KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN JAMMU REGION

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2024-25 SET NO-1

CLASS : 10 MARKS:80
SUBJECT:MATHS [STANDARD] TIME ALLOWED: 3 HRS

General Instruction:

(i) All the questions are compulsory.

(ii) The question paper consists of 38 questions divided into 5 sections A, B, C,
D and E
(iii) Section A comprises of 20 questions of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of
5 questions of 2marks each. Section C comprises of 6 questions of 3 marks
each Section D comprises of 4 questions of 5marks each and Section E
comprises of 3 questionsof 4 marks each.
(iv) Use of calculators is not permitted.

SN SECTION-A MARKS
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1. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime-
factorization of 196 is: 1
(a) 3 ( b) 4 ( c) 5 ( d) 6

2. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are (a) 3, 140
(b) 12, 420 (c) 3, 420 (d) 420, 3 1

3. If graph of a polynomial p(x) does not intersects the x-axis but

intersects y-axis in one point, then no. of zeroes of the
polynomial is equal to 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0 or 1 (d) none of these

4. The quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is –5 and

their product is 6, is 1
(a) x 2 + 5x + 6 (b) x 2 – 5x + 6 (c) x 2 – 5x – 6 (d) –x 2 + 5x + 6

5. The pair of equations y = 0 and y = –7 has

(a) one solution (b) two solutions 1
(c) infinitely many solutions (d) no solution
6. Which of the following are the roots of the quadratic equation,
x 2 – 9x + 20 = 0? 1
(a) 3, 4 (b) 4, 5 (c) 5, 6 (d) 6, 7

7. If the roots of equation 3x 2 + 2x + (p + 2) (p – 1) = 0 are of

opposite sign then which of the following cannot be the value
of p? 1
(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) 1/2(d) – 3

8. If p – 1, p + 3, 3p – 1 are in AP, then p is equal to ________.

1
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) none of these

9. If the common difference of an AP is 3, then a20 – a15 is

(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 20 1

10. In figure DE || BC. If BD = x – 3, AB = 2x. CE = x – 2 and AC = 2x +

3. Find x.

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) none of these

11. If in two triangles ABC and PQR, AB/ BC= CA/ QR= PR/ PQ ,
then 1
(a) ΔPQR ~ ΔCAB (b) ΔPQR ~ ΔABC
(c) ΔCBA ~ ΔPQR (d) ΔBCA ~ ΔPQR

12. AOBC is a rectangle whose three vertices are A(0, 3), O(0, 0)
and B(5, 0). The length of its diagonal is 1
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) √34 (d) 4
13. If P(2, p) is the mid-point of the line segment joining the points
A(6, –5) and B(–2, 11), find the value of p. 1
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

14. In the given below figure, point P is 26 cm away from the

centre O of a circle 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 (b) 26 cm (c) 24 cm (d) 10 cm

In figure if O is centre of a circle, PQ is a chord and the tangent

PR at P makes an angle of 50° with PQ, then< POQ is equal to

15.
1

(a) 100° (b) 80° (c) 90° (d) 75°

16. If 3 cot θ = 2, then the value of tan θ

(a) 2/ 3 (b) 3 /2 (c) 3/√13 (d) 2/√13 1

17. A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the
ladder makes an angle of 60° with the wall, then the height of 1
the wall is
(a) 15√ 3 m (b) 15 √3 /2 m (c) 15/2 m (d) 15 m
18. If ΔABC is right angled at C, then the value of sin (A + B) is
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 /2 (d) √3 /2

19. Assertion (A): The largest number that divide 70 and125 which
leaves remainder 5 and 8 is 13
Reason (R): HCF (65,117) =13 1
(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 and R is false
(d) A is false and R is true

Assertion (A): If the pair of lines are coincident, then we say

20. that pair of lines is consistent and it has a unique solution. 1
Reason (R): If the pair of lines are parallel, then the pair has no
solution and is called inconsistent pair of equations.
(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 and R is false
(d) A is false and R is true

SECTION – B

21. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeros are 2+ √3 and 2 - 2

√3

22. Solve the equations : x - y = 2 , x + y = 4 2

23 Find 10th term from end of the AP 4, 9, 14, .... , 254.

OR 2
Find the value of the middle term of the following AP:
–6, –2, 2, ..., 58.
24 In the figure, PQR and QST are two right triangles, right angled
at R and T respectively. Prove that QR × QS = QP × QT

25 In figure, PQ and PR are tangents to a circle with centre A. If

<QPA = 27°, then find <QAR .

SECTION -C

26. Prove that√ 7 is an irrational number.

OR 3
Given that √2 is an irrational number, prove that 5 + 3√2 is an
irrationalnumber .
27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomials p(t) = 5t2 + 12t + 7
and verify the relationship between the zeroes and the 3
coefficients.
28 The sum of the squares of three consecutive positive integers is
50. Find the integers. 3
OR
If – 5 is a root of the quadratic equation 2x 2 + px – 15 = 0 and
the quadratic equation p(x 2 + x) + k = 0 has equal roots, find
the value of k.

29 Find the 11th term from the last term (towards the first term) of
 the AP : 10,7,4…….. – 62. 3

30 Prove that tangents drawn from external point are equal. 3

31 Find the value of x if 3

tan 3x = sin 45° X cos 45° + sin 30°

SECTION – D

The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. The number

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obtained by reversing the order of digits of the given number 5
exceeds the given number by 27. Find the given number.

OR

Solve the following system of equations graphically for x and y:

3x + 2y = 12; 5x – 2y = 4. Find the co-ordinates of the points
where the lines meet the y-axis.

33 In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed due to bad

weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200
km/hr and time of flight increased by 30 minutes. Find the
original duration of flight.
5
OR
1
Two pipes running together can fill a cistern in 3 13 hours. If
one pipe takes 3 hours more than the other to fill it, find the
time in which each pipe would fill the cistern.
34 State and prove basic proportionality theorem 5

5
Points A(3, 1), B(5, 1), C(a, b) and D(4, 3) are vertices of a
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parallelogram ABCD. Find the values of a and b.

SECTION -E

36 In the month of April to June 2022, the exports of passenger

cars from India increased by 26% in the corresponding quarter
of 2021–22, as per a report. A car manufacturing company
planned to produce 1800 cars in 4th year and 2600 cars in 8th
year. Assuming that the production increases uniformly by a
fixed number every year.
Based on the above information answer the following
questions.
(i) Find the production in the 1st year. 1

(ii) Find the production in the 12th year.

1

(iii) Find the total production in first 10 years.

2
OR

(iii) In how many years will the total production reach 31200
cars?
37 In order to conduct sports day activities in your school, lines
have been drawn with chalk powder at a distance of 1 m each
in a rectangular shaped ground ABCD. 100 flower pots have
been placed at the distance of 1 m from each other along AD,
as shown in the following figure. Niharika runs ( 1/ 4 )th
distance AD on the 2nd line and posts a green Flag. Preet runs
( 1/5 ) th distance AD on the eighth line and posts are red flags.
Taking A as the origin AB along x-axis and AD along y-axis,
answer the following questions:

1
(i) Find the coordinates of the green flag.
1
(ii) Find the distance between the two flags.
(iii) If Rashmi has to post a blue flag exactly halfway 2
between the line segment joining the two flags, where
should she post her flag? OR

If Joy has to post a flag at one fourth distance from

the green flag, in the line segment joining the green
and red flags, then where should he post his flag?
 A 1.2 m tall girl spots a balloon moving with the wind in a
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horizontal line at a height of 88.2 m from the ground. The angle
of elevation of the balloon from the eyes of the girl at any
instant is 60°. After 30 seconds, the angle of elevation reduces
to 30° (see the below figure)

Based on the above information, answer the following

questions. (Take √3 =1.732)
(i) Find the distance travelled by the balloon during the
1
interval.
(ii) Find the speed of the balloon. 1

(iii) If the elevation of the sun at a given time is 30°, then 2

find the length of the shadow cast by a tower of 150 feet
height at that time.