DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL ONGC, NAZIRA

Name………………………………… Class: X Roll No. ….

Sub: Mathematics Basic (241) Sample Paper M.M : 80 Time: 3 hrs.
General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is compulsory. However, there is some
internal choice in some questions.
2. Section A has 18 MCQ’s and 02 Assertion Reason based questions of 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Very Short Answer (VSA) questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA) questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub
parts
SECTION-A
1. The decimal expansion of will terminate after how many decimal places? 1
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
2. The HCF and LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are: 1
a) 3, 140 b) 12, 420 c) 3, 420 d) 420, 3
3. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorisation of 250 is: 1
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
4. The number of zeroes of the polynomial whose graph is given below is/are: 1

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
5. The quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is – 5 and their product is 6, is: 1
a) b) c) d)
6. In which condition will the polynomial be a quadratic equation? 1
a) b) c) d)
7. The values of x and y in and are: 1
a) b) c) d)
8. The pair of linear equations in two variables and has: 1
a) one solution b) two solution c) many solutions d) no solution
9. The roots of the equation are: 1
a) real and unequal b) real and equal c) unequal roots d) imaginary roots
10. Value(s) of k for which the quadratic equation – has equal roots is: 1
a) 0 only b) 4 c) 8 only d) 0,8
11.Which term of A P is is 152 ? 1
a) 49th b) 50th c) 51th d) 52th
12. In the given figure MN‖QR. If , , then x=: 1

a) 4cm b) 5cm c) 6cm d) 6.5 cm

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13. Which of the following is not a similarity criterion of triangles? 1
a) AA b) SAS c) AAA d) RHS
14. The distance of a point from the origin is: 1
a) 10 units b) 8 units c) 6 units d) units
15. If the distance of the point (4, a) from x-axis is half its distance from y axis then a is: 1
a) 4units b) 8 units c) 2 units d) 6 units
16. If the coordinates of one end of a diameter of a circle are (2, 3) and the coordinates of its centre are (-2,5),
then the coordinates of the other end of the diameter are: 1
a) (-6, 7) b) (6, -7) c) (4, 2) d) (5, 3)
17. If sinA=cosA, , then A equals to: 1
a) 60 b) 45 c) 30 d) 90
18. Evaluate: 1
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
ASSERTION-REASON BASEDQUESTIONS:
In the following questions (Q. 19 and Q. 20), a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason
(R). Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true
19. A: 10th term of an AP is 41 whose first term is 5 and common difference is 4. 1
R: nth term of an AP is
20. A: In a right ABC, right angled at B, if , then and .
R: For acute angle ,  and  .

SECTION B
21. Evaluate: . 2
22. In the figure, altitudes AD and CE of Δ ABC intersecteach other at the point P. Show that: 2
(i) ΔABD ~ ΔCBE (ii) ΔPDC ~ ΔBEC
OR

In the figure, DE || AC and DF || AE. Prove that

23. Is a term of the AP 17, 12, 7, 2,…? 2

24. For what values of k will the following pair of linear equations have infinitely manysolutions? 2
kx + 3y – (k – 3) = 0, 12x + ky – k = 0
25. Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4m more than its width, is 36m.Find the
dimensions of the garden. 2
OR
The difference between two numbers is 26 and one number is three times the other. Find the numbers.

SECTIONC
26. Prove that √ is an irrational number. 3
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial and verify the relationship between the zeroes
and the coefficients. 3
28. The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum of all terms is 400. Find the number of terms
and the common difference of the AP. P-2/4 3
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The sum of n terms of an AP is . Find the AP and also its 10th term.
29. Prove that: 3
OR
Prove that:
30. Solve the following pair of linear equations graphically: and . Shade the region
between the lines and the y-axis. 3
31. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. The number obtained by interchanging its digits exceeds
the given number by 18. Find the number. 3

SECTION - D

32. Prove that If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other twosides in distinct points,
the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
OR
In ΔPQR, S and T are points on PQ and PR respectively. and ∠PST = ∠PRQ. Prove that PQR is an
isosceles triangle. 5
33. If √ and – √ , A > B, find A and B. 5
OR
–
–
34. Which term of the AP: 21, 18, 15, . . . is – 81? Also, is any term 0? 5
35. If the zeroes of the polynomial are double in value to the zeroes of , find the
value of p and q. 5

SECTION E (Case study based questions)

36. In a GPS, The lines that run east-west are known as lines of latitude, and the lines runningnorth-south are
known as lines of longitude. The latitude and the longitude of a place are itscoordinates and the distance
formula is used to find the distance between two places. Thedistance between two parallel lines is
approximately 150 km. A family from Uttar Pradesh planned a round trip from Lucknow (L) to Puri (P) via
Bhuj (B) and Nashik (N) as shown in the given figure below.

i) Find the distance between Lucknow (L) to Bhuj(B). 1

ii) Find the coordinates of the place, Q, near Rajasthan which at an equal distance from Lucknow(L) and Bhuj
(B). 1
iii) Which distance is shorter, distance between Bhuj (B) and Lucknow (L) or distance between Lucknow(L)
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37. Kavya plantations have two rectangular fields of the same width but different lengths. They are required to
plant l68 trees in the smaller field and 462 trees inthe larger field. In both fields, the trees will be planted in the
same number of rows but in different numberof columns.
i) What is the maximum number ofrows in whichthe trees can be planted in each of the fields? 1
ii) If the trees are planted in the number of rowsobtained in part (i), how many columns will each field have? 1
iii) If total cost of planted trees in one column is ₹500, then find the cost to plant the trees insmaller field. 2

38. Raj and Ajay are very close friends. Both the families decide to go to Ranikhet by their own cars. Raj’s car
travels at a speed of x km/h while Ajay’s car travels 5 km/h faster than Raj’s car. Raj took 4 hours more than
Ajay to complete the journey of 400 km.
i) What will be the distance covered by Ajay’s car in two hours(in terms of x)? 1
ii) Which of the following quadratic equation describe the speed of Raj’s car? 1
2 2
a) x – 5x – 500 = 0 b) x + 4x – 400 = 0
c) x2 + 5x – 500 = 0 d) x2 – 4x + 400 = 0
iii) What is the speed of Raj’s car? 2
OR
How much time took Ajay to travel 400 km?

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