CARMEL SCHOOL
Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru 70
SECOND PREPARATORY EXAMINATION, 2024-25
GRADE: 10
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
Time: 3h Max. Marks: 80
wers to thispaper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write
nng tirst 15 minutes. This tine is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head
O this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt all questions from Section Aand any
rour questions from Section [Link] working, including rough work, must be clearly shown, and must be
done on the samc sheet as the rest of the answer. Omission of cssential working will result in loss of
marks. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets |
SECTIONA (Attempt all questions from this Section)
Question 1
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.) [15]
() Manish deposited 250 every month in a recurring deposit account for &months.
The qualifying sum of money for the calculation of interest is:
a) 750 b) 2000 c) 2060 d) 79000
(1)The roots of the quadratic equation ax? bx + c-0 are real and equal if.
a) a' = 4bc b)-b² = 4ac c) b'= 4ac d) -a= 4bc
(1) The mean proportional bctween V3 +V2 and V3-v2 is:
a) v5 b) 5 c) 1 d) V6
(iv) The money required to buy 250, 230 shares at a premium of 25 is
a) 9500 b) 29000 c) 8900 d) 28750
(V) How many two-digit numbers are divisible by 5?
a) 18 b) 19 c) 20 d) 17
(vi) The reflection of the point A (4, -1) in the line x = 2 is
a) (0, -1) b) (8, -1) c) (0, 1) d) (-8, -1)
(vii) Which of the following is a factor of x³ - x?+x-1?
a) (x + 1) b) (x- 1) c) (x+ 2) d) (x - 2)
(viii) If the replacement set is the set of integers between -2 and 5, the solution
set of 8- 5x > x- 16 is
a) (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2} b) {-1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4} c) (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3} d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
(ix)If +2y 3y1 - 21: then the value of y-xd)is-3
4x 2
a) 1 b) -1 c) 3
areas js
(x)The voBumes of two spheres are in the ratio 64:27, the ratio of their surface
a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 9: 16 d) 16:9
x 9 cm
(xi) Assertion(A): If ZA+h ZB=90°,h h=V16 h
Reason(R): tan A= 16 tan B =9
Also, A=90°-Btan AXtan B=1.
a) A istruc, R isfalse b)Ais false, R is true
c)Both A and R are true d) Both A and R are false 16 cm
9 cm
then the equation
(xH)If the slope of a line is 4 and y-intercept made by the line is 2,
of line will be:
b) y= 4x +2 c) y 2x - 4 d) y=2x + 4
a) y =4x- 2
of radius 10 cm
(x) Iftwo tangents inclined at an angle of 60° are drawn to a circle
the length of cach tangent
10
is.
a) 10/3 cm b) cm c) Scm d)20cm
(iV) If X is the mcan of X), X) ,X3 , ...... x, then mcan of
(N- k),(X) k) ,(x3 - k),.(X,-k), where k 0 is
a) 1 b) 0 c) (X+ k) d) (X- k)
2
(xv) The probability of answering a question correctly is =
5
and probability of not
answering the same question correctly is The value of xis
15
a) 6 b) 9 c) 15 d) 5
Question 2
(i) Rishi deposited 200per month for 3 years in a bank's recurring deposit account.
If the bank pays interest at the rate of 8% per annum, find the amount he gets on
maturity.
(i) Using the remainder and factor theorem, factorise the polynomial
2x³ + x'-13x +6 completely. 14|
(ii) Using ruler and compasses only, draw a circle circumscribing a regular hexagon
with side 5cm. 4)
Question 3
) Using the properties
a_c
of proportion, if (4a+9b) (4c- 9d) =(4a-9b) (4c >9d),
prove that
b d
() In the adjoining figure, ABC is aright-angled triangle with BAC-90°.
(a) Prove that AADB~ACDA. 8 cm
D
(b) IfBD =18 cm and CD =8 cm, find AD. 18 cm
(c) Find the ratio of the arca of AADB and area of ACDA.
(ii) Use graph paper for this question.
Asurvey regarding height (in cm)of 60boys belonging to class 10of a school
was conducted. The following data was recorded.
Height 135 140 145 150 155 160 165
(in cm) 140 145 150 155 160 170
165
Number
of boys 4 20 14 1
7 6
Use 2cm= height of 5cm along one axis and 2cm= 10 boys along the other axis.
Draw an ogive for the above data and hence find:
a) median b) lower quartile
c) the number of boys in the class who are tall if above 158cm is
the tall b0ys of the class. considered as
SECTION B
(Attempt any four questions from this Section)
Question 4
) Solve 2x'+ 2x-3=0 using formula and give your answer correct to two significant
figures. [3)
() r 2 1 61-o s. find the val1es of xand y. 3)
(i) Marbles of diameter 1.4 em are dropped into a cylindrical beaker of diameter 7 cm
containing some water. Find the nunber of marblcs that should be dropped into the
beaker so that the water level rises by 5.6 cm. 14]
Question5
() In alower bed, there are 23 rose plants in the first row, 21 in the second row, 19
in the third row and so on. There are five rose plants in the last row. How many
roseplants arethere in the flower bed? [3|
(ii) Aman invests 79,600 on 100 shares at 80. If the company pays him 18%
dividend find: a) the number of shares he buys. b) his total dividend.
c) his percentage returns on the shares. |3|
(ii) ABCDis a rhombus. The coordinates ofA and C are (3, 6) and (-1, 2)
respectively. Write down the equation of BD. 14|
Question 6
1-sinA
(1) Prove the identity 1+sinA
secA - tanA. [3]
(i) In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral D
in which BC = CD and EF is a tangent at A. ZCBD = 43° 62°
and LADB = 62°. Find: (a) ADC (b) ZABD (C) ZFAD [3|
(iii) The mean of the following frequency distribution is 50.
Ifthe sum of the frequencies is 120, find the values of fi and t,. 4]
X 10 30 50 70 90
f 17 fi 32 19
Question 7
(i) Mr. Sunil visits the market and buys the following articles:
Medicines costing 2950, GST @5%, apair ofshoes costing 33000, GST @18%
and a Laptop bag costing ?1000 with a discount of 30%, GST @ 18%.
a)Calculate the total amount of GST paid.
b)The total billamount including GST paid by Mr. Sunil. [3]
(ii) In abundle of 60 shirts, 44 are good, 4have minor defects and 2have major
defects. What is the probability that :
a) it is acceptable to atrader who accepts only a good shirt ?
b)it is acceptable to a trader who rejects only a shirt with major defects ? 13|
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(ii) The totalexpense of a trip for certain number of people is 18000. If thrce
more people join them, then the share of cach reduces by 3000. Taking x to
be the original number of people, form a quadratic equation in x and solve
it to find the value of x.
14)
Question 8
(i) Use ruler and compasses only for this question.
Draw a straight line AB 8cm long. Locate by construction the locus of apoint
which is: a) equidistant from Aand B b) always 4 cm from the line AB.
c) Mark the two points Xand Y, which are 4 cm from AB and equidistant from
A and B. Name the figure AXBY
3]
(1) Aheap of wheat is in the form of acone of diameter 16.8 mand height 3.5m.
How much cloth is required to just cover the heap ? [3|
(iii) Find the first term and the number of terms in a GP if the fourth, seventh, and
last terms are 10,80, and 2560, respectively.
Question9
() Draw a histogram and estimate the mode of the following requency distribution: 3)
Class 20 -30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60-70 70- 80
Frequency 4 7 11 6 2
(ü) In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle.
LAOC=110° ; calculate: (a) LADC (b) ZABC (c) ZOAC [3]
(ii) A 7 m' long flagstaff is fixed on the top of a tower. From apoint on the ground,
the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are 45° and 36°
respectively. Find the height of the tower correct to one place of decimal.
Question 10
(i)The real number lines for two inequations A and B are as given below,
write the
set: a) A b) B c) ANB [3]
A=
0
B
4 -3 -2 1 2
(ii) Find the slope of the line passing through the points A(-2, 3) and B(2, 7).
find: a) the inclination of the line AB Also
b)slope of the line parallel to AB. [31
(111) Use agraph paper for this question. (Take 1 cm = lunit on both axes).
(a) Plot the points A(-4, 4) and B (2, 2).
(b) Reflect A and B in the origin to get the images A' and
(c) Write the coordinates ofA' and B' B'.
(d) Name the geometrical figure AB A' B. [4]