PREBOARD EXAMINATION-II-2024-25

SET 3
Grade: X (STANDARD) Max. Marks: 80 Name of the Student:……………………….

Subject: Mathematics (041) Duration: 3 Hours Roll. No:…………… Date: 27.01.25

General Instructions:
1. This Question paper contains - five sections A, B, C, D and E. Each section is
compulsory. However, there are internal choices 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)-type questions of 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 Short Answer (SA)-type questions of 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA)-type questions of 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 source based/case based/passage based/integrated units of assessment
of 4 marks each with sub-parts.
7. All Questions are compulsory.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not
stated.
9. Calculators are not allowed.

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SECTION A
(Multiple Choice Questions)
Each question carries 1 mark

1. The HCF(12, x) = 2. The LCM(12, x) = 84. The value of x is - 1

a) 168 b) 42 c) 14 d) 86

2. The sum of the zeroes of the polynomial P(x) = x² – 5x + 6 is 1

a) 6 b) 5 c) 1 d) – 5

3. If one zero of P(x) = x² – x – k is 3, then the value of ‘k’ is 1

a) 3 b) 6 c) 1 d) 0

4. The lines representing the pair of linear equations 2x + 3y = 5 and 4x + 6y = 10 are 1

a) intersecting lines b) parallel lines c) coincident lines d) none of a,b & c

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 5. The nature of the roots of the quadratic equation x² + 4x + 4 are 1

a) real and equal b) not real c) real and distinct d) none of a,b & c

6. The fifth term of the arithmetic progression –2, –11, –20, … is 1

a) – 9 b) – 36 c) –34 d) – 38

7. The sum to 8 terms of the arithmetic progression 2, 5, 8, … is 1

a) 16 b) 100 c) 112 d) 15

8. In a triangle ABC, ‘D’is a point on AB and ‘E’is a point on AC. DE is parallel to BC. 1

If AD = 2cm, AB = 6cm, AE = 3cm, then AC is equal to

a) 9cm b) 4cm c) 36cm d) 6cm

9. The distance between the points (2, 3) and (5, x) is 5 units. The positive value of x is 1

a) 0 b) 1 c) 5 d) 7
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10. If Cosx = Sinx, then x is equal to 1

a) 0º b) 30º c) 45º d) 60º

11. If Secx + Tanx = p, then Secx – Tanx is equal to 1

a) 1 / p b) 2p c) (p² + 1) / 2p d) (p² – 1) / 2p

12. The height of a pole is 8m.The angle of elevation from a point ‘P’ on the ground to the 1

top of the pole is 45º. The horizontal distance between the point ‘p’ and the foot of the

pole is

a) 24m b) 16m c) 8m d) 360m

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13. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from a point 4m away from the foot of the 1

tower is 60º. The angle of elevation of the tower 9 m away from the foot of the tower

and in the same straight line and on the same side of the tower is 30º.The height of the

tower is

a) 13m b) 36m c) 6m d) 5√3 m

14. If two tangents from a point ‘P’ inclined at an angle of 60º to each other, are drawn to a 1

circle with centre ‘O’ and radius 3cm, then the length of OP is

a) 3√3 / 2 cm. b) 6 cm. c) 3√3 cm. d) 12cm.

15. If the area of a sector of radius ‘r’ is ‘A’ and the length of the arc is ‘ℓ’, then ℓ in terms 1

of ‘A’ and ‘r’is equal to

a) (2A) / r b) Ar c) Aπr d) Aπr²

16. Two cubes each of TSA = 24cm2 are joined end to end to form a cuboid.The volume of 1

the cuboid is

a) 64cm³ b) 16cm3 c) 48cm3 d) 128cm3

17. The mean of 10 numbers is 12.5. One number ‘35’ is deleted. The mean of the rest of 1

the 9 numbers is

a) 10 b) 20 c) 15 d) 25

18. A box contains 10 cards bearing numbers 5 to 14. A card is drawn at random. The 1

probability that the number of the card is exactly divisible by 2 or 5 is

a) 7/10 b) 3/5 c) 1/2 d) none of a, b & c

Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions.

Two statements are given,
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 one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (A), (B), (C)
and (D) as given below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is
the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not
the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true

19. Assertion: 4n does not end with zero where ‘n’ is a natural number. 1

Reasoning: The prime factors of 4 contains 2 but does not contain 5.

20. Assertion: The point P(2, 3) is the mid-point of the line segment AB, where the 1

coordinates of A and B respectively are (6, 9) and (–2, –3)

Reasoning: Given A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2), the coordinates of the mid-point ‘P’ of the

line segment AB is [(x1– x2)/2, (y1– y2)/2]

Section –B
[This section comprises of very short answer type questions (VSA) of 2 marks each]

21. If α and β are the zeroes of P(x) = x² + 5x + 6, then evaluate (α + β) and (αβ) 2

(OR)

Find the zeroes of P(x) = x² – 25

22. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x² + x – 2 by using the quadratic formula. 2

23. Find the common difference and the first term of the arithmetic progression whose 5th 2

term is 14 and the ninth term is 26

(OR)

Find the sum of first 20 terms of the arithmetic progression 5, 2, –1,...

Pr ove: √ Secx+1 =Cosec x+Cotx

24. 2
√ Secx−1
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25. Two concentric circles are of radii 10cm and 6 cm. Find the length of the chord of the 2

bigger circle which touches the smaller circle.

Section – C
[This section comprises of short answer type questions (SA) of 3 marks each]

26. Find two consecutive positive odd integers, the sum of whose squares is 130. 3

27. The diagonals of a quadrilateral ABCD intersect each other at ‘O’such that AO/CO = 3

BO/DO. Show that ABCD is a trapezium.

28. Prove that ( 1 + tanx + secx)(1 + cotx – cosecx) = 2 3

(OR)

sin x −2sin 3 x
Pr ove : =tan x
2 cos 2 x −cos x

29. From a point ‘P’ on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a 10m tall building is 3

30º. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building and the angle of elevation of the top of

the flagstaff from ‘P’ is 45º.Find the length of the flagstaff given that √3 ⁓ 1.732.

30. Prove that the lengths of the tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal. 3

(OR)

Prove that a parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

31. (a) In the given figure, PQ is tangent to a circle at O and ∠BAQ = 30°, show that BP = 3
BQ.

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 centre O forming a quadrilateral ABCD. Show that ∠AOB + ∠COD = 180°
(b) In the given figure, AB, BC, CD and DA are tangents to the circle with

Section –D
[This section comprises of long answer type questions (LA) of 5 marks each]

32. Five years ago, Arun was thrice as old as Varun. Ten tears later, Arun will be twice as 5

old as Varun. Find the present ages of Arun and Varun

33. State and prove the basic proportionality theorem. 5

OR

Sides AB and BC and median AD of ΔABC are respectively proportional to sides PQ

and QR and median PM of ΔPQR. Show that ΔABC ⁓ ΔPQR.

34. A vessel in the form of a hemispherical bowl is full of oil. Its contents are emptied into a 5

right circular cylinder containing oil to a height of 5/12 cm.. The internal radii of the

bowl and the cylinder are 3.5 cm and 7 cm respectively. Find the total height upto which

the oil will rise in the cylinder.

OR

From a solid cylinder of height 2.4 cm and radius 0.7 cm, a conical cavity of the same

height and radius is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid.

35 The median of the data is 46. Find the values of ‘x’ and ‘y’ if the total frequency is 228. 5

CI 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

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 f 12 30 x 65 y 25 17

Section –E
(This section comprises of 3 case- study/passage based questions of 4 marks each with
sub parts. The first two case study questions have three sub parts (i), (ii), (iii) of marks

36.

a) After how many seconds will they ring together the second time? (1 mark)
b) Find the HCF of 6, 8 and 10 (1 mark)
c) If HCF(a, b) = 3xy, LCM(a, b) = 18x5y, find a × b
OR (2 marks)
If a = 6x²y and b = 8xy², find the HCF and LCM of ‘a’ and ‘b’

37.
D C

A B

A rectangular flowerbed is represented on the graph. The scale of the graph is

1cm = 1 metre. Find
(a) The coordinates of A, B, C and D of the rectangular flowerbed. (1 mark)
(b) The length of the flowerbed in metres. (1 mark)
(c) The length of the diagonals of the flowerbed in metres

(OR) (2 marks)

the coordinates of ‘P’ if ‘P’ is the point of intersection of the diagonals.

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 A school has decided to plant some endangered trees on 51st World Environment Day in
38. the nearest park. They have decided to plant those trees in few concentric circular
rows such that each succeeding row has 20 more trees than the previous one. The first
circular row has 50 trees.

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :

(i) How many trees will be planted in the 10th row ? (1)
(ii) How many more trees will be planted in the 8th row than in the 5th row ? (1)
(iii) (a) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many rows are required ? (2)

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