Class X Session 2025-26

Subject - Mathematics (Basic)

Sample Question Paper - 02

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum 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

AssertionReason 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 wherever required if not stated.

11. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section A
1. The exponent of 3 in the prime factorization of 864 is: [1]

a) 8 b) 3

c) 4 d) 2
2. Which of the following is an irrational number? [1]
i.
ii. 3.1416
iii.
iv. 3.141141114...

a) Option (iii) b) Option (i)

c) Option (iv) d) Option (ii)

3. The graph of y = p(x) is shown in the figure for some polynomial p(x). The number of zeroes of p(x) is/are: [1]

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 a) 3 b) 0

c) 1 d) 2

4. If one zero of the polynomial 6x2 + 37x - (k - 2) is reciprocal of the other, then what is the value of k? [1]

a) -6 b) 6

c) -4 d) 4
5. If the system of equations [1]
3x + y = 1 and
(2k - 1) x + (k - 1) y = 2k + 1
is inconsistent, then k =

a) 1 b) 0

c) -1 d) 2
6. If A and B are complementary angles and A is x, then which equation can be used to find B which is [1]
denoted by y?

a) y = (180° - x) b) y = (90° - x)

c) y = (x + 180°) d) y = (90° + x)
7. A quadratic equation whose one root is 2 and the sum of whose roots is zero, is [1]

a) x2 + 4 = 0 b) 4x2 - 1 = 0

c) x2 - 2 = 0 d) x2 - 4 = 0

8. 9x2 + 12x + 4 = 0 have [1]

a) No real roots b) Real and Distinct roots

c) Real and Equal roots d) Distinct roots

9. The common difference of the A.P ....is [1]

a) -3 b) 3

c) -2b d) 2b
10. If a, b, c form an A.P. with common difference d, then the value of a - 2b - c is equal to [1]

a) -2a - 3d b) -2a - 4d

c) 0 d) 2a + 4d
11. In ABC and PQR, B= Q, R= C and AB = 2QR, then, the triangles are [1]

a) Neither congruent nor similar. b) Congruent but not similar.

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 c) Congruent as well as similar. d) Similar but not congruent.
12. XOYZ is a rectangle with vertices X(-3, 0), O(0, 0), Y(0, 4) and Z(x, y). The length of its each diagonal is [1]

a) 5 units b) 4 units

c) x2 + y2 units d) X

13. If is an acute angle such that cos = , then = [1]

a) b)

c) d)
14. In a right triangle ABC, If AC = BC and then find its value [1]

a) b)

c) 15o d)

15. From a point P which is at a distance 13 cm from the centre O of a circle of radius 5 cm, the pair of tangents PQ [1]
and PR to the circle are drawn. Then the area of the quadrilateral PQOR is

a) 32.5 cm2 b) 30 cm2

c) 65 cm2 d) 60 cm2

16. A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal to 1cm and the height [1]
of the cone is equal to its radius. The volume of the solid is

a) b)

c) d)
17. The relationship between mean, median and mode for a moderately skewed distribution is: [1]

a) Mode = 2 Median - Mean b) Mode = 3 Median - 2 mean

c) Mode = Median - 2 Mean d) Mode = 2 Median - 3 Mean

18. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot is [1]

a) 21 b) 28

c) 14 d) 7
19. Assertion (A): Point (0, 3) has image (0, –3). [1]
Reason (R): Image of (0, k) is (0, –k) only.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): If ratio of perimeters of two similar triangles is 6 : 11, then ratio of their corresponding medians [1]
is also 6 : 11.
Reason (R): Converse of B.P.T. states that if two sides of a triangle are divided by a line in equal ratio then the
line is parallel to the third side.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

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 c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
Section B
21. Prove that is an irrational number. [2]
22. Find the value(s) of p in the pair of the equation: 2x + 3y – 5 = 0 and px – 6y – 8 = 0, if the pair of equations has [2]
a unique solution.
23. Find the coordinates of the point where the diagonals of the parallelogram formed by joining the points (-2, -1), [2]
(1, 0), (4, 3) and (1, 2) meet.
OR
Find the co-ordinates of the points which divide the line segment joining the points (–4, 0) and (0, 6) in four equal
parts.
24. Prove that: [2]

OR
Prove the trigonometric identity:
25. From a well-shuffled pack of playing cards, black jacks, black kings and black aces are removed. A card is then [2]
drawn at random from the pack. Find the probability of getting
i. a red card
ii. not a diamond card
Section C
26. Solve the pair of linear equations 3x + 4y = 10 and 2x – 2y = 2 by elimination and substitution method. [3]
OR
A fraction becomes , if 1 is added to both numerator and denominator. If however, 5 is subtracted from both
numerator and denominator, the fraction becomes . What is the fraction?
27. A point P divides the line segment joining the points A (3, - 5) and B (- 4, 8) such that . If P lies on the [3]
line x + y = 0, then find the value of k.
28. Prove that: sec A (1 - sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1 [3]
29. In the given figure, a circle is inscribed in a triangle PQR. If PQ = 10 cm, QR = 8 cm and PR = 12 cm, find [3]
the lengths of QM, RN and PL.

OR
If all the sides of a parallelogram touch a circle, show that the parallelogram is a rhombus.

30. Find the area of the corresponding major sector of a circle of radius 28 cm and the central angle 45o. [3]

31. In the AP, ?, 13, ?, 3 find the missing terms? [3]

Section D
32. If the difference between the radii of the smaller circle and the larger circle is 7 cm and the difference between [5]
the areas of the two circles is 1078 sq. cm. Find the radius of the smaller circle.
OR
The difference of two numbers is 5 and the difference of their reciprocals is . Find the numbers.
33. In ∆ABC, AD is the median to BC and in PQR PM is the median to [Link] . Prove that [5]
.

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34. From the top of a building, 60 m high, the angle of depression of the top of a tower is 45° and from the foot of [5]
the tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the building is 60°. Find the height of the tower and its distance
from the building.
OR
Two poles of equal heights are standing opposite each other on either side of the road, which is 100 m wide. From a

point between them on the road, the angles of elevation of the top of the poles are 60o and 30o respectively. Find the
height of the poles and the distances of the point from the poles.
35. An incomplete distribution is given as follows: [5]

Variable 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 10 20 ? 40 ? 25 15

You are given that the median value is 35 and the sum of all the frequencies is 170. Using the median formula,
fill up the missing frequencies.
Section E
36. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Basketball and soccer are played with a spherical ball. Even though an athlete dribbles the ball in both sports, a
basketball player uses his hands and a soccer player uses his feet. Usually, soccer is played outdoors on a large
field and basketball is played indoor on a court made out of wood. The projectile (path traced) of soccer ball and
basketball are in the form of parabola representing quadratic polynomial.

i. Which type the shape of the path traced shown in given figure? (1)
ii. Why the graph of parabola opens upwards? (1)
iii. In the below graph, how many zeroes are there? (2)

OR
What is the condition for the graph of parabola to open downwards? (2)
37. A carpenter in the small town of Bareilly used to make and sell different kinds of wood items like a rectangular [4]
box, cylindrical pen stand, and cuboidal pen stand. One day a student came to his shop and asked him to make a
pen stand with the dimensions as follows:
A pen stand should be in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens. The dimensions of the
cuboid should be 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of the depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4
cm.

By using the above-given information, find the following:

i. The volume of the cuboid.
ii. The volume of wood in the entire stand.
38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Ashok wanted to determine the height of a tree on the corner of his block. He knew that a certain fence by the

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tree was 4 feet tall. At 3 PM, he measured the shadow of the fence to be 2.5 feet tall. Then he measured the tree’s
shadow to be 11.3 feet.

i. What is the height of the tree? (1)

ii. What will be length of shadow of tree at 12:00 pm? (1)
iii. Write the name triangle formed for this situation. (2)
OR
What will be the length of wall at 12:00 pm? (2)

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