ICSE 10th Mathematics Sample Paper 18 Page 1

Sample Paper 18
ICSE Class X 2024-25
MATHEMATICS
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.
3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
5. Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
6. All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown, and must be done on the same sheet as the
rest of the answer.
7. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
8. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
9. Mathematical tables are provided.

SECTION-A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)

QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)

(i) Which of the following statement is false?

(a) All isosceles triangles are similar. (b) All quadrilateral are similar.
(c) All circles are similar. (d) None of the above

(ii) In an AP, if d =− 4 , n = 7 and an = 4 , then a is equal to

(a) 6 (b) 7
(c) 20 (d) 28

(iii) Assertion : The values of x are - a2 , a for a quadratic equation 2x2 + ax − a2 = 0 .

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Reason : For quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 x = − b ! b − 4ac
2a
(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.

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3x + 5y
(iv) If 3x − 5y = 7
3 then x : y is:
(a) 25 : 6 (b) 7 : 3
(c) 9 : 49 (d) 10 : 4

(v) Statement 1 : The remainder when x3 − 6x2 + 2x − 3 is divided by ^3x - 1h is - 27

80
.
Statement 2 : If a polynomial p ^x h is divided by ax - b , the remainder is the value of p ^x h at x = ab .
(a) Both the statement are true. (b) Both the statement are false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false. (d) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

(vi) If A = ; 3 E, B = ; 0 E and matrix C = 2A + B, then the matrix C is :

5 2

(a) ; 6 E (b) ; 4 E
12 12

(c) ; 4 E (d) ; 8 E
7 8

(vii) If the point P (6, 2) divides the line segment joining A (6, 5) and B (4, y) in the ratio 3 : 1 then the value
of y is
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1

(viii) A line passes through (x1, y1) and (h, k) . If slope of the line is m, then
(a) y1 − k = m (h − x1) (b) k − y1 =, m (h − x1)
(c) h − x1 = m (y1 − k) (d) h − x1 = m (k − y1)

(ix) In figure, AT is a tangent to the circle with centre O such that OT = 4 cm and +OTA = 30c. Then, AT
is equal to

(a) 4 cm (b) 2 cm

(c) 2 3 cm (d) 4 3 cm

(x) If the perimeter of one face of a cube is 20 cm, then its surface area is
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 150 cm2

(c) 125 cm2 (d) 400 cm2

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(xi) If TABC is right angled at C , then the value of sec (A + B) is

(a) 0 (b) 1

(c) 2 (d) not defined

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(xii) Two chords AB and CD of a circle intersect at E such that AE = 2.4 cm , BE = 3.2 cm and CE = 1.6 cm
. The length of DE is
(a) 1.6 cm (b) 3.2 cm
(c) 4.8 cm (d) 6.4 cm

(xiii) The taxable value of a toy is `900. Rate of GST is 18%. What is the price of the toy ?
(a) `1,100 (b) `1,062
(c) `981 (d) `1,900

(xiv) Eesha deposited `200 per month in a R.D. account of Canara Bank for 3 years. If the bank pays an interest
of 11% per annum, then the matured value of this account is______.
(a) ` 8,421 (b) ` 8,124
(c) ` 8,412 (d) ` 8,214

(xv) The solution set for the in equation 2x + 7 # 17, x εN is :

(a) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (b) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
(c) {1, 2, 3, 4} (d) {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}

QUESTION 2.

(i)
1
A well of diameter 6 m is dug 14 m deep. 15 of the earth taken out is spread evenly all around the well to
form a embankment.
(a) Find the volume of the earth taken out.
(b) If the height of embankment is 1.2 m, what is the width of the embankment ?

(ii) Mr Rajinder has a recurring deposit in a bank for 3 years at 9% p.a. simple interest. if he gets ` 3996 as
interest at the time of maturity, find:
(a) The monthly installment.
(b) The amount of maturity.

(iii) Prove that :

cot θ + cosec θ − 1 = 1 + cot θ
cot θ − cosec θ + 1 sin θ

QUESTION 3.

(i) Sachin invests ` 8500 in 10%, ` 100 shares at ` 170. He sells the shares when the price of each share rises
by ` 30. He invests the proceeds in 12% ` 100 shares at ` 125.

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Find
(a) The sale proceeds.
(b) The number of ` 125 shares he buys.
(c) The change in his annual income.

(ii) In the given circle with diameter AB , find the value of x .

(iii) Marks obtained by 200 students in an examination are given below :

Marks Number of students

0-10 5
10-20 11
20-30 10
30-40 20
40-50 28
50-60 37
60-70 40
70-80 29
80-90 14
90-100 6

Draw an ogive for the given distribution taking 2 cm =10 marks on one axis and 2 cm =20 students on the
other axis.
Using the graph, determine.
(a) The median marks.
(b) The number of students who failed, if minimum marks required to pass is 40.
(c) if scoring 85 and more marks is considered as grade on, find the number of students who secured grade
one in the examination.

SECTION-B
(Attempt any four questions.)
QUESTION 4.

x 3
(i) Given A = > H . If A2 = 3I, where I is the identity matrix of order 2, find x and y.
y 3

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(ii) Construct a TABC with BC = 6.5 cm, AB = 5.5 cm and AC = 5 cm. Construct the in circle of the
triangle. Measure and record the radius of the in circle.

(iii) In given triangle 3 ABC, line PQ and BC are parallel. If AP : PB = 2 : 3 , find the :
(a) length of PQ , if BC = 7.5 cm.
(b) area of 3 APQ : area of 3 ABC .
(c) area of 3 APQ : area of PBCQ .

QUESTION 5.

(i) The mean of the following frequency distribution is 18. The frequency f in the class interval 19-21 is
missing. Determine f .
Class interval 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25
Frequency 3 6 9 13 f 5 4

(ii) The following bill shows the GST rates and the marked Price of articles :

S. No. Articles Marked Price Rate of GST

(a) Graphic Card `15500 18%
(b) Laptop Adapter `1900 28%

Find the :
(a) Total GST paid.
(b) Total bill amount including GST.

(iii) In the given figure TP and TQ are two tangents to the circle with centre O, touching at A and C,
respectively. If +BCQ = 55° and +BAP = 60°, find
(a) +OBA and +OBC
(b) +AOC
(c) +ATC

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QUESTION 6.

(i) If a a2 + 2 and a3 + 10 are in G.P., then find the values(s) of a .

(ii) A thief runs with a uniform speed of 100 m/minute. After one minute a policeman runs after the thief to
catch him. He goes with a speed of 100/minute in the first minute and increased his speed by 10 m/minute
every succeeding minute. After how many minutes the policeman will catch the thief.

(iii) Using a graph paper to draw a histogram for the given distribution showing the number of runs scored by
50 batsman. Estimate the mode of the data.

Runs Scored Number of batsman

3000-4000 4
4000-5000 18
5000-6000 9
6000-7000 6
7000-8000 7
8000-9000 2
9000-10000 4

QUESTION 7.

(i) The equation of a line is 2x + 3y = 6 . It intersects the y-axis at A.

(a) Write the co-ordinates of A.
(b) Find the equation of a line through A and perpendicular to the given line.

(ii) While doing some night fishing, Sarthak round a peninsula and a tall light house comes into view. Taking a
sighting, Sarthak find the angle of elevation to the top of the lighthouse is 30c . If the lighthouse is known
to be 25 m tall, how far from the lighthouse is Sarthak ?

QUESTION 8.

(i) Solve the following in equation and write down the solution set.
11x − 4 1 15x + 4 # 13x + 14 , x d W
Represent the solution on a real number line.

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(ii) In the given figure, +DBC = 58c. BD is a diameter of the circle. Calculate
(a) +BDC
(b) +BEC
(c) +BAC

(iii) Determine the ratio in which the line 2x + y = 4 divides the line segment joining the points A(2, -2) and
B(3, 7).

QUESTION 9.

(i) If 6 is the mean proportion between two numbers x and y and 48 is the third proportional to x and y , find
the numbers.

(ii) Three consecutive positive integers are such that the sum of the square of the first and product of the other
two is 46. Find the integers.

(iii) A straight line AB is 8 cm long. Locate by construction the locus of a point which is
(a) Equidistant from A and B .
(b) Always 4 cm long from the line AB .
(c) Mark two points X and Y , which are 4 cm from AB equidistant from A and B . Name the figure
AXBY .

QUESTION 10.

(i) What must be added to the polynomial 2x3 - 3x2 - 8x so that it leaves a remainder 10 when divided by
2x + 1?

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(ii) Hospital Stays : Hospital records indicated that maternity patients stayed in the hospital for the number of
days shown in the distribution.

Number of days stayed Frequency

3 13
4 22
5 45
6 14
7 6
100

Find these probabilities.

(a) A patient stayed exactly 5 days.
(b) A patient stayed less than 6 days.
(c) A patient stayed at most 4 days.
(d) A patient stayed at least 5 days.

(iii) Use graph paper for this question. Take 1 cm = 1 unit on both x and y-axes.
(a) Plot the following points on your graph sheets : A(–4, 0), B(–3, 2), C(0, 4), D(4, 1) and E (7, 3)
(b) Reflect the points B, C, D and E on the X-axis and name them as Bl , Cl , Dl and El, respectively.
(c) Join the points A, B, C, D, E, El, Dl, Cl, Bl and Al in order.
(d) Name the closed figure formed.

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