NEW MIDDLE EAST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, RIYADH

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023-2024

PREBOARD -II EXAMINATION
NAME: GRADE: X SEC:
DATE: 21.01.24 SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS: 80 DURATION: 3 Hours
(BASIC – 241)
General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A − E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQ’s carrying 01 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with
subparts of the values of 1,1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2Q’s of 5 marks,2Q’s
of 3 marks and 2Q’s of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been
provided in the 2 marks questions of Section E.
𝟐𝟐
8. Draw neat figures , wherever required. Take π = wherever required , if not stated.
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SECTION A
Comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1. If the mean and mode of a distribution are 15 and 18 respectively , then the median of
the distribution is
a) 17 b) 15 c) 16 d) 18

2. PQ is a tangent to a circle centered at O . If the radius of the circle

is 5 cm and ∠𝑂𝑃𝑄 = 30°, then length of tangent PQ is
10 5
a) 5√3 𝑐𝑚 b) 𝑐𝑚 c) 10 𝑐𝑚 d) 𝑐𝑚
√3 √3

3. In what ratio does the X-axis divide the line segment joining the
points A(2 , - 3) and B(5 , 6) ?
a) 2 : 3 b) 2 : 1 c) 3 : 4 d) 1 : 2

2 1− 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴
4. If tan A = , then the value of is
5 1− 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴
25 4 4 5
a) b) c) d)
4 25 5 4

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5. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 , then the value of + is
𝛼 𝛽
a) – 2 b) 2 c) 0 d) 1

1
6. If the quadratic equation 9x2 + bx + = 0 has equal roots , then the value of b is
4
a) 0 b) 3 only c) – 3 only d) ± 3

7. A pair of dice is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a doublet?

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a) b) c) d)
2 3 4 6

8. The curved surface area of a right circular cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm2. The
diameter of its circular base is
a) 2 cm b) 1 cm c) 4 cm d) 7 cm

9. In a circle of radius 14 cm, an arc subtends an angle of 45° at the centre, then the area of
the sector is
a) 71 cm2 b) 76 cm2 c) 77 cm2 d) 154 cm2

∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑑𝑖
10. In the formula , 𝑥̅ = a + ∑ 𝑓𝑖
, for finding the mean of grouped data , di ’s are
deviations of ‘a’ from
a) lower limits of the classes b) upper limits of the classes
c) mid-values of the classes d) frequencies

11. The value of k for which the lines 5x + 7y = 3 and 15x + 21y = k coincide is
a) 9 b) 5 c) 7 d) 18

12. D and E are respectively the points on the sides AB and AC of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶
such that 𝐴𝐷 = 2𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐷 = 3 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 7.5 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐵𝐶 , then the
length of 𝐷𝐸 (𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑚 ) is
a) 2.5 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6

13. If the angle of depression of an object from a 75 m high tower is 30°, then the distance
of the object from the tower is
a) 25√3 m b) 50√3 m c) 75√3 m d) 150 m

14. The value of 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 30° + 3 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 60° − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 45° is

19 9
a) 3√3 b) c) d) 9
2 4

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15. A tree casts a shadow 15 m long on the level of ground, when the angle of elevation of
the sun is 45°. The height of the tree is
a) 10 m b) 14 m c) 8 m d) 15 m

𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 𝐶𝐴
16. If in ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR , we have = = then
𝑄𝑅 𝑃𝑅 𝑃𝑄
a) ∆PQR ~ ∆CAB b) ∆PQR ~ ∆ABC
c) ∆CBA ~ ∆PQR d) ∆BCA ~ ∆PQR

17. If the areas of 2 circles are in the ratio 4:9, then the ratio of the perimeters of the
semicircles is
a) 2: 3 b) 3:2 c) 1: 2 d) 1: 3

18. The quadratic equation 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 3√2 = 0 has

a) two distinct real roots b) two equal real roots
c) no real roots d) more than 2 real roots

DIRECTION : In question numbers 19 and 20 , a statement of Assertion (A) is followed

by a statement of Reason (R) .
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 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.

19. Assertion : 6n cannot end with the digit zero, where 𝑛 is a natural number.
Reason : Any number ends with the digit zero , if its prime factorization includes
2 𝑚 × 5 𝑛 , where m and n are whole numbers.

20. Assertion : The radii of two cones are in the ratio 2 : 3 and their volumes are in the
ratio 1 : 3 .Then the ratio of their heights is 3 : 2
1
Reason : Volume of a cone = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ
3

SECTION – B
Comprises of 5 questions of 2 marks each.
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐶
21. In the fig: , given that = and ∠1 = ∠2 . Show
𝐴𝐸 𝐵𝐷
that ∆𝐵𝐴𝐸 ~ ∆𝐶𝐴𝐷 .

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22. Find the sum of the AP : 2, 7, 12, . . . . . . . . . . . . upto 10 terms.
OR
Find the 11th term from the last term of the AP 10, 7, 4, . . . . . . , − 62 .

√3
23. If sin (𝐴 + 𝐵) = 1 and cos(𝐴 − 𝐵) = , 0 < 𝐴 + 𝐵 ≤ 90° , 𝐴 > 𝐵 then find A and B .
2

24. A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find the area of
the corresponding minor segment. [Use 𝜋 = 3.14 ]

25. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.
OR
Prove that in two concentric circles, the chord of the larger circle, which touches the
smaller circle is bisected at the point of contact.

SECTION – C
Comprises of 6 questions of 3 marks each.

26. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 5 - 3√2 and 5 + 3√2 .

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27. Prove that ( − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) ( − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃) = .
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
OR
If θ be an acute angle and 5 cosec θ = 7 , then evaluate 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 − 1 .

28. How many terms of the AP : 9 , 17 , 25 , ….. must be taken to give a sum of 636 ?

29. Two dice are thrown at the same time. What is the probability that the sum of the
numbers on the top of the dice is
i) a prime number ii) less than 11 iii) 7

30. An aeroplane , when flying at a height of 4000 m from the ground , passes vertically
above another aeroplane at an instant , when the angles of elevation of the two planes
from the same point on the ground are 60° and 45° respectively. Find the vertical
distance between the aeroplanes at that instant. (Use √3 = 1.73)
OR
The angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point A on the ground is 30°.On
moving a distance of 30 m towards its base to the point B , the angle of elevation
changes to 45°.Find the height of the building. (Use √3 = 1.732)

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31. In the fig: , XY and 𝑋′𝑌′ are two parallel tangents to a circle with
centre O and another tangent AB with point of contact C
intersecting XY at A and 𝑋′𝑌′ at B. Find the measure of ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵.

SECTION – D
Comprises of 4 questions of 5 marks each.
32. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for Rs.80. If he had bought 4 more books for the
same amount, each book would have cost Rs.1 less. How many books did he buy ?

33. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y , if the total
frequency is 100.
Class interval Frequency
0 – 100 2
100 – 200 5
200 – 300 x
300 – 400 12
400 – 500 17
500 – 600 20
600 – 700 y
700 – 800 9
800 – 900 7
900 – 1000 4

OR
Find the mean and mode of the following data:

Class 85 – 90 90 – 95 95 – 100 100 – 105 105 – 110 110 – 115

Frequency 10 12 15 14 12 7

34. a) In the given figure, CB || QR and CA || PR. If AQ = 12 cm ,

AR = 20 cm , PB = CQ = 15 cm, calculate PC and BR.
b) A 6 m high tree casts a 4 m long shadow. At the same time, a
flag pole casts a shadow 50 m long. How long is the
flag pole?

35. If P(2 , -1) , Q(3 , 4) , R(-2 , 3) , S(-3 , -2) be four points in a

plane, then name the type of quadrilateral so formed on joining the points in order.
OR
If P( 9a – 2 , - b ) divides the line segment joining the points A( 3a + 1 , - 3 ) and
B( 8a , 5 ) in the ratio 3 : 1 , find the values of a and b .

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 SECTION – E
Comprises of 3 Case study- based questions which are compulsory.
36. Isha is a 10 year old girl. On the result day, Isha and her father Suresh were very happy
as she got first position in the class. While coming back to their home, Isha asked for a
treat from her father as a reward for her success. They went to a juice shop and asked
for two glasses of juice.
Aisha, a juice seller, was serving juice to her customers in two types of glasses. Both
the glasses had inner radius 3cm. The height of both the glasses were 10 cm each .

First type: A Glass with Second type: A glass with conical raised
hemispherical raised bottom. bottom of height 1.5 cm .

Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) What is the capacity ( in terms of 𝜋) of the first glass ? (1 mark)

(ii) What is the capacity ( in terms of 𝜋) of the second glass ? (1 mark)

(iii) Find the ratio of the capacities of both type of glasses ?

OR (2 marks)
Find the inner surface area of the first type glass ? (Use 𝜋 = 3.14)

37. The department of Computer Science and Technology is conducting an International

seminar. In the seminar, the number of participants in Mathematics, Science and
Computer Science are 60, 84 and 108 respectively. The Coordinator has made the
arrangement such that in each room, the same number of participants are to be seated
and all of them being in the same subject. Also, they allotted a separate room for all
the officials other than participants.

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 Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) Find the LCM of 60 , 84 and 108 , using prime factorization method. (1 mark)

(ii) What is the maximum number of participants allotted in each room ? (1 mark)

(iii) What is the minimum number of rooms required for the participants ?
OR (2 marks)
Verify whether or not the product of LCM and HCF of the number of participants is
equal to the product of the number of participants. Justify .

38. Amit is planning to buy a house and the layout is given below. The design and the
measurement has been made such that areas of two bedrooms and the kitchen together
is 95 sq.m.

Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) Form a pair of linear equations in two variables from this situation. (1 mark)

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(ii) Find the length of the outer boundary of the layout. (1 mark)
(iii) Find the area of each bedroom and kitchen in the layout.
OR (2 marks)
Find the cost of laying tiles in kitchen at the rate of Rs. 50 per sq.m.

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