Question Paper Code: 30/C/1

Vidya Vikas Mandal’s

VIDYA VIKAS ACADEMY
Secondary Section (CBSE)

Pre Board 1 Examination

Subject : Mathematics Standard (041)

Date:13-01-2025 Class : 10
Duration: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1) This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D and E.
2) Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each
3) Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4) Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5) Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6) Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-
parts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7) All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs 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
8) Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = 22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each
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1. If x = 5 is a solution of the quadratic equation 2x + (k – 1)x + 10 = 0, then the
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value of k is : (A) 11 (B) –11 (C) 13 (D) –13
2. Two positive integers m and n are expressed as m = p5q2 and n = p3q4, where p 1
and q are prime numbers. The LCM of m and n is : (A) p8q6 (B) p3q2 (C) p5q4 (D)
p5q2 + p3q4
3. The pair of equations y = 2a and x = 3b (a, b ≠ 0) graphically represents straight 1
lines which are : (A) coincident (B) parallel (C) intersecting at (2a, 3b) (D)
intersecting at (3b, 2a)

4. If k + 7, 2k – 2 and 2k + 6 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the value of 1

k is : (A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 5 (D) 15
5. In the given figure, PA and PB are two tangents 1
drawn to the circle with centre O and radius 5 cm.
If ∠APB = 60°, then the length of PA is :

15
(A) 3
(B) 15 3 (C ) 10 3 (D) 10

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6. In the given figure, if M and N are 1
points on the sides OP and OS
respectively of ∆OPS, such that MN
∥PS, then the length of OP is :
(A) 6.8 cm (B) 17cm
(C) 15.3 cm (D) 9.6 cm
7. All queens, jacks and aces are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The 1
remaining cards are well-shuffled and one card is picked up at random from it.
1 3 3 3
The probability of that card to be a king is : (A) 10 (B) 10 (C) 13 (D) 13

8. PQ is a diameter of a circle with centre O(2, – 4). If the coordinates of the point P 1
are (– 4, 5), then the coordinates of the point Q will be : (A) (– 3, 4.5) (B) (– 1, 0.5)
(C) (4, – 5) (D) (8, – 13)

9. A cap is cylindrical in shape, surmounted by a conical top. If the volume of the 1

cylindrical part is equal to that of the conical part, then the ratio of the height of
the cylindrical part to the height of the conical part is :
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1
The 7th term from the end of the A.P. : – 8,– 5, –2, ………….,49 is : 1
10.
(A) 67 (B) 13 (C) 31 (D) 10
11. The diagonals of a rhombus ABCD intersect at O. Taking ‘O’ as the centre, an arc 1
of radius 6 cm is drawn intersecting OA and OD at E and F respectively. The area
of the sector OEF is : (A) 9Π cm2 (B)3Π cm2 (C) 12Π cm2 (D) 18Π cm2
12. The probability of getting a chocolate flavoured ice cream at random, in a lot of 1
600 ice creams is 0.055. The number of chocolate flavoured ice creams in the lot
is : (A) 33 (B) 55 (C) 11 (D) 4
If tan2θ + cot2 α = 2, where θ = 45° and 0° ≤ θ ≤ 90°, then the value of α is 1
13.
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°

The point on x-axis which is equidistant from the points (5, –3) and (4, 2) is : (A) 1
14. (4.5, 0) (B) (7, 0) (C) (0.5, 0) (D) (– 7, 0)
15. If the length of an arc of a circle subtending an angle 60° at its centre is 22 cm, 1
then the radius of the circle is : (A) 42cm (B) 21 cm (C) 42 cm (D) 21 cm
16. If the length of the shadow on the ground of a pole is √3 times the height of the 1
pole, then the angle of elevation of the Sun is : (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of the numbers appearing 1
17. on them is noted. The probability that the product of the numbers lies between 8
7 5 2 1
and 13 is : (A) (B) (C) (D)
36 36 9 4
18. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (4,0) and (0,0) and (3,0) is 1
(a) 7+ √5 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 12

Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions.

Two statements are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R).
Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (A), (B), (C) and (D)
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as given below.
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 (A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and 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. Assertion (A) : If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-
axis at exactly two points, then the number of zeroes of that polynomial is 2.
Reason (R) : The number of zeroes of a polynomial is equal to the number of
points where the graph of the polynomial intersects x-axis.
19. Assertion (A) : If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-axis at exactly two
points, then the number of zeroes of that polynomial is 2.
Reason (R) : The number of zeroes of a polynomial is equal to the number of
points where the graph of the polynomial intersects y-axis.
20. Assertion (A) : TA and TB are two tangents drawn from an external point T to a
circle with centre ‘O’. If ∠ TBA = 75° then ∠ ABO = 25°.
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Reason (R) : The tangent drawn at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the
radius through the point of contact
SECTION B
This section comprises Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each.
5*2=10
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21. PQRS is a trapezium with PQ ∥ 2
SR. If M and N are two points on
the non-parallel sides PS and QR
respectively, such that MN is
parallel to PQ, then show that
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=
�� ��

22. (a) A chord is subtending an angle of 60° at the centre of a circle of radius 3.5 cm. 2
Find the area of the corresponding minor segment of the circle.
OR
(b) Find the area of the shaded region if length of
radius of each circle is 7 cm. Each circle touches
the other two externally.

23. Prove that 7 – 3 5 is an irrational number, given that 5 is an irrational number. 2

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24. In the given figure, PAQ and PBR are 2
tangents to the circle with centre ‘O’ at the
points A and B respectively. If T is a point on
the circle such that∠ QAT = 45° and ∠TBR =
65°, then find ∠ATB

25. 1 1 2
(a) If cos (A + B) = and tan(A – B) = , where 0 ≤ A + B ≤90°, then find the
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value of sec (2A – 3B). OR

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(b) Find the value of x such that, 2 Cosec2 30° –x sin2 60° - tan2 30° = 10
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SECTION C
This section comprises Short Answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each
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26. An LIC agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policy 3
[Link] the modal age if policies are given to persons from age 15
onwards
Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below Below
Age 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
2 6 24 45 78 89 92 98 100

27. 1+ ���2 � (1+����)2 3

Prove the identity,
1+ ���2 �
= (1+����)2

28. If a hexagon PQRSTU circumscribes a circle, prove that, PQ + RS + TU = QR + ST + 3

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OR
In the given figure, two concentric circles
have radii 3 cm and 5 cm. Two tangents TR
and TP are drawn to the circles from an
external point T such that TR touches the
inner circle at R and TP touches the outer
circle at P. If TR = 4 10 cm, then find the
length of TP

29. Find a quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 8 and difference of the 3
zeroes is 2. Also find the zeroes of the polynomial

30. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 12. Seven times the number is equal 3
to four times the number obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the
number. OR

(c) Find the values of x and y from the following pair of linear equations :

62x + 43y = 167, 43x + 62y = 148

31. In what ratio the line segment joining the points (–2, –3) and (3, 7) divided by y- 3
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 axis? Also, find the co-ordinates of the point of division.
SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each
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32. The largest possible hemisphere is drilled out from a wooden cubical block of 5
side 21 cm such that the base of the hemisphere is on one of the faces of the cube.
Find : (i) the volume of wood left in the block, (ii) the total surface area of the
remaining solid. OR
A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone.
Ratio of the radius of the cone to its slant height is 3 : 5. If the volume of the toy is
240π cm3, then find the total height of the toy . If the toy is fully immersed in a
hollow cube of side 12 cm which is filled with water to the brim. Find the volume
of water displaced.
33 An age-wise list of number of literate people in a block is prepared in the 5
following table. There are total 100 people and their median age is 41.5 years.
Information about two groups are missing, which are denoted by x and y. Find
the value of x and y.

34 A motorboat whose speed is 24 km/hr in still water takes 1 hr more to go 32 5

km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of
the stream.
OR

A shopkeeper buys a number of books for ₹ 1,800. If he had bought 15 more

books for the same amount, then each book would have cost him ₹ 20 less. Find
how many books he bought initially
35 Sides AB and BC and median AD of a ∆ABC are respectively proportional to sides 5
PQ and QR and median PM of another ∆PQR. Show that ∆ABC ~ ∆PQR.

SECTION E
Case study based questions are compulsory

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36. Due to short circuit, a fire has 4
broken out in New Home Complex.
Two buildings, namely X and Y have
mainly been affected. The fire
engine has arrived and it has been
stationed at a point which is in
between the two buildings. A ladder
at point O is fixed in front of the fire
engine.

The ladder inclined at an angle 60° to the horizontal is leaning against the wall of
the terrace (top) of the building Y. The foot of the ladder is kept fixed and after
some time it is made to lean against the terrace (top) of the opposite building X at
an angle of 45° with the ground. Both the buildings along with the foot of the
ladder, fixed at ‘O’ are in a straight line.(√2 =1.41)

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :

(i) Find the length of the ladder.

(ii) Find the distance of the building Y from point ‘O’, i.e. OA.
(iii) (a) Find the horizontal distance between the two buildings. OR

(b) Find the height of the building X.

37 A school has decided to plant some 4
endangered trees on 51st World
Environment Day in the nearest
park. They have decided to plant
those trees in few concentric
circular rows such that each
succeeding row has 20 more trees
than the previous one. The first
circular row has 50 trees

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :

(i) How many trees will be planted in the 10th row ?

(ii) How many more trees will be planted in the 8th row than in the 5th row ?
(iii) (a) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many rows are
required ? OR
(b) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many trees are still left
to be planted after the 11th row ?

38. Nixon, a software engineer, lives in Jerusalem for his work. He lives in the most 4
convenient area of the city from where bank, hospital, post office and
supermarket can be easily accessed. In the graph, the bank is plotted as A(9, 5),
hospital as B(– 3, – 1) and supermarket as C(5, – 5) such that A, B, C form a
triangle

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Based on the above given
information, answer the
following questions :

(i) Find the distance

between the bank and the
hospital.
(ii) In between the bank and
the supermarket, there is a
post office plotted at E
which is their mid-point.
Find the coordinates of E.
(iii) (a) In between the
hospital and the
supermarket, there is a bus
stop plotted as D, which is their mid-point. If Nixon wants to reach the bus stand
from the bank, then how much distance does he need to cover ? OR

(b) P and Q are two different garment shops lying between the bank and the
hospital, such that BP = PQ = QA. If the coordinates of P and Q are (1, a) and (b,
3) respectively, then find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’