CBSE – MATHS CLASS - X

COMPETENCY BASED TEST

Class : X Board: CBSE Max. Marks : 40
Subject : Mathematics Time : 90 min

SECTION - A
Multiple Choice Questions. 10 × 1 = 10 M
1. Sonali is standing on one side of a 7 m wide road as shown below. She wants to
estimate the distance (D) between two light poles on the other side without
crossing the road.

D
Pole 1 Pole 2

7m
r
Road

Sonali

Which of the following expressions represent D in terms of p and r? [ ]

7r pr pr r(p + 7)
a) m b) m c) m d) m
p 7 p+7 p
2. The area of metal sheet required to make a closed hollow cylinder of height
2.4 m and base radius 0.7 m, is [ ]
a) 10.56 m 2 b) 13.52 m 2 c) 13.64 m 2 d) 14.08 m 2

3. Mr. Singh buys a property every year for 12 years. Every year he buys X acres
more than the previous year. If in the 8th year he bought 45 acres of land and in
the 5th year he bought 30 acres of land, how many acres did he buy in the last
year? [ ]
a) [10 + 11(5)]Acres b) [10 + 12(5)]Acres
c) [5 + 11(10)]Acres d) [5 + 12(10)]Acres

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4. If a and b are zeroes of the polynomial 2t2 – 4t + 3, then the value of a2b + ab2 is :
3
a) b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 [ ]
4
5. In a car racing competition, the time taken by two racing cars A and B to complete
1 round of the track is 30 minutes and p minutes respectively. If the cars meet
again at the starting point for the first time after 90 minutes and the HCF
(30, p) = 15, then the value of p is [ ]
a) 45 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 75 minutes d) 180 minutes
6. A regular pentagon is inscribed in a circle with centre O, and of radius 5 cm, as
shown in the given figure. What is the area of the shaded part of the circle?
a) 2π cm 2 [ ]
b) 4π cm 2 O

c) 5π cm 2
d) 10π cm 2
7. The coordinates of the vertex D of a rectangle ABCD whose three vertices are
given as B(0, 0), C(3, 0) and A(0, 4) are : [ ]
a) (4, 0) b) (0, 3) c) (3, 4) d) (4, 3)
8. If the sum of first n odd natural numbers is equal to k times the sum of first n
even natural numbers, then k is equal to [ ]
n+1 2n n+1 n
a) b) c) d)
2n n+1 n n+1
9. Assertion (A) : Two players, Sania and Ashnam play a tennis match. The
probability of Sania winning the match is 0.79 and that of
Ashnam winning the match is 0.21. [ ]
Reason (R) : The sum of probabilities of two complementary events is 1.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of the Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

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10. Assertion (A) : The polynomial p(x) = x2 + 3x + 3 has two real zeroes.
Reason (R) : Quadratic polynomial can have at most two real zeroes.
[ ]
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of the Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

SECTION - B
Short Answer type - I questions. 3×2=6M
11. If 2 is given as an irrational number, then prove that (5 − 2 2) is an irrational
number.
12. A natural number, when increased by 12, equals 160 times its reciprocal. Find
the number.
13. Shown below are two right triangles.

60°
2cm

45°

Find the length of the unknown side marked ‘?’.

SECTION - C
Short Answer type - II questions. 2×3=6M
14. Find the missing frequency ‘x’ of the following data, if its mode is 240 :
Daily household expenditure (in <) Number of families
0 - 100 140
100 - 200 230
200 - 300 270
300 - 400 x
400 - 500 150

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15. Find the value of x in the given figure, if PAT is a tangent to the circle with
centre O at point A and AOB is a diameter.
B

x
O C

°
55
P A T

SECTION - D
Long Answer type questions. 2 × 5 = 10 M
2 2
⎛x+ y⎞ ⎛x+ y⎞
16. If x = tanA + sinA and y = tanA – sinA, prove that : ⎜ ⎟ −⎜ ⎟ = 1.
⎝ x − y ⎠ ⎝ 2 ⎠
17. A right circular cone has been placed upon a cylinder. The base of the cone fully
coincides with base of the cylinder and covers it. If the area of the base of the
cylinder is 154 cm2, height of the cylinder is 10 cm and the volume of the entire
solid is 1848 cm3, calculate the total height of the solid.

SECTION - E
Case Study questions. 2×4=8M
18. Passenger boarding stairs, sometimes referred to as boarding ramps, stair cars or
aircraft steps, provide a mobile means to travel between the aircraft doors and the
ground. Larger aircraft have door sills 5 to 20 feet (1 foot = 30 cm) high. Stairs
facilitate safe boarding and de-boarding.

Stairs

An aircraft has a door sill at a height of 15 feet above the ground. A stair car is
placed at a horizontal distance of 15 feet from the plane.
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Based on given information, answer the questions given in part (i) and (ii)
i) Find the angle at which stairs are inclined to reach the door sill 15 feet high
above the ground.
ii) Find the length of stairs used to reach the door sill.
Further, answer any one of the following questions :
iii) a) If the 20 feet long stairs is inclined at an angle of 60° to reach the door sill,
then find the height of the door sill above the ground. (Use 3=1.732)
(OR)
b) What should be the shortest possible length of stairs to reach the door sill of
the plane 20 feet above the ground, if the angle of elevation cannot exceed
30°? Also, find the horizontal distance of base of stair car from the plane.
19. In order to organise, Annual Sports Day, a school prepared an eight lane running
track with an integrated football field inside the track area as shown below :

The length of innermost lane of the track is 400 m and each subsequent lane is
7.6 m longer than the preceding lane.
Based on given information, answer the following questions, using concept of
Arithmetic Progression.
i) What is the length of the 6th lane? [1 M]
ii) How long is the 8th lane than that of 4th lane? [1 M]
iii) a) While practicing for a race, a student took one round each in first six lanes.
Find the total distance covered by the student. [2 M]
(OR)
b) A student took one round each in lane 4 to lane 8. Find the total distance
covered by the student. [2 M]

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