Practice Paper 2

Session- 2023-24
Class- X Subject- Maths

Time- 3 hrs. M.M.- 80

General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section Chas 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 sourced based/Case Based/passage based/integrated units of assessment 4 marks each
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, internal choice has been provided in some questions.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take n =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION- A
1. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3; x, y are prime numbers, then HCF (a,b) is:
a) xy b) xy2 c) x3y3 d) x2y2
2. The LCM of smallest two-digit composite number and smallest composite number is:
a) 12 b) 4 c) 20 d) 44
3. If x = 3 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2kx – 6 = 0, then the value of k is
−1 1
a) b) c) 3 d) 2
2 2
4. The pair of equations y = 0 and y = -7 has:
a) One solution b) Two solutions c) Infinitely many solutions d) No solution
5. Value(s) of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 – kx + k = 0 has equal roots is :
a) 0 only b) 4 c) 8 only d) 0,8
6. The distance of the point(3,5) from x-axis(in units) is:
a) 3 b) - 3 c) 5 d) -5
AB BC CA
7. If in ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR, we have = = then:
QR PR PQ
a) ∆PQR ~∆CAB b) ∆PQR ~∆ABC c) ∆CBA ~∆PQR d) ∆BCA ~∆PQR
8. Which of the following is NOT a similarity criterion?
a) AA b) SAS c) AAA d) RHS

∠POQ = 110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to

9. In figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so that

(a) 60° (b) 70° (c) 80° (d) 90°

4
10. If cos A = then the value of tan A is:
5
3 3 4 1
a) b) c) d)
5 4 3 8
11. If the height of the tower is equal to the length of its shadow, then the angle of elevation of the sun is _____
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 90°
12. 1 – cos2 A is equal to
a) sin2 A b) tan2A c) 1 – sin2A d) sec2A
13. The radius of a circle is same as the side of a square. Their perimeters are in the ratio
a) 1 : 1 b) 2 : π c) π: 2 d) √ π : 2
14. The area of the circle is 154cm2. The radius of the circle is
a) 7cm b) 14cm c) 3.5cm d) 17.5cm
15. When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an even number less than 4 is
1 1 1
a) b) 0 c) d)
4 2 6
16. For the following distribution:
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
The lower limit of modal class is:
a) 15 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35
17. A rectangular sheet of paper 40cm x 22cm, is rolled to form a hollow cylinder of height 40cm. The radius of
the cylinder (in cm) is :
a) 3.5 b) 7 c) 807 d) 5
18. Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
Frequency 12 10 15 8 11
The median class is:
a) 6-12 b) 12-18 c) 18-24 d) 24-30
19. Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis.
Reason(R): The x coordinate of the point on y-axis is zero
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false. (d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20. Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150. Then their LCM is 40.
Reason(R): For any two positive integers a and b, HCF(a, b) x LCM(a, b) = a x b.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false. (d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
SECTION- B
21. Find whether the following pair of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent:
3x + 2y = 8
6x – 4y = 9
22. In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB║CD ║ EF,
AE BF
then prove that =
ED FC
OR

In figure, if AD = 6cm, DB = 9cm, AE = 8cm and EC = 12cm and ∠ADE

= 48˚. Find ∠ABC.

23. The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5cm from the centre of the circle is 4cm. Find the radius of
the circle.
24. Evaluate: sin2 60˚ + 2tan 45˚ - cos2 30˚.
25. What is the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of two circles of radii 40cm and
9cm?
OR
A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find area of minor segment.
SECTION- C
26. Prove that √ 3 is an irrational number.
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4s2 – 4s + 1 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the
coefficients.
28. The coach of a cricket team buys 4 bats and 1 ball for Rs. 2050. Later, she buys 3 bats and 2 balls for Rs. 1600.
Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
OR
A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter. Saritha
paid Rs27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid Rs21 for the book she kept for five days. Find the fixed
charge and the charge for each extra day.
29. A circle touches all the four sides of quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that AB + CD = AD + DA.
 1−cosθ
30. Prove that cosecθ−cotθ=
1+ c osθ
OR
Prove that sec A (1 – sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1.
31. A bag contains 6 red balls and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability
that the ball drawn is
(i) red ? (ii) not red ?
SECTION D
32. A train travels 360km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5km/h more, it would have taken 1 hour less
for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
OR
A motor boat whose speed is 18km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24km upstream than to return
downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
33. Prove that If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct points,
the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
PS PT
In ΔPQR, S and T are points on PQ and PR respectively. = and ∠PST = ∠PRQ. Prove that PQR is an
SQ TR
isosceles triangle.
34. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck at
each of its ends. The length of the entire capsule is 14mm and the diameter of the
capsule is 5mm. Find its surface area.
OR
A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find
approximately how much syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns, each
shaped like cylinder with two hemispherical ends with length 5cm and diameter 2.8cm.
35. The following table gives the distribution of the life time of 400 neon lamps:

Find the average life time of a lamp.

SECTION- E
36. CASE STUDY 1
India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong technical and engineering
capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory increases
uniformly by a fixed number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.
1) In which year, the production is Rs 29,200.
2) Find the production during 8th year. OR Find the production during first 3 years.
3) Find the difference of the production during 7th year and 4th year.
37. CASE STUDY 2
Alia and Shagun are friends living on the same street in Patel Nagar. Shagun’s house is at the intersection of one
street with another street on which there is a library. They both study in the same school and that is not far from
Shagun's house. Suppose the school is situated at the point 0, i.e., the origin, Alia's house is at A. Shagun’s house
is at B and library is at C. Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) How far is Alia's house from Shagun’s house?
(ii) How far is the library from Shagun’s house?
(iii) Show that for Shagun, school is farther compared to Alia’s house and library.
OR
Show that Alia’s house, shagun’s house and library for an isosceles right triangle.

38. CASE STUDY 3

A boy is standing on the top of light house. He observed that boat P and boat Q are approaching the light house
from opposite directions. He finds that angle of depression of boat P is 45° and angle of depression of boat Q is
30°. He also knows that height of the light house is 100 m.

(i) What is the measure of ∠ACD?

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(ii) If ∠YAB = 30°, then ∠ABD is also 30°, Why?

(iii) Find length of CD. OR Find length of BD.