KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN,CHENNAI REGION

FIRST PRE-BOARDEXAMINATION: 2024-2025

MATHEMATICS STANDARD (041)

CLASS: X Time Allowed: 3 Hrs.
Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:

1.This Question Paper has 5 SectionsA-E.

2. Section A has 20 MCQS carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questionscarrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
D
5. Section has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with
subparts ofthevalues of1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. AllQuestions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs
of 3 marks and 2 Questions of2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has
been provided in the 2marks questions of SectionE
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take =22/7 wherever required if not stated

SECTION A

Q. Section A consists of 20questions of1mark each. Marks

No.

Ifthe zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x² (a 1) x + + +t b are 2 and -3, then

(a) a =-7, b =-1 (b) a = 5,b=-1
1

(c) a =2, b= -6 (d)a =0, b= -6

The zeroes of the quadraticpolynomial x²+9x +18 are
(a)both positive (b)both negative
1

(c) one positive and one negative (d) both equal

3 For what value k, do the equations 2x - y+3 =0 and 6x- ky+9=0

represent coincident lines?
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 3 (a) -3

4 Ifthe sum and product of the roots of the equation 3*-8x +2k = 0
lare equal, then thevalue ofk is
1

(a)4 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 8

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5 If 2x,x + 10, 3x +2 are in A.P., then x is equal to
(a) 0 (b)2 (c)4 (d)6 1

6 The coordinates of a point P, where PO isthe diameter ofa circle whose centre is
(2,- 3)and Q is (1,4) is:
(a)(3,-10) (b)(2,-10) (c) (-3, 10) (d) (-2, 10).
|If thedistance between the points A(2, -2)and B(-1, x) is equal to 5, then
the value 1
ofx is:

Ka) 2 (b)-2
8 The value of (sin30°
(C)
+cos30°) -(sin60° +cos60°)
1
(d)-1
is.....

10
(a) -1
If 3sec

)
(b)
0-5=0,then cot 0 is

In the given below

the centre O of a circle
0

figure, point
(c)

P is 26 cm away from
1
(d) 2

and the length PT of the tangent

drawn from P to the circle is 24 cm. Then the
radius of
the circle is

(a) 25 cm (6) 26 cm (c) 24cm (d)10cm

The tangentsdrawn at the extremities of the diameterofa

circle are

(a)Perpendicular (b) Parallel (c) cqual (d)none of these 1

12 In the given figure, if ZRPS =25°, thevalue of

Z ROS is

1
(a) 135° (b) 145° (c)165° (d) 155°

13 The ratio of the total surfacearea to the curved surface area of a cylinder with
base radius 80cm and height 20 cm is
1
(a) 1 :2 (b) 2 :
4 Voume
1 (c) 3:1 ()5:1
and total surface area ofa solid hemisphere are numericallyequal. What
the diameter of
i
hemisphere?
Ka) 9 units (b)6 units (c) 4.5 units (d) 18 units
15 If mean of a, at3, a+6, a+9 and a+12 is 10, then a is equal to;
Ka) 1
(b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
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 |Considerthe following frequency distribution of the heights of 60 students of a
class:

165-170 170- 175 175- 180

Height (incm) 150-155 155- 160 160-165

Number 15 13 10 9
of
students

The sum of the lower limit of the modal class and upper limit of the median class is

(a)310 (b)315 (c) 320 (d) 330

17 Cards are marked with numbers 1 to 50 are placed in the box and mixed

thoroughly. One card is drawn at random from the box.

What is the probability of getting a prime number?

(a) 1
(d)

A school has five houses A, B, C, D and E. One class has 23 students, 4 from house
|A, 8 from house B, 5 from house C, 2 from house D and the rest from house E.
student is selected at random to be the class monitor. The probability
that
A single

the selected student is not from housesA, B and C is:

(a) (b)
(c) 823 23

|DIRECTION: In the question number (19)and (20), a statement of assertion (A)is

followedby a statement of Reason (R).

Choose thecorrect option

Statement A (Assertion): The HCF of two numbers is 15 and their product is

2250. Then their LCM is 150.

StatementR(Reason) : Ifa, b are two positive integers, then HCF x LCM=a xb.
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(a) Both assertion (A)and reason (R)are true and reason (R)is the correct 1

explanation of assertion (A)

(b)Both assertion (A)and reason (R)are true and 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.

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20 Statement A (Assertion):If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square,
then the ratio oftheir areas is 14:11

Statement R (Reason):If the perimeterof a circle is equal to that of a square,then

their areas areequal

Ka)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 and reason (R) is not the
correct

explanation of assertion (A)

(c)Assertion(A) is true but reason (R)is
false.

Kd) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R)is true.

SECTION B
SectionB consists of 5 questionsof 2
marks each.
21
Given that V3 is irational, prove that 2 + 5V3 is 2
irrational.

(or)

Given that V7 is irrational, prove that 3V7 is an irrational number.

22 Find the distance between the

following pairs of points : (a, b), (-a, -b) 2
23 Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line
segment joining the points 2
K5, -6) and (-1,-4).

24
If tan (A+B) =/3 and tan (A-B)=;0°<A+ B<90;A> B, find A
1

andB. 2

25 A bag contains 24 balls of which x are red, 2x are white and 3x are blue. Find
A ballis selected at random. What is the probability that
x.

Ki) it is red (ii) it is blue neither red

2
(iii) nor blue

(or)

One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate

the probability that the card will be (i) an ace, (ii) not be an ace.

SECTION C
Section C consists of 6 questionsof 3marks each.
26 Prove that 5 is an irrational number
3
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 Tone oI thezero of the polynomial
find thevalue of
3x+8x +2k+ 1 is seven times the other, P
'k'.
Find the values of k foreach of the following 3
quadratic equations, so that
28 they have two equal roots.

O 22+kx+3 =0 ) kx (r-2) +6=0

29 Prove that 3
tan cot
=1+ scc0 cosec 0
1-cot 1-tan
30 Prove that "fa line is drawn parallel to one sideofa triangle to intersect the
3
other two sidesin distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio"

(or)

|Inthe given figure, altitudes AD and CE of A

|ABC intersect each other at the point P. Show that

() A AEP~A CDP
(11) A ABD ~ A CBE
(iii) A AEP~A ADB
31 The length ofthe minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Find the area swept by the

minute hand in 5 minutes.

(or)

An umbrella has & ribs which are equally spaced

(seeFig.). Assuming umbrella to be a flat circle ofradius
45 cm, find the area between the two consecutive ribs of

the umbrella.

SECTION D
Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 mark each.

32 A fraction becomes if 2 is added to both the numeratorand the denominator.

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If3 is added to both the numeratorand the denominator, it becomes.Find the

fraction

(or)

A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed.Ifthe train would have been
10km/h faster, it would have taken 2 hours less than the scheduled time. And, if the
trainwere slower by 10km/h, it would have taken 3 hours more than the scheduled
time.Find the distance covered by the train.

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33 Iwo poles ot equal heights are standng oppoSILe eaca ouusr oa eluer siue Ol Lic

road,which is 80 m wide. From a point between them on the road, the anglesof
elevation of the top of the poles are 60° and 30,respectively. Find the height of the
poles and the distances of the point from the poles.

34 Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to

a circle areequal.
Also IfAB, AC,PQ are tangents in below figure and AB =5cm,
find the perimeter of AAPQ

35 The mean ofthe following frequencytable is 53.But the frequencies fl and f2 in

the classes 20-40 and 60-80 are missing., Find the
missing frequencies

Age (in years) 0-2020-4040-60 60-80o 80-100oTotal

No.of people 1s 21 f2 17 100

(or)

The distribution given below shows the number of wickets taken by

bowlers in one daycricket matches. Find the mean and median of the
number ofwickets taken.
No, of wickets 20-60 60-100 100-140 140-180 180-220 220-260

No. of bowiers 12 2
5 16
3

SECTION-E:CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS.

Section E consists of 3 questions of 4 mark each.

B6 In a class the teacher asks every student to write an example of

AP. Two boys Aryan andRoshan writes their progressions as
5,-2, 1,4.... and 187, 184, 181,.... respectively. Now the
teacher asks the various students of the class the following

questions on this progression. Help students to find the answers

of the following.

(i) Find the sum of common difference of the two progressions.

(ii) Find the 34th term of the progression written by Roshan.
(ii) Find the sum of first 10 terms of the progression written by Aryan.

(OR)

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 Wnicn terIn oihe two progressIOns wuL káve us uiso valuk.

Vijay is
Sove
trying to
Torsr

fnd the average height

L of a tower near
AMey oe
his house. He is using the

properties of similar triangles.The height of Vijay's house 20m when Vijay's house

10m long on the ground. At the same time, the tower casts a
casts a shadow

shadow 50m long on the ground and the house of Alay casts 20m shadow on the

ground.

What is the height the tower? of

(i) What is the height of Ajay's house?

house casts!
What will be the length of the shadow of the tower when Vijay's
(iii)

shadow of 12m?
CH (or)

will be the length

When tower casts a shadow of 4Om, same time what
the

of the shadow of Vijay's house?

38 On a Sunday, your Parents took you to a

fair. You could see lot of toys displayed, and

cube
you wanted them to buy a RUBIK's
and strawberry ice-cream for you. Observe
the figures and answer the questions-:

Find the length of the diagonal if each

Ki)

edge measures 6cm ?

iDFind the volume of the solid figure if the length of the edge is 7cm?

is the surface area of hemisphere (ice cream) if the base radius is 7cm?
Kiii) What

(or)

If the slant height of the conical part is 5 cm, and its radius is 4 cm, find its height.

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