CBSE Class 10

MATHEMATICS (BASIC)
Model Question Paper 3

Time Allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 80

General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them:
(i) This question paper contains 38 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper is divided into 5 sections – A, B, C, D and E.
(iii) In Section A, Question no. 1 to 18 are Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and questions number 19 and
20 are Assertion-Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
(iv) In Section B, Questions no. 21 to 25 are Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
(v) In Section C, Questions no. 26 to 31 are Short Answer (SA) type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
(vi) In Section D, Questions no. 32 to 35 are Long Answer (LA) type questions, carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) In Section E, Question no. 36 to 38 are case study based questions, carrying 4 marks each with sub parts of
the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
(viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice in 2 questions 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.
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(ix) Draw neat and clean figures wherever required. Take π = wherever required, if not stated.
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(x) Use of calculator is not allowed.

Section A (c) (x + 3) (x – 3) = x2 – 9
This section has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ’s) (d) All of above
carrying 1 mark each. (20 × 1 = 20) 5. The value of x for which (x – 2), (2x + 5) and
1. The exponent of 7 in the prime factorisation (5x + 14) are three consecutive terms of an
of 49 × 14 is A.P. is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (a) –1 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) –2
(c) 3 (d) 4
6. If 50 + 49 + 48 + ... + 1 = 25k, then k =
2. If 10000x + 9999y = 1, 9999x + 10000y = 1,
(a) 49 (b) 50
then x – y =
(c) 51 (d) 26
(a) –1 (b) 0 7. The distance between the points (cos 45°,
(c) 1 (d) 2 sin 45°) and (– cos 45°, sin 45°) is
3. The number of quadratic polynomials having (a) 0 (b) 1
–2 and 4 as zeroes and constant term 8 is (c) 2 (d) 2
(a) one (b) two 8. The coordinates of the mirror image of the
(c) three (d) infinitely many point (–6, 3) about the origin are
4. Which of the following is not a quadratic (a) (6, –3) (b) (–6, –3)
equation? (c) (6, 3) (d) (–3, 6)
(a) (x + 1)3 = (x + 1)(x2 + 2x + 1) 9. If ∠A = ∠D and ∠B = ∠E in ∆ABC and ∆DEF,
(b) (x – 2)2 = x2 – 4x + 4 then the triangles are similar by 1
 15. From an external point, the tangent drawn to
(a) SAS (b) SSS
a circle is 15 cm long and the distance of the
(c) AA (d) RHS
point from the centre is 17 cm. The radius of
10. If ∆ABC ∼ ∆PQR, then the perimeter of ∆PQR the circle is
is
(a) 8 cm (b) 9 cm
A P
(c) 10 cm (d) 12 cm
16. In the figure, tangents PA and PB touch
10 cm 15 cm the circle at A and B. If ∠APB = 70°, then
6 cm
∠AOB =
A
B C Q R
8 cm

(a) 24 cm (b) 48 cm O

(c) 45 cm (d) 36 cm 70°

P
11. From the figure shown, find the radius r
of the circle that touches each side of the
B
triangle.
A (a) 70° (b) 90°
(c) 110° (d) 140°
17. If the diameters of two circles are in the ratio
7 : 3, then the ratio of their circumferences is
15 cm E
(a) 3 : 7 (b) 7 : 3
r (c) 49 : 9 (d) 9 : 49
D O 18. Which of the the following events is least
likely to occur?
B C
F (a) Probability = 0.2 (b) Probability = 0.05
8 cm
(c) Probability = 0.01 (d) Probability = 0.1
(a) 4 cm (b) 5 cm
Each of the following question contains two
(c) 2 cm (d) 3 cm statements i.e., Assertion and Reasons, and has
12. Which of the following options is not equal following four choices. Only one of which is the
to unity? correct answer.
(a) sin θ ⋅ cosec θ (b) cos θ ⋅ sec θ 19. Assertion (A): In a triangle, a line joining the
(c) tan θ ⋅ cot θ (d) tan2 θ – sec2 θ midpoints of two sides is parallel to the third
side and half of it.
13. Consider the frequency distribution:
Reason (R): If a line divides two sides of a
Class 0–4 4–8 8 – 12 12 – 16 16 – 20 triangle in the same ratio, then the line is
Frequency 5 7 9 6 3 parallel to the third side.
The upper limit of the median class is (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
(a) 8 (b) 12 are true and Reason (R) is the correct
(c) 16 (d) 20 explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
14. According the the empirical formula, the
true but Reason (R) is not the correct
value of
explanation of Assertion (A).
    3(Median) – 2(Mean)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is
is equal to false.
(a) Mean (b) Median (d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is
2 (c) Mode (d) Zero true.
 20. Assertion (A): When a coin is tossed, the Section C
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probability of getting a head is .
2 This section has 6 Short Answer (SA) type questions
Reason (R): Head and tail are equally likely carrying 3 marks each. (6 × 3 = 18)
outcomes. 26. Show that 3 + 5 is an irrational number.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) 27. (a) The following table shows the distribution
are true and Reason (R) is the correct
of time (in minutes) spent by students on
explanation of Assertion (A).
homework:
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
Time (min) 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100
true but Reason (R) is not the correct
No. of students 9 14 20 11 6
explanation of Assertion (A).
Find the mode of the data.
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is
false. OR
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is (b) If the mean of the following distribution
true. is 42, find the missing frequency p:
Section B Class Interval 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70
Frequency 8 10 p 6 4
This section has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA) type
questions carrying 2 marks each. (5 × 2 = 10) 28. In the given figure, a quadrilateral ABCD is

21. (a) Prove that the number 5 × 13 × 17 + 13 ×

drawn so that a circle touches all its sides.
D R C
17 × 19 is not a prime number.
OR
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(b) Find the smallest number which is
Q
exactly divisible by 252 and 198.
22. A circle is centred at O(0, 0) and passes
A P B
through P(3, 4). Find the equation of the
tangent at P. Show that AB + CD = BC + AD.
29. (a) In a school fest, 45000 tickets were sold.
An adult ticket costs `120 and a child
O(0,0)
ticket costs `60. The total collection was
P(4,3)
`42,00,000. Find the number of adult
tickets and child tickets sold.
OR
(b) Solve graphically: 2x – y = 4, x + y = 10
23. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial
30. Prove that: (sin x + cos x)2 = 1 + sin 2x.
2
x – 10x + k are in the ratio 2 : 3, find the value
31. The sum of the first n terms of an A.P. is
of k.
Sn = n(4n – 1).
24. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic
Find the first term and common difference.
equation x2 + (k – 2)x + 1 = 0 for k = 2.
25. (a) Evaluate: Section D
2 sin 60° tan 30° + 4 cos2 45° sec2 45° This section has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions
OR carrying 5 marks each. (4 × 5 = 20)
5 32. Prove that if a line intersects two sides of
(b) If sin x = where x is acute, find
13 a triangle in the same ratio, then the line is
sec x − tan x parallel to the third side.
sec x + tan x 33. (a) The numerator of a fraction is half of its
denominator. If 4 is added to both 3
 numerator and denominator, the fraction Three bicycle stations A, B and C are located
3 at A(4, 5), B(10, 3) and C(6, 9).
becomes . Find the original fraction.
5 Answer the following:
OR (i) Find the distance between stations A and
(b) A bike covers 150 km at a uniform speed. C.1
If the speed is increased by 6 km/h, (ii) Find the coordinates of the midpoint of
it takes 45 minutes less to cover the the line joining A and B. 1
distance. Find the original speed. (iii) (a) 
Which station is farthest from the
34. (a) The angle of elevation at the top of a tower monitoring unit? Also the distance. 2
from a point A on the ground is 30°. From OR
another point B, vertically above A by (b) Which of the stations B or C is closer
10 m, the angle of elevation is 60°. Find to station A? Find their distances. 2
the height of the tower.
37. A cricket ground uses a sprinkler system
OR that rotates through an angle equal to the
(b) From the top of a building, the angles complement of 25° to water only the practice
of depression of the top and bottom of area. The sprinkler throws water to a distance
a vertical pole standing on the ground of 20 m forming a sector of a circle.
are 30° and 45° respectively. If the pole is
10 m high, find the height of the building.
35. A toy is formed by a hemisphere of radius l
2 cm and a cone of the same base radius with Watered region


height 6 cm. It is placed inside a cylindrical
box that just fits it. Find the volume of empty
space inside the cylindrical box. (p = 3.14)
Section E (i) Find the angle of rotation θ. 1
This section has 3 case study based questions carrying (ii) Find the area of the watered sector in
4 marks each. (3 × 4 = 12) terms of π.1
36. As part of a smart city initiative, bicycle (iii) (a) If the radius is increased to 25 m, find
rental stations are installed across the city to the angle θ required so that the area
promote eco-friendly transport. The central remains the same. 2
monitoring unit is placed at the origin of the OR
coordinate system. (b) If the radius increases to 25 m and
θ remains unchanged, find the
percentage increase in the area
watered.2
38. A factory inspected products by production
line and quality status. Out of all items, the
percentage are:
Line Defective Non-defective
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Line 1 6 34
C(6,9)
Line 2 8 22
A(4,5)
5 Line 3 5 19
Line 4 4 x
B(10,3)
Line 5 2 0

4 0 5 10
 (i) Find x. 1
(ii) Find the probability that a randomly
selected item is defective. 1
(iii) (a) Find the probability that an item is
non-defective but not from Line 1 or
Line 2. 2
OR
(b) Find the probability that an item is
neither defective nor from Line 3. 2