is 110. Find the true mean and median.

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23. In Figure +D = +E and AD = AE , prove that TBAC is an isosceles triangle.

DB EC

24. Prove that 3 + 5 is an irrational number.

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Show that any positive even integer can be written in the form 6q, 6q + 2 or 6q + 4, where q is an integer.

25. If 3 sin θ − cos θ = 0 and 0º < θ < 90º, find the value of θ.

Section - C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. Three bells toll at intervals of 9, 12, 15 minutes respectively. If they start tolling together, after what time
will they next toll together?

27. Prove that ^1 + cot A − cosec Ah^1 + tan A + sec Ah = 2

28. Sides of a right triangular field are 25 m, 24 m and 7 m. At the three corners of the field, a cow, a buffalo
and a horse are tied separately with ropes of 3.5 m each to graze in the field. Find the area of the field
that cannot be grazed by these animals.


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In the given figure, find the area of the shaded region, enclosed between two concentric circles of radii 7 cm
and 14 cm where +AOC = 40c. Use π = 227 .
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29. Show that the sum of all terms of an AP whose first term is a , the second term is b and last term is c ,
(a + c) (b + c − 2a)
is equal to
2 (b − a)

30. The mean of the following distribution is 48 and sum of all the frequency is 50. Find the missing
frequencies x and y .

Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 8 6 x 11 y

31. If the co-ordinates of points A and B are ^- 2, - 2h and ^2, - 4h respectively, find the co-ordinates of P
such that AP = 73 AB, where P lies on the line segment AB.


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Find the co-ordinates of the points of trisection of the line segment joining the points A ^1, - 2h and
B ^- 3, 4h .

Section - D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.

32. Water is flowing through a cylindrical pipe, of internal diameter 2 cm, into a cylindrical tank of base
radius 40 cm, at the rate of 0.4 m/s. Determine the rise in level of water in the tank in half an hour.

33. Aftab tells his daughter, ‘7 years ago, I was seven times as old as you were then. Also, 3 years from now,
I shall be three times as old as you will be.’ Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.


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Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically:
x - y = 1, 2x + y = 8
Also find the co-ordinates of the points where the lines represented by the above equation intersect y -
axis.

34. From a point T outside a circle of centre O , tangents TP and TQ are drawn to the circle. Prove that OT
is the right bisector of line segment PQ .

35. From a point on the ground, the angles of elevation of the bottom and the top of a tower fixed at the top
of a 20 m high building are 45c and 60c respectively. Find the height of the tower.


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The angle of elevation of the top B of a tower AB from a point X on the ground is 60c. At point Y ,
40 m vertically above X , the angle of elevation of the top is 45c. Find the height of the tower AB and
the distance XB .

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Section - E
Section E consists of 3 case study based questions of 4 marks each.

36. The centroid is the centre point of the object. It is also defined as the point of intersection of all the three
medians. The median is a line that joins the midpoint of a side and the opposite vertex of the triangle. The
centroid of the triangle separates the median in the ratio of 2 : 1. It can be found by taking the average
of x- coordinate points and y-coordinate points of all the vertices of the triangle.
See the figure given below

Here D, E and F are mid points of sides BC , AC and AB in same order. G is centroid, the centroid
divides the median in the ratio 2 : 1 with the larger part towards the vertex. Thus AG : GD = 2 : 1
On the basis of above information read the question below.
If G is Centroid of 3 ABC with height h and J is centroid of 3 ADE . Line DE parallel to BC , cuts
the 3 ABC at a height h4 from BC . HF = h4 .

(i) What is the length of AH ?

(ii) What is the distance of point A from point G ?
(iii) What is the distance of point A from point J?


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What is the distance GJ ?

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37. John and Priya went for a small picnic. After having their lunch Priya insisted to travel in a motor boat.
The speed of the motor boat was 20 km/hr. Priya being a Mathematics student wanted to know the speed
of the current. So she noted the time for upstream and downstream.

She found that for covering the distance of 15 km the boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream.
(i) Let speed of the current be x km/hr. then speed of the motorboat in upstream will be
(ii) What is the relation between speed distance and time?
(iii) Write the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ?


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What is the speed of current ?

38. Abhinav Bindra is retired sport shooter and currently India’s only individual Olympic gold medalist. His
gold in the 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was also India’s first Olympic gold
medal since 1980. He is the first Indian to have held concurrently the world and Olympic titles for the
men’s 10-meter air rifle event, having earned those honors at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006
ISSF World Shooting Championships. Bindra has also won nine medals at the Commonwealth Games and
three gold medals at the Asian Games.
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A circular dartboard has a total radius of 8 inch, with circular bands that are 2 inch wide, as shown in
figure. Abhinav is still skilled enough to hit this board 100% of the time so he always score at least two
points each time he throw a dart. Assume the probabilities are related to area, on the next dart that he
throw.
(i) What is the probability that he score at least 4?
(ii) What is the probability that he score at least 6?
(iii) What is the probability that he hit bull’s eye ?


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(iv) What is the probability that he score exactly 4 points ?

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