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    BRIJ-TECH ACADEMY

    Kailashpuri CC Road Deoria


    HALF-YEARLY Examination Session (2024-25)
    Class X MATHEMATICS
    Time Allowed: 3 HOURS. Maximum Marks: 80
    General Instructions:

    1.This question paper has 5 Sections A-E.


    2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
    3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 2 marks each.
    4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 4 marks each.
    5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each. 6.In
    section E, question number 36 is very long answer type question carrying 6 marks
    Section-A (consists of 20 Questions of 1 mark each.)
    Question 1.Which term of the AP 2, -1,-4 , -7, …… is -40 ?
    (a) 8th (b) 11th (c) 15th (d) 23rd
    Question 2. The given linear polynomial y = f(x) has

    (A) 2 zeros (B) 1 zero and the zero is ‘3’


    (C) 1 zero and the zero is ‘4’ (D) No zero 1
    Question 3. The nature of roots of the quadratic equation 9x2 – 6x – 2 = 0 is:
    (A) No real roots (B) 2 equal real roots
    (C) 2 distinct real roots (D) More than 2 real roots 1
    Question 4. In ΔABC, DE || AB. If AB = a, DE = x, BE = b and EC = c. Then x expressed in terms of
    a, b and c is
    (A) ac/b (B) ac/b+c (C) ab/c (D) ab/b+c
    Question 5. If 2x² + bx + 8 =0 to have non-real roots, then the interval for b is
    (a) -8 < b < 8 (b) -6 < b < 6 (c) -8 > b > 8 (d) None of these
    Question 6. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then the value of a18 – a13 is
    (a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
    Question 7. Write the value of k for which the system of equations x + ky = 0 and 2x – y = 0 has
    unique solution.
    (a) k = 1/2 (b) k = –1/2 (c) k ≠ −1/2 (d) k ≠ 1/2
    Question 8. The sum of three non-zero prime numbers is 100. One of them exceeds the other by 36.
    Find the largest number.
    (a) 73 (b) 91 (c) 67 (d) 57
    Question 9.In figure, the graph of a polynomial p(x) is shown. The number of zeroes of
    p(x) is
    (a) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
    Question 10. The sum of the first 7 terms of AP sequence, 27, 30, 33, is
    (a) 152 (b) 252 (c) 100 (d) 150
    Question 11. If HCF (306,657) = 9, what will be the LCM (306, 657)? [1]
    (a) 12338 (b) 22338 (c) 23388 (d) 22388
    Question 12. In ∆PQR, ST || QR, point S divides PQ in the ratio 4: 5. If ST = 1.6 cm, what is the
    length of QR?
    (A) 0.71 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 36 cm
    (D) cannot be calculated from the given data
    Question 13. For what value of k, -4 is a zero of the polynomial x² – x -(2k + 2)? [1]
    (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
    Question 14. The value of p in which the system of linear equations -x + py = 1 and px – y = 1
    represent parallel lines is
    (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 2
    Question 15. The exponent of 2 factorization of 1440 is
    (a) 5 (b) 6. (c) 3 (d) 4
    Question 16. Given below is a pair of linear equations:
    4x + y = 8
    4x – 2y = 16
    Is the given pair of equations:
    (A) Consistent (B) Inconsistent
    (C) Consistent with unique solution (D) Consistent with many solutions
    Question 17. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is -1 and
    that of the other is -8. Then, the difference between their 4th terms is
    (a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 9
    Question 18. In the figure below, DE || AC and DF || AE. Which of these is equal to BF/FE?

    (A) DF/AE (B) BE/EC (C) BA/AC (D) EE/EC


    Question 19.Assertion (A): All regular polygons of the same number of sides such as equilateral
    triangles, squares, etc. are similar.
    Reason (R): Two polygons are said to be similar if their corresponding angles are equal and the
    lengths of corresponding sides are proportional.
    (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion
    (A)
    (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
    Assertion (A)
    (c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
    (d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true
    Question 20. Assertion (A): If the second term of an A.P., is 13 and the fifth term is 25, then its 7th
    term is 33.
    Reason (R): If the common difference of an A.P. is 5, then a18 – a13 is 25.
    Section B - (Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each)
    Question 21. Prove that √2 is an irrational number.
    Question 22. In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || CD || EF, then prove that
    AE/ED=BF/FC.
    Question 23. In figure, if AD = 6 cm, DB = 9 cm, AE = 8 cm and EC = 12 cm and ∠ADE = 48°. Find
    ∠ABC

    Question 24. A teacher told his student to write a quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of
    the zeroes are – 6 and 8, then the students write the polynomial x2 + 6x + 8. Is it right? Justify your
    answer.
    Question 25.The sum of the squares of two consecutive multiples of 7 is 637. Find the two multiples
    Section C - (consists of 6 questions of 4 marks each.)
    Question 26. Find the largest positive integer that will divide 444, 486 and 604 leaving remainders
    7, 11 and 15, respectively.
    Question 27. If a + b = c + d where a, b, c, d are rational numbers, then prove that either a = c and
    b = d or b and d are squares of rational numbers.
    Question 28. Prove the Basic Proportionality Theorem.
    Question 29. In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal to four
    times the square of one of its altitudes.
    Question 30. For what value of n, the nth term of two APs: 63, 65, 61,… and 3, 10, 17,… are equal?
    Question 31. Find the sum of the first 50 positive integers divisible by 7.
    Section-D (Consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.)
    Question 32. A ladder has rungs 25 cm apart. The rungs decrease uniformly in length from 45 cm
    at the bottom to 25 at the top. If the top and the bottom rungs are 2.5 m apart, what is the length of
    the wood required for the rungs?
    Question 33. Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to
    sides PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that ∆ABC ~ ∆PQR.
    Question 34. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 square units, if its length is reduced by units
    and breadth is increased by 3 units. If we increase the length by 3 units and the breadth by 2 units,
    the area increases by 67 square units. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
    Question 35. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9.3/8 hours. The tap of larger diameter
    takes 10 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap
    can separately fill the tank.
    Section-E (Consist of 1 question of 6marks .)
    Question 36. Write all the similarity criteria of two triangles with examples and details of each.

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